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Intense Dane DeHaan plays Andrew, a nerdy teenage boy suffering more than his fair share of teen angst. Dealing with an abusive father and terminally-ill mother makes Andrew decide to chronicle his life on video, as if to help distance himself from the daily misery that now takes place though a lens. Everything changes however, when his cousin Matt, played by Alex Russell, and friend Steve, super hottie Michael B. Jordan, find a mysterious underground cave. A transformation takes place in the cave, somehow imbibing the teens with physical powers only heard of in comic books. But Chronicle isn't your typical super hero tale. It goes much deeper than a mere story about a few kids who can fly. Chronicle asks the moral question: If you had super powers, would you use them only for good? For Andrew, finding the answer isn't so easy.
The teens begin to explore their new powers innocently enough. Teddy bears that float off store shelves and leaf blowers that make a girl's skirt fly up is all fun and games, until they perform in a talent show doing "magic tricks" that are quite spectacular. Andrew, previously shunned by the school's "in crowd," is now suddenly promoted to rock star status. Girls start pursuing him, but his social awkwardness and insecurity reveal he isn't the cool guy he appeared to be. Withdrawing from his friends, Andrew's newfound abilities begin to bring out his dark side. Discovering his powers are like a muscle and can be strengthened with use, he hones his skills, quickly transforming from a nerdy kid into a formidable predator — resulting in tragic consequences.
Chronicle stars three little-known actors who will surely be moving into the limelight. Dane DeHaan carries the film like a pro. Seen previously on HBO's In Treatment, DeHaan's steel blue eyes reveal Andrew as a troubled boy, securing our sympathies and making us tremble when things start to go south. Playing Steve, Michael B. Jordan is a true talent, with the looks and charisma of a young Denzel Washington. Alex Russell does an excellent job as the hot jock with a soul. The ensemble of these three actors creates fireworks on film.
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Welcome to KKF, a king 1k 6k is a good place to start, if you haven't sharpened before I'd recommend jbroida of Japanese Knife Imports video series on YouTube.
Welcome to KKF, a king 1k 6k is a good place to start, if you haven't sharpened before I'd recommend jbroida of Japanese Knife Imports video series on YouTube.
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King works. My favorites are Gesshin but I also like Chosera and recently, Sigma Select II 1.2 k and higher grit is nice, too. As for Heiji OOTB edges. My last Heiji was a bit on the delicate side. I'd put a microbevel on it right away with a few light passes on a finishing stone. If you're getting it from Jon, you might just ask him to take a min and do it for you prior to shipping.
If you want to upgrade from the King stones, there aren't a whole lot of choices here if you don't want to order from Japan/US. Axminster has some Besters which look ok, or you could get Choseras or something like that from Deiter Schmid in Germany which is fairly cheap and shipping is usually quick. I'd stick with the Kings for a while though if I were you
I'm in London and have a few stones-chosera, beston, shapton, king etc.. if you want to try any out?
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I'm grabbing a Gesshin 400 for a low grit very soon. Seems to be a local fav.
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I forgot to say, I'm getting it direct from Heiji. So I could ask him. Eager to find out what it will be like as I left the decision on what finish up to him and his personal taste. So it's a surprise.
I forgot that I might not get a great selection of stones in the UK. I really need to do my homework on stones, then I'll no doubt start another post. Thanks for the advice.
Thanks for the offer, I haven't done a lot of reading up yet or looked at prices. If I find myself in the market for one of those stone I might hit you up.


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Dick Wolf makes his literary debut with this tense, driving thriller filled with the ingenious twists and high-wire suspense we have come to expect from this master storyteller.
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text: Rome, Italy, August 13, 2013 - Brazil, Japan and Argentina head to Italy on Tuesday for a friendly tournament in preparation for the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, which will take place in Turkey from August 22 to September 1.Four-time champions Brazil are the second most successful country at FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship level with four titles and 12 medals out of the 16 editions dating back to the first in 1977. Defending champions Russia is the most successful country having won the most titles with eight (including four as USSR) and 13 medals.Brazil, who finished fifth in 2011, will play in the friendly tournament in Rome before heading to Izmir, Turkey on Tuesday-week to play in Group D, alongside Russia, Italy, France and Venezuela. Having already played Italy and silver medallists from the 2011 edition Argentina before in friendly matches, Brazil coach Leonardo Carvalho said it was important to face teams like Japan with different styles of play in the final preparation for the World Championships."Japan is the current Asian champion and certainly has a strong team," Leonardo said. "It will be a good opportunity to experience a different style of play, which always presents difficulties."There are a total of four pools at the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship with hosts Turkey playing China, Egypt, India and Morocco in Pool A while Pool B – who, like Pool A, will play its matches at the Baskent sports hall in Ankara – includes Argentina (who are coming off a friendly tournament in Tunisia against the hosts, India and Russia), Iran, Japan, Mexico and Estonia.Pool C, which features 2011 bronze medallists Serbia, USA, Tunisia, Canada and Rwanda, will play in the Atatürk Sports Hall in Izmir alongside Pool D.The final weekend of the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship will take place at Baskent Volleyball Hall in Ankara.


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I apparently ruptured a vein that runs horizontally across the top of my foot, near the ankle. It burns a bit, but there is no other pain. It looks rather unsightly. It appeared after a one-hour dance lesson, but I dance frequently. Is this cause for concern?
This should not be anything to worry about. It is likely related to trauma. You can use cold packs for the first 24 hours then heating pads might help healing somewhat. It will most likely heal on its own, but it will take several weeks for the discoloration to completely go away. Nothing really to worry about as it is more of a cosmetic problem.
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text: Live radio returned to The Sherdog Radio Network Friday for another roundtable discussion. This time the panel broke down tomorrow night's Strikeforce card that features a middleweight title fight between champion Luke Rockhold and challenger Keith Jardine. Jack Encarnacao welcomed Sherdog.com's Jeff Sherwood, Jon Luther, and SBNation's Luke Thomas to the table. Not only did the men discuss the evening's bouts, but the direction Strikeforce is headed in 2012. The table also breaks down would could be next for prospects Tyron Woodley, Tarec Saffiedine, and Jordan Mein. Check out the show and our archives by clicking here.


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Time's Running Out; For Many it is Out!
Only a couple weeks remain before the end of the semester. This is it. Credits are at stake. Graduation is at stake. Students are scrambling and teachers are upset that the kids are scrambling now. Not 6 weeks ago. Not at the quarter. There is a lot of stress and anxiety from parents, teachers, and students. And guess what? It didn't need to happen this way.
Parents should check their students' grades on line at least once every two weeks. I recommend every Monday. And as you are checking these grades, tune out the following: "I turned in that assignment; he just hasn't recorded it yet." I turned in that assignment; she must have lost it. She loses everyone's papers." "That was when I was absent; the teacher said I don't have to make it up." Instead of responding, simply say: "We will be checking grades again on Monday. I'd better not see any missing assignments at that time."
