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April 29, 2011
Standing In The Clouds
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From Counselor Senior Writer Dave Vagnoni, our guest blogger who's reporting from the land of China …
Just got back a little while ago from a VERY late dinner where I visited with distributors from four different continents. The table conversation was direct and engaging. It's true that a salesperson in Brazil faces different challenges than a salesperson in Japan, but the bottom line is they're both still trying to do one thing – convince clients and prospects that promotional products are a great way to advertise.
Certainly, selling direct was a topic of heated discussion at dinner. Here's my simple take on a complex subject. Hey, we know some distributors bypass suppliers. We also know some suppliers cut out the distributor and sell to end-users. This is reality. It's not going to change. The companies that display the most integrity are the ones that have the most staying power in the industry. Margins might be trimmed sometimes, but there is money to be made through ad specialties. If you're not making it, your competitor will.
Now, onto the rest of my day. It started with a breakfast meeting with Gene Geiger and Jo-an Lantz. I interviewed Jo-an on camera to get a domestic distributor's take on the role of China in the industry. You'll be able to hear Jo-an's thoughts in a video to be posted in a few months. Gene, as always, also had some sharp insight, too. His comments will be included in my Counselor feature later this year.
I also had the chance to spend time today with Philippe Varnier of Polyconcept and Trevor Gnesin of Logomark. I asked them what country could eventually emerge as the next China. Philippe said it could be India. Trevor said it could be North Korea. After our respective interviews, as a parting gift, Philippe gave me a pen. Trevor, meanwhile, offered me gifts – as only he can – that can't be written about in a blog. If you know Trevor, you can understand what I'm talking about. If you don't, he'll be at the ASI Show in San Diego. Be sure to say Hi.
Also today, on the advice of ASI's Ron Ball, I journeyed to one of the top tourist spots in all of Hong Kong – Victoria Peak. The site attracts seven million visitors every year and is home to private residences and four signature restaurants. The view itself today was incredible, although much different than the scene you often see on postcards. Today was rainy, dreary and foggy here. Being up so high (nearly 2,000 ft. above the harbor), it's as if I were standing in the clouds. Literally, it was like being surrounded by blankness.
ASI Publisher Rich Fairfield (who came along) and I couldn't even see the water from the highest overlook at the peak. We certainly couldn't see the stunning city skyline. Hong Kong was basically invisible. Our enthusiastic cab driver kept urging us to come back on Sunday when the weather is predicted to be nicer, even though we mentioned at least four times that we're leaving Hong Kong on Saturday. It's all the more reason for me to make a return visit here someday.
Before I sign off for the week, I want to thank everyone that helped me along the way, especially Danielle and Randee from Dard. What great people! They're down-to-earth, hard-working, sincere and very patient. I hope you've enjoyed the blog. I'm sure I'll write a few entries again sometime in the future…from wherever I am. Please keep in touch. Zai Jian!
April 28, 2011
Noodles, Novelties and Things I've Noticed
From Counselor Senior Writer Dave Vagnoni, our guest blogger who's reporting from the land of China …
On an especially hazy day here in Hong Kong, I had breakfast with Danielle and Randee from Dard, along with Ross Beaton of Australia's Logo-Line. Ross, who's a former Counselor International Person of the Year, has been trying for days to get me to eat how the locals do (that means eating fish that stare back at you). He's also been pushing Peking Duck, which is not on my top 10,000 list of things to eat. Sorry, Ross.
As a compromise, I did decide to take baby steps toward enjoying Far East cuisine by sampling authentic Chinese noodles this morning. Now, in America, a similar noodle dish would come with broth and maybe mushrooms. Real Chinese noodles, though, can come with exciting additions like fish balls. I opted for spinach noodles in a broth with some unpronounceable green vegetables, a bit of pork (I think) and, yes, a few of the aforementioned fish balls. While it was, I admit, a tasty dish, I'm still craving Italian food. A burrito doesn't sound bad either.
After breakfast, I went to a press conference hosted by Jeffrey Lam, the chairman of the Hong Kong Gift Show organizing committee. He had some interesting things to say about pricing, labor and exporting – both in his general remarks and to me in our sit-down interview. He told the audience – a group of about 20 members of the international press – that he expects labor costs in China to increase 10%-15% every year for the near future. He admitted manufacturers in China face serious challenges related to inflation and the rising costs of raw materials.
