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The trial of Ukrainian ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday started with the consideration of petitions from the state prosecution and Tymoshenko's defense.
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The kangaroo court and the puppet judge are denying Tymoshenko and her lawyers a right to a fair and open trial. At the same time, the crooked so call judge is denying the citizens of Ukraine the right to see what is taking placing inside the courtroom by not allowing the trial to be aired on TV nor letting the news media inside to report the events that are happening. What is the government so afraid of that they take such drastic steps to try and keep its citizens from being inform of the procedures taking place inside the courtroom? Tymoshenko and her lawyers have a right to insist that all evidence that favors the defendant be introduce in court. The judge has no right to bar such evidence from being introduced into court, just like he does not bar evidence from being introduce by the prosecutor. What we have in Ukraine today is an erosion of media rights, a judiciary court system that is not open nor transparent, and the constitutional rights of its citizens being ignored by the government in order to keep control of power. The centralization of these powers has started a new path away from its democratic values and norms. Such actions by the Ukrainian government must be dealt by the European Union. If the EU turns its back away from what is taking pace in Ukraine today by granting the agreement of EU integration of Ukraine, than those leaders have committed an injustice to their community of nations and its people. No government and no country is so important that a community's history is thrown away just to satisfy that nation and its Tyrant. The EU leaders must hold their ground and not let such events in Ukraine undermine the EU democratic values and norms. It must hold its ground for the people of Ukraine who have to suffer under the Tyrant now in power.
The people of ukraine do not suffer under the that Tyrant; people of Ukraien voted that Tyrant ind. So, now they have to enjoy him.
So what the guest (12:43) is saying is that if you order steak in a restaurant, and it is rotten, then you are obliged to eat it and to enjoy it because you ordered it. What Rubbish!
Voting participation in the last presidential election was only 40% because Yushenko sabotaged the election by collaborating with Yanukovych through telling people not to vote or to vote for no one. Had there even been even 50% voter turnout Yanukovych would have lost. Consider this factor along with Yanukovych's well known vote rigging machine and the president should have been Tymoshenko. Yanukovych disregards and reviles the democratic system through which he was elected (albeit by fluke) and is transforming Ukraine into a dictatorship.
Kireyev doesn't want the world to see his guilty face when he delevers his pre-determined guilty verdict.Tymoshenko will be sentenced without proof or evidence of a crime because there is no crime!This is, by no means the end of this farce.
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Diane von Furstenberg to Launch Home Line
Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg will introduce a home collection in partnership with textile and home furnishings company Springs Global next year. The range will include bedding, tabletops, and decorative accessories inspired by nature and contemporary art as well as the designer's vintage and current fashion prints. The range promises to be a unique combination of materials and details, true to DvF trademark style.
Diane says: "The design of your home is a reflection of who you are, and I am thrilled to be able to express the DVF spirit through this new collection".
Springs Global's DvF collection will be available in international department stores and on DvF.com in January 2011.
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so looking forward to it!
Yay!! DVF is one of my favorite designers. Love her clothes and excited to check this out!
I love her style. I have two vintage wrap dresses that never look dated. I am excited to hear this.
I love the patterned textiles she uses in her collections - I'm interested to see how much of that translates into her home collection.
Check out DVF's late 1970s/early 1980s "home fashion" collection for Sears (!!!): http://tinyurl.com/ye2lqka
love her. loved the leopard rug. some of the comments on that blog are priceless.
She openly supported Polanski, that's a big turnoff for me.
The Nakashima table she is sitting on is gorgeous. I bet that table is at least worth $150,000. Nakashima is one of my favorites.
i love nakashima too. there are a lot of ripoffs out there that you can get cheaper. however i think we can assume dvf doesn't have the ripoff :P
I know I am late to the game on this post
But I thought I should let you know:
Home Furnishings: Generally means furniture and accessories
Home Fashions: Bed and Bath (and Kitchen) Textiles
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Why Clients And Their Ad Agencies Behave Badlyby Derrick Daye
Why is the client/ad agency relationship so complicated and fraught with drama on both sides?
Seemingly, the business relationship between clients and their marketing agencies seem to have ever-shorter life spans. True enough, the marketing game is a tough business for all concerned. Lately things seem to be more cantankerous between clients and their agencies. Both are behaving badly these days.
If you're on the client-side, have you been subjected to these poor ad agency behaviors?
The agency won your business with principals and senior talent then turned the real work over to junior-level (more-profitable) people.
In pitching your business, the agency presented creative work produced by creatives who no longer work at the agency.
In pitching your business the agency claimed expertise they didn't have.
The agency intentionally low-balled fees to win your business, then made up for it in future 'out-of-scope' or "mission-creep" billings.
Account planning made recommendations weighted to those marketing channels driven by profit to the agency rather than results for you.
Or perhaps you're the Principal of an ad agency, have you ever experienced these soul-sucking client moves?
Your agency was invited to participate in a Request For Proposal process – it was never a contest, the prospect knew full well who would be awarded the work (not your agency)– but there had to be a review to meet their internal policies, politics.
The prospect demanded ownership of the ideas you presented in the new business pitch with no intention of paying for those ideas.
The prospect did not give you the courtesy of notifying you were not selected when their RFP process concluded.
The client took advantage of your relationship by requesting you perform work outside the scope of the current project then disputed paying for the extra work.
The client used an RFP process to pressure you to lower your fees.
The client routinely asks for discounts — does not want to pay you what you are worth.
