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I recently bought a dress – which sounds really boring and isn't how I normally start conversations- but I actually felt good about it.
I've always been conscious of my actions and their effects on the environment, so a few years ago, I started reading up on the fashion industry and how it relates to pollution, unfair labor, and carbon emissions. I even saw the documentary that this blog post is named after. I don't want to spoil it, but it basically points out the darker side of the fashion industry and how we as a society of consumption have turned our back on ethical practices. Exploiting workers in developing countries, using materials that include animal byproducts, and throwing away all the material that we do not use has led to a massive problem. In order to combat this, we can recycle clothes, sell them elsewhere, swap clothes, buy secondhand…etc.
I cut down my shopping by more than half, but I've also tried to make each purchase an investment purchase also so I wouldn't feel as bad about my closet.
So getting to the point of this post- my dress I wore today was this awesome peace silk (a vegan silk alternative – real silk involves killing silk worms) maxi dress with awesome slits and a great cut-out back. But my favorite part of the dress was its tag! The tag says that its made of recycled man-made fabrics.
Eco-friendly AND vegan fabric + my personal style? = heck yeah.
The dress is actually a much prettier maroon shade, but the lighting made it all wonky. Also yes, I blurred the photo.
The denim jacket was with me because I went to Barnes and Noble to read as I do almost every weekend, because Barnes and Noble is to me like Tiffany's is to Holly Golightly, and Barnes and Noble happens to maintain a welcoming temperature of 32 degrees Fahrenheit. I ended up not wearing it though because I wasn't about to let air conditioning rain on my eco-friendly fashion parade.
Bottom line: The True Cost (I think its still on Netflix) is definitely worth a watch- and so is ethical living.


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A six-string guitar is typically tuned to an E standard tuning, so an Eb standard tuning can be used by tuning each string down a half step. To help with this, there are many free tuners available online.Continue Reading
In general, it's recommended to tune a string down below the desired note and then tune upwards to match the pitch. This is because it's much easier to hear the difference in pitch when the string being tuned is flat. Strings that are too sharp are harder to notice.
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As someone who studied both psychology and journalism as an undergrad,I can attest that when the two disciplines team up, a conservative has to either be prepared to be attacked, have a real belly laugh, or both. That's not to say this item at Miller-McCune (slogan: Smart Journalism. Real Solutions, no recognition of irony) is without merit. One does have to read something, after all.
New research provides evidence that, when under time pressure or otherwise cognitively impaired, people are more likely to express conservative views.
All in all, it's not too bad for conservatives. It does suggest that thinking conservatively may be man's fall back way of thinking … when one doesn't actually have time to think. Or, who knows, perhaps you've simply had too much to drink … because you're so afraid! Why do 40% of Americans think of themselves as conservatives, while only 21% call themselves liberal?
One possible explanation is that some "conservatives" wear the label quite loosely. Another points to the long-established link between right-wing attitudes and a tendency to perceive the world as threatening. In an era where the latest scare is constantly being hyped on television and the Internet, it stands to reason that conservatism would dominate.
Newly published research proposes a somewhat different, and quite provocative, answer.
Now, here's a nice way of saying knuckle-dragging Neanderthal. Conservatives aren't dumb; they just don't have time to think. Yes, that must be it! Or, perhaps they're drunk.
A research team led by University of Arkansas psychologist Scott Eidelman argues that conservatism — which the researchers identify as "an emphasis on personal responsibility, acceptance of hierarchy, and a preference for the status quo" — may be our default ideology. If we don't have the time or energy to give a matter sufficient thought, we tend to accept the conservative argument.
The researchers describe four studies that provide evidence backing up their thesis. In each case, they used a different method to disrupt the process of deliberation, and found that doing so increased the odds of someone espousing conservative views. Their first method was a time-tested one: inebriation. Researchers stood outside the exit of a busy New England tavern and offered to measure patrons' blood alcohol level if they would fill out a short survey. Eighty-five drinkers agreed, expressing their opinions of 10 statements such as "production and trade should be free of government interference."
"Bar patrons reported more conservative attitudes as their level of alcohol intoxication increased," the researchers report.
And so it goes on:
Those who had to do two things at once, and were thus under a heavier "cognitive load," were more likely than their peers to endorse conservative attitudes, and less likely to endorse liberal positions.
In a third experiment, participants under time pressure were more likely to endorse conservative viewpoints than those who were not. In a fourth experiment, those asked to "give your first, immediate response" were more likely to express support for words and phrases linked to conservatism (such as "law and order" and "authority") than those who were instructed to "really put forth effort and consider the issue."
What the study doesn't seem to account for is the great many conservatives I know who give large amounts of thought to, not only their conservatism, but the practical result when it prevails politically. Certainly man can think his way out of many problems. He can think up government programs or policy after programs or policy that would purport to make ones life a utopia. But a funny thing happens when one does that. The individuals within and in control of those mechanisms can think for themselves, too.
Once they begin thinking out of self-interest–perhaps another of man's default modes of operation–they think up all sorts of new and different programs, ultimately shifting more and more power from the individual to the state. Conservatives tend to think that's not such a good idea.
Finally, there's perhaps another reason why so many of the study subjects expressed a conservative mindset across so many different states. Perhaps they are … conservatives, or simply tend to think conservatively as free men and women of the United states. Wow! What a concept. How on earth did I, a distracted and lowly conservative, ever think of that?


