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Babka is a sweet, leavened bread created from a rich dough made for Easter Sunday throughout Slavic cuisines including Ukrainian and Polish. Traditionally the practice of eating Easter bread or sweetened "communion" bread traces its origin back to Byzantium and the Orthodox Christian church.
Many a generation in the Coal Region remembers watching their grandmother or mother making loaves of babka for Easter every year without fail. Many more remember eating babka and savoring the rich sweetness of this generations old Easter staple.
Every household has it's own variation of this special bread; none are "right" or "wrong"; the "best" is the variation your family likes.
Sometimes raisins, citrus zest, citron, or even saffron are added to the dough which is then traditionally baked in cylindrical tins — notably 1 or 2-pound empty coffee cans here in the US — but can be made in a typical loaf pan or even tube/Bundt pans although using those is not addressed in this recipe.
Difference between babka and paska
Babka is similar to "Paska", but is usually sweeter. and richer, almost cake-like. While babka and paska are two different Easter breads, you will often hear the names used interchangeably. Traditionally, paska is baked in a large round decorated on the top with symbols, including crosses, flowers, braids, wheat, or other designs representing aspects of Orthodox and Eastern Catholic faith.
Babka is traditionally baked to be tall and cylindrical. "Paska" is based on the Hebrew word for Passover (pronounced "peisakh"). Babka, like paska, is usually only made to celebrate Easter Sunday and the rising of Christ. "Baba" means "grandmother" in Ukrainian or "old woman"; the diminutive form is "babka" and stems from the matrilineal prehistoric Trypillian culture.
Put it to bed
One old cookbook and several "church ladies in the know" insist that the loaves must be cooled on a soft surface, being rotated periodically, to prevent the bread from deflating. One book references cooling the loaves on pillows! You can use kitchen towels…
The bread should not be removed too early from the tins/pans because this can also contribute to deflation of the loaves. They should cool about 15 minutes before being removed.
Some cooks glaze the tops of babka with a thin icing, others do not. Babka can be made in large or small loaves, even using empty soup cans as baking tins. When dividing up your dough for whichever size can you choose, fill the tin about 1/3rd full of the dough.
Tips on using cans for baking
Make sure the cans are food-grade safe when heated and that their interiors do not have a coating inside (usually white) because the plastics and chemicals in this coating can leach into your babka and be unsafe
Babka is baked in an oven started at a high temperature, then lowered so the dough will puff up and form a firm crust. This also helps insure the interior fully bakes before the exterior gets too brown or burns. An instant-read thermometer is extremely helpful;, an internal temp of 200F means the bread, no matter what size tin is used, is cooked through.
Traditional Ukrainian BabkaCuisine: Ukrainian, Eastern European, Coal RegionDifficulty: Intermediate
Babka is an Ukrainian sweet, leavened bread made with a rich dough which is made for Easter Sunday to celebrate the rising of Christ.
2 (1/4 ounce) packets active dry yeast
1 teaspoon granulated sugar
1/4 cup lukewarm water
1 cup scalded milk
1 cup butter OR 1/2 cup butter and 1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon salt
3 eggs, large, room temperature
6 egg yolks, large, room temperature
6 cups all purpose flour
1 cup golden or dark raisins
1/2 to 1 cup sugar (to your taste depending on sweetness desired)
1/3 cup dark rum (or water)
- Optional
Zest of one orange and/or 1/2 cup candied citron (if using citron, add it when incorporating the raisins)
- Egg wash
1 whole egg beaten with 1 Tablespoon water
- Proof the yeast with the 1 teaspoon of sugar in the warm water. If yeast does not get "frothy", start with new yeast.
- Combine the scalded milk with the butter, sugar and salt. Stir. Allow butter to melt and liquid to get lukewarm (about 105F) to melt butter and then let stand till lukewarm.
- In a large bowl or bowl of stand mixer, beat the whole eggs with the yolks. Make sure milk mixture is around 105F to 110F; cool or warm as needed to achieve this temperature. Stir in yeast mixture. Add half the flour and beat 5 minutes with an electric mixer with the paddle attachment. You can do this by hand using a wooden spoon but it will take longer. Add the rest of the flour to make a very heavy batter which holds together but is too soft to knead. Continue beating well until smooth and elastic. Cover and let rise in a warm spot till double. This rise will take awhile, don't rush it.
- Meanwhile, soak raisins in rum (or water).
- Drain the raisins well, reserving the rum. Stir batter, then mix the raisins into the dough.
- Grease tins and line with parchment paper (grease paper, too) or grease very well and sprinkle with bread crumbs to help prevent sticking. It is easiest to fill cylinder shaped pans by greasing your hands, pinching off pieces of dough, dropping them into the tin, then pressing gently with floured fingers to fill gaps and smooth tops. Press any exposed raisins back into the dough. Brush tops with egg wash. Let rise lightly covered until double in size.
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- As soon as the babka is ready to bake, reduce the temperature to 350 F and place the tins in the oven. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes (coffee can sized) or until a instant read thermometer inserted into the center reads 200 F. or just under. Adjust according to pan size; the smaller the tin, the shorter the baking time. Checking by temperature determines exactly when your bread is done.
- Take them out of the oven and place them on something soft like folded soft towels on their side still in the tin, rotating the pans occasionally. After 15 minutes remove them from the tins. Keep them on their side until they cool; gently rotate them once in a while to prevent deflation and settling.
- OPTIONAL: To glaze babka – sift 1 – 2 cups powdered sugar into a bowl and stir in some of the reserved rum (or milk) until it reaches a thick pouring consistency. Spread on top of loaves allowing some to trickle down the sides.


