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An RI Exclusive, Oliver Stone's Full Moscow Interview On Russia and Ukraine
The iconic film maker totally nails it, understands Russia and Ukraine better than the whole US media combined
Oliver Stone, one of America's most celebrated film makers, was in Moscow in September, working on his upcoming biopic of Edward Snowden and a new documentary about the Ukraine catastrophe.
He gave this long interview to a major Russian newspaper. Small parts of it have been published in English elsewhere, but we got our hands on the original transcript, and are delighted to share it with you here, in full, for the first time.
n the interview, Stone slams America's foreign policy, media and historical revisionism.
Stone is a remarkable phenomenon on the American cultural scene. Best known for a slew of iconic films like Wall Street, Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July , he has also created many films that are harshly critical of the US – about the JFK assassination, 9/11, US funded terrrorism in Latin America, Richard Nixon, Vietnam, corruption on Wall Street, and Cuba. He is an ardent defender of Edward Snowden, which is why he's making a movie about him.
He is an outspoken and relentless critic of much that is wrong with America today.
His latest film, which aired in the US in 2012, is a 10-part documentary about the history of the US since WW2, which he describes as the most important thing he has ever done. In the film, he seeks to debunk what he sees as lies which are widely taught to Americans, and largely accepted as true. The series will air on Russian television in the near future.
This is an extraordinary interview. We agree wholeheartedly with most of what he says. We found ourselves wondering, how is it possible, that this man, not a professional journalist or historian, understands what is going on in Ukraine and Russia and the mess the US has gotten itself into, better than the combined western media and Washington policy makers?
One reason is that he gets his news from blogs, not from the mainstream media.
We pulled what we thought were some of the best quotes from the article. Sorry for the long list, there were just so many of them!
- "We are hurting … ourselves. Russia will find new partners in the East and Eurasia. … Russia will go on with or without sanctions."
- "Today it is impossible to get the truth from [the American media]."
- "And now with the crisis in Ukraine stories continue to be false… (the) American people are being fed by television and other media with stories about Russian aggression. This is very dangerous."
- "In my opinion, Russia is a natural ally of the United States…. it's a shame."
- "I think many Americans would agree with me that the United States is on the wrong path – the path of war and aggression."
- "America is trying to surround China and Russia. The prize in this fight is Eurasia where the biggest resources lie."
- "The people in Washington feel that we have a right to rule the world, and so it's in our interest to destabilize Russia: divide Ukraine, to change the government in Moscow. It started a few years ago. Remove Putin, remove new Russia, and then go after China."
- "I'm working with Ukrainian producers who are making a documentary 'Ukraine on fire' about the history of the crisis in that country."
- "When Putin took the Snowden decision or, for example, when he made an offer to destroy chemical weapons in Syria, he really helped the world and contributed to the peace on our planet."
- "I'm working on a drama about Edward Snowden. … We hope to start shooting early next year and have it out by the end of 2015…I met [Snowden] in Moscow, as well as with many other people around this situation."
- "Russians have a completely different point of view on the First and the Second World Wars. Americans don't understand a lot of the history of these wars …I care very much about teaching history to younger people."
- "The crisis in Ukraine in some way is as serious to me as the Cuba crisis in 1961-62 years and the Berlin situation. It's scary to me."
- "In my opinion, the Russian destruction of most of the German military machine saved at least a million American lives."
- "We had to thank the Russian for that, to be their allies and to trust them. But President Truman and business elite in Wall Street hadn't a single moment of thanks. American bankers and the rich have always hated Russia."
- "In 2008…I just felt so depressed about what was happening to the United States – my country that I love. Bush distorted everything I believed in as a child and as a young man. I began to study American history…"
- "…the United States had misrepresented the spirit in which Gorbachev made the agreement with Bush on the reunification of Germany, the expansion of NATO and others…"
- "The United States is a strange country. Studying its history one can come to a conclusion that it always needs an enemy, whether it's a communism or something else."
- "The United States wanted to make Russia a capitalist country, sending its experts, so-called Harvard boys, who advised and freed up economy. And the result was a gangster economy."
- "Taking back the state back from the hands of the gangsters was a very important move for Russia. On that basis I certainly admire Putin as a strong man."
- "People in Moscow … have a deep soul, and when you spend time with them, you realize that they are warm and giving people. Certainly it's not the picture painted of Russia or Putin. I like Russian people."
- "I understand why Putin could not give up Crimea. Western institutions – EU, NATO, IMF – would like to have influence, run and control Ukraine."
- "It is the United States that is invasive and pushing constantly the limits of patience of Russia, as it was with NATO's eastward expansion. It's a very dangerous situation."
- "For a man who went to war McCain seems to have learned nothing. In my mind he was on the wrong side of every political decision the United States made since the Vietnam war. I think something is wrong with him."
- "The United States never experienced war, we don't know how devastating is it. … We go and bring harm to others, militarize countries and regions."
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He was identified Friday by the Defense Department as 44-year-old Maj. Philip D. Ambard. He was assigned to the 460th Space Communications Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo.
The airmen and a civilian contractor killed in a meeting at the Kabul airport were trainers and advisers for the Afghan air force.


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Konesoitto was established in July 2013 to serve Finnish-speaking home studio and digital music making enthusiasts in Finland. Slowly the readership has increased, and the site now has on average 350 weekly visitors.
In recent months there has been an increase in page views from outside of Finland. Coincidentally, I have been entertaining ideas of publishing some articles in English, since Finland is a small market, and there is a limited audience for this type of material.
If you are a non-Finnish speaker, could you take the time to say hi in the comments, and tell a little bit about how you ended up here, and what you were looking for.
I've decided to run a little experiment. During the month of March (starting a week from now) I will be publishing only English-language posts. If you like then, and would like that to continue, please tell others about this resource by sharing the site link on Twitter, Facebook and so on.


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Pharmaceutical firms frequently need to defend their market position against rivals' competitive strategy. Threats to leading therapies can come in many forms:
Pharmaceutical firms frequently need to defend their market position against rivals' competitive strategy. Threats to leading therapies can come in many forms:
Topics: Competitive Intelligence, Fuld + Company, Pharma, Healthcare, Life Cycle Management, Life Sciences, Competitive Strategy
Case studies are a curious animal. Everyone thinks they're important, but no one wants to write them, and, apart from the headlines, people don't really read them. They just want to know what was the challenge, what was done, how successful it was.
So at Fuld, we're introducing something new: the microinfographic case study. It's like the quick summary from a 3-5 page case study, with illustrations.
Topics: Competitive Intelligence, Brand Insights, Fuld + Company, Innovation, Pharma, Healthcare, Life Cycle Management, Life Sciences, Product Positioning, Competitive Strategy
Jim Mongiardo has had a fascinating career to date. He has run a string of medical and biotech companies over the past 25 years. He is a quick study. More important – and the reason he has succeeded so often – he quickly learns the business boundaries for each company he has managed and how to push those boundaries as far as he reasonably can. It takes smarts to learn operational, investment and regulatory boundaries. It takes courage to understand when you have reached your limits.
Immediately following his graduation from Harvard Law School, Mongiardo started out as a litigator in the New Jersey state court system but soon grew restless. He wanted to try his hand at business. Finding a job at Schering-Plough (merging with Merck & Company in 2009) he entered a management training program and soon to become head of marketing for Schering's Over the Counter and Prescription Drug business.
