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Taste of wine, cheese and balsamic vinegar
72-hours entrance ticket to Giotto's bell tower and the Crypt of Santa Reparata
Small-group tour
You will discover the wonders and the secrets of the Baptistery, the oldest monument of the Duomo complex, a masterpiece of Romanesque architecture.
In addition, before the guided tour, you will have the opportunity to watch, in an ancient rectory next to the Cathedral, a fascinating video showing, through exclusive images and reconstructions, as the entire monumental complex of the Cathedral has grown over the centuries along with the rest of the city, known today as the "Cradle of the Renaissance". Led by an expert "Opera del Duomo" guide (the only guide allowed) you will have the chance to climb to the charming "Matroneo", an elevated gallery that was once reserved to the women. You will be captivated by the shining mosaics and amazing marble floor inlaid. A true magnificence!
The tour also includes a guided visit to the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, where you will learn about the wonderful works of art kept there. At the end of your visit, a few steps from the Cathedral square, you will be offered a delicious taste of Chianti wine and tidbits of cheese with balsamic vinegar.
Your ticket is valid 72 hours and allows you to visit on your own other monuments making part of the Duomo Complex (Crypt of St. Reparata, Giotto's bell tower, Opera del Duomo museum).
Special Visit to the Florence Cathedral and Baptistery with its Matroneo
Do not miss the chance to discover the famous Battistero with its marvellous Matroneo
Duration: 2 Hours
Start time: 16:00
Season: All year round - Monday
Meeting point / Terminal: Central location in Florence (further details will be provided after booking)
This tour includes: Caf Tour & Travel Staff Assistance, introduction movie to the history of Florence and to the Duomo Complex, guide authorized by Opera Santa Maria del Fiore, 72h entrance ticket to the Giotto Bell Tower, Crypt and Opera del Duomo Museum, taste of Chianti wine, cheese and balsamic vinegar.

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Lizzie O'Brien, tumbling head over heels with no idea where she was or what had happened, tried to seize hold of herself. Oh dear Lord, she thought. What have I done now? Is anyone hurt? The sky was black around her. A bright blue-and-white Earth looped over and over her. She was spinning on at least two axes. She could tell by the wobbly way the Earth moved from side to side.
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After President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, it didn't take long for candidates running for the Republican presidential nomination to sound off on the speech.
The message conveyed in Obama's remarks is one he can be expected to reinforce in the months ahead on the campaign trail.
Below, a slideshow of what Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul had to say about this year's State of the Union speech.
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This is a "first-stage" proposal laid before
Parliament on 13 January 2003. The proposal is intended to enable
a public-private partnership ("PPP") by which the British
Waterways Board ("the Board") would, through a joint
venture company (Water Grid Ltd), carry out an increased range
of water-related activities.
The Board was established by the Transport Act 1962
("the 1962 Act"). It is a public corporation responsible
for the management and maintenance of about 3,000 kilometres of
inland waterways in England, Wales and Scotland. The functions
and activities of the Board are governed principally by the 1962
Act and the Transport Act 1968 ("the 1968 Act"). On
19 November 1999, the Board announced the setting up of Water
Grid Ltd, a joint venture between the Board, Partnership (UK),
Anglian Water and Bristol Water. The background to the proposal
is described in more detail in paragraphs 1 to 12 and Annex B
of the Statement ("the Statement") from the Department
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
The proposal aims to do two things:
increase the range of activities which the Board
is empowered to carry on (by amending section 10(3) of the 1962
Act) (Proposal 1);
remove any possibility that the current legislation
can be construed so that the borrowing of a company formed by
the Board (but which is not its subsidiary) counts towards the
Board's overall borrowing limit (by amending section 50 of the
1968 Act) (Proposal 2).
The current legislation applies throughout Great
Britain. However, there is no power to make a Regulatory Reform
Order so as to alter the law contained in a provision in its application
to Scotland, in an area of devolved competence. Accordingly the
proposed order does not have effect in Scotland. Any equivalent
changes for Scotland would be the subject of legislation by the
Scottish Parliament. The proposal will extend to Wales, and the
National Assembly for Wales has been consulted.
Proposal 1
The first burden (lack of power to sell treated water
etc.) is explained at paragraphs 14 to 17 of the Statement. Section
2(1)(b) of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 ("the 2001 Act")
provides expressly that any limit on the statutory powers of any
person is a "burden" for the purposes of that Act. Accordingly,
the Committee accepts that, in respect of Proposal 1, there is
a burden, in particular because
section 10(3)(d) of the 1962 Act has the effect of
limiting the power to abstract water to abstraction from inland
it also has the effect of limiting the powers to
abstract and to sell water to untreated water.
The Committee further accepts that the effect of
Proposal 1 is to remove that burden.
Proposal 2
Paragraphs 18 to 24 of the Statement deal with the
second burden. Section 19 of the 1968 Act subjects the Board to
a statutory limit on borrowing (currently £35 million). On
normal accounting principles, borrowing of a non-subsidiary company
in which the Board holds securities would not count as borrowing
by the Board. It was not clear from the Statement why DEFRA took
the view that, on this occasion, borrowing by the joint venture
company would count as borrowing by the Board for the purposes
of the section 19 limit. We therefore requested further information
which DEFRA provided in a letter to the Clerk to this Committee
dated 14 February 2003. The letter is printed in Annex 1 to this
Report. We note that DEFRA was advised by Leading Counsel that
there was a risk that borrowing by the proposed joint venture
company could be held to count toward the overall borrowing limit
of the Board of £35 million, creating sufficient doubt to
deter lending institutions. The Committee accepts that Proposal
2 removes a burden, namely the uncertainty as to the statutory
limitation on the borrowing of a joint venture company in which
the Board has a minority interest and which is not a subsidiary
of the Board.
This is dealt with at paragraphs 27 to 31 of the
Statement. We invited DEFRA to provide further information about
the implication of the proposal on the duty of the Board to maintain
the waterways in a navigable condition. DEFRA's response is contained
in the letter printed in Annex 1 to this Report. It explains that
the primary statutory obligations on the Board are contained in
sections 104 to 106 of the 1968 Act; section 105(1), in particular,
requires the Board "to maintain the commercial waterways
in a suitable condition for use by commercial freight-carrying
vessels" and "to maintain the cruising waterways in
a suitable condition for use by cruising craft". Paragraph
30 of the Statement states that the contractual arrangements with
the joint venture company ensure that the Board will "retain
ultimate control of the waterways so as not to compromise it statutory
duties". The Committee accepts that on this issue no necessary
protection is lost.
The Committee also accepts that the financial risks
are covered by normal procedures, as described in paragraph 31
of the Statement. As regards environmental risks and the necessary
environmental protection, paragraph 28 of the Statement states
that Proposal 1 would merely permit the Board to carry on activities
that any non-statutory body could carry on and would afford the
Board no special status in relation to those activities. And in
response to a comment made on consultation by English Nature,
DEFRA states (in Annex E to the Statement) that the Board would
continue to be subject to existing statutory and other obligations
in respect of nature conservation, heritage and public amenity,
and that each new water supply project would be subject to an
environmental impact assessment. We are aware that the House of
Commons Committee has explored these matters more fully and that
English Nature has given evidence to that Committee to the effect
that it has no objections to the proposal.[4]
The Committee is satisfied that no necessary protection
would be lost under Proposal 1.
This is dealt with in paragraph 32 of the Statement.
The limits on borrowing are primarily to ensure proper limits
on public sector borrowing and proper financial and Parliamentary
control. In our view, Article 3 of the proposed draft order simply
clarifies what was generally assumed to be the case in any event.
Accordingly, the Committee accepts that no necessary protection
is being lost by the clarification.
It would be reasonable for those currently using
the waterways for navigation or recreational purposes to be able
to continue to do so in much the same way as now. The Committee
is of the view that the reasonable expectation test under section
3(1)(b) of the 2001 Act is satisfied.
