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The closest coffee shop is Dunkin' Donuts. Nearby restaurants include Rice Bowl Express, Red Crab Seafood and Da Boyz Sports Bar and Grill.
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Harry - You are sitting at home doing your homework when your calculator freezes. "WHY WHY WHY?" You shout, bursting into tears. You were currently wearing sweatpants and a tank top because everything else felt mega uncomfortable. Harry came rushing into the room to see you sitting on the floor hugging your math textbook. "I'll get the chocolate." He says, knowing right away that mother nature was getting her revenge.
Louis - You wake up to the third day of your period. The cramps were really bad last night so you barely slept at all, adding to your crankyness. Louis still had not picked up on the fact that it was that special, magical time of the month and you were hoping to keep it that way. Suddenly Louis ran into the room and jumped ontop of you, tickling your sides. Before you could think you shouted out "LOUIS THERE IS BLOOD GUSHING FROM MY VAGINA, GET OFF!" His face goes red before he hops off of you, "where are you going?" "To call my mum and figure out what to do." He replies without turning back.
Liam - Liam walks into the house at the precise moment that you are shoving a handful of chips into your mouth. You blink once before draining the rest of the chocolate milk that you were drinking. "Hey, babe, what's up?" Liam asks, a bit surprised by your caveman-like manners. "Liam hun, what happens to girls once a month?" You ask, enjoying watching him squirm. To your surprise he walks over, kisses your head, and then leaves locking himself in the bedroom until you're done with your feeding-frenzy. Later you see that he tweeted "scared for my life #girlfriendproblems." You can't tell if you want to laugh or yell at him.
Niall - "MY UTERUS IS FALLING OUT OF ME!" You roar in Niall's direction. He had just asked the innocent question of "how are you doing?" but it had set you off. "I HATE BEING A GIRL!" You groan. "NOW I'M TAKING ALL THE ANGER OUT ON YOU EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!" You shout again at a very confused Niall. "I'm gonna go and get a romantic movie for us to watch and some candy." He says, staying as far away as possible from you. "Mike n' Ikes please." You say sweetly, mood swings. Niall smiles nervously before dashing out of the house, leaving you to your girl problems.
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On the last Sunday of April, Patrick Bonzagni of North Falmouth drove off-Cape to visit his longtime friend Patrick E. Grant at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was in the midst of battling lymphoma.
Among the items they discussed that day was a party being planned for the 1986 Falmouth High School grad at Mr. Bonzagni's Beach House Restaurant in North Falmouth. "He said, 'Yeah, I'll be down there' and you know in your heart of hearts looking at him that if he could get down there it would be a miracle," Mr. Bonzagni said yesterday morning. "He looked really sick. It was one of the worst experiences of my life."
Less than a week later Mr. Grant, who was 45, would die, unable to see firsthand the outpouring of love and support the community showed to him the past Saturday when hundreds packed Mr. Bonzagni's restaurant, raising more than $70,000. The money will go to Mr. Grant's personal expenses and to his and his fiancee, Sarah Norris's, 1-year-old son, Charles Patrick Grant.
Although the showing was impressive, those interviewed yesterday were not surprised at how much Mr. Grant's family, friends, and customers—he was the longtime owner of Grant Tree Service in Falmouth—cared for him. "If everyone had a friend like him there would be no issues in this world," Mr. Bonzagni said. "He was always smiling and telling jokes. And he was always there for you when you needed him, no matter what."
"If everyone had a friend like him there would be no issues in this world."
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Chairman of the Falmouth Board of Selectmen Kevin E. Murphy agreed, calling Mr. Grant "a wonderful human being. He got it. He realized what went around goes around, that the world is a circle and to have a friend is to be a friend. That's the type of guy he was."
Mr. Grant came to Falmouth Heights at the age of 5 with his mother, Winifred Grant, his father, the late Edward Grant, and his older sister Drawde (Grant) Geishecker. Since then he had become a fixture in the town, living what Ms. Geishecker said was a full life. "We are so different. I'm so conservative and he lived and embraced life every day," she said. "He used to say, 'Every day is a holiday and every meal is a feast. That is how you have to live.' ... I admired that in him. He just lived each day for what it offered and it kind of makes sense that he died so young. I'm glad he did everything he wanted to do."
Community Shows Its Love
It is for that free spirit that those who organized this past Saturday's event—Mr. Bonzagni; Maura L. Aldrich of Woods Hole Road; Lisa S. O'Connell of Shorewood Drive, East Falmouth; and Melissa R. Pacheco of Carriage Shop Road, East Falmouth—that Mr. Grant was so beloved in Falmouth.
And it is why so many individuals and businesses, from the Quarterdeck Restaurant to Eat Your Heart Out Catering to United Liquors, donated everything from food and drink to a variety of items— Red Sox-Yankees tickets, a Ray Bourque autographed hockey stick, Patriots-Jets tickets, a night on Nantucket, and a week's stay in New Hampshire, among others—that were auctioned off to raise money for the Pat Grant Benefit Account.
