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Introduction: and Slide Download
What is your Business Model? (3:48)
What is a Value Proposition? The Milkshake Example (4:31)
Your Value Proposition Hypotheses (3:00)
Why we suggest you select one initial market segment (1:45)
Business Model Hypotheses Beyond the Value Proposition (5:08)
Week 1: Test Your Business Model
Introduction and Slide Download
Begin by testing your Value Proposition (5:33)
How to interview prospective customers (5:03)
After understanding the need - test your proposed solution (2:19)
You're looking for an 'Emphatic Yes!' (1:16)
Test your Channel and Revenue hypytheses (2:03)
Test your Partner, Activities, Resources and Costs hypotheses (2:25)
A Better way to Determine: What will Customers Pay? (14:11)
Week 2: Protect your Company and your Intellectual Property; Build a Team
Introduction and Slides
Disclaimer: this is not legal advice! (0:25)
Create a Legal Entity: when, and which type? (4:26)
Protect your Stock for when Founders Leave (2:42)
Protect founders from taxes when their stock vests: the 83b form (2:51)
What is intellectual property (IP) ? (0:55)
Copyrights: protect your computer code, website, brochures and more (3:48)
Trademarks: protect your company name, product name, logo, ... (4:13)
Trade dress: protect your product packaging design (1:21)
Utility patents: protect your invention (5:22)
Design patents: protect an ornamental design (0:38)
Trade secrets: protect your invention, and your company confidential information's (2:07)
Confidentiality and Proprietary Rights Agreements (0:45)
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Finding and recruiting co-founders (2:57)
Stock compensation for founders: who gets how much? (2:52)
What investors look for in a team (1:44)
With investors - can you maintain control? (1:46)
Example: stock dilution when you receive investment (4:07)
Founders salaries - how much can you pay after an investment round? (1:36)
Hiring employees - how to stay out of trouble! (2:02)
Board of Advisors vs. Board of Directors: what are they? (10:31)
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Careers at Labtests
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Careers at Labtests
Labtests provides high quality, accessible, sustainable, and affordable pathology services contributing to the health and well being of the greater Auckland population.
Our laboratory is highly automated and technically advanced, and we deliver an outstanding service for patients and health professionals. We are committed to the future of pathology in New Zealand through excellence in technical, clinical, and service innovations.
Our laboratory is divided up into different Departments:
- Specimen Reception
- Haematology
- Immunoserology
- Biochemistry
- Anatomical Pathology
- Microbiology
- Collection Services
- Clinical Data Centre
- Logistics
Specimen Reception
Specimen reception is responsible for receipting samples into the laboratory and delivering them to the correct internal and external testing destinations. They ensure that all the relevant patient demographics correlate, and follow-up where necessary.
Haematology is the study of blood, blood-forming organs, and blood diseases. Haematologists examine blood films using a microscope to diagnose diseases such as anaemia, and bone marrow disorders. Blood samples are analysed by highly automated machinery to analyse the components of patient blood samples.
Immunology is the study of diseases caused by disorders of the immune system. Disorders can be broadly categorized as either immunodeficiency where part of the immune system fails to provide an adequate response or autoimmunity where the immune system attacks its own host's body. Hypersensitivity disorders are also possible where the immune system responds inappropriately to compounds.
Biochemistry involves the analysis of body fluids for diseases such as diabetes and renal failure using enzyme activity measurements, spectrophotometry, electrophoresis, and immunoassays. Highly automated machines are closely monitored and quality controlled by scientists and technicians.
Anatomical Pathology
Anatomical Pathology has two main sections at Labtests: Histology and Cytology.
Histology: In Histology, tissue samples are prepared for examination by a pathologist. Tissues are dissected, embedded in wax, and then thinly sliced. The tissue is then stained to allow differentiation of tissue components. Histology is especially important for the diagnosis of cancer.
Cytology: Cytology is the study of cellular disease using cellular changes within specimens to diagnose disease. The most common application is the Pap smear which is used as a screening tool to detect precancerous cervical lesions and prevent cervical cancer.
The Microbiology team isolate, identify and perform sensitivity testing on bacteria and fungi from a range of patient samples including blood, urine, and faeces samples. Microbiology is also involved in the microscopic examination of specimens for parasites.
Collection Services
Collection Services are responsible for collecting specimens from the patients for Laboratory testing.
Clinical Data Centre
The Clinical Data Entry Centre is responsible for the accurate and timely entering of codes for patient testing procedures, laboratory results, contact centre information services for community pathology patients, and referring practitioners. There are three sections within the Clinical Data Centre:
- Data Entry
- Call Centre
Logistics manage the logistical operations of Labtests such as warehousing, supply, and distribution of stock for both internal and external customers, as well as co-ordaining and organising the medical courier network. Logistics is also responsible for the facilities and maintenance for all Labtests greater Auckland regional sites. Within logistics there are 3 main areas:
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Founded by Michael Cohen and Suzanne Lerner, the Michael Stars brand is innovative in its designs. What began as a brand dedicated to creating the perfect T-shirt has evolved into a complete collection of luxury essentials that cleverly embody modern Californian style. Famed in the fashion industry for cashmere blend knits, vintage-inspired pants and chic silk separates, Michael Stars has developed a loyal following. Perfect closet staples with a contemporary flair, Michael Stars tops are must-have basics. Cami-tops, tanks, T-shirts and blouses feature various collar shapes and colorful finishes for go-to outfit options all year round.
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Two Colorado women living with blood cancer have received new fall wardrobes from the Los Angeles-based women's apparel line Belldini.
Chief executive officer Benjamin Esshaghian flew in to personally present the clothing to Genevive (Genny) Johnson of Castle Rock and her friend, Jennifer Ronhovde. The original plan had been to award only one wardrobe, but after a heartwarming request, Esshaghian and his selection committee decided that both women deserved to win.
Genny, a single mother of two, suffers from two forms of blood cancer, and needed a stem-cell transplant to survive. She had the procedure earlier this year. During her treatment, Genny realized that public awareness about such transplants was extremely low. She summoned her strength and helped develop a non-profit organization, Genny's Hope Foundation, that would focus on conducting bone marrow donor drives on college campuses.


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Senators glum about debt-deal prospects
Grim-faced senators left their party lunches Tuesday fearful that Washington was poised to do the unthinkable: Blow past the Thursday deadline to avert an unprecedented default on the U.S. debt.
After House Republicans drew a stern rebuke from the White House for moving their own proposal, Senate leaders abruptly broke off their talks, leaving Washington with no clear path to avert a growing national crisis. Even if the House fails to pass a bill and a deal is eventually reached in the Senate, any one senator can object and delay a final resolution until after the Thursday deadline when the Treasury Department warns the country will start running out of cash to pay its bills.
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Senate Democratic leaders have already warned that they will reject the proposal under consideration by House Speaker John Boehner. And there's hardly any guarantee that the House will accept whatever deal is eventually reached between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
( Also on POLITICO: What Obama, Republicans get with a deal)
That left senators coming to grips with the possibility that the government shutdown — now in its third week — could be compounded with a debt default, provoking a fresh economic crisis that could rattle markets around the world.
"I don't know in my 17 years here where I've seen a situation where a solution looked less likely," said Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker, a former House member, after lunching with fellow Republicans.