The consultation process is described in paragraph
6 of the Statement and a list of those consulted is in Annex D
to the Statement. The consultation period lasted from 15 May to
16 August 2002, a period slightly over the 12 weeks recommended
by the Cabinet Office. Ninety-two individuals and organisations
were consulted, including water companies, recreational and environmental
organisations, development agencies, business organisations and
trades unions. Representations were received from 44 respondents.
The Committee takes the view that the consultation was satisfactory.
The Committee concludes that the proposal is an
appropriate use of the 2001 Act and meets its requirements.


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(AllHipHop News) With all these new rules flying around Beyonce seems to have implemented one of the oldest rules: do not rush "genius". According to Major Lazer producer Diplo's interview with The Sun, Beyonce's untitled fifth album has been "scrapped".
"I just did two songs for her new album, well, I tried. I think she scrapped the record."
While Beyonce has released singles such as "Bow Down/I Been On", "Grown Woman" and "Standing On The Sun", none have been marketed as new singles for the album.
There has been no official word from Beyonce's camp on if she has in fact shelved her new album but Beyonce took to her personal Instagram account to vaguely reassure fans that the album is coming:
Beyonce is currently on her Mrs. Carter World Tour which ends on December 20th at the TD Garden in Boston, MA.


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A lot of this Familiar project is indirectly inspired by Ars Magica, and one of those inspirations that has certainly been sitting in the back of my mind is the idea of combat through formalised ritual magic. A ritual pattern is laid out, different centres of magic might have permanently engraved stones or tiles, or they might draw up new patterns with chalk each time a ritual duel has been challenged. There are certainly a variety of these ritual patterns, every centre of magic has a different one, and each have their own rules and regulations.
The common rules state that ritual patterns must be made up of at least three circles. These circles must be interlinked through arcs and lines, they may touch one another tangentially, they may even overlap...but as an additional mandatory rule, the whole shape is made from unbroken lines. Magic energy is contained within the corcles of the pattern and it could prove very dangerous if this energy were to leak out.
Ritual magic duels will naturally be played out using the same mechanisms as the rest of the game. You choose a difficulty die to reflect the complexity of your character's action (this die is modified by situational advantages and disadvantages), then try to beat the result of the difficulty die with your magic die. There are a few possible outcomes, fail, partial success, low success (yes, but...), or high success (yes, and...), and you may temporarily exhaust one of your character's traits to upgrade their outcome.
I'm thinking that a duel will be divided into turns. You start a turn by drawing a difficulty die in a closed fist and declaring the character's current stance (according to the elemental affinities). The difficulty dice are revealed, whoever has the highest die gains "the edge", on the first turn if the difficulty dice are equal, no-one has "the edge"... on a later turn, if the difficulty dice are equal, "the edge" remains with whoever has it.
There are at least three circles in the ritual pattern. In the example drawn above, there are three small circles and a larger one (all marked with the pale swirls). A single duelist may stand in one of the smaller circles, both duelists may stand in the larger circle. On the first turn, both duelists start in the larger circle. In later turns, whoever doesn't have "the edge" must move from their current position in the dueling pattern to a new location, the player with "the edge" may choose whether they move or not in response to their opponent's move. If no-one has the edge, both duelists remain where they are.
Difficulty dice are then modified.
First a modification due to "range". If your action is directed against someone in the same circle, the difficulty die is reduced by a step. If your action is directed against someone in an adjacent (but tangential) circle, the difficulty die is not modified. If your action is directed against someone in a non adjacent circle, the difficulty die is increased by a step. If your action crosses over any "barrier lines" (such as those around the small circles in the example shown above), the difficulty die is increased by one step per line crossed.
Next a modification due to "magical energy". Different circles of the ritual pattern may be infused with elemental energy. If your stance's elemental affinity matches the energy of the circle you're in, the difficulty die is reduced by a step. Conversely, if your stance's elemental energy opposes the energy of your circle, the difficulty is increased by a step.
Any magical energy is tapped before the difficulty die is rolled, then the magic die is rolled.
The duelist has "the edge" applies their result to the conflict first, then their opponent applies their result to the conflict. Results could include mystically damaging the opponent, applying some kind of penalty to them, overcoming a penalty, infusing a circle with elemental power, or regenerating mystical energy to continue the fight.
I'll need to run a few sample conflicts to make sure it works, but it feels like it's heading in the right direction.


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lamborghini doesn't get enough credit for the new cars. That's nowhere more apparent than with the lamborghini huracan 2018 price Performante, that will be without crash not merely the very best Lambo ever made, but additionally the most effective vehicle in their class. By far.
With every car that goes through our garage in Brisbane, there's an audio saving yours really makes while driving that helps me remember most of the portions which were liked and disliked about a specific vehicle, so that when it comes to writing it down at a later time, it feels new and accurate. With the Performante, the instead short saving was just plenty of F-words.
Seriously, if Lambo had made a decision to call that the 'lamborghini huracan 2018 price Holy F**k Performante ', it could have been directly on the money. Right at this very time, you are able to enter a lamborghini seller and order an automobile that defies all that we've come to know as you can from a road-legal supercar. It's not just created the club in regards to dynamic competency, it's increased it so large so it will undoubtedly be intriguing to see if Ferrari can fit it with its 'Speciale'version of the 488 estimated next 12 months.
The fundamentals of the powertrain are fairly quite similar as the typical car, but by having an added 22kW from the 5.2-litre V10 (which is created by Audi) that has existed in one single form or kind since the Gallardo. That technically makes the Performante an LP640-4, but officially it's only Performante.
The current fatigue process produces an audible knowledge more similar to a GT3 battle car when compared to a lamborghini huracan 2018 price. It's deafeningly loud in all the right ways. You can't extract that type of aural satisfaction from any hybrid or turbocharged engine. Thank Lambo for keeping this naturally aspirated V10 engine for that little bit longer.
But actually without turbos or electric engines to assist, it should go from 0–100km/h in just 2.9 seconds, a great 300ms faster than the typical lamborghini huracan 2018 price and also quicker compared to the twin-turbo Ferrari 488 and suits the McLaren 720S. That improvement in velocity is due to a better AWD system that sees the Performante push more capacity to the leading for take-off than before.
lamborghini smashed the Nürburgring panel record with the Performante when the car was released last year. It absolutely was therefore beaten by the Porsche 911 GT2RS (which is at the very least a great $175K more expensive), however it stays not merely faster than any such thing Ferrari or McLaren has actually placed around the'Band, but it is also the fastest naturally aspirated car to have ever brightened the natural hell.
A lot of that has regarding Lambo's patented ALA system – a series of active aerodynamic methods equally at the front end and rear of the car, which open and shut unique ports that change the circulation for substantially increased cornering grip.
Set alongside the common lamborghini huracan 2018 price, the Performante includes a incredible 750 per dime more downforce than that car. But it's not merely straight downforce, it's really aero vectoring, with the trunk wing in a position to shut either the left or right air programs to create 50Nm of torque that assists change the car.
For instance, if you're turning left, the proper area of the side enables circulation and the left area turns to generate air resistance. Not all that different to how aeroplanes perform in the air. Leading top also ends their ventilation station to push the nose of the automobile down for better front grasp into corners.
Obviously, you'll need to actually track the car to get the most out of it. Anything we quite definitely loved performing at the Performante's global release in Imola mid last year. But in the exceptionally hot conditions of Mount Nebo and Glorious offered up by Brisbane's summertime, the master of the lamborghini huracan 2018 price range not just met our objectives, but destroyed them to pieces.
We've tried the standard lamborghini huracan 2018 price, the rear-wheel-drive lamborghini huracan 2018 price, the Ferrari 488 and plenty of McLarens and other supercars on the same road, and to be completely fair, the Performante is the brand new king. It will things that seem difficult, it grabs where there's number hold, and it accelerates out of corners with such ferocity and control that you begin believing it's really you and not the car. You will find also instances that you might wonder in the event that you missed your calling in F1.