Set some ground rules at home. No social activities until the homework is done. No trips with friends, no using the car, computer, phone for personal things. Complete homework where you can see the student working. I had a student tell me he's put 7000 miles on his car since he got his license this year. I'm pretty sure I know how to hold him accountable for his grades. I had another student tell me she didn't want to lose credits. Hmmm. The way not to lose credits, I told her, is to pass your classes. That F in science has been there since the first progress report. She had done nothing to change it for the entire semester. Now, 2 weeks before the end of the semester, it's the teacher's fault because she won't let her make up certain assignments. Really?
I've said it before. Kids have no sense of urgency. Projects they've known about since September become real the night before they are due. Grades become important now when it's all about to come crashing down. So, as parents, we have to help our kids develop that sense of urgency.
Teachers in this area are amazing. They let kids make up work for weeks after it's due. They allow students to retake tests. They stay after school if there is even one student in their room seeking help. They often give up lunch, show up early, bend over backwards to help these kids. But 2 weeks before the end of the semester is too late. So when students tell me they don't want to lose credits, I praise their resolution, and I ask them what they are going to do differently this next semester. Complete classwork and homework on time. Get missing assignments if they are absent. Check their grades each week. Get help from the teacher the moment they start to struggle. If these aren't part of their answer, I tell them to go away, think about it, and talk to me the next day. Because when all is said and done, they are the ones – the only ones – who can fix the problem.


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"For Loops" are the most common type of loop that most application developers use when coding. The good thing about "For loops" is that you get to tell the program how many times you want it to loop in advance. I personally think "For Loops" are the easiest of the three loops to become familiar with.. You can use a "For Loop" if you declare at least two variables with an integer datatype.
Syntax of "For Loops"
For InsertDeclaredVariableHere = InsertStartNumberHere To InsertEndNumberHere
Above is just a standard syntax to help you. Make adjustments if you are doing multiplication, division, etc.
Example of For Loop In Action
Say you want your application to loop until as many times as the number you enter into a textbox and give the total of the sum of the number entered. Well as I mentioned earlier, a "For Loop" would be ideal because you already know how many times you want it to loop. You want it to loop as many times as the number you entered in the textbox. So if you input 3 in a textbox, you know that you want it to loop 3 times. Remember again that you need at least two variables declared as an integer data type to use a For loop. "Counter should at least be set to 1 in your for loop statement.
Option Strict On
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The code below here should be entered into an event handler that handles Button Click event. (Just create a button and double click it to create the procedure handler)
Dim Number, counter, Answer as Integer.
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If you run this code and enter 5 in the textbox, the label will return 25. If you enter 4, it will return 16. If you enter 3 it will return 9 and so forth. . If you entered five, it will loop five times and keep adding five to the variable named "answer" every time it loops. 5+5+5+5+5 = 25. If you entered 4, it will loop four times. 4+4+4+4=16. if you entered 3, it will loop 3 times. 3+3+3=9…. if you entered 2, it will loop two times. 2+2=4. if you enter 1, it will loop one time. 1+1 = 2. Basically if you enter any number in the textbox it will loop that many times.. Try entering 50 and watch what number you will get. You will get 2500 because it looped 50 times and each time it looped it added 50.. The reason you are the getting sum of the loops is because in your loop statement you said Answer= Answer+Number. The variable "Number" becomes the value you enter in the textbox. That is a basic addition problem.
The Variable "Answer" = 0 by default since you didnt say it equals anything but as it loops, "answer" first becomes the number that you entered in the textbox, then when it loops again, it adds the same number and then that gets stored and so forth. This is why its called a loop. If you entered, 2 in the textbox, 2 would get stored in the variable "answer" but then as it loops it ADDs 2 again, so 2+2=4..
Tip: Answer=Answer+Number can also be written as Answer+=Number. If you are not familiar with loops just yet, I would suggest just writing it as Answer=Answer+Number so you can get a better visual.


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Almost 15 months have passed since President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) into law. Within the massive $787 billion funding package, the AIA identified about $98 billion as available for the built environment (see "Follow the Money," June 2009). How has ARRA played out? If you're an architect, the answer depends on whether or not you've seen any work from it.
"For a number of firms that have gotten commissions for federal buildings, transit facilities, housing, etc., it has meant the difference between staying in business and laying off staff," says Andrew Goldberg, the AIA's senior director of federal relations. Yet it's difficult to measure in dollar amounts how much has gone to architects, he notes, because the reporting mechanisms don't track this explicitly. "We do know, based on an AIA firm survey [last] August, that 15 percent of firms had received billable work from [the] stimulus, a number we expect to go up as more money hits the streets," Goldberg says. "But a lot of firms, particularly those in the commercial sector, say they haven't seen any real benefit."
"The stimulus was a really good idea," says Kurt Rockstroh, president and CEO of Boston-based Steffian Bradley Architects, which specializes in healthcare. "It's ironic that it slowed work down and had a negative impact on 2009." This April, many of the firm's clients were still waiting to learn if their funding requests were approved, he says, adding, "Being left in limbo is a daily conversation."
Research by Onvia, a provider of private-sector and government procurement information, bears this out. Its February report said that most stimulus funding hadn't left Washington, D.C., but Onvia did project that $76 billion in funds will reach the infrastructure marketplace this year, resulting in 480,000 new construction-industry jobs.
In this realm, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is among the largest awards-makers, with more than $5.5 billion for the High Performance and Sustainable Buildings program to fund renovations and new buildings at LEED Silver standards. In early April, the GSA announced it had infused more than $4 billion into 391 projects in all 50 states, two territories, and Washington, D.C. Among the beneficiaries: 4240 Architecture, with offices in Denver and Chicago, was awarded $2.1 million for design, modernization, and performance improvements to Chicago's 10 West Jackson Federal Building.
Another major source is the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which has $4 billion available for energy-efficient retrofits and new affordable-housing projects. San Francisco's Paulett Taggart Architects is working on the Turk/Eddy affordable housing building, which received about $11 million, and two blocks of the Hunters View redevelopment, which received $6 million.
Yet other firms aren't feeling the love. John Hrivnak, principal of Hrivnak & Associates, in St. Charles, Ill., says his billings have decreased more than tenfold since the downturn began. He urges the Obama administration to create more stimulus activities aimed directly at the private sector. "Private-sector jobs create real wealth … and new tax revenues. JFK did that and it worked. Reagan did that and it worked. It's not a party thing, it's prudent economic policy. If the government wants to really stimulate the economy, they need to get architects busier."
Indeed, most in the industry aren't busier. A January report by the President's Council of Economic Advisors noted that 94,000 construction jobs had been created through ARRA. However, unemployment for the entire construction industry was 24.9 percent in March, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, which doesn't track unemployment among architects specifically.
