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Friday, December 10, 2010
What's your favorite thriller movie?
Jenny: Hands down, my favorite thriller is The Silence of the Lambs. It has a spectacularly fascinating villain (Hannibal Lecter), an interesting secondary villain (Buffalo Bill), and a likable heroine (FBI trainee Clarice Starling). This movie actually borders on horror for me, especially during the scenes where the Governor's daughter is kept in the well. "It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again!" Tight pacing, complex characters (you know I love characterization!) and a satisfying ending make for a movie that I can watch over and over again.
JB: I've got to go with Se7en. The seven deadly sins. Kevin Spacey at his absolute creepiest. You-know-who's head in a box. What's not to love? A close second for me would be And Then There Were None...it's caused me nightmares for years!
So what's YOUR favorite thriller movie, killer friends?
Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
16 comments:
- Joanna St. James said...
I would have to go wit the Usual Suspect I really loved how smart and twisted Kevin Spacey's mind was.
- December 10, 2010 at 4:52 AM
- DL Hammons said...
I'd have to include Se7en near the top of the list. Definitely!
- December 10, 2010 at 8:08 AM
- Jess said...
The movie TESIS (it's a Spanish film by Alejandro Amenabar) scared the pants off me, but maybe because I was living alone in a foreign country at the time. It's about a film student doing a thesis, and it's...disturbing. I walked around the streets of Sevilla completely freaked out for days.
- December 10, 2010 at 8:19 AM
- Melanie said...
Aaack...a movie question??? :-) :-) :-)
Soooo many to choose from. Silence of the Lambs and Usual Suspects definitely toward the very tippy top of the list. Will have to say The Cell. Such an underrated film, IMO. - December 10, 2010 at 8:52 AM
- B.E. Sanderson said...
I love Silence of the Lambs (definitely need to read that book), but my favorite is probably an earlier Thomas Harris thriller - Manhunter (1986). It's from his book The Red Dragon (yeah, it was remade in '02) and stars William Peterson of CSI fame. Directed by Michael Mann, it has a whole Miami Vice vibe, but man, was it creepy. It definitely stuck in my head.
- December 10, 2010 at 8:55 AM
- Joann Swanson said...
DL - Se7en is definitely at the top of my list too! Such an amazing movie.
Jess - I've added it to our Netflix. Thank you for mentioning it! I'm always looking for foreign thrillers/horror movies. One of the best I've seen is TimeCrimes. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it.
Mel - I really liked The Cell! Not the best acting, but a truly stunning film.
BE - Manhunter has always been one of my favs. It has the most wonderful tone and imagery. And, HELLO, Grissom!! Great choice. Did you see the remake with Edward Norton - Red Dragon? It's quite good. - December 10, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- Melanie said...
I agree Joann, the acting was a little weak, but the story was so cool and freaky, and terrifying and beautiful that I forgive them (especially JLo, whom I LOVE) for the lame acting skills in that one.
- December 10, 2010 at 10:59 AM
- maine character said...
Two Kevin Spacey films! I'm definitely in the right place.
*Spoiler about The Usual Suspects*
I wish I hadn't known who Keyser Söze was, but Spacey kind of gave it away at the Oscars, when he accepted his award and said, "I don't know who Keyser Söze is, but I have a good idea he's going to get drunk tonight." :P
Also, I saw an interview with the screenwriter, and he was working as a clerk for some detectives, I think, and would not only write down all that great slang, but all that barbershop in Poughkeepsie stuff? That Spacey read off the bulletin board? That's exactly where the guy found it - just looked up from where he was writing and jotted it down. - December 10, 2010 at 3:21 PM
- Joann Swanson said...
Mel - absolutely. The visuals were stunning enough that I not only own the movie, I've watched it several times.
OH NO, Maine!! That sucks to have such a brilliant movie spoiled before seeing it. I went in knowing nothing about it and was completely blown away (so lucky!). That's fascinating about the screenwriter. Another good argument for always paying attention! - December 10, 2010 at 3:42 PM
- Jennifer Hillier said...
I can't believe I've never seen The Usual Suspects. That changes tonight, because I'm pretty sure we own the movie! (It's one of my husband's faves.)
- December 10, 2010 at 4:37 PM
- Melanie said...
Jennifer Hillier!!!
*slaps your hand hard for being a very naughty girl*
How could have not seen that one? One of the most brilliant movies ever! Can't wait to hear your thoughts on it. Man I love that movie. The last five minutes alone are just OMG. Brilliant. - December 10, 2010 at 6:03 PM
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- Amanda Sablan said...
Se7en for me as well and also Fight Club (it's thriller-ish). Brad Pitt certainly isn't doing any harm. ;0
Then there's Basic Instinct, Silence of the Lambs, and anything Hitchcock... Oh well, I can't choose! - December 11, 2010 at 1:28 AM
- Hannah Kincade said...
Se7en hands down. I watch that movie several times a year. Loves it.
There are many to add to the list though. Love Silence of the Lambs, The Usual Suspects, Enemy of the State, The Negotiator, The Cell...I could seriously keep going. I loves thrillers!! - December 11, 2010 at 5:48 PM
- Melanie said...
Does Sleeping With The Enemy count? That movie is great.
- December 12, 2010 at 4:31 PM
- Jai Joshi said...
I'm with Joann on this one. The Usual Suspects freaked me the feck out and the super villain behind it all has got to be one of the modern classic villains of the past few decades.
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"Dreamtime," the animist mythology central to indigenous Australian society, is a fascinating ideology that has helped shape the continent. This trip is just the ticket for curious travellers eager to learn more about Aboriginal history, culture and contemporary life straight from the people themselves. Up here in the north, you'll study ancient traditions, learn how to spear-fish, wander the beaches and lush valleys along the Daintree River and embark on a life-affirming rainforest walk that will bring you closer to the land and the people who inhabit it than you ever thought possible. The dream is real, and it's waiting for you to join it.
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Get remote and head into the last frontiers of Australia—Kakadu and Litchfield National Parks. Featuring lots of inclusions at a great price, this itinerary is geared towards budget-conscious travellers who want to make the most of their time in Kakadu. Take in the region's ancient landscapes, spectacular waterfalls, pristine rock pools and magnificent gorges and meet some of the locals. Round out your experience with a guided exploration of the regions ancient art, gaining insight to Aboriginal culture.
Highlights: Exploring remote areas of the Northern Territory, discovering secret watering holes and waterfalls, spotting crocs by boat, viewing sites where Crocodile Dundee was filmed.
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Annual report human on tissues and cells 2011
The annual report for human tissues and cells for 2011 has been prepared pursuant to the Danish Tissue Act and is based on reports submitted by tissue establishments and gynaecology clinics in Denmark in the period January to December 2011.
26 November 2012 /Authorisation and supervision
Product defects and withdrawal of medicines 2011
In 2011, 356 reports of medicinal product defects were registered, which is the highest number ever. The majority of the reports came from companies and other authorities and predominantly concerned defects on the package and packaging material and deviations from specifications.
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Danish Medicines Agency's annual pharmacovigilance report 2011
The annual pharmacovigilance report offers an insight into some of the pharmacovigilance work performed by the Danish Medicines Agency in 2011.
02 March 2012 /Prices and reimbursement
Number of applications for individual reimbursement of medicines in 2011
In 2011, the Danish Medicines Agency (now the Danish National Board of Health) reviewed approx. 103,000 applications for single reimbursement (about 7 % more than in 2010), approx. 26,000 applications for reimbursement for the chronically ill (about 30 % less than in 2010), approx. 12,000 applications for reimbursement for the terminally ill (about 3 % more than in 2010) and approx. 2,500 applications for increased reimbursement (about 12 % less than in 2010), cf. table 1.
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Long-term treatment of osteoporosis patients with bisphosphonates
At present, there is very limited knowledge about long-term treatment with bisphosphonates for osteoporosis patients. But over the past years, reports suggestive of long-term adverse reactions have been submitted, e.g. osteonecrosis of the jaw and atypical fractures.