"It was amazing," Ms. Aldrich said. "It truly was a testament to Pat and the kind of person he was."
He used to say, 'Every day is a holiday and every meal is a feast. That is how you have to live.'
Drawde Geishecker
Perhaps the saddest aspect of the entire evening is that Mr. Grant was not there to witness it. "I was able to visit him in the hospital and he was so excited about the fundraiser," she said. "He had the flyer for it taped to his hospital wall and he was working on the guest list himself ... He said he would be there and was looking forward to it."
Her husband, Arthur G. Aldrich III, was also a longtime friend of Mr. Grant's, and served as a pallbearer at his funeral on Thursday morning where two bucket trucks were situated in front of St. Patrick's Church forming an arch that the casket was carried through.
After the ceremony the funeral procession went around Grand Avenue and the baseball field in Falmouth Heights—the neighborhood where Mr. Grant was a fixture for decades, and where he was known to throw memorable parties during the Falmouth Road Race—before he was laid to rest at St. Joseph's Cemetery on Gifford Street.
Mr. Aldrich said that Mr. Grant handled the disease with dignity. "He was very determined," he said. "He didn't have any self-pity at all. He had me convinced he was going to come out of this, but the cancer was too aggressive ... He lived life like a winner and went out like a winner. He fought hard."
Among the greatest attributes that his friends and family said he had was his willingness to help others. Joshua Warner of Veeder Drive, who started working for Mr. Grant a decade ago, can attest to that. "He took me under his wings and showed me the right way in life," he said. "And he showed me how to do tree work. I learned everything from him, including how to bid jobs at the end."
Yesterday Mr. Warner and his crew were hard at work, under the moniker of Grant Tree Service, in an effort to carry on Mr. Grant's legacy.
Despite Mr. Grant's disease, Mr. Warner said, he continued to work through the pain, answering phone calls, setting up projects and running his business from his hospital bed in Boston. "It was his passion," he said. "I want to make sure his name and his company never dies."
The Human Connection
One of the greatest lessons that Mr. Grant taught him, he said, was the importance of connecting with others. "He was just a people person," he said. "He could have run for selectman in Falmouth. There wasn't anywhere we went that he didn't know somebody."
His affable nature, he said, could be witnessed in the nicknames Mr. Grant bestowed on others. Mr. Warner, who Mr. Grant dubbed Fuji, said he even had nicknames for all the nurses and doctors at Massachusetts General in Boston.
"He was not only my boss, but my friend and I cared about him a lot," he said.
Anyone wanting to donate to the Pat Grant Benefit Account can do so by sending a check to Rockland Trust at 20 Davis Straits, Falmouth, MA 02540.
Those interested in purchasing a $30 T-shirt made in Mr. Grant's memory can do so by contacting Melissa Pacheco at 774-392-4540. All proceeds from the sale of the shirt go directly to benefit the account.
In that sentiment, his sister and mother said, Mr. Warner is not alone. "I'm in awe of all my brother did. He touched so many lives," Ms. Geishecker said. "I knew him as a brother, but it was so special to hear so many stories that people went out of their way to come and tell us. It gave me a great amount of comfort. If I could have one more minute with him to tell him that, I would."
Her own son, Edward, 12, often played basketball with her brother, and looked up to him as a role model.
And also impacted by Mr. Grant's death has been Hadley, an English black Lab, whom Ms. Grant has adopted as her own. "She is a really nice dog and still looks for him," Ms. Grant said.
Among the stories she recounted that exemplified her son's giving spirit was when he traveled to Worcester in 2008 to assist with the ice storm that had devastated the region. "He put up his guys in a hotel or motel and they were up there for a week clearing all those trees because people couldn't get into their driveways or houses," she said. "He would go where he was needed and without someone calling, 'Could you do this?'"
It was just one of the many selfless acts that have been recounted about Mr. Grant by in the days following his death. "He wanted to live and had such a positive attitude about life," Ms. Grant said. "Some days he had 20 people visiting him at the hospital at different times of the day. Some would linger, some would be there just a few minutes. And to each he would say, 'Just give me a hug. Give me some love. We're going to get through this. I'll be back with you.' I think that is what made this so hard."


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In 2006 KKR Private Equity Investors launched the first permanent capital vehicle (PCV), raising $5bn (£2.52bn) in capital. KKR's permanent capital vehicle was established as a Guernsey limited partnership and listed the limited partnership interests on Euronext - one of the few internationally recognised exchanges that permit the listing of limited partnership interests.
