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Botswana as a Role Model for Country Success
AbstractI argue that the economic success of Botswana can be explained by the historical development of its institutions which is related to the trajectory of the Tswana states over the past 200 years. These institutions created a much more stable and accountable government than elsewhere in Africa after independence with the desire and incentive to adopt good economic policies. There are two main lessons from this experience. The first is how successful an African economy can become using simple orthodox well-understood policies. The second is that successful development in Africa will be helped by a focus on the development of state institutions. Though Botswana inherited different institutions from elsewhere, it also built on these, in particular trying to create a national identity and to continually modernize and adapt institutions. There are many lessons for other African countries from these policy choices.
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Re: Odd use of concentric
Indeed, "concentric" is surely the wrong word; "centric" and "concentric" aren't synonyms!
BT: Hey guys, we've developed NEW MOBE TECH! It's called... 2G
Re: Let's party like it's 1989
The only place I ever saw Rabbit phones used in anger was the Hutchison/Orange office in Bristol, and they probably had no choice in the matter!
Microsoft swings axe at 18,000 bods in its largest ever round of layoffs
Re: Told you so
yep, having seen it from the inside that was pretty much the point where the plot was lost and the ambitious idiots had taken over.
Silent, spacious and... well, insipid: Citroën's electric C-Zero car
Re: Electric cars just aren't there yet.
Batteries and electric motors have both been under development for over a century, we're way way past the 'easy win' phase of development hence it's difficult to see electric cars in anything like their current form making much progress.
A first-world problem solved: Panoramic selfies, thanks to Huawei's Ascend P7
Re: Truisms Spoken Aloud
When I worked for them a few years back the Chinese Overlords pronounced it how-whey in a slightly Geordie fashion. Going back to the mid 90s many Americans I met pronounced Nokia Noe-kee-ah in an attempt (presumably) to make it sound like Ikea.
Windows XP is finally DEAD, right? Er, not quite. Here's what to do if you're stuck with it
Won't some of this stuff be running on XP Embedded?
"That "somewhere" can mean anything that's not a PC – so passenger information systems, kiosks and airline ticketing systems.
And let's not forget ATMs: two-thirds of the country's 60,000 cash machines are also, as of today, still trucking along on Windows XP."
Support for XP Embedded doesn't end until 2016, presumably a good chunk of the above will be running on that.
FWIW I was sitting in the pub the other evening, guy comes in and takes the Quiz Machine to bits (I assume he was invited...), in order to replace the monitor. When rebooted it showed a Win 2K Pro splash screen :-)
The Reg's desert XP-ocalypse aversion plan revealed
I'd start by going over to www.ninite.com, as that will create a custom link to automagically download the majority of programmes mentioned so far.
Hundreds of folks ready to sue Bitcoin exchange MtGox
Rule #1 of litigation: ensure that the party you are suing has the means to pay any potential settlement in your favour.
"The exchange has claimed to have 127,000 creditors and liabilities of 6.5bn ($64m), with assets of just 3.84bn ($38m)."
Fails Rule #1 then.
Desperate Venezuelans wiped clean of bog roll
Re: DESPERATE VENEZUELANS WIPED CLEAN OF BOG ROLL....
there's a (c)rapp for that
Ofcom ploughs up UK spectrum fields, reseeds them with 4G
Re: Double the power needed at the phone end?
All other factors remaining equal then yes, the mobile would have to transmit twice as much power to maintain a balanced link. Seldom that straightforward in practice, but upping the base station maximum transmit power by 3dB isn't the 'easy win' it might first appear to be.
@ James 51
..the same as will happen to the millions of smart meters and other M2M appliances that use GSM modems, they won't work. How OFCOM intend managing this issue - if they intend doing so - will be interesting to see.
Nokia Siemens slim-down continues
Speaking as one of many ex-employees, it didn't do the ex Nokia Networks folk much good either.
UK's first 4G network just switched on - and it's not from EE
well good luck anyway
Nobody from Ionica onwards has made wireless broadband access work financially, but maybe now is the time when the finances finally work out. Maybe.
Thank Freeview for UK 4G by mid-2013 - NOT the iPhone 5 nor EE
Re: iPhone 5 not compatible with UK 800MHz band
Presumably the iPhone 5 supports LTE at 1800MHz though, so should work on the EE network.
DAB dad Pure deploys DVR
Re: Could be good
Same here, DMX mini system CD player started skipping after 14 months, then the DAB radio started losing its tuning memory randomly (both common faults judging by Amazon reviews). PURE's only repsonse was to offer a discount on a newer PURE product - and that discount was more than Amazon's normal price anyway. No more PURE products for me.
AT&T to mothball 2G network by 2017
could be interesting trying this in the UK
..given that the majority of these "smart" utility meters being rolled out at great expense use GSM modems for communication IIRC.
Gone fishin' with Nokia
Way to go Andy! The spirit of Seymour Bybus lives on!
SkyDrive slips snapshots into cloudy wallet
Re: Image Compression
There seems to be no way of changing the PC app so that full size is the default upload though; I doubt if I'm the only one that's accidentally staretd uploading a batch of pictures and then relaised it's defualted back to 2048 pixels wide again :-/
Avaya poaches Huawei veep Culmer to run UK ops
@Taylor 1
Having worked for Far Eastern companies I suspect it's more a case of lack of local authority to change anything without consulting a vast range of managers back at HQ.
Analogue switch-off hits London today
what about repeaters?
"the remaining digital channels [will] become available in all areas".
Even to those on repeaters which will only broadcast the "Freeview Lite" channel selection????
My mum lives in Weymouth, and her range of channels has actually decreased post DSO, because she's on a repeater.