Local firms are definitely feeling the pinch. The situation is especially dire in Nevada. "Currently, in Las Vegas, unemployment in the design and construction industry is at 65 percent and continuing to rise. And in Reno, the rate is 50 percent and rising," said Randy Lavigne, executive director of AIA Nevada and AIA Las Vegas, in March. "Many architecture and related industry firms have closed or downsized significantly due to the fact that there are no jobs on the drawing boards. And when planning and design stops, all work in the industry stops."
Adds the AIA's Goldberg: "Nobody expected the stimulus bill to be a panacea when it was passed, and while it has helped, it certainly has not cured the underlying problems in the credit markets and consumer demand, which have kept projects from moving forward."
On March 18, President Obama signed a $17.6 billion jobs bill that provides tax breaks for businesses and additional infrastructure spending in hopes of jump-starting hiring. Given the lag between the signing of ARRA and any significant impact on jobs and projects, it's hard to say when architects will begin to see true benefits from the latest legislation.
U.S. Construction Spending, February 2010
Total: $846.2 billion
vs. February 2009: -12.8%
Private: $553.5 billion
vs. February 2009: -16.3%
Public: $292.7 billion
vs. February 2009: -5.4%
Residential: $258.5 billion
vs. February 2009: -3.8%
Nonresidential: $587.7 billion
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The gcUnmanagedToManaged
managed debugging assistant (MDA) causes a garbage collection whenever a thread transitions from unmanaged to managed code.
An application running unmanaged user components using COM and platform invoke is causing a nondeterministic access violation in the CLR.
If an application is running unmanaged user components, then those components might have corrupted the garbage-collected heap. This causes an access violation in the CLR when the garbage collector tries to walk the object graph.
Enabling this assistant reduces the time between when the unmanaged component corrupts the garbage-collected heap and when the access violation happens by forcing a garbage collection to occur before every managed transition.
Causes a garbage collection whenever a thread transitions from unmanaged to managed code.
This MDA produces no output.
<mdaConfig> <assistants> <gcUnmanagedToManaged/> </assistants> </mdaConfig>
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Album Summary
- Robert Brubaker (Tenor)
- Vladimir Galouzine (Tenor)
- Vladimir Ognovenko (Baritone)
- Nikolai Putilin (Bass)
- Vladimir Vaneev (Bass)
- Elena Zaremba (Mezzo Soprano)
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Mussorgsky's loveless and brutal drama of the transformation of Russian society, which led to the rule of Peter the Great within the epic history of Russia, is powerfully modernized through Stein Winge's dramatic and uncompromising production. Performing the version completed by Shostakovich, the outstanding Russian-dominated cast and the orchestra and chorus of the Liceu are led by Michael Boder. Recorded using High Definition cameras and in true surround sound.
Notes & Reviews:Run Time: 192 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mussorgsky, Modest : Khovanshchina- Performers: Robert Brubaker (Tenor); Vladimir Galouzine (Tenor); Vladimir Ognovenko (Baritone); Nikolai Putilin (Bass); Vladimir Vaneev (Bass); Elena Zaremba (Mezzo Soprano)
- Conductor: Michael Boder
- Ensemble: Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus
- Running Time: 350 min. sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1872-1880
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i need an app for android tablets to use in a restaurant
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the app need to be simple to understand and need to be interactive and can connect to social media site [facebook, twitter pinterist, email]
in front screen its need to with few main buttons like [first dishes, main dishes, Desserts, drink and alcohol]
and few links [ like facebook, twitter and main website]
on every picture on the menu need to be share option to facebook, twitter pinterist and email
after you enter a Particular dish and you see the photo in large mode you can double touch it and see all Ingredients and Description of the dish.
all the background on the pages need to changable to the Particular restaurant the menu tablets are in.
one more main option that need to be in the main menu above all the dishes is a photobooth app.
they can picture themsalves with the tablet camera and after the picture taken the app will suggest to upload the photo to one of the social media site [ facebook, twitter and etc] or e-mail. and in facebook upload to suggest to like the restaurant page.. and the picture will need to be with a tamplette of the restaurant that we put before.
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love letter
love letter (plural love letters)
- A letter written about the author's love for the intended reader.
We never see each other, but have been sending love letters every Valentine's Day for 10 years.
- 1893, Walter Besant, The Ivory Gate, Prologue:
- Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language […] ; his clerks, however, understood him very well. If he had written a love letter, or a farce, or a ballade, or a story, no one, either clerks, or friends, or compositors, would have understood anything but a word here and a word there. For his signature, however, that was different.
2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, "Obama's once hip brand is now tainted", in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:
- Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.
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So...it seems to be standard, in fantasy, to have a pantheon of gods (or a trio of goddesses), to add a bit of colour. Everyone believes in them, because you'll probably find one of them wandering around in chapter ten so there's no point doubting them, but it doesn't have much effect on the characters. Except priests, who get nifty spells. Which mages can do just as well. Whereas in sci-fi, it's always one god, and it's always 'god dammit!'. And that's about it. (This is standard, there are exceptions of course). Why is this? Why should this be the case? And what would a fantasy lass think of the sci-fi approach to religion? This is my entry for the Bifrost 'Science Fiction' project. This won 'Best Sci-Fi Short Story' in the (unofficial) Elfwood Awards 2005! If you voted for me, I love you!!
WARNING: EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF RANDOM TO FOLLOW! They keep making all the same mistakes in generic fantasy. I'm sure if you or I got sucked into a fantasy story it would all be over much quicker without half so much fuss. So I propose that we post this list into some fantasy story that needs it, for the heroes perusal. EDIT: This is the commenter's favourite by far, going on numbers! In light of this I'm working on a volume II - all suggestions welcome, I'll even credit you if I'm feeling nice.
I got the inspiration for this about fifteen minutes before my final Psychology exam. Which proves that inspiration has no concept of timing whatsoever.This is a villanelle, like the famous poem Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, By Dylan Thomas (which, if you haven't read, you really really should). As for mine, I think it can be improved upon. Any suggestions welcome, even really random ones. Oh and one more interesting thing I noticed, while seeking help from an online rhyming dictionary, this might not rhyme so well if you don't have an English accent...eheh...let me know, I'm interested!
After reading the original Grimms fairy tales not long ago, I was inspired to re-write one. Several, actually, Cinderella and Rapunzel crashed and burned. But here is the first half of Snow White, retold in old Africa. I love fairy tales, don't get me wrong. I really like the original Snow White. But some things about them get to me. Why do good and beautiful always go together? Why is it that a woman can only live happily ever after if she marries a handsome man? And often: How does that equate with reality in any way??? Anyhoo, this is an experiment. Hope it entertains!


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Either a well-versed prankster has invaded Reddit's popular IAMA anonymous q-and-a, or, once again, Bristol has a reckless scuttlebutt willing to (anonymously) unload about Scott, Chris Berman, Michelle Beadle, Michael Wilbon and more.
Some highlights from the session starring "Eyespian," who claims to be "a cog behind the scenes of "the worldwide leader".
* Q: What is the deal with Stuart Scott, period? The guy is a fucking catchphrase machine, and personifies what ESPN is these days: All Style, Little Substance.