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Pat Kirtley – Irish Guitar
Jan 01 2022
Pat Kirtley Irish Guitar PDF. Celtic Guitar Solos. World traveling fingerstyle guitarist Pat Kirtley presents 17 solo guitar arrangements of traditional Irish tunes including a few original compositions in the same vein by himself, Pierre Bensusan, and Duck Baker. As all of the tunes in this 1997 recording were arranged in altered tunings (DADGAD, EADEAE or DADEAD), each appears in both standard notation and tablature with insightful performance notes. In general, these transcriptions from Pat Kirtley's 1997 album of the same title are extremely accurate; The Red-Haired Boy, however, played as a duet with Steve Rector on the album – appears as a solo arrangement in this book. Recommended for the intermediate to advanced player, the author provides insightful performance notes for each tune.
This book is excellent. It accompanies Pat Kirtley's CD of the same name. This book contains the tablature and sheet music for every tune on the CD. If you like the tunes enough to want to play them then you'll love this book. You won't be disappointed.
Songs include:
- Morgan Magan
- The Last Pint
- Blind Mary
- Moran's Return
- Finn Maccool's Reel
- Lord Mayo
- Rodney's Glory
- Journey to Ireland
- The Blarney Pilgrim
- Shi Beg Shi Mhor
- The Red-Haired Boy
- Fannie Power
- Planxty Irwin
- The Rakes of Waterloo/Chase the Weasel
- The South Wind
- Sergeant Early's Dream
- The Pretty Milkmaid
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The address book and contacts list are vital functions of the iPad, and it's the ability of the iPad to update its address book in a timely manner that lends it more utility. Most mobile devices can perform synchronizations with Microsoft Outlook and iPads are no exception. Synchronizations are completed using iTunes, and you have the option to sync using the USB cable, over a Wi-Fi connection or through iCloud.
Using USB Cable
Step 1
Connect the iPad to the computer using the USB cable.
Step 2
Launch iTunes if it doesn't open automatically.
Step 3
Locate and click on the iPad under Devices. Then click the "Info" tab from the navigation bar.
Step 4
Check the box "Sync Contacts with" for Windows or "Sync Address Books Contacts" for Macs, and choose "Outlook" from the drop-down list. Place a check in the "All Contacts" box to include all Outlook contacts when syncing. To select individual contacts, check the "Select groups" box and click each contact name to include while simultaneously holding down the "Ctrl" key.
Step 5
Check "Sync calendars with" for Windows computers or "Sync iCal Calendars with" for Macs if you wish to synchronize your Outlook calendar with the iPad. Select "Outlook" from the drop-down list. Indicate whether to select all calendar items or specific calendar items by checking the appropriate box.
Step 6
Check "Sync mail accounts from" and select "Outlook" from the drop-down list. Check the appropriate box to indicate whether to select include all mail accounts or specific mail accounts if more than one reside on the computer.
Step 7
Check the "Advanced" box and choose which components to replace on the iPad if you decide to replace the mail, contacts or calendar information currently stored on the iPad.
Step 8
Click on the "Apply" button. Once the sync has completed, verify that the contact and address information on the iPad has been updated.
Using Wi-Fi
Step 1
Connect the iPad to the computer using the USB cable.
Step 2
Launch iTunes.
Step 3
Click on the iPad under "Devices."
Step 4
Select the "Summary" tab from the navigation bar and scroll down to "Sync with this iPad over Wi-Fi."
Step 5
Click on the "Info" tab from the navigation bar and configure the mail, calendar and contacts sync options, checking "Sync contacts with," "Sync calendars with" and "Sync mail accounts from" and then choosing "Outlook" from the drop-down list.
Step 6
Click on the "Apply" button to start the sync process.
Step 7
Disconnect the iPad and test your wireless sync options by adding a test contact in Outlook on the computer and then performing a sync.
Using iCloud
Step 1
Download and install the iCloud Control Panel applet (link in Resources).
Step 2
Back up your contacts and calendar information before performing any wireless syncing.
Step 3
Click "Start," "Control Panel" and then "iCloud." You can also click "Start" and then type "iCloud" in the search box.
Step 4
Place a check next to "Mail with Outlook," "Contacts with Outlook," and "Calendars & Tasks with Outlook" in the iCloud applet.
Step 5
Click "Manage" in the iCloud Storage section to view your available space on iCloud and to view what programs and files are being copied there during back ups. To free up space, click on "Mail" or a third-party application, select the filename in the main browser window, and click on the "Delete" button.
Step 6
Click "View Account" to upgrade or modify your existing storage plan. Free accounts typically receive 5GB of space, and you can purchase additional iCloud storage space. Click "Done" to exit the current dialog box and "Done" again to exit the iCloud Storage window.
Step 7
Click on "Apply" to complete your changes and close the applet. Your iPad will sync automatically over iCloud, provided enough storage space exists in your iCloud account.
- Auto syncing occurs Whenever iTunes launches on the computer while the iPad is powered by a wall adapter and resides on the same network as the iPad.
- Outlook mail accounts don't sync in iCloud; rather, iCloud adds its own email account to your Outlook folders.
Writer Bio
Kammy Pow studied biological sciences at the University of California Irvine. She spent 13 years as a programmer for the financial, medical research, and healthcare sectors. She has been freelancing since 2005 and currently writes health-care related material and pens the occasional review for Southern California altweeklies.
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(Placerville, CA) - El Dorado County Connections - One Stop is hosting two free employer presentations in November 2017 for people interested in obtaining a federal job. During the events, representatives from featured federal agencies will share information about their current job openings and how to apply for a federal job. The events are open to anyone in El Dorado County looking for a job and will include an opportunity to speak directly with recruiters. Individuals may attend one or both of the events. Attendees should bring their resumes and dress professionally. Seating is limited. Pre-registration is highly suggested, though not required. The employer presentations will be held as follows:
These events are offered as a community service through Connections - One Stop, a program of the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency, and a member of America's Job Center of California. Connections - One Stop helps residents with job searches, job skills trainings and workshops, resume development, work experience and more. For more information about free job assistance services in El Dorado County, please call (530) 642-4850 in Placerville or (530) 573-4330 in South Lake Tahoe, or visit www.edcgov.us/humanservices.
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During those warm summer months, many people find rest and relaxation in their boat. There really is nothing like sailing for hours and becoming one with the water. But part of boat maintenance is ensuring that all parts are in excellent working order. This is where marine fabric comes in. Marine fabric is a durable material that can withstand the stresses that you'll put it through while on sea or moored.
Marine fabric is exactly what it sounds like: fabric that is used for predominantly seafaring purposes. This fabric is a cotton duck that has been treated to maintain water repellent qualities. As such, marine fabric is a strong cotton canvas. This means that the material is more tightly knit than plain canvas. While this cotton duck can sometimes be found in items such as sneakers or sandbags, marine fabric is more specific to aquatic purposes. Marina canvas is a critical component to consider and utilize while on the water, as it provides exceptional sun shade and protection from the elements!
The word canvas is said to come from the Arabic word for cannabis. This would be because canvas originally was made of hemp. Hemp was a very popular material to make canvas from and was used as early as 3000 BC by the people in China to make cloth. Over the years hemp was replaced by linen.
Now most modern canvas is made from cotton. Cotton has become widely popular because it is more lightweight than linen. As sail size grew, linen became too heavy to be practical. This is how cotton canvas was adopted into the sailing industry.
Today cotton canvas, or linen canvas, sails are uncommon. These have been replaced by modern fibers which are for the most part synthetic. While these synthetic fibers have become popular for use as sails, most boat enthusiasts have not completely ditched cotton canvas for their boating needs. The most common use now for marine fabric is for protecting a boat. Marine fabric today is a common product used in boat covers. This material will protect from UV rays, allow air flow, and will also fit snugly. This is also why marine canvas is also used in protecting sails.
The benefits of marine canvas are numerous, especially while out to sea.
Sails for your Boat – While uncommon, many purists still choose to source marine fabric for use as sails on their boat. They look quite beautiful and authentic, especially on large, multi-sail boats.
Upholstery – Marine fabric is a durable material. Therefore, many people have chosen to use it for reupholstering their furniture. Visit our tutorial on DIY Outdoor Cushions.
Mold and Mildew Resistant Drapery – Does your family have an old cabin that you enjoy camping in a few times a year? Marine fabric may be the perfect material for your drapery needs. Because Marine fabric is treated it is very resistant to mold and mildew. So, you will not have to worry about it being ruined.
DIY Projects – Today many people choose to create their DIY projects out of marine fabric. From purses or other reusable bags two purely decorative projects Marine fabric for your creative projects
Covers – Do you have a unique antique car? Perhaps a prefabricated cover is difficult to find. Marine canvas can be the perfect material to create your own custom cover. And this is not exclusive to automobiles. Perhaps your grill or other outdoor furniture you have may need a cover. Marine fabric is an excellent choice.
Tarps – Use marine fabric as a tarp. Perhaps to cover a freshly chopped wood, or to cover your head should you come across unexpected rain.
Sunshades – Oftentimes Marine fabric is used as a sunshade on boats. Called a bimini top, discover is meant to be easily installed and collapsed when not in use. Marine fabric provides shade, water resistance, and UV protection while maintaining a soft and supple feel.
Signs and Banners for Advertising – There is no doubt that Marine canvas is a strong material. Use this material for signs and banners that will hang outside. Some large format printers are able to print directly on canvas material. We can help you figure out how many yards you need for a large project like this.
Tenting – Touted by many as the best material for a tent, canvas fabric provides a lifetime of use if properly maintained and cared for. Use canvas as an extra rain cover or create a whole new tent from marine canvas.
While you're Marine fabric will most likely be in an extremely harsh environments, regular maintenance can keep it strong and lasting for years to come.
If you follow these guidelines, you will ensure that your marine canvas will last a very long time.


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Did the FDA Adequately Review Silicone Breast Implant Safety Data?
Consumer safety groups want to know if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) actually looked at safety data before declaring silicone breast implants safe last year. The Washington Post quotes the National Research Center for Women and Families in a January 4 story stating that one in five, or 20 percent, of women will have to have their silicone breast implants removed and/or replaced within five years because of complications. The FDA decided last summer that silicone implants are basically safe, but that women must understand what can go wrong. An outside FDA panel of experts echoed the same conclusion and decided the controversial implants should stay on the market.
In a letter to the FDA, the group's president asked why industry shows a decline in complications in silicone breast implants over time, and also questioned why the FDA did not share information from industry studies that show women seem to suffer a reduction in emotional and physical well-being after they've had the implanted breast medical devices.
The controversial implants are made by Allergan Inc. and Mentor, a division of Johnson & Johnson, who provided the FDA with data on safety and effectiveness in an eight and 10-year study.
Silicone gel breast implants have been controversial for more than 20 years. They were banned from the market in 1992 for fear the defective implants might cause cancer or auto-immune diseases. From 1992 to 2006, only saline implants were available for women who wanted to enhance their breast size or who requested implants following breast surgery. But silicone-filled implants returned to the market in 2006 with the FDA requiring the manufacturers to conduct post-implant studies.
A product is considered defective if it causes harm to the user. A defect can be in the manufacturing of the product, its design, or in its marketing. Farah & Farah's Florida product liability attorneys understand how to determine where the defect exists and hold the manufacturer and those in the line of distribution responsible for your injuries.
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/womens-health-advocates-question-fda-about-missing-safety-data-on-silicone-breast-implants/2012/01/05/gIQA2LO4cP_story.html


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Aiming to disprove the old saw that there's no replacement for displacement, Ford has dropped its twin-turbocharged and direct-injected 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6 into a SEMA-bound 1934 Ford three-window coupe. With the help of Detroit Street Rods and Experi-metal, the EcoBoost was reconfigured for rear-wheel-drive, mated to a five-speed manual Tremec transmission, and fitted into the replica '34 body. Ford says this six is squeezing out an estimated 400 hp and 400 lb-ft of torque.
The power figures certainly rival those of a small-displacement V-8, and it's easy to see that Ford is trying to get the attention of the enthusiast community with this particular build. While this marks the first rear-wheel-drive application of an EcoBoost engine, Ford wouldn't spend the bucks to make a longitudinal installation work unless it had larger plans. And so the company reveals that the F-150 will be the first rear-drive production vehicle to be EcoBoosted, receiving the six next year. Ford also will be rolling out four-cylinder EcoBoost engines—the Australian Falcon will be the first rear-driver to get one of those, a 2.0-liter in 2011—effectively dropping two cylinders from each motor in its current lineup in favor of the turbocharged technology.
We're not sure what kind of performance could be had with this rod, but consider the fact that the Taurus SHO we tested with the EcoBoost V-6 had 365 hp and weighed in at over 4300 pounds, yet still managed a 13.7-second run in the quarter-mile. While that's no record-breaking ET, it's also not slow, and this three-window probably weighs half as much as the SHO and has 35-ish more horses. Yes, it will be fast.
No word yet on how EcoBoost technology will transfer over to sportier offerings such as the Mustang. Purists would certainly be up in arms if a turbo six were to replace the V-8, regardless of how much sense it might make, so a boosted six would likely become the middle option in a three-engine lineup. Another scenario is a four-cylinder EcoBoost replacing the Stang's lackluster and outdated 4.0-liter V-6. In any event, gains in both power and (hopefully) efficiency make everyone happy, so we're interested to see where Ford ends up installing these engines.