It's still possible a quick resolution could be reached if lawmakers start feeling even more pressure for their failure to act — but that would take a lot of cooperation that's been in short order so far.
The change in mood was stunning because senators in both parties largely thought the two party leaders were inches away from sealing an agreement to calm markets and restart the jobs of furloughed employees.
Indeed, Republicans came to the Capitol Tuesday morning expecting to be briefed about the emerging Reid-McConnell deal. Instead, many were greeted with news that Boehner planned to push his own plan that would seek more concessions from Obamacare, shorten the length of a stop-gap spending measure and limit the Treasury Department's ability to go beyond the new debt limit deadline. GOP leaders canceled that briefing along with a press conference later in the day.
( Also on POLITICO: White House: House GOP bill demands a 'ransom')
Democrats believe Boehner "pulled the rug out" from underneath the Senate, as Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) put it.
"We're too close," Heinrich said. "It's reckless and irresponsible."
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), a member of GOP leadership, said it seemed "pretty real" that a deal by Thursday wouldn't be able to clear Congress. Still, he suggested that the financial markets and the global economy would be calm if they "sense" a deal is in the works, even if it hasn't cleared all the final legislative hurdles.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who has been trying to hammer out a deal that ends the federal government shutdown and lifts the debt limit, said Tuesday that she was "obviously very worried" about the risk of default.
( PHOTOS: 25 great shutdown quotes)
"Even if it's not the 17th or it may be the 18th, we know it's coming," Collins said. "We have an obligation to act to prevent a default."
If the House fails to adopt the plan Tuesday evening, then the McConnell-Reid negotiations would resume. In many ways, Bohener's failure would strengthen McConnell's ability to sell the Senate proposal as the last, best possible deal for his party to end the fiscal crisis.
But if the House passes its bill, then McConnell is in a far trickier position. He could demand passage of a House GOP bill Reid and the White House strongly oppose — or he could try to cut a bipartisan deal that many House conservatives are already balking at.
It's far from clear what McConnell will do. At a closed-door party lunch Tuesday, McConnell made little mention of his next steps, senators said, but indicated there was "no deal" finalized between him and Reid.
( PHOTOS: Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid's friendship)
What could complicate things further is the possibility that any Senate deal could be delayed by a single senator. Every member of the Senate has the ability to object to efforts to quickly schedule a vote, which would force Reid to file a series of time-consuming procedural votes, effectively delaying a resolution until well past the Thursday deadline.
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), No. 3 in GOP leadership, urged Republican senators not to delay a quick vote if a deal is reached.
"I think given the consequences of what we're talking about here, I would hope that if there's some agreement, we can at least get it voted on," Thune said.
But Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the two men who led the shutdown fight by demanding any funding bill be linked to anti-Obamacare provisions, were absent from the Tuesday party lunch.


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Keep Ahead of the Learning Curve, Part 127 Apr, 2011 By: Robert Green
A CAD manager's job demands an up-to-date skill set — which in turn requires a carefully planned training program.
As a CAD manager, you train all your CAD users and make sure they're productive, but how much time do you spend training yourself? If your answer to this question is zero, then you're allowing yourself to become outdated — not a great career plan for a technology manager.
In the next two issues of the CAD Manager's Newsletter, I'll motivate you to update your skill set, and I'll pass along some ideas for aligning your desire to learn with your company's needs. Interested? Here goes.
Getting Started
First things first: Before you begin the training, you've got to make a plan. Any good CAD manager syllabus must include, at minimum, the following elements:
- A list of topics you need to learn about
- The resources you'll need to learn about your topics
- Financing required for your training resources
- Time allocated to actually do your learning.
Now let's work our way through the plan step by step, and we'll draw some conclusions as we go.
Define the Essential Topics
Of course, you already have some idea of which topics you'd like to learn about, but a better starting point is, which topics does your company need you to learn about? Put another way, what knowledge would your boss actually pay for you to learn, and allow you to spend time at work learning? It's a lot easier to embark on a learning plan if your boss will help you, so keep his or her perspective in mind.
To get the idea of how to build your topic list, let's analyze a fictional CAD manager's circumstances:
Lois is a lighting designer in a multidisciplinary design architecture firm who's been a CAD manager for several years. She's comfortable with managing AutoCAD-based tools, and has a good rapport with users due to her ongoing training sessions. Lois is comfortable with setting up basic CAD standards, but she doesn't have a lot of experience with translating AutoCAD files to Revit, nor does she have experience using Revit. Lois's senior management team is becoming concerned about an impending transition to Revit, given their lack of experience with it and the lack of staff knowledge.
Given Lois's story, what should her learning topic list focus on?
Topics = Needs
If Lois designs her learning topic list to address company needs, she's going to learn new skills, become more valuable to her organization, and become more employable in her career field. Here's how I'd advise Lois to build her training topic list:
- Acquire specific skills to send and receive Revit files to and from customers.
- Acquire more general Revit skills that will be key for the company's future use.
- Study how other companies have implemented Revit; learn what works as well as what doesn't.
- Study how to best train company users so that the adoption of Revit will go as smoothly as possible.
This learning topics list gives Lois a number of advantages:
- She will become very proficient with Revit.
- She will be able to help her coworkers with the few Revit needs they currently have.
- She will be able to help transition her coworkers from their current CAD usage to a more Revit-centric culture when the time is right.
- She will make her management team much more confident about the company's ability to make the leap to Revit.
- She will be able to learn the Revit skills she needs over time so she can still be productive as a lighting designer while she learns.
How to Ask Your Boss
Now that you've got a learning plan and a topic list, it is time to approach your boss. As you make your case, remember that your boss will only be interested in investing training time and money in your learning plan if it will benefit the company (and by benefit, I mean financially).
Your learning objectives must meet your company's needs, or your managers will never pay for your training.
Therefore, the burden on you is to communicate your training needs to your boss in a way that is comprehensible and makes financial sense for the company. Lois might approach the subject this way:
"We're seeing more and more need for Revit skills in our current projects, and the burden seems to be coming my way. I feel unprepared to handle the task, but if I can get a little support from you so I can take the time to learn Revit and apply these new skills to our project needs, the whole company could benefit. I've tracked down some resources and prepared an estimate of what it'll take for me to learn the minimum skills we need to do our projects with Revit."
Now Lois should continue by saying:
"And when it comes time for us to expand our Revit usage, I'll be well prepared to help other users learn the software, because I already have great training skills and good relationships with our CAD users. This could be a real winning scenario for our company."
If you were Lois's boss, would you be impressed? I would be.
Get On It
Now it's up to you to build a learning plan for yourself and set out your learning objectives in a way that you can present to your boss for approval. Don't underestimate the need for the steps covered here; a well thought-out plan is essential to securing approval.
In the next edition of the CAD Manager's Newsletter, I'll show you how to take your learning topics and prioritize them financially so you know exactly how to approach your boss with your new learning plan. Until then.


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Just look at the simple ingredients!
1/2 cup shitake mushrooms, sliced thin and squeezed dry
1/2 cup bamboo shoots strips, squeezed dry
2 pkgs of dried tofu skin sheets
1/2 cup soy sauce
dash sesame oil
1/4 cup sugar
I am the Vegan Ronin. I travel the world, my knives my only companions. You will only know me by my trail of tofu.
dude that looks ridiculously good! i need to taste that crispy outside.
that DOES look ridiculously nummy and simple to make! can't find any tofu skin anywhere in this city! *sniffle* i have some filo pastry tho...hm.
