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By methodically approaching design as a business discipline, IT organizations can develop the skills and craft they need to provide the tools and experiences users expect.
In the open market for products and services, many IT organizations find themselves at a competitive disadvantage. The business side can now directly procure the cloud services, digital solutions, and mobile apps systems it needs without working with IT. Moreover, the growing bring-your-own-device and bring-your-own-app trends are undermining IT's traditional role as arbiter of business technology matters within the enterprise. In this rapidly evolving marketplace, business relevance and user engagement are competitive currency. Increasingly, CIOs recognize that their IT organizations lack both. They also lack the skills and craft to provide the tools and experiences many users expect.
Yet this competitive disadvantage can be overcome. What these organizations may need is a commitment to design as a business discipline, a commitment that begins when CIOs ask: What benefits would we gain if design were a pervasive and persistent aspect of each part of the enterprise? This kind of thinking elevates design from just another software development lifecycle phase to an integral part of the IT environment. It shifts the focus from merely meeting user requirements to understanding how IT can innovate in ways that support strategic goals and add value throughout the enterprise.
Enterprises can realize this vision, but it often takes a deliberate approach, intentionally applied, by a new mix of talent. The CIO is positioned to make it happen. The process begins with a mind shift: Design is no longer merely a phase in a larger development process. Rather, it is an ongoing commitment to innovation. It accelerates with an in-depth exploration of opportunities: How can the democratization of business technology enhance the IT environment? How can we apply proven methods from industrial and package design to improve mobile, social, analytics, and other applications? Finally, it challenges CIOs to champion design as a discipline throughout the organization to encourage the co-mingling of ideas and creative collaboration.
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An Auckland dentist who extracted almost $50,000 of taxpayer money for made-up appointments has had his licence suspended for 12 months.
Sanjay Govind Sathe, 60, appeared before the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal today to face a charge laid by the Dental Council's professional conduct committee (PCC) that his convictions reflected adversely on his fitness to practise.
The Hillcrest resident was sentenced to eight months on home detention after pleading guilty to 18 criminal charges in the Manukau District Court last year.
Sathe had been contracted to the Counties Manukau District Health Board to provide after-hours emergency treatment for children and teenagers.
A Ministry of Health investigation found 172 claims over four years for emergency treatment that did not occur.
Court documents show Sathe fraudulently obtained $49,274, which he has repaid. He paid a further $45,000 in civil liabilities which included a contribution to the cost of the investigation.
Counsel for the PCC, Anita Miller, told today's hearing in Parnell that Sathe's offending was not a victimless crime and both his clients and the dental profession had suffered as a result.
"This is a four-and-a-half year systematic pattern of offending [and] a gross breach of trust."
Harry Waalkens QC, representing Sathe, said his client did not deserve the "harsh and unreasonable" penalty of licence cancellation, but the lesser punishment of suspension.
Sathe was a first-time offender, showed genuine remorse, and a psychological assessment found there was an "extremely remote" chance of him reoffending.
"This was a substantial fall from grace for ... a man who was a respected member of the dental profession," Mr Waalkens said.
The tribunal suspended Sathe's registration for 12 months from today and imposed several conditions for the two years after the suspension ends.
Sathe would not be able to own his own practice or make financial transactions, and would have to take a Dental Council course in law and ethics.
He would not be able to practise without the presence of a Dental Council-approved supervisor at all times - which he would have to pay for.


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Thank you all. Thank you very much. Wow, this is an exciting day for us and I want to welcome all of you to, as Kurt said, the Benjamin Franklin Room. He's right up there over the fireplace. We've had all kinds of ceremonies here -- treaties have been signed, awards have been given, major speeches delivered -- but I don't think we've ever had an event quite like this one, and that's what I love about it.
I especially want to welcome Tessie Lambourne, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Immigration of the Republic of Kiribati. And I think we should give Tessie and her husband David a round of applause. They traveled three days to get here for this wonderful event. (Applause.)
And of course, as Kurt said, we have worked very hard the last three years to intensify our engagement with our friends in the Pacific Island nations. And this is just one more example of that close partnership that we are developing between and among us. I'm also pleased to welcome my friend and colleague, the Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. Ray has been an absolutely extraordinary Secretary of Transportation. I'm delighted you could join us today. Thank you so much, Ray. (Applause.)
I also want to acknowledge Ric Gillespie of the International Group for Historical Aircraft Recovery; Dr. Robert Ballard, a distinguished scientist and oceanographer; members of the diplomatic community, including ambassadors from several of the Pacific Island states; members of the United States Armed Forces, including a number of active duty female aviators. And I would like all of the active duty female aviators to stand. (Applause.) This is a great way to continue our celebration of Women's History Month. And I have to thank Assistant Secretary Campbell, who really has imagined what we could do more effectively to enhance and deepen our presence as a Pacific power, and has brought us all along for the ride. So Kurt, thank you.
Now some of you may know that when I was a little girl growing up in Illinois, I was interested in all kinds of stories about women. And my mother, as Kurt was just referencing, was a real fan of Amelia Earhart's, and actually told me about Amelia Earhart. And then when we decided, under President Kennedy's leadership, that our nation was going to go to the moon and we were going to have an astronaut program, I wanted to be an astronaut. So when I was about 13, I wrote to NASA and asked what I needed to do to try to be an astronaut. And of course, there weren't any women astronauts, and NASA wrote me back and said there would not be any women astronauts. And I was just crestfallen. But then I realized I couldn't see very well, and I wasn't all that athletic, so probably -- (laughter) -- I wouldn't be the first woman astronaut anyway.
But I knew that there were women, like the ones we just recognized, who, if given the chance, would certainly be able to live up to their own God-given potential and lead the way for others. And in part, that was because there was this woman, Amelia Earhart, who, when it was really hard, decided she was going to break all kinds of limits -- social limits, gravity limits, distance limits. NASA may have said I couldn't go into space, but nobody was there to tell Amelia Earhart she couldn't do what she chose to do.
Now it has been 75 years since she set out in that twin-engine Lockheed Electra to be the first pilot, man or woman, to fly around the world along the longest equatorial route. Her legacy resonates today for anyone, girls and boys, who dreams of the stars. And I do think it's important as Americans, thinking about Ben Franklin up there, who is not only a founder of the country but our first great scientist and inventor, to keep our eyes on the stars and to keep our minds set on what we are able to do that keeps pushing the boundaries of human experience.
Think for a minute about the world Amelia and her navigator Fred Noonan were circumnavigating. America in 1937 was still in the grips of the Great Depression; millions were out of work, millions more were struggling. Around the world, authoritarianism was on the march. War loomed, people wondered openly about the future of our country. They asked if democracy, if free market capitalism, America itself could survive.
Our nation has always risen to the challenges that we have faced, but every so often, we need to be reminded that as Americans, a lot is expected of us. And therefore, we have to keep showing and giving what we are capable of. There's no challenge too big, no problem too great, and we've always been blessed with a land of courageous pioneers and fearless optimists.
Now Amelia Earhart may have been an unlikely heroine for a nation down on its luck, but she embodied the spirit of an America coming of age and increasingly confident, ready to lead in a quite uncertain and dangerous world. She gave people hope and she inspired them to dream bigger and bolder. When she took off on that historic journey, she carried the aspirations of our entire country with her.
Eleanor Roosevelt, one of my favorite Americans, had hope that Amelia would one day teach her to fly. Now Mrs. Roosevelt used to drive around in her car and she would take Amelia for rides, and I think there's a story that Amelia said, "It's more dangerous driving with you than flying." (Laughter.) And she wrote, "All day, I have been thinking of Amelia Earhart somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean...She's one of the most fascinating people I know... She never seems to think that any of the things she does require courage...[but] the point of all these flights is to make people realize what can be done..."
