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"This bill will assist carriers and owner operators to specify safety technologies needed to prevent thousands of crashes annually involving commercial vehicles. Highways would be safer for fleet drivers and passenger car drivers alike." –Jon Morrison, president and general manager, Meritor WABCO
There's an old saying that while you can lead a horse to water, you can't make it drink. And that increasingly seems to be the case with the U.S. Congress when it comes to establishing a tax credit to spur wider adoption of various safety technologies for commercial trucks.
Two bills were sent to Congress in 2008 and 2009 to try and win such tax credits, all to no avail. Now our national legislators are getting a third opportunity by way of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Advanced Safety Technology Tax Act of 2011, introduced by Congressman Geoff Davis (R-KY) and Mike Thompson (D-CA) this month as H.R. 1706.
The proposed bill would speed up the deployment of advanced safety systems by providing tax credits to purchasers of commercial vehicles of up to $1,500 per safety system and $3,500 per vehicle, while installing a cap of $350,000 annually per taxpayer.
[Here's a look at Meritor WABCO's OnGuard system – a system that would qualify for tax credits under this bill.]
Jon Morrison, president and general manager for Meritor WABCO, noted in a written statement that such credits will be available to all commercial motor vehicles operators, from owner-operators to fleets, and covers trucks and buses alike.
He also pointed to the U.S. government's own research to buttress his case that such a bill could reap big benefits in terms of reducing highway fatalities and injuries.
[Morrison talked to me a couple years ago about how combining safety technologies into one package could really boost commercial vehicle safety even further.]
Indeed, a study conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) highlighted the potential safety benefits of roll stability control (RSC) and electronic stability control (ESC) and concluded that if all existing five-axle tractor-trailers operating in the U.S. were fitted with ESC, some 4,659 crashes, 126 fatalities and 3,132 injuries could potentially be prevented annually.
[Below, Bendix illustrates the fiscal savings commercial vehicle operators could gain by installing safety systems like ESC – which it calls "ESP" short for "Electronic Stability Program."]
Stephen Campbell, the former executive director of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, noted during attempts to pass the previous two safety tax credit bills that only about 7% of all commercial vehicles in operation today are equipped with such technologies, largely due to their high cost.
While Campbell said he favored mandating such technology for commercial trucks and buses, he also stressed that the time lag to get such mandates on the books – anywhere from two to five years in terms of the federal rulemaking process – would needlessly delay the adoption of technology proven and ready to go today.
"By providing a tax credit, it encourages more widespread of this technology in a much shorter window of time," he told me during an interview a few years ago. "It's proven, it's been out there for a while now, and we've seen it work. While it's perfectly legitimate to suggest a mandate for these systems, in the meantime, people will be dying. We need to do something now that will improve safety faster than the rulemaking process can."
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Idiot GOP Rep. Mistakes Senior U.S. Officials for Indian Citizens
Freshman Congressman Curt Clawson is new on the job. So when he saw senior U.S. officials Nisha Biswal and Arun Kumar at a Foreign Affairs committee meeting yesterday, he did what any Tea Party Floridian would do — he assumed they were members of the Indian government.
Instead of paying attention when the two were introduced (Biswal works for the State Department and Kumar works in Commerce), or checking the cheat sheet on his table which listed everyone in the meeting, he just told them, "I love your country."
John Hudson at Foreign Policy reports that Clawson referred to Biswal and Kumar as members of the Indian government throughout the entire meeting. No one corrected him. Hudson recorded the many things Clawson said to try to win their favor:
"I'm familiar with your country; I love your country. Anything I can do to make the relationship with India better, I'm willing and enthusiastic about doing so."
"Just as your capital is welcome here to produce good-paying jobs in the U.S., I'd like our capital to be welcome [in India]. I ask cooperation and commitment and priority from yourgovernment in so doing. Can I have that?"
Kumar smiled at that one, while Biswal tried to break the awkward silence: "I think your question is to the Indian government. We certainly share your sentiment, and we certainly will advocate that onbehalf of the U.S."
And here's a bonus:
During the hearing, [Clawson] repeatedly touted his deep knowledge of the Indian subcontinent and his favorite Bollywood movies.
There you have it: Clawson has deep knowledge of the Indian subcontinent, and lesser knowledge of non-white people working in the American government.
[Image via Foreign Policy]

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Do you know what a smartphone costs? No, it's not $100 or $200, but we can't blame you if you think it is. Wireless carriers like AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon have hidden the actual cost of phones for years. They charge you a couple hundred dollars up front and hide the rest of the cost in your wireless bill each month, which you're locked into for two years. While still a hefty $200, a subsidized smartphone is only a fraction of the $500, $600, $700, or even $800 you'd otherwise spend for a good phone at retail. Smartphones are so expensive that you can often buy an HDTV or laptop for less. So, we have to ask: why do they cost so much? What makes up the bulk of the price tag?
To try and figure out what a good phone costs, we the most popular phone in the world: Apple's iPhone 5. If we can determine how an iPhone actually costs, we'll be well on our way. Unfortunately, the deeper we dig into the price of Apple's popular phone, the more we realized just how much money Apple is making off every device it sells.
But before we demand answers, let's lay out exactly what we know.
Manufacturing Cost: $226.85
The first step to figuring out what a phone costs is adding up the price of all the components and materials inside it. Luckily, a lot of the work was already done for us. A site called iSupply releases a Bill of Materials (BOM) for many phones. Though not an official number, the site tears apart phones to figure out what's inside every phone and does its best to estimate the cost of each component. Just like a computer, these many components come in varying shapes and sizes, and from many different places. There are dozens of components ranging from processors to displays to gyrometers, and they range in price from a few dollars to $30 and up. The BOM helps break down these costs.
