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To lay the groundwork for clinical and research exposure, the department maintains a comprehensive lecture and conference curriculum for the ongoing education of residents and faculty. All faculty participate in delivering lectures and hosting journal club gatherings. There are also a variety of departmental conferences that involve other departments that we frequently collaborate with. Having all residents at one major academic medical center for their clinical activities fosters collaboration and makes it more convenient for residents to attend conferences.
All faculty participate in giving lectures to the residents. Lectures occur on Monday afternoon at 5 pm and Wednesday morning at 6:45 am. The format varies between traditional format lectures, case based discussions, and Board-style exercises. Many of the faculty or specialty areas have a two-year rolling curriculum of lectures.
Each week, the entire department gathers for an educational activity from 7:30 to 8:30 am. The format for this conference varies from Grand Rounds presentations by the residents, Morbidity and Mortality conference, Audiology conference, Neuroradiology conference and others.
This activity occurs on one Wednesday morning each month throughout the year. Drs. May and Oliver organize a logical progression of dissections that involve the entire temporal bone. We are fortunate to have a newly-renovated temporal bone lab with state-of-the-art drill and video systems. Video cameras mounted to each microscope allow images to be projected onto a large flat screen monitor to enhance the learning experience.
These educational activities are primarily for residents, with occasional participation by faculty. Residents meet on Wednesday mornings for about one hour, immediately following the departmental conference. They prepare responses to the COCLIA (Comprehensive Otolaryngologic Curriculum, Learning through Interactive Approach) questions in advance of this meeting and discuss their results. Two to three chapters from the Bailey's textbook are chosen that correlate with the COCLIA topic. Residents in their early years of training are encouraged to read the Bailey's text carefully, as it forms an excellent foundation for an Otolaryngology knowledge base and serves as a wonderful resource to review for national exams.
This conference occurs on Wednesday afternoons from 4 to 5 pm. All residents that are not involved in critical patient care activities attend. We have a strong collaboration with an excellent group of audiologists and speech pathologists that deliver a broad range of lecture topics that runs on a two-cycle. This allows each resident the opportunity to encounter topics twice during their training.
Journal club occurs monthly over dinner and provides an excellent opportunity for residents and faculty to discuss current scientific literature in the setting of a nice social gathering. These meetings usually occur in the home of a faculty member. Five to ten journal articles are covered with a focus on critical evaluation of research methodology, validity and merit.
There are a number of collaborative, clinically based, multidisciplinary conferences that occur throughout the year that residents attend and usually have participatory roles. The Head and Neck Tumor Board occurs every Monday at noon. At this conference, new cancer cases are presented for discussion along with members of the medical oncology, radiation oncology, pathology and radiology teams. We also have a monthly Pediatric Hearing Loss/Cochlear Implantation conference where complex clinical cases are presented and discussed with audiologists and speech pathologists.
The Harrill Lecture serves as our major alumni gathering and occurs every spring. We invite a nationally recognized leader in our field with the support of an endowment from the family of Dr. James Harrill, the founder and first Chair of our department. The invited lecturer, along with residents and faculty from our department, participates in a day of lectures and panel discussions. Many private practice otolaryngologists from the region also participate in the event. A formal dinner gathering follows, with spouses and significant others invited to attend.
The department also receives educational grants from a variety of sources to invite distinguished otolaryngologists from around the country to give lectures to our group. The format has traditionally been a dinner/lecture on a Tuesday evening, with physicians from the community invited to attend. The lecturer then gives grand rounds to the department the following morning. These interactions have been very valuable experiences for the residents, allowing them to hear a lecture from a unique perspective and establish contacts for the future.
Traveling to regional and national meetings allows residents to gain a broader perspective in otolaryngology education and collaborate with professionals from around the country. Residents are required to submit a research project to these meetings. PGY3 and PGY5 residents attend the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, which occurs in the fall. PGY4 residents attend the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting. PGY3 residents also attend the annual North Carolina / South Carolina Otolaryngology State Meeting.
PGY4 residents have traditionally attended a craniofacial plating course pending availability of travel support. In recent years, PGY3 residents have attended the annual Pediatric Otolaryngology endoscopy course, which is organized primarily by the programs at UNC and MUSC.
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The Phillies have played in the Eastern Division of the National League since the divisional realignment of 1969. They have the distinction of being the oldest continuous one-name, one-city franchise in all of American professional sports.
The Phillies were the record holder at one time for the longest World Series championship drought in baseball history at 97 years (1883-1980) . The Chicago Cubs (1908-present) broke this unfortunate record in 2005. Still, the Phillies have the inglorious mark as the most losing franchise of any US major sports league (9,956). The team will soon become the first professional franchise to reach 10,000 losses. The club has had its fair share of talent despite all its shortcomings. Currently, It claims 31 Hall of Famers
In 1883 Alfred Reach, united with Colonel John Rogers, to purchase the Worcester Brown Stockings of the National League and move them to Philadelphia. Alfred Reach was a former player and a sporting-goods manufacturer while Colonel John Rogers was a lawyer and politician. By the 1890s, the newly renamed "Phillies" (in homage to their home city) were posting consistently solid records of 70 or more wins, but none were enough to rise above mediocre standings or extend mere brushes of opportunity for a pennant or championship title.
