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The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization
Doubleday/Currency, 2006 - 445 oldal
Completely Updated and Revised
This revised edition of Peter Senge's bestselling classic, The Fifth Discipline, is based on fifteen years of experience in putting the book's ideas into practice. As Senge makes clear, in the long run the only sustainable competitive advantage is your organization's ability to learn faster than the competition. The leadership stories in the book demonstrate the many ways that the core ideas in The Fifth Discipline, many of which seemed radical when first published in 1990, have become deeply integrated into people's ways of seeing the world and their managerial practices.
In The Fifth Discipline, Senge describes how companies can rid themselves of the learning "disabilities" that threaten their productivity and success by adopting the strategies of learning organizations—ones in which new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, collective aspiration is set free, and people are continually learning how to create results they truly desire.
The updated and revised Currency edition of this business classic contains over one hundred pages of new material based on interviews with dozens of practitioners at companies like BP, Unilever, Intel, Ford, HP, Saudi Aramco, and organizations like Roca, Oxfam, and The World Bank. It features a new Foreword about the success Peter Senge has achieved with learning organizations since the book's inception, as well as new chapters on Impetus (getting started), Strategies, Leaders' New Work, Systems Citizens, and Frontiers for the Future.
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The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization
Peter M. Senge
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2016 Chevrolet Malibu
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2016 Chevrolet Malibu
4dr Sdn LT w/1LT Sedan
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- with Variable Valve Timing (VVT) (163 hp [122 kW] @ 5700 rpm
- 250 lb-ft torque [339 N-m] @ 2500-3000 rpm) (STD)
- with seek-and-scan and digital clock
- includes Bluetooth streaming audio for music and select phones; voice-activated technology for radio and phone; featuring Apple CarPlay capability for compatible phone
- (BTV) remote vehicle starter system
- (DD8) inside rearview auto-dimming mirror
- (KI6) 120-volt power outlet
- (UDD) color Driver information Center
- (IO5) Chevrolet MyLink Radio
- (K4C) Wireless Charging
- (USS) dual USB charging-only ports in rear of center console
- (N34) leather-wrapped steering wheel and (VY7) leather-wrapped shift knob
Features & Specifications*
- Engine, 1.5L turbo DOHC 4-cylinder DI with Variable Valve Timing (VVT) (160 hp [119.3 kW] @ 5700 rpm, 184 lb-ft torque [248.4 N-m] @ 2500-3000 rpm)
- Transmission, 6-speed automatic
- Engine control, stop-start system
- Axle, 3.23 final drive ratio
- Front wheel drive
- Suspension, front MacPherson strut
- Suspension, rear 4-link, independent
- Brakes, 4-wheel antilock, 4-wheel disc
- Brake rotors, Duralife
- Brake lining, high-performance, noise and dust performance
- Brake, parking, manual
- Tool kit, road emergency
- Vehicle Name : Chevrolet Malibu
- Body Style : Sedan
- Drivetrain : Front Wheel Drive
- EPA Classification : Midsize Cars
- Base Curb Weight (lbs) : 3126
- Number of Passenger Doors : 4
- Engine Order Code : LFV
- Engine Type : Turbocharged gas I4
- Displacement : 1.5L/91
- Fuel System : Direct Injection
- SAE Net Horsepower @ RPM : 160 @ 5700
- SAE Net Torque @ RPM : 184 @ 2500-3000
- Trans Order Code : MNH
- Trans Type : 6
- Trans Description Cont. : Automatic
- First Gear Ratio (:1) : 4.58
- Second Gear Ratio (:1) : 2.96
- Third Gear Ratio (:1) : 1.91
- Fourth Gear Ratio (:1) : 1.45
- Fifth Gear Ratio (:1) : 1.00
- Sixth Gear Ratio (:1) : .075
- Reverse Ratio (:1) : 2.94
- Final Drive Axle Ratio (:1) : 3.23
- Suspension Type - Front : MacPherson Strut
- Suspension Type - Rear : Four-Link
- Steering Type : Electric Rack & Pinion
- Steering Ratio (:1), Overall : 15.8
- Lock to Lock Turns (Steering) : 2.8
- Turning Diameter - Curb to Curb (ft) : 37
- Brake Type : Pwr
- Brake ABS System : 4-Wheel
- Disc - Front (Yes or ) : Yes
- Disc - Rear (Yes or ) : Yes
- Wheels, 17" (43.2 cm) aluminum
- Tire, P225/55R17
- Tire, compact spare, T125/80R16
- Wheel, spare, 16" (40.6 cm) steel
- Headlamp control, automatic on and off
- Headlamps, halogen
- Glass, acoustic, laminated, windshield and front side windows
- Mirrors, outside heated power-adjustable, body-color, manual-folding with integrated turn signal indicators
- Front Tire Order Code : RA9
- Rear Tire Order Code : RA9
- Front Tire Size : P225/55R17
- Rear Tire Size : P225/55R17
- Spare Wheel Size (in) : 16"
- Front Wheel Material : Aluminum
- Rear Wheel Material : Aluminum
- Spare Wheel Material : Steel
- Wheelbase (in) : 111.4
- Length, Overall (in) : 193.8
- Width, Max w/o mirrors (in) : 73.0
- Height, Overall (in) : 57.6
- Track Width, Front (in) : 62.6
- Track Width, Rear (in) : 62.5
- Trunk Volume (ft³) : 15.8
- Audio system, Chevrolet MyLink Radio with 7" diagonal color touch-screen, AM/FM stereo with seek-and-scan and digital clock, includes Bluetooth streaming audio for music and select phones; featuring Android Auto and Apple CarPlay capability for compatible phone
- SiriusXM Satellite Radio is standard on nearly all 2016 GM models. Enjoy a 3-month All Access trial subscription with over 150 channels including commercial-free music, plus sports, news and entertainment. Plus listening on the app and online is included, so you'll hear the best SiriusXM has to offer, anywhere life takes you. Welcome to the world of SiriusXM. (IMPORTANT: The SiriusXM Satellite Radio trial package is not provided on vehicles that are ordered for Fleet Daily Rental ("FDR") use. If you decide to continue service after your trial, the subscription plan you choose will automatically renew thereafter and you will be charged according to your chosen payment method at then-current rates. Fees and taxes apply. To cancel you must call us at 1-866-635-2349. See our Customer Agreement for complete terms at www.siriusxm.com. All fees and programming subject to change.)
- Audio system feature, 6-speaker system
- OnStar with 4G LTE and built-in Wi-Fi hotspot to connect to the internet at 4G LTE speeds, includes 3GB or 3 months OnStar Data Trial (whichever comes first) (Available 4G LTE Wi-Fi requires compatible mobile device, active OnStar subscription and data plan after trial.)
- Antenna, body-color
- Seats, front bucket
- Seat adjuster, 8-way power driver
- Seat adjuster, front passenger 6-way manual
- Seat adjuster, power driver lumbar control
- Seat, rear 60/40 split-folding
- Armrest, rear center with cupholders
- Map pockets, driver and front passenger seatbacks
- Floor mats, carpeted front
- Floor mats, carpeted rear
- Steering wheel, 3-spoke
- Steering column, tilt and telescopic
- Steering wheel controls, mounted controls for audio, phone and cruise
- Warning indicator, front passenger safety belt
- Driver Information Center, monochromatic display
- Theft-deterrent system, content theft alarm
- Remote panic alarm
- Door locks, power programmable
- Window, power with driver Express-Up/Down
- Windows, power with Express-Down on all
- Passive Entry System includes Remote Keyless Entry, extended range
- Keyless start
- Cruise control, electronic with set and resume speed
- Compass display
- Temperature display, outside
- Air conditioning, single-zone manual
- Vent, rear console
- Air filter, cabin
- Defogger, rear-window, electric
- Power outlet, auxiliary, 12-volt
- Mirror, inside rearview manual day/night
- Visors, driver and front passenger illuminated vanity mirrors, covered
- Assist handle, front passenger
- Lighting, interior overhead courtesy lamp, dual reading lamps and illuminated trunk area
- Lighting, interior, ambient instrument panel light pipe, front doors pad and map pocket light pipe, and door handle release on all doors
- Lighting, interior, rear reading lamps, switchable
- Passenger Capacity : 5
- Passenger Volume (ft³) : 102.9
- Front Head Room (in) : 39.1
- Front Leg Room (in) : 42.0
- Front Shoulder Room (in) : 58.5
- Front Hip Room (in) : 54.1
- Second Head Room (in) : 37.5
- Second Leg Room (in) : 38.1
- Second Shoulder Room (in) : 57.1
- Second Hip Room (in) : 53.4
- StabiliTrak, stability control system with brake assist includes Traction Control
- Hill start assist
- Daytime Running Lamps, LED
- Air bags, 10 total, frontal and knee for driver and front passenger, side-impact seat-mounted and roof rail for front and rear outboard seating positions includes Passenger Sensing System (Always use safety belts and child restraints. Children are safer when properly secured in a rear seat in the appropriate child restraint. See the Owner's Manual for more information.)
