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In January 2011, I reached out to share with you a summary of the many conversations I had during my first few months as dean and to outline an emerging set of priorities for Harvard Business School that arose from them. We've come to call these priorities "the five i's" :
Each January, I write to share with you an update on the School—key initiatives, milestones, and the ways in which we are advancing our strategic priorities that we've come to call the five I's: innovation in our educational programs, a recommitment to intellectual ambition, the internationalization of our research and curriculum, a culture of inclusion where every member of our community is able to thrive, and integration within Harvard Business School and with Harvard, particularly in the area of entrepreneurship.
This year, I do so in the context of the University's recently announced capital campaign. Harvard Business School, like all of Harvard's schools, will launch its own campaign this year. Planning for this multi-year effort has provided us an opportunity to reflect on our vision for HBS in the 21st century.
What are the factors reshaping business on a global scale?
What does it mean to be a leader in today's society?
How can we ensure that the school remains at the forefront of management and management education?
The process of creative destruction that Joseph Schumpeter described in his seminal Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy more than 70 years ago, a "process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new one," continues to reshape business today, and is what makes this moment both exciting and challenging.
An era of globalization in which emerging economies are rapidly joining the global marketplace, is enabling a better way of life for billions of people. This presents unprecedented opportunities for growth, but it also makes competition for these opportunities ever more fierce. To be relevant, Harvard Business School must educate leaders to compete and succeed in this new arena.
Similarly, technology continues to break down barriers of every type, from physical to political. Information technology creates new opportunities in social media and mobile; in life sciences, it is stem cells and personalized medicine; in energy, it is shale gas and solar panels; in manufacturing, it is nanomaterials and 3-D printing. These technologies and others will be disruptive for some firms and industries and beneficial for others. Thriving in such a technologically dynamic economy will require Harvard Business School to cultivate in its students an entrepreneurial mindset, whether they work in an established company or a start-up.
The relationship between business and society, too, is changing. Society is ever more reliant on business, and business increasingly is being called upon to address social issues that previously were in the public realm—from environmental sustainability to access to clean water, quality education, and basic health care. Yet society is quick to criticize business for failing to meet an ever-expanding list of social and moral obligations.
We must educate leaders who understand their responsibilities to society, and who can strengthen the public's trust in business., We also need to educate leaders who can bring a business perspective to the social sector, be it as social entrepreneurs or as volunteers and trustees. Our students must be prepared to provide leadership not just in their companies, but in their communities and countries as well.
As we prepare for these forces of creative destruction and others that lie ahead, we must first reinforce what has allowed us to prosper over our first century: providing a transformational learning experience for the students and participants who come to our campus to study, developing a deep understanding of management practice that leads to novel thinking and breakthrough research, and disseminating our ideas and curricula to an expanding audience worldwide. We must reaffirm the core characteristics that define and distinguish Harvard Business School, from the case method and participant-centered learning to our unique residential campus. At the same time, we must courageously seek out innovative ways of delivering on our mission—exploring, for example, how we might make field-based learning a powerful complement to the case method or how we might leverage an online educational platform to deliver on the promise of lifelong learning.
Let me outline for you now our efforts in each of the School's five strategic priority areas, and how we've brought to bear this approach of reinvesting in our strengths while simultaneously exploring new paths and opportunities.
In fall 2011, we launched Field Immersion Experiences in Leadership Development (FIELD) in the Required Curriculum of the MBA program. This yearlong course comprises three modules and aims to teach students how to develop their leadership, global, and integrative intelligence through a series of team-based simulations, exercises, and projects—what we call the "doing" and "being" of leadership.
In FIELD 1, students learn how to form and work effectively in teams, how to give and receive feedback, and how to enhance their personal leadership style.
In FIELD 2, each of 150 student teams is matched to a global partner organization and asked to develop a new product or service concept (e.g., how a bank in Malaysia might introduce mortgage loans to Gen Y-ers unaccustomed to saving or home ownership). During the fall semester, teams work for eight weeks to develop a recommendation; then, for two weeks in January, they travel to their global partner location in cohorts of eight to nine teams, led by a faculty member and two HBS staff members. In country, student teams conduct firsthand market research, meet with company representatives, and refine their ideas, culminating in presentations to the global partner's senior management and to their cohorts and faculty member. FIELD 2 helps our students develop contextual humility—a visceral awareness that their best ideas developed in Boston must be adapted to respond to the on-the-ground realities of their partner company and country.
Finally, in FIELD 3, students are charged with launching a microbusiness in ten weeks. Their goal is not just developing a business plan, but executing on a business idea that a customer can experience and will pay for. Students learn, in the process, the difficulty of translating even a simple idea into practice, especially when working with team members of varying skill and motivation, vendors who may be more or less reliable, and customers with their own views of what they want as opposed to what one wants them to buy. Throughout, students get feedback from potential investors via a financial simulation that has teams in one section investing in the companies of a partner section.