Whichever side you're on; there's enough bad behavior to go around. It's interesting to me – in no other professional discipline do the parties operate at such low levels of behavior and disservice to each other. Architecture, engineering, accounting, research and management– consultant firms and their client side colleagues in these disciplines seem to garner much higher levels of mutual respect than those in the marketing and advertising professions.
I think the reason for the growing strain in agency/client relationships is two-fold:
1) The barrier to get into the ad game is low and getting lower.
2) Clients have abundant choice in the marketplace.
The wisdom of the crowd in the idea economy. Unlike the other aforementioned disciplines, marketing and advertising is easy to get into. You just need somebody to like your idea, pay you to implement it and you're in business. In an era of crowd sourcing, ideas can come from anywhere, anytime and at faster speed. The wisdom of the crowd is pushing advertising and everything that comes with it further down the value chain and away from where the client's are making the big decisions. Business leaders don't crowd source for engineering or finance ideas.
With social media driving this trend, big brands no longer view their big ad agencies as the only place for innovation and transformative ideas. Seemingly, clients just want their agencies to make low value marketing stuff and manage process. Advertising is a production business now. Clients will continue to be pressured to get stuff made for cheaper and cheaper. Agencies stuck in this side of the game will be low profit enterprises.
It's simple economics. Anywhere there is an abundant supply of goods and services, buyers will set the price. And in markets that are commoditized, any price is too high. This is high school economics.
There is simply an over abundance of marketing, advertising, PR, brand strategy, design and communications firms. Clients have abundant choice. If you're an agency of any size and discipline, your clients can easily replace you. No doubt, you know there is a long line of competitors just waiting their turn to take over from where you left off when the client takes their business into review.
Clients have all the power in the buying cycle. Consequently, agencies are left to compete with each other by giving their ideas away for next to nothing. McKinsey doesn't create business chasing RFPs. Clients go to them.
To change client behavior, agency executives must change their behavior first.
Let's not forget, it's always the client's money! The customer is king! You don't have a business unless you have customers. In my view, agencies need to remember their purpose is to serve the client, not the other way around. Advertising executives have two alternatives in how they serve their clients:
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2) They can be value-creators first focused on contributing useful insights, strategies and ideas that enable clients to see over the horizon, helping them gain more clarity and confidence to make the right decisions that impact their business success.
Of these alternatives, which one do you think will earn and deserve the trust and loyalty of the client over the long haul? Which alternative will enable you to provide more use value to your client than you are paid in cash value–thus enhancing your ability to move up the value chain and command premium fees? Which method will enable you to create unparalleled competitive advantage for your firm? Which alternative will clients love to share with others? Which one do you want to be?
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Too true… and so painful to read! I believe you've tapped on a few truths about the client/agency relationship.
A key point we often stress is that "Companies" NEVER fire agencies! People do.
And people fire agencies every day for a wide variety of reasons. They justify their decisions in a variety of ways. The reasons represent a full range of human emotions. Fear of change. Loss of trust. Pride. Poor chemistry. Misunderstandings. Neglect.
Firing an agency is not a business decision, but a human decision made because of human emotions.
Understand this, and you are well on the way to a position of never losing another client. It's called chemistry. And understanding how to use it will keep the relationship strong for years…
I really believe another source of increasing tension is the ever-shortening average CMO tenure. I probably last read a couple years back that it was down to about 18 months, meaning CMOs more than ever feel the need to swoop in, make a change (often switching agencies), and then look to quickly reap a tangible return from the new agency partner. This emphasis on the short term often sacrifices the long term, placing an unfair emphasis on quick win tactics over thoughtful strategy, leading to frustration for all involved.
As an advertising person for the last 10 years, this really is painful to read and to understand that it's just not happening in one part of the world.
Whilst we follow the second principal with our clients, unfortunately, even then the clients still treat us like Vendors.
The problem is on the client side. Most times the new ones especially at the director position don't understand what's presented to them given they have no idea of the heritage of the brand. Plus the ego's need to show whose boss is what kills the relationship with the agency no matter how good the insights or the work.
Plus sometimes there's just a personal pressure (friend, associate, etc) to switch work. Advertising is a contacts game afterall.
Whilst I agree that there are a lot of agencies, the good ones are still quite few. One or two people agencies are a dime a dozen though.
You point to some very real problems here. Primarily junior staff executing the work seems like a slap in the face to the client. And making agencies go through silly hoops just to win the work is absurd. You are spot on correct, though, it's up to the ad agencies to improve the relationship first…the marketplace is just too cluttered, and if a client is not happy, they're just one click away from another agency.
This industry is rife with big ego. That may very well be the crux of the problems. One thing is for sure — the best results are produced by those who operate from a platform of mutual respect. It takes longer for some to learn that.
My work with Fortune list CEOs on the pragmatic use of values, revealed that bad (unethical) behavior, typically correlates directly with CEO priorities—expressed explicitly or implicitly. Bad behavior is capable of producing short term gains (an infusion of cash flow), but invariably concludes in long term pain; (the destruction or a reduction of wealth)–for example, Enron, Arthur Anderson and Bernie Madoff . Bad behavior seldom begins with a large "company threatening" transgression. Rather, when CEOs encourage or tolerate small ethical violations they set up a slippery slope—a precursor to failure.
