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2012-2013 Series: The Common Core Standards: Implementation, Assessment Challenges, and Potential Outcomes and Consequences
This year, our theme for discussion was the new Common Core Standards. Over the course of three sessions, we examined the Common Core Standards and issues regarding their implementation, challenges that may arise in assessing achievement, and the potential outcomes of the standards, both intended and otherwise. Questions we considered include: What are the common core standards, and how were they developed? What will be the impact on teacher education in New York City and beyond? Are there any issues or special populations that have not been considered?
Episode 1: Goals, Aspirations, and Concerns (Friday, November 30, 2012)
The first installment focused on defining the Common Core Standards and looking at potential issues in their implementation. To do so, we were joined by a distinguished panel. Dane Linn, one of the leaders behind the development of the Common Core State Standards Initiative, and New York City's Chief Academic Officer, Shael Polakow-Suransky, spoke about implementation at the city level; and New York State Education Commissioner John B. King, Jr. spoke about implementation at the state level.
Guest speakers:
John B. King, Jr., Commissioner, New York State Department of Education
Dane Linn, Vice-President of Education, Workforce and Innovation at Business Roundtable
Shael Polakow-Suransky, Chief Academic Officer, New York City Department of Education
James Fraser, Professor of History and Education, NYU Steinhardt
Episode 2: Challenges in Assessment (Friday, February 22, 2013)
The second installment focused on how achievement of the Common Core Standards will be evaluated among students, teachers, and schools, and the challenges that will be faced. A distinguished panel of scholars and national experts joined us for this discussion.
Guest speakers:
Roger Benjamin, President, Council for Aid to Education
Michael Casserly, Executive Director, Council of the Great City Schools
Lucille E. Davy , Senior Adviser, James B. Hunt Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy
Susan B. Neuman, Professor of Literacy Education and Associate Chair, Department of Teaching and Learning, NYU Steinhardt
Episode 3: Desired Outcomes and Potential Consequences (Friday, April 19, 2013)
The third and final installment in this year's series explored the impact of the Common Core standards, from the outcomes desired by policymakers to possible unintended consequences for students, teachers, and schools. We were joined by a distinguished panel featuring a policy maker, a researcher, and a practitioner.
Guest Speakers:
James Cibulka, President, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
Ramon Gonzalez, Principal, MS 223 The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology
Okhee Lee, Professor of Childhood Education, NYU Steinhardt
Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers
Joseph McDonald, Professor of English Education, NYU Steinhardt
About the Speakers (as of May 2013)
Roger Benjamin
Roger Benjamin is President of the New York based CAE, home of the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA). He was a senior research scientist at RAND from 1990 to 2005 (director of RAND Education from 1994-1999). Previous to his appointment to RAND, he was a member of the political science department of the University of Minnesota from 1966 to 1983 and associate dean and executive officer, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota from 1980 to 1983, senior vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost at the University of Pittsburgh from 1983 to 1986, and vice president for academic affairs and provost, University of Minnesota from 1986 to 1988 and professor of political science from 1988 to 1990. Dr. Benjamin is the author or co-author of numerous monographs and articles on institutional design related questions in public policy. In education policy his work includes a number of articles and monographs on governance, assessment, and strategic planning. He directs a program designed to introduce performance assessment into education throughout the K-16 system in America and now the 31 member countries of the OECD (Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development) and beyond.
Michael Casserly
Michael Casserly has served as Executive Director of the Council of the Great City Schools since January 1992. Casserly also served as the organization's Director of Legislation and Research for 15 years before assuming his current position. As head of the urban school group, Casserly unified big city schools nationwide around a vision of reform and improvement; launched an aggressive research program on trends in urban education; convened the first Education Summit of Big City Mayors and Superintendents; led the nation's largest urban school districts to volunteer for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP); led the first national study of common practices among the nation's fastest improving urban school districts, and launched national task forces on achievement gaps, leadership and governance, finance, professional development, and bilingual education. He is currently spearheading efforts to boost academic performance in the nation's big city schools; strengthening management and operations; challenging inequitable state financing systems; and improving the public's image of urban education. He is a U.S. Army veteran, and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland and B.A. from Villanova University.
James Cibulka
Since the beginning of his presidency, Cibulka has focused on making accreditation a lever for change and reform in educator preparation to better meet urgent national P-12 needs. Under his leadership, the accreditation process focuses on moving educator preparation to excellence through continuous improvement and research-based transformation.
Cibulka has a long and distinguished record in higher education. Prior to his appointment as president of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), he served as dean of the College of Education at the University of Kentucky from 2002 to 2008, where he also held academic appointments in two departments. While in Kentucky, Cibulka was appointed by the governor to the Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board, and he served as chair of that body.
Cibulka started his career as an administrator for the Chicago Board of Education and as a teacher and administrator in the Model City Community Schools Program in Duluth, Minn. His first university appointment was at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he served for 23 years, establishing the Department of Community Education and directing the PhD program in urban education. Cibulka also served as the associate dean, chair, and professor at the University of Maryland's College of Education.
Cibulka is the author of numerous books and scores of articles on education policy, administration, and community development. From 1992 to 1995, he also served as editor of the Educational Administration Quarterly. In 2006 he received the Stephen K. Bailey Award by the Politics of Education Association for "shaping the intellectual and research agendas of the field."
Cibulka earned a BA from Harvard College, graduating magna cum laude, and a PhD from the University of Chicago.
Lucille E. Davy
Lucille E. Davy is a Senior Adviser for the James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Education Leadership and Policy and is currently focusing on the Common Core State Standards Initiative. From 2005 until January 2010, she was Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education, during which time she worked collaboratively with the state's K-12 stakeholders, higher education and business community to implement innovative programs and reforms. Under her leadership, the department focused on early literacy and mathematics programs which resulted in narrowing of the achievement gap as measured by NAEP, expanded high quality early childhood education programs, crafted a student weight-based school funding formula, revised high school graduation requirements and core curriculum standards, raised expectations for performance on statewide assessments, implemented standards for pre-service teacher preparation programs, expanded the number of charter schools, and created school-based professional learning communities and teacher leadership models. Prior to that, she served as Special Counsel to the Governor for Education Policy. Davy has an undergraduate degree in mathematics and holds a juris doctorate from the University of Notre Dame Law School. She is also a certified math teacher and has taught mathematics at the secondary and collegiate levels.
James W. Fraser (Moderator)
James W. Fraser is Professor of History and Education at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University. His teaching includes courses in the History of American Education and Inquiries into Teaching and Learning. He has also served as NYU liaison to the New Design High School, a public high school in New York's Lower East Side, and to Facing History and Ourselves. In addition, Fraser is Senior Vice President for Programs at the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey. At the Foundation he is responsible for coordinating the work of the different Fellowship programs especially the Foundation's new signature program, its Fellowships for Teachers. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the History of Education Quarterly.
