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"[I]t is clearer than ever that the Leave campaigners are losing the economic argument … Their preoccupation with immigration … can sometimes seem more like an obsession, and one that is not entirely free of a prejudice that most British people have long ago rejected."
These are excerpts from today's editorial lead in the Mail on Sunday. No, not The Observer, but the Mail on Sunday, a newspaper that has long thundered about the cost of Brussels bureaucracy, real and imagined, and which is more than a little preoccupied with immigration.
No newspaper can afford to get too far out of kilter with its readers' opinions too often, so this is remarkable, at least at first blush. Mail readers support Brexit by a margin of three-to-one. So what causes a newspaper that has campaigned against British membership for decades to perform a volte face, expressed in particularly damning terms, on the eve of the first Euro referendum since Slade were big?
British newspapers like to retain influence on the government of the day. While David Cameron will need to mend fences with Brexiteer opinion in his own party in the event of a Remain vote (witness his joint launch of a prison reform policy with Michael Gove last week), he needs to have few scruples with those outside. By dissembling now, the Mail on Sunday gets to remain besties with Number 10 if the referendum is for remaining in the EU. An editorial as blunt and surprising as this probably means the top management at the Mail on Sunday have decided that the vote will go to Remain, possibly by a substantial margin.
Something has clearly shifted in élite perceptions of the Referendum campaign, very recently. They seem to be assuming this is a done deal. I don't know why. Here's one possibility: both Remain and Leave campaigns have large telephone canvassing operations and will note any shift of undecideds quickly. Focus groups may have picked up a change in the perception of the issues that dooms the Leave campaign to failure, regardless of headline polling figures. In particular, if undecided voters have decided the Remain side has decisively won the economic and security arguments, then it is pretty much game over for the Leave campaigns. That sort of information leaks into the Westminster-Fleet Street gossip bubble quickly.
There also seems to be some shift in the polls, with some now recording large double digit leads for Remain, but the data is a little contradictory, and the huge gap between telephone and internet polling remains. Perception in the gossip bubble doesn't always tally with reality, and the higher leave figures in internet polls could be a classic 'spiral of silence' situation: people feel they ought to be in favour of the EU even if they aren't, and find it easier to express that by anonymously clicking a button than they do to tell it to a nice person on the telephone.
Yet, there are reasons for thinking a shift of opinion has definitely occurred and both sides are seeing it. It would explain why the Leave campaigns have hit the panic button in the past fortnight or so. Most significantly, the Leave campaigns have retreated into too narrow a focus on immigration, especially so far from polling day. It's an implicit admission that other issues aren't playing for them.
That panic seems to be getting under the skin of leading campaigners on the Leave side, and they're making mistakes. Nigel Farage's threat of violence was the worst episode, but Boris has invoked Godwin's Law and Ian Duncan Smith had a strange meltdown of a Sunday morning TV interview under minimal pressure.
The problem with Leave talking too much about immigration is that alienates a key part of any winning coalition they might construct – the business-friendly libertarians, who dislike anything that smacks of bureaucracy but who are neutral to actively positive on multi-culturalism. Many of these people believe that not only is a looser post-EU structure possible, but that it would be popular with our friends in other parts of Europe – and they do think European nations basically are, and should be, friendly. The weird Putin-worship that exists on the fringe of Leave.EU will really alienate this group of voters as and when they encounter it. The patchy but real evidence from polls is that undecideds among mainstream Tory voters, in particular, are breaking for Remain – immigrant-bashing and Kraut-bashing might be reasons why they are.
There was always a danger that the Leave campaigns' army of passionate supporters would see them playing to the gallery rather than reaching out to the undecided middle, which is where close elections are decided.
A month of campaigning remains, most notably the series of head-to-head TV debates. There is also the scope for external events to radically change the course of the campaign: Austria may have voted for a far right President today, which would cause conniptions in EU capitals; President Erdoğan's slide towards outright dictatorship may yet set the powderkeg that is the Near East ablaze; a major incident of Islamist terrorism in the UK or elsewhere in Europe sadly cannot be ruled out.
I don't think an election as unique as this one can be predicted until the exit polls are released.
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Styles 101: What is Glamour Photography?
Clients often aren't aware of the intricacies of photography, especially when it comes to the multitude of styles out there that some professional photographers offer. To help them better understand the types of photography that can be illustrated in their carefully created images, this series of posts provides explanations and examples of every photography style listed in Photographer Central.
Glamour photography accentuates the beauty of the human form. Often used in portraits, it may involve models as subject matter. Generally, professional hair and makeup artists are hired to assist. Photo retouching is often used to highlight the beauty of the subject or product being showcased.
While the definition of glamour photography has shifted and evolved over the past few decades, photographers and models generally agree that glamour photography involves selling a fantasy depicted through a combination of posing, aesthetics, and wardrobe.
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The Ferrari 458 Speciale is perfect fodder for Channel 5's questioning science show "How do they do it?", the "it" in question, taking a Ferrari 458 Italia, a car heaped with praise, and making it even more of a thrill ride.
Carrying on where the old 430 Scuderia left off, the Speciale is a harder, faster, lighter 458 for the sort of well-heeled enthusiast looking to indulge in some occasional track work, and prepared to compromise a little for the privilege. At £208,000, the Speciale costs a not insignificant £30,000 more than the Italia, but that money buys a comprehensive package of engine, suspension and aerodynamic improvements that help make this one of the most enjoyable Ferrari sports cars ever built.
Already one of the greatest powerplants in the business, the 4.5-litre V8 benefits from new pistons for a sky-high 14:1 compression ratio, higher lift camshafts, new intake runners and a low back pressure exhaust. Power is up from 562bhp to 597bhp, giving it more bhp per litre than any other naturally aspirated engine, and accessed by a seven-speed dual clutch transmission that now swaps cogs 10 per cent faster on upchanges, and a massive 44 per cent quicker on the way down.
Factor in a kerb weight of about 1,390kg with fluids, down 90kg compared with the Italia thanks to forged wheels, lighter engine components and thinner glass, and you've got one of the few cars capable of making the 458 Italia's performance look second rate. The 0-62mph sprint falls 0.2sec to 3sec and it can lap Ferrari's Fiorano test rack in 1m 23.5sec, 1.5sec faster than either the Italia, or the old 430 Scuderia.
What those numbers don't illustrate, is just how easy it is for mere mortals to tap into that performance. Acknowledging that only a fraction of Speciale buyers will possess the driving talent of the men responsible for honing its on-limit behaviour, Ferrari came up with SSC or side slip angle control. Essentially a clever algorithm that compares the actual slip angle of the car with a target figure and then adjusts the locking action of the rear differential to suit, SSC positively encourages you to drive up to, and beyond the tyres' limits.
If SSC detects understeer, it reduces differential torque to increase agility and help the car turn. If it senses too much oversteer, more lock is applied to improve stability. And if you really get out of shape, the F1-trac system will subtly intervene. The system is smart enough to know that one spinning wheel, say from bumping over a kerb, doesn't necessarily mean impending death. It does its little sums and, if possible, will always maintain drive to the wheels. No other supercar is quite so flattering of a modestly capable driver.