The Phillies finally won their first pennant in 1915. It was their 33rd season.The win was mainly due to a bullpen boost led by star pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander. He won an impressive 31 games while pitching four one-hit games. Offensively, Gavvy Cravath topped the league in RBI and runs scored.
During the bleak period for the franchise, the team saw the emergence of a a few remarkable players. In the 1920s, outfielder Cy Williams became the Phillies' new slugger, winning three consecutive NL Home Run Crowns. In the 1930s, a young Chuck Klein impressed all, batting alongside Lefty O'Doul. He won the NL MVP in 1932 and the NL Triple Crown a year later.
The teams name was changed to the Blue Jays during the 1940s. Several seasons later, It was changed back.
The Phillies traded popular backup catcher Sal Fasano to the New York Yankees for minor league infielder Hector Made on July 26, 2006. The Phillies also traded third baseman David Bell to the Milwaukee Brewers for minor league pitcher Wilfrido Laureano. The team responded well to the changes.The Phillies record stood at 66-65, trailing the San Diego Padres by a mere .5 games for the lead in the wild card race. The Phillies had captured and lost the wild card lead and were tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Both teams went on the road for the final six games with identical 82-74 records; the Phillies to Washington and Florida, the Dodgers to Colorado and San Francisco. But the Phillies were eliminated from playoff contention at two games out with one left to play.
The Phillies made their first big acquisition of the 2006 off-season on Dec. 6 by acquiring pitcher Freddy Garcia from the Chicago White Sox for minor league pitchers Gavin Floyd (AAA in 2006) and Gio Gonzalez (AA in 2006). Wes Helms was also acquired as a free agent. He hit 329 and had 10 home runs in 240 at bats while playing for the Florida Marlins in the 2006 season.
The Phillies will begin the 2007 season with a home opener on April 2nd against the Atlanta Braves.
The Phillies intend to move their AAA affiliate to nearby Allentown, Pennsylvania in April 2008 where the team, called the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, will play in a newly-constructed stadium, Lehigh County Ballpark. This is 7,000-capacity stadium. The planned move has been greeted enthusiastically because it will bring the Phillies' AAA affiliate closer to the team's Philadelphia fan base while also moving the team into a new stadium.
The home uniform of the Phillies is white with red pinstripes and the road uniform is grey. Both bear the script-lettered "Phillies" with stars dotting the "i"s across the chest, with the player name and number on the back. Hats are red with a single stylized "P". Team colors are red and white.
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Thirty-six-year-old Paul Reynolds of Ridgeway pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Benton to conspiracy and marijuana-production charges.
A co-defendant, 39-year-old Daniel Fulkerson, pleaded guilty to the charges last month and is scheduled to be sentenced April 11, two weeks before Reynolds' sentencing hearing.
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If someone were to ask if you want a sandwich full of meat, cheese, peppers, and onions, chances are you'd say, "Um, DUH, YES." (Unless you're vegetarian or lactose intolerant, of course.) And while the Applebee's spin on a classic cheesesteak is fantastic in theory, ours is super-delicious and WAY lower in fat and calories. Our version is also veggie-friendly, being both meat-free and loaded with vegetables. YEE-HAAAA!
2 tsp. fat-free sour cream
1 slice fat-free American cheese
1/3 cup sliced onion
1/3 cup sliced bell pepper
1/4 cup sliced mushrooms
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One 100-calorie flat sandwich bun (like Arnold Select/Oroweat Sandwich Thins)
In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine sour cream with cheese, breaking cheese into small pieces as you add it. Mix well and set aside.
Bring a large skillet (or grill pan) sprayed with nonstick spray to medium-high heat on the stove. Add veggies, drizzle with oil, and sprinkle with black pepper. Stirring occasionally, cook until veggies have partially softened, about 3 minutes.
Move veggies to one side of the skillet and lay burger flat on the other side. Cook until veggies are soft and burger is cooked through, about 8 minutes, stirring veggies occasionally and flipping burger about halfway through. Remove from heat and set aside.
Split open the bun and, if you like, lightly toast. Plate bun halves and place the burger on top of the bottom half. Evenly top with veggies and set aside.
Microwave sour cream and cheese for 15 seconds, or until hot; stir thoroughly. Microwave for another 10 seconds, or until cheese has fully melted. Mix well and immediately spoon over the veggies.
Finish off your burger with the top half of the bun. Now enjoy!
Serving Size: 1 burger (entire recipe) Calories: 270 Fat: 6.5g Sodium: 729mg Carbs: 36g Fiber: 10g Sugars: 7g Protein: 23.5g PointsPlus® value 7*
From the hometown décor on the walls to the regionally inspired items on the menu, it's clear the folks at Applebee's really want you to believe they're down with wherever it is you're from. Louisiana? Check out the Bourbon Street Steak! New Mexico? The Santa Fe Chicken Salad is waiting. But WATCH OUT -- though these dishes may tug at your homesick heartstrings, the nutritional info is often less than comforting. Take the Philly Burger, for example. Though it LOOKS like a fun take on the iconic sliced steak 'n cheese sandwich, the burger has OVER A THOUSAND CALORIES and 66 grams of fat. And that's before they add a side of fries, which would bring the total to about 1,500 calories and 85 fat grams (PointsPlus® value 40*). Ugh! Here's the thing: You can enjoy the flavor you're looking for without consuming nearly an entire day's worth of calories. How? Just give a meatless burger patty on a slim sandwich roll the cheese-and-sautéed-veggies treatment. Ahhhhhh... There's no place like Hungry Girl.