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Intellectual property (IP) is one of the important value drivers for sustained growth and in rendering competitive advantage for multinational enterprises (MNEs).
It is widely acknowledged that IP creation is correlated to Research & Development (R&D) spend. A typical business model observed in Vietnam is "in-licensing" whereby the IP is developed in countries that spend significantly on R&D and the IP holder licenses the commercialization rights to the licensee. Therefore, a typical manufacturing arrangement in Vietnam is that of toll manufacturer, contract manufacturer and licensed manufacturer whereby any IP-related returns are attributed to the IP owner.
IPs could be in the form of a trade secret, trademark, brand, copyrights, patents, technical know-how, etc. From a transfer pricing perspective, IP may not be limited to something which has been legally registered; rather, it may also include customer contracts, supply chain IP, human capital intangibles, process, procedures, etc. which can be commercially exploited. The open-ended definition of "intangible" has many meanings and interpretations.
Royalty is a usage-based payment for exploiting such IP without transfer of ownership. Royalty payments are tax deductible, leaving them open to manipulation. At the same time, developing economies rely greatly on tax revenue collected from MNEs, and thus, the fair collection of taxes from such MNEs is critical.
The revenue authority is often of the view that payments pertaining to royalties, management charges, interest, etc. are cash repatriation devices to siphon group profit to other favorable jurisdictions thereby eroding the tax base in the paying country.
The risk is even higher for Vietnam which primarily is the recipient of such services against which payments are made. However, these cases must be analyzed based on commercial reality.
IP Holding Company Structure
IP is mobile in nature and does not have a fixed geographical situs from a transfer pricing perspective. IP has often, therefore, been core to corporate tax planning structures.
Traditionally, the legal ownership of IP was used as a measure to determine the entity in an MNE entitled to IP-related returns. This facilitated mushrooming of the "IP holding" company structure at low-tax offshore locations with limited commercial substance allowed IP-related returns. Cynically planned structures can also benefit from a treaty advantage, minimizing withholding tax originating from such a structure, which will prove to be a "double whammy" for economies.
It used to be easy for an MNE to transfer the valuable IP, at the early stage of development, to a cash box company. Such cash box companies were generally resident of tax haven countries whose profitability was not subject to tax (or minimal tax) while corresponding expenses in countries like Vietnam were tax deductible.
This "IP holding" model led to tax base erosion and attracted serious political unrest and social upheaval worldwide. A collaborative approach by various economies to check on any base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) was initiated. The current BEPS initiative addresses such issues and lays importance on commercial substance over a contractual form.
Doctrine of Substance Over Form
The doctrine of "substance over form" states that the "substance," rather than the "form," of a transaction governs the tax consequences. With the doctrine of substance over form, the IP holding company is not automatically entitled to all IP-related returns until it is commensurate with functions and the corresponding risk.
The transfer pricing statute (Decree No. 20/2017/ND-CP) mandates that the codes of business conduct between independent parties, the arm's length and substance over form doctrine is used for re-determining related party transactions and business risks incurred by these parties.
In case the transactions are found to be a sham, the transfer price would be re-determined based on substance. Consequently, it is important to note that the actual conduct between parties will be given precedence over legal contracts.
Therefore, legal ownership of intangibles alone would not determine entitlement to returns from the exploitation of intangibles. Rather, entities will be compensated based on the value they create through functions performed, assets used and risk assumed in the development, enhancement, maintenance, protection and exploitation (DEMPE) of intangibles. Therefore, when carrying out a transfer pricing study it is important to determine the entity to attribute the IP-related return.
The DEMPE framework ensures that the profit is attributed based on value creation and economic realities instead of legal ownership. This is in contrast to the past when the economic return was attributed to the legal owner irrespective of the commercial substance. This will prove to be the final nail in the coffin of IP holding structures lacking substance.
DEMPE helps in the distribution of IP returns among the entities based on their relative contribution. The legal owner, not participating in any DEMPE-related functions or who has assumed risks will be entitled to a reasonable financial return. Therefore, transactions should be aligned to contractual reality and so should the IP-related returns.
In summary, in the pre-DEMPE era the intangible-related returns belonged to the legal owner but in the post-DEMPE era this is more substance-based as to who performed critical functions, undertook critical risks and controls such risk and who funded.
When multiple entities perform DEMPE functions then all entities are entitled to the profits originating from an intangible asset based on a profit split on a relative contributory basis.
Pricing Policy
There are key issues that companies should bear in mind while conceptualizing and designing the pricing policy for royalty transactions.
A toll/contract manufacturer is generally instructed by the principal company on what to produce, in what quantity and of what quality and there is an assurance from the principal company to buy the entire proceeds.
Therefore, a toll/contract manufacturer whose sales are controlled by the principal company cannot be expected to pay a royalty on sales or any other output basis.
In other words, the manufacturer that produces on behalf of the principal company and pays royalty for usage of technical know-how, is like paying the royalty to itself.
No independent party would enter into the contract when it pays royalty to an entity on whose behalf it is producing. Further, the price of the IP may already be included in the price of the goods which are procured by the manufacturer from the principal company.
In a triangular arrangement, a manufacturer selling its entire proceeds to the principal company while paying royalty to another IP holding company still lacks substance.
Considering the doctrine of substance over form such transactions may be rejected. In substance, two different principal companies and IP holding company may be considered as a same entity from the arm's length standard perspective. Therefore, the principal company should charge royalty on third party sales only and not on related party sales.
A toll/contract manufacturer is typically compensated on a cost-plus basis. However, if the royalty is paid to the principal company then such a royalty would form part of the cost base on which mark-up has to be charged to the principal company. This would lead to round tripping of royalty charge wherein the principal company charges royalty to the toll/contract manufacturer and pays back to the toll/contract manufacturer on a cost-plus basis which includes mark-up on royalty.
Furthermore, a toll/contract manufacturer whose only client is the principal company and restricted by agreement from selling proceeds to third parties should not pay for the trademark. Such a manufacturer is not expected to undertake any marketing or promotion activity when the only client is an in-house group company which is fixed.
Typically, such a manufacturer would not pay a royalty under an arm's length scenario. Instead, it should be paid by the entity which exploits the IP and retains the residual profits arising from such exploitation and manufacturing (i.e., a licensed manufacturer). In case of a licensed manufacturer, the sales are driven by open market conditions and there is no assurance to buy the entire production of the taxpayer by the principal company.
Careful characterization of the entity is vital, to show that the licensed manufacturer IP payout is justified as it retains the residual profit in contrast to the toll/contract manufacturer. Characterization plays a crucial role in determining the royalty pay-out.
Relevance of IP
IP has a definite useful life which is beneficial for exploitation. Therefore, it is important to analyze the present and future benefits for the taxpayer. A company should analyze whether the value of IP has deteriorated from when the royalty was originally determined.
The royalty rate may be adjusted downwards for the benefit which has been absorbed from the useful life. The royalty adjustment should be documented in the legal contract and TP documentation. An old IP that has been absorbed may have a deteriorating royalty rate, while a new company investing in Vietnam may have an increasing staggered royalty rate.
The licensee should demonstrate that the actual services have enhanced the commercial position of the taxpayer. The tax authority may disallow the full amount if the taxpayer fails to demonstrate the commercial and business benefit derived from such a payout.Evidence Test
At the very outset, the company should maintain documentary proof listing the intangibles. Any document which validates the legitimacy of the royalty pay-out could be evidence of such services. Evidence could be in the form of a communiqué, email correspondence, blue print of technical know-how, training materials, presentations, research materials, case studies, workshops, etc.Need Benefit Test
The licensee may be required to justify the actual nature of services, benefits and how it enhanced the commercial position. Was the licensee in a position to run the operation normally in absence of such services? The reasonableness of the expenditure should be judged from the perspective of a businessman. The tax authority can test the transactions under an arm's length standard but should not challenge commercial judgment. The authority should be flexible towards such transactions as it would be impossible to measure the benefits with great precision.
In contrast, the licensee should keep a record of ongoing benefits derived from the use of such services. How critical is such technical know-how, brand for normal business operation? The increase in sales, profit, market share, future benefits, competitive advantage could be some of the benefits.Determination of Arm's Length
Once it has been established that certain services have been availed and benefit derived, it is vital to determine the arm's length price of such transactions.
Generally, it has been observed that taxpayers adopt entity as a whole approach wherein all international transactions are clubbed and benchmarked together.
The comparable profit method (CPM) is not generally a sufficient approach in royalty benchmarking and the tax authority may be interested in benchmarking it separately by applying CUP. Appropriate comparability analysis is necessary with proper due diligence for covering the nature of service for which royalty is being paid, geography, terms of contract, etc.
Also, the Law on the Technology Transfer of Vietnam mandates that inbound technology transfer requires substance and is subject to registration with the competent state agencies. Companies are expected to perform a separate benchmarking analysis for the royalty payment to the related party by the CUP method.
However, the tax authority should be aware that companies may choose to enter into a packaged deal for several transactions and not necessarily a separate royalty dealing. For instance, the raw materials supplied by the principal company may also have the royalty priced in or embedded in an overall packaged deal.
Planning Points
Due to BEPS, value creation and commercial substance is significantly important. Companies are required to define their global operation and articulate how the entity performs DEMPE functions.
Companies should carry out a diagnostic review of the existing royalty transactions to ascertain that they meet the arm's length standard.
The evidence and need benefit tests are essential to safeguard at the time of a TP audit. If companies adopt an aggregated approach to establish the arm's length, then it is advisable to maintain separate royalty benchmarking as a corroborative approach.
Vishwa Sharan is Associate Director and Nguyen Dinh Du is a Partner of Transfer Pricing Services at Grant Thornton, Vietnam
This article is of general nature only and readers should obtain advice specific to their circumstances from professional advisers.
This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. or its owners.