That looks delicious, I love anything with bean curd sheets! :-)
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2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 vs. 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 - On Road
Editor's note: This is the final installment of a three-part comparison test between the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and the 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. We've already discovered which car was quickest around Gingerman Raceway with professional driver Alex Lloyd behind the wheel and spent a day at Milan Dragway laying down quarter-mile times. Read on to find out which car is our overall favorite after a day of road driving.
The results are in: the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is quicker around Gingerman Raceway than the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500, yet the GT500 outmuscles the ZL1 when blasting through a quarter-mile. But are those two performance metrics enough to proclaim one a winner? Not in the least.
Insane horsepower figures, ludicrous top speeds, and seven-minute Nuerburgring lap times are enough to win friends and influence headlines, but they don't provide a full portrait of any car. While the ZL1 and GT500 are built to go fast, speed is not their sole objective. Concoctions like the COPO Camaro, the Mustang FR500, and the Mustang Cobra Jet sacrifice civility and street legality in the name of performance. The ZL1 and GT500 have to cater to more rational buyers. These two cars are also expected to function as usable daily drivers when not being flogged at open track days or test-and-tune nights at the strip.
So, how do these mega muscle machines fare while driving in the real world? We put them to the test on some of the most entertaining (and, at times, bumpiest) roads we could find in Southeastern Michigan.
The King of Horsepower: Ford Shelby GT500
We're first tossed keys to the outright king of horsepower: the 2013 Shelby GT500. If looks could kill, this car would be locked on death row, convicted of triple homicide, and in select states, ordering its last meal. Strip away the retina-searing Grabber Blue hue and white stripes, and this latest iteration of Shelby Mustang still has a wild, menacing visual presence thanks to flared fenders, a raked stance, a large chin spoiler, and a new grille insert. Actually, perhaps we should say a lack of a grille insert: save for a couple small pieces tucked into the corners, the grille opens directly to the radiator. Ford says this helps increase cooling, but darned if the GT500 doesn't look even more deranged as a result.
Inside, the Shelby's revisions aren't as noticeable. Apart from new illuminated door sills that celebrate SVT's 20th anniversary, little has changed from the 2011 GT500. Much of the interior is standard Mustang, but Shelby-spec models do gain a faux engine-turned finish on the dash trim, rolled-and-tucked leather door panel inserts, and white striping applied over black leather seating surfaces. Spend another $1595, and the stock front buckets are replaced with an excellent pair of Recaro-sourced seats, which provide incredible lateral grip while remaining supportive and comfortable over long stints behind the wheel. We still wish Ford would bless Mustangs - all Mustangs -- with a telescoping steering column. A heavy clutch with lots of travel may tempt you to scoot the driver's seat forward, but doing so places tall drivers uncomfortably close to the dashboard.
These gripes are literally and figuratively silenced as soon as the supercharged 5.8-liter V-8 fires up. The aluminum-block erupts with a ferocious bark that turns heads and sets off car alarms before it settles into an intoxicating baritone rumble. Just rolling away from a stop triggers flashbacks of the golden era of muscle cars: the ultra-heavy clutch is best described as binary, while the six-speed transmission's short-throw shifter requires a firm hand and a hefty throw. These are minor concerns once up and moving, but around town, they'll certainly strengthen and tone your left calf and right forearm. In thick bumper-to-bumper traffic, they'll likely drive you mad.
There's no changing the gearbox's persona, but the driver can adjust some of the GT500's mannerisms from behind the wheel. The GT500's electric power steering rack isn't the most communicative right off the bat, but you can dial in a little extra weight by selecting sport mode. Opt for the $3495 SVT Performance Package, and you can also play with two-stage adjustable Bilstein dampers, selecting between a normal mode and an incredibly firm sport mode that's probably best relegated to track use.
Sadly, those trick Bilsteins don't hide the fact that the Mustang continues to use a live rear axle. Ford has done a commendable job in making the most of this arcane setup, but on broken back-county roads, the GT500's tail hops and skitters over road imperfections, resulting in a car that feels busier than it feels composed.
The Muscle-Car Sophisticate: Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
If the GT500 is the warrior in warpaint, the ZL1 is a covert agent. It doesn't look anywhere as maniacal as the GT500, but it does look subtly aggressive. The car is no lower, no wider, no longer than a standard Camaro SS, but the rising hood bulge, the gaping front air intakes, and blacked-out wheels infuse it with a pinch of sinister flavor.
Stepping inside the cabin feels as if you're sliding into a small bank vault - a feeling amplified by the heavy door thumping shut. Narrow windows and a high beltline may trigger some claustrophobia, but on paper, the Camaro doesn't lose much interior space to the GT500. Front headroom is about an inch less than the Ford, but other interior dimensions - notably front and rear legroom, along with rear headroom -- are almost identical to the Mustang.
Pity the front seats don't follow that trend. These buckets, which are the same as those in the Camaro SS save for embroidered logos and grippier Alcantara inserts, don't match the lateral grip and comfort of the Shelby's optional Recaros. The Shelby also bests the Camaro in terms of visibility. Objects flanking the passenger-side rear fender are particularly well hidden. One redeeming factor: it's far easier to find a comfortable driving position here than in the Ford, thanks in part to a shorter clutch throw and a telescoping steering column.
Firing up the ZL1's supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 - the same engine used in the Cadillac CTS-V and a distant cousin of the LS9 found in the Corvette ZR1 - is surprisingly anticlimactic. Compared to the Shelby, its exhaust note isn't quite as stirring, and it doesn't permeate the cabin as freely. The Camaro is far easier to launch and coax through city traffic than the GT500, as its clutch is firm but not overwhelming, and its shifter requires less muscle to move from gate to gate. Remarkable, considering the power at hand - and, for that matter, that both cars make use of the same basic Tremec TR6060 six-speed manual.
We have a chance to open the Camaro ZL1 up once we escape the city and work our way into rural lands. The ZL1 doesn't feel as raw and visceral as the Mustang, but it does feel incredibly sophisticated - as if someone wrapped the skin of a Camaro around the framework of a Corvette ZR1. This car handles in an agile fashion that belies its 4120 pounds; as we noted at Gingerman, turn in is quick and body roll is minimal. We're most surprised by the tour mode offered by the ZL1's magnetorheological dampers - yes, it softens the ride, but it's far from floaty, and vertical travel is kept in control. Our only dynamic complaint lies with the steering. Yes, we know electric assist has its limitations, but the ZL1's wheel doesn't have the same weight as the GT500's does at speed.
Hail To Which Victor?
Both the 2013 Camaro ZL1 and 2013 Shelby GT500 may boast similar powertrains, target similar customers, and carry similar price tags - but that's about where the similarities end. Each car has its own unique strengths and personalities, which will polarize buyers shopping in this class.
The GT500 will likely still win buyers over looking for the meanest, most brutal muscle car available from the factory. The power is insane, the look is intoxicating, and as we've found, the 662 hp on tap (along with launch control) makes it one of the quickest factory-built muscle cars. If quarter-mile times, a 200-mph top speed, horsepower bragging rights, and a raw, muscle-bound feel are what you seek in a muscle car, the GT500 is far and away your dream machine.
