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The Marketing of No Marketing
Published: June 22, 2003
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In April 2001, Pabst Brewing got a new C.E.O., Brian Kovalchuk, formerly the C.F.O. of Benetton, and the company's marketing department began to be overhauled. Last July Pabst hired a new vice president of marketing, Alan Willner, a 44-year-old Coors veteran. The temptation must have been overwhelming to do all the things marketers usually do when a product seems to be catching on -- a splashy new package design, ads full of glamorously ''edgy'' people, etc. But Pabst did none of it.
Of course, one reason is that Pabst is a bit player in its industry, and the P.B.R. marketing budget is measly. Stewart reckons that a deal with Kid Rock -- maybe half a million to sign him up and another million promoting the association -- would have emptied his coffers for the year. Still, Willner seems concerned about the beer getting too trendy when he emphasizes how ''we're not overcommunicating false promises.'' No doubt what's on his mind is the third iron law of cultural trends: the backlash.
You can tell Scott Proctor is a beer veteran -- he refers to bars as ''accounts.'' He spent years working for Oregon's Blitz-Weinhard before its brands were sold or discontinued and its brewery shut down in 1999. A few months ago Proctor joined Pabst as its Oregon sales manager. He remembers Pabst having ''a minute base'' in Portland -- four years ago the company had just 41 accounts there. Today the number is more than 10 times that. Proctor is 48, affable and openly baffled by the ''weird'' P.B.R. base. ''I've seen some different accounts than I would normally see, if I was gonna go have a beverage myself,'' he says. ''I had to open my mind a little bit.''
We visited the Lutz Tavern, a homey place with a pool table and an apple-green linoleum bar top. Slumming students here used to drink Blitz, now a defunct brand. But in 1999 the owner decided to start selling cans of Pabst for $1 (they cost the bar about 35 cents each) as a summer special. More than four years later, the sale hasn't ended, and P.B.R. is the bar's top seller. As ''Planet Claire'' by the B-52s played on the jukebox, the bartender and a few post-college-age patrons, all drinking cans of P.B.R., mulled the state of the brand. They promptly brought up the no-advertising thing, and while the subject of poseurs treating the beer as a fashion accessory came up, it didn't seem like much of a problem.
Later, at the scruffy Ash Street Saloon, I met a 28-year-old named Phil Barnes, who recently went through four tattoo sessions to get a Pabst logo about a foot square burned into his back, which he showed me. ''Pabst is part of my subculture,'' he said, somewhat emphatically. ''It's the only beer I think about.'' He's a skateboarder, works as a cook and describes his peer group as ''punk rockers.''
A couple of weeks earlier, a local alternative paper, Willamette Week, ran a big picture of a guy drinking P.B.R. at the Lutz Tavern, with a blurb that mocked ''middle-class, college-educated, salaried Portland hipsters'' for drinking P.B.R., and raised the connection to Miller Brewing: ''It's totally not indie rock! So there!'' Barnes had given this a lot of thought, and had concluded that he did not care. ''The only thing that's going to stop me from drinking Pabst is when I die,'' he said.
I also talked to the bike-polo crowd about this. Ryan Kelley, a mild-mannered guy who actually arranged the first P.B.R. sponsorship, allowed that the beer's newfound popularity was slightly annoying. ''But basically,'' he said, ''we're going to drink whatever beer costs a dollar.''
For a mass-market product, subcultures aren't enough. Pabst Blue Ribbon has about 2.5 percent of the beer market in Portland. But as Benj Steinman, editor of ''Beer Marketer's Insights,'' points out, it's only roughly one-half of 1 percent of the market in the United States as a whole, and its parent company's business is ''declining substantially.'' P.B.R. needs more swing voters.
Summer is prime beer-selling season, and Pabst is trying a couple of new strategies. The Portland music licenser Rumblefish is arranging with indie bands in two other cities to issue both a P.B.R. CD compilation of their previously recorded music and a series of seven-inch vinyl singles, which will be given to the bands, to sell, give away or whatever they want. The idea is for Pabst to position itself as a supporter of local music, rather than chase endorsements from famous artists.