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It`s being touted as ``the final tour,`` the latest edition of A Chorus Line which opened a two-week South Florida run last night. Somehow, I doubt it. This is a show that never seems to get too tired or outstay its welcome.
More to the point, these two weeks mark a rare occasion to see what passes for the only leading lady the show has ever had -- an opportunity that won`t disappoint anyone lured by Donna McKechnie`s Tony Award as Cassie.
The show itself will be back in one form or another . . . soon, probably.
But if, like me, you`ve never seen Miss McKechnie in the role, there are a few revelations in store.
While there is some roughness at its edges, the production is also worth a look if you`ve wondered over the past 10 years what the fuss has been.
A Chorus Line proves with each performance that it`s changed the style and some of the form of musical theater.
Cassie`s spotlight number, The Music and the Mirror, is a gut-wrenching song that carries extra weight via the actress` seething emotion.
And it evolves into a visual statement in the dance that follows, played out in front of the trademark series of mirrors that multiplies her personality across the stage.
A Chorus Line also strikes home a little more closely in the dramatic scenes that flow out of that number. Cassie is more vulnerable than ever; Miss McKechnie`s portrayal of both career and personal desperation rubs off on the remainder of the cast, resulting in a newfound sense of poignancy that somehow escapes this production`s early moments.
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The day before Hurricane Sandy, Lee harvested over 35 pounds of produce from the Bushwick Starr rooftop. We shared it with our friends and neighbors.
We're glad we got all of that good stuff, because after the storm, we came back to this.
And this, really, is nothing. Our farm and neighborhood were not hit hard by the storm, which devastated many New York neighborhoods as well as places up and down the East Coast and as far south as Cuba. Our thoughts are particularly with Added Value, an amazing farm in Red Hook. Red Hook is one of the neighborhoods that was worst hit.
If you are looking to help New Yorkers this week, please visit NYC Service, a terrific 311 site for volunteering. There are a lot of needs, even as power is coming back on and hot water is more readily available. It will take a long time to recover. We feel very blessed that we sustained so little damage.
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The Negroni is one of my all time favorite cocktails, the blend of Campari, Sweet Vermouth, and Gin produces an interesting bitter sweet cocktail. Many prefer to serve it in a tall frosted coupe, personally I prefer it in a rocks glass over ice; as the ice melts the drink transforms resulting in a cocktail that finishes much sweeter than it began. A quick google would reveal that many have dubbed the Negroni to be the 'Perfect' cocktail, although given how much personal taste can vary I think that's probably a bit of a stretch.
The Negroni is another cocktail with a storied past. The drink is based on an Italian cocktail from the 1860's originally named the Milano-Torino: 1 oz of Campari (made in Milan) and 1 oz of Cinzano Vermouth (from Turin) and a splash of soda water. As American tourism in Italy boomed in the early 1900's it became clear that the Milano-Torino was the favorite libation of these foreign visitors and the drink came to be known as the Americano.
The story goes that in 1919 Count Camillo Negroni asked the bartender at the Caffè Giacosa in Florrence to stiffen up his favorite drink, the Americano. The bartender substituted gin for the soda water and the Negroni was born.
The last blog that went up talked about the strawberry gin we make here at Chinched. Another cocktail made with that divine elixir is the Strawberry Negroni, which has taken the spot of the classic Negroni as my current favorite beverage.
The strawberry adds another interesting layer of flavor and just a hint of sweetness without overpowering an already complex drink. Also, where the strawberries added body to the gin so does the strawberry gin add texture to the cocktail. I adjusted the recipe very slightly from the classic Negroni ratio of 1:1:1, I use 1 oz Strawberry Gin, 0.75 oz Sweet Vermouth, and 0.75 oz Campari. I find this ratio helps the strawberry really shine through. Finally it's finished off with a long lemon twist, which is absolutely essential. After using a potato peeler to produce a long lemon peel, twist it over the cocktail to express the oils and then drop it directly into the glass. The lemon oil completely transforms the cocktail, and while you might be tempted to skip the garnish let me assure you it's the piece of the puzzle that pushes the Strawberry Negroni from good to great!


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Remember the whole "United we stand, Divided we fall"? What happened to that?
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Rather then trying to find common ground, I keep hearing people yell about civil war. Is that what you really want? Brother killing brother? Our bloodiest battles were during the Civil War. Have we forgotten that? I would think that is the worst case scenario that no sane person would ever want.


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The Growing Applications of Aramid Fiber in Various Industries Demands Technological Developments
The growth prospects for aramid fiber market are positive with the market size expected to witness a high growth rate between 2016 and 2021, in terms of volume. The global aramid fiber market is rapidly evolving with the major market players playing a crucial role in the development of the market. Some major players such as E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (U.S.), Teijin Limited (Japan), Toray Chemical South Korea Inc. (South Korea), and Yantai Tayho Advanced materials Co. (China), dominated the market.
DuPont and Teijin capture the majority of the share in the global aramid fiber market. These companies focus on launching innovative products to meet the requirement of their consumers. The growing applications of aramid fiber in various industries demands technological developments as well. Thus, the players are concentrating their efforts in developing advanced technologies.
Market players are concentrating on increasing their production capacities and developing cost-effective technologies. The major companies are investing to upgrade their units for enhanced production of aramid fiber. All these developments meet the increasing demand for aramid fiber from a variety of end-use applications such as security & protection, aerospace, optical fiber, and others.
New product developments and expansions are the key strategies adopted by major aramid fiber manufacturers in the recent past. The top players in the aramid fiber market adopted these strategies for better penetration and expansion of their business into emerging regions. These developments will help the companies satiate the growing demand of aramid fiber in various applications.
DuPont and Fiber-Line Inc. (U.S.) collaborated in 2012 to bring a new portfolio of cable components for broadband communications and above ground installations using Kevlar aramid fiber. The growing demand for aramid fiber from optical fiber segment compels the players to collaborate and offer differentiated products to serve the rising demand of the market. Moreover, in February 2015, the company introduced new cut-resistance glove, Memphis Orange with Kevlar. The new product will enhance the cut-resistance performance and visibility. Thus, DuPont is concentrating on introducing advanced products coupled with expansion to meet the growing demand for aramid fiber.
Teijin Limited, another player in the aramid fiber market, introduced new meta-aramid fiber in January 2015, which will offer better heat resistance and dye ability. The company is continuously introducing new products into the market to cater to the demand from end-use industries. In February 2016, the company launched two new aramid fiber fabrics for protection from volcanic fragments.
The market leaders have adopted different strategies for the developed and developing countries. Europe is leading in terms of demand for aramid fiber. This is because of the regulations that mandate the use of protective clothing in industries and for militants. Asia-Pacific is the fastest-growing market for aramid fiber due to rapidly increasing demand from end-use industries.
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TONGCHANG-RI, North Korea --Concerns about a possible nuclear test in North Korea continue to grow as South Korea says the country is digging underground tunnels that can be used to test nuclear weapons.
South Korea claims recent satellite photos show piles of dirt near the new underground tunnel. This comes as North Korea prepares to fire a long-range rocket.
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I am no OSX guru, but I will way I love how I can benefit from a operating system that has popular software developed for it yet still contains the *nix like terminal with its maturity and vast offering of open source programs. I use both Fink and Port and use one or the other depending on the versions of packages they have available. If there is a bug in one package and use the other package, it works just great.
Moving from Windows to OSX is a No-Brainer
A year ago I was considering the move from Windows to Linux Desktop, but was a little bit concerned about not being able to run a few apps that I use day to day. The thought came to me… "why don't I just go to OSX since it is unix and has all of the software that I need?", so here I am today finally moved over to OSX. Yeah!
Last week I decided to purchase a MacBook Pro and start my move from Windows XP. I thought I would report a few of the things that I noticed during the transition.
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I noticed was when I downloaded the software, in many cases it was just a matter of dragging the application from the mounted package into my applications folder. I was expecting a windowesk experience where a wizard always comes up and I have to click next, next, next, yes/agree, next… you get the point, but it only happens when you install larger apps and even then it is fast and easy.
2) The hardware and software just work!
It came time for me to move my Palm Desktop stuff to OSX and setup the bluetooth sync. Now to give you some background, this process took me two days to setup on my windows xp laptop. I installed the palm desktop and turned on my treo 650 and went to the bluetooth sync settings. It quickly saw my macbook and I clicked next. Guess what? Yes, it worked. I was beside myself and wondered what I would do with all of the extra time I had expected to spend. 🙂
3) There are so many really cool apps out there.
I asked two of my good friends for suggestions for OSX since between the two of them they covered my software needs. It took me a couple of hours or so to install all of the software they recommended. It was easy and very fast.
I love my new MacBook Pro and look forward to becoming a more mature OSX user. When expressing my concerns about not having the time to learn a new OS, all of the Mac users that I new said that it would be an easy transition — they were right.
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Yesterday evening I was pleased to be able to attend the Silicon Valley Ruby on Rails Meetup. There were two presenters, Graham Glass and Jonathan Palley, who showed us all the ins-and-outs of their rails apps. Graham's application, EDU 2.0 (edu20.com), was an online education site that allowed collaboration for students and teachers or just individuals who want to learn more about specific subjects. I look forward to seeing it go live in the coming months while he releases a public beta. Jonathan Palley mainly showed us how to setup a rails app to interface with a telephone using VoIP. He was using the Astricks open source PBX server and rails in his demo. It was very cool. He was kind enough to show us his code even though he told us all that it was not finished with his implementation of responds_to: voice — none the less it was impressive.


