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Gon is the protagonist of Hunter X Hunter. He set out on an adventure in order to find his father, Ging.
Gon Freecs was born on Whale Island. He live with his aunt, Mito and aiming to be a pro Hunter to find his father, Ging Freecs. During the Exam, he met some fellow applicants like, Kurapica, Leorio, and Killua. Gon set out on an adventure and face many experience and mysteries.
Gon was illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. Togashi stated that Son Goku of Dragon Ball series is being the key to created Gon Freecs as both share similar trait, which being energetic and may seems to appear as a goof character at a time. He also has certain similarities to that Yusuke Urameshi of YuYu Hakusho, a protagonist of Togashi's previous Manga.
He was voiced by Junko Takeuchi in the Japanese Dub, while Elinor Holt in English Dub. He made his first debut on Hunter X Hunter Episode #01 and in the Manga Ch.#01.
In the 2011 version, Megumi Han replacing Junko Takeuchi as the voice actress.
Gon is a twelve years old boy. He has a black spiky hair with green tips. He wore a green leather jacket over a black tank top. He also wore green shorts and green laced boots.
Gon is an energetic boy who has super smelling ability. He also described to be a wild type as he has a great strength and full of energy. Gon and Killua are pretty much the same, as both always seems to full energy every time. Unlike Killua, Gon is a much polite, soft, and never intend to look for trouble.
Gon is a boy who live on Whale Island. One day he heard about his father is still alive from his father's student, a professional hunter named Kite. Gon is willing to do everything to make his aunt, Mito, agree with him to let him take the exam. So he grab his fishing pole and caught a big fish. Mito agreed and let Gon leave.
Gon has set out by taking the ship to go to the exam port. While on the way, he met fellow applicants, Leorio and Kurapika. When the ship facing a great storm in the middle of the sea, Gon was decided to help out the captain to save some property and take things under control, while Leorio and Kurapika are on a duel because of Leorio's words about the Kurta Clan.
When the waves are getting stronger, one of the crew of the ship has fall to the sea. When Kurapika and Leorio saw him, they tried to save him, although they didn't manage to grab him, while Gon jumped through and manage to save him, with both Leorio and Kurapika catch Gon's feet.
Gon is a Nen User. He is an Enhancer Type, which give him strengths and recuperative abilities. Gon has a Hatsu Ability that called Jajanken, based on Japanese Rock-Scissor-Paper game. His technique is named during his fight with Knuckle, as he was actually have no idea what to call it, he was a bit confused as he says "Ja-jan-ken".
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Gon focusing the aura around his fist using Ko, and the release it with a punch. Rock is Gon's close combat technique that might create a powerful blow toward his opponents. | |
Gon formed by pointing his ring and middle fingers, using Transmutation to create an long blade to cut through his enemies. It is Gon's middle Attack that very sharp as swords. | |
Gon using Emission Abilities to project his Aura toward his enemies as a projectile. This is Gon's Long Range Attack, however, this type of attack is weaker than Gon's Jajanken Rock. | |
Gon has the ability to transform into an adult form of him. Not much is known about this ability. Although on the Manga, this technique is seemingly strong as he throw a fatal blow that injured Neferpitou. The transformation is activated by immense rage, using it requires a great cost. |
Gon Freecs is being a playable character on certain Video Games on various consoles such as PS, PS2, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and Wonder Swan.
Gon also being a playable character on two NDS Fighting Games, Jump Super Stars and Jump Ultimate Stars.
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Name: | Gon Freecss |
Name: | ゴン=フリークス |
Romanji: | Gon Furiiks |
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1st manga book: | Hunter x Hunter #1 |
1st anime episode: | Hunter × Hunter #1 |
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Aliases | Gon Freecs |
Hunter x Hunter The Last Mission
Once the strongest of the hunters were split into "Light" and "dark" sides. Now the dark side hunters plan to massacre all the light side ... |
Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge
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Didn't see any threads on the Hobbyzone Champ in the Mods department so thought I'd start one up. If there is let me know. Of course you can... -use a better TX (DX6i, DX7, LPD5M, DX5E or any DSM2 TX) use a little mixing/dual rates etc. -adjust the control horn positions for more response -maybe go brushless (if you have please post!!) -get a bigger battery or use a smaller one too(Hperion and Turnigy and the list goes on) Hobby King List, ( I would stick with 240 and under) http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...figuration.asp Turnigy 160 30c(not really 30c but it's cheap enough ) Hyperion HYPERION G3 CX 0160 MAH 1S 3.7V 25C/45C SINGLE CELL W/UM CONNECTOR Hyperion link 2 Multiple Battery Charging at one timehttp://www.hobbycity.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=10621&Product_Name=2_Pin _JST_plug_with_6_x_Pico_plug_charging_harness Floats http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showp...&postcount=582 PARTS at My atomic also available on EBAY and Horizon Hobby too. prop_with_spinner http://myatomic.com/catalog/viewsku?..._spinner_champ gear_box_w_motor http://myatomic.com/catalog/viewsku?..._w_motor_champ pushrods_w_accessories http://myatomic.com/catalog/viewsku?...essories_champ bare_fuselage main_wing http://myatomic.com/catalog/viewsku?...ain_wing_champ complete_tail http://myatomic.com/catalog/viewsku?...ete_tail_champ main_landing_gear_set http://myatomic.com/catalog/viewsku?...gear_set_champ On Board Video Various Cams... http://www.actionfigurelover.com/act...car-key-camera -different props http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showp...postcount=1063 |
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You can glue it back on, but its very likely to fail in the air next time. I would suggest adding a piece of carbon fiber rod under the wings to strengthen it back up if you do glue it. Make sure you use foam safe CA and foam safe accelerator on it too. You can also get the wing by itself to replace: http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...ProdID=HBZ4920 Seth |
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Flyboy, I would order a new wing AND fix the old one. I would use a couple of bamboo toothpicks and CA (foam safe) them into the fuse side first. Then after the CA sets, dry fit the right piece of wing. When everything matches up, then use CA and a little bit of TP (Toilet Paper) if not a perfect match. The only caution here is that CA takes a long time to set on the inside of the foam, so once you get everything aligned let it cure at least overnight. You may also want to put some clear tape across the break. The weight of the CA and toothpicks should not significantly affect the balance. If it breaks, then you will have a new wing (previously ordered) to replace. I would bet the repair would last for weeks or more as long as you don't try flying into another object! Also, if you replace the wing, I would put a clear tape spar on the bottom of the wing. Just be careful when applying so that you don't tape a twist or bend into the wing. Good luck!