When you look at the BOM though, something doesn't add up. The iPhone retails for around $650, but seems to cost far less to manufacture. According to iSupply, an iPhone 5 16GB model has a BOM of just $206.85. The hardware costs less than a third of the phone's ultimate price. Even if you throw an extra $100 or $200 into the price of the phone to account for miscellaneous costs, we're still missing some huge chunks of the pie. We've broken down the numbers below.
|iPhone 5 Manufacturing Cost Estimates
|Flash Memory & RAM
|Display & Touchscreen
|Cellular Radio
|Wireless Radio
|Power Management
|Mechanical Parts
|Licensing Fees
|Total Cost
This cost calculation is for the USA edition of both the iPhone 5 with 16GB of internal file storage and LTE connectivity. Every variation of a device has a different Bill of Materials, so even changing the color of a phone might alter its price by a little. The cost of components also vary widely based on their quality and what deals manufacturers have with their suppliers. Apple is known to cut very lucrative deals with its suppliers, obtaining parts at very low prices by ordering in bulk.
Production: It's difficult to pick specific numbers for production costs, but iSupply guesses that it costs at least $8 to manufacture an iPhone 5. We believe there could be more to this cost, but we've used their numbers.
Licensing fees: We know smartphones like the iPhone 5 are subject to is royalties and licensing per unit sold. Since Apple makes its own OS, it doesn't incur as much of a licensing cost as Android manufacturers, but it does strike deals as well. $20 is our best guess.
Component and production price variations aside, the price of hardware only tells a fraction of the story.
Operating Expenses: $61.18
Beyond the Bill of Materials, many other costs come into play and they become more difficult to calculate.
Like most companies, every three months, Apple reports its sales, profit margins, and operating costs incurred. Because it makes and manages all aspects of its iPhone on its own – hardware, production, software, and even shipping costs – we can actually guess some hidden costs of an iPhone by using the quarterly reports Apple releases.
Research & Development: According to its latest earnings report, Apple spent about $1.18 billion on "Research and Development." R&D includes a wide variety of things, including iOS and all the software that comes with it. Since Apple builds its entire operating system in-house, and iPhones account for half of all sales (51.4 percent), we are going to do some napkin math and roughly guess that it invests half of its R&D into iPhones. Based on that guess, we can add a cost of about $589 million to the 31.241 million iPhones sold in the last three months. When you break that down per-device, it comes out to about $18.85 per iPhone.
Selling, general, and administrative costs: The other costs that Apple incurs are "Selling, General, and administrative," which include everything from paying the electric bill to Tim Cook's salary. Shipping and storage costs for the iPhone also factor into this number. The amount, a whopping $2.65 billion, includes pretty much all other costs an iPhone could possibly have along the supply chain. When you cut it in half (again, a guess based on sales), you have $1.32 billion for iPhones to account for, leaving $42.33 to tack onto the cost of each iPhone.
With our rough guesses for these hidden costs in mind, let's amend our cost table for the iPhone 5, this time factoring in the costs you can't see from the Bill of Materials.
|iPhone 5 Manufacturing and Operating Cost Estimates
|Manufacturing Total
|Research & Development
|Software & Administrative
|Total Cost
After doing the math, we know we can add at least $81.18 to the cost of an iPhone 5. So, it costs at least $288.03 for Apple to build (and run its operation around) its most popular device.
Wholesale to retail markup: $68.90
The iPhone 5 16GB retails for $649.99. This is what it costs at an Apple store and what you'll pay for it if you don't sign up for a two-year wireless contract with your carrier. But this cost includes a retail markup. It's difficult determine the exact markup but Apple's balance sheet indicates it makes an average of $581.09 per iPhone. If we assume this is true, that gives it a retail markup of $68.90. Remember $581.09. We will use it again when calculating the profit Apple makes off of each phone.
Profit: $293.06+
Apple sold a total of 31.24 million iPhones from April to June 2013 and had a gross profit margin of about 36.9 percent across all of its product lines. The gross profit margin is the profit Apple earns on all of the devices it sells when you include variable costs, like the cost of obtaining components and manufacturing a product, but not other costs like software development, sales, and administration. Though Apple's total gross margin is 36.9 percent, it's iPhone margin is likely much higher. Reuters estimated that Apple made as much as 49-58 percent profit margins on iPhones from Oct. 2010 to March 2012. The iPhone 5's profits likely remain much higher than its overall margin, which is pulled down by the thinner profits Apple makes on the iPad and other products.
Roughly half, or more, of every iPhone sale is profit.
If we take the $581.09 wholesale price of the iPhone 5 16GB model and subtract the manufacturing costs we estimated at $226.85, we get $354.24, which leaves a 61 percent gross profit margin. Subtract the "R&D, Administrative, & Licensing" costs we calculated at $61.18 (10.5 percent) from that total and we end up with $293.06, or about about 50.4 percent of the wholesale cost of an iPhone. This is in line with Reuter's 49-58 percent estimate for iPhone sales, though we've added in Apple's fixed costs as well
Below is our final tallies for the $650 cost of an iPhone 5.
|The Total Estimated Cost Inside an iPhone 5
|Operating Expenses
|Wholesale to Retail Markup
|Total Cost
So, the total should actually be Is Apple actually making more than $290 from every $650 iPhone sold? Most likely, yes. Keep in mind that while the $750 32GB model and $850 64GB model cost up to $30 more to produce, they each net another $70 in sales. Sales of the iPhone 4S and 4 likely make a heftier profit as well, since their components have come down in price. With that in mind, a 50-61 percent profit margin doesn't seem out of reach, though there could be costs that we miscalculated or did not fully account for in our guestimations. Bottom line, though: Roughly half, or more, of every iPhone sale is profit.