- OnStar Guidance plan for 6 months including Automatic Crash Response, Stolen Vehicle Assistance, Roadside Assistance, Turn-by-turn Navigation, Advanced Diagnostics and more (trial excludes Hands-Free Calling) (Visit www.onstar.com for coverage map, details and system limitations. Services may vary by model and conditions.)
- Rear Vision Camera
- LATCH system (Lower Anchors and Top tethers for Children), for child safety seats
- Door locks, rear child security
- Trunk latch, safety, manual release
- Tire Pressure Monitor System
EPA Fuel Economy & Specification
- Fuel Economy Est-Combined (MPG) : 31
- EPA Fuel Economy Est - City (MPG) : 27
- EPA Fuel Economy Est - Hwy (MPG) : 37
- Tons/yr of CO2 Emissions @ 15K mi/year : 5.7
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- Total Cooling System Capacity (qts) : - TBD -
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- Front Wheel Size (in) : 17 x - TBD -
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- Rear Brake Rotor Diam x Thickness (in) : - TBD -
- Fuel Tank Capacity, Approx (gal) : 13.0
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Service History
- 35,834 Miles
- No Known Mechanical Problems
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- Excellent Interior
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- Excellent Dashboard
- Excellent Panels / Headliner
- Excellent Exterior
- Excellent Original Paint
- Excellent Trim Condition
- Excellent Glass Condition
- No Visible Rust
- No Known Accidents
- No Known Bodywork
- Fully Detailed
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- Aluminum Wheels
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Capecitabine, Temozolomide and Bevacizumab for Metastatic or Unresectable Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01525082
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : February 2, 2012
Last Update Posted : April 18, 2018
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|Condition or disease
|Gastrinoma Glucagonoma Insulinoma Pancreatic Polypeptide Tumor Recurrent Islet Cell Carcinoma Recurrent Pancreatic Cancer Somatostatinoma Stage III Pancreatic Cancer Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer
|Drug: capecitabine Drug: temozolomide Biological: bevacizumab
|Phase 2
I. To estimate if the combination of capecitabine and temozolomide with bevacizumab for metastatic or unresectable neuroendocrine tumors will improve response rate (RR) by 62% over historical controls (null RR of 40% to true RR 65%).
II. Assess the toxicities using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v4.0.
I. To evaluate progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) using Kaplan-Meier analysis.
II. To assess O6-methyl guanine-deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) methyltransferase (MGMT) by central pathology (path) review.
III. To assess serum hormone marker levels. IV. To evaluate computed tomography (CT) Perfusion as a tool to predict early therapeutic response. (Optional) V. To bank serum for future correlative analyses.
Patients receive bevacizumab intravenously (IV) over 30-90 minutes on days 1 and 15, capecitabine orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-14, and temozolomide PO once daily (QD) on days 10-14. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up patients are followed up for 1 year.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|20 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase II Study of Capecitabine, Temozolomide and Bevacizumab for Metastatic or Unresectable Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
|Study Start Date :
|December 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|January 2019
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|July 2019
Experimental: monoclonal antibody therapy, chemotherapy
Patients receive bevacizumab IV over 30-90 minutes on days 1 and 15, capecitabine PO BID on days 1-14, and temozolomide PO QD on days 10-14. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Drug: capecitabine
Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: temozolomide
Given PO
Other Names:
Biological: bevacizumab
Given IV
Other Names:
- RR % determined by RECIST v1.1 [ Time Frame: 18 months ]RR is defined as the proportion of patients with complete response + partial response (CR + PR] based on a patient's best response. The proportion of RR (CR+PR) will be estimated along with a one-sided lower 95% exact confidence bound to allow an informal assessment of the null hypothesis (RR=40%) based on binomial probabilities.
- Toxicities according to CTCAE v4.0 [ Time Frame: 18 months ]Patients will be monitored for systemic, renal, gastrointestinal, hematologic, neurological and liver toxicities. Adverse events will be tabulated by organ system and severity. Proportions will be estimated along with 95% exact confidence intervals.
- PFS (median in months) [ Time Frame: 18 months ]
- OS (median in months) [ Time Frame: 18 months ]
- MGMT by central pathology review [ Time Frame: Baseline ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must have histologically confirmed pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors that are considered well- or moderately- differentiated
- Patients must have metastatic or unresectable disease
- Patients with prior surgical resection who develop radiological or clinical evidence of metastatic cancer do not require separate histological or cytological confirmation of metastatic disease unless an interval of > 5 years has elapsed between the primary surgery and the development of metastatic disease. Clinicians should consider biopsy of lesions to establish diagnosis of metastatic disease if there is substantial clinical ambiguity regarding the nature or source of apparent metastases.
- Prior sunitinib and everolimus will be permitted. A wash-out period of 2 weeks is required prior to first dose on this study.
- Prior liver directed therapies will be permitted (ie. chemoembolization, radioembolization) as long as target lesions in the liver have demonstrated growth since the liver directed treatment.
- Prior peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) will be permitted as long as target lesions in the liver have demonstrated growth since the liver directed treatment.
- Low-dose aspirin (<= 325 mg/d) may be continued in subjects at higher risk for arterial thromboembolic disease.
- Patients must have a primary or metastatic lesion measurable in at least one dimension by Modified RECIST criteria v1.1 (see Section 4.2) within 4 weeks prior to entry of study.
- Patients must have ECOG performance status of 0-2
- Patients must be >= 18 years of age.
Laboratory values <= 2 weeks prior to randomization:
- Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) >= 1.5 x 109/L (>= 1500/mm3)
- Platelets (PLT) >= 100 x 10^9/L (=> 100,000/mm^3)
- Hemoglobin (Hgb) >= 9 g/dL
- Serum creatinine <= 1.5 x ULN
- Serum bilirubin <= 1.5 x ULN
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST/SGOT), alanine aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT) <= 3.0 x ULN (<= 5.0 x ULN if liver metastases present). Note: ERCP or percutaneous stenting may be used to normalize the liver function tests.
- Life expectancy >= 12 weeks.
- Ability to give written informed consent according to local guidelines.
Exclusion Criteria:
Disease-Specific Exclusions
- Prior bevacizumab, fluoropyrimidines (capecitabine or 5FU) or temozolomide.
- Poorly differentiated or high grade pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
- Prior full field radiotherapy <= 4 weeks or limited field radiotherapy <= 2 weeks prior to enrollment. Patients must have recovered from all therapy-related toxicities. The site of previous radiotherapy should have evidence of progressive disease if this is the only site of disease.
Diagnosis of another malignancy, unless the patient was diagnosed at least 3 years earlier and has been disease-free for at least 6 months following the completion of curative intent therapy, specifics as follows:
- Curatively resected non-melanomatous skin cancer
- Curatively treated cervical carcinoma in situ
- Patients with organ-confined prostate cancer with no evidence of recurrent or progressive disease based on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values are also eligible for this study if hormonal therapy has been initiated or a radical prostatectomy has been performed.
- Other primary solid tumor curatively treated with no known active disease present and no treatment administered for the last 3 years.
- Concurrent use of other investigational agents and patients who have received investigational drugs <= 4 weeks prior to enrollment.
Known hypersensitivity to capecitabine, temozolomide, or any component of the formulation and or a known deficiency of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase.
General Medical Exclusions
Subjects meeting any of the following criteria are ineligible for study entry:
- Inability to comply with study and/or follow-up procedures.
- Current, recent (within 4 weeks of the first infusion of this study), or planned participation in an experimental drug study .
- Pregnancy (positive pregnancy test) or lactation- breast feeding Lack of of effective means of contraception (men and women) in subjects of child-bearing potential.
- Uncontrolled systemic fungal, bacterial, viral, or other infection (defined as exhibiting ongoing signs/symptoms related to the infection and without improvement, despite appropriate antibiotics or other treatment).