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The forward tip of the aft box is correctly centered.ChristoffM wrote:Dude, that looks horrible! My home made board that took less than 3 weekends to complete looks better than that. I would not be happy.
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The line passing through the aft fin box should be equidistal to the front boxes.gbleck wrote:How can you tell without a strait edge?
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Pioneering business model revolutionized the mobile industry
CAMBRIDGE, UK – Feb. 11, 2008 – ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY)] today celebrated a major milestone at Mobile World Congress, Barcelona –10 years since the launch of the iconic ARM Powered® Nokia 6110, the first mass-market phone based on the ARM7TDMI® processor. In 1997, ARM silicon Partners shipped fewer than 10 million chips; in 2007, they shipped nearly three billion, with an average of 1.7 ARM Powered chips per mobile phone. The diversity of today's mobile devices is built on the creativity of the 400-plus members of the ARM® Connected Community, which create new, cost-effective solutions for the industry that incorporate the wide range of ARM processors and SoC intellectual property.
ARM's heritage in mobile devices goes back to 1990 with the development of the Apple Newton, which arguably started the market for Personal Digital Assistants. However, it was the widespread adoption of ARM processors in mobile phones over the last 10 years that has helped ARM's silicon Partners sell 7 billion chips into the mobile market, out of the 10 billion cumulative ARM Powered SoCs.
ARM has been able to revolutionize the mobile industry through its pioneering business model. The company chose to license its technology to silicon Partners and charge a small royalty on ARM Powered processors shipped. OEMs saw the value in being able to source chips from multiple vendors with software compatibility. Today, the number of ARM processor-based devices shipped is roughly 10 times greater than the volume of x86 chips that go into PCs.
"If you bought a GSM phone in 1998, it could have been the Nokia 6110," said Rob Coombs, director of mobile solutions at ARM. "At the time, phones were for talking or texting, with simple black and white displays and powered by a small, innovative, low-power processor from ARM. Over the past 10 years, ARM has become the standard architecture for mobile devices, and the capabilities of mobile devices have grown in step with the ARM processor roadmap. Today you can choose an ARM11™ family-based phone that can play YouTube videos, send and receive e-mail or run a 3D game with console-type quality. ARM supplies the engines, software and tools that makes this possible."
"ARM is a force of nature; it powers the mobile world" said Tony Massimini, chief of technology, Semico Research. "Whether you are developing a Mobile Internet Device or a low-cost phone, the compute engine of choice is designed by ARM."
ARM will be celebrating its 10 years in mass-market mobile devices at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where it will be demonstrating the next-generation ARM Cortex™ processors and Mali™ graphics technology that will power the devices of 2009.
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ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM's comprehensive product offering includes 16/32-bit RISC microprocessors, data engines, graphics processors, digital libraries, embedded memories, peripherals, software and development tools, as well as analog functions and high-speed connectivity products. Combined with the company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.
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Mono Lake State Park is off the closure list
The Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve is off the state's list of possible state parks to close as of late afternoon Thursday.
The park will remain open and, contrary to some rumors, it will continue to be managed by the state as a state park.
The only thing that will change on the ground is a new fee collection agreement between the state and a nonprofit organization that has long been an advocate for, and a source of financial support for the park, the Bodie Foundation.
According to park Interpretive Ranger Dave Marquart, the Bodie Foundation will manage a new fee collection site at Old Marina where a $3 per car fee will be collected via an "iron ranger"; essentially via the honor system.
"I know there has been some misinformation out there that said the Bodie Foundation was going to take over the park," Marquart said. "That was never a real option."
He said a "concessionaire agreement" between the park and the foundation outlining the process by which the new fees would be collected was signed Thursday afternoon.
Much of the reason the park was removed from the state's list of several dozen state parks slated for possible closure due to budget shortfalls was precisely because of the long-standing collaboration between the park and the nonprofit, he said.
"They were impressed that we were already working with another entity to cut costs to the state," he said. The Bodie Foundation is a nonprofit that supports three state parks: Bodie, Mono Lake and Grover Hotsprings. In fact, Marquart's salary is paid for by the foundation; another fact that has kept the park's cost to the state low and another reason the park was removed from the closure list.
The new agreement, good for one year, does not preclude other organizations from working with the reserve, Marquart said.
"It's a "non-exclusive" contract."
There has been some discontent by residents in the Mono Basin over the fate of the park, particularly among private property owners on the shore of the lake, who have long hoped the state would be removed from the picture and they could have more private property rights along the lake.
There has also been some discussion within the Mono Basin's Native American groups, who had at one point advanced an idea of taking on the park management themselves.
"My family has used Mono Lake since the 1800s for spiritual and healing purposes and collecting food off the lake. We are also a nonprofit," said Charlotte Lange, Mono Lake Kutzadika Pauite Tribe tribal chairperson in an earlier interview with the MT.
She noted then that she had spoken with other tribes and looked into the availability of federal monies to manage the park. She said then that they would put forth a management proposal that would include law enforcement.