Things are changing, overseas
Apple is making a lot of money on iPhone sales. A lot. Because of the precedents it sets with the world's most popular phone, smartphone prices only seem to rise in the United States. Manufacturers are looking for ways to lower the cost of production and price in other parts of the world, though. While a $700 smartphone isn't uncommon here, buyers in developing countries will not, and cannot, pay that much for gadgets. As a result, manufacturers like Apple have been hard at work finding ways to whittle down the costs of building smartphones. Qualcomm, which builds a huge number of smartphone processors and cellular radios, is trying to to find ways to build low-cost, high-efficiency processors that can be sold in China and India, where the majority of its 2 billion+ residents have never seen smartphones, but will certainly want them as their level of income increases.
As these emerging markets grow, smartphone makers and component builders alike will work tirelessly to build smartphones that are less powerful, but cheaper to manufacture. This could bring down phone prices in the United States, but we've shown no unwillingness to stop paying top dollar yet. There's always the potential that high prices will push rebellious companies like Google to continue selling low-price smartphones like its Nexus 4, which cost just $300 at retail, but we see no signs that Apple wants to lower the retail price of its phone. That means higher prices up front, or higher cell phone bills. One way or another, you're paying at least $650 for every new iPhone 5 you buy.
One hell of a profit margin?
Our numbers are not air tight, but they should give you an idea of what goes into a smartphone like the iPhone. Apple makes far more profit than any other phone manufacturer, but 50 percent isn't unheard of for a highly successful company. Nike's gross profit margin is about 43 percent. Levi Jeans also reports a 52 percent gross margin. Porsche is the only automaker to claim a 50 percent profit margin on its vehicles, but Tesla ranks as one of the best automobile makers, when it comes to profit, with a 17 percent gross margin, which it hopes to raise to 25 percent soon. McDonald's gross profit hovers around 40 percent (yes, your cheeseburger could actually be cheaper than $1). Oh, and Burger King, it makes 56 percent.
The iPhone may be expensive, but think about the cost of all the clothes you buy when you head out to the Gap or shoe store. We're overpaying for more than just iPhones these days.
Of course, if you want to find the biggest profit margin on earth, just look at your text messaging plan. Wireless carriers make as much as 10,000 percent profit with the rates they charge for texting plans.
The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not reflect the beliefs of Digital Trends.


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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — Six months seems like a long time to wait for a loved one to return. But when we saw the Christmas Day lineup of NBA games that the schedule making powers-that-be whipped up for us, it melted any lingering animosity we might have had about the 149-day lockout.
By the time you are finished opening gifts, sipping a little coffee and smacking on that cinnamon roll on Christmas morning, you'll be able to dive into another pile of gifts from the NBA. The blockbuster, five-game lineup (the rest of the schedule comes next week) includes some of the league's top teams and top stars on a day-long showcase that starts with a special Christmas morning episode of GameTime on NBA TV, followed by an episode of Inside The NBA on TNT that leads into the action.
Boston Celtics at New York Knicks, Noon ET, TNT
Keep An Eye On: Might this wind up being a battle between the Celtics' Big 3+1 against the Knicks' Gotham City remix of the Big 3, including the much-discussed Chris Paul joining Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire?
It's hard to say which way that will go right now, what with somewhat conflicting reports that Paul's agent is seeking a trade from New Orleans to New York and then Paul saying he has asked for nothing of the sort. That said, the Celtics have some intrigue going on, too. Rajon Rondo's name has been all over the trade rumor mill, despite blanket denials from Celtics' boss Danny Ainge that he loves his franchise point guard and has no interest in moving him.
Either way, we're tuning in for this continuation of the playoff matchup that the Celtics won going away last season. And with all of the principles, whoever they might be, well rested and eager to kick off the season the right way, there's no way this game is anything other than a colossal battle of wills. It's the perfect way to kick off the big day.
Miami Heat at Dallas Mavericks, 2:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Keep An Eye On: One can only imagine what sort of splendid banner raising/ring/whatever-else-it-might-be ceremony Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has planned for opening day in Dallas. Having the same Heat team they vanquished in The Finals on the other side of the floor for the festivities is a brilliant move by the schedule makers, who guaranteed that this rivalry gets an immediate dose of energy by pitting these two contenders against each other from the start.
There was plenty of hostility between the two sides by the time The Finals ended. It's been a long offseason, but surely Dirk Nowitzki hasn't forgotten about how LeBron James and Dwyane Wade clowned him about being sick during the series. And James must remember all of the heat he took for his struggles throughout the fourth quarters in The Finals. And you know Mavericks sharpshooter Jason Terry can't wait to get another crack at the Heat.
We do have to wait a while to see who else is suiting up alongside those stars we already mentioned, including a reportedly bigger and bulkier Chris Bosh. Tyson Chandler is a free agent and has expressed some doubts that he will return to his post anchoring the Mavericks' defense. Playoff hero Jose Barea is also on the free agent hit list for a number of teams and could end up elsewhere.
Rest assured, whoever suits up will understand the intensity expected when that ball goes in the air. We can't wait.