FIELD has been an ambitious undertaking for the School, requiring us to overcome a host of execution challenges in support of this new field method of learning. From coordinating vaccinations and visas for FIELD 2 to creating 150 limited liability corporations for FIELD 3, we ourselves are learning by doing. We now are in year three of this endeavor and continue to refine and reshape elements of the course, building on experience and feedback from our students. In my conversations with students today, what is remarkable is how quickly FIELD has become an integral and valued component of the curriculum. Although the evidence is as yet anecdotal, we also have heard that FIELD is becoming a distinguishing feature of the School for potential applicants, and that employers value the skills and experiences students are gaining.
With this work well underway, we are turning our attention to the Elective Curriculum, exploring how we might ensure both that it incorporates elements of the field method that have proven so effective in the Required Curriculum, and that it is a second year worthy of a two-year MBA program.
In the Doctoral Programs, building on the findings of an intensive self-study in 2011–2012, we have instituted a handful of new requirements. To build a stronger sense of community and cohort, we now have a single start date in the summer and a shared orientation experience. We have introduced a Doctoral Methods and Theory course, providing training in research methods to support scholarship. In January 2013, we launched Business Education for Scholars and Teachers (BEST) Foundations, a fully integrated course for our PhD and DBA students that helps them understand the language of business and provides them a general management perspective. Across all these initiatives, our aim is to produce scholars who are distinctly prepared to make a difference in the world through rigorous research that influences practice.
In Executive Education, we are especially excited about a number of new buildings taking shape on the eastern edge of Soldiers Field.
The first, Tata Hall, dedicated in December 2013, is a state-of-the-art facility with 179 bedrooms, 2 classrooms, living group spaces, and program staff offices. The result of a generous gift from Ratan Tata, Tata Hall will welcome participants from around the world who we hope will have as transformative an experience as Ratan Tata did, enabling them to further develop as leaders who can enhance their organizations and their communities.
In April 2014, we will break ground on the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center, a new facility that will serve as a gateway to the School for the 10,000 executives who attend classes here each year and as a vibrant hub that will connect them to the faculty, students from the MBA and Doctoral Programs, and broader HBS and Harvard communities. The Chao Center, part of a remarkable gift from the Dr. James Si-Cheng Chao and Family Foundation that also provides fellowships to MBA students, will be built on the site where Kresge Hall now stands and will open in 2016. It was especially fitting to receive this gift during our yearlong celebration of 50 years of women in the two-year MBA Program, as four Chao daughters—Elaine, May, Grace, and Angela—attended Harvard Business School.
And in summer 2014, we will begin renovation of Baker Hall, renaming it Esteves Hall when it is finished in recognition of a gift from André Esteves. The renovation will bring the executive residence hall up to date in its fittings and furnishings. Cumulatively, when completed, this work will provide long-needed capacity, given the maturity and depth of our executive programs, and will support such innovations as experiments in blended learning that leverage content and materials from our Publishing group, and a review of and enhancements to our flagship Advanced Management Program.
Even as we innovate in our educational programs, we have stayed true to our commitment to participant-centered learning, which requires students to engage with and learn from one another. We have remained focused on learning that starts with real problems in business, whether it be through case studies or field studies. We continue to help our students hone their competence to make judicious decisions and their character to act with authenticity and integrity. Our campus and curriculum enable students to form enduring relationships with each other.
We are now exploring whether we can bring these same principles to an online learning platform we are calling HBX. Given the enormous opportunities and potential threats we see in the technological innovations that are reshaping education, we think it is vital for HBS to enter the online arena. Our work is guided by the view that our efforts must complement and enhance our on-campus offerings, must elevate our reputation for excellence and impact, and must expand the reach of the School, all consistent with and supportive of our mission.
Key elements of an HBX initiative have begun to take shape. In the first phase, which we will launch during the coming year, we are developing:
In phase two, beginning in the fall, we envision adding "franchise courses," making some of the most popular courses at the School accessible to a wider audience of students and alumni beyond those we can reach on campus. We also are exploring what opportunities HBX might offer in the area of entrepreneurship and innovation.
Across all these projects, we are working on a platform and user interface that will create a truly transformational learning experience. We want HBX to be as distinctive and outstanding as any other HBS activity or program.
It has been a century since the Bureau of Business Research (now the Division of Research, or DOR) issued its inaugural bulletin on shoe retailing, building on input from more than 600 shoe stores and with a circulation of 10,000 copies.
In defining a uniform system of accounting, the study was the first organized effort to advance knowledge and practice in the field of management. Today, the DOR supports a range of initiatives and projects at the School, spurring both individual work and collaboration across disciplines to address the most difficult management challenges of our time.
What distinguishes research at HBS? First and foremost, it is problem focused and aims to influence management practice. Faculty members conduct academically rigorous study using a broad range of methodologies. Their output—including, last year, 144 working papers, 241 field cases, 17 books, 25 book chapters, 181 research articles, and more than 800 blogs, op-eds, and other articles—makes them among the most productive and influential of business school faculties, as recognized by national research rankings. Consider that HBS Working Knowledge, the School's forum for innovation in business practice, receives over 3.5 million hits annually, and research conferences drew more than 1,000 academics and practitioners to campus, and you begin to get a sense for the reach of the faculty's ideas.