"I have law enforcement experience myself, so I know what law enforcement takes," she said.
That option never came forward in any formal way, Marquart said Thursday, and the state decided to move ahead with the one-year agreement with the Bodie Foundation.
"We commend our park partners for their caring and support for this and other parks in the Eastern Sierra," said Matt Green, acting district superintendent for the California State Parks Sierra District.
"Through their fund raising efforts and their excellent cadre of park volunteers, they have come forward to maintain public access and enjoyment for a majestic body of water that is one of the oldest lakes in North America."
"Our Foundation membership felt strongly that we could not stand by and not help State Parks in their time of need," said Brad Sturdivant, president of the Bodie Foundation.
"This will be a challenge, and we are hoping for donations to ease the burden, but we are very pleased to be working to keep this historic and natural wonder open for public enjoyment.
"The reserve gets a quarter of a million visits every year," said Geoff McQuilkin, director of the Mono Lake Committee. "That is a lot of people who will still be coming to the local stores and restaurants because this park is open."
That quarter million visitors is worth about $42 million a year to the local economy, he said.
In addition, the lake is a magnet for scientific research, perhaps demonstrated best last year by the discovery of a NASA team that arsenic could possibly be used as one of the "building blocks" of life, rather than as inherently toxic to life.
Another NASA team used the lake bed's rough and barren terrain last year to test a prototype of a Mars ROVER, in advance of sending such a robot to Mars to search for life.
"If the reserve was closed, it means no requests for scientific research could have been be processed," McQuilkin said. "That could really slow down some of the internationally-known research work being done here."


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Tracking Investments and Review
Lesson 12 of 17
Objective: SWBAT: • Find absolute value of rational numbers • Compare absolute values • Plot points on the coordinate plane • Calculate length of horizontal and vertical lines on the coordinate plane
Big Idea: Students continue tracking their investments and apply what they have learned about absolute value to complete group tasks.
Do Now
See my Do Now in my Strategy folder that explains my beginning of class routines.
Often, I create do nows that have problems that connect to the task that students will be working on that day. Today I want students to review finding the length of a vertical or horizontal line. Students may struggle because this problem involves the point (-2.5, 5). If this occurs I remind students to think of a plain number line, what two integers is -2.5 between?
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Tracking Your Investments
- Students began this project with the lesson Absolute Value and Stocks.
- Students should have Part 1, Part 2a, and Part 2b completed.
- I create a spreadsheet with the closing stock prices of each company. I post a number of these around the room for students to use.
I have a volunteer read over the to-do list for this part of the lesson. I explain that if part 2c is not completed during class it will be additional homework. I call students by rows to find a Closing Price Spreadsheet around the room. They copy the closing price of the companies they have invested in on their packet.
Students work independently with their calculators. Students are engaging with MP2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively. As I walk around, I monitor student progress. A common mistake is that students find the change in closing price by subtracting day 3 – day 4. If students do this, I refer them back the practice page to review. I also ask them if the closing price increased or decreased from day 3 to day 4. If the closing price increased, does it make sense that the change in price is negative?
If students successfully complete part 2c, I remind them to read over the rubric and make revisions. Once they are finished they can work on the Unit 3 Challenge about percent change. I allow students to use calculators. This challenge can carry over the next few lessons.
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Group Work
- Before this lesson, I use the ticket to go from the previous lessons (Tracking Stocks and the Coordinate Plane and Tracking Stocks and Distance on the Coordinate Plane) to Create Homogeneous Groups.
- I determine what are the most pressing needs of for each of these groups. If there is a small group that is still struggling with tracking investments or plotting on a coordinate plane, I will meet with them to work with whiteboards. Groups who are on track will work on the Graphing and Number Line task. These groups can choose which task they would like to start with. It may save time to fill out the group to do lists before class and have them ready to pass out to students.
I tell students their groups and their assignments. I have students move to their groups and I have a volunteer pass out materials and Group Work Rubrics. Students are engaging in MP1: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
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For the Frog on a number line task, a common misconception is that the frogs must jump at the same time or the same number of times. If this is the case, I ask students to tell me what they know about how the frogs move. Do the frogs have to jump at the same time? If one frog jumps twice, does the other frog have to jump twice?
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For Closure I ask students, "Why is it important that we are comfortable finding absolute values of numbers?" I want students to connect absolute value with comparing change in share prices and calculating distance on a coordinate plane or number line.
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In Germany, the CEO (Vorstandsvorsitzender), who chairs the management board (Vorstand), leads and manages the company, while the chair of the supervisory board (Aufsichtsrat) oversees, controls and advises the management board. Shareholders only have the right to elect members of the supervisory board, whereas the CEO and other members of the management board are appointed by said board.
For many years, controversy has surrounded the issue of whether a CEO becoming chair of the supervisory board on completion of his or her tenure as the leading executive can be in the interest of a company and its shareholders. Ahead of the annual general meeting of BMW on 13 May 2015, where this is proposed, the arguments for and against such a move have been revisited.
