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Miller wins OR4 class at Ermelo Offroad, Dick leading Open Class. KTM proudly welcomes Pirelli Tyre on board as a new team sponsor of the Brother Broadlink KTM South Africa Factory Team. Pirelli Tyre is the world's fifth largest operator in terms of turnover on the tyre market, with levels of profitability among the highest in the sector.
Pirelli Tyre is today the operational holding company for a group involved in the design, development, production and marketing of tyres destined for various types of vehicle: cars, light vehicles and motorcycles (Consumer sector, 70% of revenue), buses, trucks, agricultural and earth moving machinery, and the production and marketing of steelcord (Industrial segment, 30% of revenue). Within this market, Pirelli Tyre focuses in particular on the high-end segments characterised by elevated technological contents and high performance. These are segments in which Pirelli has established itself in positions of leadership with regard to both its car and motorcycle tyres: Pirelli tyres are today seen as synonymous with quality, emotion and ultimate performance.
Drawing on its technological expertise, the group has consolidated working relationships with the world's leading car and motorcycle manufacturers; partnerships that have translated into a number of homologations for models from all the leading automotive firms.
Pirelli Tyre have established an outstanding partnership with KTM on the international off road scene by sponsoring the Red Bull KTM Factory Motocross Team and the likes of multiple Dakar winner Marc Coma, handing Pirelli and KTM the MX1, MX2, WMX as well as the FIM Rally World Championship titles. By sponsoring KTM's South African Brother Broadlink KTM Factory team Pirelli is looking forward to promote their product in the local off road market and prove that the highly popular Scorpion range of Pirelli tyres exactly offers what factory teams as well as 'weekend warriors' are looking for.
The entire Brother Broadlink KTM Offroad team was very pleased to get the chance to race on Pirelli tyres at the recent National Offroad event held at Ermelo this past weekend, the second round of the South African National Offroad Championship. Competitors were hoping for rain, but both the Time Trial on Friday and Saturday's race did not foresee any rain, therefore covering riders in clouds of dust, almost impossible to pass riders in front.
"We have realised how important it is to have a good Time Trial on Friday.", says Gray Dick, Brother Broadlink KTM's open class rider. "We are slowly approaching winter and cannot rely on rainfall anymore. A good time trial result is crucuial and is the key to a podium finish.", he continues.
Gray Dick (450 EXC) finished the Ermelo Offroad National in 5th place overall (second OR1 Open class), just behind his team mate Riaan van Niekerk who finished 4th overall and second in the highly competitive OR2 250cc class on his KTM 350 XC-F. Gray Dick is now tied in points with race winner Jade Gutzeit (Yamaha) and will do his very best to take over the lead in the Open class again at the next round of the National Offroad Championship to be held at Vryburg at the end of April.
Brother Broadlink KTM riders Altus de Wet and Scott Scheepers, both riding a KTM 250 EXC-F, finished fourth and sixth in the OR3 class (200cc 2T / 250cc 4T) while 17-year-old Tyron Miller impressed everyone by winning the OR4 class for the second consecutive time on his KTM 250 EXC-F. With a 11th place overall Miller now lies seventh in the overall championship ranking.
The team is looking forward to some more technical riding and will head towards Lesotho for the first round of the Liquorland South African National Enduro Championship to take place in the mountain kingdom on 19 March.
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Plus: The Glory of Sydney
Play golf in Sydney and you'll wind up on the couch. This can be more serious than a little psychological problem (though one can imagine the seventh at Terrey Hills inducing a form of psychosis). Couch (pronounced "cooch") is a prominent strain of grass on Sydney's top courses, a fine blade with a thick mat that allows balls to bound along fairways with incredible hop, and race across putting surfaces at breakneck speeds. Couch is in fact so firm that locals at some courses routinely drag their pullcarts right across the greens.
Maybe a problem even greater than putting on the couch is getting near it in the first place. In 1990 about ten percent of Australia's eighteen million people were golfers, making it the country's number-one participant sport. Most Sydney courses are booked solid on weekends; Wednesdays or Saturdays are often taken by "men's competitions"; Tuesdays or Thursdays, with corporate outings or ladies' days. And many of the public facilities have members who get blocked-off tee times. On the other hand, Australia's private clubs are much better than their American equivalents about allowing outsiders to play (the notable exception being the Australian Golf Club; there, you need to play with a member). New South Wales is private, but with some planning and flexibility--in addition to a letter of introduction and a handicap card--it will sometimes accommodate visitors. Royal Sydney, the "Augusta of New South Wales," is virtually impossible to get on, though visitors have occasionally managed. One suggestion for the serious golfer who wants assurance of tee times is to make plans through a tour operator such as Northern Beaches Golf Tours (011-61-2-9975-7755). Owner Jeremy Alexander offers packages that include transportation, fees and first-rate rental clubs at some of the best courses in the Sydney area (though he can't guarantee the toughest ones). Finally, keep in mind that at some of the best Australian courses shorts can be worn only with the kind of over-the-calf socks that fold over a proper two inches at the top. When in doubt, wear pants.
New South Wales
An Alister Mackenzie design along the headlands at Botany Bay, this seventy-year-old links course has been rated among the top fifty in the world; were it in the United States or the United Kingdom, it might crack the top fifteen. New South Wales carries reminders of another Mackenzie design, Cypress Point, mainly because of its panoramic views of the Pacific and its fierce ocean winds (the insignia on the club tie shows a gale bending a flagstick nearly in half). The par-five fifth tightropes dramatically along the headlands, with the green framed by jutting Cape Banks and the wreck of the SS Minmi, a collier that hit the rocks in May 1937. The 195-yard par-three sixth plays like the sixteenth at Cypress, crossing from the headlands back across the ocean to an elevated green. From there the course works inland through hedgelike tea trees, which make mulch of errant shots. The four par threes and the four par fives each head to the four points of the compass. It was Mackenzie's idea of give and take--one of each always played with the wind, one against it. Members complain that the greens have to be slowed up during the Australian PGA; at any other time, balls can blow off the slick putting surfaces. At least the couch grass makes the bump-and-run approach shot a workable option.
Par & Yardage: 72, 6,850
How To Get A Tee Time: Call or fax at least two weeks ahead of time. Outside play is usually limited to Monday or Thursday afternoons and Friday mornings.
Phone: 011-61-2-9661-4455
Fax: 011-61-2-9311-3792
Contact: General Manager David Burton
Greens Fee: $93
Location: :About thirty minutes south of central Sydney in the La Perouse district
Nearby Course: Within
walking distance is St. Michael's, a semiprivate
par-seventy-two course of just under 6,893 yards
that plays along the bluffs of Little Bay. It has
undergone some renovation, but it's a gem waiting to
be polished. Though lacking the fine maintenance of
a New South Wales, St. Michael's is an enjoyable
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May 8th, 2012: Pyramind Studios partners with Idle Games to bring Idle Worship to life, one of the most original Facebook games ever conceived. Idle Worship is a polytheistic god game in which players can interact synchronously to cast blessings and curses on their humble followers, the beloved…and adorable, Mudlings.
Michael Roache, Audio Producer for Pyramind Studios had this to say:
"Jeffrey Hyman and Idle Games are changing the way social games are created and played, and Pyramind Studios is happy to contribute to blazing that new trail."
The Pyramind Studios production team developed all in-game Music, SFX and VO for their flagship title, as well as Music Editing, SFX and full Post Production for their pre-release trailer:
Launched in March of 2012, Idle Worship has been garnered with critical acclaim from Forbes.com, GameZebo and VentureBeat. "Idle Worship is an ambitious project with much higher production values than most other Facebook games out there," says Forbes.com, "and its success or failure will tell us a lot about the future of the space."