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After unprecedented M&A activity in the last 20 years in Big Pharma, the trend of devolution isn't just a topic that became popularised in Scotland. The pharmaceutical industry seems to be experiencing a similar trend. From the spin-off of AbbVie from Abbott in 2012 to Baxter's specialised medicines spin-off, Baxalta, last month, the trend seems to be continuing. It continues with the swap of Novartis's non-influenza vaccines business for the bulk of GSK's oncology portfolio.
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When in April this year the FDA accepted Celltrion's filing for Remsima, the biosimilar Infliximab, patients and healthcare professionals in the United States were excited by the potential of a cheaper alternative to the expensive Remicade, an FDA approved tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), psoriasis, Crohn's disease (CD), and ulcerative colitis (UC) . However, a couple of weeks before the anticipated advisory committee, the FDA postponed discussions for an unknown date, requesting more information from Celltrion. Meanwhile, the excitement died down.
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A few weeks ago, I attended the Association for Strategic Planning (ASP) annual conference in Tysons Corner, VA. As this was my first entrée into the organization, I was excited to increase my strategy knowledge and skills, and take advantage of the various presentations. From the keynote speakers to the individual breakout sessions one thing was clear: without a defined strategy roadmap, one's strategy is destined for a less then optimal outcome.
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Thinking about the future is hard, mainly because we are glued to the present. Daniel Kahneman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist and author of Thinking, Fast and Slow, observed that decision makers get stuck in a memory loop and can only predict the future as a reflection of the past. He labels this dynamic the "narrative fallacy" – you see the future as merely a slight variation on yesterday's news. A way around this fallacy, we've found, is a speed-dating version of scenario planning, one that takes hours rather than months.
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For many CEOs, driving their companies to be first-to-market is at the center of their strategy – and for good reason. According to innovation guru and Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen in his groundbreaking book, The Innovator's Dilemma, first movers in new or emerging markets have a distinct advantage over their rivals. Will Ethridge, former CEO of Pearson Education North America, a global education services company, appreciates Christensen's concepts but disagrees – at least in part – with Christensen's almost unconditional view of first mover advantage.
"I often believe it is useful being first-to-market – when it works – because you're ahead of the market," says Ethridge. "However, in certain circumstances it's often better to be second or third to market."
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Alas, American baseball's season will soon come to an end. The song most recognized as this sport's national anthem is "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," sung in most stadiums midway through the seventh inning. Almost everyone knows this song's chorus but almost no one realizes that it has a back story, found in the opening stanzas of lyricist Jack Norworth's 1927 version. Those stanzas have mysteriously vanished from today's version - stanzas that tell you what motivated the heartfelt words we all know:
Topics: Competitive Intelligence, New Market Entry, Pharma, Life Cycle Management
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Once in a blue moon, a brainstorming session produces an idea that is so blindingly good that people wonder not only "why aren't we doing that already?" but even: "why isn't everyone?" As someone who helps businesses conduct "war games" to inform their strategy-making, I suppose I see these moments more than most people; the whole point of these exercises is to devise new marketplace forays and anticipate competitive responses. But still, they are very rare.
Topics: Early Warning Monitoring, Innovation, Life Cycle Management
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As far as modern-day business administration is concerned, innovation is identified as a necessary business function. Those who stay away from this concept are also getting naturally attracted towards it overtime as this becomes essential at one point or other in today's fast-paced business environment.
Putting applicable innovation strategies into place is essential for businesses to meet the unique needs of the market and to stay ahead in tight competition. It is the right balance of creativity and innovation, which propel any business to secure its place in the global market.
Even though these principles are clearly understood to the thought leaders, many of them do not take steps to implement a proper innovative program. If you want to take this initiative at least now, here we will discuss a few basic aspects of effective innovation program administration.
Start from the employee level
In order to develop a structured competitive drive, any organization must look down to their employees first and try to implement a corporate innovation program from the lowest level. Positioning it this way, an organization can naturally nurture a culture of innovation internally, which can bring forth collective creativity in terms of developing new products, better services, and also enhanced the business strategies.
Focus on the other end too
When the primary focus of a corporate innovation program is on employees, the change agents also should work parallely on the other end too at the leadership level. The leaders also should take initiatives to create a rewarding environment, which supports creativity and innovation from within.
On the contrary, one big mistake organizations used to commit during times of the expansion process is failing to realize the benefits of having an innovation strategy ready. Such a move may surely stagnate the growth and pull them back in the cutting edge business competition.
Maintain a proper direction
As we say the change must begin at top whereas the culture innovation must be spread to the bottom line, innovation programs may still fail if there no proper direction. On trying to nurture innovation as a culture, it may surely take time for this change as this process is developmental and will take time to assist in idea generation and real delivery.
So, a clearly focused sense of direction should be implemented, which will allow the businesses to deliver the most efficient services and products in their line of expertise. A clear directive will also help create a dimension to the organizational performance, which will lead to new ideas in terms of cost effective and time saving product development.
Open communication as the simplest mode
Another simplest mode of innovation strategy, which was always found to be beneficial in organizational setting is maintaining an open communication policy between the employees and management. This is identified as the most straightforward and simplest mode of participatory management, in which the employees can raise their opinions and ideas with an opportunity to directly get involved in the middle and upper level management.
Regardless of the nature of organization, it is very important that businesses should rightly identify the value of such programs to foster innovation, through which they can bring their top products and services to the marketplace.


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The sacred and the profane envelop three historic Martha Graham dance allegories on view through Saturday at the Museum of Contemporary Art Theater. But during this rare engagement by the Martha Graham Dance Company, now in its 80th season, those spiritual and earthier notions reveal themselves in unexpected places.
In a program that feels like a living art installation, with each piece highlighting the late modern-dance icon Graham's partnership with sculptor Isamu Noguchi, "Appalachian Spring" (1944) has the most reverent quality. Yet its subject, the promise of a still-untapped American frontier, is decidedly earthy. The most sexually charged dance dramas, "Embattled Garden" (1958) and "Errand into the Maze" (1947), take their inspiration from the Book of Genesis and Greek mythology.


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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Grandchildren having a Christmas tea party:)
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Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone has a wonderful day with friends and family and lots of good food! I am going to my moms. Every year she asks me to bring chips and dip. I wonder if it's because she doesn't like my cooking?
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My daughter recently informed me she is expecting her fourth child! She has two handsome boys and a lovely daughter, so I am sure her 4th child will be just as wonderful! Here is a photo of her little ones.
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O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
Have a safe and fun 4th everybody!
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The main setting for our campaign will be the kingdom of Albirion. It is a relatively young kingdom. The reigning king, Aldric II, is only the fourth sovereign in the kingdom's founding dynasty.
Albirion lies along the west coast of a massive continent, bordering the Great Sea. To the north are the Grimpeaks, an impassible range of snowcapped mountains. To the east is the much older kingdom of Leonis. To the far south is the vast Saralyn Empire. To the west, off the coast of the mainland, is the island Norbelkyn.
Since ancient times, Albirion had been inhabited by a great variety of different sorts of people. In the southern lowlands, the Briants were an ambitious people, giving a great deal of focus to building towns, establishing trade, and acquiring wealth. In the northern highlands, the Kints were a more pastoral people, valuing family and a quiet life, but fiercely territorial. In the deep woods of Albirion dwelled the Grinsfolk, a secluded, distrustful people who lived close to nature. In the far north, in the harsh environment of the Grimpeaks, lived the Tulag, a fierce people who were nearly giant-like in stature.