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Jun 08, 2010, 06:05 PM | ||
I cut some of the clear plastic (that all new junk comes in from the store) into strips, used clear double backed taped it to the wing then applied clear packing tape over whole assembly. Somewhat like a splint, it has been very solid and has over 20 flights on it. No paint is needed and from a distance you cant tell, up close not so pretty. Then fly it like you stole it |
Jun 09, 2010, 11:56 AM | |
Any one is any mixing on champ on programmable TX? Anyone try UMP51 motor or know the piñon count? I think it's the same motor as sukhoi but I am not sure if piñon count is same as UMP51. But if it were would give the champ a little more juice coupled with GWS 543 prop and Hyperion batt. |
Jun 09, 2010, 01:00 PM | ||
I don't have any way to accurately measure the exact thrust, but I'd say that it's in the 1:1 area. I am using the stock prop and 160 mah Turnigy and Poweredge batteries. |
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Before it exploded, BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig was owned and operated by Transocean, the same company Chevron--the largest lease holder in the Gulf--contracts with for its massive Gulf offshore operations. On May 25, representatives from communities harmed by -- and fighting back against -- The Chevron Corporation are coming to Houston to confront the oil giant at its annual shareholder meeting. Across the globe, Chevron's operations put our climate, security, and the health of our communities at great risk. That's why it's the focus of a growing resistance movement. Community leaders from Angola, Burma, New Mexico, Australia, Kazakhstan, Alaska, Ecuador, Texas, Nigeria, California, Colombia, Mississippi, Canada, Thailand, and Wyoming; representatives of Iraq Vetrans Against the War; and more have recorded our stories of struggle and success against Chevron in "The True Cost of Chevron: an Alternative Annual Report, 2010". We will share them at a Public Forum on May 25. Then, on May 26, we will confront Chevron at its Houston headquarters. Join us for a fun and colorful protest rally. |
Join us for a Public Forum on Struggle and Success Tuesday, May 25, 6-8pm Rice Media Center Entrance #8 Stockton @ University Blvd Houston, Texas 77005 And a Protest Rally at Chevron's Headquarters Wednesday, May 26, 7-11am 1500 Lousiana St. Houston, TX 77002 |
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Discrete-Event Simulation |
SimEvents helps you understand resource requirements, timelines for complex large-scale missions, and the effects of arbitrary events on mission plans.
You can easily customize components of your process simulation without low-level programming. You can write MATLAB functions to represent task-scheduling sequences, part routing and production recipes in process simulation models. Your model uses the result of these MATLAB functions to dynamically change processing delays, priorities, and other key elements of the process.
With SimEvents, you can perform simulation and data analysis in a single environment. You can simulate process flows and use built-in visualization capabilities to gain insight into resource requirements, bottlenecks, and latencies. With in-model animation, you can examine model execution behavior during simulation. You can then customize simulation data analysis and visualization in MATLAB.
You can import real-world data to generate tasks and production orders as input to process simulations. With a few lines of MATLAB code, you can import data from virtually any format, including XML files, spreadsheets, and databases.


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Raising the Barre
Artistic Director Ib Andersen took Ballet Arizona from the brink of bankruptcy to iconic institution.
"I wish more people in Phoenix knew about us," Ib Andersen says with a wry smile.
A lot of people outside Phoenix know about Ballet Arizona, the company Andersen directs. Critics fly in from New York to see it in action. Dancers from around the world audition to be in its ranks. Yet Ballet Arizona may be the city's – and the state's – best-kept performing arts secret.
Middle Man
Scott Smith brings a centrist platform to a packed Republican primary for governor.
Scott Smith, the former mayor of Mesa, wants you to think about his city – both your impression of it years ago, and its recent spate of positive press. The five private, nonprofit legacy colleges and universities that set up shop. The much-applauded Apple Inc. manufacturing plant. The new spring training facility for the Chicago Cubs. The rapid growth of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. The falling crime rates that have made Mesa one of the safest big cities in America.
Wheels of Fortune
Ms. Wheelchair Arizona advocates for the mobility-impaired.
Juliet Martinez has yet to encounter an obstacle she can't overcome – and she isn't about to let this gymnasium rock wall in Scottsdale be the first. She locks the wheels of her chair, secures herself into a harness and – with a little helpful butt-boost from a climbing guide – begins the vertical ascent. Her powerful biceps tighten as she crawls her way up the craggy surface. Sweat beads on her face, exposing a dark birthmark normally covered by makeup.
Bard of the Border
Arizona's first poet laureate balances cultures and finds connections among dividing lines.
Alberto Álvaro Rios stood before a small gathering of South Phoenicians at South Mountain Community Library, preparing to read a poem they wrote together. To honor its one-year anniversary in 2012, the library had asked locals to submit phrases, images and memories about South Phoenix – to contribute a verse, Walt Whitman might say, to the powerful play. As Rios had sewed the snatches together, the emerging ode surprised him. It wasn't patched with the area's history of segregation and violence. "'Baseline Blooms,'" he says, "turned out to be a pastoral, gentle, quiet poem. And this was the community writing itself."
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He's never held elected office, but could well be Arizona's next governor. Who is Fred DuVal?
In the foyer of Fred DuVal's home, there's a framed photo and piece of paper with names scrawled on it. From a passing glance, it could be a family heirloom – a well-preserved photo of spiffy, suit-clad ancestors in front of a big building, with their handwritten notes beneath. A closer look, though, reveals a scene of international magnitude: The photo was taken outside the White House on September 13, 1993, at the signing ceremony of the Oslo I Accord. President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat and a host of highly-placed officials are gathered around the table where representatives signed the peace accord. The paper underneath the photo bears their signatures. DuVal was there that day and, in fact, led the procession of political powerhouses out onto the lawn.
Cool for Spool
World yo-yo champion Tyler Severance has the world on a string.
"Yo-yo groupies do exist," Tyler Severance says. "But there are groupies for every facet of skill in the world. If you can set yourself apart from the pack and have any sort of small talent or skill, it will definitely attract women."
"Being good at yo-yo isn't an instant hookup, though," he adds with a laugh.
Severance should know. The 22-year-old Valley resident is one of the world's foremost competitive yo-yoists, currently ranked number 2 in both U.S. and global yo-yo standings. His talent has taken him everywhere from Denver to Prague, where the next World Yo-Yo Contest, in which he plans to participate, is slated for August. During his rise, he's slept on the subway in Tokyo, been robbed in Budapest, and performed for exotic dancers in Vegas.
Executive Incision
Former White House head physician Connie Mariano provides presidential care to Valley patients.
