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Sandel on populism in The Guardian-2/27/16
The conclusions Sandel reaches at the end of this excellent piece are similar to the premise of my PhD dissertation (2004) on the myth of equality in writing during the the American Revolution and early Republic periods. My further point was that equality survived as a motivating and even a unifying rhetoric during that period because it was elastic and empty and easily shifted content between an equality that meant "everybody shares the community bounty" to an equality that meant "somebody wins big, lots of people lose big, but nature or merit or God fairly arbitrates that outcome." American writers in the late 18th, early 19th century wielded "equality" like a flag, using it to promote a sense of national definition and purpose--even though what equality meant was quite unstable--moving between those two very different referents. We see a similar polarization in definitions of equality now, even--as Sandel points out--among populists. The difference between now and then seems to be that, because polarization is sharper now and spelled out constantly in internet memes, the myth of equality no longer describes our collective identity but underscores our contentious multiplicity. The contentiousness and division are nothing new but only less well obscured these days by a murky but encompassing myth.
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Leaving Right to the Mercy of Chance
The Thoreau quote below has always been one of my favorites. If I remember correctly he was writing in the context of an increasingly hot national struggle over slavery that would lead, in the year after his publication of his essay, to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, which required free states like Massachusetts to apprehend and send escaped slaves back to the South--despite their own state laws against slavery. The sentiment and logic (and Thoreau's prose) never fail to fill me with a kind of awe. Majority rule keeps us running and supposedly reflects a people's values and priorities (it is "expedien[t]"), but it never bears a necessary relationship with right. When the majority holds for something evil (i.e., slavery, internment camps), Thoreau argues that a conscientious person ("the wise man") must vote in some way other than by ballot. How exhilarating. One thinks of the Occupy Movement. The only problem is that this logic is as much that of Thoreau and someone like MLK as it is central to the thinking of the more virulent anti-choice groups or those wankers in Oregon. So--and this is no argument against Thoreau's point--when your government does things that you not only disagree with but on reflection find deeply and morally repugnant, even horrifying (i.e., Guantanamo Bay, denying health care to women with few resources in Texas, etc.), how do you register your vote for right? Resistance that is meaningful must undermine the order of law. That sounds fine if the cause is my cause, but if it's the cause of Operation Rescue, things start to seem more complicated. Order is never the same as justice, but it seems a more likely context for it than chaos.
"All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or back gammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it. The character of the voters is not staked. I cast my vote, perchance, as I think right; but I am not vitally concerned that that right should prevail. I am willing to leave it to the majority. Its obligation, therefore, never exceeds that of expediency. Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority." --Thoreau, Resistance to Civil Government, 1849
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Noel DeGaetano's studies began at the School of Visual Arts in 1960 where he studied painting and drawing. He also studied individually with Francis Criss who taught painting at SVA. After SVA, Mr. DeGaetano befriended the artist Fred Mitchell, one of the founding members of the Coenties Slip group of artists who had studio lofts near the Battery in New York City. He studied drawing and painting with Mr. Mitchell at his studio at the Seamen's Church Institute from 1965 to 1968.
In addition to SVA, some of the schools that Mr. DeGaetano attended included Hunter College, New York University, the Frank Reilly School (for drawing) and the New School For Social Research (painting with Joseph Steffanelli).
DeGaetano went on to help form a group of artists in 1970 with the opening of Super Nova, a school, gallery, art event place, that was funded by the New York State Council on the Arts for three years. This was a free school for art, printmaking, photography, dance and sound composition. It also was an experimental gallery for new expressions of art, music and dance. One of the conceptual exhibits that took place at Super Nova was called "String Piece" where the artists all participated in wrapping string around our block (West Broadway to Spring to Wooster to Houston Streets and back to West Broadway). They documented the piece using actual street sounds, a video and black and white photographs; which were then installed in the gallery.
In late 1971, Mr. DeGaetano was introduced to the sculptor Louise Nevelson and subsequently became her assistant. He set up a studio in a trucking garage near where Mrs. Nevelson already owned several buildings. Mr. DeGaetano was in charge of fabricating all the large sculptures working for Mrs. Nevelson during the day and then working on his own painting in the evenings.
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Hooked Toothbrush
Introduction: Hooked Toothbrush
I created a hooked handle for my toothbrush by heating a polypropylene toothbrush over an electric stove and bending it around a bottle neck. Making your own hooked toothbrush is easy!
Here's what you need:
Step 1: Toothbrush Bending
- turn heating element on high
- prepare an ice bath using a large bowl filled 2/3 with water and fill with ice cubes, set aside
- put on thick work gloves to protect your hands from the heat
when element is hot, slowly rotate toothbrush handle over element
- after about 20 seconds the toothbrush handle will become soft and pliable
- wrap handle around mandrel to create desired hook shape, hold in place for 10 seconds
- submerge hooked handle into ice bath and let sit for another 10 seconds
- repeat steps 4-7 to refine the curve if required
Step 2: Further Reading: Types of Plastic
|Polypropylene (PP) toothbrush
|Styrene Acrylonitrile (SAN) toothbrush
Step 3: Further Reading: How NOT To
My first attempt to make these hooked toothbrushes followed this Instructable on how to make a toothbrush bracelet which involves using boiling water to create a large radius bend in a toothbrush. After boiling my toothbrushes for about 10 minutes I removed them with kitchen tongs and bent the toothbrush handle around a mandrel to create a small radius bend in the handle. Unfortunately the bend radius I wanted was too small and I snapped all my toothbrushes.
The boiling method may be good for making bracelets (wide radius curve) but doesn't work so well for making hooked toothbrushes (small radius curve).
Step 4: Final Thoughts
The hooked toothbrush works well and is really fun to use. A minor complaint would be that the handle is a little short, allowing only 2-3 of my fingers to grip the handle. This isn't a big deal as it's not uncomfortable and you don't really need to have all four fingers on your toothbrush anyway.
Have you made your own hooked toothbrush? Share your thoughts below, comments with pictures of their version of this project will receive a digital patch and a 3-month Pro Membership to Instructables!
Good luck!
I love the fact that you found a cool way to create a hook for a device, yourself. I would like everything I have with a hook fashion.. hehe We spend so much money in the marketing industry for simplistic things when we can do many things ourselves, which you have proven.. :)
Am I the only one who is troubled by the idea that brushing one's teeth in the shower uses about 7 gallons of water compared to the cup or two used in brushing them at the sink?
No, you're not alone. That's a terrible waste, and who wants more expensive warm water for tooth brushing? Not I.
7 gallons?! I think your numbers are WAY off. An entire 5 minute shower uses about 7-8 gallons. You're not brushing your teeth the entire time ... I also bet that your water is recycled anyways so you're not "wasting" it.
Besides, I'm not worried about what goes on in the privacy of other people's homes anyways.
AMEN! ....finally! -- THANK YOU saying this
I was wondering if it was just me.
We are not running out of water, people. The sky is not falling, we are not destroying the planet. Read a book, and learn.
Billions of dollars spent to put fluoride a/k/a rat poison in our water. As far as I'm concerned, it can all go down the drain. All that biz is hypocritical, as I see it. Conserve! Endangered Planet!
This mindset is spoon fed to us by bureaucracies, who are the same people who run enormous garbage trucks, putting out all those fumes, using all that fuel, to make extra sweeps thru neighborhoods to get yard waste, recycles, then trash. Get your calculator out to figure the waste for that one! And most aren't allowed to burn it, so we have landfills that we also are supposed to feel guilty about it. hmm. Anyway, the list goes on. Just upsetting so many people are numb to this...maybe it's the water!:)
While we are not running out of water here, the overuse of water is a serious problem in a lot of places. Venice is sinking because of the overuse of groundwater. Florida has had enormous sinkholes open up because the water level in the Aquaphor has dropped. It is a real problem even if it is not visible in every area.
JmsDwh, this is why the idea of the icecaps melting is such great news! The water level will rise and all those water gaps will be refilled! Et voila! Everything is back the way it should be! :D
Most shower heads in the USA are mandated to have 2.0 to 2.5 gpm. Most faucet aerators are also at 2.5 to 2.0 gpm (that's if you have an aerator). So it's a wash in the amount of time and the amount of water that is wasted. Now if I want to get specific, I'll worry about the tub spouts leaking hot water. Tub spouts that are leaking are far more wasteful and the water isn't even hitting the person taking a shower, a complete waste.
Yes, if you run the faucet while you brush your teeth then a lot of water is also wasted. You can easily turn the faucet off while you brush. What everyone is pointing out is that shaving or brushing your teeth in the shower is an unnecessary use of the water that runs in the meantime.
Don't knock garbage trucks - garbage trucks rock! Wish I had the money to buy one. Haven't you ever seen Hellboy?
I frankly don't worry about all the extraneous stuff you do, winniekate. Honestly, someday you'll be dead and it'll all still be someone else's problem. Chill.
I have sensitive spots and have to brush my teeth in warm, not cold, water. My comfort is never a waste.
It's not a waste of water if you're already in the shower, running the water and you brush your teeth while you're in there. I doubt he just uses the shower instead of the sink faucet, when he would otherwise not be using it. Also considering one generally uses 3 gallons in less than a minute of the sink being on, I really don't think you only use a cup of water to brush your teeth, if you are using the sink. Am I the only one who is troubled by the idea of people making up statistics that couldn't possibly be measured accurately?