Fraser was the founding dean of Northeastern's School of Education, serving from 1999 to 2004. He was a member and chair of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Education Deans Council, the Boston School Committee Nominating Committee, and other boards. He was also a lecturer in the Program in Religion and Secondary Education at the Harvard University Divinity School from 1997 to 2004. He has taught at Lesley University, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Boston University and Public School 76 Manhattan.
He was ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and was pastor of Grace Church in East Boston, Massachusetts from 1986 to 2006.
Ramon Gonzalez
Ramon Gonzalez has been a life long educator. He started teaching in 1995. He taught technology, English, and mathematics to 6th and 7th graders. The Merrow Report, a nationally syndicated show on education, spent the entire year documenting Ramon and his 6th grade class at IS 44. The recordings evolved into a three part series called "Growing up in the City", a program about race, education and identity in New York City. It continues to air on PBS 15 years later! Ramon has also written about adolescent issues and urban gangs. He contributed a chapter called "Welcome Home Boyz: Building Communities through Cultural Capital" in a book titled Adolescent Gangs: Old Issues, New Approaches edited by Curtis Branch, a professor at Columbia University in 1999. Ramon found through his research that some of the major issues that deeply influenced young people to join gangs were their need for a familial structure, lack of a clear vision of their future, and few models of success. These findings would serve as the basis for his school which was founded in 2003.
Ramon Gonzalez is the founding principal of MS 223-The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology, a middle school in the South Bronx in 2003. Ramon started his school in one of the most dangerous middle schools in NYC at the time. Less than 10% of his students were at grade level in reading and mathematics when the school was created. Six years later, 65% of his students are on grade level in English and 85% in math. Ramon's community activism has deeply influenced his school. Students take courses in financial literacy and participate in a school-wide economy where they can earn, save, and spend "school bucks". He was named a 2007-2008 Cahn Fellow for Distinguished Principals at Teachers College/Columbia University. His school received the 2010 Intel School of Distinction Award in Mathematics. He currently serves as a mentor for emerging principals in the Advanced Leader Principal ALPAP and Summer Principals Academy program at TC. He holds a BA from Cornell University, MS from City College, MA from Teachers College and is expecting to receive his doctorate from TC in May 2013.
John B. King, Jr.
As New York State Education Commissioner, Dr. John B. King, Jr. oversees more than 7,000 public and independent elementary and secondary schools (serving 3.1 million students), and hundreds of other educational institutions across New York State including higher education, libraries, and museums. Dr. King is a strong voice for education reform, and he was a driving force in New York's successful Race to the Top application. A former high school teacher and middle school principal, Dr. King has earned a national reputation for his vision and commitment to education reform. Dr. King earned a B.A from Harvard University, an M.A. from Teachers College, Columbia University, a J.D. from Yale Law School, and an Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Okhee Lee
Okhee Lee's research areas include science education, language and culture, and teacher education. Her current research involves the scale-up of a teacher professional development intervention to promote science learning and language development of English language learners. She is a 2009 Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and received the Distinguished Career Award from the AERA Scholars of Color in Education in 2003. She was awarded a 1993-95 National Academy of Education Spencer Post-doctoral Fellowship. She has directed research and teacher enhancement projects funded by the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Education, Spencer Foundation, and other sources. She received her doctorate from Michigan State University in 1989 and taught in the School of Education at the University of Miami prior to coming to Steinhardt.
Dane Linn
Dane Linn was recently appointed Vice-President of Education, Workforce and Innovation at Business Roundtable. Most recently, he served as executive director of state policy for the College Board. In this role, he is responsible for leading the College Board's efforts on developing a state policy agenda that assists states in helping ensure all students are college and career ready. Previously, Dane was director of the Education Division at the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) for 15 years. As such, he oversaw all education-related policy research, analysis and resource development, and led the largest staff in the NGA Center. Under Dane's leadership, the Education Division had become a highly regarded and trusted source for best practices at both the state and federal levels.
He is nationally recognized as an expert in his field, with experience in early childhood, K-12, higher education, and workforce issues. Dane has advised federal and state policymakers across the nation, informing policy actions and shaping legislation, and has provided counsel to three presidential administrations. He has authored numerous reports on issues ranging from school finance and teacher quality to school redesign and pay for performance.
In 2004, Dane spearheaded former NGA Chair Mark Warner's initiative, Redesigning the American High School, which focused on improving America's high schools with a five-point state action agenda and recommendations for common state data collection of high school graduation and dropout rates. His redesign work directly impacted education policy at the federal level and informed the national agenda on high schools.
In 2008, Dane and the Education Division worked with Achieve and the Council of Chief State School Officers to promote international benchmarking to make American students more globally competitive. This project set the stage for the Common Core State Standards Initiative, where Mr. Linn co-led a state effort to create high shared standards to ensure that all students graduate from high school college- and career-ready. The initiative has garnered national attention and praise, and has been well-received among states. The Common Core State Standards have been adopted by 45 states thus far, and are changing the expectations for our nation's students.
Dane has also led an effort to increase the importance of higher education among the nation's governors. His work on Complete to Compete, an initiative led by Governor Chris Gregoire, was an attempt to help states and the country work toward helping high school students and adults complete some form of a college credential. The work on this initiative has also created a national dialogue on how to ensure colleges and universities play a direct role in helping rebuild state economies.
Prior to his work at NGA, Dane worked at the West Virginia Department of Education, where he was responsible for ensuring the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. He had previously served as a legislative liaison to the House of Delegates, and his professional experience in education began as an elementary school teacher and principal.
A graduate of Cabrini College, Dane received a master's degree from Marshall University Graduate College and received his Ph.D. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Joseph McDonald (Moderator)
Joe McDonald is Professor of Teaching and Learning at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, where he coordinates secondary program areas in the Department of Teaching and Learning, and teaches in the English Education program area. He is the author or co-author of nine books about teaching and school reform – including Going Online with Protocols: New Tools for Teaching and Learning (Teachers College Press, 2012), Going to Scale with New School Designs: Reinventing High School (Teachers College Press, 2009), and The Power of Protocols (Teachers College Press, 2003, 2007, 2013). His forthcoming book, Cities and their Schools (University of Chicago Press, under contract), is based on research funded by the Annenberg and Spencer Foundations on the last 15 years of school reform in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and the Bay Area.
McDonald was the founder of NYU's school partnership project which involves close relationships with 22 schools in the Lower East Side, East Harlem, and the South Bronx. He co-leads the NYU EXCEL Academy, which teaches philosophy and writing to aspiring college students from the South Bronx; and he is Director of the Metro Learning Communities Project at NYU's Metropolitan Center for Urban Education.
McDonald was for many years a high school English teacher as well as a high school principal. He has been co-editor of the Series on School Reform at Teachers College Press since 1994.
McDonald holds a Doctorate in Education and Master of Arts in Teaching English degree from Harvard University, as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Scranton. Before coming to NYU, he taught at Brown University where he led the teacher education program in English and served as the first Director of Research at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, as well as Senior Researcher for the Coalition of Essential Schools. McDonald has been at NYU/Steinhardt since 1998, and has served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and also as Associate Dean for Community and Global Initiatives.