KKR's success
KKR's success was reflective of:
- the wider investor base that arises from having a listed investment due to the investment restrictions in many pension funds and regulated funds on the level of unlisted investments they may hold in their portfolios;
- the increased investor interest in obtaining private equity exposure without the long-term capital lock-ins that are provided by many historic private equity models, ie the provision of liquidity in investments with alternative exposure;
- the fact that the limited partnership vehicle is the traditional vehicle of choice in the private equity industry due to the tax transparency and efficiency offered and also the more open environment of information disclosure to investors;
- the way that the investment manager is provided with the ability to focus on their area of expertise - investment management - and not run a dual role of capital raising and management as well as investment management, enabling them to be more focused and reducing the need to maintain liquidity in the investment portfolio to meet redemption requests in an open-ended environment; and
- the fact that proceeds from investment realisations are available for re-investment rather than being returned to investors as in previous private equity models.
Euronext has been attractive due to its less onerous rules for PCVs and its ability to list limited partnership interests. Unlike Euronext, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) does not permit a listed entity to have legal or management control of investee companies or to invest more than 20 per cent in a single investment, stopping feeder funds becoming listed PCVs on the LSE.
A Channel Islands investment vehicle has been used in these structures because:
- the Dutch Financial Market Authority (responsible for regulating Euronext) has recognised Guernsey and Jersey as two of the four jurisdictions with "adequate supervision";
- the favourable tax environment enhances investor returns; and
- the professional and experienced administration and service providers located in the Channel Islands and the flexibility to outsource routine administration tasks.
KKR's success in attracting such a significant amount of new capital has been a major talking point in the asset management and private equity industries and several players began the process of launching their own PCVs. Apollo (AP Alternative Investments) successfully raised $1.5bn (£760m) in capital quickly after KKR, but other names such as Doughty Hanson and Carlyle cancelled their plans to establish PCVs as the attractiveness of the initial PCV model was questioned by investors. This was due to:
- the additional complexities of the settlement of limited partnership transfers versus traditional equity securities;
- difficulties in compiling tax information for investors in limited partnerships as opposed to corporate forms in a more active change of investor environment;
- the length of time for the capital raised to be invested impacting negatively on performance; and
- the continual discount of KKR Limited Partnership's trading price relative to its net asset value.
A new generation of permanent capital vehicles has since arisen that has addressed some of these concerns with:
- the replacement of the limited partnership form with a corporate form; and
- capital being collected from investors over a period of time or called as the investment funding is required, eliminating or reducing the trading discount.
There has also been a shift of the PCV model from the private equity to the hedge fund industry with the successful launch of PCVs by Marshall Wace (MW Tops - $1.3bn (£660m)), Goldman Sachs (Goldman Sachs Dynamic Opportunities Fund - $500m (£252.3m)) and Boussard & Gavaudan (Boussard & Gavaudan Holding Limited - $300m (£151.4m)), and the increased use of AIM and LSE listings.
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It was partly as a result of the decision by the Dutch regulator that the UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) began considering interp-retations to the UK Listing Rules for offshore funds, fearing a loss of business to Euronext.
A recent development has been that the UK Listing Authority (UKLA) has advised that a secondary listing under Chapter 14 of the Listing Rules does not require a primary listing on another exchange. Brevan Howard (BH Macro Fund) has taken advantage of this regime, raising $800m (£403.7m) in capital in 2007, and several others are in the pipeline.
Not surprisingly, the UK investment management industry has reacted negatively to the ability of offshore companies to take advantage of the lighter secondary listing rules and avoid the additional requirements of a full primary listing. As a result, the UKLA has decided that in the first quarter of 2008 it will remove the ability to do secondary listings on the LSE and is expected to issue lighter primary listing rules for investment entities.
The new investment business rules were released on 31 May 2007, but there are several players currently looking at taking advantage of the known rule environment of the secondary listing environment. It is expected that the secondary listing rules will be grandfathered for companies listing under Chapter 14.
The new rules will be principles-based regulation, as opposed to the existing detailed prescriptive rules. Moving to a lighter Chapter 15 regime will enable the UK to compete more effectively against other exchanges in attracting listed investment vehicles, and we can expect a continued flurry of activity in the marketplace.
The latest development is a pipeline of listed 'permanent debt vehicles' by private equity houses, which they are using to provide the leverage element of their private entity investments, enabling investor access to the debt elements and returns of the private equity and hedge fund industries. The ability of the Channel Islands to pay interest gross (where information exchange is agreed with the investor) has made these attractive new vehicles domicile in the Channel Islands.
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Angry civil servants [in Lebanon] fed up with a months-long delay in the referral of wage scale to Parliament carried over their strike into a fourth week Thursday, holding a protest outside Beirut Port.
A crowd of about 300 public workers, spearheaded by the head of the Union Coordination Committee Hanna Gharib, gathered at the entrance of the port, shouting slogans against Prime Minister Najib Mikati, who has refused to bow down to strike pressure, and his government.
"You can fund the salary scale through the ports' [customs fees]," Gharib said, addressing the government.