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Monitor the trends in consumption of drugs for acid-related disorders
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Sha'Teria Johnson, of Highland Springs, recently was named to the honor's list for the spring 2012 semester at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Va. To be eligible for the honor's list, students must earn a grade point average of 3.75 or higher. The following students were named to the dean's list at MBC: Amanda Harrison, Yvonne Knight and Charnelle Smith, of Richmond; and Siobhan Beza, of Glen Allen. To be eligible for the dean's list, students must earn a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.74. *** The following students have been accepted by Hampden-Sydney College and will begin classes in August: Ahmad Rashad Rudd, of Henrico; Conrad Wesley Broadus, Jr., Tucker Valentine Brown, William Robert Hopkins, Samuel George Johnson, and Edward West Valentine, Jr., of Richmond; and Parker Harrison Campbell, Thomas Meredith Cole, III, Alexander Scott DeWees, Shane Thomas Duffy, John Donald Lloyd, Timothy Ryan Millican, Nicholas Christian Palmer, Jacob Bernard Pope, III, and Eric Douglas Shaver, of Glen Allen. *** Gov. Bob McDonnell has appointed local residents to several boards and commissions: Advisory Board on Radiological Technology – Karsten F. Konerding, of Henrico, radiologist with Commonwealth Radiology, PC; Board of Optometry – Joseph E. Droter, O.D., of Richmond, optometrist; and State Rehabilitation Advisory Council – John M. Eisenberg, of Richmond, assistant superintendent of special education and student services. *** Mary Cannella, of Glen Allen, recently graduated from DePaul University in Chicago, Ill. *** The following students recently graduated from Mary Baldwin College: Jazzmin Booker, of Henrico; Paula Gatti, of Sandston; Sha'Teria Johnson, of Highland Springs; and Noran Knight, Yvonne Knight, Kelly Martin and Jacquelyn Slockbower, of Richmond. *** Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) International has selected Kathy Harkey as CIT Advocate of the Year and Chief Douglas A. Middleton as CIT Police Chief of the Year. Harkey became a certified trainer for CIT and has served as a family member trainer during the 40 hour training since the CIT inception in Henrico. She currently serves as program director for NAMI Central Virginia. Middleton plans to CIT train 100% of Henrico County police officers and the Henrico County Academy recruits. He is also committed to partnering with fire, mental health and the Sheriff's Department to ensure that all first responders are CIT trained. *** Board leadership for Greater Richmond Partnership, Inc. (GRP) has changed effective July 1: G. Slaughter Fitz-Hugh, III, president of CapTech Ventures, Inc., has been elected vice chair. The following private sector members will continue their service on the Partnership board: Katherine Busser, senior vice president of Capital One; Robert P. DeLille, CEO at Creative; and T. Justin (Jay) Moore, partner at Hunton & Williams, LLP. The following private sector members will serve as board alternates: Ned W. Massee, vice president of corporate affairs at MeadWestvaco Corporation; Doug Roth, senior vice president and area executive at BB&T; Tracy Kemp Stallings, COO at HCA CJW Medical Center; and Kim Scheeler, president of Greater Richmond Chamber. Patricia S. O'Bannon, member of the Henrico County Board of Supervisors, will continue as a public sector board member. Virgil Hazelett, Henrico county manager, will continue to serve as a public sector board alternate. William C. Broaddus, partner at McGuireWoods, LLP, will continue to serve as General Counsel for the Partnership. Two Partnership officers, Gregory H. Wingfield, president and CEO, and Valerie Derricott, corporate secretary, were re-elected to their positions. |
Raiders help 'Stir It Up!'
Among the activities featured at Stir It Up!, a fundraiser and awareness raiser held May 5 at Deep Run H.S., was the opportunity for youngsters – including this young fan pictured with player Raibonne Charles – to play catch with members of the Richmond Raiders professional indoor football team. > Read more.
Henrico Junior 4-H camp registration open
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For parents looking to keep their kids outside and away from the video games this summer, the Virginia Cooperative Extension is still accepting registrations for the 2013 Henrico Junior 4-H Camp.
The camp will be held June 17-23, and is open to boys and girls ages 9-13. A total of 10 spaces for boys and 27 spaces for girls remain available, and registration is open until May 24. The cost is $230, which includes lodging, meals, programs, instructional materials and charter bus transportation. > Read more.
The camp will be held June 17-23, and is open to boys and girls ages 9-13. A total of 10 spaces for boys and 27 spaces for girls remain available, and registration is open until May 24. The cost is $230, which includes lodging, meals, programs, instructional materials and charter bus transportation. > Read more.
Weekend Top 10
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Shrimp, barbecue and ice cream definitely go together this weekend in Henrico! The kids might even enjoy a tea party with Alice and the Mad Hatter. Other fun events for the family are Imagination Richmond and May Play Day. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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Tran's Pho 1 Grill will serve Vietnamese fare
After nearly a year out of the restaurant industry, a well known 30-year Henrico restaurateur is ready to open up his fifth venture in Short Pump.
Paul Tran, along with his wife Ellen will open up Pho 1 Grill, a Vietnamese restaurant, in June in the Towne Center West Shopping Center.
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The white squarish lumps in your miso soup, Quite tasty. Takasan tofu watashi-wa miso jodai.
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bean curd, that is good with everything, meat for vegans fried tofu...mmmm TASTY!
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Bean curd most commonly ate by vegetarians. Even though it is a white, cheese-like block, it is a substitute for meat to non-carnivores. It is very high in protein and tastes delicious Tofu is the perfect substitute for meat to a vegetarian, not to mention good-tasting and healthy.
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A bean-curd that is created in Asia. Its tastes really good. Even tastes better in stews and/or kimchi Tofu is perfect in stews or kimchi.
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bean curd that tastes good accompanied with italian dressing. my cat stole some of my tofu
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(noun)originally, a womans sexual flesh;
in Chinese and in dual Chinese-American culture, "tofu" refers to the flesh, particularly the sexual flesh; in modern use, it is used by a man or a woman when one of them physically attempts to 'get some skin'; is a playful sexual term ; the Chinese and Chinese American version of "get some ass", or "cop a feel". Man and a woman physically cloese, on a date or s/th, the man subtly tries to get his hand on the womans breast: the woman in this situation says playfully " Hey! Are you trying to eat my tofu?!"
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Gelatinous, pretty much flavorless hunks of bean curd. Good addition of (some, but not all kinds of) protien to a vegetarian diet, and it can be flavored pretty easily. Ever since I became vegetarian, I started eating more (free range) eggs, nuts, mushrooms (heh), and tofu!


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Beginning next week, we at TOC are merging our blogs, Voltron style, into a one-stop superblog, #Chicago.
The staff here is equally interested in music, theater, food, nightlife, film, art and local news, and we know our readers are as well. So, no more pesky blog hopping and multiple clicks to learn about a new doughnut joint opening and the best upcoming weekend club events and a Steppenwolf scoop.
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Best concerts this weekend | April 5–7
There's an enormous number of concerts worth seeing this weekend.
Friday 5
Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Yuja Wang
1:30pm, Symphony Center (Orchestra Hall), $24–$208
Finnish conductor Sakari Oramo directs the CSO in its debut performance of Australian composer Brett Dean's epic Amphitheatre, a dramatic scene for large orchestra. Young Chinese pianist Yuja Wang takes the stage for Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto before the evening wraps up with Carl Nielsen's unconventional Fifth Symphony.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at the Chicago Theatre | Photos
Nick Cave played the sold-out Chicago Theatre on Monday behind the somber new Push the Sky Away, the first Bad Seeds disc since 2008, and the first minus linchpin Mick Harvey. Check out our photos.
The Rolling Stones' "50 and Counting" coming to United Center May 28
The Rolling Stones will be performing in Chicago on May 28. As part of their "50 and Counting" tour, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood will be celebrating their "first 50 years" of music. The Stones will be performing at the United Center, and tickets go on sale April 8. Presale tickets will be available for CitiBank Private Pass cardmembers beginning April 5.
Shemekia Copeland, Bobby Rush, Jimmy Johnson to play 2013 Blues Fest
The 30th Annual Chicago Blues Festival will include Shemekia Copeland, Bobby Rush and Jimmy Johnson plus a finale of locals John Primer, Billy Branch, Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, Lil' Ed and more. Produced by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Chicago's event is the largest free blues festival in the world and will take place June 6–9 in Millennium and Grant Parks. This year's theme is "Rollin' Up the River" and celebrates the blues by musically traveling up the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Chicago. See the full lineup below.
Millennium Park summer concert series announced
Today the city released the summer schedule for Millennium Park, which brings back to Pritzker Pavilion three free concert series—Downtown Sound, Loops and Variations and Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz—each of which boasts an impressively strong lineup. The once indie-centric Downtown Sound broadens its scope this year, as the series' first concert illustrates, pairing two trail-blazing guitarists with deep ties to the downtown NYC scene: idiosyncratic improviser Marc Ribot and Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo (May 27). Indie chanteuse Sharon Van Etten arrives a week later (June 3), while former Frames frontman Glen Hansard of Once fame follows on June 10. Loops and Variations, which finds common ground between Chicago's bustling new-music scene and the increasingly popular world of electronic music, returns in its second year, with inspired bills like Matmos and Fonema Consort (June 27), plus eighth blackbird joined by Wilco's Glenn Kotche (August 28). The Made in Chicago lineup is just as promising, closing out (and opening the Chicago Jazz Festival) on August 29 with iconic drummer and Chicago native Jack DeJohnette, who joins four fellow world-class jazz musicians with local roots: Muhal Richard Abrams, Larry Gray, Roscoe Mitchell and Henry Threadgill. See below for the complete schedule of events at Millennium Park:
ALT-J at the Metro | Photos
Leeds quartet ALT-J sold out the Metro for Thursday's show of irresistible indie-pop stylings. Opening was Hundred Waters, a five-piece from Florida that makes digital folk.