Nokia v Apple nanoSIM format war: Victor will be named next month
Re: NFC
Software SIM? No thanks, I rather like being able to swap my phone number between phones in seconds.
Philips 42PFL7666 42in 3D LED Smart TV
Re: distract from the dullness of the content
Nope, becuase stereo sound is almost certainly part of the original production, wheares the TV adding some random light show of its own is not.
A million TVs to go dark across London
Re: when
April 18th guv.
HP offers contractors a choice: 5 per cent pay cut ... or 100 per cent
Re: Easy way to cut costs
Manage payroll??? Takes me all of 5 minutes to total my monthly hours and submit an invoice to my clients. Can't see any point in paying a third party to do that, particularly if you're a limited company.
Americans resort to padlocking their dumb meters
Re: Smart meters serve two main functions
"The meter disconnects supply anyway if the meter loses wireless connectivity"
Please tell me that's not true!!!!! That's an insane idea.
Lorry parks by smart meter, cuts off signal, all power goes off ......
Pioneer SC-LX85 9.2 AV receiver with AirPlay
fast is a relative term
"Network streaming has fast become an integral component of the modern AVR"
Well my fairly mundane 'DSGi special' internet radio/media streamer was introduced in 2006, and was harldy pioneering then, so 'fas't isn't the right term here.
While I'm being grumpy, thiis a tech site, so some idea what "audiophile grade ICEpower Energy HD digital amplification" actually means (if anything) in electronics terms would be good.
GM puts the brake on Volt e-car output
3600 unsold cars parked up
Let us hope the batteries handle long term storage better than the Tesla ones....
Wireless breakthrough: one frequency, multiple signals
ah, think I finally get it.
So, currently it isn't unusual to transmit via HP and VP on the same frequency at the same time, this concept takes the principle further by using a whole range of angular polarisations between HP and VP. Possibly.
Can't see how that will work in the real world where any refelections of the signals will start causing interference between them and a loss of orthogonality.
Re: History is written by the winners..
Well there''s always Wikipedia then :-/
History is written by the winners..
"Since Marconi first demonstrated wireless communications in 1895,"
J.C. Bose, my all time science hero, arguably got there first:-
Telefonica zaps 100Mbps 4G masts with shrink ray
Re: Streetside location
I submitted a draft patent application for that 10+ years ago, turned down on the basis of prior art.... For sure there are plenty of base stations dotted around now in streetlamp like hardware.
O&M and backhaul have always been big issues when looking at rolling out loads of little base staions as opposed to fewer big ones - look how long it's taking Femtocells to get any traction.
Everything Everywhere pushes towards 4G, wants to show off its wad
Re: 4G LTE?
We get this comment every time 4G is mentioned :-/
The ITU moved the goalposts around 2 years ago so that vanilla R8 LTE could be called 4G.
Nokia Asha 201 Qwerty phone
Re: No 3G?
LOL (through gritted teeth) I recall being subjected to a death by PPT in 2003 (Feb 12 to be accurate) about how nobody would be buying GSM infrastrusture by 2005, hence there as no more need for the site I worked at. They got that well and truly wrong.
Femtocell Forum grows big – rebrands as Small
The ITU moved the goalposts at least 2 -3 years ago so that vanilla LTE met the requirements.
multifunction devices
The Technicolor TG870 does wifi + ADSL + femto + USB connectivity for a media server
Been around for a while, but never seen one in the flesh.
New Earth-observing satellite snaps 'blue marble' shot
Yeah, several Finns pointed out some degree of commonality with Hungarian, so I think it is true. Having lived in Finland for a few months it's a bad ass language to try and guess the meaning of words, for sure - other than those they've just imported from English and added a vowel on the end. Back to the Nokia parts database!
induktanssi = inductor - not difficult to guess
kondensaattori = condenser = capacitor - not difficult to guess
Vastus = resistor - no chance!
suomi indeed
Many moons ago I worked for a certain Finnish (well it was then) telecoms company, I needed some cable ties, at that time the parts system was still in Finnish, so I asked one of my Finnish comrades what cable ties was in Finnish. He scrawls a word down on a post-it note, I dutifully enter it into the parts system, no results. I check my spelling with a couple of other Finns, they just laugh.
Turns out my comrade from the North had actually written down the word for pubic hair; who says Finns don't have a sense of humour ;-)
P.S. cable tie in Finnish is nippuside just in case anyone needs to know.
pubic hair / ladygarden is pillunkarva
Current Comet owner hit with half year loss
Presumably they'll shut down all but the most profitable / least lossy stores and flog off any tangible assets,
O2 smears 4G trial over capital
HSPA+ is already 'combat proven' to a fair degree by many operators; the idea of a trial network is to try out new stuff and see if it breaks. Vodafone are keen to push HSPA+ as their main tool for mobile broadband, presumably O2 want to try out something 'better'.
All 4G telcos must hit 98% coverage, Ofcom told
2G into 3G
Technically there's nothing much to stop it working here, it's more of a legal issue as outlined in the article.
I assume this would be 98% of population coverage, as 98% georphical coverage would be a tad expensive to implement.
Voda to plug not-spots with mini-masts in boozers
Not so Sure Signal
Mine allows me to make 15 minute plus phone calls, but there's a 25% chance it'll fall over when I terminate the call, and when it does fall over, I have to reboot the femto and my router.
Plus it does occasionally fall over for no apparent reason, maybe once a week. Once it managed to jam my 3G coverage, so I had to switch to 2G to get any signal. Oh, and it used to fall over as soon as I started uploading anything via my ADSL, but a firmware upgrade of my router seems to have cured that one.
Having said that it is sufficiently useful to justify its existence, my in house coverage has gone from maybe 1 bar to 5 bars most of the time.
Can't see how using femtos will fly in pubs and such like, not enough capacity, unless they make a 'super femto'; but then that's almost a Pico.
