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Wednesday, February 03, 2010
A Decade in the Learning Technology Industry
I caught up with Vivek to discuss how the last decade in this industry has unfolded.
SS: Vivek, so tell me a bit about the business of egurucool.
VA: Sure. We were in the online test prep business. We provided courses to help students prepare for the CBSE examinations.
SS: This is very interesting. You know that there are still several players in that field. There is Career Launchers, who have an offline/online model and then there is Vriti, funded by Intel Capital, and Catura Systems, funded by DFJ India which are mainly in the online space. Then there are larger players like Edurite with its coaching centers. Tell us about some of your experiences in running this business.
VA: Obviously at the point I was running this business, the main challenge was to get users online. We tried several techniques including cold calling of schools and parents. In one particular year, we actually visited 30000 homes and demoed the content. We had great conversion ratios (post the demo) but obviously it was very expensive. Now ten years later, we have many more internet users in this country but there is still likely
to be resistance in purely online learning.
SS: And justifiably so. Learning has to be blended into a seamless online/offline format.
VA: That's what we also figured out. It was important to use the internet to develop communities and to have assessments but we also started learning centers. I think it is important to be able to empower the instructor with the appropriate use of technology and thus improve the quality of learning.
SS: Given that there are still many folks out there trying to build a nationwide big brand in this area is there anything that you would share that you would have done differently if you had been running the business today?
VA: Actually, yes there is. We invested a lot of effort in working with teachers and developing content. If I was running the business today I would try and figure out if there was a way of making existing content available without duplicating the creation efforts.
SS: Well said. Let's talk of Liqvid your latest venture. You actually started in the services industry by outsourcing elearning projects.
VA: Yes you are right. We worked with customers like HP, Motorola and Cisco outsourcing elearning content development. We covered the entire gamut of sales training, product training etc. We transform the technical material that clients have into learning material with the help of in-house instructional designers who work with subject matter experts from the client or with subject matter experts from outside.
SS: I used to run a company in a similar business: Aesthetic Technologies. I think that it was fun working with a team of varied talents but I think scaling up was not easy given that these projects come with fuzzy specifications.
VA: Well, you are right. The team consists of instructional designers, content writers, programmers and graphic artists. And that's kind of fun. And over the years we have developed methodologies that help in rapid prototyping so that we can have customers engaged. Also most of our customers have elaborate content development standards.
The bigger challenge we faced was in global sales. We tried tele-calls, local hires, working with sales accelerators and so on. Our experience has not been satisfactory. I think for all start ups the key founder has to be located in the geography of the main customers.
SS: Precisely, Which is why it is so exciting that the Indian educational business is large enough for you to be based here in India and work on products for the Indian market. Tell me about English Edge.
VA: English Edge is our product to help students learn English. It arose out of our partnership with BBC. The main objective of the product is to help students learn English not by way of the traditional "grammatical approach" but in a "conversational manner.
SS: Tell me about your partnership with BBC.
VA: We started by using the BBC material (audio clips and exercises) and developed it into instructional product which comes with the instructor multimedia software, instructor manual (providing background reference), screen-wise cue cards (to help navigate the software) and a student workbook.
This is a complete product that helps instructors improve their teaching skills.
SS: But you have gone beyond this initial partnership.
VA: Yes, we have. In a couple of key ways. First of all to cater to the broad Indian market we have extended the offering into 4 levels. Our first level is really meant for people who are seeking their first exposure in English, our second level is for people who are trying to string words into sentences, our third level is for students who are trying to learn correct grammar. Level 4 (based on the original BBC product) is meant for more polished users.
We have developed the content and instructional material for all these additional levels. The other way we have tried to develop this product is to develop "domain specific learning". In doing so, we have developed content partnerships with Outlook Money, Outlook Traveller for BFSI and Hospitality domain learning.
SS: Tell me about you go to market strategy
We believe that we can provide the best value in embedding our product in vocational learning courses (for the travel, hospitality, retail, apparel ….industries). We are trying to work with educational institutions to make English learning a part of the ongoing process at these institutions.
I want you to remember one thing. We are trying to target what we would call the SEC A in marketing terminology, we are targeting students who have completed twelve years of schooling and have learnt English as a formal subject. Even then the language skills from an employability standpoint leaves much to be desired.
SS: So Vivek, this has been a fascinating journey. Where do you go from here?
VA: Sanjoy, the potential is enormous. If you take the universe of private schools, professional and degree colleges and vocational training institutes, you probably have an universe of 9 million learners out there. We aim to reach 2-3 million learners in the next few years. If we can develop the product further to be able to incorporate learning English with the help of Indian language learning aids we can take our product to more rural settings. Finally, there is no reason to believe that we cannot take this product to countries like India and China.
SS: Surely that is an exciting goal to help India reap its demographic dividend. Thank you Vivek and all the best.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Vriti: a player in Online Exam Prep
Vriti is trying to create an online educational community: students, experts and content providers. The core of the technology is a hosted platform which provides community support and an assessment engine. Vriti's technology is developed in-house on a J2EE platform. The statistics are impressive: at peak loads it handles 115 million users monthly and 20000 concurrent users. I asked Swapnil whether he had considered any open source LMS like Moddle and he said that existing implementations did not have a rich community integration which they desired.
The community is a key part of Vriti's strategy. There are 1 million students who are a part of the community and about a million questions answered in the database. There are about 300 individual tutors and 300 content providers participating in the community. That is a rich source of guidance to a student entering the bewildering world of career choices. Virti's strategy towards communities is based on segregating them into sub-sites for each exam (goiit, gocbse, pmtprep, lawcorridor, gobskool, gonift…). The Engineering and CBSE communities are the most vibrant at this point. Vriti's revenue model depends on commissions paid by content providers (such as Brillant Tutorials, Pearson Education, Aakash Institute …) and from subscription fees paid by students. The basic community participation is free: students pay for taking assessments.
The Indian test prep market according to the CLSA report on the Indian education sector is about USD 1.7 billion. The CLSA estimate engineering, medical, civil services, business school entrance examinations and is based on an average of 4 lac students spending Rs. 25000 on exam prep every year. These are realistic estimates (CLSA accounts for the exam prep for CBSE separately). Career Launcher (investor: Gaja Capital), Catura Systems (investor: DFJ India) are the other relatively early stage companies in this area. Vriti's Series A was funded by Intel Capital. Needless to say, there are several well established brands in the more traditional distance education and bricks and mortar modes of test prep services (Brilliant Tutorials, Rau's
There is scope to create strong businesses in this area based on a track record of consistent success and low cost of delivery leveraging Internet technologies. However, the idea behind Vriti could be potentially far bigger. To understand why, think of the category of Learning Management Systems and Performance Management Systems. Most large enterprises use some variation of these systems powered by "best of breed" vendors such as SumTotal Systems & Saba, pure SaaS players like Learn.com & SuccessFactors or ERP players like Oracle and Saba. What is the broad functionality they provide? At the highest level, they help manage the skills and competencies possessed by individuals with that required by jobs and help employees bridge the necessary gaps.
