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Christine Hanlon - Premium Artist
Christine Hanlon, whose work has been compared to that of Edward Hopper, creates 'urban landscapes which quietly exude atmosphere'.
Serenity Baseoil on canvas50 x 150 inchesJuror's Award - 2006 Bay Area Annual
Decker's Tugoil on panel18 x 29.12 inchesCoos Bay Commissioner's Award 2006 SOLD
Wet Night Streets #2oil on panel29.75 x 48 inchesTwo First Place AwardsFaculty Choice AwardSOLD
W.T.H.G.O. #4oil on panel18 x 29.12 inchesArtists Magazinefeature articleSeptember 2009
She draws inspiration for her art from the Old Masters, especially from their use of chiaroscuro and dynamic symmetry, as a compositional tool, utilizing proportions such as the Golden Section.Hanlon received her BFA in Painting in 1976 from Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA in Painting from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where she has been on the faculty ever since. Her 1997 MFA thesis exhibition, 'Home Street Home', was attended by Mayor Willie Brown and the news media, raising almost $1500 for the Coalition on Homelessness. She continues to be involved in organizing annual fundraising art auctions for the Coalition as well as having her work published in the Street Sheet and Street Spirit, newspapers which help homeless people raise money for food and shelter.In 2009 she was featured in the Artists Magazine Competition Spotlight with one of her urban landscapes which was a finalist in the Landscape category. She also paints non-traditional maritime images such as Death of an Oil Tanker which won Best in Show in the Coos Art Museum's 15th Annual Maritime Exhibit. Sea History magazine featured her maritime paintings in an article and on the cover in late 2010. One of her urban homeless landscapes is part of the traveling catalogued museum exhibition entitled Hobos to Street People: Artists' Responses to Homelessness from the New Deal to the Present touring California and Colorado. 'I feel strongly about the artist's role in society as witness to the state of our culture and world. Many of my paintings have addressed social, political and environmental issues of our time such as homelessness or our dependence upon oil and how that affects our maritime environment, which brings such beauty and sustenance to this planet.'Mar '12
Third Street Corridoroil on canvas30 x 52 inchesHobos to Street People - Traveling Museum Exhibit
Death of an Oil Tanker - Prestige 1976-2002oil on panel11 x 11 inches per panelBest in Show - Annual Maritime Exhibit
Broken Hydrant #2oil on panel20 x 25.5 inchesSOLD
All Washed Upoil on panel20 x 25.5 inches
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DaisyDaisy is my second self-made doll (I don't really count my very first attempts here, haha). My first one was Sophie http://fav.me/d570qbl.When making Sophie, I didn't take as many photos of the progress, which is why I wrote out everything about her making http://fav.me/d570qff. This time however, I took photos of about everything. So I will show you how I made my dolls in pictures. The process was about the same for both dolls, I only changed the design. And this time I solved the "hair-problem" right from the start... by using Barbie hair. xDSketchesJoints and FeetHandsArmsLegsBody
Sioraiocht Spring ContestAwesome Donors::iconforunth: :iconnewsha-ghasemi: :iconraisloversakura: :iconToiTsuki: :iconrites-of-passage: :iconfeliane: :iconfdasuarez: :iconheartystar: :iconArt-Eater: :iconshehrozeameen: NEWS The deadline for the contest has been pushed back the 16th of July 12pm GMT. This is the last extension. Please plan accordingly. INTRODUCTION Hello! After some deliberation I've decided it is time to hold my first contest. It's going to be based on my story and original characters. The theme is spring. You are free to interpret this time in any way you choose. My story is set in a contemporary Dublin, but in an alternative timeline where magic is possible. Visually, this means the world has been influenced by different historical periods as the supernatural world seems somewhat more archaic than its technolog
Commission Prices Place holderI post my prices on the front page of my profile, but for linking purposes, I'm just going to put this here. I recommend checking my front page for up to date pricing.Prices as of 9-20-2010Full CG: $70 (3/4 to full body)Examples:http://luniara.deviantart.com/art/Nelia-Jedi-Medic-206277593?q=gallery%3Aluniara%2F277309&qo=5, http://luniara.deviantart.com/art/River-and-Lai-Commission-165909810?q=gallery%3Aluniara%2F277313&qo=15, http://luniara.deviantart.com/art/Farthingale-151783800?q=gallery%3Aluniara%2F277313&qo=34, http://luniara.deviantart.com/art/Good-in-all-orpheelin-127603968?q=gallery%3Aluniara%2F277309&qo=110, http://luniara.deviantart.com/art/Shaded-commission-122017763?q=gallery%3Aluniara%2F277313&qo=57Bust CG: $50 (head to shoulder)Examples:http://luniara.deviantart.com/art/lenoresilme-commission-140612372?q=gallery%3Aluniara%2F277313&qo=49, http://luniara.deviantart.com/art/Nanaki-Commission-140601825?q=gallery%3Aluniara%2F277313
Amazing TutorialsI've had to put mine off - for lack of anything usful to say So here are some great tutorials already out there.~ Tutorials ~To start with, I really recommend everyone explore the 'Resources & Stock Images -> Tutorials' section of deviantart. I spend hours going through there. Type in 'realism' or 'skin' and have fun My favourite video turorials on youtubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7pi7aJBt9A General womans face, really good lighting and colourshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI8TbG0-7QE Daniel Craig / James Bond photo realismStephanie Valentin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQJs-Vlv4dw and Idrawgirls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCRIA1Spt6E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd5PH8d6Xws on youtube have a lot of useful videos.Step by stepI aspire to this - it's incredible! http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/rihanna/rihanna.htmlhttp://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/clara/clara.html Very indepth portrait tutorial, cov
SophieOkay this journal will tell you everything you need to know about my selfmade doll, Sophie:Inspiration and StartI always loved dolls, of all kind. Then I discovered BJDs and thought they were so beautiful. I always wanted to have one, but couldn't afford it. The biggest impact on my wish to create a doll, though, was the wonderful, amazing doll-artist Marina Bychkova (Marina-B). I've been to one of her solo exhibitions at Strychnin Gallery Berlin a few years ago, and probably lost my soul to her beautiful dolls. And so it started. I planned, then forgot about making dolls, then planned again. Last winter, I finally made a very simple, small doll from polymer clay. And then, in spring, I made the decision to just start a more advanced doll. Since I've never done that before and I was afraid of fucking it up, I HEAVILY referenced the look of the body parts from Marina Bychkova's dolls. I hope she doesn't mind... Anyway, our joint work is entirely different,

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Jeff Fisher, Dolphins discuss job
DAVIE, Fla. -- Jeff Fisher has completed an interview for the Miami Dolphins' head coaching job.