All of these people worshiped, to one degree or another, the Three Good Siblings – the sisters Melora and Sehanine, along with their brother Corellon. These three were deities of different aspects of nature and were also associated with magic and the fea. The Kints also worshiped a god named Moradin, perhaps a deified ancestor, who called for his worshipers to demonstrate tenacity, along with loyalty to family and clan. Alongside the Three, the Tulag also worship the Raven Queen, a cruel mistress of winter and death.
One hundred years ago, Aldric I was a young lord of the Briants. However, his mother was a Leonine lady, and she taught him much of the old traditions of her people. Among these teachings were the tenants of the Church of Pelor, the god of light. Aldric grew up on tales of Pelor's exarches, noble beings that had achieved greatness in their earthly lives and had ascended to the eternal service of Pelor upon their death. Two that made the greatest impression were Bahamut, the Platinum Dragon, and Erathis, the First Queen of Leonis. Bahamut was a champion of justice and righteousness, while Erathis had famously united disparate peoples in the cause of forwarding civilization. Distressed by the unending conflict in the land of Albirion, Aldric determined that he would unite the various tribes into a single nation under his banner. He would rule this nation by the principles of Pelor and his exarches.
There was a bloody war with the Kints, but eventually Aldric won the respect of their high chieftain who swore allegiance to Aldric, thus uniting their peoples. Skirmishes were fought with the Grinsfolk in their forests and the Tulag in the foothills of their mountain home. Faced with the combined might of the Briants and the Kints, these less numerous tribes soon bent the knee to Aldric as well.
King Aldric declared the Church of Pelor as the state religion, and all worship of the Three Good Siblings, or practice of the primal and arcane powers sometimes invoked by such devotions, became punishable as heresy. Moradin was adopted as an exarch of Pelor to appease the Kints. While nobody dares to openly worship the Three anymore, the Grinsfolk and the Tulag still practice the old ways in their secluded homes.
Since the end of the Unity War, the kings of Albirion have worked hard to build a strong alliance with the kingdom of Leonis. They've constructed a royal castle and a great cathedral in the Albirion capital of Brentlian, both built in the style of Leonine architecture. They've made the capital a bustling center of trade and commerce. Briant lords have married their sons and daughters to Leonine nobles in an effort to solidify this connection. Leonine nobles still regard the Albirion royalty as rustic, country cousins, but their respect is gradually increasing as Albirion grows in strength and influence by leaps and bounds with each new generation. Besides, since Albirion possesses abundant natural resources and a prime location for seafaring commerce, the Leonine nobles can hardly afford to ignore them.
To the west, on the island of Norbelkyn, the fierce seafaring warriors called the Nolds have been a thorn in the side of the Kints for time immemorial. They continue to raid Kint ports and fishing villages, though with less regularity, since the Kints have gained their Briant allies. In the south, the Nolds can sometimes be seen visiting Briant port towns as legitimate traders. The Nolds are tolerated, although there is still much bad blood between them and the people of Albirion. Not lending anything to their tenuous alliance is the fact that they worship their own pantheon of gods, chief among which is Kord, a god of storms and battle.
Far to the south is the distant Saralyn Empire. These dark-skinned foreigners have only recently begun to appear in Albirion, looking to trade their exotic goods and entertainment. Everyone is suspicious of them, but none can deny their foreign allure. The Saralyn do not worship deities, per se, but they do make deals with desert spirits they call djinn in order to gain power.


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Wattpad doubles engagement in 2013, with 41 billion minutes spent on the platform
TORONTO, CANADA--(Marketwired - Jan. 6, 2014) - Today, Wattpad, the world's largest community of readers and writers, announced that the company more than doubled engagement from 2012 to 2013. In a release of 2013 data, the company notes that the community spent more than 41 billion minutes on the platform, with users under 25 accounting for the majority of time spent on Wattpad.
In 2013 teens and young adults searched for new social channels to provide them with anonymity without sacrificing their personal connections with others. While use on other social networks that require real identity has plateaued, Wattpad continues to see year-over-year growth among 13-25 year olds. On Wattpad, this generation does more than merely consume content, they participate in the creation, remixing and sharing of stories.
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Lord Crickhowell: My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Mason, speaks with vast authority on these matters. The House will understand why we miss his formidable contribution to the affairs of the NRA.
I do not need to add much to what the noble Lord said about the five-year gap before the removal of the defence afforded by Section 89 of the Water Resources Act 1991. He quoted the comments of my noble friend Lord Ullswater on 31st January. He did not quote an introductory remark by my noble friend, when he said that the decision:
The noble Lord, Lord Mason, spoke of the impact and the financial implications and whether that was a good reason for acting. However, we are faced with a dilemma. While there are clearly financial implications, if this measure is of great significance as a means of improving the quality of discharges, then one needs a good reason for delaying its introduction. The delay causes me concern.
There are other matters which also worry me. My noble friend Lord Strathclyde, speaking as long ago as 26th April 1994, made it clear that the Coal Authority will be the owner of abandoned mines throughout Great Britain irrespective of when they may have been worked. There comes a point when the Coal Authority takes over responsibility. But, as the noble Lord, Lord Williams of Elvel, reminded us, there are not only coal mines to worry about, there are also metalliferous mines. He said that metalliferous mines could be just as polluting as coal mines. In reality they may well cause greater pollution. Our experience, certainly for example with the Wheal Jane tin mine, is that the "nasties" that they release may be a great deal nastier than those normally experienced with coal mines.
There is a serious anxiety to be addressed here. If the Coal Authority is to pick up the responsibility for coal mines it is by no means clear where responsibility for metalliferous mines is to lie or from where the resources for dealing with the problem are to come.
While it may be important that the removal of the defence is postponed for five years, there is a longer-term problem which also needs to be addressed. The Bill does not give the agency any new powers to require action to be taken to deal with already abandoned mines or mines that may be abandoned up to the year 2000. Essentially, the agency will have to continue to rely on the existing legislation and on non-statutory memorandums of understanding.
We need an answer to the question as to what route the Government think should be taken to deal with old, orphaned metalliferous mines. I do not pretend that it is an easy problem. The costs can be very great, as we discovered with Wheal Jane. It would at least be helpful if we had some indication from the Government as to how they think the problem might be tackled.
There is also one further issue which concerns me. It is the relationship of the legislation we are proposing to put in place with the directives of the European Union. Perhaps I would test my noble friend a little severely if I asked him to give me an immediate answer, but I should be grateful if at some stage he could say what is the legal position with regard to the dangerous substances and ground water directives. It is by no means clear to me whether coal or metalliferous mines are exempted from those directives. If they are not, how is it that the Government can allow the exemptions from the Water Resources Act to continue until the end of the century? It seems possible at least that the Government are opening themselves to the risk of challenge in the European Court. It is therefore not just a question of a gap. There is the real possibility of a conflict between our own and the European legislative position.