Consider the individual student at the cross roads of career choices. The solution that she is looking for is an ongoing assessment of knowledge and skills and help to prepare for career choices. It is possible to create a disruption by focusing on the technology platform that allows for the following:
- A strong assessment engine that allows students to assess their learning needs and career potentials
- A skills and knowledge library that helps students understand the requirements of various competitive examinations
- A social networking layer to allow students seek guidance from peers and mentors
- Integrations with web conferencing tools to allow for online tutoring
- Integrations with content providers to provide for delivery of both off-line and on-line content
The key thing is to focus on the platform and that is why I feel that Vriti might be poking around a big thing. Think of the platform from the standpoint of both the student and the content provider. A strong assessment engine and strong assessment content would enable students to make correct choices. But you can also potentially open up the platform for content providers and experts to run their own assessments. That way they would be able to target their learning interventions to the specific student needs. They would be able to deliver the learning in current "chunks" and also leverage outside teaching help. The platform would generate value for the content provider that would be difficult to create from their own web delivery sites.
"Get to know what you are good at and work hard at it". That is what the preacher told Rabbit "Harry" in John Updike's Rabbit Run. If stated this way, the exam prep market is a far bigger game. And it will be fun to see companies take a crack at it.
Monday, May 04, 2009
Indian Education Market: Manipal K-12
Manipal K-12 , a player in the Indian K-12 school market, has been promoted by Manipal group, a leader in higher education in India. and TutorVista, a global online tutoring company. TutorVista is promoted by K Ganesh, who had earlier founded, along with Meena Ganesh one of India's early BPO companies CustomerAsset which they sold to ICICI OneSource. Meena is the CEO of Manipal K12.
TutorVista's online tutoring focus is largely the US market. The company, which had raised VC funding from Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Silicon Valley Bank in 2006, entered the domestic Indian market by acquiring Edurite Technologies in late 2007.
Edurite Technologies (it still maintains a separate website) was set up in 2000 by Srikanth Iyer and over the years has developed an impressive library of multimedia content in the Indian K-12 segment. Srikanth is the COO of the company.
I must mention that in the late 1990s there was considerable interest in creating educational multimedia content. In 1998 I had co-founded Aesthetic Technologies with the same broad business objective. We too had developed content for the K-12 market but for schools in Singapore and Malaysia.
The strengths of the various partners brings a certain uniqueness to Manipal K-12. The flagship product targeted at schools is DigitALly™ a PowerPoint enabled multimedia tool consisting of hardware (interactive whiteboard or plasma TV) and software (the multimedia learning content developed by Edurite over the last several years). The digital solution enhances the quality of teaching and effectiveness of the teachers. Manipal K12 also targets the coaching segment of the market with Edurite Tutorials (physical centers) and TutorVista (online presence).
The key proposition is simple enough: use technology to deliver top quality standardized learning at low cost independent of the physical location of the student. It is a thought that has been at the core of technology-aided learning. There is considerable interest in this market. Educomp with its Smart class, Everonn with its ViTELs, NIIT with its Interactive Classroom and IL&FS Educational & Technology Services are direct competitors. Smart class accounted for 60% of Educomp's Rs. 145 cr (USD 29 mil.) revenue in the quarter ended Dec 09 (source: website).
How scalable is this business? Consider the following facts.
India has about a 1 million schools out of which 75,000 are private schools. The private schools are further classified into:
• Approx. 30,000 Government aided schools with an average monthly fee of Rs. 450 (USD 9).
• Approx. 30,000 un-aided "standard" private schools with an average monthly of Rs. 750 (USD 15)
• Approx 15000 un-aided "premium" schools with monthly fee upwards of Rs, 1250 (USD 25)
At this point, the key addressable market is the 45,000 private unaided schools. According to a IDFC-SSKI report the reach of the key players is about 1000 schools each for Educomp and NIIT and 1000 schools for Everonn and IL&FS combined. That leaves a lot of room for growth.
It does, in my opinion, for the next few years. However, schools are investing in ICT infrastructure, often with the help of these same companies. In a few years time, it is possible the private unaided schools would want to be free to buy content from any publisher and not bound to multi-year contracts that are the norm today. At that point, I hope, the market would move to the public schools. It is in this market, which cannot attract decent teachers, that technology can really create a disruption. To enable this to be possible Public Private partnership paradigms will have to be established and/or companies like Manipal K-12 will have to have working relationships with educational NGOs. Most importantly, costs would have to be driven down.. At this point, Educomp charges Rs. 150 per student per month. This is 12% (or less) of the average tuition costs in a private premium school but is 33% of that in an aided private school. At current costs, these companies will find it hard to get the scale that India's large population warrants.
Manipal K-12 will potentially be able to drive down costs given its in-house content development expertise. Its other approach is to set up its own brand of schools either directly owned or managed. The idea is to bring in good learning content, trained teachers and efficient academic management processes. The K-12 market size in India is large. CLSA estimates the total size to be USD 20 bn. (based the reasonably conservative annual fee assumptions indicated above). Can organized players emerge in this sector? Manipal K-12 does have the advantages of the brand and the technology infrastructure. Having said that, the success of a school in India is based on board-level examination success and it does take years to build reputation. Good schools in India and elsewhere are built by dedicated teachers and principals and therefore the question that I am mulling is: how can an organization like Manipal K-12 create a cadre of great teachers?
Perhaps the answer lies in the other market that Manipal K-12 is trying to target: the tutoring market. CLSA estimates that the market size to be USD 5 bn. (and this does not include specific tutoring for competitive exams and for specialized skill training). However, the market is fragmented, and likely to remain so. Tutors will come from a variety of backgrounds: young students, experienced teachers and patient mothers. However, this may provide Manipal K-12 a very wide recruiting ground for future teachers.
Success of organizations like Manipal K-12 will ultimately depend on execution. There are three key components of an execution strategy: customer (student/parent) satisfaction, entrepreneurial management of individual schools (while using standard processes and technology) and teacher talent management (motivating the ultimate knowledge worker). The business of education is that of people building people. Technology and facilities help to a point.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
SaaS article in Silicon India
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Learning in Innovative Organizations
These slides based on a few chapters of "Making Innovation Work" by Tony Davila, Marc Epstein, Robert Shelton build a framework to understand Innovation. A key point it makes is that it links Knowledge Management (which has for many years dominated our thoughts on Learning) to the Innovation Framework. Knowledge Management is central to Incremental Innovation – operational items that organizations have to do everyday.
For radical innovation – on the other hand – learning by experimentation is key. There is really no substitute for trying and failing quickly. This reinforces the need for leaders and managers need to build an open collaborative culture to facilitate learning.
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Listening to Customers is not enough. Ask the right questions to drive Innovation
At one level, the answer is ready. Customers cannot give feedback on a product that does not exist. To get to understand what customers really need you need to ask the right questions. What is it that they are trying to do? What is important to them? What are the constraints that they are facing? What is it that they have and do not really need?
Have a look at these slides to put some rigour in customer research program in your Innovation process.
Let me know what you think.

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Super Bowl 50 will have plenty of ties to the Valley, most notably 49ers team owners Denise DeBartolo York and her husband Dr. John York.
The new results follow extensive testing conducted by Ohio EPA in late January that showed improving water conditions in Sebring.
A towing company spent several hours unloading the trailer and then getting it out of the gas station on Salt Springs Road.
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Superman: The Man of Steel (2013): Watch The Full Comic-Con Panel Video With Zack Snyder and Henry Cavill
Sun, 07/15/2012 - 13:23
Minus the first footage, you can watch Zack Snyder and Henry Cavill at last night's San Diego Comic-Con Man of Steel Panel.
Snyder talks about how awesome Superman will be and more, with Henry Cavill very humble about playing Superman.
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Oh, and the teaser footage is online if you know where to look. Sorry, not on Cosmic Book News, but you can read a description here.
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Tell me, what wouldn't have happened
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Had never been born.
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Who would we blame for making the world poorer without you?
