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BCI Eclipse // 2006 // 79 Minutes // Not Rated
Reviewed by Judge Neal Solon (Retired) // August 23rd, 2007
From explosions to deadly poisons, they tried but he survived!
To say that Fidel Castro is unpopular with US government officials is an understatement. But to imagine that people have tried 638 different ways to kill the man is a bit mind-boggling, is it not? How could this documentary be anything less than supremely interesting? Some how, director Dollan Cannell and his team have found a way.
This 79-minute documentary, made for British television, traces Castro's rise to power and the lives of those who knew him and would ultimately try to kill him.
The title 638 Ways to Kill Castro comes from a single moment the film when Fabian Escalante, former security chief for the Castro regime, unflinchingly shares the fact that he has documentation to prove the existence and failure of 638 plots to end the dictator's life. The narrator then lists a few of the more absurd plots, ranging from a poisoned milkshake to an explosive, radio-controlled plane. The remainder of the film focuses less on the myriad ways to kill Castro than on a handful of the men who have tried and failed.
To some, this distinction may seem irrelevant -- at most, a slight misrepresentation of the film for the sake of sensationalism. Still, this disparity between title and content is indicative of the fractured way in which the film tells its story.
On the one hand, 638 Ways to Kill Castro is satisfying. The stories told by each of the would-be assassins are fascinating, and they provide a privileged glimpse into a secret history. Men from all sides of these assassination attempts implicate resistance groups, the US government, and government officials, both American and Cuban. It becomes clear, through tales of active US involvement and implicit US sanctioning of men who could rightly be called criminals and terrorists, just how invested in ridding the world of the Castro regime the US government is.
On the other hand, 638 Ways to Kill Castro detracts from its message by trying to be overly playful and stylish. Structured around the stories of men who have been directly involved in plots against Castro, the film seems to have little faith in the inherent appeal of its content. Instead of providing the interviews and historical insight in a manner that allows them to speak for themselves, the filmmakers include stock, noirish footage of a police lineup and a voiceover introducing each of the primary interviewees as "suspects." The film even goes so far as to use footage from classic noir and gangster films to "illustrate" many of the assassination attempts.
These directorial choices cheapen the potency of the film's content immeasurably. Their effect becomes all the more apparent when one sifts through the more than 70 minutes of extra interviews included on the disc, from people ranging from President Jimmy Carter to a CIA agent to a Cuban-American politician. At first, one wonders why some of this material was omitted from the film, as it seems much strong than some of the footage that was ultimately included and could certainly serve the same narrative functions. Upon reflection, it becomes clear that this footage is no stronger than what was ultimately included in the film, it just benefits from the fact that it is undiluted by self-conscious filmmaking and attempts are wryness. The interviews are fascinating and provide a glimpse of just how great this film could have been.
BCI Eclipse's presentation of 638 Ways to Kill Castro is on par with what one might expect. Beyond the wealth of extra interviews, there are no additional extras, and the video and audio reflect the nature of the film. Visually, the film looks like what it is: something shot on a relatively low budget, using video and mostly available light. The audio is clear and effective, and neither facet of the audiovisual presentation ever distracts from the film itself.
The story that the filmmaker is trying to tell in 638 Ways to Kill Castro is an important and interesting one. The archival footage and recent interviews are insightful and candid, it is just unfortunate that self-conscious filmmaking had to get in the way. Ultimately, the film is worth seeing, even if it is unlikely to be something you'll watch more than once.
The filmmakers will do 638 hours of community service for ruining a perfectly good story; all other parties are free to go.
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Scales of Justice
Video: 89
Audio: 90
Extras: 95
Story: 75
Judgment: 79
Perp Profile
Studio: BCI Eclipse
Video Formats:
* 1.78:1 Anamorphic
Audio Formats:
* Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (English)
* None
Running Time: 79 Minutes
Release Year: 2006
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Distinguishing Marks
* More Than 70 Minutes of Interviews With the Director and Political Officials and Would-be Assassins
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Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from "The Turning: Why the State of the Family Matters, and What the World Can Do About It," by Linda and Richard Eyre. The book will be released at the end of August.
The clear connection between the decline of families and the world's social problems cannot be ignored. The trick is figuring out which is the cause and which is the effect. Most economists and politicians blame both social ills and family instabilities on poverty. Our thesis is that the cause and effect works both ways and that poverty, instability and social problems are often the direct result of declining or poorly functioning families.
A strong case can be made for family (or lack of family) as the cause and everything else as the effect or the result. After all, everything, including each of us, originates with families, with homes, with parents; and how those homes function largely determines the economic, moral and character results that come out of them.
But of course it is a mistake to oversimplify or to claim that all social problems are directly created by inadequate families. Our social ills have many causes, but the "cause" of the most far-reaching and devastating "effects," aka "social ills" — and the one we are finally on the verge of understanding — is the decline and breakdown of the family and the accompanying deterioration of basic personal values.