Susan B. Neuman (Moderator)
Susan B. Neuman is a specialist in early literacy development; whose research and teaching interests include early childhood policy, curriculum, and early reading instruction for children who live in poverty. In her role as the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, Neuman established the Early Reading First program, developed the Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Program, and was responsible for all activities in Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Act. She has written more than 100 articles, and authored and edited eleven books, including the three volume Handbook of Early Literacy Research (Guilford Press), Changing the Odds for Children at Risk (Teachers College Press, 2009), Educating the Other America (Brookes, 2008), and Multimedia and Literacy Development (Taylor & Francis, 2008). Her most recent book is Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance: Poverty Literacy, and the Development of Information Capital. (Teachers College Press, 2012). She received her doctorate from University of the Pacific, Stockton, California.
Shael Polakow-Suransky
Shael Polakow-Suransky is the Chief Academic Officer and Senior Deputy Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, the largest school system in the nation. Shael oversees all of the DOE's instructional work, including implementation of the Common Core standards, design and administration of summative and formative assessments, school accountability initiatives, leadership development, and direct operational and instructional support to schools.
Since joining the central office in 2004, Shael has served in several roles, including Deputy Chancellor for Performance and Accountability. Throughout his tenure, Shael has focused on building instructional capacity, using data to evaluate school quality and improve student performance, developing school leaders, and opening new schools.
Shael has worked in New York City public schools since 1994, when he started his career as a teacher of math and social studies in a Harlem middle school. In 2001, he became the founding principal of Bronx International High School, a highly successful school for students who are recent immigrants to the United States. Shael holds a bachelor's degree in education and urban studies from Brown University and a master's degree in educational leadership from the Bank Street College of Education. He is a graduate of the Broad Superintendents Academy.
Randi Weingarten
Randi Weingarten is president of the 1.5 million-member American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, which represents teachers; paraprofessionals and school-related personnel; higher education faculty and staff; nurses and other healthcare professionals; local, state and federal employees; and early childhood educators. She was elected in July 2008, following 11 years of service as an AFT vice president.
In the months immediately following her election, Weingarten launched major efforts to place education reform and innovation high on the nation's agenda. In September 2008, Weingarten led the development of the AFT Innovation Fund, a groundbreaking initiative to support sustainable, innovative and collaborative reform projects developed by members and their local unions to strengthen our public schools.
Weingarten served for 12 years as president of the United Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 2, representing approximately 200,000 nonsupervisory educators in the New York City public school system, as well as home child care providers and other workers in health, law and education.
For 10 years, Weingarten chaired New York City's Municipal Labor Committee, an umbrella organization for the city's 100-plus public sector unions, including those representing higher education and other public service employees. As chair of the MLC, she coordinated labor negotiations and bargaining for benefits on behalf of the MLC unions' 365,000 members.
From 1986 to 1998, Weingarten served as counsel to UFT president Sandra Feldman, taking a lead role in contract negotiations and enforcement, and in lawsuits in which the union fought for adequate school funding and building conditions. A teacher of history at Clara Barton High School in Brooklyn's Crown Heights from 1991 to 1997, Weingarten helped her students win several state and national awards debating constitutional issues.
Elected as the local union's assistant secretary in 1995 and as treasurer two years later, she became UFT president after Feldman became president of the AFT. Weingarten was elected to her first full term as UFT president in 1998 and was re-elected three times.
Weingarten is known as a reform-minded leader who has demonstrated her commitment to improving schools, hospitals and public institutions for children, families and their communities. She has fought to make sure teachers and school support personnel are treated with respect and dignity, have a voice in the education of their students, and are given the support and resources they need to succeed in the classroom.
With her leadership as AFT president, the union has pursued an agenda that reforms education by holding everyone accountable, revamping how teachers are evaluated, and ensuring that children have access to broad and deep curriculum as well as wraparound services. The AFT agenda fights against fingerpointing and calls for a continued investment in education. It also highlights the work that teachers, nurses and public employees do every day to make a difference in the lives of others.
Weingarten holds degrees from Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations and the Cardozo School of Law. She worked as a lawyer for the Wall Street firm of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan from 1983 to 1986. She is an active member of the Democratic National Committee and numerous professional, civic and philanthropic organizations. Born in 1957 and raised in Rockland County, N.Y., Weingarten now resides on Long Island and in Washington, D.C.


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From an overwhelmed stay-at-home mama, to a grateful freelance writer/yoga teacher/stay-at-home mama, the past ten years have been a real physical, emotional, intellectual and philosophical trip. I've shared many personal stories here at 24-7 Mommy and hope they'll remind you that you are not alone on this crazy parenting adventure. Please feel free to share your experiences...the good, the bad and the amazingly AWESOME!
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Happy Mother's Day
This was my fifth Mother's Day and it is my five year anniversary of blogging here at 24-7 Mommy. I am about to crawl under my covers and say good night, but just had to check in quickly to wish all you amazing Mamas a very Happy Mother's Day. You keep the world turning and the love you give your families is inspiring. I also wanted to thank my little family for all the special things they do. My favorite part of my fifth Mother's Day actually began on Friday afternoon. The babe brought home a white bag with a card tied around it from school. I figured it was a special present she had made and didn't mention it. When we got home she forgot the bag in the car so I carried it into the house and left it in the entry way. When she noticed the bag sitting unattended, she quickly grabbed it and ran upstairs. She didn't say anything about it but I did happen to come across it in her closet later in the day (I swear it was unintentional). Fast forward to 6:20 am today. After being woken up way to early by the little guy, I decided to creep downstairs for some toast before taking advantage of some extra shut eye. I was confronted by my sleepy daughter and her mysterious white bag. "Happy Mother's Day, Mama," she said as she handed me her special gift. I read the very sweet card which included a picture of her on a surfboard on one side and me not on a surfboard on the other side. And inside the bag I found a cookie in the shape of an "M" and a cookie in the shape of a heart. Now how freakin sweet is that? My second favorite part of Mother's Day was my husband giving up his sleep in day so I could enjoy a few extra hours of precious rest. I hope you all got to enjoy some pockets of bliss today. You deserve it.
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NEW YORK (AP) — What the Veterans Administration failed to do for double amputee Michael Sulsona in two years, some New York hardware store workers delivered in an hour: They fixed his broken wheelchair.
The 62-year-old Vietnam veteran said he petitioned the VA for a new chair two years ago and received no reply. Then his wheelchair broke last week.
When Sulsona was in a Lowe's home improvement store on Staten Island, a bolt on the already worn-out wheelchair snapped and a back wheel was about to fall off. Three Lowe's employees stayed late after their 10 p.m. closing time to do the repair, for free.
"They said, 'You're not leaving till it's like new again,'" Sulsona recalled.
The next day, Sulsona wrote a letter to his local newspaper, the Staten Island Advance, to thank the store's employees.
"I kept thanking them and all they could say was, 'It was our honor,'" he wrote. "The actions of these three employees at Lowe's showed me there are some who still believe in stepping to the plate. … Someone needed help and they felt privileged to be given the opportunity."