So today, we meet at a time when the challenges are not so dire despite what you might hear on cable television or talk radio. But these are still difficult days for many Americans. After a long decade of war, terrorism, and recession, there are some who are asking whether we still have what it takes to lead. And like that earlier generation, we too could use some of Amelia's spirit, that sense that anything is possible if we just roll up our sleeves and get to work together. And there is a lot of hard work ahead of us, but I have no doubt that this generation of Americans, like generations before, have the talent, the ingenuity, the grace, and the grit to emerge greater than ever and to take themselves and our nation to even new and higher heights.
So here we are to mark a time that is particularly rich in symbolism and opportunity. We can be as optimistic and even audacious as Amelia Earhart. We can be defined not by the limits that hold us down, but by the opportunities that are ahead. So I'm thrilled to invite to this room today scientists and engineers, our aviators and our salvagers and everyone who still knows how important it is to dream and to seek, because even if you do not find what you seek, there is great honor and possibility in the search itself.
So like our lost heroine, you will all carry our hopes with us into whatever field of endeavor you go, and in particular, those whom we recognize today, we are excited and looking forward to hear about your own great adventure. Thank you all very much. (Applause.)
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They have massive following on small screen, courtesy their positive roles, but that isn't stopping these stars from rolling their negative sides in movies. After doing supporting roles in multiple films, now Ronit Roy and Ram Kapoor will play villains in the upcoming films Boss and Humshakals, respectively.
"It is the biggest film of my life," says Ram, who will be playing triple roles in the Saif Ali Khan-starrer. "All Sajid Khan (director) films are big and it's fun to play the main villain in such a crazy film. I am also playing a good guy and a mentally challenged guy in it."
Ram also plays the villain in Santa Aur Banta starring Boman Irani and Vir Das.
Ronit says, "This is my first film as a proper villain. The script of Boss has been changed a lot, even though it is a remake of the south Indian film, Pokkiri Raja. Working with Akshay (Kumar, lead actor) and Tony (Anthony D'Souza, director) is great. I have known them for years."
Ronit has worked hard for the action scenes and is excited by the response, he is getting for the promos. He feels Akshay is a legendary actor, "so I didn't want to be the sore disappointment, which is why I worked harder than ever."


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In today's schools, it is imperative that school-based mental health professionals be adequately trained in the knowledge and impact of pediatric health disorders on children's academic, social, and emotional progress and performance. This book will provide practitioners and researchers with the most relevant and up-to-date information concerning conceptual models and applications of intervention and prevention strategies in pediatric school psychology. Rather than making specific disorders the book's primary focus, the authors discuss practical topics such as improving adherence, promoting successful school reintegration, reducing stress and enhancing coping skills, improving pain management, and enhancing quality of life. Prevention strategies covered include developing multi-tiered programs, monitoring program effectiveness and quality of implementation, and programming for sustainability. A unique feature of this book is its emphasis on developing leaders in pediatric school psychology, with chapters devoted to important topics including program development and evaluation, grant writing, and manuscript reviewing and preparation. An accompanying CD contains PowerPoint presentations and guidelines for practice to assist with lectures and describes strategies for application in clinical and school settings.
"[This book] represents a truly novel, innovative, progressive approach to providing critical information for the field. Power and Bradley-Klug present a conceptually rich and substantively expansive resource, and do so in a way that will be highly useful for training, research and practice. This fresh and exciting resource is sure to make an impact on training and practice throughout the country!" - Susan Sheridan, PhD, George Holmes University Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
"This is an excellent resource for researchers and practitioners interested in establishing interdisciplinary and inter-systemic partnerships to facilitate development of population-based services to promote pediatric health and prevent, intervene, and treat pediatric health problems." - Bonnie K. Nastasi, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Tulane University
Background and Overview of Pediatric School Psychology. Conceptual Model for Understanding Health Problems and Developing Interventions. Interventions in Pediatric School Psychology: Applications of a Multi-Systemic Model. Conceptual Model for Health Promotion and Illness Prevention. Research to Practice: Prevention Programs in Community Settings. Program Development and Evaluation. Measurement Development and Evaluation. Grant Writing Strategies. Critiquing Journal Articles and Preparing Manuscripts for Publication. Directions for Program Development, Research, and Training.
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Texas is being invaded… again. But thanks to ongoing research at Sam Houston State University, this time the invaders may not be here to stay.
The southeast Texas and Gulf Coast regions have always been especially vulnerable to invasive species, as anyone who's had to deal with fire ants knows. The red imported fire ant is just one of several species that have caused big problems for area residents.
Now there's yet another problem insect that is causing headaches for homeowners, farmers and ranchers, and utility companies across the region: the Rasberry crazy ant (or tawny crazy ant), Nylanderia fulva. Crazy ants entered Texas less than 10 years ago from South America. The ants have also invaded Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.
Originally named after a Houston-area exterminator, Tom Rasberry, who first identified the insect in 2002, Rasberry (or tawny) crazy ants are the focus of several Sam Houston State University researchers. Among these experts are Associate Vice President for Research Dr. Jerry Cook (left), who is also Executive Director of The Texas State University System's Institute for the Study of Invasive Species (ISIS), and Dr. Danny McDonald, a research scientist at the institute and an SHSU biological sciences graduate, who earned his Ph.D. at Texas A&M University with a dissertation investigating various aspects of crazy ants.
Though crazy ants, unlike fire ants, don't have stingers and do not generally inflict painful bites or stings, they cause plenty of other problems. Pets and wildlife avoid contact with the ants, grasslands can dry out because the ants feed on a sugary substance produced by insects that are beneficial to plants, and livestock have been attacked near their eyes and other body areas.
In search of warmth, crazy ants also tend to accumulate in large numbers in switch boxes and other electrical gear, which can cause short circuits and equipment failure problems for electric utilities.
Large infestations of the insects have been found in communities south of Houston such as East Columbia, Pasadena, and Texas City. In all, 24 Texas counties have reported localized infestations so far, with even larger areas suspected to have infestations as well. Dr. McDonald says that the numbers involved in individual infestations are enormous, far too large for homeowners to deal with on their own.
In East Columbia, for example, every single home in the community is infested with crazy ants. A bed-and-breakfast operator in the town reports that food left unattended outside on a table for just a few minutes brings swarms of the ants… and equipment such as water well systems are completely coated with the insects, too. In nearby LaMarque, where Dr. McDonald has conducted research for two years with the cooperation of homeowners Susan and Gattis Wittjen, the ants' numbers are similarly large. The Wittjens sweep up a dustpan full of the ants on a daily basis, and they've found that exterminators can provide no more than a month's relief before the ants come back. Once, after returning from a vacation, they swept up piles of the dead insects large enough to fill an entire grocery bag!
Fortunately, the ISIS Center - based at SHSU and located in the laboratories of the university's Texas Research Institute for Environmental Studies (TRIES) - is on hand to help address the crazy ant problem. Dr. Cook noted in an interview that before the center was established, Texas and the region – so susceptible to problems caused by invasive species – did not have any institute dedicated to invasive-species research and control. SHSU's expertise in this subject, Dr. Cook observes, "made it a natural that we would start to develop a center, and what we've come up with is probably the most comprehensive center in the United States." The need for institutes like ISIS is stark: Invasive species cause $130 billion in damage every year in the U.S., making them a huge and continuous natural disaster.
Dr. McDonald, Dr. Cook, and their colleagues at ISIS are determined to help people in communities infested with crazy ants. They are hoping to find effective management strategies soon – still relatively early in the invasion – so they can prevent the ants from becoming as big a problem as fire ants have been over the last decades. With this goal in mind, finding a way to keep crazy ants from driving area residents crazy has become a main focus of the Institute for the Study of Invasive Species.


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- Andrea and Rodney Lytle, Casper, Wyo., a boy.
- Chelsey Merrill and Michael Higgins, Craig, a boy.
- Daryl and Elyse Moore, a girl.
- Taylor and Jeffery Peck, Craig, a girl.
- Nohemi and Omar Pereyra, Craig, a girl.
- Jeff Schmidt and Jessica Shockley, a boy.
- Viviana Silva and Eriberto Silva Tarango, Craig, a boy.