Digital UK names date for end of analogue TV era
HDTV format wars
Circa 1934:-
Ten... Freeview HD recorders
Does export to PC work with HD content? I thought most of these boxes, at least the 'big name' ones, locked down HD content so it can only be replayed on the box it was recorded on, I was hoping some of the more 'left field' brands might not have been so rigorous about DRM.
UK patent office spawns free search site
Huh? they've always been free
From the European Patent Office at least:-
Agree with MAE on the language, you have to use the word 'plurality' as often as possible IMX in patent applications.
AT&T asks Apple to signal iPhone 4S is a 4G phone
4G: the goalposts were moved!
Can't recall exactly when, maybe 18 months ago, but I'm pretty sure the ITU changed the definition of 4G such that vanilla LTE met the definition, so it is legitimate to call it 4G.
See the following for example:-
Ofcom admits 4G auction will slip
"Not that the operators will complain; as long as no one else has 4G there's great incentive to push ahead quickly."
I think there should be a 'no' in front of the 'great' or that sentence doesn't make sense.
Cambridge Audio iD100 hi-fi dock
A ten quid cable adaptor with a 140 quid shiny shiny paperweight attached; OK maybe another tenner for the remote control, make that 130 quid paperweight.
Sonos Play:3 network music player
@Tim Walker
Maybe worth looking at a Squeezebox Duet on the Logitech site, they have some 'blemished box' ones for 120 notes:-
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Date Milk Shake
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Date milk shakes are a popular cool treat in sunny Southern California, where extremely large Medjool dates grow abundantly. Sprinkle each dessert shake with additional cinnamon, if desired.
Yield: Serves 3 (serving size: about 2/3 cup)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 221
- Calories from fat: 0.0%
- Fat: 1g
- Saturated fat: 0.0g
- Monounsaturated fat: 0.2g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.8g
- Protein: 6g
- Carbohydrate: 50g
- Fiber: 2g
- Cholesterol: 1mg
- Iron: 0.0mg
- Sodium: 77mg
- Calcium: 171mg
- 1/2 cup fat-free milk
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- 2 cups vanilla fat-free ice cream
- 1 tablespoon flaxseed meal
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1. Combine milk and dates in a blender; process until smooth. Add ice cream, meal, and cinnamon; process until blended. Serve immediately.
- Skip the Dairy Substitute equal amounts of vanilla almond milk and vanilla almond milk dairy-free frozen dessert for the milk and ice cream.
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As Social Media continues to grow (explode) hospitals have an opportunity to get involved and incorporate their own Social Media activities to impact Patient Education and benefit from the marketing outreach this provides. Here's a great example of how this works:
If you've read or watched the news recently you are aware that Vice President Joe Biden's son, Beau Biden, suffered a mild stroke. Because he is the Attorney General of Delaware and the son of the sitting Vice President, all of the news outlets picked up the story. The good news for the Biden family is that the stroke was not serious and he will recover.
The good news for hospitals is that this event creates an opportunity to reach out within their community to take advantage of the news coverage and buzz and provide some education to the general public that can also win them some potential customers in the future. Saint Agnes Medical Center in Fresno, CA did just this. They have a Social Media presence on Facebook and posted the following.Saint Agnes Medical Center Facebook Post on the Warning Signs of Stroke
If you click on the link it takes you to an article on the Fresno Bee's website that provides the warning signs of a stroke. The information for the article comes from the Fresno-Madera Medical Society Alliance and offers an easy way to remember the main symptoms that mark the onset of a stroke. "If you think someone might have suffered a stroke, think of the following acronym FAST:
F — Facial problems. Drooping mouth, blurry vision, sudden severe headache.
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5 su aprile 27, 2014
We absolutely loved Stella, and her owners were so charming and hospitable! The views were so awesome! The stars at night were amazing from our deck. Breakfast was lovely. Stella was quaint and quirky and amazing! Nothing could have been better. Well, maybe her sister Airstream. We checked her out and she is a beauty in the making! Thanks so much for everything!
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5 su dicembre 31, 2013
A friend was getting married in Dripping Springs and I found Star House and decided to stay in Stella. Best decision I could have made! The Airstream had just the right amount of space and there was a great deck to sit on and read, have a drink or just watch the clouds pass buy the hilltops. It was easy to get in and out of Dripping Springs and we were at Pedernales Falls to hike in 15 minutes. The nights were cool but the Airstream was always comfortably warm. We didn't get to meet Wayne because he was out of town but Kathy was a gracious host and her breakfasts were delicious. I will definitely be going back!
4,8 su dicembre 04, 2013
My husband and I stayed at Star House over Thanksgiving weekend. It is a great location outside Dripping Springs. Kathy makes fantastic breakfasts and treats you like a honored guest! It's very conveniently located to Pedernales Falls State Park, Hamilton pool, the wineries, olive oil company, plus great restaurants in Dripping Springs and Blanco. We even went to the local dance hall. The guest house is very comfortable and has all of the amenities you need. Totally relaxing! Wayne makes incredible yard art that decorates the beautiful grounds
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My husband and I are in the restaurant / hotel business, so we are tougher than most on meals and accommodations reviews. Star House was a charming delight in a beautiful setting, very convenient to our cooking class and easy to get in and out. The Innkeepers pushed our experience over the top. You won't be dissappointed.
5 su ottobre 29, 2013
We had an incredible weekend at the B&B. Immediately upon arrival we felt welcome and at home. Kathy & Wayne were amazing hosts. The accommodations were warm, comfortable and clean. The hilltop property and the views were spectacular. The delicious breakfast each morning prepared by Kathy with love was brought to the door promptly at 9 each day. From the first time I communicated with Kathy, she was helpful, very friendly and provided much needed information about the area and things to do / places to go. We are already planning a return visit in the very near future. There is no need to look any further...if you are looking for a wonderful weekend getaway in a beautiful setting with beauttiful hosts, this is the place.