Unfortunately, for you personally and me, this is most of the splendor of Lambo's engineers. This car is really as near to active efficiency as we have actually experienced. It shows small ideas of understeer at ab muscles restrict of their hold, but when this occurs it's more driver error compared to car.
The effective aero doesn't just work at slow rates, of course. And it's impossible to say how much of an impact it has when driving with vigour on the mountainous streets that we tested it on, but it's on a whole new amount of brilliance, regardless.
It's important to note that up to around seven- or eight-tenths, the Performante is not totally all that dissimilar to get compared to standard lamborghini huracan 2018 price. It's whenever you begin moving all how you can ten-tenths that the Performante becomes the Diablo herself, while the typical vehicle turns into a pile of understeery mess. For the reason that feeling, the 2 cars are sides apart. The Performante is significantly closer to the Audi R8 V10+ in its driving sense compared to the normal lamborghini huracan 2018 price.
On offer edges level out in the Performante is an event that every car-loving lover must feel when inside their life. Everything about it is savagely brilliant, from the gearshifts to the optional active steering program (which you probably need), the chairs, the super-special Pirelli tyres, the brakes, the naturally aspirated V10 engine… Everything. It's the whole package.
In terms of journey ease and being able to make use of this as a regular, we would argue that you probably shouldn't since every kilometre spent in this should be at ten-tenths for optimum enjoyment. But hold it in Strada (street) mode and it's fairly docile (well, as docile as a thing that looks like an Apache chopper can be) and quickly feasible as a daily, as a result of its reasonably smooth ride offered up by the optional magnetic suspension.
We recommend you option the lift system (which is annoyingly maybe not common in that vehicle like the standard lamborghini huracan 2018 price) that assists raise the nose whenever required. A straightforward switch to Corsa (race) will set the car up for maximum attack.
The Performante might not have the 'pick-up'effectation of the Aventador's unbeatable path existence, but it however converts plenty of heads, if not just because of its hyper-aggressive position (which, as Lambo is keen to indicate, is not an option) helped along by that large back wing and the Italian hole elegantly decorated on the car's sides.
Our unique test car was optioned with the super-special Grigio Titans matt color at a whopping $21,600, with yet another $8100 forked out for the Loge forged 20-inch wheels with dark key locking. Talking that, as you may discover from the images, all of the Lambo middle wheel limits fell out throughout our push, with some kind of water sizzling out from the central lock, driving the limits free. We were undoubtedly driving it to the limit and the weather was not helping.
If we had to fault the automobile, it could be largely in regards to the insane choices number (listed at the bottom of the review) and the inner, which though it has been increased with a much higher quality exhibit than before (as effectively as Apple CarPlay), remains sold with some flimsy switchgear that will sense only a little underwhelming following some time.
Nonetheless, whatsoever you may be thinking of lamborghini or those who find them, there's no questioning the lamborghini huracan 2018 price Performante is at ab muscles prime of their class, with irresistible character and style and personality which will view it turn into a potential classic.
When experts and supporters equally look back in 20-30 decades'time and consider the utter most useful and last of the naturally aspirated supercars, this is it.
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Net neutrality advocates got a boost of support Wednesday from the Obama administration when it released grant guidelines for spending the government's $7.2 billion broadband stimulus package.
Companies winning grants to help build new broadband infrastructure will have to follow the Federal Communications Commission's Internet Policy statement, which prohibits companies from deliberately blocking or slowing Internet traffic on their networks.
Proponents of that concept, Net neutrality, have been pushing the government to pass laws or set stricter requirements to ensure that consumers get access to content they want and that competitors are not run out of business by network operators.
The phone companies and cable operators have opposed such legislation, a sentiment that seemed to be shared by the Republican-controlled FCC under the previous presidential administration. But now that Democrats are in charge, Net neutrality advocates have been looking for indications of how the new FCC led by recently sworn-in Chairman Julius Genachowski will handle the issue.
It is still too early to know whether Democrats will push for new laws. But it's becoming more clear that protecting access on the Internet is an important issue to many.
Consumer and advocacy groups, such as Public Knowledge and Free Press, applauded the decision to make Net neutrality a condition of the grants.
The Obama administration released guidelines Wednesday for companies and other groups applying for the first of three batches of grants that will be distributed to promote broadband as part of the economic stimulus package passed by Congress earlier this year.
The first batch of funds is about $4 billion and represents more than half the $7.2 billion that the government has allotted to fund broadband infrastructure investment over the next two years. About $4.7 billion of that money will be doled out by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for grants to build broadband infrastructure in unserved or underserved areas and to further develop public safety as well as stimulate demand for broadband. The remaining $2.5 billion will be allocated by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide loans to service providers building broadband infrastructure in rural areas.
Other important aspects of the rules that came out this week include the government's definition of broadband. The rules for the grants define broadband transmission speeds to be no less than 768Kbps downstream and at least 200Kbps upstream to end users. These speeds hardly seem like broadband to most consumers used to cable model services and other high-speed Internet services like Verizon's Fios service.
But the lower speed definition is to ensure that companies addressing rural markets that may only be able to be served by slower DSL connections or wireless services can still receive grants. In an effort to promote higher speed services, however, the government will give preference to companies planning to deliver high-speed services.
The government also outlined what it means when referring to an "underserved" region. Areas where less than 50 percent of households have no access to broadband will be considered underserved and eligible for grants.
More specific rules to help companies write grant proposals for getting these funds will be released next week.


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Northwestern University, Ph.D. in Marketing
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, M.B.A. in Marketing
Duke University, B.A. in Psychology
Suzanne Walchli was Associate Professor of Marketing at the Eberhardt School of Business, University of the Pacific, where she has served on the faculty since 2000. Her teaching responsibilities have covered a wide range of marketing topics at the undergraduate, graduate and executive levels, including introductory marketing, strategic marketing, global marketing strategy, consumer behavior, customer relationship management and product innovation. A former marketing professional, she is passionate about introducing her students to not only the theories and frameworks that drive effective marketing planning, but also to the challenges of effective implementation. Accordingly, many of her courses offer experiential learning opportunities.
Dr. Walchli has published in the areas of co-branding/brand equity, consumer regret and counterfactual thought, and information services privacy. Other work has focused on adolescent health promotion, diffusion of innovation, and marketing curriculum development. Currently, she serves on the editorial board of the journal Psychology & Marketing.
Before joining Pacific, Dr. Walchli was on the faculty of Babson College where she played a key role in the design and implementation of an innovative integrated management curriculum. She taught at both the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and Dominican University (IL) while pursuing her doctorate. Prior to beginning her academic career, Dr. Walchli held senior positions in strategic planning, marketing management, and new product development at Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation (Senior Planning Analyst), Frito-Lay (Product Manager of both new and existing products, including a $120 million brand portfolio), and Citicorp Diners Club (Vice President of Card Member Services, managing all systems development, services development, and day-to-day services management). In the early 90s, she was also a co-founder of The Marketing Link, an innovative service provider that matched marketing talent with temporary project opportunities and short-term executive placements.
Marketing Management (UG)
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Product Innovation (MBA)
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Dr. Walchli has published in the areas of co-branding/brand equity, consumer regret and counterfactual thought, and information services privacy. Other work has focused on adolescent health promotion, diffusion of innovation, and marketing curriculum development. Currently, she serves on the editorial board of the journal Psychology & Marketing.
- Post, Gerald V., and Suzanne B. Walchli, "Social Network Privacy: Trusting Friends," Journal of Information Privacy and Security, Volume 10, Issue 3, 2014.
- Post, Gerald V., and Suzanne B. Walchli, "Consumer Perception of Web Site Security Attributes." Journal of Information Privacy and Security, Volume 6, Issue 4, 2010.
- Walchli, Suzanne B., "The Effects of Between-Partner Congruity on Consumer Evaluation of Co-Branded Products." Psychology & Marketing, Volume 24, Number 11, 2007.
