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Thursday, September 27, 2007
Clinton on Gender
Cross-posted on campusprogress.org/blog.
Nitpicking on Rhetoric
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Fashion Design: For Women. By Women?
Seasonale Patent
There are a few of things at work here. Firstly, Couric doesn't have the reporting cred that other news anchors who have sat in that seat before her do, but then, women find it much harder to earn the cred. Although women have been prevalent in the world of reporting for at least the last 20 years, they've often been pigeonholed into covering "human interest" stuff. Couric is a widely recognized name because she was in a role that she was hired to fulfill for years, a host on a morning TV talk show. There are plenty of women who do more serious work than Couric, but they also get far less recognition.
Secondly, the whole process of hiring female TV news anchors seems to be one of the most sexist practices in journalism today. You are hired to look a certain way. When I was in journalism, those in visual journalism had to be very concerned about what to do with their hair on camera. There's an assumption, as exemplified in the Arrive article, that women inherently bring a certain softness to news. This is, of course, an extremely rigid reading of gender stereotypes.
Thirdly, TV anchors usually come from a reporting background, but the job itself doesn't require that much reporting. This is, at least, the claim that Dan Rather is making in his lawsuit against CBS/Viacom. They are primarily responsible for presenting the news, and only rarely report it.
Fourthly, women are less engaged in hard news, and there's a great deal of speculation about why this is. Perhaps it's because they choose to be, perhaps because they're too busy, or perhaps because the way news is currently presented doesn't really appeal to them.
While I was never a huge Katie Couric fan and I almost never watch CBS evening news, I feel a slight obligation to open this up to discussion. There are a number of factors at work, and I think it's worth thinking about a little bit more than rolling your eyes at the "achievements" of Katie Couric.
The Press Cave
Private Investment
Philanthropy is often seen as the out to regulation for large corporations. They're investing in undesirable places or causes, so they use that as an excuse for not getting regulation imposed on them. The role of investment is certainly powerful, but I don't think we should allow it to be an excuse for not putting regulation on corporations.
Madame Head of State
UPDATE: Apparently I'm wrong. He was referring to the Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi
So Strange
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Education and Terrorism
Better education unleashes the talent and potential of its citizens, and adds to the prosperity of all of us. Better education promotes better health and greater independence. Better education increases the strength of democracy, and weakens the appeal of violent ideologies. So the United States is joining with nations around the world to help them provide a better education for their people.
This is only odd to me because it's been pretty well documented that the most effective terrorists are the highly educated ones. Education isn't a cure-all, but Bush's speech seems to be suggesting that.
To Catch a Killer
In a follow up to the Delaware State University shooting last week, an 18-year-old student was arrested in his dorm room early yesterday morning in his dorm room and charged with "attempted murder, assault and reckless endangerment, as well as a gun charge."
What we still don't know, after several incidents of teenagers and young adults turning guns on each other since Columbine in 1999 is what exactly makes young men (it has been young men in every instance) do this. There's a conflicted sense both of seeking something to blame. Many people are quick to turn to various cultural influences: music, movies, and violent video games, but it dosen't change the fact that these young men are exposed to all the same things as other young people who lead totally normal lives -- uninterrupted by such violence.
What is left is a much more complicated view of phchology and psychosis. By finding a simple source, it's easier than dealing with people on an individual level. I ceartianly don't know what the answer is, but I think it's something to think about. How do you reach those that feel violence is the only answer?
The $100 Laptop
What I don't quite understand is all this hype about the $100 laptop. It seems to be that people think this is the best of when philanthropy meets capitalism. While it's kind of neat that they can make a piece of technology that's typically really expensive really cheap, it kind of misses the point. It's like that Toys for Tots program. Sure, it makes a lot of kids feel good to get some toys at Christmastime, but it doesn't signify any particular life change. What they're producing here is toys. (It even looks like a toy.) The internet is a remarkable thing, but all the things that are really great about it are either convenience or require special skills to unlock. So I don't quite understand what the all the fuss of these $100 laptops is all about.
Monday, September 24, 2007
The Top 100 Effects of Global Warming
Bolivian President
Liveblogging UN
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Giving Up Taxes?
Jena 6
If you, like me, are looking for some clarity on the Jena 6 rally, Courney Martin has a great piece up at The American Prospect today that explains it:
Indeed, the Jena 6 case, like the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, is a violent reminder that our country is actually many nations. Despite all of the progress that has been made, racism is still a part of too many American kids' ideological diets. A noose, even in 2007, struck these good ol' Southern boys as an apt symbol for the fear of "the other" that had been bred in them from birth. And their elders -- the school administrators, city officials, and parents -- called their inexcusable hatred by cutesy names: pranks, child's play, boys will be boys. It is a wake-up call to us all: The work of ending racism is far from over.
I encourage you to read the whole thing.
Military Recruitment on Campus
Yale University restricted military recruitment in 2005, claiming a First Amendment right to exclude them based on the military's anti-gay recruitment policies. This week, an appeals court sided with the Department of Defense. They cited a law known as the Solomon amendment, upheld by the Supreme Court, which allows federal funds to be withheld from schools that refuse military recruitment on campus.
By refusing military recruitment on campus, it's a back-door way of protesting the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. It's a stance that Yale University, with such a large endowment, can perhaps afford to make, but publicly funded universities and colleges cannot even consider this method of protest. They are too dependant on federal and state dollars.
Curiously enough, a side effect of refusing to allow military recruitment on campus is that it may increase the economic divide among those who choose to serve in the military and those who don't. Overwhelmingly those that serve are poor. I'd be interested to know what others think about this.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Reviewing In the Valley of Elah
Read the whole thing.
What's peaking though the fairly transparent plot is the costs of sending soldiers to war -- encouraging them to torture and kill terrorists (or suspected terrorists) -- and returning them home unable to continue with normal lives. A side plot of the film has a woman ahead of Deerfield at the police station there to report her husband's (another recently returned Iraq vet) violent drowning of the family's Doberman Pincher in the bathtub in front of their son. Later in the film he is arrested for drowning his wife, who Theron's character had sent home without helping.
The movie clearly depicts post traumatic stress disorder. But what makes In the Valley of Elah portrayal valuable is that it depicts the strain of PTSD on families and communities as well.
Official estimates of how many Iraq war veterans might be affected by PTSD vary, mainly because it's something that affects patients in a matter of degrees, many of which are not necessarily violent. It's a cost of war that's little talked about estimated to cost billions of dollars. Many psychologists, including the American Psychological Association's Education Directorate, advocate a public education campaign that would not only teach soldiers and their families what the symptoms of PTSD are (often sleeplessness, flashbacks, problems with aggression, and relationship stress) but also instruct the public that PTSD can be a normal reaction to abnormal levels of stress or violence, especially when encountered for long periods of time. Some soldiers are serving tours as long as 15 months.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Friday Coral Blogging
National Geographic published photos and bios based on the 2007 Red List of Threatened Species list, which was released this week. So the coral may not be as adorable as the long-nosed Baiji dolphin that scientists thought was extinct but was spotted off the coast of China, but it's a good reminder that nature is pretty beautiful on it's own. The Threatened Species list includes more than 40,000 different species. Protecting wildlife requires international cooperation. I donated to the World Wildlife Fund, and they sent me a stuffed Blue-Footed Booby. Aw.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
U of Minnesota Best At Promoting Safe Sex
My alma matter is rated the best of 139 colleges nationwide at promoting safe sex on campus, according to a survey conducted by the Trojan condom company. The school's health service gives out about 10,000 condoms a year and offers free STI testing on campus. I remember the human-sized condom mascot named Shady handing out condoms and lube at almost every campus event.
No wonder I was surprised to learn that some schools, like the Jesuit-founded Georgetown, not only don't give out free condoms but also attempt to restrict the purchase of condoms on campus, leaving the only option for students to go off campus to get them. It's not like the presence of condoms tempts students to have sex -- I think sex is appealing enough on its own. But having condoms readily available will prevent pregnancy and the spread of STIs. That's just good public health policy.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Newt's Delusion
Dana had an excellent story yesterday at TAP that I meant to write about but didn't get time for. She covered an event where Newt Gingrich presented his own version of events:
Gingrich made his case through a "thought experiment" of an "alternate history" of the past six years in which, with unlikely efficiency and competence, the entire United States government retooled itself after Sept. 11, 2001 for a military, intelligence, and diplomatic war against Muslim terrorism.
Right, if only we would have had a conservative president and Congress in the years following 9/11 to steer us in the right direction. Oh wait. We did.
Popluation Control
Annals of Xenophobia
Conservative Bias
Via Matt. Media Matters reports that op-ed pages in newspapers on the whole lean to the right. Matt thinks it's because editors are looking to gain more readers through the inflammatory stuff that Charles Krauthammer writes. I think it's a general overcompensation on the part of the MSM to make sure the right is represented in the media after years of (false) cries that the media has a "liberal bias." What's more true is that the MSM has more biases toward authority figures (the WMD scandal, for example) than any kind of ideological bias. Even so, the media makes a conscious effort to "balance" any statement with something on the right, regardless of whether that statement has real significance.
What lazy reporters do is call up the Center for American Progress to see what they think about issue X and then call the Heritage Foundation and ask them what they think about the issue. That's not balance. The same is true of the op-ed pages. Editors may "feel" that liberal thoughts get more play so they overcompensate by running more conservatives.
"People who think racism is a thing of the past"
- I chose a profession in which I have to work with people who think racism is a thing of the past, LGBT people are "gross" and "sinful," and who when hiring decisions are made never hire these people but are more than happy to fill the adjunct ranks with them
- I chose a profession based on inequality in which women and people of color make up the ranks of the lowest paid, least tenured, and most over-worked (through demands placed on them to do extra teaching loads or not be asked back the following semester or year, by being asked to officially or unofficially mentor all the people in their identity group, and teach most if not all of the courses associated with their identity group)
Contraception and Cancer
Kaiser Family Foundation's Daily Women's Health Policy Report highlights a study conducted by the British Medical Journal that shows women who take oral contraceptives for less than 8 years are up to 12 percent less likely to get cancer. But taking oral contraceptives for more than 8 years can increase the risk by up to 22 percent.