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Friday after our full day at UVA, we spent Saturday from dawn to dark at a baseball field watching Kyle play in his first travel ball tournament with a local travel team.
AFter getting in late last night, we all slept in a little before checking out the Easter baskets.
I felt like a spoiled princess this weekend. Since the tournament was so close to my parents house we stayed with them Friday night. Hope and David came with Pops and GG and watched one game, but for the early morning and after dark games they stayed at GG and Pop's house. Not only had they watched the kids for us, but Mom had ironed the kids clothes for church today and she tucked a homecooked Easter meal in our car so we could enjoy it today. We are so blessed.
Our handsome 11 year old!
They cooperated so well for pictures that they asked to do a silly face picture so here it is! Cute little nuts:)
Today I am reflecting on Jesus' resurrection and the song Worthy is the Lamb is stuck in my head. It sums up this most awesome day perfectly:
Thank you for the Cross, Lord
Thank you for the price you paid
Bearing all my sin and shame
In love You came
and gave amazing grace.
Thank you for this love Lord
Thank you for the nail-pierced hands
Wash me in your cleaning flow,
Now all I know
You forgiveness and embrace
Worthy is the Lamb
Seated on the throne
Crown You now with many crowns
You reign victorious
I love that song so much and today on this Easter I am overwhelmed in the Love that was shown on the cross so many years ago for me. Happy Easter from the Robinson Family!