Sulsona, an ex-Marine, said he lost his legs in 1971 during an explosion while on patrol.
After his letter to the newspaper, the VA got word of Sulsona and sent him a brand-new wheelchair Tuesday.
Sulsona's new chair arrived in the wake of months of scandal in the VA's health care unit over complaints nationwide of long wait times and poor patient care.
"We were very grateful that this was brought to our attention," said VA spokesman Jim Blue with the VA New York/New Jersey Healthcare Network. "Too many veterans wait too long to receive their health care and benefits and this has never been acceptable."
In a statement, Chris DiMaria, store manager at the Staten Island Lowe's, said he couldn't "be more proud of his team or company."
"Whether a customer needs assistance repairing their home or a wheelchair, our employees are ready to spring into action to help," DiMaria said.
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5 thoughts on "V.A. Won't Replace Vet's Wheelchair, Store Employees Fix It For Free"
Thanks Lowe's for your acts of kindness. The citizens of this country, should see what the VA is all about now, Government Agencies only acts when television stations are involved. Otherwise you are own your own. I got a feeling that the problems in the VA won't be fixed no time soon. When you are investigating and organization and they are the criminal, do you expect the criminal to tell you the truth, are do you get the victim's statement for the truth. The investigation is flawed.
I love hearing these kinds of stories. Kudos to the Lowe's employees.
That's an ill-placed comment. Congrats to Lowe's for having some great employees that appreciate our military. VA needs to get on the ball, they've been sliding downhill for decades as far as service!!
I agree it is an "ill placed comment" but I think of some of the absurd
comments made about our former POTUS they were ill placed then and without merit or common sense, so this was one of my "what goes around comes around " moments
I just as you commend the Lowes personnel it just goes to show what the people can achieve vs. depending on the Government
And yet Obama wants 3 bil to spend on illegal aliens


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I got one of my Japanese friends to create a Kanji name for my first name, and since my name is Kyle (カイル) they came up with 海流.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
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My friend Doreen (ドリーン) told me someone told her 怒霊胤 was a nice kanji name, I felt like . I wanted to that person!
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I was thinking Kaoru (カオル) 香る but it all depends on how one pronounces the name..NZJutsu wrote:
I got one of my Japanese friends to create a Kanji name for my first name, and since my name is Kyle (カイル) they came up with 海流.
Any thoughts?
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Perhaps it is my NZ accent that makes it カイル "
But I think that it is the most correct representation of the pronunciation. =D
But I think that it is the most correct representation of the pronunciation. =D
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Kyle should definitely be カイル.
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It's unfortunate that kairu is really hard for foreigners to pronounce. My brother (even after a year of Japanese) would constantly mess up and refer to himself as kaeru.Yudan Taiteki wrote:
Kyle should definitely be カイル.
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Yeah, I get that a lot... Whenever I introduce myself/get introduced theres always someone who goes 「ゲロゲロゲロ」
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... I feel as though I'm resurrecting something.
Wouldn't it be Not-porkchops (of love)?AJBryant wrote:Who doesn't like porkchops, afterall?不恋豚
I am Sleeping Crow, and this is my brother, Leaping Horse.AJBryant wrote:
"Hi, my name is Middle-paddy Steel-man. This is my wife Snow-child, and our sons Fat-boy, Study, and our daughter Polite-child."
Sometimes I think that I'm afraid of thinking, and that scares me.
RE: Kanji names
Here's what would happen. Your child would have to get an American passport before going to Japan. American passports are only in English, so the child's name would be written out in English (or romaji, if you prefer).Kashin wrote:
Now think of this (hypothetically, of course): If I, a 100% gaijin, were to name my child (someday) a Japanese name, giving him/her a real kanji name (and the necessary romaji), then would they be allowed to use the kanji in Japan? I wonder if America would allow it, for that matter.
When your child went to Japan, they would have to get an Alien Registration Card. The name on the card must be exactly the same as on the passport, so here again it's written in English. Now, for anything that requires the use of ARC (a primary example being a bank account), they would have to write it as it is in the ARC, and thus, English.
Some places are very particular about it. When I applied for my bank account, I wrote out on the application
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Unfortunately, on my ARC it's written out (like my passport)
So I had to redo the whole application. OTOH, for anything that just requires one to write one's name (train passes, some bills, bowling forms, etc.), your child could write it however they wanted. Romaji, katakana, kanji, whatever.
Incidently, the inkan I used for the above bank account is 鶴. Basically, Reyer, from German Reiher, meaning "heron" = 鷺(さぎ) (hence Shirasagi), herons are similar to cranes (鶴 つる), and 鶴-related inkan are easily found in the racks of any 100-yen shop or the like.
My first time in Japan, my inkan (chosen by my co-workers) was 城市. It can be read Shiroichi, Jouichi, Kiichi, or (as in my case) Joushi.
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Wtf, I go out of my way to say words like Japanese instead of takas or syouwas and I get lumped together with a bunch of outsiders.shiohigari wrote:
Well, I'd just like to know if any of you gaijins use Kanji for your names.
Any of you gaijin なんて
And what's more! By somebody who from context is likely not even japanese. Can you even throw around 内外 concepts like that?shiohigari wrote:
A Japanese friend of mine gave me a birthday present.
If someone gives you a nickname, a pleasant one at least, they are probably on friendly terms with you. Throwing 漢字 at a name that wasn't intended to be written that way is paramount to giving a nickname as far as I'm concerned.shiohigari wrote:Is it a cool thing to do? Like, if a Japanese friends gives you Kanji for your name, does that mean that he or she thinks you're ok, cool etc? ~ or that you've reached some level of Japanese proficiency that you are part Japanese?!?
EDIT: Oh, I was gonna say what I think about using 漢字 for western names.
I say why not. My name isn't intended to be written in 片仮名 either, and isn't meant to be pronounced like that. More over 仮名 are just simplified 漢字, so write your name however you please.
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The world is full of idjits.
The world is full of idjits.
RE: Kanji names
I knew some Chinese that gave me the nickname 永明 (Weng Meng) They said it meant always bright, but probably, it really meant know it all.If someone gives you a nickname, a pleasant one at least, they are probably on friendly terms with you. Throwing 漢字 at a name that wasn't intended to be written that way is paramount to giving a nickname as far as I'm concerned.
I still have it written down somewhere. I remember trying really hard to write it correctly and thought I did a good job at the time.
Now when I look at it, I can't help but be repulsed by it. Oh boy did my handwriting suck.
