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Groom is a town in Carson County, Texas, United States. The population was 587 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Amarillo, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.8 square miles (1.9 km²), all of it land.
There were 240 households out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.3% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.8% were non-families. 25.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.92.
In the town the population was spread out with 26.6% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 20.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 95.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.3 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $31,705, and the median income for a family was $39,063. Males had a median income of $30,577 versus $24,500 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,593. About 9.4% of families and 13.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.0% of those under age 18 and 11.8% of those age 65 or over.
There is a 19 story cross located next to Interstate 40 (formerly U.S. Route 66) at Groom. This tall free standing Cross can be seen from twenty miles (32 km) away. Surrounding the base of the Cross are life sized statues of the Stations of the Cross. Inspired by this cross, residents of Effingham, Illinois erected a similar cross that is eight feet taller. Many claim this cross to be the largest in the Western Hemisphere. However, it is smaller than the cross erected in the Valle de los Caidos in Spain, located at and elevated 152.4 m overground. The cross is also shorter than the cross at the Mission Nombre De Dios in St. Augustine, FL. The movie Leap of Faith was filmed on location near the cross in Groom.
Also in Groom one can find a leaning water tower which currently serves as a decorative item. It originally was a functioning water tower which was slated for demolition until Ralph Britten bought it and moved it to serve as a sign for his truck stop and tourist information center (located on a stretch of interstate that was once a part of U.S. Route 66). This truck stop can still be seen, set back off the road behind the tower, now boarded up and in disrepair. The leaning water tower still remains a popular target for cameras, and the town of Groom turns on a large colored star mounted on the top around Christmas time. The water tower is a common image from Route 66 photography books.


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Stephanie has been awarded the "Best of St. Louis Wedding Photography" award many times and always hangs "Award of Excellence" prints at WPPI. She believes that any good photograph should be strong in craft and skill as well as art and inspiration. She strives to achieve both in her work.
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THE mantra is familiar to countless generations of schoolchildren: oil and water do not mix. You have to shake them to overcome the forces that hold the oil together.
Now teachers may want to rewrite their lessons. If you first remove any gas that is dissolved in the water, it will mix spontaneously and even stay that way indefinitely, according to chemist Ric Pashley of the Australian National University in Canberra.
"Many scientists are going to find this very hard to believe," says colloid scientist Len Fisher of the University of Bristol in England, "but Pashley has provided very strong proof that oil and water will mix." Pashley's observation is bound to cause controversy as the reason it happens is still unclear. Chemists are waiting to see whether the experiment can be repeated.
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New Orleans Garden District Ghost Tour
- 2-hour New Orleans Garden District ghost tour
- Walk through Lafayette Cemetery and visit haunted sites in the Garden District
- See where 'Interview with the Vampire' and 'Dracula 2000' were filmed
- Hear your guide share spooky stories in the graveyard
- Visit documented sites featured on A&E, the History Channel and the Discovery Channel
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This was a fantastic tour! Our tour guide Mikko was very knowledgeable and entertaining. We started off at the cemetery and meandered through the garden district. There was a bit of walking and some of the paths were very uneven, so be wary of that if you have mobility issues. Mikko told us numerous stories about the ghosts of the garden district as well as some general history and trivia of the area. Well worth doing!
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Suicides among active-duty U.S. troops are surging, averaging nearly one per day this year.
That is the fastest pace since America began a decade of war. Pentagon statistics obtained by The Associated Press show there were 146 suicides in the first 148 days of this year.
That is 17 percent more than at the same point last year and 24 percent ahead of the 2010 pace.
Suicide totals had leveled off in 2010 and 2011 after rising rapidly since 2006.
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Those bears ... they'll do anything for honey.
Bobblehead Hall of Fame, museum finds home
There are museums dedicated to puppetry, vacuums, and roller skating. Why not bobbleheads?
Is that a monster under the bed?
Police say a would-be thief was caught hiding under the bed.
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Call for an Uber driver and you may get a Dolphin ... a Miami Dolphin.
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A tractor-trailer carrying more than 2,000 piglets overturned, creating havoc on the highway.
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Three CD set. If you are planning to give your heart and soul to someone, there is no better way to express your feelings than through music. True Soulful Love is a collection of Slow Jams, soul ballads and love songs that will melt the heart of that special someone in your life. 50 tracks from artists like Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Etta James, Brook Benton, Kool & The Gang, The Isley Brothers, Nina Simone and many others. Universal. 2008.
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1. Place all of the diced vegetables in a large bowl. Add the tomato juice, vinegar, oil, and Tabasco. Season with salt and pepper and toss.
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Blandford, A; Benedyk, R; Berthouze, N; Cox, A; Dowell, J; (2007) The challenges of creating connections and raising awareness: Experience from UCLIC. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). (pp. 682 - 683).
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With current disciplinary structures and academic priorities, Human-Computer Interaction faces ongoing challenges: is it a discipline in its own right, or simply a sub-discipline of computer science, psychology or design? Is it a science or engineering discipline? Should it concern itself with developing theory or improving practice? UCLIC aims to find appropriate middle ways on such questions: it conducts scientifically-based HCI research with a view to improving practice, and thus have an impact on society. It is based in the disciplines of Psychology and Computer Science and promotes participation across the disciplines. Research and teaching cover cognitive, affective, physical, social and technical aspects of interactive system design and use. © IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2007.