Pabst has also hired a small Chicago marketing firm called Liquid Intelligence to help expand its network of contacts. ''Field marketing reps'' will be hired in Chicago and four other cities -- reps, Stewart says, ''who live in the cool neighborhood, who know people down at the tattoo parlor and the record store.'' Basically they'll help P.B.R. sponsor more small-scale events.
Earlier I was assured by the author of ''The Hipster Handbook,'' Robert Lanham, that there is no sign of a backlash in New York either. (New York may or may not be the ultimate birthplace of new trends in American pop culture, but it is absolutely the ultimate birthplace of backlashes.) ''If Ashton Kutcher shows up on 'Punk'd' drinking a Pabst,'' Lanham mused, ''there might be a backlash.'' I mentioned the Kutcher Factor to Willner and suggested that he might want to start sending Kutcher free cases . . . of Miller High Life.


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Blackhawks crash LA Kings' party with 5-2 rout
LOS ANGELES The Chicago Blackhawks raised their own Stanley Cup championship banner just two seasons ago, so their core players already know it's tough to go back to work after a pregame party.
When the Los Angeles Kings were finished raising their banner and receiving their rings Saturday, the Blackhawks reminded the champs that what happened last year won't help the Kings in this shortened NHL season.
Marian Hossa had two goals and an assist, Corey Crawford made 19 saves, and Chicago crashed the Kings' Stanley Cup celebration with a 5-2 victory.
Captain Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane each had a goal and an assist for the Blackhawks, who jumped to a 3-0 lead on Michael Frolik's goal less than 15 minutes in.
With superior speed and skill, Chicago ruined the festivities shortly after the Kings hung their first championship banner in the Staples Center rafters.
"We wanted to have a good start, and whether they were going to be on their game or not didn't really matter to us," said Toews, the Conn Smythe Trophy-winning hero of Chicago's 2010 title run.
"We tried not to focus on what was going on out there before the game. We were in (the locker room), just getting ready and doing our thing. We had a great first period, and when you come out in the first 20 minutes like that, you want to keep it going, and that's what we did."
With every player who touched the ice in last season's playoffs returning to defend the title, the Kings received their championship rings during a stirring pregame ceremony that included each player passing the Cup around the boards. The Blackhawks didn't watch it, but they seemed fired up from the opening faceoff.
"The season after you win the Cup, everyone is going to play their best game against the Cup champion, because that's the game where you want to prove yourselves and make a statement," said Kane, whose 5-on-3 goal started the rout. "So I think that's what we were kind of feeling today."
Rob Scuderi and Jordan Nolan scored and Jonathan Quick stopped 17 shots for the Kings, who are definitely done celebrating last season's achievements as the first eighth-seeded playoff team to win the Stanley Cup.
Quick gave up five goals just once last season while making his first All-Star team, but he wasn't much better than his teammates in his first game since winning the Conn Smythe Trophy and getting a 10-year, $58 million contract extension.
"You have to get used to getting knocked down and getting back up," Quick said. "As the ceremony was going on, most of our guys were thinking about the game, but obviously you're going to take a moment, and it's a special moment for the team and fans."
While the Kings learned they've got work to do, the Blackhawks showed why they've got a shot at repeating their 2010 championship run. Kane seemed particularly sharp after spending the lockout playing in Switzerland.

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How One Woman Eats With Diabetes
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I'VE been asked countless times "How did you lose your weight?" I had lost 60 pounds over the winter of 2005 and into the spring of 2006, and many were naturally curious. My response was always the truth – diet and exercise, the same thing everyone is told and most follow, at least for a spell.
What was lacking in the response was my motivation. My weight reduction was not from illness. I felt fine and was one of those who "didn't know I had diabetes" until the blood test in December 2005 said so. I can say I'm one in a million – not in the flattering way the phrase is usually posed – but because I'm one of the many millions of you with diabetes.
Food and diabetes are so entwined. I've never known another chronic ailment that can be controlled and managed with, of all things, what you eat! Or what you don't eat.