5 su ottobre 28, 2013
We had an incredible weekend at the B&B. Immediately upon arrival we felt welcome and at home. Kathy & Wayne were amazing hosts. The accommodations were warm, comfortable and clean. The hilltop property and the views were spectacular. The delicious breakfast each morning prepared by Kathy with love was brought to the door promptly at 9 each day. From the first time I communicated with Kathy, she was helpful, very friendly and provided much needed information about the area and things to do / places to go. We are already planning a return visit in the very near future. There is no need to look any further...if you are looking for a wonderful weekend getaway in a beautiful setting with bearutiful hosts, this is the place.
5 su ottobre 27, 2013
My wife & I spent a few days in the Hill Country for a bit of R&R and stayed at Star House. It was a wonderful experience; outstanding accommodations, quiet & relaxing setting, scenic views of nearby hills & canyons and unobstructed views of the nighttime skies. The Rossi's are very gracious hosts.
5 su ottobre 09, 2013
My husband and his friend were standing in a wedding at Camp Lucy the weekend of ACL and I was not about to fight the traffic and chaos of Austin for the weekend so we looked around and found Kathy's Star House. From the first inquiry, we were confident it would be great! Kathy was friendly, helpful and super accomodating! When we arrived late in the evening after the rehearsal dinner, we were certainly not disappointed! We had planned to have just a couples weekend away but at the last minute, we ended up having to take the baby with us and Kathy made sure there was a pack and play for her to sleep in! We have traveled alot with the baby and most places I would not be comfortable letting her down on the floor to crawl about but the Star House was SPOTLESS! Not even the 8month old could find dirt or trouble on the floor! Kathy and Wayne have a little oasis in the hill country which takes you out of the city and away from the hustle and bustle and gives you the quiet peace that draws everyone out to the hill country - only at the Star House, you can see no other signs of traffic, city life, not even another light in the distance. We will be back - hopefully for a weekend away just the two of us next time to unwind and relax amongst the stars and do some winery tours. (After reading the guest book, hopefully next time we can make an early request for the apple stuedel everyone wrote about!)
5 su settembre 17, 2013
Kathy went above and beyond! My daughter was sick and Kathy found a place that would see us on Saturday morning. That was exceptionally helpful. The accommendations were fabulous. Many extra touches and little surprises and treats that were totally unexpected. The food was fabulous and plentiful. It was a GREAT trip thanks in part to our terrific host and hostess. We will definitely return.
5 su luglio 18, 2013
This was my second time at Star House and as before, exceeded my expectations. Came for the Wimberly Market Days and had an incredible girls weekend. Kathy is an exceptional host and had the most wonderful breakfasts and relaxed in the comfortable bed. We enjoyed the BBQ area for a relaxing dinner one night and went to an area winery. The views are incredible and you will not be disappointed in your visit. Thanks Kathy for your company and your hospitality. We will be back!
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A Nose Dive for Nose Jobs
As standards of beauty shift, rhinoplasty—once a rite of passage for Jewish teens—declines in popularity
For generations, Jewish girls from well-off families underwent a special rite of passage, one that fell somewhere between their bat mitzvahs and their weddings: their nose jobs. But according to a set of recent statistics, that may be changing: Far fewer nose jobs are being performed than just a decade ago—in what may reflect shifting standards of beauty and perhaps even Jews' diminishing dissatisfaction with what they see in the mirror.
In 2011, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, 37 percent fewer Americans got nose jobs than in 2000. The economy surely played some role: Surgical cosmetic procedures across the board declined by 17 percent during that period, coinciding with the economic downturn, which left people with less money to spend on nonessential surgery. But rhinoplasty, or "nose reshaping," saw one of the sharpest drops among all procedures, from 389,000 in 2000 to 244,000 in 2011.
The plastic surgeons' group doesn't keep tabs on the religion of patients undergoing cosmetic surgery, although it does collect some data about certain minority groups. For instance, plastic surgery in general has been gaining in popularity among Hispanics, growing 8 percent from 2010 to 2011, and rhinoplasty in particular has been gaining ground among Asian Americans—it's now the most common cosmetic surgical procedure in that demographic group. If the total number of nose jobs in America is rapidly declining, while their popularity rises among certain non-Jewish groups, one likely conclusion is that rhinoplasty is declining among Jews.
"There are other groups kind of taking the place of what Jews did a generation ago or two generations ago," said Ira Papel, a facial plastic surgeon in Baltimore.
Indeed, anecdotal evidence seems to confirm that nose jobs are not the status symbol they once were among Jews. "It was like a rite of passage, and it's not that anymore," said Babak Azizzadeh, a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, who says he no longer sees Jewish parents pushing their teenage children to get rhinoplasty the way they used to.
"It seems likely that the number of Jewish nose jobs has gone down," said Emory University physician and anthropologist Melvin Konner, author of The Jewish Body. "It's fair to say that this was once a lot more routine for Jewish girls than it is now."
Konner goes on to suggest a reason behind the changing attitude toward nose jobs: "I think it's because of increased ethnic pride and a decreased desire to stop looking Jewish and blend in," he said, "which is why rhinoplasty was invented."
By the 1920s, surgeons recognized "that Jews and other ethnic Americans represented a large potential market for nasal plastic surgery and were making a move to claim it," historian Beth Haiken wrote in her 1998 book Venus Envy: A History of Cosmetic Surgery. In 1936, Haiken wrote, pioneering plastic surgeon Vilray Blair, chief of that specialty at Washington University in St. Louis, noted that "change in the shape of the pronounced Jewish nose may be sought for either social or business reasons."