Lollapalooza 2013 lineup announced
Last summer's promotional wayfarers are on their last leg and, frankly, you miss the smell of vomit-soaked kitty litter in the morning. Good news for you, music-festival fanatic, the Lollapalooza 2013 lineup is here, which means the city's season of outdoor sonic throwdowns is not too far behind. And it seems we're ace at guessing headliners.
Here's a complete look at the snoozers (Mumford & Sons, Vampire Weekend, the Killers), surprises (the Cure) and everything in between, including solid picks such as Jessie Ware (!), Death Grips (!!) and Kendrick Lamar (!!!) and excellent locals Wild Belle, the Orwells, Supreme Cuts and Chance the Rapper.
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Green Day visited the Allstate Arena Thursday. Check out our photos.
Sky Ferreira and How to Dress Well at Schubas | Review
Schubas was calm Saturday, March 30, as Sky Ferreira rolled into town with How to Dress Well and High Highs. The sold-out crowd was still, clad in the leather jacket uniform many have come to love and more have come to loathe. The only light from the stage were lights wrapped around the microphones on stage as High Highs lead singer Jack Milas crooned over Oli Chang's conjured keys and Zach Lipkins's simplistic percussion. The band's hush-laden harmonies were captivating, keeping the crowd cool as the fans above began to fail. The set was short but sweet, as the band's mellow lullabies with bite made an impact.


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Brochure - 'Galilei, Marconi', Lloyd Triestino Line, 1967 Reg. No: HT 2616
- Summary:
- Brochure issued by Lloyd Triestino Lines, in 1967. It contains advertising material and information for the ships G. Marconi and G. Galilei. It is part of a collection of 175 items of post-war ship memorabilia collected by John McKay. John began collecting shipping brochures as a boy through an interest in travel and later used some of the material in his professional capacity as a Geography and Social Studies teacher. He finally made a voyage himself in 1957-1958, to England to attend a scouting jamboree, although he ended up staying for 18 months. He remembers lots of Australians going over at that time, and references to Earls Court as 'Kangaroo Alley'.
The G. Galilei and G. Marconi, were launched in 1962-3. They voyaged from Genoa, Italy to Melbourne, and could carry up to 289 first class passengers and 1594 tourist class passengers. - Description:
- Stapled double-sided brochure on gloss paper. Black and white and colour photographs of the ship accommodation and facilities, and colour photographs of destinations visited en route. Also black and white plan of the ship illustrated with black and white photographs. Text in English, Italian, French and German.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mr John McKay, 2003
Discipline: | Technology |
Dimensions: | 23.2 cm (Height), 11.8 cm (Width) |
Dimension Comment: | Folded once. |
More information
Tagged with: | immigration, shipping, pamphlets, patris |
Themes this item is part of: | Migration Collection, Transport Collection |
Primary Classification: | WATER TRANSPORT |
Secondary Classification: | Shipping Lines |
Tertiary Classification: | promotional materials |
Inscriptions: | Cover title: "GALILEO - MARCONI" "LLOYD TRIESTINO" Printer: "LA EDITORIALE LIBRARIA TRIESTE" |
Manufactured For: | Lloyd Triestino Lines, Italy, 1967 |
Ship Depicted: | ., 1967 |
Ship Depicted: | ., 1967 |
User: | Mr John McKay, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1967 Collected by John McKay |
sam russo
Posted on 25 Dec 2010 8:48 PM
I was on the marconi in 1966sailing to Italy and return to Australia and then again in 1970 to Italy and return to australia in 1973.mY Thoughts are always on the Marconi a buetiful ship
Silvia Tomarchio
Posted on 18 Jan 2011 12:46 AM
I was born on this ship the 30th September 1967 while my parents were migrating to Australia from Italy
Adele Croce
Posted on 27 Jul 2011 5:51 AM
I believe I was on this ship in 1967.
My family and I were sailing to Italy from Melbourne, Australia. It was my best childhood memory. I was 10 years old and became good friends with a boy, who's name was Tony. We did not get a chance to say goodbye to each other and I often wonder what ever became of him.
My family and I were sailing to Italy from Melbourne, Australia. It was my best childhood memory. I was 10 years old and became good friends with a boy, who's name was Tony. We did not get a chance to say goodbye to each other and I often wonder what ever became of him.
Silvia Tomarchio
Posted on 06 Aug 2011 5:21 PM
Hi Adele, it's sounds like a wonderful memory, I'm sure you would be able to find him on Facebook, but I suppose at 10 who asks for surnames???? lol
Silvia Tomarchio
Posted on 06 Aug 2011 5:23 PM
Hi Sam, sounds great, I went to Tassie last year, I guess only a taster as I don't remember when I was born, hope your life is wonderful, you too Adele
Matthew Goodwin
Posted on 19 Jan 2012 2:33 PM
As a young boy I was fortunate to travel a few times on both the Marconi and Galileo , to Europe and home to Australia . The trip was about five and a half weeks . In those days due to my Fathers work , my Mother would travel with my sister and I on these ships to meet my Father in Europe .we were very spoilt and travelled first class , and I remember many adventures on board , and fun .
I guess they were the days of true travel , unhurried , luxurious ..
I guess they were the days of true travel , unhurried , luxurious ..
wayne cameron
Posted on 05 Feb 2012 12:09 PM
Sailed from Sydnet to naples on board Galileo
1966 as a single young man going to the uk.
Great memories of many top ports of call on a
great ship.
1966 as a single young man going to the uk.
Great memories of many top ports of call on a
great ship.
Laurence Corélo
Posted on 17 Aug 2012 10:09 PM
J'ai navigué sur le Marconi, avec mes parents et mon frère. Départ de Gênes en juillet 1969.
Nous avions émigré , la première fois que j'ai posé le pied en Australie à Fremantle. Que de bons souvenirs sur ce merveilleux paquebot.
Nous avions émigré , la première fois que j'ai posé le pied en Australie à Fremantle. Que de bons souvenirs sur ce merveilleux paquebot.
Posted on 09 Dec 2012 5:03 PM
I traved on the Marconi with my parents and my brother from Genova Italy to Sydney Australia in August 1974, I was 9 years old, and have beautiful memories of the ship and the voyage. I think it was the best time of my life, I had a feeling of total freedom, the natural ocean air was so clean, I remember the pools on board and lounge areas our cabin and the cinema with the green coloured chairs they were so comfortable, Also how clean everything was. Ports we stopped at were Canary Island's, Cape Town, Fremantel, Melbourne and Sydney. I was greatly saddened to learn that the ship was scraped, after all the voyages and all the people that travelled on this great ship. Memories of the Marconi and the places we stopped at will stay with me forever. If anyone traveled around the same time and would like to email me I would be happy to share memories or photos would be nice.
Posted on 29 Dec 2012 8:43 PM
I travelled on the Marconi with my parents as a 3 year old on our way to a new life in Australia. We left from Genova in March 1965 and left the ship in Fremantle. Even at that young age I have many memories of the trip and these stories are now part of the fabric of our life. I still have the little bag Dad bought for me from the dockside vendor in Alexandria. It turned out mum's "seasicknes" was cured with the birth of my baby brother in late 1965.
Posted on 29 Jan 2013 9:35 AM
In January 1974 our family returned to South Africa from New Zealand on The Marconi. Although I think we had to fly to Sydney to board her. Shortly after that due to the oil crisis there were no more sailings in that direction.
ivica knezevic
Posted on 16 Feb 2013 10:50 PM
In Aug/September 1967 I was 8 years old when I sailed on the Marconi with my mother and two sisters to Australia from Genoa. The memories are priceless and unforgettable. 28 days sailing across the world was magic, the ship was the most beautiful thing that I had ever seen and to this day I am captivated by Sydney Harbour as it brings back incredible and beautiful memories when we sailed into the Harbour on the amazing Marconi. If you were a child on that sail please send me an email
Patricia Miller
Posted on 24 Mar 2013 2:07 PM
My family traveled on the Marconi from Genoa to Sydney, arriving March 1971. Our journey began in Montevideo, Uruguay, on the Augustus, which sailed up the east coast of South America en route to Genoa. From Genoa we sailed down the west coast of Africa, as the Suez Canal had not yet opened. An exiting trip for an 8 yo & her sister & brother, a nervous one for my parents.