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The Stray Dog Theater Group will present the witty tragicomedy "The Lion In Winter" by James Goldman at 8 p.m. March 4 and 5, 2 p.m. March 6, 8 p.m. March 11 and 12 and 2 p.m. March 13 at the theater in Veterans Memorial Middle School, 12320 S. Greenwood Ave., Blue Island.
Tickets are $12 per adult and $10 per senior citizen at (708) 841-7396.
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Here is a look at upcoming events including the Chicago Flower & Garden Show at Navy Pier and an Irish Hooley luncheon at the Lexington House.
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: 111 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, (312) 443-3600: Exhibits include "The Challenge of American Style: Richard Morris Hunt and the American Renaissance" to May 15, "Contemporary Collecting: The Judith Neisser Collection" to May 22, and "American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White" to May. 15. *** Admission is free from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursdays.
BEVERLY ARTS CENTER GALLERY: 2407 W. 111th St., Chicago, (773) 445-3838: "Mindscapes: Audrius Plioplys" will be displayed to March 20.
CHRISTOPHER ART GALLERY: 202 S. Halsted St., Chicago Heights, (708) 709-7844: "24 Maximum," a regional juried exhibition of small works, is on display to March 9.
ROBERT F. DECAPRIO ART GALLERY: Moraine Valley Community College, 9000 W. College Parkway, Palos Hills, (708) 974-4300: Christie Nuell's "Plots and Ploys: Laser Engravings" will be exhibited to March 10. A closing reception and artist talk is set for March 10.
MCCORD GALLERY & CULTURAL CENTER: 9602 W. Creek Road, Palos Park, (708) 671-0648: "The Collage Collective" will be on display from March 4 to April 2.
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: 220 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, (312) 280-2660: Exhibits include "Urban China: Informal Cities" to April 3, "Without You I'm Nothing: Art and Its Audience" to May 1, "Interactions: A Four Month Series of Artist and Audience Activations" to May 1, and "MCA DNA: Thomas Ruff" to June 19. *** Admission is free on Tuesdays.
UNION STREET GALLERY: 1527 Otto Blvd., Chicago Heights, (708) 754 2601: "Words & Numbers," a national juried exhibit, will be on display to April 2. A reception will take place March 4.
TALL GRASS ARTS ASSOCIATION GALLERY: 367 Artists Walk, Park Forest, (708) 748-3377: This exhibit celebrating Women's History Month will run to May 8. The title is based on the Chinese proverb: "Women hold up half the sky."
THE VOGT VISUAL ARTS CENTER: 17420 S. 67th Court, Tinley Park, (708) 614-6503: The annual photography exhibit will be on display in March.
RIDDLES COMEDY CLUB: 5055 W. 111th St., Alsip, (708) 422-5055: Ron Josol will perform March 3 to 5. *** Dinner-show packages are available with Jenny's Steak House & Pub at (708) 229-2272. *** Allgaeur's Restaurant & Spotlight Lounge also offers a dinner-comedy club package at (708) 272-4223.
ADLER PLANETARIUM: 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, (312) 922-7827: General admission is free on March 3 and 8 to 9. *** The space show "Journey to the Stars" launches visitors through space and time to experience the life and death of the stars in the night sky, including the nurturing sun.
BROOKFIELD ZOO: 3300 Golf Road, Brookfield, (708) 688-8000: Billed as the largest exhibit built at the zoo, "Great Bear Wilderness" is home to iconic North American animals such as polar bears, grizzly bears, wolves, bald eagles and bison. *** All active and reserve Armed Forces personnel receive free admission when they show their valid military identification cards.
CHICAGO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AT NAVY PIER: 700 E. Grand Ave., Chicago, (312) 527-1000: "Mexico: Festival of Toys" will be on display to March 13. This exhibit showcases more than 600 one-of-a-kind toys on loan from Papalote Children's Museum in Mexico City. *** Admission is free for Kraft Free Family Night on Thursday evenings. *** Admission is free for ages 15 and younger on Target Free First Sundays of the month.
CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM: 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, (312) 642-4600: Exhibits include "Abraham Lincoln," "Lincoln's Chicago" and "Facing Freedom." *** Admission is free from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays.
THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IN OAK LAWN: 5100 Museum Drive, Oak Lawn, (708) 423-6709: "The Museum Doctor Is In" program will focus on nutrition.*** Exhibits include "Dream a Dream Theatre," "Friendly Market and Cafe," "Treemendous Tunes Treehouse," "Camp Take-A-Break," "Build It!," "Safe Haven Animal Shelter," "Air Maze," "The Race is On!," "Tummy Time," "Health Quest," "Water Adventure and Beachcomber Island," and "Go Fly a Kite."
THE DUSABLE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY: 740 E. 56th Place, Chicago, (773) 947-0600: Exhibits include "Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits" to March 6 and "For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights" to May 16.
THE FIELD MUSEUM: 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, (866) 343-5303: Exhibits include "The Horse," which explores the relationship between horses and humans, to Aug. 14 and "Gold," which focuses on one of the rarest and most prized minerals in the world, to March 6. *** Admission is free from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the second Mondays of the month.
JOLIET AREA HISTORICAL MUSEUM: 204 N. Ottawa St., Joliet, (815) 723-5201: "Bucket Brigades to Tactical Units: Joliet's Fire & Police Departments" is on display to June 12. Attendees can discover how technology has improved on-the-job efficiency — from common situations to catastrophic emergencies — allowing Joliet's namesake departments to better serve the public.
KIDSWORK CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: 11 S. White St., Frankfort, (815) 469-1199: Exhibits include "Bone Zone," where attendees can play and learn about nutrition, including how to develop happy and healthy bones, as well as meet Bart the skeleton. In "Scarecrow Family," attendees can meet the Gardners, dress them up and take them on a hayride.
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: 57th Street and Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, (773) 684-1414: "Black Creativity 2011: 40 Years of Black Creativity" will run to March 20. The retrospective exhibition features hands-on activities, photographs, memorabilia and video — celebrating 40 years of Black Creativity. *** "Science Storms" is billed as an unprecedented and dramatic permanent exhibit in the Allstate Court.
SHEDD AQUARIUM: 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, (312) 939-2438: Exhibits include "Waters of the World," "Caribbean Reef," "Amazon Rising," "Wild Reef" and "Polar Play Zone."
"AS YOU LIKE IT": Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier, 800 E. Grand Ave., Chicago, (312) 595-5600: Gary Griffin directs this William Shakespeare play through March 6.
"GUYS AND DOLLS": Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, 10 Marriott Drive, (847) 634-0200: Park Forest native Matt Raftery is making his directorial debut for Marriott Theatre with this production, which he also choreographed. This show runs to March 27.
"HOW CAN YOU RUN WITH A SHELL ON YOUR BACK?": Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, 10 Marriott Drive, (847) 634-0200: The Children's Theatre presents this show to April 27.
"MARY": Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, (312) 443-3800: This world-premiere Goodman commission will be staged to March 6.
MONTY PYTHON'S "SPAMALOT": Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, (630) 530-0111: Billed as a new musical lovingly ripped off from the motion picture "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," the regional premiere of this show runs to March 6.
"SHORT SHAKESPEARE! MACBETH": Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier, 800 E. Grand Ave., Chicago, (312) 595-5600: This 75-minute abridged production, which is directed and adapted by David H. Bell, will run to March 5.
"SLEEPING BEAUTY": Beverly Arts Center, 2407 W. 111th St., Chicago, (773) 445-3838: Chicago Kids Company presents this show to April 29.
