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Ben Beachy, Research Director
Ben Beachy is Research Director with Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch. He investigates the impacts and implications of U.S. trade policy on jobs, public interest regulation, financial stability and democratic policymaking. Before joining Global Trade Watch, Beachy analyzed the impacts of U.S. trade, aid, and lending policies in Latin America for six years as a Nicaragua-based policy analyst and as a D.C.-based National Organizer for Witness for Peace. He has also worked as a visiting research fellow with Tufts University's Global Development and Environment Institute, investment analyst for the Tellus Institute in Boston, agriculture researcher for ActionAid in India and labor rights investigator for the Worker Rights Consortium in Central America. Beachy's published articles have focused on post-food crisis trade policy, the impacts of U.S. and IMF policies in Latin America and new economic indicators to supplement GDP. Beachy received a B.A. from Goshen College and a Master in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
Miranda Becker, Program Associate
Miranda Becker is Program Associate for Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, where she manages the website, development, and other program needs. Prior to joining Global Trade Watch, she worked with the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce to educate Congressional staff on corporate-biased trade deals and labor abuses in the garment and fishing industries. Previously, Miranda worked on the teams of several electoral campaigns, including that of Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, where she served as a Deputy Field Organizer and Staging Location Director. She received a B.A. from Wesleyan University and a Master of Philosophy in Development Studies from Cambridge University.
Jessa Boehner, International Program Associate
Jessa Boehner is International Program Associate for Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, where she assists the international campaigns director with GTW's international program work. She first joined Global Trade Watch's full-time staff in July of 2011 as a Legislative Assistant/Scheduler. Previously, she coordinated a bilingual educational enrichment program in her hometown of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. As an undergraduate intern at Global Trade Watch, she had the opportunity to star in a video highlighting the issue of tax havens in Panama that was featured on the front page of The Huffington Post. Boehner has also volunteered with Fundacion Origen, an organization working in solidarity with the indigenous population in Puebla, Mexico. She earned a B.A. in International Studies and a minor in the Spanish language from American University.
Melanie Foley, Program Associate and Intern Manager
Melanie Foley is Global Trade Watch's Program Associate and Intern Manager. She joined the GTW team in the Summer of 2013 as a Legislative Assistant and Scheduler. Before that, as a Legislative Policy and Research Assistant for the environmental non-profit, Appalachian Voices, she educated congressional offices and wrote extensively on big coal's efforts to subvert regulatory measures against mountaintop removal coal mining. During college, she worked on Capitol Hill as a legislative intern, and on the Potomac River as an outdoor adventure sports instructor. She attended the University of Maryland, where she earned a B.A. in Government and Politics and a Master in Public Policy.
Patrick Gleeson, Trade and Policy Researcher
Patrick Gleeson is the Trade and Policy Researcher for Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, where he studies the impact of trade agreements and policy on jobs, economic output, and domestic regulation. Prior to joining Global Trade Watch in March 2014, he worked for CLAIM in Chicago, which provides legal services to incarcerated mothers throughout Illinois. In addition, he was a legal intern at Citizen Works, where he analyzed the harm of mandatory arbitration clauses in standard form consumer contracts. He received his B.A. in Economics from Fairfield University and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago.
Mina Itabashi, "Stop Fast Track" Field Organizer
Mina Itabashi is the "Stop Fast Track" Field Organizer for Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch. She has roots in East and Southeast Asia, and this fuels her passion to organize against unfair trade policies in the Asia-Pacific and beyond. Prior to joining Global Trade Watch, she organized in union campaigns for public sector work contracted out to private companies. Through this, she met inspiring worker leaders who taught her the strength of collective power. Mina also gained coalition building experience at Forward Together in Oakland, CA, where she campaigned to change policy and resource allocation to reflect the realities of all families – across generation, race, gender, immigration status and sexuality. She earned a B.A. in Political Science at Swarthmore College, where she organized with her peers to demand for institutional accountability and a campus where all students can thrive.
Lacey Kohlmoos, Senior Field Organizer
Lacey Kohlmoos is the Senior Field Organizer for Global Trade Watch. She has worked across the globe with talented and passionate activists from organizations that include the Tibetan Women's Association, Coordinadora de Mujeres Campesinas de La Paz (COMUCAP), Women Thrive Worldwide, and the National Democratic Institute. Her initial interest in organizing and advocacy came while spending a year teaching elementary school English in a tiny town in Costa Rica where she leant a hand in organizing the community against the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Immediately prior to joining Global Trade Watch, Lacey worked on the Obama Campaign as an Organizing for America Field Organizer in Pittsburgh, PA. She earned her B.A. in Drama and the Studies of Women and Gender from the University of Virginia and her M.A. in International Development from American University. Lacey loves to travel and will always make time to swap travel stories.
Evan Ottenfeld, Legislative Assistant and Scheduler
Evan Ottenfeld is Legislative Assistant and Scheduler for Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch. He previously worked on Capitol Hill as a legislative intern, as well as at a Congressional District Office in Illinois where he was the District Director intern. He was also the administration and programs intern at RefugeeOne, a refugee placement organization in Chicago, where he worked on projects with the Board of Directors and the Executive Director. He attended Indiana University, where he earned a B.A. in Political Science and Spanish, and studied abroad for an academic year in Madrid, Spain.