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Nice people to work with, if they stick around; Somewhat recognizable name in Chicago metro area. Work/life balance is good but for the wrong reasons- most people run out the door at 5pm, not because of the benefits, or any alternative work schedules which they do not offer.
I left on my own to pursue similar opportunities on the corporate side to work with more professional people, for more stimulating work, more money, less pressure, .
They pay peanuts, expect to make very little the first few years. You need to get job orders or you won't make money. Upper management will push you to fill their job orders so they get paid the 6 figures, while you go home with annual compensation around 40-50k. Turn over is so high, it seems ridiculous. Most people can't make it there, this is true of the search industry however. There was a running joke in the office (although not funny), people would take the phone list and cross off those who left, after a while the list got so long it was a lot of work to keep track of everyone.
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Following Barclays' acquisition of Absa in July, the South African bank has decided to implement the advanced internal ratings-based approach to Basel II. Other banks have decided to follow suit. By Laurence Neville
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San Diego, CA (PRWEB) April 01, 2013
Clary Icon, the US-based manufacturer of the Clary Onescreen™ interactive video whiteboard, has named PIVOT Communications, LLC as their channel marketing partner for their Clary Onescreen product line.
"We chose PIVOT as our marketing arm because they possess deep AV industry experience, have proven content marketing strategies, and solid understanding of target vertical markets," said Sufian Munir, CEO of Clary Icon." PIVOT understands our business objectives and has the knowledge and expertise to help us achieve them."
"We're excited about the opportunity to work with Clary Icon as they expand their reseller channel and provide innovative solutions to the market," said PIVOT founding partner Jane Johnson. "As a fully integrated solution that brings together video conferencing, interactive whiteboarding, unified collaboration, and computing capabilities, the Clary Onescreen is a much needed tool for corporate users."
Clary Icon will work collaboratively with the PIVOT team, as well as Clary Icon's best-in-class partners Hitachi, Logitech, Vidtel, and LG to bring the Clary Onescreen to meeting rooms and classrooms around the world.
About Clary Icon
When meeting room technologies work together, companies can realize the promise of people working together. Clary Icon™ manufactures the award winning Clary Onescreen™, an interactive video whiteboard. The Clary Onescreen combines video conferencing, interactive whiteboarding, unified collaboration, and computing into a single, integrated solution—so people and technology interact naturally. Headquartered in San Diego, Clary Icon has offices in Miami, Columbia, and Pakistan. See how we're working together at http://www.claryicon.com.
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Applicants must have a medical degree prior to the residency program start date from one of the following:
- Medical schools in the United States and Canada accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME); or
- Colleges of osteopathic medicine in the United States accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA); or
- Medical schools outside of the United States or Canada recognized by the California Medical Board
We encourage application by a broad pool of diverse applicants; UCSF is fully committed to nurturing diversity in all of its many permutations. (For more general information, go to the campus diversity website. For information specific to residency training at UCSF, go to the UCSF Graduate Medical Education website.)
As our vision statement reads, we are firmly dedicated to training "Leaders in Psychiatry," and thus, we are particularly interested in recruiting residents planning careers in research, academic psychiatry, and/or leadership positions in clinical settings such as community mental health clinics or large health care organizations.
Applying to our program
All applications to the UCSF Psychiatry Residency Training Program are accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Our NRMP Program Categorical Code is 1062400C0. If you are a current student or a graduate of a medical school located outside of the United States, please be sure to read the information below under the header "International Medical Graduates" before applying.
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To complete our application process, all of the following materials must be completed and submitted through ERAS:
- Medical/osteopathic school transcript
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- USMLE Transcript: A passing score on USMLE Step I and Step II (Clinical Knowledge and Clinical Skills) is required for all trainees prior to beginning a UCSF GME program. To meet this requirement, applicants should have passed USMLE Step II (CK and CS) prior to placement on UCSF rank order lists (i.e. prior to mid-February). In selected cases, with the approval of the program director and the Office of Graduate Medical Education, applicants may be placed on UCSF rank order lists without the USMLE Step II (CK and CS) score.
- Three letters of recommendation. At least one letter needs to be from a faculty psychiatrist who can comment directly on your clinical performance in psychiatry (a departmental letter from your home psychiatry department is not expected; letters from individual faculty members are preferred.) Of the remaining letters, at least one needs to be from a non-psychiatrist commenting directly on your clinical work in a different specialty such as pediatrics, OB/GYN, medicine, etc.
In addition, please complete and submit a very brief Areas of Interest form. It will help in our selection of who screens your application materials. Please send the Areas of Interest form as an attachment to email@example.com. Your application materials will be reviewed after we receive this supplemental information about your interests. Thank you!
Interviews cannot be scheduled until all required documents listed above have been received. It is the responsibility of each applicant to ensure that his or her application is complete.
- Complete applications will be screened, and approximately 70 candidates will be invited to interview for 16 PGY-1 positions.
- Interview days are held on Fridays from mid-October to early February. Applicants coming for interviews are invited to first meet with a group of current residents at a local restaurant on Thursday evening prior to the Friday interviews.
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- One-to-one interviews with the program director, two different faculty members, and a resident
- Lunch with a group of current residents
- Tours led by residents at all three of the program's main training sites; applicants will travel as a group in a dedicated van between sites, accompanied while in the van by the Program Director and/or a resident.
- Parnassus tour with current residents
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- Meeting with the program director from 3-4 p.m.