SSC isn't the only significant tech though. Flaps in the front grille open at speed, directing air underneath to balance the car front and rear, while electrically controlled flaps in the rear diffuser can provide low drag in a straight line, and high downforce in corners. The other significant addition is a bespoke version of Michelin's new Pilot Sport Cup tyre, which boosts steering precision and promises not to punt you into the scenery at the sight of standing water, a favourite trick of its predecessor, and the reason Ferrari has never used them before.
Perhaps the most welcome discovery is that despite its track day leanings, the Speciale works almost as well away from the circuit as it does on it. The interior is functional rather than lavish, the engine – soulful, but never sweet - sounds slightly more strained, and the ride is a little firmer. That's firmer as distinct from uncomfortable, because you can still dial back the adaptive dampers using a button (one of too many) on the steering wheel when faced with less than Fiorano-smooth Tarmac.
Is the Speciale worth 20 per cent more than the standard 458, itself one of the greatest supercars any amount of money can buy? No one needs more than the 458 can deliver, and the Speciale is slightly less rounded in character. But machines like this are about delivering visceral excitement above all else, and you'd struggle to have more fun behind the wheel of a car.
Ferrari 458 Speciale
Price: £208,000
Price as tested: £208,000
Power/torque: 597bhp/398lb ft
Top speed: 202+mph
Acceleration: 0-62mph 3.0sec
Fuel economy: 23.9mpg (EU Combined)
CO2 emissions: 275g/km
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Character Discussion - Aiko
The purpose of this thread is to provide a place to discuss all things Aiko related.
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@ Kanji ~ Why the spoiler?... Wouldn't confessing now be bad? That would give the other girls the edge. But yeah I think something might happen, not next time, but 1-2 episodes further down the road. Hopefully it doesn't... * hehe
i think the confession moment will appear in about episode 7-10. in most 13 episode animes, that's where the real drama starts. with episodes 11 and 12 focusing on the climax and conclusion itself.
Eventually she will confess but not right now, I think it's too early and besides she needs to come up with a solution with her Nobuse problem.She did give Nobuse false hopes by taking his hand ( did you see his expression when she did?...lawlz) so that needs to be resolved before any confession to shin is given. Sadly by the time she does confess it will to late which is a shame since she is my fav character next to Noe.:upset:
Yeah, Aiko is def sending mixed signals to Nobuse....not cool. If she's serious about getting with Shin she needs to stop leading on his best friend!!
I wouldn't think it's impossible for her to confess while still being Nobuse's girlfriend. I can think of these three scenarios
1. Aiko is acting weird towards Nobuse when he's doing his advances onto her, obviously as she'll probably reject his advances at some point. He'll ask her and then, being the honest girl she seems to be, she will tell what her real feelings are and Nobuse will get heartbroken/pissed and probably dumped. It's possible that Shin will be in the vicinity for increased drama.
2. Aiko having a chat with Shin again, and the topic about him hooking her up with Nobuse will come up. She'll get mad at him for doing that because of it was never her real intention, he had probably misunderstood her in some way. She'll blurt out that she loves him, or run away crying not exactly telling him everything but hinting him at it and so on. Possible for Nobuse to be in the vicinity resulting in the obligatory increased drama :D
3. The actual scenario where she would dump him not even telling why, running away from the scene or something, but this is a scenario I have a hard time picturing, as I don't think she is a girl who'd do such a thing. It serves no purpose in the case she haven't gotten any progress with Shin or at least given him an idea, and as she probably doesn't want to hurt Nobuses feelings. If she can't even get Shin at that point it's probably uneccessary. But who knows, something like this just might happen even though I find it highly unlikely.
Well, the possible outcomes are endless, these are some of those that I think would be most likely to happen.
@ nanaman ~ The classic scenario ehh. It's ok in theory, but there are these pot holes in the road to attend to should it comes to pass. That's to say 1) 2) and 3) can't come to true without the mandatory in-between filler sequences where as usual the characters stay closed in their rooms sob and mumble someones name every 5 minutes. :p I hate those...
There's also Noe, with that span of time her not doing anything is compared to the earth not spinning around it's axis.
Remember she's volatile. If she sees Shin sad, she's likely flip the table. * hehe She did it once already, didn't she.
So many possibilities, yet so many of them seem impossibilities given the current context.
What's stopping her is the fact that she doesn't see Shin as a free man, reasons why she is letting Nobuse think what he wants. What i'm most looking forward to is Shin's reaction to when she actually does confess.
Mmm, drama.
Right now, the only real way that I can see her ending up with Shin is if Nobuse breaks up with her(not the other way around). This way the relationship between the three of them wouldn't become damaged beyond repair.
The break up can't happen until we find how the hell this freaking charade was started.
Night time setting, moon in the background. It would be perfect.
Has any anime character ever done that before apocalyptic suffering was visited upon them?
Unless she clears up the problem with Nobuse still being deluded, she isn't going anywhere with shin. Or she can go somewhere but Nobuse isn't going to sit back and chill with it, he will give shin a smack in the face :rolleyes:
I just think that Aiko's feelings for Shin are too strong to contain them much longer...I'm sure the writers are going to drag the conflict out a while longer though.
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Our Impact
Design Lives Here has engaged more than 1,750 students since 2010. Read more about the project in this KDKA article!
Our Pilot
The project was piloted during the 2009-2010 school year; educators from more than 30 schools received training, representing an educational impact on approximately 600 students. Five schools were invited to participate in a special engineering event held in May 2010, which was attended by 70 students in grades five through 11. In 2013, WQED held a public "Invention Convention" at Inventionland, introducing families to the same challenges activities and engineering fun as our school-based program.
About the Program
Design Lives Here is a semester-long engineering initiative that equips teachers and students to participate in engineering activities within their school or afterschool program. Professional engineers serve as mentors to students throughout the year. Schools who participate are diverse – public, parochial and private – and have the option of making this part of their school day or an extended program. Each spring, all the participants come together for a day of engineering challenges, grouped in new teams to compete for prizes. Design Lives Here activities are inspired by the popular PBS KIDS program and website, Design Squad Nation.
The 2016-2017 Design Lives Here initiative is a project of WQED Multimedia, with major underwriting by MSA and PPG, and additional support from ANSYS, American Bridge, Daedalus, and Founding Partner the Engineers Society of Western PA.


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Friday, October 17, 2014
Kids Lunchbox Club - Quick Mexican Quinoa Salad
Nevermind the kids! I reckon this lunchbox meal would please any adult too!
To serve one you'll need:
1 cup cooked quinoa
2 Tablespoons of salsa
1/4 cup black beans
1/4 cup corn kernels
1/4 small capsicum - chopped
1/2 small avocado - diced
Stir a tablespoon of salsa into the quinoa and mix well.
Add the other ingredients and stir through. Top with the remaining tablespoon of salsa.