Healthy vegetarians and vegans can re-embrace meat without peril. Whether or not clogged arteries may return is iffy in cardiac and vascular patients who don't follow a strict routine – there is high risk but not an absolute.
Let a diabetic stray from a dietary regimen for a certain length of time and see what happens.
Certain types need medication supplements in tablet and injection forms, but food plays such an important role. Diet and exercise were the two words spoken to me that December day and diet I did, determined to help myself in every way.
During the months of losing, I experienced the same food cravings and hunger pangs from the diet as everyone else who abruptly changes their eating patterns.
The challenge and temptation was just as great (more so because of this food writing and cooking and food invitations) as for the next dieter – my stomach thought my throat was cut.
But I did it, never explaining that being diabetic was the motivation. I wasn't ill and I wanted all the credit for keeping with the 1,800-calorie diet and exercise (which is 30 minutes of walking daily). It was important no one thought the ailment made me sick and the weight magically fell off.
There wasn't a set goal. My weight was allowed to reach its own level naturally, based upon caloric intake.
Beyond my physician's advice and recommendations, much credit has to be given to Saint Francis Diabetes Care Center's director and certified instructor Julie Burns and registered dietitian Rich Packard for imparting an understanding of how to best manage the condition with diet.
I'll always remember the first words from Julie: "There isn't anything you can't eat." That was the second relief I had felt – the first being that insulin wasn't necessary.
However, there's a "but" to her statement. You can eat, but no longer with abandon and at all times of day and anything that's handy. Old habits have to be eliminated. She and Rich provided answers to my diet questions. They gave me a good base and I figured it out from there.
Like a lot of you, I take the carb choice approach, keeping an eye also on calories and fat per serving. It's easiest to do and so far very successful. Meals and snack are at a set time each day. I don't eat every food group allowed, opting for larger amounts of vegetables and fresh fruits. And I don't do sugar substitutes, even Splenda, due to an adverse reaction. My blood sugar numbers have steadily remained in the low to below normal range.
In the coming weeks, besides giving recipes (most recipes are already diabetic-friendly, just dependent upon keeping correct portions) I'll name local restaurants and give the particular menu items in each that I enjoy without harm. You may like to go there, too. Some locations may surprise you.
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Mills, Anthony, Lingard, Helen*, McLaughlin, Patricia* and Iyer-Raniga, Usha* (2012) Pathways to industry : work practices of undergraduate students in construction programs in Australia, International journal of construction education and research, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 159-170, Routledge, London, England [C1]
ERA journal ID: 21094 – Scopus EID: 2-s2.0-84863940192
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Mills, Anthony*, Lingard, Helen* and McLaughlin, Patricia* (2009) Measuring work-study engagement in built environment undergraduate education in Australia, in Sulbaran , Tulio (eds), International proceedings of the 45th annual conference in association with CIB-W89 building education research, pp. 1-10, ASC, Gainesville, Fla. [E1.1]
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Mills, Anthony*, Lingard, Helen* and Wakefield, Ron* (2007) Work–study conflict : managing the demands of work and study in built environment undergraduate education, in Hughes, Will (eds), CME25 : Past, Present and Future : Inaugural Construction Management and Economics conference, pp. 981-992, CME25, Reading, England [E1.1]
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Mills, A.*, McLaughlin, P.* and Lingard, H.* (2007) Model of the conflicts of student work and study, in Kenley, Russell (eds), AUBEA 2007 : proceedings of the annual conference of the Australasian Universities' Building Educators Association, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Vic. [E1.1]
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Lingard, H.*, Mills, A.* and Ashford, P.* (2003) Patterns of semester-time employment among undergraduate property and construction students : a preliminary investigation, in Langston, Craig (eds), AUBEA 2003 : Working Together: Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Australasian Universities' Building Educators Association, Deakin University, Geelong, Vic. [E1.1]
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Higher Degree by Research Completions supervised by Helen Lingard
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Two of Sweetwater's football players are shown with head coach Shane Mobley during an offensive drill that was held this morning at Mustang Bowl as practices began for the 2013 season.