That said, the Camaro ZL1 objectively feels like the all-around victor. Despite its 82-hp and 268-pound disadvantage, it managed to set outstanding times on a road course, impressive times at the strip, and feels far more genteel and tractable on a daily basis. It may aim at the same customer demographic as the GT500, and share a similar powertrain configuration and price tag, but drive the two back to back, and they hardly feel as if they're direct competitors. The ZL1's well-rounded behavior, both on and off the track, and respectable performance numbers earn it a victory - though it may well be short lived. Ford is hard at work on a new Mustang that finally gains independent rear suspension. We know little about that car, but it should be obvious to all that the pony car wars are far from reaching a cease-fire.
2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 coupe
MSRP (with destination): $54,995
6.2-liter OHV supercharged V-8
Horsepower: 580 @ 6100 rpm
Torque: 556 lb-ft @ 3800 rpm
6-speed manual
20-inch aluminum wheels
285/35YR-20 Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperCar G:2 front tires
305/35YR-20 Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperCar G:2 rear tires
FUEL ECONOMY (city/highway/combined):
14/19/16 mpg
4120 lb
Doors/Passengers: 2/4
Cargo: 11.3 cu ft
Legroom (front/rear): 42.4/29.9 in
Headroom (front/rear): 37.4/35.3 in
Towing: N/A
Victory Red/Black
HID headlights
Aluminum hood w/painted carbon-fiber hood insert
Magnetic ride control
Limited-slip differential
Dual-mode performance exhaust
Brembo disc brakes
Stability and traction control
OnStar w/six-month trial subscription
Rear parking assist
Rearview camera w/rearview mirror monitor
6-way power adjustable front seats
Heated front passenger seats
Folding rear seats w/pass-through
Auxiliary gauges w/boost read-out
Tilt-and-telescopic steering column
Head-up display
USB port
SiriusXM satellite radio w/one-year subscription
Rear spoiler
Fog lights
Suede microfiber package- $500
Exposed carbon-fiber weave hood insert- $600
Solid dark gray stripe- $470
20-inch bright aluminum wheels- $470
6-speed automatic transmission- $1185
Power sunroof- $900
Audio system subwoofer- $1065
2013 Ford Shelby GT500 coupe
MSRP (with destination): $54,995
5.8-liter DOHC supercharged V-8
Horsepower: 662 @ 6500 rpm
Torque: 631 lb-ft @ 4000 rpm
6-speed manual
19-inch aluminum front wheels
20-inch aluminum rear wheels
265/40YR-19 Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperCar G:2 front tires
285/35YR-20 Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperCar G:2 rear tires
FUEL ECONOMY (city/highway/combined):
15/24/18 mpg
3852 lb
Doors/Passengers: 2/4
Cargo: 13.4 cu ft
Legroom (front/rear): 42.4/29.8 in
Headroom (front/rear): 38.5/34.7 in
Towing: N/A
Grabber Blue/Black
3.31:1 final drive ratio
Aluminum hood w/air extractor
Automatic HID projector headlights
Quad rear-exit exhaust system
Shaker audio system
Sport bucket seats
Air conditioning
SiriusXM satellite radio w/trial subscription
Electrically assisted steering
Capless fuel filler
Brembo disc brakes
Carbon-fiber driveshaft
Stability and traction control
Launch control system
Manual four-way driver's seat
Performance package- $3495
Torsen differential
Painted forged-aluminum wheels
Bilstein adjustable dampers
Unique rear springs, instrument cluster, and shift knob
SVT Track package- $2995
Engine oil cooler
Differential and transmission coolers w/pumps
Leather Recaro seats- $1595
Glass roof- $1995
Electronics package- $2340
Heated front seats- $295


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I love sweets which includes cakes, candy, and other deserts. As you can see by some of my tutorials, drawing food and deserts is something that I really enjoy doing. I have a bunch of chibi fruit and food, as well as a lesson on a birthday cake that I drew last year. This time I will be showing you "how to draw a cake step by step". Now, I decorated the cake with chocolate frosting, a few blobs of cream, and a handful of candied sprinkles. This is what you would call a three tier cake with the bottom of the cake be larger than the other two. If you want to, you can easily turn this simple cake into one of your own creations. Since Halloween is drawing near, you could even have fun drawing a cake to match the holiday season. Instead of yellow colored cake, you can draw a chocolate cake with orange frosting and then decorate your cake with little candy bats, and maybe a few bolts, and you can even draw a small pumpkin on top of the cake with a broom stick laying across the pumpkin. There is endless ideas when it comes to drawing cakes, types of cake to draw, and the different kinds of things you can top the cake with. Well I guess that will do it for my tutorial description since there really isn't too much more to say about this lesson on "how to draw a cake". All you have to do is sit back and have fun drawing the cake. Remember to be creative and decorate your cake to your own preference, that is the magic about drawing, your creative world is limitless. See ya later guys, and happy drawing!
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text: Well, the election is over! Luckily, it was pretty clear from about two hours in who would be the winner this time around , so even if there were a couple of iffy voting hijinks, it wouldn't be anything to take up to the Supreme Court. Still, some post-election voting humour never hurt anybody - check out this Rube Goldberg machine by some kids over at the University of California Berkeley and feel relieved that, unlike in 2000, it's easy this year to laugh about this kind of stuff. [Thanks Roland!]


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Professor of history, University of Massachusetts (1950-1986), Haring Professor Emeritus (1986-); internationally-recognized scholar of Argentine military history and politics.
Includes correspondence, audiotapes and transcriptions of interviews, 1961-90, with Argentine military and political figures (interviews restricted until 2010); documents obtained from private Argentine sources relating to politics and the military, 1943-90; photocopies of U.S. State Department records, 1940s and 1962-73, regarding Argentina; selected materials from the papers of General Alejandro A. Lanusse, 1962-73; Argentine political ephemera, 1930-74; photocopies of Argentine official documents pertaining to various presidencies and regimes, as well as materials, including newsclippings, regarding petroleum, political parties, and trade unions; papers from externally funded projects and programs pertaining to Latin America in which the University participated.
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When I tried to look up my handicap today, I received a response of, "GHIN Number not found." I checked the number from my card and it is the correct number. Is there something wrong?
Many clubs "inactivate" their rosters when a new season or year starts. This prevents the club from accidentally being billed for someone who is not returning to the club this year/season. Most often, a visit to your club and payment of membership fees for this year/season will get the ball rolling. The club will then activate your record. As stated in an earlier question, until the club transmits this activation, your record will not be available on GHIN.com.


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Creating a Table of Contents in Word 2007
Word 2007 assembles a table of contents (TOC) for you by listing the headings (each with the page number) you designate throughout your document beforehand. Word takes care of counting pages, and even adjusts the TOC for you if the document's page numbers change. When you create a TOC, Word searches your document for heading paragraphs to include in the table, recognizing them by the styles you assign to them.
1Apply heading styles to your chosen headings.
To apply a heading style, put the cursor in the chosen paragraph and then press Ctrl+Alt+1 (for Heading 1) or Ctrl+Alt+2 (for Heading 2), and so on.
2Move the insertion point to the place where you want the Table of Contents to appear.
The TOC generally appears on its own page near the beginning of a document. Press Ctrl+Enter to create a new page if necessary and then click to position the insertion point on the empty page.