"THE WIZARD OF OZ": Rialto Square Theatre, 102 N. Chicago St., Joliet, (815) 726-6600: This show will be staged on March 7.
"WORKING": Broadway Playhouse, 175 E. Chestnut Ave., Chicago, (800) 775-2000: This new musical, which runs to May 8, is based on the book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Chicago's own Studs Terkel.
CHICAGO FLOWER & GARDEN SHOW: Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave., Chicago, (312) 595-7437: This event will take place from March 5 to 13.
THE LEXINGTON HOUSE: 7719 W. 95th St., Hickory Hills, (708) 361-6067 (tickets): Paddy and Kathleen Gilhooly perform at an Irish Hooley luncheon for St. Patrick's and St. Joseph's days on March 6.
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The Stray Dog Theater Group will present the witty tragicomedy "The Lion In Winter" by James Goldman at 8 p.m. March 4 and 5, 2 p.m. March 6, 8 p.m. March 11 and 12 and 2 p.m. March 13 at the theater in Veterans Memorial Middle School, 12320 S. Greenwood Ave., Blue Island.
The show will be directed by Pamela Morgan, of Country Club Hills, assisted by Mark Dillon, of Oak Lawn.
The first production of "The Lion in Winter" opened on Broadway in 1966, but the popularity of the stage play soared when the motion picture with Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole came out in 1968. The movie won three Oscars including best actress for Hepburn.
The story is based on actual historical figures, but the actual events are embellished. The play opens on Christmas 1183, in Chinon, France.
King Henry II of England (Dennis Newport, of Chicago's Beverly community) is discussing his plans for a successor to his throne, with his mistress Alais Capet (Kim Madison, of Tinley Park), sister to the king of France.
Henry's estranged wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine (Caroline Sexton, of Beverly), has been released from Henry's custody for the holiday. She favors her son Richard the Lionheart (John Madison, of Tinley Park) as his heir, whom she also feels can win her freedom. Henry wants his son John (Matthew Walsh, of Orland Park).
The middle brother, Geoffrey (Tom Holste, of Riverdale), is also involved in political maneuvering, switching allegiances at a moment's notice.
Also, the young King of France, Philip Capet (Brian Whitlock, of Chicago Ridge), arrives for a tense meeting with Henry.
Though all the characters left their marks in history, King Henry II and Eleanor were true history makers, who either ruled or held strong influence over land throughout Europe for more than 30 years.
The show's technical staff includes Tony Carsella, of Blue Island, on set design and construction; Karl Kazawitch, of Oak Forest, on lighting and sound; and Joanne Musial, of Riverdale, on props and tickets.
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Edward Bonham Carter was appointed Group Chief Executive of the Company in June 2007. He joined Jupiter in 1994 as a UK fund manager after working at both Schroders (1982-1986) and Electra Investment Trust (1986-1994). Edward was appointed Chief Investment Officer in 1999 and Joint Group Chief Executive of Jupiter Investment Management Group Limited in May 2000. Edward relinquished his role as Chief Investment Officer in February 2010.
Dr. Jerome Booth is a well-known economist and commentator on emerging markets and global economic events. Through his private office, New Sparta, Jerome manages a number of his investments. He is also currently a visiting Professor at Cass Business School, and a Governor of Anglia Ruskin University and has previously been a lecturer in economics at the Oxford University. His forthcoming book (Wiley) is entitled:"Emerging Markets in an Upside Down World, Challenging Perceptions in Asset Allocation and Investment." Dr. Jerome Booth was part of the MBO establishing Ashmore in 1999, and retired from Ashmore in May 2013. With previous postings at ANZ Grindlays, Her Majesty's Department of Trade and Industry, Inter-American Development Bank, Dr. Booth has also worked as an independent consultant advising firms on aid issues as well as how to win aid-finance businesses.
Euan joined Aviva Investors in January 2014 as Chief Executive Officer with responsibility for capitalising on Aviva Investors expertise in managing Aviva's own funds, become a stronger third party manager and increasing Aviva Investors profit contribution to the Group.
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Euan was most recently global head of multi-asset investing and fixed income teams at Standard Life Investments with responsibility for the management of all the assets of Standard Life Assurance Company and Standard Life Investments' fixed income and multi-asset investment funds. He was also a member of Standard Life Investments' board and Standard Life plc's executive leadership team.
Euan has significant experience in fixed income and multi-asset management in an insurance environment.
David J. Blumer, Senior Managing Director, is Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa for BlackRock Mr Blumer joined BlackRock in 2013. In addition to heading BlackRock's EMEA business, he is a member of both the Global Executive Committee and the Global Operating Committee. Prior to joining BlackRock, Mr Blumer was Chief Investment Officer at Swiss Reinsurance Co. Ltd and has also held a number of roles at Credit Suisse.
Martin is also Adjunct Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School and a member of the Scottish Government's Financial Services Advisory Board, the EFAMA President's Advisory Council and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. He divides his time between Aberdeen, where the business has always been headquartered, and London, as well as overseeing the international operations of the Group.
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Michael is also a member of SSgA's Executive Management Group, Chairman of the Board for SSgA Limited (UK) and is a member of the board for multiple SSgA operating entities and fund companies throughout Europe. Prior to this appointment and since 2009, Michael was Head of Investments for EMEA as well as Head of UK, Middle East and Ireland. Michael moved to London in 1999 and has also had previous management positions in operations, product development and our Global Cash Investment group.
Katie is the Head of Global Portfolio Solutions (GPS) International and a member of the GPS Investment Committee. She is a member of the GSAM European Management Committee and was listed in the Financial News "40 under 40 in Asset Management" for each of the last three years.
Hendrik is the founder and CEO of Investec Asset Management. Under his stewardship, Investec Asset Management has grown from an African start-up in 1991 to a global firm entrusted with more than USD100 billion of client assets. In 2013 Hendrik was presented with a special recognition award by Funds Europe, marking his achievements as CEO and in 2012, he was named European Asset Management CE of the Year by Financial News.
In 2012 Mr Tosato was appointed Chief Executive for Schroder Investment Management Limited, in addition to his responsibility as Executive Vice Chairman of Schroders plc. Since joining in 1995, Mr Tosato has held numerous international roles within the company.
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Campbell Fleming is Chief Executive Officer at Threadneedle Investments. He joined Threadneedle as Head of Distribution in November 2009 and became CEO in March 2013. Mr Fleming is an IMA Board member and Pensions Policy Institute Governor, was previously Managing Director of JP Morgan Asset Management's UK business, having joined Robert Fleming 12 years prior, in 1997, following a strong regulatory and legal background.
François joined Old Mutual Global Investors (previously Skandia investment Group ) as a portfolio Manager in October 2007 from Insight Investment, where he was Director of Fund Manager Selection. Prior to joining Insight, François worked at UBS for two and a half years ending as Head of the UK fund and manager research. Previously, he was an analyst and fund manager at AIG Global Investments.
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Roderick has been Robeco's CEO since 2009. Prior to this, he was a member of the management board and chief investment officer of APG All Pensions Group. Previous roles include member of the main board (Investments) of PGGM and a range of positions at NV Interpolis, including that of portfolio manager.
Maxime Carmignac joined Carmignac Gestion in 2006 as an analyst before becoming a fund manager. She has been a Member of the Group's Board of Directors since 2008. Before that, she worked for various management companies in New York and London. She was also a consultant for the consultancy firm McKinsey and a financial analyst at Lazard Frères and Morgan Stanley. Maxime is now also a member of the Carmignac Group's Strategic Development Committee.