I'm really glad I'm not the only one in the world that brushes their teeth in the shower. I always get strange looks for that haha, is one of those things I didn't realize not everyone did until someone pointed it out to me.
Great instructable! This will be handy seeing as how I manage to drop/lose my toothbrush in the shower all too often.
I thought my wife was the only weirdo who brushed in the shower...
the idea still grosses me out, but good job with the instructable, great idea.
i have started brushing in the shower due to a broken foot making it difficult to stand at the sink
I'm sorry to hear about your broken foot! Here in Alaska I've had a couple of friends who have used these neat wheeled walker-looking inventions, but the seat-part is narrow so that you put your knee (on down to injured foot/ankle) up on the seat and put yourself around sort of like a scooter. It's not tiring and you can gain a lot of time! If you don't have access to one of those, you could still use the sink more easily by resting your knee and leg on a chair.
Heal quickly!
ya once the swelling and bruising in the right knee goes down. the foot was broken in a motorcycle accident. i get around on the crutches fairly easily but the right leg is pretty messed up.
Where is the toothpaste? You could take a nail, hold it with a locking plyer, heat it over the stove, pierce a hole through the screw cap from inside the cap to the outside on the top, take a 12" piece of nylon string, burn the end and make a knot larger than the hole, trim the end, take un-knotted end and slide it upward through the hole, make a loop large enough to slide over shower head with that free end and tie it off with an over hand knot, then screw the cap back into the toothpaste tube.
Voilla! You now have a hanging set for your dental health along with your bodily cleanliness!!!
Drill or melt a hole in the handle of your razor and loop a piece of string, fishing line or wire. Make an overhand knot and hang from handles or shower head.
How much extra water gets used when you brush and or shave in the shower instead of sink? Would be cool to figure out.
None, if you use the time you'd normally use to wet your hair and let shampoo and conditioner soak, if you brush your teeth at the same time.
Now this is a really good instructable. So many are for example "Hooked Toothbrush" Step 1 fire up your $3000 CNC machine..
Everyone should have an oven and it takes 2 mins to do and its reversible! very nice.
I think if you stretched the plastic you could also put in a little loop that could somehow hold your toothpaste.
Interesting idea, and I'm sure it's nice to get everything done at once, BUT, I'm concerned that this wastes a lot of water, especially if you shave in there!
Sorry to be a killjoy.
Very cool, but my real problem is my razor. Its always falling off the rack and off pops the blades and I have to bend over in the shower and almost slip and that is just about impossible when my friend is in the shower with me anyway. So how can we do a hooked handle on a razor? And not a disposable, only real razors. Seems like something needs to be added.
Mike, this is so cool! My husband would move out if I spit in the shower, but I want to make these because they're adorable! I'll just hang them off of a water glass next to the sink. I went to your blog - it's awesome & I'm gonna bookmark it maybe I can go into DOLLAR Store debt!
I already shave in the shower, adding one more ablution to my morning shower regimen wouldn't be a bad idea . . .
I've bent a toothbrush similarly for cleaning -- I bent the head at a 90 degree angle, like an L with the bristles facing down. It's great for getting into little spots like inside a jar. I used a candle -- and it did burn a tiny bit, but it was for cleaning so I wasn't going to put it in my mouth charred. :) The candle was necessary for the sharp angle bend.
How do you know if your toothbrush is polypropylene or styrene acrylonitrile? Are their packages marked? I've never noticed.
I'm definitely making one for my next journey out to sea (United States Coast Guard). I'm not going to use it to brush my teeth, but to get the paint from under my fingernails, ha ha ha ha... Thank you!
They all look so pretty! I tried to bend a tooth brush a week or so ago and mine broke. I will give this a try! Thanks for sharing Mike! Have a super day!
I do something similar when I need a cleaning brush. I simply heat and bend the brush back about 30 degrees. It gives my knuckles clearance when scrubbing a floor or whatever, and also keeps me from confusing the nasty brush with my toothbrush. I too use the kitchen stove,
Some plastics, (like pvc) I have formed by heating in boiling SALT water, or even in dry salt. You get higher temps this way.
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The Circle (Eggers novel)
Book cover of The Circle
|Dave Eggers
|Cover artist
|Jessica Hische[1]
|United States
|Science fiction
Publication date
|October 8, 2013
|Media type
|Print (hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book
|504 pp. (first edition, hardcover)
|978-0-385-35139-3 (first edition, hardcover)
The Circle is a 2013 dystopian novel written by American author Dave Eggers.[2][3][4]
The novel chronicles tech worker Mae Holland as she joins a powerful Internet company, which starts out as an extremely rewarding experience, but as she works there longer, things start to fall apart.
Plot summary[edit]
The book follows the story of Mae Holland, a recent college graduate who lands a job at The Circle, a powerful technology company run by the so-called "Three Wise Men." Mae owes her job largely to her best friend and college roommate, Annie, one of the forty most influential people in the company. Mae starts out in Customer Experience (CE), the firm's customer service department, but quickly climbs the company ladder. From the beginning, Mae is impressed by amenities at the Circle, including access to top-notch technology, dorm-like housing, gyms, recreation activities and parties. Mae's very first day at the Circle ends with a party where she encounters Francis, who remains a love interest throughout the rest of the novel. Later, Mae encounters and quickly becomes romantically involved with a mysterious colleague named Kalden, even though she is unable to verify his status at the company, or even obtain his last name.
Meanwhile, the Circle continues to develop a range of sophisticated technologies, including SeeChange: light, portable cameras that can provide real-time video with minimal efforts. Eventually, SeeChange cameras are worn all day long by politicians wishing to be 'transparent', allowing the public to see what they are seeing at all times.
Another subplot is the diagnosis of Mae's father with multiple sclerosis, which eventually leads Mae to enroll her parents on her health care, which in turn drives them to install SeeChange cameras in their home. After a brief incident with her own legal issues, Mae ends up agreeing to wear a SeeChange device herself (called going transparent), representing her own growing role in the company, epitomized by a public talk in which she insists, "secrets are lies," "sharing is caring," and "privacy is theft." Mae's job now mainly consists of touring the campus and showing customers future products; any hints of her own doubts about privacy seem dropped, in contrast to her ex-boyfriend Mercer, who has internet phobia and eventually insists on going "off the grid" to escape the increasingly far-reaching influence of the Circle and its technologies. Kalden calls Mae, warning her that The Circle must be stopped, but she refuses to listen.
Meanwhile, Annie becomes envious of Mae's success and volunteers to be the test subject for PastPerfect, a new product that tracks a person's family history and activities, to regain her standing within the company. Disturbing facts about Annie's family history come to light and she becomes increasingly stressed, eventually causing her to fall into a catatonic state. Embarrassed both by her parents' distrust of SeeChange monitoring in their home and the conduct of her ex, Mercer - all of which have been publicly accessible to Mae's millions of followers - Mae becomes upset that they have embarrassed her in this way and, while demonstrating a program designed to catch fugitives within minutes, uses it to find Mercer. He attempts to escape using his truck, but after drones prevent him from getting away, Mercer seems to make a decision and ends up driving off a bridge in front of the billion people Mae is streaming to. While initially depressed, Mae soon rationalizes Mercer's death with the help of charismatic 'Wise Man' Eamon Bailey, concluding that he was an extremely depressed, asocial human being who refused society's help, comparing his actions to a person committing suicide by jumping out of the window when being visited by a doctor.
Kalden is, in fact, the elusive 'Wise Man' Ty Gospodinov, the original inventor and founder who came up with the idea for the company. Mae agrees to meet him in secret and he tells her that a totalitarian regime will soon arise if nothing is done to stop it, equating it to a surveillance society. He explains the need for privacy in the digital age and asks her to help him take down the Circle, saying he cannot do it alone. Mae thinks that he is crazy, but pretends to go along with him, but then betrays him by telling the other founders of the Circle what has happened, who ensure that Ty is silenced. The book ends with Mae looking at Annie in a coma at the hospital, wondering when the time will come that people's thoughts will be knowable as public information, saying that "the world deserves nothing less and would not wait".
On review aggregating website iDreamBooks, The Circle has a score of 66% based on reviews from 50 critics.[5]
Upon the book's summer 2014 release in German, the weekly magazine Der Spiegel's Thomas Andre gave a favorable review: "The Circle is a genre novel, with its simplistic fabrication meant to be obvious. The symbolism is abundantly clear, because it is Eggers' only way of bringing his message to the ear: How do we mean to handle the right to sovereignty of interpretation over one's own life in the future?"[6] On the other hand, German blogger and internet columnist Sascha Lobo called the book a "demonization" of internet companies that offers no actual arguments.[7]
Film adaptation[edit]
A film based on the novel, adapted and directed by James Ponsoldt, was released in April 2017. Emma Watson (Mae Holland), Tom Hanks (Bailey), Karen Gillan (Annie), Ellar Coltrane (Mercer) and John Boyega (Kalden) play the lead roles.[8][9]
- ^ "Jessica Hische - The Circle cover art". Jessica Hische. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
- ^ Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announcement of new novel by Eggers "The Circle"
- ^ Article: "Eggers new novel shuns the Internet"
- ^ Wall Street Journal review of Eggers' "The Circle"
- ^ "The Circle by Dave Eggers - Reviews & Ratings | iDreamBooks". idreambooks.com. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- ^ Diskussion um US-Bestseller "The Circle": Die Tyrannei des Internets. Thomas Andre for Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2014-08-04. (German)
- ^ S.P.O.N. - Die Mensch-Maschine: Dämonisierte Digitalkonzerne. Sascha Lobo for Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2014-08-04. (German)
- ^ Lussier, Germain (25 June 2015). "Emma Watson And Tom Hanks Will Battle An Evil Facebook In The Circle". io9. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ McNary, Dave (1 September 2015). "Karen Gillan Joins Tom Hanks, Emma Watson, John Boyega in 'The Circle'". Variety. Retrieved 2 September 2015.