Cross-disciplinary research has flourished in recent years, too. For instance, the U.S. Competitiveness Project, launched in 2010, is a multiyear effort to understand and improve the competitiveness of the United States—that is, the ability of firms operating in the United States to compete successfully in a global economy while supporting high and rising living standards for Americans. The project focuses especially on the roles business leaders can play in promoting U.S. competitiveness.
In its first two years, more than 15 faculty members and affiliates, drawn primarily from Harvard Business School but also from other schools and institutions, carried out research on topics ranging from reviving entrepreneurship to assessing what ails U.S. politics. Two alumni-wide surveys, "Prosperity at Risk" and "Competitiveness at a Crossroads," as well as a special Harvard Business Review issue in March 2012, presented analyses of critical areas that drive U.S. competitiveness as well as action agendas for strengthening America's economic vitality.
In 2013, this effort has gone deeper in two areas: K–12 education and infrastructure. In November 2013, faculty cochairs Allen Grossman, Jan Rivkin, and Kevin Sharer brought together 75 executives, school superintendents, and pioneers in educational innovation for a two-day summit entitled Business and Education Leaders Together: Enhancing Opportunity for America's Students. The result of a unique collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the event centered on an agenda that emerged from ten months of research and debate; it highlights three approaches to business engagement in education that appear particularly promising. Several case studies on business involvement in education were also developed to complement this agenda.
In February 2014, faculty chair Rosabeth Moss Kanter is convening America on the Move: Transportation and Infrastructure for the 21st Century, a national summit exploring themes such as furthering intermodal connectivity and innovating in technology and business models. Informed by new research on industry change and cutting-edge projects, the event will learn from providers and users to find smart solutions—getting people to work, goods to where they are needed, information circulating, communities connecting, and economies developing, safely and efficiently.
Both these endeavors, like the Forum on Health Care Innovation held in conjunction with Harvard Medical School last summer, the Managing the Investment Firm in an Uncertain World asset management conference held in November 2013, and the March 2014 real estate symposium, demonstrate Harvard Business School's unique capacity to draw together thought leaders, carry out deep analysis, tap into the School's alumni network for perspective and insight, broadly disseminate ideas, and ultimately impact practice in sustained and powerful ways. We are continuing to explore how initiatives at HBS can enable cross-disciplinary groups of faculty to develop new understanding; from the recently launched Digital Initiative to the Social Enterprise Initiative, which in 2014 will celebrate its 20th anniversary, we see these efforts as bridging the gap between theory and practice.
Key to our intellectual ambition is a robust library. We are making significant advancements in digital scholarship, implementing a forensic workstation that allows us to preserve the electronic record of corporations no matter the media it is stored on, as well as a research data management program that enables faculty to create and share their data and extends our ability to collaborate. We also are continuing to build our unique corporate report collection and mine the content in new ways, unlocking the history of capitalism for scholars around the world. Baker Library is a gem among business libraries, and we must maintain its preeminence in the 21st century.
In this arena, too, we are celebrating an anniversary: the 15th year since the opening of our first global center, which we located in Hong Kong so that we might facilitate faculty work in the Asia-Pacific region.
Our global strategy remains driven by research and course development, as we believe it is by drawing faculty members deeper into international study that we then can enhance the curriculum, offer more compelling Executive Education programs, and contribute to the development of global management best practices through the study of important business phenomena.
In 2013, we expanded the coverage of our regional research centers by opening a new office in Istanbul, Turkey; beyond being an increasingly important economy in and of itself, we see it as a gateway into Eastern Europe and the Middle East. With Istanbul, we now have facilities in eight locations: California (Silicon Valley), Asia-Pacific (Hong Kong), China (Shanghai), Japan (Tokyo), Latin America (Buenos Aires), Europe (Paris), and India (Mumbai). In addition to supporting research, each of these centers has taken on other important work of the School—from admissions outreach, sourcing global FIELD projects, and placement in the MBA program, to strengthening relationships with alumni, building regional Executive Education programs, and facilitating Harvard Business Publishing's dissemination of Harvard Business Review and case studies.
With this foundation firmly established and guided by the belief that we can—perhaps better than any other institution—develop a deep global understanding and a compelling intellectual footprint with a lean physical presence, we are poised to extend our global impact in a few key areas.
As faculty members have found it easier to conduct global research, their appetite for deeper engagement has increased. Three years ago, we began offering immersion programs that enabled groups of 12–15 individuals to travel to a particular country or region for roughly ten days of intensive meetings with business, academic, and political leaders. In summer 2013, a cohort visited Brazil, gaining a rich understanding of the cultural, economic, political, and other forces shaping the business environment. These trips strengthen relationships with local alumni and generate new case and research ideas. We also support 3–5 faculty members annually who wish to focus on a particular international project over the course of a semester or year, usually in partnership with a local academic or company. We will never be country specialists in the way a faculty member at Nomura University in Tokyo, for example, will understand the Japanese economy. But over time, we can develop knowledge and provide an experience for our students and participants that is unmatched in its global breadth of analysis and understanding.