Symone Sanders, Communications Officer
Symone Sanders is the Communications Officer for Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, where she manages a significant new media strategy for our grassroots, national and international campaigns. Symone has a varied communications background that includes political campaigning, juvenile justice, and African-American male achievement and empowerment.
Melinda St. Louis, International Campaigns Director
Melinda St. Louis is International Campaigns Director with Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, where she works with international allies to roll back WTO financial deregulation and to stop expansion of harmful trade agreements. Before joining Global Trade Watch, St. Louis was director of policy and campaigns for Jubilee USA Network, an alliance of 75 organizations dedicated to ending the cycle of crippling debts Africa, Asia and Latin America. She is the former executive director of Witness for Peace, a national grassroots organization that supports peace, justice and sustainable economies in Latin America and the Caribbean by challenging harmful U.S. military and economic policies in the region. As mid-Atlantic organizer for the Campaign for Labor Rights, she mobilized consumer campaigns in support of workers' struggles in sweatshops across the globe. Ms. St. Louis has lived and worked in Nicaragua and El Salvador, and currently serves on the boards of the Latin America Working Group and Witness for Peace. She received an M.P.P. in International Policy and Development from Georgetown University.
Alisa Simmons, Deputy Director
Alisa A. Simmons is the Deputy Director for Global Trade Watch, where she helps coordinate and manage grassroots, national and international campaigns and robust research and press operations. Alisa has worked on a range of social and economic justice issues, including global trade, worker's rights, LGBT civil rights and voter's rights. She helped organize anti-WTO meetings in Seattle in 1999 and joined an international group of activists for anti-globalization (IMF, World Bank, WTO) protests in Prague in 2000. She has degrees and certificates in sociology, liberal arts, international conflict resolution and non-profit management, but credits her personal development and organizing successes to the countless number of traditionally underrepresented and marginalized people who've taught her how to build power and fight back.
As a native New Yorker, Alisa has a fierce passion for jay-walking.
Lori Wallach, Director, Global Trade Watch
Lori Wallach has promoted the public interest regarding globalization and international commercial agreements in every forum: Congress and foreign parliaments, the courts, government agencies, the media, and the streets. Described as "Ralph Nader with a sense of humor" in a Wall Street Journal profile and dubbed "the Trade Debate's Guerrilla Warrior" in a National Journal profile, for 20 years Wallach has played a prominent role in the United States and internationally in the roiling debate over the terms of globalization. With a lawyer's expertise in the terms and outcomes of trade agreements, she has testified on NAFTA, WTO, and other globalization issues before 30 U.S. congressional committees, been a trade commentator on MSNBC, CNN, ABC, Fox, CNBC, C-SPAN, Bloomberg, PBS, NPR and numerous foreign outlets, and been published and quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Forbes, The Washington Post, USA Today, the Financial Times, and more. As a relentless campaigner, Wallach has played an important role in creating public debate and supporting public activism about the implications of different models of globalization on jobs, livelihoods, and wages; the environment; public health and safety; and democratically accountable governance. Her most recent book is The Rise and Fall of Fast Track Trade Authority (2013). She also wrote Whose Trade Organization? A Comprehensive Guide to the WTO (2004) and has contributed to numerous anthologies. Wallach's work in "translating" arcane trade legalese – indeed, entire trade agreements – into relevant, accessible prose and connecting people's lived experiences with pacts' legal requirements, has helped empower more diverse participation in trade and globalization discussions. In 1993, Wallach was a founder of the Citizens Trade Campaign, a U.S. national coalition of consumer, labor, environmental, family farm, religious, and civil rights groups representing over 11 million Americans, and serves on its board. Wallach, a graduate of Wellesley College and Harvard Law School, previously worked on Capitol Hill, on electoral campaigns, and in television news.
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5 Ways to Add Machine Learning Java
Serdar Yegulalp of InfoWorld recently wrote, "After spending decades in the shadows as a specialty discipline, machine learning is suddenly front and center as a business tool. The hard part, though, is making it useful, especially to the developers and budding data scientists who are being tasked with the job. To that end, we rounded up some of the most common and useful open source machine learning tools we've spotted in the wild." Read more

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Blizzard has just announced that Tenacious D, aka the 'greatest band on Earth,' will be performing at BlizzCon 2010 on October 23 at the Anaheim Convention Center.
"The best way to wrap up two days of epic entertainment is with an epic rock concert—and few bands fit the bill like Tenacious D," says Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime. "We're looking forward to a great show and can't wait to see what Jack and Kyle have in store for everyone attending BlizzCon and watching from home."
Unfortunately, tickets to BlizzCon 2010 are already sold-out. However, if you really, really want to see the upcoming Tenacious D performance, BlizzCon virtual tickets are available for $39.95 at www.blizzcon.com.
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- The effect of cannabis use and cognitive reserve on age at onset and psychosis outcomes in first-episode schizophreniaVerity C Leeson
UCL Institute of Neurology, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK
Schizophr Bull 38:873-80. 2012..We aimed to clarify the role of age at onset and cognition on outcomes in cannabis users with first-episode schizophrenia as well as the effect of cannabis dose and cessation of use...
- Dissociation of long-term verbal memory and fronto-executive impairment in first-episode psychosisV C Leeson
Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK
Psychol Med 39:1799-808. 2009..This distinction is important because accelerated forgetting implies impaired consolidation attributable to medial temporal lobe (MTL) dysfunction whereas impaired encoding and retrieval implicates involvement of prefrontal cortex...