Eyespian: "I agree, he sucks at his job, is a major jerk, and wears the ugliest shit ever, have you seen his ties??"
* Q: Really? I mean there's no way Kornheiser isn't a fun guy he reminds me of my pops, but Wilbon looks like a good guy too. What's his deal?
Eyespian: "Tony's a genuine guy. Wilbon is just too cool for school."
* Q: Am I correct in assuming that he's just playing a part, like Sean Hannity or something? Also, I have this weird feeling that Stephen A. Smith is actually an OK guy. I also have the feeling that I'm about to be downvoted into oblivion.
Eyespian: "Yeah, he was a role player. In person, he seemed decent enough.
TrueStory: He was like 6'6, but still insisted on a seat cushion. "I'm all legs baby" he goes."
* Q: is everyone sucking and/or fucking each other up there? or is that overblown (pun intended)
Eyespian: "Yes, ESPN is one big incestuous orgy. Seriously, since there's not real outside social life for most of the people there (it's in the middle of the woods, and most people have moved here to work here), you gotta do what you gotta do!"
Other things of note:
* John Clayton apparently has a ponytail
* The person who wrote this despises Stu Scott
* "For every Steve Phillips situation, there's 100 more that never get caught."
* Lots of ESPN people smoke weed
* Lots of people who work at ESPN watched the Erin Andrews video
* Mike Greenberg is also not highly regarded
We're still waiting for comment from ESPN on this new mole and its veracity. But, given most of the answers, he seems to be legit and a person who's brazenly bypassed the strongly-worded directive sent out by George Bodenheimer last fall after all that other stuff popped up. Whomever this Jersey-born, production-side Bristol cog is, he will not be awarded a leadership pickle anytime soon.


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Rep., Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head during an assassination attempt in January, was traveling Wednesday from Houston to Washington D.C. where she will attend a ceremony marking her husband's retirement as a NASA astronaut, her staff said.
Mark Kelly, Giffords' husband, will officially retire from the U.S. Navy at the ceremony, which will be held at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House. Vice President Joe Biden will preside over the Thursday ceremony, scheduled for 10 a.m. Arizona time.
Giffords will not be conducting any Congressional business during the trip, which her office, in a news release, said was a personal visit to support her husband.
"The congresswoman remains focused on her recovery and rigorous rehabilitation regimen," the release said. Giffords will return to Houston after Thursday's ceremony.
The Wednesday trip will be the sixth time Giffords has left the Houston hospital.
She went to Kennedy Space Center in Florida to watch her husband blast off on his final flight on the Space Shuttle Endeavour on May 16. She had also been there in April for a scheduled launch that was scrubbed.
She has also made two trips to Tucson, one in June and another in September.
She also made a surprise appearance on the floor of the U.S. House, casting her first vote since the Jan. 8 shooting, in support of legislation that raised the country's debt limit, avoiding a government shutdown.
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This has been a great year for MMORPGs. Not only did 2012 bring us some great new games, like ArenaNet's Guild Wars 2, it also brought with it two of the best and most anticipated expansions in recent memory: World of Warcraft: Mist of Pandaria and RIFT: Storm Legion. Now we at Vagary.TV would encourage you to play both games but, let's face it, this is a battle for your subscription dollars. Read on as our resident MMO players take to the podiums for debate and seek to answer who should win the coveted "Best MMO Expansion" for 2012!
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Jeremy: For the first time in almost four years, Blizzard has released an add-on to the World of Warcraft experience that is worth our dollars. The content of Pandaria is massive and adds some of the best lore to the game that we've seen to date. After the abyssal experience that was Cataclysm, it's refreshing to see Blizzard really hit the nail on the head with this expansion. And who doesn't love Pandas and Pet Battles?!
Chris: Storm Legion is deep, Jeremy. Drown in your hungry eyes deep. RIFT's first expansion sets a new bar for what $40 gets you in this genre. It triples the size of the world with two new continents, adds four new classes (souls), a new warfront and raised prestige cap, three raids, and seven 5-man dungeons. It also brings 10 new levels through which players will experience story and adventure in a more direct way than ever — and all without faction restrictions! Plus, I'm pretty sure one of the loading screens is an upskirt shot of a main character. It's like the developers have been playing TERA.
Jeremy: So, what you're saying is that Trion had to resort to pornographic loading screens to get people back to Rift? Mists of Pandaria also features a level increase, and an entire new Class (Monk) and Race (Pandaren), both of which have an underlying storyline that carries players all of the way through the game. It may not be two new continents, but it is one well thought out experience. Blizzard also included a new Battleground, 9 dungeons (6 new, 3 re-imagining of old favorites), and 3 new raids to start, with more coming in the near future. Did I mention they also added an entirely new pet battle system? Oh, and as for the devs playing TERA…how did that game do again?
When you're a monk in WoW, peace and serenity be damned
Chris: Touche, good sir, but I would like to draw your attention to the sequel-less Kung Fu Panda. WoW just adds booze to the mix, so now you have an alcoholic panda. Not a recipe for success. I've played enough Pandaria to know that it's much of the same. You level, you dungeon, and you raid. Somewhere along the line your ZOMGrage at PvP. While Pandaland does add a lot, it doesn't really evolve what you're actually doing. The one blessing is that Blizzard no longer asks you to pick through piles of poop. RIFT is similar but the paths are expansive! Instant Adventures, rifts, zone invasions, dungeons, PvP — dynamic stuff, my friend. To date, I have died 5,827 times in the first 5-man dungeon. Or something like that. Let me ask you, if there was one defining quality that you could name about Pandaria, one "sell me" feature to new and old players alike, what would you say?
Jeremy: Ok. First, let me say this: You are completely wrong! There is definitely a "Pick through/Find Poop" quest! So, there! ….Oh…shi….nevermind. Let's just move on, shall we?
Come on man, we all know that if it wasn't for WoW, we wouldn't have RIFT in the first place. "Instant Adventures?" Please, it's just a fancy way to say "Scenario", which WoW has. "Dungeons"…well, we already talked about dungeons, and as for you dying so many times, at what point is that fun?! Also, don't think that RIFT does something incredible with PvP that WoW doesn't. I mean, isn't RIFT the game that was having such a hard time with their factions that they had to allow them to play together? Care Bear Land I tell ya! In WoW, we still have the Horde vs. Alliance, just like we did from day one, and guess what?! They tension between the two keeps getting more intense as the story progresses! You want a "sell me" feature? If all of the new content, the ability to have your own farm, and the awesome Pokémon-esque pet system doesn't sound awesome…I'm there…duh! What does Storm Legion have? I mean, seriously, they would definitely have to come up with some really good Dynamic Content and Player Housing to win me over!