text: My friend Robert's book The Last Wolf is apparently doing good business on the best seller lists. A catchy title referring to the last wolf killed in England some time around 1200. A wolf is always a good beast to have in a title. The other good word of recent years is 'girl'; The girl on the train; The girl with the dragon tattoo; The girl in the spider's web; The girl who fell from the sky. Girls are tops in the publishing industry. A few years ago it was snow. You had to have snow in your title to get noticed. The key to success might be as simple as that. A title with a magical word. Television certainly believes in the power of the title and will twist everything to a risible degree to get the snug fit. Rosemary and Thyme. Rosemary Whatever and Jackie Thyme; two gardeners with a knack for solving crimes. Isn't it something like that? It's so absurd it would make a cat laugh. Belt and Braces. Billy Belt and Braces McGowan. Two no nonsense cops with a taste for real ale and old fashioned policework. Trajan's Column. Julie Trajan is a lonely hearts columnist with an interest in ancient Rome and an unlikely knack for solving crimes using her classical expertise. You could spend hours making the stuff up. I dare say they start with a title. It's like putting the cart before the horse. Oh, there's another one. The Cart before the Horse. Frank Cart and Bill 'Horse' Horsely, two insiders investigating corruption in the gambling industry. The question is what will next year's word be. I'm putting my money on stag as the new wolf with fog as the meteological word and instead of girl knave. Here are my titles for 2018: The Stag on the Train. Jack Stag investigates a murder on the Virgin pendelino to Runcorn. The Knave of Thrones. Jack Knave; an unlikely rise to the heights, Jack Knave will stop at nothing to quench his thirst for power. Fog in the Casino. Jack Fog mixes it with the glitterati in St Tropez and reveals an unlikely cover-up.


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By Simon Miraudo November 26, 2013 Quickflix celebrates her tenth birthday this month, and I'm honouring it the only way I know how: by selecting my favourite films from its first ten years of existence. Born in late 2003, she's seen a number of massive upheavals in the world of cinema. Some of the biggest […]Continue reading
The top 10 Quentin Tarantino characters
The top 10 Quentin Tarantino characters. By Simon Miraudo. Though he can't act his way out of a paper bag – perhaps one that previously held some of those delicious Big Kahuna Burgers – Quentin Tarantino keeps on appearing in his own movies. You'll spot him in Django Unchained as an Australian slave-owner, and no, […]Continue reading
The top 10 Michael Fassbender performances
The top 10 Michael Fassbender performances. By Simon Miraudo. With Michael Fassbender starring in what seems like eight or nine new releases each week, we thought it might be time to offer an early career retrospective on the 35-year-old Irishman. In the half-decade since he first broke into film, the Fass has emerged as one […]Continue reading
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The 10 most misleading movie trailers. By Simon Miraudo. Earlier this week, a Michigan woman sued the distributor of existential crime thriller Drive – and, bafflingly, her local cinema – for promoting the picture with a trailer that made it seem like a fast-paced, action-packed, Fast and Furious-esque vehicle. For the first time in the […]Continue reading
Tarantino takes on the spaghetti western
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astronomical names, Disney names, dog names, english names, famous namesakes, Gaelic names, Greek names, historical records, Irish names, middle names, mythological names, name trends, names of weapons, nicknames, rare names, Scottish names, slave names, stage names, surname names, UK name popularity, unisex names, US name popularity
Names in the News
On July 14 this year NASA's New Horizons space probe made its closest encounter with the dwarf planet Pluto. Australia was the first place on Earth to receive images of Pluto from New Horizons, at the CSIRO's Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex at Tidbinbilla. The CDSCC has been tracking New Horizons since it was launched in 2006, and it will take more than a year to receive all the data.
Two days later, the David Bowie Is touring exhibition opened at Melbourne's Australian Centre for the Moving Image, and broke all records for ticket sales before anyone stepped inside the doors. First staged at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, it has already been seen by more than 1 million people around the world. The show includes costumes, video, photographs, and items from Bowie's own collection, including notes and sketches.
David Bowie has a special significance in Melbourne. His first Australian tour was in 1978, and the biggest concert of his career to that point was at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. People queued for three weeks to buy tickets, and the fact that it poured with rain did nothing to dampen the spirits of 40 000 fans. His experiences in Australia in the 1970s inspired the music video for Let's Dance, filmed in Sydney and outback Carinda).
Besides having key Australian events at around the same time, there isn't an obvious connection between Bowie and Pluto. Except that Bowie has had so many references to space in his music – Space Oddity, Ashes to Ashes, Ziggy Stardust, Moonage Daydream, The Stars (Are Out Tonight), Life on Mars?, Star Man – that it doesn't seem too much of a stretch to cover these names together.
Scottish surname derived from the Gaelic nickname Buidhe, meaning "yellow", to denote someone blond or fair haired. It has also been used to Anglicise the Irish surname Ó Buadhaigh, meaning "son of Buadhach", with Buadhach meaning "victorious", although more commonly that's Anglicised to Boyce. In rare cases it may be a variant of the English surname Bye, from the Old English for "bend", referring to someone who lived on a river bend.
The Bowie surname originates from Kintyre in western Scotland, and the Bowie family were early colonists to America, with John Bowie Snr one of the founders of Maryland in the early 18th century. He was the grandfather of James "Jim" Bowie, who played a prominent role during the Texas Revolution, and died at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836.
The thick heavy blade known as a Bowie knife is named after Jim, who carried a hunting knife with him and had a reputation as a skilled knife fighter. His brother Rezin Bowie is supposed to have been the creator of the Bowie knife, although Bowie family history relates that it was Rezin's blacksmith who created the knife.
David Bowie was born David Jones, and first performed as Davie Jones, which risked being confused with Davy Jones from The Monkees. He chose his stage name after seeing the movie The Alamo in 1963, with Richard Widmark as Jim Bowie; allegedly he wanted a name with a "cutting" feel to it, like Mick Jagger's, and the Bowie knife gave it some edge. He deliberately chose the name of a famous American, as American music and culture had first inspired him.
Bowie has been used as a personal name since the 18th century, and originated in Scotland. Mostly used as a middle name, it was first given as a family name, but in 19th century America increasingly given to honour Jim Bowie: it was particularly found in the southern states. The name Bowie has been given to both sexes, but mostly to boys.
Jagger, Lennon, and Hendrix are reasonably common names, but even with the fame of David Bowie, the name Bowie is in rare use. It doesn't chart in Australia, while in the UK there has been a smattering of Bowies on the charts since 2003; in 2013 there were 5 baby boys named Bowie. In the US last year, there were 59 baby boys named Bowie and 30 baby girls (numbers rose considerably for boys, but fell for girls).
It is slightly puzzling why Bowie isn't used more. It sounds like familiar names like Beau, Bohdi, and Brodie, is a counterpoint to popular Archer, and as a knife it fits the trend for weaponry names like Blade.
One issue is that the pronunciation is slightly confused. In the US, Bowie tends to be said BOO-ee, the usual pronunciation of the surname and the Bowie knife. The British sometimes say the first syllable of David Bowie's surname like the bough of a tree, whereas Bowie himself says it like bow and arrows.
In Greek mythology, Pluto is the god of the Underworld and the afterlife. His earlier name was Hades, but gradually this was used to mean the Underworld itself. Pluto is the Latinised form of the Greek Plouton, meaning "wealth, riches", and the name is sometimes glossed as "giver of wealth".
It makes sense that Pluto should be associated with wealth, because he has dominion over all the precious metals, gems, and resources under the earth, and all crops planted in soil. He was a god of abundance, and from early on was associated with agricultural fertility – which is why he was the natural husband for the agricultural goddess Persephone. Pluto and Persephone were revered as a divine couple with knowledge of the mysteries of birth and rebirth.
In the Christian era, there was often a horror of gods of death and the Underworld, who tended to be associated with Satan or demons. Pluto's image, never a particularly cheerful one, became positively macabre, with Hades a place of torment. In Dante's Inferno, Pluto rules the fourth circle of Hell, where those who have squandered their wealth are sent. Medieval English writers sometimes conflated Hades with Fairyland, giving Pluto a magical elf-king quality.
The dwarf planet Pluto was discovered in 1930 by a young astronomer named Clyde Tombaugh who had just started working at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona. It was named by an eleven-year-old Oxford schoolgirl named Venetia Burney. She made the suggestion to her grandfather Falconer Madan, retired from the University of Oxford's Bodleian Library. He had the connections to ensure that Venetia's idea got to the right people, they unanimously agreed, and Venetia was paid £5 (around $450 in today's money). A big help was that the first two letters were PL – the initials of Percival Lowell, who had founded the observatory.
When Walt Disney studios created a pet dog for Mickey Mouse in 1930, he was named Pluto – apparently after the planet, although nobody is able to confirm that. So Pluto went from being a god name to a dog name!
Pluto is a gloomy god, a dwarf planet, a cartoon dog … but the name has also been rarely used for humans. The name is first found in colonial America in the 18th century, as a slave name. Pluto can be found in Australian historical records (Pluto Riches and Pluto Surprise are two interesting finds), and was also given to Aboriginal servants. Overall, Pluto has mostly been used in the United States. Use of the name, always low, fell after 1930 and never recovered, although it isn't clear whether parents were put off by the astronomical body or the Disney character.
Pluto is probably too much of a space oddity to use as a first name, but would make a memorable middle.
Two rare names from the stars: which one will rate better?
The name Bowie received an approval rating of 50%. 42% of people weren't keen on it, although 17% loved it.
The name Pluto was much less popular, with an approval rating of 15%. 46% of people weren't keen on it, and only 7% thought it was a good name.
(Picture of David Bowie in 1973 by Masayoshi Sukita; photo from Urban Walkabout)