There has been no shortage of comment and speculation about "family decline" and "values deterioration" in recent years, but two things have been wrong, or at least inadequate, in most of what has been written and spoken.
First, most of the dialogue is too theoretical and academic. The statistics about divorce, latchkey children, decreasing parent-child communication, and time spent together are academic parts of sociology courses. Increases in violence, gangs, substance abuse, bullying, teen promiscuity and pregnancy, crime, teen suicide, gang violence, school dropout rate and AIDS are daily headlines, nightly news and the subjects of all kinds of popular discussion and the targets of all kinds of proposed "solutions." But these are rarely connected clearly to their most predictable cause — the breakdown of the families and values. Common sense tells us of the connection, of the cause and effect, yet we keep talking about, worrying about and working on the effects and ignoring the cause.
The fundamental question that always arises is, "Are social problems ravaging our families, or are failing marriages and troubled families making social problems inevitable?"
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First living Medal of Honor recipient since 1976
Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore "Sal" Giunta became the first living recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration since the Vietnam War on Tuesday when President Obama awarded him the Medal of Honor. [more inside]
High-Speed Rail off-track in Ohio
Depending on who you ask, Ohio's C3 Railroad project is either a) a conventional railroad project that's going to restore slow rail service between Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati or; b) it's a visionary initiative of President Obama and Transportation secretary, Roy LaHood, that has the intention of rebooting Ohio's entire infrastructure. [more inside]
But what has he done for me lately?
Fix The Economy, Health Care, Watch This Link
Barack Obama with Jon Stewart
Obama relies on Gibbs to "bring a blue-collar political perspective to issues."
The Barack Whisperer. Robert Draper's in-depth look at Robert Gibbs, senior advisor and press secretary to President Obama, and his sometimes controversial relationship to the media.
Well, it would help scale back nuclear proliferation...
Twice now, Mythbusters has tackled the story of Archimedes' "heat ray." Twice now it's been busted. So who could have persuaded them to revisit it a third time? ...President Barack Obama. [more inside]
The Case for Obama
During his campaign, skeptics warned that Barack Obama was nothing but a "beautiful loser," a progressive purist whose uncompromising idealism would derail his program for change. But as president, Obama has proved to be just the opposite — an ugly winner. Over and over, he has shown himself willing to strike unpalatable political bargains to secure progress, even at the cost of alienating his core supporters. This bloodless, if effective, approach to governance has created a perilous disconnect: By any rational measure, Obama is the most accomplished and progressive president in decades, yet the only Americans fired up by the changes he has delivered are Republicans and Tea Partiers hellbent on reversing them. Heading into the November elections, Obama's approval ratings are mired in the mid-40s, and polls reflect a stark enthusiasm gap: Half of all Republicans are "very" excited about voting this fall, compared to just a quarter of Democrats. But if the passions of Obama's base have been deflated by the compromises he made to secure historic gains like the Recovery Act, health care reform and Wall Street regulation, that gloom cannot obscure the essential point: This president has delivered more sweeping, progressive change in 20 months than the previous two Democratic administrations did in 12 years. The Rolling Stone's Tim Dickinson argues The Case for Obama. [more inside]
The first thing that needs to happen is...
"The first thing that needs to happen, I think, is to get these people out of their homes," a man wearing a bespoke blue-striped shirt, a Hermés tie patterned with elephants and Ferragamo loafers said recently. But, maybe Wall Street doesn't understand why foreclosure fraud is so dangerous to property rights? And, the Obama administration doesn't understand why HAMP has been a portrait in failure for homeowners (in eight parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII.)
"Education of a President"
Just unplug it
"U.S. should be able to shut Internet, former CIA chief says" From the LA Times.
If you're serious, now's exactly the time that people have to step up.
Obama in Command: The Rolling Stone Interview In an Oval Office interview, the president discusses the Tea Party, the war, the economy and what's at stake this November.
The Citizens United Shall Never Be Divided
The latest attempt to mitigate the impact of the Citizens United decision has failed, with an attempt to pass transparency rules for corporations funding political advertising failing to reach cloture. Obama comments on this vote in his most recent weekly address. Citizens United v Federal Election Commission (2010) held that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be limited under the First Amendment. [more inside]
We are Super Rich.