Fisher departed the team's complex at mid-afternoon Tuesday the same way he arrived -- via owner Stephen Ross' helicopter. The Dolphins then confirmed the visit.
Kuharsky: Fisher Back In Picture
Jeff Fisher is beginning to resurface in coaching circles. Paul Kuharsky weighs in on the likely destination for the former Titans coach. Blog
A source told ESPN's Hank Goldberg that former Kansas City Chiefs general manager Carl Peterson also was aboard the helicopter with Fisher and Ross on Tuesday morning. ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen has reported that Ross was likely to hire Peterson to fill the role vacated by Bill Parcells. Both Ross and Peterson had denied discussions were taking place, however.
Fisher is believed to be the Dolphins' top choice, and Ross is willing to pay big money, but competition from other NFL teams may be fierce.
Fisher, who sat out the 2011 season after being fired by the Tennessee Titans, also will interview in the next week with the St. Louis Rams for their coaching vacancy.
Ross and general manager Jeff Ireland began their search for a head coach Monday by interviewing Todd Bowles, who was interim coach for the final three games after Tony Sparano was fired.
Chicago Bears special teams coordinator Dave Toub will interview for the job, a league source confirmed to ESPNChicago.com's Jeff Dickerson. The New York Daily News reported the Dolphins also are interested in talking to New York Jets defensive coordinator Mike Pettine.
2012 NFL Draft
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The status of the franchise has declined dramatically in recent years. The Dolphins have reached the playoffs only once in the past decade, and they've endured three consecutive losing seasons for the first time since the 1960s.
The Dolphins would prefer to hire someone with NFL head-coaching experience, such as Fisher, who coached the Oilers and Titans for 17 years and led them to a Super Bowl. Ross is drawn to celebrities and apparently willing to spend big, but competition will be stiff thanks to a slew of vacancies around the league, including all three Florida teams.
Some situations are more appealing than the Dolphins, who have been plagued by instability. The next coach will be Miami's seventh since the start of the 2004 season.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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DEReC › United Kingdom › Publications & Documents › All
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The ICAI report shows that DFID's support to the Asian Development Bank is delivering real benefits for the poor.
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The ICAI report finds that, while the Conflict Pool has proven effective at supporting worthwhile conflict prevention initiatives and has delivered some useful results, it lacks a clear strategic framework and robust funding model.
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In May 2008, Cyclone Nargis swept through the Ayeyarwady Delta with devastating effects, killing some 140,000 people. In 2009,the multi-donor Livelihood and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) was set up. The overarching purpose of this evaluation is to learn from the experiences of implementing projects under the Delta1 phase so that they can be used to inform future LIFT-funded programming.
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As stated in the Terms of Reference (ToR), the purpose of this mid-term evaluation is to "assess the performance of the EU-Africa ITF over the period 2007-10 against key OECD/DAC evaluation criteria to make recommendations for the future work of the ITF and allow for preparation of the final evaluation". The evaluation covers the period to the 5 July 2011.
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This report provides the results of an assessment of the impacts of Tuungane, a major UK government funded Community Driven Reconstruction Program in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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An independent evaluation was carried out on behalf of the Department for International Development (DFID) of the Palestinian Facility for New Market Development (FNMD). Taking place in March/April 2012, it assessed the project's effectiveness, its impact on grantee firms and its value for money. Its recommendations were to feed into a new private sector development project to be co-financed by DFID, the World Bank and the EU.
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Welcome to the Farm!
Our family farm provides weekly boxes of sustainably-grown produce to families in the Healdsburg & Windsor area--following the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model. It's simple: you sign up at the start of the season, we grow a wide variety of vegetables and provide you a share each week during the growing season. Pick-up time is Wednesday 4-7pm, and you can either pick up in town or join us on the farm with free "you-pick" opportunities included. We invite you to join our farm community...Inquire about the upcoming CSA season today!
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Bash shell trick: searching interactively through command history
Mon, Dec 9
Although the up/down arrow are nice to move through commands in a Bash shell, searching takes the command history to a whole new level.
To start a search within Bash, enter Control-R, the prompt will then change to look as follows:
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As you type, matches will be shown, with the cursor directly on the character where the match occurs.
- Hit enter to run the command as is
- Hit Command-R to find more matches
- Type (or delete) characters to refine search
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Final Fantasy XV
FFXV will not sell well in the West
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-Settings based on real-life locations -Action RPG combat -Final Fantasy that's already enough to ensure success. -Excellent CGI -The potential of online/multiplayer -Big world to explore -More party members than just Ignis, Gladiolus, Noctis and Prompto (in fact, already confirmed, and already hinted that females will be on their way) -Excellent, appealing music And there's probably a lot more I can come up with but eh. This game will definitely sell well. And Nomura already confirmed there are more female characters than just Stella, the dragoon lady, and the black haired lady. So troll harder. --- "Dyin' is easy. It's the livin' that's hard..." Grim Reaper, Maximo vs. The Army of Zin | |
You're seriously telling me guys would want to play as a feminine looking guy? http://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy/images/f/f0/Noctis-render.png While there's not a single playable female and your entire party looks a jpop boy band? Yeah I'm sure people will be lining up to buy this /sarcasm I thought Square would have learned their lesson that jpop band games don't sell well with X-2. | |
I'm waiting for Noctis to belt out his revenge aria. East and West have different perceptions of masculine beauty, by the way. | |
BkzIzu posted... You're seriously telling me guys would want to play as a feminine looking guy? They've been playing as them for the past 20 + years, I don't see why they wouldn't now... --- American beer is like making love in a canoe. It's ****ing close to water | |
Danahell posted... BkzIzu posted...You're seriously telling me guys would want to play as a feminine looking guy? You're right, other FF games do have feminine looking guys like Tidus but unlike FFXV the ENTIRE party isn't consisted of them. You have guys like Wakka and Auron and not to mention there's females in the group as well. | |
I dunno, i don't think Gladiolus or Ignis look effeminate, Ignis is good looking but that doesn't equal to effeminate. And to be honest I don't think that many people in the west would care much anyways. --- American beer is like making love in a canoe. It's ****ing close to water | |
FPS games like COD aren't sausage-fests? If one is too insecure to play as "effeminate" Noctis, then one should do quite a bit of self-examination with oneself and grow up. --- Relinquish your pain unto me. | |
Lol, you contradict yourself. If any american male wants to play as a female, something's wrong. And who really gives a f*** about what the dudes look like, have you played Nier? Probably not, cause there isn't a playable female huh? Plus you've got it backwards, America loves open-ness and ARPG's, Japan likes acting like they're 16 until they're 60 and playing as females. Maybe you should talk to "real" people before you "analyze" sales next time. People like you and people on the Internet are not the majority. Example, I have NEVER heard someone say they like Lady Gaga. But yet she's one of the best selling artists in recent years... Coincidence? Or Internet dwellers? | |
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Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)SATURDAY HOMILY: We voted for mammon and rejected God.