Players begin full contact drills in pads starting Friday.
Sweetwater High School begins football practices for the 2013 season Monday at its practice field starting at 7 a.m. All players will work out in shorts until Friday, the first day pads and full contact is permitted.
Sweetwater's first scrimmage will be held Aug. 16 at Wichita Falls Hirschi, followed by the team's final scrimmage Thursday, Aug. 22 vs. San Angelo Lake View at Mustang Bowl.
Sweetwater High School volleyball practices at the SHS gym begin Monday, just one week before the season opens with a match at Grape Creek on Aug. 12. Scrimmages will be at San Angelo Central and Frenship this Friday and Saturday, respectively. There are just three home matches — Aug. 15 vs. Abilene Cooper, Sept. 10 vs. Lamesa and Sept. 24 vs. Levelland — before district play starts Sept. 28 at Monahans. Here is the practice schedule through Thursday, Aug. 8:
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Freeman replaces Jona-than Haseloff, who resigned last month to be the head football coach at Morton High School.
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As more bad news comes to light about UNC, the storied university looks poised to enter the darkest chapter in its 225-year existence.
Let me be frank right up front: I have been a Carolina fan for more than 30 years. The first basketball game I ever watched was during UNC's march to the 1982 national title, and I've been a hoops junkie ever since.
But even a blue blood like me cannot ignore all the problems that have come out of Chapel Hill in the past few years.
Let's look at the most recent first. Shooting guard P.J. Hairston throws a punch at a 17-year-old during a pickup game at the YMCA over the same weekend that he loans his car to an NFL friend with well-known problems of his own.
Cleveland Browns receiver Josh Gordon was arrested for driving under the influence while already facing a possible season-long suspension from the NFL for a second drug violation.
The arresting officer said Gordon seemed very intoxicated, but he blew only .09 on the breathalyzer, which is barely above the legal limit of .08, which would seem to indicate that Gordon was on more than just alcohol. Gordon was kicked off two college football teams for failing drug tests and missed two games last season due to suspension for drug use.
And this is the person to whom Hairston loans his car overnight. Gordon was caught speeding 50 in a 35 mph zone at 3 a.m.
And who bails this offender out of jail? Why the same Haydn "Fats" Thomas who helped get Hairston suspended from the UNC basketball team.
Thomas, a convicted felon, rented cars in his name for Hairston to drive. These types of impermissible benefits cost Hairston a chance to play for the Tar Heels this past season and likely hurt his draft position as well.
The sweet-shooting guard might have been a lottery pick, but slid to 26 because of concerns about his character.
Obviously, you can't judge an entire university off the actions of one bad apple. If Hairston were the only problem, then you could argue that even a pristine school isn't immune to the occasional troublemaker.
However, look at the recent interview that former UNC guard Rashad McCants gave to ESPN.
In case you missed it, McCants provided a copy of his transcripts that showed that more than half of all the classes he took at UNC were "paper classes" or courses where he wasn't required to attend class to get a grade, just submit a final paper.
McCants said he wasn't the only member of the basketball team to take advantage of the courses and that head coach Roy Williams knew about it. Members of the football team also took part in these classes.
Out of 28 classes on his transcript, only 10 of them were regular classes that he was required to attend. In those 10 classes, McCants received six C's, one D and three F's.
In his African-American paper classes, his grades were 10 A's, six B's, one C and one D.
Williams expressed "shock" and "disbelief" over the allegations, saying he had no knowledge of McCants' grades and classes.
I find this extremely unlikely. And if it were true, then it would seem to show a significant apathy toward Williams' own players.
I have written dozens of stories about local players going off to college. Whenever I talk to the college coach, that person (man or woman) always mentions grades and getting an education. The coaches say they keep a close watch on academic standing, and if a player isn't performing in the classroom, the coaches hear about it.
At a top-tier Division I powerhouse like UNC, I find it very unlikely that the coaching staff didn't know exactly what was going on with these paper classes.