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Kuri, are you saying that when the OP says a Japanese friend gave him/her a present, they don't really mean it was a JAPANESE friend?! How can you say that the giver of the present wasn't Japanese when the OP has clearly stated that?Kuri wrote:
And what's more! By somebody who from context is likely not even japanese.shiohigari wrote:
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iCub robot, start-up guide
This simple manual attempts to help new iCub users to get started quickly without too much hassle. iCub start up used to be a long process of launching lots of scripts from terminals?on?different?computer. This has been automated to help us being more productive as well as separate users from low level interfaces and avoid potential risks of causing accidental errors by for example running wrong calibration files. (for Plymouth iCub only)
iCub simulator, complete MacOSX installation quide
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Aquila is an open-source project that was inspired by the recent advancements in supercomputing making use of GPU enabled devices such as NVidia Fermi resulting in dramatical performance increase, which is nowadays a crucial aspect of any software running complex tasks. Aquila's features are implemented for both the standard CPU as well as massively parallel GPU code. Some of the features include multiple time-scales recurrent neural network (MTRNN), backpropagation through time (BPTT) algorithm, echo states networks (ESN), self-organising maps (SOM), image processing, modi experiment replication, 2D and 3D visualisations, speech recognition and narration. Aquila is targeted mostly for the use with the iCub humanoid robot and therefore facilitates means of connecting and controlling most of the functions of the robot and its simulation software. Below is the link for detailed user manual.
Building your own supercomputers
This guide explains how you can build your own supercomputers using the NVidia cards. We are using this kind of setup in Plymouth and it proved to work very well. If you have any questions regarding the setup, drop email to Anthony Morse or myself.
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Tonya Coleman here from Soireé Event Design, and I'm back with the "Trend Alert" where I share with you some of the hottest trends in party planning! Today's guest post is all about the hot new trend — Dollhouse Tea Parties!
Tea parties have been around for a long time, but the new trend is to invite your friend's to bring their favorite dolls to the party and have the girls and their dolls dress up in matching outfits for tea! At the forefront of this trend is Ann Loren, a fashion designer who has an entire collection of gorgeous outfits for girls and matching outfits for their 18″ tall dolls. What a cute idea! My daughter loves to dress up, so I hosted a Dollhouse themed tea party for her and some of her friends complete with a dress up bar, dessert table and photo shoot. They LOVED it!
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The inspiration for the entire party design were the fabulous outfits by Ann Loren that had an eclectic mix of patterns–polka dots, stripes, flowers and damask. Using my own exclusive printable collection "Dollhouse" (now available in my shop) I wanted to create an upscale and girly dollhouse environment for the girls. Mixing a damask tablecloth with this gorgeous tulle table skirt by Candy Crush Events was the perfect base and when paired with the vintage pink and white striped vinyl backdrop from Bubblegum Backdrops I had the look I was going for. Adding in girly details was the fun part. The centerpiece was a doll-sized cradle with a crystal chandelier mobile from Koyal Wholesale flanked with these gorgeous fabric topiaries by Sweet Georgia Sweet!
Dollhouse Desserts
The desserts had to be just as girly and petite so I called on Fancy Cakes to custom design four mini cakes for each guest inspired by the four outfits that each girl would be wearing at the party. She nailed it! The girls were so excited to see these gorgeous cakes! Roni's Sugar Creations also custom designed desserts to match the outfits from custom iced cookies in the shape of little dresses to the gourmet apples and fondant topped chocolate covered oreos and cake pops. Rounding out the table full of goodies were custom labeled cotton candy bags (available here) that the girls each took home as a party favor.
Dollhouse Dress Up & Photo Shoot
As the girls arrived they were each given an Ann Loren outfit to wear for themselves and one for their 18″ doll. Once they were dressed they visited the Dress Up Bar to accessorize with these super cute chunky necklaces and matching bracelets from Lil Ms Sophia. The girls all took home tulle wands from Titi's Tutus and a white hat perfect for a tea party. Once they were all dolled up, they posed for their very own Dollhouse Photo Shoot!
Dollhouse Tea Party
Once the photos were all taken, the girls took their dolls to the gorgeous tea party table and sat down with their dolls to enjoy lunch of petite sized sandwiches and pink lemonade. Next was tea (hot chocolate)! The girls loved being able to have their dolls sitting right next to them at the table with these clip on doll chairs. They also loved all the "fancy" sparkly elements of the table like the crystal chargers by Koyal Wholesale that were topped with striped paper plates by Hoopla Events with our printable plate inlay that I personalized with each guest's first initial. The girls really loved finding their seats by finding their own special plates!
Want more? Click over to my blog here for more party inspiration and check out my Pinterest board for a virtual shopping list of most of the items I used in this party's design along with prices and links to purchase them.
- Styling & photography: Soiree Event Design
- "Dollhouse" printables & custom labeled cotton candy: Soiree Event Design Shop
- Matching girl outfits and doll outfits: Ann Loren
- Mini cakes: Fancy Cakes
- Crystal chandelier & crystal charger plates: Koyal Wholesale
- Fabric topiaries & wreath: Sweet Georgia Sweet
- Custom vinyl backdrop: Bubblegum Backdrops
- Tulle table skirt: Candy Crush Events
- ALL paper goods (straws, plates, cups, baking cups, napkins, favor bags) and mason jar sippers: Hoopla Events
- Mini top hats: Cupcake Wishes & Birthday Dreams
- Tulle wands, tulle spoons: Titi's Tutus
- Gourmet candy apples, chocolate oreos, cake pops and iced cookies: Roni's Sugar Creations
- Bling frame: Talia's Creative Printing
- Chunky necklaces and matching bracelets: Lil Ms. Sophia
- White paper flowers: Scrappuchino
- Ruffled lamp and clip on doll highchair: Pottery Barn Kids
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Such a great job Tonya! Love it!
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Beyond beautiful. The dolls sitting at the table is adorable. Love everything, especially those cakes.
EEEEKKKK!!! I am so very proud to see my cakes sitting amongst your work. THIS is absolutely ADORABLE!!!
Wow! This party is stunning! I love all the soft pink with the black accents. A perfect girl's party!
Love love love. Too stinking cute Tonya great job!! Love the doll elements, matching outfits, mini Pom poms on silverware, dress up! Awesome job
Wonderful, I love all the patterns used, the colors are great and the table settings just beautiful….another hit Tonya!!!!
BEAUTIFUL party!!
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Love the pink, white and black colors. It gives it a french flair. Love it!!
Oh my this is absolutely fabulous! My daughter would love this! Excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!
I absolutely want to be a little girl again after seeing this!! The dress cookies are my favorite. They are so beautifully designed I wouldn't want to eat them. The pictures are wonderful. Am I too old to have a party like this? :)
Very beautiful! I love the arrangements made for the party.
I want to go to that tea party!
So lovely! I'm a big girl but I would love to join in. Adorable cakes and it's wonderful idea to make identical dresses for girls and dolls. Thought colors are not typical for childish event I'm sure girls liked it – I think it made them feel a little older and a bit more womanly, which is sometimes rather flattering at this age.
My niece is having a Dollbaby Tea Party in September. I was probably not a good idea to show her this one. I guess I will send her to Tonya's house to redo this one. Love it.
This is my cousin Tonya's excellent party.
What a cute party! Great job Tonya!!


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The Lifetime Achievement Award will go to Glenn Gould, Charlie Haden, Lightnin' Hopkins, Carole King, Patti Page, the Temptations and Ravi Shankar, who passed away yesterday at the age of 92. The Lifetime Achievement Award honors performers who have made contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording.