By Fr. G. Peter Irving III
November 10th, 2012 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) On Tuesday, November 6, we faced as a nation a "God or mammon" choice of mammoth proportions. In the most consequential election of our history, the majority of Americans voted for mammon and rejected God.
LONG BEACH, CA (Catholic Online) In one of Jack Benny's classic comedy routines, a bandit with a gun snarls at the late comedian: "This is a stickup! Your money or your life!" After a long pause the assailant, nervous and growing impatient, repeats: "Look, bud, I said, 'Your money or your life!" Then Benny, whose on stage shtick was playing the cheapskate, says in a raised, exasperated voice: "I'm thinking it over. I'm thinking it over." The audience explodes with laughter.
Today's Gospel invites us to "think over" a similar question. But this time it is no laughing matter. Jesus tells us: "No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon." Songwriter Bob Dylan, during the "Christian phase" of his long career, put it this way in a song: "You're gonna have to serve somebody. Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord, but you're gonna have to serve somebody." Whom will you serve? Which will you choose? God or mammon? The things of God or the things of this world? The Lord or the devil? This is the choice that is ever before us in a myriad of ways both large and small. And there is no sitting on the fence. If we hate one, we will love the other. On Tuesday, November 6, we faced as a nation a "God or mammon" choice of mammoth proportions. In the most consequential election of our history, the majority of Americans voted for mammon and rejected God. Some did so knowing full well what they were doing (e.g., the Planned Parenthood and the LGBT crowd). Others did so unaware of the dire and far reaching ramifications of their vote. This was certainly the case with the Hispanic vote. According to the Pew Research Center, "Latinos voted for President Barack Obama over Republican Mitt Romney by 71% to 27%." This is an astounding statistic not only because the differential is so great but more so because the majority of Hispanics identify themselves as Catholics. This can only mean that millions of believing Hispanic Catholics, the very ones who pack our churches Sunday after Sunday and who have such a deep devotion to the Mother of God, voted for the following: (1) for more aborted babies, (2) for the destruction of the family through the promotion of homosexual marriage and (3) for the persecution of the Church they love so dearly and which has served them so well. In other words, they voted against their own values and deeply held beliefs; they voted against themselves. What is more, they did so (many of them, at least) not knowing what in fact they were voting for. The day after the election I received an email from a parishioner of a parish where I was once served. She is a knowledgeable Catholic and was devastated by the results of Tuesday's election. She wrote: "My mother who is a fervent Catholic and a Guadalupana (i.e., devoted to Our Lady of Guadalupe) voted for Obama. I tried to dissuade her but I couldn't get through to her. My sister was completely closed to hearing anything negative about the President. She is an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion and she told me that if voting for Obama meant she was going to hell, so be it." Shocking. This is very troubling and does not portend well either for the future of our nation or for the future of the Church in America. There is undeniably a huge disconnect between piety and practice, between faith and life. The Fathers of Vatican Council II addressed this problem fifty years ago in their Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World. They wrote: "This split between the faith which many profess and their daily lives deserves to be counted among the more serious errors of our age" (Gaudium et Spes, 43). Errors have consequences. Deadly errors have deadly consequences. Our nation is now on an even more deadly path. Only God knows the tribulations that lie ahead. I am a priest, not a political scientist. But from my perspective I do not see any easy political remedy to this most serious problem. I may be wrong, but as I see it, last Tuesday was the last chance for at least an attempt at a political solution. So what happens now? Where do we go from here? We who are believers have to abandon ourselves into God's hands. He is our Lord and our King! We must also pray for our President and for those share his radical ideology; we pray that they may be converted. We must pray for our nation and for all its citizens. Many of us have grown selfish and self-indulgent and our sins have blinded us. But there is more. We are in this Year of Faith! It could not have come at a better time. How wonderful is the providence of God who inspired in our Holy Father this desire for the whole Church to rediscover and renew its faith! Let us take to heart the invitation of Pope Benedict and begin now to work at growing in our friendship with Christ, deepening our knowledge of the content of the faith so that we in turn may be used by God to open the eyes of the blind, both within the Church and without. We also need to be prepared to embrace the cross. In his Apostolic Letter, Pope Benedict explains: "The life of Christians knows the experience of joy as well as the experience of suffering. How many of the saints have lived in solitude! How many believers, even in our own day, are tested by God's silence when they would rather hear his consoling voice! The trials of life, while helping us to understand the mystery of the Cross and to participate in the sufferings of Christ (cf. Col 1:24), are a prelude to the joy and hope to which faith leads" (Porta Fidei, 15). Finally, today is the liturgical Memorial of Saint Leo the Great, successor of St. Peter, who in the 5th century guided the Church through very turbulent times. The Collect from his Mass should lift our drooping spirits and spur us on to greater faithfulness. "O God, who never allow the gates of hell to prevail against your Church, firmly founded on the apostolic rock, grant her, we pray, that through the intercession of Pope Saint Leo, she may stand firm in the truth and know the protection of lasting peace." In closing, we turn to Holy Mary, the Virgin of Guadalupe, and humbly ask her to intercede for us and for this nation we love. ----- Fr. G. Peter Irving III is a priest of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and pastor of Holy Innocents Church, Long Beach, California. Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) |


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Arsenal Football Club
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Melo still attracting interest
04 Mar 2010 - 07:10:19
Juventus midfielder Felipe Melo is still being coveted by Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger despite enduring an indifferent season in Italy.