Hermes EOS' approach
We have consistently argued that such a move should be made on a case-by-case basis. The assessment should take into account the company's situation, the composition of the supervisory board and, of course, the CEO's track record as an executive and his or her personality. (see Hermes EOS Corporate Governance Principles Germany)
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We therefore publicly raised concerns about the introduction of a law in 2009, which for most companies meant that even successful and suitable CEOs could only become chair of the supervisory board after a two-year cooling-off period (see Financial Times, Hermes calls for end to ban on 'moving upstairs', 26 August 2009). We continue to believe that this law harms German companies, as well as investors, as it means highly valuable experience and relevant knowledge is lost for at least a couple of years.
Arguments for and against moving up
It used to be common practice in Germany that the CEO would become chair of the supervisory board after retiring from day-to-day management of the company. There can, of course, be good arguments for appointing a successful and suitable former CEO to the supervisory board, not least that he or she has in-depth knowledge of the company. However, in the German two-tier board structure, the roles of chair of the supervisory board and CEO, as well as the competencies, knowledge and experience required for these posts differ substantially. Therefore, in addition to the significant conflicts of interest that may arise on decisions taken during a CEO's tenure, which could require their review and possibly reversal, the two roles demand different personalities or at least mindsets. For this reason, a CEO moving up to chair the supervisory board should not be common practice. If such a move is on the cards, its merits need to be explained to the company's shareholders.
However, we do not view a general, legally binding waiting period of two years for individuals – not just the CEO – moving from the management to the supervisory board as helpful. At present, this can only be circumvented, if 25% of the shareholders support a proposal. We believe that the mandatory waiting period leads to a loss of valuable experience and relevant knowledge from the supervisory board, resulting in weakening its efficiency rather than its strengthening. The financial crisis has shown that company-specific knowledge and sector experience play a vital role in the overall efficiency of supervisory boards. We are therefore willing to support proposals for the election of suitable and successful CEOs to the supervisory board where appropriate. However, this ought to be the exception and needs to be fully explained to shareholders well ahead of the shareholder meeting at which approval is sought.
The proposed election of BMW's CEO to the supervisory board
As CEO, Norbert Reithofer has led a highly successful period at BMW and has an in-depth knowledge of the company. In addition to his excellent management track record, he understands the key challenges facing BMW. Significantly, we believe that he has the personality and mindset that would make him an effective supervisory board chair.
During our assessment of Reithofer's election, we also took into account the impact of employee representation on German supervisory boards, which makes detailed company and sector knowledge among the shareholder representatives even more critical. Furthermore, we looked at other changes to the supervisory board of BMW, such as the departure of a seemingly over-boarded non-executive director. Overall, we are comfortable with the company's nominations for election to the supervisory board at the annual general meeting on 13 May and will support Reithofer's direct move up.
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American Poetry 2: 1901-1997 (Chadwyck-Healey)
- Coverage Dates: 1901 - 1997
The American Poetry 2 full-text database contains modern and contemporary American poetry from the early twentieth century to the present. It includes 12,000 poems drawn from over 130 volumes by over 100 poets, including Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Denise Levertov, Wallace Stevens, Langston Hughes, and Cathy Song.
American Poetry 2 is a growing collection of poetry written by the most important and influential poets of the 20th century. Many contemporary writers of America's 80s and 90s, who have gained recognition through national poetry awards or inclusion within leading print anthologies, are also represented. The works of selected poets have been included when the publisher of the printed work has granted Chadwyck-Healey electronic rights.
American Poetry 2 aims to include as full a collection of the published works of each poet as possible. When available, a poet's collected edition has been keyed. Exceptions are for poets whose collected editions are not yet in print or complete. In most cases, the editions have been provided by the publishers. In general, only a single version of each poem has been included, and when available, the most recent and complete version of each poem has been keyed. As well, every poem has been indexed within its edition's table of contents. Where Chadwyck-Healey has not secured electronic rights to publish the full text of an individual poem or series of poems within its respective edition, Chadwyck-Healey has provided a statement to this effect where the full text of these poems would normally be displayed.
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ACC reaches agreement to send team to Pinstripe Bowl at Yankees Stadium
NEW YORK -- The Atlantic Coast Conference has reached an agreement to send a team to the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium.
The deal announced Monday by the Yankees will begin in 2014. The Pinstripe Bowl announced a similar agreement with the Big Ten earlier this month.
ACC Commissioner John Swofford is scheduled to be in New York on Tuesday for a news conference at Yankee Stadium with team officials.
The ACC replaces the American Athletic Conference (formerly the Big East), which helped start the 4-year-old game.
This season's Pinstripe Bowl will be the final one to match a Big 12 team against a team from the American.
The Pinstripe Bowl became a good match for the ACC with the additions of Syracuse and Pittsburgh this year.
• Big Ten agrees to eight-year deal with Pinstripe Bowl


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Ever since the Celeste was released in 1962 KEF has been noted for producing high performance compact loudspeakers. The Cresta, released in 1967, set new standards with the newly developed B110 and T27 drivers that were later to be adopted in the world famous BBC designed LS3/5A broadcast monitor.
Model 101 combined the T27 tweeter with the SP1057 version of the B110 in a 6.7 litre closed box. The system was fully overload protected by the S-Stop system, included mechanical decoupling of the bass driver to minimize colouration and each pair were acoustically matched to within 0.5dB. The result was a system with accurate tonal balance and detailed stereo imaging - being suitable for use with the best electronics - and able to fit unobtrusively into the listening room.