- NOTE: if you are interested in participating in the Research Resident Training Program (RRTP), you will be invited for two days of interviews: Thursday will include an orientation to the RRTP and one-to-one meetings with research faculty, and Friday will be as described above. There will be two different RRTP interview dates: one in December and one in January.
The explicit goals of the interview day are:
- for you to get answers to any questions you may have about the program
- for you to see all three of our main training sites (and you'll also see some of San Francisco!)
- for you to have an opportunity to talk to residents from all four training years
- for you to meet one-to-one with several faculty members and residents
- for us to get to know you as well
In addition, at your interview you will receive additional written materials about the program and UCSF, and you will have an opportunity to review a sample contract.
The firm application deadline for Match 2015 is November 1, 2014. Applications received after this date will not be screened.
International medical graduate requirements
Each state has its own Medical Practice Act, and the requirements for training and licensure for graduates of international medical schools vary. The University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine requires that all international medical school applicants:
- Be a citizen or hold permanent resident status or qualify for a J-1 visa
- Possess a valid ECFMG certificate
- Possess a California Medical Board "Applicant Evaluation Status Letter" certifying that you may start post-graduate medical training in California
- Register with the National Resident Matching Program
For more information, go to the Graduate Medical Education website for international medical graduates.
If you are not a citizen of the United States, and you do not hold Permanent Resident status, you will be required to secure the ECFMG-J1 visa to enter this institution for medical training. UCSF does not sponsor H 1 visas for medical trainees. Compliance with the above requirements must be met, without exception, before your application can be considered.


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We Can't Print Our Way To Prosperity
Last night, the ACT Party voted against New Zealand First's Reserve Bank of New Zealand (Amending Primary Function of Bank) Amendment Bill.
We did so because it was a snake oil bill.
Producing wealth is hard; it takes investment, it takes ingenuity, it takes work, it takes patience.
There are no short cuts.
That's why ACT opposed New Zealand First's bill - because it promised to replace hard work with printing money.
The bill basically said that if the Reserve Bank printed money faster from time to time, we would be richer. Of course the bill didn't spell that out, but that's what it meant.
But at the end of the day the Reserve Bank has one job and that is to set the money supply.
It can run the printing presses fast, or it can run them slow.
If it runs them fast there will be more New Zealand Dollars. If there are more New Zealand dollars, people will pay less for them, and the nominal exchange rate will go down.
Some people think that would make it easier to export – but it would not.
The nominal exchange rate might go down, but foreigners will need more of our devalued Kiwi dollars to afford our exports because prices throughout the New Zealand economy would be higher.
In the long run exporters will be no better off, but there will be a large disturbance as the economy adapts to inflation. Up goes the price of petrol, up goes the price of cars, up goes the price of electronics, up goes the price of food.
When the Reserve bank Bill was introduced this bill several weeks ago the ACT Party thought it was poor economic policy. But then Green Co-Leader Russell Norman decided to show us real economic lunacy with his explicit call for the printing of money.
What New Zealand First, the Greens and Labour have failed to realise is that there is no shortcut to economic prosperity.
Our Reserve Bank Act is based on the simple idea that a New Zealand Dollar today should be worth a New Zealand Dollar tomorrow. The ACT Party believes in that simple principle.
Many of our members run their own businesses and our own Party Leader has been in business for 45 years. He is well connected in the business community and he knows that exporters would like the real exchange rate to go down. That would allow our export sector to be more competitive.|
The ACT Party shares this goal, but we believe we need to go down a different path from the one the Opposition parties are peddling.
If we look back over our country's history, this country has had two great Ministers of Finance - one was the founder of ACT, the Hon Sir Roger Douglas, the other was the National Party's Ruth Richardson. These two Ministers of Finance set our economy on track for growth and exports.
The Reserve Bank Act is part of Sir Roger's legacy. Under the current Act we have exported more than we imported every single year from 1988-2004, bar one.
So what went wrong from 2005?
Here's a clue…. Winston Peters.
Helen Clark needed Winston's support to form a Government, and from that moment spending went through the roof.
Government spending went up.
The Official Cash Rate hit an all time high.
Mortgage rates went up. And the dollar hit 80 cents.
That's what the last Red, Green, Peters Government gave us.
Government spending is generally wasteful, wasteful spending drives inflation and inflation drives a higher Official Cash Rate. A higher Official Cash Rate drives demand for Kiwi dollars and raises the exchange rate.
But worse than government spending is government borrowing.
Overseas borrowing by the Government requires foreign lenders to buy New Zealand currency (because that's the currency our government borrows in) --raising our exchange rate directly. An export friendly dollar will come with lower government spending. It will not come from printing money.
Printing money might lower the nominal exchange rate but it will not lower the real exchange rate that businesses depend on.
We think it is ironic that the parties who support defiling the currency are the same parties who would spend more and make it worse for exporters.
The ACT Party is the party of a stable currency and rational economics.
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'The Oprah Phenomenon' Part of University Press of Kentucky Holiday Sale
Give the gift of books this holiday season. Now through February 15, 2013, readers and shoppers can save up to 80% on books during the University Press of Kentucky Holiday Sale, with books for all readers on your shopping list, with more than 500 discounted titles.