There has been a lot of debate about the effect of hormonal birth control on women's overall health. Especially because when birth control was first introduced, the hormonal levels were too high and made many women sick. We've come a long way since 1960, though, and women have safely been using oral contraception for more than 40 years. In some cases, like the study above, it can actually be beneficial to women's health.Conservative groups, however, may seize on this news to say that women shouldn't be on oral contraceptives because they're bad for them. (I can just imagine the Family Research Council email now.) Even if the use of oral contraceptives for more than 8 years increases the risk of cancer slightly, there are other things--like smoking--that drastically increases the risk of cancer by a lot more.
Cross-posted at campusprogress.org/blog.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Getting the Piece of Paper
The fact that a college degree is the entrance requirement to the middle class is not exactly controversial. I was listening to Marketplace last week and they had a story about lower income students striving to get that piece of paper, and they extracted this quote for the teaser on the story and for good reason:
Once a first-generation college student gets their degree, the likelihood that everyone in their lineage gets a degree increases exponentially.
That little factoid contains a world of information. First of all, it indicates the income difference for people who get degrees that they can expect college education for their children as a matter of fact. Second of all, it's a staunch class indicator about entitlements and expectations; if you're born to the college-educated middle class, doing anything but going to college after high school is breaking the mold and hard to do. I found that to be an interesting feature of both Kyso's post and the discussion at Offsprung about majors—the discussion assumed that choosing a major is extremely meaningful, which points to an unacknowledged assumption that getting a college degree at all is expected and not really up for debate. That you will end up at the end of it all as a member of the middle class in good standing goes unquestioned if you're born into it. The only discussion after that is whether you'll be middle class because you have a job that's a lot of fun but doesn't put you in the BMW-buying category or if you have a job that does but might be a rat race job. It's a good entitlement to have, but it's important to remember that it is in fact an entitlement, mostly because we're in situation now where decades of Republican dominance have shrunk the middle class (and therefore reduce the number of people who feel that entitlement) and they give every indication of hoping to shrink it further.
I think this is right. Once you're in a family that's college educated it's assumed that you will go to college. Unfortunately, those not from the college-educated middle class are overwhelmingly non-white. This creates extra hurdles for a young student considering college. Parents who didn't go to college tend to not be very supportive of the institution. There tends to be an attitude of, "I didn't go to college and turned out just fine."I came from a middle-class family and was a third generation college student. It was assumed that I would go to college, so that's what I did. I'd be interested to hear more perspectives from first-generation college students.
Cross-posted at campusprogress.org/blog.
Saturday, September 8, 2007
I'm all for candidates that have charisma -- they get people excited about voting and what the government does. But the vast inconsistency in the Oprah voter suggests a complete lack of knowledge about policy. And that's what I think can be dangerous.
Thursday, September 6, 2007
The eBook
That disappointing history goes back to the late 1990s, when Silicon Valley start-ups created the RocketBook and SoftBook Reader, two bulky, battery-challenged devices that suffered from lackluster sales and a limited selection of material. The best selling e-books at the time, tellingly, were "Star Trek" novels.I've always thought that I really enjoyed the portability of taking a book with me on the train or to the beach in a way that I don't enjoy towing a laptop or palm pilot (does anyone use these anymore?) around. I do, however see a great deal of value in making research texts available in virtual format. I can't even count how many times in college I read a text and then went back later to study or write about it, but couldn't remember the exact page. If I had all my textbooks in virtual format, it would make research much more efficient (and already has, with so many articles available in PDF or full text format online). Not to mention that buying the virtual textbooks would be much cheaper than purchasing the same text in paper format because the publishing would be so much more efficient.
What the future of virtual books will be I'm not quite sure yet. I have a feeling that people will want to keep paper books around for at least a while because of the romantic or sentimental connection of the literary tradition, but in the meantime, I read thousands of words a day on my computer screen, so I sense the printed word will become even more of a rarity, if not render it obsolete.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Major Debt
Business Week has a back-to-school article that's a bit sobering. It reminds us how credit card companies sell their lending products to college students -- sometimes at rates as high as 16 percent:
I know I've linked to Elizabeth Warren's article in Democracy before, but it's worth linking to again. She explains how consumers have essentially abdicated all their negotiating power to big companies, who can refuse their products if customers don't agree to their ridiculous terms.
Students also live in a culture of debt. Many of them are borrowing tens of thousands of dollars to go to school, tapping low-interest loans to pay tuition. "The primary way we help students pay for college is by telling them to take on more and more student loan debt," says Tamara Draut, director of the Economic Opportunity Program at Demos. The message is clear, she says: "Debt is O.K., and you are going to have lots of it." In that context, [Central Washington University student Seth] Woodworth and other students think little of charging another $50 for dinner or groceries.
Cross-posted at campusprogress.org/blog.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Counting the Sperm
Research, Please
The BBC reports that women are "choosier" when it comes to mates and look for things like financial security. But here's the thing. It was a survey of 46 people at speed-dating session. A survey of 46 people is hardly scientific, and I doubt that those at a specifically targeted dating event are representative of their genders as a whole. What's more, here's what the lead researcher said:
"While humans may pride themselves on being highly evolved, most still behave like the stereotypical Neanderthals when it comes to choosing a mate.
"Evolutionary theories in psychology suggest that men and women should trade off different traits in each other and when we look at the actual choices people make, this is what we find evidence for."
I hardly thing that this has anything to do with "evolution" or "psychology" but rather cultural norms and expectations. Somebody get these people an intro to research class.
Over the weekend, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported on some Minnesota National Guard troops who have elected to be part of a VA study monitoring the effects of deployment on a soldier. The study, funded by the Department of Defense, began
nearly two years ago, [when researcher Melissa Polusny] and three other VA psychologists went to Camp Shelby, Miss., where 2,500 Minnesota Guard troops were preparing to deploy to Iraq. Of those, 531 agreed to fill out 22-page questionnaires covering everything from their childhood and family life to how they handle setbacks.
This is exactly the kind of monitoring that could give the VA a better idea of how combat stress affects veterans after they've returned from a deployment. Some experts proposed making such testing mandatory, so as to reduce the stigma of PTSD symptoms like sleeplessness, flashbacks, and emotional isolation. Broad testing, of course, can be very expensive. The Minnesota study is of a self-selected group of soldiers, so it may not be an entirely accurate picture. But research into combat stress is so scarce that even a small study such as this could have a big impact.
--Kay Steiger
Too Late to Save the Record Industry
The NYTimes Magazine had a profile of Rick Rubin this weekend, the man anointed by Columbia Records to save the industry. It's no secret that the record industry has been languishing in the last few years. So what's the new strategy?
"Everything I do," Rubin told me earlier, "whether it's producing, or signing an artist, always starts with the songs. When I'm listening, I'm looking for a balance that you could see in anything. Whether it's a great painting or a building or a sunset. There's just a natural human element to a great song that feels immediately satisfying. I like the song to create a mood."
So the record industry will save itself by--drumroll, please--listening to music. Brilliant. They're also not going to make Rubin punch a clock or have a desk. This is supposed to be a revolutionary tactic?What the record industry doesn't seem to get is that the future of music has already passed them by. People don't want big record executive dictating what will be popular. They want to figure it out for themselves. This is why, for better or worse, things like Pitchfork are so popular. In the age of digital sharing, it's far better for bands just to have their music heard than to get signed with a label.
It seems that the record industry wants ownership over the intellectual product of music, even if it's not in the best interest of the creator. Rubin talked of a way the industry screwed up with Neil Diamond:
"The CD debuted at No. 4," Rubin told me at Hugo's, still sounding upset. "It was the highest debut of Neil's career, off to a great start. But Columbia — it was some kind of corporate thing — had put spyware on the CD. That kept people from copying it, but it also somehow recorded information about whoever bought the record.The spyware became public knowledge, and people freaked out. There were some lawsuits filed, and the CD was recalled by Columbia. Literally pulled from stores. We came out on a Tuesday, by the following week the CD was not available. Columbia released it again in a month, but we never recovered. Neil was furious, and I vowed never to make another album with Columbia."
It doesn't seem that they're getting it right. What they don't seem to get is that the advantage to creativity is that it inspires others. By letting go a little on protections, we can create a richer culture.
How to Fold a Box Spring in Half
The thing is, my queen sized mattress wouldn't fit up the stairs of our little row house. But typing in "how to fold a box spring in half" brought up this:
It is possible to cut the box spring and still keep its integrity intact. You will need a small handsaw, a razor knife (new blade) and some rope. FIRST thing to do is find a clean area and lay the box spring flat with the underside facing up. Measure and find the middle of the frame. AT the middle point take the razor and cut the dust clothIt actually works, despite sounding really complicated. Now I have an entire bed in my room. Ah, the miracles of the Internet.
(THE SHORT WAY) COMPLETELY from side to side. NOW you will need to cut the box spring FABRIC up the width of the side ...on both sides.Use the razor to cut a straight line. By doing this you now have clean cut from the top seam of the box spring down the width to the dust cover, across the dust cover and up the other side to the finished seam. Now for the sawing. You want to cut the wood framing braces that are closest in line with the line that you cut in the dust cloth and in line with the cuts up the sides. You will see the wood framing running along both sides. You will need to cut through this wood. Way up inside you will see a long edging steel rod that
is part of the frame.........DON'T CUT THE METAL ROD. Now you are ready to bend the box spring in half. Tip the spring up onto its side. Place the soft side against a door frame. What you want to do is place a person on each end and start to fold the box spring in half.....like a book. As you do this apply equal pressure moving your body towards the center as it folds. If there is no door frame you may have to improvise. Once folded, tie a rope around it snuggly. Now you can move it upstairs and into the bedroom. If you can find another door frame, use it to open the box spring slowly and evenly with the underside against the frame. Once it is open,
look way up inside along the edge that was bent and you will see that metal rod that i spoke of before. You'll notice that there is a kink in the rod. If you can get a small board or stick and push on the kink to straighten as much as possible, it will help it lay flat. As an option, get some straight brackets and screw them to the underside to connect the two halves. Sometimes it will lay flat without installing the brackets and
the mattress is on.
UPDATE: Nathaniel notes that he also helped us.