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Two sessions of debate workshops will be held at Baylor University June 15-27 and July 20 to Aug. 1 with approximately 400 students expected to attend the sessions.
Students ages 13-17 will attend seminars where they will learn debate fundamentals, receive assistance in developing research and speaking skills and participate in practice rounds.
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New Open source packages for Linux on z
One of the FAQs after launching LinuxONE is the question: what of the currently popular applications stacks etc has been ported to Linux on z?
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The teaching of Chinese language at First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe's school in Mazowe will produce a generation keen to enhance relations between the Asian country and Zimbabwe, an official has said.
Beijing International Chinese College (BICC) vice president Ms Gui Fan said that they were happy to co-operate with the First Lady.
She said language was important in relations between countries and graduates from the school would be expected to make life easier for both countries through enhanced communication.
After noticing the gap in cultural exchanges between the two countries, Amai Mugabe asked the Chinese government to provide Chinese language teachers at her Amai Mugabe Junior School that was established a few years ago.
This resulted in BICC sending two educators at a time to the school, who are teaching the Chinese language to pupils from pre-school to Grade Seven.
Amai Mugabe herself enrolled for Chinese language at Renmin University of China in 2007 and earned a bachelor's degree in Chinese in 2011.
"The teaching of Chinese language at the school is important," said Ms Fan.
"BICC has discovered that the kids are keen to learn Chinese and they really love it. It is a generation that will bring the two countries together and increase co-operation through easy communication. So, we are happy to do this co-operation with Zimbabwe."
Ms Fan said the visit to the school by Chinese First Lady Madame Peng Liyuan in December last year was a milestone in the co-operation between China and Zimbabwe.
She said it was important that Amai Mugabe's school acts as the epicentre of teaching Chinese in Zimbabwe.
"In the near future, we really want to expand our services of Chinese language teaching into other regions in Zimbabwe," said Ms Fan.
"We are going to rely on our teachers there to teach in the schools. On the other hand, we also want to help residents around the school area to learn Chinese.
"We started to send our Chinese teachers to the junior school after the approval by the Zimbabwean Government and the first batch of the teachers is back and we have since sent another batch there. We really need this cultural exchange and we want the Chinese government to continue sending Chinese teachers to teach the language and culture."
During her visit to the school, the Chinese First Lady was enthralled by the philanthropic work being carried out by Amai Mugabe, who also runs a children's home at the centre which caters for orphans.
"It is simply great that we have two Chinese teachers here and from the song they (children) sang when we came here, I can tell they are doing well," she said.
"Though there is a great distance between our countries, our hearts are always together."
During the visit, Amai Mugabe chronicled how she set up the children's home and the Amai Mugabe Junior School with the assistance of the Chinese.
One of the former Chinese teachers at the school, Ms Gao Yuan, yesterday hailed the First Lady for considering the Chinese language.
"During my time there, the First Lady visited the school several times," she said.
"It was my great pleasure to see her at the campus. The first impression I got was that the First Lady was tall, very elegant and beautiful. She cares for a lot of children at the place and she also donates a lot to the school to ensure that the children, who live in cluster families, have sweet lives and I do appreciate what the First Lady is doing to the kids."


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The irony is that cars running red lights doesn't seem to faze them in the least - because they EXPECT it at this point, and bikes are still "unexpected."ultrarunnergirlhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-79986339351677872992011-12-08T22:49:08.169-05:002011-12-08T22:49:08.169-05:00Was yours the bike right out in front? The grey tr...Was yours the bike right out in front? The grey trek? I fear I've learned the same lesson about rainproofing, though it's possible that I have an "upgrade" coming from my carrier, so I don't know how much I'll actually be out.Brianhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-54037638327148144362011-12-08T20:51:40.888-05:002011-12-08T20:51:40.888-05:00I was at the Georgetown Apple store this afternoon...I was at the Georgetown Apple store this afternoon as well. Locked up at a pole outside the store. The rain had hosed my Iphone yesterday ... I now know the limits of rainproofing on my jacket's pocket. Hope you didn't have the same $157 firstname.lastname@example.com


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Which Minnesota celebrity might help the state publicize its new health insurance exchange?
And what could state officials put on a stick to get State Fair attendees to think about buying health insurance coverage through the new marketplace?
Those were two of the unanswered questions Wednesday as state officials described some of their plans for spending about $9 million on a marketing campaign to publicize MNsure, Minnesota's health insurance exchange.
The sum includes spending $1.5 million to produce mass media ads and another $3.5 million to run them on television and radio stations and in newspapers and magazines.
Minnesota's publicity campaign for its exchange will be launched in late August and will include outreach through social media, said April Todd-Malmlov, the executive director of MNsure. Todd-Malmlov would not say exactly what the campaign might look like because the state is seeking permission to keep creative materials confidential for now.
"Releasing that early could impact the success of the campaign in bringing in enrollment," she said in a Wednesday interview during a MNsure board of directors meeting in St. Paul.
"Other states have started their marketing campaigns much earlier, so they've released their TV ads," she said. "For strategic reasons, we've decided to start our mass media campaign towards the later part of August."
Minnesota's exchange is meant to be an online marketplace where individuals and small businesses can start shopping in October for health insurance coverage that begins Jan. 1.
The federal health care overhaul legislation from 2010 calls for the creation of state-level exchanges where many individuals will be able to obtain subsidies when buying health insurance. The law also mandates that individuals either have coverage next year or pay a tax penalty, so the exchanges are meant to be a resource for people who've lacked insurance to obtain coverage.
It's possible that the Minnesota marketing campaign will feature some local celebrities, Todd-Malmlov said during the board meeting, though she wouldn't say who is being considered. MNsure is planning significant outreach efforts at the State Fair, she said, but wouldn't offer specifics.
"There are conversations about what it is that we can put on a stick," she said, referring to the wide variety of food products sold on sticks during the State Fair.
Money for the marketing campaign comes from federal grants the state has received to establish Minnesota's health exchange. Overall, the federal government has provided $110 million for the state's program.
More than 1 million people are expected to obtain coverage through MNsure, including many who receive health insurance through the state's public health insurance programs. Although the state is creating the exchange, the products sold in the new marketplace will come from private health insurance companies.
On Oct. 1, MNsure will launch a website where consumers can comparison shop for insurance plans. People will also be able to obtain coverage through MNsure by phoning a call center.
Christopher Snowbeck can be reached at 651-228-5479. Follow him at www.twitter.com/chrissnowbeck and facebook.com/PioneerPressPolitics.


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Expanded Harmony with Pentatonics
In Ex. 1, we play a minor pentatonic scaleover a minor 7th chord, both with the sameroot: a G minor pentatonic scale over a Gm7chord. This works because the scale veryclosely resembles the arpeggio of a minor7th chord.
Ex. 2 deals with Bbmaj7, the relativemajor, which is three frets or a minor third above. One way to think of this is, if yousee a major 7th chord, play a minor pentatonicscale based on a root a minor thirdbelow the written chord's root. Same scale,different setting.
Now let's look at some less common,yet simple and creative ways to use thisscale, five positions of which are shown inFig. 1. Playing the exact same scale over differen tchords creates a whole new sonicpalette without stepping too much outsidefunk or R&B and into jazz. The simplicity of the minor pentatonic scale ensures anaccessibility to the listener, even when it isused to create varied altered tensions. Allof the following examples use the G minor pentatonic scale, superimposing it over other chords. Notice how the function ofeach scale degree changes depending onthe chord underneath. To truly appreciatethese new colors and flavors, you'll wantto record or have a friend strum the underlying chords as you play over them.