The University Press of Kentucky is offering a 20% discount on its most popular regional titles, such as The Kentucky Fresh Cookbook by Maggie Green and The Kentucky Bourbon Cookbook by Albert W. A. Schmid, as well as new titles, such as Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies by editor Christel Schmidt. Other new titles, like A General Who Will Fight: The Leadership of Ulysses S. Grant by Harry S. Laver, The Kentucky Derby: How the Run for the Roses Became America's Premier Sporting Event by James C. Nicholson, and Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place by bell hooks are also discounted.
The sale covers more than just new and regional titles. For the sports fanatic, Golf and Philosophy: Lessons from the Links by editor Andy Wible and Tennis and Philosophy: What the Racket is All About by editor David Baggett will make excellent stocking stuffers. Both books examine the relationship between sport and life. Other discounted titles will please any reader on your list. In the wake of the 2012 presidential election, books such as Homer Simpson Marches on Washington: Dissent through American Popular Culture by editors Timothy M. Dale and Joseph J. Foy and Yes We Did? From King's Dream to Obama's Promise by Cynthia Griggs Fleming are sure to entertain political junkies.
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Whether you're shopping for avid or casual readers, the University Press of Kentucky has titles that will please anyone on your holiday list. Order online at www.kentuckypress.com.
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Welcome to the Center for Teaching and Learning's online workshop, Internationalizing by Design. This workshop will help you integrate global perspectives into either a new undergraduate class that you intend to teach or one that you have already taught.
Using the menu, we invite you to select your own path through the workshop; that is, you may enter it at any point. However, we encourage you to begin with the first section, Definitions of Key Terms. As you move through this segment, you will become familiar with the definition of several key terms before you move onto the second section, Rationale for the Workshop.
The third section, Approaches to Course Design, describes a process called Backward Design.1 You will find that the segments within this section are sequenced to reflect movement through that process. If your primary purpose for taking this workshop is to design a new course or redesign an old one, you should be able to realize that goal by completing only this section.
The fourth section, Cultural Influences on Learning — Teaching and Course Design, presents theoretical frames upon which this workshop has been designed. The content provides foundational information and describes basic conceptual and curricular themes around which the workshop has been organized. This specific component has been designed to serve an ancillary function; that is, while providing you with background information that is relevant to the task of designing or redesigning an internationalized course, its completion is optional.
The fifth section, Sample Internationalized Syllabi, showcases several multi-disciplinary examples of internationalized courses designed by University of Minnesota faculty members who participated in a year-long development initiative, "Internationalizing On-Campus Courses (IOCC) between 2001 and 2004.2
It is hoped that as you move through this entire online tutorial or even just parts of it, you will not only become more proficient in terms of designing an internationalized course for undergraduate students, but also more aware of explicit and implicit aspects of your own cultural perspectives, assumptions, beliefs, and traditions.
If you have any comments or questions about this tutorial, please email us at email@example.com.


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I never really thought of informing you guys of a SEO article I wrote on my blog.. Hopefully it's of use to some people
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I'm afraid they are.
by Worm
Quimp, on Aug 6 2008, 03:23, said:
Well, to be honest, I stopped reading after I encountered typo mistakes, saw that your page's title was "Explosive Web Design - The Best blog for free online resources. » Blog Archive » Improve Search Engine Optimization" and trealized that you're linking to files that are located on your computer.
You prove a valid point.. I only just set up my blog, so I'm still checking over things (obviously grammar needs some work )
I don't think any of the files are located on my computer though.
by Deyan
which ones?
by Dshipper
The first two links in your post both point to:
by Easymanmoney
Thanks for pointing that out.. I've goto look over the other posts to see if the same thing has happened.
by Johngshin
by Kiki7468
new to what?
by Paulw32
by Reader
I disagree about submitting your site to google.. you can get indexed much quicker with social bookmarking (digg, stumble), ezine articles, and blog posting.
by Peterfishboy
by gloriana
by yaganon
To be honest I'm not trying to have a go but the copy on the site is poor. I'm only saying this because I've been reading Wizelys' posts on copy and have found them an eye opener. Please don't feel like I'm overly criticising.
"In simple terms Search Engine Optimization is optimizing web pages to increase the ranking in search engines."
(Repeating too often, fluff)
"Having a high ranking hugely increases traffic to web pages."
(Kind of an oxymoron)
"This is because, in most cases viewers will be looking for the best content through search engines and will not already know the link of your web page."
(Doesn't make sense)
Then there are a few more paragraphs that could be substantially improved and shortened.
"Probably most importantly is having content that is different to the average web page. This will boost the rankings of the site phenomenally as search engines are constantly looking for the freshest, newest information. It's often said that content is king."
(I wouldn't say your ranking improves simply because of different content. Wrong content can be just as harmful)
Linking: Not just from other sites but other sites with similar content and a high page ranking.
"Buy a domain name if there are sufficient funds."
(How are they showing content without a domain/hosting. Plus older domains are better and won't be sand-boxed.)
Not once do you mention writing for the target audience not the search engines and you hardly touch on spamming.
I could go on but I won't. Sorry if what I said sounds too harsh, I'm just trying to help.


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Bob Hope's Garage Sale – This Weekend!December 7, 2012 by Ruth Waytz | Filed under A Borscht-In 2012, Stuff.
By Ruth Waytz
Not sure if he got a permit or not, but it looks like Bob Hope, dead since July of 2003, is finally getting around to having that One Last Garage Sale at his Toluca Lake CA home.
I'm sorry to say I don't think I've got it in me to brave the crowds.