Chris: The gauntlet has been thrown, I see. Well, WoW has scenarios but they're really just excuses for not finding a tank, aren't they? Blizzard tried to crack that nut since 2004 and scenarios are the white flag of defeat. But that's okay, have fun! You have your poor man's 3-man while I run around with ten other people wreaking havoc across whole zones, it's okay. As for PvP, I have one word: Conquest. It's fun, rewarding, and the most dynamic PvP this side of Guild Wars 2. And aren't all classes in WoW pretty much the same nowadays anyways? But I'm happy to see that you're reasonable my friend, because Dynamic Content and Player Housing shall save you from the depths of Pandaland! Dimensions are the single best and most in-depth character housing system of any MMO ever. It's like Minecraft: Telara. And then dynamic content! It just keeps getting more dynamic, Jeremy! The sky opens up and dudes fall out. Then some of them run places! It doesn't get much more dynamic than that. The writing is on the wall, if you ask me.
Jeremy: Yeah, well…wait…Dimensions is player housing?! Like "Minecraft: Telara?!" Why didn't you just say so? I mean, WoW never had that. Why don't they have player housing after all of these years? I want to build things and make them my own. And guys falling out of the sky and random open world events? WoW doesn't have any of this! I'm so downloading Storm Legion right now!
Crap…what's happening? What am I doing?!
Oh, no….
Err..umm….I mean….WoW Rules, Rift Drools?! Mists of Pandaria "MoPs" the floor with Storm Legion?
Son of a….*hangs head in shame*
You win this round, Coke, but I shall have my revenge!
Chris: Mwahaha, you should have known better than to face the maste — wait a minute, you didn't tell me that any race can be the Monk class…
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World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria can be purchased for just $30 until January 1st direct from the Blizzard Store.
RIFT: Storm Legion is available for $39.99 but newcomers can pick it up plus the base game for just $10 more.


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Coca Cola Company is the world's leading company in the field of production, marketing and distribution of non alcoholic drinks established in 1886 (Maria Pinto, Carland, & Lisa, A. Gihring,2003, P.197). Coca cola, the name which everyone, everywhere in the world is familiar with, has been established in 1886 in Georgia. It was after the purchase of the company by Mr. Woodruff that the Company discovered a way to reach a huge cross-section of people in the world. (Lonnie Bell. P.17) the Company made huge sales during the Amsterdam Olympic Games in the summer of 1928 (Lonnie Bell 2003, P.17). What started with the sale of nine drinks a day is today over one billion, in over 200 countries worldwide. This is an indication to the phenomenal growth of a company with a product that is unique and well marketed. Coca Cola entered the UK for the first time in 1900 and was later sold at soda fountain outlets. (Coca-Cola UK, 2010).
Coca-Cola celebrated its 100th anniversary in the August of 2000 by champion boxer Audley Harrison and other renowned athletes. Coca Cola has been a long standing supporter of the Olympics games in UK since 1928.
SWOT and Why SWOT
The words strategy is taken from the Greek word strategos which was primarily used in military circles around 500 BC. The word strategy is a new phenomenon in the field of business which has been used since 1960. One can assess a firm's strategy with SWOT as strength, weakness, opportunity and threat (Mike W. Peng, 2009, P.8).
"SWOT analysis is one of the important analysis in total quality management, marketing and planning (Sally Dibb et. Al. 2006, P. 30). Strength and weakness are internal to the organization while opportunity and threat are the external aspects of the marketplace.
One of the salient features of the Internal Business Environment is that that it is under business control. Control of efficiency is one of the most important elements which can be done through management and proper communication. Therefore, Coca-Cola requires continuous appraisals of business to prevent inefficiencies in consumer process and production.
Any change in the external business environment will strongly affect the business and the economy. Coca-Cola should be aware of the changes in the external environment, which might create threats or opportunities
Coca-Cola has the most sought after image of global popularity. It is one of those very few products with an international recognition to it that extends not only beyond boundaries but penetrates into the deepest parts of several nations, so much so that it can be safely said 'almost everyone knows it.' The brand imaging has been extremely successful and recognizable by masses and has come to be a part of popular culture. Coca-Cola marketing includes branding on hats and t-shirts, thus driving it into the lives of its users. Cited in (Master International Business) "Enjoyed more than 685 million times a day around the world". Coca Cola stands simple, but strong symbol of quality and enjoyment (Allen, 1995).
Coca Cola's bottling system is another huge strength for the company. The bottles are locally manufactures while the concentrate is globally distributed. This is a major cost effective measure that not only saves the company of very large logistics and expenditure but also very effectively maintains its international identity as the core product (drink) is truly international authentic. This is a win-win situation for Coca Cola in which it not only maintains a local image in the society but also does not compromise on its global quality.
Coca Cola's sales are more than 1 billion pound per day in UK. In the economical recession, sales of three brands cross 1 billion pound. For the three brands "Coca-Cola zero, Coca-Cola and diet coke" the annual increase of sales shows 4.7%.Furthermore, the sales have increased globally as 29 % in China and 20% in India for the last quarter ( Coca-Cola, 2010)
Every business should analyze and recognize the weakness and minimize it to the possible extent, in order to reach better achievements. (New York Times, 2007)
According to the New York Times, the world share of Coca-Cola has declined from 57% to 53% in 2006 to 2007. On the other hand, there had been so many publications and advertisements for the health consciousness against fizzy drinks in which coca cola is usually on the top of the list, thanks to its popularity. The effect of Coca Cola on teeth is another issue, to be taken care of.
Coca-Cola has over 400 types of beverages most of which are not as famous as the brand is. Since the products are not famous, they fail to get recognized and accepted by people who are loyal consumers of Coca Cola. This is a major weakness for the company as acceptance follows marketing and drives sales and eventually, the growth of the company.
Coca Cola Brand is very well known the world over, extending itself to a close 94% of the world, thus holding a very competitive position for the company. Sustainability of the business can be done in the way of human progress through innovation (Karlson Hargroves & Michael H. Smith, 2005, P.1). Innovation moves companies forward in sustaining various forms of energy, forestry, mobility, construction and agriculture. It furthermore motivates companies to be cleaner, echo friendly and profitable. The change in packaging and Coca-Cola bottling has caused huge increase and growth opportunity around the world. This strategy is an opportunity for the Coca-Cola to serve large and diverse area around the world. Coca-Cola can take advantage of advertising the products which are not yet popular as. The company can concentrate on selling diverse products rather than sticking to the main products. Coca-Cola can buy their other competitors where they establish their business and where they penetrate the new markets.
The threat of new competitors in soft drink is not highly visible. But the substitutes are real threat for Coca-Cola. Fruit juices, milk, hot chocolate, tea and coffee industries are real threats for Pepsi and Coca-Cola. Although Coca-Cola and Pepsi hold more than 40% of the world's beverage marking, health consciousness is the main cause to divert the customers to other drinks. But, Coca-Cola and Pepsi have diversified their products to other beverages. In case the Coca-Cola health consciousness does not match the Ministry of health, it can be a big treat for the company. Pepsi, another competitor whose products are very similar to Coca-Colas' has been a very tough competitor almost on war with Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola needs to be highly competent against Pepsi in every market.