Ex. 3: G minor pentatonic scale over aCm7 chord
The easiest way to think of this techniqueis to play a minor pentatonic up aperfect fifth (or seven frets) from the root of a minor 7th chord.
Ex. 4: G minor pentatonic scale over anFm7 chord
Think of this one as a minor pentatonicstarting a major second (two frets) up fromthe root of a minor 7th chord. Used in thisway, the sound created works well overDorian harmonic content, because eventhough there is no 3, we do get the Dorianapproved6th degree.
Next month we'll explore even morecolorful ways to employ our old five-notefriend. Stay tuned!
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The MQGetMetaData function returns name and version information for the current Message Queue service to which a client is connected.
MQGetMetaData (const MQConnectionHandle connectionHandle, MQPropertiesHandle * propertiesHandle)
MQStatus. See the MQStatusIsError() function for more information.
The handle to the connection that you want the information about.
Output parameter that contains the properties handle.
The Message Queue product you are using is identified by a name and a version number. For example: "Sun Java(tm) System Message Queue 3.5.1." The version number consists of a major, minor, micro, and update release component. For example, the major part of version 3.5.1. is 3; the minor is 5; and the micro is 1. For release 3.7 UR1, the major part is 3; the minor is 7; and the update release is 1.
The name and version information of the Message Queue product are set by the library when you call the MQCreateConnection() function to create the connection. You can retrieve this information by calling the MQGetMetaData function and passing a properties handle. Once the function returns and passes the handle back, you can use one of the MQGet...Properties functions to determine the value of a property (key). These properties are described in Table 4–2.


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This Ornithology subject resource guide is available courtesy of Marcia Schiff ? 2009.
Introduction – Associations and Meetings – Databases – Journals – Monographs/Books – Reference Resources – Websites
American Ornithologists? Union. (1998). The A. O. U. check-list of North American birds: The species of birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, including the West Indies and Hawaiian Islands (7th ed.). Washington, DC: American Ornithologists? Union.
This text was prepared by the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of the American Ornithologists? Union to provide a listing of all birds in North America. It is organized by family and covers over 2,000 species of birds. Included is the family, genus, common English name, scientific name, author who named the bird and date, habitat, distribution and notes. There is an extensive citation list in the back of the book plus a full index of all of the birds. This book would be useful to beginning to advanced birdwatchers and professional ornithologists.
Beletsky, L. (2006). Birds of the world. Baltimore, MD: The John Hopkins University Press.
This text is beautifully illustrated with over 1,300 species covered. After an introductory section, there are detailed descriptions of the birds intended to highlight the diversity among the 200 bird families. Topics included by the author are the geographic distribution, the number of living species, number of endangered species, and the number of extinct species since the year 1600. This reference would be useful to anyone with a serious interest in bird species and habitat conservation from beginning to advanced birdwatchers, scholars, and professional ornithologists.
BirdLife International. (2000). Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions.
This is the official source of birds on the IUCN Red List. It lists 1,186 species that are currently globally threatened primarily due to habitat loss or degradation. It is documented with color illustrations and the birds? distributions are mapped. This reference is for anyone with a serious interest in conservation efforts aimed at bird species and their habitats.
Dickinson, E. C. (Ed.). (2003). The Howard and Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world (3rd ed.).? Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
This text is organized by family and contains over 25,000 bird names. It includes the scientific name, the common English name, author who gave the name and year, number of genus and species, and the range. A symbol indicates if the bird is extinct. There are no photographs or illustrations in this text. An extensive list of references and index of scientific names are at the back of the book. This scholarly text would be of interest to birdwatchers and professional ornithologists.
Gill, F. B. (1995). Ornithology (2nd ed.). New York: W. H. Freeman and Company.
An excellent reference text used in university level ornithology courses at the University of New Mexico, this text provides an excellent look at all of the key topic areas: history, origins, anatomy, physiology, feeding, behavior, communication, habitat, migration and navigation, reproduction, growth and development, demography, species, and conservation of endangered species. Both an extensive bibliography and index are located at the back of the book. This reference would be useful not only for students, but for beginning to advanced birdwatchers as well as professional ornithologists.
Gill, F., & Wright, M. (2006). Birds of the world: Recommended English names. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
This was the first text to provide a standardization of English language nomenclature for over 10,000 living birds of the world. There are neither photographs nor illustrations in the book. The names are listed in taxonomic order with related scientific names and brief descriptions of the birds? breeding ranges. There is an accompanying CD with full text and additional information on the species so that the information can be placed in Excel format for sorting, editing, exporting, and for creating databases. This reference is for serious scholars and professional ornithologists.
Kaufman, K. (1996). Lives of North American birds. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
This book, published as a hard back, covers over 900 species and features a good introduction to understanding classification, habitat, territory, and songs and calls. Sponsored by the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, the profiles are organized by family and include the common English name, scientific name, range, habitat, feeding, nesting, migration, and conservation status. This book would be useful to beginning to advanced birdwatchers, students, and professionals.
Sattersfield, A. J., Crosby, M. J., Long, A. J., & Wege, D. C. (1998). Endemic bird areas of the world: Priorities for biodiversity conservation. Cambridge, UK: The Burlington Press Ltd.
This book was sponsored by BirdLife International, an organization which is highly involved in conservation efforts. It is an extensive review of birds in small range areas which are considered restricted range species. It is organized by location with an extensive look at the various bird species that includes tables of conservation status, general characteristics, and a discussion of the threats and conservation information. One appendix is organized by bird species and another appendix is alphabetical by country with each endemic bird area being carefully coded. An extensive reference list and index are located at the back of the book. This monograph would be useful to anyone with a concern about bird conservation from casual to serious birdwatchers, students, and professionals.
Sibley, C. G., & Monroe, B. L., Jr., (1990). Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
This reference arranges the species in a classification based on their phylogenetic relationships determined from an examination of their DNA. It includes the distribution of the birds of the world, provides a numbering system of the species, includes maps showing the distributions, and provides an index to the common English names and scientific names of each species. There is an extensive reference list and complete index of the birds at the back of the book. This scholarly book is for professional ornithologists and anyone else with a serious interest in the study of ornithology.
Welty, J. C., & Baptista, L. (1988). The life of birds (4th ed.). New York: Saunders College Publishing.
This edition is described by the authors as a textbook revision. It is a comprehensive reference text used at the college level that covers all the important topics: classification, natural history, anatomy, physiology, food and feeding, habits, reproduction and breeding, behavior, vocalization, care and development of young birds, demographics, ecology, geography, flight, migration, origin and evolution, and relationship to man. While designed for college level students, this book would also be very useful to anyone wanting to learn or review important topics in ornithology — beginning to advanced birdwatchers as well as professional ornithologists.
Introduction – Associations and Meetings – Databases – Journals – Monographs/Books – Reference Resources – Websites
This Ornithology subject resource guide is available courtesy of Marcia Schiff ? 2009.


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Rep. Linda Sanchez Congresswoman (D-Calif.) :
It's hard to say that anyone won in this debate. However, hard-working people in Wisconsin will lose if this bill becomes law. Any employee, whether in a union or not, should have the ability to negotiate with their employer about salary, benefits and workplace safety. It's also important to point out that the state workers' ability to negotiate isn't something that costs the state of Wisconsin one dime in real money.