Chicago Bulls at Los Angeles Lakers, 5 p.m. ET, ABC
Keep An Eye On: In this era of superstars collaborating to win titles, it will be refreshing to watch the two guys who refuse to recruit their peers to come play with them square off at Staples Center. Kobe Bryant's Lakers, still smarting from being smashed by the Mavericks in the playoffs last season, will show us what they'll look like in the Mike Brown era. Meanwhile, Derrick Rose still seems a bit salty with himself for his playoff performance against the Heat, struggles that no doubt influenced and inspired his offseason workouts.
Speaking of Brown, there isn't another coach in any sport at any level under more scrutiny than the man who has to replace Phil Jackson on the Lakers' bench. Brown's task will be toughened by the fact that the Lakers have to figure out how to reinvent themselves without the security of the triangle offense they used to fuel their rise. Brown will have his hands full with Metta World Peace (the former Ron Artest) while also trying to rebuild Pau Gasol's confidence after his playoff struggles last season.
(Remember, the Lakers will play the first five games of this season without Andrew Bynum, who will serve his suspension for that elbow shot to the ribs of Barea during the playoffs last year.)
The Bulls offer their own set of intriguing subplots, having to show that Tom Thibodeau's first season (in which he was named Coach of the Year) was no fluke. The Bulls had plenty of skeptics last season as they went about the business of recording the best record in the league. They won't have that luxury this season. Playing with a target on their chests every night will test their mettle.
Orlando Magic at Oklahoma City Thunder, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN
Keep An Eye On: On paper the Magic and Thunder would appear to be teams headed in opposite directions. Kevin Durant spent his summer cementing his position as, arguably, basketball's most beloved young star and the leader of a Thunder team that ground its way to the Western Conference finals last season. The Magic, on the other hand, were bounced from the conference semifinals by the Hawks, sparking more rumors that Dwight Howard is ready to bolt.
Howard joins both Chris Paul and Deron Williams as the players most coveted by others, the ones most likely to join a superfriends group resembling what we've seen in Boston and Miami in recent seasons. The Knicks and Nets battled for Carmelo Anthony last season and could do the same again for the attention of Howard, who has given no indication as to what he plans to do beyond starting training camp with the Magic.
Strangely, the one story we figured to be most prominent regarding the Thunder seemed to fade during the lockout. All-Star and All-NBA point guard Russell Westbrook was under heavy fire from outsiders for his roller coaster performance during the playoffs, sparking debates about whether the Thunder should seek to replace him with someone else. It was a suggestion that sounds as preposterous to us now as it did during the Western Conference finals. We're expecting big things from Westbrook this season. Opening night is as good a time as any to get started.
Los Angeles Clippers at Golden State Warriors, 10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Keep An Eye On: Like so many of our nights last season, Christmas will end with a heavy dose of Blake Griffin doing what he does best, making monster highlights. Unfortunately, new Warriors coach Mark Jackson will be on the wrong side of some of those calls he used to make as an ESPN analyst. Because we're pretty sure Griffin will do a few things to make someone say, "Mama there goes that man" on Christmas night.
The Clippers sit atop the preseason HT rankings for the surprise team in the league this year. With Griffin and Eric Gordon coming into their own last season and the franchise finally showing some true signs of progress on the floor, much is expected of Vinny Del Negro's crew this season. How the Clippers handle these heightened expectations makes for must-see-viewing.
We're also intrigued to see what Jackson will do as a coach. After hearing him analyze for so long, it's going to be interesting to see what he brings on the bench. Will he make Monta Ellis and Steph Curry even more dangerous as a backcourt duo? Warriors fans have to be banking on it, as that is their only hope to climb up the food chain in the Western Conference. A lot is riding on the Jackson-Ellis-Curry dynamic to help reignite the franchise in Oakland. This will be our first taste.


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I am a 23-year-old heterosexual male, but I often feel like a 16-year-old girl. And I like that.
I feel that special way when the first chorus hits in Taylor Swift's "Dear John" or any time I reread the beginning of the chapter in Blake Nelson's Girl in which Andrea describes learning how to smoke. It's the same effect I get when I spend too much time on the Teenage Bedroom Tumblr or reread Cory Kennedy blog posts from 2006. I am enamored with adolescent self-discovery in pop culture, specifically what's often called "girl power." Boy stuff usually bores me.
I have a few female friends who will never let me forget the rooftop party where three equally tough dudes and I showed cracks in our totally masculine outer-layers by eagerly discussing Rory Gilmore's love life amongst ourselves. This was years after Gilmore Girls ended.
I saw Justin Bieber's Never Say Never in 3D. I loved it.
A lot of people in my life—both male and female—doubt the sincerity of my enthusiasm for bratty or lovelorn pop music, women's colleges, movies about high school or Chloë Sevigny. Some see it as a pose—liking girl things to get girls or fashion blogs to look at pretty faces—but I know my intentions are pure, and even partly academic. There's no group as interesting to think about, observe and interact with as the American girl, from what you all consume culturally to what you make yourselves.
I know that Weetzie Bat and Heathers are more imaginative and in touch with adolescence than any book or movie for boys I grew up reading or watching. Even those considered messes in popular culture—the Mileys and Lindsays—are interesting to me as more than train wrecks. I appreciate their clothes and confidence, but also their insecurities and what those say about growing up at this time in America—and about fame, femininity and family.