He also said he anticipates the U.S. dollar will remain unstable and may even "tumble" in years to come, while Chinese currency will hold its value, he believes. Here's part of my Q&A with Lam from this morning. There will be more to come from this interview online and in Counselor magazine.
Q: How can companies really know that products manufactured in China are safe and compliant?
A: Hong Kong has a very mature testing industry. The international companies are here and the labs are here. They are here to help the industry test their products. All the manufacturers do test their raw materials and also the finished product before shipping. I'm sure they can provide the buyers with the certificate about the safety aspect of the product. You know, this is something that the buyer should ask for and the supplier should supply to buyers. Hong Kong, like the toy industry, works very closely with the U.S. importers and U.S. toy companies on certain safety standards. I know all the toy products made here comply with the U.S. and international regulations.
Besides talking with Lam, I also had the chance to meet with several other show suppliers – some from the industry and some that aren't. One company I spoke to manufactures those really elegant greeting cards sold in the U.S. by retailer Papyrus. Another company supplies housewares and gift items to Pier One and Bed, Bath & Beyond. A third supplier – from Japan – showed me a bunch of relief-from-the-heat novelties that he hopes to soon introduce to companies in North America. The items were pretty clever and have promotional potential. If you want more details, shoot me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Following the press event, I spent a very educational hour with Jeff Lederer from Prime Line. As he met with a factory contact, I watched him literally take a pitched product and create a design for a new, multi-use pen that I think is really going to do well in the industry. Jeff is also extremely knowledgeable about compliance issues. Our conversation will be part of the video I'm putting together, plus the feature I'll be writing for Counselor.
As I was walking the streets of Hong Kong today, I realized my time in China is passing quickly. With fondness, I thought I'd type out a few things about China that I've found particularly odd, humorous or just plain surprising. Here goes.
OK, back to my trip. Tomorrow, after some early meetings with industry folks, I'll be headed to Victoria Peak and, if all goes according to plan, I'll close my Friday with a trip to the night market. Anybody have souvenir requests?
April 27, 2011
The World's Largest Gift Show
From Counselor Senior Writer Dave Vagnoni, our guest blogger who's reporting from the land of China …
Find in your mind an image of the busiest ASI Show you can remember. Now imagine a show at least five times bigger, held on three separate floors in giant halls and concourses, with more than 4,070 suppliers – that's the Hong Kong Gifts & Premium Fair. The grandiose event is billed as the largest of its kind in the world, this year hosting exhibitors from 36 different countries.
Suppliers here are not only trying to sell products, they're also looking for new and different items themselves. That means buyers include distributors AND suppliers alike. Promotional products are just a part of what's on display at the Gift Fair. You can find everything from vacuums to electric-powered butterflies to ribbons. The booths, which are largely pre-built for suppliers, range from simple cubicle-like setups to ornate 20-foot high toy castles.
In contrast to an ASI Show, you don't see much apparel at the Hong Kong Fair. I passed a few Gildan racks, but that was it. Electronics, though, are extremely popular here. While there weren't any products that wowed me, some of the coolest items were in the tech category. Among a handful of things I hadn't seen before were colorful 3D cell phone cases, waterproof cell phone pouches and crystal Bluetooth headsets (some pics are below). I also thought the "Push-A-Plant" product was unique for green marketing. With a push of a button, a plant starts growing out of Lego-looking base without needing water for an entire week.
Once again on Wednesday, I shadowed Danielle and Randee from Dard, filming them at their booth, on the show floor and at new product meetings. Buyers from all over the world (Ireland, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Nigeria and Mexico, to name a few places) visited Dard's booth to see patented items. Throughout the day, the product hunt continued. Danielle (who is living on grill cheese sandwiches, Raman noodles and other just-add-water delicacies) brought along with her to the Fair a shopping list from customers. She clearly has a keen eye for design. I've noticed Randee on the other hand (who has a much more adventurous palette) seems more impressed by practical items.