- Discrimination learning, reversal, and set-shifting in first-episode schizophrenia: stability over six years and specific associations with medication type and disorganization syndromeVerity C Leeson
UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Biol Psychiatry 66:586-93. 2009..Limited evidence suggests that attentional set-shifting deteriorates over time in schizophrenia. We tested this hypothesis and examined the specificity of learning impairments identified by this task...
- IQ trajectory, cognitive reserve, and clinical outcome following a first episode of psychosis: a 3-year longitudinal studyVerity C Leeson
UCL Institute of Neurology, The National Hospital for Neurologyand Neurosurgery, University College London, Queen Square, London, UK
Schizophr Bull 37:768-77. 2011..These data suggest that following psychosis onset, IQ is stable and that it is IQ at psychosis onset rather than premorbid IQ predicts a more severe illness...


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Llc Or S-corp? Which Is The Right Entity Form For Your Business?
Last week, we talked about what a business entity is and whether you should use one for your business, .. the short answer? Yes, if you want to grow your business and shield your personal assets from your business activities.
This week, we'll cover what kind of entity you should use and where you should set that entity up.
You'll recall, we are really talking about either an LLC (Limited Liability Company) or an S-Corp (Corporation filing an election for special taxation with the IRS). You can form a C-Corporation or a Limited Partnership, but if you are considering that, make sure you are talking to a lawyer who is familiar with the specifics of your specific situation and is advising you personally.
With both LLCs and S-Corps, you are taxed only once on the income of the entity , meaning that all of the income and expenses will be reported on an information return filed with the IRS, but the actual taxes are paid by the shareholders or members of the entity. This is called pass-through taxation.
You'll recall from last week, that I said the purpose of your business entity is to limit your liability as a business owner. This is to encourage business owners to take risks that they would not take if they had unlimited personal liability.
Here's the thing though, the shield is only intact if certain formalities are maintained, such as proper filings with the State, annual meetings of the shareholders (for corporations), and separation of all financial activities between you and the entity.
Far too often, I've come across business owners who used an incorporation service, a shoddy lawyer, or a CPA to incorporate their business and when I asked these business owners where their operating agreements, bylaws, annual meeting minutes and state filings were kept, they couldn't tell me.
Why is that? Because they didn't realize that merely filing articles of incorporation with the State does not provide liability protection.
Your corporate entity must be established correctly from the beginning with governing documents and then maintained on a yearly basis.
If you don't do that, you may come to find out too late that your business entity doesn't pr
ovide the protection you thought it did.
So, make sure that once you decide what kind of an entity to use, you set it up right and then maintain that entity. Now, before we talk about the type of entity, let's talk about one additional kind of asset protection that you need to take into account.
Up until now, we've been talking about what I call "inside asset protection" or protection against liabilities that are incurred by the corporation, within the bubble that I described in last week's post.
There's another kind of protection that is often overlooked and that's "outside asset protection".
Outside asset protection protects your business from your potential personal liabilities.
For example, if you are in a car accident, file for personal bankruptcy, or are sued by a business partner or colleague or personally guarantee a debt. These are all personal risks that are happening outside your business entity.
In most cases, your business entity is not protected from your personal risks. That means if you are sued personally and a judgment is obtained against you, the judgment creditor could take your business entity from you in satisfaction of the judgment. But, not always.
In certain States, notably Nevada, there is something called "charging order" protection. What this means is that if you are sued personally and a judgment is entered against you, your judgment creditor cannot take away your Nevada business entity, they can merely take a charging order against it.
This means that they have a right to distributions from the entity, but cannot force those distributions in satisfaction of the judgment.
This can be a big deal if you are concerned about your potential personal liabilities.
In that case, you will want to establish either a Nevada LLC or a Nevada S-Corporation.
If you could care less about charging order protection, you can form an entity in any State of the Union, but in most cases you will want to form it in your own home State where you will be doing business because no matter what if you use a foreign corporate form, you will need to qualify to do business in your State, which means you pay state income taxes there no matter what.
Yes, there are people who will tell you that you can avoid income taxes by setting up your entity in Nevada, but that is very rare. Like if your business is totally virtual and can actually have its principal place of business in Nevada. Or, if you live there, of course. Again, if this is something you are considering, talk to your lawyer.
Ok, so LLC or S-Corporation?
Well, there are pros and cons to both and I'm going to lawyer out on you at this point and tell you that this is really a decision you should be reaching with the guidance of your own lawyer and your own CPA working together to advise you.
Your decision will have tax consequences that cannot be considered based on what you read in a general article that does not take into account the specifics of your situation. So before you incorporate any sort of entity, make sure to consult with your own personal lawyer and your CPA to make the decision about an LLC or an S-Corporation for your business structure.
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Don't Fall Prey To Incorporation Scams
Small business incorporation can make wonderful legal and tax sense. No argument.
But new entrepreneurs need to know that a handful of incorporation scams often ensnare small businesses. And that is truly unfortunate. Getting entangled in an incorporation scam always creates headaches, usually wastes money and may even cause you to inadvertently break the law.
Scam #1: Incorporating for Automatic Tax Deductions
The first incorporation scam? Incorporating because someone (often an off-base consultant or business coach) tells you that incorporation means you'll be able to magically turn personal expenses like cars and travel into business deductions.