Specification: Model 101
System type: Two-way, bookshelf/stand-mount
Enclosure type: Closed box
Size: 340 x 180 x 190 mm (13.4 x 7.1 x 7.5 inches)
Weight: 5.6 kg (12.3 lb)
Input Impedance: 8 ohms
Rated maximum power: 100W programme
Amplifier Requirements: 20-100 watts per channel into 8 ohms
Frequency response: 90-30,000Hz +/-2dB at 2m on measuring axis
(-10dB at 47Hz and 40kHz)
Sensitivity: 81dB at 1m for a pink noise input of 1W
Crossover Frequencies: 400, 2500Hz
Maximum output: 100dB on programme peaks under typical listening conditions
Finishes: Walnut, teak, rosewood and black ash veneers
Grille: Black cloth
System: SP1122
Drive units: B110 bass/midrange unit (SP1057), T27 tweeter (SP1032)
Crossover: SP1123 and SP1124 (SP2010 from 1983)
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Flexible displays
Rigid displays are so, erm, this year. Advances in display technology will pave the way for smartphones, laptops and tablets you can bend like a plastic ruler – and CES 2013 could be the first place we see one of the big manufacturers whip out some flexible gadgetry. Bendy Samsung Galaxy S4? Flexible iPhone 6? Oh, the possibilities.
Shapeshifting tablets
No, we don't mean transforming tablets (although that would be awesome). We mean computers and tablets that further blur the line between computing of old and computing of new. Keyboards that swivel around to become a case and stand, keyboards you can detach when you want – you catch our drift. Tablets don't just have to be expensive toys and manufacturers are cottoning on to this. Expect to see more manufacturers getting on this particular bandwagon – perhaps even Apple could cave in and give us an iPad-MacBook hybrid.
Ultra HD TV
Not everyone has a 720p TV, let alone an all-singing and all-dancing 1080p monster. But, like time and buses, display technology waits for no man (or woman). Expect to see CES 2013 being used to showcase insanely detailed 4K televisions, accompanying content and their availability in the home. Who needs OLED when you can enjoy 55in worth of 2560x1600 pixels for ultra HD films and gaming?
Wearable tech
Google wants to put its Project Glass tech-specs on every face in the land – and the big G isn't the only one pushing wearable tech. CES 2013 may reveal a few other manufacturer projects. Sunglasses that can display your emails and the time? A mobile phone beanie? Welcome to the 21st century.
In-car voice control
Now that Siri is being put into cars and voice technology actually works – unless you have a Northern accent – there's set to be an explosion of voice controlled in-car electronics, making it possible to listen to your emails and text messages instead of taking your eyes off the road. Hopefully monotonous robot-like voices will also make a quiet exit.
Super HD smartphone displays
As covered in our supertrends to look out for in 2013 feature, high definition displays are becoming more prominent and this means pixel-per-inch scores over 400. Apart from making Apple's Retina Display look dated, it'll mean untold levels of detail to massage your eyeballs. Full HD on a phone is fast becoming a reality.
Cloud gaming
As mind-bogglingly clever as cloud gaming service OnLive is, it's faltered in the face of the modern-day console and mobile games. But that doesn't mean that the technology is dead – far from it. Up the picture quality, get awesome games on the list and we can see a successor to OnLive emerging from CES 2013. We could even see Sony and Microsoft packing cloud gaming tech into their PlayStation 4 and new Xbox.
Health and fitness
For far too long health and gadgets have sat at opposite ends of the spectrum. But London's Olympic fever and a shift towards healthy living has made health and fitness gadgets big business this Christmas. Expect to see more gadgets at CES that use ever more accurate measurements to track your running, cycling – anything but sitting down all day poring over your iPad. The smartphone skipping rope may just become a reality at next year's CES show.
Invincible gadgets
Clever advances in materials have allowed for plastics with more efficient healing powers than Wolverine. While the commercial availability of these super materials is light years away, conductive polymers could make your touchscreen smartphone impervious to accidental damage. Drop phone, leave for five minutes and all is repaired. No more loophole-ridden phone insurance contracts, then.
Affordable OLED
Because of the principles behind OLED displays, we may see a focus on affordable televisions that begin to eclipse the performance of existing LED, LCD and plasma technologies. Deeper blacks, brighter whites but for less than £7000? We sure hope so – since OLED seems to have all of the positives but few, if any, of the negatives of a modern-day tellybox.
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Bathroom Window Treatments & Bathroom Blinds
- Moisture resistant window treatments
- Provide an adequate level of privacy
- Consider room darkening options
- Shutters are a natural fit
- Top picks are faux wood blinds, cellular shades & roller shades
While privacy is a major concern in the bathroom, blinds and shades that are able to withstand high levels of humidity are the best choice. Treatments made out of vinyl, PVC, faux wood, or thick fabric will be durable enough to stand up to the unique environment. These window treatments won't bend, warp, crack, or harvest mildew and are sure to withstand the test of time. Many bathroom shades can be configured with a top down/bottom up lift for the ultimate in flexible privacy. The slats on faux wood bathroom blinds and shutters can be tilted upwards to admit some light while still maintaining privacy.
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How marketing and IT are working together
Businesses are becoming increasingly customer centric, which is moving the focus of marketing efforts firmly onto improving the customer experience.