Gov. Walker has been successful at one thing, however: He's placed the burden and the blame of our country's financial problems on the backs of hard-working Americans. In doing so, he's demonized the people who are the glue holding our communities together: the bus drivers who get people to and from work every day, the teachers who educate our children, the policemen who keep our neighborhoods safe and the nurses who care for our sick family members.
As to what happens next in Wisconsin, the polls overwhelmingly say that the people of Wisconsin and nationwide are strongly against taking away workers' rights. Gov. Walker's actions are causing working people, the backbone of our economy, to stand up and defend their rights — the opposite of what he wanted.


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About Janet
Janet Zappala's television career has taken her many places, but her most recent endeavor has been writing her first cookbook–My Italian Kitchen, Home-Style Recipes Made Lighter & Healthier, released in April, 2010. Her passion for cooking nutritious dishes, coupled with her vast communication skills has led her to be tapped as a nutrition expert for national television satellite tours.
An acclaimed journalist, Janet is a six-time Emmy award winner, a Golden Mike recipient and an Associated Press First Place Award winner. She has worked as an anchor/host and reporter in several cities around the country, including Los Angeles, Denver and Philadelphia.
In 2008, Janet became a certified nutritional consultant, studying at the Global College of Natural Medicine located in Northern California. She also holds a second certification from the American Association of Drugless Practitioners.


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New York Giants: Predicting Victor Cruz's 2012 Season StatisticsJuly 27, 2012
Everyone knows Victor Cruz, the undrafted, salsa-dancing wide receiver for the New York Giants, who took New York City and the entire National Football League by storm in 2011.
After leading the Giants in receiving last season and helping New York achieve their second Super Bowl in five seasons, one is only left to wonder the possibilities of what the 2012 season brings for Cruz.
He's had a productive 11 months, setting Giants' receiving records, winning Super Bowl XLVI and even releasing his own biography.
After such a meteoric 2011 campaign, the expectations for Cruz have only risen.
Will he rise to the occasion, or fall victim to the sophomore slump?
It wasn't too long ago that I released my predictions on how the Giants' rookies would fare this season, and now I'm delving into Cruz.
Last season, Cruz finished with an incredible 82 receptions, 1,536 yards and nine touchdowns, and what's most impressive is that Cruz played in all 16 games for the G-Men, putting his durability on display during the grueling 2011 season.
New York's offense will look a little different in 2012, with the departures of Brandon Jacobs, Jake Ballard and Mario Manningham, but those losses don't take away the skill that Cruz possesses, nor does it take away Hakeem Nicks, who will be lining up with Cruz again this season.
Assuming Nicks' injury doesn't force him to miss any of the regular season, the Giants will again sport one of the most dangerous receiving corps, with just Nicks and Cruz alone.
Cruz proved to be an excellent slot receiver, leaving the outsides to Nicks and Manningham, who very well may be replaced by rookie Rueben Randle this season.
Regardless, there are not many opposing defenses in the NFL who have the type of skill and depth necessary to stick both Nicks and Cruz for an entire four quarters, let alone the Giants' other wideouts and tight ends—just ask Rex Ryan and the New York Jets.
Going off what he did last season, it'd be a lot to ask for Cruz to match his numbers from 2011.
Even with a healthy Nicks and another solid wideout—whether it be Randle, Ramses Barden or Domenik Hixon—you have to think his numbers will deflate some.
Defensive coordinators across the NFL have an entire season's worth of tape to dissect his game and plan accordingly.
With that being said, there's also no reason to think that Cruz won't eclipse the 1,000-yard mark again and put up high reception and touchdown totals.
Regardless, one thing's for sure: Cruz doesn't need any motivation heading into the 2012 season, as reported by ESPN New York's Ohm Youngmisuk.
"I don't need a contract to stay motivated. Just the thrill of winning with my team, at home in New York, a place I grew up, that's all the motivation I need to play football. I don't think a contract is something that's gonna motivate me."
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July 6, 2007
By Judith Lohman, Chief Legislative Analyst
This report provides an explanation of changes in the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula and the minimum budget requirement (MBR) enacted by the General Assembly in PA 07-3, June Special Session, "An Act Implementing the Provisions of the Budget Concerning Education." The changes are effective July 1, 2007.
The act changes several key factors in the ECS formula to (1) increase the level of per-student spending ECS aid helps towns achieve, (2) increase the state's contribution to the overall cost of education, (3) provide a higher level of minimum aid, and (4) increase student need weightings for poverty and limited-English and update the data for the poverty weighting. The act simplifies the ECS formula and its subformulas by eliminating supplemental aid to towns based on poverty concentrations and higher-than-average population densities. It also eliminates a factor that provided additional aid for low-achieving students. The act phases in the increased state aid, specifying the percentage increases for FY 08 and FY 09. For those years, it provides minimum annual increases of 4.4%.
The act also establishes a new minimum budget requirement (MBR). Instead of requiring towns to spend 100% of increased ECS grants on education, as the law previously required, the act allows towns to spend part of the aid increase for other things. It requires towns to spend between 15% and 65% of the ECS increases on education, with the exact MBR percentage determined by each town's relative current education spending, wealth, and student achievement. Low-performing school districts, as determined by consistent failure to make adequate yearly progress (AYP), must increase their MBRs by an additional 20 percentage points. These districts are also subject to increased supervision by the State Department of Education (SDE) under the act's accountability provisions.
Basic Formula
The new act returns the ECS formula to its basic three-part structure, which the act calls the "fully funded grant." That formula multiplies three factors: (1) a base aid ratio of each town's wealth to a designated state guaranteed wealth level (GWL), (2) the foundation, and (3) the number of each town's resident students adjusted for educational and economic need ("need students"). A per-student bonus is added for towns that are part of regional school districts. (A copy of the amended ECS formula and subformulas is attached for reference at the end of this report.)
Formula Factors
The new law changes several of the factors used in the main ECS formula and its subformulas.
Foundation. The act increases the ECS foundation from $5,891 to $9,687. The new foundation applies through FY 12. The foundation is the level of weighted per-student spending ECS grants help towns achieve. The higher foundation increases grants to all towns.
State Guaranteed Wealth Level (GWL). The ECS formula is designed to allow towns to tax themselves to raise a portion of the foundation based on an equalized tax burden, with the state making up any difference between what a town can raise and the foundation, up to the state guaranteed wealth level. The new act raises the GWL from 55% to 75% above the wealth of the median town (1.55 to 1.75 times the median town wealth). A higher GWL increases the state's share of total education funding.
Base Aid Ratio and Minimum Grant. The base aid ratio (or percentage) represents the relationship between each town's wealth (measured by equalized grand list adjusted for income) and the state GWL. To avoid having towns whose wealth is higher than the GWL get no state aid, the ECS formula establishes a minimum base aid ratio. The act increases this minimum from 0.06 to 0.09 for most towns and to 0.13 for the 20 school districts with highest concentrations of low-income students. Thus, the act increases grants for wealthier towns from 6% to 9% of the foundation amount for each need student (13% for wealthier towns with a high proportion of low-income students).
"Need Students." By law, the ECS formula weights student counts for educational and economic need. It does so by increasing a town's resident student counts for students in certain categories to yield a "need student" count. The act makes the following changes in the need student count.
1. It increases the weighting for limited-English-proficient (LEP) students not participating in bilingual education programs from 10% to 15%. This change increases aid for towns with low concentrations of students with non-English dominant languages. (The law requires schools to have bilingual programs if they have 20 or more students with the same non-English dominant language.)