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With Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, Richard Eyre, Gillian Slovo and Ella Hickson
Join director Richard Eyre and playwrights Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, Gillian Slovo and Ella Hickson, to explore the development of British playwriting since the end of censorship in 1968. They consider the circumstances which led to the end of theatre censorship, whether the change in legislation heralded a change in artistic expression at the end of the 1960s, and notable productions which have caused controversy since. Has censorship in this country continued despite the end of legislation? In what other ways do writers today find what they want to say shaped and manipulated by others?
Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti has written extensively for stage, screen and radio. Her play Behzti was sensationally closed after playing to packed houses at The Birmingham Rep in 2004: it then won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize the following year. Her work also includes Khandan, the feature film Everywhere and Nowhere, and her most recent play Elephant.Richard Eyre is a theatre, opera and film director and formerly Artistic Director of the National Theatre. Eyre's theatre work includes productions for the National Theatre, West End and Broadway. His film work includes Iris and Notes on a Scandal, and he has directed and produced extensively for television. Eyre has been the recipient of numerous accolades including six Olivier awards and a knighthood.
Gillian Slovo is a novelist, memoirist and playwright. Her plays include Another World: Losing our Children to Islamic State, The Riots and Guantanamo: 'Honour Bound to Defend Freedom'. Gillian Slovo was President of English PEN from 2010 – 2013.
Ella Hickson is a playwright whose plays include Oil, Wendy and Peter Pan for the RSC and Boys. Her most recent play The Writer, at the Almeida Theatre, looks at how it can still be difficult for female artists to have their voices heard in a patriarchal world.
Banned Books Week was initiated by the American Library Association in 1982 in response to an increasing number of challenges in the US to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. For the third year running in the UK we are holding events and activities on the topics of Banned Books, Censorship and the Freedom to Read, made possible by the partnership between Index on Censorship, The British Library, English PEN, Free Word and Islington Library and Heritage Services, Media Diversified, The Publishers Association, the Royal Society of Literature, the Society of Chief Librarians and Spread the Word in association with the ALA.
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Dear Joel,
Thanks for the update from Tabor College this week, where Professor Del Gray's explanation of why he won't be standing for the national anthem or saying the pledge of allegiance is making a lot of news. His writing on the matter, which he shared with us recently, has been an encouraging reminder that Christians are to challenge injustices such as racism, not capitulate to it, even when performed by our own government. That includes opposing nationalism.
Not everyone agrees, of course, including the folks at College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri, near Branson.
Starting this semester, students are required to earn credits in "patriotic education." The college's goal in this is to "encourage an understanding of American heritage, civic responsibility, love of country, and willingness to defend it." While the bookstore's website doesn't list books for IDS 103: Patriotic Education, it includes map reading, riflery, and flag protocol, as well as content about US government and history. In interviews, the college president says that the goal isn't to coerce patriotism, but… well, that just can't be true. The course description says that the goal is to "encourage a love of country," which is, definitonally, patriotism. The Higher Learning Commission accredits the College of the Ozarks, and one concern for accrediting is that the course description reflects the learning objectives in the course–and that students are reliability and validly assessed on how well they meet those objectives. So when a course is described as encouraging "love of country," the professor better have some way of measuring if students are, in fact, leaving the class with a "love of country." It's hard to know how a college might choose to define that since "love" (and "willingness to defend") is a rather mushy concept, not quite the same as "can recite the presidential line of succession" or "demonstrates and understanding of the balance of powers." If you have to "love" America to do well in the course, that means that the college has decided what "love" looks like. And since there is a grade at the end, one that leads to a larger credential, this is absolutely coercive as the College has described it.
And love of country at College of the Ozarks takes one flavor: rightwing. Karl Rove visits campus later this month, and others listed as "famous guests" are George W. Bush, Sarah Newt Gingrich, Margaret Thatcher, Benjamin Netanyahu. John Ashcroft, and Franklin Graham.
This is a 1,500 person college in a region of Missouri that is unincorporated. In other words: This isn't just another little religious liberal arts school; this is a center for marrying conservative Republican politics with conservative Protestant religion.
It might not surprise you that the College of the Ozarks also has a "No Pledge No Play" rule. Not only are Bobcat athletes and coaches required to stand whenever the anthem is played or the pledge recited, so are the teams they are playing against. If you don't, they pack up their ball and go home.
Tabor College, as you know, is having a conversation about whether to pursue a policy that would require athletes to stand for the anthem.
I don't expect much better at the College of the Ozarks, where conformity to political conservatism is the norm, and conformity is stressed in the handbook: students must dress "modestly" both on and off campus; no "distracting" styles, including hair colors. Women may not have more than two ear piercings per ear, straps on shirts must be at least three inches wide, inseams in shorts must be at least five inches. Men must wear traditional hairstyles; hair should be kept off the top of the ear and not touch the collar. They can't wear cosmetics or have any piercings at all. You get the idea.
To be clear, students are free to accept any limitations on their appearance that they choose. My point is only that conformity to very explicit standards is expected at College of the Ozarks. And that conformity is conformity to a politically conservative ideal about gender. Indeed, engaging in OR encouraging others to engaging in "[g]ender expression inconsistent with sex assigned at birth" is a violation of the student handbook and reason for dismissal, as is "heterosexual misconduct" or "homosexual conduct" (which is, in this view, inherently sexual misconduct).
Again, students–even 18-year-olds who are fresh out of homeschool (or the College of the Ozarks' K-12 academy, School of the Ozarks)–are free to enter private institutions where they are agreeing that their rights will be limited.
As a college professor, I question the pedagogy of setting up so many rules and of providing so many answers during a time when young people are eager to ask questions.
But more, as a Christian, I object to the lack of respect for individual conscience.
Above, a sculpture of the cross, a dove flying near it, floats above the ground. White linen, is draped around it. The sculpture is part of Centennial Plaza at Tabor College's campus.
That might not matter much to College of the Ozarks, which calls itself "interdenominational" but is pretty fundamentalist in its outlook. But Tabor, which traces it history through those Anabaptists who were defined by their belief that individuals had the right to believe as they choose, should care a lot. As the early Hutterite baptismal instruction urged:
We do not put pressure on anyone who does not join [the church] of his own free will. We desire to persuade no one with smooth words. It is not a matter of human compulsion from without or within, for God wants voluntary service. Whoever cannot do this with joy and to the delight of his soul should therefore leave it alone.
Tabor is part of a tradition that respects individual freedom in religion; surely it can do the same for patriotism.


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I grab the yoga mat I inherited from Linda Esser and head out the door in her yoga pants. I only used them for lounging until now. It feels weird to be in public in lounge pants.
The Heart Center Studio is my third ever Yoga class. It's my first time to experience it as a blend of body-mind with meditative reading and music. A myriad of physical and emotional responses arise. I'm glad Jennifer starts us with the Child's Pose that comes naturally though I never learned it before. It's interesting that some personal intuitive practices are Yoga.
Jennifer reads beautifully inspiring words.
What if our religion was each other
If our practice was our life
If prayer, our words
What if the temple was the Earth
If forests were our church
If holy water—the rivers, lakes, and ocean
What if meditation was our relationships
If the teacher was life
If wisdom was self-knowledge
If love was the center of our being. ~ Ganga White
This is what I imagined yoga would be, the integration of physical and spiritual practices. I was inspired by the movie AWAKE: The Life of Yogananda. It gave me a better understanding. Yoga is about preparing the body for meditation, to become a clear channel for Divine Inspiration and finding my personal guru within.
Waves of thoughts and emotions roll through me. Jennifer suggests a return to the Child's Pose if needed. Ah! Safety is always encouraged. I watch and imitate as best I can, but don't stay in sync with the class. During a movement she says, "…if it is available to you today…" and likewise honors herself.
As my face comes downward on Linda's mat I notice an automatic thought flash. Linda loved yoga, but it didn't heal her, she still died at 50. Tears spurt out my eyes and I mentally tap, embracing and releasing the emotions.
Jennifer names and guides us into familiar poses. I learned them with another friend on her Wii in 2010 when she could still stand, albeit wobbly. Now she is confined to a wheelchair. On a recent visit she spelled out on her alphabet board "Diagnosis Terminal." Yoga didn't heal her or Steve Jobs either.
What else could I do for three years disabled except become body-mind aware while living from a reclining position? My awareness now is on grateful amazement. Years after recovery I am able to flow with Yoga for 45 minutes before I need a break to check in with myself. I'm here to learn Yoga because I've healed with the mind-body work of FasterEFT. I can integrate yoga with my skills and go deeper to release mental/emotional connections that arise.
A large plaque in the corner reads, "I will hold myself to a standard of Grace not perfection." I feel fresh air blowing in and from a different position in the room notice the five-panel mural stretched across the wall. Each panel is integrated with a beautiful image of an expansive tree against my beloved colors. It reminds me of the Tree Metaphor we use in FasterEFT.
Jennifer invites the class back to the Child's Pose, and I notice it's safe to return to my mat. I continue with what feels safe but expands my body-mind-spirit. The grateful joy that spontaneously washed over me near the beginning of class returns for an encore. Finally, I have found my way to a safe yoga home. http://www.heartcenterstudio.com
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Strategic Management Techniques
Strategic management uses a company's mission to develop policies and procedures, which move the organization forward toward reaching goals. The strategic management techniques help the company plan and implement projects designed to align with the company mission. The techniques also allow the company to reevaluate projects to determine progress or obstacles that may prevent it from reaching its goals.
Program evaluation is one strategic management technique that allows managers to analyze a project from beginning to end. The evaluation helps management determine which activities are needed to complete a project and the time frame for completion. Using program evaluation allows management to determine how much time is necessary to complete projects and reach company goals. The projects and programs in the company help the company reach its overall goal or objective.
Break-even analysis is a strategic management tool a company can use to determine the number of products a company must sell to break even and become profitable. A break-even point is the time when the cost of business and the money generated from the sale of the product meet. New businesses use break-even analysis to plan the management and strategic planning for the company.
Strategic management uses the game theory technique to determine how competitors in the market will react and respond to price increases and new products. Game theory is applied mathematics used in economics to determine how people will react and behave in various situations. Using game theory helps businesses make strategic decisions for the company.
Strategic management uses financial control techniques such as budgets, accounting audits and financial analysis to keep the cost of business under control. Budgets control the money that comes into an organization, within the organization and that is paid out of the organization. The budget determines the amount of resources allocated to a specific activity or project for a set period of time in the company.