Last year, when CNN asked Dr. Connie Mariano for a quote about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie eating a doughnut on the Late Show with David Letterman, the Scottsdale-based physician – after carefully stipulating she had never reviewed Christie's medical records – said she'd be "very worried about him dying in office" if she were his presidential physician, adding that the portly politico was "almost like a time bomb waiting to happen." True to form, Christie went off like a bomb, calling Mariano "just another hack who wants five minutes on TV." Undaunted, Mariano defended herself and her remarks. "I'm not a hack," she told Bloomberg. "If you look up my resume, I've been in the White House for nine years. I'm a retired Navy rear admiral. I'm board-certified in internal medicine."


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Why be optimistic a deal can be struck on the fiscal cliff? Because there are weak links in the Congressional strongholds. Not only has the GOP shown some willingness to negotiate, but there are also a handful of Democratic senators up for re-election in two years, hailing from largely traditional GOP red zones, who will want to keep their jobs. Look for at least a few of them to show "temperance" and move to the middle on the Fiscal Cliff.
Red-State Senate Democrats May Be Hard to Corral on Cliff– Bloomberg Businessweek
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I've been seeing those little bumps on my areaolas lately that I have never noticed before. My period last month was weird. It went the usual 4 days and then it stopped. The following day, the 5th (which I never go more than 4) was very light, pink when I wiped and then it stopped. December 11-15th. I had unprotected sex the day after, on the 16th. Shortly after was when those symptoms started, especially the mood swings, the nausea and hunger. Two days ago I started feeling cramps but there was no bleeding. That doesn't usually happen until the day I start my period. I did take two pregnancy tests. The first test showed negative at first. When I looked a little later there was a faint sign making the + sign so I got a digital one that said Not Pregnant. I started bleeding last night. It was light pink all night and still light this morning. Now it's just red, barely showing up until I wipe. Normally, it would be dark, dark red/brownish. Could I still be pregnant?
Welcome to EmpowHER. Many things can cause changes to your cycles. But, if you had unprotected sex your chances of pregnancy to occur are higher. Since you are experiencing all these symptoms and changes. You might need to see your doctor for blood work. To confirm if you are indeed pregnant.
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Through the Read Today, Lead Tomorrow initiative, Xavier students will become more active and engaged readers. These enhanced skills and behaviors will enable students to improve their overall academic performance and will enliven the intellectual culture on campus.
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Every year, all first-year students at Xavier read the same book and discuss and reflect upon it in their Freshman Seminar classes. Incoming students are provided with copies of the book when they arrive on campus. Throughout the year, all members of the Xavier community are encourage to read and discuss the book and the issues it addresses. These discussions are enhanced through our Reading Connexions series, through which Xavier hosts authors, speakers, and films screenings related to the shared reading. Through this shared reading, we gain not only a better sense of the book but a better sense of each other.
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The students, faculty, and staff of Xavier University have selected as the shared reading for the 2014/2015 academic year The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon. Lemmon's book tells the story of Kamila Sidiqi, a young Afghan woman whose world was turned upside down when the Taliban took control of the country. Unable to teach, Kamila taught herself to sew and earned money to support herself and her sisters under the strict laws of the Taliban. Soon Kamila began teaching other women of her village to sew as a way to support and empower themselves in a world that denied them any opportunity to live freely.
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All Programmers Are Self-Taught « null device. When I was a teenager I played high caliber baseball.
I'm competitive to a fault and when I decide I want to be good at something, results usually follow. Now I'm a third year undergrad studying computer science. Moai. Moai facing inland at Ahu Tongariki, restored by Chilean archaeologist Claudio Cristino in the 1990s Moai i/ˈmoʊ.aɪ/, or mo'ai, are monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people from rock on the Chilean Polynesian island of Easter Island between the years 1250 and 1500.[1] Nearly half are still at Rano Raraku, the main moai quarry, but hundreds were transported from there and set on stone platforms called ahu around the island's perimeter.
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These words tell of a special place in Indiana. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, Hinkle Fieldhouse is the historic basketball arena of the Butler University Bulldogs and much more.
Since its opening in 1928, Hinkle has hosted it all: seven U.S. presidents, high school state championships, World War II U.S. military barracks, the Butler Relays track meets featuring a world record by legend Jesse Owens, a three-ring circus, a six-day bicycle race, the roller derby, graduations, conventions, four professional teams and more. The fieldhouse was originally called Butler Fieldhouse, and was renamed in 1966 to honor Paul D. "Tony" Hinkle, who coached at Butler for 41 seasons ending in 1970.
Coach Brad Stevens has said that Hinkle Fieldhouse "is for somebody that appreciates tradition, somebody that appreciates history. And oftentimes, those are people that appreciate team."
I believe this appreciation is at the core of our attitudinal guide…The Butler Way.
In 1987, Hinkle Fieldhouse was declared a National Historic Landmark based on its role in "transforming college basketball." Indeed, over the years, more than 5 million fans have cheered the Butler Bulldogs in Hinkle Fieldhouse. Our nation also learned of Hinkle through the 1985 film "Hoosiers" when actor Gene Hackman and his team measured the height of the rim and announced that it was 10 feet high, just like every other rim. His inspired Cinderella team won the state championship just like in the real-life story of Milan High School in 1954. For more than 40 years, the Indiana boys' basketball state champion was crowned at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
Hinkle Fieldhouse has been at the heart of Butler and Indiana pride for more than eight decades. With sunlight streaming through the roof-level windows, a Saturday afternoon spent watching basketball at Hinkle Fieldhouse is a hoop enthusiast's dream. The court is so revered by players from every decade that some call it the best ever.
Yet, time and weather have strained Hinkle's venerable architecture. Renovations must be completed to maintain the building's structural and historic integrity, as well as improve its functionality as it begins its ninth decade of service to Butler students and fans.
Butler wants to preserve Hinkle and provide an even better experience for all who visit the Fieldhouse, while improving the facilities and resources used by all student-athletes who train, play, study and learn there.
Therefore, I invite you to participate in The Campaign for Hinkle Fieldhouse. Please help Hinkle continue as a place of heartwarming pride, where Bulldog and Indiana history can continue for decades to come.
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PSY Wants Tom Cruise to do "Gangnam Style" Dance, Will Actor Make Cameo at Y100 Jingle Ball?
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"Tom Cruise!" the viral South Korean sensation replied when asked which celebrity he'd like to see do the "Gangnam Style" dance, the Associated Press reports (via San Francisco Chronicle).
Sniff. Sniff.