John Rucinski
Posted on 03 Apr 2013 11:06 PM
Thank you for igniting the memories.... Our family sailed from Genoa in October 1967, arriving in Melbourne on a sunny Saturday morning on the 25th November 1967. We were migrating to Australia from Poland to join our family in Melbourne. As a 10 year old, I remember the 4 weeks on Marconi as a most exciting and liberating experience....fun, discovery and sailing into the unknown!!! Melbourne has been home ever since, but the Marconi experience remains as a major input to our transition into a new life in Australia.
I would love to exchange experiences with other travelers on Marconi, particularly during October/November 1967.
Best Regards, John.
I would love to exchange experiences with other travelers on Marconi, particularly during October/November 1967.
Best Regards, John.


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Organisational Culture - The Crucial Importance of Core Values
Do you have a set a core values? What deeply held beliefs shape the way you see the world and how you act?
Your core values underpin the way in which you behave, act, and how you live your life. So, if someone asked you to list your two most important values, what would they be?
I ask the question because the concept of core values is essential to understanding organisational culture.
Indeed I would hope that the role of core values would feature in many high-scoring BUSS4 essays for students answering questions about organisational culture – they are important!
read more...»Organisational Culture: Toxic Culture and Business Performance
It is relatively easy to identify evidence on how organisational culture can be an intangible asset of a business - a source of competitive advantage and a key reason for a business enjoying industry-beating financial performance.
However, the reverse can also be true. If organisational culture is managed incorrectly or (worse) left un-managed, it can become dysfunctional or toxic. In these situations the organisational culture of a business can become a liability, not an asset. It can even lead to the failure of the business.
read more...»Organisational Culture: Tony Hsieh on Zappos, Core Values and Culture
If students are looking for a research example of a business that is truly built around a deliberate attempt to create and nurture a strong organisational culture, they need look no further than online shoe retailer Zappos.
Tony Hsieh - the founder of Zappos (bought by Amazon a couple of years ago) wanted to build a business based around a simple idea. That it - if you get the organisational culture right - then everything else that you need to be successful will fall into place.
Is he right?
read more...»TBBLE 2014
TBBLE is back in 2013/14 - better than ever!
TBBLE is our most popular business studies CPD course - a day packed full with innovative ways to motivate, engage and inspire business students. Simply not to be missed!
TBBLE 2014 returns with yet another fantastic collection of teaching & learning resources designed to engage business students and improve the effectiveness of learning for all business-related qualifications.
Our team of experienced business teachers simply love their subject and we've challenged them to design brand new classroom activities and materials that fit into our four core categories of teaching & learning resources:
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The 'Biggest' Firm - is it also the best?
Some more 'league tables' have popped up in the news: the world's biggest companies and 2013 BrandZ Top 100.
read more...»Would You Fit into the Organisational Culture at Ikea?
Right. That's it. I'm off to work at Ikea. I just know I'd fit in...
read more...»EntrepreneurLIVE! 2013
Bookings are now being taken for EntrepreneurLIVE! 2013 - our hugely popular enrichment event for all business students which allows them to meet and interact with a team of inspiring, successful entrepreneurs.
After the sell-out events in 2012, we've extended EntrepreneurLIVE! 2013 to include two new venues: Bristol (Vue Cribbs Causeway) and Edinburgh (Vue Omni Centre) making five venues in total.
We're hard at work right now putting recruiting the entrepreneur panel for 2013 and coming up with the popular Enterprise Pitch Challenge which allows students attending to pitch their business concepts to our entrepreneurs in X-Factor and BGT style!
read more...»Strategy, Change & Culture: Moya Greene Seems to be Delivering!
"Our strategy is delivering. The transformation of Royal Mail is well underway".
That's the view of Moya Greene, CEO of Royal Mail, as she announced the full year results for Royal Mail to 31 March 2013 today.
As students who attended our BUSS4 Exam Coaching Workshops will recall, I think that Royal Mail is one of the very best research case studies to use for both Section A (organisational culture) and Section B essays in the BUSS4 exam.
The latest financial results of Royal Mail Group are packed full with useful insights and data which could be used effectively to support paragraph points in a BUSS4 essay.
Here are just a few examples:
read more...»AQA AS Business (BUSS2) - Exam Topic Tracker
As each sitting of BUSS2 is completed, it is possible to build up a useful picture of the way in which the BUSS2 specification is examined. Which topics have been examined more than once? Are there key topics which have not yet been addressed in the BUSS2 exam? Where are the calculation marks earned?
Our AQA AS Business (BUSS2) Exam Topic Tracker is a free download which can help you keep track of the exams. The link is below. We'll update the file (the link stays the same) after each exam sitting. The latest version includes all BUSS2 sittings up to and including January 2013.
Download AQA AS Business (BUSS2) Exam Topic Tracker
Students may find it helpful to test their BUSS2 subject knowledge and understanding by trying our BUSS2 revision quizzes. We also have a full collection of BUSS2 revision questions available for our mobile app via Zondle.
We also recommend students getting hold of a copy of our BUSS2 Revision Guide.
AQA A2 Business (BUSS4) - Exam Topic Tracker
There have been seven sittings of the BUSS4 exam now, based on the first four research briefings (Emerging Markets, UK Recession, Corporate Social Responsibility, Takeovers and Mergers).
Here is our AQA BUSS4 Exam Paper Topic Tracker which allows colleagues to see how the BUSS4 topics have been examined so far.
Download AQA GCE Business BUSS4 Topic Tracker
We also recommend that BUSS4 students make use of the following resources:
Ultimate Guide to BUSS4 Essay Writing
Our BUSS4 Organisational Culture Blog Channel
Is my boss a psychopath?!
I was instantly drawn to this BBC story, which will have given many people in the workplace pause for thought. In Business Studies, it's often important to focus attention on leadership and its importance to the organisation.
read more...»'How to achieve good analysis' with the Ocado Chief Executive
I am a massive advocate of Radio 5 Live as a source of extra 'reading' and understanding for Business Studies students. If you are a student reading this, ditch Heart, Radio 1 or whatever your choice of breakfast show listening is, and tune in to Radio 5. The business news items provide great insight into news stories that are real life examples of concepts you are learning about and will provide AQA BUSS4 students with examples they can research further and use for their essays. And every now and then a business leader provides a masterclass in the exam skills that are so vital to a student's success in the Business Studies exams. Just like Tim Steiner, the Chief Executive of Ocado did this morning.
BUSS4 Online Research Clinic Organisational Culture - June 2013
Online Clinic to Provide Support for BUSS4 Section A Research on Organisational Culture
Wednesday 22 May 2013 9.00 pm
We're holding a free online research clinic to support students completing their research on the BUSS4 Section A research theme of Organisational Culture.
This one hour session will just focus on Section A - not the other topics in Section B which we will cover in a later session in June.
Students - in order to participate (i.e. ask a question; comment on discussion threads) you will need to be logged in using your Facebook or Twitter account when the online revision clinic goes live at 9.00 p.m. on Wednesday 22 May 2013 - here on this blog entry.
Please note:
- We cannot guarantee to answer all questions submitted
- Only submit one question at a time: multiple submissions of the same question will lead to you being blocked!
- Check whether the question you want to ask has already been answered - particularly if you join us mid-way during the clinic
- A full transcript of the clinic will be available on this blog URL as soon as the clinic has ended
Ultimate Guide to BUSS4 Essay Writing
Our BUSS4 Organisational Culture Blog Channel
read more...»Business response to the economic environment: zero hours contracts
From the employer's point of view, a zero hours contract is a great example of the benefits of the flexible labour market. They allow the employer to change the number of hours an employee works each week, with more shifts offered when they are busy, and fewer when they are not; costs can therefore be controlled and matched more exactly to revenue. They are particularly popular with the fast food outlets like McDonalds and Subway, and high street chains like Boots and Sports Direct. Those employers draw heavily on the younger end of the labour market, with many of their staff being students who are looking for flexible shifts that work around their study hours; for them a zero hours contract may work well. However it is also important to consider whether this will have a detrimental effect on the business's culture; with a high proportion of staff working irregular hours it may become much more difficult to instil a culture and sense of identity with the organisation.
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The malicious focus group!
Focus groups are a great way for businesses to gain highly relevant market research - but what would happen if the focus group participants all banded together to deliberately give the business the wrong information about their product?
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How far did the management style of Roberto Mancini contribute to his removal after the FA Cup defeat?
Mancini was the most successful manager of Manchester City's 23 managers hired after the retirement of Joe Mercer in 1971. He took the club to 2 FA Cup Finals, and City thrashed Manchester United 6-1 on the way to winning the Premier League with almost the last kick of the 2011-12 season.
read more...»Help with the OCR F297 decision tree
We covered the topic of the decision tree in the F297 case study (Cavendish Cycles Ltd) in some detail in the toolkit supporting the exam, and some of you may be having a go at another example I prepared for an F297 mock exam that I posted earlier this week. Here's how to work out the answers...