"Smuggling via the Port is not done by employees but by tycoons," he complained, while praising Port workers who responded to the UCC call for protest.
The president of the Association of State Employees Mahmoud Haidar, for his part, warned the government against taking money from the poor.
"You are not allowed to finance the salary scale from our pockets or the pockets of the poor," he said.
"You must fund it through the pockets of those who have been smuggling money over the past 20 years and are responsible for $60 billion in public debt."
From Beirut Port, the demonstrators marched to the nearby Zaitunay Bay waterfront promenade.
Describing the marina venture as illegal, Gharib said Zaitunay Bay with restaurants, cafes and boutiques was owned by a Cabinet minister.
"Zaitunay Bay ... was established through the Treasury from peoples' money under the pretext of building a port," Gharib said.
He said Treasury funds were given to real-estate giant Solidere with the right to invest for a period of 50 years, renewable at LL2,500 per meter annually.
Solidere is a joint-stock company in charge of planning and redeveloping Downtown Beirut following the conclusion in 1990 of the country's devastating civil war.
The UCC on Wednesday vowed to bring the already strike-crippled public sector to a complete halt ahead of a key Cabinet meeting scheduled for next week.
"All administrative paperwork will be completely halted at the Finance Ministry, the Justice Ministry and real-estate registration offices until March 21," Gharib said Wednesday.
All public schools and most government services have been shut since the UCC launched its open-ended strike Feb. 19.
Citizens and business owners have complained that obtaining essential paperwork has become impossible.
The UCC, which represents civil servants and public school teachers, will target Beirut airport Friday.
A new salary scale for the public sector was approved by the Cabinet about seven months, but the decision was put on hold for further study due to the lack of financing and strong opposition from the private sector's Economic Committees.
Mikati has argued the Cabinet needs more time to look into means to finance the pay hike before he refers the draft law to Parliament for a vote.
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We are currently planning the migration of the domain to a 2008R2 setup from the current 2003 servers.
From what I have read this will involve installing R2 fresh on a server and introducing this into the domain (after first updating the schema using adprep?).
After this transfer all the FSMO roles to the 2008R2 server and move DNS + DHCP etc to 2008 servers. We can then begin to decomission the 2003 servers so we are left with just 2008R2 eventually.
We have exchange 2003 which from what I am reading is not compatible with 2008 at all, would it work if we left it on a 2003 member server? Would the exchange tasks etc still work in the same way in AD users and computers?
We are currently planning a virtual copy of most of the domain services to run the upgrade in a sandbox first, so fingers crossed we will encounter most issues before we run it on a live environment!
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Aeration is a process that exposes wine to air in order to mellow its flavor and enhance its aroma. Air breaks down the wine's tannins, smoothing out the flavor. It also eliminates the stale aroma from the bottle. The goal of aeration is to maximize wine's contact with the surrounding air. For this reason, simply popping the cork is insufficient; so be sure to swirl it in a wine glass or let it sit in a larger vessel.
A common misconception is that all bottles of wine need to be given time to breathe. This is not always the case. Light whites gain no discernible improvement from aeration and wines older than 40 years can lose their flavor if exposed to air for too long. However, most reds and richer whites do benefit from being allowed to breathe. Different wines call for various aeration times, so be sure to consult with your wine retailer regarding aeration for each specific type and brand.
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When decanting a wine with sediment, it's best to let the bottle stand upright and undisturbed for 24 hours. This allows the sediment to collect at the bottom of the bottle. After this time, slowly pour your wine into a cleaned decanter. Watch the wine as it passes through the bottle's neck, stopping your pour upon the first sign of sediment.
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How will body language help my fear of failure?
Women, in general, are risk averse - as pointed out by Amy Cuddy. How would body language help us take more risks and pursue our dreams.
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Oct 6 2012: Fear of failure comes mainly from the brain. While changing your body language in this way will not completely solve your fear of failure, it is a starting point for you to change your thoughts and perceptions.
I think Amy's talk is interesting because it shows simple ways in which can change your brain chemistry. As she said, fake it till' you make it. Think positive, and be aware of your body language. While you're not going to always be standing doing these poses, it's about realizing how you are feeling mentally, and how you are displaying it physically. Think positively, and display it positively! The more confident you become in yourself, the more you'll be willing to take risks, and pursue your dreams.
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Material : Canvas.
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created a pipe label for cross-sections. label pipes and everything appears good. close the dwg (save it) and reopen labels are gone. any suggestions?
C3D 2011, 2013 (latest updates)
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This was a known issue in 2011. I expected it to be fixed by now, very disapointed. My only workaround was to explode the labels.
Credit where credit is due! Give kudos or accept as solution whenever you can.
That sux. Guess I will have to explode too. Do you know if this is an issue in 2013? Maybe time to switch.
Thank you for the reply.
It was a problem in the initial release of C3D2013. SP1 corrected it.
Thank you. was just getting ready to test. hard to test when you are trying to get projects out the door. hard to finish a project when labels dispear.