The reality sandwich is this: Incorporation does not automatically produce tax savings, and incorporation does not automatically convert personal expenses to tax deductions.
The general rule–which works for sole proprietorships, partnerships, regular corporations and S corporations–says that any ordinary and necessary business expense can be deducted. Personal expenses, in comparison, can not be deducted.
One related point should be made, too. The tax accounting rules for entities do differ. For example, sole proprietorships have some tax planning tricks that can sometimes make them the best entity choice. So do partnerships and corporations.
You definitely do want to consider the tax features of the various entity choices you have available. A regular C corporation or a Sub S corporation might be optimal for your business. Or perhaps a partnership might be best for you. You should probably carefully check out your options.
But incorporating a business for automatic extra tax deductions, well, that's really just a scam.
Scam #2: Incorporating in Nevada to Avoid Your State's Corporate Taxes
The second incorporation scam is incorporating in Nevada (or incorporating in some other no-corporate-taxes state) to avoid your state's taxes.
The Nevada incorporation scam promises naïve business owners that incorporating, say, a California business in Nevada will mean the business doesn't have to pay California state corporate income and franchise taxes. The scam sometimes also promises that the business owner will avoid having to pay personal state income taxes.
Anybody who suggests that this scam works is either an idiot or a criminal… or maybe both.
Two problems exist with the Nevada incorporation scam. Problem one is that if your Nevada corporation does business in, say, California, you still have to register your corporation with California. That registration means you will have to pay any state franchise taxes.
Problem two? If a corporation earns profits in a state, that state gets to tax those profits. If a Nevada corporation in actuality operates in California, for example, all of the profits are subject to California income taxes–regardless of where the corporation was formed.
The bottomline? Make sure you don't incorporate in some other state because you think that will let you avoid paying taxes to the state you actually live and work in. The incorporate-in-Nevada scam amounts to state tax evasion, pure and simple.
And by the way just to make this point: If you're a Nevada business? Absolutely you should incorporate your business in Nevada. Nevada incorporation, for Nevadan businesses, is the right state.
Note: Scam #1 and #2 are actually pretty serious problems to get caught up in. Both scams, once you know the law, probably amount to criminal tax evasion.
Scam #3: Paying for Registered Agent Services in your Home State
Scam #3 amounts to only a minor if costly annoyance: paying someone to be your registered agent in your home state.
Here's the deal with registered agents. The state where your corporation operates wants to know the name and contact information for a real person. In other words, the state wants a real human being the state can contact if it has questions and to whom the state can send correspondence. The contact is called a registered agent.
Incorporation services sometimes pitch you the idea they should be your registered agent–often charging $100 to $200 a year for the service. But you don't need this service if you, yourself, live in the state where you're incorporated. You can be your corporation's registered agent.
As the registered agent, you'll be the person to whom the state sends its letters. And your name and address will probably be available online at a state web site as the contact information for the corporation. But if you're in business, you shouldn't have a problem with people (customers, clients, potential customers and clients, and so forth) knowing who you are and where to find you. And you shouldn't pay potentially thousands of dollars in registered agent fees over the life of your business.
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iPod+hp: $252-$342 - the discounting begins
In what appears to be the most aggressive discounting to date on the fourth-generation iPod hardware, Buy.com is now offering the new 40GB Apple iPod from HP for only $341.99 with free shipping. The lower-end 20GB model is available for a similarly impressive $251.99. Apply the 10% coupon code from the link below to see the discounted prices.
Beware: Though it works for now, Buy.com's coupon may be retracted or disqualified, but it's probably worth the risk.
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A potentially way significant issue is the wording from HP regarding the iPod's battery. HP's website states in a footnote about battery life: "Battery is not replaceable." Apple's website says in the same battery life footnote: "Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced."
Is HP saying the HP branded iPod needs to be tossed after the battery dies?
Posted by MSB on August 27, 2004 at 11:57 PM (CDT)
HP means its not user replacable (so when it dies… you have to send it in just like the apple branded ipod).
Posted by Skitals on August 27, 2004 at 11:59 PM (CDT)
so its basically the same thing as the apple ipod correct?
Posted by Vin on August 28, 2004 at 1:26 AM (CDT)
Yes it's just an iPod! I Laughfed my a$s off at the fact that HP is selling these off as Windows only! What a freaking joke! What PC Users have been doing for the last Year or so Macheads can do to! It's called 'Restore'...
It only open questions are what can the HP+iPod do that any mere Mortal 4G iPod can't. The Printer thing sounds usefull, but I'd hardly tie it to there platform. After all an iPod is just an iPod…
Posted by Ichijoe on August 28, 2004 at 5:36 AM (CDT)
The end of Apple iPod is near.
Say hello to cheaPod, the next crap from HP :(
Posted by Unbeliever on August 28, 2004 at 6:39 AM (CDT)
When I first heard about the HP iPod I was hoping they'd be able to offer discounts and it looks like it will happen. I never got why Apple refused to let any retailer discount their products. The question now is why would anyone buy a mini iPod when they can get a 4G 20GB for the same price?
Posted by Weasel on August 28, 2004 at 7:13 AM (CDT)
"Say hello to cheaPod, the next crap from HP"
Apple didn't need any help from HP to make a cheaper, crappier iPod - the terrible sounding, lemon-like low-quality 4G iPods managed that all by themselves.