Strategy & Technological Change: Will Google Glass be as Big as the Smartphone?
Could Google Glass have as transformational effect on our lives as the smartphone? Yes is the answer - according to leading venture capitalist Marc Andreessen - who explains why in the CNN video below.
Rory Cellan-Jones from the BBC has also been examining Google Glass. In this article Rory asks whether Google Glass is the most exciting technology product of recent years, or whether it might turn out to be the 21st Century equivalent of the Sinclair C5!
read more...»Strategy & Leadership - Harriet Green at Thomas Cook Outlines Her Strategy
We've previously highlighted the arrival of Harriet Green as the new CEO of Thomas Cook as a great research example for business students. New CEOs - particularly those recruited externally - tend to dive straight into "strategic reviews" which then result in changes in strategic direction, disposal of non-core businesses etc. Harriet Green is no exception. And in this YouTube clip, she outlines her proposed strategy for the ailing travel industry business.
The clip is almost two hours in length. However, it is the first section (from about 3 minutes 30 in) which is particularly interesting and relevant for business students. You get a strong sense of Harriet Green's personality from the presentation and a clear statement of her strategic objectives for the business.
read more...»BUSS1 Online Revision Clinic May 2013
Online Revision Clinic - Thursday 16 May 2013 9.00 pm (BST)
As part of our support for students preparing for BUSS1 in May 2013 we are once again running a one-hour online revision clinic. The clinic enables students to pose questions to our teacher panel, leaving a few days to act on the advice before the exam. The online revision clinic will be hosted here on this blog entry - so please save this URL to your favourites if you would like to participate.
Students - in order to participate (i.e. ask a question; comment on discussion threads) you will need to be logged in using your Facebook or Twitter account when the online revision clinic goes live at 9.00 p.m. GMT.
Prior to joining in with the revision clinic, students may find it helpful to test their BUSS1 subject knowledge and understanding by trying our BUSS1 revision quizzes.
We also recommend students getting hold of a copy of our BUSS1 Revision Guide.
Before submitting your question or comment, please take a few seconds to scroll through the transcript to see if someone has already answered your point.
Also, we cannot guarantee that every comment or question will get a response - hopefully most will. So please patient.
A full, permanent transcript of this revision clinic will be available a few minutes after the revision clinic ends here on this blog URL.
Don't forget that you can follow the panelists on Twitter for further support (and for other AQA AS/A2 units) - a great place to start is the BUSS1 hashtag
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Shoot the Business BasketBall - Making Revision more Engaging
Ive just blogged about this great revision game via the give it a go blog but thought it was worth sharing on the business blog. After all, thats where I used it
Shoot the Business Basketball is a simple but engaging revision strategy. Perfect for when you want a break from past paper after past paper and the students are waning.
Write around 25 easy 'review' questions and 25 hard 'review' questions before the lesson and then split the class up into two teams. The hard questions can be analyatical and evaluative whilst the easy ones could be as simple as definitions.
Put the small rubbish bin at the front of the class. This will be the 'basket'. On the floor, about 8/10ft away from the basket put a line down (I used to use masking tape). This is the 'shoot from' line. I also had a small basketball for this activity but you can easily use some scrunched up paper.
Tell the students that each one must answer the questions that are given to them and that the easy and hard questions will be interspersed. Easy questions are worth 1 point whilst the harder questions are worth 2 points.
If a student gets a question correct then that student has a chance to 'shoot' for extra points (1 extra point if they answered an easy question and 2 extra points if they answered a hard question).
The team with the most points at then end of the activity wins.
There are a number of ways that this can be adapted. I often gave students a case study at the start of the lesson and then based some of my questions on the case study to help develop their skills of application.
Marks and Spencer invests in stock control
A couple of topics here: I've chosen to make the main focus one of stock control, but this blog is obviously about the rise of the online economy too.
read more...»Developing Application - The Awareness Test
This is such a superb video that is perfect to help students understand the importance of paying attention and reading everything in the case study. Its also just an amazing video.
As a very, very keen cyclist, it also has particular significance for me.
The video illustrates the importance of paying attention. Crucial when reading the case study which is full of hooks to allow students to apply their answers.
Leadership & Culture: The Depends On Factors that will Determine Apple's Future?
Can Apple's CEO Tim Cook provide the right leadership to sustain the firm's reputation for innovation?
That's the question posed in this short Businessweek article which looks at three key factors which may determine whether Apple's innovative culture can be sustained and nurtured.
It's a good piece and well worth reading not just as an example of analysis and evaluation!
read more...»Business Studies Exam Technique Coaching & Revision Workshops in 2014
The proposed dates and locations for our popular programme of exam technique coaching & revision workshops for AS/A2 and GCSE Business Studies is now available. The details are listed below together with important information about changes in way that bookings are processed.
read more...»Jonathan Moules to Speak at the BTNC 2013
We are delighted to announce that Jonathan Moules has kindly agreed to speak at the Business Teacher National Conference 2013 on Tuesday 25 June 2013 at the stunning Henry Wellcome Auditorium on Euston Road London.
Jonathan is Enterprise Editor of the Financial Times and is also author of The Rebel Entrepreneur.
After profiling hundreds of business owners for the FT, Jonathan Moules noticed an interesting trend: The most successful ones are often those who buck conventional wisdom about how to create a profitable company.
In his bestselling book, The Rebel Entrepreneur: Rewriting the Business Rulebook, Jonathan explains that these innovators typically don't get loans from big banks. They don't succumb to financial pressure and lower their prices. And they don't deploy the same old marketing strategies as everyone else.
His insights are simply gold-dust for all business studies teachers.
Places at the BTNC 2013 can still be booked. We have a Departmental deal of just £100 per place for two or more colleagues from the same school or college. NQTs and PGCE students can attend for just 75!
You can order places directly from our online store:
Or by emailing Janet Cahill in the tutor2u office with your requirements.
New to AQA AS Business Studies - CPD & Resource Booster Course
The Essential Resource-Boosting CPD Course for AQA BUSS1 & BUSS2: Tuesday 18 June 2013
Venue: Holiday Inn, Kensington Forum, London
Address: 97 Cromwell Road, London , SW7 4DN
Presenters: Graham Prior and Michelle Stephenson
We've put this new CPD course together to provide a boost for teaching colleagues who are new to teaching the AQA BUSS1 & BUSS2 units or who would like to refresh their teaching approach and resources.
New to AQA AS Business Studies 2013 is packed with teaching ideas, approaches and resources which can be used with immediate effect when BUSS1 and BUSS2 teaching resumes in September 2013.
Delegate places are priced at £190 (+VAT) to include all refreshments, lunch and a bumper pack of teaching materials!
We've also got a special rate for NQTs (up to 2 years post qualification) - at just £100 (+VAT) for the day
To book your place, please complete this online form
You can also order places directly from our online store
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Finance Expert Saves Struggling Zoo By Firing All Employees
Here's one for those of you wanting to practice your ... ahem ... revision progress so far. What is the finance 'expert' getting right ... and where might they be a bit misguided?!
read more...»Revision Quiz - Breakeven Basics
This new revision quiz on Breakeven Basics is designed for GCSE & equivalent courses.
Launch Revision Quiz - Breakeven Basics
Revision Quiz - Cost-Effective Operations
This new revision quiz on Cost-Effective Operations is designed for GCSE & equivalent courses.
Launch Revision Quiz - Cost-Effective Operations
Revision Quiz - Effective Customer Service
This new revision quiz on Effective Customer Service is designed for GCSE & equivalent courses.
Launch Revision Quiz - Effective Customer Service
Emerging Markets Strategy - JCB Exploits the International Opportunity
Students looking for a great example of how a UK business can transform its fortunes by focusing on the opportunities in emerging markets need look no further than JCB.
read more...»3 Businesses That Have Thrived during the Economic Downturn
It is now six years since the global financial crisis triggered a prolonged downturn in economic activity. The UK economy, like other developed economies, has struggled to escape from a period of stagnant economic growth.
However, despite the weak economy, many UK firms have succeeded in significantly growing their revenues and profits.
Here are three examples of such businesses. Their strategies for success are different – but there are also some similarities.
Can you compare and contrast these three – and also identify some other businesses that have enjoyed similar success despite the tough economic environment?
You might also consider:
- What factors have driven revenue growth at each of the three
- Has their growth strategy been based on organic or external
- To what extent has their growth been driven by international
- Do you think their recent success can be sustained?
- What factors might that continued success depend on?