- Kathleen Keating and Ethan Morton, Craig, a girl.
Moffat County Commission takes action at Tuesday meeting
At its regular meeting Tuesday morning, the Moffat County Commission: • Approved, 3-0, a payroll warrant resolution. • Approved, 3-0, an A/P warrant resolution.
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Waste piles up during Craig Clean-Up Days
Children's swing sets, lawnmowers, air conditioners and other junk and refuse materials lined the bottoms of trash containers Saturday and Sunday at the north end of Crag City Park. The City of Craig's Solid Waste Department collected one Dumpster after another of used tires, appliances and other metal objects during the weekend's Craig Clean-Up Days. The department's crew filled 11 40-yard roll-off dumpsters with tires and three 20-yard roll-offs with all sorts of large, metal items from dishwashers to swamp coolers.
MCHS soccer players earn all-conference honors
Kelly Ciesco led the Moffat County High School girls varsity soccer team in goals scored this season with 10. Ciesco's goals, while an achievement on their own, also helped the MCHS junior achieve a more prestigious goal she had set earlier in the season. At Saturday's season-ending banquet, Ciesco received Western Slope League all-conference honors, making her the only Bulldog to be named to the first team.
MCHS swimmer Matt Hulstine swims to 5th place finish at state meet, relay takes 11th
Heading into the 4A state swim meet Friday and Saturday, Matt Hulstine said his goal was to break the 1-minute mark in the 100-yard breaststroke. Hulstine took fifth place in the event at Mesa State College in Grand Junction, and while his official time was less than half a second over a minute — 1 minute, .47 seconds — he said he was nothing but pleased with his performance.
Downed power line causes outages in Craig, Maybell
A downed power line on the airport road near Loudy-Simpson Park caused outages for more than 1,000 homes and businesses, Yampa Valley Electric Association reported Monday afternoon. The outage occurred at 1:42 p.m., knocking power out for 1,153 homes and businesses in southwest Craig. At about the same time, Maybell experienced a transmission line failure, affecting 276 YVEA customers.
Briefs for May 24, 2011: Relay for Life hosting fundraisers
Yampa Valley Relay for Life is hosting a series of fundraisers at Vallarta's Mexican Restaurant in Centennial Mall, 1111 W. Victory Way. Every Monday evening through July 11, a team involved in Relay for Life will receive 25 percent of the night's sales. The Hayden H.E.A.T. team is also hosting a fundraiser dance from 9 p.m. to close Saturday at the Hiway Bar, 136 E. Jefferson St., Hayden.
Datebook for May 24, 2011
6:50 a.m. The Craig Rotary Club meets at the Golden Cavvy, 538 Yampa Ave. Visitors are welcome to attend. Call 826-4444.
Horoscope for May 24, 2011
Because there is likely to be a large array of opportunities presented to you in the next year, you may not be able to take advantage of all of them. This will necessitate you making choices and being very wise about doing so.
Annie's Mailbox for May 24, 2011: Can't find a way to like son-in-law
My daughter recently married and had a baby. The problem is my son-in-law. I have tried to like him, but it's hard. He is in the military in another state, and my daughter lives at home in order to finish college. It was his idea to save money by having her live here instead of renting an apartment. When the baby was born, my son-in-law was very affectionate with his child.


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Monday, January 7, 2013
Good morning! I hope you had a great weekend and feel revved up for another week. My morning started out really nice. I received an e-mail from Heather Spriggs, the creator of Gatherings Magazine, letting me know that my home (our 950 ft. condo) was featured in her lovely White Issue 2013 magazine on pages 50-55. Very exciting! We've lived here for a little over a year and it's still a work in progress. I'll let you read the article and maybe I'll feature more home photos later this week. :)
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Love your cozy home Vicki I am amazed how you downsized into a much smaller place and have no clutter! Each room has been thoughtfully put together and it's nice to picture you In your serene space with the things you cherish around you. Congratulations on being featured in such a lovely magazine
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The Worst Business Model
Umair HaquePosted on Edge Economy: June 8, 2009 2:14 PM
So there I was, surfing the web, when I came across this awesome little company called Wonga. What does Wonga do? It makes short term loans, like "payday" loans. At a 2689% APR. In case you're interested, that's 66 pounds worth of interest on a 200 pound loan...in just 30 days.
Wow! What a business model. I thought: hey, maybe I can do a little angel investment. But the big guys had already beat me to the punch. Three top venture funds are already investing in Wonga.
What vision! I thought investors were wasting time on stuff like fixing global healthcare and building a better transportation infrastructure. Boy, was I wrong. Investing in 3000% interest rates in the middle of a debt crisis—that's so smart, it hurts.
So I thought up four more awesome businesses for venture and private equity guys to consider.
A global marketplace for people to sell their organs. It's like eBay meets ER.
A social network for nuclear arms trading. Think Facebook for Mugabe and Musharraf.
A community for coyotes to trade tips about people smuggling. My analysis suggests 200% margins in this business.
(And this is my personal favorite) I'll hire five guys from my gym. We'll charge local businesses not to intimidate them. You can't lose with this one!!
So I want liquidity preference on the last one, too—OK?
OK. Let's discuss Wonga seriously.
John Cleese, Gargamel, and Dr. Evil put together couldn't dream up a more absurd situation than Wonga meets venture capital in 2009. Why not?
Today, we're about halfway through the biggest debt crisis for a century. For three top venture funds to invest in an ultra-high rate lender in this macroeconomic context beggars belief.
It is a breathtakingly poor choice: an economically, strategically, competitively, and ethically bankrupt choice to make. And, ultimately, it's a small but perfect example of how a deep, sweeping lack of leadership has consistently led decision-makers to those bankrupt choices—building a zombieconomy instead of shared prosperity.
Here's the score.
Wonga is an economically bankrupt investment. Authentic innovations create real economic gains. Like Hummers and McMansions, Wonga is an unnovation: it offers no gains to efficiency or productivity. That's because it is designed to extract value—not create it. From an economic point of view, Wonga's about as valuable as my old shoes (and I don't mean my Jordans). It is, in a nutshell, the game of musical chairs that caused the global economy to melt down. And that's always a startlingly poor choice to make, because...
strong>Wonga is a strategically bankrupt investment. Think Wonga's a great business, regardless? Think again. The world is deleveraging. Consumption is slowing. Taxes are about to rise wallopingly. Interest rates are rising. In this context, Wonga isn't likely to prosper. 21st Century economics demands a kind of better business—not because it's nice, but because, it's a matter of survival. For example, in a recession this deep, how long do you think Wonga's delinquency rate will stay below high double digits?
What are the kinds of businesses 21st Century economics demand? Read on.
Wonga is a competitively bankrupt investment. Interestingly, Wonga's backers think Wonga's disruptive. Is it?
Wonga's about as disruptive as a zit. In fact, it's the opposite of disruptive: it's going to get disrupted. Here's why. Unscrupulous lenders have been offering the poor 3000% APRs since the beginning of time. It's not new, interesting, or better. 21st Century economics demand real disruption in spades—and because it's more of the same old, Wonga is wide open to it. Here are five ways Wonga will get disrupted—which are also five businesses better investors will inevitably fund:
1. Offering low-grade borrowers disruptively lower interest.
2. Offering low-grade borrowers disruptively longer durations.
3. Offering low-grade borrowers disruptively less risky debt (for example, debt pooled across p2p lenders, as in a credit union).
4. Offering low-grade borrowers disruptively better monitoring and accountability mechanisms (as in microfinance).
5. Offering low grade borrowers disruptively less risky portfolios (ie: personal credit default swaps and credit insurance).
To make better stuff, we must strive to be better. But Wonga can't, because...
Wonga is an ethically bankrupt investment. Venture investors have a duty to create value for their limited partners—but not by subtracting value from others. Think piracy's theft? What about usury? Though Wonga argues that it tries to help lenders, it can never do so sustainably. Why? The problem is in the DNA—Wonga's incentives are perverse. The less you can pay off your original loan, the more we profit. In turn, Wonga cannot act for the common good—whether it wants to or not.