"It was Jews, but it was also Italians and Greeks," who sought to change the shape of their noses, Haiken told me. "There was a lot of anti-immigration sentiment and a lot of anti-Semitism once the immigration laws changed."
Few patients have ever walked into a plastic surgeon's office and said explicitly that they wanted to look less Jewish or Italian or Greek, though, Haiken said: "They say, 'I want to look pretty.' "
In 2001, Beth Preminger, a Cornell medical student who's now a plastic surgeon in New York, wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association that "both in the past and in the present day, cosmetic surgeons have been sought by patients wishing to alter features thought to separate them from the mainstream."
These days, though, the so-called mainstream is becoming less and less mainstream. New 2011 Census data show that for the first time last year, a majority of U.S. children under a year old were members of racial or ethnic minorities.
"The WASPs are becoming a minority," said filmmaker Gail Kirschenbaum—and that means that old standards of beauty are changing. "It's not about trying to have the WASPy nose anymore. What is acceptable and considered beautiful is different now."
Kirschenbaum made the 2007 short film My Nose about her mother schlepping her to plastic surgeons when she was 15 to talk about getting a nose job, which Kirschenbaum resisted. When she was growing up in New York the '60s and '70s, she says, high-school and college yearbooks were like collections of before-and-after photos for nose jobs—but not anymore. (My own daughter is 15 now, growing up in generally affluent Bethesda, Md., but I've never heard her, or any of her Jewish high-school-aged friends, talk about nose jobs.)
Haiken agrees with Kirschenbaum's observations about what's considered beautiful these days. When Haiken was working on Venus Envy, she perused women's magazines from the '30s, '40s, and '50s; comparing them to women's magazines today, she noted a definite increase in the diversity of women's images: "You see Asian models, you see African-American models. You never used to at all." However, Haiken pointed out, as far as fashion models go, "you don't see a lot of hooked noses, thick lower lips—the kind of features that are caricatures for Jews."
In Beverly Hills, Azizzadeh, the plastic surgeon, says that young Jews "are waiting a longer period of time" to get nose jobs, "and some may elect not to do it." (Azizzadeh, a Persian Jew who attended Beverly Hills High, which he calls "the mecca of rhinoplasty," did undergo the procedure himself—although the 41-year-old put it off until after he broke his nose at age 24.)
And when Azizzadeh does perform nose jobs, he finds that patients' reasons for undergoing the operation have changed in a significant way: More than half of the nose jobs he performs are revisions to restore more character, more ethnicity, if you will. Patients no longer come in asking for the cookie-cutter scooped bridge and upturned nose that plastic surgeons were churning out in the '70s, '80s, and '90s, he says.
"The ideal beauty can be anybody," Azizzadeh said. "I think people actually don't want to assimilate as much." On his practice's website, he specifically talks about how Jewish patients are often concerned with "keeping their ethnic identity intact."
But they still want to look pretty, says Miami plastic surgeon Michael Salzhauer, an Orthodox Jew who garnered media attention this spring for his efforts to market rhinoplasty to Jews. He's not out to make them look less Jewish, says Salzhauer, 40, who got a nose job and chin implant at 30, by then married with children: "It's mainly about self-esteem. Self-confidence is the most attractive trait a person can have."
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MyAnimeList.net Forum »» Anime Discussion »» Series Discussion »» Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann »» Small things that ruin an otherwise great series
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Hey guys,
I'm sure we can all agree that Gurren Lagann is something special in the anime world. It simultaniously parodies robot shows from pervious eras, follows the theme of the 'sprial' throughout its duration (getting bigger,dna, crushing one oppression - beastment - then another oppression - antispirals), provides a counter to the dystopian futures for humanity in other sci-fi and in a way gives a big 'f-you' to the standard 'hero's journey' path. Also the music was bloody fantastic too.
Its a fantastic show and whether intentional or not it can be interpreted in many ways.
Two examples:
Of course many on this forum have done similar things too. Thats great. You guys are awesome.
But for me there are a few things that ruin this otherwise great show. At first it'll sound like nit-picking but please bear with me - I'm not trolling, I'm simply trying to find out if others agree and would like to hear your thoughts and opinions regardless.
1) Immature/childish breast jokes/Ecchi
Now I do enjoy some fanservice in lesser/dummer shows but it is completely misplaced here. This show needs to be seen by many but it will fall at this first hurdle. It deserves academic literary analysis but it will be laughed at before it gets the chance to strut its stuff to any academic.
I'm probably in the minority here but I like to share great anime with the rest of my family. Death Note, Code Geass, GITS, Cowboy Bebop, Mushishi etc. You all know the greats, I don't need to tell you. Its something I like to do - why not share our passion with our loved ones?
Sadly with Gurren Lagann I just can't. Can you imagine the faces of my mother, sister and cousin (female) when for the first few episodes they encounter Yokos bouncing boobs (they even include sound effects for it LOL!) and Buta diving into them?
For a show that lampoons other anime it falls into this facepalming anime trope. I honestly want to punch the horney writes in the face for including it and hand them over a porno mag. If you want breasts, make it an ecchi series. fine. I'm not against ecchi in general. I'm against misplaced ecchi.
I honestly almost dropped this show because of it. Thankfully you guys are all loud as hell and recommended it so highly so I kept watching. Still - it did not need to be here.
[NB: You could say GITS: Stand Alone complex has the major in the first ep wearing what is essentially a bikini but thats it. 1 episode, fine. I can deal with that minor embaressment. But Gurren Lagann keeps it going for too long].
2) WTF/annoying characters
My two pet hates: That f***ing clown (seriously - what the hell is up with that?!) and the two 'bruiser' twins (sorry forgot their names).