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how nice that your daughter loves quinoa - it such a great food for anyone to enjoy - and this salad looks great - is it something she actual put in her lunchbox to eat out - I could only imagine with horror what Sylvia's classroom floor would look like if she too it to school (but she wouldn't eat this sort of salad - just likes quinoa by itself sometimes)ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes she actually took it to school to eat it! She really really loves quinoa! She's old enough to not make too much of a mess thankfully or else I'm sure the teacher would ban it ;-)Delete
Totally YUM! I need to get back into my Bento Boxes for lunches at work~ReplyDeleteReplies
Bento boxes are so much fun!Delete
Do I get fired from being vegan for not knowing what capsicum is?ReplyDeleteReplies
Sorry! Capsicum is the Australian word for what Americans call "pepper".Delete
Now this is my kind of lunch! Definitely adult AND kid approved ;)ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes I agree, kid & adult worthy ;-)Delete
So great that your daughter likes quinoa! My daughter used to like it but has since decided that she hates it :)ReplyDeleteReplies
hehe aren't kids funny how they change what they like and dislike so often!Delete


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Forwarding Calls on VoIP
For businesses with locations and customers all around the world, call forwarding is an essential VoIP feature. Not only will this feature help your callers will reach the right agent or department sooner, call forwarding can also help you manage your employees' call volume and workload.
In this quick overview of forwarding calls on VoIP, we'll talk about the specific strategies you can use in order to make sure that your calls go to the right person at the right time – every time.
4 Techniques for Forwarding Calls on VoIP
Time of Day Routing
If you're looking to set up criteria that will automatically route calls, time of day routing is a helpful feature. This feature allows you to route calls based on the time of day that the call comes in.
For example, if you receive a call at 8 PM EST, you can make sure that this call gets delivered to an office location that is open at that time.
Percentage Based Routing
Another VoIP feature that automatically routes incoming calls is percentage based routing. This feature routes calls based on a percentage ratio.
For example, if you have 25 employees in one office and 75 in another, you can choose to have 25% of incoming calls sent to the first office and all others sent to the second. This can help you manage call volume and cut back on average customer hold time.
Skills-based Routing
Skills-based routing is a powerful VoIP call forwarding technique that allows businesses to forward calls to particular staff members based on their individual skill sets. This feature allows your agents to be in multiple queues at the same time, which means that they are available to help a wider range of customers.
Call Forwarding
Almost all VoIP phone systems also offer a simple, no-frills call forwarding feature. This feature doesn't function based on pre-set criteria, but it allows you to forward calls in real time.
With basic call forwarding, you can forward calls to other employees, whether they're in the same office or another, and even recipients outside your company. You can also use call forwarding to ring to multiple numbers or devices in sequential order; so, if employee #1 doesn't answer the phone, there is still a chance that employee #3 can handle the call.
If you like, you can also forward calls to the voicemail of an intended recipient.
VoIP phone systems make it easy to manage each of your phone calls. This system offers a variety of features to easily forward your calls based on specific criteria that you can choose for your business. By utilizing these call forwarding features, you'll be able to keep your customers satisfied and make sure your employees aren't overworked.


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Not sure how to keep the kids entertained over the Christmas period? We're here to help! All of these fun festive recipes require absolutely no baking - so they're completely safe for children.
This collection of no-bake Christmas recipes for kids are so simple and easy that you only have to help them out a little bit – they can make most of these treats themselves!
Not sure how to keep the kids entertained over the Christmas period? We're here to help! All of these fun festive recipes require absolutely no baking – so they're completely safe for children.
Christmas is a great time to get the kids in the kitchen. The food is always fun and colourful – and you can teach them new skills along the way.
Our collection of no bake Christmas recipes for kids are fun, easy and taste delicious.
You also won't need to worry too much about supervision with these recipes either (unless they're really young) as they all avoid using the oven or hob. You might just have to assist them when it comes to melting chocolate in the microwave.
Click through to see all of our festive no-bake recipes (and don't forget to save any you like the look of into your very own Christmas Recipe Book)
First up are these Rudolph marshmallow decorations (above). You only need five ingredients to make these cute Rudolph marshmallow tree decorations. The kids are going to love dipping the marshmallows into the warm chocolate and giving each Rudolph googly eyes and a shiny red nose.
Get the recipe: Rudolph marshmallow decorations
Rice Krispies snowmen
Get your fingers sticky with this super cute recipe for Rice Krispies snowmen, which are so fun to make with the kids - with adorable results! Get the kids to shape them and decorate them as they like! You can buy icing pens in most supermarkets in the baking section.
Get the recipe: Rice Kirspies snowmen
Oreo Christmas pudding pops
The kids are going to love these creative Oreo Christmas pudding pops. Each Oreo is covered in milk chocolate and white chocolate with a little fondant holly leave popped on top. Simple to make and delicious too!
Get the recipe: Oreo Christmas pudding pops
Christmas Cornflake wreaths
The kids are going to love these Christmas Cornflake wreaths. They're really easy to make using Cornflakes, white chocolate and food colouring. Simple and delicious! Just make sure things don't get messy with the food colouring as it's tough to get out of clothes (and furniture)... You've been warned!
Get the recipe: Christmas Cornflake wreaths
Chocolate snowman truffles
This truffle mix is very simple to make, which means your kids won't have to wait long before they can start moulding snowmen and Christmas puddings with it. This recipe says to melt the chocolate on the hob, but you can melt in the microwave so you don't have to worry about the flames.
Get the recipe: Chocolate snowman truffles
Mince pie ice cream
Mince pie ice cream? Don't mind if we do! The kids are going to love this creamy, festive dessert. All you need is vanilla custard, double cream, eight mince pies and a freezer - which will do all the hard work for you.
Get the recipe: Mince pie ice cream
Candy chocolate hearts
These candy chocolate hearts are simple and look impressive on your Christmas tree. You'll have to supervise when it comes to melting the chocolate but the rest can be left up to the kids to get messy. Sugar strands, festive sprinkles and chocolate chips are a great way to make these hearts even more fun.
Get the recipe: Candy chocolate hearts
Nutella truffles
Do the kids love Nutella? They're going to love these rich, Nutella-covered truffles. The kids can swap the hazelnuts for other treats like chocolate chips, sugar sprinkles or anything else they can get their hands on. You can pop them on a stick to turn them into fun truffle pops too - they'd be perfect for parties.
Get the recipe: Nutella truffles
White chocolate rocky road
Watch their little faces light up with delight when they tuck into this tasty white chocolate rocky road. They can add all their favourite fillings too like marshmallows and ginger biscuits, the possibilities are endless! Give it a Christmas twist by adding cranberries and festive chocolate shapes.
Get the recipe: White chocolate rocky road
Candy cane sledge decorations
Got a bag of Rice Krispie Squares in the cupboard? Make these simple treats but combining half a Rice Krispie Square with candy canes and sticking together with a little bit of icing sugar, easy peasy.