As an ad agency creative, who usually doesn't own the client relationship, but leaves that to the account directors, I experience an increased notion that clients wonder about the value account people bring to the table – which in turn makes a value-based relationship that much more difficult. I think a lot of the account people are trained too similarly to the brand managers and can't provide a service or knowledge the client hasn't already checked off internally. If individual client service folks were really strong, in let's say, social media strategies or innovation design or something… I think clients would have more respect. Too just be an upstream strategic partner doesn't seem to be enough anymore.
As to "Why clients and their ad agencies behave so badly", you have compiled a disturbingly correct list of bad behaviors — on both sides of the fence.
But I don't think it's new. There have always been bad actors in the business. And it is not just advertising — it's just that we are more visible than lawyers or architects or consultants. McKinsey, for example, never publishes its client list. And they don't announce new clients.
The trend that disturbs me is the negotiation of fees by the purchasing department rather than the marketing people — who know how to value ideas.
David Ogilvy always said clients get the kind of advertising they deserve. Great clients ask for big solutions. All the best campaigns I was associated with started with a client asking a big question — not with our coming up with a bright idea and trying to sell it.
My largest client at Ogilvy & Mather for many years was Lou Gerstner at American Express — before he went to IBM. He thought clearly about what Amex needed to build its businesses, so we were able to organize our resources to develop campaigns to meet these needs. When he came to American Express, the Amex Card was seen as a "mature" business. By the time he left, it was growing 23 percent a year.
He also paid us enough to invest in his business with talented people in his key markets. "Pay peanuts and you get monkeys," said Ogilvy.
~ Ken Roman former Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather and author of "The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising.
Ken Roman's remarks are spot on.
I was and am fortunate to enjoy decades long relationships with clients.
The key to long-term successful relationships is to be in tune with the client on their values, and on what they are trying to accomplish. That means truly understanding their business. It also means that the client also respects your values, and what you stand for.
If you don't have that depth of mutual understanding and insight, it's impossible to be viewed by the client as a trusted advisor. You wind up being viewed as a vendor, with predictable outcomes.
As long as agencies are willing to give away their thinking in competitive pitches, they'll likely be viewed as vendors, and as inept business people. And that's no way to begin or maintain a relationship…
I write about the agency/client relationship, and how to restore it, in a book I co-authored with Bill Neal: 'Value Creation: The Power of Brand Equity" Read Chapter 13.
-Ron Strauss, Founder & CEO Brandzone
I worked for four and a half years with 2 agencies and thereafter moved over to the Client's side where I have been ever since.
I think it's clear; Agencies need to deliver better practices and account management and show that 'value to Client' and not 'profit to the Agency' drives their strategic approach. This way, over time, mutual trust and respect is developed which will in turn translate to Clients willing to pay that little bit extra to maintain a consistently mutually beneficial partnership. Truth be told, there are indeed a lot of agency options available out there for Clients to choose from.


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It's interesting how from time to time something happens that makes sense and seems logical afterwards, but at the time it causes a bit of a surprise. Part of the fun of working with this type of software!
A few days ago we had an incident in an Oracle DW database wheb a developer tried to load an infinitely big file from a very large source. Yeah, you got it: big-data-ish!
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Dang, been a while since the last posts! A lot of water under the bridge since then.
We've ditched a few people that were not really helping anything, and are now actively looking at cloud solutions, "big data" use, etcetc.
Meanwhile, there is the small detail that business as usual has to continue: it's very easy to parrot about the latest gimmick/feature/funtastic technology that will
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Some were written a few years ago by other dbas and have been added to by myself as needed. Others were
First of all, apologies for the long delay between posts. We've been evaluating various avenues for the cycle of hardware and software refresh in our data centres and for obvious reasons I could not make any public postings or comments that might be mis-interpreted by the various suppliers.
In these situations there is a confidentiality protocol that must be followed and simply cannot be broken.
I've said it before here and will say it again: the Oracle implementation of proxy logins is flawed from the start.
I've given at least one demonstration of why. And why using ALTER SESSION SET CURRENT_SCHEMA is a much more manageable and secure alternative.
Despite that, folks insist and persist on using proxies...
Consider Tom Kyte's article on the latest Oracle magazine, with the examples
Sorry for the marked absence of posts, folks. This year we've been upgrading all our Oracle dbs to 188.8.131.52 and all our MSSQL dbs to 2008R2 - hectic is an understatement for how things have been!
On top of that we've been told we may need to increase the size of our main Oracle dbs by 10X in the next 2 years. So, in the process of upgrading I had to ensure the groundwork for that sort of
The few who follow this blog know I don't at all like the way Oracle is slowly forcing customers to use the OCM and direct Oracle support links, for patching and upgrades.
It's very simple: our db servers are in an intranet, in a designated set of subnets that will N-E-V-E-R be open to anything past the DMZ. And even then only as the originators and to a known IP address.
This, I stress
Regular readers of this irregular blog will recall it's a loooong time since I had anything positive to say about Oracle and its marketing and support organization.Mind you: it's not a problem with the folks that man the fort at MOS - or whatever the blessed thing is called this week!In general I've found them competent and helpful and have actually recommended quite a few for service awards.
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Hospitality-based social networking provides an effective way to disseminate massive amounts of information by leveraging the guest community, and builds a far more valuable customer.