Besides, I already have Raymond Burr's bathrobe.
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According to its web site -- www.wib-la.org -- the small organization plans to hold a silent vigil outside the Disney Concert Hall to protest Israel's alleged occupation of Gaza and West Bank and human rights violations.
The group staged one protest on Jan. 14 outside Disney Hall. A photo posted on its web site showed nine women and men holding up signs proclaiming "End Israel Apartheid in Palestine" and "Boycott Israel Philharmonic."
Initially, Women in Black sent a letter to the Israel Philharmonic last October, asking its members to publicly oppose "Israeli apartheid."
Receiving no response, the group's spokeswoman, Carol Smith, sent a letter to the Los Angeles Philharmonic's president Deborah Borda and music director Esa-Pekka Salonen, demanding cancellation of the two concerts.
Borda rejected the demand, writing that "We will never support the silencing of artists from any culture as a means of political action," the Los Angeles Times reported.
As part of its 70th anniversary celebration, the Israel Philharmonic was scheduled to perform Jan. 30 and Feb. 1 in New York's Carnegie Hall and Feb. 4 in San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall, followed by the Los Angeles concerts.
Zubin Mehta and Lorin Maazel will alternate as conductors throughout the American tour.
The Disney Hall underground garage, with more than 2,000 parking spaces, will be closed for the Feb. 5 and 6 concerts for security reasons, officials announced.
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What arguments would you use to argue for a change to the current law that imposes liability onto an employer for the torts committed by an employee while in the course of his or her employment? You want to make the employee solely liable.
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It might be somewhat difficult to make effective arguments for this change in law. After all, the worker is doing things that the employer has told them to do while at work. If they do well, the employer profits. If they commit a tort, it seems to make sense for the employer to be liable. That said, we can make some arguments for this point of view.
The main argument would be that people should be liable for actions that they actually commit. America is based on the idea of individual rights and it should be based on the idea of individual responsibility as well. People should take responsibility for their own actions and should not be expected to take responsibility for the actions of others.
A secondary argument is that the employee who commits a tort is clearly not doing so on the orders of their employer. The employee who commits a tort may be trying to do what they were told to do, but they have clearly done it incorrectly. It makes no sense for an employer to be held liable when an employee does not do what the employer tells them to do. The employer did their part—they told the employee how to do the job right. If they provided proper training and the employee still made a mistake, it does not make sense to hold the employer liable.
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Enterprise software firm Workday finally debuted in the public markets this week. It did so in an anything but Facebook-like manner. The target price was raised before the IPO, but conservatively enough to leave a 73% pop in the stock at the start of trading. The company raised $637 million in its offering at a $4.5 billion valuation. Insider venture firms Greylock Partners and New Enterprise Associates have no immediate plans to sell their hefty chunks in the company, unlike Facebook's backers who seemed all too eager to dump their holdings.
This was a strong IPO. What does Workday say about the state of software going forward?
The company is being heralded as exemplifying new breed of business software. Its offerings are Web-based and multi-tenant, alleviating customers of the headaches of managing software and the machines required to run it. And yet Workday is in other ways is a reminder that enterprise software still looks a lot like the industry that its founders, Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri grew Peoplesoft in before Oracle gobbled it up in a hostile takeover.
For starters, building a business software company takes time and a lot of money. Despite the much buzzed about consumerization of IT trend, the actual getting a company off the ground part — when it comes to enterprise products — is nothing like the trajectory of a consumer Web site.
Workday was founded seven years ago by two guys with the best imaginable pedigrees, deep pockets, and networks to call on to get stuff done quickly. Duffield and Bhusri raised a reported $250 million to get the company humming and grew steadily to reach $134 million in annual sales as of last January. That's impressive, but by contrast consumer-focused file-sharing site Dropbox was founded two years after Workday and in that shorter stretch also raised $250 million and reached $240 million in sales.
The difference has to do with how business software is purchased and the complexity inherent in every one of Workday's customers. Though we want the software we use at work to be as friendly as Facebook and we're bringing in "rogue" devices and applications when IT doesn't give us what we need, most of business software is still bought and sold the old way. Salespeople call on CIOs to negotiate multi-year, multi-million dollar deals. Sure, these can be monthly subscriptions, but they are sold in chunks. Workday's sales contracts average three to five years.
Even Box, which is the business-focused file-sharing and collaboration rival to Dropbox is a perfect example of this. A guy inside a marketing department can use the basic version of Box, free, to store and share files. But for Box to really make money, it has to do a very traditional enterprise sale that takes time and money (enterprise salesguys don't come cheap). So on the front end Box looks like a consumer company — you can try its software just like you can dabble in Pinterest — but on the back end it increasingly looks like a Salesforce, Oracle, or Workday. Box's co-founder and CEO Aaron Levie knows he's going to have to spend big to go big. He's raised a total $287 million in venture funding.
Then there's the complexity issue. Workday sells software to manage employee data, time tracking, procurement, expense management and financial accounting. Some of these functions are standardized across companies, but many are not. One-third of Workday's sales are from "professional services", meaning the hand-holding necessary to make the software fit a company's specific work flow. This shows that even when software is on the Web, and friendly, it needs a tremendous amount of customization. Enterprise software is not one-size-fits-all, and probably never will be.
What's next for Workday? The company now has the funds and a new brand awareness to go even bigger. The enterprise software industry generally is at a massive inflection point. Big customers bought big, now legacy systems in the 1990s. The cost of maintaining those systems is high and they're starting to feel really dated.