Earning $250,000 Does Not Make You Rich, Not in My Town. A controversial blog post from a University of Chicago Law professor makes its way around the web as the debates about president Obama's tax plan get louder. "Our combined income exceeds the $250,000 threshold for the super rich...The problem is, we can't afford it. Here is why." [more inside]
Governed By A Ghost
This week's issue of Forbes features a cover story by Dinesh D'Souza that argues that "the U.S. is being ruled according to the dreams of a Luo tribesman of the 1950s," along with an editorial featuring a picture of Obama's head photoshopped onto Joseph Stalin's body. [more inside]
Judge Rejects Military Policy Toward Gays
Judge Rules "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Is Unconstitutional - Judge Virginia A. Phillips of Federal District Court struck down President Clinton's Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy in an opinion (Scribd) issued late Thursday, ruling on the constitutionality of a complaint brought by the Log Cabin Republicans (PDF). President Obama's Justice Department has until a September 23 deadline to submit objections to the court regarding Judge Phillips's permanent injunction, which is uncertain given Obama's previous support of his Department of Justice defending the legality of DADT, despite his opposition to DADT in principle.
Robble Robble
28,000 people can't be wrong: McDonald's voted worst burger by Consumer Reports. Obama endorsed Five Guys Burgers came out top. Of course, everyone has their favorite and sometimes it's not a matter of what tastes best, but of what's most convenient.
Designing Obama
The Obama presidential campaign was an innovation in American politics and American design. For the first time, a candidate used art and design to bring together the American people—capturing their voices in a visual way. The Design Director of the Obama campaign, Scott Thomas, has collaborated with artists and designers to create Designing Obama, a chronicle of the art from the historic campaign. Funded via Kickstarter, they have created a book and an iPad app. You can download the book in PDF format for free.
Oval and Out
A New Look for the Oval Office Obama makes his mark on the First Office. It is a different look than the office of George W. Bush and the presidents before him. And yes, the rug is gone (previously).
"Israel is our only hope as the post-American president is aiding and abetting a nuclear Iran. Barack Obama is enabling Iran's Islamic bomb" - Pamela Geller
As the "ground zero mosque" story approaches bipartisan consensus, thanks to unexpected statements by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (joining a growing opposition), several journalists trace the origins of how the Park 51 community center became(warning: CNN) a toxic subject. What they found was Pamela Geller, a blogger at Atlas Shrugs, who has some very interesting vlogs. You may previously know her from this cozy 2006 interview with Bush's infamous anti-UN UN ambassador John Bolton.
Don't Get Me Started!
Blago walks, mostly. Short and sweet: Jury was hung on 23 counts, convicted him on 1. That count was "lying to federal investigators" when he told them that he didn't care about nor was involved with fundraising. Max jailtime for this one is 5 years. They were, reportedly, 11-1 on all others. [more inside]
"It's a little bit like the shooting gallery at the arcade. It's hard to tell which rabbits are real and which aren't. You have to have the discipline of not shooting at the wrong rabbit."
Washington, We Have a Problem. On the heels of a New Yorker feature exploring the question, "Just How Broken Is The Senate," Vanity Fair publishes a look at the (mindboggling) day-to-day life of the modern US Presidency.
Plugging the Leaks
Shane Harris of the Washingtonian looks at the increasingly aggressive pursuit by the Obama administration of people (especially journalists) who leak sensitive information to the public.
The Point of No Return
The Point of No Return. In the gap between Washington's and Jerusalem's views of Iran lies the question: who, if anyone, will stop Iran before it goes nuclear, and how? As Washington and Jerusalem study each other intensely, here's an inside look at the strategic calculations on both sides—and at how, if things remain on the current course, an Israeli air strike will unfold.
"We reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals."
In late July the American Civil Liberties Union released "Establishing a New Normal" (pdf), an 18 month review of national security, civil liberties and human rights under the Obama Administration.
"If not now, when? If not us, who?"
Kabuki Democracy: Why a Progressive Presidency Is Impossible, for Now. And what we should do about it. (one-page link)
Obama: Episode I.
A new movie based on Obama's childhood in Indonesia has just been released in Jakarta. The film is based on a novel released just this year. Certain differences can be noted between the book and the movie – for example, a scene showing Obama praying in the direction of Mecca was dropped.
Someone forgot to tell 'em the Cold War ended....
The US Department of Justice has announced arrests in four states of ten alleged members of a "deep-cover" Russian spy ring whose ultimate goal was apparently to infiltrate U.S. policy-making circles. So much for burger diplomacy? [more inside]
Elena's Inbox
The Sunshine Foundation, a non-profit group dedicated to government transparency & accountability, has obtained Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's emails from her time in the Clinton White House & made them available in a handy web application. Browse, read, search & mark those you find interesting for others to read.
Loose lips sink ships, and careers, too
General Stanley McChrystal is in hot water over a Rolling Stone article (pdf) where he and his staff are quoted criticizing Obama, Biden, and senior administration officials. (Previously on McChrystal's appointment.)
Guerilla political campaign how-to
Something Dangerous is Happening in Honduras
Hillary Clinton has asked the Organization of America States to re-admit post coup Honduras, but many people with long memories are against it and wondering why this president, in particular, is doing it.
The Spill, The Scandal and the President
The Spill, The Scandal and the President continues the high-quality political reporting we've been getting recently from Rolling Stone magazine. [more inside]
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month
I'm just trying to reach out to more Americans, but they keep reaching for themselves.