The phrase "check-in" was once only applicable to the hospitality industry. Yet, today, social networking has fundamentally altered our understanding of the phrase. Look no further than Foursquare, the location-based service, which borrowed the term for its popular mobile app, forever expanding the term's breadth and depth. Now that users can share their location, tag their friends, and broadcast their thoughts on a restaurant or venue, Foursquare has transformed a night on the town and lunch dates into digitally augmented experiences. Experiences that were once purely physical have now become starkly digital
Per Gartner, social commerce sales will reach $30 billion by 2015, and one such industry that stands to gain tremendously is hospitality. An enhanced guest experience through innovative social strategies is a potential game-changer. By having guests share advice on popular places to dine, drink, play, and find entertainment, the social knowledge held by a hotel's own occupants can enhance potential upsell opportunities.
Hotels such as The Pod Hotel in New York offer modern, economically priced rooms. They also provide guests with a niche social network called Pod Culture. Guests are give login accounts with their reservations, allowing them to access the Pod Culture forum and connect with other guests. Within the privacy of the forum, guests can suggest and comment on attractions and shops within the hotel grounds as well as local bars, clubs, and eateries.
A Slow Crawl Toward Social
While Pod was an early mover in 2008, the push to social within hotels and resorts has been modest. With social skyrocketing, this seeming lethargy has been perplexing to say the least. The Pod Culture forum and others like it are a way to inspire more transactions within a hotel's lobby, restaurants, gift shops, and rooftop bar. And while the upside is apparent large resorts and global hotel brands, it's evident that most hospitality brands today have not taken the plunge.
A study featured in Forbes cited that "81% of US respondents indicated posts from their friends directly influence their purchase decisions." And within a hotel, the 500 other strangers in separate rooms might as well be considered "friends." A fellow guest raving about the high-speed Internet upgrade or room service quality on an internal social network can easily persuade other guests inclined to upgrade their own stay. A hospitality-centric social strategy results not only in increased revenue per room, but also superior customer service experiences. While revenue results directly from increased transactions, augmenting customer service through social media increases revenue as a result of enhanced brand notoriety, customer loyalty, and retention.
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The simplest approach involves examining pre-existing networks for customer feedback. Monitoring Twitter to see guest complaints about rooms allows hotels to manage quality control in an isolated environment. One step further, sentiment analytics tools can gauge customer satisfaction, ultimately allowing guest services to spot issues and resolve them prior to escalation. You may not be able stop your guests from complaining about a lack of towels or pillows via a tweet or Facebook status, but you can decrease your lead time to handling them.
Or imagine from a guest's perspective logging in upon arrival and instantly viewing a news feed of guest status updates. Users can even be grouped by the purpose of their stay (work, family, honeymoon, etc.). Check-ins, specific pages for restaurants, deals at shopping outlets, and coupons with theaters and plays provide social affiliate marketing tactics far more effective than in-room binders - while at the same time tightening partnership opportunities with local attractions.
Simple, safe, guest-to-guest messaging pushes the experience even further. Rather than an inherently isolated and segmented experience that hundreds of travelers, vacationers, and business folk experience, social incites guests to naturally communicate, turning a 10 p.m. lights-out into a foray at the hotel bar and lounge.
Ultimately, hospitality-based social networking provides an effective way to disseminate massive amounts of information by leveraging the guest community. Utilized effectively, it provides the opportunity to build a far more valuable customer, one who is inherently social, brand-promoting, and revenue-generating.
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The islands are best known for their natural ecosystems and unique species. The national park and marine biological reserve are undoubtedly the most interesting places visit. Cuenca, a city famous for its colonial structures, is worth a visit. It is 2 hour and 50 minute drive from the coastal port of Guayaquil, the most common port of entry to the Galapagos.


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Toledo Police continue to look for the suspects responsible for a double murder Monday night.Two men were killed inside a home at 25 East Pearl street near Lagrange after someone shot it up. "He was not a bad person. He was a lovable person. If he could help you he would help you. He couldn't he would let you know he didn't deserve this," says Angela Hill, mother of victim John Hill. She pleads for the suspects who shot and killed her son and his friend Darnell Green to turn themselves in. "What did my son do what did he do to deserve this tell me I want to know. Who ever did it come forth just come forth," says the grieving mother. Monday night police were sent to a home at 25 East Pearl street after the home was shot up. 23-year-old Darnell Green and 25-year-old John Hill were hit and killed. There were several people inside. Detectives say the front door was open when suspects fired multiple shots through the glass screen from the curb.
A neighbor heard the shots. "All of a sudden we heard the thumping and it was so many gunshots at first you couldn't tell it was gunshots until they kept going," says Sundara Henderson. She says she saw a man run through her yard.
"I knew it was all black and I can tell you that I couldn't see what he look like or anything because he ran so fast," she says.
Investigators say the victims never saw it coming. One victim was struck by a bullet while sitting on the couch. The other victim was shot in the head after a bullet came through the kitchen wall. Hill's mother says her son enjoyed music and spent most of his time at a local studio. She has a message for who ever pulled the trigger. "You're not only hurting me. He has a six-year-old little boy, and for me to see my grandbaby last night there at the scene, saying 'My daddy is at the studio. Nana, let's go to the studio and see my daddy.' My grandbaby didn't have no reason to see that who ever did this come forth," says Hill. Police have no suspects in the case. They are talking to witnesses who were inside the home when the shots were fired. John Hills family will hold a vigil tonight at 6pm at 25 East Pearl Street.


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Video Highlight: KIS International School (Bangkok, Thailand)
June 17, 2012
There are so many international schools in Bangkok. Which ones are good places for international school teachers to work at? How does the international teaching community view the international schools there?
KIS International School (Bangkok)
The school building looks quite big. Also, there is a large outdoor swimming pool and a climbing wall.