As efforts like FIELD 2 engage us with a wider array of companies around the world, we are thinking carefully about how to build and manage these relationships in a way that provides maximum mutual benefit. Which firms provide interesting sites for new case studies? Where do our students want to go when they graduate? How can we offer in return access to research and leading-edge ideas, whether through executive programs or offerings like Publishing's Harvard ManageMentor? To remain close to practice, we must intentionally ensure we continue to have access to the most interesting organizations around the world.
When launched in 2010, the Culture and Community Initiative (CCI) outlined a multiyear plan to examine and understand elements of our culture so that we might, through reflection, experimentation, and change, create an environment where every member of the community is able to thrive and do their best work in support of the School's mission.
Building on our experience in studying our student culture, in 2013, we turned our attention to the faculty culture. Through extensive interviews, the examination of processes like recruiting and faculty development, and analysis of a range of both qualitative and quantitative data, we worked with an outside team—who we felt would provide greater objectivity and confidentiality—to draft an initial report that highlighted the challenges faculty members experience during their careers at HBS. Throughout the summer, members of the faculty then met in small groups to discuss their reactions to the document: did it accurately reflect their experiences? What surprised them? What were they most passionate about changing? Equally important, what did they think it was most important to maintain?
We know this effort, like that carried out for the student culture report, is no panacea for issues with a long history and deep roots, not just at HBS but at educational institutions, in organizations, and in society more generally. We have seen, though, a number of important benefits already. First, through careful study, we have been able to definitively debunk (or, alternatively, uphold) certain "truths" people hold in their minds. For example, we have found that women faculty members are less likely than men to be promoted to associate professor, but equally likely to be promoted to full professor once they have cleared this first promotion hurdle. With that understanding, we can tackle the discrepancy more effectively, targeting real early-career success factors rather than other perceived factors.
Another benefit has been the creation of a shared vocabulary that makes difficult issues discussable. Talk to faculty members at HBS today and you're likely to hear them refer to the uneven "scaffolding" the School provides to support teaching, research, and faculty development more generally. With this common language, again, it's far easier to begin to identify areas for change and improvement.
For alumni, a key event in 2013 was the April W50 Summit, commemorating the 50th anniversary of when women were admitted into the full two years of the MBA program.
More than 800 alumnae and alumni returned to campus for two days of keynotes, panels, and interactive workshops, reflecting on the challenges and opportunities women and men face in achieving their life and leadership goals. This year, we're acting on the feedback and suggestions generated over the year, including deepening our research and increasing the number of female case protagonists.
Finally, an important element of inclusion remains ensuring that we are able to attract the most qualified applicants to our educational programs, regardless of their financial means. Indeed, Harvard Business School is more economically diverse now than ever before. We continue to strive to offset tuition increases by fellowship support, including aid and loan reduction for students whose early career choices mean they still are carrying significant undergraduate debt. We also are increasing our commitment to initiatives like the Leadership Fellows program, which provides financial assistance to students pursuing careers in social enterprise, government, medicine, and academia. Our goal is to support students in pursuit of careers that may not be financially lucrative but resonate more deeply with their passions.
The Harvard Innovation Lab, conceived, funded, and launched by HBS in November 2011, has become a true University-wide resource. By demonstrating that Allston can serve as a vibrant hub for collaboration, it has been a remarkable catalyst for new activities and relationships.
At a glance, 2013 activities at the i-lab included:
One mechanism that has proven especially effective at the i-lab is the launch of "challenges," including a President's Challenge in entrepreneurship and Deans' Challenges in cultural entrepreneurship, health and life sciences, and urban design. Each encourages students from across the University to apply fresh thinking to intractable problems; as one example of the type of impact these students can achieve, the 2013 winner of the President's Challenge was a team that developed a novel online information management system that reduces the time law enforcement spends on information collection, management, analysis, and reporting by 90%, giving police officers more time to protect neighborhoods.
Beyond the i-lab, and with the launch of the common calendar that better synchronizes the start and end of the semester across schools, a number of HBS faculty members are engaging with undergraduate and graduate students by developing new courses that draw on a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. For instance, Design Thinking and Innovation, offered at the i-lab for the first time this fall, helps students develop skills in problem solving, innovation, and human-centered design thinking; it has drawn students from Harvard Business School, Harvard College, Harvard Design School, and Harvard Medical School.
Finally, we continue to be incredibly excited by the vision for Harvard in Allston, and hope to play a catalytic role in realizing the institutional master plan approved by the City of Boston in November.
We look forward to the day when the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is housed across from the i-lab, creating even greater synergy with our students and faculty; when Barry's Corner is, like Harvard Square, a vibrant mix of housing and restaurants and shops; and when today's rail yards on Western Avenue are transformed into a dynamic enterprise research zone, enhancing Boston's entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem.
Each year, I've traveled the globe to meet with many of the School's alumni. I also host regular breakfasts for MBA students, welcome our incoming Doctoral students and Executive Education participants, invite small groups of faculty for informal lunches each month, and meet with staff in town halls and other forums. Through all of these interactions, as was so evident during the initial round of discussions early in my tenure, I hear and feel a deep commitment to Harvard Business School's mission of educating leaders who make a difference in the world.