3Click the References tab on the Ribbon and then click the Table of Contents button found in the Table of Contents group.
A menu that lists several Table of Contents styles is displayed.
4Click the Table of Contents style you want to use.
The TOC appears in the document. Note that the shaded frame that's drawn around the Table of Contents is visible only when you hover the cursor over the table. (This frame doesn't appear when you print the document.) You're done!
5To customize your TOC, click the Table of Contents button and select Insert Table of Contents Field.
This action summons the Table of contents dialog box, where you can choose options for your table:
Show Page Numbers: Deselect this check box if you want the TOC to show the document's outline but not page numbers.
Right-Align Page Numbers: Deselect this check box if you want the page numbers placed right next to the corresponding text rather than at the right margin.
Tab Leader: Use this drop-down list to change or remove the dotted line that connects each TOC entry to its page number.
Formats: Use this drop-down list to select one of several predefined formats for the Table of Contents.
Show Levels: Use this control to specify which heading levels to include in the table.
After you create the TOC, it does not reflect later changes you make to the document unless you update (rebuild) it by following these next two steps:
6Click the Update Table button in the Table of Contents group of the References tab.
The Update Table of Contents dialog box appears. Here you can choose whether to rebuild the entire table or just update the page numbers.
7Click OK to update the table.
You can also update a Table of Contents by selecting the table and pressing F9. Or, you can right-click the table and choose Update Field from the shortcut menu.
Another option is to press Ctrl+A (to select the entire document) and then press F9 (to update all TOCs in the document).
8Save your file after you update the tables.
If you want to update the TOC again, repeat these steps.
9To delete a TOC, select the entire table and press Delete.
Alternatively, you can click the Table of Contents button on the References tab on the Ribbon. From the menu that appears, choose Remove Table of Contents.


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Be you, only organized and with a suit & good haircut.That's about right, I think.
I went to the Men's Wearhouse in Mission Valley (lo, those many years ago) and bought a nice suit, shoes, socks, the whole bit. That cost a pretty penny, as I recall, but I've been able to wear it to just about everything (weddings, funerals, etc.) Navy suit, red tie, snore. I usually get a haircut about a week before the interview, but I have a pretty boring haircut, so that's no big deal.
Things I carry with me on my interviews? Extra copies of resume, notepad, laser pointer, pens, minty chewing gum, extra electronic copies of my presentation (i.e., flash drive, CD,
Anyone have a different packing list for their interviews? Readers, what do you think?
Have a good weekend? I don't like it, but the Patriots are probably going to win.


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Posted: June 4th, 2009, 12:10 pm
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When Sherman Residential purchased Tribeca, a 398-unit mid-rise in Plano, Texas, last September, the Chicago-based company didn't want generic artwork gracing its halls. Instead, it left the decorating up to local art students.
As part of The Tribeca Project, Sherman Residential donated a 6-foot-by-4-foot blank canvas and a $50 gift card for art supplies to each school in the Frisco Independent School District (FISD) with an art program. Every completed canvas returned to Tribeca would be put on permanent display in the mid-rise's common area.
Debbie Cooper, Senior Property Manager for Tribeca, says the goal of the project was to give back to the community—part of Sherman Residential's core values. "Fine arts are getting left behind with budget cuts and we saw the opportunity to change that," Cooper says. "Tribeca was going to spend nearly $10,000 anyway if we purchased outside art, so why not allow students to provide the artwork and give the money to the schools instead?"
Created in partnership with Dr. Daryl Trent, Director of Fine Arts for FISD, The Tribeca Project gave the schools freedom to do whatever they wanted.
"We had everything from a group of elementary school students working together on a canvas to an exceptional high school artist who was picked by her teacher to paint the entire thing herself," Cooper says. "There were no specific requirements—we just left it up to the teachers."
After Cooper collected the finished pieces, Tribeca hosted a reception and gallery event in late April to showcase the artwork. The event was advertised on several local event calendars—including one on the Dallas Morning News website—and proved to be great publicity for the community. More than 500 local residents, students, teachers and parents were in attendance, many of whom toured Tribeca for the first time.
Reception guests followed a route throughout Tribeca's long corridors to view the canvases, each of which included a plaque with the name of the school and the artwork. First-, second- and third-place prizes were awarded at the elementary, middle and high school levels, with a final award given for "Best in Show."
The reception also included a performance from a local high school orchestra ensemble, refreshments and gift bags full of art supplies for the younger children.
Cooper says many visitors were so impressed with the artwork that they asked how much the paintings cost and wanted to buy them. "The entire evening was a huge win for these students, who were thrilled with the positive response they received from guests," she says. "Plus, Grandma or Grandpa can come to Tribeca years from now, and their granddaughter's painting will still be on the wall."
In addition to the art supplies and canvases, Sherman Residential also donated $10,000 toward a Fine Arts Scholarship through the Frisco Education Foundation to help high school seniors who wish to pursue a college degree in one of the fine arts. –NAA's Lauren Boston


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From the outset it was clear to me that I should have no chance of surviving in Nazi Germany. I made strenuous efforts to emigrate. Eventually, owing to a chance remark my brother had overheard in Edinburgh, I obtained a scholarship through the good offices of the International Student Service at Geneva: the students at St Andrews University had decided to support two refugees from Nazi Germany, one who was persecuted on account of his political affiliations and the other because he was Jewish. It was my exceedingly good fortune that I was selected for the second award. As I understood later that the money for our maintenance had been collected from the citizens and students of St Andrews. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to affirm that I owe my life to the people of St Andrews.
I vividly remember the circumstances of my emigration. I was due to leave on 3rd January 1934. It was my wish to spend my last evening at the opera. My father obtained two tickets for a performance of Tristan und Isolde at the State Opera House unter den Linden. This being a long opera the performance was scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Normally the timing was strictly adhered to; but on that evening the lights did not go out at 7 p.m. and it was clear that something unusual was happening. Then when all members of the audience were in their seats, we saw that there was some movement at the grand "imperial" box in the centre of the Dress Circle. Hitler came in; he was wearing a dinner jacket. He was accompanied by a young lady. They sat down in the first row and were followed by Goebbels and a woman who took seats behind Hitler. But the lights still did not go out. We observed that Goering had come in wearing his uniform with numerous medals. He did not sit with Hitler but occupied a box in the second circle quite near where my father and I were sitting. Then, finally, the performance began. It was beautifully done, Furtwängler conducted. As always, the orchestra played superbly and there was a first class cast of soloists. The role of King Marke was sang by the excellent bass Emmanuel List, who was Jewish (perhaps this was kept from Hitler so as not to spoil his enjoyment). For me it was an ideal way to be granted this musical treat on my last evening in Germany, although I had to share it with Hitler, Goebbels and Goering.