The outdoor playgrounds appear to have tarps installed on the trees to aid in shading the heat from the sun.
Looks like the students enjoy playing soccer as most students at international schools do during their play time.
The school has the students wearing uniforms appropriate to the tropical climate of the country.
Every shot of a classroom makes it seem as if there is much learning space allotted for the students. It is nice to have a lot of space for students to explore and not be so distracted by others in the room.
The indoor shot of the atrium looks impressive and definitely creates a welcoming feeling as you walk along the hallways of the school.
I noticed a shot of an exercise room on campus. I still haven't had the chance to work at an international school that had one of these. Would be nice to have access to a gym on campus!
Wow their special celebration days look to be quite the spectacular! There is a great open space outside on the field to hold these types of big events.
There have been 39 comments and information submitted on this international school on our website. Want to know more about what life is like as a teacher at this international school? Take a look a their profile page on our website – KIS International School (Bangkok) (39 Comments)
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If you dream is to work at an international school in Thailand, the ISAT website can be a great resource for you.
The International Schools Association of Thailand was established in 1994. Its principal purpose is to act as a link between international schools which are members of ISAT on the one hand and the Ministry of Education, in particular the Office of the Private Education Commission, on the other.
During the past year, ISAT has been extensively involved with the Department of Export Promotion in the joint marketing of international education both in Thailand and overseas.
The issues of new education legislation and educational reforms have also featured high on the agenda over the past year. ISAT has lent its support to this process through assistance in in-service training by arranging placement for Thai teachers and administrators in international schools where they are able to observe modern approaches to teaching and learning first hand.
In addition to disseminating information to its members on educational issues both at home and overseas, its regular meetings provide a forum for discussion, debate and the exchange of views and information. The organization of in-service training courses, particularly in the fields of cross-cultural management and Thai language teaching, also features highly on the list of ISAT's priorities.
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Note: This is about the comic by Mike Carey. For the character, see Satan."Lucifer Morningstar speaks for himself."The only spin-off from The Sandman to not only manage long-term success but also become a critically acclaimed comic in its own right, Lucifer followed the life and times of the eponymous fallen angel after he gave up being the Lord of Hell to run a piano bar in Los Angeles. After accepting a commission from God to deal with something that threatens humanity, he finds himself the owner of his very own universe. There follows an epic adventure in which Lucifer fights to escape the control of his father, God, while dozens of other parties unveil their own macabre plans...Lucifer himself is an arrogant sociopath with a dry wit, who - with a very few exceptions - cares only for himself and his mission and will kill or severely inconvenience anyone who is stupid enough to get in his way. Despite popular conceptions of the devil, or perhaps playing them quite straight, he is a handsome, suave man who makes a point of never lying (not that it means much) and always pays back what he owes. He has never tempted anyone into committing sins and indeed seems to find it slightly depressing when they live down to his expectations.Along the way the comic picks up a recurring cast of about 12 other characters, including Jill Presto, a stage magician who makes a dangerous pact; Gaudium, a cigar-chomping former cherub; Elaine Belloc, an English schoolgirl with unusual powers, and Christopher Rudd, a damned soul who becomes the plaything of a cruel demoness.Lucifer first appeared in The Sandman #4 (April, 1989). He appeared in several storylines of that title. Also receiving guest appearances in The Books of Magic, and titles featuring The Spectre, and Etrigan. He received his own mini-series The Sandman Presents: Lucifer (March-May, 1999) and then graduated to an ongoing series, which lasted for 75 issues (June, 2000-August, 2006).
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ucLADINO is one of the only student organizations at a university outside of Israel dedicated to learning about the Judeo-Spanish language also known as Ladino and Judezmo. The organization is co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies as well as the Spanish and Portuguese Department at UCLA. Undergraduate and graduate students of ANY department are invited. For more information about meetings and programs contact
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The third annual ucLADINO Symposium will focus on Judeo-Spanish revitalization efforts in all spheres and domains, with particular focus on the 21st century. Renowned scholars, graduate students, professors, authors,and activists from a variety of disciplines will present research and discuss programming efforts in Judeo-Spanish speaking communities across the globe. More information available at: http://www.ucladino.com/symposium
Judeo-Spanish is a Romance language that evolved from Old Spanish upon the expulsion of Sephardim, or Spanish Jews, in 1492 into various parts of the Ottoman Empire and North Africa. As a Jewish language, it is influenced heavily by Hebrew and Aramaic, but also Arabic, Turkish and to a lesser extent Greek and other languages where the exiles settled, including French and Italian. Like Yiddish, Ladino was written with Hebrew letters, except that Ladino used the Rashi script. The Rashi script was, in fact, originally a Ladino script to separate Rashi's commentary from the Torah. It was only at the beginning of the 20th century that Ladino began to be written using the Latin alphabet, like most European languages.
Los Angeles is a perfect setting for ucLADINO, as the Judeo-Spanish as well as Sephardic communities of Los Angeles are the second largest in the country behind New York City. This provides great opportunities for programming and networking right here in our own komunitika. Since its founding in 2011, the organization has had several speakers participate in active dialogue with students on a variety of Judeo-Spanish and Sephardic issues.
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Lt. James Gordon stands beside the bat signal light atop the roof of police headquarters on a dark, cloudy night.
Gordon: Ready for another dangerous night, Batman? I hear the Joker's plotting to rob Gotham's First National Bank.
Batman: Eh, no that's just a rumor. I actually shot the Joker three nights ago.