I am tremendously proud of what we have accomplished together. Three years ago, the five I's seemed an audacious—some would say excessively audacious—set of priorities and vision for the School. But the progress we have made underscores the remarkable ingenuity and execution capabilities of our community.
Now, as we launch our capital campaign, we have the opportunity to set the school on a leadership trajectory for decades to come, and to position HBS for success in its second century. As with all such endeavors, we have a financial target we will strive to meet, and we will seek to add to the endowment for our core programs and to raise flexible funds to enable investment in innovation and new initiatives.
The campaign will also provide an opportunity to inspire and engage the next generation of leaders at the School—to better connect alumni with each other and with HBS in a meaningful fashion so that we can realize our mission in new and exciting ways, and even as the world changes. We must set our sights high. Through the campaign, we can set the standard for management education and reaffirm our commitment to educating leaders who create value for society. This is a campaign that will not just make HBS better; rather, its true leverage lies in advancing ideas and educating leaders who will make the world a better place.


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For centuries, ships have carried alien creatures from shore to shore. (Image: Wikimedia Commons / PD-US)
The thought of invasion is scary, but we're not talking earth and aliens here. Instead, the ocean shore is the new frontier, subject to an avalanche of alien creatures carried by ship. And according to a recent paper in Ecology Letters, more variables are at play than we previously knew. In other words, we're still learning how ocean creatures deal with outside pressures.
As over centuries we have become more mobile, and as climate warms, invasive species increasingly carpet not only terrestrial habitats but marine shores, too. Threats come in the shape of distant oysters, mussels, sea squirts, filter feeders, sea grasses, algae, encrusting organisms—a multicolored array that goes on and on. They're not getting here on their own, either; we're bringing them, attached to the hulls of ships, fishing vessels, and recreational boats. It's even happening in Antarctica, one of the last bastions of remote wilderness.
The problem is that an invasion's success depends largely on the protective abilities of the community under attack, the Ecology Letters paper suggests. Yet we barely understand those abilities. That's why beginning to comprehend how resistance works became the researchers' aim. "Many invasions cost us a lot in terms of money and natural heritage," said lead researcher David Kimbro, in a statement.
By analyzing data from several published studies, Kimbro, from Northwestern University, and his team, spread across Florida State University, and the University of California at Davis, gathered information about how marine communities work. There was gaps in this research area as compared to invasions on land, which are much better understand, Kimbro says.
Terrestrial models can't be used to explain what goes on along the ocean shore. The two environments are too distinct and complicated, we now know. For instance, aquatic creatures aren't as good as land plants at fending off invasion unless their communities are more diverse, Kimbro found. Even with greater diversity, aquatic communities still weren't as resilient as plant communities on land. The authors warn though that their sample size was small and that this should be taken into account when considering the results. Even so, the team went on to show that marine communities are also more at risk of destruction by invasive species that come specifically to eat. According to the study, this is because of "the faster growth rates, smaller sizes, higher nutritional quality, and fewer defenses" of marine organisms compared to plants on land.
Kimbro's analysis identified previously unknown aspects of invasion particularly important for predicting how a marine community might fight back. Knowing invader type is valuable, as is knowing the latitude—as this decreases, a community's ability to resist invasion actually increases. The analysis also showed that soft-bottomed, sandy seashore habitats appear to be less resistant to invasion and change—and that these grounds should perhaps be protected specially.
There's still more to learn. "For the past 15 years, marine scientists have conducted a lot of experiments that have taught us a lot about specific invasions in many different places. But unlike terrestrial scientists, no one had pieced all of these unique stories together to see if they collectively tell us a general and useful message," Kimbro said in the statement. "Until we see cattle swimming and kudzu growing in the ocean, we can't just recycle the messages from land studies and use them to manage our coastal systems."

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Citizen Hat – 30 pages (give or take) describing what you can and should do, as a citizen, to run the government. It is your government; it is okay to own it.
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It is your turn to become a homeowner no matter your income and credit score!
If you have a hard time coming up with money for mortgage downpayment,you must look into the 100 percent USDA home loans which is a zero money down mortgage.It is one of the best choices out there for people who are not able to afford the down payment because of not having enough savings but are desperately looking for money for paying the same. And the good news is this: you do not have to give up your dreams just because the closing costs get in your way. No money down mortgage is all you need! So, what are the features you ask? Here are the bullet points:
1. Absolutely zero money down,
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5. low interest rate compared to the conventional mortgage.
So, what are the cons?
It is a rural home loan. That means you cannot buy a home anywhere you like, and the program is mainly aimed at triggering the rural development. The home you are looking to buy must be located in a qualified[by the USDA] rural area. But wait…it is not as bad as it might sound to the readers at all. Many borrowers looking for a mortgage immediately reject the option of USDA mortgage once they hear the part about living in a rural area. Refrain from doing that. You need to make sure to investigate how the place is where the house is located. The area and the community might be much better than what you had envisioned. Contrary to the visions in your mind, the locality might have amenities and might not be a remote area.
"How do i know an area is qualified for the loan?":
Just asking a representative from a USDA Rural Development field office will clear up the doubts you have in mind – contact link here.