Venture money flowing into Wonga is not an investment—it's a misallocation. It is a morally, strategically, and economically bankrupt misallocation of capital to it's least productive—and most destructive use. And it is misallocations exactly like Wonga that caused the economy to come to a grinding halt.
Today's lack of leadership is the result of economic nihilism. The leadership problem that leads to investments like Wonga is present across industries. It is the direct result of economic nihilism: the belief that we can profit, even though you are worse off. And it's exactly what's behind Wonga: create zero value, book maximum profit.
What can you learn from the worst business model in the world? Simple. Don't make toxic stuff that's bad for people. Make awesome stuff that makes humans meaningfully better off.
All we have to do is ask: wait a minute—isn't cramming people down with toxic debt how we got into this mess? Has the venture community learned anything about 21st Century economics? Are they living on the same planet as the rest of us?
The story of Wonga and its investors is really the story of our economy and its leaders. And that story is really the story of the industrial era's "dumb growth." All those stories are telling us: capturing value from people is easy. But the rarest and most valuable capability in the world is creating authentic, meaningful value for people.
That's it for now. Commenters, feel free to convince I'm wrong as can be on this one. Or, better yet, suggest even more "value-creating" next-gen businesses for VCs to invest in.


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Ex-Angel Napoli once again overpowers his old team
ARLINGTON, Texas – Mike Napoli has done everything but punctuate his point with a mic drop.
The Rangers slugger has been an avenging ex-Angel against his former team since then-GM Tony Reagins made one of the most inept trades in baseball history, sending Napoli to the Toronto Blue Jays for Vernon Wells and his bloated contract. The Blue Jays immediately flipped Napoli to the Rangers where all he has done in the two seasons since is bat .396 (44 for 111) with 10 doubles, a triple, 12 home runs, 25 RBI and 26 runs scored in 32 games against his former team.
His OPS against the Angels is the highest of any player against one opponent since the start of the 2011 season (minimum of 80 plate appearances). Napoli has 10 multi-home run games in his career – four as an Angel and four as a Ranger against the Angels.
Two of those came back-to-back on the final two days of the 2011 regular season, allowing the Rangers to clinch homefield advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Another came Sunday in the second game of a doubleheader the Angels needed to sweep. Instead, the Rangers clinched a playoff spot with a split.
"Yeah -- I did something to help us win," Napoli said when asked if there was anything special about his three-hit, two-homer, six-RBI day against his former team Sunday. "We needed to win tonight and it was a good feeling."
Napoli clearly has a special feeling about facing the Angels. He is batting under .200 against everyone else this season.
"That's pretty incredible to be able to treat your former team that way," Rangers outfielder David Murphy said. "There's a little added incentive when you're playing against the team that traded you away or a team that you once played for. That incentive seems to always be there when he plays against them. He definitely takes it out on them."
"Yeah, I think it's fair to say he gets an extra jolt out of playing Anaheim," Rangers infielder Michael Young said.
Part of the impetus behind the Angels' decision to trade Napoli was Angels manager Mike Scioscia's constant dissatisfaction with his defensive work. Napoli chafed under those demands and his relationship with Scioscia suffered as a result.
His revenge has been to put Scioscia in the position of trying to explain why his pitchers can't seem to get Napoli out – despite the fact that everyone else in the league has.
"Sometimes there's going to be that one hitter you don't match up that well against," Scioscia said. "Mike has power – but he's hitting .200. Against us, those numbers are obviously off the charts. We know what we need to do. Every pitcher is going to be different. But there's not one book on a hitter that's going to fall into place.
"A lot of it has to do with matchups and sometimes some pitchers just aren't able to get to some spots where you can make pitches and minimize some power and hopefully get outs. Mike's really hit the ball well against us, no doubt."
Painful as it was for Angels outfielder Torii Hunter to watch Napoli do so much damage to the Angels' vanishing playoff hopes, he had to admit part of him still thinks of Napoli as "my teammate."
"It was the Mike Napoli Show," Hunter said of Napoli's six-RBI game in Sunday's nightcap. "He knows this organization. He knows the pitchers. He knows their styles.
"He's playing with a vengeance. I hate for him to do it to us. But he's making a statement."
Angels right-hander Zack Greinke pitched the first four innings of Sunday's game under an assumed name – "Grienke."
The right-hander's last name was misspelled on the back of the grey road jersey he wore to start the game. After the fourth inning, the Angels staff became aware of the mistake and had Greinke change jerseys before going out to pitch the fifth inning.
"I didn't notice. I didn't care, either," Greinke said with a smile after the game. "But they wanted me to change it."
Greinke said it was "probably partially my fault." Rather than putting on the jersey hanging in the front of his locker Sunday, Greinke reached into his locker for his second jersey – and that proved to be the one with the misspelling.
Greinke's ERA was much better after the change. The Rangers scored all four of their runs in the first game off of that "Grienke" fellow.
"That's right," Greinke said. "We'd have won much easier if it wasn't for him."
Greinke said he made a similar mistake with the Milwaukee Brewers last season. He was sent up as a pinch-hitter in a bunting situation and inadvertently grabbed the wrong jersey before going to the plate for that at-bat.
"It didn't say 'Milwaukee' across the front," he said. "It said something else."
That something else was "Bierbrauer" – the German translation of "Brewers." The Brewers wore those special jerseys a day later as part of a promotion honoring Milwaukee's German heritage.
Angels shortstop Erick Aybar left the second game of Sunday's doubleheader in the second inning with a right quadriceps injury. Aybar appeared to injure his leg while running to first on a ground out in the second inning. ... Angels right-hander Ervin Santana gave up three home runs in the second game Sunday. Santana has allowed a major-league high 38 home runs this season, two short of the Angels' club record. ... Mike Trout stole his 48th base of the season in the first game Sunday. That ties the club's rookie record (Gary Pettis, 1985). He needs two more stolen bases to become only the third player in baseball history to have a 30-50 season (home runs-stolen bases). Barry Bonds did it in 1990 and Eric Davis in 1987.
Angels left-hander C.J. Wilson (12-10, 3.86) is scheduled to start against Mariners right-hander Felix Hernandez (13-8, 2.86). Game time is 7:05 p.m. and it will be broadcast on FSW, KLAA/830 AM and KWKW/1330 AM in Spanish.
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#22833 closed defect (bug) (duplicate)
Reordering of images doesn't work correctly (3.5 RC5)
Reported by: | Bichareh | Owned by: | |
Milestone: | Priority: | normal | |
Severity: | normal | Version: | 3.5 |
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the reordering of images in any gallery doesn't work as it should be.
I've sorted the images in my test gallery - the thumbnails in frontend are sorted correctly, but not the images in the actual gallery view.
Have a look at this and click through the images, there is a difference... http://dev.promicabana.de/?p=631
Change History (6)
4 years ago
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/22829 - you can not add old images to a new gallery, otherwise it looks weird in the frontend.
This Ticket: Images can not be sorted correctly. Old or new images...it doesn't matter.
I don't think it's the same issue. Please correct me, if I'm wrong...
4 years ago
Sounds like the same underlying issue (no context for adjacent_image_link()), just different manifestation.
#22829 is about Next/Previous navigation when combining attached and unattached (or attached to another post) images in one gallery.
This ticket is about Next/Previous navigation when the images are sorted differently in the gallery. So, not an exact duplicate, but related.
4 years ago
This ticket is about Next/Previous navigation when the images are sorted differently in the gallery.
Ah yes, I missed that.
It all comes back to the same issue, that next/previous are time-based on post_parent rather than the gallery the image is appearing in. So not a duplicate, but it's fate intertwined with #22829
4 years ago
Put briefly, attachment pages are not equivalent to a gallery view unless you are using just a plain [gallery] shortcode.
We need to either close both this and #22829, or rename #22829 something like "Specified IDs for the gallery shortcode have no influence on adjacent_image_link() on attachment post pages", in which case it is a duplicate, because it's the same cause.