I have been very outspoken in the past about how disgraceful it was that the NCAA turned a blind eye to the recruiting violations at Duke concerning Corey Maggette.
In case you don't recall, from April 1997 to August 1997, summer basketball coach Myron Piggie made cash payments to Maggette totaling $2,000. The money came from a revenue pool that included donations to Piggie from professional sports agents Kevin Poston and Jerome Stanley.
Three years later, Piggie would come clean and admit that he gave this money to Maggette. At first, the young man (by then playing in the NBA) denied the allegations, but later admitted he accepted the money.
By the NCAA's own rules, Duke should have forfeited every win the team had while Maggette was playing, when the team went 37-2 and made it to the NCAA tournament championship. This is what happened to the Fab Five team of Michigan once news came out about Chris Webber accepting payments; the same for the 38 wins that Memphis earned in 2008 with Derrick Rose after Rose allowed someone else to take his SAT to gain entry to the school.
The NCAA never stripped Duke of those wins, and maybe somehow the ruling body will pretend not to notice UNC's violations. But in today's society, with Internet news sites churning out stories week after week, somehow I doubt the NCAA will be allowed to play dumb.
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I reported the issue twice using
, the first time I didn't get a reply ... so I wrote the small micro-benchmark and sent the benchmark results again to the adress mentioned above. Again no reply.
Here in the forum I just saw the default "we always look for ways..." which either means "we know but thats a unresolveable hardware problem" or "we don't care about guys like you, stop spreading bad publicity in our support forums!".
I haven't seen any improvements nore wasn't even Nvidia able to explain why a Duron800/FX5200 outperformed a AMD64/GF6600 by a factor of two.
Maybe I have to wait another two years or it'll never get fixed but I know one thing -
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. Next time I'll order hardware over the net, in europe we can send it back the first two weeks if we are not statisfied.
There's like 6000 things it could be. As far as I know, it's not a nvidia bug at all. Why is KWrite terrible w/ the fonts, and KEdit fine? Only some KDE components are affected massively. Yes, font AA is slow, it's also slow in Windows. Right now, no driver that I know of, ATI or NVIDIA, on any platform uses hardware acceleration to render subpixel hinted text. The pixel shaders on the card can do it, but that's just a bonus not yet implemented, it's not a bug.
As to why you have one system faster or slower than the other, theres many different versions of libraries, freetype, X, QT, and so on. Perhaps your duron has a mixture that seems to work...
Try sticking the duron's HD in the a64. I bet it works, :\
It's a really crappy bug, wherever it's coming from.
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On 8 April 2015, Helena Morrissey and BNY Mellon hosted an event in London to share research supported by the 30% Club from the Cambridge Judge Business School into the presence and longevity of women on boards across the world, and hear from a variety of speakers on the subjects of women at work and women in sport.
The following MBA Thesis by Paula Haines is published with permission of the author. The 30% Club welcomes the submission of papers that contribute to the discussion and help the evolution of thinking around the issue on women in business.
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On 18th March 2014 new research from the 30% Club on gender intelligent approaches to developing male and female corporate leaders revealed a new slant on how women succeed
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We are all aware that there are many reasons why relatively few women make it to the top of organisations. Having and caring for children clearly may impact a woman's career path. Governmental policies around maternity and paternity leave, the availability of flexible working arrangements and the cost of childcare are all cited as factors influencing the choices families face as they seek to balance the needs of the family with opportunities for one or both parents to develop their careers.
The 30% Club has undertaken a comparative study of these factors across 8 OECD countries to see if there appears to be a causal link between them and the representation of women in senior management roles. One challenge in undertaking any form of analysis of this type is that the policies are evolving and some countries have, for example, only recently introduced shared parental leave and access to flexible working. Within these constraints, we hope that the analysis is of interest and that some of the findings – for example, the comparatively high cost of childcare in Britain – may help identify solutions to the problem of too few women at senior levels in business. We intend to update the analysis as the history and data develops.
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Some of those are relatively good. Calling them industry-changing is a bit of a stretch in nearly all cases though.