These are difficult issues. We have to face the fact that the costs of dealing with the problems can be great. I would be the first to argue that we have to choose our priorities, and to choose them with care. I do not for one moment argue that the new agency, or the Government, should be expected to rush in to deal with the discharge from every closed mine. There are mines which have been discharging discolouring water, often for centuries, without causing serious damage. Indeed, there are red rivers all around this country and the world. There are great companiesI refer to Rio-Tinto Zincnamed for that very reason. However, specific rivers which are affected by coal mine closure, and other metalliferous rivers, involve a very real threat and danger. We need some indication from the Government on how they intend to address the problems.
I conclude by reminding the House that the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde, took us a considerable step forward in giving the commitments that he gave at an earlier stage about the role of the coal authority and the role that the Government envisage for the coal authority in tackling mines that have been abandoned.
The Earl of Onslow: My Lords, I wish to muse for a small moment of time on the contrast between exemptions given to disused mines and the absolute offence of the pollution of a river by a private person or
Baroness Hamwee: My Lords, in supporting the group of amendments, I make one comment. The Government took a welcome step forward on the last day of the Report stage when dealing with environmental costs and benefits. They accepted that in that context costs include costs to the environment and not only the cash costs to individuals. It would be helpful and welcome if that principle could be applied to this serious issue. The Government's thinking having moved forward, I hope that the particular as well as the general provision will illustrate that.
Lord Peyton of Yeovil: My Lords, I have no idea what my noble friend will say in reply to the debate. However, I hope that the words spoken by the noble Lord, Lord Mason, will receive particular attention. Those who live in the mining areas have strong feelings. Whatever difficulties the Government may have, or however the Government may feel, those who live in the mining areas feel that they have been treated shabbily and that their interests have not been taken into account. If I may say so, I thought that the noble Lord, Lord Mason, put the point with great restraint and effectively. I very much hope that his words will be carefully weighed.
Viscount Ullswater: My Lords, we have leapt from an amendment on the definition of contaminated land, which the noble Lord, Lord Williams, moved to redefine abandoned coal mines as contaminated land, into abandoned mine provisions which are the subject of Clause 55. Although I should like to reply to the noble Lord, Lord Mason, and to my noble friend Lord Crickhowell, it would probably be as well not to go into too much detail because we shall go over the issue substantially on the amendment in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Williams, and the noble Baroness, Lady Hilton, on abandoned mines.
Lord Williams of Elvel: My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt. However, if the House proposes to accept the amendment, we shall not move those amendments. I regard the group as a package.
Viscount Ullswater: My Lords, my noble friend Lord Crickhowell indicated from my remarks at Committee stage that the provisions in Clause 57 represented a significant step. Coal owners have had the exemption now enshrined in the Water Resources Act 1991 since 1875. Therefore to end an exemption is quite a significant step. People have relied on that exemption for 120 years. That is one of the reasons why the amount of time is considered to be important: that we should not make such change right away but allow a certain amount of time for the industry to get used to the change in values.
The amendments moved by the noble Lord, Lord Williams, would affect the potential overlap between these contaminated land provisions and the separate legislation concerning water pollution from abandoned mines.
As noble Lords may be aware, Clause 57 removes, for mines abandoned after 31st December 1999, the defence against prosecution and the exemption from recovery of costs by the agency in cases where polluting water is permitted to flow from an abandoned mine.
It was no part of the Government's intention that the current clause, establishing the contaminated land powers, would have the effect of removing the existing defence and exemption which apply in the circumstances. However, that appears to have been the inadvertent result of the existing provisions in the Bill, and the Government will be bringing forward an amendment at a later date to rectify this.
The amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Williams, would point in the opposite direction, however. Not only would they remove outright the existing defence and exemption, they would also provide that any abandoned mine would be treated as contaminated land as a matter of definition, no matter when it was abandoned. This would apply regardless of whether the mine was actually causing, or likely to cause, significant harm or the pollution of controlled waters. However, it would still place local authorities under a duty to serve remediation notices in respect of those mines.
This somewhat strange provision would then just as strangely lapse at the end of 1999, when the existing defence and exemption concerning permitting water from abandoned mines to enter controlled waters ceases to have effect for any mines abandoned after that date.
Instead of removing the statutory protections from 31st December 1999 in cases where water is permitted to flow from an abandoned mine, Amendments Nos. 170 and 174 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hilton, would instead remove them for mines abandoned after 1st January 1996.
We consider that removal of the defence and the exemption will contribute towards the control of pollution from mines which are abandoned in the future. It is, however, a significant change which may create new potential liabilities and also has practical implications for existing owners and operators of mines. It is also possible that some land values will have taken account of the existence of the statutory protections. For those reasons we have allowed a period for adjustment in setting the date for their removal.
The noble Lord, Lord Mason of Barnsley, commented on the impact of Clause 57 on the proceeds from the privatisation of the coal industry. I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving me an opportunity to correct the impression that has been gained from the financial memorandum. It is obviousI do not for a moment attempt to deny itthat proposing new legal liabilities affecting mine owners and operators in particular could have an adverse effect on privatisation and proceeds. Equally, it is obvious that the impact is likely to be larger if the industry is given less time to adapt to those new legal provisions.
However, the memorandum should not be read as meaning that this was the only or even the principal reason for choosing 31st December 1999 as the date after which the amended regime would take effect. But to lay to rest any suggestion that the Government have
As regards the consequences for the water environment, the report is to be based on consultation with the appropriate regulator, the agencies or the present bodies. The operator then has to take all steps necessary to ensure that the mine can be returned to the authority in a satisfactory condition; that is, a condition which does not expose the authority to future liability. If necessary, the operator would have to make an appropriate payment to the authority for any continuing cost before he could relinquish the lease. Any fair-minded person will agree that those measures, which are the basis on which the mines were privatised, anticipate to a large degree the new responsibilities which will be introduced with more general effect through the Government's proposals in the Bill. Consequently, any remaining impact on privatisation must be small.
The noble Lord, Lord Mason, said that he believed that the pollution from coal mines affected a considerable mileage of controlled waters. I am sure that my noble friend Lord Crickhowell would confirm that the latest NRA survey shows that pollution from abandoned mines currently affects only 1.5 per cent. of river length in England and Wales, and that only 0.5 per cent. is polluted by abandoned coal mines. So my noble friend's supposition is right. Pollution from other metalliferous mines is more damaging than from coal mines, at least on a percentage basis of the waters.
I understand the anxiety put forward by my noble friend Lord Peyton that these are important matters. We would not wish to minimise the problems. However, I have indicated that the steps we propose to take are significant and I suspect that we shall discuss them later this evening. We need to consider what my noble friend Lord Crickhowell said about the EC directives on dangerous substances and groundwater. We need to ensure that we do not fall foul of directives. However, I indicated that I do not wish to accept the amendment proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Williams, because of the difficulties it poses. I therefore ask him to withdraw it.
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Back to the Basics: Training and Education
Timing may be perfect to return to the classroom.
In lean times, training and education can be the fine line between making a profit or not. After all, all other things being equal, the shop that can turn around the highest-quality job and do so most efficiently is the one that will continue to get the lion's share of business.
And the best way to ensure your shop is producing quality, efficient work is to reinforce critical areas of training and education-in essence, reinstituting the basics of a continuous learning process throughout the operation. After all, it's never too late to teach an old dog the newest tricks, or to remind the young pups about some old ones.
All across the graphic-arts market, the various players-manufacturers and suppliers, associations, tradeshows-seem to be recognizing the import of training and education. So, not coincidentally, the timing is perfect for the smart print provider to hit the classroom, even if it's a virtual one. The mix of educational opportunities that are available has never been better.