2. It increases the weighting for low-income students from 25% to 33% and changes the basis of the weighting from students on welfare in 1997 to children eligible for federal Title I education aid as of each October 1. The latter change updates data used for the low-income student weighting.
3. It eliminates the 25% weighting for students who perform below proficiency on mastery tests ("mastery count").
4. In FY 09, the act reduces need student counts by 25% of the number of full-time students from each town who attend interdistrict magnet schools receiving state magnet operating grants. Currently and for FY 08, all such students are included in ECS student counts. This change reduces grants for towns with students attending interdistrict magnet schools on a full-time basis. The act also requires SDE, by October 1, 2007, to notify local school boards to anticipate that the number of such students included in the need student count in FY 10 will be reduced to 50%.
The new law eliminates two ECS grant supplements that, under the prior law, were used to compensate certain types of towns. It eliminates the density supplement, which provided additional aid to towns with higher-than-average population densities, and supplemental aid, which provided additional aid based on concentrations of low-achieving and low-income students.
The act phases in full funding of the new ECS grants and establishes the first two years of the phase-in grant as follows.
1. For FY 08, each town must receive the ECS grant it was eligible to receive in FY 07 plus 17.31% of the difference between that and its fully funded grant, but no less than a 4.4% increase.
2. For FY 09, each town must receive 23.3% of the difference between the FY 07 base and its fully funded grant, but no less than 4.4% more than its FY 08 grant.
Prior law required any town that received an increased ECS grant to increase its local budget for education by at least the amount of the increased aid. The act modifies the minimum budget requirement (MBR) to allow towns to spend part of their FY 08 and FY 09 ECS grant increases for non-educational purposes.
The minimum percentage of each town's ECS grant increase that it must spend on education is determined as follows.
1. For FY 08 and 09, each town must spend at least its budgeted appropriation for education for the prior year plus from 15% to 65% of its ECS grant increase.
2. The MBR percentage is based on an average of the differences between each town and the highest-ranked town in three categories: (1) current program expenditures per student, (2) per capita wealth (equalized net grand list adjusted for income), and (3) percentage of students who score below proficiency on state mastery tests.
3. The bigger the average of the differences, the higher a town's MBR percentage (i.e., the closer to 65%).
4. Any town whose school district is in the third year or more of failing, as a district, to make AYP in math or reading, must add 20 percentage points to its MBR for education (i.e., a minimum of 35% and a maximum of 85%).
By September 15, 2007, the act allows local school boards to ask the education commissioner to defer part of their aid increases for FY 08. If the commissioner approves, the deferred amount must be added to the town's FY 09 grant. Deferred funds must be spent in compliance with the town's MBR for FY 09. The act bars a town from deferring aid increases that it must spend because of its failure to make AYP for three or more years (i.e., the aid attributable to the extra 20 percentage points referred to above).
The act defines "current program expenditures" and "current program expenditures per student" for purposes of the education MBR. Under the act, those expenditures are the existing "regular education expenditures" plus expenditures for special education and student transportation.
The act also makes a conforming change to repeal a penalty for a town that did not meet its ECS minimum expenditure requirement (MER). By law, this penalty was already part of the MBR. (The penalty is twice the amount of any shortfall.)
(As amended by PA 03-7, June Special Session)
Fully Funded ECS Grant = (Base Aid Ratio x Foundation x Need Students) + Regional Bonus
● Base Aid Ratio = Greater of: (a) 1 minus Town Wealth/State Guaranteed Wealth Level (1.75 times the median town wealth) or (b) 0.09 (9 %) for most towns and 0.13 (13%) for towns ranked in top 20 according to Title I Count/Population aged 5-17
Town Wealth = (((ENGL/Need Students) + (ENGL/Population))/2) x (((PCI/HPCI) + (MHI/HMHI))/2)
ENGL = Equalized net grand list (three-year average) (CT Office of Policy & Management)
PCI = Per capita income (U.S. Census Bureau)
HPCI = PCI for town with highest PCI in the state
MHI = Median household income (U.S. Census Bureau)
HMHI = MHI for town with highest MHI in the state
Population = Total town population (U.S. Census Bureau)
Need Students = See below (State Department of Education)
● Foundation = $9,687
● Need Students = Resident Student Count + 33% of Poverty Count + 15% LEP Count (*For FY 09, subtract 25% of resident students attending full-time interdistrict magnet schools receiving state per-student operating grants.)
Resident student count = Students enrolled in public schools at town expense on the preceding October 1, adjusted for school days under or over 180 in the school year.
Poverty count = Number of children aged 5 to 17 from families in poverty as determined under Title I of federal No Child Left Behind Act as of each October 1.
LEP Count = Number of limited-English-proficient students not participating in state-funded bilingual education programs.
● Regional Bonus = $100 per resident student enrolled in K-12 regional districts, $46.15 for each student enrolled in a 7-12 district, and $30.77 for each student enrolled in a 9-12 district.


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Hey folks,
Just thought I would check in and say hello - I've been on knitting rest for a while with some too-much-knitting-too-much-playing-too-much-computer induced hand/arm strain...and after some hilariously expensive treatment at the musician's hand therapy centre (very good and worth every penny) I'm back on the pins.
I was rushing to finish a cardigan for a friend's birthday last April with Rowan country wool (2.5 stitches to an inch on size 13 (UK9) needles) and, hadn't really banked on how big it needed to be to account for the thickness of teh wool. So I've un-picked it and started again. Because it's so thick, I wanted to make it seem-less and have started out with a body with 130 stitches.
I have Elizabeth Zimmerman's book, 'knitting without tears' and was planning to use her guidelines for a seamless, saddle shouldered sweater. I'm sure there's a Zimmerman enthusiast or 2 amongst you so I have a couple of questions:
Am I right that her percentage calculations for arm cast ons are quite narrow (1 fifth of body stitches increasing to 1 third)?
If I make a wider arm, will all my percentages be wrong?
Anyway, any help /thoughts gratefully received.
I, too am an EZ devotee---I
I, too am an EZ devotee---I think if you want a wider sleeve, just adjust the armhole to accommodate---I don't think this will mess up the body stitch count.
Hi David, I've just started
Hi David, I've just started EZ's Seamless Hybrid Sweater and I like her idea of percentages. She certainly uses the percentages you mention on the Seamlesss Yoke Sweater but I haven't really got my head around the sleeve directions on the one I am knitting yet as I am only about a third of the way to the underarm. Good luck with yours.
I haven't done much with
I haven't done much with EZ's percentage system - other than what's outlined in specific patterns - but if you use the formula and adjust your stitch count to what you want you should be fine as long as the ratio stays the same. Her later books expand on Percentage System and explain it more fully. You may also find more on it on the internet. -- Books, knitting, cats, fountain pens...Life is Good.
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Love EZ! I think that in
Love EZ! I think that in some of her earlier works, like Knitting Without Tears, some of her percentages were in accordance with the way sweaters fit at that time. You could follow her directions until you get far enough of the sleeve to try it on. If you don't like the fit, rip it out, and start over with more stitches. You can just adjust things farther up the sleeve.
I don't know about
Looks great.
Looks great.


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Hilary Mantel Wins Costa Novel Award After Booker Victory
Hilary Mantel made literary history last night, becoming the first author to win the Costa Novel Award after taking the Man Booker Prize for the same book, "Bring Up the Bodies."
Mantel's victory is one of a trio of firsts for Whitbread Plc (WTB)'s annual Costa Book Awards, which saw women authors triumph in all five categories including biography, captured by Mary and Bryan Talbot's graphic memoir, "Dotter of Her Father's Eyes."