Almost none of your list are going to change the industry (Minecraft might be the only one?)
Only a trickle are going to influence game mechanics (stuff like Braid...except that Blinx came out earlier, wasn't indie, and had most of Braid's time-traveling tricks.)
Some games are probably just always going to be unique aberrations which are either rarely or never copied (World of Goo's been out for a while.)
But overall you mostly just see "same core gameplay with a gimmick" as the core of indie games (VVVVVV is just another Mario platformer with gravity-changing, Defense Grid is just a well-executed twist on typical TD, Bastion is predominantly just a typical Gauntlet-style slasher.) And with this bracket (which actually contains most of your list) you're actually talking about games which are very similar to non-indie titles (which use familiar core gameplay with a gimmick.)


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Naveen campaigns in 15 wards located under Cuttack Sadar Assembly segment
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CUTTACK: Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik on Saturday made a whirlwind visit to Cuttack city and canvassed for party candidates for the forthcoming Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) polls. Visiting the city for the first time for campaigning, Mr. Patnaik moved across in as many as 15 wards located under Cuttack Sadar Assembly segment.
The BJD president is scheduled to campaign in the city for three more days to cover all the wards of the civic body. Party ministers Prafulla Ghadei, S N Patro and Pramila Mallick and other party leaders like Rajya Sabha member Pyari Mohan Mohapatra, Prabhat Tripathy and R P Singh are also scheduled to campaign for the party candidates.
On Saturday, legislators Pravat Biswal and Dharmananda Behera accompanied Mr. Patnaik along with the party candidates. Speaking to reporters in the midst of campaigning, Mr. Patnaik hoped his party would win the civic polls with thumping victory and would form the next Council.
Addressing the gathering in at least six places, Mr. Patnaik said he had an emotional attachment with the millennium city for the city is his birthplace. "My government has always attached top priority for the development of the city", Mr. Patnaik said at almost all the gathering urging people to vote for the party candidates. Following Mr. Patnaik's visit, his party workers appear more recharged and the BJD candidates feel elated.
However, opposition Congress and BJP feel "Naveen Magic" would not work in Cuttack city. "The CM had also made similar effort before 2003 civic poll and BJD came third in the outcome," said BJP city unit chief Pradeep Swain.
Congress also feels that Mr. Naveen Patnaik is no star attraction in Cuttack. "The city has suffered a lot during the past two terms under BJD-BJP rule," says Congress city secretary Sasi Bhusan Das. Instead, the Congress would win in at least 35 wards and form the Council, Mr. Das hoped.
The Congress and CPI(M) on Friday released their party manifestoes, both promising to provide corrupt-free and vibrant council if voted to power.
Releasing the party's 22-point manifesto, city Congress chief Suresh Mohapatra hoped that people this time would definitely give Congress a chance to form the council. "Congress will focus on sewerage, drinking water, roads and lights and other civic amenities if voted to power".
The CPI(M) on the other hand stressed preparing a master plan for the city keeping an eye on the next hundred years. Party city unit secretary Subash Singh said if United Front was voted to power, the corporators would demand inclusion of the city in Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewable Mission.


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While still far away from the noise and bustle of big metropolitans, its capital Thimphu is starting to show some signs of modernisation. But don't you worry – we have a list of things you can do outside Thimphu – where, like the capital, the air is crisp, the vegetables fresh and the weight of the world just melts off your shoulders.
What to do Taktsang Palphug Monastry, or Tiger's Nest, is probably Bhutan's most famous monastery. The wooded structure stands bravely on a cliff in the upper Paro Valley. Legend has it that Guru Rinpoche flew up here on the back of a tigress, and set up this monastery. The hike up is vigourous, but not excessively hard, and is worth every muscle flexed when you get there.
Paro Dzong, also known as the Rinpung Dzong, is both the monastic seat and administrative office of Paro Dzongkhag (or, Paro district). In Bhutan, the government offices also share their location with a monastery as the King symbolised both. For movie buffs, some scenes from 1993's Little Buddha were filmed there. Also visit the National Museum and ruins of the Drukgyal Dzong, almost destroyed in a fire in the 1950s.