From the horse's mouth
Let's look first at what manufacturers and suppliers are offering up in the way of training and education. As you might suspect, some of what's offered here is company- and product-centric, but many companies are now partnering with other manufacturers, suppliers, and end users to provide existing and prospective customers with a broader range of knowledge and expertise. The list of companies that follows is by no means comprehensive, but it is a good sampling across the board of what's available to print providers.
Cyrcon Cyrious users conference: Typically held in the spring on-site before the International Sign Expo, the annual Cyrious Users Conference (www.cyrious.com) comprises product-specific training, user-led roundtable discussions, expert user speakers, and info on new product features and enhancements. The 2009 event will be held in Las Vegas.
Dscoop conference: Founded by HP Indigo users and the HP Indigo company team, Dscoop (www.dscoop.org) is a user-driven community for Indigo owners and users. The group's annual conference brings together Indigo users from around the world for educational sessions that cover business/sales, technical matters, labeling/packaging, multidisciplinary sessions, and more.
EFI Connect users conference: EFI's annual event allows users to test-drive products, discuss industry trends, network with peers, and, of course, attend educational sessions (more than 160 at last count). The most recent Connect conference (www.efi.com) offered extended classroom sessions, expanded computer lab times, and added specialty tracks so attendees could have a focused day on a specific discipline within the industry.
ECM 2008-Extreme Color Management: Presented by the Color Management Group (www.colormanagement.com), the consortium of consultant-based resellers, this event offers an array of educational sessions designed to provide information and insights into the newest color-management techniques and technologies. Specific sessions include: "The Metrics of Color," "Workflow: Up and Running," and "Color Management's Uncharted Territory." In addition, a track has been set up to help managers make decisions about implementing color-management techniques. The event takes place September 16-17 in New Orleans. The Color Management Group also offers a variety of webinars as well as self-paced color-management courses.
HP Knowledge Center: Via its online Knowledge Center, HP's Large-Format Printing Workshops (www.hp.com) offer step-by-step tutorials on topics ranging from creating banners to developing backlit displays. The site also provides creative workflow videos that demonstrate how users move from concept to creation for various applications.
Ideal Large-Format Scanning Webinars: Ideal (www.ideal.com) offers three categories of webinars hitting on the topic of large-format scanning. Its Educational Webinars are open to all users and cover large-format topics such as "introduction to" presentations, overviews of various technology, and general tips and tricks. The company also offers Online Software Demonstrations and Dealer Training Webinars.
LexJet Great Output seminar: Focusing on professional photographic and fine-art printing, in conjunction with Canon, the Great Output traveling seminar from LexJet (www.lexjet.com) hits the road in September and visits 20 cities across the country by the end of the tour. Instructor Tom Hauenstein will address quality color management (calibrating, profiling, soft proofing), efficient workflows, and innovative print applications (including how and when to enter new markets), as well as provide demonstrations of the Canon imageProGraf printer.
In mid-August, LexJet hosted an open house and technology demonstration at the company's technology center in Sarasota, Florida; the event was designed to showcase "the latest technology available in wide-format printing," and featured every component of the digital printing process, including sneak previews of products and equipment not yet released to the industry.
MacTac Introductory Vehicle Wrap Seminars: Through its Application Nation program (www.theapplicationnation.com), MacTac has teamed up with Rob Ivers Inc. (www.robivers.com) for two-day vehicle-wrap seminars around the country throughout 2008. Seminar topics include vehicle-design theory; vehicle and vinyl-prep techniques, application techniques for complex curves, correcting failures/problems; finishing the job; removal; and vehicle-wrap products. The September event takes place in Chicago and the company reports it may add events in Orlando (November) and in North Carolina (December); it plans to again offer the seminars in 2009.
Mutoh open house: In late August, Mutoh (www.mutoh.com) held an open house with a green theme, "How to Go Green and Make Money," at the company's facility in Phoenix. The event focused on producing prints while protecting the environment and simultaneously increasing profits. Attendees were able to participate in in-depth sessions on the production and installation of vehicle wraps, as well as operate software, design and print, and see demonstrations on a number of special applications. Several Mutoh partners were on hand, including: EFI-Inkware, Korographics, Onyx Graphics, Neschen Americas, ST Media (parent company of The Big Picture magazine), 3M, Ultraflex, and Xanita.
Nazdar Consulting Services: Nazdar's training branch, Nazdar Consulting Services (www.nazdarconsulting.com) offers training such as Lean Six Sigma, G7 Certification, and Chromatix Color Control, designed to improve the productivity, quality and profitability of digital and screen printers. New seminars will include "Green Understanding and Implementation;" "49CFR Hazardous Material Training" (covering the basic skills needed to prepare, offer, and accept domestic shipments of hazardous materials); and "Improve Your IQ (Image Quality)," designed to provide users with information on how to implement color management, regardless of the printing process. Next year's classes will be announced in the fall of 2008.
New Vision: A subsidiary of Tekgraf, New Vision (www.newvisionservices.net) provides certified classroom training for a variety of products, including HP, Onyx, and others at its Greenville, South Carolina location. The company also offers an On Site & Custom training program. Its "Prints in Motion" multi-city training tour in 2008 was designed to educate print and signage vendors on how they can use solvent-printing and wrap-application services to grow their businesses. Each day-long event featured a live car wrap installation from start to finish as well as printing, finishing, and cutting demonstrations.
Roland University: Roland University offers end-user and dealer workshops for each of its product lines, featuring hands-on instruction by industry experts. In 2008, the workshops include: Born to Wrap Workshop, focusing on vehicle graphics; X-Rite Roland Color Workshop, a one-day workshop that hits on step-by-step color management strategies to help users increase productivity, avoid common pitfalls, and experience better color output; and Productivity Workshop, a one-day event to help users establish a consistent color workflow between graphics applications and Roland VersaWorks.
In addition, Roland's Express Dealer Open House is touring the country in 2008, allowing users to experience Roland wide-format printers, printer/cutters, and more. Remaining tour venues in 2008 include: Laurel, Maryland (August 20); Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (August 21); Clearwater, Florida (October 3-4); and Pompano Beach, Florida (October 4).
3M Graphics Resources Video Library: 3M makes an array of online videos available to print providers through its Graphic Solutions page on its website. Titles and topics range from "Turn Textured Surfaces into Prime Real Estate" and "Complex Contour Applications: Vehicles" to "Advertise 24/7: Fleet and Vehicle Graphics" and "Wall Graphic Application."
X-Rite: X-Rite (www.xrite.com) and Pantone are presenting "Color Control Freak" seminars, one-day events designed to provide in-depth look at color, its value in the design process, and reproduction techniques, throughout the year. Attendees learn how to: collect, build, and specify color that remains consistent from screen to print; effectively communicate color with clients; use palette-building software tools to select and build reproducible color palettes; work with RGB, CMYK, and spot-color systems; ensure better screen-to-print matching; calibrate the monitor to improve color editing; use in-house printers for accurate prints and proofs; and do color-management setup in Adobe CS2 and CS3.