I always related more to the neurotic and unsure Rory Gilmore than to any of the slick guys she went out with. And the energy in Rory's relationship with her mom is magnetic to me, far more so than the cold way most men relate to one another, on or off of television. I spent many high school psychology classes tapping the girl in front of me on the shoulder and asking her to explain what happened in that week's episode, not only because it helped me, at 15, speak naturally to a person of the opposite sex, but because I genuinely wanted to know.
I was probably practicing with my subpar punk band when those episodes aired. I thought that's what boys who didn't play sports were supposed to do. As I grew into a teenager, I tried to act harder than I was and embrace the popular culture I believed boys were meant to enjoy: if not high school athletics, then guitars, skateboarding, video games and blondes in bathing suits.
The guys and I—best friends, but somewhat distant emotionally, a contradiction I've never felt in my friendships with women—were very concerned with seeming authentic while we tried to figure ourselves out. Things that were flashy or aimed at a mainstream audience were thought of as fake, and usually that happened to be girl things. To assert dominance, we put that stuff down. Realness, to us, was thought of as a strict code and meant playing your own instrument, acting like you knew everything and never seeming too emotional. We made mixtapes for girls because we thought it was our job to tell them what to like. Singing well and dancing were thought of as feminine and somehow lesser, although now it's obvious to me that the talent level involved is the same if not greater than what growling while acting gruff requires.
No Doubt was the first group whose entire career I owned on CD, but I was self-conscious about it. When my dad dropped me off in front of the record store and I came out holding Return of Saturn—its neon cover complete with tubes of lipstick, pink wigs and the planet's rings resembling a rainbow—I was scared he would think I was gay. The boys I knew didn't understand my love for a female-fronted band either. "Just a Girl" was the first song I ever learned to play on guitar, but from then on, it was all men—my band mates said the girly stuff had to go if we were going to succeed in high school.
Among the boys, my insecurities were always greater: Did I like the coolest books, movies and music? Was I interested in the right girls? Could I play my instrument well enough? I could never convince them, or therefore myself, that power could be stylish, sexy and vulnerable, like a really good performance by Stevie Nicks or Courtney Love. So I tried to reject that kind of excitement, even when I felt it. To show I was "serious" as a teenager, I would scoff at my mother and sister for buying a copy of US Weekly or a pop record. But now Beyoncé's 4 is my favorite album of the year (the accompanying YouTube documentary is even better), and if you gave me a who's-dating-who celeb pop quiz, I would ace it.
Growing up, the ongoing sense of competition among boys served the same purpose as the distortion on our guitars: to cover weakness like blanket. Today I'm happy to be considered giddy, honest and sensitive.
Of course, I recognize the challenges and disadvantages that come with being a girl too. There are examples of discrimination and double-standards at every turn, and outward emotions are still too often looked down on as weak or needy. But I still envy the openness and passion that girls seem to have, and I like to tap into that with old Madonna movies, teen pop stars like Sky Ferreira and YouTube interviews with Kim Gordon.
And so I'm proud to say that my idols in attitude, and my favorites in entertainment, tend to be female. I used to be shy about it and hide my real intentions. I had magazine cutouts of Gwen Stefani on my wall, but I was scared to say why. She was not, as my mom, dad and friends believed, occupying my boyhood fantasies; I just thought she was really, really cool.
Eventually I moved away from the dudes I grew up with. It wasn't so much that I left them—we all matured, and sometimes I miss pretending to live life like Stand By Me—but leaving the sites of my own early embarrassments and uncertainty allowed me to explore my interests without fear of judgment. The girls in college always let me watch The L Word with them.
The last time I visited where I grew up, I played Speak Now and sang along unabashedly in the car with my guy friends. By the time I left town again, they knew the words too. ♦


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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - Double-doubles by Caroline Jordan and Arlis Reynolds helped MIT to a 30-26, 28-3, 30-19, 30-26, victory over Springfield College in NEWMAC women's volleyball action on Tuesday night. The Engineers improve to 19-6 overall and 7-0 in conference play.
Jordan notched her third consecutive double-double, finishing with 14 kills and a team-high 23 digs, five aces, and two solo blocks. Frances Rogoz paced Tech's offense with 16 kills while Joy Hart, Carrie Buchanan and Arlis Reynolds each totaled the same number of digs. Reynolds and Ellen Sojka both registered 12 kills while Buchanan tallied four aces. Rogoz and Briana Stephenson had four assisted blocks apiece while Austin Zimmerman dished out 52 assists and collected 10 digs.
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Ford Motor Co. tapped a nameless, animated character, developed in Italy, for the launch of its new C-MAX Hybrid.
The "La Linea" character will appear in all C-MAX communications, arriving tonight in a pair of :30s on national TV from TeamDetroit in Dearborn. Ford is taking direct aim at the Toyota Prius, which virtually controls the hybrid market in this country. Ford's ads are going to crow about how the C-MAX Hybrid gets better mileage, is cheaper and has more horsepower than the Prius v wagon.
La Linea (Italian for "the line), made it to American tv sets in the 1970s into 1986, appearing on the kids' show "Great Space Coaster."
In case you don't remember the character, here's one of the commercials, called "Be Great"
What's not to like about the simplicity of the work and clarity of message? The ads are intriguing and should stand out in the auto category. The only thing that bothers me about these first 2 spots is the "Hi "line. It reminds me of BBDO Detroit's 1994 launch work for the Dodge and Plymouth Neon: "Say Hi To Neon."
Toby Barlow, executive VP and chief creative officer of TeamDetroit told me his group took the "Hi" road because it was more friendly than the industry's traditional "introducing the….." He told me "no one should be saying introducing. It's not really part of the vernacular."
Sounds good to me.