And so there is a land-grab afoot where the younger, nimbler Web software firms Salesforce, Workday, Netsuite, and Box are aiming to gain share from the giants including Oracle and SAP. The giants naturally are fighting back with newly-stitched in acquisitions and their own Web software offerings. Oracle, notably, is finally selling its Fusion line of software that promises to be the best of the old stuff with the ease-of-use of the new.
There will be more enterprise software IPOs. Workday is one of several recently successful tech debuts, including Trulia and Qualys. Names to watch: Marin Software, Marketo, Tableau Software, Zuora, and Cloudera.


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How Were the Ratings For Vampire Diaries Season 4, Episode 6, "We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes"?
What's in a number? Well, TV ratings are pretty important to advertisers, execs, and everyone else in the biz. But we just like to know how many millions of eyeballs were watching The Vampire Diaries along with us — and feeling feelings along with Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Elena (Nina Dobrev) at the end of Season 4, Episode 6, "We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes."
According to TV by the Numbers, 2.8 million people tuned it. That's down a bit from the previous week's 2.977 million, but we suspect lots of people were out watching Twilight and will catch up on their DVRs or stream it from the The CW's site today and over the weekend.
TVD is on hiatus next week, but it will be back November 29. We know some Delena fans who won't want to miss it.
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News about men and boys, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Jun. 21, 2015
Editorial highlights report released by Measure of America underscoring problem of isolation of millions of young black and Latino men; notes report says that 5.5 million men between ages of 16 and 24 are neither in school nor working; suggests country needs plan to confront this problem. MORE
Jun. 11, 2015
Many stylish young men are carrying a pocketknife as an accessory. MORE
Jun. 11, 2015
Bernard Capulong, editor in chief of men's goods website Everydaycarry.com, lists his favorite pocketknives. MORE
Jun. 8, 2015
Charles M Blow Op-Ed column excoriates mythology loaded into stereotype of the black man as inherently prone to abandoning their children and families; argues while statistics showing high percentage of births to single black women are worrisome, they are often represented as reflecting choice, ignoring factors like mass incarceration that has snagged so many young black men, and disproportionate number of early deaths among them. MORE
Jun. 7, 2015
Teddy Wayne Future Tense column holds that many men are choosing to be stay-at-home fathers so they can pursue their dreams as artists. MORE
Jun. 6, 2015
Op-Ed article by researcher and author Carl Safina argues stereotype of alpha male wolf as domineering and aggressive animal is incorrect; says typical alpha wolf is quietly assured of its power and puts needs of pack first; holds real alpha wolves offer lessons for human males, especially those trying to follow false 'alpha wolf' image. MORE
Jun. 5, 2015
Nick Bilton recounts his experiences learning to be comfortable, as a man, discussing his obsessive research on baby strollers with male friends normally more comfortable discussing motorbikes and cars. MORE
May. 21, 2015
Young boys of style-minded parents tend to wear their hair long. MORE
May. 21, 2015
The Upshot; study finds that dads on average are 10 pounds heavier than non-dads and carry nearly extra two inches in their waist. MORE
May. 5, 2015
Nepal's earthquake has further reduced nation's population of healthy young men, who were leaving in high numbers to find work in other countries; economists warn unless government creates incentives to stay, exodus of young men will increase following relief operation, permanently damaging country's capacity to rebuild. MORE
May. 3, 2015
Growing number of social media websites, like Reddit offshoot Daddit, are catering to men's desire for their own space to talk about their children. MORE
Apr. 3, 2015
Roundup of poor behavior by men during month of March 2015. MORE
Apr. 2, 2015
Women are discovering that men's skin care products are frequently as good and even cheaper than women's products, leading some couples to share; comparison of Ahava Men's Age Control All-in-One Eye Care for Men and women's product Ahava Dead Sea Osmoter Eye Concentrate noted. MORE
Mar. 11, 2015
Eduardo Porter Economic Scene column examines new data from Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development showing less educated boys are continuing to fall behind girls worldwide in skills essential to future learning; observes that trend continues into college level and says failure to educate low-achieving boys poses significant threat to social cohesion and economic prosperity. MORE
Mar. 1, 2015
Men with even a single criminal conviction in their past are finding it extremely difficult to find work, issue that is taking a toll on the economy as a whole; data indicates that ex-convicts account for some 34 percent of all nonworking men ages 25 to 54. MORE
Feb. 24, 2015
With the hysterical rise in men's grooming practices, one writer asks: Are we plucking and primping ourselves into submission? MORE
Feb. 17, 2015
Movie Fifty Shades of Grey, based on erotic novel with target audience of women, draws audience in North America that is 32 percent male; most men interviewed after screenings say they were simply curious about a movie based on such a wildly popular and controversial book. MORE
Jan. 22, 2015
Dermatologists, facialists and skin-care manufacturers report that increasing number of men are requesting skin peels. MORE
Dec. 12, 2014
Percentage of American men between 25 and 54 years of age who are without paying jobs has tripled since late 1960s, to 16 percent, as United States employment rate falls toward bottom of list of developed nations; although many of nation's unemployed are eager to join work force, large numbers, particularly men, are choosing not to work at all until they find jobs that pay living wage and provide benefits (Series: Nonemployed). MORE
Dec. 4, 2014
Older men, in effort to look authoritative, are opting for cosmetic surgery procedure that will tighten sagging jowls and strengthen their jawlines. MORE
Nov. 24, 2014
Rachel L Swarns The Working Life column on growing number of working dads who prepare home-cooked meals for their families. MORE
Nov. 16, 2014