I left the next morning. My parents could not see me off, as it was a working day for my father. But my sister Káte came with me to the Bahnhof Friederichstrasse and waved good-bye to me as the train left for Holland. I was destined not to see her again for almost twenty years. My plan was to go first to Edinburgh, where my brother Erich was working in order to obtain the British medical qualification and then to go on to St Andrews two days later. The third class compartment in which was travelling was fully occupied. Nobody spoke to me. The first stop was Hanover. I was horrified when two SS soldiers in black uniform stormed into our compartment and seized two middle aged men and pulled them out of the train. As the train was beginning to move out of the station we threw the men's suitcases out of the window. I have no idea why these men were arrested. Perhaps they were trying to smuggle money out of Germany. The frightening thought occurred to me that one of the passengers in our compartment was a Nazi spy who communicated with the police and had informed them of the men's location. Not another word was spoken until we had crossed the Dutch border. Everybody's face brightened up with relief that at last we had reached freedom. The train took us to Hoek-van-Holland, where I boarded the boat to Harwich. On arrival at Harwich I saw several trains at the quay-side; one was clearly marked: Edinburgh. I quickly got into it with my luggage. The train left and a few minutes later the ticket collector came. When he looked at my ticket, it became clear that I was in the wrong train. I should have gone to London and then taken the "Flying Scotsman" from Kings Cross Station to Edinburgh. My heart sank because I felt sure that I should have to buy the correct ticket for this train. To my surprise the collector just waved his hand and said: "Never mind! It is the wrong ticket; but continue your journey to Edinburgh." It was my first encounter with a pleasant British characteristic: absence of rigid bureaucracy and sense of humour. Having travelled throughout the night I was hungry and sat down in the attractive dining car and studied the menu. A nice Dutch gentleman sat at the same table; he spoke English and German and he explained to me that full English breakfast includes bacon and eggs. This was new to me. I ordered it and I enjoyed it: the second encounter with a pleasant British custom. When I arrived in Edinburgh I was very pleased to see Erich at the platform. Luckily he had made enquiries and been told that the "wrong" train I had taken was the official boat train. I spent two pleasant days in Edinburgh and then continued my journey.
On my arrival at St Andrews I was received by William (Bill) McC. Stewart who was the local representative of the International Student Service. Stewart was the Head of the French Department at St Andrews. Bill was a lively and cultured Ulsterman. Apart from a fluency in French he had an excellent command of German so that I had no difficulty in communicating with him. He had recently married a Jewish lawyer from Munich. So I felt very much at home with the Stewart's, who lived in one of the few modern houses of St Andrews. Bill Stewart remained my mentor and friend for many years to come, and I was most grateful to him.
He introduced me to D. E. (Dan) Rutherford who was one of the three lecturers in the Mathematics Department. Dan spoke some German, as he had spent one semester at Göttingen as a postgraduate student.
My friendship with Dan was most precious to me. Coming as he did, from a background very different from my own, he greatly enriched my life. He also helped me in a practical way to settle down in the new surroundings.
I could read English fairly well, but the spoken language caused considerable difficulty. I tried to improve my vocabulary. One method was to walk through the streets of St Andrews in order to learn words from inscriptions on shops and notice boards. I had no problem about "Tobacconist" or "Newsagent." I understood the meaning of "Fishmonger" after looking up the second part of the word in a dictionary; but "Family Butcher" was to my mind an outrageously cruel occupation. However, I settled down fairly rapidly in these very strange surroundings. The terms of the scholarship laid it down that I should receive a sum of money (if I remember rightly £5 per week) to cover the cost of lodgings and breakfast.
My landlady was a simple-minded elderly woman who was sometimes slightly worse for drink. She had four male students in her flat which was part of an old house in the centre of St Andrews. There was no electricity in the house. We were each given a box containing three matches with which we could use to turn the gas light on when we came home after dark. She explained that she was unwilling to give us a full mach box as we might use the matches to light our cigarettes or pipes. But she was prepared to issue thee more matches when asked to do so. The lack of electricity puzzled me, especially when I discovered that there were some quite modern cottages without this service. Then it was explained to me that the chairman of the local gas company (which at that time was privately owned) was also an influential member of the town council and he used his influence to withhold planning permission from any building that was planning to have electricity installed.
I was the guest of the Students Union for lunch at their dining room. For the evening meal I joined the students at St Salvator's Hall. This was the main Hall of Residence for male students. It was a spacious and fairly modern building. The rules of conduct were in the Oxford and Cambridge style. Dinner was "formal", that is, the Warden and other members of faculty sat at the High Table; they wore black gowns. The students sat at long tables below the High Table. They had to wear the scarlet gown which was characteristic for St Andrews. Fortunately, Erich knew a lady in Edinburgh who had been a student at St Andrews and kindly passed her scarlet gown on to me.
These arrangements made it easy for me to mix with other students; most of them were from Scotland, a few from England but only a small number from other countries. Some of the students I met were studying German as a foreign language. We helped each other with our linguistic endeavours by going for walks along the beach speaking German on the way out and English on the way back or vice versa. There also some faculty members, rather more often their wives, who wanted to brush up their conversational German. Usually they invited me for tea and we had a conversation in German afterwards.
Another way to meet people was through music. I had my violin and viola with me. Soon I found pianists who played sonatas with me and I took part in the annual performance of The Messiah by a capable amateur choir and orchestra. As in most universities, St Andrews students had their "hop" on Saturday evenings. Regrettably, I had never succeeded in learning ball room or folk dancing. But I offered to bring my violin and to play Scottish Reels and Strathspeys while the rest of the company enjoyed itself on the dance floor. Another social occasion to play music were the meetings of the Franco-Scottish Society which was founded to commemorate the alliance in former times between France and Scotland in their fight against England. At these meetings only French was spoken and French music was performed. I was invited as a guest and to play pieces by Couperin and Raneau.
Initially, there was uncertainty about my status at the University. It was my hope that I should be allowed to work for a doctorate. But since this is a higher degree, candidates must have a first degree before being admitted. The question was whether the State Examination from Berlin could be regarded as equivalent to a British B.Sc. degree. This problem had never occurred in the five hundred years history of St Andrews University. Fortunately, it was discovered that a similar case had recently been considered in Edinburgh. A refugee had arrived with a complete teaching qualification and she was given permission to register for the Ph.D. degree. (In fact, she was Charlotte Auerbach who became an eminent geneticist in Edinburgh and was one of the few women to be elected to a Fellowship of the Royal Society of London.)
I was very pleased that Professor H. W. Turnbull, the (only) Professor of Mathematics at that time, accepted me as one of his research students. He was a well-known authority on classical algebra, which had been my favourite subject as an undergraduate. I was particularly interested in his joint book with A. C. Aitken on Canonical Matrices, a brilliant work that suggested areas for further research.
Professor Turnbull was a patient and understanding supervisor. Before being appointed to the Regius Chair of Mathematics at St Andrews he had spent several years in China and had acquired some knowledge of the Chinese language. During one of our early sessions, Professor Turnbull noticed that I was struggling with words and he kindly said to me: "Walter, I see that you have difficulties in expressing yourself; would it help you if I spoke to you in Chinese?" I politely declined adding that I would prefer to stick to English, however imperfect on my part.
It is hard to imagine a greater difference than between Berlin and St Andrews. Life in a large city can be impersonal and may lead to a sense of isolation. But in a small town like St Andrews I soon got to know almost everybody -- at least by sight. I constantly got invited, usually for tea, and I was always received with warm hospitality. Professor and Mrs Turnbull were particularly caring and helpful. In the warm season they often asked me to join them for a picnic. (It is unlikely that a German professor would do this with one of his doctoral candidates.)