The Brazil international shot to prominence last term playing for Fiorentina but has found the going tougher in Turin.
However, despite his recent struggles, the 26-year-old is still on Wenger's radar after he featured in Brazil's 2-0 friendly win against the Republic of Ireland at the Gunners' Emirates Stadium home on Tuesday evening.
Speaking to reporters, Wenger said: "We were interested in Melo last year. He has not had the season that everyone predicted he would.
"But we still think he is a very talented player. We are still looking at him."
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DALLAS (AP) -- American Airlines on Saturday received clearance from federal aviation officials to return all of its 300 grounded jets to service, an airline spokesman said.
American Returns All MD-80s to Service
After 200 cancellations Saturday morning, Fort Worth-based American was running a full schedule by the afternoon with no cancellations, said spokesman Charley Wilson.
Starting Tuesday, the nation's largest airline canceled nearly 3,300 flights, as it grounded 300 MD-80 jets to wrap wiring bundles to meet federal safety standards and prevent fires.
The cancellations stranded hundreds of thousands of people during the week.
American said 226 of its MD-80s were back in service by Friday morning. By noon on Saturday, the airline had received clearance to return all the remaining grounded jets to service, Wilson said.
The groundings had come as a surprise.
American officials said they thought they had the needed repair work completed two weeks ago when it scrubbed more than 400 flights, but the Federal Aviation Administration said the wiring still was not secured and stowed properly in wheel wells.
Gerard Arpey, chairman and chief executive of American parent AMR Corp., said the costs of the cancellations to American will run into the tens of millions of dollars - including vouchers to reimburse stranded customers, overtime for maintenance crews and lost revenue. An analyst with Standard & Poor's estimated it could easily top $30 million.
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Some questions and answers about the groundings: Q: What prompted the FAA to issue the order on the MD-80 wiring bundles? A: Reports of shorted wires, evidence of worn-down power cables, and fuel system reviews conducted by the manufacturer, Boeing Co. The airworthiness directive carried an effective date of Sept. 5, 2006, and airlines had 18 months to comply. Q: What could happen if the wires shorted out? A: Besides the loss of auxiliary hydraulic power, a fire in the wheel well of the airplane could be sparked by a short from the wires. The actions required by the government also are intended to reduce the possibility of fire or a fuel tank explosion that would destroy the plane, according to the FAA. Q: Why were airlines given 18 months to comply? A: Officials assessed the risks that the wires posed, and in the case of those that are near, but not inside a fuel tank, they determined that carriers would have 18 months, said FAA spokesman Les Dorr. Two things are required for an explosion — fire and the proper mix of fuel and air — and the wire bundles inspected in the MD-80s were not in a position where an explosion was likely, he added. Q: Why didn't the airlines comply by the deadline? A: Assuming the airlines received and understood the FAA order, "the likely answer is they believed they didn't have to," said Daniel Petree, dean of the College of Business at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla. In general, businesses don't like to take on extra costs "if there is no payoff for them in doing it." The carriers likely also assessed the risks to their fleet and weighed that against disrupting service on planes that already yield little revenue per seat. Brian Stirm, director of aircraft maintenance at Purdue University's aviation technology department, added that 18 months was "more than adequate time to do a visual inspection." Even untrained mechanics and inspectors could identify chafing, which is the "wire bundle rubbing on something else," he added. Q: What did it cost to comply, and how many aircraft were affected? A: More than 1,000 airplanes worldwide were affected, including an estimated 732 in the U.S. Based on the required parts and labor time, the FAA estimated the cost to U.S. operators would be up to $1,304 per airplane. While that figure may seem small, the FAA did not factor in revenue lost to the airlines if the planes are taken out of service, Petree said — something the carriers likely did. Removing an aircraft for 12 hours could mean losing up to five trips, and having to compensate passengers for cancellations and missed connections with hotel rooms and other perks, he said. Q: Didn't wiring problems lead to the explosion and crash of TWA Flight 800 that killed all 230 people aboard in July 1996? A: Yes, but the explosion in the fuel tank of that plane, a Boeing 747, most likely came through a different wiring system, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Air-conditioning units underneath the fuel tanks also are believed to have heated the vapors inside the tank, which made them more vulnerable to explosion.
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"Industrial production does not create wealth, but consumes it"
I cannot see how this statement can possibly fit within the realm of human history over the past three hundred years.
If industrial production consumes wealth, where is this wealth created and how in the world was it created in such vast quantities to support the industrial revolution?
"India made more progress in 30 years than West in a 150"
It is far easier to blaze a trail already paved, clearly marked, with technology that already exists.
Your 'substance, depth, interest, truth and respect' is most evident when you call on India to buy from another country only because you perceive an insult from another. And for your obvious information, this is a British publication, not an American.
Please attend some Econ 101 class before posting anything.
Social indicators of Bangladesh are better than Indian average because of large number of migrant labourers in Middle East. Following the same model Kerala has one of the highest HDI among Indian states (although Kerala is behind many states in terms of Industrial development). The high amount of remittance flowing in are directly going to hands of women. Absence of man in immediate vicinity means lesser impulsive or addiction related spending. Money channeled to the hands of lower strata women translates into better socioeconomic development at grass-root level. Hence, the easy and direct correlation between HDI and Industrial development is over-simplistic.
Let's not forget that trend is as important as the situation today. Poverty is falling rapidly in India. The malnutrition study often cited to bash India is from 2005 and was a highly questionable study based on a small sample size. Regardless, poverty is an issue, but as the world bank report showed, India will be at the forefront in reducing poverty over the next decade.