- Walchli, Suzanne B. and Janet Landman, "The Impact of Counterfactual Thought on Post-Purchase Affect," Psychology & Marketing, Volume 20, Number 1, 2003.
- Weick, Cynthia Wagner, Suzanne B. Walchli and Emily Eisenbarth, "The Role of the Internet in the Adoption of Technological Innovations: The Case of Genetically Engineered Crops and Foods," The International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialization, Volume 2, Number 1, 2003.
- Weick, Cynthia Wagner and Suzanne B. Walchli, "Genetically Engineered Crops and Foods: Back to the Basics of Technology Diffusion," Technology in Society, Volume 24, 2002.
- Cook, Thomas D., Amy R. Anson, and Suzanne Walchli, "From Causal Description to Causal Explanation: Improving Three Already Good Evaluations of Adolescent Health Programs," in Promoting the Health of Adolescents: New Directions for the Twenty-first Century, S.G. Millstein, A.C. Peterson, and E.O. Nightingale, eds., New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
- Walchli, Suzanne B., "A Typology of Co-Branding Strategies," presented at the Atlantic Marketing Association Conference, September 2015.
- Walchli, Suzanne B., "Social Networks: Dimensions of Privacy," presented at the Atlantic Marketing Association Conference, September, 2014.
- Post, Gerald V., and Suzanne B. Walchli, "Social Network Privacy Issues," presented at the meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, November, 2010.
- Walchli, Suzanne B. "Conscience-Driven Customer Service: A Conceptual Foundation," presented at the 8th International Conference Promoting Business Ethics, October 2001.
- Weick, Cynthia Wagner, Suzanne B. Walchli and Emily Eisenbarth, "The Role of the Internet in the Adoption of Technological Innovations: The Case of Genetically Engineered Crops and Foods," presented at the Conference on Innovative Technology Evaluation and Commercialization, July 2001.
- Walchli, Suzanne B. and Kathleen B. Doran, "Teaching Marketing in an Integrated Curriculum," published in The Proceedings of the World Marketing Congress on Global Perspectives in Marketing for the 21st Century, Academy of Marketing Science, June 1999.
- Carpenter, Gregory S., Donald R. Lehmann, Kent Nakamoto, and Suzanne B. Walchli,"Attacking a Market Pioneer: Consumer Responses to Differentiated Late Entry and Defensive Imitation," abstracted in Advances in Consumer Research, 1993. Presented a second time as an invited paper in a special session of the conference of the Association for Consumer Research, 1995.
- Walchli, Suzanne B., "Curriculum Templates for the Marketing Stream in an Integrated Management Curriculum," Internal document, Babson College, 1997.
- Walchli Suzanne B., "A Review of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Gerald R. Hills, ed.," Journal of the Academy of Marketing Sciences, June 1996.
- Walchli, Suzanne B. and Gerald V. Post, "Identifying Consumer Projects from Transactions Data over Time," Wharton Consumer Analytics Initiative Data Analysis Project, 2014-2015.
- Walchli, Suzanne B., "Dimensions of Online Privacy, Known and Unknown Sharing, and The Psychology of Self-Disclosure," data collection stage.
- Walchli, Suzanne B., "The Effect of Cognitive Strategies and Counterfactual Thought on Post-Purchase Satisfaction and Regret," data collection stage.
- Walchli, Suzanne B., "The Functional Role of Co-Branding and Its Effect on Consumer Behavior: A Review of Successes and Failures."
- Walchli, Suzanne B., "Conscience-Driven Customer Service."
- Walchli, Suzanne B. "Marketing as Adaptation: Strategic Responses to Uncertainty and Dependence," working paper, Babson College.
- Carpenter, Gregory S., Donald R. Lehmann, Kent Nakamoto, and Suzanne B. Walchli, "Attacking a Market Pioneer: Consumer Responses to Differentiated Late Entry and Defensive Imitation," working paper, Northwestern University.


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命题人:景会霞 试卷满分:150 分 审题人:高瑞 考试时间:120 分钟
第Ⅰ卷(选择题 共 100 分) 第一部分: 听力(共两节,满分 30 分) 第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分) 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳 选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读 下一小题,每段对话仅读一遍。 例:How much is the shirt? A. £ 19.15. B. £ 9.15. C. £ 9.18. 答案是 B。
1. What will the man probably do? A. Take a rest. B. Go to a party. C. Meet his boss.
2. What do we know about the man? A. He has been caught copying a report. B. He is not free at the moment. C. He won't leave till the last minute. 3. What is the woman concerned about? A. Her health. 4. What does the man mean? A. The fridge will be fixed. B. The room will be warmer. C. The lights will be switched on. 5. What does the man imply? A. The woman already has too many shoes. B. The new shoes do not look good enough. C. He doesn't care where to put the new shoes. 第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分) B. Her character. C. Her appearance.
听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个 选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个 小题,每小题 5 秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间,每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第 6 段材料,回答 6、7 题。 6. Why doesn't the man want to fly? A. He wants to enjoy the scenery. B. He thinks it's dangerous. C. He likes taking the bus. 7. Which means of transport does the woman prefer? A. The bus. 听第 7 段材料,回答第 8、9 题。 8. Why is the woman worried? A. She doesn't know what to read. B. She hasn't finished her task. C. She has no time to write her book. 9. What do we know about the man? A. He has been to Europe with the woman. B. He has forgotten to write his reports. C. He has finished reading all the books. 听第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. What helps to impress the interviewer in the first place? A. Appropriate body language. B. Excellent memory. C. Natural voice. B. The train. C. The car.
11. What should the man do before the interview? A. Practice handshaking. B. Recite the answers to possible questions. C. Get some information about the company. 12. What advice does the woman offer about the topic of salary? A. Not to mention it at the first interview. B. Not to bring it up in a roundabout way. C. To let the interviewer mention it next time.
听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. How does the man kill time? A. By eating potato chips. 14. What does the woman dislike? A. The square. B. The parks. C. The city. B. By watching TV. C. By taking a walk.
15. What does the man think is the most important? A. Entertainment. B. Income. C. Quietness.
16. What do the man and woman disagree on? A. Whether the city needs a symbol. B. Whether the amusement park should be built. C. Whether the square is a good place for a walk. 听第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. What kind of English lessons does the speaker recommend? A. Examination skills. B. Reading and writing. C. Listening and speaking.