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It took this guy a couple years to change his stye, and if it led to us winning games, whadda you know, like barack obama said, its time for a change. Maybe a player said something, like "yo coach that aint finna work" hahah. but i like it, im just surprised we havent had this change happen sooner.
Daddy, you bring up the fact that Nate isnt shooting the ball, you are right.
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Vote for the 'Spirit of America'
Date: June 17, 2009
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Almost 50 images have been submitted to The Observer's "Spirit of America" Photo Contest on YourObserver.com. Now it's time to vote for your favorite photo. Simply visit Your Observer.com and click on the "Spirit of America" photo contest rectangle, located on the bottom right-hand corner of YourObserver.com's home page. Click on the "Vote" tab, find your favorite picture and click the vote button underneath, then click the "Vote Now" button at the bottom of the page to submit your vote.
You must be registered to vote in the "Spirit of America" Photo Contest. To register, click the "Registration" tab and fill out the form. If you have already registered, login on the Existing Users tab. Votes will be accepted from now until 5 p.m. Monday, June 22. Registered users can vote up to 10 times per day. Get your family and friends involved, too, and have them visit YourObserver.com to vote for your photo or share your submissions on social networking programs like Facebook and twitter to help garner more votes.
The winning photo will be featured in The Observer's "Spirit of America" special section, which will be inserted into all three of The Observers — Longboat, East County and Sarasota — on July 2, as well as on YourObserver.com. The winner will also receive a PENTAX Optio T10 6.0 Megapixels digital camera with 3x optical zoom valued at $329.99, sponsored by Donovan at Wolf Camera.
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Somewhere an old travel book says the geographic heart of Europe
is tn the wooden mountains of the Low Tatras. Heart - the word
is used so much it loses its significance. But soul - is seems
right that Europe's should be in the wilderness.
From the top of Dumbier, you can see Hungary, the edge of
Polana and almost all of Slovakia.
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or crests above the trees. This is where to come to meet nature.
Buy a tourist map and explore this untouched part of Europe.
The highest ridge of the Low Tatra range comes to a terminus
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true high country begins. Unlike the mountains to the north and
west, the high country isn't in the shadows of craggy peaks, nor
does it have urban base camps like Banska Bystrica, Zilina or
Liptovsky Mikulas below. It is merely high, and remote.
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iOS4 SDK - Opening PDF's in iBooks
For as simple as opening PDF's in iBooks for iPhone and iPad I had some issues. Here is a short guide to do just that, open PDF's from your application into iBooks. This demo will be using the iPhone, although I don't think there will be much difference on iPhone or iPad.
First of all we will be using the UIKit Framework, this is generally already included into all headers you create. We will be using the UIDocumentInteractionController Class
UIDocumentInteractionController Documentation
First of all you will need to create a NSURL object like so:
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:@"Some File URL"];
Next is what took me a while to figure out, the fact that the UIDocumentInteractionController object is autoreleased object. Thus once you leave the code block you create it in, it will be released and crash your application.
So to get around this I use the object as a property, and release it from memory at a later point.
docController = [UIDocumentInteractionController interactionControllerWithURL:url];
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BOOL isValid = [docController presentOpenInMenuFromRect:CGRectZero inView:self.view animated:YES];
Using the presentOpenInMenuFromRect will return whether there is a valid application that can open the file. If there isn't it will return False. In this case a PDF can be opened by iBooks, I add some extra validation to display an error message to the user if the file cannot be opened as expected.
In short this code listed will open an UIActionSheet with the iBooks selection, but if the file is not valid nothing will happen.
The following delegate methods will need to be implemented:
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- (void)documentInteractionController:(UIDocumentInteractionController *)controller didEndSendingToApplication:(NSString *)application
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Before beginning your collegiate career, engage in the Leadership Institute to enhance your ability to inspire and influence people to reach a collective goal. The Leadership Institute helps you develop your own leadership capabilities, style and ethical code. There is no better place to take this course than in Washington, DC, the international hub of leadership. Visit local corporations, government agencies, Capitol Hill offices and non-profit organizations where you can learn from those who make difficult decisions every day. As a Leadership Institute student, you will follow in the footsteps of presidents, CEOs, cabinet secretaries and foreign heads of state who have studied at Georgetown at some point in their academic careers. Our faculty is composed of leadership coaches who have worked with top executives. They will teach you what they have learned and test your skills through simulation exercises.
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Micah Jensen is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy, and he has been the Academic Director of the Leadership Institute since 2011. He teaches courses on leadership and decision-making, public opinion, political behavior, and research methods. His research is focused on how interest groups organize and advocate for political goals; how leaders inside and outside government affect the policy-making process; and how race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation influence politics and policy. Dr. Jensen previously worked in organizational development for a major investment firm. He has fifteen years experience in adult education, has managed and led nonprofit organizations, and has taught and consulted for private sector clients, 501(c)(3) organizations, and the U.S. Departments of Defense and State. Dr. Jensen has a doctoral degree in government and a master's degree in public policy from Georgetown University, and a bachelor's degree in economics from Westminster College of Salt Lake City.