To help with meeting that core objective, marketers are looking every which way for technology that can help them deliver a better customer experience. They want to do it all, and they want to do it now!
IT teams, on the other hand, have been in the game of buying and implementing technology a little longer. They know there are considerations that have to be made before diving in headfirst, and they've dealt with the repercussions of security and integration issues.
With the lines blurring between technology ownership, I've been looking into how the relationship between the two teams is – or isn't - working.
Seven ways for marketers to collaborate with IT for better customer experience
Customer experience management is fast becoming the core pillar of effective digital marketing and data has a critical role to play.
However, it seems that many marketers do not have access to the data they need to improve customer experience. In our recent research, only 29% of marketers told us that they have access to any kind of data in real-time, which is essential for effective customer experience management.
This move to data-focused strategies is changing the relationship that marketing professionals have with IT and, with IT professionals traditionally the owners of data, a much closer relationship betweenthe two looks to be essential.
Four essential steps to creating a B2B marketing dashboard
If you follow marketing and digital related blogs and news sites, then it won't come as a surprise to you that marketing professionals and CMOs are expected to show how activity achieves business results.
As marketing professionals, we need to have an in-depth and real time understanding of how we contribute to our organizations' or clients' revenue. In addition, we must also be able to have an ongoing conversation with our sales teams that is revenue focused, far away from "the feeling" that our campaigns are generating good results and increasing brand awareness.
As spending on digital takes a greater share of the overall marketing budget, greater scrutiny is being brought to bear upon the CMO to justify these investments. Attributing revenue to a specific channel or combination of channels, rather than just attaching it to the "last click" is a challenge that is beyond the capabilities of most.
A good approach to doing this is to create your own marketing dashboard.
Five requirements for a mobile media strategy, and how the UK's news sites meet them
It's no overstatement to say that mobile technologies have revolutionised the way we consume news.
In a recent survey of 1,000 UK consumers, news was only behind social networking and looking up directions as the most popular reason for browsing on a mobile device.
For the over 45s, news is the most important reason to browse on mobile.
Four tips for using data-driven marketing on the path to conversion
Do you make your decisions based on data or are you among the 89% of marketers that make their customer related decisions based on factors other than analytics?
A recent CEB study of nearly 800 marketers at Fortune 1000 companies found the vast majority of marketers still rely too much on intuition, while the few who do use data aggressively for the most part do it badly.
According to a another recent study, 77% of CEOs have trouble linking marketing efforts to tangible results, such as revenue, shares and conversions.
Effective ecommerce: five tips to improve the after-sales service
Perhaps the biggest drawback of online shopping is the time gap between purchasing and playing with goods.
Retailers need to do everything they can to make this after-sales period informative to build crucial customer loyalty.
Effective ecommerce: Tackling the checkout challenge
Over a third of shoppers increased the amount of online shopping they did over the last year, so it is more important than ever for retailers to provide an outstanding ecommerce experience.
When an online shopper clicks 'checkout' they generally have the intention to buy, yet drop-off rates at this final stage can be high with three in five abandoning their baskets.
Consumers aren't afraid to go elsewhere if they encounter issues at any stage in the checkout process though, so it's vital for retailers to get it right.
Effective e-commerce: making the most of your time with the customer
Customer experience is now the real differentiator. Once a visitor arrives at your site, it's vital to make the most of every moment by delivering a compelling and personalised experience.
Customers are more demanding than ever, so it's essential to be switched-on to what will tip them from being a browser to a buyer, and how to increase basket value. However, this can seem increasingly daunting.
In a world with multiple channels, devices, customer segments, influencers, languages, and currencies, it seems there is no end of variables confronting every modern e-commerce professional.
Effective e-commerce: improving the consumer browsing experience
With an increasing number of retailers turning to the web to grow revenues and acquire customers, e-commerce competition is fiercer than ever before.
When online shoppers are browsing with intent to buy, retailers need to do everything they can to make the process informative and enjoyable, so offering the best possible browsing experience is crucial to keep customers spending.
We recently tested today's digital highstreet by surveying 1,000 consumers about their attitudes and personal experiences before benchmarking these findings against the performance of the UK's top 25 retailers.
Website investment still key for online retailers despite the rise of social and mobile
Want to know where you should be aiming your e-commerce investment to increase online sales?
We asked 100 senior decision makers from leading global retail brands, who were attending the latest Internet Retailer conference, about what they are planning to invest in over the next 12 months.
How to improve customer experience with effective onsite search
Search optimisation is a well-discussed and documented marketing strategy to increase the visibility of your site and help customers find you.
But when we talk about search, most marketers focus their energy and investment in optimising content keywords, search engine ranking positions (SERP) and often overlook the power of an effective on site search engine.
How to use web personalisation to increase sales
In today's highly competitive market, having engaging online content is fundamental when attracting new and returning customers.
Personalisation is a great way to target your audience and tailor your website to their needs. The travel industry in particular is a perfect example of how to use data to improve overall customer service.


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Boston Police Department: We Will Let You Know When The Zombies Come
The first surprising part of this story is that the Boston Police Department has a Twitter feed. They use it to post breaking police-type information that's useful to the public, such as roads closed due to car accidents, crime data, big arrests, etc. Sometimes they also reply to reader questions. And that is how TruTV learned that the Boston police will not hide the zombie invasion from the public.