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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS The Putnam Valley Central School District will receive individual sealed proposals before: 2:00 pm, on Tuesday August 24, 2010 for the Putnam Valley CSD New Transportation Facility Project.
The Putnam Valley Central School District, Putnam Valley, NY will receive proposals at the District Business Office, 146 Peekskill Hollow Road, Putnam Valley, NY 10579, and at that time and place any and all such proposals that have been received in accordance with the terms hereof will be publicly opened and read aloud.
The District invites bidders to bid on the work described in the Bid Documents that falls within the following bid package: Bid Package Trade 1 General Construction See the Bid Documents for a further description of the scope of work. Bidders must use the Bid Proposal Forms included with the Bid Documents in order to make their proposals, and each proposal must be made in accordance with those Forms.
Bidders may obtain the Bid Documents on or after 11:00 am, on Friday, August 6, 2010 at NapCo Copy Graphics Center. 1 Westchester Plaza Elmsford, New York, 10523. Ph # 914-592-1212. A non-refundable deposit of $100.00 per set will be required. The contractors shall pay NapCo directly for the documents. No refunds.
There will be a pre-bid site visit on Tuesday August 17th, 2010, at 3:00 pm at the Putnam Valley Elementary School. Contractors to meet at the parking lot (at the location of the proposed building) Bidders are urged to attend the pre-bid meeting. Knowledge of the site is crucial to obtain a proper understanding of the Work.
Any proposal must be accompanied by a certified check payable to the Putnam Valley Central School District or by a Bid Bond for a sum equal to five percent (5%) of the bid, conditioned as set forth in the Instructions to Bidders. All bid security, except those of the three low bidders will be returned within four days after proposals are submitted. The bid security provided by the three low bidders will be returned after the execution of the Trade Contract.
The District will require the successful bidder to provide separate Performance and Labor & Materials Payment Bonds in the amount of the contract price and in the form specified in the Bid Documents.
To the fullest extent allowed by law, the District reserves the right to reject bids that contain omissions, exceptions or modifications, or in their sole discretion to waive such irregularities, or to reject any or all bids or to accept any bid which is in the best interest of the District.
All Requests for Information must be sent in writing to the Architect via fax or email (914- 666-0051, firstname.lastname@example.com). All proposals shall be sealed and in an envelope that is distinctly marked on the outside as follows:
Putnam Valley Central School District New Transportation Facility Opening Date: Tuesday August 24th, 2010 at 2:00pm Name of Bidder
Any proposal must be delivered to Paul Lee, Assistant Superintendent for Business and Finance or his designee, no later than the appointed time on the bid opening date, at the District Business Office, 146 Peekskill Hollow Road, NY 10579. The District will not open or consider any proposal unless it is received at that location by no later than the appointed time on the bid opening date. Bidders are solely responsible for the arrival of each bid proposal at the place of bid opening by the appointed time, regardless of the means of delivery.


text: So What Do Critics Think Of The Street Fighter Movie?Luke Plunkett3/02/09 7:30amFiled to: Street Fighterstreet fighter: the legend of chun-liMoviesFilmHollywoodNews139EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Ashcraft has seen the new Street Fighter movie, The Legend of Chun-Li. Didn't like it much. But what do film critics think of the flick, starring Kristin Kreuk, Chris Klein & Michael Clarke Duncan? They are, unsurprisingly, not fans. The film currently has a Metacritic rating of 21 (out of a possible 100), while even more damningly, it has a Rotten Tomatoes rating of ...00%. Meaning that every single review of the film the site has collected has given it the thumbs down. Advertisement Advertisement Here are some of the review highlights.The Onion AV Club:The problems with Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li began with the casting of dead-eyed, sleepy-voiced, charisma-impaired automaton Kristin Kreuk.MSNBC: Sponsored I can't remember the last time I watched an actor fail to walk into a room convincingly, but Chris Klein does it. Look for a YouTube montage of his Street Fighter performance to pop up any day now.Entertainment Weekly: Don't be fooled by the low grade: This sequel-in-spirit to Jean-Claude Van Damme's 1994 dud doesn't even succeed in being memorably bad.On a related note, how'd it do at the box office? About as well. Despite opening on 1136 screens, it only made $4.65 million, meaning every theatre that screened the movie only pulled in an average of $4,093. Advertisement Oh dear. Ah well, look on the bright side, Capcom. The Lost Planet movie can't be any worse![Metacritic] [Rotten Tomatoes]Reply139 repliesLeave a reply


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Bad For You Baby is the 2008 album by legendary guitarist Gary Moore. The 11 track CD features the following line up; Pete Rees:bass, Vic Martin:keyboards, Sam Kelly:drums. Special guest appearance: Otis & Cassie Taylor. This album also features Gary on harmonica for the first time, on one track!!. The Japanese and on-line/download version of the album will feature a bonus track. An acoustic version of the Lightnin' Hopkins tune, " Picture on the wall".
Album Notes
Personnel: Gary Moore (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Otis Taylor (banjo); Vic Martin (keyboards); Pete Rees (bass guitar); Sam Kelly (drums); Cassie Taylor (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Gregg Jackmann; Gary Moore.
Audio Remasterer: Sean Magee.
Recording information: Sarm west; Sphere Studios, London, England.
Another year, another Gary Moore blues-rock album nearly interchangeable with the last. That's no problem for fans or even newcomers, because despite the surface similarities between releases, Moore never seems to be going through the motions for the sake of further bulking up his already substantial catalog. His tough guitar lines remain biting yet classy, and his underappreciated voice is strong and convincing on originals and covers that nail all of the blues-rock bases without sounding rote. While there are no surprises here, Bad for You Baby is far from a disappointment. Moore continues a string of rugged, post-hard rock, power blues that he has carved his niche in since 1990's Still Got the Blues. He applies his throaty vocals and feral guitar to a pair of Muddy Waters tunes to impressive effect. No one will mistake his versions of Waters' "Walking Through the Park" or "Someday Baby" for the classic Chess era nuggets they are. Yet Moore's rocked up attack hits the mark for being relatively faithful to their melodies even as he wields his power blues sledgehammer. Moore boogies through J.B. Lenoir's "Mojo Boogie" like he invented the style, and even if his husky vocals will never be mistaken for Lenoir's reedy, high pitched singing, he tears into the tune with enough energy to shake up anything in the Johnny Winter songbook. Guitar shredders will thrill to the hot fret acrobatics of the double-time "Down the Line," and those who thought Led Zeppelin's first album was their finest hour should chow down on the hard rocking Jimmy Page-isms of "Umbrella Man." Moore writes one for the ladies on the sweet ballad "Holding On," which won't win any awards for lyrical complexity but boasts a lovely melody and Otis Taylor's daughter, Cassie, on backing vocals. Cassie returns with her dad (plucking nearly inaudible banjo) for the swamped up "Preacher Man Blues" that features some surprisingly effective harp from Moore, the only time he plays it on this disc. Al Kooper's slow, yearning "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" from the New Yorker's Blood, Sweat & Tears stint is given an extended, nearly 11-minute treatment that's as compelling as BS&T's. Those hoping for Moore to expand his horizons will need to wait a little longer, but for existing followers and especially those new to his gutsy approach, Bad for You Baby more than fills the bill. ~ Hal Horowitz
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In the final months of the Bush administration, a top State Department official is calling for a new emphasis on public diplomacy, promoting what he calls "powerful and lasting diversion"—such as sports, culture, even video games—as alternatives to violent extremism. James K. Glassman, undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, says the strategy is not so much to promote the American "brand," but to provide " a full range of productive alternatives to violent extremism" to Muslim countries and the developing world. "Think of it this way," Glassman says, "We're Coke; they're Pepsi. Our job is not to get people to drink Coke in this instance, but to get people not to drink Pepsi."