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Professor Mayer served as a trial attorney for the federal government for nine years, where she specialized in litigation related to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, other laws prohibiting discrimination in federally assisted programs, and federal receiverships. She has represented the federal government in numerous capacities, including Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, receivership counsel, and agency counsel, where she provided legal advice relating to employment law, fraud, venture capital and investment law, regulatory enforcement, and governmental privileges.
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Direct Energy Acquires BASE Controls
November 12, 2004
TORONTO - Direct Energy Business Services is paying $14.2 million in cash to acquire BASE Controls Ltd., an automation and controls firm serving commercial, institutional, and industrial customers in Ontario and Quebec.
Privately owned BASE of Ottawa helps commercial customers manage their heating and cooling needs, including energy management.
"The BASE Controls acquisition will boost our market share in our core Ontario market and improve our energy and services offering to commercial customers across North America," said Deryk King, chairman and CEO of Direct Energy.
According to the company, the acquisition increases Direct Energy's share of the automation and controls market in Ontario to almost 13 percent and allows it to build its operation in Montreal.
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I really love my new job, honestly, but this having to work on Sundays bites!!
I missed the entire race and only got into my Blazer, turned on the SIRIUS Satellite radio to hear "Jimmie Johnson WINS at Phoenix".
Grrrrr. Then I hear that he didn't win by enough to clinch the Championship, so I'm a little happier, because my friends who will be at Homestead for the final race of the season will actually get to see some racing and some strategy. Jimmie needs to finish 25th or better to beat Mark and take his fourth consecutive Championship. He only needs to hit the start switch to ensure he beats Jeff Gordon.
In any case, congrats to Jimmie Johnson and his crew. I'm sure they deserved it, it just isn't the finish I wanted to hear when I climbed into the Blazer at the end of an entirely too long work day.
Johnson wins at Phoenix, needs 25th or better at Homestead to wrap it up
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Explain to me the structure and reputation of the Paris universities. And, while we're at it, how about explaining the French tertiary educational system as well?
Embarrassing as it is to admit it, today the full weight of the realization hit me that I frankly have no idea whatsoever how the French tertiary educational system works. I hear all about Paris X, or Paris IV (the Sorbonne?), or whatever, but I have no idea how all of it fits together, or which universities are known for what. I have some vague suspicion that there are some sort of competitive institutes that are separate, like Sciences Po, but I could be totally misguided here. I'd love the more Continentally-suave MeFites to tell me about how the French university system functions, especially:
1. Do you go to French university straight from what Americans could consider high school? Is entrance decided on a test? Essay or multiple-choice? Is it all academic, or are there extra-curricular factors in the admissions calculus? Do most people go to university, or would most people leave after secondary school to get a job or go into the trades? Are all universities state rather than private? What range is the tuition cost?
2. Do you just study one subject at undergrad, like the English or the Germans, or is a broader distribution of subjects? How is the grading done? Is it exam-based, or do homework and participation count? Are there grad TAs? How hands-on are the professors? How does the undergrad/grad experience differ from other Western countries?
3. Which universities are the most prestigious? Or does it not really work like that, and people mostly go to their local one? Do students generally live at home during undergrad? Are the universities' grad reputations different from undergrad?
4. What's the deal with things like Science Po? Are these primarily undergraduate, or graduate? How do they compare in structure, funding, and reputation with the others?
5. And describe to me the Paris universities in particular. Why are there so many? Are they for different academic specialties? Is it from the original university splitting, or is it from new branches founding? What is each known for? Which (if any) is a descendent of the famous medieval University of Paris? Is the structure comparable to a US state university system (say, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, ec.), or would this be a misunderstanding? Are there universities in Paris that aren't part of the University of Paris system? Are the Paris universities similar to those in other French cities? Are the universities in other French cities split in a similar way, or is there mainly only one?
5. What else is missing from my questions above? Correct my ignorance, MeFites, please!
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Mister Bijou
on November 3, 2012
I can answer some of these, tho as Mister Bijou hinted, a lot of this is available online.
1. You generally go to uni after you have your bac(calauréat). There are no entrance exams for the public unis, tho there are for the
Grandes Ecoles
, the elite schools that anyone who is anything will have gone to. According to that Grandes Ecoles article, public unis have to accept anyone from their "catchment area". There are no tuition fees at public universities in France (oh France, I love you). According to
this pdf
, about 42% of 25-34 year olds in 2008 had a university diploma.