- Known history of HIV, HBV, or HCV
Current, ongoing treatment with full-dose warfarin. However patients may be on stable doses of a low molecular weight heparin are allowed (ie. Lovenox).
Bevacizumab-Specific Exclusions
- Inadequately controlled hypertension (defined as systolic blood pressure >150 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure > 100 mmHg).
- Prior history of hypertensive crisis or hypertensive encephalopathy.
- New York Heart Association (NYHA) Grade II or greater congestive heart failure (see Appendix E).
- History of myocardial infarction or unstable angina within 6 months prior to Day 1.
- History of stroke or transient ischemic attack within 6 months prior to Day 1.
- Known CNS metastases
- Significant vascular disease (e.g., aortic aneurysm, requiring surgical repair or recent peripheral arterial thrombosis) within 6 months prior to Day 1.
- History of hemoptysis (>= 1/2 teaspoon of bright red blood per episode) within 1 month prior to Day 1.
- Evidence of bleeding diathesis or significant coagulopathy (in the absence of therapeutic anticoagulation).
- Major surgical procedure, open biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to Day 1 or anticipation of need for major surgical procedure during the course of the study.
- Core biopsy or other minor surgical procedure, excluding placement of a vascular access device, within 7 days prior to Day 1.
- History of abdominal fistula or gastrointestinal perforation within 6 months prior to Day 1.
- Serious, non-healing wound, active ulcer, or untreated bone fracture.
- Proteinuria: Patients are allowed to have 0, trace, or 1+ protein by urine dipstick or urinalysis to enroll, if >= 2+ must check 24h urine protein and must be < 1g to start study.
- Known hypersensitivity to any component of bevacizumab.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01525082
|United States, California
|University of California San Francisco
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94143
|Stanford University
|Stanford, California, United States, 94305
|United States, Florida
|Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
|Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
|Principal Investigator:
|Pamela Kunz
|Stanford University
|Responsible Party:
|Stanford University
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ASHLAND, OHIO (April 13, 11:40 a.m. ET) — Hedstrom, the rotational molding division of Ball, Bounce and Sport Inc., is moving more aggressively into the "sport" part of its name, becoming a distributor and marketer of Bosu fitness products.
Ball, Bounce and Sport's Hedstrom Plastics has been rotomolding PVC exercise balls for the Bosu Balance Trainer and Bosu Ballast Ball, and doing assembly at its factory in Ashland, Ohio. The plastics processor had been supplying the products to Fitness Quest Inc., a distributor of exercise products in Canton, Ohio.
Now Hedstrom has acquired exclusive worldwide distribution of the BOSU line from Fitness Quest.
It's a big move, said Hedstrom President and CEO Jim Braeunig. The company is a major rotomolder of exercise balls, but Bosu is a complete exercise system, he said. It combines a ball with an injection molded platform to improve balance.
"We have formed a new division called Hedstrom Fitness that will house the Bosu product line," Braeunig said.
Hedstrom has hired four key employees from Fitness Quest. Braeunig said the company plans to hire four more people.
Hedstrom also will work with David Weck, who invented the Bosu in 1999. The Bosu Balance Trainer helped introduce balance training to athletes and coaches, fitness professionals, medical and rehabilitation specialists and schools. Braeunig said Weck is eager to create new products.
"Our goals are to develop product line extensions, acquire other key fitness products and become a more viable player in this market segment," Braeunig said.
"Bosu" stands for "both sides up," meaning the product can be used with either the dome of the platform side up. Hedstrom currently manufacturers commercial and retail versions of the Bosu Balance Trainer and Bosu Ballast Ball, a weighted stability ball.
The Bosu is U.S. made. Hedstrom does rotomolding and assembly. Premere Enterprises Inc. in Bolivar, Ohio, injection molds the platform parts.
Braeunig said Hedstrom plans to open a Bosu showroom next to its Ashland factory, that will include a gym for employees.


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Pokémon Day Care
A Pokémon Day Care (Japanese: ポケモン 育て屋 Pokémon Day Care) is a place for Pokémon Trainers to drop off their Pokémon to be raised in the care of other people. Most locations are staffed by a Day-Care Couple, but some are only staffed by a Day-Care Man and one is staffed by the Day Care Lad and his older sister. Pokémon in Day Care gain one experience point per step the player takes. Where it is possible to leave two Pokémon, it is also possible for them to breed and produce Eggs.
In the core series, leaving a Pokémon at the Day Care is technically free, but withdrawing it will cost 100 plus an additional 100 for each level the Pokémon has gained.
As they level up in the Day Care, Pokémon will not undergo evolution. If a Pokémon reaches a level where it can learn a new move, it will always learn that move; if the Pokémon already knows four moves, its first move will be forgotten and the new move will be placed last. A Pokémon may even forget HM moves, which normally cannot be replaced, while it is in the Day Care.
While the Day Cares in Orre and Kanto can only raise one Pokémon at a time, all other Day Cares can raise two Pokémon at once. If the player leaves two Pokémon of opposite genders and the same Egg Group at a Day Care (or any Pokémon that can breed and a Ditto), an Egg may be produced.
In Pokémon Colosseum, if a Shadow Pokémon is left at the Day Care, it will gradually be purified. In Pokémon XD, however, Shadow Pokémon can no longer be left at the Day Care.
In Generations I and II, when a Pokémon is taken out of the Day Care, its experience will lower to the minimum value for its current level. Also in Generation I, the Day-Care Man will not accept any Pokémon that knows an HM move.
In Pokémon Black and White, the Pokémon Day Care will initially only raise one Pokémon at a time; two Pokémon may be left after the player has received the Bicycle in Nimbasa City. In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, the Pokémon Day Care isn't accessible until the player has defeated the Pokémon League, as Skyarrow Bridge is blocked until the player has completed the game.
Alola does not have a Pokémon Day Care. Instead, its primary functions are split between Poké Pelago's Isle Evelup for leveling up and Paniola Ranch's Pokémon Nursery for breeding.
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In the anime
Several Pokémon Day Cares have been shown in the anime.
- Eggseter in Johto
- Appeared in Extreme Pokémon!. Several Day Cares are present in the Eggseter, including one run by Mr. Shellby. These Day Cares are run by Nesters who care for Pokémon Eggs and protect the babies that hatch. Races are held in the town, where winners receive Eggs as prizes. Ash received an Egg by winning a race.
- Near Dewford Town in Hoenn
- Appeared in A Mudkip Mission. This Day Care is run by Old Man Swamp who raises only Mudkip. The Day Care receives Mudkip Eggs from the Pokémon League and raises them to be starter Pokémon.
- Near Saffron City in Kanto
- Appeared in May's Egg-Cellent Adventure. It is run by Christopher and Jeannie, along with their daughter. May received an Egg from this Day Care center.
- Solaceon Town in Sinnoh
- Appeared in If the Scarf Fits, Wear It!. It is owned by Angie's parents.
- Near Nacrene City in Unova
- Appeared in Here Comes the Trubbish Squad!. It is owned by Karena. Ash received an Egg from this Day Care center.
- Near Driftveil City in Unova
- Appeared in The Lonely Deino!. This Day Care is owned by Bobby.
- Near Humilau City in Unova
- Appeared in Unrest at the Nursery!. It is owned by a Principal and Layla.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Gold, Silver & Crystal chapter
The Day-Care Couple on Route 34 in Johto helped Gold, by letting him train on the Pokémon entrusted to them. This training helped Exbo evolve into Quilava, after which he perseveres harder and accumulates enough experience for Polibo, Gold's Poliwag, to eventually evolve into a Poliwhirl during their stay in Ecruteak City. They also taught him to battle without his billiards cue and goggles, as well as how to exploit type advantages.
Platinum chapter
At the end of this chapter, Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum were seen at the Solaceon Day Care with Manaphy and Phione. The Day-Care Couple from Johto also appears, telling the trio about a boy they once knew, having known to affect a Pokémon's personality before hatching.
In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga
In Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys, the Day-Care Couple are young, as opposed to the usual older couple. In Let's Use Fighting Type Pokémon!!, they invite Gold to a tournament run by the Day-Care Center, and in A Huge Mysterious Tree!!, they give him a Pokémon Egg.
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The recent downturn in the U.S. economy was accompanied by a modest decline in venture capital investments in the first quarter of 2008, with $7.1 billion going into 922 deals for U.S.-based companies, according to the latest MoneyTree report from the National Venture Capital Association.