Internet boom, not economic gloom
The last few years have been a depressing time for some businesses. The majority of them have been heavily weighed down by our sluggish economy. But maybe things aren't so bad. As summer comes, there's talk of renewed confidence, and that our economy is in better shape than perhaps we thought.
One interesting idea is that the economy is doing very well – it's just hard to measure.
read more...»OCR A2 F297 Mock Exam Paper
If you've been working through the F297 toolkit you'll have seen some of our 'best guesses' on the topics you might want to pay especially close attention to in your preparation for the exam, which is based on the CCL case study.
I've put together another set of exam questions (including a decision tree exercise) if you want some more practice.
The greatest living Briton?
That may be over-stating it a bit, but it's not often that the BBC's Political Editor calls a football manager "...the mastermind of one of Britain's greatest brands." Nick Robinson is clearly somewhat biased, as a self-confessed Man United fan, but the piece he wrote on Thursday to justify his off-the-cuff comment, in which he did jokingly suggest that Sir Alex Ferguson was 'the greatest living Briton', suggests that students of leadership, management and business culture should reflect on what led to his success.
AQA BUSS2 Thinking Skills Bingo
This is a great revision and teaching resource to support students preparing for AQA BUSS2 (Managing a Business). tutor2u's Graham Prior and Jon Clark have developed a thinking skills exercise that enables students to cover a huge amount of the BUSS2 specification each time they are challenged to play BUSS2 Thinking Skills Bingo!
You can order AQA BUSS2 Thinking Skills Bingo right now from our online store.
The network licence for this resource is just £15!
This engaging lesson activity is ready-to-use. Just add students!
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AQA BUSS1 Thinking Skills Bingo
Fresh out of the tutor2u Learning Laboratory! Graham Prior and Jon Clark have produced this brand new version of Thinking Skills Bingo which is specifically designed to support student revision for AQA BUSS1 (Planning & Starting a Business)
You can order AQA BUSS1 Thinking Skills Bingo right now from our online store.
The network licence for this resource is just £15!
This engaging lesson activity is ready-to-use. Just add students!
read more...»Co Op Bank's USP vanishing trick
One of the strengths and a key component in the Co-Op Bank's USP after recent banking problems - sub-prime lending, collapse of Northern Rock and LIBOR rate fixing, was its emphasis of ethical banking.
Revision Quiz - Managing Stocks
This revision quiz looks at the basics of stock management and its role in lean production.
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Revision Quiz - Environmental Issues
This new revision quiz provides 10 MCQs on the topic of business and the environment. Ideally suited to GCSE students.
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Revision Quiz - Design and R&D
Try this 10 question revision quiz on Design and R&D - suitable for GCSE and equivalent courses.
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Revision Quiz - Consumer Protection
This revision quiz has ten questions on the basics of consumer protection in the UK:
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The Biz Quiz - 10 May 2013
The latest edition of the Biz Quiz is now ready to try!
Launch The Biz Quiz - 10 May 2013
Download printable pdf version
Business Studies Revision Quizzes - Master Listing
[Updated 10 May 2013]
We're updating, upgrading and extending our collection of business studies revision quizzes here on tutor2u. Set out below is a list of the existing revision quizzes which we've grouped into some broad topic categories. Each time we add a new quiz, it will appear below on this list. Have fun, revise hard, and don't forget to save the revision quizzes you like to your favourites and share links to them on Facebook and Twitter.
Where relevant, we have indicated the qualification level for which the questions are particularly intended (e.g. "GCSE")
read more...»Organisational Culture: Six Components of a Great Corporate Culture (HBR)
This new blog entry from the HBR is useful research material for students wanting to develop the link between organisational culture and competitive advantage.
read more...»Organisational Culture: Skilling May Soon Not be the Smartest Guy in Prison
Students attending our BUSS4 exam coaching workshops on Organisational Culture will be familiar with Jeff Skilling - the former CEO of Enron which collapsed so spectacularly over a decade ago.
The Enron collapse was closely linked to a strong, through ultimately toxic organisational culture that developed at Enron, which was an online energy trading business that rose quickly to become the 7th most valuable firm in the US.
The culture at Enron, described so powerfully in the film The Smartest Guys in the Room (and Broadway play of the same name) was a tough culture - a VERY tough culture. Students may recall the infamous policy of "rank and yank" in which 15% of Enron staff were dismissed each year as a result of Jeff Skilling's PRC (Performance Review Committee).
Skilling rose to the position of CEO in 2001 only to abruptly resign six months later. Soon after that, Enron collapsed in one of the most notorious corporate scandals of all time.
Jeff Skilling was sentenced to 24 years imprisonment back in May 2006 after he was found guilty on 19 counts of securities fraud, conspiracy, insider trading and lying to auditors.
However, it now looks likely that Skilling will end up serving only 10-11 years of his sentence. The news clip below explains why in more detail as does this news article from the BBC.
read more...»Developing Exam Skills - Better use of the case study
The case study at the front of your exam paper. A gift.
Here, the principal examiner has written you a nice story (or in the case of BUSS2, two nice stories) on a business. Not only that, the story has all the information you need to apply your answers. Yet, many students look this gift horse in the mouth.
Possibly the worst thing that any student can do is underline everysingle line in the case study and then NEVER refer back to it. So why do so many students adopt this strategy?
Here are two strategies to improve your use of the case study which will hopefull lead to better application and therefore higher marks.
Firstly, application can only be given if it used to support an argument. Lines copied out of the case study or the name of the business shoe horned into your answer is NOT application.
Now we have that out of the way, lets look at two belting case study strategies:
When I was presenting on the recent BUSS2 exam coaching days, I saw the amazing Joe from Greenhead using an amazing technique to get the students looking more critically at the case study. SWK is a further adaption of his idea.
Rather than underlining everything in the case study, simply annotate certain sections with S, W or K.
S for a strength of the business/ product/ service
W for a weakness of the business/ product/ service
K for a key point that is neither a strength or a weakness
By focusing on these 3 key areas you will give yourself a much better chance of picking up the key issues facing the business allowing you to apply in much more detail
The line numbers
On the right hand side of the case study are what is known as line numbers (5, 10, 15, 20 etc)
Another useful strategy is to read some of the longer mark questions first. Then, as you read the case study, if there is some information relating to the question, note down the line number next to that question. Then, as you to start to complete the paper, when you get to the questions, there will already be the line numbers written down which will allow you to refer back quickly to the part in the case study where the information is contained. Again, this will help you to apply in more detail
BUSS3 Online Revision Clinic - June 2013
Online Revision Clinic - Thursday 6 June 2013 9.00 pm (BST)
As part of our support for students preparing for BUSS3 in June 2013 we are once again running an online revision clinic. The clinic enables students to pose questions to our teacher panel, leaving enough time to act on the advice before the exam. The online revision clinic will be hosted here on this blog entry - so please save this URL to your favorites if you would like to participate.
Students - in order to participate (i.e. ask a question; comment on discussion threads) you will need to be logged in using your Facebook or Twitter account when the online revision clinic goes live at 9.00 p.m. on Thursday 6 June 2013.
Please note:
- We cannot guarantee to answer all questions submitted
- Only submit one question at a time: multiple submissions of the same question will lead to you being blocked!
- Check whether the question you want to ask has already been answered - particularly if you join us mid-way during the clinic
- DO NOT ask our panelists what is going to come up in the exam - they don't know!
- A full transcript of the clinic will be available on this blog URL as soon as the clinic has ended
BUSS2 Online Revision Clinic May 2013
Online Revision Clinic - Thursday 30 May 2013 9.00 pm (BST)
With many thousands of students busy preparing for the challenging BUSS2 exam in May 2013, it is important to focus on core exam technique to make the most of the time remaining. The tutor2u BUSS2 team are once again running an online revision clinic which enables students to get last minute advice to sharpen their exam performance. The online revision clinic will be hosted here on this blog entry - so please save this URL to your favourites if you would like to participate.
Students - in order to participate (i.e. ask a question; comment on discussion threads) you will need to be logged in using your Facebook or Twitter account when the online revision clinic goes live at 9.00 p.m. GMT.
Prior to joining in with the revision clinic, students may find it helpful to test their BUSS2 subject knowledge and understanding by trying our BUSS2 revision quizzes.
We also recommend students getting hold of a copy of our BUSS2 Revision Guide.
Before submitting your question or comment, please take a few seconds to scroll through the transcript to see if someone has already answered your point.
Also, we cannot guarantee that every comment or question will get a response - hopefully most will. So please patient.
A full, permanent transcript of this revision clinic will be available a few minutes after the revision clinic ends here on this blog URL.
Don't forget that you can follow the panelists on Twitter for further support (and for other AQA AS/A2 units) - a great place to start is the BUSS2 hashtag
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Classic American Literature on the Chopping Block
U.S. schools are dropping classic books from curriculum in favor of "informational texts."