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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theatrical director and founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Robert Kalfin
Topics include: theater, off-Broadway,
Segment originally aired April 22, 2007 as part of the "Dave's Gone By" radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
Please Note: Segments extracted from "Dave's Gone By" may have music and other elements removed for timing and media re-posting considerations. For the full interview with all elements, please visit the audio of the complete original broadcast.
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I was reminded of a beer in an email from a reader. The beer he was drinking was Bell's Oberon, the quintessential harbinger of spring. I thought to myself, "why not?" I hadn't had an Oberon (a quick search on the site) since 2009.
A little more thinking and I started wondering how different Oberon would be when compared to Don De Dieu, a Belgian wheat ale and one of my favorites. Soon more similar beers came to mind as well. I'm sure I was going to love this.
Down at the local bottle shop, there it was in the beer cooler, looking like a refreshment from a Dia De Los Muertos festival or Rio's Carnival. Nice and contrasty blue and orange with a little green thrown in. It was sure to catch everyone's eye.
Next position over was Oberon in four-packs of cans. The cans were a great idea but the four -pack made me wonder, "Why four ? Why not six? It's only 5.8%" Marketing, I guess. I picked up a sixer of bottles and paid the man.
Bell named the beer after Oberon, the king of fairies in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. Or the moon that orbits Uranus.
Heh. UR-ANUS. Either way, many of us will snicker up our sleeves like those guys when we think about it.
The beer poured and brought about some minor phenomena. The head was not as foamy as a hefewiezen but that was okay. Oberon is not a hefe as such. It uses ale yeast. And what was really quite odd were all the thousands of yeast particles in suspension making the glassful look like a breeding ground for sea monkeys. The aroma had a nice, somewhat sweet citrus smell. Sometimes just smelling a beer would make your mouth water. This was one of those times.
The first sip was delightful. It was with this first sip that I realized how popular this was. It was the taste that did it. The taste was subdued sweetness with some citrus flavors thrown in. The body was light to medium making it a contender for a summer slammer.
Oberon goes up against Goose Island's flagship 312 Urban Wheat. The idea is the same but the taste is miles apart. It's akin to Unibroue's Don De Dieu although The Don is a little off the style in a Belgian sort of way while still utilizing wheat in the recipe and has a much higher ABV.
I think the ladies would like this beer although some of them might get a bit spooked by the yeasties floating around. Better to serve them in a Solo cup. Perhaps a few of the ladies would prefer their Oberon with a slice of lemon or orange. That would be the perfect time to take them to the side and explain to the cutie the wonders of head retention and not "fruitifying" beer. Leave all that to to the Coors Blue Moon crowd. Then ask her if she'd like to see your nucleation points.
Bell's Oberon is a true staple of warm weather and good times. Bottles or cans, the beer is perfect for patio or beach get-togethers. And for after work as well. Bell should brew this beer year round.
The SixPackTech summary for Bell's Oberon American Wheat Ale:
Style: American wheat ale
Taste: Slightly sweet and delightful. A smile in every sip.
Smoothness: Nice and smooth.
Bang for the buck: On a par with others and worth the price.
Amount paid: $9.99 per six 12-ounce bottles.
Get it again? Yes. And a few more times as well.
Brewer's website
Wife's all-encompassing opinion: (Sniff) Smells mild. (sip) It's like a … kind of a weak lemonade. (sip) A little bit of a tang. (sip) It'd probably be really good if served really cold on a hot summer day but without all the gunk on the bottom. (See? Solo cup to the rescue.)
That "stuff" in Oberon [1:35]
It's protein. [1:25] – it's good for you
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The types of dreams vary greatly. They may involve meeting a celebrity, a trip, or a gift such as a computer or playground, or our most-requested dream, a week at the Give Kids the World Village, which enables a child to visit all of the Disney-area theme parks. No dream has been refused, except those involving motorized vehicles and firearms.
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This ad is a Heddon Dummy Double Ad 1917 copy. Believe it of not this ad came out of a Shakespeare Lure Catalog. I've got a bunch of ads to share out of there and I've always found it funny that The Shakespeare lure company would advertise its direct competitors.
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According to Boing Boing, there is a breed of jellyfish that has the ability to revert to an earlier stage of its life cycle and start over again. Since I have not yet completed by thesis on the life cycle of obscure jellyfish, I know absolutely nothing about this. But, it sounded fascinating. And a little terrifying. Think about what this would mean in human terms. To live forever, you'd have to revert to infancy and go through puberty all over again. Now that I think about it, maybe this is the jellyfish version of hell.
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Hey, just found out that the June Indonesian Food Bazaar at the mosque will be on Sunday, the 23rd.
Official start time is either 10 or 11, depending on whom you ask. The last couple have gotten very crowded by 12, so probably best to get there early. I'm not sure I'm going to be able to make this one, and would be interested in any reports.
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New Delhi, India (PressExposure) August 29, 2009 -- Ecolab, the world's leading provider of premium cleaning, food safety and health protection products and services for the hospitality, foodservice, healthcare and industrial markets, has implemented Sage Accpac ERP and has gained better control over its finance and inventory management process Since its inception in India, the company has been witnessing growth and expansion in its business.
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It's important for employers to hire applicants who aren't stuck in their career and who are continually moving forward to gain new expertise. Employers are eager to recruit candidates who are intent on developing the right skills and acquiring the right knowledge to excel in their field.