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Fencing of waterways has proven very effective where it has been used to combat the risks of contamination from agriculture, AgResearch says.
AgResearch's Professor Rich McDowell, the chief scientist for the Our Land and Water National Science Challenge, was speaking after the publication of a study looking at policies for fencing waterways on contamination loads in New Zealand waterways. See more

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Recommenced Waste Management Project - First Workshop
- Conducted waste management workshop for the staff of Wild Mahseer and others dealing mostly with management of waste in the entire campus.
- Explained every point in an easier way to make them understand the process.
- Focused mainly on the segregation of wastes in the dustbins and clusters.
On the 2nd day of this month at 10.00am, we have successfully re-started the Waste Management Project at Wild Mahseer. The workshop was organized to train the staff and consultants at Wild Mahseer including the Eastern Himalaya Botanic Ark. Naturenomics™ lead, Mr. Gautam Baruah and Manu Saikia explained the process of managing waste developed from the respective bungalows and rest of the area. They were supported in their endeavour by the Wild Mahseer consultants. The whole process has started with a new enthusiasm with the aim of maintaining the process regularly by all members of the campus.. They were also told about the relationship of good health and hygiene to waste management.
- Our main motive was to create awareness among the attendees, the importance of waste management for us and for the environment.
- They learned the significance of the process along with the importance behind the implementation of the process.
- They learned the fundamentals on segregation of different types of wastes starting from each of the bunglows up to the specific clusters set up in the back of First flush, Golden tips and Heritage bungalow.
- Many workers are new to the family so our team members will conduct workshop once in a week for their ease in order to eliminate any kind of doubt and confusion regarding the process.
- The team will work together to keep the campus clean and hygienic.
With full coordination, execution and enthusiasm the whole process will achieve maximum success.


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We are book enthusiasts and we are here to help you find the perfect book every day of the week!