Total investment showed an 8.5 percent decline from the previous quarter, when $7.8 billion was invested in 1,045 deals. In dollar terms, it was also below the $7.5 billion invested in the first quarter of 2007, but more than the 861 deals that period.
The data suggests a slowdown in venture activity that has had a largely bullish demeanor in recent years. The disparity, however, "was well within recent quarterly investment levels and the fifth-highest quarter since 2001," the report noted.
Silicon Valley, as usual, far outpaced other regions in venture investments, accounting for nearly 36 percent of the nationwide activity. About $2.6 billion went into 306 deals in the valley. That was down from $2.84 billion into 328 deals in the previous quarter, but an increase over the first quarter of 2007, when $2.39 billion was invested in 271 deals in the region.
The most active investors, as usual, were concentrated in Silicon Valley. Among 28 venture firms involved in 10 or more deals, 18 are headquartered in Menlo Park, Palo Alto, San Francisco or Santa Clara. Others, such as Maryland-based New Enterprise Associates, have a significant presence in the valley. NEA and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers tied for the largest number of deals, with 26 each.
More venture capital flowed into biotechnology companies than any other category in the first quarter of 2008, with $1.27 billion going into 126 deals.
Software, meanwhile, recorded the largest number of deals – with 234 companies receiving $1.26 billion.
Investments in the booming clean-tech sector, meanwhile, slowed during the quarter, dropping 6 percent in dollars with $625 million going into 44 deals. The semiconductor sector, meanwhile, had $566 million going into 50 deals, up modestly from the previous quarter.


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As we can see from this video, the 2006-2007 renovation transformed the Situation Room from one simple conference room with a small office space into a multi room facility with high tech communications equipment, much like we see in fictional movies and tv-series.
At the same time, we also see that the Situation Room isn't the exclusive space for the president anymore. Many other government officials use the new conference rooms too for their (video conference) meetings.
The Situation Room is maintained by the White House Situation Support Staff (WHSSS), which was created ca. 1985 to oversee the Situation Room and the Crisis Management Center (CMC), which was set up in 1982 in the Old Executive Office Building and acted as a "second situation room". The WHSSS is nowadays part of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).
The telephone equipment which is used in the Situation Room, will be discussed on this weblog later on.
More pictures and information about the White House Situation Room and its history can be found on the following website: www.whitehousemuseum.org.
An interesting article about the functioning of the Situation Room can be found amongst the CIA's Studies in Intelligence.
About the history of the Situation Room you can also read: Michael K. Bohn, Nerve Center: Inside the White House Situation Room, Brassey's Inc. Washington 2003.


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Debt Held by the Public Under CBO's March 2010 Baseline and CBO's Estimate of the President's Budget (Percentage of gross domestic product) - from CBO, "An Analysis of the President's Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2011″
All of my readers know how I feel about the Bush tax cuts. I've never liked them–not from day one. They were too costly, too skewed to the rich, and did too little to make the tax system more efficient. I disliked them even more as a Democratically-controlled Congress during the Bush Administration couldn't muster the courage to let them expire as scheduled when challenged by the Republican charge of "the largest tax increase in American history." But the final kick in my stomach was when a new president who campaigned on the "change" we could believe in promised to continue the same tax cuts that he himself criticized as being fiscally irresponsible and yet not his fault.
So of course I want President Obama to break his stupid campaign promise to extend the Bush tax cuts for all households with incomes below $250,000. The tax cuts are still unaffordable (CBO shows that even the <$250K portion would cost $2.2 trillion over ten years–all but around $400 billion of the full complement of Bush tax cuts), would still go mostly to the rich (high income households "march" through all the lower tax brackets after all and hence get the highest dollar benefit of lower-bracket rate reductions, and they also benefit the most from the lower rates of taxation on capital income), and would still do nothing to broaden the tax base to make the system more efficient.
But I submit that even people who love the Bush tax cuts and believe in "supply-side economics" (even the extreme Laffer-curve view) and sympathize or even participate in the "tea party movement" and just generally like low taxes (or dislike taxes in general) should want President Obama to break his campaign promise.
Because many of these same people who like low taxes also claim to not like the large budget deficits we're running now or the unsustainable fiscal path that lies way out in front of us… and because President Obama has also promised to get the deficit down to a "sustainable" level of around 3 percent of GDP in five years. But the President's own budget, which includes the deficit-financed extension of those "middle-class" Bush tax cuts (that $2.2 trillion worth), isn't consistent with such a low deficit. CBO says that under the President's budget, the deficit would be 4.3 percent of GDP in 2015–a level considered unsustainable because it exceeds the typical rate of economic growth. That's why the President's budget also proposed a fiscal commission that would recommend policies (by the end of this year) to help squeeze out the remaining 1 to 1.5 percent of GDP difference.
Most of that gap will have to be filled with new revenues, because within the next five years there's hardly any hope of reducing the deficit by cutting spending. Cuts in discretionary spending are too small to make much difference. Cuts in mandatory spending via the big entitlement programs aren't going to happen soon–both because that's politically infeasible and because on health reform we will barely be getting started in five years (and will really just be figuring things out as we go along).
So when the President says he wants to get the deficit down to 3 percent of GDP by 2015, most of the heavy lifting will have to come from higher taxes–and I mean higher taxes other than the higher taxes on the rich that the President already proposes in his budget and that were already included in the health reform bill. And these additional higher taxes will have to come despite the President's promise to not raise taxes on those households with incomes under $250,000.
Enter the very nice new analysis of the Tax Policy Center, in a paper called "Desperately Seeking Revenue." Len Burman, the TPC's former director (now at Syracuse University's Maxwell School), cited this work in recent testimony before a Ways and Means subcommittee. Table 2 in the "desperate" paper shows that the Administration's budget proposals (on both the spending and revenue sides of the budget) fall $534 billion short of the Administration's 3 percent of GDP deficit goal in 2015. (In contrast, current law, which assumes all the Bush tax cuts expire as scheduled at the end of this year, would fall just $40 billion short of the goal.) Table 3 shows how marginal tax rates (the tax rates on the next dollar of income earned–those that affect economic incentives) would have to be increased in order to reduce the deficit to that 3 percent of GDP goal in 2015. If after the Bush tax cuts are first extended (as assumed in the Obama Administration's "policy baseline"), then all marginal tax rates are raised proportionately to get us to 3 percent of GDP deficits in 2015, the top marginal rate would rise from its current 35 percent rate to 48 percent. On the other hand, if only the top two marginal tax rates–those affecting primarily households above $250,000–can be adjusted to achieve the deficit goal, then the top marginal rate would have to rise from 35 percent to 77 percent (and the second highest rate would rise from 33 percent to 72 percent). The larger the population exempt from the tax increase, the more the marginal rate has to rise on those left to pay the higher tax.
Table 7 in the "desperate" paper shows that the strategy of limiting deficit-reducing tax adjustments to the top two tax brackets is a highly progressive one. Compared with either current law where all the Bush tax cuts expire as scheduled (and where revenue is a little short of the 3 percent of GDP deficit goal) or current policy with all of the Bush tax cuts extended (and where revenue is way short of the deficit goal), the "Obama dual promise" strategy raises average tax burdens significantly for only the top 1 to 5 percent of households and reduces or holds steady the tax burdens on all others.
But I'm going to step out of character and sound like a supply-sider for a minute here, and argue that despite having this very steeply progressive distributional pattern, the "Obama dual promise" tax policy would not necessarily be a "good deal" for even the vast majority of households not in the top 1 to 5 percent–because of that 77 percent top marginal tax rate. Having that pattern of marginal tax rates that rises so steeply at the top (go back to Table 3, bottom panel, last column on the right)–with rates of 10, 15, 25, 28, 72.4 and 76.8 percent–would create huge disincentive effects on labor supply and saving. See, all economists are "supply siders" in a sense, because we all believe that marginal tax rates affect economic decisions at the margin. Not all economists, however, are radical, right-wing, "Laffer-esque" supply-siders who believe that increasing tax rates lead to decreases in revenue. But that is because for most of U.S. history, we haven't had marginal income tax rates high enough to worry about the Laffer curve theory. Some empirical work on this (done decades ago by my dissertation advisor, Don Fullerton, in fact), has indicated that the revenue-maximizing tax rate is far above our current highest rates of 30-40 percent–in fact, in the…70-80 percent range. Hmmm.