Other winners included Francesca Segal, daughter of the late Erich Segal, who took the Costa First Novel Award for "The Innocents" (Chatto & Windus). A retelling of Edith Wharton's "The Age of Innocence," it unfolds in the heart of present-day London's Jewish community.
These category winners will receive 5,000 pounds ($8,148) from Whitbread's Costa coffee-shop chain, and go on to compete for the 30,000 pound Costa Book of the Year, to be awarded in London on Jan. 29.
Previously known as the Whitbreads, the prizes seek to honor the most enjoyable books of the year by authors based in the U.K. and Ireland. They have emerged as a fixture of the London literary calendar since their creation in 1971.
"Bring Up the Bodies" (Fourth Estate) has already helped Mantel become the first U.K. author to win the Man Booker Prize twice and the first to win for consecutive novels. The second installment of her trilogy dramatizing the rise and fall of Tudor statesman Thomas Cromwell, it was "Quite simply the best novel of the year," the Costa Novel Award judges said.
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Mary Talbot jointly snagged the Costa Biography Award with her husband Bryan, a comic artist whose solo work includes a series of graphic detective novels.
"Dotter of Her Father's Eyes" (Cape) is the first graphic work to win a Costa award, and intertwines the stories of two father-daughter relationships -- those of James Joyce and his daughter Lucia, and of Mary Talbot and her father, an expert on Joyce's work.
Among other Costas, Kathleen Jamie captured the Poetry Award with "The Overhaul" (Picador), which judges described as "the collection that will convert you to poetry."
Sally Gardner, whose dyslexia saw her branded "unteachable" as a child, won the Children's Book Award for "Maggot Moon" (Hot Key Books).
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Effective communication on the LW, MW, and SW bands requires more than just a careful ear. You need the right gear to navigate through the jungle of interference that can be as close as your computer, or as distant as a thunderstorm on the other side of the globe. Interference, though isn't just a challenge for DX'ers - it's a challenge for net operators, rag chewers and county hunters too - in other words, it is a challenge to all of us!
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Marcel Theroux is a broadcaster and novelist. He was born in Kampala, Uganda, in 1968. He grew up in England, studied English Literature at Cambridge University and then won a fellowship to Yale where he took an MA in International Relations with a specialisation in Soviet and East European Studies.
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An award winning author himself, Marcel Theroux's family includes such literary luminaries as father Paul (American novelist and travel writer) and brother Louis (award-winner television journalist).
Since graduating, Marcel Theroux has worked for various TV companies in the U.S. and Britain while working on his novels. He has presented various documentaries about life in the former Soviet Union and has fronted arts programmes for BBC Four and More 4. In 2008 Marcel authored and presented The Great Russian Art Boom on Channel 4, exploring why Russian Billionaires were suddenly buying art. In March 2009 Marcel presented In Search of Wabi-Sabi for BBC Four, as part of the channel's Hidden Japan season of programming, which follows Marcel's challenging, entertaining and moving journey through Japan as he tries to understand the Japanese people and their theory of aesthetics.
In March 2006 Marcel Theroux presented Death of a Nation on More 4.
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The New York Times called his first novel, A Stranger in the Earth, "charming and sprightly… a buoyant novel that amuses and entertains." His second novel, The Paperchase, appeared in paperback in 2002 and won a Somerset Maugham Award. Reviewing it in the New York Times, the critic John Lanchester described it as "exquisitely calculated…very satisfying." A Blow to the Heart is Marcel's third book, published in July 2006. His book Far North, published by Faber in March 2009, was shortlisted for the US National Book Award.
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President Obama has kept out of the toughly contested battle for the Democratic nomination. However, now that it looks like Hillary Clinton may have won the hard fought battle against Bernie Sanders, the President has thrown his support behind the presumptive Nominee of the Democratic Party. Here he is endorsing her on youtube.
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TSA defends calling cupcake a 'security threat'
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says it was right to confiscate a cupcake late last year because terrorists are creating "novel explosives disguised as common, everyday items."
In a posting on "The TSA Blog" Monday, Bob Burns wrote that the red velvet cupcake confiscated from Rebecca Haines, a 35-year-old university professor, was no ordinary confection.
"I wanted to make it clear that this wasn't your everyday, run-of-the-mill cupcake," Burns noted. "[U]nlike a thin layer of icing that resides on the top of most cupcakes, this cupcake had a thick layer of icing inside a jar."
He continued: "In general, cakes and pies are allowed in carry-on luggage, however, the officer in this case used their discretion on whether or not to allow the newfangled modern take on a cupcake per 3-1-1 guidelines. They chose not to let it go."
The TSA pointed to two separate plots in 1995 and 2006, where terrorists attempted to use liquid explosives.
"When you think about it, do you think an explosive would be concealed in an ominous item that would draw attention, or something as simple as a cute cupcake jar?" Burns asked.
"This incident may seem like a silly move to many of our critics, but when we can't be exactly sure of what something is, every officer has the discretion to not allow it on the plane. This is done purely for the safety of everyone traveling."


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Barron's Recap: 2014 Roundtable: The Good, Bad And Ugly
This weekend in Barron's online: part one of the 2014 Barron's Roundtable, how the Barron's stock picks for 2013 fared, and the prospects for Denbury Resources, The Gap, Dean Foods and more.
Cover Story
"The Good, Bad and Ugly: A Guide to 2014" by Lauren R. Rublin.
It seems the Barron's Roundtable found little common ground in the outlook for markets and economy in 2014, according to this week's cover story. The optimists expect the global economy to pick up, bonds to tick up, and stocks generally to drift higher. The pessimists, on the other hand, predict crippled economies here and abroad, terrible government policies and a sell-off in stocks that could renew fears of systemic risk.
The roundtable panelists are active money managers and include the likes of Bill Gross of Pimco and Marc Faber of the Gloom, Boom and Doom Report. See what all 10 participants had to say about the new chief of the Federal Reserve, the likelihood of a stock market crash this year, the economic effects of fracking, economic policies in Japan and China, prospects for emerging markets and much more. The panelists also offer some specific investment picks for 2014. And the article includes report cards for how the panelist's picks for 2013 fared.
See also: Raymond James' David Henwood Calls Best Stocks For 2014
Feature Stories
"Bull's-Eye for Barron's" by Andrew Bary admits that while their bullish 2013 stock picks for 2012 saw a gain of 17 percent on average, compared to the more than 13 percent rise in their benchmarks, their bearish picks for last year did not fare so well.
Leslie P. Norton's "Denbury Resources: The Eco Oil Producer" suggests that this independent oil and gas company's focus on free cash flow could bring share buybacks and a rising dividend. See why shares of Denbury Resources (NYSE: DNR) could rise 20 percent.
In "The Valuation Gap at Gap," Jack Hough points out that The Gap (NYSE: GPS) has severely lagged the market and other retailers despite strong results and an expanding global footprint. See why the share price could climb 30 percent.
Bond manager Ronald Desautels is profiled in Steve Garmhausen's "Ahead of the Curve." See how Desautels has smartly used short-term bonds to mitigate risk in the long-term holdings of his MassMutual Premier Short-Duration Bond fund.
"Glass Is Half-Full at This Milk Titan" by David Englander makes a case for shares of milk producer Dean Foods (NYSE: DF) to gain up to 30 percent over the next 18 months. See why that gain could be even greater if there is a buyout.
In Jonathan Buck's "Dwelling on the Signs of a Recovering World," the focus is on the 44th annual World Economic Forum. This assembly happens in an atmosphere of restrained optimism, says the article. And as usual, there will be discussions, parties and celebrities.