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People said we couldn't find someone stylish on the Upper West Side. We strolled every block from Central Park West to Riverside Park, and from 76th to 81st Streets. Not only did we find stylish residents, but we also found a cast of fashionable and indelible characters, including a dapper gentleman wearing a seersucker blazer with matching baby blue Tod's driving shoes, a belligerent Mister Softee Truck operator and Ellen Albertini Dow, the 90-year-old actress who played the rapping nun in "Sister Act 2″ and a rapping grandmother in "The Wedding Singer."
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At first glance, her look screamed stereotypical New Yorker: black vintage Theory shirt; black skirt she bought during one of her many trips to Europe; black snakeskin Tod's driving shoes; and black sunglasses. But amid the sea of black were several details, textures and stories associated with each layer of clothing and each piece of jewelry. For example, her favorite piece was a chunky gold cuff by Ilias Lalaounis, a Greek jewelry brand that has recently closed its Madison Avenue store.
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Jay-Z's Decoded is a 300-page tome that's filled with lush photographs, autobiographical musings and lyrical analysis, roughly in equal measure. But despite its title, the book leaves much un-decoded.
Among the important topics largely left out of the book: the details of Jay-Z's rise as a businessman. Jay-Z has amassed a fortune of $450 million by Forbes' last count; last year alone he pulled in $63 million. Yet Decoded offers little commentary on the rapper's transition from the booth to the boardroom. There's next to nothing about Jay-Z's ascension to the presidency of Def Jam, his ownership stake in the Nets, his pact with Live Nation.
Though Jay-Z spends much of Decoded talking about his career as a drug dealer, there's not much explanation of how or why he extricated himself from that life. Somewhere toward the middle of the book, he zips right past an explanation of how and why he got out, saying "Maryland ended badly, too–shootouts in clubs, major police investigations, whole crews arrested. I got out of there just in time." In fact, one of the main reasons he decided to get out was a failed attempt on his life.
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By the early 1990s Jay-Z's hustling career was approaching its peak. He spent much of his time making "business trips" from New York to Maryland and points further south. Rapping was merely a hobby, a dream deferred–when the opportunity arose, he'd appear on songs like "Can I Get Open," recorded with a group called Original Flavor in 1993. But he remained hesitant to devote time and money to music when he knew he could make more as a hustler. It would take more than a nudge to make him change his priorities.
That came suddenly and violently in 1994, when Jay-Z almost had his life taken over a dispute with rival dealers. "He messed with the wrong people," one of his associates told me in an interview for my Jay-Z biography, due out this winter. According to this source, an assassin tracked down Jay-Z in the streets and chased after him, firing three errant shots. When the would-be killer tried to fire a fourth shot, his gun jammed, allowing Jay-Z to escape with his life.
Jay-Z makes note of this incident in his song "Moment of Clarity" on The Black Album, rapping that, "Three shots couldn't touch me / Thank God for that." But in Decoded, all he offers about the lines describing his near-death experience is the following: "This is about not having fear … even three shots couldn't touch me … which means I'm untouchable."
Similarly, he glosses over the crucial moments of harrowing tales from his youth ("We faced off and guns were drawn, but luckily nobody got shot") and his alleged stabbing of record producer Lance "Un" Rivera in 1999. ("I headed back over to him, but this time I was blacking out with anger. The next thing I knew, all hell had broken loose in the club.") And there's nary a mention of Jay-Z's wife Beyoncé.
Jay-Z and Roc-A-Fella Records cofounder Damon Dash had a well-publicized breakup in 2004, but in Decoded, the rapper doesn't address the reasons behind the split. A few: Dash going behind Jay-Z's back to promote rapper Cam'ron to vice president status, Jay-Z and Dash clashing over different management styles, and Jay-Z realizing he could make more money if he didn't have to share with someone whose help he no longer needed.
To be fair, Jay-Z didn't make many promises beyond the implications of the book's title. He begins one chapter by saying that when he started working on Decoded, he told his editor that he wanted it to do three important things.
"The first thing was to make the case that hip-hop lyrics–not just my lyrics, but those of every great MC–are poetry if you look at them closely enough," he writes. The bulk of the book is composed of sections of footnoted lyrics. (Though some explanations may be obvious to most of Jay-Z's listeners–for example, that "cheese" means "money" in hip-hop parlance–a few nuggets come as a surprise. For instance, Jay-Z claims the word "bitch" refers to a drug-sniffing dog, not a woman, in his song "99 Problems.")
Jay-Z's second goal, he writes, "was I wanted the book to tell a bit of the story of my generation, to show the context for the choices we made at violent and chaotic crossroads in recent history. And the third piece was that I wanted the book to show how hip-hop created a way to take a very specific and powerful experience and turn it into a story that everyone in the world could feel and relate to."
Nowhere in this quotation does Jay-Z mention wanting to reveal much about his life, which makes sense considering what he's said about autobiographical projects in the past. He scuttled a memoir titled The Black Book in 2003, explaining in a recent Rolling Stone cover story that the memoir unveiled "too much." Interestingly, Jay-Z's co-author on that book was former Source editor Dream Hampton, who also collaborated with him on Decoded–meaning it's possible the latter is filled with material repurposed from the former, minus the juicy stuff.
For more on the business of entertainment, check out Zack's new Jay-Z book, entitled Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went From Street Corner to Corner Office, due out March 17th.


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Running a restaurant profitably may be one of the toughest challenges in business. But according to a scathing review of restaurant websites written by Slate's Farhad Manjoo, finding a good restaurant website may be even tougher.
In surveying a variety of restaurant websites, including some of the most notable in the United States, Manjoo came to a disappointing conclusion: they are, by and large, "horrifically bad."
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I haven't ever seen an explanation for why this industry's online presence is so singularly bruising. The rest of the Web long ago did away with auto-playing music, Flash buttons and menus, and elaborate intro pages, but restaurant sites seem stuck in 1999.
The problem is getting worse in the age of the mobile Web—Flash doesn't work on Apple's devices, and while some of these sites do load on non-Apple smartphones, they take forever to do so, and their finicky navigation makes them impossible to use.
As Manjoo notes, the "general terribleness" of restaurant websites isn't the result of a lack of money available for investment. The restaurants whose websites Manjoo uses as case studies of web design worst practices, such as Masa and Chez Panisse, are some of the fanciest and most acclaimed in the U.S. And he notes that all of the extra toppings (Flash, music, etc.) internet users so fiercely hate typically cost more to create.
So what gives? In Manjoo's opinion, a big part of the problem is designers who are "either too unscrupulous or unsophisticated to disabuse [restaurateurs] of their [design] ideas."
It's a criticism of designers that some might argue is overly harsh, but it raises an interesting question about web design today: are the days numbered for designers who can't do more than just design?
On one hand, a good designer can collaborate with clients to deliver what they want. If a restaurateur has his mind set on an extravagantly annoying Flash website, there's only so much you can do to talk him down.
On the other hand, a designer who has some knowledge of strategy and best practices is usually better capable of educating even the most difficult clients and helping them understand the importance of building an effective website.
In the context of restaurant websites, Manjoo suggests that the restaurateur's desire to entertain leads him to believe that his website should be entertaining. This is despite the fact that potential customers are generally far more interested in finding out what's for dinner and how much it's going to cost. Sitting through an audiovisual atrocity beforehand? That is hopefully not on the menu.
At least amongst the websites Manjoo reviewed, designer and client apparently didn't discuss goals, target audiences, the importance of cross-channel compatibility, etc. Which led to an unfortunate outcome: the designers delivered their clients the work product they may have wanted, but they didn't really deliver a solution.
More sophisticated clients, of course, know that the web produces greater ROI when it solves a problem. Which is why they're far more likely to engage with vendors who can understand their businesses and produce work product that meets a real business need.
Some of the world's most successful restaurateurs may not be there yet, but they'll get there, and when they do, the designers that serve them had better be prepared.
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And thats without even mentioning PDF's for menus!
Interesting article. It is also a common occurrence that restaurant websites rank lower than listing and review sites. Taking the initiative and managing customers' reviews proactively is a very powerful strategy in business, and surely all the more so for restaurants?
I often have restaurateurs looking for websites but they either don't have the budget to create a decent website and / or they don't understand how the website is supposed to serve visitors. As a company that does provide strategy and emphasizes usability & goals it's extremely frustrating that these types of clients often want the flash (not good if you are on a mobile device seeking a restaurant) and flair without considering the basics of menu, price range, reservations etc.
Good article that hits home!
Whilst I don't necessarily disagree with the author I would like to know how many web sites Mr Manjoo has made. around zero I would wager, so I'm not sure he has the knowledge or experience to understand how a clients mind works nor how agencies work (and often give clients what they want not what they need).
Big question is though, does any of this stop people from going to dine at these eateries? Probably not.
Nice writing Patricio. I found different writings and articles for the same topic but I could not understand the actual problem. Where is the problem that is disturbing the restaurateurs? A web designer can not be the actual reason for this. I am not from the internet field but I want to know the source of information by whom you are discussing this topic to make me sure about the web designers issue.
I've worked on a number of restaurant sites. They're actually easy to get right. People want pictures of what it looks like inside. If there's a view they want to see it. They want to see the menus and the wine list. They want to know the hours and the prices. If the venue is available for special events they want to know. If it has something unusual (eg: cigar menu), they want to know that. A bit of personalisation, such as a photo/bio of a top chef, greeting from the owner, etc. A booking or enquiry form.
That's it.
If a designer can't get a client to agree to something like this, they're doing their client no good. In my experience, it is usually the designer's fault - most clients just go with what designers suggest. Designers want to do stuff which is interesting to them, not what is right for the client, and pages of menus are tedious work for a designer.
Most restaurants are small businesses with small budgets and limited web experience. They mostly go to small web design firms nearby to get the job done. A recipe for disaster.
Brandt's post above captures most of the things you'd want on a restaurant site and it's not rocket science. I'd like to see some parking directions and a link to some social media/reviews as well, but critically, I'd like it to work on my mobile so I can read the menu on the way over.
Nice. This is really goo Patricio! Thanks for posting this and I really appreciate your motives. This is totally right and im really proud to it.
Something quiet similar happens to the architecture sector... of course, having in mind that it´s a completely differet sector with other goals...