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Let us say you want to go ahead with this no money down home loan. Do not take for granted that the loan is guaranteed for everyone. As stated earlier, poor credit score will not get in the way, and your low or moderate income will not affect approval, either. But the home you choose has to meet a lot of requirements before you can move forward. The home inspection – mainly checked to see if the housing provides sufficient insulation and if structural soundness is good – that needs to be done is one major difference that separates an USDA home loan from that of the FHA or the conventional loans for buying a house. Refer to the property eligibility and income eligibility section in the officiate site here – linked
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I am looking for help to get a loan. I am a single working mother of 3 children I own my own property but the mobile home we live in is ready to be condimned. I am rescently divorced and only rely on my income for support of my family. Can you help me get going in the right direction.
My plans are to purchase a new mobile home to replace the old one but my credit is low. Are there any grant programs out there to help my situation.
I am a single Mother of 4 . My credit is very poor. Divorced for 3 years now. I just got hired on full time at where I am working. Looking to buy my first home for my kids and myself. The thing is the home would have to be in town close to my job because I do not have a vehical that runs and I walk to work.
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Film Title: The Toxic Avenger: Part 2 | Year Released: 1989 | |
Reviewed By: Egregious Gurnow | ||
Movie Website: Click Here | ||
Overall Stars: ** | Scare Factor: *1/2 | |
Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman return with the follow-up to their dauntingly successful cult classic, The Toxic Avenger. Unfortunately, the satire isn't as potent, the plot nearly as engaging, or the film nearly as satisfying as its forerunner. Aside from a handful of sardonic barbs in the form of cultural criticism, one would be well advised to, lest the viewer is a Toxie completist, enjoy the original a second time. After the Toxic Avenger (John Altamura) has cleaned up Tromaville, he finds his life devoid of purpose and takes a job as a concierge at the Tromaville Center for the Blind. An assassination attempt upon Toxie's life takes place, lead by the Chairman of Apocalypse Inc. (Rick Collins), who deduces that to own New York, he must first gain Tromaville, and to do so he must first eliminate the mutant do-gooder. However, after his murderous plot is foiled, the Chairman pays Toxie's psychiatrist (Erika Schickel) to inform Toxie that his depression is due to being raised solely by his mother. She then suggests that her patient go to Tokyo in order to find his lost father, Big Mac (Jack Cooper). What Toxie doesn't know is that the man posing as his father is a hired hand of Apocalypse Inc., who holds the antidote to Toxie's superpowers. As Toxie searches for his father, Apocalypse debases the Tromavilla population as they set their authoritarian scheme in motion. First things first. Three major players in the original are swapped in Herz and Kaufman's sequel, all for lesser actors who fail to recognize or understand the previous actor's contributions to the roles they are assuming. Granted, as with any Troma work, breaking the cinematic rules is the rule, but when you have a character-driven story, the last thing you want to shuck when it comes to cinematic convention is the face of your stars. Though whomever is playing Toxie is hidden behind a sheet of latex, Mitch Cohen's masterful slapstick timing and mannerisms are missing throughout as John Altamura appears to only periodically remember that the success of the character is largely due to comedic insinuation. Jessica Dublin steps in for Sarabel Levinson in the role of Melvin's mother, the former being quite younger than the latter and, for any viewer with a smidgen of a memory, the shift in appearance is quite disconcerting. All of the aforementioned misnomers come second tier to Toxie's girlfriend, who not only changes faces via Phoebe Legere, but apparently experienced a life-altering event between films in that--in lieu of the fact that she is playing a blind character--she nonetheless focuses upon various objects and figures throughout the film. All of this atop the fact that her name, for whatever inexplicable reason, migrates from "Wanda" to "Claire." Now, granted, the entire film, fortunately, doesn't compliment the numerous casting mishaps but, having said this, The Toxic Avenger, Part II doesn't hold a flame to the original. Our main conceit this go around is a satirical, less than subtle, representation of big business as Apocalypse Inc. establishes a micro dictatorship while Toxie is abroad. Yet, the filmmakers only invest a fraction of their time developing this concept in that their preoccupation lies with a sardonic criticism of American and Japanese cultures. For instance, as Toxie windsurfs to Japan (yes, the entire way), his voiceover meditations include, "At first I found it hard to believe that my father was Japanese, and that I was part-Japanese. But that would explain why I've always had these strange, non-American urges to work very hard, save money, and live without credit cards." Predictably, yet satisfactorily, Kaufman seizes the opportunity to insert advertently poor overdubbing for his Japanese characters as every Eastern figure is seen with a camera in tow (in their native land!) as well as the depiction that everyone in Japan is somehow involved in the fish trade. Kaufman continues with Malfaire (Lisa Gaye), a CEO of Apocalypse, stating to her board, "Gentlemen, even comic book villains like us can tell if you want something to work, you buy a Japanese product." Yes, thankfully, it didn't take long for Kaufman and Co. to avail themselves to the comic possibilities that postmodern cinema might afford them by way of self-reflectivity. Cleverly, Malfaire makes her declaration after pointing to a screen playing Reel 2 of The Toxic Avenger. However, the directors haven't finished with us quite yet in this regard for Toxie quips that if he doesn't save Tromaville, there is little chance that Part III will see the light of day. Admittedly, for all of the hyperactive creativity in the original (which is only echoed in Part II in the film's excessively energetic sound effects, second only to the 1960s television series, Batman, starring Adam West), it seems as if Part II wasn't as well plotted nor polished as just as many, if not more, Ritalin-negligent ideas run amuck throughout. Though it is an unwritten rule that the antagonist must post more of a threat the second go around than in the first, Kaufman's mistake is--instead of upping the bad guy's aptitude for evil--he divides the malevolence into Eastern and Western factions, the former having many, many faces along the way, thus dissipating the tension even more. To add insult to narrative injury, Toxie's foes are obligated to be less threatening overall in order to be more readily dispatched so that the film doesn't break pace. 