Gordon: I also hear Two-Face iswait, what?
Batman: Shot him. Three slugs in the chest, and one in the face for good measure.
Batman raises a .357 in the air and waves it around.
Gordon: I thought you didn't
Batman: Use guns? Yeah, well, you don't think I want be running across roof tops the rest of my life, do you? I mean, how many times have I captured the Joker? Like a dozen? And he always escapes anyway to launch another attack that wil kill hundreds more. Also, it occurred to me that guns are far more convenient than batarangs and grappling hooks. Not to mention gas pellets. I mean, what am I? A crime fighter or some kind of gay-ass magician?
Gordon: I see and Two-Face?
Batman: Snipered him from a roof last night. Brains splattered everywhere. Never even saw it coming.
Gordon: Penguin?
Batman: Shot. With bird shot, no less.
Gordon: Scarecrow?
Batman: Shot.
Gordon: Killer Cro-
Batman: Shot.
Gordon: Poison Iv-
Batman: Shot.
Gordon: The Riddler?
Batman just turns and nods.
Gordon: Well then. Uh, let's see coffee, maybe?
Batman: Actually, I'm gonna turn in for the night. See if I can catch The Office.
Gordon: Will we see you around anymore?
Batman: Don't know. I'm thinking of heading over to Central City, maybe giving Flash a hand. I hear's he fighting a guy now who throws boomerangs. Yeah, boomerangs. He's so shot.
Gordon: Alrighty. Um you will help me dismantle this giant bat signal then, won't you? It's kinda heavy and
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Writing a Curriculum Vitae Curriculum Vitae vs. Resume A resume is a 1-2 page brief summary of education and experience used to demonstrate qualifications for a position or type of position. A curriculum vitae (CV) is a 3 or more page detailed biographical statement emphasizing qualifications and professional activities in detail. A CV is used for advanced positions in research and higher education and may be used for other positions when requested. For most job seekers, a resume is all that you will need. However, it may be useful to develop a CV as you further your education and achieve professional accomplishments. Why a Curriculum Vitae Besides using your CV to get a job upon graduation, it can also be used in other ways: 1.A supporting document to include when submitting a grant or funding proposal 2.A requirement for an annual review with your employer 3.A requirement for membership to a professional society 4.A requirement for applying to medical school 5.A background statement to be used to develop an introduction for a professional presentation at a conference or meeting
The following outline shows a basic format for most academic papers. No matter what length the paper needs to be, it should still follow the format of having an introduction, body, and conclusion. Read over what typically goes in each section of the paper. Use the back of this handout to outline information for your specific paper. The introduction should have some of the following elements, depending on the type of paper: Start with an attention grabber: a short story, example, statistic, or historical context that introduces the paper topic Give an overview of any issues involved with the subject Define of any key terminology need to understand the topic Quote or paraphrase sources revealing the controversial nature of the subject (argumentative papers only) Highlight background information on the topic needed to understand the direction of the paper Write an antithesis paragraph, presenting the primary opposing views (argumentative paper only) The introduction must end with a THESIS statement (a 1 to 2 sentences in length): Tell what the overall paper will focus on Briefly outline the main points in the paper. Clearly present the main points of the paper as listed in the thesis Give strong examples, details, and explanations to support each main points If an argumentative paper, address any counterarguments and refute those arguments If a research paper, use strong evidence from sources—paraphrases, summaries, and quotations that support the main points. Restate your thesis from the introduction in different words Briefly summarize each main point found in the body of the paper (avoid going over 2 sentences for each point) Give a statement of the consequences of not embracing the position (argumentative paper only) End with a strong clincher statement: an appropriate, meaningful final sentence that ties the whole point of the paper together (may refer back to the attention grabber) Additional Tips Decide on the thesis and main points first You do not need to start writing your paper with the introduction Try writing the thesis and body first; then go back and figure out how to best introduce the body and conclude the paper Use transitions between main points and between examples within the main points Always keep your thesis in the forefront of your mind while writing; everything in your paper must point back to the thesis Use the back of this handout to make an outline of your paper
The role of the perceived gender of an infant and the gender of adolescents on ratings of the infant will be explored. Thirty-six junior high students (18 boys and 18 girls) will view a photo of a 3-month-old infant. Students will be told the infant's name is either "Larry," "Laurie," or they will not be told the infant's name. Each student will rate the infant on 6 bipolar adjective scales (firm/soft, big/little, strong/weak, hardy/delicate, well coordinated/awkward, and beautiful/plain). It is predicted that both the name assigned to the infant and the students' gender will affect ratings. Implications of the results for parenting and for future research will be discussed.Effect of Infant's Perceived Gender on Adolescents' Ratings of the Infant Many researchers agree that gender role socialization begins at the time of an infant's birth (Haugh, Hoffman, & Cowan, 1980; Honig, 1983). Most parents are extremely interested in learning whether their newborn infant is a boy or a girl, and intentionally or not, this knowledge elicits in them a set of expectations about sex role appropriate traits (Rubin, Provenzano, & Luria, 1974). Empirical research suggests that these initial expectations, which form the basis of gender schemas (Leone & Robertson, 1989), can have a powerful impact on parents' perceptions of and behavior toward infants (Fagot, 1978; Lewis, 1972). Gender contributes to the initial context within which adults respond to an infant and may become an influential agent in the socializing process and the development of the child's sense of self (Berndt & Heller, 1986). Stereotyped expectations may influence gender role socialization and the acquisition of sex-typed behavior through a self-fulfilling prophecy process (Darley & Fazio, 1980). Preconceived gender-based expectations may cause the parent to elicit expected behavior from the infant and to reinforce expected behavior when it occurs; this would confirm the parents' initial expectations.