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Do you slouch in your chair? Have you noticed your shoulders getting rounded and your neck protruding forward? Do you stand up at 5:00 p.m. and feel like your back looks a bit like a question mark? Do your neck and back ache? If so, this stretch can help relieve your pain and improve your posture.
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Day 59: Wall Pushes
Today's exercise stretches your waist and is designed to be done right at your desk.
Mar 27 2012
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Day 58: Prisoner Squats
Well isn't it fitting that we're doing an exercise called Prisoner Squats as we are all imprisoned in our offices this spring? This afternoon break will strengthen your legs and your body core.
Mar 26 2012
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Day 57: Friday 6-Pack Abs Workout
Fitness expert Cindy Whitmarsh has provided us with a Friday workout that requires some floor exercises, so clear some space and start thinking about some serious beach time when busy season ends.
Mar 23 2012
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Sore buttock muscles are a pain in the butt. Here are some tips for relieving and preventing the discomfort.
Mar 21 2012
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Day 54: Pampering Your Pinkies
You're at the computer most of the day. When you're not typing on a large keyboard, you're texting on your smartphone. Those digits get a workout and it's important to keep them in top shape. Today's daily fitness exercises focuses on the fingers, improving dexterity and coordination.
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The associates of Somerset CPAs are "losing big" this tax season. This is typically a time when CPAs are too busy to worry about eating right and exercising, but this year, Somerset's Wellness Committee wanted to change that.
Mar 20 2012
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Day 53: Seated Roll Up
This simple seated exercise is based on Joseph Pilates' principles of healthy spine alignment and the importance of breathing and body posture.
Mar 19 2012
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Day 52: Exercising Your Mind
Today's workplace fitness break is geared toward providing quick mindbenders you can use as breaks whenever you have a free moment or just need to cleanse your mind. Think of these as those little dishes of sherbet they serve between courses at nice restaurants.
Mar 16 2012
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Day 51: Stop! Stretch!
Tired of crouching over your desk and using the keyboard all day? Try these arm circle exercises and give yourself an afternoon pick-me-up!
Mar 15 2012
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Day 50: Leg Lifts for Your Hips
This standing leg-lift exercise targets your outer hips, glutes, and quadriceps. Hip exercises can help alleviate back pain and stiffness and improve your work productivity.
Mar 14 2012
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Day 49: 'Pedal' Your Way to Stronger Abs
Don't make the mistake of thinking that crunches are the only way to strengthen your abdominal muscles. There are lots of ways to work your abs, and you need to work them in a variety of ways. Here's an exercise you might not have tried.
Mar 13 2012
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Day 48: Time to Relax and Release Some Stress
Relaxation exercises will help you to ease tension and relieve headaches, backaches, and insomnia. It releases the body's own painkillers, called endorphins, into your system. Relaxation techniques also help you gain a sense of emotional well-being and reduce stress. Although experts say that some stress is good for you – it can sharpen your senses and your mind – too much stress is bad for your mental and physical health.
Mar 12 2012
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Day 47: Exercise Ball at Work Workout
It's "Bring your Exercise Ball and Dumbbells to Work Week!" Sit on your exercise ball for an entire workweek and engage your abdominals and core while you work! Here's a great exercise ball workout for you to do on your lunch breaks.
Mar 9 2012
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Day 46: Don't Neglect Your Feet!
It's easy to take your feet for granted until something goes wrong. There are about nineteen basic muscles in the feet, of which eighteen are attached to the toes. When you wear shoes most of the day, your feet can't move freely. When that happens, they can become weak and vulnerable. Like the rest of your body, your feet need exercise to stay in shape. So, take your shoes off and get started with these simple exercises!
Mar 8 2012
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Day 45: Seated Hip Stretch
Sciatica is a pain that can occur anywhere along your leg from your hip to your foot. Keep your sciatic nerve happy with today's easy stretching exercise.