Allan Polack is also a member of the Executive Management Group. The Savings and Asset Management arm of Nordea operates in all the Nordic countries and has a solid representation in Frankfurt, New York, London, Luxembourg and in Poland. With close to 90.000 Meur under management, Nordea Savings & Asset Management is the largest asset manager in the Nordic area.
Gavin Rankin re-joined Citi Private Bank as Head of Advisory Services, EMEA in 2011, with responsibility for setting up the Investment Advisory offering in Europe and the Middle East, taking full responsibility for Managed Investments in 2012. In his current role he is responsible for the delivery of traditional investments, discretionary and advisory portfolios, private equity, real estate and hedge funds in EMEA. He is also responsible for Citi Private Bank's custody offering in EMEA
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Stéphane started as a broker at BNP Paribas Equities (Corporate and Investment Banking) in 2001 where he was covering institutional clients. He then moved to BNP Paribas Inspection Générale in 2005, where he was responsible for several international posts mainly in Corporate & Investment Banking and Asset Management. He has actively participated in the 2009 Fortis Investment Management and BNP Paribas Investment Partners merger and joined FundQuest at the end of the year as Head of Strategic Development. Stéphane was then nominated in 2010 as the Delegated Director of FundQuest France and was appointed in 2012 as FundQuest Advisor's Global CEO.
As Head of Fund Research, Andrew is responsible for the team that covers collectives research, incorporating the firm's UK and international businesses. He is also involved in asset allocation and portfolio management for a number of Investec Wealth & Investment's business units. He joined Investec in 2006 as a product specialist before becoming Head of Fund Research in 2007. Previously he was with Goldman Sachs, latterly in the firm's offshore fund product development team.
Christian joined AXA Multimanager in 2007 as Portfolio Manager. Prior to joining AXA Multimanager, he occupied various roles at dit Allianz Global Investors for seven years. He worked in the fund of funds management since 2002. Before joining dit-Allianz Global Investors in 1999 he worked at Dresdner Bank.
Mr Blanqué began his career in institutional and private asset management at Paribas. He joined Crédit Agricole where he was appointed head of Economic Research. He was appointed Global Chief Investment Officer at Crédit Agricole Asset Management and is a member of Crédit Agricole Asset Management's Executive Committee. Pascal Blanqué has also been Chairman of the Board of CPR AM.
Guy joined Eastspring Investments (then Prudential Asset Management) in 2007 as Regional Head of Investment Management in Asia and in 2009 was named Deputy Chief Executive sharing responsibility for driving the strategic agenda of the firm, Most recently, in May 2012, he was named CEO of our Singapore and Hong Kong businesses. He is also a member of the Board of Prudential Corporation Asia. Mr. Strapp has held previous senior investment management positions with JP Morgan Investment Management, Citigroup Asset Management and BT Financial Group in Australia.
Joaquim joined the IMF in 1992 and was Visiting Economist ECB 1999 - 2000. In 2000, he became Deputy Secretary, Economic Policy, Brazilian Finance Ministry then Chief Economist, Brazilian Ministry Planning, Budget & Management in 2001. In 2003, he became Secretary, National Treasury followed by EVP Finance & Administration, IDB in 2006. In 2007, he became Secretary, Finance, State of Rio de Janeiro, leaving after Rio succeeded becoming the host for the 2016 Olympics and achieving Investment Grade credit rating.
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Jan has recently been appointed to his current role. Prior to this, he was Global CIO for ING. Before joining ING in 2008, he was CEO/CIO of Pear-Axial Investments in London. Prior to that, he held various positions in the field of asset management and pensions, including CIO Capital Markets of ABP Asset Management in the Netherlands. During his tenure with ABP t was selected as 'best European pension plan', three years in a row.
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The award winning Global Multi Manager, Fund Management Team at Santander Asset Management has in excess of €8bn* under management, with portfolios across a range of regulatory and regional jurisdictions. Tom has overall department responsibility and co-manages all portfolios. He is also a Member of the Santander Global Asset Allocation Committee, Investment Committee and UK Management Committee. Previously, Tom was at LV=Asset Management for three years where he established the Standard & Poor's 'A' rated Multi Manager Department and helped spearhead the Group's move into retail asset management. He was also the Head of Multi Manager and Fund Selection.
A pioneer in emerging markets investing, Dr Mobius has spent more than 40 years working in emerging and frontier markets worldwide. He joined the firm in 1987 and currently leads the Templeton Emerging Markets group which consists of over 52 investment professionals across 18 offices. Dr Mobius earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Boston University, and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in economics and political science from the Massachusetts Institute Of Technology.
Jim also serves as president of global asset management for the Principal Financial Group. In this capacity, Jim oversees investment activities across asset classes and market regions, with primary responsibility for the strategic development of Principal's asset management business globally. Prior to joining Principal Global Investors in 2002, Jim served as Chief Executive Officer, Americas, with Credit Suisse Asset Management, New York.


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The Webster Bible (WBT) | New International Version (NIV) |
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness: according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. | 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. |
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. | 2 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. |
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me. | 3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. |
4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest. | 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge. |
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. | 5 Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. |
6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom. | 6 Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place. |
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. | 7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. |
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice. | 8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. |
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. | 9 Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. |
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. | 10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. |
11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. | 11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. |
12 Restore to me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy] free spirit. | 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. |
13 [Then] will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted to thee. | 13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you. |
14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. | 14 Save me from bloodguilt, O God, the God who saves me, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness. |
15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. | 15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. |
16 For thou desirest not sacrifice: else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt-offering. | 16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. |
17 The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. | 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. |
18 Do good in thy good pleasure to Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. | 18 In your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem. |
19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thy altar. | 19 Then there will be righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings to delight you; then bulls will be offered on your altar. |
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A Premier League season is a winding road with twists and turns and bends that hide exactly what awaits around the corner. Just when you think you've got it figured, that you've finally solved the route to the title, another curve comes into view to take you in yet another direction, to yet another possible destination.
It was just three weeks ago, after all, that Manchester United found themselves eight points clear atop the table following Arsenal's win over Manchester City, who had, themselves, led the league by as many as five points just a month before that. And now, with United's advantage trimmed to a mere three ahead of Monday's derby, the path could yet lead to the blue side of Manchester after it so convincingly appeared to be heading to the red.
Not that this title was always United's to lose. On the contrary. Look far enough behind and you can still see the last few miles of a straight, smooth highway that had City on course for its first championship in 44 years before a Sunderland-size bump in the road signalled a rougher trail ahead.
That New Year's Day defeat removed the aura of invincibility that had seemed to surround Roberto Mancini's millionaires since the start of the campaign. A 1-0 loss to Everton followed four weeks later, and by the second week of March City had conceded first place to United after losing to Swansea in Wales. Draws with Stoke and Sunderland preceded the Arsenal loss where Mario Balotelli lost his head and got himself suspended for three matches.
A bumpy trail indeed.
United, on the other hand, got their jolt back in October when they were trounced 6-1 by City at Old Trafford. In a way, their season was redefined in that moment. A side that had opened the schedule with an eye to avenging their Champions League final loss to Barcelona by introducing a fluid, mobile brand of football was, in an instant, served notice that the bigger rivalry lay not on the continent but on the other side of town.
The Red Devils recoiled after the embarrassment; they slowed down and started again from first gear, rattling off a series of 1-0 wins before rediscovering their goalscoring touch that, not coincidentally, arrived in January in the form of Paul Scholes. From there the road flattened for a United side that went unbeaten in 12 until another jolt in the form of Wigan sent them reeling once again. A 4-4 draw draw with Everton last weekend allowed City to pull up alongside for a final race to the finish.