Off the tradeshow floor
You're already going to a tradeshow, so why not add an educational component to your itinerary? Yes, this can provide "one-stop shopping," but it also can set up a "what's more important" scenario in which a print provider must choose between visiting the shop floor or focusing on education-particularly if the education events are held during expo hours. In this case, look for events that provide training before or after show-floor hours, or simply ensure that you book enough days at the event. Plus, keep in mind that some associations hosting tradeshows-notably ISA and SGIA-also offer webinars through their websites as well as workshops and seminars at various locales.
Graph Expo: Graph Expo (www.gasc.org) will offer 70 educational seminars in Chicago's McCormick Place South, October 26-29. Key major seminar topics include Digital, Sustainability, Color Management, Production, and Sales. For more information, see page 6.
ISA Discovery Seminar Series: The annual ISA Sign Expo (www.signexpo.org) offers its Discovery Seminar Series, which provides a panoply of interactive forums, hands-on workshops, and seminars that hit on digital imaging, industry applications, legislative regulations, and management as well as sales and marketing. The 2009 Sign Expo will take place April 15-18 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.
ISA also offers a variety of webinars via the association's home site (www.signs.org), including: "Color Management," "Legal Rights of Sign Users," and others. Its On the Road Series of seminars addresses various topics in locales across the country, including: "Strategies of Estimating," "Hiring the Right Person," "Hands-on Electrical Troubleshooting" and more.
PhotoPlus Expo: Geared toward image capture, PhotoPlus Expo (www.photoplusexpo.com) offers attendees more than 100 seminars and hands-on workshops. The event is held October 23-25 at Jacob Javits Center in New York City.
PMA 09: The 2009 edition of the PMA (www.pmai.org) event, held March 3-5 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, will feature more than 200 educational sessions designed specifically for digital imagers, professional labs, photographers, framers, and scrapbook retailers. The association also offers the 6Sight Conference (www.6sight.com), held November 18-20 in Monterey, California, with seminars such as "The Future of Cameras," "The Future of Lenses," "Geo Imaging," "Camera Phones," and others.
SGIA 08 Conference: The 2008 edition of the SGIA Expo (www.sgia.org) will feature more than 50 educational sessions over the course of the event's four days, October 15-18, in Atlanta. The sessions will be placed into four separate tracks: Digital Graphics, Garment Decoration, Production Management, Business Management, and Screen Graphics. Three free "Starter Sessions" will also be offered this year: "Introduction to Digital Imaging," "Purchasing Options," and "Screen Printing Basics." SGIA also makes available an array of webinars ("Digital Imaging 101," "Corporate Sustainability," "Breaking the Print Sales Barrier," etc.) via its website, and offers various workshops, which are held at its headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia.
Finely focused conferences and associations
Education-only conferences (no tradeshow component) allow the user to finely focus his or her attention on the subject at hand. Associations typically do the same. In both cases, there may be some limited type of exhibit space available (such a table top exhibits), but product exhibitions are generally not the focus of the event.
Color Management Conference: Hosted by PIA/GATF, the annual Color Management Conference (www.piagatfcolor.org) will be held December 7-9, 2008 in Phoenix. Specific session titles include: "Managing Spot Color Processes Across Different Printing Processes," "Best Practices for Successful Color Management," "When to Use a Color Consultant-and When to Do It Yourself," "What Breaks Color Management" and others.
At the Graphic Arts Information Network (GAIN, www.gain.net), sponsored by PIA/GATF, print providers can find an ongoing list of PIA/GATF seminars throughout the country as well as further sources of customized training.
Information Management Institute: Conference coordinator IMI (www.imi.maine.com) produces conferences designed to assist the digital-printing industry in understanding technology developments, markets, and applications requirements. US-based conferences include the Inkjet Printing Conference (winter 2009, locale not yet specified), the Toner & Toner Chemicals Conference (also winter 2009), the Security Printing Conference (November 17-19 in Baltimore). Earlier in 2008, IMI offered a week-long Digital Printing Summer Camp in Carrabassett Valley, Maine, as well as a score of other conferences.
IPA: The Association of Graphic Solutions Providers (www.ipa.org) offers webinars as well as conferences for pre-media professionals in the creative, corporate, print publishing, packaging, and in-plant sectors. Webinars (live as well as recorded) are offered in categories ranging from Graphics Workflow, Graphics Applications (software-specific), and Color Management to Business Improvement, Solution Selling, and Sustainability. The association's three conferences include: the IPA Technical Conference (June 8-10, Chicago); the Business Development Conference (January 28-30, Scottsdale, Arizona); and its CEO forum.
National Environmental Health & Safety Conference: The annual NESH conference (www.nehsconference.org) addresses the latest trends and updates on sustainability. Topics at the 2008 edition of the event included: "Learn to Comply with Regulations & Avoid Fines and Penalties," "Find Out How to Become a Sustainable Printer," "Update Your Hazmat Materials Transportation Certification," and "Discuss How HR Can Support Your EHS Initiatives." The 2009 event will be held March 16-18 in Indianapolis.
The Signage and Graphics Summit: The only event that brings together top-tier executives from high-volume digital-printing, sign, and screen-printing companies, the SGS event (www.signage
andgraphics.com) allows attendees to discuss common challenges, learn best practices, and explore new avenues for growth as these industries converge. The 2009 event, held January 26-28 at the Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego, will have a special emphasis on sustainability and lean-manufacturing issues. Specific sessions will include: "Sustainability for Competitive Advantage," "Lean Manufacturing in a Lean Economy," "Profiles in Sustainability," "Using Lean Ideas to Get Jobs to Production Faster," "Establishing a Leadership Culture," and others, plus the event's popular "SGS Buyers' Panel." The event is owned by ST Media Group, parent company to The Big Picture magazine.
WrapQuest: Hosted by the Professional Decal Application Association (PDAA, www.pdaa.com), WrapQuest '08 will be co-located with the SGIA Expo in the lobby of the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, October 15-18. The event will include vehicle-wrap demonstrations by PDAA Master Certified installers; after each demo, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and try out various manufacturers' films on different vehicles. Also new to WrapQuest '08 is the world's first WrapQuest Speed Championship, which will consist of daily short exhibitions among PDAA contestants.
Xplor Document University: XDU, from document-technology association Xplor International (www.xplor.org), offers more than 30 pre-recorded classes via its XDU Online division, and adds classes each month. The 2008 Xplor Document University Conference and Exhibition was co-located with the On Demand Conference in Boston and offered 20 courses on document printing and related topics.
Other training opportunities
There are a few other training opportunities out there as well. What follows are a handful of events and groups that don't neatly fit into the earlier categories.
CorelDraw Unleashed Boot Camp: A three-day training session in Cave Creek, Arizona, the CorelDraw Boot Camp (www.unleash.com) is designed to help users get the most out of CorelDraw and Corel PhotoPaint.
Graphic Communications Institute at Cal Poly: GrCi (http://grci.calpoly.edu) is an outreach effort of Cal Poly's Graphic Communication department, providing industry professionals with access to the university's resources via workshops, custom training programs, consulting, and research initiatives. Workshops for the printing and imaging industries are held on the Cal Poly campus in San Luis Obispo, California. Workshops in 2008-2009 include: "Sustaining the Printshop in a Greening World," "Lean Printing: Pathway to Success," "FSC Certification," "Flexo Bootcamp," and others.
Institute for Graphics and Imaging: Located in the Harry V. Quadracci Printing Education and Technology Center on the campus of the Waukesha County Technical College in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, IGI (www.igi.org) is dedicated to the development of workshops and training programs for printing companies, publishers, and related industries.