Posted by decline and fall on August 28, 2004 at 7:30 AM (CDT)
I don't get why Apple/HP thinks people will keep buying the iPod @ $350 when players like the Zen are $170 for 40GB!
Posted by skipper on August 28, 2004 at 7:42 AM (CDT)
"Say hello to cheaPod, the next crap from HP"
Apple didn't need any help from HP to make a cheaper, crappier iPod - the terrible sounding, lemon-like low-quality 4G iPods managed that all by themselves.
The 4G sounds just as good as any other iPod, what are you talking about? I have one and don't have any probelms with it.
I don't get why Apple/HP thinks people will keep buying the iPod @ $350 when players like the Zen are $170 for 40GB!
Simple, the iPod is much nicer, eaiser to use and more elegant than any other player out there.
Posted by Squirrelly on August 28, 2004 at 7:51 AM (CDT)
"I don't get why Apple/HP thinks people will keep buying the iPod @ $350 when players like the Zen are $170 for 40GB!"
Well - they (we) do.
Maybe because a portable disk with headphones isn't a very good mp3-player…
Posted by Magnus on August 28, 2004 at 8:44 AM (CDT)
I initially had a Zen but switched to a 4g Ipod. Why? The memory was nice but the Zen is loaded with problems of its own and the program it uses to transfer files is terrible. The new 4g ipod has its fair share of problems but none are as bad as the zen.
Ever since HP merged with Compaq the quality of HP merchandise has went down hill (this from my friends dad who works for HP). HP has their own MP3 player…why not just stick with it?
Posted by screaminbuckeye on August 28, 2004 at 8:46 AM (CDT)
There might be a problem with this offer. If you read the conditions to get the 10% off it says the item has to be in stock, which the HP iPod isn't. Also, the offer expires 8/31 and the HP iPod's won't be in stock by then.
Posted by Weasel on August 28, 2004 at 9:20 AM (CDT)
> Maybe because a portable disk with headphones isn't a very good mp3-player
Oh I'm not sure I agree. My husband expanded his player to 80GB by dropping in a new notebook hard drive (Archos).
I am pretty sure there's no easy way for me to expand my 15GB iPod.
I like re-use - it's more environmental.
Posted by all about size baby on August 28, 2004 at 10:54 AM (CDT)
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Posted by raincoast in Nanaimo BC on August 28, 2004 at 12:06 PM (CDT)
Hey its lower prices. It's what everyone has been asking for.
who cares if its called iPod + HP its the same old iPod with better battery life than G3s and the cool click wheel.
the HP partenrship is a good thing.
Posted by ariza on August 28, 2004 at 12:56 PM (CDT)
one word for you: insufficient.
Posted by rainco4st on August 28, 2004 at 9:11 PM (CDT)
The only place that does really offer a disount on ipods is apple - you can't undercut your own re-sellers ... and while other places might not offer a price break, there are other advantages they throw in Amazon (no taxes, free shipping) etc ...
Hp's print ads clearly notes that the ipod & tunes are mac/pc. Besides, you have to be a pretty clueless Mac user not to realize that ipods can also used with a mac - Apple probably is not really counting on you for a lot of revenue.
The HP ipod is for PC users who still have only a cague concept of a mac. Discounting those who hate the mac, the mac is like Tiffany's - too intimidating for them to step inside - HP is like the Gap - much less intimdating - they have an HP printer so this is a stamp of approval that they can get anm Mp3 player.
The more the better. In Entertainment Weekly, there is a 4 page HP ipod ad on starting on page 2.
Posted by jbelkin on August 29, 2004 at 12:55 AM (CDT)
As for ZEN - if your only criteria is hard drive capacity, get a ZEN. You can also get a Chevy Cargo Van for $15,000 - much less than most cars with half the storage capacity but if hard drive is your buying criteria, get the ZEN Cargo Van of Mp3 players. If you actually listen to music and need to navigate more than 19 songs, then you'll want an ipod.
It's really that simple. In this case you are clearly focused on the wrong criteria. If you're only buying it as portable HHD drive, the ZEn is probably a good deal but as an Mp3 player, it's like ending up with a cargo van becsause it has the most cubic feet of storage (never mind it drives like a top heavy truck, is mostly bare metal and there are only 2 seats).
Posted by jbelkin on August 29, 2004 at 1:02 AM (CDT)
it's not true that the onlything the Zens have going for them is their low price and high capacity.
Zens have very good and configurable sound settings and EQs. You can do lots of nifty crossfading, beatmatching, pitchshifting, and re-spacialization tricks with the playback.
Apple could learn a lot from Creative's playback implementations, if Apple was serious about making the iPod a high-end audiophile/DJ device.
Posted by fidelity on August 29, 2004 at 9:46 AM (CDT)
"If you actually listen to music and need to navigate more than 19 songs, then you'll want an ipod. "
Thats quite an ignorant statement…my friend has a 128mb player and can navigate more then 19 songs :).Yeah..I have an iPod but my next player is going to be the Archos Gmini 400. Same weight as the 20gb iPod..basically same size. Only some big differences..2.2 inch COLOR screen. I can bring all my photos with me to show friends, my videos (I edit video and stuff) and show my friends all in the same package size an iPod is in. Ive used other mp3 players, sure ZEN doesnt have the best controls but iRiver and other nice MP3 players have good controls. My next is NOT going to be a pod…sorry apple…I'll stick with your computers.