That Monday's derby represents the final twist of the title route is a given. United, with even a draw, would set themselves up nicely for a repeat with matches against Swansea and Sunderland to finish the season. City's superior goal-difference, however, would likely provide enough of an advantage in the final two rounds if they managed a win.
Derby news and notes
- As all United really require from Monday's derby is a single point, there's a chance Sir Alex Ferguson may recall Ji-Sung Park into the starting XI after a seven-game absence. This would allow him to pack what it too often a porous midfield while leaving Wayne Rooney alone up top with Nani and Antonio Valencia working the flanks.
- Roberto Mancini has hinted he may reinstate Balotelli, who is available for selection having served his three-match ban. The Italian has the explosiveness and quick-strike-ability to expose the United defense (as he did in October), although it's unlikely he'll play from the start. City are unbeaten in the four matches they've started Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez together in attack, and it would be shocking if the Argentine duo wasn't dispatched on Monday.
- Johnny Evans is a late fitness concern for United, which means one of Chris Smalling and Phil Jones may be called into the centre of defense. One of the two may also be handed a start at right-back, where Rafael has struggled recently. Nani picked up a minor ankle injury in training last week but should be fine to play from the start.
- Manchester City last lost at Etihad Stadium to Everton in December 2010.
- Manchester United have kept clean sheets in their last three visits to Eastlands.
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Each October the folks at RACO have a little fun by organizing Halloween themed competitions. This year, each department was asked to work as a team and build a scarecrow. Motivated by last year's second place finish in the pumpkin decorating contest, the RACO IT department set out to create something that was really unique and incorporated wireless technology, specifically M2M or Machine-to-Machine communication. The result of their efforts was The SMScarecrow, a talking scarecrow completely controlled by SMS or text message commands.
What They Used
- Motorola MK4000 Touchscreen Kiosk
- Multi-Tech Systems iSMS Server
- Microsoft Windows CE Speech API (for TTS)
- RACO Wireless M2M GSM SIM Card
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008R2
- Old Denim Jeans, Sweatshirt, & Raffia
How it Works
- The RACO SIM card is provisioned with an M2M data plan and SMS using RACO's Omega Management Suite (OMS) Software. It is given a phone number with a non-geographic area code.
- RACO SIM is inserted into the iSMS Server.
- iSMS Server is configured to accept Mobile Originated (MO) text messages and insert them into a database.
- A SOAP Web Service is written that allows machines outside of the network to retrieve the messages stored in the database.
- An application is written for the kiosk that pulls data from the Web Service referenced in step #4. Each text message is processed by the application and the contents of the message are either sent to the Text-to-Speech (TTS) API or a special command is executed if the text message contains a known keyword (like LAUGH, JOKE, or GANGNAM).
- Audio and special effects are synced up with the scarecrow's facial expressions and animation to bring the scarecrow to life.
- Kiosk is mounted on a pole and a body is constructed using the old clothes and raffia/straw.
The SMScarecrow is capable of laughing on command, telling random Halloween jokes, playing YouTube videos and of course speaking text messages. With a little more time and tools, the scarecrow could have easily been programmed to perform more complex tasks via SMS commands such as dispense candy or move its arms. The team debated creating mobile smartphone apps to control the scarecrow but chose SMS controls because they wanted to make it easy for everyone to walk up and start sending commands.
The entire project took about 4 hours to complete as most of our developers have a lot of experience building both Internet Web Services and embedded M2M applications. Check out some photos and video of the project below:
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POV, a cinema term for "point of view," is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. Since 1988, POV has presented more than 275 of the best, boldest and most innovative documentaries to PBS audiences across the country. POV films are known for their intimacy, their unforgettable storytelling and their timeliness, putting a human face on contemporary social issues.
Major funding for POV has been provided by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support provided by: New York State Council on the Arts and the desJardins/Blachman Fund. Support programming like POV through your local PBS station.
A portrait of painter Leon Golub whose massive canvases are intended to provoke viewers.
In August 2005, Travis Williams and his squad were sent on a rescue mission in Iraq.
Allen Hoe tells the story of a chance encounter with a stranger who knew his son.
In 2005, Specialist Justin Cliburn deployed to Iraq with the Oklahoma Army National Guard.
20/Nothing follows Evan Smith, a man who lost his left eye many years ago.
This film explores a horrifying era in Indonesian history.
Few have matched the bravado, combativeness and egocentricity of Mayor Ed Koch.
One family's struggle to come to terms with Alzheimer's disease.
A portrait of the only four doctors in the US performing third-trimester abortions.
The dark underside of energy development.
One family's multi-generational experience living as permanent refugees.
Does sentencing a teenager to life without parole serve our society well?


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Why PS4 game prices need to learn from Steam
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The savings passed from bypassing packaging, printing and transport should pass on to us. Games are overpriced – but as Valve has proven, they don't have to be.
During its first week on sale in Japan, Tales Of Xillia – originally released in 2011 – sold half a million copies. That should give you an idea of just how popular the series is out East. In the West, the games have a cult following among hardcore JRPG fans, but have yet to leak into the mainstream as successfully as Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest.
The weird, the odd and the just down right wrong. Here are 10 of the biggest freaks to ever have graced your PlayStation.
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These are the gaming moments you remember: classic battles that have you on the edge of your seat. Everything from MGS3′s The End to Batman: Arkham City's Mr Freeze: these are the 10 best PlayStation boss fights ever.
Done well a boss fight can be a challenging and rewarding experience – the chance to test your skills and bask in the glow of being really good at games. These aren't that. These are the worst, most poorly thought out and damn right irritating boss fights ever.
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Week One:
What kinds of things people may do in their own life that relate to ideas about looking after the environment and things that they do that they think are not good for the environment. You should start by talking about your own practices. Write down on the board or on OHP what they say - like start a list of things. Ask them about specific things they may not have considered. Ask them about why they do or don't do certain things. Be sympathetic. Some examples.
Environmental Practices
My God, what a counsel of perfection. Anyway, what follows are some of the reasons that you should explore about why people don't do these things - i.e. let them bring them up and only add things if all the bases are not covered.
Reasons for Avoiding Environmental Practices
Social Organisation and Environmental Practices
A Key Question that Can Be Asked - Would People Find it Easier to Implement these Environmentalist Strategies if Society Was Organised Differently?
Week Two
Current Environmental Problems and the Reformist Response
Begin the lecture by explaining the hole in the ozone layer and why it has been relatively easy to get some kind of international agreement on phasing out CFCs. The Montreal protocol of 1987 was the key agreement but I understand China has still not signed it.
Go on to explain the Greenhouse effect. What are the greenhouse gases etc. ( I will not put in the summary of the lecture for that bit - you can put in whatever seems appropriate) What are the predictions for temperature rises and what does this mean in terms of disasters:
Existing evidence and scientific agreement that it is happening. How do they find out about all this stuff?
How to stop this
Estimates - 80% of energy in wealthy countries is from fossil fuels - would have to be cut by 70% to stabilize temperatures.
Some long term means of reducing CO2 emissions
Social Problems - see my article for the book of readings on this. In other words, explain why the above measures are so hard to take for social and political reasons and point out that this is the reason why countries have been so slow to reach agreement and have not decided to do anything very effective - compare this with the situation with CFCs where replacement chemicals are relatively cheap to implement to deal with the problem.
So the above part of the lecture is designed to explain some of the key environmental problems to students and to suggest that we cannot move to an environmentally stable greenhouse situation without major economic consequences. Take a longish break for discussion of all these issues and take your time explaining the science of all this to the students - some will have not the faintest notion what it is all about.