Get the recipe: Candy cane sledge decorations
No-bake raspberry chocolate cupcakes
Yes, these really are no-bake cupcakes! This recipe uses ready-made Madeira cake and moulds the sponge into each cupcake case topping with a meringue-like mixture which sets in the fridge. The kids can finish each cupcake with fresh fruit or a naughty chocolate treat. Well, it is Christmas after all!
Get the recipe: No-bake raspberry chocolate cupcakes
Snowman cake pop decorations
You can use ready-made Madeira cake for this recipe, use leftover cake or make the cake from scratch. Then all you need to do is mash the cake with a little buttercream and cover it with white chocolate candy melts. The kids are going to love adding character to each of the snowmen's faces.
Get the recipe: Snowman cake pop decorations
Chocolate covered ice cream balls
These chocolate-covered ice cream balls are the perfect treat for dessert. Sprinkle each ball with sugar strands, chocolate chips or festive sprinkles for a fun Christmas twist. The kids can help you make these and they even work if you've got friends coming round for dinner!
Get the recipe: Chocolate covered ice cream balls
Cookie mix in a jar
Get the kids to make Christmas gifts for their teachers or the grandparents this year with this simple cookie mix in a jar recipe. It doesn't take much to make them and is a great way to teach your kids about measuring.
Get the recipe: Cookie mix in a jar
Sweetie bauble decorations
What's not to love about these sweetie-covered Rice Krispies? Just mould a Rice Krispie Square into a ball, cover with white chocolate and pop on some jellied sweets. The kids are going to love them - especially when they get to display their edible artwork on the Christmas tree!
Get the recipe: Sweetie bauble decorations
Mars bar cakes
If your kids love Mars bars they're going to really enjoy these cakes. You can assist with melting the chocolate and butter in a saucepan but the rest is up to them. You could mix it up by combining all the leftover chocs from a tin or a selection box.
Get the recipe: Mars bar cake
Hanging cones decorations
These hanging cones are super simple to make. Dip in chocolate, edible glitter and fill with your child's favourite treats and pop them on the Christmas tree. They'll be very proud of their mini masterpieces.
Get the recipe: Hanging cones decorations
Rocky road bars
Get the kids to crush up their favourite ingredients, melt some rich milk chocolate and get messy. Leave to set in the fridge and ta-dah, you've got a chocolaty masterpiece. This is a great one for using up all the leftover biscuits and chocolate you have lying round after Christmas.
Get the recipe: Rocky road bars
Caramel, apple and ginger layers
This dessert recipe may look a little fancy for kids to make but trust us when we say its super easy (all you have to do is chop up an apple for them). It takes six ingredients and 15 minutes later, to create these impressive and tasty desserts.
Get the recipe: Caramel, apple and ginger layers
Fancy chocolate wafers
These fancy chocolate wafers would be perfect food gifts or your relatives so get little hands involved in making your presents this year. All you need is a pretty box or some clear bags to give these out.
Get the recipe: Fancy chocolate wafers
No-bake toffee Krispie bars
Melted toffee, gooey marshmallows and plenty of Rice Krispies make up a rather large batch of these delicious bars. The kids could mould them into festive characters - like snowmen, presents or Christmas trees.
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Response to video from Asian Pacific Coalition (UCLA)
This is the response from the Asian Pacific Coalition at UCLA
From the Asian Pacific Coalition at UCLA
On Sunday, March 13th, an alarming video was re-posted on You Tube from the Facebook account of a UCLA student. The video, titled "Asians in the Library", chronicled the student's racist tirade against the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities at UCLA. Within hours, the video re-posted on various forms of social media, where members of the community viewed and responded to the video. The resulting reaction reveals an alarmingly dangerous campus climate and an underlying current of racism and prejudice still vibrantly alive in America. The Asian Pacific Coalition and API communities at UCLA would like to issue the following response:
In her public comment to the UCLA community, Alexandra Wallace expressed her concern about the "hordes of Asian people that UCLA accepts into our school every year." On a campus that boasts a student population of 40% Asian Americans and Pacific Islander communities (API), Wallace's comments are both insensitive and revelatory of the flawed mainstream perception of the API community. Many view API's as a uniform aggregate, thereby failing to acknowledge the diversity within the API community and perpetuating the view of API's as the model minority and the foreign "they" who unfairly get accepted into "our" school. Wallace perpetuates the "us" versus "them" rhetoric in her comments, thereby expressing distaste in API's and an even greater anxiety that "foreigners" are taking over UCLA.
However, she claims, it would not bother her so much that "hordes of Asian people got into our school" if they would start learning to "use American manners." Her comment stems from the supposed phone conversations she overheard whilst studying in the UCLA library, citing one particular conversation in the following phrases, "OOo, ching chong, ling long, ting ta." Among these phrases, "ching chong" stands out as an ethnic slur considered derogatory due to its historical usage in negatively depicting Chinese speech patterns [1]. While some argue that "ching chong" is a phrase we should regard with desensitization now that decades lie between us and the Chinese Exclusion Act, its constant resurfacing tells us otherwise. API's today are viewed as the legacy of the "yellow peril": if we are not taking over railroad jobs in the 1860's or taking over auto industry jobs in the 1980's, we are now supposedly taking over coveted spots at universities like UCLA. The use of such a blatantly ethnic slur portrays API's as the perpetual foreigner, undeserving of an opportunity to study next to "Americans" in the UCLA library.
Her remarks do not simply address the students at UCLA, but she extends her call for American mannerisms to the brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, and grandparents of API students, whom "swarm" the apartments every weekend to cook and clean and stop API students from learning to "fend for themselves." Why should the involvement of family in a student's life be considered with such disdain? Why do the experiences of a few API students become generalized as the experience of every API student? Above all, why is there an assumption that Asian Americans do not know how to fend for themselves?
Furthermore, her ignorant comments extend to the tragedy currently affecting Japan following the tsunami.
Her decision to state such culturally insensitive remarks via a forum as public as a Facebook video is disturbing. What gives her the audacity to record such a video? Perhaps she did not expect anyone to react. Perhaps she did not expect API's to fend for themselves.
Well think again. We are responding, and by the numbers.
As evidenced by the responses of outrage and hurt from our community, it is clear that this student's comments can be considered a hate speech, an act of discrimination, harassment, and profiling.
However, we must address the many ignorant comments stemming from our own community in reaction to Wallace's comments. While we condemn this student's remarks as not only ignorant and offensive but hateful as well, we believe that we as a community can do better than to resort to the student's tactics of throwing out divisive words, which only perpetuate a culture of racism and sexism on both sides.
We will not use our strength as a community to attack this individual but rather we will use this event to grasp at an understanding of campus climate: despite what you may have believed about UCLA or our universities before, it is clear that racism, sexism, bigotry, and hatred still exist.
As a community, we should respond with the grace, sensitivity and civility afforded us through the manners we learned from our parents, and their parents before them.