2. Yes, you do one subject (you did when I was there in 1999), the whole "let's study all sorts of stuff" thing is American (as btw is the obsession with extracurricular activities, tho that belongs in Q1). The grading is a mix (based on my experience doing French lit) - we had end of term exams, essays written throughout the term, and sometimes oral presentations. I'm sure in sciency subjects it will be slightly different but also a mix. Your classes will be either lectures or travaux dirigés, i.e. smaller classes with interaction (we'd call this seminars in the UK, not sure about US).
3. Undoubtedly the Grandes Ecoles are the elite schools, they tower way above anything else, but obviously their focus is fairly narrow - you don't go there to study English literature or even medicine, you go there to become prime minister or CEO of Peugeot. Tbh I don't have much experience with how French students choose their uni, apparently they'd go to their local one based on what the Grandes Ecoles article said. There aren't huge differences in prestige in the public unis (no Oxford or Cambridge), tho some will be considered tougher (for us liberal arts farts, this was always Paris IV, which has to uphold its status as original Sorbonne / oldest uni).
4. Already answered in relation to Grandes Ecoles. Read the Wikipedia article :)
5. Really, almost all of these questions are answered in
the Wikipedia article
. The French one, unsurprisingly, is a lot more detailed, if you want to try and
read it with Google Translate
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on November 3, 2012
There is actually a "tuition" fee for public universities, although it's so small it hardly counts. They're called
frais d'inscription
, registration fees, and are, respectively,
for the 2012-2013 school year
: 181 euros/year up to a Bachelors degree, 250 euros/year for a Masters degree, and 380 euros/year for a Doctoral degree.
There are also a lot of technical schools in France that are kind of like American community colleges in that they offer 2-year degrees and certifications for careers such as electricians, mechanics, plumbers, and hairdressers.
As for 2., seconding Clarissa, you do pretty much focus on a single subject. I came into France originally as a 4th-year exchange student, to finish my BA in French (language and literature). My US university had a pretty nice setup to where we American students could pick and choose from amongst different
, lines of study, so I was able to see how French students in literature really all studied just literature, and language students only studied the one language they had chosen. Last year I went back to school in France to get my Masters in comparative literature, which was a bit more open as well since, being comparative and all, we were essentially allowed to create our own curriculum according to our thesis, with approval from our thesis advisor. I was able to take anthropology and literature courses, where anthro students only took anthro, and literature students only took literature (sometimes language courses if they were studying a foreign language's literature, naturally).
Grades were given on oral presentations (very important in language and literature studies), term papers (15-30 pages), and participation in class. For the Masters degree, naturally the thesis + defense was the biggest grade component. While participation is never openly stated as being part of a grade in France, it absolutely is. There are students who brag about passing classes they never attended by simply turning in the rare required papers – it's true we never got homework in any of the classes I took, and you could easily just show up the first day, hear what type of alternate was offered for the oral presentation (one is usually offered), and turn it and the term paper in when due – but the key word from these students is "passed". These aren't people who will get honors. (I did get honors, for both degrees, and my regular presence and active participation were remarked on by my professors in France.)
I'm kind of an oddity in that with my literature and language degrees, my day job is in IT consulting in France. So I meet a lot of people from engineering schools. Those are a bit of a different beast in that there's a very clear hierarchy, with public universities usually at the bottom, though there are exceptions in Lyon and Nice-Sophia Antipolis (France's Silicon Valley). When new hires arrive, practically the first question after "where are you from" is "what school did you go to" and They. Never. Forget. Ever. It's a bit like business schools in the US, where no matter what the quality of your actual work and relationships are with colleagues, if you're from High-Falutin' École, you'll always be paid and promoted better than someone from Université de Wherever. In IT this can be especially unnerving because many consulting companies actually have quotas for
haute école
degree-holders, meaning they'll hire people just to fill the quota (they do indeed actually do this), leaving good workers with less-recognized degrees out cold. I think IT is particular in this case, however. I was a freelance translator for several years and it didn't matter very much where your degree was from, so long as you could translate well.
The one sort of exception is honors. French professors do not give high grades easily, so no matter what university or
you went to, if you have a
mention bien
mention très bien
(magna and summa cum laude, respectively; the "cum laude" would simply be
avec mention
, it's not as remarked-on), you also get a bit of a leg up in terms of prospects.
For 3. yes, most students go to their local public university, since all are pretty good. As Clarissa also says, some do have better reputations, for instance the Sorbonne and Lyon II are well-regarded for literature, and for IT degrees, it's hard to go wrong with the Université de Sophia Antipolis. Students usually live at home since it costs less. There isn't really any financial aid as we know it in the US. There are scholarships, but they're usually to go to specific engineering, business, or international affairs programs, or to do a PhD. Some students do take the opportunity to move to a different city though, and will take a job on the side to fund it. Usually parents will pay for most of the cost, however.
As the others have already mentioned, Wikipedia is a good source of information for the operational side.
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on November 3, 2012
You ain't seen nothing like the interaction of politics and big business until you've looked at the current roles of a graduating class from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration.