I can remember the feeling of my world expanding as a student when I sat in a bright classroom and read Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.
The discussions that unfolded about the wrongs of discrimination stayed with me to this day. Scout became my hero and my heart yearned to one day marry a man with the moral integrity of Atticus Finch.
Young people today will no longer be given the opportunity to learn from the trial of Tom Robinson. To Kill a Mockingbird, and other American literature classics such as The Catcher in the Rye, are being dropped from classrooms to be replaced by manuals and plant inventories by the year 2014.
Suggested non-fiction texts include Recommended Levels of Insulation by the the US Environmental Protection Agency, and the Invasive Plant Inventory, by California's Invasive Plant Council.
According to an article published by The Telegraph, a new school curriculum, which will affect 46 out of 50 states, will make it compulsory for at least 70 percent of books studied to be non-fiction, in an effort to ready pupils for the workplace.
The move was pushed by the Common Core Standards Initiative, which, according to its website, is a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers. It's being partly funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The initiative aims to establish a shared set of clear educational standards for English language arts and mathematics. How? By focusing on what has been determined relevant to the real world. The standards are benchmarked to international standards to guarantee that students are competitive in the emerging global marketplace.
The news has stirred up quite a debate. Many parents worry that too much imagination and creativity is being to be removed from US classrooms. Proponents of the initiative argue that non-fiction promotes competence which is more applicable in today's workplace than literary proficiency.
Georgia is one of the 46 states that has adopted the Common Core Standards Initiative which will bring many changes to the classroom for our students in 2014.
To learn more about the Common Core Standards Initiative, visit the FAQ page and read for yourself how the intitiative will affect Georgia classrooms.
If you find yourslef in a tizzy about the removal of these books and want to raise a stink, there is a petition parents can sign.
Do you think that classic American literature is an important part of classroom curriculum or do you think that a focus on non-fiction books will make a student more marketable? Please share your thoughts and experiences in the comments.
Good Grief Y'all
9:33 am on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Yes, American literature should continue to be required reading. Are the English classes going to teach informational texts instead? Students need a broad education, not one only designed for the job market. Life is about more than work and money.
Racer X
9:38 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012
GGY- You are exactly right. I could not have said it better myself.
10:00 am on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Unbelievable. If we cease to have students read good literature, how will they have a taste of life outside their own? Where will they get their own ideas from? What will happen to their imagination? Who will be our great thinkers? Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. We need students who are well educated and knowing how to read a manual only leads to the mundane in life.
Leigh Hewett
5:44 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012
You raise very important questions. I guess that only time will tell the outcome of this.
Michael Robinson
4:32 pm on Thursday, December 13, 2012
I've talked to people all around the planet for most of my life on the Internet. It's only gotten easier for kids to do that. And classic literature isn't the sole source of ideas. People write new literature all the time.
Most classic literature is legally available for free online if it's important to you.
Marne M
2:40 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Seems like there is a great deal of confusion surrounding many aspects of the Common Core Standards. I hope our local teachers and educators are able to deal with it appropriately. I can only imagine it must be very frustrating. Students should be reading non-fiction in their social studies, science and math courses, leaving English teachers primarily to fiction. But in practice, it appears that it's not working out that way. I don't have any issue with my child reading more non-fiction, but I also want to preserve those classics that have been taught over generations for a reason.
My children will read them at home, if they don't read them at school, that's for sure.
Leigh Hewett
5:44 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012
I worry about the kids whose parents won't expose them to these amazing books at home.
Marne M
7:36 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012
If nothing else, it's a good reminder as to how important it is for parents to be involved with what their children are learning. My six-year-old loves non-fiction, and I am certainly happy to have her read as much of it as possible. However, I think that it is equally important, as she grows up, that she be exposed to excellent works of literature (and not just American Literature, but World Literature). If she doesn't get that at school, then it's my job to make sure she gets it at home.
Of course, I have a Masters Degree in English Literature. There's a chance I could be biased. :-) I do also want her to have a strong background in history, science and math.
2:40 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
There has been a lot of panic and outrage over this in recent weeks. It is important to note, however, that the 70-30 suggested reading ratio is *across all disciplines* -- in other words, it requires more reading in history, science, and other STEM classes. The CCSS specifically state "Teachers of senior English classes, for example, are not required to devote 70 percent of reading to informational texts." (seriously -- google that phrase and find out the truth from the CCSS website itself). Anyone who says otherwise is misreading the standards, and may need more experience with informational texts him/herself.
Leigh Hewett
5:44 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012
I think this article has an interesting take and touches on why English teachers are concerned and how the new standards could play out across the board.
Linda Labbo
9:16 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
I like what patchadam said about the move towards reading across all disciplines. The only problem is that content area/subject-specific teachers "DON'T TEACH READING" and aren't interested or trained in how to help students delve deeply into texts, or even how to help a struggling reader.
In addition, those wonderful pieces of literature not only ignite the imagination and grapple with serious themes, they also provide common points of reference in discussions about larger issues. What will happen to the common discourse when all we can reference to make grand points are technical manuals and vocational materials?
Rebecca McCarthy
9:24 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Anyone who can read and understand Shakespeare, Jane Austen, John Donne, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost or Charles Dickens can puzzle out most any type of manual. As someone who has edited manuals of all kinds, I'm here to tell you many of them are useful only as sleep aides. They will not "teach" children much of anything, except to hate reading.
R++ - One of the famous "Dacula Crew"
9:40 pm on Sunday, December 16, 2012
But insulation is GREEN...
AJ Collins
5:44 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012
I was talking with my child's teacher from last year, and when I asked if I should be working on creative writing over the summer, she said that the schools were shifting in language arts to non-fiction writing and reading. So, no more stories and no more creative writing assignments. Only regurgitation of facts that have been read. It's sad.
Tammy Osier
9:12 am on Friday, December 14, 2012
To Kill a Mockingbird teaches empathy and is a story that shows that during the time when blacks were treated as second class citizens, that there were people who cared, who didn't bow to public pressure to conform to the norm, but took a stand for the concept that all men are created equal. Strange that in today's social climate that we would throw out a book like that. Especially when history is being rewritten at every turn.
A good teacher would excite kids to read the story before they ever picked the book up. I had such a teacher. It was not just an assignment - we discussed the meaning of the story from the get go and couldn't wait to find out how it turned out.


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New Jerry Seinfeld series. So far it's terrific.
... no parades killed me.
This was great. It's nice to know that Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld just talking totally feels like a Seinfeld episode.
"I don't like that at all." - Jimmy Pardo on my name.
I thoroughly enjoyed that. Reminded me why I love those guys.
he's really gay
so he enjoys it more than the other guys?
I dug it, but you can definitely tell that your enjoyment of each episode will be directly related to your enjoyment of the guest star. Someone who hates Larry David but loves Seinfeld isn't going to enjoy this episode all that much.
I obviously have nothing interesting to add to this conversation.
Whats with Jazz Music and the focus on the classic car? I hate this shit..
Yeah really, jazz music and cars, what an asshole. He should have rock music and bikes.
what kind of sick weirdo doesnt enjoy watching seinfeld talk to larry david? a VERY sick one i say.
I found myself wondering when, if ever, Larry David is going to get to talk to Marc Maron. I'm sorry but this was really boring and stopped watching after they drove by the Bugatti.
loved it! who gives a shit about the music? it's background.
hi, i'm steve
I'm not a car guy at all, but it's weird that something you're not interested in is talked about by interesting people and it makes it... interesting.
I can't imagine a world where I wouldn't be entertained by Larry David.
really great vid!
check out this last week's Best Show where Tom broke down Comedians and their love of loungey jazz music... too funny.
Larry David is the best. I don't really give a shit about cars either, but listening to them was not nearly as bad as listening to anyone else. Excited to see more episodes.
As someone who enjoys neither coffee or cars, you can imagine my surprise at enjoying two legendary comic minds with an effortless rapport being funny together.
Hot tub foot?
I liked the new Ricky Gervais episode, though I prefer the Larry David one. Well see what happens once they put up extras from the Gervais episode. It seemed to be mostly about Ricky being scared of the car. I'd be interested to see more of not that. Still fun though.


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Ever made a mistake?
Where on earth do they come from? How do they happen?
Look at this picture I took this morning on the train to work. I call it Rainbow and Cow; View From A Train. I'm quite pleased with it.
There were a few things I was really pleased with. I thought I had missed the chance to shoot the rainbow which in real life was much more vivid. We came from behind some trees and ugly farm buildings and there it was again so I took a quick snap.
I was then pleased that having been able to tweak the contrast quite a bit, and having saturated the colours and cropped the shot that it was reasonably pleasing on the eye.