Posted by Boaguy on August 29, 2004 at 11:27 AM (CDT)
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A fairly (though not completely) useful dialogue among a couple of e-book blogs kicked off a few days ago about whether it is, in fact, a good thing that e-books can be distributed and read remotely. While this sounds esoteric, the question does have some interesting ramifications.
With some new e-book reading tools, it's possible to purchase and read your books via a Web browser, from a remote server (you can do this via Google Books, and an Australian company called Booki.sh, among others). This is known as having your books in the cloud; you can buy a book on one device, then read them on a computer, a phone, a tablet, wherever you wish (the book stays on the remote computer, much like a Website). This might seem like a friendly, puffy cloud at first, but to some it looks dark and stormy. The fear is that this makes it quite easy for ebook publishers or distributors to control how much ownership or access you have to your books. You may think you own that copy of George Orwell's 1984, but then suddenly it vanishes from your Kindle. Or, you may think that you've purchased a book, but it turns out you've only rented it, and it just vanished from your computer. Or, as Chris Walters wrote, really provocatively, on his "BookSprung" blog:
"Booki.sh is basically telling you, 'We keep full control of your purchases, so suck it.' You will never be able to do anything with your e-book that Booki.sh doesn't approve of first. No matter how nice the Monocle interface looks, it fills me with loathing. It's the most anti-consumer approach to e-book retailing yet, and you can bet it's going to spread to other retailers in the coming years if enough consumers don't push back."
To which Booki.sh's Joseph Pearson replied on the official Booki.sh blog:
"The suggestion that this is the death knell of ebook ownership really ignores what has been happening to your consumer rights for years. Amazon books can only be read on Kindles or Kindle apps. Apple books can only be read on iBooks on iOS devices. [...] …if you "own" the ebook file, locked up with DRM — that's actually the most anemic definition of "ownership" I can think of. I don't see how — short of hacking it — that file is any insurance of your continued access to the book if you've purchased it from any of the major ebook platforms. If we ditch that bad idea, new and perhaps better models of ownership can begin to supplant it. If a book is a URL, it is fantastically easy for you to lend a book to a friend: you simply give up access to the URL while they have it. That seems to me like a vital aspect of ownership, and an incredibly problematic aspect with files…
(Sounding more reasonable, Chris Walters replied, but only pointed out that Digital Rights Management – or book copy-protection software – is a bad thing, not really advancing the conversation.)
Almost this exact dispute, fortunately, has already had a great deal of back and forth in the world of music, where rental arrangements and services were tried for years with no luck (and an enormous loss of value for record companies) before iTunes (and Amazon, close on its heels) quickly demonstrated an ownership model that could work: music is downloaded and tied to my account, where I can move it around or back it up. Similarly, it's not inevitable that e-books lead to loss of reader ownership, and people have shown that they are capable of rejecting a bad deal. If it's more a question of which deal, then it is important that many different approaches for publishers and readers be tried before the right one is found. Book.ish seems like a worthy and interesting platform — and one with a lot of potential.
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Roger Bernadina was batting .377 in 14 games at Class AAA Syracuse.
CHICAGO — The Nationals are planning to recall outfielder Roger Bernadina from Class AAA Syracuse following tonight's game, according to two sources within the organization.
Bernadina was slated to play tonight for Syracuse at Toledo, but he was a late scratch from the lineup. He's expected to arrive in Chicago in time for tomorrow afternoon's series finale against the Cubs.
The Nationals will have to demote someone following tonight's game. They may consider dropping a reliever and proceeding with a six-man bullpen for the time being, taking advantage of off-days coming up Thursday and Monday.
Bernadina has been among the hottest hitters in the minors and today was named the International League's offensive player of the week. In 14 games at Syracuse, the 25-year-old is batting .377 with two homers, eight RBI and seven stolen bases.
This will be Bernadina's second stint in the majors this season. He appeared in only one game during his first stop and was optioned toRead more »
- Sec314 - Apr 27, 2010 at 11:11 PM
Bye Bye Willie T… I'm guessing.
- Souldrummer - Apr 27, 2010 at 11:32 PM
Please, please, please. But I think the reason they are making this move is lack of position depth. Simply replacing him for another position player is not addressing the fact that Pudge is ailing, Zim is ailing, and Harris is ailing and they don't really want to DL those guys. You might as well just DL Willie Harris in my opinion, though.
- Souldrummer - Apr 27, 2010 at 11:37 PM
Strasburg does everything but drive the team bus. He just singled home the go ahead run in a 1-0 game and is pitching a no hit shutout in Reading. Time to Cheer, Cheer, Cheer for the Chiefs Strasburg fans.
- NatsNut - Apr 27, 2010 at 11:38 PM
Maybe it's Jesse English? Send him down just because they can? It doesn't look like there are a lot of relief pitchers with options. Well…relief pitchers with options who aren't performing, that is.
- Jeff Wang - Apr 27, 2010 at 11:49 PM
Send Bruney down, and send a message
- Souldrummer - Apr 28, 2010 at 12:00 AM
We haven't had to use English too much, either. Too bad for him because he hasn't done much to warrant a send down but I think it's too early to give up on Bruney.