"You Will Levitate!"
"There is no federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage."
Elena Kagan will be officially nominated to replace John Paul Stevens today, ending weeks of speculation and controversy as to who would replace the retiring Supreme Court Justice. Significant criticism has hounded Kagan throughout the nomination process, as she has never tried a case in court (much like Earl Warren). Many worry that her notable statements and writings do not provide a clear progressive record; some go so far as to claim she is Obama's Harriet Miers.
BBC World Service Documentaries
BBC World Service has over 500 audio documentaries you can download. The subject matter is incredibly wide ranging, for example, internet cafés, the influence of Islamic art on William Morris, South African female AIDS activist Thembi Ngubane, Yiddish, the importance of cows, novelist Chinua Achebe, financial risk management, Obama as an intellectual, the physical and emotional effects of a car crash and many, many more. If the quantity and variety are overwhelming, you can subscribe to a podcast, which delivers a new documentary to you every single day.
The Year of the Drone
The Year of the Drone: An Analysis of U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan, 2004-2010 (PDF). "Our study shows that the 114 reported drone strikes in northwest Pakistan from 2004 to the present have killed between 830 and 1,210 individuals, of whom around 550 to 850 were described as militants in reliable press accounts, about two-thirds of the total on average. Thus, the true civilian fatality rate since 2004 according to our analysis is approximately 32 percent." [more inside]
Obama Goes to Kalamazoo
Do you remember who your high school graduation commencement speaker was? Yeah, me neither. Fortunately, the class of 2010 at Kalamazoo Central High School in Kalamazoo, MI won't have that problem: KCHS was just selected as the winner of the White House Race to the Top Commencement Challenge, and will host President Obama at this year's commencement ceremony.
By any means necessary.
Is "Too Big To Fail" Too Big To Exist?
When we write this up, I'll guarantee you, before the ink is dry, some 22-year-old is going to come out and figure six different ways to get around what I've just written. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd on the proposed Restoring American Financial Stability Act [.pdf] [more inside]
Music for everyone
We've had a post on bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding previously, but perhaps we could do with an update. Last year she played at the White House for Stevie Wonder's Gershwin Prize concert and again for the Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word (previously). In December she performed at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, and, according to wikipedia, her February 6 performance on Austin Cty Limits (PBS [US only?], with Madeleine Peyroux) made her the most-searched person, and the second-most-searched item on Google the next day. [more inside]


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000 AXPZ20 KNHC 262133 TWDEP Tropical Weather Discussion NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 2205 UTC Thu Jul 21 2016 Tropical weather discussion for the eastern Pacific Ocean from the Equator to 32N, east of 140W. The following information is based on satellite imagery, weather observations, radar, and meteorological analysis. Based on 1800 UTC surface analysis and satellite imagery through 2145 UTC. ...SPECIAL FEATURES... Hurricane Frank is centered near 21.5N 117.6W, or about 500 miles...800 km WSW of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula, at 2100 UTC, moving slowly WNW, or 285 degrees at 09 kt. The maximum sustained winds have increased to 70 kt with gusts to 85 kt. The estimated minimum central pressure has dropped to 986 mb. Currently, scattered moderate isolated strong convection is observed within 120 nm SE, and within 90 nm over the NW semicircles of the center. Frank has likely peaked in strength as a minimal hurricane, and is forecast to begin a weakening trend within 24 hours. Refer to the latest NHC forecast advisory under AWIPS/WMO headers MIATCMEP2/WTPZ22 KNHC for more details. Tropical Storm Georgette is centered at 18.4N 128.6W at 2100 UTC, and is nearly stationary. Maximum sustained winds are down to 50 kt with gusts to 60 kt. Estimated minimum central pressure is up to 996 mb. the low level center is now exposed with deep convection at a minimum and only flaring up within 60 nm of the center in a few bursts. Georgette is expected to weaken over cooler waters and overall unfavorable environment and should become a remnant low within 48 hours. Refer to the latest NHC forecast advisory under AWIPS/WMO headers MIATCMEP3/WTPZ23 KNHC for more details. Also refer to the latest high seas forecast under AWIPS/WMO headers MIAHSFEP2/FZPN03 KNHC for more details on the wave forecasts associated with these systems. ...TROPICAL WAVE... A tropical wave is analyzed N of 09N along 103W, and has been moving W at about 12 kt. Scattered moderate isolated strong convection is noted from 10-15N within 180 nm W of the wave axis. Expect this tropical wave to lose identity over the next day or so. ..INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... A monsoon trough extends WSW from the pacific coast of Colombia at 08N78W to 07N83W, then turns nw to 10N88W to 09N95W to 11N109W where scatterometer winds indicate a transition to an ITCZ. The ITCZ extends SW to 08N130W, then resumes SW of Georgette at 14N136W to 12N140W. Scattered moderate isolated strong convection is observed along the pacific coast of Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica within 30 nm either side of a line from 03N78W to 07N78W