And that's like a grand-ecole for grand-ecole grads.
posted by
on November 3, 2012
Most of my limited secondhand knowledge about this topic has been covered already, I'll just add that if you intend to go to a grande école, you don't take the entrance exam immediately after your bac, instead you take extremely intense preparatory classes for a couple years first.
You might enjoy reading Tony Judt's brief memoir of the École Normale Supérieure in his book
The Memory Chalet
(it's also online if you have a subscription/institutional access to the NYRB, where it was first published).
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Every day before I go to work I make sure to give lily a list of things to do during the day. The list includes regular chores and special assignment for the day. Usually it also includes special D/s related assignments that I expect us to work on before we go to bed.
So what is a task list anyways?
Basically a tasklist is a list of chores for the sub. However in the D/s relationship a tasklist serves as reminder for the sub of what should be accomplished during the day. It is a reminder of the Doms expectations for the sub.
Why does a BDSM Couple need a task list?
A tasklist allows the Dom to pass along information to his sub about what is expected. It serves as a tool to monitor the submissives obedience, and a way for the Dom to keep track of what he tells his sub. It also allows the Dom to record obiedence.
Is it very important to have one?
lily's answer:
On one of the channels I chat on it became a great debate that I had a task list. The Dominant I was speaking to told me I was intelligent enough to do what I needed to do to meet Lord Koi's expectations. While I agreed with this, I also knew my task lists enforced how my day should be managed. It was a way to help our Total Power Exchange.
Many couples find them unessesary, but we enjoy them because they are ritualistic and discuss expectations.
How do I start making one for my sub?
In a D/s relationship there will obviously be daily expectations and requirements placed on the submissive. All the Dom has to do is take the tangible aspects of those expectations and assign them to the sub on a checklist. Also the Dom should look around there house and see what they want done, then assign that task to the sub.
lily made a chore list for me to start ours. Items she must do daily and others she must do weekly. In her way she helps with the task list, but it is ultimately up to the Dom to shape the list.
Can I see a sample of one?
This is a modified version of our task list. I usually type the task list out the day before on Microsoft Word and print out a copy. lily can then manually check off the tasks she has done.
Task list for lily the day of (fill in date)Love Lord Koi
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Limit on-line time
Call Lord Koi at 2 pm
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This task list is a very simplified version of what we now use. Those are some daily random tasks lily has. If they are not completed I decide on a punishment for each task not done.
Are task lists an everyday occurence?
lily gets her task lists on the weekdays. A lot of couples use task lists on when special arrangements must be made. One couple uses them as a pain checklist. Certain masochistic pleasures have to be taken before thier Master comes home. Having an open, honest discussion about task lists is a good way to start thinking if you need one.
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Weigh in on the downtime debacle {WoW}
Nov 12th 2008 11:10AM Look, I don't mind the downtime, it happens and I appreciate Blizz working on it. Here's my issue: Yesterday I was told 2:20, 4:20, 6:00, 7:00, 7:45 for restart times, none of which were correct. But I sat there figuring, well, that just an hour or so.
Blizz, you already have my money, whether I log that day or not. Just say "We hope to have them up soon but it may be a while." Then I can just figure its out indefinitely and come back later. Don't keep promising times you can't deliver upon.
Countdown to Wrath Giveaway: Day 6 - 60-day game time card {WoW}
Nov 7th 2008 12:45PM The gall you have to think that we will just keep posting like so many lemmings. Outrageous I say!!
Countdown to Wrath Giveaway: Day 6 - BlizzCon Aunthenticators {WoW}
Nov 7th 2008 11:22AM I am not some sycophant, here to inflate your egos by posting meaningless dribble, in vain hopes of some bauble.
Countdown to Wrath Giveaway: Day 7 - 60-day game time card {WoW}
Nov 6th 2008 6:32PM I continue to abstain from these silly "post here" contests.
Countdown to Wrath Giveaway: Day 7 - BlizzCon Polar Bear Mounts {WoW}
Nov 6th 2008 3:05PM I refuse to enter this contest by posting a reply!!!
Oh poo.
Official class forums to be replaced with role forums [UPDATED x2] {WoW}
Oct 30th 2008 5:12PM Couple things come to mind. People are really going to hate rogues now. Believe me, they save their best poisons for their forums. Also, now all the "x class is OP" QQ will be mostly focused in one of three places rather than on x class's forums.
What I don't get is the purpose. Rogue DPS is very different than mage DPS and Warrior tanking is very different from Pally tanking. The concept is the only thing that they have in common and that doesn't seem to be enough to hold a forum branch together.
Caption This: Vote for winners! {WoW}
Oct 28th 2008 2:26PM Some of these are OK. I felt some of mine were funnier and more original. Guess I just need to take the most obvious joke and roll with it, ala Green Acres or Beverly Hillbillies. At least someone at WoWinsider got the Orwell ref.