Using this simple character was no easy feat. Mama Mia!
Its creator, artist Osvaldo Cavandoli, died in 2007. TeamDetroit worked with Quipos, the company that has the rights to "La Linea" to keep the look authentic. Since the licensing deal required the animation be done by hand, TeamDetroit worked with Shilo. The New York shop, which has produced the MetLife ads with Snoopy, made computer versions of the ads. They were then sent to the animators so they could create everything by hand.
TeamDetroit's Brad Hensen, creative director, said "the fact that each cell has to be hand-drawn lends a certain warmth to the animation."
The C-MAX blitz will continue for 15 months and includes print, out-of-home and events. The social media play includes an ad buy on LinkedIn, probably on the sign-out page, plus Facebook and a micro site with amusing "Hybrid Games" videos spoofing two sports casters showing how well the C-Max performs against Toyota's Prius v. This site
has a share button so visitors can spread the word for Ford if they want.
Since the vast majority of hybrid vehicles are bought in a handful of markets, Ford will augment the national media buy with regional.
Let's be realistic, Ford isn't about to unseat the Prius any time soon. Nor are any other hybrids in the near future. But Ford has a very compelling product offering in the C-MAX Hybrid that could slowly start eroding the Toyota's share.
MAKING TRACKS: Russel Wager is back in the USA! Wager is joining Mazda North America Operations as VP-marketing from DDB in Beijing, where he led VW's account. Wager left the US in 2010 to move to Japan joining TBWA\Hakuhodo International as president and heading the Nissan account in 52 countries. He succeeds Don Romano, who resigned this summer as CMO and the head of Mazda in Canada. Romano is now said to be a distributor.
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European Commission - Press release
Taking action on shadow banking: avoiding new sources of risk in the financial sector
Brussels, 19 March 2012 – So that the EU learns all the lessons from the crisis, it is implementing ambitious regulatory reforms in the financial sector in general and in the banking sector in particular. This will contribute to creating a stronger and sounder financial sector at the service of the real economy. As part of these reforms, it is now time to deal with the growing area of non-bank credit activity, or so-called "shadow banking", which has so far not been a prime focus of prudential regulation and supervision. To a certain extent, shadow banking performs important functions in the financial system. For example it creates additional sources of funding and offers investors alternatives to bank deposits. But it can also pose potential threats to long-term financial stability because unknown sources of risk accumulate in the financial sector and there are potential spill-over effects from the shadow banking sector to the regular banking sector.
In response to invitations by the G20 in Seoul in 2010 and in Cannes in 2011, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) is in the process of developing recommendations on the oversight and regulation of these entities and activities. With today's consultation in the form of a Green Paper, the Commission is participating actively in the ongoing FSB work.
Internal Market and Services Commissioner Michel Barnier said: "The European Union has shown global leadership in implementing ambitious reforms in the area of financial regulation, in particular for banks. What we do not want is for financial activities and entities to circumvent existing and foreseen rules, allowing new sources of risk to accumulate in the financial sector. That is why we need to better understand what shadow banking actually is and does, and what regulation and supervision may be appropriate, and at what level. We must shed light on all parts of the financial sector."
According to the Financial Stability Board, the shadow banking system is "the system of credit intermediation that involves entities and activities outside the regular banking system". Possible shadow banking entities and activities include:
Today's Green Paper sets out how existing and proposed EU measures already address shadow banking activities. For example, off-balance sheet vehicles, such as Special Purpose Vehicles, are regulated indirectly through banking regulation. Hedge fund managers are regulated directly through the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, which addresses a number of shadow banking issues. Some Member States also have additional national rules for the oversight of financial entities and activities that are not regulated at EU level.
Although these measures go some way towards addressing shadow banking entities and activities, there is still further progress to be made given the continually evolving nature of shadow banking and our understanding of it. In coordination with the FSB, the standard-setting bodies and the relevant EU supervisory and regulatory authorities, the aim of the Commission's current work is to examine existing measures carefully and to propose an appropriate approach to ensure comprehensive supervision of the shadow banking system, coupled with an adequate regulatory framework.
In this context, there are five key areas relating to banking, asset management, securities lending and repurchase agreements, securitisation, and other shadow banking entities where the Commission is further investigating options and next steps.
Next steps
Stakeholders are invited to respond to the consultation before 1 June 2012.
A conference on shadow banking will take place in Brussels on 27 April.
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- Chapter 1
Christ chooses some as kings and priests unto God—Christ will come again—John sees the risen Lord.
- Chapter 2
He who overcomes will gain eternal life, avoid the second death, inherit the celestial kingdom, and rule many kingdoms.
- Chapter 3
He who overcomes will retain his name in the book of life, reach godhood, and be with Jesus as He is with the Father.
- Chapter 4
John sees the celestial earth, the throne of God, and all created things worshipping the Lord.
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John sees the book sealed with seven seals, and he sees those people redeemed out of every nation—He hears every creature praising God and the Lamb.
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So why am I even contemplating a New Years to-do list on this sunny-but-cool, gloriously-slept-in, pajama-wearing January morning? A list that I am foolishly going to share here, online, for all the universe (including aliens bored enough to check out out internet) to see? Why indeed? I have no answer but this – It's 2011 folks and anything can happen!
I still plan on my all-year-round ideas development. These are the directions that I hope will guide my actions after all. But here are a few humble ambitions*** that I hope to achieve this year:
- It goes without saying but I will go right out and say it – post more often!