to 07N81W TO 10N86W. Similar convection is noted within 60 nm either side of a line from 05N88W to 08N94W to 09N106W, within 150 nm either side of a line from 10N113W to 08N127W, and within 60 nm of 13.5N137W. ...DISCUSSION... N of 15N e of 120W: Tropical storm force winds associated with tropical cyclone Frank will move west of 120W on on Wed, and associated seas of 8 ft or greater will shift w of 120W by Wed night. See special features above additional information on Frank. A west to east orientated surface ridge will build from 21N120W to 15N106W in the wake of tropical cyclone Frank. The weak gradient northeast of the ridge will support light to gentle nw winds through the upcoming weekend, with seas of 4-6 ft. A nnw to sse orientated trough will meander e and w over the Baja California Peninsula, and the northern Gulf of California this week, supporting light and variable winds across the Gulf of California waters through Fri. A gentle to moderate southerly flow is expected to begin on Fri night, and will persist through Sat across the gulf waters. Moderate northerly flow expected late Thu night into the early daylight hours on Fri, and then again late Fri night into Sat morning with seas building to about 6 ft. Model guidance is suggesting a slightly stronger drainage flow on Sat night into Sun morning, with seas building to 8 ft. S of 15N e of 120W: See section on tropical wave. Moderate e winds are expected across, and just downstream of the Gulf of Papagayo during the overnight hours tonight and on Wed night, then guidance is hinting at fresh easterly drainage flow on Thu night as a surface low develops near 10N91W. The low should move westward through the upcoming weekend, with increasing chance of tropical cyclone formation later in the week. Long-period cross-equatorial SW swell, in the formed of combined seas of 6-8 ft, is forecast to propagate n across the equator between 100-115W on Thu, and reach along 08N between 90-115W on Sat before beginning to subside. Combined seas are forecast to less than 8 ft on Sun. W of 120W: See special features above for information on tropical cyclones Georgette and Frank that will pass westward through the northern portion of this discussion area through this upcoming weekend. Combined seas of 6-9 ft, primarily due to mixing swell, are expected to surround the large seas near the cyclone, and cover the waters elsewhere to the n of 12N through the upcoming weekend. $$ Cobb


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I've got a crush on a certain font named "Kimberly" and I'm trying to use it on a heading / motto of a website.
Applying the
@font-face css rule worked for all browsers except IE7 where the heading isn't displayed at all, not even with a fallback font.
And what's most annyoing is that other page [ an example page downloaded from fontsquirrel.com after the conversion of the .ttf font into .eot ] works perfectly on all browsers versions.
Have anyone been through something similar?


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The Potty Bench from Boon offers a functional solution for the training years. Tuck away the wipes in two enclosed side storage spaces, and use the pull-out drawer for simple sanitary cleanup. Closed, it serves as a stool that supports up to 300 lbs. Also included are a built-in toilet paper holder and a removable soft deflector shield.


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"Protecting consumers is more important than ever." #BeSolarSmart
Larry Sherwood, IREC President/CEO
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The outlook is sunny. The facts are clear. But still, consumers can be left in the dark. Earlier this year, the U.S. hit a significant solar milestone: one million individual solar installations on homes and businesses. Last year, the solar industry created jobs at a rate 12-times higher than the overall economy. While impressive, energy consumers in many regions of the country don't need to read these statistics to be convinced of a solar boom.
Larry is IREC's President and CEO.
"It was a week filled with lots of knowledge, a focus on the future and inspiring sights to keep us hungry for more, " said Matt Aberman, senior electrical engineering student at University of Central Florida and second year FEEDER workshop attendee.
As more Americans gain access to affordable renewable energy, and as more 'shared' and 'community' solar programs crop up across the country, states are asking the question: how can we bring shared renewable energy opportunities to our low and moderate income (LMI) households?


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Add bright oceanic colors and nautical flare to your under the sea event theme with under the sea balloons. Try these balloons in bright blue colors and fun mylar designs for affordable centerpieces and other underwater theme decorations.
Under the Sea balloons are a perfect decoration for your under the sea event theme. The balloons will wave and bob as guests walk by, creating the illusion of a moving ocean above their heads. Create exciting nautical tabelware centerpieces with under the sea party balloons bouquets. Easy to make and affordable, simply tie together your choice of under the sea balloons with curling ribbon and ground the under the sea party balloons with balloon accessories and balloon weights.
Give your nautical theme party the feel of a cruise through oceans where one hopes to catch a glimpse of dolphins and whales with under the sea balloons. Recreate the scene of fish jumping out of the water with a variety of blue latex balloons scattered on the floor beneath dolphin mylar balloons and whale mylar balloons. This use of under the sea balloons will remain a long-lasting memory of this exciting time "out on the water."