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Oh you all know I looooooooove my wrasslin. I haven't been to an event since Sharon and I went to the Royal Rumble in January, but that wrasslin-less streak is about to be broken in a big way cause we got tickets to Summerslam!!!!! I was already beyond psyched when they announced The Undertaker was gonna fight Brock Lesnar, but just yesterday I discovered that it's going to be a FOUR HOUR pauper view. Usually they're all three hours except for Wrestlemania, but now we're getting an extra hour of brutality!!!! And now that I think about it, this is probably the only thing that could last for that long that I'd ever be excited about. Usually when I'm at work and I see there's four more hours before I can leave it takes all my will power not to shove a screw driver into my heart and swirl it around. But if you're talking about some serious sports entertainment, I'm there the whole day.
Do you have enough WWE Superstar Pop! Vinyls in your collection yet? Probably not, jabroni, but Funko's gonna help you out with new ones featuring Sting, Andre the Giant, and The Bella Twins. All of these should be available in September.
And they've got these little blind boxed dudes coming out too, which I'm sure will be delayed now as they're gonna have to not only redo the packaging but pay someone to open em all and remove a certain someone who is going through a bit of controversy right now. But enough about that, let's focus on how badly I want a little Iron Sheik figure!!!!!!!!! Even if you're not a wrestling fan, you need to follow the Iron Sheik on every form of social media you have, cause that dude is the best thing to happen to the internet since the domestication of cats.


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1. Waiting for the gates to lift after shoving the parking ticket in the machine. Then copping I forgot to pay it, with a Rizla paper sized space between my bumper and the next. There is no obligation for those queuing to show any tolerance or understanding of this outrageous act of civil disobedience. To prove this, I will release their collective thought bubble by loudly proclaiming to all within earshot my status as a numpty and a half. I might add gestures depending on the demographic. Gentle sideway head pleads for the older generation; a regular pistol to my head for the rest. Older and younger people – you are united in not finding any of these theatrics helpful or amusing. Concentrate on what you have in common, not what divides you.
2. Being introduced to someone new in work and casually enquiring "what do you do yourself then?" so I can make the correct prejudicial judgement and a mental note to avoid them in future. "I'm the Chief Executive" "I'm God" "I'm Jesus" "I'm Elvis" "I make Reese's peanut butter cups". Inevitably, all the big fromages I should be genuflecting before rather than having the impertinence to address them verbally or initiate eye contact.
My boss is usually in the wings wearing her thought bubble on her rolled-up sleeve ("Numpty"). First cousin to this awkward moment is the over-enthusiastic response to any hint of the boss being absent or out-of-reach. It's a throwback to my younger days and the thrill of the parents going away. Twenty odd years and 200 miles later, a wave of giddiness still comes over me when I hear they're going away for the night; even though I'm not actually there. This week's classic… Boss: "This will be my last week here" Me: "Whaaaaaaaaat??" In that over-exuberant the-water-pipes-have-burst-there's-no-school-today kinda what. "Eh I'm just moving to a different office". Insert your own tumbleweed here.
3. People are so fucking cruel where I work, not one of them had the decency to point out that I ran the risk of exhibiting a dodgy drug habit with the remnants of face cream hovering round my nostril area. We Mothers Are So Busy™ sometimes we don't notice. Thanks people. You're the best. I'm not telling yiz there's no toilet paper left. I didn't realise. Honestly™.
4. Turn to the person next to you and try chatting to them with your hand vaguely covering your mouth and shuffle backwards gradually. This is how to behave when you've bumped into someone you haven't seen in ages while convinced your breath stinks. I don't want to think about what their thought bubble contained.
5. Because I wasn't arsed reading up on the non-must-haves for newborns, I overlooked a few items. After three weeks watching re-runs of One Born Every Minute and bragging about my heroic stoicism compared to the screaming wimps featured, the inevitable emergency came (we had run out of cheese and pate). An outing was inevitable.
Landing at the deli-counter I bumped in my Mother-in-Law who looks down at the buggy and asks where the child is. She's here, says I, lifting back 25 assorted blankets. Think princess and the pea. The baby being the pea. A foot muff arrived by Amazon super swift post the following morning courtesy of Grandma. I'm usually wearing 25 assorted blankets of one sort or another any time we randomly collide. It's not that she's not a decent spud, my Ma In-Law, it's just that most times we have an unscheduled meeting, I inspire her to think…numpty


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Kenya kidnap: Cameron says the UK is doing all it can
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The government is doing everything it can to try to find a British tourist kidnapped in Kenya, David Cameron says.
Judith Tebbutt, 56, was kidnapped and her husband David, 58, shot dead at a resort on Saturday. It is believed Mrs Tebbutt may have been taken to Somalia.
Mr Cameron told MPs the Cobra emergency committee met on Tuesday to ensure the government's response to the kidnapping was co-ordinated.
"We are doing everything we possibly can on this desperately tragic case."
At Prime Minister's Questions, Conservative MP Richard Harrington said the couple's son Oliver lived in his Watford constituency. Mr Harrington asked what was being done to find Mrs Tebbutt and apprehend her husband's killers.
Mr Cameron said: "It's not right to air all of these issues in public but I can reassure you and all the Tebbutt family we will do everything possible to help."
He said Foreign Secretary William Hague had earlier met relatives of the Tebbutts.
'Bandit attack'
Mr and Mrs Tebbutt, from Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire, were staying at Kiwayu Safari Village on the coast about 45km (28 miles) from Somalia's border when they were attacked. They were the 18-cottage resort's only guests at the time.
Local police said the gunmen entered the couple's room - which only had cloths for doors - shortly after midnight and fired a single shot.
Mrs Tebbutt was reportedly taken from the resort by six men in a speedboat, in what police described as a "bandit attack".
Kenyan police said it was possible Mr Tebbutt had been shot because he resisted.
The offenders are suspected to be from the Islamist extremist group al-Shabab or pirate gangs in Somalia.
Police in Kenya have reportedly arrested a man suspected of involvement in the case and are conducting a wide-scale manhunt. A team of Metropolitan Police officers travelled to Kenya on Tuesday to help local authorities with their investigations.
The Foreign Office continues to advise against all but essential travel to within 30km (18 miles) of Kenya's border with Somalia. There have been previous attacks by Somali militia into Kenya, it says.
Kenyan police said they had been on high alert in many areas of the country on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the US.


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Alright, so this blog is about Brighton and Portland Bill isn't in Brighton. BUT I shot some snaps there on my film camera over Easter and I only just got them developed. I'm pretty happy with how they came out so thought I'd share them on here.
I was shooting on a Canon AV1 with, believe it or not, Poundland Film. It's called Vista Plus and you get 24 shots. I heard they discontinued it so I bought like, 50 rolls ha and my fridge is full of them. Working my way through them and I'm really impressed with the colours.