Why are these characters even in this show? Not only does the clown look stupid but all it does it fire missiles and cause problem. Where the hell did he even come from?! He's not funny and adds nothing to the story/drama/action.
As for the twins - they just seem like really cliche, saterday morning cartoon, 'funny' side characters. Only they're not funny at all. My own spiral energy increase tenfold when they died. If only that clown would die too. Which brings me onto a related point:
3) Badly written villians (the 4 generals)/weak 'enemy of the week' first half
A primary example is when that wierd Armadillo general was talking to Nia about her being a doll. When Nia asks if she was a doll and he says something like :"yes of course, you are insignificant etc etc" and then Nia slaps him. He then rolls on the floor laughing manically.
"Really?" I thought to my self. "Really? These guys are giving this show a 10/10 and all we have is a cheap, cliched villian doing that dumbass villian laugh?"
It just felt way too childish. In general, the only beastman who was well developed/written was Viiral. The rest were ugh.
Even if you liked the first half you must admit - the villians could have been much better written than they were. Only Viral and the Spiral King were intriguing.
Don't get me wrong - the fight against the generals bit wasn't 'bad' but it could have been a LOT better.
4) Other 'nit-picks'
Why did the spiral king dispose of his daughters? That just made him seem unessarily evil. Since he's immortal he could easily avoid the population reaching 1 millilon by waiting for them to die naturally old age.
I'm pretty sure the writers could have found a way to make it such that Rossio didn't have to lock up Simone in the future arc when the city was rioting. Scape-goats are not always provided in real life. It felt too forced to me - like they were doing it to move the plot along.
...Ok forgive there was more but I've literally just finished watching so my mind is swimming with emotions right now. Feel free to add any that you may have! Remember no trolling or I'll eat you.
So in summary I just can't give it a 10/10. I've given it an 8/10 because of my own personal rating system - 10 and 9 mean shows that can be enjoyed by non-anime fans in my system. Because of the above points, I don't believe that Gurren Lagann is a show that can be recommened to non-anime fans. In my heart though I must admit I want to give it a 9/10.
In the end I'm just frustrated because its these small minor things that stop me from thinking "this is a near-perfect show".
Anyway thanks for reading. I'm not an argumentative person so if you're looking for an argument then sorry I won't respond. Just add your thought and opinions/dicussion. Thanks!
Modified by ShadowMountain, 10-21-10, 11:46 AM
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I hated the over the top beyond the impossible.
As this happened every episode this anime wasn't for me.
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I never really considered this but I guess the show does have its flaws...but come on!:
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You liked it simply because of Yuka?
She's not even top 10 hottest animes chicks from animes I have seen.
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This show wouldn't be in the top if there wasn't boob so live with it.
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I completely agree. A large part of the " humor" wasnt even funny. So I disliked the first few episodes,because it just seemed like a stereotypical shonen throwing every cliche known out there.
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I completely agree. The humor was mostly not funny at all. I disliked the beginning because all the show did was throw a bunch of crappy shonen stereotypes all over the place. But I guess the show still had its charm and has an epic feeling that won me over.
Modified by sk2nightfire, 02-27-11, 5:00 PM
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Ok maybe because I am a huge gurren fan i feel that everything that was just expressed was almost nonsense(maybe a couple things wasn't).
1. The jokes were part of the characters. It showed the humor in each character and was able to make them more than just a one sided character. I must admit that some of it wasn't at the highest quality of humor but it did manage to make me giggle. And as far as the small amount of ecchi go, it was done minimally. The only noticeable ecchi was rikku boobs, and come on that was great lol.
2. The reason the characters are annoying is because they were meant to be that way. How dare you bash on the twins, they were constructed to be the typical brainless idiots whose main goal was to power through any obstacle, and the clown guy was meant to just blow up everything in sight , plain and simple.
3. The villains were cheesey. But as all beginning villains they were basically jokes. The armadillo was actually the development of a decent bad guy and his conversation with the princess was just right. Lord genome was a great villain. What made him great is that truly in his heart he beleived he was playing the absolute good guy, doing good in spite of his own judgement. And the development of the anti spiral(however non creative the name) was probably the most impressive I have seen in any anime so far.
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Fasces349 said:
I hated the over the top beyond the impossible.
This. I want my anime to follow a general logic of occurrences, but Gurren Lagann seemed to throw it in the face with crazy fights and ridiculously exaggerated stuff. That said, I really liked it. I just didn't drool over it like most people out there.
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Sickly_Grin said:
Fasces349 said:
I hated the over the top beyond the impossible.
This. I want my anime to follow a general logic of occurrences, but Gurren Lagann seemed to throw it in the face with crazy fights and ridiculously exaggerated stuff. That said, I really liked it. I just didn't drool over it like most of the people out there.
That was the entire point of the show though. It's like saying you're going to watch an ecchi harem for the plot instead of the tits.
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Homolust said:
Sickly_Grin said:
Fasces349 said:
I hated the over the top beyond the impossible.
This. I want my anime to follow a general logic of occurrences, but Gurren Lagann seemed to throw it in the face with crazy fights and ridiculously exaggerated stuff. That said, I really liked it. I just didn't drool over it like most of the people out there.
That was the entire point of the show though. It's like saying you're going to watch an ecchi harem for the plot instead of the tits.
And that's why I said I really liked it. It was crazy, but crazy in a good way.


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RTI International is one of the world's leading research institutes, dedicated to improving the human condition by turning knowledge into practice. Our staff of more than 2,800 provides research and technical expertise to governments and businesses in more than 40 countries in the areas of health and pharmaceuticals, education and training, surveys and statistics, advanced technology, international development, economic and social policy, energy and the environment, and laboratory and chemistry services.