Hence, as a community, we demand the following:
1) We call for a public apology from Alexandra Wallace. Her words and actions are not in line with the UCLA Student Code of Conduct, which states:
"The University strives to create an environment that fosters the values of mutual respect and tolerance and is free from discrimination based on race, ethnicity, sex, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, and other personal characteristics."[2]
2) We call for UCLA to take the appropriate disciplinary measures befitting of Wallace's violation against the UCLA Student Code of Conduct and UCLA's Principle of Community, which states:
"We do not tolerate acts of discrimination, harassment, profiling or other harm to individuals on the basis of expression of race, color, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, religious beliefs, political preference, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship, or national origin among other personal characteristics. Such acts are in violation of UCLA's Principles of Community and subject to sanctions according to campus policies governing the conduct of students, staff and faculty." [3]
3) We call for UCLA to issue a statement addressing this incident. UCLA must demonstrate its commitment to a culture of diversity, respect, tolerance, and acceptance for all communities by standing against such acts.
4) We call for the UCLA Academic Senate to pass a requirement in the general education curriculum grounded in the UCLA Principles of Community.
As students at UCLA, here is how you can help voice your concerns:
1) Email Chancellor Gene Block (email@example.com) and Assistant Vice Chancellor Robert J. Naples (firstname.lastname@example.com) to report this matter as a violation of Student Conduct.
2) Post a message on Chancellor Block's Facebook page expressing your concern:http://www.facebook.com/uclachancellor
3) Allow this event to help us bare in mind the continual relevance of ethnic studies at UCLA and beyond. While ethnic studies programs are crumbling at CSULA and struggling for a place at UCSC, let us remember why it is important now more than ever to continue to support the development, sustainability and growth of ethnic studies.
Let this incite an honest discussion on what it truly means to be a community founded upon mutual respect. Do not turn this into a riot. Do not turn this into an attack. We are better than that. Allow us to come together in solidarity and address the matter where it truly stems: as a reflection of the gross misunderstanding of our communities and the hatred that grows from it.
[1] http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/Ching+Chong?cx=partner-pub-0939450753529744%3Av0qd01-tdlq&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=UTF-8&q=Ching+Chong&sa=Search#906
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18 Responses to "Response to video from Asian Pacific Coalition (UCLA)"
Wow really? I understand that you all are upset about this video, and I am in now way supporting her or agreeing with what she says. But isn't it quite obvious she's probablly failing a class, stressing out over finals, and needed someone to blame?
I think its quite silly of you guys to demand an apology. I understand you want to preserve social equality and what not, but get real. That's not how the real world works, people say insensitive things whether they mean it or not.
Being asian myself, I actually laughed at this video. I couldn't take anything she said seriously. She's clueless and a hopeless cause. She is a child, and writing a response like this and demanding actions to be taken is childish as well.
wow really? c'mon man wow really yourself.
some asians are really offended by it. and let them be. you aren't then that's good for you.
this is only for asians who are offended. get it? and if you are the one who weren't offended. then you don't need to comment on how silly these asians are.
some people thought it was funny, some thought it was offensive. it's not for you to judge and tell them how silly and not real.
some people just wanna hear the damn "sorry" out of her mouth so they can feel better cuz whether it be asians or non-asian, some people are sensitive to this topic. this doesn't have to do with race only. this has to do with some kind of respect of human-kind.
good for you if you're grown up and doesn't take anything seriously.
i wonder how hard you'll laugh if she said it to your parents.
i hope they laugh hard with you. i really do.
but i'm sorry but not everyone in this world is "mature" like you.
some people can take joke. others can't. and you "being asian yourself" doesn't help in this topic.
honestly. and obviously. you're not mature enough to understand how others might feel about this cuz you're too damn proud and selfish.
i laughed at this video too. doesn't mean i have to go around and be like
"gimme a break guys. she's just a dumb little child"
i guess you're clueless about how other people feel too. and you writing a response like this saying these offended people are childish, makes you childish as well. haha
damn i'm so straight.
thank you for sharing this Tiffany. 🙂
maybe we can continue the dialogue for gender studies, too.
i feel like wallace's video and the domino responses really demonstrate social unconsciousness.
and we need to wake people up.
What is a public apology going to do? It's not going to change how she feels, or what she thinks.
It was wrong of her to do what she did, but asking for a public apology from someone who might fake the apology just to get people off her case, that's ridiculous.
its gonna make some sensitive and offended people to feel better.
and that's what they want. that's all. this is real world. this is how people operate. yeah it's ridiculous. get over it matthew kim
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I think that it is irresponsible if we allow these racial microagressions to go unchecked. Yes she may have been stressing or had other circumstances, but those in no way justify her comments which reek of racism, imperialism, and xenophobia among other things. And it is true that the "real world" does not necessarily operate in the way that the coalition is demanding, but it does not mean we can`t re-imagine a more equitable and just future and demand that it materialize. To encounter oppression and not challenge it is to tacitly participate in that oppression.
The girl's video was closed minded, dumb and thoughtless. It was insensitive and a waste of bandwith, but just who did it hurt? I don't think the asian people are that thin skinned. I don't think anyone killed themselves or loss self confidence based onthe inane ramblings of a foolish entitled girl. I agree with most of what you are saying, but I this response sensationalizes alot of what has happened since the vid was posted.
Jeremy, do we not punish children if they act inappropriately? In the same way, this girl must learn the difference between studying under stressful circumstances and appropriate behaviour.
If she had a problem with people talking on the phone, why didn't she complain to the librarians?
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It you choose to see this video as a simply humorous rant by a frustrated college student, i guess that's ok, because who am i to judge? But at the end of the day she should apologize and bear the consequences of her words. Fact: there are a lot of bigoted, hateful and racist people out there, but they need to know that nothing gives them the right to publicly degrade other people. Their opinions are best kept to themselves. What the hell is "American" behavior anyway?
This is obviously nothing new in America. ALL people of color who have undertones that are not pink, have been tolerating this type of behavior for many years to say the least. Terms like "our" (schools) and "they" have wounded and eaten away at the value of countless humans in THIS country.
I say to hell with her ignorance and self entitlement. This girl may issue a completely inauthentic apology just for the sake of shutting people up, and we all know that it does nothing for the actual state of her heart. But for the state of her inflated ego I hope that she is forced to eat her words and publicly apologize!… Whether she means it or not.
Maybe, just maybe she might think twice before she self righteously posts her vomit for all the world to taste.
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The three hour jaunt from Toronto to Kingston (brutally painful along the 401) was nothing compared with traveling from Nashville where I live now. My podcasting partner in crime and fellow boob will be away that weekend, and my in-laws are unavailable to sit our kids for the few days of PAB2008. So I'm stuck here longing for K-town and my fellow Tim Horton's hopping, Creemore chugging, maple-cured mates. I'll be thinking of you guys.
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Jonathan Rezek channeled a Parkinson's diagnosis into a groundbreaking drug study with Watson. Lorraine Trapani works to get more guide dogs into service. Connor Krukosky rebuilt an old IBM mainframe in his basement.
Whether they're developing apps for cognitive drones or inventing a board game that teaches advanced computing concepts, these compulsively creative IBMers invest their skills and spare time to change the world.