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From cult classics to blockbusters, movies have shown us noteworthy small businesses that provide useful takeaways.
"Life imitates art far more than art imitates life," nailed Oscar Wilde when he observed that works of art inspire plenty of things in the real world. This is particularly true when it comes to motion pictures and small businesses.
From cult classics to blockbusters, plenty of movies have shown us noteworthy small businesses that provide amazing takeaways. Let's review some of our favorite small businesses from the movies and the lessons you can learn from them:
Average Joe's Gymnasium
"You're perfect just the way you are!" claims small gym owner "Pete" LaFleur (Vince Vaughn) in the sports comedy, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.
" Find a niche that makes you stand out from the competition."
Business Lesson: Find a niche that makes you stand out from the competition. In a world of intense crossfitters, imposing amazons and intimidating bodybuilders, Average Joe stood as an oasis for people who wanted to work out in a more relaxed environment.
[Also on Longitudes: How to Unlock Hidden Opportunities]
Daddy Day Care
When recently laid-off food marketing executive Charlie Hinton (Eddie Murphy) can't find a new job and afford daycare for his son, he co-founds with his best friend "Daddy Day Care," a home-based daycare facility.
Throughout the movie, Hinton must take quick action to fix code violations, such as keeping an appropriate ratio of children to caregivers and meeting security requirements.
Business Lesson: Meeting federal, state and city regulations is an important part of running your small business. For example, when hiring and paying seasonal workers, you're responsible for providing legal wages, filling out the right paperwork and withholding applicable taxes.
El Jefe Cubanos
In the comedy-drama Chef, Carl Casper (Jon Favreau) loses his position as head chef at a trendy L.A. restaurant after a public altercation with a prestigious food critic and blogger that goes viral on social media.
" An entire business can be destroyed or built on social media."
Business Lesson: An entire business can be destroyed or built on social media. Unlike Amy's Baking Company Bakery Boutique & Bistro, you shouldn't engage on public spats with customers or critics on social media. Chef Casper learned this the hard way and learned that it's best to focus on the positive and let the quality of his work do the real talking.
Empire Records
Joe (Anthony LaPaglia) manages Empire Records, an independent record shop with an eclectic staff, including cashiers Corey (Liv Tyler) and Gina (Renée Zellweger). Facing an imminent takeover by mega franchise chain Music Town, the six employees from the store pool resources to raise money and help Joe buy the store and prevent its sale.
Business Lesson: Take a play from Joe's book and understand that you don't build a business – you build people – and then people build the business. Throughout the movie, Joe is genuinely concerned about the wellbeing of his young employees. When he's the one needing help, they jump at the chance to lend a hand.
Three unemployed parapsychology professors, Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) and Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), strike it rich with Ghostbusters, a ghost removal service. The ghostbusters are the epitome of bootstrapping as they turn an ambulance into their vehicle and retrofit an old fire station into their headquarters.
Business Lesson: Never underestimate the power of a well-crafted logo, theme song and jingle. You could get a logo for just $5 at Fiverr, but it's very likely that it won't be as memorable as one from a pro graphic designer. So, "Who ya gonna call?"
[Also on Longitudes: Why Customer Service Begins With Empathy]
Jerry Maguire
" You don't build a business – you build people – and then people build the business."
By building personal relationships with his clients and facing new, yet exciting, challenges, Maguire is now able to achieve success in both his business and personal life.
Business Lesson: In business, not everything is about "showing the money." One of the main reasons why individuals quit their traditional full-time jobs and start a small business is to maintain that elusive work-life balance.
The Shop Around The Corner
In the romantic comedy You've Got Mail, Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) runs the independent bookstore The Shop Around The Corner, which she inherited from her mother. When a new Fox Books megastore is scheduled to open around the shop's corner, Kelly begins a media war against Fox Books and its representative Joe Fox (Tom Hanks).
Business Lesson: As Kelly learned the hard way, small businesses can't compete on price with large ones. Instead, leverage your ties with the local community by pooling resources with nearby shops to create special events for families that live in the community. "You're local, so shop local" is a powerful mantra to attract local customers craving authenticity.
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Healthwatch Brent wins National Award
We are pleased to announce Healthwatch Brent is the winner of the 'Outstanding individuals who've made a difference' category at the 2019 Healthwatch Network Awards. Healthwatch Brent has been recognised as the winner at this year's Healthwatch Network Awards in the 'Outstanding individuals who've...
One in Four Photography Exhibition - Raising Awareness of Prostrate Cancer
We have teamed up with Orchid - Fighting Male Cancer and Brent Museums and Archives to bring you a new and exciting photographic exhibition – One in Four. This photographic exhibition comprising of sixteen powerful and thought provoking portraits of local black African and black Caribbean men to...


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Game Of Thrones Chocolate Dragon Egg. Hodor Approves.
A tutorial for making your very own Game of Thrones chocolate dragon egg. A chocolate shell, with a dragon inside. The perfect recipe for any HBO fan or create for Easter too!Continue Reading →
A white, icicle encrusted, winter wonderland snow cake. Imprinted with a snow angel, and decorated with snowballs and snowflakes.This stunning white cake is perfect for Hanukkah or Christmas, and a winter wedding.Continue Reading →
Video: How to Make Sea Glass Candy
Making this video for my sea glass candy recipe was such a hoot. Too bad I give off American Psycho vibes for a few weak moments. No awkward turtles here.
…and so well worth it.
This is a fun way to […]Continue Reading →
Seashore Sandy Beach Cookies
These seashore sandy beach cookies are kind of awesome, in my unbiased and humble opinion. I have mentioned missing the ocean quite a bit since moving to central Texas. Well, this weekend I finally traveled to the gulf coast. Everyone laughed when I said. "Wow, the water. It looks so…brown."
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Sea Glass Candy. Piña Colada Flavored, Booyah.
I made these sea glass candies, you see. Probably because I miss the ocean, you see.
I moved from Boston to Austin about a year ago, and the one thing I miss the most about home is the beach. There's plenty of lakes, rivers and swimming pools here. Just no beach. No Cape, Vineyard or […]Continue Reading →
Video: Mini Edible Granola Spoons
Last weekend, I showed you how to make teensie weensie granola spoons. My mom was all like, "Whaaaaaaat?"
I liked these guys so much I gave them each a name. Am currently chewing on Herbert while writing this post. Papi Chulo is next. I like them so much, in fact, that […]Continue Reading →
Granola Spoons. Yes, Spoons That Are Edible. Plus a Giveaway!
My friend Vicki makes granola. It's addictive, so it makes sense that it's called My Favorite Indulgence. Let me tell you. There's a chocolate one and I think I like it more than regular chocolate. It's so addictive, I wouldn't be surprised to see cops busting in on a granola […]Continue Reading →
Video: 3D Mixer Cookies
I'm pretty pumped to announce that 1 Fine Cookie now has a YouTube channel. That's right. I will be gifting (polluting) the inter-webs with even more glorious cooking videos!
Some will re-visit my classic evil concoctions, while others will accompany fresh, (and so clean, clean) nueva posts.
This was a huge learning […]Continue Reading →
Sprinkle Cake Stand
A few weeks ago, I posted this recipe for birthday funfetti cake batter marshmallows.
…and promised to show you how to make the cake stand. I'd like to think it is incredibly cute.
Or little turtles.
Turtle power.
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Savory Football Helmet Pretzel Cupcakes…or Pretzel Cups? Whatever.
I haven't created a savory recipe for some time, so with the Superbowl around the corner right now is as good a time as any. Of course it has to be hearty enough for real and regular football viewers to want to eat.
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A student doing research in the library discovered a time capsule inside the walls of Cleveland Elementary School in San Fransisco, CA. Students got a hands on history lesson as they opened a metal box containing letters, photographs and other items left for them over 100 years ago.
Have you created a time capsule? Why not make one with your class today!
STORY: Time capsule discovered inside SF school wall


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Rohini Theater online booking
Rohini Theater is one of the Famous theaters in Chennai and it also provides online booking facility. Rohini Theater review is specified in this article along with the link to Rohini Theater Online Booking.
Rohini Theater Review and Online booking
Latest movie tickets can be easily booked in the Rohini complex with the help of the Rohini theater online booking facility. In the Chennai city there are lots of theaters that are more attractive and popular. Rohini Mulitplex is one of the popular theater in Chennai city. Rohini Theater is situated in the Koyambedu region and it is considered to be one of the important landmarks in koyambedu. Among the other theaters available in Chennai, the Rohini Theaters also has all types of sophistications that are more convenient for the people. Rohini theater online booking facility is also available for the people so that the tickets can be easily booked from house sitting in front of our computer.
Theaters in Rohini Multiplex Rohini Complex
There are many theaters in Rohini Multiplex where the booking can be made. Nowadays the theaters are gaining importance with the shopping mall and other games in it. The other theaters present in Chennai are getting famous because of the facilities that they provide to the people. There are totally six theaters present in the Rohini Complex. They are
• Rohini
• Rahini
• Rukmini
• Rubini
• Rakcini
• Randhini
All the theaters in the Rohini complex are good in the facilities. The movie shows are also smooth in all the theaters of Rohini.
Contact details of Rohini Theater Chennai
Rohini Theater is supposed to be an important landmark of Koyambedu in Chennai. The contact details of Rohini Theater in Chennai is as follows
Rohini Multiplex
P.H Road,
Chennai – 600107
Contact No of Rohini Theater: 24798504, 24798481
Rohini Theater online booking
Rohini Theater is one of the most famous theaters in Chennai city. There are many facilities provided by the Rohini Complex in Chennai. Based on the release of new movie the ticket booking will be opened online and people can book movie tickets online. The ticket rates for the movie are also nominal so that it will be convenient for all the people and it is also very easy to book it online and view the movie. Rohini Theater online booking is one of the excellent features of Chennai Rohini Theater. There are also various other extra features implemented recently in order to increase the luxury and comfort in the theater.
Facilities in Rohini Theater
Rohini Theater in Koyambedu Chennai provides all the facilities to the people who come to see the movies. All the block buster movies are showed in the Rohini Theater in Chennai. When we are planning for a theater with all the sophistications and comfort then Rohini complex will be the best option to choose upon. Along with the normal facilities the Rohini theaters also provide car parking facilities to the people. There are lots of spaces available for the Car Parking and Bike Parking. Along with the parking facilities the Rohini Theater in Koyambedu also provides maximum luxury to the people who view the movies. There are also huge food courts available to provide quality foods to the people who come to see movie. There are also options available to purchase snacks in Rohini theaters so that we can eat snacks when we are watching movie.