SWOT Analysis is one of the simplest and most useful approaches to strategy according to Learned, Christiansen, Andrews and Guth in 1969 cited in (Howard, Davies, Pun-Lee Lam, 2001, P.382) according to him SWOT analysis is a universal tool in strategic planning (Julius J. Marke, et al. 2005).
Coca-Cola Corporate Social Responsibility:
Corporate social initiatives are the huge activities of a corporation to perform commitments to corporate social responsibility. Philip Kotler, Nancy Lee (2005).
The Corporate is under a social obligation to help society through health, education, and job opportunity support, environmental safety in the case of reducing energy consumption, raw material consumption, and chemicals. The CEO and Chairman of Starbucks Howard Schultz emphasizes on maintaining transparency in business performance in the field of Corporate-Social-Responsibility too Philip Kotler, Nancy Lee (2005).
Coco Cola's approach to CSR has been widely appreciated, the company says, "Corporate Social Responsibilities CSR is at the heart of our business", and our approach central to what we do (Coca-Cola 2010).
Water Use:
According to the United Nations, 2/3rds of the world population might suffer the shortage of water by 2025. Therefore, Coca-Cola has started recycling and reusing water (Coca-Cola, 2010. Water is a crucial life sustaining element that is also a very important for the functioning of various industries. Given the current water crisis that has a paralyzing effect on life in many parts of the world and poses a threat to many industries too, the efforts that go into water reuse and recycle are considered to be extremely helpful to societies and the world at large. Hence in the current scenario of decreasing water availability and quality, increasing the demand for water is the new challenge. Peter H. Gleick, et. al. (2009).
Companies which address social and environmental responsibilities are learned to have a rapidly growing access to capital which may have not been available otherwise. Philip Kotler, Nancy Lee (2005). One of the most inspiring systems in the fields of minimizing energy consumption is the Coca Cola intelligent light system saves up to 50% of the energy consumption (Coca-Cola, 2010)
The UN CSD emission of the greenhouse, insists on corporate accountability and reporting related to climate change Adrian Henriques, Julie Richardson (2004).
All Coca-Cola plant sites are ISO 14001 accredited in Great Britain to help protect environment Coca-Cola(2010).Coca-Cola considers every new technological investment to be energy efficient which results in reduction of energy in 2008 to up to 5 %.
Cited by (David L. Goldblatt) energy consumption and its relation to global warming, David L. Goldblatt (2005), CSR is defined as "firms doing more than they are required to do under applicable laws and regulations" Bruce L. Hay, et al. (2005).
Cited in (William B. P.5) he says CSR is critical and controversial, as the company considers profit largely on one side, creates jobs and opportunities for societies, contributes taxes to government, facilitates research, investment etc. The Institute of Directors(The Institute of Directors, UK, 2002. P.8) defines organizations or businesses going further than the legal obligations for deal with their affect on the environment and society William B. Werther, David Chandler (2006).
Carbon emission is another huge concern for the society today. People are working together to go carbon neutral, universities in USA, Yahoo, and China announced to create a carbon-neutral island. Amanda Bishop (2008). Carbon footprint helps the organization measure the carbon emission and going through all the steps of production, it can help the companies to decide on how to reduce the carbon footprint. Coca Cola is working with Carbon Trust for calculating the Carbon footprint, while the recycling of bottles and containers after use can reduce the carbon footprint up to 60%.
The Coca Cola Strategy is: "growing business not carbon" for which Coca Cola has set a manufacturing target:
To reduce the emission by 5% by based on 2004 to 2015, reduce the total carbon footprint by 15%, based on 2007 to 2020 which overall carbon should reduce by 40% by 2020 comparing to the growth of the Coca Cola Enterprise.
The Coca Cola planned the following steps regarding reduction of energy consumption and carbon footprint:
The weight of the Coca Cola bottles are reduced from 39g to 24g based on 1994 which saves more than 3900 metric tons of polyethylene terephthalate each year, and reduced the glass bottles by 20% and aluminum cans by 5% applying computer aided design.
Furthermore, Coca-Cola recycles the waste by 92% which plans to bring the wastes at zero level in few manufacturing sites by the end of 2011.
Furthermore, the company updates the agricultural suppliers which provide over 96% of supplies locally, about the company policies and procedures in order to improve the raw material consumption in sustainable way.
Economic Contribution of Coca Cola in UK is as follows:
Job creation for the society, taxes for the government, working with local suppliers in the fields of operation that further resulted as follows:
The raw materials from suppliers, packaging and other services are over 50% and the employees receive over 18% as salary. Furthermore, the company had been involved in community sponsorship and charitable donations which 1.5 million GBP has been contributed to projects in 2008 by Coca-Cola Great Britain and Coca-Cola Enterprise.
Education support: is according to the government enterprise education agenda. as well as the education outside the class room or educational environment. For which the Coca Cola education center won gold in drink and food federation awards in 2008. "Coca Cola which established the bottling plants for the first time in 1932, has acquired Cadbury Schweppes brands in 1999. Coca Cola supports the environment and society such as Tidy Britain Group and Waste Watch and sponsored many cultural and sport activities Europa (2002). Real Business Challenge: had been running for the last four years in Yorkshire. It let the pupils decide for the business plan to set up the soft drink company, which over 8000 students have participated in Yorkshire, which more than 100 teachers had been trained in 2008 too.
For The Enterprise Challenge for the West London Coca Cola has selected 3000 students from 30 schools to design new soft drink brand and launch in Wembly stadium at an event. The winning team won Supernova.
Coca-Cola has supported Olympics for last 30 years
Coca Cola has sponsored Minute Maid Schools Cup since 2003 for over 2000 students from 200 schools. Cola 7s have around 52000 players.
Training and Development programs:
Training and Development is the key factor in performance development today. The trainings improve job performance and it transforms the employees' skills Marisa Brown et. al. (2004).The IBM rebuilt its learning infrastructure in 1990 and hired huge number of employees, they realized the need of training and its huge positive impact on the business. The employees are Coca-Cola G.B trains the employees which the average training cost for each employee had been1413 pound. The training covers personal development, leadership development, consumer marketing, franchise leadership, customer and commercial leadership. Marisa Brown et. al. (2004).
Furthermore, the Coca Cola G.B is running the programs as talent management twice a year, and promotes the employees internally as well as externally.
Performance management is the global strategy of COCA COLA which aims to pursue peak performance that the employees have the environment to boost and develop their skills and improve toward their professional goals.
Managing health and safety:
Safe environment is COCA COLA's priority and it regularly monitors the environment to make sure there is continuous improvement of the environment.
Health and safety employees and representatives are assigned in every COCA COLA E manufacturing and distribution sites which monitor and advice the employees accordingly.
Coca cola has purchased Cadbury Schweppes in many countries as well as UK in 1999 which resulted in more variation of products Coca-Cola(2010).The Fanta Apple Splash, first low sugar product was launched in 2004. The zero added sugar diet Coke varieties was launched in 2005. Sport water. In 2006 the Relentless energy drink was launched in UK.