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I used to have a sprinkler system around my foundation & used a pulsating sprinkler if I ever needed anywhere away from the house. But the foundation people told us to replace with soaker hoses & of course with water rationing, sometimes the only thing allowed. So I finally replaced the foundation sprinklers with soaker hoses, but now I don't know how much water is actually getting to the plants & foundation. Anyone know how to measure? The package said 3-4 hours on low pressure with the knob turned 1/4 turn, but I have an underground frostproof handle that just pulls up & is hard to determine the flow. |
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Hi Marti, this is the info that came with some of our hoses. The manufacturer recommends spacing between soaker hoses based on soil type. On sandy soils the hose should be 1 to 1.5 feet apart. On loam soils, hose spacing should be 1.5 to 2 feet apart. And on clay soils spacing should be 2 to 3 feet apart. If you have a heavy soil, which is hard to dig, then use the 2 to 3 feet spacing as you wind or spiral the hosing in and around the plants to be watered. |
Wow jolana, your soaker hose has more info than mine. I think I read somewhere that the soaker hose should be about 12-18 inches from the foundation. That & my vegetable garden is the only thing I water unless it is just getting established. |
That's what I have read also |
I hope I don't regret pulling out my sprinkler system. Maybe I'll get the hang of these hoses. I still don't see that sprinkler systems are so bad, a lot of my neighbors have them. |
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Sprinkler system. No other way to adequately water, in peak heat. |
Sprinkler system, but since I expanded the garden beds, I noticed that the front of the bed is not watered adequately, so I am laying soaker hoses as well, which will allow twice a week sprinkler and once a week soaker - easier and cheaper than expanding the sprinkler system... terry |
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We have reason to suppose that the question of German internees was discussed during the visit to the Netherlands East Indies of the Netherlands Minister for Foreign Affairs [2] and Colonial Minister. [3] One secret report is to the effect that M. Welter requested the Governor-General [4] to release all internees but that the Governor-General after consultation with the Procurator [5] refused and that the subject was dropped.
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German pressure may therefore be expected to continue and His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom are concerned at the possibility that male internees should be removed since many of them are experts on conditions in the Netherlands East Indies and might be used by Germany or Japan to the detriment of the Allies in the Far East. As the Netherlands Government are understood to regard the problem principally from the point of view of its reaction on German treatment of the Dutch population in Holland, it would be useful if Far East security aspect could be emphasized by the Commonwealth Government. Please therefore suggest to them that they should take the opportunity of the visit of Dutch Ministers [7] to ask M. Van Kleffens whether there is any truth in rumours that a proposal is afoot to repatriate German internees in the Netherlands East Indies.


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05 September 2007
Cardiff University is supporting the biggest national campaign ever staged to promote Welsh learning for adults.
The Cardiff & the Vale of Glamorgan Welsh for Adults Centre at the School of Welsh will be holding its official launch this Friday evening at Aberdare Hall, Cardiff University.
Special guests will include Chris Needs (BBC Radio Wales presenter), Ann Jenkins (Head of Bilingual Learning, Welsh Assembly Government) and Brigyn, a popular Welsh acoustic band.
Dr Rachel Heath-Davies, the new Director at the Centre is relishing the challenge ahead. She said: 'The evening will mark a new, exciting era for the Welsh for Adults sector in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. It will also celebrate the high standards already being achieved at the Centre as the students present will all receive a certificate to note their achievement over the past year.
"We are looking forward to building an even more successful future and to welcoming the hundreds of students who have already registered on our 2007/08 courses held here at Cardiff University and in many other locations throughout the region."
Some 2,000 students came through the Centre in 2006/07, contributing substantially to the 20,000 people who learn Welsh each year. 2007/08 will be an even more ambitious year for the Centre, as the current national campaign suggests, aiming to increase the number of individuals learning the Welsh language in accordance with the commitment made in 'Iaith Pawb' (2003) the Welsh Assembly Government's bilingual Strategy for Wales.
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The Space Between Us: Chapters 1 Through 7
Hi, Bookies:
I'm excited to report on the first chapters of our book. And I will admit that I read one extra chapter, but we won't chat about that one until next week. I guess I just wanted to know even more!