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SCIENTISTS have grown meat in the laboratory for the first time. Experts in Holland used cells from a live pig to replicate growth in a petri dish.
The advent of so-called "in-vitro" or cultured meat could reduce the billions of tons of greenhouse gases emitted each year by farm animals — if people are willing to eat it.
So far the scientists have not tasted it, but they believe the breakthrough could lead to sausages and other processed products being made from laboratory meat in as little as five years' time.
Read more (Times Online – UK)


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The Worcester Railers began their three in three home weekend with a contest against the Adirondack Thunder Friday night at the DCU Center and needed every one of Evan Buitenhuis' 46 saves to defeat their North Division rivals 3-2.
It's been a long time since a Railers netminder stole a game for his team, and Friday night Buitenhuis was guilty of grand theft. Although he did make a few highlight worthy saves it was just the sheer volume of stops he had to made as Worcester allowed a franchise worst 48 shots by the Thunder, and nearly all of them were legitimate scoring chances.
Despite the ice being tilted towards the Railers goal it was Worcester that grabbed the first goal of the game when Ross Olsson continued his hot streak by beating former Railers netminder Eamon McAdam at 4:44 of the opening period. Dante Salituro sent Drew Callin into the Thunder zone on the right side, and Callin found Olsson at the top of the left wing circle for the shot that beat McAdam low stick side. As soon as the puck went by him McAdam knew he should have had that shot, tapping himself on his chest with his glove hand.
With Worcester standing around in their own end Nikita Popugaev tied it for Adirondack at 14:18, but it still took three shots in quick succession to beat Buitenhuis. First Buitenhuis made a blocker save in traffic on Casey Pierro-Zabotel's bid, and followed that with another blocker save on Charlie Curti. Buitenhuis has no chance on the third shot as it sailed over him and just under the crossbar.
James Phelan then gave the Thunder the lead at 5:58 of the second period when he converted a Ryan MacKinnon turnover into an unassisted shorthanded breakaway goal.
The majority of the play continued to take place in the Railers end, but once again Worcester took advantage of a small opening to get back to even. It started with Callin streaking down the left wing side, throwing a decent bid at McAdam. The save was made with the rebound going behind the net. Before Callin could grab the puck Yanick Turcotte swooped in to gain possession and wheeled the net. Turcotte misfired on his bid but the puck went right to Olsson, who gained control and fired a hard shot over McAdam from about 15-feet to make it 2-2 at 18:44.
At the beginning of the third period the play was nearly even, and it was the Railers top line that gave them the eventual game winning goal. A Nic Pierog steal turned a Thunder zone entry into a Railers odd man rush. Barry Almeida went down the left side, and when both defensemen committed to the Worcester captain Almeida threw a nice pass towards the slot to an onrushing Kyle Thomas. After an NHL-quality deke Thomas had all 24 square feet to shoot at to make it 3-2 Railers at 6:02.
Buitenhuis and Worcester then had to kill off multiple borderline penalty calls late in the frame but were able to hold off a final Thunder push to win.
Next, the Railers take on the Newfoundland Growlers Saturday night, with a 7pm puck drop. Fans are encouraged to bring a canned food item to benefit local community organizations and win prizes courtesy of Price Chopper and Market 32.
Scratches for the Railers were Bo Brauer, JD Dudek (14-day IR/upper), Cody Payne, Tanner Pond (14-day IR/upper), Kyle McKenzie (day to day/upper), and Jordan Samuels-Thomas (day to day/lower). Ian Milosz was the back-up goaltender. On Wednesday the New York Islanders reassigned Arnaud Durandeau, who was the team's 6th round pick in the 2017 NHL entry draft, from the Sound Tigers to Worcester. To make room for him on the roster the Railers released Alec Marsh, who was pointless in three games with Worcester. On Thursday Worcester claimed defenseman Phil Johansson off waivers from Newfoundland.
Friday marked the return of Yanick Turcotte to the line-up when his "indefinite suspension" was revoked after a phone hearing between the ECHL. The particulars of his suspension are well known so we won't rehash them again, and the Railers were pretty much mum when asked for information about the hearing with the league. As has been the case since last weekend the fans were hardly quiet in their support for Turcotte and had t-shirts printed up that were worn by many fans at the game Friday.
If you follow this writer on Twitter you already know how terrible ECHL referee Brett Roeland was during the game, so I won't bother to sully this post with how bad he actually was. His third period imitation of longtime AHL referee Terry Koharski led to an odd occurrence in the Worcester penalty box worth mentioning. With the Thunder's Alex Tonge on the Adirondack penalty bench referee Roeland called quick consecutive minors on Kyle Thomas and Nic Pierog, turning Worcester's 5v4 power play into a 4v3 advantage for Adirondack. As all three of those minors neared ending Roeland then called Connor Doherty for roughing. That's where the issues began. Tonge's minor expired, making it 5v3 for the Thunder. Once Thomas' penalty expired the Railers penalty box attendant opened the door for Thomas to leave, but Doherty knew the rules and prevented Thomas from taking the ice as that could have led to another penalty on Worcester, and then had to do the same as Pierog thought he should leave. Once Pierog's penalty expired he was allowed to leave the box to make it 5v4. Thomas had to wait until a stoppage of play, which happened seconds after the Pierog penalty expired, to leave the box.
In another note, one that can be checked off in the "humorous" column, there was an assistant coach behind the bench with Head Coach Dave Cunniff last night. Not recognizing who it was, and after getting a handful of inquiries, I asked the Railers who the Barry Trotz lookalike was with Cunniff. With a shrug, the reply was "it's some guy named Bob who is a friend of Cunniff". In my 24 years of covering Worcester hockey that is by far the funniest "serious" answer I have ever gotten. A few minutes later a more official response was made, and it was longtime Providence College Women's hockey coach and Shrewsbury, Mass resident Bob Deraney. A goaltender by trade Deraney spent four seasons at Boston University and then played for the Johnstown Chiefs of the All-American Hockey League. Deraney appeared in 13 regular season games, splitting time with former Railers President and General Manager Toby O'Brien.
The three stars of the game were
1. WOR – 34 Evan Buitenhuis
2. WOR – 9 Ross Olsson
3. WOR – 51 Yanick Turcotte
The 210Sports Player of the Game was Kyle Thomas.
Even Strength Lines
Almeida / Pierog / Thomas
Thomson / Walsh / Durandeau
Olsson / Callin / Salituro
Stander / Doherty
Murray / MacKinnon
Chukarov / Johansson
Adirondack 1 1 0 – 2
Worcester 1 1 1 – 3
1st Period-1, Worcester, Olsson 7 (Callin, Salituro), 4:44. 2, Adirondack, Popugaev 5 (Curti, Pierro-Zabotel), 14:18. Penalties-Thomas Wor (hooking), 15:53.
2nd Period-3, Adirondack, Phelan 2 5:58 (SH). 4, Worcester, Olsson 8 (Turcotte, Callin), 18:44. Penalties-Callin Wor (high-sticking), 1:46; Carrier Adk (delay of game), 4:02; Sissons Adk (holding), 7:15; Turcotte Wor (roughing), 7:15.
3rd Period-5, Worcester, Thomas 8 (Almeida, Pierog), 6:02. Penalties-Walsh Wor (slashing), 8:13; Tonge Adk (slashing), 15:48; Thomas Wor (interference), 15:56; Pierog Wor (holding), 16:05; Doherty Wor (roughing), 17:42.
Shots on Goal-Adirondack 18-14-16-48. Worcester 6-11-7-24.
Power Play Opportunities-Adirondack 0 / 6; Worcester 0 / 2.
Goalies-Adirondack, McAdam 7-11-1-2 (24 shots-21 saves). Worcester, Buitenhuis 9-10-1-0 (48 shots-46 saves).
Referees-Brett Roeland (10).
Linesmen-Nathan Frechette (49), Sam Schildkraut (46).


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SimCity Societies, the latest release in the SimCity franchise, is due for release on November 13. The game integrates a social and cultural modeling component. Characteristics of each user-run SimCity is determined by the user through development of six social, cultural, and economic factors: productivity, prosperity, creativity, spirituality, authority, and knowledge.
Featuring an all-new, revolutionary feature set, SimCity Societies allows you to create your own kinds of cities and shape their cultures and environments. Make your cities green or polluted, contemporary or futuristic, rural or urban. Create an artistic society or a police state, an industrial city or a spiritual community—or any society you want!
Jamais Cascio notes that the game is finding real world applications, including climate education –from an unlikely source:
British Petroleum initially approached EA Games about a specialized version of SimCity that dealt with energy and global warming; rather than undertake a one-off project, EA agreed to partner up with BP to integrate these ideas into SimCity Societies. While this has elements of crass product placement — all of the gas stations in your city are BP, for example — it also suggest an intriguing opportunity to look at not just how energy and environment affect economic results, but how they change social behaviors, too.
Also read Dan DiPasquo's commentary on the role of energy companies in games…