I observed that generally religion played a more prominent part in the lives of the British people than was the case in comparable continental communities. Both Professor Turnbull and Dan Rutherford were devout Christians. Indeed Professor Turnbull usually began his lecture with a prayer. He and Mrs Turnbull belonged to the Oxford Group, a religious movement which had gained some influence in the 1930's. Occasionally they held meetings at their house for members of this group. After partaking of an enjoyable afternoon tea, the participants would sit in a circle and "with perfect honesty" would publicly confess their misdeeds or sinful thoughts. I had been invited to several of these meetings but felt increasingly uncomfortable. Eventually, I appealed to the principle of "perfect honesty" and confessed that I would prefer not to be asked to attend any more meetings of the Oxford Group.
Both Professor and Mrs Turnbull were excellent pianists. Quite often, after a delicious tea they played to me works on two pianos; for example the St Anthony Variations by Brahms and the work better known as Piano Quintet by Brahms, but originally scored for two pianos. Much later my memory of these splendid pieces of music was revived when Rushi played them with our friends; for although at the beginning of our marriage we had rather modest houses, we made sure that there was always enough room for two pianos in our music room.
Mountaineering was another of Professor Turnbull's hobbies. I was told that one tricky route to the top of a particular mountain in the Scottish Highlands was named after him, because he was the first to have reached the peak in this way. He had frequently undertaken major mountaineering expeditions in Switzerland, including an ascent of the Matterhorn with the aid of a professional guide. Surprisingly, St Andrews offered opportunities for practicing one's mountaineering skill albeit on a small scale. Turnbull was particularly fond of a rock formation called the Rock and Spindle. It was situated on the Eastern shore of St Andrews. Turnbull would take his students to this place and give them some experience in rock climbing. One day he took me to this impressive place. At low tide the rock could be reached dry-footed; but at high tide it was completely surrounded by the sea. We started our climb at low tide under his guidance I managed to reach the top albeit rather slowly. I was rather worried lest the tide might come back before I got down and I said: "Professor Turnbull, what shall I do if the tide has come in before I have completed the descent?" He answered rather typically: "Then you will just have to pray." Fortunately, this was not necessary, as I got down in time.
The rest on Sunday (or the "Sabbath Day" as some Scots say) was strictly observed and even enforced by law. There were no trains or buses operating at St Andrews on a Sunday. Cinemas were closed, and restaurants were open only for a few hours. Most students attended University Chapel. One Sunday after the other lodgers had left and I stayed behind, the landlady said to me; "why don't you go to church"? I replied: "Because I am Jewish." "This does not matter" she said. "We have churches for Presbyterians, Anglicans, Methodists and others; surely, one of them will suit you." After Chapel, the students, wearing their bright scarlet gowns would walk in a procession down to the harbour and along the ancient pier. In fine weather this was a picturesque sight. Despite my denial to the landlady I sometimes joined the students at the Chapel -- not entirely out of boredom, because there were occasionally interesting guest preachers whom I wanted to hear.
The climate was a minor stumbling block on the road to assimilation. It rained very frequently. I suppose that "showers and bright intervals" is the most accurate weather forecast for much of the British Isles throughout the year. I just made a habit of never leaving the house without wearing my raincoat, however blue the sky; I knew that sooner or later there would be a heavy downpour. Only a British poet could have written the line "The rain -- it raineth every day."
However, I soon got used to the North Sea climate and indeed, enjoyed its bracing effect. Moreover, I fell in love with the majestic beauty of the Scottish Highlands to which Dan Rutherford introduced me by inviting me to join him and some friends in most delightful walking and climbing expeditions.
At the end of a summer term all St Andrews students had to vacate their lodgings because the landladies could let the accommodation more profitably to the visitors who flocked to St Andrews for the golf season. I was therefore in a dilemma as I did not know where to go. It would have been disastrous for me to return to Germany for the vacation, although my parents still lived there until 1938.
Unexpectedly, it was the Glasgow mathematicians who came to my rescue in this predicament. They invited me to move to Glasgow where suitable lodgings were found for me. Although I was not a student at Glasgow University, the Librarian provided me with a writing desk in a quiet corner of the library, where I continued to work on my thesis.
In their kindness my hosts even thought of some recreations and holidays for me. In the 1930's Glasgow had been badly hit by the recession and there was a great deal of unemployment especially among the Clyde ship workers. Some of the men had not had a holiday for many years. So the Glasgow students put up a camp on a small island, known as Inchcalliach, in Loch Lomond near its Eastern shore. They invited a group of unemployed men to spend a week's holiday there. The camp consisted of several large tents, each housing six men and one student whose task it was to entertain the men. I was put in charge of one of the tents. Initially, there was some difficulty in communication: their strong Glaswegian accent did not blend well with my foreign intonation. But we soon got on well with one another and engaged in friendly chats. The men were grateful for the hospitality and the opportunity of a holiday. But soon I noticed signs of unrest and frustration; the landowner who controlled the Eastern shore of Loch Lomond had refused to grant licences for alcoholic drinks in the region and there was no chance of having a pint of beer in the vicinity. The nearest place where these invigorating beverages could be obtained was at Luss, a village on the West shore of Loch Lomond, at some distance from our camp. I borrowed a large rowing boat from a group of boy scouts who were camping near us on the same little island. Then I selected three of the most needy and thirsty men from my tent who could handle oars, and we rowed across the lake. I had hardly finished fastening the boat at the pier in Luss, when the men made a dash for the nearest pub and disappeared. They were not seen again until it was time to start on our return journey. When they finally came out of the pub it was plain that they were in no condition to hold an oar, let alone share in the rowing. Instead they slumped on to the floor of the boat and remained there motionless. So I had no option but to row the heavily laden craft single-handedly back to our camp. Needless to say I made no further excursions to Luss.
While I was grappling with the Glaswegian accent of my companions, I worked assiduously at improving my knowledge of standard English. It was my intention to obtain the Certificate of Proficiency in English awarded under the auspices of the University of Cambridge. I must have used my leisure on the camp to good effect, because I passed the examination "with merit" later during the summer.
On my return to St Andrews I felt increasingly at home in this captivating little town. To some extent St Andrews had preserved the authority and dignity of the ecclesiastical centre that it possessed in mediaeval times. The magnificent cathedral was destroyed in the Reformation. But the ruins of its walls and those of the castle and other monuments afford an awe-inspiring reminder of its glory, as numerous impressive ancient buildings which are still being used. Even in 1934, when I arrived, the ecclesiastical character of St Andrews was reflected in the composition of the teaching staff of the University: there were six Full Professors in the Faculty of Divinity, but only one Professor of Mathematics and none of French or German.
The character of the town was maintained by the absence of heavy motor traffic: there were no traffic lights in the town. The nearest point on the main railway line was a place called Leuchars, a few miles distant from St Andrews to which it was linked by a branch line. The railway station at St Andrews was closed each Saturday evening and not opened again until Monday morning. Some years ago this rail link was abandoned for economic reasons and replaced by a bus service.
The academic community at St Andrews was small, but very friendly and sociable. Although I was but an insignificant post-graduate student I soon got to know most members of the teaching staff, including the Heads of other Departments. With one of these my encounter had a mathematical aspect. Sir d'Arcy Thompson was the Professor of Zoology. He was a man of impressive appearance: a white beard, a strong voice and the bearing of a "real" professor, he was admired for the remarkable breadth and variety of his knowledge. He had a sonorous voice and was a fluent and powerful speaker. Trained at Trinity College Cambridge he remained attached to his alma mater throughout his life. Even as an old man he would make the journey from St Andrews to Cambridge in order to take part in a "Feast". On one of these occasions I asked him after his return to St Andrews if he had liked the excursion. He replied: "The company was delightful. But the meal was abysmal; when I was at Trinity, the College could boast of some of the finest kitchens in England. But now they buy their provisions at the Co-operative Stores. I would willingly spit upon their graves."