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Four seater planes and spin recovery parachute
Parachute unit GRS 6/1200 SDS and GRS 6/1400 SDS
have been developed for the high tech four seater plane.
Because the Pipistrel and the Galaxy GRS are partners, together in market and development, they successfully cope with possible problems which always occur along with each new product, yet not tried. Our company put great effort in testing aimed for the Panthera aircarft on up-to-date level in rescue ballistic systems.
Rescue parachute system GRS 6/1200 SDS
is designed for the max. speed of 330Km/h CAS-calibrated flight speed for opening. It complies with the ASTM F 2316-12 with the safety factor 1,5. This allowed speed at opening covers most of the cruise speed range. Parachute is equipped with 160 upward lift speed regulating flaps. The figure of sinking is only 4,65 m/sec. At the AMSL 1500m for waight 1200 kg. Upward lift flaps increase the effectivity of parachute area by up to 15%.
Rescue parachute system GRS 6/1400 SDS
enables rescue up to 325 km/h CAS by the weight of 1315 kg of the Panthera plane – it is equipped with 224 speed and upward lift flaps. At these figures it is not needed for the Panthera any use of special muffling seats. According to the ASTM F2316-12 it complies with the safety factor up to these parameters.Sinking of this parachute is unbelieveable 4,8 m/sec.
Spin recovery parachute
for the Panthera has been developed in view of maximum stability and effectivity to control the flat spin even though the whole configuration of Panthera tail area excludes this attribute. In the Research Aviation Institute of Prague were tested, in the aerodynamic tunnel, various parachute types and for the maximum stability and the great figure of CX was selected the 5th prototype. Antispin parachute is equipped with the rocket, which guarantees, in case of a need, its immediate readiness to cope with dangerous flight regimes.
As can be seen from the ongoing tests, great Panthera will probably not as we expected beforehand, this parachute ever need!
Test of spin recovery parachute IBIS A-270
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An Overview of the Foreign-Trade Zone Program
The FTZ program encourages activity at U.S. facilities in competition with foreign locations by allowing delayed, reduced, and sometimes eliminated, duty payment on foreign merchandise admitted to a zone, as well as other meaningful savings. In the global marketplace, many companies consider moving to foreign locations to reduce operating costs. The benefits of the FTZ program may be the competitive advantage a company needs to keep its manufacturing or distribution operations in the United States.
Enhancing Competitiveness
By reducing costs, FTZs level the playing field and improve U.S. competitiveness. FTZs help businesses reduce production, transaction, and logistics-related costs by lowering effective duty rates, allowing special entry procedures, and encouraging production closer to market. Reducing costs through FTZ use can lead to more competitive U.S. operations, thereby helping to maintain U.S. activity and jobs.
Creating/Retaining Jobs
Creating/Retaining Jobs and Encouraging Investment. By helping local employers remain competitive, FTZs contribute to maintaining or boosting employment opportunities. And lower FTZ-based production costs encourage increased investment in U.S. facilities.
A History of the Foreign-Trade Zone Program
Congress passed the U.S. FTZ Act in 1934, in the midst of the Great Depression, as a way to expedite and encourage international trade while promoting activity and investment in the United States. Similar types of "zones" exist in 135 countries and although they differ in some aspects, all have streamlined customs procedures and the potential for reduced or eliminated duty payments.


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A beautiful recreation of Alice's Adventures Under Ground, the original Alice in Wonderland manuscript, the very first written down version of Alice. This magnificent manuscript is an insightful journey into the origins of this enchanting tale. With 37 illustrations by Lewis Carroll's own hand, it is a remarkable look into his imagination and artistic talent.
The tale of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is one of the most cherished children's stories of all time. Generations of us have grown up with the surreal world down the rabbit hole filled with whimsical characters like the Mad Hatter, the Mock Turtle and the Cheshire Cat. However, did you know the first version of the story didn't even have a tea party? This famous story exists in an earlier version, one produced painstakingly by hand, over two years as a Christmas gift for a little girl named Alice Liddell.
Made in honour of the 150th Anniversary and with the generous permission of the British Library this edition is like no other. The premium edition has been recreated to look as close to the original as we could make it and printed on one of the finest paper stocks availble world wide and bound using a faux leather in Australia.
**Prices Charged and Dispayed in Australian Dollars**
Machine bound in bonded leather
Printed on high quality cream Mohawk paper
Gold foil embossed title
100% made in Australia
– Premium Edition Book
– Numbered "Certificate of Authenticity."
– Companion Booklet
– 1 Pair of White Cotton Gloves
Made in Australia by Cobblestone Productions Pty. Ltd. under licence from The British Library.
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Grassroots football players are more likely than most to find themselves behind the defence and one-on-one with the opposition goalkeeper.
These opportunities stack the odds in the attacker's favour, but so frequently we will see players lack the confidence or the ruthlessness required to take advantage and score from a one-vs-one chance.
You can use these attacking coaching points to help your players develop their confidence in coaching sessions, so that when the chance arises during a game they will know exactly how to score every time.
Key Points
Get the ball into the penalty area as quickly as possible to give yourself the best chance of hitting the target.
Look at the goalkeeper's position and decide whether you can put the ball over or around them with an early shot.
If not, move the ball slightly to one side of the goal. This will move the 'keeper towards their near post and open up an angle for a far post shot.
As soon as you have enough space, pass the ball into the far bottom corner – keeping it away from the keeper's reach.
Attacking Decisions
If the 'keeper rushes out to close the shot down be prepared to take the ball around them using feint moves and the outside cut.
Don't be averse to powering the ball in at the near post if the goalkeeper leaves it open.


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Origo Systems is a cloud infrastructure provider based in Aarhus, Denmark.
At Origo we build clouds. We combine the industrial approach to hardware and infrastructure that makes the scale of AWS possible, with the simplicity of software and UI which makes Digital Ocean so attractive.
Our aim is to combine industrial scale with simplicity, rethinking the entire IT infrastructure stack, from hardware, cooling, monitoring and backup to actually running applications in an effective manner.
If your business uses servers, then yes, absolutely!
Most companies, small and large, have their web site hosted with an external hosting provicer. Internal applications usually run on servers in on-premises server rooms.
Origo Cloud has been designed for both use-cases. Origo Cloud can handle traditional hosting of websites and email, and can run your company's internal servers. With Origo Cloud you can consolidate all your IT in the "cloud", and experience predictable, stable and organized IT operations.
Server rooms are beginning to present a problem in many medium-sized companies. Slow and unwieldy IT is damaging to your company's productivity, and today the security threat from hackers is more than a normal company can be expected to handle. Your company's servers have perhaps been installed by a dedicated and motivated IT administrator years ago, who has since left the company. Many companies are therefore today stuck with a server room which 5 or 10 years ago made perfect sense, but today has turned into a big and expensive problem.
As the only cloud provider Origo offers to plan and execute the migration of your company's servers to our modern infrastructure cloud, without any cost for you and with no ties attached. We usually perform migrations outside of normal work hours, so the only thing you will notice is better IT, predictable expenses and a substantially lower power bill
If you are located in the Nordic region and run file servers or a VoIP server we typically recomend establishing a direct fibre link to our operations center – this of course incurs a small extra initial and monthly cost.
Web hotels and traditional hosting providers have for many years mostly offered the same services based on the standard control panel Plesk.
In the meantime many businesses have discovered the advantages of cloud servers. If you too are growing out of your web hotel, perhaps it's time to consider the flexibility, performance, scalability and better integration options that a true cloud infrastructure like Origo Cloud has to offer.
If your application servers are running with an external hosting provicer, they probably run under VMware. This probably means that you lack any possibility of instant deployment of new servers, easy and quick reconfiguration of storage, networking and CPU-ressources, and you probably pay a fixed monthly fee rather than metered billing. Backup and restore is probably something you have to order, and monitoring is probably an add-on product. We think all of this can be done simpler, better and at a lower cost, and would like to invite you to try it out.
In Origo Cloud you can scale and configure your own server environment and integrate with other services. Origo users can have their personal cloud server spun up and active in under a minute. Each server comes with full root access, a choice of operating systems, and the ability to customize the setup. As an example you can install any plug-in you like in WordPress, easily scale out across multiple servers if your traffic goes through the roof, and scale back down just as easily.
Origo Cloud allows on the fly scaling—a task that is much more difficult on a dedicated box. Changing the amount of RAM on a cloud server can be done with a simple reboot, while expanding the disk size takes less than an hour. The same process can take hours or days with a dedicated setup.
Yes. Let us know if you would be interested in referring your clients, business associates or friends for a small reward.