- Make more breakfasts! I should be taking my blog's name more seriously methinks…
- Use more leftovers – I think I have been pretty good about this last year and, to carry on avoiding waste and saving resources, I will take this even further this year…sharing a few more tips and tricks on this blog 🙂
- Explore new ways to share my love for food with more of you – I believe there are lots of people like me out there – regular yet fabulous people who strive everyday to strike a balance between home, work, and "me-time". This year I hope to convince more of you that one doesn't need to be a knife-juggling/pastry-making credentialed expert to create deliciousness in the kitchen…and that you can have fun doing it too!
- Use my cookbooks and magazines more often – I don't own a whole lot of either. But I do think I should still justify their expense by using them more!
- Give my blog a new/updated look – I changed my blog's design last year…from one blogger template to another. This year I aim to give it a more non-template-ish look. At the very least a new header! I am not a techie person by a long shot so this will take some doing and most likely outside help (who will work for cookies and Britney Spears impersonations).
There you have it! Now on to the serious business of getting them done…
Nutella Croissant French Toast
- 2 croissants or 4 mini-croissants (day old, dried, or otherwise not fit for fresh consumption)
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon butter
– Slice each croissant lengthwise.
– Best egg and milk together in a flattish bowl.
– Melt butter in a skillet. Place croissant slices in milk-egg mixture while butter melts, turning so all sides are coated in the mixture.
– Once the bubbles subside lay each croissant on the hot butter, cut side down. Fry until golden brown and crisp on the edges. Flip and fry until the other side is likewise golden and toasted. Remove to a paper towel-line plate.
– While the croissant is still hot spread a good dollop of Nutella on each croissant bottom. Top with the top-half of the croissant. Serves two.
Hooray! Good headway here on posting more breakfasts and using more leftovers I'd say. Aside from the obvious fact that January 2nd started on a very crisp-buttery-croissant-warm-oozy-Nutella note – one of the best ways to start any day of the year in my book.
As for exploring new ways to share food with all of you…check out Yummy Magazine's 1st issue for 2011! I hope you like what you see 🙂 It's something I am very excited about!
Happy New Year everyone! Here's to a 2011 full of unlimited possibilities for awesomeness!!! And if we miss a few? Let's just try to have a wonderful time trying shall we? 😉
***These are all food or blog related, if you haven't noticed. Other personal ambitions (become more financially savvy, learn how to use my medical insurance, wear more make up) will remain personal for now 🙂


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Junior Daniel Horseman (Cohutta, Ga.) was fifth in the non-Division I runners, blistering through the 8K course in 27:59, setting a personal best for the second-straight week.
Taking sixth was teammate Tyler Mattix (Snellville, Ga.) crossing the line in 28:10. Freshman Philip Laskey (Marietta, Ga.) placed eighth with a 28:17, a personal best in his three collegiate races.
With a top-10 finish at 10th was Tucker Forbes (Lilburn, Ga.), running in 28:31, another personal best. Senior Tim Cary (Monroe, Ga.) finished 12th in 28:36.
SCAD took the team title among non-Division I squads, getting just 34 points, and narrowly edging the Bobcats by seven. SCAD's Ignacio Fernadez won the individual race in 26:18.
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The Georgia College Department of Athletics, back-to-back winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/GCSUBobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Classic Talk Show Clip: The Whistling Mullet [Video]
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On the other hand, don't just take the 20/25 year rule as law. Depending on how your home was constructed and where it is in the country your roof my wear and break down even faster. Consulting a roofing contractor would be able to determine if your shingles are curling or cracking. These are some signs that a re-roof is in the near future as your shingles are past their life expectancy.
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This is why we encourage homeowners to get an annual roof inspection. Of course, if there is a large hole in the ceiling and rain is pouring through you know you need to call a roofer asap. On the other hand, those small leaks can cause just as much damage. This is where you need specific skills and training to detect problems that are here and might arise in the future. Green Tree Home Solution is your Gaf certified locally trusted roof repair company.


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Hymn sing is Sunday
A monthly community hymn sing will be at 7 p.m. Sunday at Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church, 300 Prairie Pointe.
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MilkTheClock wrote:slimm44 wrote:Would anybody mind checking some files for me to make sure the information looks right?
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I'm not sure what kind of work (if any) Sko will need to do to these but my work in updating the 2017 files is done. Please check players on teams from Philly through Washington and let me know how it looks.
Don't know but there seems to be a few players missing from the current roster such as Chasson Randle; Shawn Long; David Nwaba; Jarred Uthoff
Could be. Sko adds players. I edit play types, sig skills, ratings, and tendencies.
That being said, Chasson Randle has played 10 minutes per game for 230 total minutes, Shawn Long has played 13 minutes per game for 198 total minutes, David Nwaba has played 18 minutes per game for 315 total minutes, and Jarred Uthoff has played 7 minutes per game for 28 total minutes. I'm assuming those are all rookies or very young players who are getting some burn at the end of the season and/or are getting some burn because of injuries. IMO, they don't even qualify as being rotation guys and definitely haven't played enough minutes to be assigned realistic ratings and tendencies. If Sko did create them, I would apply template information to them and they would be TURRIBLE.


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So, Colleen's to do list (which I am mighty impressed by) reminded me of the call for papers for the Library Instruction Cookbook. Which seems like a great idea, tons of active learning ideas! Also, something I would love to contribute to.
The 'ingredient list' kind of got under my skin though. Especially this part:
The lesson plan for the activity cannot involve more than 10 minutes of librarian talk. (Our second assumption is that you like to hear yourself talk more than students do. We'll give you 10 minutes to introduce the activity.)