Advisor John Waldron shares his best advice in "Goal-Oriented Investing" by Steve Garmhausen. While Waldron believes in keeping to a long-term strategy, he also makes tactical investments. He also explains the appeal of Europe now.
"The Precious Frick Library" is a Penta article by Teresa Rivas that focuses on the legacy of Henry Clay Frick, the tycoon once called the "most hated man in America," as well as the invaluable art library created by Frick's daughter.
Vito J. Racanelli's "After Record High, S&P 500 Takes a Breather" points out a few unsettling differences from last year. Also, see what the danger is in Navistar, as well as why Marathon Oil's stock could jump.
"The Secret of U.S. Energy Success" is an editorial commentary by Thomas G. Donlan in which he discusses how liberty and property rights extract oil and gas for Americans.
See also: How To Invest Like Peter Lynch
Columns in this weekend's Barron's discuss:
- The risks of falling prices and rising financial speculation
- Young adults finally leaving the nest
- Fixing the financial reporting at Intel
- The best funds for emerging markets
- Optimism and value-oriented ETFs
- What lies ahead for inflation
- The growing federal regulatory burden
- General Motors resumes its dividend
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DMBLGIT September 2009: The Winners!
A great big THANK YOU to all of you who participated in this month's Does My Blog Look Good In This? food photography contest. I was in awe of some truly incredible photographs that passed through my inbox and made me want to lick my computer screen. We had a total of 58 entries come in from all around the world. If you haven't had a chance to check out the online gallery yet, be sure to head on over and take a gander – magnificent photos await you!
Another huge thank you to the judges that helped me with the daunting task of scoring these photos:
♦ Shari of Whisk: A Food Blog
♦ Megan of Tres Jolie Studios
♦ Pille of Nami-Nami
♦ Vera of Baking Obsession
As a review, the photos were judged in three categories: Edibility, Originality, and Aesthetics. There are three overall winners, which had the highest scores across all categories. Let's get to the winners!
Overall First Place (the picture that scored the highest total combined score across all three categories) goes to:
Caramelized Tomato Tart by Liz of Zested from Brooklyn, New York with a 5D Mark II
Overall Second Place goes to:
Chocolate Dobos Torte by Irina of Pastry Pal from New York, NY with a Sony 350
Overall Third Place goes to:
Creme Brulee by verO of Delimoon from Switzerland with a Canon 350D
Part 2 – Edibility, Originality, and Aesthetics Category: Each picture was scored in three categories: edibility, originality and aesthetics. The photo receiving the highest total score in each of those categories, excluding the three overall winners, is the specific category winner.
Winner Edibility Category: It's a TIE!
Vegan Chocolate Mousse Cake by Y of Lemonpi from Sydney, Australia with a Nikon D40
Flourless Chocolate Hazelnut Cake by Karen of Citrus and Candy from Sydney, Australia with a Canon EOS 1000D
Winner Originality Category:
Sea Salt by Nancy of Spicie Foodie from Central Europe with a Pentax K10D
Winner Aesthetics Category:
Garlic by Sefa of Food is Love from Bremen, Germany with a Canon EOS 400D, EF 50mm f/1.8
I was able to select a Host's Award for a photo that did not receive an overall or category award, but that stood out to me. This photo seemed to jump off my screen at me and it was one that remained vivid in my mind even as tons of others rolled in. For one last fling with summer, I bring you the bright and totally delicious-looking host award…
Winner: Host Award
Blueberry Gelato by Soma of eCurry from Texas with a Konica Minolta Dimage A200
Congratulations to all of the winners, and thank you once again to everyone who participated! Stay tuned for next month's edition, which is being hosted by Astrid from Paulchen's Foodblog.
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A 12-year-old girl who was found last month after running away from home is missing once again.
Nakota Catcheway was last reported seen early Saturday morning in the community of Rossburn. She is described as five feet tall with a small build, long black hair and brown eyes.
"Our officers have found evidence that Nakota had planned to run away and continue in their efforts to locate her," RCMP spokesman Sgt. Bert Paquet said.
"Due to her age, we are asking members from the public, family and friends to contact the police if they have knowledge of her whereabouts."
Catcheway also went missing on Nov. 30 and was safely found on Dec. 4.
Anyone with information on her current whereabouts is asked to contact Rossburn RCMP at 204-859-2057 or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.
Anonymous tips can also be submitted online or by texting "TIPMAN" plus a message to CRIMES (274637).


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is it dead? i really want to buy the game for xbox 360
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is it dead? i really want to buy the game for xbox 360
This will be fun! and how do we all get into the drawing?
the website is down...
Your idea is just awesome and I would love to try it some day soon :D
The game is everything I expected and maybe a little bit more :D
I really can't wait to see how the game turns out!!!
how do you move the character?
download link?
will there be an iphone version
any chance for a mac version?
dead or alive?
looks cool tracking
I love it!!! tracking
hey i like the comment you made in warm gun :)
will you guys make a mac version of the mod?
looks very familiar but great models!!! tracking :D
when will we be able to play the game or a demo?
tracking this awesome game!!!
when will the iphone version come out?
any chance for a mac version?
looks great and the concept art is beautiful!!!
who does it replace
looks like fun.
this sounds interesting.
will the game be buy-able via steam and in a store?
i love it worth waiting for
YAY i am gonna buy it as soon as it comes out
when is the iphone version going to be able?
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A 45-year-old Huntington Beach man on parole for burglary was scheduled to be arraigned this morning on a laundry list of serious felony charges for alleged sex acts with a 4-year-old relative he was babysitting.
Considering the details of the criminal complaint filed against Gordon Ray Bodkin, the only question about the possible maximum prison sentence of 40 years to life he faces is this:
Why is the punishment so light?
My apologies if you have not yet finished digesting your breakfast before reading the following from the Orange County District Attorney's office:
On the evening of Aug. 9, 2011, Bodkin is accused of being alone in a
Huntington Beach home with 4-year-old Jane Doe, a female relative whom
he was babysitting. The defendant is accused sexually assaulting Jane
Doe including orally copulating her and raping and/or digitally
penetrating her.
At approximately 6:30 p.m., Jane Doe's father arrived to pick up his
daughter. He walked into the home to find Jane Doe naked on the bed.
Bodkin is accused of standing over Jane Doe naked from the waist down
when the victim's father walked in. The defendant is accused of grabbing
his clothing and running from the home. Jane Doe's father called 911.
The Huntington Beach Police Department reached out to the public in hopes of locating Bodkin after the father's 911 call and a search of the suspect's Surf City apartment. He was arrested after returning to his residence on Aug. 15.
Bodkin was to be arraigned in Westminster this morning on one felony count each of unlawful sexual
intercourse with a child under 10, sexual penetration with a foreign
object of a child under 10, and oral copulation of a child under 10,
with sentencing enhancement allegations for substantial sexual conduct
with a child.
He has a prior strike conviction for residential burglary
in 2009.


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| Originally Posted by Saraha
So anyways Kevin was about to call his mom and blow up on her and after calming him down I told him I would write her an email.... so let me know if this is nice yet assertive:
Hey Jaci!
Its not too late to stop everything. I can return it all and eat all the candy LOL! JK! But Kevin and I really think it would be fun to have, I think it would look nice and all the guests would enjoy it. But if you really dont want me to do it I wont.
How does that sound? Havent sent it yet?
EDIT _ OK, good, Maura got to you first!!


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