Prepress Training Solution: This online training and testing company (www.prepresstrainingsolution.com) offers subscription-based courses on prepress and graphics. Training is available 24/7 and takes place in a Web-based software simulator (Flash Player is required). Current courses include: "Color Management Theory," "Troubleshooting Digital Files," "ICC Profiling," "Soft Proofing," and a various application/software-specific courses (FlightCheck, Adobe Bridge, Dynagram, Creo Preps, etc).
Gregory Sharpless is editor/associate publisher of The Big Picture.


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Nothing, nothing is more comforting, more satisfying, more likely to cure what ails you than a hot bowl of buttery, cheesy polenta, except perhaps a hot bowl of buttery, cheesy polenta that you can divide in two and turn into a completely separate meal the following day.
If you've never made polenta, or haven't made it in a while, let me assure you that it's not difficult. A nonstick saucepan helps, if you have one, plus an apron, because it can sputter. Beyond that, it's essentially cornmeal mush, which makes it about as unfussy as these things go. You stay close by, you keep the heat lowish, you let it bubble, gurgle, sigh, and undulate in the pan, and about 25 minutes later, you have polenta. (It actually threatens to be ready sooner, but I really try to wait to pull it until the 25 minute mark. This gentle, slow cooking ensures a creamier result.)
Then, when it's nice and relaxed, just porridgey and mellow and open to just about anything, I'm very naughty and dump a whole bunch of cheddar cheese on it. I may also accidentally fold in a pat (or two) of butter. And dust it with black pepper. And toss in some spinach. And scallions. And you know what? If you happen to have some leftover pot roast (I did), it's just lovely hanging out on top. If not, the polenta's still great.
But here's the key. To extend the euphoria, you want to divide it in half right away, right now, because otherwise I swear you'll eat the whole thing in one swoop. (I know you.) Scrape half of it into a greased square brownie pan. Tomorrow, you shall fry up this second batch, and you shall eat it with eggs.
But today, today is for you. Grab a spoon. Sink it in the still-soft polenta. Isn't that nice?
The sun, shining outside until moments ago, is suddenly here. First in your saucepan, then on your spoon, and now, finally, in you.
Good job, cowboy.
Cheddar Scallion Polenta, two ways
I love the combination of cheese, scallions, spinach, and black pepper here, flavorings that work equally well in the soft-style polenta as they do when you fry up the firmer squares the following day. On day two, prepare your eggs however you like, but a nice loose yolk oozing over the crispy patties? Magical.
Makes about 10 servings over 2 meals (4 servings soft polenta, 6 servings crisp)
1-1/2 cups polenta (coarse cornmeal)
1 bunch scallions, trimmed, thinly sliced into rings
6 ounces sharp white Cheddar, grated (about 1-1/4 cups)
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 cup baby spinach, rough-chopped
7 big grinds freshly cracked black pepper
Olive oil
6 eggs
In a large, preferably nonstick saucepan, bring 6 cups generously salted water to a boil. Stream in the polenta, reduce the heat, and cook uncovered at a gentle gurgle until thick, stirring frequently. This will take about 20 to 25 minutes. Meanwhile, coat a 9" square baking pan with nonstick spray and set aside.
When the polenta is ready, remove from the heat. Fold in half the scallions, the cheese, butter, spinach, and black pepper. Scrape half of this mixture into the prepared baking sheet and smooth the top. Let cool to room temperature (about 15 minutes). Then cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
Meanwhile, eat the soft polenta that remains in the saucepan, sprinkled with the remaining scallions.
The next day, cut the firm polenta into 6 large squares. Shallow-fry the squares until very crisp on both sides in a generous glug of olive oil. Nudge the squares aside, and fry a few eggs while you're at it. Drape the eggs over the polenta. There. Heaven and earth and the bright yellow sun, all in happy harmony.


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Drugs target cancer stem cells
New compounds are showing promise in targeting subpopulations of cancer stem cells.
Jun 6, 2011
Bob Grant
Stem cells make treating some cancers tricky by evading traditional radiotherapy or chemotherapy leading to recurrent tumor growth. But new pharmaceutical compounds are showing promise in targeting subpopulations of cancer stem cells in some breast cancer and leukemia patients. Though results are preliminary, studies are showing the effectiveness of drugs targeting the Jak2/Stat3 cell growth pathways that play roles in the proliferation of stem cell-like tumor cells. Clinical trials testing compounds that inhibit the Jak2/Stat3 pathways in leukemia are already in progress, and a paper published in current issue of Cell Stem Cell suggests that inhibiting other molecular targets, Bmi1 and Hoxa9, active in stem cell-producing pathways can help shut off tumor growth in some mouse models of leukemia and in human patients. Another recent paper, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, found that inhibition of the Jak2/Stat3 pathways in mice can knockout pesky breast cancer cells that behave like stem cells and can survive standard treatments. A clinical trial of one of the drugs that targeted the production of breast cancer stem cells is set to start later this year.


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Post-baccalaureate students will need to purchase a computer before they begin their 1st semester.
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The K-State Union Computer Store is available to help students customize and purchase systems including possible Dell promotions and other discounts.
- Inspiron 15 7000
A 4 year warranty is highly recommended.
The Dell systems include a substantial discount for this warranty.
29" ultra wide aspect (21:9) monitor
2560 x 1080 at 60 Hz
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Surge suppressor power strip or uninterruptible power supply.
6ft cord minimum (up to 10ft) with 6 outlets.
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Cat 6 Ethernet cable.
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Removable storage
- DVD recordable drive (can be an external drive).
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- External hard drive which meets or exceeds your hard drive capacity (for backups).
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Also available FREE through APDesign Microsoft Imagine.
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The NY Times reported:
WASHINGTON — Ferguson, Mo., is a third white, but the crime statistics compiled in the city over the past two years seemed to suggest that only black people were breaking the law. They accounted for 85 percent of traffic stops, 90 percent of tickets and 93 percent of arrests. In cases like jaywalking, which often hinge on police discretion, blacks accounted for 95 percent of all arrests.
The racial disparity in those statistics was so stark that the Justice Department has concluded in a report scheduled for release on Wednesday that there was only one explanation: The Ferguson Police Department was routinely violating the constitutional rights of its black residents.
Those findings reinforce what the city's black residents have been saying publicly since the shooting in August, that the criminal justice system in Ferguson works differently for blacks and whites. A black motorist who is pulled over is twice as likely to be searched as a white motorist, even though searches of white drivers are more likely to turn up drugs or other contraband, the report found.
(Emphasis mine.)
Let's sit with this for a moment. After months of protestors being maligned and their supporters being described as everything from pro-criminal, anti-American and racist, in the end it seems that the description of Ferguson's police department was accurate. They are racist. They have been racist. A community has been living under siege for years–in an environment where you are 4 times more likely to be killed by a police officer than in New York City
And you know how awesome black folks and the NYPD get along.
I'm sure some of you are ecstatic because now obviously we have the proof that's needed to show how racist the judicial system in Ferguson. But you're also forgetting about the fact that the Department of Justice has been run by a scary Black dude who wants people to read anti-White propaganda. So, there's that.
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Reacting to Jimmy Fallon's Late Night Debut
It wasn't terrible, and for that we are happy!