The authors are correct, India's focus should be on GDP growth, because it leads to a fast decline in poverty. People like Sen are the usual complainers from the sidelines saying that government should do this or that, but the fact is every country has to leverage those processes that work for them, and government in India tried socialism/Marxism for half a century and failed. Why would anyone want to count on the government again to take the lead in reducing poverty? The free market is the solution. BTW, this Kerala analogy is another joke, because the princely state there already had 60% literacy in 1947 (India had 12% literacy at that time compared to 74% now) before the communists came (Sen is of course a communist sympathizer, look how good a job they did in West Bengal), plus a large # of people in Kerala work in the "capitalist" middle east since the state doesn't create many jobs.
A common propaganda piece by Western elitists is that somehow Bangladesh and Pakistan are ahead of India in social indicators. This follows their classic strategy of praise the small and punish the big (as the big could one day rival the West). The data shows otherwise, for example from the cia world factbook (www.cia.gov):
Infant Mortality:
India: 46.07/1000
Bangladesh: 48.99 /1000
Pakistan: 61.27 /1000 (!)
India: 74% (per 2011 census)
Bangladesh: 56.8% (2009 data)
Pakistan: 54.9% (2009 data)
Maternal Mortality Rate:
India: 200 /100,000
Bangladesh: 240 /100,000
Pakistan: 260/100,000
Per capita GDP:
India: $3900
Bangladesh: $2000
Pakistan: $2900
A capitalism with more freedom means: "hey, India, you have too much rules and morals. drop them, become a more submissive, obedient, consuming, perverse country and let us buy & destroy you, judeo-protestants stock market players.
This kind of "opening" game is a destructive one. India has nothing to gain, everything to loose. Europ countries (irak, lybia, north africa countries too) are good examples of what happen when they obey mafiosi bankers (if not they are distroyed or arab springed).
Neo colonialism is over.India is a sovereign and independant nation. Mind your own rotten situation first.
Your last article on indian army was an insult. I hope India will buy chinese and russian equipment instead of Us.
please, consider that India made a progression to better standards of living and education not because of west money. India made more progress in 30 years than West in a 150. so please don't ask too much, too fast
I am more and more disappointed with your articles, they lack substance, depth, interest, truth and respect. Where is YOUR freedom? are you just barking what the banskers told you to?
Pakistan did do better, economically, than India in the 1950 and 1960s - but then socialism (followd by Islamism) hit Pakistan, and India took the lead.
India made real gains after the partial deregulation (although much of the "Permit Raj"), but wild government spending is undermining things.
And who pushed this wild government health, education and welare spending.
Amongst others the ECONOMIST MAGAZINE pushed this wild spending - taken it for granted than an "advanced" country must have a government that would provide XYZ.
Sorry but India is not Sweden - what may be affordable in Sweden (such as free health care and education - provided by the state) is not affordable, is not possible, for the vast population of India.
In the long term I doubt it is even possible in Sweden - but that is another debate.
pleasant surprise to see pro-market Economist giving some robust defense to poor old Amartya Sen.
After more than a decade of globalization and liberalization, which is basically an euphemism for privatisation, Korea has become more and more polarized, and the public sectors such as public health, water, electricity, gas, and etc. are constantly being threaten by big multinational companies whose only goal is making profit. The rich are getting richer, the middle class is collapsing, and there is no safety net for the poor. The college graduates can't find jobs and they are working on minimum wages, and workers can be easily replaced or fired with a flip of finger and if there are any protests, the government cracks down on them with the police. Many people committed suicide because of layoff and still the politicians wouldn't budge because they are getting fat checks from the big companies like Samsung, LG, Hyundai, and etc. All in the name of globalization and liberalization. Welcome to neo-liberalization!!! It must be a heaven for "some" people.
You have a thousand and one explanations for not liberalizing an economy but let the evidence of the broad strokes in history speak for itself. Yes you will have nations that saw setbacks due to improperly implemented globalization policies but we don't call a medicine poison because of its side effects, do we? We judge based n the entire evidence, not parts of it.
Empires like China and India that pretty much shut themselves off from the global economy stagnated, the royal palace dictated as it pleased, and despite enormous resources and even scientific advancements (as in China), they fell way behind the West.
Ever wonder what the Renaissance was about? It was about the free exchange of ideas, people, labor and capital through Europe between nations. When you shut off your nation to global culture - which inherently includes investors & capital, you do two things...
1. Your merchants become complacent because they have a captive audience.
2. Your consumers never know what the alternatives truly are because they are like frogs in a well.
But there's a bigger point which seems to be missed entirely by most posters railing against globalization.
Globalization is a small subset of economic liberalism. Forget the foreigners, can India at least release ITS OWN workers, small businesses and professionals from the suffocating regulations that smother its own entrepreneurs? Economists of all stripes agree on the fact that the Indian economy is so wrapped up in red tape today that it is one of the most unfriendly business environments. And don't even get me started on the pathetic infrastructure and corruption so indigenous, it runs like blood in the nation's body.
The only people to benefit are
1. Its politicians - with king-like arbitrary power
2. Its bureaucrats - with the countless opportunities to demand bribes in exchange for letting small businesses off the hook for nonsensical regulations
3. Its big businessmen - who can brazenly flout the rules
Its called the "license raj" (license monarchy) and it is no less oppressive than the British raj or Mughal raj that preceded it. Old wine in new bottles but it stinks every bit as much.
India should only allow those companies into India which are labour intensive providing jobs to thousands of Indians. Otherwise, they are only eating into the profits of Indian companies, which do employ large number of Indians. What good will it do, if we let companies sell goods which are manufactured or made in say China?
where is the wikipedia link of Communal Awards ??
For all the socialists out there, here's my Capitalist Manifesto: Markets exist. They cannot be eradicated...they go underground.
As relevant to India and this article, infrastructure is the key public good that will enhance markets and production. Given the scale, heavy involvement of the state and government investment is required for increasing growth. Again, due to the scale and resulting barriers to entry of small firms, I do believe ownership of the infrastructure should be held by the government while the private sector would be involved in providing the services.
Honestly, as a normal reader of this article doesn't give me rich information as I expected really disappointed with the content of this article. Its inconsistency with connecting points in about economy is really the fuzzy stuff. Please do write up good articles
Yes of course.