I liked the incidental cow in the picture giving the shot a multi-dimensional feel. I love how haphazard composition happens sometimes. But most of all, top of the list, I loved the idea of Rainbow and Cow and the childish glee in playing with merging those words. RainCow maybe. I opted just to stick with the current title, mocking arty pretensions… Rainbow and Cow; View From A Train
Think for a minute. Do you like the picture? Is it pleasing on the eye, despite it being a bit blurry, glass reflection from the train window and the rainbow itself still being a little disappointing, almost elusive?
What else did you think?
I managed to get it posted on Twitter – after some peculiar difficulties and was astounded to receive this response…
@NeilDenny looks more like a horse…….
… …
Duh! Horse. It's a horse, of course it is.
But why did I think it was a cow?
A couple of things that I can remember thinking… I was worried that the buildings and the yard, most of which are now cropped out, were working farm stuff, with which I equated cows.
I had been seduced with my own silly play on words. Seriously. That ow thing. Rainbow. Cow. Rainbough (bough as in tree and sounding like Cow) and Coe. These were the silly word patterns – visual with the letters and auditory with sounds – that I was mildly pre-occupied with. And those thoughts had seduced me into perceiving a cow to the exclusion of what is quite clearly, and disappointingly so far as my word games are concerned, a horse.
The lesson? Sometimes we want to see things that are not there, in order to fit in with very quickly, preconceived ideas.
I had even noticed the cow was wearing a coat and thought nothing of it. I must have subconsciously subverted or discarded that logical objection.
And you know what, we all do this and probably much more than we let on. Daniel Kahnemann has an excellent book on it which I will blog upon later (ie once I have read it)
How many times do we hold on rigidly to our interpretation though and at what cost?
Please please please share your own examples below. We could call it "The Things I Got Wrong"


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Welcome to Channels.com. Your Web Video DVR.
Never miss an episode of great Web video shows like:
Click the button to add it to your Channels Playlist (it's just like recording a Season Pass on your home DVR).
[LESS INFO] 1977 VIEWS | ADDED 19:03:37 02/09/12 Roger Strauch is Chairman of The Roda Group, a seed stage venture capital group, based in Berkeley, California focused on clean technology. His firm, co-founded in 1997 with Dan Miller, provides entrepreneurs the resources, environment, and guidance to launch and grow their high technology businesses. Series: "Distinguished Innovator Lectures" [Business] [Show ID: 23263]
[LESS INFO] 1713 VIEWS | ADDED 16:03:26 02/01/12 Anthony Seeger, Distinguished Professor of Ethnomusicology and Director of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive, imparts some of his considerable musical knowledge, and also a song, when he delivers the prestigious 110th Faculty Research Lecture. He looks at the opposing positions of "Don't pirate my music" and "Knowledge wants to be free" to discuss the more general point that copyright law is only one way among thousands that societies regulate the transmission of and access to knowledge. The lecture is preceded by the UCLA Bluegrass and Old-Time String Ensemble singing, "This Land is Your Land." Series: "UCLA Faculty Research Lectures" [Arts and Music] [Business] [Show ID: 23417]
[LESS INFO] 1419 VIEWS | ADDED 16:02:08 02/01/12 Vivek Sodera, co-founder of Mailvest, an authentication and analytics platform that allows businesses/apps to better understand customers through their inbox activity talks to students at UC Berkeley. Sodera was also a co-founder of Rapleaf, a data company. Series: "Distinguished Innovator Lectures" [Business] [Show ID: 23262]
[LESS INFO] 1547 VIEWS | ADDED 17:15:52 01/19/12 Garrett is a co-founder of Alta, and was also a Partner at Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. founder of Ask.com and a co-founder of Alta Partners. He has more than two decades of experience in the fields of software development, systems engineering and corporate development. Garrett also founded Ask Jeeves, now Ask.Com, a leading Internet search engine which is now part of IAC. Series: "Distinguished Innovator Lectures" [Business] [Show ID: 23261]
[LESS INFO] 2146 VIEWS | ADDED 19:37:54 12/07/11 Keval Desai discusses his 20 year history in Silicon Valley, including time spent at Google and Digg. He relates his experiences in product management with mobile and Internet start-ups. Series: "Distinguished Innovator Lectures" [Business] [Show ID: 23023]
[LESS INFO] 241 VIEWS | ADDED 18:36:29 11/28/11 Alex Le, executive producer of CityVille by Zynga, discusses his experiences as an entrepreneur in the era of social network games. Series: "Distinguished Innovator Lectures" [Business] [Show ID: 23022]
[LESS INFO] 1595 VIEWS | ADDED 15:19:54 11/10/11 Creativity under constraint, sound judgment in uncertain environments, rigorous thinking amid complex ideas -- these are the skills taught by the arts. Dan Roam contends that these skills are needed more than ever in business and politics. Dan is the founder and president of Digital Roam Inc., a management-consulting firm that uses visual thinking to solve complex problems. Roam received two degrees at the University of California, Santa Cruz: fine art and biology. This combination of art and science kicked off Dan's cross-disciplinary approach to problem solving. Series: "Creativity and Innovation" [Arts and Music] [Business] [Show ID: 21575]
[LESS INFO] 1399 VIEWS | ADDED 18:09:14 11/07/11 Economist Carmen Reinhart, co-author of "This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly," offers compelling insight into the global economic crisis. Series: "Economics Roundtable" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 22626]
[LESS INFO] 44 VIEWS | ADDED 13:29:23 11/04/11 Darrell Brown, Senior Vice President, US Bank, argues that in order to teach managers to be successful and prosperous where others fail, one must engage an entrepreneurial mindset in a world that embraces the status quo. Series: "Creativity and Innovation" [Business] [Show ID: 21578]
[LESS INFO] 1326 VIEWS | ADDED 14:11:31 11/02/11 The Atlantic's James Fallows kicks off "The Atlantic Meets The Pacific," an interview series exploring the horizon of technology, energy and health hosted by The Atlantic and UC San Diego. "Exploring the Mind of an Entrepreneur" features Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors and co-founder of PayPal. Series: "The Atlantic Meets The Pacific" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 22483]
[LESS INFO] 1396 VIEWS | ADDED 17:57:23 10/26/11 Product designer Scott Summit explores the changing tools used by designers, and how this impacts the resulting products, thought process and market. Summit holds 20 patents and numerous international design award. Series: "Creativity and Innovation" [Humanities] [Show ID: 21579]
[LESS INFO] 447 VIEWS | ADDED 15:24:50 10/25/11 Explore the legal needs of tech starts ups with Lawrence Cohn who represents medical device, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and investors in their corporate transactions, private venture capital and public securities financing, mergers and acquisitions, licensing, strategic alliances, and technology transfers. His clients range from early-stage start-ups to public companies with global operations. Series: "Technology Management Program" [Business] [Show ID: 22756]
[LESS INFO] 345 VIEWS | ADDED 15:12:06 10/25/11 Tom Byers brings his passion for teaching and communicating with technology venture students to this talk on his path to entrepreneurship, with anecdotes about both the successful and not so successful experiences that shaped his evolving career. Series: "Technology Management Program" [Business] [Show ID: 22003]
[LESS INFO] 269 VIEWS | ADDED 18:51:15 10/20/11 Rich Lechner Vice President, Energy & Environment, IBM "Sustainability on a Smarter Planet" Abstract The world is becoming increasingly instrumented, interconnected, and intelligent - in a word, 'smarter'. Organizations now have the ability to see the exact condition of practically everything in near real-time and can leverage this information to achieve financial, environmental, social, and operational benefits. This session will use case studies to provide a broad overview of how technology can be leveraged to optimize all aspects of an organization's infrastructure and operations for energy, carbon, water, and waste. It will also discuss a number of challenges and opportunities ranging from behavioral change to public policy to financing. Series: "Technology Management Program" [Business] [Show ID: 22732]
[LESS INFO] 209 VIEWS | ADDED 16:09:13 10/07/11 Jeff Sandefer runs an energy investment firm, Sandefer Capital Partners, that holds over a billion dollars in assets. For the last sixteen years, Mr. Sandefer has also taught entrepreneurship at the graduate level. Four years ago Mr. Sandefer and a band of successful entrepreneurs left a nationally recognized program they had built at the University of Texas to start the Acton School of Business. For two consecutive years, Acton was rated among the top MBA programs in the country by the Princeton Review, which called its students the "most competitive" MBAs in America and rated the faculty in the top three in the nation. Series: "Technology Management Program" [Business] [Show ID: 22735]
[LESS INFO] 214 VIEWS | ADDED 16:08:16 10/07/11 Six groups of finalists vie for a total of $75,000 in awards and the momentum to launch their companies. Series: "Technology Management Program" [Business] [Show ID: 22629]