Organizations look for employees who are plugged into the latest trends impacting their field and eager to keep pace with changes in technology and best practices. They also recognize that no employee is perfect and look for evidence of self-awareness and a willingness to address any weaknesses.

How to Answer Interview Questions About Professional Development

Interviewers will ask a variety of questions to get at this information. The most common tactic will be to ask about your weaknesses and how you might have addressed them in the past. Some recruiters might approach this issue by asking you about the most prominent trends impacting your field. A question like "What is your professional development plan for the next year?" has a broad enough scope to capture both weaknesses and professional trends.

A professional development plan is your plan for developing or acquiring the skills and experiences necessary to support your career goals and your continued improvement.

Not having a plan in place will be a red flag for a prospective employer. The expectation for anyone hired for a professional position will be that you are prepared to continually upgrade your expertise. As an aside, that upgrading is valuable for resume building, too.

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The first step is to make sure you have a professional development plan at all times, since you never know when you will need to transition into job search mode.

In most cases, this should include mastering the latest area of technology being tapped by employers in your sector. So a project manager might be prepared to say, "I have been working on strengthening my business intelligence skills and have taken (or plan to take) a seminar on advanced Plex system ERP applications."

Try to incorporate some reference to a hot industry trend in your plan if possible. Review the latest journal articles and conference agendas for your professional associations and speak to well informed colleagues for ideas. For example, a hospital administrator might say, "I have been reading articles on using electronic health records to generate clinical quality measures and plan to attend a seminar at the next Hospital Association conference on the topic."

Finally, if you have been working on an area that could use some improvement you might mention that strategy as part of your plan. For example, if you are in a field where presenting to groups is not a core skill but is somewhat valued, you might say "I plan to work on my presentation skills by taking a workshop on optimizing the use of presentation tools like PowerPoint. I have always gotten positive feedback about my presentations but would like to jazz them up a bit."