18. How can a learner take the lessons when he is not online? A. By using the downloaded sound files. B. By making conversations with others. C. By reviewing words, phrases and idioms. 19. What is mentioned as an advantage of the speaker's online course? A. It improves learners' English skills quickly. B. It offers learners betterstudy methods. C. It helps learners to make friends. 20. What's the speaker's idea about learning English? A. Being confident in learning. B. Learning English little by little. C. Having clear learning goals. 第二部分:阅读理解 (共两节,满分 40 分) 第一节 (共 15 小题;每小题 2 分,共 30 分) 阅读下面短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案。 A
Very few people look forward to and enjoy exams. That doesn't have to mean that you should be afraid of them,though. The following tips will help you get through that terrible exam period. Here are eight steps to help you during exams: 1.Make sure you know how much time you will have in the exam and how many questions there will be. Then you can divide your time among the questions to make sure they all get answered. 2.When you're doing an exam that involves long answers,it is a good idea to leave some space at the end of the answer so that you can add any extra comments that might come to mind when you reread your paper. 3.Don't spend all of your time only on questions that you know answers to because you will get a worse mark for answering some questions very well and some not at all. 4.It is worth taking a little extra time to make sure that your handwriting is neat. The examiner will be able to read it!Try to avoid spelling mistakes too! 5.The more prepared you are, the more likely you are to succeed. 6.Keep calm. If you feel yourself getting worried,take a deep breath. 7.Don't try to discuss the exam after you've finished it. If you've got different answers from your friends,there's no point in worrying about it. 8.Once an exam is over,just forget about it. There is nothing more you can do about it. The best thing you can do is to go home and prepare for the next one. 21.The underlined word "avoid" in the passage most probably mean"______". A. check out C. think about B. go over D. prevent sth. from happening
22.You can get a better mark if ______. A. you spend all of your time on questions that you are good at B. you talk about with your teachers before exams C. you go over your notes carefully for the exam D. you leave out the questions you don't know the answers to 23.The passage is probably written for ______. A. people who mark exam papers C. high school teachers B. people who take exams D. language learners
24.Which of the following will NOT help you to deal with exams? A. Divide your time among the questions during the exam. B. Take a deep breath when you feel worried. C. Keep your handwriting neat. D. Discuss the answers with your friends after exams. B The Gold Coast family holidays are always great fun whether you are from Australia or from abroad. There are beautiful beaches, adventure parks, nature parks and so much more. There are so many sights to see here. It is a pity to drive in a car and you'll miss a great part of it. Australia is home to many animals and birds that can only be seen when moving slowly and going into the areas that they live. When you are on a bicycle, you have the advantage of being able to stop whenever you want to see an interesting animal or bird that you have never seen before. It is a quieter mode (方式) of transportation as well, so you might even be able to take a picture. When you are on the beach, you can breathe that clean air and view the beauty of the water and sand. It is a totally different experience from either simply sunbathing or passing it in a car. There are many choices of hiring a bicycle to experience the Gold Coast attractions. There are stores that will fit a bike perfectly to your size. These bikes for both adults and children are in many styles and colors to please any taste. If you have ever wanted to try a tandem bike (双人单 车), now is your chance, because they have those too. A bicycle hire on Gold Coast is something that everyone should try at least once. This is a wonderful chance for anyone who likes to cycle and it is also a cheap way to travel with your family. 25.You'd better not drive in a car on Gold Coast because ________. A. you will break the traffic rules B. you will cause much noise C. you can't enjoy the beautiful sights well D. you can't drive into some parks 26.The following advantages of hiring bikes are mentioned EXCEPT that ________. A. you can take photos of animals B. it is a cheap way of traveling
C. you can get a clearer sight of animals D. it is a good way to do sunbathing 27.What is paragraph 4 mainly about? A. How to hire bikes on Gold Coast. B. What kinds of bikes there are in stores? C. What bikes are the most popular? D. Who can hire bikes on Gold Coast? 28.What's the author's attitude towards a bike hire on Gold Coast? A. He supports it very much. B. He thinks it's a personal choice. C. He doesn't like this way of traveling. D. He thinks it's only good for adults C About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table. I couldn't help overhearing parts of their conversation. At one point the woman asked, "So, how have you been?" And the boy who could not have been more than seven or eight years old replied, "Frankly, I've been feeling a little depressed lately." This incident stuck in my mind because it strengthened my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didn't find out we were "depressed" until we were in high school. The evidence of a change in children has increased steadily in recent years. Children don't seem childlike any more. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to. Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. Childhood as it once was no longer exists. Why? Human development is based not only on born biological states, but also on patterns of access to social knowledge. Movement from one social role to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new situation. Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages: traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders. In the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation machine has been fixed in 98 percent of
American homes. It is called television. Television passes information, indiscriminately, to all viewers alike, whether they are children or adults. Unable to resist the temptation, many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more vivid moving pictures. Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information to which children have access. Reading and writing involve a complex code of symbols that must be memorized and practised. Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials. 29.Traditionally, a child is supposed to learn about the adult world _________ . A. through touch with society B. gradually and under guidance C. naturally and by biological instinct D. through exposure to social information 30.In the author's opinion, the phenomenon that today's children seem adultlike is caused by _____. A. the constantly rising standard of living B. the poor arrangement of teaching content C. the fast step of human intellectual development D. the widespread influence of television 31.Why is the author in favor of communication through print for children? A. It can control what children are to learn. B. It develops children's interest in reading and writing. C. It helps children to memorize and practise more. D. It enables children to gain more social information. 32.What does the author think of the change in today's children? A. He feels amused by the children's adultlike behavior. B. He thinks it is a phenomenon worthy of note. C. He considers it a positive development. D. He seems to be upset about it.
Google has been collecting tons of data about smart phone(智能机) usage around the world. Here are some of the most surprising and interesting facts: Android is most popular in Japan, with 55% of respondents(调查对象) using it, compared with 39% for iOS. Android is also number one in a few other countries, including New Zealand (41%), the US(40%), and China (38%). iOS is farthest ahead in Switzerland, with 52% usage vs 23% for Android.Other countries where iOS is far ahead include Australia (49% vs 25% Android), Canada (45% vs 23% Android and 23% Blackberry), and France (43% vs 25% Android). In Egypt, Windows Mobile is far more popular than iOS. 13% of survey respondents use the Microsoft smartphone platform, behind Symbian (19%) and Android (14%). iOS is very far down at 4%. Mobile social networking is biggest in Mexico and Argentina, where 74% and 73% of users visit a social network daily. But mobile-social is weak in Japan where 34% of users never visit a social network on their phone, and this figure rises to 41% in Brazil. Watching video is most popular in Saudi Arabia, with 59% of respondents doing it daily. Number two is Egypt, with 41%. Chinese users shop from their phones.59% of Chinese users do this, compared with only 41% in second-place Egypt. Chinese users also love to write reviews.41% of them write a review of a local business after looking it up on their smart phone. Number two, Japan, is far behind, with only 24% of respondents doing this. 33.Which of the following best describes the usage of the smartphone operating systems in Egypt? A.Symbian>Android>Windows Mobile>iOS B.Android>Windows Mobile>iOS>Symbian C.iOS>Android>Symbian>Windows Mobile D.Windows Mobile>iOS>Symbian>Android 34.In which of the following countries is mobile social networking least popular? A.Argentina. B.Japan. C.Mexico. D.Brazil.
35.In which section of a newspaper can we most probably read the passage? A. Health. B. Environment. C. Technology. D. Entertainment.
第二节(共 5 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 10 分) 根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。 选项中有两项为多余 选项。 If something that you're doing doesn't challenge you, then it doesn't change you. We all need some normal stress in our lives, after all. 36 So challenge the following limits:
1. Figure out what you're scared of and do it continuously. If you're a salesman, and you're scared of talking to people personally or over the phone, now, instead of being scared and thinking you'll fail, spend at least five minutes a day to pick up the phone and make a call. 37 But don't stop on the first try! Eventually, you can look at fear in
the eyes and say, "Go on, I'm not scared!" 2. 38
Make sure this hobby is not linked to your career; you have to relax and relieve your stress while performing this. Some examples might be cooking, sewing, painting and so on. Apart from helping you challenge yourself, taking a class for your hobby may also give you extra income. 3. Set aside at least nine minutes a day for physical exercise. 39 A simple 9-minute run around your neighborhood can do wonders for yourself.