Many of us will at sometime or the other be called upon to prepare and give a presentation. PowerPoint is the Microsoft Office software most often used to prepare a professional and successful presentation. At Northcentral, you may be asked to prepare an assignment using PowerPoint. This presentation will offer some guidelines to creating a successful presentation. The following topics will be discussed: • Preparation • Organization • PowerPoint Tutorial • Writing the Script • Graphics Preparation: Select your topic Gather your sources Collect visual images if you will use them Become familiar with the PowerPoint software Select a layout and design Organization • Prepare an outline - Introduction - Include the problem statement or thesis statement. - Include a literature review if required. - Body of Text - Supporting material - Conclusion/Recommendations - Reference Page Proper APA in-text citation is required.
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Ksenia Polyakova Packaging design as a Marketing tool and Desire to purchase, 72 pages, 2 appendices Saimaa University of Applied Science Faculty of Business Administration, Lappeenranta Degree Programme in International Business Bachelor's Thesis 2013 Instructor: Mr. Riku Hytönen Senior Lecturer, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences The purpose of the study was to examine the consumer perception on different design elements of a milk package and to provide essential information for the companies about the consumer attraction and importance of design attributes from the consumer point of view. The theoretical framework was based on the secondary data (articles and books) and included core concepts of packaging, packaging design, consumer behavior, consumer perception, and consumer attraction. The mixed method was selected for acquiring and analyzing the research results. Quantitative data was collected from 30 questionnaire responses and was analyzed with the computer program Excel. Qualitative data was obtained from two interviews conducted with the companies, Valio Ltd and Tetra Pak Ltd. The results of the study revealed the importance of packaging design in consumer buying behavior. By examining the consumer perception, it was found out that packaging design elements such as graphics, color, and product information play a key role in decision making and ensure consumer's attention. Based on the findings, it was defined that successful milk packaging design could be created by the cooperation between the consumer and the company. Further research could investigate other product packages' design elements.
The thesis is concerned with the study of fluid-structure interaction in flexible tubes both from the modelling as well as the experimental point of view. More specifically, it presents the first stage of development and testing of a novel unified solution method suitable for fluid-structure interaction problems. In the conventional approach for modelling such problems, the fluid and solid components are treated separately, information is exchanged at their interface and different solution algorithms are used for the two components. The equations for solids are solved for displacement and stress and, the ones for fluids are solved for velocity and pressure. The exchange of information between two solution methods that solve for different quantities is not a trivial task and has also known drawbacks such as high computational cost and potential numerical instabilities, especially for very flexible structures. In the new method presented in the thesis, a single set of equations is used to describe both fluid and solid, while the interface between them is contained within the solution domain itself. This is achieved by reformulating the solid equations to contain the same primitive variables used in fluids i.e. velocity and pressure. The PISO algorithm is used to handle the velocity-pressure coupling. The method proposed is fully tested for solids on a structural dynamic problem (beam bending) and the results compared successfully with the classical structural analysis. In order to quantify the dissipation characteristics of the numerical integration technique, a stability eigenvalue analysis of the proposed time marching and spatial discretisation scheme is performed in one dimension but the conclusions of this analysis were also in agreement with the results of the beam bending.
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Arthroscopic treatment of early glenohumeral arthritis
- Giuseppe Porcellini,
- Giovanni Merolla,
- Fabrizio Campi,
- Andrea Pellegrini,
- Chandra Sekhar Bodanki,
- Paolo Paladini
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The articular cartilage of the shoulder is not endowed with intrinsic repair abilities, so the detection of chondral lesions during arthroscopy may indicate that additional articular procedures are needed. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the benefits of arthroscopy in patients with early shoulder arthritis, and to assess which clinical and radiological features are correlated with better arthroscopic outcomes.
Materials and methods
Out of a total of 2,707 shoulders, 61 arthroscopies were performed on patients aged 30–55 years suffering from a painful early arthritic shoulder. We performed a retrospective study of 47 of those 61 patients with osteoarthritis at Samilson–Prieto stage I or II. SST and Constant score were used as outcome measures. Arthroscopic circumferential capsulotomy was performed to release the soft tissues and increase the joint space. Glenoid chondral lesions were caregorized according to location (anterior, posterior, centered) and size (small, large, total) and treated with microfractures; in the last 11 patients, we placed a engineered hyaluronic acid membrane, Hyalograft® C, on the surface of the glenoid. Postoperative care included mobilization the day after surgery, with the arm protected in a sling for two weeks. Follow-up examinations were performed at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months after surgery. The clinical and radiographic data collected were compared with those obtained at the last examination.
The mean Constant score increased from 43.8 points to 79.1, and the mean SST score increased from 4.9 points to 9.4 points. Clinical outcomes improved significantly in 44 patients (93.6 %). The three patients (6.4 %) with the lowest scores showed progression of arthritis. Age, gender, glenohumeral distance, and presence of engineered hyaluronic acid membrane were not related to clinical scores. Recovery of range of motion as well as small and centered cartilage lesions were statistically associated with improved outcome.
The main finding was that soft tissue procedures (including capsulotomy and synovectomy) associated with glenoid microfractures are only suitable for patients with early arthritis and preserved humeral head shape, particularly in cases with small and centered glenoid cartilage lesions.