First priority for Indian companies -
...no matter how pathetic they are,
...no matter how fraudulent they may be,
...no matter how they gleefully advertise "Goods once sold will NOT be taken back" (even if you open the box and find horse dung in it - tough luck!)
Protectionism is the bane of consumers in each and every nation. It serves nobody but the rich and well connected industrialists that lobby the government to protect their own interests, the common man be damned.
Without globalization today India would still have...
- 3 soft drinks
- 3 car models
- 1 telephone company
- 1 electric company
THAT'S how pathetic things were until the early 90s.
Did those companies do well? You bet!
Did they do well despite asking the consumer to go screw themselves if they had a problem? Oooh yeah!
Boy, its sweet to be politically connected in a country like India.
As for the labor intensive jobs, we can solve that right away by turning India back again to an agrarian economy.
Or as Milton Friedman once put it brilliantly to a Russian guide when visiting Moscow as he saw laborers using shovels to dig roads instead of machines and was told that was to increase employment -
"If you want even more employment, take away their shovels ans give them spoons instead!"
Markets exist, but the free market doesn't-- not even in pure anarchy could it exist.
In my opinion, industrial production does not create wealth, but consumes it. Industrial production becomes junk, in the span of time. If consumption is moderate, and people feel secure that wealth is not being eroded, then society is secure, because it feels no need. Indian's are being spoon fed the idea, that currency in terms of Dollars, is wealth, or that the Indian Rupee represents wealth, because it can purchase what industry produces. This sense of fiscal security makes the Indian economy function in a sense of considerable insecurity. Because the casual labour is insecure, due to not being able to earn sufficiently, the farmer is too. The people who are heading industry, perhaps have to face the reality that the cost of production is more than the total amount accruing to the seller of the production. There are inventories of produced goods, perhaps discarded as junk. Production is perhaps thrice the demand. Sony, Samsung, L G. are great companies, but because they are rivals, they produce more, to sell more than the other. They are very optimistic about sales, but no one is buying in Europe. It seems a waste to the producer, because he must be keeping abreast of the situation. It is apparent, that to the producer of the L E D T.V., he is feeling the heat, and he is aware of how the production process proceeds.
Seriously, who is the idiot that's putting Pakistan ahead of India on social indicators?
We're talking here of a nation where -
1. Apostasy is punishable by DEATH. - And its supported plenty by popular opinion.
2. Insulting Islam or Mr. Muhammad is punishable by DEATH - it too is supported plenty by popular opinion.
3. A woman needs to have four witnesses to prove rape - Only porn stars usually have that kind of documentary evidence for sexual encounters!
4. Entire chunks of the nation are governed by laws so backward, they'd make medieval Europe look like contemporary Sweden.
When the governor of Punjab (Salman Taseer) was murdered by his bodyguard for speaking out against these evil apostasy laws, the latter was celebrated as a hero while only one major government official even from his own party attended the courageous governor's funeral. Not even in the most corrupt parts of India would you have such a bankruptcy of morality from the common man.
Enough said.
Bangladesh is way better than Pakistan but then again, so is hell.
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the use of media like Facebook isnt allowed during instructional time people just go out of their way to get things like these video up in the social media. and nothing will change bann school fights, the students set up the fights, it isnt like the students want school staff knowing about them fighting, also with or without cellphones fights will continue, but hey why not be able to see the fight later on
i agree! no social sites during instructional time. it is becasuse of the kids that influence others to act upon a different way. we have to come up with a system that will banish school fights not only in socorro highschool but state wide. it is time that we prepare the future and to do thath we must first take action on this forbidden sence of antisipation. word out im 18 and go to shs....
cont...There was a time that student''s went to school and didn't have access to a cell phone, iPad/iphone. I know, it must be a far-fetched concept, but most of the world's greatest accomplishments came prior to the use of these types of machines..
One of 2 things needs to be done in our schools, in ALL districts in El Paso...ban the use of social sites during all school hours. (there is NO positive use or need for Face Book during school hours;NONE!!) or allow a school official to be able to look in the students cell phone's, iPad's etc. (this will be met with opposition because of the rights to privacy from students and parents) If neither action can be done; ban the use of any type of media during school hours!!


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A report from Bloomberg notes that Coca-Cola's chairman is pushing for what will be the company's 11th share split. The move is a bid to attract new investors and boost liquidity. JPMorgan: The Apple of the Banking Sector >> Although the company may be successful in its efforts, the Oracle of Omaha has warned in the past that these types of moves are ultimately detrimental to current shareholders. By flooding the market with excessive new supply, current stakeholders will see their power diluted. In addition, a share split may attract short-term-minded individuals who are not truly interested in the company's long-term prosperity. Buffett has famously lashed out against other companies in which he held stakes when they have suggested the idea of boosting the availability of their stock. In 2010, food giant Kraft (KFT) announced its intentions to purchase Cadbury, and the Nebraska native was quick to express his displeasure. Buffett railed against the $19.5 billion plan. Among his reasons was Kraft's proposal to issue as many as 370 million shares to help pay for the bid. Life Without Apple Is Still Peachy for Some Fund Managers >> The investor ended up turning his words into action. In the middle of that year, the public learned that Buffett had slashed his exposure to Kraft, paring back his position by nearly 25%. Interestingly, 2010 was also the year that Buffett pushed for and received shareholder approval to initiate a 50-for-1 share split on the Class B shares of Berkshire. This move was done in order to help Buffett's empire fund its landmark bid for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. Buffett has called this $34 billion dollar acquisition -- the largest in Berkshire's history -- an "all-in" wager on the U.S. economy that will benefit shareholders for years to come.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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One step forward, two huge steps back for Motor City. All seemed well and good after one long, crazy search for a lead actor ended with Gerard Butler's casting, but Variety reports — in a story pertaining to Dark Castle's new horror thriller, Loft — that, much to the chagrin of Albert Hughes, Gary Oldman and Amber Heard "are no longer involved with the project." [ThePlaylist]
These weren't some small-time roles, either. Oldman would have played the villain, "a kingpin-type" that the main character is trying to get vengeance on, while Heard's role would be that of our protagonist's one true love — so, yes, this is a pair of positions you don't ever want to have vacated. Some think the respective production on films like Machete Kills, RoboCop, and press rounds for The Dark Knight Rises have put the kibosh on it all, and I certainly hope that's the case; it'd be much worse if they left because things were falling apart behind-the-scenes.