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The heroism Jackie Robinson displayed as the first black baseball player in the major leagues powers the flawed but occasionally stirring biopic 42. Look closer, and you'll see not only a testament to the power of faith but a primer on how conservatives view racial matters.
It's about the content of a person's character, not the shade of his or her skin, something the new film establishes early and holds firm as Robinson's first year in the big leagues unfolds.
Chadwick Boseman is Jackie Robinson, the gifted Negro League star chosen by Brooklyn Dodgers GM Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) to shatter baseball's color barrier. The move was almost unthinkable at the time, but the crusty baseball exec refused to back down.
He chose Jackie for his athleticism, his youth and his solid character. Besides, both men believed in the Good Book, and that meant plenty to Branch.
"Robinson's a Methodist. I'm a Methodist. God's a Methodist. Bring him here."
Easier said than done. Jackie is inundated with hate–from the fans, other players and even his teammates. Branch refuses to back down, and slowly Jackie's baseball skills and ability to withstand verbal punishment win over both the crowds and his fellow Dodgers.
The movie opens with the embarrassingly obvious statement, "based on a true story," as if we've never heard of a fellow named Jackie Robinson before. It's a bad omen, and it's followed up by a series of clunky scenes you might find in a made-for-TV movie treatment.
Boseman and Ford refuse to let those sequences define their performances or the movie as a whole. Boseman conveys Jackie's athletic prowess and personal grace, lending his skimpily written scenes with his on-screen wife (Nicole Beharie) a dignity befitting a world class hero.
Ford, acknowledging his advanced age for the first time on screen, makes Branch a lovable eccentric, a baseball prophet who says he's only thinking about money when he signed Jackie to a contract. The truth gives 42 its moist poignant sequence.
Writer/director Brian Helgeland (the screenwriter of Mystic River) opens the baseball scenes up to those who never watched so much as an inning, explaining what a balk is and otherwise taking an obvious path to Jackie's greatness on the diamond. You'll predict every stolen base, home run and scorching double.
The narrative doesn't skimp on the racism pulsing through post-war America, something encapsulated by the true story of Phillies manager Ben Chapman (Alan Tudyk). The former Firefly star gives 42 its grandiose villain, a thug so proud of his ignorance he wants the whole world to witness it.
Jackie Robinson's life story is so pure, so powerful that any film daring to trace its path is bound to entertain and inspire. The new film 42 does both, even when it descends into cliche and forces Ford to depict Branch at times in a cartoonish fashion.
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For a Hawaiian-themed bar owned by an affiliated bar on the islands, it still, oddly, has all the authenticity of any other Beach Place tourist trap. The giant tikis are plastic. The rest of the décor looks like what you might find in a backyard tiki hut. The music is mostly reggae. And the most non-standard beer available is Red Stripe.
The Verdict: It's not a good sign when 1) the server laughs after you ask if they have any Hawaiian beers and 2) then responds by asking in Christine O' Donnell fashion, whether Hawaii produces beer or not.
The only specials during happy hour are on well mixed drinks -- probably because it's all they have available. Other than your usual range of bottled beers, the most unique drinks are the cocktails on the back of the menu that start at $8 and run to $25 or more. Who knew 99 Bananas was so top shelf?


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...The Giants worked on laying down bunts and hitting the ball to the right-side of the field on Thursday.
...Takahiko Nomaguchi threw 88 pitches during BP on Thursday and gave up 5 could-be hits.
...Shugo Fujii threw about 40 pitches in a bullpen session on Thursday. He is scheduled to pitch in a practice game against the Seibu Lions on Friday.
...Daisuke Nakai will likely get to play in Friday's practice game against the Seibu Lions.
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...The Giants plan on using Hisayoshi Chono as much as they can during exhibition play.
...Hayato Sakamoto is hoping to play in every inning of every exhibition game the Giants play (18 games).
...Marc Kroon is scheduled to throw a bullpen session with the catcher squatting on the 28th. Kroon started playing catch on the 11th. He threw to a squatting catcher on flat ground on the 23rd. The next step will be to throw a bullpen with a standing catcher, perhaps sometime on the 26th. If he's feeling fine after that, he'll end Spring camp (2/28) throwing a bullpen session with the catcher squatting.
Kroon originally told reporters on the 14th that his first bullpen might not happen until March. That he might be able to throw a bullpen in February likely means that his elbow is feeling much better. Kroon still likely won't be ready for the start of the regular season.
On Thursday, Kroon spotted a couple making preparations to get married at the hotel the players are staying at and stopped to wish them a happy marriage. He also took photos with the couple.
...Ryota Wakiya found out on Wednesday that he had a fracture in his left shoulder. Wakiya was hit by a batted ball during BP on the 20th and was checked out after practice on the 23rd.
Wakiya will now return to Tokyo for treatment and will likely require three weeks for a full recovery.
Hidetoshi Tsuburaya will join Ichi-gun camp on Thursday to take Wakiya's place.
...Wirfin Obispo and Taishi Ohta have been demoted to Ni-gun camp; Daisuke Nakai and Masafumi Togano will take their places at Ichi-gun.