Do we smell a Tom Cruise cameo cooking up at the BB&T Center for the Y100 Jingle Ball next month?
That'd be really rad.
The annual pop music jamboree's is only 10 days away, and all we've ever wanted for Christmas is Tom Cruise riding an air horse just like PSY does in the video!
Speaking of "Gangnam Style," PSY's stoked about the video's record-breaking 838 million--and counting--YouTube views.
"It's amazing," PSY told reporters. "I made this video just for Korea, actually. And when I released this song--wow!"
Wow is right.
"Gangnam Style" has become the hottest Korean export since Hyundai began selling the Excel in the United States circa 1986. And PSY is sitting high atop of the K-Pop crossover food chain, enjoying the perks of becoming an overnight superstar like performing alongside MC Hammer at the American Music Awards, and dancing next to Madonna at a recent New York City show.
The pressure to follow-up "Gangnam Style" is lofty, and PSY's not sure how he'll do it.
"How can I beat 'Gangnam Style'? How can I beat 850 million views?"
Like Marco Rubio's political career, it's one of life's great mysteries. PSY may never live up the "Gangnam Style" bar he set so high. But a Tom Cruise collaboration would almost certainly generate web hits.
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Rajesh Roshan
Rajesh Roshan Lal Nagrath | |
Indian film music composer Rajesh Roshan
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Born | Bombay, Bombay State, India (now Mumbai, Maharashtra) |
24 May 1955
Occupation(s) | Composer, music director |
Years active | 1974–present |
Rajesh Roshan Lal Nagrath (born 24 May 1955), better known as Rajesh Roshan is a Hindi cinema music composer. He is the younger brother of film director and producer Rakesh Roshan and the uncle of Hrithik Roshan.[1][2][3]
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Rajesh Roshan is the son of Hindi film composer Roshan and younger brother of film director and actor Rakesh Roshan. He is also uncle to actor Hrithik Roshan, in whose films he composes many songs for example Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000), Koi Mil Gaya (2003), Krrish (2006), its subsequent sequel Krrish 3 and Kites (2010). He has a son named Eshaan and a daughter named Pashmina. His son is set to make his film debut soon while his daughter studies at Ecole Mondiale World School,Mumbai.
Rajesh Roshan had a successful association with Basu Chatterjee, Dev Anand, Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar. He shot to fame with the score for Julie for which he won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award.[4] The first break for him was given by Mehmood. He is the first music director who made Amitabh Bachchan sing. He usually composes music for the films that his brother Rakesh Roshan either produced or directed, such as Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000), Koi... Mil Gaya (2003), Krrish (2006) and Kites (2010). He also composed the song "Jaane Tamanna" for the internationally acclaimed film Valley of Flowers (2006) by Pan Nalin.
Rajesh Roshan scored well in the big break given by Mehmood for Kunwara Baap (1974) and then by Dev Anand in three back to back hit films: Des Pardes, Man Pasand, and Lootmaar. Then he composed melodious tunes and made Kishore Kumar sing them in films like Doosra Aadmi, Muqaddar, Swami, Khatta Meetha,Baaton Baaton Mein, Yehi Hai Zindagi, Ek Hi Raasta, Swarg Narak, Inkaar, Do Aur Do Paanch followed by films with Rajesh Khanna like Nishaan, Babu and Aakhir Kyon?. However, since 1985 he has composed songs mostly for his brother's films. His hit song filmed on Helen, i.e. "Mungda...Mungada..." is still a landmark in cabaret songs in Bollywood.
In the 1990s, when even Laxmikant-Pyarelal and Bappi Lahiri gradually lost their bearings, Rajesh has endured through films like Kabzaa, Jurm and Bahaar Aane Tak (1990) – and after another dull phase, Karan Arjun and Sabse Bada Khiladi (1995), Papa Kahte Hain (1996), Koyla (1997)], Daag: The Fire (1999), Kaun Sachaa Kaun Jhootha, Dastak (1996), Dandnayak and Main Solah Baras Ki (1998).
Rajesh Roshan delivered several hit music scores pairing with his brother Rakesh, who had emerged as a director of great stature. The two worked on films like Kaam Chor, Jaag Utha Insaan, Khoon Bhari Maang, Khel, Kishan Kanhaiya, Kaala Baazar, King Uncle, Karan Arjun, and Koyla. Rajesh scored the music for "Kaho Naa...Pyaar Hai", the launch vehicle of Hrithik Roshan, and one of his brother's most ambitious projects. The film achieved significant success. The composer also won the Filmfare Award for Best Music.[4] He has composed the music of several Hrthik-starring, Rakesh Roshan-directed films, such as Koi... Mil Gaya, Krrish, Kites and Krrish 3.
He is well known for copying many famous English songs into Hindi, like Tumne Jo Kaha which is actually copied from Barbie Girl[5]
As A Music Director[edit]
- ^ "Rajesh Roshan". IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
- ^ Broughton, Simon; Mark Ellingham; Richard Trillo (2000). World Music: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific. Rough Guides, Limited. p. 102. ISBN 1-85828-636-0. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
- ^ "Copied Hindi Songs".
- ^ a b "Best Music Director (Popular)". Filmfare. Times Internet Limited. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
- ^ "Copied Hindi Songs". 2012.
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Among those closely watching Barack Obama's acceptance speech last night was about 50 people gathered at Case Western Reserve University. ideastream®'s Kymberli Hagelberg talked to supporters.
The crowd watching a big screen in Strosacker auditorium was mostly young, white, idealistic and completely behind Illinois Senator Barack Obama, the first African American to be nominated for president by a major political party.
The group cheered throughout Obama's remarks. Some of them are first-time voters… fired up about their candidate's performance.
Only 18-year-old Emily Sparks voiced a small reservation.
SPARKS: "I really respected Obama for the way he respected McCain's character and patriotism although I did think he spent sort of a lot of time bashing Mccain. But he's a fantastic speaker and really good at reaching people's emotions."
Nineteen year-old Max Silverstine compared Obama to Dr. Martin Luther King.
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Twenty-year-old Megan Carl said she thinks Obama will make lives better for the middle class.
CARL: " I truly think Obama can bring change just as Kennedy did. I'm from a middle class family and we're pretty well off. But we've had some hard times over the last 8 years. Frankly, I'm sick of it. "
The students know they could be a decisive factor for Obama in battlefield states like Ohio. Traditionally, younger voters are less likely to vote than others, but these students are betting that will be different in November.