Exercise can not only help you maintain your regular weight, but also make you feel better about yourself. 4. Travel and allow yourself to be interested in new people. Don't just limit yourself to your fellow travelers ---- try to connect with the service staff. You never know what kind of people they're going to be. Get out of your house or go online right now to book your class. 40
A. You should do it continuously. B. Someone may hang up on you. C. You don't need to go to the gym. D. Running in the gym may be a better choice. E. Start to travel now and learn to challenge yourself. F. Take a class for a hobby you've been wanting to develop. G. You can never see any improvement if you stick to your comfort zone. 第三部分:英语知识运用(共两节,满分 45 分)
第一节 完形填空 (共 20 小题,每小题 1.5 分,共 30 分) 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 A successful scientist is generally a good observer. He makes full 41 of the facts he observes. He doesn't accept ideas which are not authority(权威)as the only 43 to prove them. The rise of 45 science may perhaps be considered to 46 as far back as the 47 of Roger the years 1214 and 1292.He Bacon, the wonderful philosopher(哲学家)of Oxford, who lived 48 was probably the first in the middle 49 42 on obvious facts, and therefore refuses to accept ideas carefully and makes experiments for truth. He always 44
to suggest that we must learn science __50_observing
and experimenting on the things around us, and he himself __51_many important discoveries. Galileo, however, who lived more than 300 years later(1564―1642),was the greatest of several great men 52_ lived in Italy. France, Germany, or England began by __53 to show how many important 54 could be discovered by observation. Before Galileo, learned men believed that large bodies fell more __55__towards the earth than small ones,__56_Aristotle said so. But Galileo, going to the __57_of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, let fall two __58_ stones and proved Aristotle was wrong. It was Galileo's __59_of going direct to nature, and proving out __60 and theories by experiment that has led to all the discoveries of modern science. 41.A. use 42.A. worked 43.A. reason 44.A. thinks 45.A. natural 46.A. date 47.A. study 48.A. both 49.A. schools 50.A. in 51.A. did 52.A. who 53.A. ways 54.A. truths 55.A. slowly 56.A. although 57.A. place 58.A big B.time B.based B.cause B.checks B.physical B.keep B.time B.each B.ages B.with B.made B.when B.degrees B.problems B.rapidly B.because B.foot B.small C.speed C.lived C.advice C.has C.ancient C.look C.year C.between C.days C.on C.took C.that C.levels C.people C.lightly C.when C.top C.equal D.trust D.written D.result D.learns D.modern D.take D.birth D.among D.countries D.by D.gave D.where D.chance D.subjects D.heavily D.if D.ceiling D.unequal
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第 II 卷(非选择题 共 50 分) 第二节:语法填空 (共 10 小题;每小题 1.5 分, 满分 15 分) 阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于 3 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 W: Bruce, I'm thinking of 61 (buy) a new car, but I'm at a 62 (lose) which one to get.
It's difficult to choose a new car just on its performance and appearance. M: I recommend a hybrid car(混合动力车). W: Why? They are so expensive. M: Hybrid cars do little harm 64 fuel-efficient vehicle. (little)I have to buy, the better. On 63 the environment. Besides, you'll get tax credits for owning
W: I like the sound of that. Gas prices are rising, so the 65
the other hand, you insist on eco-friendly, but I'm more attracted to user-friendly vehicles. M: Why don't you buy a car 66 (equip) with an advanced guidance system? The latest
version is terrific. The system predicts traffic jams according to a record of busy travel dates. So it can tell you 67 you might run into traffic jams and suggest other ways. 68 (decide) which one I
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Dear Rom, I'm very exciting to hear that you are coming to our school soon. Now let me to introduce our school to you. Our school is a very famously school with a long history. We have many experienced teacher and excellent equipment. There were two teaching buildings: one is for seniors and other is for juniors. There are two lab buildings or a library. Except Chinese, maths, English, physics and chemistry, we have many other subjects. We students can choose the subjects where we like. We love our school. I am looking forward to meet you soon.
第二节 书面表达 (满分 25 分) 下面是一中学生给某报编辑部写的一封信, 仔细阅读并就信的内容以编辑李华的名义给 此中学生回一封信。 Dear editor, I am an active girl, and I speak and laugh loudly in the classroom, like a boy. I don't care about small matters. On the contrary, my neighbor, the girl who sits next to me, speaks quietly and dare not do the things I often do. I can understand this. What I can't stand is that she often gets angry with me about small things. How can I get along with her? Sunny 注意: 1.回信需就原信内容给出至少三条建议(如谈心,相互理解,参加她的生日等 活动,谈论共同话题,分享快乐……等等) 。 2.字数:120 左右, 已给开头语, 但不计入总词数。 Dear Sunny, It's very good that you want to be friends with this girl.
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It's very good that you want to be friends with this girl. In my opinion, you'd better first have a heart-to-heart talk with her, because understanding each other is very important for you two. And I also think it's better for you to ask her to join you and your classmates in all kinds of activities, such as birthday parties, going out for a walk, discussing some fashionable topics, and so on. Besides, helping each other is also very important for both of you. Just share happiness and sadness with her. And I believe she will understand you in time and it is certain you will be good friends in future. Good luck to you. Yours, Li Hua


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Following a number of emails and calls from race teams we have added a race and we have also taken account of submissions from teams who are attending the 10th Anniversary of Round Britain.
To make sure that we give everyone the best chance of attending we have made the decision to make a once and for all change of date.
The date has been changed to June 16th and 17th.
( These dates cannot be changed again. Please don't ask. )
Full details are to be posted at this link. Updates will be notified
The Marathon course will run on Saturday over a 75 mile course around Eddystone lighthouse passing close to Plymouth, Udder Rock and the coast of Cornwall. The race is over two laps.
Half Marathon - Class 3 and other classes capable of offshore passage.
Falmouth - Fowey - Falmouth 43 miles total.
In addition we hope to host Offshore Circuit Racing with our friends from OCRDA and we invite all other clubs and classes to get in touch with us to join the party.
If time and weather permit we also hope to hold a short circuit race for Marathon boats (5 x 6 mile course) on Sunday.
There is also the opportunity for everyone with boat access to join us on Sunday on a fun run from Falmouth to Fowey.
Entry fees for Marathon are set at early entry of £800 payable in two installments. This expires in March 2018 after which time we have to charge a realistic fee of £1200 for Marathon class entries that covers the enormous expense of putting on the event for you.
The Half Marathon fees is £125 before March and £250 per boat after then.
The Fun Run is £40 per boat.
All fees paid are fully refundable in the event of cancellation before March 30th.
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We would like to thank everyone who is making offshore powerboat racing a living and growing sport again.
In particular our friends at BPRC, Iconic World Powerboat Race, UKOPBA, Guernsey Powerboat Association, Drew and Miles, Nick Wilkinson, Halcyon Connect, Biretta Due, Vector Racing, Raceboat International, Powerboat Racing World, Powerboat and Rib, Pete and Cougar and everyone else who has supported us in our first season.
It was a struggle at first but with your help we can create something wonderful for everyone.
Huge respect is also due to the mighty men and women who backed us right from the start. We will never be able to say thank you enough.
To those those of you who doubted we could do it. Please wipe the egg off your face and come and join us. You are and will always be welcome.We would like to make special mention of the unwaivering support of Falmouth Harbour Commissioners, Falmouth Town Council and Visit Cornwall and our sponsors at the Greenbank Hotel, Cobra Electronics, Powertech Marine.
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Prove it Wrong is an adventure game that focuses on the life of Marcel, a boy who dealt his whole life with the prejudice of not being able to adapt the new technology that is supposed to improve the memory, concentration and learning abilities. When reaching his adulthood, Marcel is forcibly taken away from the New World, a city that has taken control over the world thanks to its technological advancement. As no one from the city could ever go outside, he struggles to stay alive to explore what has been hidden from humans for centuries. Was this the right decision?
The main focus of this game is the storytelling. It is made in RPG-Maker VX Ace and still in progress and our goal is to make an unique experience due to interesting artstyle and many branches.
This game will also be ported from RPG Maker VX Ace to the newer version MV.
New informations will come soon!


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Dystopian Elements in Our World (Day 2 of 3) + Book Club Three Preparations
Lesson 9 of 13
Objective: SWBAT analyze the representation of a subject in two different artistic mediums taking note of what is emphasized or absent in each by comparing a modern dystopian film to their choice novels. SWBAT draw evidence from literary text to support analysis and reflection by completing individual tasks to prepare for group discussions.
Big Idea: A little bit of work time + a little bit of viewing/analysis = fantastic immersion in dystopian subject matter
Similar to the past few prep days, I will give students a short amount of time to work on preparing their new roles for their book club meetings tomorrow. At this point, students will be working on their third role of the four they must complete. As always, I will ask them to focus on the skill of drawing evidence from their texts to support their analysis and reflections (W.9-10.9)
The roles are as follows:
- Team Leader: Guides discussions by creating prompting questions based on three significant quotes/passages from assigned reading (SL.9-10.1c).