Apart from his own subject of biology, he was a highly competent classical scholar and he was fond of exercising his skills as an amateur of mathematics. His master piece Growth and Form was a classic; in it he used quite sophisticated mathematical methods to elucidate the shapes that occur in the living world and bearing witness to his linguistic prowess the book is replete with long quotations in French, German, Latin and classical Greek (with no English translation). When I met him, he was engaged in writing a new and revised version of his book. One of the topics he was interested in required the use of differential equations, a subject which evidently lay outside d'Arcy Thompson's fields of knowledge at that time. So one day when he saw me in the University Library he said: "Do you know anything about differential equations?" When I replied that I was familiar with the usual facts in this subject, he put his arm on my shoulders and said: "Here is a good boy. Come along with me to my house and tell me all about it." So I went to his house with him, sat down at his desk and wrote out the answer to his question.
When I moved from Berlin to St Andrews, the strangeness of language, society and climate was to be expected. But I was surprised and, initially embarrassed, to find that the attitude to mathematics and the topics taught at St Andrews were markedly different from the experiences I had as a student in Berlin. For example, I had learned the precise conditions under which a certain type of differential equation would have a unique solution; but when I was confronted with the problem of finding the solution of a particular equation, I needed some time to carry out the task. As was the custom at many British universities, research students at St Andrews were asked to help with exercise classes given to undergraduates. In the 1930's there were few duplicating machines available. So, the professor or lecturer who took the exercise class wrote a number of problems on the black board at the beginning of the hour. Then, together with his assistants he would walk through the class room and help the students to write out the solutions. The ability to solve unseen problems rapidly was the principal aim of the undergraduate's mathematical education. Indeed, the final assessment for the award of a degree consists almost entirely such problems about the various branches of mathematics that had been taught; some questions contained a small amount of 'book work', that is the request to recall certain definitions or standard results; but as a rule only a small number of marks could be gained for book work. Exceptionally, in the examination paper for second year students, there were questions about the history of mathematics. For Turnbull always gave a course of lectures on this subject to young students. The questions in the examination paper were quite impressive; for example: "Give an account either of the Pythagoreans and their work or of the Alexandrian School."
In fact, Turnbull had a keen interest in the history of mathematics. He was the author of the charming little book The Great Mathematicians and he had made some major contributions to the history of mathematics, notably through his work on the life of James Gregory and the Correspondence of Isaac Newton.
Since the examination paper had to be written in a limited time, normally three hours, speed was of the essence and a good memory was essential, because no access to notes or reference books was allowed.
To be sure, as an undergraduate in Berlin I also attended exercise classes, at which problems were written on the blackboard. But the solutions were not to be attempted during the hour; they were left to us to do in our time at home. The note books containing our work was handed in within a few days and returned the following week with corrections and comments. I have never, to this day, been locked up in a room and was expected to solve a number of unseen problems within a specified time.
In the meantime I submitted my doctoral dissertation. It was accepted and, to my relief, it was decided to dispense with an oral examination. In the summer of 1936, little more than two years after my arrival, I was awarded the degree at the colourful ceremony which, I was told, was an ancient tradition at St Andrews.
However, my pleasure of having received the title of a Doctor of Philosophy was soon overshadowed by thread of an uncertain future. It was made clear to me that there was no prospect of employment for me at St Andrews. So Professor Turnbull suggested that I might have a better chance at Edinburgh and he suggested that I should seek an interview with Professor Edmund Whittaker, and this was the beginning of the next chapter in my professional life.
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In March 2005, President Bush exhorted all free nations to "stand with the forces of democracy and justice that have begun to transform the Middle East." Having committed itself to an increasingly difficult war in Iraq, the administration searched for those forces in Baghdad – and missed them by nearly 4,000 miles.
These forces were at work in the North African country of Mauritania. Some six months after the Bush speech, a group of officers overthrew Mauritania's long-reigning despot, President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, and launched an ambitious 19-month plan for democracy that began with a constitutional referendum and ended with a presidential election. Because the 2005 coup was condemned by both Western and African governments, the task of shepherding Mauritania's transition fell to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
This was how I found myself in the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott. Working for an NGO (for safety reasons, I can't name it) that specializes in global democracy promotion, I helped manage an international mission to monitor the presidential elections. On March 24 and 25, 2007, Mauritania held its first truly free and fair democratic elections, and on April 19, 2007, swore in its first democratically elected president, President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. Here was an example of the transformation that the US said it was championing. Because of its preoccupation with the war in Iraq, however, the Bush administration did virtually nothing either to encourage or to nurture the new Mauritanian government.
And two weeks ago, after just 15 months, the first democratically elected government of Mauritania ended the way it began: in a coup d'état.
It would be easy to dismiss Mauritania's story as just another sad example of how democracy can't take root in an impoverished country, or an Islamic country. Mauritania is desperately poor. Bigger than Texas, with a population smaller than that of Los Angeles, it has virtually no infrastructure; some Mauritanians still remember when the country's first highway was paved.
But that mischaracterizes the problem. Yes, it is an impoverished Islamic country. But it also protects freedom of religion, legally mandates universal suffrage, enjoys the second-highest level of female representation in government in the Middle East and North Africa, is one of a handful of Islamic countries to recognize Israel diplomatically, and has abolished slavery. Unlike in most countries in the region, foreigners in Mauritania can go to church or synagogue and walk freely in the streets in Western clothes without being harassed or threatened.
Rather than proving that democracy can't flourish in the region, this month's coup should instead be viewed as a lesson that countries such as Mauritania cannot be expected to sustain their transformations unaided, no matter what building blocks they might already possess.
One of the greatest tragedies of the Bush administration's Iraq-centric foreign policy is that "democracy" has become a boo-word in the very countries that its policy theoretically seeks to transform. This disconnect between policy and practice has had two consequences.
The first, and far more dangerous, consequence is that it has devalued the idea of democracy for those countries the US might wish to see democratize. As an old man asked me in Boghe, a small town on the Senegal River in Mauritania, "What do I care if my country is democratic or not? What does democracy do for me?" These questions haunt the Middle East.
The second consequence is that, in the absence of widespread formal support from key donors such as the US, NGOs attempting to help countries transition to democracy have a much more difficult time. With little recognition or assistance from the US, countries such as Mauritania grow to be suspicious of the value of democracy. As a result, civil society contracts, the rule of law erodes, and dictators hold sham elections.
The next administration in Washington must resurrect democracy promotion while remaining alert to – and supportive of – successes in countries that are not often the center of global attention. The next administration must also be patient. Institutions are slow to become bulwarks against corruption and abuse. But with guidance, they can safely evolve.
Democracy is important. Countries are better off under the rule of law and not the law of the ruler. And the US is better off when more countries in the world can resist tyranny – and that will happen only if we help them. We have seen in Mauritania what happens when we do not.
• Caroline Baxter is a graduate student at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. She worked for three years at an international NGO that specializes in global democracy promotion.


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