The Trustees Award will go to composers Marilyn and Alan Bergman, record executives Leonard and Phil Chess and Alan Livingston, the man who signed the Beatles to Capitol Records. The award recognizes contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording in areas other than performance.
The Technical Grammy Award will go to Ikutaro Kakehashi, founder of Roland Corporation and Dave Smith, president of Sequential Circuits, for their work in developing MIDI and Royer Labs who developed the new generation of ribbon microphones.
"Each year, The Academy has the distinct privilege of honoring those who have greatly contributed to our industry and cultural heritage, and this year we have a gifted and brilliant group of honorees," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "Their exceptional accomplishments, contributions and artistry will continue to influence and inspire generations to come."
A special invitation-only ceremony will be held during GRAMMY Week on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, and a formal acknowledgment will be made during the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards® telecast, which will be held at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, and broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS Television Network.
Biographies of all of the recipients from the Academy press release are after the cut.
A prodigy and four-time GRAMMY winner, Glenn Gould* became one of the best known and most celebrated classical pianists of his time with a style of playing that was deeply expressive and rhythmically precise. In 1956 he earned international recognition with his first Columbia release, Bach's Goldberg Variations, but his repertoire went on to include such works by Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Schoenberg, and Strauss. Gould, who was also a composer, conductor, broadcaster and writer, often offered original, deeply personal and shocking musical interpretations filled with extreme tempos, odd dynamics and finicky phrasing that made him a unique talent.
A three-time GRAMMY winner Charlie Haden is an all-American jazz musician best known for his signature lyrical bass lines and his ability to liberate the bassist from an accompanying role. In addition to his groundbreaking work as an original member of the Ornette Coleman Quartet, he has collaborated with such jazz artists as Chet Baker, Ed Blackwell, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Billy Higgins, Art Pepper, and Archie Shepp. Throughout his five decade career, Haden has revolutionized the harmonic concept of bass playing and has covered such genres as free jazz, Portuguese fado and vintage country.
Lightnin' Hopkins* was a Texas country/blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist whose career spanned more than six decades. He recorded approximately 1,000 songs, including such hits as "T-Model Blues," "Tim Moore's Farm" and "Mojo Hand." Hopkins gained recognition with his intense mournful style and his distinctive fingerstyle playing, earning him a spot on Rolling Stone's list of 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
Carole King is one of the most significant and talented singer/songwriters in the modern era. King, along with songwriting partner Gerry Goffin, was honored with a Recording Academy Trustees Award in 2004 for having written such prolific hits as "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," "The Loco-Motion," "Chains," and "I'm Into Something Good." In 1971 King released Tapestry, which included the songs "I Feel The Earth Move," "It's Too Late," and "You've Got A Friend." The album garnered four GRAMMY Awards including Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Record Of The Year, and was inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame® in 1998. In 2010, King joined friend and fellow singer/songwriter James Taylor during the successful "Troubadour Reunion" tour. In 2012, she released her New York Times best-selling autobiography A Natural Woman.
Throughout her seven-decade career, Patti Page has recorded a number of hits, including "(How Much Is That) Doggie In The Window" and "I Went To Your Wedding." Her unique and smooth vocal style seamlessly blended country and pop music. Page's version of "Tennessee Waltz" was a best-selling single, and landed her concurrently on the top of the pop, country, and R&B charts. Her Live At Carnegie Hall — The 50th Anniversary Concert album garnered her a GRAMMY in 1998 for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance. In 2009, Page published This Is My Song: A Memoir.
As one of the world's most renowned sitar players, three-time GRAMMY winner Ravi Shankar* is a true ambassador for international music. As a performer, composer, teacher and writer, he is considered a pioneer in bringing Indian music to the West. With a performance career spanning more than 80 years, he has influenced a variety of musicians, including the Beatles, John Coltrane, Philip Glass and his daughters, Norah Jones and Anoushka Shankar. A humanitarian and philanthropist, in 1971 Shankar, along with George Harrison, organized the Concert for Bangladesh, which paved the way for many other fundraising charity concerts.
Recognized for their slick choreography, distinct harmonies and flashy attire, the Temptations are one of the most influential R&B acts in music. A Motown staple, the Temptations pioneered their sound by focusing on songs that reflected social change, politics, love and a strong connection to their audience. In 1968, the group earned a GRAMMY Award for their performance of the hit "Cloud Nine." Additionally; their hits "My Girl" and "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" have been inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame, with the latter recording garnering two GRAMMYs in 1972.
Songwriters Marilyn &Alan Bergman are two of the world's most distinguished lyricists. Among their songs are such pop culture signatures as "Nice 'N' Easy," "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," "The Windmills Of Your Mind," GRAMMY Song Of The Year winner "The Way We Were," and the themes for TV shows such as "Maude" and "Good Times," among others. They have collaborated with many renowned composers, Michel Legrand, Marvin Hamlisch, Cy Coleman, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mandel, John Williams, and Quincy Jones. The pair has won three Academy Awards® and two GRAMMY Awards and were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1980, among other honors. The Bergmans have also been active within the music industry and supported charitable organizations. Marilyn served as president and chair of ASCAP for 15 years and in 2002, she was appointed the first chair of the Library of Congress' National Sound Recording Preservation Board. Alan serves as a board member for the Johnny Mercer Foundation and the Artists' Rights Foundation.
Through their Chess Records label, Chess Records founders Leonard* & Phil Chess played a pivotal role in bringing wider attention to Chicago blues and legendary artists such as Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. But equally important, they were instrumental in the birth of rock and roll. Signing and recording rock legend Chuck Berry alone ranks the Chess brothers with Sun Records founder Sam Phillips as the industry's most visionary rock and roll leaders, but they also recorded what many critics argue was the first rock and roll record: "Rocket '88'" by Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats. Ultimately, Chess and its affiliates would sign other influential giants, including Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon, Little Walter, and Etta James, among others. Nine Chess recordings have been inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame to date.
There's only one industry leader who can be credited with bringing Bozo the Clown, Frank Sinatra, the Beatles and the Beach Boys under one roof: former Capitol Records executive Alan Livingston*. Charged with forming a children's division for Capitol in the '40s, Livingston created the Bozo character, which remained popular into the '60s. After rising to an executive position at the label in the '50s, he helped revive Sinatra's career, and in the '60s he was instrumental in bringing the Beatles to the United States, as well as leading Capitol into the rock era with such signings as the Band and Steve Miller. Later, after joining 20th Century Fox Records, he co-produced The Story Of Star Wars with George Lucas.
In 1983, Ikutaro Kakehashi, founder of Roland Corporation, and Dave Smith, president of Sequential Circuits, unveiled MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface). Next year marks the 30th anniversary of the launch of MIDI, a standard that motivated the cooperation of an entire industry and helped move music technology into a new era. In a nearly unprecedented collaboration between competing manufacturers, what would soon prove an inescapable new technology was born when two competing manufacturers' electronic keyboards were connected, enabling them to "talk" to one another using a new communication standard. The announcement ultimately revolutionized the music world. Today, MIDI is ubiquitous in the musical equipment industry, and is the de facto standard feature on virtually every electronic music product made by every manufacturer.