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Household finances improve: survey
PUBLISHED: 01 Apr 2013 10:52:08 | UPDATED: 01 Apr 2013 10:58:37PRINT EDITION: 01 Apr 2013The quarterly Household Financial Conditions Report has found 45.3 per cent of Australians are currently saving money, and 12.4 per cent say they are managing to "save a lot". Photo: Louie Douvis
Household finances are improving, and more than 45 per cent of Australians are managing to save money, according to a St George Bank and Melbourne Institute survey.
The quarterly Household Financial Conditions Report, which surveyed 1200 respondents over the first three months of calendar 2013, was released on Monday.
It found 45.3 per cent of Australians were currently saving money, and 12.4 per cent said they were managing to "save a lot".
Putting money aside for holidays or travel was the most popular reason for saving.
Also, outright home ownership rose in all states.
The percentage of respondents who own their home outright jumped to 45.6 per cent, from 40.2 per cent in the previous quarter.
"Improved household financial conditions may have allowed some Australians to make greater contributions to their mortgages, and others to actually pay off their homes entirely," St George Bank chief economist Hans Kunnen said in a statement.
The strong performance of the share market so far this year and lower interest rates also might have helped, he said.
The survey showed NSW experienced the greatest improvement in household financial conditions, with a 3.8 per cent increase.
It was followed by South Australia (2.9 per cent), Queensland (2.8 per cent), Victoria (2.7 per cent) and Western Australia (1.2 per cent).
South Australia experienced the greatest lift in outright home ownership, from 39.8 per cent to 49.9 per cent for the quarter.
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Xavier adjusts competition schedules after Hurricane Isaac
September 4, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's cross country and women's volleyball teams are adjusting their schedules after Hurricane Isaac.
XU's distance runners withdrew from this past week's Mississippi College Opener because of the storm, and the host school subsequently canceled the meet. Coach Joseph Moses replaced that meet with the Azalea City Classic at Mobile, Ala., on Sept. 15.
The Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets will open their seasons Saturday in the Loyola Wolfpack Invitational at Lafreniere Park in Metairie, La. It will be XU's only local competition of 2012. The men's race will begin at 7:50 a.m., and the women will run at 8:25.
Xavier did not lose any volleyball matches while the university was closed but postponed its home opener against Loyola, which had been scheduled for today (Tuesday, Sept. 4). Coach Christabell Hamilton said no makeup date has been determined.
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The dawn of the exciting new Formula One season truly arrives on Friday, in the form of the first free practice session of the year in Albert Park.
And as Mercedes and Williams endlessly played down their clearly high expectations on Thursday, some of the other contenders made their voices heard. And what they said cut across the perceived wisdom from the Jerez and Bahrain tests, which had conferred upon Mercedes and Williams their status as favourites.
Down at McLaren, where the aerodynamically updated MP4-29 wears a special livery to celebrate the 20-year link with Mobil, Jenson Button certainly isnt writing himself or the team out of the equation.
"Bahrain is possibly the worst circuit for applying throttle without getting the rear wheels spinning, he explained, because it was hot and the layout makes it very difficult to apply power. It's a unique circuit, so I think it'll be a lot closer in lap times for the whole pack here than what we saw in testing. That's why I think you're not going to have such a big margin between the top two teams and the rest.
"Williams and Mercedes are going to be very difficult to beat - if reliability wasn't an issue, and strategy also. But I still think they can be challenged this weekend."
McLaren, like others who have yet to reach their ultimate pace, are placing their faith in reliability, for most people in the paddock here believe that if you can get to the finish line you will score some points in what is expected will be a race of very high attrition.
"We want to win races, Button stressed. I'm not sure we'll be able to do that this race but you never know. The conditions look very up and down and it's not all about outright speed. There are other things that will be thrown in this weekend that will make it a little more complicated."
One factor is the very strong likelihood that it will be a wet race
At Ferrari, President Luci di Montezemolo has written to the tifosi to bang a familiar drum.
I am anxious and in a state of strong trepidation - as happens to me every year, even though I have gone through so many championships as president and, before, as sporting director, he admitted. Everyone has issues; we have lined ours up and we are in the process of resolving them. Were also putting into practice an intense plan of development, which can count on the fact that the data from the wind tunnel has been confirmed by the track comparisons, something that has not happened in recent years.
It will be a difficult championship for the spectators to follow. The drivers will have to take care that they do not wear out the tyres, and save fuel. I have already said that I hope they dont turn into taxi drivers and I say that with the greatest respect to taxi drivers, but they obviously do a different job. I, like all of you, love an extreme Formula 1 where technology and drivers are always on the limit.
Fernando Alonso looked glum in the press conference, though perhaps like everyone else hes getting tired of the phoney war and just wants to get on with the real thing.
I think its very difficult to tell how competitive we are at the moment, the Spaniard said. Well get some answers in 24 hours or 48 hours, we will know a little bit more than we know now. We just need to put everything together, maximise what we have, and see where we are.
Asked how different his car will be here since Bahrain, in terms of development and the fact that technical chief Pat Fry had said that the team brought many boxes of new stuff with them here, he answered facetiously.
Maybe it was food or something. The car is exactly the same as it was in Bahrain, not new sponsor, not anything.
He is happy with the changes to qualifying, however, where Q1 is now shortened to 18 minutes, Q3 extended to 12 and where drivers who get through to that final session all get a set of Pirellis option tyres - to be returned to the Italian company immediately afterwards - to ensure that everybody makes a valid effort to go out and do two runs. Last year too many Q3 qualifiers conserved rubber by not venturing out to do a lap time.
Okay there were some cars that didnt run in Q3 or they only did one run and now maybe well see an extra lap from everybody, Alonso said, but apart from that I think its not a huge change in approach for the teams and the drivers. But I think this change is welcome, to see more cars on track. I arrive many times with no new sets for Q3, so now Im happy.
At Red Bull, reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel continues to maintain his dignity despite the teams troubles, and said he will have a different car here as the RB10 receives significant updates.
Obviously we had a lot of problems during the test so we didnt get to test a lot of stuff and we hope we do some more running here and put the parts to the car that we think are better for overall performance. It will be a bit different, but I think its the same for all of us.
We know that were not in the best shape yet. There are a lot of things we need to solve. Unfortunately, you cant solve them overnight. Wed love to but we cant. So you really have to go step by step, together with Daniel (Ricciardo), I think just trying to be as precise as we can, trying to give the engineers the best feedback possible about the whole power unit so that we move forward on that, and also talking about the car because at this stage its a bit unknown where we are. Its not a secret: you need very, very strong reliability to be a title contender, so well see
Renault, however, have given their teams the green light to use maximum power after their testing troubles saw it restricted, thanks to revised software which has improved problems which incited detonation or knock where the mixture of air and fuel pre-ignites in the cylinders before the piston reaches top dead centre.