It all started last night with a mundane "injured officer" report:
INJURED OFFICER: Officer from district 4 transported to Beth Israel Hospital, human bite to arm, suspect in custody.
Twitter user willcady used the opportunity to ask the police a burning question:
@Boston_Police if that was a zombie bite, would you tell us?
The police, setting the gold standard for government transparency, answered him:
@willcady Yes, absolutely
Keep this exchange in mind the next time someone tries to convince you that Twitter is completely useless. Customer service via Twitter can not only help solve your problems, it can get crucial information out to the public.
Boston Cops: No Lie on Zombie Attacks [Dumb as a Blog] (I learned about this via Twitter, naturally)
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Two bombs exploded in an open-air market in Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 14 people in the latest round of spiraling violence six months after the last U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq.
More than 160 people have died this month in attacks mostly attributed to Sunni insurgents linked to al-Qaida. They are targeting security forces and Shiite civilians in an attempt to weaken Iraq's fragile government, which is mired in deadlock and struggling to provide security and even basic services like electricity.
Friday's explosions, timed within minutes of each other, came at midmorning in the mostly Shiite neighborhood of Husseiniyah in northeast Baghdad. No one claimed responsibility.
Mohammed Hussein al-Jizani said he was haggling with customers in his shoe store next to the market when he heard a loud blast and ran outside.
"Three minutes later, there was a second explosion as people and policemen were rushing to the site of the first bomb," al-Jizani said. "The evil insurgents chose the best time to attack, because the market is usually busy on Fridays with young people gathering to sell and buy birds."
The blasts killed at least 14 people and wounded 106, a medical official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information.
The death toll for the month of June is the second highest so far in 2012, rivaled only by January, when 198 Iraqis were killed in a series of blasts widely seen as al-Qaida's attempts to shock the country immediately after the last American troops withdrew in December.
The absence of international forces combined with the government divisions and weak Iraqi security have emboldened the militants, said Stephanie Sanok, an analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies who formerly worked at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on governance issues.
"The insurgents are now more complacent in the knowledge that international forces are not going to come riding back in," she said.
Also Friday, a bomb exploded in a car parked near the entrance of the Shiite al-Askari shrine in the city of Samarra, 60 miles (100 kilometers) north of Baghdad, killing one pilgrim and wounding 13 other people, officials said.
The shrine was the site of a huge explosion in February 2006 that sheared off its golden dome and ignited fierce sectarian fighting between Sunnis and Shiites across Iraq.
Officials and experts fear the surge in violence may signal Iraq's potential descent into a failed state, despite its oil wealth, billions of dollars in foreign aid and years of security assistance from U.S. troops. While violence is nowhere as widespread as it was just five years ago, when multiple sectarian killings threatened to push the country into civil war, deadly bombings and shootings still happen nearly every day.
The political crisis that has gripped Iraq since the day after U.S. troops left in December has also heightened sectarian tensions and potentially fueled some of the attacks.
"Insurgents are taking advantage of these fissures in order to influence not only the government but also public opinion of where the power actually lies within Iraq," Sanook said.
In the latest political standoff, parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, leader of the Sunni-dominated Iraqiya political coalition, criticized the Shiite-led government for tearing down blast walls protecting the legislature. Al-Nujaifi said he would not send parliament employees back to work until the walls were put back up. That could happen as soon as Saturday.
Al-Nujaifi also said there were enough votes in parliament to oust Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite, from power — even though Iraq's president, a Kurd, has predicted the effort would fall short. Al-Maliki's critics accuse him of sidelining his political opponents and refusing to share authority.
Baghdad operations command spokesman Col. Dhia al-Wakil said Friday that recent attacks shouldn't be taken as a sign of security forces' failure.
"During the past days, the insurgents have mainly attacked soft targets such as pilgrims and markets because they cannot confront the Iraqi security forces," he said.
However, another police official acknowledged that most of Iraqi police and army members are not qualified to deal with the security challenges and they lack training and equipment. He spoke under condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment to reporters.
"Once again, innocent people are paying the price for the incompetence of our security forces," shoe seller al-Jizani lamented.
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Congrats to Peggy Gorman, winner of the Love Etc… Giveaway, sponsored by The Body Shop. Peggy will receive a Love Etc… gift set which includes:
Love Etc… Eau de Parfum: The perfume features top notes of pear, neroli, bergamot; middle notes of jasmine, heliotrope, lily of the valley; and base notes of vanilla, sandalwood, musk cream.
Love Etc… Body Wash: Enjoy the rich lather of a refreshing, soap-free cleansing gel that leaves your skin subtly scented with the warm, exuberant fragrance of jasmine, vanilla and sandalwood.
Love Etc… Body Lotion: Delight your skin with a lightweight moisturizer that softens, smoothes and hydrates with the fragrance of jasmine, vanilla and sandalwood. Many thanks to The Body Shop for sponsoring this contest – and for creating this wonderful fragrance, which I happen to be wearing right now.
Don't forget about the Goody Midnight Glamour giveaway…you still have a few hours to enter. And stay tuned for some more amazing contests. I'll be announcing quite a few this week. One is just around the corner.