- Anonymous - Apr 28, 2010 at 12:09 AM
Well I just lost a lot of respect for Randy Knorr. Pulling Strasburg when he's pitching a no hitter is horrible. Any chance at a no hitter at any level should not be missed.
- Sean - Apr 28, 2010 at 12:18 AM
@ Anonymous 8:09PMAre you nuts? There's an odometer on Strasburg's innings – what's more valuable to you and to the franchise? Three or four more innings in the bushes against a bunch of maybes or never wases or have those innings in August and September against big league hitters?No one cares about minor league no hitters.
- Anonymous8 - Apr 28, 2010 at 1:23 AM
Willie Harris maybe to the DL?
- Anonymous - Apr 28, 2010 at 8:10 AM
I hope they play Bernadina a lot and give him a real chance to prove what he can do at the major league level. He has tremendous upside — seemingly much more than any of the other alternatives.
- alexva - Apr 28, 2010 at 12:23 PM
I'm anxious to see him play but ultimately I see him as a centerfielder. He'll have to beat out Morgan to stick as a starter long term.
- Sec 204 Row H Seat 7 - Apr 28, 2010 at 1:08 PM
You are right Alexva. But for this season, he will have go get his at bats playing right field.
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The Outdoor Retailer show was packed the first day in Salt Lake City, Utah. And there's finally snow in the mountains making for a positive buying atmosphere.
Chip Smith who runs the PR for the show said it is their biggest recorded attendance day yet.
"We are expecting 21,000 people over the three days, and this is the biggest winter show we have had. I don't have exact numbers yet, but it will definitely be a record year, as we are looking at a 7% increase from last year already," he added.
Besides aisles of tents, running shoes, backpacks, camping gear, and even a sighting of "Man vs. Wild" star Bear Grylls, there was a big action sports presence at the show.
It was brands like Burton's first OR as well as the debut of Quiksilver's Mountain Division.
"Quiksilver usually just takes the Waterman's line here, but we've been so pleased with the show, we're increasing our presence with Waterman's and now Quiksilver's new Mountain Division," said John Mills, SVP of Sales for Quiksilver.
Besides Quiksilver, there were a few dozen action sports brands that were fairly new to OR.
Hurley had a solid presence with a large buildout in the main lobby of the show, displaying its new "Phantom Protect" jacket, which attracted a lot of eyes.
Burton had a large booth near Hurley's, mostly showing its backcountry and technical products.
I also saw O'Neill, Skullcandy, Stance, Spy, Von Zipper, Arbor, and many more traditional action sports brands with a bigger presence at this show.
"This is our first 'real' OR show," said Von Zipper's Greg Tomlinson, who was at the summer show, but in a large room with other Billabong brands.
"We were here back in August, but this (standalone booth) speaks to a customer base we are actively pursuing for our winter market, and gives us an opportunity to meet new accounts that we haven't been speaking to in the past at our endemic shows. So far we have been really excited about the new prospects that have come through and even written a few orders contrary to other shows we have been to. People really come here to do business."
Outside of brands, I saw a lot of buyers from shops like REI, the online outdoor retail outlet The Clymb, Backcountry.com and a variety of other outdoor specialty dealers.
"Having the action sports section here has been helpful for us because we don't have to go to as many shows now," said Kelley Hemminger, a buyer for Backcountry.com. "It also makes the outdoor brands aware of the other side of the industry so they can see the lifestyle side of it compared to just their outdoor world."
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James Dennin, Kapitall: With uncertainty in the US, investors may look abroad. We found seven undervalued European stocks to consider.
The US debt ceiling debate rages on and while many analysts seem to agree that a deal will be reached, it's also safe to say people are considering other markets as safer bets for their money.
[Read more on Europe from Kapitall: 3 Profitable European Stocks Amidst Mixed Messages from the Continent]
For one, there's China. After a long appeal, the Chinese government has succeeded in lobbying the British government to roll back regulations on the use of Chinese currency in England. The result is that London's stock exchanges will become the Western center for trading Chinese stocks. Not US exchanges.Which does not necessarily bode well for New York's bid to get the highly lucrative, much anticipated Alibaba IPO. With regulations rolled back, British investors can apply for licenses to trade Chinese currency directly, and China would move operations of its three biggest banks to London, from Luxembourg. While the United Kingdom was already the biggest center of overseas trading for China, at about 5 trillion RMB per day, the move will make it easier for Chinese banks to secure financing in the west, and give British banks valuable inroads. Now, this doesn't necessary mean the relevance of the US markets is declining, simply because of prolonged budget negotiations. The government shut down often - eight times in fact - when Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill were in charge of the executive and legislative branches respectively. While these shutdowns were smaller, and didn't follow a US credit downgrade, there is a strong argument to be made that the media is exacerbating the situation. Investing ideas That being said, there are some investors who might be interested in moving their money away from American companies until a compromise is reached. While US stocks in general are up as of this morning, and have performed fairly well over the week, a lot of that has to do with Janet Yellen's appointment to the Fed. She is unlikely to end tapering, and quantitative easing is generally very good for the stock market. But for those investors looking to hedge their risk against the ramifications of further political squabbles, consider Europe, where the re-election of Angela Merkel, a buoyant French stock market, and even the possibility of a Greek turnaround are improving sentiment.
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Sex after breast implants - how soon can you do it?