During the 120th celebration of coca cola in 2006, the coca cola company had more than 400 brands.
Beverage experience
Over the centuries, Coca cola had been successful working with the set of ideals. Regardless of the changes in the field of business in the world, Coca Cola believes that these ideals are important to its long term success Maria Pinto Carland, Lisa A. Gihring (2003). During the World War II, Coca Cola had bottlers in 44 countries. Mr. Woodruff announced that everyone with uniform should have coca cola at their service no matter where they are Lonnie Bell (2004, P.19) This policy popularized Coca Cola for both the military as well as the residents of those countries, where coke was served. " Always Coca Cola" The president of the Company said " Never let the consumer be thirsty not reaching Coca Cola" This caused the coca cola availability in more than 190 countries of the world, sustained the business for more than 100s of years " Things go better with Coke" Sergio Zyman, Armin Brott (2002).
Coke strategy has been globally, but at the same time they act locally. The content of the sugar vary based on the geographical levels. In India coke advertisement the word " Thanda" an Indian word which means cold in English. Mike W. Peng (2009).
Strategic capabilities:
Coca Cola brand: Most of the soft drinks are more similar to each others. The carbonated drinks all contain sugar and carbonated water, darker or lighter color. Why people prefer to drink Coca Cola is what the brand means to them. The brand is not the label but it signifies a meaning in the mind the customers. ( Sergio Zyman, P.38). The Coca-Cola does contain same Sugar and Carbonated water, but the taste is always different than Pepsi.
According to Mike, W. Peng, stated above, one of the main secret of success for Coca-Cola has been its unique formula. Although Pepsi had been engaged in a war against Coca-Cola, Coca Cola has emerged successful. The slight difference in the taste of Coca-Cola from Pepsi, its main competitor keeps it outstanding. The Coca-Cola Strategy "Think Globally, Act locally" is another success factor for the Company. The concentrate is supplied globally, while the bottlers produce the bottles locally in the local tastes of the consumers. Furthermore, the advertisements are more locally. For example, " Thanda" which means cold in Indian language, is a very good message for the coke consumers in the hot climate of India.
The Company's 2020 Vision is creating a long-term destination for the business and provides winning roadmap for the company and bottlers.
The Company Mission is "To refresh the world...inspire moments of optimism and happiness...create value and make a difference. (Coca-Cola, 2009) The Company brand which more than 94% of the world is familiar with is highly valuable for the success of the company. "In arm's reach of desire" woodruff, (1923) has had a strong impact in the marketing of Coca-cola. He meant that whenever the customer desires to have Coca-cola, it should reach the customers arms, eventually improving the availability of Coca-cola.
The Coca-cola strategy is sustainable growth, being involved in short term commitment and achieve the long term goals of the company. According to Business Week, the Coca-Cola business growth had reduced to 3% in 2004 and 2005. The reason had been stated that since the Company had highly penetrated the market in the North America, there is no more room for the growth. The second reason can be the health consciousness of the people about carbonated drinks. On the other hand, according to the Coca-Cola (2010) the sales of three brands of Coca-Cola are 1 Billion pound per day in the UK. Furthermore, Coca-Cola has concentrated on diversification of the product, which produces more than 3000 varieties of the drinks.


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Make a choice that's right for you
For many students, university presents a clear route to a prosperous life beyond education. For some, however, finding an alternative path can be equally rewarding.
"I have a clear future goal to carry on my family's retail shop. So I opted to study in a technical college," said 17-year-old 'Pop' Kanchanut Sittiwichai of Thailand.
"Most of my lower secondary school friends chose to pursue general study in higher secondary school. While some of them don't know what fields and universities they want to go for and are now studying very hard to compete in the national university entrance exam, I now enjoy both studying and receiving hands on training through real work experiences and earning incomes from the work training. And I have already had a place in a university and a job waiting."
Pop graduated with a GPA of 3.7 in her lower-secondary school and now is a "Por Wor Chor 3" student at Panyapiwat Technological College in Nonthaburi, Thailand. Por Wor Chor is a certificate degree in vocational education equivalent to higher secondary degree level education (Matthayom 6).
At Panyapiwat Technological College students who get accepted for Por Wor Chor 1 (equivalent to Matthayom 4) will be automatically an employee of CP All, whose business is marketing and distribution. CP All started the college six years ago to develop the 'right' employees for its workforce. Students can continue their studies up to diploma, and bachelor's or master's degrees if they wish. In each semester, students will study theory in classes for three months and train at a 7-Eleven, a convenient franchise store under CP All, for three months with pay. CP All operates 6,800 7-Eleven country-wide.
Despite the benefits of the technical and vocational education, there are challenges to the promotion of technical colleges in Thailand.
"In Thailand technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is perceived by some as a 'left over' choice," said Kitti Rattanarasri, Deputy Director in Academic Affairs and Dual Vocational Training at Panyapiwat Technological College.
"Thai society values highly university degrees. They are better recognised and accepted, and as consequence students are themselves often driven towards a university education. But what we must bear in mind is that there is no general formula for success in life. When it comes to making decisions about their future, students should follow the path that's right for them."
Mr. Kitti shared his own experiences studying in secondary school. As he says, he had never been presented the option of studying at a technical and vocational college.
"I had never been told, for example, that if I wanted to be an engineer, I could also study at a technical college and it could have been a great choice. Indeed, studying engineering at university and at technical college is quite different in that the former focuses more on academic study and the latter on operation skills. This presents an important choice students can make for themselves.
"If students are told about choices, they could opt for the choice that matches them most in terms of their aptitudes, preference, and circumstances," he said.
Pop was lucky that she discovered different choices for her future study before she made a decision.
"I chose it because I felt TVET would equip me with the technical skills I would need. Secondary school students may be better at theory but I don't think they have been trained in terms of skills and practical experiences better than TVET students."
And now Pop doesn't have to ask her mother for a pocket money and she would surely get a job after she graduates.
"I'm so proud of myself and I know my mother is proud of me too as she talks a lot about me in a positive way with neighbors," said the 17-year-old Pop.
Like Pop, Sakkarin Kajonmos chooses the TVET path because he wants to obtain technical skills and he is positive that he will get a job right after graduation.
"I've witnessed so many capable students studying TVET. Like in my field, for example, students have to learn a lot about different circuits. It's very difficult and so you learn to develop unique skills," he said.
Sakkarin, 18, is studying in Por Wor Sor 1 in Vocational Chemical Engineering Practical College (V-ChEPC) at Maptaphut Technical College in Rayong. Por Wor Sor is equivalent to the Technical Diploma. It is a two-year study and to earn a bachelor degree students have to study for two more years.
There are several causes for a potentially negative perception of TVET.
"We need to understand the fundamental causes behind the unpopularity. Does it stem from limited information? Bad working conditions for those who follow courses? Or basic differences in the labour market? Without understanding the reasons behind the mistrust of TVET, attempts to redress the issue will fail," said Youngsup Choi, UNESCO Programme Specialist in Bangkok.