Motor City will, so long as they want to keep things up, probably find its (let's be honest, not-as-good) replacements at a quick clip, but the film's become a good deal less interesting in the span of one story. This project just can't catch a break.
Further into that realm, Variety has also heard that Lionsgate's Dirty Dancing remake — a film that Kenny Ortega (High School Musical) was tapped to direct about ten months ago — won't be going forward for at least another year. Although a release date was set for July 26th, 2013, the merger between Summit and Lionsgate makes this something of a lower priority with the two and, thus, will just have to wait. I think the rest of us can do that ourselves with little effort.
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Silver Star Auto limited, producers of Mercedes Benz Cars has launched a new Benz luxury car for 2013 called the E-class in Accra.
The ninth generation of the E-class hit the road in 2009. This year the E-class makes yet another strong statement of its leadership in the luxury car segment with an extensive range of changes in design and technology to mark a new milestone.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Chief Executive Officers for Silver Star Auto limited Mr Nouhad Kalmani noted that the new upgraded E-class was one of the best luxury cars that ensures total security due to the safety gargets installed.
According to him, the New E-class features eleven petrol engines which would offer a highly developed efficiency.
He added that, it offered more agility and motoring pleasure coupled with low fuel consumption and a lesser burden on the environment.
He mentioned that Mercedes-Benz, as the inventor of the automobile was driven by a vision of accident-free driving and works to ensure it leads in innovative safety technology.
The Executive Chairman of Radford University, Nana Dwomoh Sarpong expressed surprise that artisans in Ghana were not taking up academic courses to enhance their training and skills in order to survive and have a competitive advantage.
He expressed happiness that students of the university designed the new Benz logo for Silver Star Auto limited.
He hinted that, Radford University sought to develop and train entrepreneurs who would be marketable locally and internationally, and the new design of the Benz logo from the university students attested to that.
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A silica gel column was prepared to purify the crude ruthenium complex. Glass wool was used to plug the bottom of the column (with a little bit of water). After the water had been drained, about 1 cm of sand was poured into the flask so that the glass wool was completely covered in sand. 300mL silica gel was mixed with ~400mL acetonitrile-sodium nitrate saturated solution. After the mixture had reacted and settled, the gel mixture was poured into the column. The column material was allowed to settle. When no significant change had occurred, the stopcock was opened and air (pressure) was added to help the packing settle. The liquid was drained so that the top was dry. The sample was then added to the column followed by about 1 cm of sand. The column was filled with acetonitrile (saturated with sodium nitrate) solution. The acetonitrile solution was used until the large band appeared to have stopped moving. Pressure (air) was used to run the column efficiently while also using a little less liquid. Then, 90% acetonitrile solution was used until the large dark-orange band was collected. The column was then dried by draining all the liquid and adding pressure (air) for a few hours. The ruthenium band that was collected was rotovapped. Notes:
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Great topic Rhea!
The art of client relationships supersedes the science of SEO (so long as clients are paying your bills).
At the end of the day, it all comes down to client satisfaction, which is determined by perceived value and service level.
Even if client ranking reports look good, but you aren't engaging with your clients, you're not going to keep the relationship very long.
I'm more of a vendor, but we always show value, provide top notch customer service, and show how we're impacting business goals on a routine basis.
The topic of client management and relationships is not one that's discussed much, so thanks for delving in.
Excellent post Joanna! It's really interesting to hear fellow marketers say this is "creepy". It's just cookies.
I personally find direct mail, unwanted phonebooks, and f**king airplanes that fly banners around forcing us to look at advertising much creepier. Targeted, relevant banner ads are just that...targeted and relevant.
And yes, I too have been stalked by Roger. But it's Roger, a benevolent robot.
Good article. I hadn't thought about it like that.
I define "basic" SEO as on-page stuff, but "advanced" SEO as a more comprehensive plan that requires more knowledge, analytics analysis, in-bound link and competitive analysis, etc.
It's not a secret, but it's a lot more than a 5 minute overview can cover.
If hyphens are better, couldn't you just get both domains and 301 the one without hyphens? That way you could give janesbakery.com verbally, but that domain would redirect to janes-bakery.com.
I mean, it'd be good to own both domains anyway.
Good point, and I echo what others have said here:
Yes on-page is important, but some people think that if they do nothing but put a keyword in their H1, they'll be on page one.
I think that's what Rand is pointing out. If your site has no on-page SEO, adding title tags, H1s, and sprinkling keywords throughout the site will absolutely improve rankings (I've seen it dozens of times).
But an H1 does not page one rankings make.
Well said.
I've felt the same way since yesterday.
I love working in this industry!
It's hard to imagine another industry where this type of thing would happen. Rhea fought the good fight not for personal gain or financial reward, but becuase she's awesome.
Hooray for honesty, integrity, and victory!
Kudos to Rhea. And to Sarah and all those that publicly recognized her.
Great video and good points.
I agree that it's a natural progression to include more of the social graph in search. But you also had a good point about the types of things that are shared.
Another thing to remember is that those of us in online marketing are statistically on the cutting edge of internet users. I deal with clients that still don't know what a twitter is.
So while Google is trying to compete in the social space, I hope they keep the focus on delivering the most relevant results to searchers rather than doing new things just for the sake of it.
This type of messaging to drive people to search is a huge advantage to Google as well.
I couldn't see an advertiser saying "just go to Yahoo.com and search Pontiac" or even "go to bing.com and search Pontiac."
Google is search in the mind of most internet users, whereas Yahoo means many different things, and bing isn't nearly as well known or trusted.
Very interesting points, espeically in light of Google's Superbowl ad.


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…if you thought the elephant didn't do much the first time …just wait till the second time around, now that the shock of losing has worn off.
Obama's no Sisyphus, since the Congress promised to make sure that Obama is NOT re-elected in '16 (the '46 Congress, of course).