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Your Best Friend Is Your Product's Worst Enemy
The Emperor's New Product
When you're developing at an older, established company, your product has history and inertia to build on. Your strategy is incremental — building on old successes and (cough) avoiding new projects that have the slightest whiff of failure. You also probably have a big, vocal customer base. You know that you're making new stuff for people that already buy your old stuff.
At your start-up, all this goes out the window. No history, no inertia, no customers. The moment your prototype is ready, you want feedback from everyone you can muster. And who are you most likely to ask? Your friends. They've been cheering along from the sidelines, investing ramen and rounds of beer along the way to keep you going. Naturally, you're going to want to show off your hard work the moment you have a working demo. How do they respond? "This is great!" "Can't wait to start using it!" "We wish we'd thought of this!" Wow, you're cooking now. What more validation do you need? Ship it for chrissakes!
Not so fast. This is the trap we nearly fell into last July. We had nearly finished the prototype of Keepsy — our group photo-album site — and had rave reviews from those close to us. To make matters worse, we also did a round of conventional user-testing with strangers which had great results (or so it seemed). Nearly every user mentioned how fun the product was, and when asked for criticism, offered little, if any. Our path to product/market fit was going to be short and sweet. Green light, right?
We were about a week from shipping when I noticed that an acquaintance had not yet added his page to a test album we were creating for a mutual friend's birthday. I sent him an instant message and asked him about the hold up. He response was, "some issues with site". When pressed further, he declined further comment. He felt it was a discussion best done in person. So I invited him to come by the office to chat.
He arrived the next morning at 9am. What I thought was going to be a quick 30-minute coffee turned into a 7-hour forced march as he methodically began to rip apart each flow, question each design element down to the placement of every pixel, and basically shamed us into believing our product was ever ready to ship. Of course, it wasn't a problem that his feedback was so thoroughly caustic. No, the problem was that we found ourselves agreeing with over 90% of this comments. It was like the child in The Emperor's New Clothes shouting above the din of the crowd, "Your product sucks!" and suddenly all of us were standing around very, very naked.
How could we have been so blind? The simple answer is that we'd been soliciting the feedback we wanted to hear — the rosy accolades from those we hold dear — instead of seeking out resistance and conflict. We had resisted the hard cold truth. The next day, we began our redesign. It cost us weeks, but at no point along the way did we hesitate or look back. The path was obvious to us now.


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Benefits vs. Features: What Makes a Better PPC Ad?
When writing a PPC ad, when should your PPC copy create a powerful mental image of the product or service's end benefit, and when should you focus on establishing credibility and addressing concerns about the path to achieving that benefit?
PPC Ad Optimization: 6 Top Elements to Test
Testing and optimizing ads is critical for successful companies. So with a myriad of available tools and education, what's stopping us from doing so on a regular basis? Here are six elements start your PPC ad testing and optimization journey.
Marin Software and BoostCTR Partner for Scalable Ad Copy Optimization
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(a) On addition of one equivalent of methylmagnesium iodide to ethyl acetoacetate, the Grignard reagent is consumed, but the only organic product obtained after working up the reaction mixture is ethyl acetoacetate. Why? What happens to the Grignard reagent?
(b) On repeating the reaction but using D2O and DCl to work up the reaction mixture, it is found that the recovered ethyl acetoacetate contains deuterium. Where is this deuterium located?


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Hong Kong Exchanges Quarterly Profit Rises on Higher Fees
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd., the world's third-biggest bourse operator by market value, said first-quarter profit climbed as fees increased.
Net income rose 1.7 percent to HK$1.18 billion ($152 million) in the three months through March 31, from HK$1.16 billion a year earlier, the company said today in a statement. That compares with the HK$1.14 billion average estimate of five analysts compiled by Bloomberg.
The average daily value of shares bought and sold fell 5 percent to HK$55.1 billion on the exchange's main board, Hong Kong Exchanges said. Shares of the bourse operator slipped 9 percent in the first three months of this year as China's data from manufacturing to industrial production fueled concern growth in the world's second-biggest economy is slowing. The stock climbed 2 percent to HK$139 at the trading break in the city, compared with a 0.5 percent gain for the benchmark Hang Seng Index.
"In the short term, the result is not the market's focus," said Kenny Tang, general manager of AMTD Financial Planning Ltd. "The long-term prospect is much more important because there is hope the link with the Shanghai stock exchange will increase turnover a lot by attracting more mainland investors to trade Hong Kong stocks. This is unique to HKEx, so it might attract more large overseas companies to list in Hong Kong and increase listing-fee income."
While turnover dropped in the first quarter, the number of initial public offerings on the main board climbed to 18 from 10 a year earlier, according to the bourse's website. Funds raised from the share sales jumped to HK$45.5 billion from HK$8.12 billion a year earlier after Power Assets Holdings Ltd. raised HK$24.1 billion in an initial public offering of HK Electric Investments.