Royer Labs' line of ribbon microphones has made a profound difference in the way engineers record music. The company's ribbon technology is extremely natural sounding and brings a more realistic, analog sound and feel to digital recordings and live sound reproduction. In the '90s, Royer Labs single-handedly brought ribbon microphones into mainstream recording. Older ribbon microphone designs had fallen out of use in the '60s due to low output and because they were heavy and fragile. Royer designed a radically different line of ribbon microphones — small, lightweight, durable, and achieving incredible sound — which were revolutionary and moved the art of recording forward. Royer's innovations continue to win the praise of artists, producers and engineers today.


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Five leading members of the Planning Officers Society are among the experts on the judging panel for the second Placemaking Awards, staged in association with Planning and Placemaking Resource.
David Evans, President of POS; Mike Holmes, a former President; Catriona Riddell, Strategic Planning Subject Specialist; Nicky Linihan, Housing Delivery Subject Specialist; and Vincent Hines, former Design Subject Specialist, joined the other experts recently in London to judge the entries. Some of the other judges are also members of the Society.
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The Syria Tribune: The video starts with several scenes showing chemical containers with Tekkim labels (Tekkim is a Turkish chemicals company) and some lab equipment, while playing Jihadists chants in the background. A glass box then appears with two rabbits inside, with a poster on the wall behind it reading The Almighty Wind Brigade (Kateebat A Reeh Al Sarsar). A person wearing a lab mask then mixes chemicals in a beaker in the glass box, and we see some gas emitting from the beaker. About a minute later, the rabbits start to have random convulsions and then die. The person says: You saw what happened? This will be your fate, you infidel Alawites, I swear by ALLAH to make you die like these rabbits, one minute only after you inhale the gas.
Judging from the rabbits' reaction, the gas must be a nerve agent. The number of containers, if not a bluff, indicates ability to produce a considerable amount of this gas. Deployment could be by means of a smoke generator placed in the target area, an explosion, possibly a suicide one, of a "chemmed" car, or simply by using a humidifier.


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The Gamers' Temple: "If you're a fan of Naruto, I'd highly recommend Ultimate Ninja Storm 3. This is easily the best game based off a manga that I have played, which says a lot, since I have played many other manga games and have constantly been let down by how mediocre they are. I'm not even a Naruto fan and was totally lost from the start of this game, but I was willing to play it and stick with it and enjoyed it quite a bit in the end. The game has very few flaws and it will last you quite a while with all the extras that it has to unlock. The roster of 80+ characters alone is quite impressive and leads to hours of gameplay to see how they all control."
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Sources have stated that Tata Motors, the $22 billion producer of Jaguar sports cars and Land Rover sport utility vehicles, is shaping up as a key battleground in the fight for control of India's biggest conglomerate.
It was stated that Tata Group is currently facing opposition to its plan to remove Cyrus Mistry from the automaker's board after Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services recommended investors vote against the move. The two US proxy advisory firms wrote in reports this month the reasons for the Tata Motors chairman's ouster haven't been clearly explained.
Meanwhile foreign investors holding American depository receipts have the potential to influence the vote at next week's extraordinary general meeting, as they control about 18.5% of the car maker's stock, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Presently Tata Sons have revealed December 13 it bought an additional 1.7% of the car maker, bolstering its position before the December 22 shareholder meeting.
Earlier Mistry has said he was pushing to transform Tata Group into a more prudent enterprise than the globetrotter that has bought Jaguar Land Rover under previous chairman Ratan Tata. The automotive unit has been a particular point of contention, with Mistry supporters claiming the Nano project to produce the world's cheapest car was a drain on resources.
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Lou Reed and Metallica discuss their new collaborative album, Lulu, at an invite-only Bowers & Wilkins Sound Session.
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"We are doing a limited search as we speak," Mike's President Philip O' Neil told Ad Age .
Arnold is not defending the account. "Our partnership with Mike's Hard Lemonade helped them achieve double-digit growth for the past two years," the agency said in a statement."We're proud of what we accomplished, and we wish them the best with their next agency partner."
Seattle-based Mike's sells a variety of flavored malt beverages including its flagship lemonade brand, spending $10.2 million on measured media in 2010, according to Kantar Media.
The new search might seem surprising considering that Mike's is on a roll of late, with sales up 33.8% in the 52 weeks ending Sept. 4, according to SymphonyIRI. But the move is consistent with the recent track record of the company, which has been a serial reviewer as of late. Sales were also surging in early 2010 when Mike's shifted the account to ArnoldNYC, the New York office of Havas-owned Arnold Worldwide. The agency took the account from independent Amalgamated, which only had it for two years after winning it in early 2008 from now-defunct We Are Gigantic.
Mr. O' Neil declined to elaborate on why the marketer put the account into review.
Mike's leads the progressive adult beverage category with $296 million in sales and 30% market share, ahead of Diageo's Smirnoff Ice, which had nearly 21% share in the year ending Sept. 4, according to SymphonyIRI, which excludes Walmart and liquor stores. Overall sales in the volatile category were up 11% in the period, according to SymphonyIRI.
Mike's current campaign encourages drinkers to "switch things up from regular beer" including one ad that features a lemonade stand in the middle of a convenient store beer aisle.
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It's been some time since Dell released its first 24in display, which broke new ground for being a 24in screen that was actually affordable and established 1,920 x 1,200 as a resolution to be aspired to. NEC is rather late to the 24in party and so has decided to go a little better and release a 26in isplay. It has a 24in unit too but the LCD2690WUXi is certainly the daddy, stuffed with almost every bit of technology that NEC could throw at it.
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The Senators do not mention that manual dialing a survey is much more time-consuming (and thus as much as 5 times as expensive as a normal phone survey) and error-prone than when using some form of automation. Defining what automated versus manual means is in fact the crux of many petitions currently gathering dust at the FCC. Then the Senators get to their point: "Consumers already believe they receive too many unwanted calls and texts….
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Last week was a packed week! I received a surprise call at school on Tuesday to see if we could accept a big hardware delivery on Thursday. It took quite a bit of work, but we made it. By Friday, I was exhausted and ready for the weekend.
I went in to school yesterday morning, but I was home by noon. So I was free to relax and do what I wanted, which was to sit in front of the TV and not move for a few hours. That may not sound exciting to the average person, but to someone who saw very little relaxation for a week, it was just the ticket!
I also knitted a bit, something that I hadn't felt like doing much over the past week.
This morning, Little Grump and I got up and went to breakfast at the Corner Bakery. (It was great!) Then we went to see "The Three Musketeers". (That was wonderful too!) Then we went to Pinkberry's so that Little Grump could try their peanut butter and jelly yogurt.
It was such a joy to have the day with Little Grump. It was even more of a joy to see the way our relationship is changing. She talked about ideas that she has for art projects. We talked about how today's fashions for men would be greatly improved by leather pants, awesome leather boots, and an occasional feathered cap. We lamented that quite a few kids will think that will actually believe that there were airships in "The Three Musketeers".