- Allusionator: Find three quotes/passages that represent allusions to history, art, literature, etc and provides analysis for each. (L.9-10.5)
- Style Monster: Finds three quotes/passages that represent stylistic elements (plot structure, figurative language, etc.) and analyzes how these choices impact the book. (RL.9-10.4 and L.9-10.3)
- Character Stalker: Finds three quotes/passages that represent character development and analyzes how characters interact with each other and with the plot (RL.9-10.3).
- Minister of Propaganda: Finds three quotes/passages that represent the mind-control/rhetorical strategies employed within the novel and creates an artistic representation of their analysis. (RI.9-10.6)
Film Review/Viewing
We will continue our viewing of The Island today. I am hoping to get through about 20 more minutes so that we are in a good position to finish the whole movie by the end of the week.
Before we dive back into the movie, I will ask students to offer any observations about what we have already seen and to make connections to their books and/or the dystopian elements we have been discussing. I will specifically ask them to share their thoughts on what seems to be the emphasis of the movie in regards to dystopian ideas and ask them to think about why the filmmakers are choosing to focus in on these things (RL.9-10.7). I will ask for at least three volunteers to share their observations out loud (SL.9-10.1).
While they watch the movie, I will ask students to continue to fill in their dystopian elements chart. These charts, which I will collect after the movie is over, will serve as the basis for an informal seminar about dystopian fiction after spring break.
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I will stop the movie a few minutes before class ends to allow students to get their notes written down completely and to see if there are any questions. I will remind students to have their roles prepared for tomorrow's book club meetings.


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Hello, I'm sorry if this is an issue already discussed months ago - I'm new to the list and could not find anything relevant in the archives. (Only postings similiar to mine, but no replies) A) The XHTML 2.0 public working draft (May 2003) lacks the good old hreflang attribute. Is there any reason for this? I always considered it very thoughtful of web authors to point out explicitly that the resource they linked to was turkish or french. It helped me safe a mouseclick and bandwidth because I wouldn't have understood what's written there anyway. B) Even worse, section 12.1.3 gives a completely confusing idea of what xml:lang would be used for. 12.1.3 states that xml:lang will indicate *both* the language of the referenced document *and* that of the title-attibute. Example: <link title="The manual in Portuguese" rel="alternate" xml:lang="pt" href="http://example.com/manual/portuguese.html"/> Well, plain to see for everyone, the title attribute is still in English. Doesn't XML generally use xml:lang to denote the language of an element's attributes/content rather than that of some remote resource? Shouldn't the example, therefore, read: <link title="The manual in Portuguese" rel="alternate" xml:lang="en" <=== attributes are in english hreflang="pt" <=== god old friend hreflang! href="http://example.com/manual/portuguese.html"/> Please let me know the reason behind this "hreflang to xml:lang"-transformation in the XHTML draft; if there's a public document that explains it, a link would be appreciated. Thank you!Received on Monday, 3 November 2003 17:05:57 UTC
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Alabama vs.LSU
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|In a Baton Rouge thriller the Crimson Tide pulled out the victory over the Tigers 21-20. Alabama began the scoring on a 2 yard run by Bobby Luna (who also kicked the extra point). After LSU tied it up Bob Conway took the ensuing kick off and ran it back 95 yards for a touchdown to give Alabama the lead once again. LSU came back strong scoring another touchdown but the blocked extra point kept the lead on Alabama's side. This didn't stop the Bengals from taking the lead back however as they stormed down the field for another touchdown to take the lead 20-14. Late in the game however Luna capped a strong Alabama drive scoring a 3 yard touchdown and with the converted extra point gave UA the victory. The 1952 squad finished the season with a record of 10-2 and a victory in the Orange Bowl for Coach Red Drew.


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This has been a hard year, and I'm not sure what to do other than write.
First was infertility. We lost something then. Not a child, but the hope of one. We lost ideas and dreams and things we thought would be true. We grieved over it in some ways as if we had lost something more tangible. We'd tried for years, and suddenly there was a hole where all of our expectations got sucked in. It is hard to understand unless you have been through it, so many people could not understand why it was such a big deal. I am still fighting the feeling that I am not truly a woman if I don't have a child. I know it is illogical, but it permeates our culture. Women with children have more status than women without. However unfair that may be, it's true on some level. I get asked by women I've just met how many children I have, or when we are expecting to have kids, and when I say, "We can't," there is an often not-so-subtle movement away. The circle closes and they talk about their children and I am not welcome. That's not true of everyone, especially those who know how much I've worked with children through my life, but it has happened.
I was working on healing, working on accepting the new way of thinking and approaching life, and the next piece happened. My grandmother, at almost 93 years old, stopped remembering people and places. She stopped being herself, in some ways. It felt to me like that hole from infertility got another part dug out, widening it a bit. I had always wanted to have a picture of four generations of my family: grandma, mom, me, and a baby. The baby was not going to happen, and now grandma was slipping, too. Another piece of grief, although for me this was kind of anticipatory grief because I had to face the likelihood that she would not live a whole lot longer. She might; I don't know. I hope, if she does, she is enjoying life. It was another blow, but we were coping.
June 9, my younger brother died completely unexpectedly. He was 28 and had no health problems that would explain the blood clot that killed him. I still don't really have words for what that did to me. It took the grief from infertility, the grief about my grandmother, wrapped it up in a physically painful grief, and dropped a bomb on me that opened up a chasm.
I have never had such a physical response to grief before. Food has always been a comfort when things got bad. Now food is necessary, but not enjoyed, and I often have to be reminded to eat. I don't taste much, and my stomach hurts all the time. My back hurts, too, and sometimes my feet, and sometimes my head. The first three days my chest cramped up regularly. I have never had such physical pain related to mental anguish. I am tired all the time, too. I've been sleeping 10-12 hours a night just to be able to get up in the morning, but I'm not sure I am resting very well. I'm exhausted. I get through by focusing on one thing, one step, the next thing, on making sure I eat and drink enough, on sometimes just breathing deeply.
I don't know how to talk about this. I talk around it a lot. I cry a lot. I talk to Xander, who is possibly the only reason I have gotten through this. He has been amazing. I spend a lot of time with Nyx. She has been very attentive and snuggly since this happened.
I have a really big hole inside me, surrounding me, engulfing me, and I don't know how to heal. I know that all of this is normal, but it's harder than I knew it could be. I've lost a lot this year, and every once in a while, when I'm just holding still, I feel like I've been hit by a truck. I want to crawl into a hole and pull it in after me, but I know that won't help. The world keeps going. I can grieve, but I can't disappear.
Having work to do helps. Having some purpose, the feeling that I'm doing something useful, is good for me. Dealing with people right now is hard, and by the end of the day I'm wrapped up in pain again, but I'm mostly making it through the days. Weekends are spent on the couch, reading or watching TV. I don't have much interest in going out.
We went for a walk down to the farmer's market yesterday. That was the first day I've been able to do anything even close to exercise since Daniel's death without getting exhausted or cramping up within five minutes. It was a good, long walk. We got food for the week and picked up nectarines to eat on the way home, and mine actually tasted good.
It's not better, though. I still can't work through my little brother being a pile of ashes, never seeing him again. I had nightmares the first few nights, and one of them was just a voice, saying over and over, "There are supposed to be new lives in a family before the children start dying." I was standing in the dark, listening to a voice. That was all. I woke up crying because it was true and I couldn't make it better. There were others, much worse, but that one, I think, shows how all of this wraps up together in my head right now. On some level I can't believe that I won't see him again. He was the focus of our family from the time he was born. I knew that at some point I was very likely to be at least partially responsible for him again. We had talked about how to work him into our lives if it became necessary, and we knew we could handle it.
Daniel was incredibly important to me. It's very hard for me to use past tense. I keep slipping. I woke up with him when he had night terrors. I could tickle him from across the room and bug him from hundreds of miles away. I could make him laugh, and he could do the same for me. We had nicknames for each other that other people didn't necessarily understand. He gave really good hugs. We loved to sing together and we'd crack each other up when we sang certain songs because I'd be silly on purpose and he'd add to it.