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"The higher income reflects increased fees from commodities trading, additional listing fees, higher brokerage fees on initial public offering allotments, and an increase in clearing fees," according to the statement.
Investors rushed to buy the shares in the city's bourse last month after the city's regulator and China Securities Regulatory Commission unveiled plans on April 10 to connect the stock exchanges of Hong Kong and Shanghai for cross-border trading.
Hong Kong Exchanges jumped the most in more than five years following that announcement on speculation it will benefit from higher trading volume as mainland investors gain access to shares listed in the city. The stock has since lost 4.8 percent.
Since the first quarter, the exchange said it plans to introduce futures contracts on thermal coal and industrial metals, a first step to enable mainland commodity users and producers to gain access to international markets restricted to them and vice versa.
The London Metal Exchange, which Hong Kong Exchanges bought for $2.2 billion in December 2012 to expand into commodities, pushed revenue and other income from commodities up by 7 percent to HK$315 million in the first quarter, the Asian bourse said.


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iPad Case
SAILOR'S SUNRISE - Beautiful Modern Abstract Crimson and Pink Nature Sky Sunset Ocean Reflectionby EbiEmporium
Protect your iPad with an impact resistant hard shell case featuring an extremely slim profile.
Do you LOVE pink? Are you a Nature Lover? Maybe you're a sailor! Regardless of which you are, this is the piece for you!!
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Perfect Game All-American Steven Williams plays for a talented Team Elite squad, spending his time this week at the 17u PG EvoShield Classic tuning up for his time spent in San Diego among the nation's best.
Lefthanded pitcher Seth Corry, ranked 23rd overall in the high school class of 2017, is the fifth player from the state of Utah to participate in the Perfect Game All-American Classic.
PG All-American LHP Mackenzie Gore is a small-town kid from N.C. who has risen to No. 41 in PG's prospect rankings and is at this weekend's 17u PG World Series with the EvoShield Canes.
CBA Marucci MIF Tyler Freeman graciously accepted an invitation to next month's PG All-American Classic and is now concentrating on helping CBA to a title at the 17u PG World Series.
2015 Perfect Game All-American Jeff Belge made Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League history last week when he and teammate Tim Naughton combined to throw the third no-hitter in league history.
Catcher Philip Clarke, named to the 2016 PG All-American Classic, has enjoyed a very successful summer so far at numerous national events, including his MVP performance at the 18u Memorial Day at LakePoint tournament.
Braxton Garrett, the seventh overall pick in the 2016 MLB Draft, came to terms with the Marlins on Friday and is one of 38 former PG All-Americans to come to terms for a collective total of more than $68 million in signing bonuses.
2016 PG All-American Tim Elko is with his beloved Scorpions 2017 Prime teammates in Fort Myers this week, trying to help them win a national championship at the 17u PG BCS Finals.
Newly named 2016 PG All-American Drew Waters is competing for the 6-4-3 DP Cougars at the 17u PG Super25 National this week, but eagerly anticipates joining 6 other Georgians at the Classic next month.
As part of a special Selection Show at the 2016 All-Star Game festivities in San Diego, Calif., the rosters for the 2016 Perfect Game All-American Classic were released on MLB.com and are now available.
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All throughout the apple ios dev programming guide I get these weird symbols. Anyone know what they are? I'm just curious. They look like tiny little boxes with 4 numbers inside.
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There is an Igbo saying that the world is a marketplace (uwa bu ahia). This simple worldview can be explained literally to mean that the Igbo think so because trading is a prominent occupation among the Igbo (it could also mean that a marketplace is the epicenter of community social and business interaction). That might be why the Igbo weekdays are named after their markets – Eke, Orie, Afo, Nkwo. Children born on any of these market days often assume the default name as in Okeke or Mgbeke, Okorie or Mgborie, Okafo or Mgbafo, Okonkwo or Mgbonkwo for male or female children, respectively, born on the corresponding market days. We are yet to come across another culture for which the market holds such a fascinating centrality in their worldview even while they see themselves as ruggedly egalitarian. The meaning of the thesis statement that the world is a marketplace is deeper than the literal interpretation. The deeper meaning is the suggestion that all the problems we encounter in this world are open to negotiation, haggling and bargaining. Some people come into the market place with greater resources than others and therefore are able to buy more goods and services just as some people are born or raised with greater resources, increasing their bargaining power in the global marketplace. When the Igbo say that the world is a market, they usually complete the sentence by observing that when one buys to one's content, one goes home. The home referred to here is the land of the ancestors to which the Igbo believe the spirits of the dead return to bargain for a better life in their next incarnation. If one's creator dealt one a raw deal in this life, one can still bargain with his/her personal God (or Chi) and haggle for a better break in the next life. In other words, the Igbo intend the paradox that the world is a market as a description of the global world and not simply just the Igbo world. This paper will focus on how the Igbo organize the training of children in commercial and consumerist activities given their mercantilist worldview. Are there lessons that other cultures could learn from the Igbo and are there lessons that the Igbo could learn from the social structure of modernist business schools?