The second part of the lecture is meant to explain what is meant by the "reformist" approach to environmental issues and what are some of the criticisms of this approach from a sociological perspective.
What is Reformism?
Firstly explain that the term "reformist" comes from the jargon of the socialist movement. It refers to the split during the nineteenth century between reformist social democratic parties such as the ALP in Australia and revolutionary socialists such as the marxist communist parties or the anarchists. The former tried to achieve changes by reforming capitalist society while the basic structure of capitalism was retained. The latter wanted to overthrow capitalism entirely and replace it with a completely different economic system. The Soviet Union was an example of this strategy in so far as almost all private industry was taken over by the state which gained complete control of the economy. However this is not the only possible kind of drastic change that could take place. Environmentalist Utopias do not generally advocate a totalitarian state control of the economy but they may advocate some equally drastic structural change in the economy.
Reformism as Reform of the Economy
So what do environmentalist reformists propose:
They advocate a change in values and some reforms of the economy. They do not advocate any drastic changes in the structure of the economy. In their reformist model what stays the same?
In the environmentalist reformist model what changes - i.e. what changes are proposed to make society environmentally sustainable?
Problems with the reformist strategy
My article for the book of readings explains many of the problems with this model. The basic problem is that the kinds of changes in the economy which are needed to move to environmental sustainability are actually quite expensive. Within the current capitalist economy, the likely result of implementing these changes in any given country would be to cause capital to leave that country with a devastating recession the result. For the world as a whole the outcome would be a severe international recession. As well, this program goes against the entrenched interests of the capitalist class - who would lose profits, and the rest of the population, whose employment and level of spending would be threated by almost all of the measures proposed by environmentalist reformism.
For example, as technology improves each year, the amount of hours of work required to produce any given item drops. To keep the same number of people in a job, you have to keep expanding the market so that more items of the same kind are sold or some new item is created. The result is a continual growth in the economy and in production and its environmental side effects. To actually keep the same number of people in work, you have to increase the GNP by 3% per year. Yet the intended result of environmental reformist proposals is to cut back growth. The result would be unemployment.
It is sometimes argued in reply that new environmentally sound industries would take up the slack by creating work - e.g. in solar power, buses etc. While this is true to a degree, in every case the original environmentally damaging industry is replaced by another environmentally sound industry which is less profitable or causes a loss or profits in some other section of the economy. For example, if you use a carbon tax to get people to employ more solar power you do create work in the solar power industry. However what you also do is to increase the price of power to industry as a whole. The result is that all products that are made with the use of electrical power become more expensive. So fewer people can buy them. So the people who used to be employed making those products which now cannot be sold are out of a job. Discuss this with examples. Another example is the transport industry. In the transition to public transport there is much new work in new railways, bike tracks, buses etc. but at the end of the day, a lot fewer people are employed moving people around really efficiently by bike and public transport than were previously employed making vast numbers of individual cars - how much profit and employment is lost if you replace 50 private cars with one bus and 50 bicycles?
Environmental reformists are quite aware of some of these facts. Discuss what their reactions to these issues might be.
Environmentalist Reformism as an Explanation of Social Problems
While socialist environmentalists see environmental problems as coming about as a result of the economic and political structures of capitalism, environmental reformists have another explanation of environmental problems. They typically see environmental problems as a combined effect of technological developments and human nature - e.g. greed, wastefulness and so on. Or they regard these problems as coming about through some kind of cultural infuence. A typical statement of this kind is sentences which include the word "we" as in "we have created these problems through our greed and indifference". Or they will argue that the fact that Soviet societies also have environmental problems shows that it is not the structure of the economy or politics that causes environmental degradation but the "values of industrial society" that are shared by communist and capitalist societies. From a sociological point of view, these kinds of explanations are what is referred to as "consensus theory".
In a functionalist model of society, society is seen as almost like a living organism - it's various parts keep together in order to make the society as a whole function. The role of values is particularly important. What they do is to create a society wide consensus on values that keeps society together. When this view is expressed in ordinary speech, it is common to talk about what "we" are doing which can mean - we in this society, we people of the industrial culture or even we human beings operating according to human nature.
Within current sociology, this view of society is generally seen as less than adequate. Instead, what has been called a "conflict" model is more common. In this model society is made up of a number of interest groups. The interests of different groups are often in conflict with each other and relations of power structure society by empowering some groups at the expense of others - e.g. rich vs poor; men vs women; Aborigines vs Whites etc. In this model, society has a certain characteristic because of the way relationships between groups are structured.
This leads to two different ideas about how social change can bring about environmental sustainability. In the consensus model the key to change is a change in values and changes in economic structures are of secondary importance. This is linked to the environmentalist reformist viewpoint. In the conflict model, environmental problems are not necessarily the result of values - they may be an accidental by product of the relationships between groups in society. So within a conflict theory it makes sense to say that the only way to change to environmental sustainability is to change the structure of relationships between groups in society. For example, one kind of environmentalist conflict position argues that ordinary people demand an ever increasing supply of consumer goods because their experience of paid work is not very satisfactory. Consumer goods are a kind of compensation for paid work. In this argument, the expansion of production to increase consumer goods receives political support because of factors about the structure of relationships in work. It does not come about primarily because of a culture of wasteful consumption or because of innate human greed. It is also not something that "we" bring about since it is a result of the structure of relationships between different groups who have quite different interests and purposes.
The Role of Altruism in the Reformist Model
The reformist model tends to argue that greed for consumer goods is one of the main causes of environmental problems. It goes on to ague that what we need is to agree to limit our consumption of consumer goods. In this way the reformist model implies that what we need is less selfishness and more altruism. We will forego the pleasures of consumption now for the sake of future generations or so that third world people can enjoy some increase in consumption without causing environmental catastrophe or so that we can save nature - species and ecosystems from extinction. In all this reformism echoes the moral values of Christianity.
It could be pointed out that Christianity has been advocating this moral position for some time now with only limited success and certainly without radically changing society so as to adopt its moral precepts. In fact the whole idea that humans are sinful by nature and only achieve virtue through God does not hold out much hope for an environmental movement that prescribes altruism as the necessary remedy for environmental problems.
We could also add that the reformist position implies a strange split on values. Reformists support the continued dominance of capitalism as the central economic structure in which environmental reforms are to take place. Yet this economic structure depends on and encourages private greed as the motivation for economic rationality and responsibility at work. Capitalists compete to make better and cheaper products in order to increase the income to shareholders. Workers work hard and qualify themselves in school in order to be able to reap the greatest reward through their work by being paid more. They do this in an environment where they are encouraged to compete to show their superior abilities in order to win respect and wage improvements. All this is premised on self interest, defined fairly narrowly. Yet at the same time, these workers and capitalists must cut back on consumption and put in place stringent government control of the economy for reasons of pure altruism, at the expense of their own private interest. Is this a likely scenario? From the point of view of most groups in the population a key question becomes. Why should we sacrfice our standard of living for the sake of the environment when the rich, the middle class, white people etc. are doing so much better than us?
An alternative moral framework for environmental concern is one in which generosity, benevolence etc are seen as capacities of human nature. In other words, people can take "selfish" pleasure from helping to bring about the well being of other people, of unborn future generations, of animals and plants. In this context these acts are not altruistic in the sense of being self denying but can become an expression of self interest. However, if this moral framework was to become widespread it would in fact undermine the economic structure of capitalist society and lead to a completely different form of economy becoming the de facto reality. Capitalists would be more concerned with the well being of their workers and with the community than with profits. Profits would fall and shareholders would be quite happy so long as they thought their companies were doing the right thing by the environment and their workers. The middle class would give away their extra wealth to poor people in the developing world or to their poor relatives in their own countries and so on. Environmental organisations would be flush with funds and government regulation would not be necessary to make people toe the line etc etc.