National At-Home Dad Network draws 100 men from all over United States to its annual convention in Denver; organization's goal is to provide members, who gather in subsets across country, with opportunities to network in small groups and at conferences; Pew Research Center study has revealed that stay-at-home dads account for more than 16 percent of at-home caregivers. MORE
Nov. 15, 2014
Floyd Norris Off the Charts column observes employment gains made by men since financial crisis; notes unemployment rate for men has dipped below that of women for the first time since 2006 and that number of private sector jobs held by men has reached a new peak. MORE
Sep. 12, 2014
Advertising column; Esquire is beginning cause-marketing initiative seeking to encourage more adult men to mentor boys and young men. MORE
Aug. 5, 2014
Letter from Pamela Shifman and Gloria Steinem responds to July 30 Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Op-Ed essay arguing that Pres Obama's My Brother's Keeper neglects challenges faced by girls and women of color. MORE
Jul. 30, 2014
Op-Ed article by law Prof Kimberle Williams Crenshaw contends that Pres Obama's signature initiative My Brother's Keeper, five-year, $200 million program that will give support to boys and young men of color, entirely omits challenges facing their mothers and sisters; argues that White House has become most influential promoter of myth that black men are exceptionally endangered by racism. MORE
Jul. 21, 2014
Pres Obama will announce that 60 of nation's largest school districts are joining $200 million My Brother's Keeper initiative intended to improve educational futures of young black and Latino boys, beginning in preschool and extending through high school graduation. MORE
Jun. 22, 2014
Shootings in Isla Vista, Calif, and Newtown, Conn, have turned spotlight on mental health system, in particular how it handles young, troubled males with aggressive streak; question of how best to help such young men and how to pay for it are among the most intractable problems hanging over the system; Lena and Robert Serpico are parents whose struggle to get help for their violent son illustrates difficulties of finding care. MORE
Jun. 6, 2014
Pew Research Center data shows that number of men who take care of their children full-time has doubled over past 15 years, with a growing number doing so by choice; shift reveals a structural change in gender roles in families and at work in the United States. MORE
May. 31, 2014
Obama administration announces recommendations on how public and private entities can participate in White House initiative, called My Brother's Keeper, which supports minority men and boys; will also focus on summer jobs and recruit adults who can serve as mentors; philanthropic and corporate leaders have pledged to invest at least $200 million in program over next five years. MORE
May. 29, 2014
New York University Langone Medical Center in Manhattan is one of two hospitals in New York City that offer a health center catering to men who, studies show, are often reluctant to visit the doctor; these centers provide one-stop shopping for services ranging from heart monitoring to hair removal to hormone therapy. MORE
Apr. 29, 2014
The Upshot; gap in behavioral skills between young school-age American girls and boys is even larger than the gap between rich and poor, and only grows with age; social struggles of boys and men is one important cause of trends such as stagnating men's wages and fact that men are more likely to be idle, which has larger effects on the country's economy. MORE
Apr. 29, 2014
Study published in journal Nature Methods finds that rats and mice experience more stress in presence of men than women. MORE
Mar. 30, 2014
Broadway musical Rocky is making powerful push to appeal to men to bolster attendance, running ads that emphasize show's sports theme; effort is in response to current scarcity of men attending Broadway shows, which comes at time when overall Broadway attendance is down. MORE
Mar. 6, 2014
Once upon a time, a man's bag indicated his trade. But these days, men have an increasingly complicated relationship with the things they carry their things in. MORE
Mar. 3, 2014
Democratic Party is undergoing significant internal debate over how hard it should work to win back white males as it increasingly gains support from female and minority voters; Democrats in favor of new strategy say the white male vote is particularly potent in midterm elections, but others warn that entrenched attitudes are too difficult to change; party generally wins the votes of fewer than four in 10 white men. MORE
Mar. 1, 2014
Charles M Blow Op-Ed column praises Pres Obama for his My Brother's Keepers initiative, social program aimed at bettering outcomes for nation's young men of color; holds absentee and emotionally uninvolved fathers, especially among black men, are a key contributor to impulsive and dangerous behavior in young men, but problem deserves sympathy rather than condemnation. MORE
Feb. 28, 2014
Pres Obama's $200 million, five-year initiative My Brother's Keeper is aimed at finding ways for business and civic leaders to help keep young black men and other men of color on a successful course; notes dismal education and criminal justice system statistics on black boys; says absence of his father when growing up figured in some bad choices. MORE
Feb. 24, 2014
A provocative new series by the New York-based fashion photographer David Jay features the faces, and scars, of men with breast cancer. MORE
Feb. 23, 2014
Several Broadway shows are courting male theatergoing demographic with particularly masculine themes. MORE
Feb. 5, 2014
Editorial warns that overuse of testosterone supplements by middle-age and older men, noted in study published in journal PLoS One, carries substantial health risks; faults drug companies for spreading and profiting from notion of low testosterone as ailment, rather than as normal part of aging; urges caution on part of doctors and consumers. MORE
Feb. 4, 2014
Op-Ed article by author and internist John La Puma warns that drug companies, seeking to sell prescription testosterone, have turned the natural effects of aging in men into a 'disease'; holds that rapid growth in testosterone prescriptions ignores several dangerous side effects, like increased risk of heart attacks. MORE
Feb. 1, 2014
Charles M Blow Op-Ed column criticizes notion among conservatives that society is conducting a war on traditional male values; notes Republican Party is in danger of becoming the refuge of cavemen and the women who can abide them; says idea that Republicans are manly and Democrats effeminate is an old one that has its roots in misogyny and chauvinism. MORE