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WestWind Technologies opens new hangar at Huntsville
A new 62,000-sq-ft facility has been dedicated on Huntsville International Airport, Ala., by WestWind Technologies to provide engineering, manufacturing, electronics integration and structural modifications.
According to a spokesman for the company, the Huntsville Aircraft Modification and Integration Center–located near the U.S. Army's Redstone Arsenal–is designed to accommodate military and civilian helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft as large as the C-130.
"This is the first time Huntsville International Airport has partnered with a small business," he said. The WestWind Technologies Part 145 complex encompasses 260,000 sq ft and offers maintenance, repair and overhaul for numerous military and commercial aircraft.
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Target demographics: Service Transition. Our award-winning service transition programs provide short-term, work-intensive projects for those just completing military service or veterans ready to make a transition to a new vocational path. Hands-on projects provide veterans with transferable skills and experience, and guide them toward exciting new career and education opportunities.
Direct beneficiaries per year: VGC - 100+
Weatherization - 1300 +
Someone who had 3 hours of volunteer time could: Generate the funding for 4 veterans to have a 60 minute session with a career counselor to determine initial career interest, assessment, resume and cover letter review.
Geographic areas served: Rocky Mountain Region, Washington DC, Bucks County PA, California
Programs: Outdoor Conservation Program, Wildland Firefighting Program, Employment Program, Go Green Warehouse, Home Weatherization
Forty veterans have been directly hired by VGJ; the majority of these employees are now working in our weatherization department, which has weatherized 3,876 homes within two years.
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Interstellar - Trailer
The first trailer for Christopher Nolan's next movie, Interstellar. Yes, please.
"man i miss sherlock so much"
I wish someone would photoshop in Lou Ferrigno.
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Slides from my talk at KEEN about the math, science and metrics that underly social engagement. Includes science dog, a quadrant chart, Bayes, Bangerz and #doge. Should cover most of the bases.
slides "Real World SOA" @austinonrails @hayesdavis →
Slides from a talk I gave at Austin on Rails about building a service oriented architecture. Check it out if you're interested in that sort of thing.
Spoiler alert: includes lots of being dumb and failing. Also Dazed and Confused-era Matthew McConaughey.
We're about to open up our free Union Metrics for Tumblr analytics! Sign up for the waiting list to be the first to try them. We're going to be talking more about some of the features included in our new individual blog analytics over the next few weeks.
Up first, our reblog tree! Have you seen our reblog tree?
For any post on Tumblr, we can map out exactly how the post spread through Tumblr via reblogs. This includes any direct reblogs of your original post, as well as reblogs of those reblogs, and even reblogs of reblogs of reblogs. We've seen posts that are still getting reblogs more than 110 degrees removed from the original post!
Why is this important? Well, you can see who reblogs your posts, where they find your content, and who is responsible for amplifying your posts the most. Want to find your biggest fans and advocates? Identify influencers in your network? See how content moves through Tumblr? Find new blogs to follow? Check your reblog tree!
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The new free account level will let you get analytics for any single blog you own. While we're calling it "personal", we'll be thrilled if a nonprofit (or a small business) with a single blog wants to use it.
Also, we'll have some more announcements in the coming weeks that will, I think, be very interesting for professional bloggers, nonprofits and small businesses. Stay tuned.
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Animal advocacy group calls for investigation into deadly snake dumping in N.C.
Jacksonville, N.C. — Born Free USA united with Animal Protection Institute (Born Free USA) today publicly challenged the unfounded reports that it released two Monocled cobras in a North Carolina neighborhood. Despite the discovery of a flyer from someone who had lost two Monocled cobras in the area, reports quoted unidentified "officials" who allegedly claimed the snakes had been purposefully released by Born Free USA.
Animal Protection Groups Ask Federal Court to Halt Ringling Bros.' Cruel Chaining and Confinement of Endangered Asian Elephants
Washington, D.C. — Today, a coalition of animal protection organizations and a former Ringling Bros. employee asked a federal district court in Washington D.C. to immediately order a halt to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (Ringling Bros.)'s cruel practice of shackling and confining endangered Asian elephants for days on end in a manner that prevents them from walking or even turning around in place.
California man mauled to death by Grizzly bear used in Hollywood films
Star of classic movie "Born Free" calls for moratorium on use of wild animals in entertainment
Sacramento, CA — A 39-year-old Hollywood animal trainer, Stephan Miller, was mauled to death yesterday by a Grizzly bear that had recently been featured in the Will Ferrell movie, Semi-Pro. The 5-year-old bear named Rocky attacked and killed the man during a training session. Reports indicate the Mr. Miller died from a massive neck wound at his cousin Randy Miller's Predators in Action private breeding facility in the San Bernardino Mountains.
California Animal Association announces 2007 legislators of the year
Sacramento, CA — The California Animal Association (CAA) is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2007 Legislator of the Year award: Senator Sheila James Kuehl (D-23) and Assembly Member Mark DeSaulnier (D-11).
Officials to confiscate animals from embattled Ohio exotic animal owner
25+ year offender of federal animal welfare laws will never keep exotic animals again
Akron, OH — Born Free USA united with Animal Protection Institute (Born Free USA) is applauding a Summit County judge's order to permanently confiscate exotic wild animals being kept in deplorable conditions by Lorenza Pearson, owner of L&L Exotics Animal Farm (L&L Exotics) in Copley Township, OH. Judge Judy Hunter also permanently banned Pearson from possessing exotic animals.
Monkey killing sparks new calls for legislation banning the keeping of nonhuman primates as pets in Michigan
Officials ignored requests for information, offers for help, and important medical information
Detroit, MI — Following the needless killing of a pet monkey named Mikey by Wayne County officials over the weekend, Born Free USA united with Animal Protection Institute (Born Free USA), a national animal advocacy organization, is calling upon Michigan legislators to ban the keeping of nonhuman primates as pets in Michigan. Mikey was killed after he bit a young girl while being walked in public on a leash.