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A HEROIN dealer and her knife thug pal were treated to a three-hour break from jail today – to see Fifty Shades of Grey.
Drug runner Roseann McCreadie, 34, and vicious Kim Gray, 47, were awarded the special treatment despite having only served a small portion of their sentences.
They were picked up from Stirling's Cornton Vale prison by former inmate Louise Mclachlan, who was only recently released.
Mclachlan now spends time with female cons to help them get back on the straight and narrow.
Both McCreadie and Gray are already getting home leave.
And the decision to also grant them an afternoon out to see the raunchy film together is likely to shock and offend many, including Gray's traumatised victim, a 61-year-old cabbie.
A Daily Record reporter and photographer watched as the pair were picked up by Mclachlan before going to see the bondage movie at an early afternoon showing.
Mclachlan drove them to the nearby Vue cinema in Stirling's town centre.
The trio shared screen 8 with more than a dozen unsuspecting movie-goers, all unaware they were mingling with convicted criminals serving prison sentences totalling more than 12 years for crimes involving drugs and violence.
McCreadie, who helped her dad Eddie flood Scotland with heroin, has served less than three years of a nine-year sentence imposed upon her at Liverpool Crown Court.
Gray is not even a year into her 40-month sentence for stabbing taxi driver Joe Cameron in the back in an unprovoked assault.
The tickets for the film, based on EL James's "mummy porn" best-sellers, were bought by Mclachlan, from Falkirk, who boasted on Facebook about the trip.
She posted on the social networking website: "Right my ladies just booked the tickets for 50shades on sunday at 12 at the vue, VIP seats of course, use sort it out with CV & i'll pick use up at 12 it finishes at 2.25 so use will make the 3hours no bother."
McCreadie wrote back: "Brilliant lou look 4ward to that babe."
The women looked relaxed and laughed and joked with each other as they turned up minutes before the start of the movie. Sharing bags of sweets, they passed around a mobile phone to check Facebook.
McCreadie was described as a high-ranking member of her dad's drug-dealing empire when she was convicted.
She is believed to enjoy a week's home leave every month but it is understood she had to ask for special dispensation from prison bosses for her three-hour time slot to go to the pictures.
Crime boss dad Eddie, 56, was jailed for more than 12 years in Liverpool after he and his daughter were caught in a £2.5million drug sting.
Roseann, from Glasgow, got an extra 28 days on top of her nine-year sentence for shouting at the jury who convicted them: "Ya bunch of c****."
She was recently allowed to move back to Scotland to serve her time at Cornton Vale, the country's only women's jail.
The father and daughter team were part of a gang jailed for a total of 152 years after police smashed a UK-wide operation.
Eddie McCreadie was jailed for 15 years in 2003 after he was caught in London with cocaine worth £2.7million.
He was freed in 2009, and police believe he went straight back into the drug trade.
The 56 year old, from Rutherglen, Glasgow, was jailed again in 2012 for 12 years and eight months for running the Scottish arm of a UK-wide drugs corporation.
Police said the ruthless criminal used prison to "further his network," and thought nothing of using his own daughter to achieve his sinister aims.
Last year, it was revealed that the dealer was among several crook to act as a tour guide, escorting elderly women around an exhibition on Holocaust victim Anne Frank at Shotts prison, Lanarkshire.
Gray sparked outrage when she was jailed for just 40 months at Dunfermline Sheriff Court last May for plunging a kitchen knife into her victim's back. The unprovoked assault caused Joe to suffer a near-fatal heart attack.
Following her sentence, Joe hit out at the leniency of the jail term.
He said: "Gray is a danger to the public. She left me for dead.
"If it wasn't for police and ambulance staff I wouldn't be here.
"It was a completely random attack and it's disgusting she's only getting three-and-a-half years. I get flashbacks and find it hard to sleep. I feel like I've been left with a disability."
Gray is also entitled to home leave and was given special dispensation to go out for three hours today.
After the cinema showing, the Record team asked Gray if she had enjoyed the film and if the prison service were aware of where she was. She replied: "Yeah" but refused to comment further.
A spokesman for the Scottish Prison Service said: "We do not comment on individual prisoners."
Last week, Roseann McCreadie was involved in a car smash with a police car as she was being driven from prison to visit her dad in another jail.
The convicted dealer was in a car with John 'Snaz' Adams, when they collided with the police motor in Cambuslang, outside Glasgow.


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Funny things can happen when a $75 million contract is at stake. And funny things are indeed occurring as the state tries to pick a company to upgrade and expand Maryland's vast network of lottery computers. The process is becoming more and more politicized, leaving clouds of doubt and suspicion over the Schaefer administration's handling of this controversial contract.
Twice in recent weeks, Gov. William Donald Schaefer intervened in the selection procedure, each time aiding companies that included a firm represented by a major Schaefer fund-raiser and former Gov. Marvin Mandel. Each time, the governor claimed he was acting to insulate the contract award from political influence. Instead, Mr. Schaefer achieved the opposite result.
Maryland's much-praised procurement law sets up a lengthy procedure to ensure that contractors are chosen on technical merit and lowest price. Yet the governor has opted to create his own process for awarding the lottery contract, one that puts Mr. Schaefer and his budget secretary in decision-making positions.


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Meet: Save The Last Pinker.
More like an aesthetic experience than a shopping expedition; this is her dream store for scoring cool, under-the-radar sartorial accessories.
She has an eclectic mix of timeless jewels from designers across the globe, with each thoughtful piece merging into a wearable, edited collection.
Bohemian charm meets modish cool; she wears an air of deliberate nonchalance. She has an appreciation for intelligent design, freshness and longevity, wanting pretty pieces without the fuss.
Beautiful things don't seek attention.


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Siti NurhalizaSinger
Being a songwriter, record producer, television presenter and businesswoman, Siti Nurhaliza gained success mostly in singing career with over 200 national as well as international awards, typically the Voice of Asia (2002) and Gold Award at Shanghai Asia Music Festival (1999). Asia News Network named her as one of Asia's Idol in 2008. She currently become one of the richest, most-influential, most award-winning and most single-produced artists in Malaysia.
Before fame
She pursued singing career as her mother, a local traditional singer and learned traditional songs since the age of 12. During her childhood, she participated in multiple singing competitions while studying at school. Joining in Family Group, a small band founded by her uncle, Abdul Rahim Bachik, she became the vocalist performing at invitational shows like wedding ceremonies and dinner parties.
Personal life
She got married to Datuk Seri Khalid since 2006.
Social site
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While the state and nation await the justices' ruling on SB 1070, police agencies around Arizona are being asked to brush up on the law.
Gov. Jan Brewer issued an executive order for the Arizona Peace Officers Standard and Training Post to redistribute a 90-minute DVD on the enforcement of SB 1070. The training tool was originally distributed when the bill was signed into law.
"I'd like to see that training," said Adrian Fontes, a criminal immigration attorney. "I'd like to see how it is they can figure out a way to show by looking at someone and listening to someone that that person is here legally or not."