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NPC is short for Newport Classic, as in Newport, Rhode Island. Besides being renowned for genteel leisure pursuits and opulent mansions, Newport is also home to the Tennis Hall of Fame.
The NPC UK Retro is everything you would expect from a shoe with this pedigree. White leather with tasteful red and blue accents practically screams "tennis anyone." At least it would, if screaming wasn't a shocking breach of tennis decorum.
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Yahoo would rather switch than fight
Yahoo announced this morning it's giving up on its music rental service and sending customers to RealNetworks Rhapsody service. The deal was apparently in the works prior to Microsoft's unsolicited takeover offer. My reaction is much the same as everyone else's — why bother? No one uses rental services anyway; iTunes-style downloads were the dominant paradigm, but now the market is shifting to DRM-free downloads.
But it played rather nicely with another article this morning on the front page of the Merc (and also Slashdot). If Yahoo's getting its butt kicked on search, why not just throw in the towel and outsource search — by using the industry leader (Google) as its backend? This has a certain logic to it. In the 1990s, Yahoo outsourced search to AltaVista, the then-industry leader. And buying search from Google — even if it's the industry leader — is not subject to Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust review.
Of course, this does raise the question: what is Yahoo's core competency? Is it just that a lot of consumers are habituated into using it as a portal and haven't gotten around to changing? I used to like their maps, and still use the original ("dial-up") service when I'm in a hurry or (often) want to find the restaurant closest to a giving street corner. But they keeping trying to force me to use their Ajax maps, which are an inferior me-too to Google's.
I personally think that Yahoo has done some really innovative stuff in mobile, such as the work of Flickr, ZoneTag and Fire Eagle. But it will never have the resources of Google or Microsoft (or Nokia) to throw at mobile research. Unless it locks in some customers early, it will be left behind as it is in search. Yahoo seems to be flaming out as it hits its teen years, which as a Sunday story in the Merc noted, has been common for Valley pioneers. (Think Apple without the Jobs II era).
This morning's Merc article also summarized some of the antitrust criticisms made in a Sunday blog posting by Google's top lawyer. Microsoft-Yahoo may trail in search, but they would lead in webmail and instant messaging. That certainly should raise the antitrust issues. However, webmail is a relatively small portion of the mail market (and, I'd argue, of declining importance). As for IM, not only do Microsoft-Yahoo have a two-year-old interoperability agreement, but AOL still remains the industry leader. (Steve Ballmer was not very impressed by the argument but then Ballmer is more inclined to bluster than most).
Finally, a ZDNet columnist complains (using "Orwelian" scare terms) that Microsoft buying Yahoo would bring all its services under Microsoft's single sign-on policy. Yep. That's been the point of all the Yahoo and Google and Microsoft acquisitions — economies of scope through ease of use. Perhaps with such a combination, people would start using Microsoft services and provide a competitor to Google. Or maybe given a stark choice between a Microsoft- and Google-dominated world, more people will switch to Google.
BTW, Microsoft has given so much cash back to shareholders since 2004 that they'll have to borrow $20-30 billion to fund the $45 billion deal. Obviously they weren't considering any deals of this magnitude back in 2004.