"The main issues we had was due to the nature of how we control the engine and the boost pressure, chief engineer Remi Taffin explained, and how we manage knock basically - which is the step to gain some more performance from this kind of engine. Its fair to say that when you are late, you are late on everything. So we had to be very cautious. But I am not worried about that one now.
That should help not only Red Bull, but Toro Rosso, Lotus and Caterham.
Very soon, we will at last begin to get the first inkling of who is still whistling to keep their spirits up, and who might really have a genuine chance of victory this weekend.
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Doctors and scientists are worried that a mosquito-borne illness with no known cure could spread this summer across the East Coast because of an unusually rainy spring.
The chikungunya virus has been reported in several states, including North Carolina, Tennessee and Rhode Island, where two weekend cases were reported.
The chikungunya virus causes a high fever and severe muscle and joint pain, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. The illness begins about two to three days after infection, and most symptoms last about a week. However, joint and muscle pain could last for an extended period of time.
Chikungunya means "that which bends over" in the Makonde language.
Mosquitoes carry the chikungunya virus by biting a healthy person after biting an infected person.
Normally, the chikungunya virus infects about two dozen Americans annually. Most of those infections occur during visits to the Caribbean.
However, a an outbreak of 100,000 chikungunya cases this year in the Caribbean has worried officials that a greater number of American visitors may carry the virus back to the United States this year.
Fox News reported that there have been 25 cases reported in Florida. The CDC is monitoring potential cases and chikungunya outbreaks in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Virginia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The virus thrives in wet conditions which were fueled by a wetter-than-normal April, May and June time period in South Jersey. Portions of Delaware, eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia have had 25 percent or more rain that normal since April.
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Cover exposed skin by wearing long-sleeved shirts, long pants and hats.
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WEST HARTFORD -- Pitcher Taylor Luciani of Kensington, a senior at Northwest Catholic, signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball at Division I Quinnipiac University in November. Since then he has done everything to justify the Bobcats' faith in him.
Luciani is 3-0 this spring for his 7-2 high school team. He has 29 strikeouts in 27 innings (at press time) and pitches to an earned run average of 1.81. Just for fun, he saved another game. Yet he is not a player who was on the college radar screens for a long time.
"He's a late-bloomer type of kid," said Northwest coach Cory Carlson. "He had a really strong season for Rob Manzo [coach] of the Berlin Legion team last summer and that caught college coaches' attention. That, combined with his performances at some showcases, really got colleges, including Division I schools in the area, interested."
His numbers for the Berlin Legion were impressive. He had five wins and a save for the Zone 3 team, struck out 49 in 47 innings and pitched to an ERA of 0.59.
"I went out for Legion at first just to see how I would do," said Luciani. "But Rob Manzo and assistant coach Gary Val Etten were a great help to me. They put me in a position to be successful. I did well the first couple of times, then things just snowballed for the rest of the season."
Luciani had an elbow injury -- nothing major -- in his sophomore summer, so sat out a couple of months. All of which set the stage for him to burst onto the scene last summer.
"I've pitched my whole life," said Luciani. "But everything came together last year. But we would not be having this conversation if it were not for Dave Swanson [former Berlin High pitcher]. Since I was 12, he has been my personal coach and mentor. He taught me everything I know about baseball."
Quinnipiac wasn't the only school seeking Luciani's services. The University of Hartford and Merrimack came down to the wire with Quinnipiac.
"As soon as I stepped on the campus of Quinnipiac, I felt like I belonged," said Luciani. "It was a weird feeling, but I could have suited up to play right then."
Bates College, Fairfield University, Marist and Fordham were also in the mix, but didn't make Luciani's final list.
"He got a pretty good package from Quinnipiac," said Carlson. "He's a very smart kid and will not only be in a good baseball program where hopefully he will be able to contribute right away, but he will also get a good education."
Luciani, who transferred to Northwest after spending his freshman year at Berlin High, has made the Honor Roll every semester at the West Hartford school. He is a member of the school's chapter of the National Honor Society and has a 3.7 grade point average.
"I plan to major in political science; I love it," said Luciani, who is the son of Tracey and Anthony Luciani. "Down the road I'd like to be in the FBI."
All that can wait as Luciani has a more immediate task in front of him.
"I'm so happy to be playing for my high school team," he said. "I just try to do the best I can. I've wanted to pitch for my high school team since I was five years old and ever since last summer, all I've thought about was pitching for my team this spring and so far, so good.
"We want to win the state championship," he said. "Our team goals are to win our division, the Central Connecticut Conference West, then to win the Class S championship. That's all we're focused on. Personal stats are great, but they don't matter at all. It's the state championship that counts."


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Faculty Published Books Continued
The following books below are listed alphabetically by faculty author.
The Ambiguities of Experience
by James G. March
Cornell University Press, 2010
"Experience may be the best teacher, but it is not a particularly good teacher," business school Professor James March says in his new book The Ambiguities of Experience,. Whether experience is the best teacher or the teacher of fools makes March reflect on the unexpected problems organizations (and the individuals in them) face when they rely on experience to adapt, improve, and survive. ...more
Hot Groups: Seeding Them, Feeding Them, and Using
Them to Ignite Your Organization
by Jean Lipman-Blumen and Harold J. Leavitt
Oxford University Press, May 1999
Named the best business book of 1999 by the Association of American Publishers. "A hot group is just what the name is just what the name implies: a lively, overachieving, dedicated group - usually small - whose members are turned on to an exciting and challenging task," say Lipman-Blumen and Leavitt, the Walter Kenneth Kipatrick Professor of Organizational Behavior and Psychology, emeritus.
Building Supply Chain Excellence in Emerging
Economies, International Series in Operations
Research & Management Science
by Editors Hau L. Lee, and Chung-Yee Lee
Springer-Verlag New York, LLC, 2006
The rapidly developing new economies in China, India, Hungary, Vietnam, Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil, etc., are at the crossroads of almost all major supply chains. In fact, these emerging economies are growing faster than the established industrial economies of the world, yet their physical, social and cultural characteristics provide some real challenges. The book discusses how to manage supply chains in emerging economies, coordinate information flows with multiple partners, tackle challenges such as unexpected disruptions, diversify the risks and increase flexibilities, be efficient but at the same time contribute to the social and environmental developments of these economies, and use supply chain concepts and practices to improve the economic welfare of these countries.