Why did the "supply siders" of the 1970s and 80s worry about high marginal tax rates? The theory was that high rates were so stifling to economic growth that if you reduced these tax rates, the benefits to the economy would "trickle down" from the rich people enjoying the tax cut down to the middle-class people who would get employed by the growing companies the rich people were investing in.
In theory, "trickle down" can work in a negative way, too. If marginal tax rates are raised to prohibitive, other-side-of-Laffer-curve levels, then the labor supply and saving of the rich are reduced, overall economic growth is reduced, and employment and wages–economy wide and throughout the income distribution–suffer. And on top of that, revenue falls (because we're on the wrong side of the Laffer curve), which raises the government deficit, reduces national saving, and in turn reduces economic growth. And the effects of economic growth, particularly on the down side, are very broadly distributed.
I know it must seem odd that I would pull out this supply-side argument as a reason why even middle-class and lower-income households should hope the President doesn't keep his "no middle-class tax increase" promise. But I'm saying so because it's just not good or sustainable tax policy to rely on such a huge increase in taxes on such a small percentage of the population to fund a cause (deficit reduction) that would otherwise have large and broadly-distributed benefits.
I get back to my position that the easiest way to stick with current-law baseline revenue levels (which get us close to the 3 percent of GDP deficit goal) is to stick with current law, where all of the Bush tax cuts expire as scheduled at the end of this year. No taxes would need to be reformed, and in fact no tax legislation would need to be passed and signed! Of course, a better way would be to stick to current-law revenue levels by reforming the tax system–broadening the tax base to make it more efficient so that marginal tax rates would not even have to come up and we could still raise more revenue to achieve our deficit goal. But people (regular people and policymakers) seem to forget that if we let the Bush tax cuts expire, in the "worst" (or laziest) case we just go back to Clinton-era tax policy, which really isn't so bad. In fact, if you go back to the "desperate" paper and Table 3, the first two columns on the left in the bottom bank show marginal tax rates if the Bush tax cuts expire (those Clinton-era tax rates of 15, 28, 31, 36, and 39.6 percent), and if those rates are raised proportionately (and just a little) to achieve the 3 percent of GDP deficit goal. The marginal rates in that "break tax promise, keep deficit promise" scenario are 15.5, 28.9, 32.0, 37.1, and 40.9. I would argue that this structure of tax rates would be much better for our economy as a whole than the "Obama dual promise" rates that go up to that Laffer-esque 77 percent at the top and yet are barely lower at the bottom and middle.
So this is just a different argument I'm making for why the Bush tax cuts should be allowed to expire and why President Obama's campaign promise on taxes needs to expire, too.
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Sylvester Stallone returns to the well of fan fiction by teaming with his onetime iconic-onscreen-pugilist rival, Robert De Niro, in "Grudge Match."
Essentially recasting "Grumpy Old Men" with the senescent specters of Rocky Balboa and Jake LaMotta, the result is sporadically amusing, with some chuckles, sight gags and crowd-pleasing supporting turns from Alan Arkin and Kevin Hart. Yet it's all so overcooked that it defeats its own purpose.
Hollywood frequently rummaging through its creative dumpster for never-ending sequels and remakes, but the latter-day careers of Stallone and De Niro are special cases indeed, with the two stars - 67 and 70, respectively - essaying a series of roles that are not only informed by, but practically senseless without, knowledge of their filmographies. This tendency toward lazily coasting on familiarity hits a pinnacle for both in "Grudge Match," where the stunt casting is far funnier in theory than in execution.
As a Jim Lampley-narrated mini-documentary informs us at the outset, Henry "Razor" Sharp (Stallone) and Billy "the Kid" McDonnen (De Niro) were once the fiercest rivals in boxing, with McDonnen beating Sharp in a classic bout, and Sharp taking the spoils against an out-of-shape McDonnen in the rematch. A third, score-settling grudge match was scheduled to take place 30 years ago, but Sharp abruptly retired from boxing shortly before the opening bell.
Since then, the soft-spoken Sharp has retreated into life as a foundry-floor factotum in the scrappier outskirts of Pittsburgh, while the peacocking McDonnen has parlayed his waning fame into a chain of steakhouses and car dealerships. In need of money to keep his aging trainer (Arkin) in a nursing home, Sharp agrees to throw some punches in a motion-capture suit for a videogame, leading to a confrontation with the similarly green-suited McDonnen in the studio. A ludicrous brawl breaks out between the two, and camera-phone footage of the punch-up goes viral.
Sensing an opportunity, fast-talking aspiring fight promoter Dante Slate Jr. (Hart) convinces the two paunchy punchers to finally reschedule their "Grudgement Day" bout, a televised spectacle that falls somewhere between "Celebrity Boxing" and Ali vs. Inoki on the dignity scale.
Ostentatious callbacks to "Rocky" and "Raging Bull" take the form of Stallone quaffing raw eggs and strolling through a meat locker, while De Niro performs a chintzy nightclub comedy act. As it turns out, Sharp's abrupt retirement was sparked by McDonnen's dalliances with his then-girlfriend (Kim Basinger), who abruptly reappears on the scene three decades later precisely as McDonnen's estranged son, B.J. (Jon Bernthal), emerges to connect with his old man, quickly becoming his trainer.
The rest of the film (directed by Peter Segal from a script by Tim Kelleher and Rodney Rothman) ambles forward with a series of training montages interrupted by old-man-falls-down slapstick interrupted by sappy drama, with hit-and-miss set pieces occasionally compensating for the pic's dreary lack of narrative propulsion. Considering how much of "Rocky V" and "Rocky Balboa" focused on the inherent sadness of an aged fighter enduring yet more punishment, "Grudge Match" is quite glib about the potentially fatal fight at its center, while it rarely passes up an opportunity to slather on pathos elsewhere via a cherubic little kid (Camden Gray) and images of laid-off industrial workers.
Compared with De Niro's shticky role in this year's "The Family" - in which his Jersey mobster character actually attends a screening of "Goodfellas" - the actor has a few moments of spark playing the more unsavory of the two leads, while Stallone mostly muddles through. (Both men, it must be said, are in quite impressive shape by the film's final reel.) Arkin and Hart strike the same ornery-old-cuss / loudmouthed-little-man notes they've hit a dozen times before, though they're good enough for quick laughs, and Hart's end-credits attempt to stage yet another retirement-age grudge match proves the funniest moment in the whole endeavor.
"Grudge Match" stars Robert DeNiro, Sylvester Stallone and Kim Basinger. It's rated PG-13 for sports action violence, sexual content and language.


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Can I plug two external monitors in to a MacBook Pro?
I've just purchased a new non-retina MacBook Pro 13" with the latest version of OS X (10.8.2).
I want to connect my two 22" displays (Samsung and LG) to my MBP and have a 3 screen workstation (laptop screen + 2 screens).
One external screen has got a VGA port and the other a DVI. The screen that has a VGA port has also got a DVI input.
Assuming I buy a VGA adapter that enables me to connect VGA to my MBP, could I connect my second screen to the first using the DVI port and see the 3 screens?


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South Africa 9-28 British & Irish Lions, Johannesburg, July 4
McGeechan signs off with victory
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British & Irish Lions coach Ian McGeechan admitted that his side's 28-9 win over South Africa in the third Test in Johannesburg will likely be his last involvement with the famous tourists, praising his players and thanking them for their efforts in restoring pride following two heartbreaking Test losses.
"They picked themselves up well," he told Sky Sports 1. "I mean the dressing room last week was one I never wanted to be in, so to come this week, play like that, shows they're an outstanding group of players.
"I was worried that they wouldn't play or might go into their shells a bit but we didn't and we scored some very good tries today. There is disappointment still in that we could have been coming into this one 1-0 or 2-0 up. So it's a satisfaction but a secondary satisfaction because we came here to win the series. I think it will be my last Lions involvement. I'd like to thank the players, they've been outstanding to a man.
"This victory will last for four years. It has been a fantastic series, probably one of the outstanding Test series I have been involved in. I must say congratulations to the Springboks. They won the series we both wanted. But what these players have achieved in just six weeks should not be underestimated. They have played the world champions in their own back yard and given as good as they have got for three Tests.
"There was just a total of eight points difference in the first two Tests. We thought it might be the same in this one but the players came with a real intent and focus and it showed."
Lions skipper Paul O'Connell also praised his side's effort, and also singled out wing Ugo Monye and fly-half Stephen Jones for their contributions in the victory.