Already an internet idiot out there saying the Kenyan is going to change it so he can run again.
Already internet idiots out there STILL calling the American Born president "The Kenyan"…
Compare the amount of vacation time taken by GWB and Obama. The results may be interesting and instructive!
Instruction only impacts those capable of learning.
The biggest lie…EVER!
If Obama hasn't accomplished anything, what are all of you wingnuts complaining about every day?
Now, now, you have to remember something.
Obama is one of 'those prople' . An' every teabagger knows them folks is ALL lazier than any, good, Chrisshun Ree-publican
Nice try, but on guard doesn't have the cognition with which to perceive dissonance. Therefore incapable of finding facts "interesting", let alone "instructive".
Nice try, but on guard doesn't have the cognition with which to perceive dissonance. Therefore incapable of finding facts "interesting", let alone "instructive".
Incapable or just doesn't care? -
Getting in before the number of golf games complaints. On review, one sees the President played golf and held meetings at the same time.
As I recall, Ike played a lot of golf too. During the Cold war, when the red phone could ring at any moment.
Just remember; The Economic recovery, slow as it is, is NOT happening BECAUSE of Congress, it's happening IN SPITE OF Congress!
ScullyUFO: You beat me to Ike's golf, but I can recall the standard joke back then was that he was invited to join the PGA – not for the quality of his playing, but for the quantity. He even had a private course on the White House grounds.
Truman was attacked for not spoiling a good walk (and making it difficult for reporters to keep up). Kennedy for touch football; Ford for falling down; etc.
Considering how many (often illegal) business deals are made on the golf course, I really can't see how this would inevitably be a problem. -
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Obama had control of Congress for less than two MONTHS. Google 'Obama' and '72 days', and you'll see. - Load the rest of the comments (17).
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In our country and all over the globe, we face so many crises that we hardly know which one to address first.
One issue that is rarely identified as a real crisis but is at the root of many of these other problems is a lack of integrity. So many problems would be greatly diminished or even eliminated if people acted with integrity and honor.
Pluck a few events out of the headlines: the housing crisis, precipitated by bad loans based on false information ... the rogue UBS trader who lost $2 billion of his company's money by making unauthorized trades ... government officials who never get around to paying taxes until they get caught ... identity thieves who destroy innocent people's credit by "borrowing" financial and personal information ... I could go on and on.
Our culture seems to accept that some people will behave badly and we should put up with it.
No, we shouldn't.
We need to draw the line. We should expect people to live up to reasonable standards. We have an epidemic of people blaming others for mistakes or, worse, attempting a coverup rather than taking responsibility and swallowing a few bitter pills. We need to teach kids that their actions have consequences. And we need to be prepared to forgive those who are truly sorry for their behavior, and not just because they got caught.
Does that sound old-fashioned? Integrity should never go out of fashion.
Assuming an organization's leadership understands the importance of integrity, the next important decision involves the quality of the people it hires.
Many years ago, when I was first hiring employees for my fledgling envelope company, I simply checked references and asked around for information that would influence my decisions. In this environment, it is foolhardy. Responsible companies need to perform background checks to expose any red flags that aren't evident.
I have recently begun working with Merchants Information Solutions, which helps companies with background screening and identity theft solutions. The Merchants Integrity Test is designed to help companies avoid high-risk hires by highlighting potential problem areas, such as criminal behavior, lying, hostility and substance abuse.
Tests like these are not expensive ($10 to $20 each). Considering the damage a bad hire can do to your company and your customers, it's a bargain. Consider this scenario: An employee who steals corporate or client credit information could cost the company much more than the actual money stolen.
I am encouraged to hear from colleagues who are returning the topic of integrity to the forefront of their business conversations.
I recently introduced my friend, sports and business icon Jerry Colangelo, as the host of Integrity Summit 2011 in Phoenix. The event was put on by the Integrity Business Institute, which Jerry co-founded.
At the summit, we heard from nine other speakers whose occupations ranged from the corporate counsel for the Go Daddy Group and computer parts giant Avnet, to a jeweler, an FBI agent, a real estate developer and the general counsel for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. Their backgrounds and experiences varied widely, yet every speaker echoed the same message: Integrity is an essential component of a successful company.
And, I would add, a successful individual.
Mackay's Moral: Doing the right thing is never the wrong thing to do.
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Midfielder Josh Low has praised on on-loan duo Jimmy Spencer and Luke Garbutt for their contributions to Cheltenham this season.
Spencer joined from Huddersfield in the summer, while Garbutt made the switch from Everton in October, and the pair have played instrumental roles in the Robins' surprise ascent into the automatic promotion places.
Despite being young and relatively inexperienced, both players have settled in superbly according to team-mate Low, who paid tribute to their characters.
"Jimmy and Garbs have come in and they are northern lads, they've both been teenagers coming down here away from their families and away from home and it does say a lot about what's going on here that they have settled in," he said.
"If you speak to them they'll say they're really enjoying it down here and they're in no rush to go back to their parent clubs.
"That's the kind of player you want to see at Cheltenham and they've been massive for us this year."


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President Obama arrived on Grand Isle, Louisiana moments ago. His motorcade came zipping through the main road along the beach. Once sounds of helicopters and police sirens were audible, almost the whole restaurant along the road emptied to catch a glimpse of the 40mph+ motorcade. Ahead of Obama's visit to this seven-mile-long island, BP brought in at least 100 additional cleanup workers from other areas. Eight school buses were parked at the foot of the bridge into town this morning, with dozens of cleanup workers milling about the bait shop and deli. They all wore distinct clothing from the workers who have been cleaning up the island this week.
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I just came from a press conference held on the beach of Grand Isle, Louisiana. It was a joint briefing by representatives of BP and the Coast Guard. When questioned about which entity was in charge of the operation, there was clear confusion about how to answer the question. In fact, no one was in charge of how to answer that question.
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Alaska professor Rick Steiner explained that there are two kinds of booms: one absorbent, one non-absorbent. The absorbent type are thrown away after use, but the non-absorbent ones should be cleaned and reused. "The booms being placed in the dumpster in this photo are containment booms, which should be cleaned and reused, not thrown away," said Steiner.