We've always had a good relationship, but this was just so nice!
Then we came home. I knitted for a while more.
I also cleaned a little, which was badly needed. In the process, I found a bag of gummy bears that must have been on the end table for a very long time. Because they were well past their shelf life, I got to play and take pictures of them.
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In just a few years, we've gone from supporting a handful of early adopters in the UK to having thousands of employees under management worldwide. Here we've listed a selection of the companies that have chosen Cezanne OnDemand to help them manage their people, and their businesses, better.
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Liz Birnbaum named MMS Director
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today appointed Liz Birnbaum, an attorney with two decades of Federal Government and private sector experience in energy and environmental policy, as Director of the Department's Minerals Management Service. The appointment does not require Senate confirmation.
"As a former Associate Solicitor here at Interior with extensive experience as counsel and staff director for congressional committees, Liz brings a number of strengths to this key position at Interior," Secretary Salazar said. "Her in-depth knowledge of energy issues, natural resource policy and environmental law as well as her managerial expertise and work in coalition building will be especially important as we advance President Obama's new energy frontier and lay the foundation for a clean energy economy."
Since 2007, Birnbaum has been staff director of the Committee on House Administration, overseeing strategy development, budget management and staff activities for the House congressional committee that manages legislative branch agencies.
Before that she was Vice President for Government Affairs and General Counsel for American Rivers, where she directed advocacy programs for the river conservation organization from 2001 to 2007. She coordinated staff work, built coalitions with other national and grassroots conservation organizations and represented the organization before congressional committees and executive branch agencies.
Birnbaum was the Department of the Interior's Associate Solicitor for Minerals Resources from 2000 to 2001, supervising and managing a staff of attorneys that provided legal advice, developed regulations and conducted litigation on minerals issues for the Minerals Management Service, Bureau of Land Management and Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation.
Before that she was a special assistant to the Interior Solicitor, from 1999 to 2000, overseeing legal policy on a range of natural resource issues, including mining law, public land management and hydropower licensing.
From 1991 to 1999 she was counsel to the House Committee on Natural Resources, where she handled legislative and oversight activities for the Department of the Interior, U.S. Forest Service and electric power marketing administrations.
From 1987 to 1991 she was counsel for the Water Resources Program of the National Wildlife Federation.
Birnbaum has been an officer and member of numerous boards and commissions, including the National Capital Section of the American Water Resources Association; Arlington County Environment and Energy Conservation Commission; and the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Section of the District of Columbia Bar.
Birnbaum received her Juris Doctor degree from Harvard University in 1984 and her A.B. degree, magna cum laude, from Brown University in 1979. She was Editor in Chief of the Harvard Environmental Law Review, Vol. 8.


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Oshkosh throwers put Titans on top
Hoffler became three-time national champ with her triple jump
DELAWARE, Ohio – Ohio Wesleyan's campus could have easily doubled as Wisconsin-Oshkosh's Friday at the NCAA Division III Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The Titan throwers obviously felt at home and packed the top of the standings in a pair of events to build a big lead by the conclusion of the second day.
A rain delay postponed the hammer throw from Thursday, but it couldn't derail Holly Ozanich's quest for a second-consecutive title as she led a dominating effort for Wisconsin-Oshkosh in the event. Ozanich tossed the hammer an even 200 feet (60.95 meters) to outduel teammate and fellow senior Sue Trzebiatowski (58.96m, 193-5). Wisconsin-Oshkosh claimed two more top-six placements when junior Alexia Child went fourth with a 55.15m (180-11) effort and sophomore Samantha Loew claimed sixth with a 53.47m (175-5) heave.
"I think (competing against each other in practice) definitely helps us relax," Trzebiatowski said. "We can push each other in practice and then when we get to a meet we can also support each other. That kind of helps us relax and just fire each other up to go after it."
Ozanich came back later in the day to take second in the shot put (14.82m, 48-7 1/2), but yielded the spotlight to fellow Titan Jecel Gerner. Gerner hurled the shot 15.11m (49-7) and gave Wisconsin-Oshkosh its second championship of the day, as well as first place in the team standings with 48 points.
"I have a really good coach that pushes us and I have teammates that are really strong, which makes it nice to compete against them at high-level meets," said Gerner.
With 26 points Williams was next in the team rankings behind Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Illinois College (16 pts.), Wartburg (15 pts.), Gustavus Adolphus (14 pts.), and Ithaca (14 pts. each) rounded out the top-five placements with one day of competition remaining.
Though only a sophomore, Tanasia Hoffler of Williams became a three-time national champion and a five-time All-American with her triple jump victory. Hoffler, the 2010 indoor and outdoor titlist in the event, leapt a distance of 12.32m (40-5) to successfully defend her crown.
"You just have to treat every jump like it's your last and you try to get on the board," Hoffler said after her final jump solidified her win. "You just keep giving it your all regardless of what everybody else is jumping."
Gustavus Adolphus' Janey Helland took the heptathlon crown thanks to a thrilling come-from-behind finish. Helland entered the day in third, 205 points behind leader Emma Dewart of Ithaca. Helland, a senior, narrowed the gap in the long jump and javelin throw and finally overtook Dewart in seventh event, the 800-meter run.
Helland's time of 2:19.47 was good for second place and 49 more points than Dewart scored with her 2:23.07 finish. That point differential catapulted Helland into the top spot on the podium by a slim, 5,061-5,015 margin.
"I'm kind of speechless. It feels awesome," Helland explained. "I definitely worked really hard for this. I really wanted it bad. At indoors, I got second and ever since then I was like, 'I can do this.' It's just one of those things where you realize your true potential."
Moravian junior Abby Schaffer certainly had some momentum on her side entering the women's pole vault finals. Schaffer claimed the 2011 indoor championship title and had previously cleared the four-meter mark three times in the outdoor season. Schaffer added the outdoor title with a NCAA championship record-setting clearance of 4.14m (13-7).
"I worked a lot harder this year, working with my coaches at Moravian. They put me through a lot more rigorous practices," said Shaffer, the fourth-place vaulter in 2010. "I just had my eye on doing better this year. I lifted, I ran, I practiced a lot harder and eventually it all paid off."
Runner-up and fellow junior Catherine Street of Linfield shared the record, but the championship went to Shaffer because she cleared the bar on her first attempt while it took Street two tries to land cleanly on the mat.
"It was the best competition that I've had all year," Street said. "I came in going 13-5 and went 13-7 (for a personal record), so I can't ask for any more. I'm pretty sure I screamed right after I made the bar. It was wonderful."
Baldwin-Wallace senior Kimberly Chinn, the runner-up in the 3,000-meter steeplechase a year ago, captured her first title in the event with a 10:24.22 finish, which was a six-second improvement on her 2010 championship time.
"I just think it's the perfect top to a great season," said Chinn of her final collegiate run. "I've had a lot of success this season and I feel that this is the best way to go out."
The final day of the 2011 NCAA Division III Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship begins Saturday.


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