"It was a very tough week mentally for everyone. We just really dug deep. Some guys produced some serious form and produced some great scores. We were determined to dig as deep as we could," he said. "I hope people don't misconstrue our lap of honour. We're under no illusions we lost the Test series, but a lot of people paid a lot of money to come out here, we wanted to thank them.
"I think anyone works very well with their backs to the wall. We've probably never had our backs to the wall as much! With Jamie (Roberts) and Brian O'Driscoll out, they have probably been our best two players so it was going to be very tough for us.
"The guys are very conscious of the Lions ethos and wanted to do it proud. The first Test we could have won, the second we should have won... we were eager that kind of memory wouldn't be upset by a poor performance today, knowing we were beaten and throwing in the towel."
O'Connell concluded by congratulating South Africa on their series win, hoping that his side had done enough to earn the respect of their opponents.
"The team that wins is the better team. You do what you have to do to win," he said. "The trophy goes to the team that wins. Ian McGeechan said before the game you earn respect by winning. Sure, people have been patting us on the backs for our performances but for some guys here it was the first win on the southern hemisphere, and that's important."
Springboks coach John Smit savoured his side's series win and also lent his support to the Lions concept, which has come in for criticism during this tour.
"We have lost today but we have a series win behind us," he said. "If we had asked this group the day after the World Cup if they would take a 2-1 series win against the Lions, they would have all taken it. Today the Lions were all over us in every department. They were better than us, they had more intensity and it was a well deserved victory.
"It makes us appreciate the series victory all the more knowing we played a top Lions side. It was an amazing experience from start to finish, from the day they arrived. It is still one of the most prized things rugby has to offer. The toughness of game, the competitiveness of the series, how close it was. If anything should be kept, the Lions should be kept."
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TORONTO – Frank Gehry has heard the scathing reviews of the proposed condo and mixed-use development he's designed for downtown Toronto, but the famed Canadian architect insisted Monday that the plans simply represent a first draft.
"You have to realize that it's precarious to show projects like this and make them look finished," Gehry said at the official unveiling of the development's suggested design.
"If you show any kind of architecture at these early stages that represent anything outside the norm they get clobbered, because people say, 'Well, you can't do that, you can't afford that."'
Gehry's vision would see three 80-plus-storey towers – each resembling boxes placed atop one another – jutting into Toronto's increasingly crowded skyline. At street-level, two six-storey podiums with room for a new 60,000 square-foot art gallery and facilities for OCAD University would be whimsically embellished by crinkled horizontal strips resembling pieces of paper.
Those details were quickly mocked online after the project's designs were first revealed, with many uncharitably describing them as resembling strands of used toilet paper.
Gehry noted that the podium's design in particular is just an early tease of what could be built. The rings in the prototype design were in fact constructed of torn paper, which is just an approximation of the idea, he said.
"Somebody in one of the blogs referred to them as garbage. Trust me, they're not garbage," he said, while also swatting away suggestions that his unconventional designs might be difficult to construct.
"It's not a final design, if you look at my work I do about 50 models. So it'll evolve but it'll have this character."
The ambitious plans are being pursued by theatre mogul David Mirvish, who is committing to demolishing the Princess of Wales Theatre – a King Street landmark that has mounted countless blockbuster stage shows (currently "War Horse") – to make room for the large complex.
After years of talking with Gehry about building something in Toronto, he decided it was time to act.
"I don't have a timetable that allows me to wait for Frank Gehry, because the economic time isn't right," Mirvish said.
We can't "wait till he's 88. He's 83, let's do it now and we'll figure out our problems as we go…. Yes, we'll have to face reality or we won't be able to sell it but first let's dream and make the best project we can – then we'll figure out how we'll build it in the most economical way, and then we'll find out how to put it into people's budgets so they can buy it."
He said it was critical that the condo buildings be designed as art pieces and not be simple "glass boxes" like most other condos in Toronto.
"I'm interested in architecture because it tells us who we are, it tells us where we're arrived at a certain moment in our lives," Mirvish said.
"These towers can become a symbol of what Toronto can be. I am not building condominiums, I am building three sculptures for people to live in. If I could live in the Casa Mila (designed by Antoni Gaudi in Barcelona) – I know it was controversial in its day – I would consider that a privilege.
"And I believe I'm sharing a privilege."
Listening to critics lambaste his trademark out-there designs is just part of the job, said Gehry. He recalls his design for the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles being described as "broken crockery."
"It's easy to malign something like that as 'garbage,"' said Gehry.
"In Bilbao, Spain they wanted to shoot me when they saw the (Guggenheim Museum design) and now they get $500 million a year in revenue to the city.
"I don't know how to overcome (critics), it's just part of the thing."


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IRS hearing: The takeaways
The ousted head of the IRS was grilled for four hours Friday, but we still don't know how the tea party targeting really started.
What we do know from the first hearing since the scandal broke: IRS officials haven't convinced lawmakers they played it straight with Congress. It's not over for the IRS workers. And witnesses are being beat up too much for these to be "just the facts" hearings.
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Here are the top takeaways from Friday's hearing:
How'd this really start: Who knows?
The big question that's on everyone's mind didn't get answered during the House Ways and Means Committee hearing Friday: Who, exactly, had the bright idea at the IRS to zero in on conservative groups with search terms like "tea party" and "patriot"?
Lawmakers asked Steven Miller, the acting IRS commissioner who has since been forced to resign, to detail how the targeting program began — but his answers didn't clear up what happened or why.
( PHOTOS: 10 slams on the IRS)
Miller said a spike in nonprofit applications after the Citizens United case forced agents to centralize its review process. Those employees created the search terms to flag applications, Miller said.
No new news there.
Miller and inspector general J. Russell George both denied that there were political motives behind the extra review given to conservative groups.
"My understanding is that the cases that went into this queue included groups from across the political spectrum," Miller said.
( Also on POLITICO: Ousted IRS chief Steven Miller defiant as GOP attacks)
But under questioning from Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, Miller said agents did not create search terms more commonly associated with liberal groups like "progress" or "organizing."
More — and broader — hearings are coming
Committee Chairman Dave Camp is already expanding the scope of the hearings beyond the targeting scandal.
He's also drawing in other IRS actions that have had conservatives stewing for a long time — like a March 2012 Huffington Post story that he says disclosed confidential donor information for the National Organization for Marriage.
And he cited a ProPublica article that said the IRS had leaked the applications conservative groups had submitted for tax-exempt status.
"It would be a mistake to treat this as just one scandal," Camp said.
Jim Gerlach of Pennsylvania picked up on that theme during the hearing, asking Miller about the National Organization for Marriage leak as well as the possible sharing of confidential tax information with the White House.
( Also on POLITICO: Unanswered IRS questions)
When Miller said he didn't know about that, Gerlach asked him — in a tone that made it clear it wasn't optional — to "check all of your records, all of your notes, all of your emails and get back to this committee."
Democrats are mad, but they aren't taking it out on Obama
Sure, Democrats want everyone to know they're outraged too. But so far, they're not demanding that President Barack Obama do more — at least not in public. They're perfectly happy to take it out on the IRS.
Democrats privately planned to attack what they considered partisan aspects of the inspector general's report, but they agreed to reframe the conversation around the mismanagement and need for agency reform instead, according to a source who was present for the discussion.


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The 20th Annual Howard B. Eisenberg Do-Gooders' Auction on behalf of the Law School's Public Interest Law Society (PILS) will be held on February 15, 2013 at the Law School. Proceeds from the event go to support PILS Fellowships to enable Marquette law students to do public interest work in the summer. Maria Lopez, a current law student, shares her experience here as a PILS Fellow.
Where did you work as a PILS Fellow?
I interned with the Illinois Migrant Legal Assistance Project (IMLAP) at their office in Rantoul, Illinois.
What kind of work did you do there?
IMLAP's mission is to advocate on behalf migrant agricultural workers and educate them on their rights as workers. My duties included outreach to workers at their housing or work sites, collaboration with local agencies such as Migrant Head Start and the Department of Human Services, and meeting with employers on behalf of our clients.
How was the experience meaningful to you?
My experience with IMLAP was meaningful because it provided me with an opportunity to work closely with great people–not only my clients, but also my supervisors and coworkers, as well as other agency representatives, all of whom were very supportive.
What did you learn in the course of your work?
I learned a great deal about the laws applicable to migrant agricultural workers and about the benefits they are excluded from receiving simply because they are agricultural workers. In developing relationships with my clients, I also discovered that many times what they want does not have a legal remedy. Frequently, they just want to be heard by someone who cares.