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Front full profile black and white original sketch from Bob Fosse's Tony Award winning three act musical revue Dancin' by noted Costume Designer Willa Kim featuring dancer in formal black two piece ensemble wearing white tie and vest with open tuxedo shirt having white flowered lapel and corresponding pocket square. Continue reading
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Bob Fosse Dancin' musical revue production photographs, 1978
Eleven promotional black and white production performance photographs featuring the "18 very hardworking dancers" of Bob Fosse's Tony Award winning three act Broadway musical revue Dancin' stepping through dozens of dance styles.
Calypso "Percussion" company end Act I
Bob Fosse Dancin' musical revue rehearsals, 1978
Seven candid black and white rehearsal photographs featuring the "18 very hardworking dancers" of Bob Fosse's Tony Award winning Broadway three act musical revue Dancin' stepping through dozens of dance styles.
Bob Fosse "RECOLLECTIONS OF AN OLD DANCER" three act Dancin' program, 1978
Bob Fosse as interviewed by Kevin Kelly for the Boston Globe, 1978
"I guess I've learned bits and pieces from just about everything I've done. But, still I'm not kidding when I say I have periodic bouts of fear about what I'm doing. I deal with. I come out OK.
Right now, in the middle of Dancin', the fear's minimal. One of the reasons is that it's not a big Broadway musical in the financial sense. It's relatively simple, not a million dollar zinger. It's a big modest Broadway musical, emphasis on modest. It's a bit easier to work without all that heavy financial pressure. The show's in three acts, with simple but effective scenery. The three acts are not just for innovation. The cast is made up of 18 very hardworking dancers and they need the intermissions to recoup. There's no book, just a series of dance pieces some telling a story, some existing for themselves."
Dancin' 1978 souvenir performance program having front cover illustration art by Bob Gill


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Current Activities
Members of the AUT Food Network are involved with projects and research both individually and jointly with other AUT Food Network members and external organisations. While some of these projects are commercially sensitive, the AUT Food Network is actively involved in sharing findings of their projects and research.
Some the most recent works published by members of the AUT Food Network are:
- The NOTHING ELSE Brand: A Case Study . Published in the Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2015, 6, 332-338. Authors Dave Brown , Bruce Donaldson, Andrew Parsons , Deborah Macrae, John Kelleher, Mary Yan, Elaine Rush .
- Branding, ingredients and nutrition information: Consumer liking of healthier snack. Published in the Journal of Food Reserach, 2015, Vol 4, No 5. Authors Mary R. Yan, Dave BrownAndrew Parsons , Gillian A. Whalley, Naziham Hamid, Kevin Kantono, Bruce Donaldson, Elaine Rush


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That's right. Still waiting to see if my pepper seeds from Wahaca at Canary Wharf will actually grow. I hope for Wahaca's sake that they do.
That's right. Still waiting to see if my pepper seeds from Wahaca at Canary Wharf will actually grow. I hope for Wahaca's sake that they do.
Posted in Adventures in Food, London
Tagged Wahaca chile seeds
How did I spend my last day in London? The sex exhibition at the Natural History Museum in South Kensington and Mexican food from Wahaca at Canary Wharf. Oh yeah.
I finally got to see Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno which I saw on that Sunday morning show that has all the suns everywhere on set. What is that show called? You know what I'm talking about it. It's probably called the Sunday Morning show or something like that…I'm pretty sure it's on CBS.
Anyway, I'm back in Chicagoland now so this blog will probably be on hiatus until September.
Just trust me on this one. It is no fun to find yourself at Canada Square (the shopping area where the tube drops you off) and see the sea of ravenous business people heading your direction. It makes me shudder to think about it and I've only been so unlucky with my timing to experience this phenomenon twice.
In other news, it hailed today!
Posted in Europe, London, Student Living
No, don't worry it's not the stuffed toy tiger I photographed weeks ago near Southwark Park but is located in Hedge End, Southampton.
Quite a laugh though. It seems Londoners are better at picking out the fake tigers from the real ones!
Posted in Animals, Europe, London
Tagged hedge end tiger bbc news, tiger bbc news, tiger in a tree
I should be studying the Gramscian strain of historical materialism, but I'm having fun with photos instead!
Posted in Barcelona, Europe, London, Student Living
Posted in Europe, London, Reviews, Student Living
Tagged 17 Mai, Norwegian Constitution Day, Norwegian Constitution Day in London
I'll be the first to admit that like me a good boy band (ahem, Hanson anyone?!) But could you imagine the Jonas Brothers putting themselves on condoms? Cue the evangelical backlash and mothers of pre-teen girls organizing a "Mothers Against Sex" campaign.
Anyway, the British boy band JLS has done just that. Being that I'm too scared to be seen taking photos of condoms in Tesco you'll have to do with the generic from the Durex website.
Posted in London
Tagged Alice Ayers, Closer, Jude Law, London parks, Natalie Portman, Postman's Park EC1, small London parks
This blog has been awarded a Go! Overseas Top Blog England award!
Woop woop!
I'm officially a freelance writer. Well, kind of anyway.
Article first published as The Top Three Reasons to Consider Getting Your Degree Abroad on Blogcritics.
Walk into any high school counseling office and they will have numerous posters advertising colleges. Where I grew up, about half of those posters were from the local community college and the other half from various state schools located no more than a two-hour drive away. What you won't find are posters or any information on schools outside of the country. People are curious as to why the rest of the world just isn't on Americans radar, and I think that this has to do with it. So, since your high school guidance counselor won't tell you about universities abroad or why to go abroad, here are my top three reasons.
1. The experience. Getting visas to live and work abroad can be difficult and complicated, with the exception of one group of people: students. The experience will change your life and if you want to try it out, doing it while you are a student is the easiest way as far as immigration goes. Whether you want to learn Chinese or gorge yourself on Yorkshire puddings, immersing yourself in a foreign education system will help you acclimate to your new country, and fast too.
2. Future opportunities. If you decide to stay, it is considerably easier to live abroad in a country if you have been through that country's education system. Here in the UK graduates can stay for a year after they complete their degree without having to obtain a sponsor, in the form of a job, ahead of time. If you decide to move home, the skills needed to relate to people from other cultures and the ability to travel are becoming increasingly important in the workplace. (At least I hope they are…)
3. The cost. Most of the time, getting a degree abroad is cheaper for a plethora of reasons. Many countries offer degrees that are shorter in length and cheaper in cost both per year and overall. Essentially, you get more bang for your buck. If you go to school in Iowa can you visit 10 other countries on your Spring break? Well, maybe, but it wouldn't be as convenient and cheap as if you were living abroad.
Especially if you know that you want to study abroad for a semester or a whole year, why not consider it for your whole degree?