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Meanwhile, you, dear reader, look like ... $125, give or take a few greenbacks.
Those numbers are based on The Wall Street Journal's report last week that Facebook is finally getting serious about floating an IPO in the second quarter of 2012 that would value the company at $100 billion. Facebook CEO Zuckerberg holds a 24% stake in his company; Facebook says it has more than 800 million active users. If the $100 billion valuation holds but Facebook hits the billion-user mark -- which seems entirely possible by next spring -- the price per user will drop to roughly $100.
In other words, Mark Zuckerberg's stock is rising, but yours sure isn't.
Annoyingly, this IPO talk is happening just as Facebook seems ever more focused on, well, using its users in increasingly creepy ways. Zuckerberg has always talked a great, quasi-Utopian game about the psychosocial impact of his company -- everything you do in life is better when it's shared, is his basic shtick -- but the truth is that for years now Facebook has been borderline abusive toward its users.
The social network cons us into thinking that we're all unique, precious snowflakes, but Facebook sees its users as an aggregate, monetizable database, pure and simple. Which would be fine -- to have our collective eyeballs sold to the highest bidders is part of the deal we make when we sign up for Facebook and pay $0 to use it -- except that , as the Federal Trade Commission said last week in announcing a settlement with the company over privacy issues, Facebook "deceived consumers by telling them they could keep their information on Facebook private, and then repeatedly allowing it to be shared and made public."
In its detailed complaint against the company, the FTC really drilled down, pointing out that Facebook has repeatedly said that it "does not provide advertisers with information about its users. In truth and in fact ... Facebook has provided advertisers with information about its users" -- frighteningly specific information, including data that could be used to determine an advertising target 's real name. Facebook advertisers, the FTC said, could then "combine the user's real name with any targeted traits used for the ad the user clicked (e.g., if the ad targeted 23-year-old men who were 'Interested In' men and 'liked' a prescription drug, the advertiser could ascribe these traits to a specific user)."
Per the terms of its settlement with the FTC, Facebook doesn't have to pay a fine, but basically has to promise to behave.
The nonpunitive settlement is all the more galling when you consider that it addresses ancient (in Internet Time ) violations dating back to 2008 -- but Facebook has already moved far beyond all that . In a way, Facebook is so over itself. It's already figured out pretty much all the ways it can and can't get away with selling out its users within its own ecosystem, so now, with initiatives like its recently launched Seamless Sharing system, it's finding new ways to pimp its users across the web.
The idea behind Seamless Sharing is that if you opt in to Facebook-connected services like Spotify and apps from the Washington Post, The Guardian and other media companies, whatever you're listening to or reading automatically gets shared with your friends. (A cry for help from a Facebook user recently landed on Reddit's homepage: "Fucking Spotify is telling everyone on Facebook that I'm listening to Pat Benatar. How do I undo this?") Zuckerberg calls this process "frictionless," but in practice it's a radical transformation: Sharing on Facebook used to be human-driven; you shared by choice. Now Zuckerberg & Co. want to push mindless, automatic, machine-driven sharing on us, even if we all hate it.
Why? Because it's in Facebook's interest to keep constant tabs on us, wherever we may wander in the virtual world.
In the wake of the FTC settlement, Facebook will surely strive to be somewhat responsive in regard to letting people have some degree of control over their profiles and streams. But what does or doesn't appear in your stream or your friends' streams is sort of beside the point; behind the scenes, Facebook is now in the Total Information Awareness business.
TIA, as you may recall, was a post-9/11 project of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; the idea was to allow the military to create a massive, all-seeing, all-knowing digital dossier about every U.S. resident as a means to sniff out terrorist threats. DARPA's Information Awareness Office wanted to be able to collect any information it wanted without a warrant (i.e., it sought frictionless, seamless sharing!), but outcry over the blatant Big Brotheriness of it put the kibosh on TIA, at least as it was originally conceived.
Fast-forward to 2011. As it seeks to become a publicly traded company, Facebook is now intent on vacuuming up all the minutiae about our content consumption and interactions across the web. Not because your "friends" care about every last thing you do in cyberspace, but because Facebook is convinced that in aggregate, over time, that information is meaningful -- to advertisers.
Given the FTC's laughably toothless settlement, it's clear that nothing can stop Facebook now in its quest for Total Information Awareness.
And its IPO will give it a $10 billion infusion of capital -- which ain't chump change. In fact, it's impressive even by Department of Defense standards. Poor DARPA's budget is just $3 billion a year.
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Getting more for your money in today's real estate market is important. With multiple offers on most foreclosure listings and time ticking away with short sales, how can someone compete and get a great deal.
With technology where it is at and most properties on the internet today what does your buyer agent offer you? For my customers it is the ability to effectively negotiate the contract and ensure a smooth closing process. With several certifications in negotiations this is where I make the biggest impact for my buyers and sellers. I have put down a few thoughts for you regarding buying a property.
1. How much experience does your agent have in negotiating contracts?
2. How much has the agent saved their buyers off the "original list price" and do they have documentation. For me it is over 10% - and yes I have documentation.
3. What formal certifications in negotiating does your agent have? Not having the right experience and education can cost you that dream house.
4. Do they understand Right Offer Pricing matrix? This is a formula that I developed utilizing sold, pending and active data along with absorption rate. It allows my buyers to understand the direction of the market and how much a property is truly worth.
5. Is the agent up on the latest technology? Many contracts are submitted electronically and having a paperless system gets your contract front and center the fastest. This could be the difference of being first or last in a multiple offer situation.
If you are looking to purchase a property make sure you have the very best representing you. Even though the professional fees are paid for by the seller in most transactions, you should interview your agent because they are playing ball with your pocket book.


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Let's take a look at some good TripAdvisor response examples.
How are you responding to TripAdvisor reviews?
TripAdvisor has shared some great examples on how to do just that.
On TripAdvisor Insights, the online travel review site has launched a series that puts the spotlight on business owners who have responded actively to their reviews.
Recently cited was Annelies Hamerlinck, owner and manager of Vamos Expeditions in Lima, Peru, for her response to a five-star review.
Nicely done, Annelies!
Explaining why this was her favorite response, Annelies wrote: "It's a personal, friendly, positive and concise response to this reviewer and shows clearly that our management took the time to carefully read and understand what this reviewer was saying. It's clear this is not a 'pre-made' response…. As a tip I would say: it's always a good idea to repeat positive phrases of the reviewers in exactly the same words as they used them in the review and acknowledge them…. I also think it's important to start any management response with thanking the reviewer for taking the time to share his/her opinion on TripAdvisor, either if they had a positive or negative experience…. As a travel business owner, the only way we can grow and know if we are doing things right is by receiving feedback from our travelers so we can keep doing the things we do right and improve the things that still can be done better."
Let's take a look at one more TripAdvisor response example.
TripAdvisor also highlighted the example set by the Stamford Plaza in Brisbane. After receiving a negative review with the headline "Beware of Room 2008", General Manager Philippe K wrote the following (timely) response:
Philippe's response is great because he said "thank you" and acknowledged the value of customer feedback to the business. He also issued a sincere apology, tailored the response according to the guest's actual experience, and reassured the reviewer that his problems are now being addressed, and that the business is working on projects to improve their performance and do better next time.
(Check out: "Case Studies: Examples of Hotels Applying Best Practices in Responding to Bad TripAdvisor Reviews")
Why respond to reviews at all?
There are plenty of reasons why online customer reviews deserve a response on behalf of the brand or business.
A poorly answered review will, in the best of cases, disappoint the reviewer, and in the worst of cases, result in a public relations conundrum that could go viral and tarnish your brand reputation for a very long time.
Unfortunately, carelessness is rampant, and many small businesses have greatly damaged their credibility by answering reviews in a less-than-professional manner.
78 percent said that seeing management response to online reviews made them believe that the business cares more about them. That's why it's so critical to look for effective ways to respond meaningfully to reviews both positive and negative. Check out TripAdvisor's list for best practices in management response:
- Read the guidelines.
- Respond promptly.
- Say thank you for the feedback.
- Be original in your reply. (No pre-written templates, please!)
- Highlight the positive.
- Address any specific comments.
- Like we always say: be polite and professional. (No online catfights!)
Many businesses are hasty and careless in the management of their online reputation. They fall into the trap of trying to engage reviewers without first drafting a document of best practices, or ensuring the person tasked to respond to reviews on behalf of the business is a good ambassador.
Empowerment, knowledge, and diplomacy are needed to handle each review (regardless of the rating), along with a clear, long-term marketing vision in mind. Common mistakes include poor grammar, language barriers, unwillingness to be solution-driven, and inconsistency regarding the level of care that is given to each response.
The reviewer, along with others reading your review response, cannot read body language associated with your response. With that hindrance in mind, responders must be incredibly careful not to offend through insincerity and other nuances that might be perceived as a personal attack toward the reviewer.
Your main goal is to draft a marketing message that is brand-aligned and builds consumer confidence. When drafting a response, protect your credibility by living up to the golden rule of treating reviewers the way you would like to be treated if you were on the other end of the engagement. This is of particular importance when responding to less-than-perfect reviews.
Stick to a response that is empathy-driven, seeks to tackle all the issues, and provides the reviewer with some sort of remedy or apology that is appropriate to the severity and relevance of the issues voiced via the online review. Please note that while there are websites that provide merchants a little buffer time to address a concern before the review goes live, the same rules apply to offline responses. Stick to the book when it comes to kindness and customer focus. While it may be momentarily frustrating, it will pay off in the long run.
Before you move forward with replying to a review, take a moment to gather all the facts from those involved with the customer experience. A response that is selective, superficial, or otherwise incomplete can offend the reviewer, but most importantly it will make you look highly unprofessional in the eyes of shoppers seeking out consumer reviews prior to making a purchasing decision.
- Read the review slowly
- Note all the issues brought to light by the reviewer
- Tackle each issue in the order conveyed by the reviewer
- Always keep in mind that the end goal is making things right
- Once you have drafted your response, proof-read it!
- Make sure that you are advocating
Impersonal responses can be more damaging than no response at all. If you can't take a couple of minutes to focus on each customer, then you need to go back to the drafting board and reevaluate why it is that you are engaging in review and reputation management.