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Honestly, you're getting a cheapie flat iron here. And for the price, it's a great iron. I got mine on clearance at Ulta for $19.99, but even at the regular $39.99 price this is just fine. I didn't have any problems with the plates meeting, I didn't have any problems with the iron heating up too high. My only complaint is that the design is a little goofy (they only had the pink stars or the cherries left) but again, for 20 bucks, I'm good.
I have had the Zoe flat irons for about 3 months. It straightens hair well and leaves it very soft. My daughter has very thick and course hair, so it leaves a smooth texture. However, I am very careful with the heat. The 450 degree setting without an adjuster is really dangerous. That is why I flat iron her hair for her. If not she would burn her hair out. I wish it had a tempature setting since I think it would be much better for her hair.
I bought this straightener at Ulta for $30. The cute pink polka dot design lured me in. I bought it thinking it was good quality.... boy was I wrong! At first I liked this straightener. After about 5 months of use, one of the plates snapped off. I brought it back to Ulta and returned it for the newer Zoe cherry design straightener. I had not straightened my hair in a while and decided to let it go naturally wavy for a few weeks. When I went on vacation, I decided to straighten my hair and my cousin offered to help with her CHI. By the time my cousin had straightened half of my head, I had only straightened about three pieces. Yes, that is how bad it is! It wasn't until then that I had realized that this Zoe straightener was CRAP! For now I am using my mom's BaByliss Pro 1" and it works waaaayyy better! Soon I am planning to get a Solia straightener so I have a good professional quality flat iron. With this Zoe, you get what you pay for. It snags, leaves split ends, creates frizz and takes forever. Nothing good to say about this.
After reading all the negative reviews on here I almost decided not to open it and just return to ULTA...however, I'm actually really really impressed with this product! First of all, the design is amazingly adorable with little cherries all over- usually I'm so sick of getting ready but this makes it kind of fun! So girly! I used to have an expensive CHI straightener but gave it to my sister bc she was badly in need of one...her hair is fried up and she needed something to really smooth it out. For me, the CHI made my hair really flat but really soft...too flat to complement my face unfortunately. She traded me & gave me a WIGO which was awful, snagging my hair and burning my fingers just from the hair getting so hot itself...yikes. So on to the Zoe...it's the first straightener I've liked!! It makes my hair look nice and straight without losing all the volume I work so hard for with expensive shampoos. Hair isn't shiny and stick straight but more like you had a really good volumizing blowout. I'm not even sure that it's necessarily a straightener since they call it a styling iron-supposedly u can waves or curl your hair with it. The plates on mine definitely meet, it's just not noisy with the plates clinking. It doesn't burn my fingers at all when I touch my hair after going down the strands, and you don't need "gloves" to use it cos the handle is not hot at all. It does heat up really fast though. My hair is really healthy so for me I don't need ceramic, I just need volume and texture if anything. That being said, I don't think it would work on really thick curly hair. I am so happy I bought this and for the price-ahhh it feels like a great purchase!
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worst ceramic flat iron..ever! It snags my hair and it doesn't even do the job. It's a total waist of money.
Cute and inexpensive. Long plates were appealing. Horrible temperature control, plates don't seem to come together enough to make good contact with hair. Need to run it through at least twice. Although it was "only" $30 bucks, I like my $15 Andis better. For the record, my hair is shoulder length, naturally curly/wavy, fine in texture - not especially hard to straighten, yet this one doesn't cut it.
I have a Wigo iron that lost its protective coating on it and felt it was time to replace it. Ulta advertised the Zoe's for $29.99 and said they were professional with a value of $130.00. So I decided we would give it a try. The wand itself is very cute and girly with polka dots all over it. I had my daughter try it out when we got home to see how well it performed and I noticed it put shine back into her hair as a flat iron should do and I was thrilled at the value. Until I decided to use it on my bangs which is the only thing I usually straighten. I immediately smelled smoke and yelled at my daughter to quickly turn it down and she told me you can't there is no temperature control. I don't know about you but 450 degrees on my bangs is over kill not to mention hazardous. Nor do I want my daughter frying her hair. I figured since it said professional it would perform better than this, but I will be taking this back and looking for something more substantial. Its not worth it to save money and wind up ruining your hair in the long run.
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I have the zoe flat iron and it cost me 29.99 plus tax, 32.01, I'm heading to ULTA again to purchase another flat iron today and test out how that one works out. If I don't like it, I can always return it or sell it on ebay! hehe..but its pretty decent actually. I guess it doesn't have a temperature adjustment but you can wear gloves if you want to and its not too bad. I curled my hair and straighten it also. I reccommend that you use some sort of styling product before you decide to straighten because it will make a significant difference!! But overall its actually pretty decent. I'm going to purchase another one for 39.99, its slimer and has longer ceramic plates. See which one I like!! OH AND THEY are having a sale on most of their drugstore make up!! gottta check it out. hope this helps!
I own a CHI 1' but needed something to keep in the office because i take the train to work and my hair gets wind blown at times. I was looking at ulta or sallys for a cheap CHI alternative and found this OMG!! I got this from ulta for $25 (orginally $30, but had coupon). I tried it out at home instead of the CHI one morning and it worked the same, i mean exactly the same. My hair stayed straight even on a hot humid day. I love the artwork on the sides is so cute and mod flat iron. I cant believe i payed $120 for the CHI, and this zoe flat iron was $25. Bummer!
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I live in Ohio - we have 4 seasons and that means my family has lots of sports equipment to store. We ski in the winter, swim in the summer, soccer spring and fall, baseball in the spring, basketball in the winter, golf 3 seasons, tennis 3 seasons, and lacross in the spring.