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Featuring a fully automatic soft top that retracts in 9 seconds and up to speeds of 30 km/h (18.6 mph), the Golf Cabriolet continues the tradition of its three predecessors, produced between 1979 and 2002 in over 680,000 units.
Unlike previous models, however, the new Golf Cabriolet has no visible roll bar which has been replaced by a rollover protection system that deploys in fractions of a second. Standard safety equipment also includes front and side curtain head/thorax airbags, a knee airbag for the driver and ESP.
With 250 liters of boot space when the top is down and a split folding rear bench, the Golf Cabriolet promises to be one of the most practical compact convertibles in the segment. The 4.25-meter long, 1.78-meter wide and 1.42-meter tall Golf Cabriolet will be sold in Europe in one equipment line, just like the Eos, Passat CC, Touareg and Phaeton. Customers can add various option packs (Performance, Design & Style, Comfort, Technology) and choose from 9 exterior colors, 9 upholstery styles and colors, plus 50 individual options.
Standard features include the fully automatic soft top, air conditioning, front seats with Easy Entry function, electric windows and interior accents in "Matt Chrome." The car will be offered with a choice of six turbo direct-injection engines, four gasoline and two diesel units, with output ranging from 105 to 210 horsepower. The most fuel-efficient model is the Golf Cabriolet 1.6 TDI with 105HP and BlueMotion technology, which averages 4.4 liters/100 km (53.45 mpg). Sales will begin this summer with prices in Germany starting from €23.625 ($35,180).
1.2 TSI – 77 kW / 105 HP (6-speed)
1.4 TSI – 90 kW / 122 HP (6-speed / 7-speed DSG)
1.4 TSI – 118 kW / 160 HP (6-speed / 7-speed DSG)
2.0 TSI – 155 kW / 210 HP (6-speed DSG)
1.6 TDI – 77 kW / 105 HP (5-speed)
2.0 TDI – 103 kW / 140 PS (6-speed / 6-speed DSG)


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'Evolve' launch pushed back to February
The monsters of the upcoming cooperative game Evolve will lurk in the shadows a couple more months.
During its second quarter earnings report, video game publisher Take-Two Interactive revealed it will push back the launch of the game to February 10, 2015.
Evolve was originally slated to launch October 21.
The game exits a crowded October field, which includes the launches of games such as Alien: Isolation, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, The Evil Within and Assassin's Creed Unity.
In fact, Take-Two label 2K, which will publish Evolve, has three other games launching that month: NBA 2K15, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and Civilization: Beyond Earth.
However, it was Evolve that seems to have generated the most buzz. The game is a first-person shooter where a team of four hunters battles a superpowered beast, with all five characters controlled by human players. It won the top prize at the E3 Game Critics Awards.
Meanwhile, shares of Take-Two plunged nearly 6% in after-hours trading.
Evolve is not the first game to exit the October time frame. Electronic Arts moved both first-person shooter Battlefield: Hardline and role-playing game Dragon Age: Inquisition out of October. Dragon Age will launch in November, while Battlefield will arrive next March.
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Roadtrips Announces 2011 Baseball Travel Packages Line-up includes MLB All Star Game and the popular Hall of Fame Multi-City Tour
March 24, 2011 (PRLEAP.COM) Sports NewsWith baseball fans counting down the days until March 31st and opening day of the MLB season, Roadtrips is excited to announce their 2011 Major League Baseball travel packages. As always, Roadtrips has your ticket to all of the big events on the schedule, including the 82nd All-Star Game in Phoenix and the ever-popular Hall of Fame Multi-City Tour, a baseball fan's dream trip.
A favorite with past guests for many years, Roadtrips' Baseball Hall of Fame Multi-City Tour will once again provide fans with some of the league's most coveted tickets. This fully escorted tour gives travellers the opportunity to visit three major league parks: historic Fenway Park in Boston, new Yankee Stadium and the new Citi Field, both in New York. The tour is also a chance to be a part of the fun and excitement in the lead up to Induction Weekend at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, NY. The Hall of Fame Tour runs from July 21-24, and includes first class accommodations, admission to the Baseball Hall of Fame, and premium tickets to games in Boston and both teams in New York.
"We've carefully crafted an itinerary that provides baseball fans with a once-in-a-lifetime experience, every day of the tour," states Dave Guenther, President of Roadtrips. Rates for this tour start at $1295 per person, based on double occupancy. Book before March 31st to take advantage of a $50/person discount and a free Baseball Hall of Fame yearbook.
The 82nd MLB All-Star game will see the league's superstars converging on the tourist-friendly metropolis of Phoenix. With such a beautiful host city, it's the perfect opportunity to fit in some world-class golf or shopping while taking in the Midsummer Classic. Roadtrips' 2011 MLB All-Star Game travel packages include your choice of tickets to the All-Star Game, first class accommodations, daily breakfast, a commemorative gift package, and are fully customizable to add the Workout Day/Home Run Derby tickets, extra nights, and seat upgrades.
Of course, there are a plenty of other highlights on the season schedule this year, from the Cubs first visit to Fenway in almost 100 years to the Yankees making a rare appearance at Wrigley Field. Roadtrips' Baseball Getaways are available to any game on the schedule and include first class accommodations, daily breakfast and your choice of tickets. Rates start at only $252 per person, based on double occupancy,
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Went round my old house the other night to visit Phil in my old room. First time since I moved out in April last year, and I was there for 15 years, so even things like opening the door onto the landing started fucking with the neural pathways after a couple of drinks. Adding to the trippiness, the spaceman, ever the astronaut of the internet and auteur of the YouTube derive in particular, hit me with the following couple of vidz:
Maybe I should try and persuade Meeuw to let me do a cover of that Tim tune for his label. That'd have a certain conceptual continuity.
I was just getting settled in for the night when Phil told me that when he'd said he couldn't get too mashup cos he had work at 10 he actually meant PM like RIGHT NOW TAKE YOUR STRONGBOW WITH YOU DICKHEAD. He did tell me a funny story though which I'm hoping to squeeze into pure elxir of jokes grist for this Gagarin record that's causing us all so much English trouble. I saw a real copy of the Doozer record too!