Fontes maintained that SB 1070 offers police officers broad discretion and under the controversial law, civil rights will be violated.
"Based on the performance of a lot law enforcement, not all of them, there are some great cops out there," said Fontes.
"I've worked with them and against them. But there are some law enforcement officers out there who will abuse their power, it's human nature sometimes."


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Ever since Soshi did their leg spread dance in Lion Heart,
now they're making RV do this. SM, why are you making choreography like that
I'm sure RV weren't please to be forced in doing this without consulting them...?
For real, if it was me, I would've cried..
Choreography like NCT's and EXO's are so well-made,
but why are they only giving weird ones to RV? Especially Joy...
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It seems that no matter how many books I have and want to display, I have about just as many that either are not titles that I want to keep or they are not vintage enough for displaying artistically. It seems that libraries have an over abundance of these books as well that they sell from donations.
So….what to do with all those old books? You may be surprised at the wide variety of craft projects out there that use every part of an old book. From the hard covers to just the spine and all of the pages in between, there is a way to use all of it!
I have used book pages, like I would use any decorative craft paper, as an embellishment in different craft projects. I have also used an entire paperback book to make this book page pumpkin:
Here are some more ideas on what to do with old books. Just click on the photos for the tutorials.
It's real easy to make a small shelf or two with some old hard cover books. All you need is some brackets!
Something else to hang on the wall is this very cool lamp with a book page shade. It is very artsy and chic:
If you need a unique idea for a new planter, this next project is perfect. You can actually use a vintage book to create a very decorative home for a brand new plant:
I absolutely love the look of this stacked book lamp with the industrial shade:
This next one is similar to my book page pumpkin but it is a fun vase:
You can also actually make furniture with books…..yes, I did say furniture! There are a couple of different methods given for joining the books together but the books are basically just used like building blocks to create something like this table:
Take those books that are falling apart and use the spines as decorative bookmarks for your newer books:
And finally, this last idea is fantastic for using an old book cover as a disguise! Take out the pages and insert something like a wireless router to get a much more decorative look — I love it!
Do you have a unique use for an old book? Share your ideas below!
Happy Crafting!


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"Finally just Darden remained, cleverest of the younger gods. He fled Olandar's children and hid, but he was unable to hide forever. Wherever he went they found him, forcing him to flee again and again, until he was finally cornered. In a final act of desperation, he smashed his bowl.
Heaven flooded with despair, washing over the elder gods, driving them backwards... downwards... to Tonan, to be born again.
And this is where we find ourselves. The wheel has almost turned full circle; three born with names of old have grown to power. It is time to pick a side: Angelique, Barnabas or Leto.
The throne of Heaven is empty, and the first to reach it will rule all. As Oleana once did, now each mortal-incarnation must struggle to reclaim their immortality, with the first to do so likely to gain supreme power over heaven and earth."
Monarchy is a fully browser-based strategy game set in the Fantasy world of Tonan. Pick from one of three mortal incarnations of the Elder Gods, chose from 9 selectable player races, and then create your kingdom to fight for your chosen God.
Several game instances are currently available, from our unique concept zero turn-rate massacre style game (Conquest), to our high turn-rate game (Bloodbath), to our quad alliance based game (Domination), Monarchy has something for everyone.
Including original gaming concepts unique in turn-based kingdom games: NPC Kingdoms, Built-in Intelligence databases, Kill bounties and a Load/Save feature.
Currently awaiting a graphical refresh, Monarchy today looks very similar to it's previous official incarnation's at Shareplay and Evernight Games. Don't be fooled by slightly dated looks, the game is just as playable and addictive as it's always been.
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How to CookItalian
Eat Your Flowers (Italians Are)
There's something about eating flowers that is truly special, that makes an ordinary meal or recipe sparkle. Is it the romanticism? The hazardous adventure of eating something you didn't realise was edible? (Oh, do be careful though, not all flowers are edible!) Or perhaps it is the sensory experience: With flowers, what you're actually "tasting" is really what you're smelling. Maybe it's also a little about the fact that you can't buy these flowers (flowers destined for florists are often sprayed with chemicals that you don't want to ingest), so you have to forage for them—and that secretly makes the hunter-gatherer in us jump for joy.
Regardless, your life isn't complete until you try dipping flowers in batter and deep frying them, like the Italians do.
The most popular flowers of choice for eating fried (in either a tempura batter or in a traditional batter for fried squash blossoms) are in season in late spring: black locust (also known as false acacia or Robinia pseudoacacia, which Italians simply call acacia) and elderflowers (Sambucus nigra), both of which have some of the most intense, heady aromas, somewhere between jasmine and orange blossom. Squash blossoms are perfect for being battered and fried too, but hardly seem exciting after you've eaten fried black locust flowers, with their intoxicating perfume and the hint of honey and spice that lingers beyond that first crunch.
They make similar fried flowers in France. Jaques Pépin macerates the flowers in Grand Marnier and sugar before tossing them through the frying batter with vanilla. Mimi Thorisson not only fries them up but puts them in and on cake, too. And I've heard they are also wonderful folded through pancake batter.
Meanwhile, elderflowers can either be dipped in batter and fried as they are (their long stems come in handy for this). Or simply pick off the tiny perfumed flowers and fold into this ricotta mixture for castagnole, then fry the dough as fritters and roll them in sugar. This isn't a new idea. Ricotta and elderflower fritters are actually a recipe that I stumbled across while flipping through Renaissance chef Bartolomeo Scappi's Opera from 1570.
A traditional Bavarian recipe for elderflower fritters includes dipping them in beer batter and pan-frying. The British like to make elderflower cordial. And if you've missed the flowers blooming, don't worry. Be patient and wait for the little black elderberries to appear in their place later in the season and make elderberry syrup them like David Lebovitz does.
Fried flowers make a great snack or a pretty antipasto. Fried black locust flowers are often served savory as well as sweet; for the former, simply sprinkle with sea salt. But if going the sweet way, you can either sprinkle with powdered sugar, granulated sugar, or drizzle with honey (locust honey, naturally). And serve them straight away: When hot, the flowers' perfume, and therefore flavor, is at its best.
Black locusts and elderflowers bloom for a short period only so make the most of it when you see them.
Once you've tried this, you may want to eat every flower that comes your way. You can also batter and fry wisteria flowers (which look similar to black locust flowers) and lilacs. Then look at what you can do with lavender and try infusing sugar with elderflowers or black locust flowers, too.
A few tips for foraging and preparing these flowers for eating:
- Go armed with a sturdy pair of garden scissors and a basket.
- Avoid possibly polluted areas (such as trees that line busy roads) when picking flowers.
- Pick flowers in the morning, when they are at their freshest and have the most perfume.
- Don't pick wilted or "old"-looking flowers, as they will have lost their scent.
- Eat only the flowers and not the stems or leaves, which can be toxic, but for ease of preparing and presenting, cut the flowers with their stems intact.