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Anna Hindell
She/Her/HersLicensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW-R Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, CIYT
Anna is seeing people who are vaccinated in person. She just opened a new office at 302 5th Avenue.
She/Her/HersLicensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW-R Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, CIYT
Anna is seeing people who are vaccinated in person. She just opened a new office at 302 5th Avenue.
Anna is providing phone and video sessions throughout the COVID-19 crisis.
Anna is a Gestalt therapist whose practice is open to young adults, including college students and recent graduates, professionals, teenagers, and couples. She works with individuals who are experiencing anxiety and depression, eating disorders, life transitions and all people who want to gain a deeper understanding of themselves. She welcomes those who are grappling with the high-stress demands of life in and around New York City.
Anna received her Master's in Social Work from New York University. She completed post-graduate training at the Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy, and graduated from the Center for Somatic Studies. In addition to her private practice as a therapist, Anna is also a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, and is adept at integrating the body-mind connection into her work with clients.
Anxiety - Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic (panic disorder)
Depression - Providing support and promoting healing of hopelessness, low motivation and energy, sadness, irritability, sleep disturbance, and loss of interest and pleasure in life
Eating disorders - Reducing unhealthy eating patterns, beliefs, and behaviors, such as restricting, purging, and binging; healing the emotional pain surrounding disordered eating
Relationship issues - Understanding one's wants and needs in relationships; exploring patterns of interaction, addressing concerns, and strengthening satisfaction in relationships and dating
Mind-body connection - Development of skills for handling negative thoughts about physical appearance; building habits of more positive self-talk and self-perception
Adolescent mental health - Working with adolescents, teenagers, and parents on social, academic, and/or emotional challenges throughout teenage years; addressing anxiety, family conflicts, peer relationships, school stress, transition to college, social media pressures, self-esteem, hopelessness about the future, emotional dysregulation
College and graduate student mental health - Specialized strategies for common issues of young adulthood, including school and career stressors, support around healthy relationships, existential concerns, drug or alcohol issues, eating disorders, and anxiety and/or depression
Anna Hindell is not in-network with any insurances.
Read about the benefits of seeing an out-of-network provider here.
This provider can support you in getting reimbursement from your insurance company if you are seeking out-of-network reimbursement. Here are the out-of-network billing options they provide:
Frequency of sessions this provider offers to see clients once you are an established client.
Please contact Anna if you think you qualify for a sliding scale position. She would be happy to speak with you and see if she can work it out based on your needs.
Anna can advise and help with submitting out-of-network claims.
Years of Experience: 18 years
Private Practice, 2011 - Present
Metropolitan Hospital , ACT Team, 2008 - 2011
University Heights High School , Social Worker, 2005 - 2008
Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, Certification , 2013
Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy, Certification, 2011
Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy, Certification, 2007
New York University School for Social Work, MSW, 2005
Carleton College, BA, 2000
Horace Mann High School, High School , 1996
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We all have mental health, but for some the careful balance that keeps us mentally healthy is lost. In this category of articles and product reviews, I look at natural and holistic solutions to reducing anxiety, panic disorders and depression.
Melatonin for Anxiety: Does it Work? Side Effects and Brands
Using Melatonin for anxiety is in the early stages of scientific research. I investigate the side effects and brands of Melatonin.


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text: Cleaning Accuride or Alcoa Wheels April 26, 2017, 07:40:37 pm The aluminum rims on Entegra are made by one of two manufacturers, Alcoa or Accuride. I've only seen the Alcoa brand on the Cornerstone platform, the others have all been Accuride, at least that is what I have observed and what has been listed in the Spartan specs for the coaches. Of course someone may have been able to make a special order or done a swap out.If they are made by Alcoa they could be the Dura-Bright coated. If they are you'll see a Dura-Bright decal on the rim stating this fact. Its important to know what you have since the cleaning procedure is very different depending on what you have. Dura-Bright coated wheels are a simple soapy water and sponge cleanup, no scrubbing, tools or polish should ever be used. If the rims are made by Accuride they also may or may not be coated. The coated Accu-Shield wheels will be identified by Accu-Shield decals on the rims. Here again cleanup is with soapy water and a sponge, no scrubbing, tools or polish should be used.Both Dura-Bright and Accu-Shield wheels will have a nice shine but will not have the mirror shine of a polished wheel. Then again you can clean 6 coated wheels in about 10 mins and they will look really nice. Sadly I have not seen Dura-Bright or Accu-Shield as a standard on any model or year Entegra Coach.The care and cleaning of polished wheels require time, effort and polish to keep them looking new. Using Mothers aluminum wheel polish/cleaner and a Mothers polishing ball (on a drill) will restore a high polish to the wheel, but expect to spend 20-30 mins per wheel.Attached are maintenance guides for the rims, be sure and use the one appropriate for what you have![smg id=41 type=album] Quote Selected


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New podcast featuring Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse discussing marriage and family. You can skip through the first 5 minutes because it's just introductory. This is a great interview – highly recommended! There is a fair amount of Catholic stuff in the interview, so be forewarned. The interviewer just goes through some of her essays and asks her about them.
When I hear a woman who has this much of an understanding about what marriage is about and what forces are arrayed against marriage, it just makes me want to run out and get married, because she makes it sound so interesting that I want to try it out and see if everything she says is really true. She has such a good understanding of who her opponents are and what they think and what they are trying to accomplish. A very serious woman.
The MP3 file is here. (54 minutes)
Why are socialists so hostile to the natural family? (essay)
- socialists oppose monogamy
- socialists view marriage as a structure that oppressive because of gender roles
- socialists favor "group marriage"
- socialists believe that children should be raised by the collective, not by parents
- socialists intend to achieve this by imposing their vision through government power
How does the welfare state discourage people from having children? (essay)
- high taxes make having more children unaffordable
- state regulation of marriage and parenting opens door to risk of legal trouble
- welfare payments to individuals means that relationships can be exited easily
- e.g. – women can divorce and substitute welfare for a husband/father
What is the sandwich generation? (essay)
- boomers complained about having to take care of children and elderly parents
- with the normal timing for having children, this doesn't happen
- but if child-bearing is delayed, then this problem occurs
- also, there are fewer siblings available to help with aging parents
- this opens up the need for government to take over care for dependents
- women are encouraged to focus on education and career during fertile years
What is the effect of welfare states mandating high minimum wages? (essay)
- minimum wage laws increase unemployment rates
- if you require employers to pay high wages, then employers offer fewer jobs
- young people are just not productive enough to get those jobs
- so young people stay in school more and delay adulthood and child-bearing
- welfare states also make it hard to fire people, causing more unemployment
- when government raises minimum wages and benefits, it hurts young people
- when young people finally get a job, they are already in their 30s
How do Catholics respond to the socialist emphasis on equality? (essay)
- making everyone equal requires the abolition of differences between people
- for example, feminists try to make men have the same careers as men
- but this requires women to diminish the fact that they want children
- Catholics don't want to make everyone equal, but to defend the weak
- Christianity supports private property (thou shalt not steal)
- Christianity supports the family as being ordained by God
- Rerum Novarum says that inequality and imperfection in society is OK
Who is excluded from socialism's drive for equality? (essay)
- children are excluded from equality because they are dependent
- children impose obligations on people to take care of them
- the same is true for the elderly


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Today in Arts Entrepreneurship we volunteered products or services that we found to be "innovative" and "game changers." I heard some people mention how Netflix displaced television, how Pandora challenged the sales model for the music industry, how Spotify inherited Pandora's place, and how Google's search software and Glass Project* have made tremendous waves. Of the most widely covered break-out technology** I raised my hand and voiced that self-driving cars will revolutionize our way of life by reducing instances of accidents due to human error and also increase fuel efficiency.*** I proceeded to make this points and also point out that testing of these vehicles has already been legalized in Nevada, the only problems are all the legal hurdles before self-driving cars become the norm and not the exception.
Surprisingly, a classmate expressed that self-driving cars are borderline "un-American" infringing on the American spirit of self-reliance and uniqueness. To be frank, that comment took me by surprise because as a Political Economy student I am currently studying about being American and this concept of "self-reliance" was introduced in my History 131B ("Creating Modern American Society) course. The past of this nation highlights the pursuit of the American Frontier, the Wild West and adaptation to a new environment. With that in mind, I do not perceive a dissonance between giving up control of a driving wheel and pursuing the American identity. In fact, the link between entrepreneurship, the "New American Frontier," and the welcoming of daring new tech, like autonomous cars, is clear.
It is the epitome of being American to pursue modernity, to challenge the norm, to seek efficiency and most of all to pursue the American Frontier. I see the frontier, now, as emerging technology, social reform and ideology. There is no more land on Earth to parcel, or a desire for the United States to dominate and conquer physically (economically and politically are matters that need not be addressed in this discourse). There is land in outer space and real estate in the internet, but the main point is that innovation is the new carrot on the stick because there is no finish line.**** To shy away from emerging technology is the most un-American mode of thinking, in my humble opinion. Embracing what is inevitable and seeing the positive results is the goal. Rather than thinking of all the reasons a piece of technology might be too invasive, too strange, or too inconvenient we need to think of ways that they can benefit society, why, and the surmountable challenges that stand in the way of positive change. I do not mean to imply that negative backlash to a scientific/ technological innovation should be ignored, but that it should not be the focus.
Self-driving cars will err less than people and I believe that the most beneficial move is to only have self-driving cars in the road. Unfortunately, that is not yet economically feasible and as demonstrated in my class also not a hypothetical world that people have assimilated to. But as American culture dictates, or as I understand American culture to be, the adaptation of modernity will not lag for long and self-driving cars will become as common to our perception as smartphones, printed text, and fire have become.
*I wrote another tech blog relating to Project Glass as well as to Epiphany Eyewear which I worked on as an intern this past winter break: "Technology: The Arrival of Augmented Reality." (https://immenselyalive.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/technology-the-arrival-of-augmented-reality/) For more information on this innovative Startup visit: http://vergencelabs.com ; http://www.epiphanyeyewear.com/ ; or find them on Facebook.
**("break-out" in the sense that it's geared towards the public market, unlike the DARPA Grand Challenge starting in 2004; the international pursuit for autonomous cars started the late 1970's) For more information refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Grand_Challenge
***Pair fuel efficiency with hybrid cars or completely electric cars and the innovative push by TESLA to install charging stations and we can decrease green gas emissions considerably! Also check out wireless car charging (related to wireless phone charging): http://delphi.com/manufacturers/auto/hevevproducts/charging-cordsets/wrls-chrg/
****The actual phrase is "carrot or the stick," (reward or punishment) but I prefer the visual image of a carrot being dangled in front, never being reached and always hungering for it. I had to look it up, being foreign and all: http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/carrot.html