There's so much more to him, though. There was. I can't explain who he was as a person because I don't have enough words, or the right words. I am floundering. Our family was centered around him. He gave us focus and meaning. I would not be who I am without him, and I don't think the rest of my family would, either. He changed how I look at the world. He made me more compassionate, more willing to look for the good in people instead of stopping at the differences. He showed me how frustrating it can be to know where the goal is but not quite be able to reach it, and also how angry it can make people if someone tries to help when the person wants to get there themselves.
I don't know if I'm making much sense. I needed to write. I'm sure I will write more again, but I'm not going to be on any consistent schedule for a while. We're going to go see family soon, and I don't know how to write about that, either.
The world is a lesser place without him.


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Dividend dates, stock dividend, cash dividend, stock splits, benefits of stock split
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2) As an investor, would you prefer a cash or stock dividend? Why?
3) How would the price of a stock be affected by its dividend?
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1) What are some differences between the date of declaration and date of record for dividends?
First of all the date of declaration is the date on which the board of directors declares a dividend and the date of record is the date on which ownership of stock for the purpose of receiving a dividend is determined. On the date of declaration, an entry is recorded which establishes a liability and a reduction to retained earning for the amount of the dividend declared. On the other hand on the date of record no entry is made and the date is used to establish exactly which stockholders will receive the dividend. The lag between the declaration and record allows stockholders to complete stock transactions in progress.
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The likelihood of national health care reform, much discussed in the political campaign, is hard to handicap and impossible to quantify, said Steve Stadum, chief administrative officer for Oregon Health & Science University.
Nevertheless, OHSU would like to see several reforms at the state level, and it hopes these reforms attract bipartisan support at next year's legislative session.
The Oregon Supreme Court's decision last December to eliminate the cap on damage awards against state agencies meant an extra $18 million in insurance expenses a year for an already strapped OHSU. The university and the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association agreed on a tentative reform that would increase the cap from $200,000 to $2 million -- a level they assume would satisfy courts. With Democrats' support from trial lawyers, and Republican support of tort reform, Stadum says there's something for everybody in the proposal -- and, not the least, fiscal relief for OHSU.
Stadum said OHSU also needs to initiate a transparent conversation with legislators about the chronic gap between state appropriations for its academic programs and the cost of providing them. Increased tuition and hospital profits have subsidized the programs in the past, but he said that can't continue with profit margins under pressure and tuition levels sky-high.
The immediate translation: On top of its inflation-adjusted base appropriation from the state -- $88 million -- OHSU is asking Gov. Ted Kulongoski to request an additional $40 million to plug the medical school funding gap, plus $10 million for programs designed to address a looming shortage of doctors and nurses, particularly in rural areas of the state.
Stadum acknowledges that the Legislature may be short on discretionary operating funds this session. But OHSU hopes the state will tap its borrowing capacity to stimulate OHSU construction on Portland's South Waterfront.
Specifically, the university is asking the state to issue $175 million in bonds -- paid back by taxpayers -- to help fund the first building in a new South Waterfront medical campus. OHSU has a $40 million anonymous gift to use on the project, and hopes the collaborative nature of the project -- the building would house programs from all the major schools in the Oregon University System -- will persuade the Legislature to chip in.
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Alzheimer's Prevention Initiative: Interview With Jessica Langbaum
The number of people living with Alzheimer's disease is expected to rise drastically over the next ten years. With so many people affected, it's important to educate the public on the signs of Alzheimer's -- and equally imperative to continue researching prevention and treatment of the disease. The Alzheimer's Prevention Initiative does just that. Principle Scientist Jessica Langbaum tells us more about the organization's important work.
What are some of the things that are at the top of your list in terms of educating people about Alzheimer's? Why?
Jessica Langbaum, principle scientist, Alzheimer's Prevention Initiative: Alzheimer's is not a normal part of the aging process. While it is normal to experience some decline in memory and thinking abilities as a person ages, Alzheimer's and other dementias are progressive diseases that worsen over time, eventually impacting a person's ability to carry out activities of daily life.
Second, there can still be hope and joy following a diagnosis of Alzheimer's. For instance, Banner Alzheimer's Institute's Family and Community Services program is committed to meeting caregivers' ever-changing needs to find success and joy in everyday living.
Lastly, thanks to the efforts of researchers and study volunteers, we now know that the disease process begins in a person's brain 10 to 20 years before the first signs and symptoms appear, providing another time to intervene.
What is the Alzheimer's Prevention Registry? And why is it important to Alzheimer's caregivers?
JL: The Alzheimer's Prevention Registry is an online community created to help overcome one of the biggest obstacles that researchers face: participation in clinical trials. The Registry connects interested members to research studies taking place in their communities. This is critically important, since scientific advances and our ability to one day prevent or cure this terrible disease are limited by our ability to identify people willing to step forward and participate in research. In fact, 80 percent of research studies are delayed because they are not able to meet their enrollment goals. Just like the people who volunteered to help create a vaccine for polio, we now need people of all ages, with and without memory and thinking problems, to participate in research and help eradicate this disease.
Joining the Registry is free, quick, and easy. It is open to anyone age 18 and older and only requires an e-mail address to begin the sign-up process. All of your information is kept completely confidential, and you are under no obligation to join a research study. The Registry is led by the Banner Alzheimer's Institute and is proud to have a number of leading organizations as partners.
The Alzheimer's Prevention Initiative (API) recently reached a milestone with some new research. What makes something a "milestone" and what types of discoveries do you hope to see with new research?
JL: In December 2013, the Alzheimer's Prevention Initiative announced that we began dosing participants enrolled in our first trial, being conducted in partnership with Genentech, the National Institutes of Health, and the University of Antioquia in Medellín, Colombia. This trial includes approximately 300 cognitively unimpaired people from a large extended family in Colombia who share a risk for a rare genetic mutation that typically triggers Alzheimer's symptoms around age 45. This was considered a significant milestone because of the many years of planning and infrastructure development that were required before enrollment could begin. Additionally, we believe this brings us one step closer to redefining Alzheimer's prevention research as we know it. While results from this particular trial are still several years away, the findings from it and other studies will provide the best answers yet to what researchers refer to as the "amyloid hypothesis" and will make an impact on drug development.
Alzheimer's disease stats and figures say there are currently 5 million Americans living with Alzheimer's disease, and that number will more than triple to 16 million by 2050. How does the Alzheimer's Prevention Registry work with families in the U.S. to slow down or prevent the number of Americans projected to get Alzheimer's?
JL: Several Alzheimer's prevention clinical trials and research studies are already underway, with more to come in the next few years. The types of studies vary from online surveys to drug clinical trials. But in order for researchers to help cure this disease, we need healthy people willing to step forward and take part in the study process. The Alzheimer's Prevention Registry was created to overcome this hurdle. The Registry keeps members up to date with the latest news and information about progress in prevention research, and as study opportunities become available in a member's community, they are notified via e-mail. Members are under no obligation to join a research study and their information is kept confidential. This approach has been extremely successful for breast cancer research; studies that would take months to years to enroll are now full in a matter of days to a week. Now it's the Alzheimer's community's turn to step forward and participate in research to help in the fight against the disease.
Is there anything else you'd like to tell us about the Alzheimer's Prevention Registry?
JL: We have an ambitious goal of enrolling 250,000 people into the Registry in order to find enough participants in prevention research studies across the U.S. Every person who joins can make an impact and bring us one step closer to ending Alzheimer's. The memories you save could be your own.
I am 89 years old. Have short term memory problems. My VA doctor has prescribed Aricept to see if it will help. If it helps would that mean that I do have Alzheimers dementia?
The clinical trials are very important and crucial to finding a cure for any disease. My husband has been battling Alzheimer's for twelve years now. I had to take him to Botswana where I can afford to take care of him at home. But it is isolated here. I only get information about progress on research on the internet. If we were still in the US, we would definitely join the trials. But we would be glad to help anyway we could from here.