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Back to Journals » Pragmatic and Observational Research » Volume 6
Efficacy and effectiveness trials have different goals, use different tools, and generate different messages
Authors Porzsolt F, Rocha NG, Toledo-Arruda A, Thomaz T, Moraes C, Bessa-Guerra T, Leão M, Migowski A, da Silva ARA, Weiss C
Received 5 June 2015
Accepted for publication 4 September 2015
Published 4 November 2015 Volume 2015:6 Pages 47—54
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/POR.S89946
Checked for plagiarism Yes
Review by Single-blind
Peer reviewer comments 3
Franz Porzsolt,1,2 Natália Galito Rocha,3 Alessandra C Toledo-Arruda,3 Tania G Thomaz,3,4 Cristiane Moraes,4 Thais R Bessa-Guerra,4 Mauricio Leão,5 Arn Migowski,6,7 André R Araujo da Silva,8 Christel Weiss2,9
1Health Care Research, Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany; 2Institute of Clinical Economics (ICE) eV, Ulm, Germany; 3Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Biomedical Institute, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, 4Cardiovascular Sciences, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, 5Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Antonio Pedro, Niterói, 6National Cancer Institute (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 7National Institute of Cardiology (INC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 8Department of Mother and Child, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 9Department of Medical Statistics, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
Abstract: The discussion about the optimal design of clinical trials reflects the perspectives of theory-based scientists and practice-based clinicians. Scientists compare the theory with published results. They observe a continuum from explanatory to pragmatic trials. Clinicians compare the problem they want to solve by completing a clinical trial with the results they can read in the literature. They observe a mixture of what they want and what they get. None of them can solve the problem without the support of the other. Here, we summarize the results of discussions with scientists and clinicians. All participants were interested to understand and analyze the arguments of the other side. As a result of this process, we conclude that scientists tell what they see, a continuum from clear explanatory to clear pragmatic trials. Clinicians tell what they want to see, a clear explanatory trial to describe the expected effects under ideal study conditions and a clear pragmatic trial to describe the observed effects under real-world conditions. Following this discussion, the solution was not too difficult. When we accept what we see, we will not get what we want. If we discuss a necessary change of management, we will end up with the conclusion that two types of studies are necessary to demonstrate efficacy and effectiveness. Efficacy can be demonstrated in an explanatory, ie, a randomized controlled trial (RCT) completed under ideal study conditions. Effectiveness can be demonstrated in an observational, ie, a pragmatic controlled trial (PCT) completed under real-world conditions. It is impossible to design a trial which can detect efficacy and effectiveness simultaneously. The RCTs describe what we may expect in health care, while the PCTs describe what we really observe.
Keywords: randomized controlled trial, pragmatic controlled trial, explanatory trial, pragmatic trial, ideal study conditions, real-world conditions
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Dirty Loops, the Swedish trio known for its wild cover versions of songs by Justin Bieber, Adele and Justin Timberlake, has released its first album, Loopified.
The band is still somewhat amazed by its success, which led to the creation of the record, according to bassist Henrik Linder. "We thought the combination of fusion and pop was so unsexy that no one would ever listen to it."
Even before its release in the U.S., music from the album has done well, with the band's first original song, "Hit Me," already gaining popularity in Japan. The tune is about "the desperation you feel when you don't get the response you want from someone you like and you lose yourself in the relationship," Henrik says.
Check it out for yourself:
The group has more than just Internet buzz on its side going into the album's release. No less than legendary composer/producer Quincy Jones counts himself as a Dirty Loops fan. "Dirty Loops are just incredible!"
Loopified is available on CD and for digital download (iTunes and Amazon MP3).
Loopified Track List:
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Mulberry-Pleasant View Bi-County School District has announce its honor students for the first nine weeks period of the 2013-14 school year. They are:
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12th grade
Shawnee Jones, Cassey Akens, Ann Marie McCollum, Dillon Jones, Logan Archer, Juliana Cabral, Marga Devries, Dalton Smith, Travis Napolitano and Josh Fisher.
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Taylor Naegle, Luke Anderson, Sarah Fisher, Kendall McClurkin II and Caleb Murders.
Samantha Cagle, Peyton Holmes, Marissa Moore, Brooklynn Stepusin, Lexi Voorhees, Brittany Edwards, Dillion Harrison and James Whitley.
10th grade
Tristan Harris and Lauren Morse.
Pleasant View Junior High
Ninth grade
All A's
Jamie Mills.
Cheyanne Fields, Shandril Hudson, Trevor Marvin and Cody Mason.
Eighth grade
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Chandler Champion, Sierra Fields and Reed McCollum.
Sarah Lewis, Amanda Jones, Cameron Francia and Dylan James.
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Gary Kimberly, Emily Fowler and Faith Molnar.
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Garrett Cagle, Hailey Parish, Paige Childers, E-Jay Martin and John Wilmoth.
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Holly Roe, Mahlon Smith, Joseph Lewis, Holland Mason, Joshua Moore and Harley Spiers.
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Rachel Wilmoth and Haylie Wyers.
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Philosophica Reformata, 78 (1), 2013 [Includes: 'Gum and Wire, a Time for Everything Under the Sun. From Kuyperian Root to Dooyeweerdian Fruit and Back,' by R.D. Henderson; 'Abraham Kuyper on Science, Theology and University,' by J. Klapwijk; 'Responsible Innovation in Practice. Concepts and Tools,' by I. Malsch; 'Advancing Beyond Socrates? On Education, Inspiration and Inwardness in Kierkegaard and Levinas,' R.D.N. van Riessen]
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5 Easy Ways to Disable a Windows Keyboard
Not a day goes by for most computer users without them using both their mouse and keyboard. But did you know that it's easy to disable the keyboard in Windows?
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- The device should stop working right away. After a reboot, the keyboard will likely work again when Windows automatically obtains its drivers.
- Use the free program KeyFreeze to disable the mouse and keyboard. This tool will block all input but keeps your session active — useful for letting kids watch a video without clicking around.
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Structure: One page book / Snake Structure
Dimensions: 5 x 5 closed
Video of my process
It really feels like I'm so behind in everything this month. It's a month filled with great things happening, but it keeps me from being able to keep up with it all. So this book almost didn't happen. It got me thinking about what I might do if I missed a week. I think I'd be tremendously bummed and it might impact how I went forward. Luckily, that did not happen and so here I am with book 16.
Each week, I have to reorder my list of top five BIAD books. It seems like I like the books more and more as I create them. So, to date, my top five are:
- Book 4: Urbanite (accordion with pockets)
- Book 15: 15 (the blank art journal)
- Book 10: 20 Ways of Talking to Your Poem (Fan Book)
- Book 12: Game On (Domino Book)
- Book 16: Common Sense (Snake Book)
I needed this book to be easy and it was. It's one of the easiest structures I know how to make. The one page painted paper had some amazing textures and colors that really add to the narrative of the poem. I'm happy about that.
Two things I wish I had done differently with this book:
- The title -- Common Sense is okay, but I think if I had thought about it a little more, I might have called it Freedom Thinkers. That's a repeated phrase in the poem and I really like it.
- The text strips -- I used printed text strips for the poem and I'm okay with that, but I didn't really try to get them on straight or even and so some of them are a little wonky. Of course, this adds to the handmade quality of the book, but I can see it so clearly and it bugs me a little to know that I could have done a lot better with that part of it. But I'm also trying to embrace the imperfection in my art (that's the quote from book 12).
I'm looking forward to what this week brings. Stay tuned! If you're watching the videos, I'm honored! If you're making the books, I'm intrigued, so please share here or on the Giving Hands Creative Community site.


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Even the dark Emerald Green color is sophisticated and soothing, applied over the curves of a Contemporary Cobra fiberglass body. It's not an exact duplicate, but that's kind of the point-the original wouldn't be this spacious and comfortable for the driver, and it's not like anyone will mistake it for an MG or something anyway. All the sinuous curves are there, from the deeply flared front fenders to the rear quarters that look like the coiled haunches of a big cat, and it certainly looks the part of a very fast car, which is a good thing because it IS a very fast car. Fit and finish are very nice, with good gaps and a shine to the paint that is the result of lots of hand-prep on the bodywork and laborious block sanding to get everything smooth. A few chrome details recall the important parts of the original design, including the front bumper that frames the grille opening, the brightly polished side pipes, and a chrome roll bar behind the driver that's as much an integral part of the structure as a styling statement.
The caramel interior is simply spectacular and softens a lot of the Cobra's rough edges to make it comfortable enough to drive every day. Low-back buckets look original and you'll find that it's easy to settle in and get comfortable, and the rest of the interior was built around them. Matching tan carpets cover the floors and rear bulkhead to help control noise and heat, and even the dash is padded with more of the soft tan upholstery. A fairly authentic-looking wood-rimmed LaCarrera wheel with Cobra center helps with authenticity and the basic white-on-black instruments look right at home in a car designed in the 1960s. An AM/FM/CD stereo with speakers behind the seats works pretty well, although the side pipes will likely provide all the stereo accompaniment you'll ever need. The trunk is also fully upholstered with more tan carpets, even on the battery box.
The 302 cubic inch Ford V8 is plenty powerful enough to be entertaining in the lightweight 2-seater. A chrome Cobra dress-up kit adds an authentic '60s flair and with a big 4-barrel carb on top, there's a wonderful symphony of exhaust note and intake wail that means you'll be dipping into its generous reserves of torque as often as possible. It's backed by a C4 3-speed automatic transmission, which may seem anachronistic in a Cobra, but only until you stomp the loud pedal and find that it's all you can do to focus on the road ahead. Out back, a 9-inch Ford rear end has a set of very streetable gears inside, so it's not tiring to drive long distances and you certainly won't break it. 4-wheel discs are confidence-inspiring and live behind a set of 15-inch Halibrand-look wheels with 235/60/15 front and 275/60/15 rear tires for the perfect stance.
They don't all have to be fire-breathing snakes, and this is one that will probably get a lot more use than those high-strung versions you always see. Have fun and call today!
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