Stay of execution urged for monkey who bit child
Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary offers lifetime care for confiscated macaque
Trenton, MI — Born Free USA united with Animal Protection Institute (Born Free USA), a national animal advocacy organization, is calling upon public health officials to publicly declare that they will not kill Mikey, the monkey who bit a six-year-old Trenton girl earlier this week. The monkey's owner was walking him on a leash outside a church when the incident occurred.
Orlando urged to save Prada
Born Free USA offers lifetime care for rescued monkey
Orlando, FL — Born Free USA is offering to re-home Prada, a "pet" monkey who escaped from an apartment building in Orlando on Friday, at its Primate Sanctuary near San Antonio, Texas. The Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary is home to more than 500 macaques, baboons, and vervets, many of whom came from deplorable or inappropriate private homes or businesses. It is one of the very few in the U.S. that provide large, free-ranging, natural enclosures. The Sanctuary features 186 acres of dense vegetation with several ponds. The majority of monkeys live freely in these enclosures with minimum human interference.
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Is Pita Sharples on the way out?
Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples could be ousted from Parliament at this year's election, users of prediction website iPredict have forecast.
According to this week's iPredict snapshot, Labour Party MP Shane Jones is now forecast to beat Dr Sharples for the Tamaki-Makaurau seat, with a 55% probability of winning compared to 42% for the incumbent.
As a result, the Maori Party is expected to hold just two seats, the same number of MPs as the Mana Party is forecast to secure.
Meanwhile the Green Party is now expected to have 10 MPs after the election, up from nine last week, with a forecast 7.6% share of the party vote (up from 7.2% last week).
National is forecast to get 45.0% (steady) giving it 57 MPs out of the 120-seat Parliament, while Labour is forecast to get 32.7% (up from 32.3% last week), giving it 41 MPs.
Act is forecast to get 4.9% (up from 4.2% last week) and six MPs, while UnitedFuture (1.3%, down from 2.3% last week) is predicted to get two MPs.
New Zealand First is forecast to get 4.7% of the party vote, leaving it without any MPs as it is not predicted to win any seats.
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The shame would be to see Pita Sharples gone. Pit's style of inclusive politics is something Shane Jones will struggle to follow. I like many Pakeha wish Maori to vote with their head and not to listen to the empty promises given by labour and Shane Jones.
Need both Pita [inclusive] & Shane [jobs etc].
Green Party now expected to have 10 MPs. Heaven help us! Ready to pack your bags.
BRING BACK DEMOCRACY - STV only way to go.
Get RID of MMP
Pita Sharples would be a big loss to parliament.
Shane Jones' actions are petty, vindictive party politics in action. Don't tell me Maori are going to abandon their own party and leaders and swallow Mana and Labour BS.
what next - larry flynt for president....
Pita has the real mana, that others could only dream off
I think the result is more representative of the iPredict constituency than the local reality. While I have great admiration for Shane I suspect that in the end Pita Sharples will be returned with a very narrow majority.
Maori Party did themselves a dis-service in the Te Tai Tokerau by-election - wrong person elected. Lost a lot of voter's.
Pita, stop trying to ruin the country.
You have drops of pakeha in you too. If it werent for pakeha, you would be living like a monkey, eating with your hands, hunting with your stone tools, cooking in the ground, and sticking out your tongue at anything that moves.
Go on, sulk.
Good riddance to Dr Peter Sharples. A dangerous separatist. Roll on the election and pray that the Nats get clear majority and the minor lunatic parties and their irrational members are buried.
You have drops of partake in you too. If it weren't for partake, you would be living like a monkey, eating with your hands, hunting with your stone tools, cooking in the ground, and sticking out your tongue at anything that moves.
All MP's in parliament as a result of the racist policy of reserving seats according to race should be gone. As nice as he seems on the surface, Sharples & his ilk that condone the concept of racial privilege in our parliament are nothing but red necked racists. He knows that equal opportunity & equal outcome are two very different things, but intentionally substitutes one for the other to maintain institutionalised racism in our country. My hope is our government grow enough balls to remove this blight on our country's democracy, a country that fought so hard to remove similar double standards in apartheid South Africa. Good riddance to racist pigs.
Graham Atkinson - it is precisely because it is iPredict's constituents sharing what they know that gives iPredict more credibility than polls
iPredict's prediction is not an opinion voiced by its constituency based on how they would vote today, but the accumulated 'wisdom of the crowds' of those 'in the know' who stand to make money from trading on their inside information. So if someone has information that it is more likely that Shane Jones will win than the current price (less than $1) indicates, they 'buy low' and win a payout of $1 later on if he does win. + Hence, predictions markets are generally more accurate than polls. More importantly, they answer the question 'who do you think will win in November' nbased on information that is likely only to be known to insiders (e.g. policies yet to be announced), which is really far more more meaningful than the poll question asked of 'ordinary' (uninformed) voters' 'who would you vote for today' - so thus fails to take account of factors that could see the polls changing substantially between now and November


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Who did the music for WOTLK? And specifically, who played the Bassoon/Oboe? I've noticed this musician in two or three places now (at this very moment, I'm hearing him/her play a particularly somber piece in Dragonblight), and he/she is amazing. At one point in Howling Fjords a piece cut in that was entirely live, no synthesizer, that sounded so amazingly intense and lovingly composed/performed that I just stopped and listened for a while. It was the first time I heard that piece, and it triggered after a momentary entrance to Grizzly Hills, so it may be Grizzly Hills music. On that note (har), can I buy the album seperate from the collector's edition?