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a version of this essay appears in the Philippine Daily Inquirer: Mourning for FrancisM
I can imagine that this doesn't apply to many Filipinos of a different social class and generation from mine. But for a particular sector who, in the 1990s, was enamored by American pop and rap, who were at an age in which they needed a sense of identity in the context of this country, there was Francis Magalona.
And this is not to say that he began in my consciousness as a rapper. If memory serves, he was singing and dancing on That's Entertainment, acting in Bagets 2, and rapping the top 10 song countdown on Lovli-Ness, before he became the Master Rapper of this country. In fact, when he broke out as a rapper in the album Yo! and the song "Mga Kababayan", it seemed to me like the most natural progression, for someone like FrancisM who seemed more intelligent than many of his generation, and who really did have something to say that was different and new. At least to my 14-year old ears, and my 17-year old brother's, and I guess to many friends I've met since then, who now mourn with me and cry the tears we would normally only have for loved ones.
Because FrancisM's presence in our lives through most of the 90's, was extraordinary, and the love, I realize now, has been consistently fueled since "Mga Kababayan". Then, he didn't only make batik the coolest thing we could wear, he also became a symbol of Pinoy pride. We loved him for being such, in the way that we love the bigger symbols of nation: the Philippine flag, the color of our skin, the here and now and the future. FrancisM spoke of all of these, with a maturity that did begin with "Mga Kababayan", where he talked of the universals yes, of unity and country, but also through which he did freestyle rap in concerts like Gary Valenciano's Major Impact, and talked about the coup d' etats and the "quicksand" that is paying the national debt post-EDSA 1986.
It was in these instances that FrancisM would prove that he was more political – and therefore more rebellious – than most artists of his generation, and even of more generations to come. In fact, FranciM's brand of rap, his music, his poetics, his concerns, were uniquely his own, because he was consistent even as he matured. In truth, all he became was more brave and daring after "Mga Kababayan". Then, he began to talk about drug addiction as a universal which touches every person from any social class ("Mga Praning"), about peace and human rights ("Ito Ang Gusto Ko!"), about the dynamics of Pinoy elections ("Halalan"), about copying the foreign (Tayo'y Mga Pinoy). It is difficult to forget EDSA Dos, and how, on that first day, it was his song "Magna Cum Nakaw" that rang true for all of us who were angry that the second envelope wasn't opened, but who were also discontent about the truth that the politics wasn't about to change.
And FrancisM wasn't about to stop. When he took on hosting chores for Eat Bulaga, it was clear that he had become his most mature and confident, allowing for his image to become that of an everyday staple: him fooling around with the funniest on television, him in drag singing girly-songs, him on a reality-show type of challenge taking on the chores of his wife in their eight-children household. Here too, we would see him as family man, and as survivor of the ailment that would take his life, doing a final performance with co-survivor and friend Ely Buendia, in what was the most touching and powerful remembrance that while life is volatile and fleeting, it can also absolutely be empowered in the face of that which we can't control.
And so now that FrancisM is gone, it is as if I am being reminded of all these, and of what life was like having his music in my head. And of what it now has become, given his passing. It is difficult not to cry, not just because I have loved this man who was technically a stranger, but because this stranger has made himself mine, through his songs and the nation he was proud of and so loved. Which I have learned to do as well. And in that sense I also can't help but mourn for this nation, for having lost this modern-day hero, with the daring and bravery – and strength – that has become so rare for the artists of these shores.
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Player FAQs
Bob Davis FAQs, Biography And Facts
Bob Davis Bio & Career Stats
Position: Defensive Line
Career: 5 Years
Height: 5-11
Weight: 192
Additional Bio Information
Birth Date: ,
Birth Place: Monongahela, PA
High School: --
College: Penn State
Drafted: Undrafted
|Bob Davis FAQs
Where was Bob Davis born?
Bob Davis was born in Monongahela, PA.
How tall is Bob Davis?
Bob Davis stands 5' 11".
Where did Bob Davis go to College?
Bob Davis attended Penn State.
In what Round did Bob Davis get drafted?
Bob Davis was Not Drafted.
What Position did Bob Davis play?
Bob Davis played Defensive Line.
What Team did Bob Davis Play for?
Bob Davis played for the Steelers.
How many seasons did Bob Davis Play?
Bob Davis played 5 seasons from 1946 to 1950.


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Omigosh. When was the last time any of you have watched Beetlejuice? We watched it with the kiddies for Halloween, before which I hadn't seen it in years. People, 1988 Tim Burton Classic is more than just a spooky comedy about a ghost couple who want to scare away their home's new inhabitants. It's an amazing satire of NYC art culture, yuppiedom, and "Rurbanism" or what happens when city dwellers move to the country in droves, and then try to make it a little mini version of the city. Duh, all this is obvious. A refresher: In the movie, a lovely Laura Ashley wearing Gina Davis and … [Read more...]
Snoop Dogg, The Painter.
Barbie is a blogger, and Snoop Dogg is a painter. "For many years I've always felt like painting was something that I wanted to do, but I never had time to do," Snoop explains. "Painting gives me an emotion like no other. I could cry while I'm painting. I can laugh while I'm painting. I can be serious while I'm painting. I don't have no parameters. When I'm rapping there's certain things I can't do. When I'm acting there's certain things I can't do. There's certain things I won't do. But with the painting, there's no limit." Snoop collaborated with Swedish Sock brain Happy Socks to create a … [Read more...]
Barbie the Blogger | @barbiestyle
So…Barbie's a style blogger now. She #TBTs, she tans, attends every fashion show, stays at the most lavish hotels and works out all while looking photo op ready. She attends the trendy art shows, like the Koons retrospective. She hikes Runyon Canyon! She does collabs with other fashion people, like Rachel Zoe. She shoots aerial shots of her outfits and coffee and fashion week invites. It's shot for shot perfectly styled satire. She tags so many different hotels?! Are they paying for this? The account is so spot on that it's funny in a teeny weeny bit of an uncomfortable way. Almost too … [Read more...]
Neil The Lion At Home.
Have you seen these yet? There are no words.... OK, here's a few. Back in the 70's, Melanie Griffith, and her family - Mom Tippi Hendren, star of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and her husband, Noel Marshall, a director. The family was filming in Africa when they found an abandoned house that had been overrun with over 30 lions and their cubs. I still dont fully get how they ended up living with a full grown adult lion named Neil, that part of the story seems a bit hazy, but I do know that they were filming a movie called Roar, which cost 17.5 million dollars, took 11 years to film, only grossed … [Read more...]
The Making of Gone With The Wind.
75 years after it was released, the 1939 adaption of Margeret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind, is still the most successful film of all time, accounting for inflation. It was the longest running sound film at the time it was made, and was one of the first films shot in technicolor. It was the Golden Age of American film, just as we are living in the Golden Age of Television. (I just read a theory that TV entered its Golden Age when DVR and streaming came about, allowing for longer plot lines and character driven shows.) The movie won 10 Acadamy Awards, out of 13 nominations. The film has been … [Read more...]


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Snob Theater is back and it's time to witness more of the best in Bay Area based music and stand-up comedy. In case you're not familiar with Snob Theater, Snob Theater is a show that features the best in the Bay Area's indie rock bands and stand-up comedians. The small 60+ seat Dark Room Theater makes for the most intimate of performances and provides a unique and exciting atmosphere for both the audience and the performing artists. Snob Theater is an event that showcases the comfort of the performers as they take chances in a stripped-down setting.
Our musical guests this month include Picture Atlantic and Debbie Neigher.
Debbie Neigher
Since emerging on the San Francisco café circuit in 2009, this New Jersey-born artist has been hailed as a truly special talent. With an uninhibited imagination and acute sense of detail both in music and words, Debbie Neigher has gone from practicing on an out of tune piano in the living room of her parents house to hypnotizing growing crowds in San Francisco's Yoshi's Jazz Club. Continuing to showcase her amazing ability to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary with her unique and provocative vocal style and prodigious piano skills garnered through years of classical training, Neigher will release her latest album self-titled debut record, produced by John Vanderslice at Tiny Telephone Studio in San Francisco, this Spring.
Debbie Neigher – Home from Debbie Neigher's Demos (2011)
Picture Atlantic
In today's short attention-span culture, bands like Picture Atlantic are a dying breed. Over the course of sive years, two full-lengths and recently released 5-song EP, the band has established themselves as one of the Bay Area'a most exciting acts and as a band who refuse to limit themselves to one scene or sound… and it's paid off. The band has reinvented themselves with this year's sprawling EP, When Everything is Numbers, with a transcended sound that is unlike anything else they've released. In fact, their latest EP that shows the band reconciling all of their seemingly disparate moods into cohesive blend of music that will lull you to sleep with gentle harmonies one minute and shake you to the core via raw, distortion-drenched rock riffage the next.
You can purchase When Everything is Numbers here for only $5.
Picture Atlantic – Circe from Kleos (2008)
Picture Atlantic – Guerrilla from When Everything is Numbers (2011)
This month's stand-up comedians include Sam Davidoff (finalist in Walk the Plank Comedy Competition), Anita Drieseberg (Producer and creator of Left Coast Comedy Showcase), Sammy Obeid (CoExist Comedy Tour), and Nato Green (SF Weekly's Best Comedian of 2010, Laughter Against the Machine Tour, creator of Iron Comic).
So come out, invite friends, and spread the word. It's going to be a good night.
Tickets are $10
$1 off drink tickets will be provided for anyone willing to visit the nearby bars.
Doors open at 9:30pm
Show starts at 10pm
The Dark Room
2263 Mission Street, between 18th and 19th
San Francisco, CA 94110
Call 415-401-7987 for info.