As I sat on a beautiful North Carolina beach for my July 4th holiday weekend, it was pure joy ending each day from about 4 p.m. to dusk reading our chapters. I was swept away. I wonder: Were you too?
Did you find it as easy as I did to start the book and not have any trouble reading on? Sometimes I find myself having to almost reread the first 20 or so pages of a new book till I "get" it. And especially with a new culture that includes unfamiliar names and locations, I'm often a bit more worried I may not follow the book easily.
But Umrigar took me into her world from the opening sentence: "Although it is dawn, inside Bhima's heart it is dusk."
The two main female characters, Bhima and Sera, are written as such beautiful portraits of contrasts, and yet both struggle with the same issues of love, loss, desire, and disappointment. They both have to deal with their children, husbands, and neighbors as we meet these other "players." I can't recall ever reading about such completely opposing worlds, socially and economically, where the people portrayed basically have the same needs of the heart.
Did you feel for both of these two powerful women as I did? Were you as curious as I was to learn more about their pasts? I really love how the writer rotates from Bhima's world to Sera's, from their pasts to their present lives seamlessly.
I was moved by the conflict they each felt for their families—how painful the pregnancy of her 17-year-old granddaughter, Maya, is for Bhima. Her strong love for the young woman is now so colored by this poor "decision" and—in Bhima's view—the loss of so much opportunity that was available to Maya. Now Bhima can barely speak or look at her. And I wonder if the discussed abortion will really take place? Will Bhima (and Maya) stick to this plan as the best decision? I'm not quite sure. What do you think may happen?
I found the descriptions of Sera's marriage to Feroz, as a controlling and emotionally abusive husband, chilling. The "Monster," her mother-in-law, is cruel and completely unaccepting of Sera's ways and the power she holds over that family is frightening. Sera seems so good-hearted and full of passion about life (and music), and yet Feroz clearly held her back: " 'Feroz, I…I really love you.' What she had meant to say was not I love you at all. What she wanted to say was I love life." I wonder how this marriage ended. Did Feroz die or leave her? Or was she brave enough to leave him? Fortunately, she has her daughter, Dinaz, to remind her of the only joy she was given from that marriage, a legacy that she clearly cherishes.
The friendship and respect between the two lead women is quite fascinating: "This is what Sera appreciates most about Bhima—this unspoken language, this intimacy that developed between them over the years." And yet the writer continues to remind us that they live in two completely different worlds. As much as Sera cares for Bhima, she is first Sera's servant. Even when Dinaz asks her mother to treat Bhima as family, Sera cannot: "…sipping tea, Sera out of a blue-gray mug…Bhima out of a stainless steel glass…as usual Sera sits on a chair at the table while Bhima squats on her haunches on the floor nearby."
And as Bhima returns to the slums each night she is reminded that theirs will probably never be an equal relationship. Or I wonder, will Umrigar allow it to grow as an equal one? Do you think that's even possible in that world?
And do you think that either woman will find true love?
As we move forward to our discussion about Chapters 8 through 13, let's see what new information we learn about these two women and all the other rich characters in their two worlds. Sadly, I imagine lots more pain will arise before they get to happier places, perhaps (hopefully) later in the book.
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The Shoes That Won Last Night: Seahawks, Patriots Stay Alive
After an exciting day of pigskin, the Seattle Seahawks have advanced to the NFC Championship game next weekend, while the New England Patriots are headed to the AFC Championship game for the third straight year. Both of yesterday's divisional round games were contested mostly on the ground, with two running backs in particular stepping up to control the pace of the respective match ups.
The Seahawks used their home field advantage to the fullest with a 23-15 win over the New Orleans Saints, and they'll be at home again for next weeks NFC Championship game against the winner of today's San Fransisco vs. Carolina divisional match-up. Marshawn Lynch (pictured) came up big for Seattle, scoring both of their touchdowns and racking up 140 yards.
From Foxboro, MA, the New England Patriots dominated Indianapolis 43-22. Andrew Luck did everything he could for the Colts with 331 yards and two TDs, but he also threw 4 interceptions and the Pats proved to be too much to handle. LeGarrette Blount handled the bulk of the offense for New England, grinding it out with 4 touchdowns on the ground and 166 yards.
Catch the sneaker details for both Lynch and Blount, plus the night's best players in NCAA men's Top 25 hoops and NBA action after the jump.
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Bhojanic to open Buckhead location | Food and More with John …
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Decatur?s Bhojanic Restaurant has announced plans for expansion to Buckhead.?Bhojanic is known for its home-style Northern Indian cuisine.
Owner Archna Becker will open the second Bhojanic location this summer at the Shops Around Lenox. In a press release, Becker explained the location, ??Buckhead has always been a great market for our customers and we are looking forward to being closer to them with an exciting new project.?
This new 135 seat spot is being designed by ASD, who has designed spaces for Cypress Street Pint & Plate and Lobby and Room at Twelve. It will feature a full bar, outdoor seating and a private event area.
Becker also announced that Charles Marvil will join the team as Director of Operations. Marvil has worked with Prime, Woodfire Grill and both Atlanta Ritz-Carlton locations.
The Buckhead location will be open for lunch and dinner seven days a week.
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