In parts of Africa and Asia, the effort to promote U.S. values and influence foreign publics—either via broadcasts, cultural exchanges, or government-sponsored programs—may already be paying off. According to a recent global attitudes survey by the Pew Research Center, positive views of the United States (PDF) in the last twelve months inched up in Tanzania, South Korea, India, China, and elsewhere. But in a number of Muslim states, the study found very low favorability ratings for the United States. There are indications these publics are already looking past the Bush administration to its successor. The U.S. presidential campaign between Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is generating enormous interest outside the country, though experts say either one faces major challenges to burnishing the U.S. image abroad.
President Bush's national terrorism strategy of 2006 noted that "winning the war on terror means winning the battle of ideas." Two years later, "soft power" diplomacy is gaining steam. In early 2008, viewership of U.S.-funded international broadcasts, including Voice of America, Radio Sawa, and Radio Free Asia, topped 175 million people weekly, a 75 percent increase from 2001, according to the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the U.S.-appointed agency that overseas such broadcasts. Funding for educational programs has more than doubled since 2003 (PDF), to $501 million, and State's overall public diplomacy dollars—used for foreign media broadcasts, cultural exchanges, and information programs—jumped by about $600 million between 2001 and 2007 to $1.6 billion (PDF). Washington is even using athletics to court public opinion in Iran (UPI).
Yet military and political leaders say additional changes are needed to bolster the United States' diplomatic strategy. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has warned of the "creeping militarization" (WashPost) of U.S. foreign policy. A majority of military officers recently surveyed said diplomacy, food aid, and other soft power tools need strengthening (PDF). Still, while experts agree on the need they don't always agree on the method. Some public diplomacy experts argue that the State Department's move to deploy diversions—a term Glassman has been championing since assuming office on June 10—is too simplistic. " Those who pursue violence, not to mention suicide attacks, are motivated by a cause, not a pastime," writes Mark Dillen, an international public affairs consultant.
Whether Washington's revitalized diplomacy will bear fruit is far from certain. Separate reports in June from ProPublica and 60 Minutes, and the Washington Post, indicated that U.S.-funded broadcasting in the Middle East has fallen flat. Specifically, both reports said that Al-Hurra, an Arabic-language network funded by U.S. taxpayers, suffers from poor programming and a dearth of viewers (charges Glassman rejects). Some U.S. military officers have argued that in Iraq specifically, the U.S. coalition should rely more on the indigenous media to improve the West's image (PDF). Glassman says the messenger of pro-Western values matters. "The most credible voices in this war of ideas are Muslim," he said on July 15. But as Antulio J. Echevarria II, a scholar at the U.S. Army's Strategic Studies Institute, writes, wars of ideas don't always end well, regardless of who does the talking (PDF).


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Major hat-tip to Prefix reader/Twitter follower @IUsedToGetHigh for pointing us to this stunning live performance by Bon Iver at the AIR Studios in the U.K. Rather than bringing out the full band for a fully fleshed-out gig, it's just Justin Vernon and Sean Carey running through four tracks from their band's discography and a Bonnie Raitt.
As such, merely calling this "stripped-down" feels like an understatement, because, really, it's about as bare-bones as it gets. The performance relies solely on Vernon and Carey's gentle vocals and piano playing. That's it. As you'll see, however, that's all they really need. You can watch the 4AD/Jagjaguwar session below. It's a stunner.
Set list:
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my current bridgestons tiranza runflat have about 43,000 on them thinking it is time to replace them. My options are to stick with the bridgestone or move the the conti. I have been told by dealers that the conti run longer anyone had any experience with them? Also recently had low pressire indicator go off on current tires brought them in and was told a nail was causing the problem, they patched the runflat, which I didn't think you could do. (I have the road hazzard insurance) a month later my car went in to another dealer for standard service and I was told there is a bubble in the same tire that was patched I think these events may be related, but prob impossible to prove, any suggestions?
My wife had Bridgestone's on her 2005 MINI and replaced them with Continentals (she got over 50K on them). About 4000 so far on the new tires, and she is happy with them. She's not one to push the limits on a car, so I can't say anything as to performance differentials. Patches are possible, but sometmes difficult to do on run-flats. Could the bubble be related to the patch? Anything is possible, but as you said, it would be difficult to prove. Especially at the end of a tire's lifespan.
If you have the BMW wheel and tire hazard insurance the dealer was supposed to replace the tire - not patch it. At least that is what the BMW brochure states See BMWUSA website: http://www.bmwusa.com/Standard/Content/Owner/BMWUltimateProtection/TireandWheelProtection.aspx
Our Bridgestone run flats only lasted 18K miles and were noisy since 15K. We were eligible for a $500 rebate after we bought Contis, which we consider to be a superior tire in every respect.
Factory Brigstones Run Flats ! Currently have over 35k on the factory Brigstones ( 2009 E90 Driven agressively 16" wheels) and am amazed they aren't more worn or noisier ? Preparing to change soon to 18" wheels with either Conti or Kumho's I've had excellent luck with on 528i. Any recommendations or knowledge of which would work best ? ?
Check the Tire Survey Results at Tire Rack. Among Ultra Performance All Seasons, Contis rate #1 and Kumhos rate #11. Not sure if you are using All Seasons or Summers with Winters, possibly.
I just ordered all-seasons for my new 335is coupe. For my car the only real choice is between the Conti DWS and the Michelin Pilot A/S. The DWS is better in the wet and in snow but less responsive in the dry. The Contis are also a bit quieter and significantly cheaper than the Michelins. That said, I chose the Michelins because 90 percent of the time we drive in dry weather and I was willing to sacrifice bad weather performance to optimize dry weather performance. If you are buying Summer performance tires the Conti DW looks like the sweet spot.


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Investors who are current long-term stockholder of shares of Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT), have certain options and should contact the Shareholders Foundation at firstname.lastname@example.com or call +1(858) 779 - 1554.
The investigation by a law firm concerns whether certain Target officers and directors breached their fiduciary duties and caused damage to the company and its shareholders.
Target Corporation reported that its Total Revenue rose from over $65.35 billion for the 52 weeks period that ended on Jan. 30, 2010 to over $73.3 billion for the 53 weeks period that ended on February 2, 2013 and that its respective Net Income rose from $2.92 billion to over $2.99 billion.
Shares of Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) grew from $25.65 per share in March 2009 to as high as $72.56 per share in July 2013.
On December 19, 2013, Target Corporation confirmed it is aware of unauthorized access to payment card data that may have impacted certain guests making credit and debit card purchases in its U.S. stores. Target Corporation said that approximately 40 million credit and debit card accounts may have been impacted between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15, 2013.
On January 10, 2014, Target Corporation announced updates on its continuing investigation into the recent data breach and its expected fourth quarter financial performance. On January 14, 2014, it was announced that a proposed consumer class-action lawsuit has been filed against Target Corporation. On January 22, 2014, Target Corporation announced that it is eliminating about 475 positions and will not be filling 700 open positions.
Shares of Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) declined from $73.25 per share in July 2013 to as low as $57.394 per share on January 27, 2014.
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Regular BMW maintenance ensures you optimum safety and driving comfort – the keys to enjoying your BMW. Aided by our advanced onboard-maintenance system Condition Based Service (CBS*), your BMW tells you when maintenance work or wear-and-tear repair is due. With selected BMW diesel models with BMW BluePerformance technology incl. SCR catalytic converter, your vehicle also tells you when it is necessary to refill the AdBlue® solution.
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I love the trousers..
He looks good threr but he needs to go to the gym to have a better shoulder definition.
Fabric seems nice, but I'm not a fan of the jacket itself. The pick-stitching, the double-stitching, and the (maybe, might just be the photo) odd extra row of stitching on top of the shoulder all feel a bit too much to me. If the jacket was worn ultra-casually i.e. open collar with no square, I don't think all those extras would bug me as much as it does here when it's being used in a somewhat smarter look.
All the colours are good though IMO.