Jan. 31, 2014
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology has lifted a ban it imposed and now says its members are free to treat men; decision follows months of protests from doctors and patients. MORE
Jan. 19, 2014
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Op-Ed article observes that aggregate Google search data suggests that contemporary American parents are far more likely to want their boys smart and their girls skinny; questions how American girls' lives would be different if parents were more concerned with the development of their minds. MORE
Jan. 12, 2014
Op-Ed article by Stephanie Coontz, faculty member at The Evergreen State College, contends that men now have a direct stake in policies that advance gender equity, as much of the wage gap between men and women stems from general wage inequality in society at large. MORE
Jan. 12, 2014
Ross Douthat Op-Ed column highlights article by Amanda Hess in magazine Pacific Standard, which describes the way female writers are subjected to an extraordinary amount of abuse online; attempts to identify the root causes of such abuse; contends both sexes must craft a more compelling vision of masculine goals, obligations and aspirations, and men must ultimately live up to it and cleanse the Internet of the worst misogyny. MORE
Dec. 24, 2013
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology has stirred debate by stipulating that gynecologists are not allowed to treat male patients, with few minor exceptions; board's pronouncements have puzzled many, including physicians who question reasons for ban and whether board has authority to impose such a rule. MORE
Dec. 22, 2013
Riff essay by Lisa Schwarzbaum questions why there are so many movies about men wanting to relive their glory days, like film Grudge Match; suggests such movies are merely self-perpetuating cliches. MORE
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June 28, 2015, Sunday
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June 28, 2015, Sunday
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June 28, 2015, Sunday
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June 27, 2015, Saturday
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|Tabletop Photography
This is a book for the serious photographer who wants to produce their own product shots. Harnischmacher is a studio photographer who has mastered the art of controlling light for high-end still life images. The book is richly illustrated, showcasing his work and demonstrating the techniques he uses in the studio.
It is highly technical with reference to a wide spectrum of tools and accessories which separate the men from the boys - light-shaping tools, reflectors and diffusers, light composition, reprography, light tents, soft boxes, strip lights, honeycomb filters, light brushing, strobe lighting - the list is impressive. The book is comprehensive and covers just about every aspect of desktop photography from displaying surfaces and backgrounds to the use of smoke and fog and how to set up a studio.
In reading this book you will begin to appreciate that tabletop photography involves much more than placing an object on a tablecloth and snapping it with a compact digital camera in flash mode.
In his preface Harnischmacher states, "Tabletop photography actually belongs to the domain of studio photography, which usually involves expensive equipment, large studio flash systems, and sophisticated accessories. But it doesn't have to be that way." Realistically, if you were to set up from scratch using the equipment, extras, computer and editing software that are demonstrated in this book, you could expect to fork out quite a few thousand dollars. It is hardly budget photography. More like low-end professional studio photography. That said, it does demonstrate that there is a cost involved in producing top quality shots. The secret is consistent, quality work to maintain total control over the light and the environment.
There are many excellent tips that those less flush with funds can utilise. Harnischmacher is innovative and comes up with some clever solutions to recurring problems such as unwanted shadows and reflections off smooth surfaces. What is missing is a chapter on shooting in the field using the most simple of tools such a hand-held reflector and bounce flash.
It is an excellent book which will open your eyes to the complexity of tabletop photography. At the same time it will challenge you to revise the way you approach still life and product photography and inspire you to a new level of creativity and skill in this overlooked art.
- Gordon Hammond
Tabletop Photography, Cyrill Harnischmacher, Rocky Nook Inc, 2012, US$24.95.
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Willimantic, Conn. - Four Eastern Connecticut State University communication students presented their work and projects at this year's National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR) in Ogden, UT, on March 29. The students included Eastern senior Salome Miclette, who presented her thesis, "Cosmopolitan Magazine and the Second Wave Feminist Movement: A Cross Cultural Analysis," and seniors Timothy Snopkowski, Todd Buckholt and Colin Dunn, who presented their work, "Twitter: The Uncensored Loudspeaker for Professional Athletes."
Miclette, who is also in Eastern's Honors Program, theorized that women's magazines have the ability to change and shape women's roles in society. Her research looks at feminist activity in both the United Kingdom and the United States during the 1960s, and addresses issues such as reproductive rights, the fight for political power and equality in the workplace.
"Going to the National Conference on Undergraduate Research in Utah was an amazing experience for me that allowed me to meet with students and faculty from across the country who were interested in my research," said Miclette. "Being able to present my thesis to a national audience was very exciting and I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to do so."
Snopkowski's, Buckholt's and Dunn's research examines media coverage of controversial "tweets" (online posts) that exhibit unsportsmanlike behavior by athletes. Their work was previously recognized at Eastern's Excellence Expo in May 2011.
NCUR promotes undergraduate research, scholarship and creative activity in all fields of study. The annual conference gives undergraduate scholars from a wide range of institutions of higher learning a forum to share the results of their work through posters, presentations, performances and works of art.