What do you like best about doing public interest law work?
Public interest work is something I am passionate about because I feel I am able to connect with clients and help them in a real way. I know the impact of my work extends beyond the individual client; it also impacts their family and in some cases, the larger community.
What are you doing to help with the PILS Auction?
As the PILS Thanksgiving Dinner Chair, my involvement with the PILS Auction has been somewhat limited, but I plan on serving as a volunteer at the Auction.


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At the simplest level Curse of Mercury is about boy girl stuff. The songs are collaged together from myriad stories of my near-50 years—some real, some professed, some pure fantasy.
I began the making of Curse of Mercury in earnest in the summer of 2008. My entire studio had been mothballed for nearly three years since my move from St. Louis to Seattle. There was even a period when I wasn't sure there was any merit to unpacking my boxes of equipment; my studio in Seattle would never match the glory of Icon Studio that I'd left behind in St. Louis. But I succumbed to the charms of my new Seattle home, and eventually matched cables to ports, and settled in again with ProTools HD and the rest of my toys.
One afternoon, I sat surrounded by re-plugged-in equipment and several 3-ring binders of "unfinished" material; I was struck with the novel notion that it might be about time to get something presentable together. So, I began sifting through hundreds of pages of song ideas dating back as far as 1975.
As an album took shape in my mind, two principles emerged which shaped and guided this project:
1. To the best of my ability I would do everything myself: write, record, sing, and play all the instruments.
2. I would make a "concept" album.
As to Principle One, I achieved this—with the exception of enlisting the help of two of my long-time collaborators to be my rhythm section for the last two songs, Milk and Colors of the Sky. I needed the specific dimension that I knew Rob Medcalf's drumming would bring to those songs. And being in the studio in St. Louis to do this meant that I could engage Michael "Doc" Murphy to contribute his sublime bass playing.
Fortuitously, Doc was teaching Electronic Music at Webster University, giving us an "in" to book their studio during spring break, and luckily for me this studio is equipped with Pro Tools HD—the only recording medium I use these days. Their SSL Duality console was icing on the cake.
I arrived with scratch tracks on my hard drive for Rob and Doc to play to, and within six hours of me darting back and forth between the control room and studio, I had coaxed the takes from Doc and Rob that I'd come mining for. Chief engineer Jeff Allen did an aces job of cutting the tracks.
The other notable and interesting contributions to the record are some bits that came with me to Seattle from my days in Icon Studio back in St Louis. One bit is Doc's whackity-whack guitar part on track seven, Transformation. Even more important are Doc's guitar and bass parts on track nine, Aggravations. These we recorded in 2004. I had an a cappella demo of the lyrics and melody but couldn't quite get the changes right. Doc and his keen ear fleshed them out. I kept his parts and built the rest of the song around those.
Other than these bits, Principle One holds—a long winter of me left to my own devices in the studio, crafting Curse of Mercury.
As to Principle Two "a concept album"—I have always been drawn to the lifestyle and culture of making records. My serious involvement with music began of course in my teens, in the 1970s—the heyday of the concept album. These inspired me, and expanded my vision of music and its possibilities. In the making of Curse of Mercury my intent was to harken back to these days of naïve discovery, and to use the storyline or thematic nature of a concept album to give depth and structure to my work at hand.
The underlying theme of this record is a string of stories about affairs of the heart, running the gamut from naive to divine. The title "Curse of Mercury" was originally the working title for what later became the song Aggravations. One might propose that Cupid or Psyche are more accurate harbingers for the theme of this record—relationships and transformation—but in keeping with the greater arc of the story I find "The Trickster" Mercury more apropos.
On another level Curse of Mercury is about aspects of the old Greek god himself. In this respect I particularly mean the bit about Mercury being charged the duty of escorting souls through the Underworld—a realm of transformation—and coming out relatively unscathed himself.
For me, a good concept album extends beyond being a collection of good three-minute songs. I strove for that with "Curse of Mercury".


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After some massively annoying flight problems due to weather - 24 hours after I left Washington, DC - I arrived in Bombay at 2am and was at the Sun'n'Sand by 3!
The first thing I noticed was... mosquitos. And also, dogs. There are a ton of ferrel dogs running around. I sat next to the cutest young couple on the flight from Frankfurt to Mumbai - they were so impressed with everything on the plane but also were kind of disparaging towards Air India. It was really funny.
So, today I didn't do much. I was really, really tired from the flight but I wanted to get over my jet lag as soon as possible so...! I got up in the morning and got myself a taxi to the Gateway to India!
What else could I do on my first day here?
My taxi driver was the sweetest man who kept telling me which stars lived where - Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Lata Mangeshkar. I was ready to tell him to go but he was pushy and insisted on waiting for me, which was smart because clearly I was a silly and tired white lady and called him just 2 hours later.
So, after fending off a million people trying to sell me things at The Gateway to India, I went for lunch at the Taj - because I am a spoiled memsaab.
Oh. My. God. The Taj Hotel is beautiful inside and I had an amazing lunch in the Sea Lounge which overlooks the water. And then I went back to my hotel.
This whole process took 5 hours.
When Bollywood stars tweet about traffic, they aren't kidding. Going from North to South Mumbai is crazy - and amazing. I can see how it would get tiring to do it everyday but, honestly, I was really enjoying watching life pass by outside the taxi windows with narration by my taxi driver. I got to ride on the sea link which was really cool! Also, I kept seeing places that looked really familiar.
I took a small rest in the afternoon and then drank my dinner at the bar at the Sun'n'Sand.
Now I'm watching MTV India while typing to you all!
That was my first day in India!
Here are some observations!
* Everybody is trying to sell me something - everybody. But mostly people are nice about it.
* Culture shock is surprisingly not an issue. Mostly, I'm just having 'in an unfamiliar city' shock.
* Being treated like a princess is surprisingly fun. Maybe that should be Mumbai's next ad slogan: Where a Librarian Can Feel Like A Princess.
* See Katrina Kaif and Amitabh on billboards is like seeing old friends, which is kind of sad.
* There is some guy who keeps yelling things through a microphone outside my window. I have no idea what that is about.
Hopefully I'll have a bit more for you tomorrow!
Until then, have a cheezy video of "Kurbaan Hua" which is going through my head!


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"It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction."
Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha, has said some of the wisest things anyone has, and the quote above is just one of them. A group of Fisher students applied this first-hand when we had the enviable opportunity to hang out with Warren Buffett himself!
We arrived in Omaha and had a great time at the Upstream Brewery in the downtown area. After a good night's sleep at the Doubletree hotel, we were up and about in our best suits, ready to get started with the day planned for us. First stop was the Nebraska Furniture Mart. This place was HUGE! We had the honor of hearing from VP Bob Batt, who shared with us the history of the firm, its family business roots and its acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway. Here, we met with students from several other business schools from around the US.
After an enlightening tour of the furniture mart, we boarded our bus and headed to the Field Club, where we settled into our seats, sipping coke and waiting with bated breath. Right on time, Mr. Buffett walked in with that endearing smile on his face and accepted the excited applause gracefully.
After a brief speech about his passion for meeting young business professionals, he dove straight into a Q&A session with the students. Each school had their turn and students came up with some excellent questions for Mr. Buffett. His profound wisdom and encyclopedic knowledge of value investing, and even life in general, shone through in all his answers. Mr. Buffett wove in some amusing and insightful anecdotes from his life and relationships that left us the better for having had the opportunity to listen to them.
Mr. Buffett emphasized the importance of doing what you love, with the people you love, from the home you love. He truly believes that opportunity exists for those who seek it, and advised us to be proactive in our careers. He was a careful listener, and made sure to fully understand a question before answering it. Of global economy and politics, he gave his honest opinion about his concern for certain policies and behavior, but indicated that he was very positive about the future of both the developing and developed world.
After more than 2 hours of this valuable interaction, we left for Piccolo's, Mr. Buffett's favorite restaurant! A few lucky students got to travel with Mr. Buffett in his limo, and a few more had the enviable privilege of sitting with him at his table. The rest of us enjoyed some excellent Omaha steak and the highly acclaimed root beer float! After a great lunch, Mr. Buffett humored each and every one of the 150 or so students with photographs both plain jane and goofy! Some of the guys got into arm wrestling matches with him, while a few gals actually got him to go down on one knee and "propose" to them! His humility and patience was disarming and truly inspirational.