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Yuvraj Singh was named in the Grade 'A' of the central contracts announced by the BCCI for the year 2012/13. R Ashwin has also been promoted to the top group while Harbhajan Singh went one step down and got a Grade 'B' contract. Virat Kohli, who has been India's best batsman across all formats, was rewarded with a Grade A contract as well.
Skipper MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, opening pair Sehwag and Gambhir were among the others who bagged the top Grade.
Ishant Sharma, after his poor performances in the Test season last year, has been pushed down to Grade B, just like Harbhajan Singh. Harbhajan has not played for India in Tests after the second Test in England last year and made a comeback to the shorter format in the T20 World Cup last month. Irfan Pathan, who was left out of the contracts list due to injuries last year, has been rewarded with a Grade B contract for his consistently good performances since his comeback.
The notable names missing out include Sreesanth (recovering from injury), Ambati Rayudu and Jayadev Unadkat.
The Grade A players will get Rs. 1 crore per year each, while the Grade B players will get Rs. 50 Lakh. The players in Grade C bracket will get Rs. 25 lakh each.
Grade A: Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Zaheer Khan, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli, R Ashwin,
Grade B: Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Irfan Pathan, Umesh Yadav
Grade C: Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Vinay Kumar, Munaf Patel, Abhimanyu Mithun, Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Wriddhiman Saha, Parthiv Patel, Manoj Tiwary, S Badrinath, Piyush Chawla, Dinesh Karthik, Rahul Sharma, Varun Aaron, Abhinav Mukund, Ashok Dinda, Yusuf Pathan, Praveen Kumar, L Balaji
Ashwin, Yuvraj get top BCCI contract
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Join us for a robot invasion! Robots created by local maker groups and FIRST® robotics teams will invade the Science Center! Enjoy numerous activities throughout the Science Center, including a free Public Telescope Viewing with the St. Louis Astronomical Society and a free science fiction film at 10pm. View the complete schedule here!
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Paying a premium price for a special service, say, getting a package the next day, is worth it if you're in the business of needing things quickly. Which is why Chris is regretting that the person delivering an item essential to his work happened to be a FedEx employee who didn't know what to do with a doorbell.
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Internet Users in Mexico Watch More than 14 Hours of Online Video to Lead as the Most Engaged Audience in Latin America
More than 8 in 10 Mexican Web Users Tuned Into Online Video in August
comScore Presents Complimentary Webinar on the "A New Era for Online Video in Latin America"
Santiago, Chile, October 17, 2012 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study on online video viewing activities in Mexico with insights from its comScore Video Metrix service. The study found that internet users in Mexico have the highest average online video engagement in Latin America at more than 14 hours per viewer in August. Google Sites ranked as Mexico's top video destination accounting for nearly 6 in 10 online videos viewed during the month. These findings, among others, will be presented via a complimentary, live webinar entitled "A New Era for Online Video in Latin America" on Wednesday, October 24. For more information and to register, please visit: http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Events_Webinars/Webinar/2012/A_New_Era_for_Online_Video_in_Latin_America
"Online video has reached record levels of adoption across Latin America as more viewers are tuning in and consuming more video content than ever before," said Alejandro Fosk, comScore senior vice president for Latin America. "This growth in viewership is particularly important for both marketers, with online video proving to be one of the best ways to reach and influence consumers, and for publishers, with video ads commanding high advertising rates on a per impression basis."
Mexico Leads as the Fastest Growing Market in Latin America
In August 2012, nearly 23 million people aged 15 and older watched online video in Mexico (up 14 percent from the previous year), leading as the fastest growing market in the region and representing 81 percent of the country's total online population. In comparison, 96 percent of Argentina's online population watched video in August, Chile (92 percent reach) and Brazil (84 percent reach).
These 23 million viewers watched an average of 155 videos per viewer (up 30 percent), compared to Chile (171.9 videos per viewer), Argentina (117.2 videos per viewer) and Brazil (125.4 videos per viewer). Mexicans watched a total of 3.5 billion videos during the month, an increase of 47 percent from the previous year, becoming the leading market in video consumption.
Online Video Viewing in Mexico August 2012 vs. August 2011 Total Internet: Mexico, Viewers Age 15+ Location Home/Work* Source: comScore Video Metrix |
Aug-2011 | Aug-2012 | % Change | |
Total Unique Viewers (000) | 20,103 | 22,873 | 14% |
Videos (000) | 2,400,856 | 3,537,414 | 47% |
Videos per Viewer | 119.4 | 154.7 | 30% |
*Does not include visits from public Access computers, such as Internet cafes, mobile phones or PDAs
Mexicans Spend 14 hours a Month Watching Online Video
Google Sites, driven primarily by video viewing at YouTube.com, ranked as the top online video content property in August with 19.4 million unique viewers, followed by VEVO with 12.6 million viewers. Viacom Digital ranked as the third largest video viewing destination with 7.9 million viewers, while Facebook owned the #4 position with 6.4 million viewers.
Nearly 3.5 billion content videos were viewed during the month in Mexico, with Google Sites accounting for more than 2.1 billion of these views. Google Sites also had the highest average engagement among the top ten properties with viewers averaging 6.5 hours during the month.
Top Mexico Online Video Content Properties Ranked by Unique Video Viewers August 2012 Total Mexico – Viewers Age 15+, Home and Work Locations* Content Videos Only Source: comScore Video Metrix |
Property | Total Unique Viewers (000) | Videos (000) | Minutes per Viewer |
Total Internet : Total Audience | 22,873 | 3,573,414 | 831.3 |
Google Sites | 19,485 | 2,187,880 | 393.6 |
Viacom Digital | 7,916 | 57,497 | 24.6 |
Facebook.com | 6,491 | 28,581 | 17.9 |
Grupo Televisa | 2,125 | 44,349 | 91.2 |
Ustream | 2,088 | 21,171 | 45.8 |
Microsoft Sites | 2,063 | 21,719 | 27.8 |
Hispavista Sites | 1,766 | 25,063 | 82.7 |
Dailymotion.com | 1,670 | 13,303 | 43.0 |
Yahoo! Sites | 1,532 | 6,117 | 27.1 |
*Does not include visits from public Access computers, such as Internet cafes, mobile phones or PDAs
Webinar:A New Era for Online Video in Latin America
Join Alejandro Fosk for the "A new Era for Online Video in Latin America" webinar on Wednesday, October 24 at 12:00 PM (Santiago). The session will provide insights into Latin America's online video market and the trends shaping its future. For more information and to register, please visit: http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Events_Webinars/Webinar/2012/A_New_Era_for_Online_Video_in_Latin_America
Note: Webinar will be presented in Spanish.
About comScore
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a global leader in measuring the digital world and preferred source of digital business analytics. For more information, please visit www.comscore.com/companyinfo.
Ana Laura Zain
Sr. Manager, Corporate Marketing, EMEA
comScore, Inc.
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One of the true hardships that we face as a nation is the omnipresent problem of being surrounded by booze and stimulating foods. In the comforts of your own home, you may be able to curb your pizza roll addiction into having just a civilized cup of tomato soup. At the Gathering of the Juggalos, you face a different world. Out here, it's harder than ever to think of your overall health as it becomes more about shoving as much crap into your body before a spray-painted golf cart driven by a man wearing nothing but overalls crashes into you.
If you're truly wise, the short-term questions like, "will this product make whiskey and bile shoot out of my nose" will still dart in and out of your conscious, non-reptilian brain.
I'm a gluttonous freak when it comes to food. I am the direct descendent of a man who once ate five pounds of lasagna over the course of five hours. So of course, I did what any decent journalist at a festival for drug-crazed and murderous clowns would do and gorged myself full of fried fat and processed sugar while studying the weird food of others.
I started with the pizza, which was not very good and was served in a disappointing, meager portion. The crust was bland but the sauce had a satisfying acidic taste. I did not get a picture of the slice that I threw up. However, the pizza sitting in the urinal should convey the right feeling I'm looking for. Curiously, the box for the pizza was right outside of the toilet, meaning someone opened the box up, took the pizza out, and smashed it into this urinal.