Frontiers of Development Economics: The Future in Perspective
by Gerald M. Meier, Joseph E. Stiglitz (Editor), and Nicholas Sternwith: World Bank and Oxford University Press, 2001
Making IT: the Rise of Asia in High Tech
by Henry S. Rowen, Marguerite Gong Hancock, William F. Miller, eds,;
Stanford Project on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship,
Stanford University Press, 2007
In 2003, consumption of information technology goods worldwide was $1.5 trillion, with Asia representing 20 percent of the total. Even more telling, Asia produced about 40 percent of these goods. The increasing role for Asia in the markets and manufacturing of IT, along with Asian innovation, will pose a challenge to traditional centers, notably Silicon Valley. The book analyzes policies and the results of this trend on nations and centers such as Silicon Valley.
The Silicon Valley Edge: A Habitat for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
by Chong-Moon Lee, William F. Miller
Marguerite Gong Hancock, Henry S. Rowen, eds.,
Stanford University Press, 2000
This series of essays by 25 academic and industry leaders study the experiences that have created Silicon Valley, focusing on the business environment. Although large established companies play a major role in this economy and are responsible for many technology advances and products, the authors find that these large firms are less likely to create a sea change in industries or create entirely new industries. Details
Hidden Value: How Great Companies Achieve Extraordinary
Results with Ordinary People
by Charles A. O'Reilly III, and Jeffrey Pfeffer
Harvard Business School Press, 2000
In this tight labor market where companies are desperate to find more talent, two Stanford Business School professors suggest a novel approach: find talent in your own backyard, shop floors or office blocks. Too many companies waste the talent they have on staff by using systems like the old command-and-control leaders of Communist countries-they don't really know how to instill shared values and then train and support their people to take on responsibility for success.
The two use case studies of innovative companies to demonstrate how they have created added value by fostering the creativity, motivation, and commitment of their people. The companies profiled are Southwest Airlines, Cisco Systems, The Men's Wearhouse, SAS Institute, PSS World Medical, AES, New United Motors Manufacturing Inc and Cypress Semiconductor.
Power: Why Some People Have It And Others Don't
by Jeffrey Pfeffer
HarperCollins Publishers, September 2010
Every day companies and their leaders fail to capitalize on opportunities because they misunderstand the real sources of business success. Jeffrey Pfeffer challenges conventional wisdom while providing data and insights to help companies make smarter decisions. The book contains a series of short chapters, each provides guidelines about how to think more deeply and intelligently about critical management issues. Topics range from managing people to leadership to measurement and strategy. ...more
What Were They Thinking?
Unconventional Wisdom About Management
by Jeffrey Pfeffer
Harvard Business School Press Books, 2007
Every day companies and their leaders fail to capitalize on opportunities because they misunderstand the real sources of business success. Jeffrey Pfeffer challenges conventional wisdom while providing data and insights to help companies make smarter decisions. The book contains a series of short chapters, each provides guidelines about how to think more deeply and intelligently about critical management issues. Topics range from managing people to leadership to measurement and strategy. ...more
William F. Sharpe: Selected Works
(World Scientific-Nobel Laureate Series)
by William F. Sharpe
World Scientific Publishing Company, March 15, 2011
William F Sharpe received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1990 for his work on equilibrium pricing in capital markets. He was one of the originators of the Capital Asset Pricing Model who developed the Sharpe Ratio for investment performance analysis, the binomial method for the valuation of options, the gradient method for asset allocation optimization, and returns-based style analysis for evaluating the style and performance of investment funds. This book consists of a collection of Dr Sharpe's work in these and other areas.
Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense
by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton
Harvard Business School Publishing, March 2006
This just-released book identifies and dissects the poor decision practices of corportations based on ingrained, untested beliefs and half-truths that masquerade as sound advice. ...more
Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies
Turn Knowledge Into Action
by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton
Harvard Business School Press, January, 2000
"Did you ever wonder why so much education and training, management consultation, organizational research and so many books and articles produce so few changes in actual management practice?" ask Stanford Business School Professors Pfeffer and Sutton. "We wondered, too, and so we embarked on a quest to explore one of the great mysteries in organizational management: why knowledge of what needs to be done frequently fails to result in action or behavior consistent with that knowledge." The authors describe the most common obstacles to action---such as fear and inertia---and profile successful companies that overcome them.
Integrating Mission and Strategy for Nonprofit Organizations
by James A. Phills, Jr.
In his new book, Professor James A. Phills, Jr. builds on an intimate understanding of the challenges facing nonprofit organizations and a deep knowledge of the business world to offer a 21 st-century approach to nonprofit strategy. A must read for every nonprofit leader.
Success Built to Last: Creating a Life that Matters
by Stewart Emery, GSB Faculty Emeritus Jerry I. Porras, Mark Thompson
Wharton School Publishing, September 2006
Co-authored by Jerry Porras whose earlier best seller Built to Last studied corporate success, this book analyzes traits of successful people and creates a set of simple practices to transform life and work.
Foundations of Stochastic Inventory Theory
by Evan Porteus
Stanford University Press, 2002
The book serves as an advanced textbook designed to prepare doctoral students to do research on the mathematical foundations of inventory theory and as a reference work for those already engaged in such research. All chapters conclude with exercises that either solidify or extend the concepts introduced.
Market Rebels: How Activists Make or Break Radical Innovations
by Hayagreeva Rao
Princeton University Press 2009
Social activists are key players in the creative destruction and rebuilding of markets, says Professor Hayagreeva "Huggy" Rao.
Highest Goal - The Secret That Sustains You in Every Moment
by Michael Ray, foreword by Jim Collins, MBA '83
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2004
Your highest goal is what gives real meaning to your life, what truly motivates and sustains you. It has nothing to do with worldly success or achievement, but GSB Professor Michael Ray found that all of the successful people who had been through his course ultimately attributed their success to it. Here Ray shares what he learned through decades of teaching his creativity course to help you discover and live by, your own highest goal.
The Modern Firm: Organizational Design
for Performance and Growth
by John Roberts
Oxford Press, 2004
The Economist has selected Stanford GSB economist John Roberts' book, "The Modern Firm," as one of its best books of the year. The magazine writes that Roberts" describes how businesses around the world are changing not just their processes and routines, but the very way they organize themselves and exercise authority. The consequences are profound. Yet among all this change, the author argues, certain predictable relationships improve productivity and performance."
Creating and Capturing Value: Perspective and Cases
on Electronic Commerce
by Garth Saloner and A. Michael Spence
John Wiley and Sons, 2001
Included in this book are 22 case studies that contain a wealth of information about technologies, industries, issues, firms, strategies, organizational structures, and the issues electronic commerce poses for students and practitioners.