"TVET is often associated with vocational education within secondary schools which enables students to go on to become "blue collar" workers such as plumbers and electricians. This type of education is often the target of criticism because it appears to close doors and to artificially place students in one particular subsector of the labour force. In truth, TVET encompasses so much more, and higher end TVET programmes such as dentistry are highly esteemed. Unfortunately, however, it is the lower end programmes that get the attention and are responsible for TVET's dubious reputation."
"Yet, in many cases, the labour market is not ready to support higher paid and more interesting work. The labour market needs to be reformed before we can entice people on to TVET courses with the promise of higher wages and better working conditions; otherwise we are, quite bluntly, lying to our students about the benefits that TVET can bring," said Mr. Choi.
In Thailand nearly 2 million students were enrolled in higher education institutions in 2010, of which almost 90% were enrolled in public higher education institutions. In 2010, about 0.7 million students enrolled in TVET colleges governed by the Office of Vocational Education Commission (OVEC) of the Ministry of Education, and approximately 0.4 million students were studying in private vocational schools and colleges. In 2010, the OVEC administered 415 public colleges, 427 private vocational schools and colleges around the country (UNESCO 2011).
According to a UNESCO publication "Expanding Technical and Vocational Education and Training at Secondary Education", during 2006-2010 the total number of students in Thailand in upper secondary increased, especially in the general stream. At the same time, however, the number of students in both public and private vocational schools declined. This means more students were interested in general secondary schools..
The tendency in the decrease of graduates with vocational certificates can be explained by the negative value and reputation given to vocational education (UNESCO 2011).
According to the UNESCO publication, vocational secondary graduates made up only 3.26 per cent in 2007, and increased to 3.48 per cent in 2011.
In Thailand, the vast majority of students prefers to follow the path to university. However, in a world where diversity of skills is increasingly in demand, this may not always be the right path.
By Rojana Manowalailao, Rachel McCarthy and Mary Anne Therese Manuson, UNESCO Bangkok


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Posted on 03/24/2012 4:12:47 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
Breaking News:
Former Vice President Dick Cheney received a heart transplant on Saturday, his office announced.
A statement from the former vice president's office said Cheney is now recovering in the Intensive Care Unit of Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va., outside of Washington.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
I just heard this on Fox News..I had no idea he was on the transplant list. Here's wishing for a quick and speedy recovery!!
Best wishes for future health.
a little old for a tansplant isn't he?
under Obamacare this would not be allowed
Cheney Chick advisory.
Prayers up!
Prayers for his recovery.
And you wonder why he got one? Thinking ahead.
Get well soon Mr. Vice President.
Fantastic news....
Hope Dick lives another twenty years driving Liberals batshit crazy
I would not be surprised to hear liberals jump on this, and say he got this transplant because of who he is, and how he took healthcare resources from someone poor and less powerful.
Wow! I just heard it too! I hope all goes well for him!
Godspeed, dear Darth Vader; man of steel. Speedy recovery. You're in my prayers.
Oh yeah, libs will say it is the first heart he has.
Bless his heart (old and new one). A true American patriot and a man who should have been president at some time in history. Prayers for him and his family.
When I heard breaking news about Dick Cheney I feared the worst, I thought he had died, but then when I heard he had a successful heart transplant, I was so relieved. Thank God he is going to be OK.
He might have been if not for the ticker. He has had trouble for many years. A patriot for sure.
Good thing he had it done before the IPAB board cancelled it. Being a Republican might be grounds or exclusion in the future if Hussein has his way.
Prayers just said for Cheney. A new lease on life!!
I hope it is a full recovery. Bush (43) was a good man; Cheney would have been better as President however.
Prayers for him to pull through, I've admired that man for decades and wish the 2000 ticket could have been flipped.
...and doncha wish he was our POTUS now...or next? Many prayers up for him, gentle Lynn, and their kind, loving daughters.
First I've heard of this....prayers for him and his family.
Alittle known fact if I may...Dick has always had the heart of a liberal...he keeps it in a jar on his office desk!
I still believe this snapshot will go down as something of a prophetic moment in history, as Mr. Cheney looks upon the Great Liar with complete clarity.
How many hearts has he gone through?
"Couldn't he just have taken a pain pill??"
< /B O off>
Be still my heart.. No, wait uhhhh!
Prayers for a speedy recovery.
Get well quick, Dick! The dogs want to have you take them pheasant hunting with Janet Napolitano.
I'm sure he'll be fine,, he has ObamaCare.
and what it doesn't cover, the Kochs and Halliburton will gladly pick up. ;-]
The man who should have been president, praying for a speedy recovery.
Wow! Prayers to Mr. VP for a speedy and a trouble-free recovery!
Cheney is one of the great men of our time. Godspeed to him & his family, and recover quickly, Mr. Cheney.
Godspeed to the Vice President.
Do you have one?
I was going to ask for someone to post 'THAT PICTURE'!! I scroll down and there it is. Thanks!!
Prayers for him and his family...and the family of the donor
Yes, but some are more equal than others. The government insurance system.
Cheney set the standard for what a VP should be. That he will be around a few more years is a plus.
Prayers for a quick recovery.
Prayers up Mr. Vice President.
May God bless Dick Cheney.
God Bless Dick Cheney.
He's a very lucky man.
Prayers the transplant takes.
Obamacare wouldn't permit him this transplant at his age.
Reminds me of Ronald Reagan's line as he was being put under for surgery after the Hinckley assassination attempt:
"I hope all of you are Republicans".
Get well, Mr. Vice President.
This clears the way for "Cheney 2012"!!
Get well soon Mr. Vice President!
Prayers up.
Your in my prayers Mr Vice President!
Wow. Prayers for Dick Cheney and family.
Thank you very much for posting that picture!
God be with our VP for many more years of giving the other side his worthy opinions!
Yeah, I can almost hear Bill Maher's nasty diatribe.
Just a suggestion, start read the leftest blogs and comments and screen grab them...................I am sure some will be very colorful
Prayers for him to have a full and successful recovery. Prayers for his family at this time.
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Did you notice the cosmetic difference between the two new Steez reels? The 103SHA has oval porting in the handle...
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Both reels feature a red spool to match the new exterior treatment
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The worst fitment for any motorcycle. The lines don't carry good flow, and the pressure builds in the lines which causes it to bust through the ends and leak oil. You can customize it but it shouldn't have to be customized or altered in anyway. Will be returning and sticking to rubber hoses with stainless steel weaving with clamped ends.
Used to change out my chain drive cam tensioners. When it arrives it will say gear drive on it but it is for both.
Arrived on time, does the job, for market price (which I think is too high for the part, but it is the price the market will allow--so in that regard it is fair-ish). Nevertheless, M/C SuperStore always comes through with what I need, when I need it, with no b/s. That's 5-star in my book...
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