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Uh, if that's Adam's introduction, I think I haven't introduce myself right
Well, here I go:
My name's Maria Jesus (but you can call me Jesu or as you want). I'm from Chile, a country in South America. I live in Santiago, capital city of Chile.
I've a big family: I'm the second one of 10 sisters and brothers. And got a dog too.
I'm still in school (called "Ursulinas" in my language). I can speak spanish, english and german.
About my hobbies? I play the guitar, enjoy singing, reading, writing and drawing. I like action movies, cars and animals too. I'd like to become an actress (as sooner, better).
So this is me TA-TAN


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When the sun is shining, the wind is still and the tide is out, there really is only one true way for me to relax: get down to the beach and listen to the sound of the sea.
I apologise now for the wholly horrific sight of me lunging over the camera and also for my sweet sweet singing voice. Don't say you haven't been warned!


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Few Basic Things That Make Used Moving Boxes a Good Choice for You
Nowadays, more and more people choose for used moving boxes at the time of relocation. They find these moving boxes ideal for packing the items and transferring them more safely especially when they have to shift to any inter-state or inter-city location. Though the old boxes are available for lower price than the new packing boxes but still they are durable enough to protect the moving items during jerks that are too common in vehicular transportation. That's why the used boxes make a cost-effective option for all those who want to keep their items secured while changing office or residence.
New moving boxes cost more and make the moving expenses go up further. By opting for used moving boxes, people are now able to keep the expense under control. As the old boxes are made of quality, durable and strong materials and are less prone to break apart during the move, people prefer to use them to save considerably on the purchase of brand new boxes. Apart from having the same strength and functionality as the new packing boxes, the old boxes are also available in a wide variety of sizes including small, medium and extra large sizes to cater to the varied kind of packing demands. So, people get the option to pickup anything in a range of used boxes that is best for carrying out their items.
Basically, the used boxes can be procured for either low cost or for free. There is a great many websites dealing with free exchange of the used moving boxes. People can easily transact with such websites if they are eager to donate their earlier purchased boxes which don't have use any more. Though the desirable size is not always available here but the moving boxes are certainly found for much less price.
It is not true that the security of moving items will be at stake with used moving boxes. In fact, easily available and less expensive materials like old blankets, clothes or newspapers can be used as additional stuffing in these boxes to help prevent the moving items from getting broken or injured during the transit.
Most of the retailers supply both new and used moving boxes for relocation. They focus on to check the condition of each box so as to ensure customers moving boxes in good condition at low rate. Some of the damaged boxes are again repaired or recycled by them to reduce the environmental waste and give people the best value for the money.
People have the option to contact the departmental stores and get moving boxes for free. Since the stores always want to get rid of the cases through which they receive deliveries, they can be expected to serve as a good source for supply of boxes anytime. However, quality and condition of the boxes available right here can't be guaranteed.
The used moving boxes assure not just to reduce the moving expenses of people but also help them maintain green activity for the sake of environment. As because of they are all made of recycled cardboard materials and consume less energy for production they turn out to be eco friendly. In spite of being put in use for longer period, the old boxes contribute a lot in relocation. Some of the moving companies are in favor of use of these old boxes and want to pursue customers for the same by offering them good discounts on their purchase.
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Joel Osteen has been operating in the retail business of moving boxes for more than ten years. He recommends the use of cheaper used moving boxes to help customers keep pace with the green movement.
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Reaction Engines has also established a new US-based subsidiary, Reaction Engines Inc. to support the expansion of the company's development efforts and lead engagement with potential US government and industry partners.
The company has appointed Dr. Adam Dissel, an aerospace leader with over 15 years' experience in the development of advanced vehicle systems, to lead the new subsidiary as President of Reaction Engines Inc. Dr. Dissel joins Reaction Engines Inc. from Lockheed Martin Space Systems where he served as System Architect for Responsive Space. He will report to Mark Thomas, Chief Executive Officer of Reaction Engines Ltd.
Mark Thomas commented "The establishment of a US office is the obvious next step for us, building on excellent work done under a collaborative R and D agreement with future export markets in mind. I am delighted that Adam has joined the team as President of Reaction Engines Inc. His skillset, experience and strong customer focus is very relevant to the task ahead and I look forward to working together to grow this part of our business."
The company has appointed Mark Wood to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer and Engineering Director, with responsibility for operational leadership, improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the business through integration, collaboration and operational best practices.
Mark Wood joins Reaction Engines from Safran Power UK, where he most recently held the position of Engineering Director, with responsibility for Safran Power Engineering in the UK and for engineering services across the whole Power division. He will report to Mark Thomas, Reaction Engines' Chief Executive Officer.
He will shape the company's organisational development for the future and take on functional leadership of the Engineering Team, enabling Richard Varvill to focus on Chief Engineering the SABRE engine and technologies.
The Air Force Research Laboratory is particularly interested in the heat exchanger technology at the heart of the Saber engine, which is designed to power a vehicle from standstill on the runway to around Mach 5.5 in air-breathing mode before transitioning to rocket mode for the jump to low Earth orbit. The potential capability of the cycle, which harvests oxygen from the atmosphere through an innovative heat exchanger system, has also attracted interest in its use as a propulsion system for atmospheric hypersonic vehicles as well as space transports.