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- Arthroscopic treatment of early glenohumeral arthritis
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Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Volume 14, Issue 1 , pp 23-29
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- 2013-03-01
- 10.1007/s10195-012-0219-6
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- 1590-9921
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- 1590-9999
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- Springer Milan
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- Cartilage lesions
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- Giovanni Merolla (1)
- Fabrizio Campi (1)
- Andrea Pellegrini (1)
- Chandra Sekhar Bodanki (1)
- Paolo Paladini (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Unit of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, D. Cervesi Hospital, Via L. Van Beethoven 1, CAP, 47841, Cattolica, RN, Italy


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Why Magnum Hunter Resources (MHR) Is Spiking on Friday
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Magnum Hunter Resources (MHR) spiked on Friday after announcing a gas discovery at its first Utica Shale well.
By midmorning, shares had gained 7% to $8.73.
The Houston-based oil and gas producer said its first dry gas well, located on the Stalder Pad in Monroe County, Ohio, was in operation as of earlier this week. The well had recently tested at a peak rate of 32.5 MMCF of natural gas per day.
"Our first well on the Stalder Pad is the most eastern well and one of the most southern wells drilled to-date in the entire Utica Play of Ohio," said CEO Gary Evans in a statement."The well's production is almost pure methane (97%) and therefore there is no need for processing, making it pipeline quality product. The benefit of owning the majority interest of our midstream division is that this well went directly through our gathering system to sales earlier this week. Therefore, we did not require any third-party to build a pipeline to this location." Magnum Hunter Resources acts as operator of the well and holds a 47% interest. Other partners include Statoil (STO), Eclipse Resources and Northwood Energy. TheStreet Ratings team rates MAGNUM HUNTER RESOURCES CORP as a Hold with a ratings score of C-. The team has this to say about their recommendation: "We rate MAGNUM HUNTER RESOURCES CORP (MHR) a HOLD. The primary factors that have impacted our rating are mixed -- some indicating strength, some showing weaknesses, with little evidence to justify the expectation of either a positive or negative performance for this stock relative to most other stocks. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, generally higher debt management risk and disappointing return on equity." Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:
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Although there are reports that the battle for Christian Grey will come down to Ian Somerhalder vs. Henry Cavill, devoted fans of White Collar star Matt Bomer aren't giving up just yet. Plenty of Fifty Shades of Grey enthusiasts are still rooting for him to be a contender for the coveted role, but that's not stopping some people from insisting that his sexuality will stand in the way of his casting.
For instance, on TMZ recently, a female staffer argued that many fans would rather see a straight actor in the role, because it is "so closely associated with straight female sexuality." But TMZ founder Harvey Levin disagreed, saying that straight actors play gay characters all the time (i.e., Brokeback Mountain), so it's not a big deal. As much as I agree real life sexuality shouldn't influence casting, I have to disagree with Harvey ... Matt Bomer shouldn't be Christian Grey, because he's gay.
Some will argue that if straight Heath Ledger could play gay Ennis Del Mar, then why can't gay Matt Bomer play straight Christian Grey? Well, he could! But it makes sense why many Fifty fans -- myself included -- would prefer he didn't. When it comes to an actor who is openly gay like Bomer, it's harder to enjoy the same suspension of disbelief we'd get with a known (or thought-to-be) straight actor. It's sadly the reason a lot of famous actors in Hollywood go to great lengths to stay closeted (hmmm ... Tom Cruise? John Travolta?) -- so that they can score romantic, sexy, straight leading roles and be believable in them.
I really do wish that wasn't the case. But it is unfortunately one of those "it is what it is" kinds of situations ... Once you know the details of an actor's personal life -- particularly their sexuality -- it can be difficult to push those details out of your mind while you're watching them on screen. I could see how that could especially be an issue in a role like this, which might be the most anticipated, most sexually-charged, and yes, straight leading male roles to come around in a long time.
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Again, I'm not arguing that an openly gay man like Bomer couldn't do a fine job playing a straight character. Of course he could! Gay men have played straight -- on stage/screen and in real life! -- for hundreds of years. But to see a gay man in this straight, extremely sexual role when there are plenty of hot, heterosexual dudes in Hollywood who are more than capable of the performance, too? It seems -- for better or worse -- less than ideal.
Also, P.S., why does everyone seem to be forgetting that Christian's only supposed to be a young 28 years old? Most of these "fan faves," with the exception of Henry Cavill, are all in their mid-30s and look it. Straight or gay, the guy who plays Christian has gotta be the right age! (And sorry again, Bomer fans, but he's not.)
How do you feel about Matt Bomer as Christian Grey? Do you feel like an actor's sexuality should influence whether or not he scores the role?
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While I am a firm Team Ian fan here, I don't think his sexuality has anything to do with it. There are plenty of men and women that are not straight and still participate in BDSM. If he can play a straight male in any other movie this one should not disclude him purely for his preference of men. But I am a team Ian fan, so in the end it won't matter :)
Maybe Matt Bomer shouldn't be Christian Gray because he is too good of an actor to be associated with this steaming pile of a book.
seriously? Neil Harris is gay and plays an awesome womenizer. Whats wrogn with being gay and ACTING straight in movies/tv shows?
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Repetitive searches, unsatisfying results and endless applications are time-consuming. Because employers are required to post their job on our site, your active profile is constantly "listening" for suitable opportunities which are presented to you as soon as they are posted.