So, you might not have been previously made aware of this news, but someone other than Conan O'Brien hosted NBC's Late Night talk show last night. Yes, that's right, some ten months after media critics bared their fangs when NBC announced Jimmy Fallon was taking over the time slot, the boyish wonder made his official debut as Talk Show Host at 12:35 a.m. And even though he was visibly nervous (those of you with HDTV could see sweat drops beginning to form on his forehead during the De Niro segment) and failed to live up to his promise that he would Tweet during the show breaks, only the grumpiest of observers would go on record stating that Late Night With Jimmy Fallon didn't show some promise. But that's not to say that that there weren't some things that could use fixing.
Also, despite the fact that we already identified a distant look in ?uestlove's eyes that makes us think that he'll be looking for loopholes to trigger an escape clause in the five-year contract they signed to perform on the show, there was some promising chemistry on display between Fallon and the Roots. Take, for example, the bit they called "Slow Jam the News":
Also, despite the fact that we already identified a distant look in ?uestlove's eyes that makes us think that he'll be looking for loopholes to trigger an escape clause in the five-year contract they signed to perform on the show, there was some promising chemistry on display between Fallon and the Roots. Take, for example, the bit they called "Slow Jam the News":
Yet it wasn't all peaches and cream. The monologue, in addition to being devoid of a genuinely good zinger, seemed to be delivered in a bit too frenetic of a manner. We'll chalk that one up to nerves, but last night's material seemed to be written too closely to the Weekend Update format and not quite in the conversational vein that someone like Letterman has mastered (over 30-some years, but still). Additionally, it's clear that Fallon is not yet at ease as an interviewer. During the first segment with the overwhelmingly laconic and nearly mute Robert De Niro, Fallon spoke for five of the six minutes before the first commercial segment. As if that wasn't painful enough, the segment concluded with a bit that was nearly identical to what Fallon did with De Niro on Weekend Update a million moons ago:
While it's kind of weak sauce to pass off old bits as new (even those that no one other than SNL obsessives like myself remember), we didn't really have any problem with Fallon and Justin Timberlake re-creating their Barry Gibb Talk Show bit for the millionth time. We've always thought that the two, when put together, are a total Ham Sandwich, but sometimes you've got to give the masses what they want. That's what being on a major network is all about, isn't it?
Even with those network constraints in mind, we found the shout-outs to the Bud Light Green Room to be a bit too transparently promotional, but what we're really curious to see is whether Fallon will be able to convince other stars to read testimonial-type copy for the show's advertisers like he did with Timberlake (talk about added viral value for the sponsor).
But before we get into that, we think it bears mentioning some things that worked well. We liked the show's opening bit, in which Conan O'Brien squelched any rumors of Fallon snubbage by handing over the keys to the Late Night castle in typically self-deprecating fashion. We also thought that the pre-filmed Target Demographics segment was a wry way to address some early criticism that the show might be gravitating too much toward shilliness. And the decision to follow it up with a segment called "Lick It for $10" that seemed like product placement but really wasn't (c'mon guys, Printy Scan and Grass Boy aren't real companies) proves that the production team has their finger on the pulse, and that they're not afraid to play a little inside baseball every now and then*.
*We also liked his desk. The mic was a nice nod to Carson and classic talk-show hosts of yore; the mug played off a bit from the early days of his blog; the pencils are classic Letterman; and the MacBook, despite the fact that it was closed for the entire show, shows off Jimmy's geeky side. We're confident it won't stay closed for long.


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STUNNER. FedEx Facility of Tuesday's Mass Shooting is a 'Gun Free Zone' (Video)
It seems that against all odds, the Kennesaw, Georgia facility that was the site of a mass shooting this morning was…a gun-free zone. Six people were injured in the attack and the shooter was killed.
"No Guns" sign were prominently displayed during the news report covering today's FedEx Shooting.
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Insurance fraud is typically thought of in terms of the covered person or business making a claim that never happened, or making their loss greater than they actually suffered. Fraud can also be committed by the insurance broker through the selling of nonexistent policies or by stealing premiums. In recent years, Fort Worth, Texas has seen an increase in insurance fraud.
In most cases, insurance fraud happens when someone who is covered by an insurance policy tries to benefit financially by making a false or overstated claim. It is a crime that is committed by people with all types of backgrounds, in all types of careers and income levels, and is even committed by doctors and lawyers who feel the opportunity is too easy to get away with.
Soft insurance fraud refers to people lying about parts of their claim, making up a story, or padding it so they can get more money. Although it might be seem petty when one person does this, when multiplied by all the people doing this, it raises insurance premiums for everyone. It is also a punishable crime and, if you get caught in Texas, may require the services of a Dallas criminal defense attorney.
In the case of hard insurance fraud, the person is purposefully scamming the insurance company by completely faking the loss, be it through theft, accident, or other injury, in order to collect money through an insurance policy. This is usually done by individual miscreants who think it's an easy way to get money, but it's also committed by organized groups of criminals for big money.
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Central University of Rajasthan (CURAJ) invites application for the recruitment of Junior Research Fellow with M.Sc holders
Company name : Central University of Rajasthan (CURAJ)
Posts : Junior Research Fellow
Qualification : M.Sc
Salary : Rs.14,000/- P.M.
No of Post : 01
Location : Ajmer
Last date to apply : 26.09.2014
Details of Post :
Junior Research Fellow
Applications are invited for the following post at the Department of Biochemistry, Central University of Rajasthan (CURaj) Bandarsindri, NH-8, Kishangarh, Ajmer- 305817, Rajasthan India, in a DST, Govt. of India funded project entitled "Interaction studies of the A. baumannii with the pulmonary cell model".
- Post: Junior Research Fellow (JRF) – 01
- Fellowship: Rs.14,000 + 10% HRA per month for first two years and Rs.16,000 + 10% HRA per month for third year.
- Essential qualification: Master's degree or equivalent in Biochemistry/ Microbiology/ Biotechnology/ Life Sciences with strong academic record (with minimum 55% marks or equivalent CGPA in aggregate). In case of SC/ST candidates the qualifying marks shall be relaxed by 5%).
- Desirable: Experience in microbial culture, protein isolation, protein characterization and animal cell culture are desirable. NET (Lectureship) will be preferred.
- The project duration is for three years and purely on temporary basis as stipulated by the existing rules of the DST and Central University of Rajasthan. The appointment shall be co-terminus with the duration of project. The appointments shall be initially for a period of one year, renewable every year depending on the performance of project fellow.
How to apply :
Applications in plain paper giving complete bio-data, recent passport size photograph, email address and copies of relevant testimonials should reach to the Principal Investigator by e-mail (email@example.com) or by registered post at the address given below.
Mailing address:
Dr. Vishvanath Tiwari,
Assistant Professor & Coordinator,
Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences
Central University of Rajasthan
Bandarsindri, NH-8, Kishangarh
Ajmer (305817)
Rajasthan- India
The last date for the application is 26th September 2014. The date and time of interview will be informed through e-mail only. Please note that NO TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview.
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I'm curious as to where Google is going with their self-driving car. Living in Kansas, I would like nothing more than to put my car on automatic and take a nap while my car drives me across I-70 to the ski slopes in Colorado. I'm not, however, willing to put the safety of my family in the hands of someone else asleep at the wheel.
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