Help I don't know what's goign on! 5 weeks ago I had implants along with a lift. Me and my husband and I haven't had sex yet and I'm afraid because my nipples are totally whacky since surgery, one of them is almost normal now and the other is still really numb. Is this normal to have one nipple heal differently from the other? Is it safe to have sex with this little problem? If I do have sex I wonder what it's going to feel like having one breast sensitive and the other not. I don't even know if I'll be satisfied because my nipples are a big stimulation for us when we do it. Help!
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but my plastic surgeon told me it can take up to a year for the sensitivity to be normal on the nipple :( Not saying it will but it is possible :sad: Usually it doesn't take anywhere near the long and every week that goes by will be a week it's improved so try and look at it that way. Yeah I know it's like me telling you to force a cheesy smile by saying that but it is true. Ask you're doctor he might know better sometimes feeling is back to normal after just several weeks.
Best wishes to get well!
i dont know about breasts but i know with other body parts when the nerves are stretched they say up to a year but usually feeling is mostly normal after 6 months. what technique did they use for your implants? did they cut around the nipples? i know when they do surgery by cutting around the nipples obviously they'll be affected more over a different method that doesnt cut there, but it should return back to normal. so u say one is worse than the other? im guessing that's bec a nerve was pulled more on breast then the other, but dont worry stretched nerves usually return to normal tool.
it's never too soon for sex :p j/k
Update: My husband and I have resolved the sexual dilemma :) He's just learned to compensate in other ways while my breast recovers. You what they say- if you're lacking in one area make up for it in another. He has definitely done that! :Angelic:
I actually have a friend that was having sex --get this-- the SAME DAY she had breast augmentation. I kid you not. She's a little bit of a nympho though and it was with her boyfriend.
same day? whoa!
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The winner of Facebook's fourth annual Hacker Cup was Gennady Korofkevich of Russia, who took home a $10,000 grand prize, edging second-place Tomek Czajka of the U.S., who finished second, mirroring his finish in the 2012 Hacker Cup, and took home $3,000; and Makoto Soejima of Japan, who finished third and collected $2,000.
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Document Type Master's Dissertation Author Carver, Amanda Margaret URN etd-10242005-084244 Document Title Unit standards for African musics in South Africa Degree MMus Department Music Supervisor
Advisor Name Title Prof C Van Niekerk Keywords
- music South Africa
- music introduction and study standards SA
- folk music South Africa
Date 2002-05-08 Availability unrestricted AbstractThe requirement of the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) for unit standards to be written for all fields of learning has given music educators a unique opportunity to identify the needs of the whole community and reassess the priorities of music education in South Africa. The field of African musics poses some special problems because it has been excluded from the curriculum in the past and because the informal learning traditions need careful attention if they are to be adapted to formal learning contexts. A simple substitution of African for Western music theory, history and instrumental practice is not an appropriate course of action, as African musics are rooted in a philosophical framework that is quite different from that of Western music.
In order for culturally appropriate unit standards to be written, a philosophical basis of African music-making must first be identified from a study of African music practices. Secondly, an examination of the general principles of the musics of South Africa, with judicious examples taken from other parts of Africa will guide the approach to the writing of unit standards for African musics. Curriculum frameworks from other countries which have developed standards within an outcomes-based education (OBE) context, and the specific outcomes for Arts and Culture, are the third element to inform the writing of unit standards for African musics.
The problems of implementation are various, including the shift from informal learning contexts to formal, but in the praxial approach to music education this dilemma can potentially be resolved. Most pressing are the limited resources of provincial education departments, and an emphasis on training to develop the musicianship of educators is of primary importance.
African musics in the curriculum will require not only fresh musical material but also a shift in approach, incorporating the community values of the music which affirm the processes of music-making.
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Adobe on the Right Track
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Corporate makeovers are never easy on Wall Street, regardless of whether the business transition has merit.
Not only do conversions create plenty of uncertainty, but they also tend to disrupt the current operation. When the business is disturbed it has an impact on revenue and profits.
While Adobe (ADBE) has certainly earned the Street's patience as management converts its business from the traditional software sold in a box to an online/cloud subscription-based model, I've been impressed by the level of execution. Management has operated flawlessly, which compelled me to ask how long the company can maintain its momentum. Things are not supposed to be this smooth.
Even more impressive is that over the past two years as Adobe was working on this challenge, the stock has jumped from $23.17 in August 2011 to Friday's close of $47. Essentially, investors have embraced Adobe's new model. After posting solid fiscal second-quarter results, I believe it's time to shed the word "transition" in this business. Adobe has arrived.However, this success has not gone unnoticed. With shares up 23% year-to-date and more than 35% over the past 12 months, I can't say I see any value left. It does seem as if the Street is pricing this stock for perfection. While I don't disagree that Adobe has been very deserving, there's also such as thing as too much optimism. I suspect that this over exuberance applies in this case. (ORCL) and Red Hat (RHT), Adobe investors were a bit nervous heading into the quarter. But the company had shown plenty of confidence. The numbers showed why. Before I dive into them, I've reminded you above that business model transitions cause disruptions. So let's keep things in perspective. The company posted a 10% year-over-year decline in revenue with sales for Adobe's Digital Media business falling 18%. Again, this is because the company is essentially moving away from this business. Besides, the numbers matched Street expectations. Now, with declining revenue figures, you should expect plummeting profitability -- not a big shocker there, either.
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