Keywordsmarket apprenticeship business commmerce sociology Marx Weber Durkheim Uchendu Nwabueze
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- Title
- IMU AHIA: Traditional Igbo Business School and Global Commerce Culture
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Dialectical Anthropology
Volume 31, Issue 1-3 , pp 233-252
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- 2007-11
- 10.1007/s10624-007-9023-8
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- 0304-4092
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- 1573-0786
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- sociology
- Marx
- Weber
- Durkheim
- Uchendu
- Nwabueze
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- Biko Agozino (1)
- Ike Anyanike (2)
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- 1. The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
- 2. Law School, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA


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nurse called friday morning and said i had an abnormal pap and they need to send it off for further testing, i have never had an abnormanl pap before and when i google it HPV comes up!!! im gonna call on monday and talk to my doc or nurse cus i have many questions to ask..anyone else have abnormal pop up??
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Ladies, you need to realize they are looking at cells in your samples they take and when you get pregnant those cells change (which means abnormal). It is perfectly common to get an abnormal pap while pregnant because your cells are constantly changing. And YES sex before any pap pregnant or not can give you an abnormal pap as well. Nothing to worry about!
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I had an abnormal pap a few years back and was totally freaked. They did a colposcopy on the next abnormal one showed abnormal cells. They eventually just went away on their own. I'm now a senior in Nursing school and am much more informed. HPV is extremely common. Statistics say that 80% of womeon will be exposed in their lifetime, this is why they made a vaccine now. Men are exposed as well but only the strains that lead to genital warts are symptomatic for them. They will just keep watching it to see if it is having malignant changes, and if it does they will freeze it out. I have a friend who kept ignoring it and it turned into cancer but they froze it out and she is still fine several years later. Smoking makes it MUCH worse so avoid cigaretter smoke. Even second hand.
One of the great things is that it is caught so much earlier with pap smears now, back in the day the mortality rate of Cervical cancer was like a 100 times higher. It is very rare to have advanced cervical cancer now and typically occurs in older women. Yay for pap smears!
I had an abnormal pap this summer but it came back negative for HPV so they weren't worried about it. Pretty sure it's because DH and I had sex the night before, which I know is a no-no but I thought if he pulled out it wouldn't matter haha! Silly me, I thought it was just the semen that could mess up the results, I didn't realize it can irritate the cervix itself and that can cause an abnormal result.
It's probably nothing, and if it IS something it will probably not be too big of a deal, so try not to freak out but I know that's easier said than done. Hope you get good news!
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HPV is extremely common - it's more common to have it, than to not. In most cases - not all, but most - you just need an additional pap each year. Many times it goes away on its own. Whenever the nurse gets back to you with more details, if it is HPV they will most likely schedule you for a colposcopy which is fine, however if they want to do a biopsy I would decline. It may irritate the cervix, and no matter what they end up finding (if they find anything at all) there's nothing they can do for you until after you have the baby. I have my own experiences, so that is what I'm speaking from. I have already declined a colposcopy for this pregnancy and will wait to do it until after I have the baby.
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Definitely stop googling. I had an abnormal pap about 6 years ago and had 2 repeat paps in the months following it and then one a year since then. None of the other ones come up abnormal. I didn't read the other posts so someone may have mentioned already, but yeast can commonly cause paps to come up abnormal. So if you recently had a yeast infection or even just have any extra that was taken during your pap, that could have caused it. Don't stress over it!!!
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I have had an abnormal pap for the last 5 years... it's nothing to worry about. At the least you'll have to go back for routine checks every 6 months, and at the most you may have to have a LEEP procedure or Laser Ablation (less invasive) after the baby is born. Mine was caused by HPV, which apparently goes away on its own sometimes bc I don't have it anymore. HPV is very common among women in their 20's. My Advice, don't freak, it's probably just something that needs to be monitored.
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I had the same thing happen! Definitely don't google it!!!! I have an inflammed cervis that could be caused from the mc's that we have recently had. She said they were so close together my body needed time to heal. This is so common, but it is something you don't think about until it happens to you :)
I had one after ODD was born. I ended up having a lot of precancerous cells. They did a LEEP procedure right away, and I have been just fine ever since. It is very scary to get that news, but if something really is wrong, it can be caught early and treated. The doctor said that if I had waited a few years, I could have had full blown cervical cancer.
I know the sound of HPV is scary too, but it doesn't mean that is what is wrong. I came back negative for HPV. Try not to worry, let the doctor do his thing, and I am sure you will be fine.
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