Better food was better found elsewhere the next morning. We found ribs, fried chicken on a stick, and pork chops. We saw pancakes cooked with Faygo. Daniel mowed down a turkey leg the way we all do--with enthusiasm before remembering those creepy stringy bones in the middle. I stood looking on, dipping my fried chicken in a mixture of tater tots and gravy that I had engineered like a fat idiot.
Later, we tried to strike up a political debate with the counter person at an Anarchist Pretzel/Snow Cone spot before everyone involved decided they were bored.
We capped off another evening of slamming warm beers and eating weak Jell-O shots with two helpings of Stoner Bowls.
Served in a foam bowl, the stoner bowl is a bunch of French fries, peppers, onions, Philly steak meat, and cheese on top. Hardly brilliant, it was probably the tastiest thing we ate from the stands.
The "walking taco" came in second, which is just a bag of Fritos filled a bunch of warm who-gives-a-shit.
See also: The Gathering of the Juggalos' Best Overheard Quotations
Off the main drag, Juggalos also cooked up burgers and hot dogs on tiny grills, staring at us with apathy when asked if we could take a picture of their home-cooked cuisine. "they're just burgers, dawg," remarked a sunburnt kid wearing a matchy-matchy black and red t-shirt with black and red shorts. Another attendee cooked hot dogs, pork chops, and creamed corn in his tent.
On the third day of Juggalo Christmas, we heard the legend of The Burrito Guy, a creature hidden somewhere on the campgrounds who made the finest burritos known to man. Powered by an intense stomach boner, I began asking person after person the next morning and afternoon where I could find The Burrito Man.
"I've been coming here for twelve years and I've never heard of that guy."
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Joining the cast of Doctor Who on their latest adventure is Andrew Brookes, one of the stars of Channel 4's 'comedy' Phoneshop.
While the Daily Mail reported that love was in the air on the set, with Karen Gillan and Brookes locking lips, our focus is in a somewhat different area than that of a gossip rag.
He's joined them in the city of Almeria in Spain to film scenes for what will presumably be their Western episode, playing the part of somebody called The Reckoner. So who do we 'reckon' he is? Time Lord? Pistols at dawn referee? Wrestler? We just don't know (and indeed cannot know until the inevitable plot leaks later in the year), but my personal guess is some sort of Justice of the Peace.
I've not actually seen Phoneshop, hence my labelling it as a 'comedy' earlier in the article (and from the word of mouth I'm getting, I don't want to) but one thing's for sure: since getting bit parts in The IT Crowd, Sherlock Holmes and The Inbetweeners, Mr Brooke is going from strength to strength and working his way up the career ladder. Best of luck to him.


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Vascular Surgery |
Tingling in my legs01/25/2010 |
I`m 64, female, non smoker and have tingleing sensation in both of my legs from the thigh down. I notice this when I`m sitting down. I also have RLS, which I take a prescription drug before going to bed, which has not helped all that much. I exercise frequently and walk about 2 miles a day. What do you think this is and what do you reccomend? Is this just a temporary thing? Do you think it could be PAD? Thanks you
This does not sound vascular in nature. I would recommend discussing with your primary care physician. Take care!
Amy B Reed, MD No longer associated |


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2013 Italian Grand Prix – Practice Sessions
Monza, September 6, 2013 – The teams used the P Zero Orange hard and P Zero White medium tyres for free practice at Monza today: the 'temple of speed' close to Pirelli's headquarters in Milan. Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time of the day towards the end of the afternoon session, with a benchmark of 1m24.453s on the medium tyre. This was nearly one second faster than the equivalent session last year when Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton set a fastest time of 1m25.290s.
Conditions were hot and dry today, which is expected to be the case for the rest of the weekend. The drivers used only the hard tyre during the first 90-minute session this morning, before trying out the medium tyre as well in the more representative qualifying and race conditions in the afternoon. With many teams bringing a specific aerodynamic package for Monza, the teams concentrated on optimising the set-up to the tyres, as well as carrying out qualifying and race simulations with different fuel loads.
Pirelli's motorsport director Paul Hembery said: "The performance of the tyres was completely in line with our expectations today on what is one of the most challenging and atmospheric circuits that we visit all year, although we are obviously only at the very beginning of the weekend and there is a lot of data left to analyse. From what we can see so far, degradation and wear are at the levels we anticipated, with a performance gap of around a second between the two compounds – although this will come down as the circuit evolves. We'll be looking carefully at all the data tonight, but so far we are on course for two pit stops for most drivers, with some cars perhaps trying a one-stopper. Monza has a number of different characteristics that sets it apart from most of the other circuits we visit this year, principally its sustained high speed, and this means that the set-up and subsequent effect on tyre usage is a key area. Consequently, the work carried out during free practice normally has a very important bearing on the race. This element of the grand prix, together with the characteristics of our tyres, allows several opportunities for strategy, which only adds to the spectacle offered by this famous and very popular circuit. Once more we've received a tremendous welcome and fantastic support from all the fans and we're very appreciative of that."
1. Hamilton | 1m25.565s | Hard Used | 1. Vettel | 1m24.453s | Medium New |
2. Alonso | 1m25.600s | Hard Used | 2. Webber | 1m25.076s | Medium New |
3. Rosberg | 1m25.704s | Hard Used | 3. Raikkonen | 1m25.116s | Medium New |
Tyre statistics of the day:
Medium | Hard | Intermediate | Wet | |
kms driven * | 2,357 | 5,300 | N/A | N/A |
sets used overall ** | 22 | 44 | N/A | N/A |
highest number of laps ** | 30 | 29 | N/A | N/A |
* The above number gives the total amount of kilometres driven in FP1 and FP2 today, all drivers combined.
** Per compound, all drivers combined.
May the Force be with you:
Max. g-force braking (longitudinal force): | -4.77 @ T1 | ||
Max. g-force cornering (lateral force): | 4.35 @ T10 |
Pirelli facts of the day:
Pirelli has been based in Milan, around half an hour from Monza, ever since Giovanni Battista Pirelli founded the company in 1872 – but the Italian tyre maker's head office moved to its present site, in the Bicocca district of Milan, in 1907. The company's buildings were housed within the 'Pirelli Citadel' off Viale Sarca, shaped like an ancient fortress. By the end of the 1930s, the factory had reached its peak in size and by 1950 there were more than 12,000 employees. It was a real village, which even had its own railway line to transport products between the warehouses. These days, Pirelli (the fifth-largest tyre manufacturer in the world) employs over 37,000 people in more than 160 countries.
The thermal camera images that were shown during free practice on television today provide interesting data on the temperatures that the tyres go through at this high-speed track. When the tyres come out of the blankets, their temperature is around 80-90 degrees Celsius. During a lap, the tyres will heat up to a surface temperature of around 130 degrees out of La Roggia whereas it will go down to as low as 80 degrees before entering La Roggia. The second highest sector in regards to temperature is the long and fast Parabolica (125 degrees), followed by Ascari (120 degrees).
Under heavy braking or lock-ups, the temperatures can reach higher but this won't last longer than a few seconds.
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Exercise Science Major
Mission Statement
The Mission of the Marywood University Exercise Science program is to foster learning and growth through excpetional hands-on coursework, laboratory experiences, internships and faculty-led research. The integration of these experiences provide our students with the confidence and skills necessary to being rewarding careers in the allied-health field or to pursue graduate studies.
About the Department
Marywood University Exercise Science degree provides students with expertise in acute and chronic changes to the body with exercise, requiring coursework in anatomy, physiology, chemistry, microbiology, exercise science, nutrition, research methods, disease prevention, and exercise testing and prescription. The degree culminates in two semesters of practicum experience, providing students with hands-on experience in their future careers.
Our faculty members have expertise and undertake research in Biomechanics, Clinical Exercise Physiology, Exercise and Sports Physiology, Environmental Physiology, Immunology, Kinesiology, and Sports and Injury Rehabilitation.
Our Exercise Science major is designed for students interested in positions related to:
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