I do active learning (after all, I went to Immersion. We learn lots about active learning at Immersion!) And I'll be the first to admit I struggle with content coverage and integrating active learning. But this criteria just rules me out completely! I was thinking this would be a great place for my call & response web page evaluation exercise, taking a completely different approach to teaching evaluating. It's an exciting activity, and my favorite class to teach. It is very active, and the students are always more engaged here than any other session. They are so engaged that this semester I found I ran out of time due to student participation. Kind of awesome, but also worrisome — I don't get to cover the rest 'tomorrow'!
But I talk for more than 10 minutes. And I talk for more than just the very beginning of class. We interact. The whole hour.
Does that mean this isn't good active learning? Is active learning defined only as introducing something and then turning students loose to do their thang, and then letting them debrief (because if I debriefed, that would certainly exceed that magical mystery minute mark).
Plus, I have this concern. Am I really misunderstanding the whole nature of teaching, and information literacy, and the course-related one-shot in a non-integrated curriculum? Is it even possible for the students to get enough useful library information with 10 minutes of instruction?
I'm open to being shown how this can work, I really am. I'm also very curious if any of us has been so bold to take just 10 minutes for active teaching and leave the rest of the precious class time to active learning? Convince me, cajole me,mock me, support me — where do you fall? what do you think?


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text: India vs Pakistan Cricket Memes and Trolls of Asia Cup 2016 tournament is going on in Bangaladesh. India team is so strong in T20 format where they whitewashed Australia recently and won against srilanka as 2-1. In Asia cup they started with a win against bangladesh and they are meeting pakistan on Saturday 27th Feb 2016. Earlier they both met in 2015 World cup on Feb 14th, i.e last year. Cricket fans are spreading lots of memes and trolls across socialmedia on behalf of this india vs pak asia cup match. Here is the collection of Ind vs Pak Cricket Tamil Memes from Asia Cup 2016.


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The Associate in Science Transfer (AS-T) degree is designed to prepare students for entrance into a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or Bachelor of Science (B.S.) program in Chemistry or Biochemistry. The primary focus of the AS-T degree is completion of the necessary math and science requirements for junior standing at Washington state baccalaureate institutions. Students will be required to take additional general education courses after transfer to fulfill university requirements. The B.A. degree has more flexibility to include coursework for education, business, or engineering careers, while the B.S. degree requires additional science and is recommended for graduate studies in chemistry, biochemistry, medical or dental school or for work in the chemical/biochemical industry.
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GOCE ready for launch
The Russian State Commission has given the go-ahead for GOCE to be launched today at 15:21 CET from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.
GOCE will map Earth's gravity field with unprecedented accuracy, providing insight into ocean circulation, sea-level change, climate change, volcanism and earthquakes.
"The satellite is ready, the team is in good spirits and ESA is ready for the launch," GOCE Project Manager Danilo Muzi said from the cosmodrome.
Today's go-ahead follows a successful countdown rehearsal conducted by ESA's Mission Control Team, the Russian Mission Control Centre and the international tracking station network on Friday, 13 March. The day-long exercise simulated events from countdown until some 90 minutes after liftoff, when GOCE's first signals are expected to be received by ESA's Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany.
Speaking from ESOC, GOCE Spacecraft Operations Manager Juan Piñeiro said: "The rehearsal on Friday went very well. There were no unexpected problems and team motivation is very high. We are ready to go."
The next step was to hoist the Upper Composite to the seventh floor of the service tower where it has been joined to the rest of the Rockot launcher. Operations will continue over the coming days in readiness for launch on Monday 16 March at 15:21 CET (14:21 GMT, 17:21 local time).
GOCE has been undergoing preparations for launch since it was taken out of storage around three weeks ago. These launch campaign activities included a series of mechanical and electrical tests, mating to the Upper Stage and finally encapsulation in the launcher fairing.
On Saturday, the launch team at Plesetsk carried out a final series of checks on all electrical, mechanical and thermal connections. With no reported problems, at 17:30 CET the State Commission began its formal review in which representatives of the various organisations involved were asked to report on the status of their activities.
This involved Eurockot and Khrunichev reporting on the launcher, ESA on the GOCE satellite, the Russian Space Forces on the fuelling operations, the weather forecast and the Ground Stations. Following authorisation from the Commission, final fuelling operations began yesterday at 07:32 CET and were successfully completed at 17: 00 CET.
Last night's forecast for the launch site was good, with temperatures between 0C and -5C and winds at ground and higher altitudes well within launch limits.
As GOCE Project Manager, Muzi will have to confirm to the Russian launch authorities whether ESA's satellite and ground segment are ready.
"Forty minutes before launch, we will confirm that satellite telemetry is as expected and check with the Flight Director at ESOC that the ground segment is ready," Muzi said. "Then, I will flip three 'Red/Green' switches over to 'Green' - that's the final step on the ESA side."
The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite will be launched into a Sun-synchronous, near-circular polar orbit by a Russian Rockot vehicle – a converted SS-19 ballistic missile.
GOCE demonstrates Europe's excellence in both engineering and science. Forty-five companies distributed over 13 European countries worked with ESA on the satellite's unique design.
GOCE is the first of a new family of ESA satellites, called Earth Explorers, designed to study our planet and its environment in order to improve our knowledge and understanding of Earth-system processes and their evolution, to enable us to address the challenges of global climate change.
Continuous updates leading up to launch will be available here. The launch will be streamed live and can be viewed on the GOCE minisite.