Strategic Management
by Garth Saloner, Andrea Shepard, and Joel Podolny
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000
Written for current and future general managers who have or will have overall responsibility for a business. The essential ability for this job is a well-developed capability for strategic thinking. Saloner, Shepard, and Podolny provide a set of frameworks, tools, and concepts to build this capability. They have drawn from research in the disciplines that surround and support strategic management with an emphasis on their own disciplinary backgrounds: theoretical and empirical microeconomics and organization theory. The goal of the text is to provide insights into organizations and strategy that will help general managers make strategic thinking in their firms pervasive, effective, and rewarding. This text is appropriate for the core MBA strategic management course and the capstone strategic management course at the undergraduate, senior level.
Investors and Markets: Portfolio Choices, Asset Prices,
and Investment Advice
by William F. Sharpe
Princeton University Press, 2006
Nobel Laureate financial economist William Sharpe shows that investment professionals cannot make good portfolio choices unless they understand the determinants of asset prices. But until now asset-price analysis has largely been inaccessible to everyone except PhDs in financial economics. Based on his Princeton lecture in finance, Sharpe details his state-of-the-art approach to asset pricing in a nonmathematical form that will be comprehensible to a broad range of investment professionals. Sharpe makes this technique accessible through his computer program (available for free on his website, at www.stanford.edu/~wfsharpe/apsim/index.html) enabling users to create virtual markets, set the starting conditions and then allow trading until equilibrium is reached and trading stops. ...more
Contention and Corporate Social Responsibility
by Sarah Soule
Cambridge Press, 2009
This book examines anti-corporate activism in the United States ranging from the Civil Rights Movement to demands for dolphin-safe tuna. Prior to the 1970s, Soule says, activists generally sought to change government regulation of corporations or appealed for change through organized labor. She traces the shift brought about by deregulation and the decline in organized labor, which prompted activists to target corporations directly, often in combination with targeting the state.
The Next Convergence: The Future of Economic Growth in a Multispeed World
by Michael Spence
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011
Michael Spence, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, explains what happened to cause this dramatic shift in the prospects of the five billion people who live in developing countries. The growth rates are extraordinary, and continuing them presents unprecedented challenges in governance, international coordination, and ecological sustainability. The implications for those living in the advanced countries are great but little understood. Related Article
The Road Winds Uphill All the Way: Gender, Work,
and Family in the United States and Japan
by Myra H. Strober, Agnes Miling Kaneko Chan
MIT Press, 2001
In an effort to understand the roots of gender inequality, the authors of this work conducted an extensive survey of the 1981 graduates of Stanford and Tokyo Universities - parallel populations in historically very different cultures. The book provides a fresh look at the belief that US gender equity is light years ahead of Japan's.
Weird Ideas That Work: 11 1/2 Practices for Promoting,
Managing, and Sustaining Innovation
by Robert I. Sutton
Free Press, 2001
Who'd have thought fighting with each other would be good for employees? Or that ignoring superiors would be a wise business practice? Sutton, consultant and professor at the Stanford Engineering School and the GSB, advocates taking a nontraditional approach to innovation and management in this quirky business manual. He advises taking unorthodox actions, suggesting managers should forget the past, especially successes; hire people who make them uncomfortable and hire slow learners.
Biodesign: The Process of Innovating Medical Technologies
by Stefanos Zenios, et al.
Cambridge University Press, 2009
Recognize market opportunities, master the design process, and develop business acumen with this 'how-to' guide to medical technology innovation. A three-step, proven approach to the biodesign innovation process - identify, invent, implement - provides a practical formula for innovation. The experiences of hundreds of innovators and companies, in the form of case studies, quotes and practical advice, offer a realistic, action-orientated roadmap for successful biodesign innovation. Addressing common medical, engineering, and business challenges to develop well-rounded expertise, this book is the complete package for any biodesign entrepreneur. ...more
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You can thank Alli for this recipe. Her birthday cupcake request is what brought these cupcakes to life. When she first requested strawberry-chocolate-puppy cupcakes I was a bit stumped. Until I decided to tackle them as two separate cupcakes.
Strawberries and chocolate obviously go very well together and, it being close to Valentine's Day, my first thought was chocolate dipped strawberries. So, I took a strawberry vanilla cupcake topped it with a swirl of whipped strawberry buttercream, filled it with a spoonful of ganache, finished it off with another swirl of buttercream, a fresh strawberry and an extra drizzle of ganache for good measure. Salivating yet?
Some of the cupcakes were left as you see on the left with a puppy cupcake topper placed on top, the other half were turned into the chocolate dipped strawberry cupcakes that you see on the right. I came across the idea of putting the filling into the frosting instead of in the cupcakes from Foodess (smartie!) – none of the cake goes to waste and you still get the benefit of a surprise filling. But, of course, if you prefer to have the filling inside the cupcakes themselves that is perfectly fine too (you can find out how to do just that, here).
- 2.5 cups cake/pastry flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoons salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1.5 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ cup buttermilk
- ¼ cup canola oil (or preferred neutral oil)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups finely chopped strawberries
- 2 cups unsalted butter, softened
- 4 cups icing (confectioners) sugar, sifted
- ¼ cup strawberry puree
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 5 oz. semi-sweet chocolate, finely chopped
- ⅓ cup heavy cream, steaming hot
- 18 fresh strawberries
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer beat together butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until fully incorporated between each addition. Add buttermilk, oil, and vanilla. Beat until combined. Add flour mixture. Stir just until combined. Fold in chopped strawberries with a spatula. Spoon mixture into paper-lined muffin cups using a ¼ cup measuring cup. Bake at 350ºF for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. Allow to cool 5 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
- In a stand mixer, beat butter for 6 minutes, until pale and creamy. Add remaining ingredients and beat for an additional 6 minutes, until light and creamy.
- If not using all of it right away beat by hand with a spatula, to remove any air bubbles, before using.
- Place chocolate in a bowl. Pour cream over chocolate and let sit for 2 minutes. Stir until smooth. Let cool to room temperature.
- Pipe a swirl of frosting along the perimeter of the cupcake (I used Ateco tip #804). Dollop a spoonful of ganache into the centre. Pipe on additional swirl of frosting on top. Place a strawberry on top of the cupcakes, nestling it into the frosting. Drizzle additional chocolate ganache around strawberry allowing it to drip down the sides of the frosting. (I like to use a squeeze bottle for this so that I can place the ganache exactly where i want it.)
- Store, covered, in the fridge until serving.
Strawberry cupcake base adapted from Annie's Eats, originally from Good Things Catered.


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