Mar 7 2012
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Day 44: Strengthen Your Deltoids
You use your medial deltoids with arm movements that go out to the side. This side lateral raise exercise isolates and strengthens these muscles. You can use hand weights (if you have them at the office) or bottles of water.
Mar 6 2012
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Day 43: Cat Stretch
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Day 42: Love Handles Be Gone!
The love handle area along your sides above your waist is a tough area to target. Fitness experts say that unless you play tennis, the internal and external obliques - the two muscle pairs that help you twist and turn - are largely unused in daily life. The result? Love handles. These two exercises will help you tighten your waist and get you on your way to a smooth silhouette. To see results, do each exercise two or three days a week, taking a day of rest between workouts.
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Most of us only get in the mood for Christmas music once a year. Some people—especially those who work retail—think even that's too often. For music enthusiast Mitchell Kezin, his obsession for holiday tunes extends well beyond the season itself. It all began with Nat King Cole's The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot. As a child, Mitchell related to the song's emotional message about a lonely little boy with an absent father. From there, he realized that Christmas music was broader and more complex than the generic mainstream fare we often hear. He began digging through dusty crates at records stores, looking for the most obscure LPs he could find. It's a fascinating passion that's remained strong for over 25 years. Mitchell's sincere excitement is extremely contagious. Even the biggest haters will gain a new appreciation for seasonal ditties. With appearances from Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips), John Waters, Joseph "Run" Simmons (Run DMC), Dr. Demento, and more, JINGLE BELL ROCKS! is an undeniably delightful documentary about a very unlikely hobby. —E.F.
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HURLOCK - Three people were injured after the car they were sitting in caught fire in the 6200 block of Mission Hill Road in Dorchester County.
Deputy state fire marshals are investigating the circumstances of how the interior of a 2000 Pontiac two-door sedan suddenly burst into flames Saturday, injuring the front seat passengers, Yashica Pinder, 24; her brother, Aaron Pinder, 26; and Lakita Bolden, 31, who was in the back seat. All three were able to escape the vehicle prior to a propane tank in the trunk exploding, causing the vehicle to be a near total loss with $2,500.00 in damage.
Yashica and Aaron Pinder were flown to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center and later transferred to the adult burn unit at Johns Hopkins Bayview in Baltimore with burns and smoke inhalation, while Bolden was flown directly to Johns Hopkins Bayview with burns to an estimated 60 percent of her body.
The explosion, at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, brought deputies from the Dorchester County Sheriff's Office and 15 firefighters from the Hurlock Volunteer Fire Company. It took about three minutes to bring the fire under control.
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SALISBURY - Four firefighters from the Salisbury Fire Department controlled a car fire in Salisbury in about two minutes, the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal reported.
The Saturday fire caused about $2,000 worth of damage to a 2001 4-door Saturn in the 110 block of Van Buren Street in Salisbury. There were no injuries.
Anyone with information can contact the Fire Marshal's Lower Eastern Regional Office at 410-731-3780.
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SALISBURY - After pleading guilty to second-degree assault, Brinton Cox of Eden was sentenced to 10 years of incarceration on Nov. 28.
The court recommended that Cox serve his sentence in the Patuxent Institution, a correctional mental health center, according to online court records. He was given 172 days credit for time served.
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Examination of bones found in a Chinese village suggests that domesticated felines lived side-by-side with humans 5,300 years ago.
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The state assembles a task force to try to slow the growth of burgeoning populations of the ecologically destructive invasive species.
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Holland and Barrett, Union St, AberdeenPosted on 06 / 02 / 2012
Holland and Barrett is a massive UK wide chain with over 500 branches so it isn't exactly helping out the little guy. Also they sell fish oil products and whey products so it isn't 100% vego. The benefits though is that they are usually at or near the middle of the High St in every town and they usually have a decent choice of produce.
This branch doesn't much in the way to ready to walk away products. There's energy bars and snacks like nuts and fruits but the fridge section is limited and doesn't have any of the savoury products that other branches have such as pasties.
Cons: Not 100% vego, Not independent


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