- Don't wash the flowers if you can, as this can cause them to lose some of their fragrant pollen. (This is another reason you want to avoid polluted areas!) But do check for insects; some like to chill the flowers in the fridge for 15 minutes to encourage bugs to leave.
If you are foraging, be very, very careful! Here is a helpful guide to which blossoms are edible—and if ever you're not sure, pass on them.
Do you cook with flowers, too? Which ones? Tell us about what you do with them in the comments.


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Tablets, what are they good for? Primarily shopping and entertainment, according to a new study into how consumers use their devices.
It found that two-thirds of US and UK tablet owners use their tablet for researching product information before buying online (66%), making it the most popular consumer activity.
This was closely followed by watching videos/browsing photos and checking prices or store information (both 63%).
The research by Usablenet confirms much of what we already know about tablets in that the devices are mainly used during 'lean back' leisure time in the home.
Only 5% of US and UK respondents stated that they use their tablet mostly for work compared to 73% who use their tablet primarily at home, either while watching TV or while in bed at night.
Here's a quote from one US respondent:
I wouldn't say I have a preference. I just use them at different times of the day. When I am doing my work on the laptop I would browse sites on there, when out and about I will use my iPhone and when at home in the evenings usually I am on the tablet.
Tablet browsing
When asked what matters most when browsing a website on a tablet, US and UK respondents were largely in agreement about the experience they expect site owners to deliver.
The two most popular answers were:
- 'A similar experience to desktop, but adapted for a tablet screen' (29% US vs. 31% UK).
- 'The same content and experience as on a desktop site' (31% US vs. 29% UK).
So essentially consumers want consistent content and ease of browsing/purchase, which doesn't seem like too much to ask for.
The report shows that brands are largely aware of this issue, as 61% of the retailers surveyed believe that their customers want a browsing experience that is consistent with the desktop yet optimized for tablet, compared to 28% that think consumers prefer an experience similar to the smartphone.
Whether or not retailers are delivering a consistent, user-friendly experience on tablet is open to debate.
Usablenet's research involved a poll of 100 retailers and 671 consumers, alongside diary studies of 12 tablet owners in the US and UK during the holiday shopping period of November 25 to December 6 2013.
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As a new tablet owner myself, I find that I am using it more for the entertainment side of it than actual work. I guess I have a hard time with the idea of using something so much smaller than my laptop to do my work on. I found it disappointing to realize that the same type of apps on my smartphone and my laptop are not always available on my kindle.
The main use of a tablet is researching information and entertainment. But I see tablet use more and more often in a professional environment as a digital note book or sales tool.


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Dr. Diana Pallais, a Microsoft executive with extensive experience in business strategy, public-private partnerships, and global development, has been named to the newly created position of managing director for PATH's international programs.
"I am pleased that Diana Pallais is joining PATH in the integral role of managing director for PATH's international programs," said Ayo Ajayi, vice president for International Development at PATH. "She has a record of innovative, results-driven leadership in the public and private sectors that will be an asset to PATH's presence in more than 70 countries. This new role will build a bridge between various internal and external stakeholders on a global scale."
In her new position, Pallais will be responsible for leading and overseeing PATH's global network of country programs, providing strategic leadership, performance management, and program support.
Pallais comes to PATH after more than 14 years at the Microsoft Corporation, most recently leading Microsoft's global marketing relationship with one of their most important business partners, Dell. Prior to that, she led sales strategy for the global community of sellers in the division that looks after hardware manufacturers and delivers the most profitable margins for Microsoft.
As managing director of Microsoft's Worldwide Public Sector from 2006 to 2009, she founded the company's initiative for commercially viable public-private partnerships (PPPs), bringing together cross-sector partners in more than 200 successful PPPs worldwide. Her work helped drive innovation in public service delivery and digital access that reached more than seven million people in developing countries. In this capacity, Pallais drove the internal change at Microsoft to pursue a fresh business model, making technology access to underserved citizen segments a vector in economic development goals. She created an engagement model that enabled repeatable PPPs across the world and across different policy areas, such as education, civil service innovation, pension reforms, public health, and small business empowerment.
Pallais has also served in other leadership capacities at Microsoft including product management, geopolitical strategy, and product development.
A contributor to numerous nonprofit and social innovation organizations, Pallais currently serves as a partner at Social Venture Partners and supporting partner of the Initiative for Global Development. She also has served as an executive committee member at Global Washington, board member at Partners in Health, and leading organizer and fundraiser for the Hurricane Mitch Relief Campaign in Seattle.
Pallais has served as an instructor in the Department of Political Science and the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington and as a policy analyst and diplomatic negotiator in Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She is a fellow with the University of Washington's Center for Communications and Civic Engagement. Pallais holds a PhD in political science with a specialty in economic development from the University of Washington. She is originally from Nicaragua and is fluent in Spanish and English.
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SOURCE: Propelics
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SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - May 6, 2014) - Propelics, a leader in enterprise mobile strategy and delivering world class mobile apps, announced today it had been selected as a finalist for Red Herring's Top 100 North America award, a prestigious list honoring the year's most promising private technology ventures from the North American business region.
Propelics is seeing large demand from organizations looking to create mobile strategies and world class apps for their enterprises. This year, Propelics helped many leading companies realize tremendous benefits in terms of cost savings and increased revenues. The portfolio of customers includes organizations such as Wells Fargo, Family Dollar, Merck, Bright Horizons, Payless ShoeSource, DLL and Amway. Propelics is helping these organizations and others use mobile to change customer interactions, identify new business models, and create a competitive advantage.
Red Herring selects the most exciting and promising start-ups and "scale ups" since 1995. Finalists are still evaluated individually from a large pool of hundreds of candidates based across North America. Twenty major criteria underlie the scoring and process. They include, among others: the candidate company's addressable market size, its IP and patents, its financing, the proof of concept, trailing revenues and management's expertise. Each company goes through an individual interview after filling out a thorough submission, complemented by a due diligence. The list of finalists often includes the best performing and prominent companies of that year.
2014 will be remembered as a special vintage. "The finalists list confirms the excellent choices made by entrepreneurs and VCs and the start-ups' solid roots in corporate America, embracing their innovations. By all metrics, it emphasizes the United States' entrepreneurial excellence," said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring.
Finalist selections for the 2014 edition of the Red Herring 100 North America award are based upon technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition and financial health. During the several months leading up to the announcement, hundreds of companies in the fields of security, Web 2.0, software, hardware, life sciences, cloud, mobile and others completed their submissions to qualify for the award.
Shahab Choudhry, Co-Founder and Partner of Propelics, will present Propelics' winning strategies at the Red Herring North America Forum in Monterey, Calif., May 14 to 16, 2014. The Top 100 winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony the evening of May 16 at the event.
About Propelics
Propelics is a leading provider of Enterprise Mobile Strategy Services, Mobile Advisory Services, and Mobile Application Services to some of the world's largest brands. Headquartered in San Jose, the company has over 60 years of combined leadership experience working with customers to enable their mobile strategy. For more information, visit www.propelics.com or connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn and Vimeo.
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