Right now there is equipment strewen around my breezeway, garage and basement. I need to find a real solution to contain this equipment. Right now I have shelves and plastic bins in both the breezeway and garage, shelves in the basement but no bins, and a big plywood box for balls on the breezeway. The problem is, all the different sports tend to get mixed up in the containers. And the ski eqiupment is just not easy to store anywhere! It has to be easy enough for teen boys/middle aged man to follow (and their ever hopeful mom!). The skis, boots and poles are all stored in ski and boot bags, I just need a solution to "stack" the bags or another way to go vertical with storage for them. The soccer, baseball, and tennis stuff are all in appropriate bags, too but the bags don't stack easily on shelves. Everything looks like a mess but we use this equipment a lot so I want it to be easy to reach. Does anyone have a solution that works for storing sports equipment? What has worked for you? |
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- Posted by oilpainter (My Page) on Wed, Sep 1, 10 at 7:54
We store skis in a rack(of sorts) hung from the rafters in the unfinished part of the basement. My husband screwed 2-2x4s across the rafters and the skis rest on them in the space between the rafters. Prehaps you can find a place you can do the same. Shelves don't work for some things. Look into a hanging system for one wall of your garage. You could even use hooks for hanging garden tools. I found some large double hooks at Dollarama that we have all along our shed wall for holding garden tools and things. They would work for holding rackets and anything you can hang. Every sport does not have to be accessible year round. If each sport had it's own bin or bins--clearly labelled--it would simply be a matter of exchanging bins when the season is over and another has begun. |
One way to deal with skis is to put two fat dowels (an inch across the tops) horizontally (about 2/3 of the way up the length of the skis) into a nailed in small (but fat) board on the wall - in other words the dowels stick out ... 6"? into the room and hold the skis upright (as they would in the ski shacks where you rent them). Designate one room, or floor, etc. for summer sports and winter ones or else have a place for small items (balls, etc.) and another (big shelves or closets) for large ones. Don't over complicate as you acknowledge people won't use them that way, but do get tough at first about their needing to bother. |
- Posted by lazygardens (My Page) on Wed, Sep 1, 10 at 18:42
I just need a solution to "stack" the bags or another way to go vertical with storage for them. The soccer, baseball, and tennis stuff are all in appropriate bags, too but the bags don't stack easily on shelves. Install shallower shelving? Toss several bags into a bin? |
Thank you all! Is it OK to store skiis "flat?" I usually see them standing up. Does it matter in the long run? I cold put some dowels across the studs in the garage & slid them in standing up, then some hooks for the boot bags beside the skiis. I'm thinking of getting the heavy duty shelving I got for my basement for the breezeway & garage and putting laundry baskets on the shelves. A basket for each sport - tennis basket, baseball basket, etc. I could even have a basket for cleats. I keep all cleats until my youngest son grows out of them so I have A LOT of cleats not currently being used, that they will use in the near future (baseball, soccer, fooball, track). I spent about $200 for this sytem in the basement and it's worked GREAT for almost a year. I think it's time to spend some $$ for the garage and breezeway. |
- Posted by lazygardens (My Page) on Sat, Sep 4, 10 at 10:07
DO NOT store skis or boots in garages or attics. They deteriorate in the heat. We used to keep skis tucked behind a bunk bed during the summer. Now with fewer skiers, they are standing in one end of a closet, edges to the wall, with two spring-loaded curtain rods to keep them from falling over. Laundry baskets or those storage totes work well corralling sports stuff. We have duffels for each person, and a tote with stray ski clothing in case of guests. http://ana-white.com/ has a lot of easy to make cubbyhole plans. |
I didn't know that about ski equipment - THANKS! I will move them from the garage into the house. Since we have 5 of everything, the equipment has a large "footprint." I guess they will have to go into the laundry room in the basement. |
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Ga. EPD cites Fayette water system violation
The Fayette County Water System has been issued a Notice of Violation from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division concerning total trihalomethanes (TTHM) in the water supply. County officials said the violation does not pose a health risk.
Trihalomethanes (THM) are formed as a by-product predominately when chlorine is used to disinfect water for drinking. Disinfectants are used to protect drinking water from disease-causing organisms, or pathogens. This violation is not life-threatening and does not pose a risk to the quality of water supplied to the citizens of Fayette County, according to Fayette County Water System Director Tony Parrott.
Last year, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division changed the TTHM calculation to an individual site's four-quarter running average. Previously, the calculation was a four-quarter running average of all the sites. Fayette County anticipated not meeting this new standard, and that anticipation is the reason behind researching alternative treatment techniques. Since the TTHM calculation is based on a four-quarter running average, Fayette County will probably not be in compliance when the results are provided next quarter, Parrott said.
Trihalomethanes are a group of four chemicals that are formed along with other disinfection byproducts when chlorine or other disinfectants used to control microbial contaminants in drinking water react with naturally occurring organic and inorganic matter in water. The trihalomethanes are chloroform, bromodichloromethane, dibromochloromethane, and bromoform, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Parrott said Fayette County has been proactive over the years in researching and treating Total Organic Carbon (TOC) in its water reservoirs. In 2005, the Fayette County Water System began studying ways to treat TOC and a pilot test of different treatment techniques was conducted in 2010. In April 2012, the Fayette County Board of Commissioners approved a bond issue to fund a treatment solution and, recently, commissioners approved a second look at available techniques for water treatment. This review should be completed within a few months, said Parrott.
"I have full confidence in the Water System's staff that they will rectify this situation," said Commissioner David Barlow.
Anyone with questions about the violation can contact the Fayette County Water System at 770-320-6016.
That it what they have been peddling.
Professor Barlow has confidence in the staff (not management?).
How long does it take them to study TOC's without a solution? Since 2005? 8 years and its still not solved. It must take these guys 2 hrs to watch 60 minutes.
Who is watching the ship?
Having been poisened by the government for what will be nearly a year, wonder if we need to start the process now or later, and do we include all the Water Board and County Commission by name? I mean come on, do they think we'll trust the government to tell us that the violation poses no risk to health- then why is it a violation?
Maybe we should seek advise from the NCAACP, they seem to have a pretty good track record of getting the county to bend over.
As a water customer, I received a letter telling me the county was in violation of a drinking water standard. Don't worry. It is being corrected. If you drink water-containing trihalomethanes in excess of the maximum contaminant level over many years' experience problems with their liver, kidneys, or central nervous system and may have an increased risk of getting cancer. So what is the maximum contaminant a person can injest?
Is this leading to the commissioners taking fluoride out of the water treatment? Never mind, I have a whole house water filtration system. Had it installed years ago, long before this news came out.


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Diary of a Drug Fiend
Author | Aleister Crowley |
Cover artist | Aleister Crowley |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Occult Novel |
Publication date
1922 |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
Pages | 383 pp |
Diary of a Drug Fiend, published in 1922, was occult writer and mystic Aleister Crowley's first published novel, and is also reportedly the earliest known reference to the Abbey of Thelema in Sicily.[1]
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The story is widely thought to be based upon Crowley's own drug experiences, despite being written as a fiction. This seems almost conclusively confirmed by Crowley's statement in the novel's preface: "This is a true story. It has been rewritten only so far as was necessary to conceal personalities." Crowley's own recreational drug use and also his personal struggle with drug addiction, particularly heroin, is well documented.
Crowley made a study of drugs and their effects upon the body and mind, experimenting widely himself. Many of his conclusions are present within this novel. The story follows Peter Pendragon and Louise Laleham, a couple passionately in love, as they fall head-first into a drug binge across Europe. Diary of a Drug Fiend encapsulates much of Crowley's core philosophy concerning Thelema and his conception of True Will.
Plot summary[edit]
The protagonists find themselves desperate after their drug supply diminishes. The particulars of their desperate addiction and cravings are documented in realistic detail. The pair, however, are saved from destruction by an adept Magician named King Lamus. This mysterious and charismatic figure frees Pendragon and Lou from their addictions through the use of Magickal techniques, aimed at mastering True Will and releasing the individual from sloth, self-destructive impulses and craving.
- A Knight Out
- Over the Top!
- Phaeton
- Au Pays de Cocaine
- A Heroin Heroine
- The Glitter on the Snow
- The Wings of the Oof-Bird
- Vedere Napoli e poi-Pro Patria-Mori
- The Gatto Fritto
- Short Commons
- Indian Summer
- The Grinding of the Brakes
- Below the Brutes
- Towards Madness
- Cold Turkey
- The Final Plunge
- King Lamus Intervenes
- First Aid
- The Voice of Virtue
- Out of Harms Way
- At Telephylus
- The True Will
- Lover under Will
Popular culture[edit]
Musician Marilyn Manson included a song entitled "Diary of a Dope Fiend" on his 1995 album Smells Like Children, which may have been, among other aspects of Manson's career, influenced by Crowley's writings.
The American band The Lemonheads recorded a song called "My Drug Buddy", based on this book, on their 1992 album It's a Shame About Ray.
- 1922, First edition published in the U.K., hardback
- 1971, USA, Red Wheel/Weiser Books (ISBN 0-87728-035-5), July 1971, hardback
- 1971, USA, Red Wheel/Weiser Books (ISBN 0-87728-146-7), July 1971, paperback
- 1989, USA, Buccaneer Books (ISBN 0-89966-593-4), June 1989, hardback
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External links[edit]
- Google Books listing
- Library of Congress online catalog