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Dogwood Cherokee Princess
Dogwood Cherokee Princess by Turtle Creek Nursery BOTANICAL NAME: CORNUS FLORIDA 'CHEROKEE PRINCESS' COMMON NAME: DOGWOOD CHEROKEE PRINCESS Cherokee Princess Dogwood is rated one of the best dogwood cultivars. Blooms early with white bracts up to 5′ across. Fall red berries and excellent fall color gives this dogwood year round interest. Nice specimen plant near patio. CHARACTERISTICS AND USES: HEIGHT: …Read More
Crape Myrtle Dynamite
Crape Myrtle Dynamite by Turtle Creek Nursery BOTANICAL NAME: LAGERSTROEMIA INDICA 'DYNAMITE' COMMON NAME: CRAPE MYRTLE DYNAMITE Crape Myrtle Dynamite has deep crimson red blooms. Upright and vigorous grower makes this a great Specimen tree. Very resistant to powdery mildew and is drought resistant. CHARACTERISTICS AND USES: HEIGHT: 15-20′ SPREAD: 10′ USES: Specimen tree EXPOSURE: Full sun GROWTH RATE: Fast …Read More
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Arborvitae Emerald by Turtle Creek Nursery BOTANICAL NAME: THUJA OCCIDENTALIS 'EMERALD' COMMON NAME: ARBORVITAE EMERALD Useful as a corner plant or small hedge. Light green soft foliage makes this plant desirable. Easily maintained and very good winter color. CHARACTERISTICS AND USES: HEIGHT: 6-10' SPREAD: 2-3' USES: Hedge or corner where height is needed. EXPOSURE: Full sun GROWTH RATE: Moderate HABIT: …Read More


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Seven iLearnNYC schools are selected as "Lab Schools". These schools work directly with the iLearnNYC Design Partner, iNACOL, to identify promising practices, mitigate challenges, and develop and refine innovative instructional methodologies—blending the best of traditional instruction, digital tools, and staff proficiency levels. Communities of schools, based on common practice, i.e. specific types of schools and/or blended learning models, will be developed around each Lab school. iLearnNYC school leaders have the opportunity to select which Lab school community they join. Each team is lead by an expert iLearnNYC implementation manager. The lab schools and implementation managers host monthly cohort meetings aligned to the lab's goals and objectives. Cohort schools learn from the lab school's process and also share best practices regarding their own blended learning process. This online space is the hub of knowledge and sharing pertaining to innovative design strategies.
iLearnNYC is a blended and online program that cultivates visionary leadership, personalized data-driven instruction, and promotes school change through collaboration. iLearnNYC enables teachers to differentiate instruction by coupling online content with face-to-face instruction to allow for student control over time, place, path and space.
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Waveform Austin supports 5:15 Music Services as a professional and reliable solution for guitarists and bassists who need to rent great gear for studio sessions, live gigs, or just to try out something you are interested in buying.
They will deliver the gear you need to you and pick it up as part of the rental – now that is sweet!
Established in 2011 in Austin Texas, the business is a natural extension of Mark Weber's 20+ year career in the music industry. Some of Mark's resume highlights include traveling the world as a guitar tech for Jimmie Vaughan, working as a product specialist and artist relations rep for Fender Musical Instruments, also in sales and management at Guitar Center.
He has played professionally and continues to teach guitar lessons and is passionate about providing the best guitar related products to musicians seeking an inspiring sound.
Please visit http://www.515musicservices.com to learn more or just click on the image below!


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The Times reports today that France has obtained a list of 3,000 account holders at Swiss banks. This is only days after France and Switzerland reached an agreement to exchange information on French citizens who hold Swiss bank accounts.
Just last week the U.S. Department of Justice and the I.R.S reached a deal with Switzerland to get the names of 4,450 U.S. account holders who may be suspect of hiding income and assets from Uncle Sam.
And the week before that Britain and Liechtenstein inked a new tax cooperation agreement to allow British account holders the opportunity to disclose their hidden accounts. British citizens must disclose their accounts to get some leniency for tax evasion and those who do not will be forced to move their money out of Liechtenstein and face the full consequences – back taxes, penalties and possible legal action.
These three events are not coincidental and clearly indicate a growing trend among nations to shore up badly needed tax revenues. The question is what will happen when the global economy picks up again. There are hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars at stake for countries like the United States, Britain, France, Germany and Italy.
Once the tax coffers begin to rely on an increased taxpayer participation rate it would be hard to notice any dramatic reduction. But that is where I think we could see an eventual pullback to the traditional tax evasion scheme. It is always that slow and gradual change that proves to be the hardest to see. A slow but sustained effort to chip away at these new rules and agreements could be just what the banks ordered.
The motivations behind hiding assets from tax authorities can vary from the outright criminal to well justified. For those parties that use offshore havens to sustain their criminal activities I share no sentiment with you. Those activities include money laundering, tax evasion and fraud.
In the case of tax evasion I take additional exception, as I liken it to you living under my roof and refusing to help pay the rent. Regardless of the extent to which one may agree or disagree with the tax code, the fact should not be lost that citizenship has its privileges AND responsibilities. One of those responsibilities being that of helping to pay for the government that protects you, defends your way of life and makes it possible for you to create any wealth in the first place. Grievances with tax rules should be funneled through the appropriate channels – call your senator not your offshore banker.
If you are one of those 4,450 lucky winners on that UBS list then you might want to call your local I.R.S agent too, as the Sep. 23 deadline for disclosing those secret accounts is getting close.


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Sebastian Larsson hopes his return from injury can get Sunderland over the line in another battle for survival.
Getting back into things
Larrson made his return after a three month absence as a substitute in Sunderland's 1-1 draw with Southampton at the weekend. The Swedish international then played the full game for the under 21s on Monday to continue his return.
Sunderland had originally hoped the 30-year-old would only be out for around a month with the knee ligament damage he suffered in November, however the injury sustained kept him out for nearly four months - the longest injury spell of his career.
Larsson revealed his frustration to the Sunderland Echo, saying that "it was one of those ligament injuries which didn't look as bad straight away," but then he and the club "realised it was worse" once they had gathered further opinions to really assess the damage.
Last year's player of the season is grateful that the injury was not more serious though, and is trying to see the positives in the lay-off, telling the media: "I suppose I've had a winter break for the first time ever!"
Happy to play
The former Birmingham City man managed to get on for an eventful last 15 minutes at St Mary's on Saturday as Sunderland got a man advantage, took the lead through Jermain Defoe, and were then denied victory at the death by Virgil van Dijk.
Larsson then played the full 90 minutes for the under-21s in their 3-2 win over Everton at the Stadium of Light on Monday. He revealed his pleasure to get back on the pitch too, saying it was "perfect" to play the full game on Monday and that he was "happy" to feature.
The former Arsenal youth product believes the team have to stay positive despite the low feeling of dropping two points right at the end against the Saints, saying that, whilst "it was a big blow," the players have to look ahead now."It doesn't matter if you could have got points," he added, "it's about getting the points."
However Larsson concluded by saying that a positive to take from recent outings is that Sunderland "keep putting [themselves] in situations to win matches and get points."
"We weren't able to do that last week," he admitted, but he believes that, if the team can "continue" their good form, they will "win a few before the end of the season."


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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Wichita officials announced that the Mid-America All-Indian Center will close for 60 to 90 days due to a pipe break.
The break was discovered earlier this week.
Water from the pipe flooded portions of the museum's exhibition space, but no artifacts were touched as staff worked quickly to move materials into the museum's vault.
The Mid-America All-Indian Center building and gift shop will remain open and all rentals and other activities will take place as scheduled.
As a precaution, staff has cleared the entire museum. Planned exhibits will be delayed until after repairs are made to the pipeline and exhibit space cleanup is complete.