I think we all left for Columbus rejuvenated by the experience and filled with a new found love for life and a motivation to strive for success. I am immensely thankful that I had the opportunity to meet such a marvelous human being.


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I'm a beginner in this field and I have to buy this clip from shutter-stock.
This clip comes with some pre-rendered patterns and has an alpha-matte version.
My question is : I want to use different pattern for the ripped paper, how can I achieve that ? and can the alpha-matte version used for this purpose ? if no .. it used for what ??


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Juswant & Sylvia Rai necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 270 diseños de 59 diseñadores freelance.
Currently Berkshire Property Meet (BPM). Want to use BPM as the main brand
A small 'personally' run business by husband / wife team, known for our:
- integrity
- quality events
- high standard of customer service
- helping people connect / build their 'dream team'
We are the UKs Leading Property Networking Event and also do other property related activities i.e. talks, courses, education. We are known as THE monthly networking meet - as a "must-attend" which sells-out every month.
Now expanding into other Wealth Creation strategies so that we are not just Property.
* New & Experienced Property Investors (all levels)
* Networkers - People looking for business partners/connections
* People interested in wealth creation strategies wider than property eg. internet marketing.
Currently we are niched in 'Berkshire' and 'Property'.
We are expanding our market to cover Wealth Creation strategies to include - property, internet marketing & other ways of making money.
We want a strong logo around the letters BPM. Stay away from property focus and pull in something that reflects:
connections, people, wealth, leaders/entrepreneurs, trust.
Examples of how we want to use BPM Logo:
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BPM Education, BPM Wealth Seminars, BPM Forum etc.
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VMware and EMC officially unveiled the new VMware vSphere Data Protection solution under which VMware will leverage EMC's Avamar in its VMware vSphere 5.1.
The new solution, which replaces the older vSphere Data Recovery offering, takes advantage of EMC Avamar's variable-length deduplication, full support of changed block tracking and single-step restores to minimize storage resource consumption, reduce backup windows and enable fast recovery, VMware said. VMware vSphere Data Protection can be managed directly from the vSphere Web Client.
VMware said it will continue to support other storage partners' technology with continued investment in the vSphere Storage APIs for Data Protection.


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"Nobody could accuse Kenneth MacMillan of lack of courage", began the review of the first night of Isadora by Alexander Bland of The Observer. In a two act work MacMillan pushed the boundaries of ballet theatre well beyond any previously accepted limits.
Isadora Duncan embraced free love, free expression and disdained ballet dancers as little more than trained acrobats. Nonetheless the dancers at the Mariinsky theatre in St Petersburg who saw her in 1904 were highly struck by the force of her stage presence and by a technique unfettered by the conventions of court ballet. She danced barefoot and, unlike ballet, her dancing acknowledged gravity and the body's weight.
When MacMillan made Isadora to open the Royal Ballet's 1981 season, his choice of subject made strange sense. For Duncan dance was liberative, and of a piece with her radical politics, a view with which MacMillan could straightforwardly empathise. MacMillan aimed to reshape dance as a medium of social comment. And his work was increasingly attracting interest from a new audience which had not hitherto been much engaged by dance. So much so that ITV decided to show Isadora in prime time and the current affairs broadcaster David Dimbleby wrote an approving profile of MacMillan for The Times.
He was not concerned, MacMillan told Dimbleby, whether audiences thought Isadora was ballet or not. "I am not worried by the style. I just want people to feel that they have had a good night at the theatre. I am steeped in classical dancing, but this is 1980 and I cannot go on doing what they did in the last century. I'll do anything to break away."
MacMillan's focus was less on Duncan the dancer than on her tumultuous personal life; her affairs with Ellen Terry's illegitimate son Gordon Craig; with the Russian poet Sergei Essenin whom she married; with the sewing machine millionaire Paris Singer; and the devastation of losing her three children to early death, one in childbirth, the other two when the car in which they were passengers ran into the River Seine. MacMillan's innovations in multi-media story telling went well beyond the techniques he had deployed in Anastasia and Seven Deadly Sins. The use of the spoken word in aid of the dance was both extensive and appropriate; Duncan herself was a polemicist, for whom the dance and the word were all of a piece. MacMillan borrowed from Duncan's Victorian lecture-demonstration technique and this device is deployed throughout the ballet.
At the premiere Merle Park danced the role of Isadora, with the actress Mary Miller (who had attended the same dance school as MacMillan as a child) speaking lines from her autobiography. The ballet's most profound episode of choreographic imagination came with Isadora and Paris Singer dancing their grief for the death of their children after they drown in the Seine. In a compelling pas de deux, each by turn falls and picks the other up with silent screams, as they fumble and circle about the stage. The ungainliness underscores their grief. Of this section Clement Crisp later wrote: "The rawness of their shared despair, and also the phenomenal outlines of the movement partake of the force of Picasso's brush-strokes in Guernica. I sensed that beyond this expressive point academic choreography could not go. That audiences were profoundly moved by this harsh, beautifully ugly exposition of grief, and responded to the drama of its imagery, cannot be doubted, even in a ballet as diffuse and as flawed in structure as this Isadora."
Richard Rodney Bennett's score provided pastiche music for the dancer's public appearances, and used Bennett's own music, his native voice, for Isadora's private life and its relentless sexual turmoil. ''I must say that even though I've never worked as hard on any project as I have on this, I had the time of my life writing the music for Isadora", he told The New York Times "There was a time, when I was 20 years old and a student of Pierre Boulez, when I couldn't think beyond the notes. But now, I'd much rather write about sex.''
Isadora's two acts each lasted some 75 minutes. Only a minority of critics were persuaded of its cumulative effect. For Mary Clarke of The Guardian, Isadora needed "absolutely drastic cutting", while Clement Crisp, of The Financial Times, its most fervent advocate, conceded that MacMillan's treatment was "too generous in incident." MacMillan himself was dissatisfied with the outcome and, in the months that followed, cut some twenty minutes from its length. In March 2009, the Royal Ballet restaged a single-act one hour version of Isadora
But in 1981 Michael Billington of The Guardian, the doyen of London's theatre critics, thought it an important artistic breakthrough. "What worries me", he wrote, "is that the kind of people who make up Broadway and Covent Garden audiences are no so stuck in a kind of artistic lockjaw that (unless the critics give their seal of approval) they seem unable to enjoy anything that breaks yesterday's mould. What we need is not simply a new theatre: we also desperately need a new audience."
First performance: Covent Garden, London, 30 April 1981
Company: The Royal Ballet
Cast: Merle Park, Mary Miller, Derek Deane, Julian Hosking, Derek Rencher
Music: Richard Rodney Bennett, Isadora
Design: Barry Kay
Scenario: Gillian Freeman
Benesh notation score: Monica Parker/Adrian Grater (1981) Working score.
Television: ITV, 23 February 1982


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Providence Portland Medical Center's Department of Medical Education is seeking a clinician-educator in Internal Medicine. This unique, collaborative group of clinician educators is focused on training the next generation of physicians through mentorship, role modeling and rigorous clinical experiences that balance clinical exposure in outpatient general medicine, inpatient medicine and internal medicine subspecialties. The 30-resident program provides understanding of the health care system, evidence-based medicine and quality improvement.
The Department of Medical Education is a supportive, flexible work environment that embraces diversity and new ideas. This position comes with exceptional protected time for teaching and scholarly activity.
Where You'll Work
Providence Portland Medical Center is recognized for excellence in patient care and research in cancer, heart, orthopedics, women's health and rehabilitation services. The facility has 483 beds and numerous award-winning programs and services, including one of the best internal medicine residency programs in the nation. Providence Portland is home to a cancer center that is unmatched on the West Coast in terms of the breadth of services and technologies available under one roof.
Where You'll Live
Portland is rich in character and culture, with strong neighborhood identities and community bonds that defy its population of 2.3 million. Home of the Portland Trail Blazers, "Rip City" is ranked No. 8 in the Best Places to Live by U.S. News & World Report, based on its high quality of life and thriving job market. A foodie mecca, Portland is ideally situated between waterfalls, beaches, Mt. Hood skiing and hiking trails, forests and the Columbia River Gorge.
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Providence Health & Services (PH&S) is a not-for-profit system of 34 hospitals, more than 600 clinics and hundreds of locally driven programs across five western states: Alaska, California, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Providence is committed to improving the health of the communities it serves, with a special emphasis on its mission to serve the poor and vulnerable. PH&S is a partner organization of the Providence St. Joseph Health family and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity organization.
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