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South Carolina baseball fans now have a good reason to visit the state museum.
Chief Curator of History Fritz Hamer said the South Carolina State Museum has updated its display of Gamecock baseball memorabilia after the team's second consecutive College World Series victory. The exhibit will be in the museum lobby through Sept. 5.
Hamer said the museum brought out items it showed off last year after South Carolina's first national baseball championship. He said museum officials have updated the display with newspaper front pages of the Gamecocks' 2011 championship.
South Carolina set records for most consecutive games won in the NCAA tournament and the College World Series. The Gamecocks clinched the title last month with a 5-2 victory over Florida.


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|We study two-Higgs models for large \(\tan \beta\) and relatively large second Higgs mass. In this limit the second heavy Higgs should have small vev and therefore couples only weakly to two gauge bosons. Furthermore, the couplings to down-type quarks can be significantly modified (so long as the second Higgs is not overly heavy). Both these facts have significant implications for search strategies at the LHC and ILC. We show how an effective theory and explicit fundamental two-Higgs model approach are related and consider the additional constraints in the presence of supersymmetry or \(Z_2\) flavor symmetries. We argue that the best tests of the two-Higgs doublet potential are likely to be measurements of the light Higgs branching fractions. We show how higher dimension operators that have recently been suggested to raise the light Higgs mass are probably best measured and distinguished in this way.
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Cranston police have identified the body that was found on fire in Pocasset Cemetery Wednesday night. Investigators are treating the murder of 22-year-old Gandy "Shad" Kaydea as a gang-related incident.
Kaydea was an aspiring rapper who went by the name Young Shad. He posted rap videos on You Tube.
Kaydea's last known address was on Progress Avenue in Providence, where his ex-girlfriend and their child live.
Kaydea was taking GED classes at the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence in Providence.


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Guess who came to Gladney for a visit last week. Eleanor Tuck! Eleanor was the 7th Executive Director (1984-1988) in Gladney's storied history. She had not been to Gladney in several years and wanted to know how we were doing.
Like a 14-year old boy, I answered in one word "fine." Because I wanted to turn the tables and fire question after question at her. Sitting with me was this treasure of stories from the time she started to work at Gladney in the mid-1960's. I was hanging on every word.
While we at Gladney are focused on the future, we remain very proud of our heritage. Catching up with Eleanor (who won't let me call her Mrs. Tuck) – what a wonderful link to our past.
After our conversation was over, we held an impromptu celebration of her visit to Gladney with our staff, including my 30-year old son Phillip, who showed her a video of his placement day which occurred under her watch in 1987. She was visibly moved. So was I.
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Sujit is known as a global consultant on the constitutional comparative law. He also has adequate experience in constitution making procedures. He has been an advisor to several countries among them being; Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Nepal. Sri Lanka, South Africa, Tunisia, and Ukraine. As well, he has addressed many other countries on matters relating to his specialty of law, particularly constitution making. Additional reading on blogs.law.nyu.edu
In his research, Sujit endeavors mainly on constitution-making as a tool to manage the process of transitioning from violence to peaceful politics. The Professor of Law at the University of California recently released topical law series concerning the process of constitution creation. He wrote the publication and also put input in editing it.
Insights on What Sujit's Recent Publication Contains
In his publication, Sujit highlights in-depth details regarding the effects that constitutions have had in various countries. He quotes South Africa, Spain and Arab Springs as some of the struggling Republican states that are rushing to create new laws. As well, there are those democratic countries like Chile, which although they are stable, have sought to design new structures, so as to acquire a legal manual that is unblemished by their grim past. More of his writings on linkedin.com.
Details Concerning Sujit's Co-Editor, Tom Ginsburg
Tom is an equally learned colleague of Sujit and an alumnus of the University of California at Berkeley, where he earned a BA, JD, and Ph.D. degrees. Ginsburg bears an interdisciplinary perspective, with his primary specialties being comparative and international law. Currently he works as a co-director of the Comparative Constitutions Project, whose objective is to collect and evaluate constitutions from all independent nation-states since 1789. Such are the endeavors that heighten his notably vast knowledge of the law, just like it is with Mr. Sujit. Check constitutionaltransitions.org
Tangible Influence Made by Sujit in Democratic Nations
Transitioning is such a big thing, especially for the democratic nations. More often people get divided across the ethnic lines while pursuing power. In his wisdom, Sujit Choudhry writes about constitutional design, which serves as an excellent tool in reuniting such wrangling communities. Apart from lecturing he is also a member of the United Nations Mediation Roster.
Dean Choudhry is an important figure in the law field. He had continually chipped in when nations struggled with political issues that closely marry with his specialty. At some point, Sujit served in the Supreme Court of Canada, as a law clerk to Chief Justice Antonio Lamer. He has earned his slaw degrees from Harvard, Toronto, Oxford, and Rhodes.
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