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MHL, LLC announced the availability of the Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL) specification version 1.0 and Adopter Agreement.
According to the statement, the MHL standard defines a new mobile interface to directly connect mobile phones and other portable consumer electronics devices to high-definition televisions and displays. One of the key advantages of the MHL specification is that it enables manufacturers to utilize widely established connectors available in today's mobile and CE products.
For more information visit: www.mhlconsortium.org
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Interface Utilizes Widely Established Mobile and CE Connectors
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 30, 2010 — MHL, LLC the entity responsible for administering the MHL Consortium, today announced the availability of the MHL™ (Mobile High-Definition Link) specification version 1.0 and Adopter Agreement. The MHL standard defines a new mobile interface to directly connect mobile phones and other portable consumer electronics devices to high-definition televisions and displays. One of the key advantages of the MHL specification is that it enables manufacturers to utilize widely established connectors available in today's mobile and CE products.
"The increasing availability of storage and media capabilities on smartphones, tablets, and other mobile electronics is contributing to the consumption of video on the go," said Michael Palma, senior research analyst for Consumer Semiconductors of market research firm IDC. "The MHL specification should enhance the ability to link these portable devices to HDTVs opening up opportunities for manufacturers and service providers to deliver new applications and add more value for consumers."
The MHL 1.0 specification delivers the following functionality:
* Video: Up to 1080p/60 picture quality can be displayed from portable devices to TVs and displays.
* Audio: Up to 192 kHz of audio transmission is supported, delivering up to 7.1 channel Linear Pulse Code Modulation (LPCM) surround sound and compressed audio.
* Power: Five volts and 500 mA are provided from an A/V device to continuously power the portable device and charge its batteries.
Products implementing the MHL 1.0 specification have the following benefits:
* Connect: With a simple 5-pin interface, mobile devices can output high-quality video and digital audio over a single cable while receiving power from TVs and displays and multi-purposing existing connectors in the market.
* Control: Consumers can display digital media from portable devices to A/V devices and access content with a remote through command and control technology.
* Protect: High-value video and audio content is safe from unauthorized interception and copying with High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP).
"Our 1.0 specification release marks another MHL milestone and brings us one step closer in achieving our goal of becoming the standard of choice for wired mobile connectivity," said Barry McAuliffe, president of MHL, LLC. "Utilizing existing connectors saves valuable space in devices by keeping form factors small, allows for cost-effective implementation, and enables consumers to get more functionality and features from a single connector."
For more information about the MHL Consortium, 1.0 specification or to download the Adopter Agreement, please visit http://www.mhlconsortium.org.
About MHL, LLC
MHL, LLC is the Agent for overseeing and administering the drafting, adoption, licensing, and promotion of the MHL Specification. The MHL Specification is being developed by Nokia Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Silicon Image, Inc., Sony Corporation, and Toshiba Corporation as a standard for mobile wired connectivity, which will enable the development of standard-compliant mobile and display products across a broad connectivity ecosystem. MHL, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Silicon Image, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIMG). For more information please visit http://www.mhlconsortium.org.


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Total Video Time: 82 minutes
In the last module, we looked at production and costs for a typical firm. Now we start looking at the first of four market structures by examining perfect competition (PC). It describes a situation where lots of firms all produce the same product and consumers care mostly about finding the lowest price possible. These videos first explain the assumptions of the model and then explain how firms in a PC industry behave. We examine profit and losses and then explain what happens in the long run in the market if there are profits or losses. We finish up by talking about the efficiency of PC industries and then evaluate the market based on five different criteria.
Video 8.1: Market Structures and Outcomes (11 min)
This video briefly examines the four market structures that we'll explore in much more detail in the next few modules. It then explains the five different criteria upon which we judge market performance.
Video 8.2: Perfect Competition (13 min)
This video explains the six assumptions of the model of perfect competition and describes the kind of competitive environment in which firms operate.
Video 8.3: Firm Demand (7 min)
This video derives the demand and MR curves for a PC firm based on what's happening in the overall market. It then uses that MR curve, in combination with its MC curve, to determine its profit-maximizing level of output.
Video 8.4: Profit and Losses (12 min)
In the last video, we determined how much output the firm should produce. Now we answer the next question a firm should ask (Is this a good or bad situation?) by examining whether firms in the market have profits or losses.
Video 8.5: Shutdown Point and Supply (11 min)
This video addresses the third possible question for a firm: if it has economic losses, should it produce in the short run or shut down? It then uses this framework to explain what an individual firm's supply curve looks like, and then uses that to derive a market supply curve.
Video 8.6: Long-run Equilibrium and Efficiency (11 min)
This video introduces the concept of a long-run equilibrium: a situation in the market where prices and output are the same from period to period, and the number of firms is also constant across periods. It then explains what the effiency of perfectly competitive markets.
Video 8.7: Evaluating Perfect Competition (8 min)
This video uses the five criteria we established in Video 8.1 to evaluate the outcome resulting from the model of perfect competition.
Video 8.8: Increase in Demand (9 min)
This video walks you through the effects of a permanent increase in demand in a perfectly competitive market.
In the Content area of D2L, in the Perfect Competition folder, you will find a variety of resources for you. You have a page of blank graphs that will help you practice working on these. And I've also gone through all 6 possible scenarios we can analyze with perfect competition and explained what happens to the firm and the market in both the short-run and long-run. One of these scenarios will be on your next exam, so please download them and work through them. If you don't understand what is going on in any of them, please ask me for clarification.
Implications of an Increase in MC: Excise Taxes
We've looked at taxes twice now: once in general and again when we talked about elasticity. But there's an important long-run implication here so we have to go back to taxes one more time. Click here to open up the PDF file in a new window so you can follow along with the graphs. When we talked about a $1 tax on a market before, we found that the burden of the tax would be shared between consumers and producers. We later found that whichever side of the market is more inelastic will end up bearing the larger burden of the tax. But now we have to look at the long-run implications of something like this. If you're a competitive firm and you're earning zero economic profit, and you get hit with a tax of $1 per unit, what happens? The price goes up some, but not by the full $1. Suppose it increases $.75 because demand is relatively inelastic. So your MR increases by $.75 but your ATC increases by $1.00. Firms in a PC industry will have economic losses in the short run and will not be able to sustain this forever. Some will leave in the long run — enough of them have to leave so that supply shifts back enough for prices to rise by the full $1. Only then can the remaining firms get back to zero profit.
Thus, if the market is competitive and a tax is applied, in the long run consumers will bear the entire burden of the tax. Firms cannot pay any of the tax because they don't have any economic profits to be able to do so. This is what some mean when they say "businesses don't pay taxes; consumers do." In the case of a perfectly competitive industry, they're correct.
As the price rises because of the tax, consumers cut back their consumption. If the Qd falls by 20% because of the tax, this means that in the long run we would expect to have 20% fewer firms in the industry.
If the market is competitive, taxes will wipe out some firms and make consumers pay higher prices equal to the amount of the tax.