Their balance of opinions was evident during a late-day meeting with a China factory representative that showed off 50 or so products. Danielle and Randee made a series of snap judgments, deciding whether a particular item would play well in their product line and in the ad specialty industry. If there was a brand-new product they liked, they asked the factory for exclusivity. In other cases, they had to weigh whether taking on a product would make sense if a competitor has already started ordering large quantities. There were maybe three or four products Danielle and Randee really loved in the stationery line. I'm sworn to secrecy but I suspect they'll be offered solely by Dard in the near future.
So, to recap, while I didn't spend 18 hours in the air or get detained by customs agents, Wednesday was still an interesting and exhausting day. I can't stress enough how massive the Gift Fair is…and how diligent suppliers must be to assure products manufactured in China are stylish, yet socially compliant.
Tomorrow, I'll be back at the Fair interviewing industry suppliers. Plus, I'll have an exclusive as I visit with Jeffrey Lam, the chairman of the organizing committee for the Hong Kong Gifts & Premium Fair.
Finally for now, thanks everyone for your emails. Please keep them coming at firstname.lastname@example.com. Although I won't be buying any designer suits per one person's advice, (there are pretty big discounts here on clothes) I will be following a suggestion to visit Victoria Peak for a great view of Hong Kong.
Until tomorrow…
April 26, 2011
Detained At The Border
From Counselor Senior Writer Dave Vagnoni, our guest blogger who's reporting from the land of China …
My second full day in China began with a cab ride from my hotel to the Star Ferry. If I didn't know any better, I would've thought I was involved in a car chase. The driver swerved, then stopped. Sped up, then slammed on the brakes. I found myself holding onto the seat in front of me just to keep my balance. Picture a cab ride through New York City with narrower and curvier streets.
When the thrill ride ended, I walked to a lower port terminal to take the ferry across Victoria Harbour to Wan Chai. The fare was incredibly cheap – $2.50 Hong Kong dollars or roughly a quarter in U.S. money. The boat was filled with people – many with newspapers or cell phones in their hands – on their way to work. The five-minute ride left me within a block of the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre where the large gift show will begin on Wednesday. Attached to the Centre is the Renaissance Hotel where I met the amazingly helpful Danielle Ruiz and Randee Horwitch from Dard.
While Danielle went to her office for some meetings and show prep, Randee and I, along with our translator and tour guide Polly, took a van into mainland China to visit one of Dard's factories. The trip was mostly along three-lane highways and the writing on the road signs gradually changed from a mix of English and Cantonese into Mandarin-only. We drove through Shenzhen to Dong Guan (Dongguan), whizzing by impressive buildings, fruit and flower stands and tons of construction workers. The roads are well maintained and the infrastructure is much better here than in cities farther inland.
The factory wasn't what I expected and the quality of life for the 300 workers is better than a naive Westerner might think. The average worker earns 3,000 RMB or yuan (about $500 U.S.) each month, but has room and board provided. Workers live in a dormitory adjacent to the factory and receive three meals a day. They typically work from 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and can leave the gated factory space at night to go into town. The factory grounds also have a soccer field and basketball court.
We watched as workers put together, at various stages of production, items like ergonomic mice, pedometers and music players. Every step of the production process is done here – from molding to printing. You can read much more about my factory tour – including my sit-down interview with a worker and my first time eating dried fish and an egg popsicle – in an upcoming issue of Counselor.
And now, for the highlight of the day. On our way back to Hong Kong, we, of course, needed to pass through customs and immigration. No big deal, right?
At the third of three checkpoints, we (our driver, a factory manager, Randee and I) found ourselves waiting an awfully long time for clearance. The light ahead of us stayed red. Other cars on our right and left were being let through. Not us. Every so often, a customs agent peeked his head out of a small sliding glass window. The factory manager, a man named Michael, assured us nothing was wrong. Then, all of sudden, another agent came rushing up to the side of our car. A siren blasted behind us. The agent asked to board our van so he could escort us to another checkpoint area where we'd be searched. Randee – a bit unnerved as it was– was forced to practically sit in my lap to make room in the car for this customs agent, who didn't speak English and didn't have anything close to a smile on his face.
We arrived at this other checkpoint and were told to get out. Our belongings were taken out of the back of the van. By now there were four or five other agents walking around us. Imagine what I was thinking. They're going to confiscate the camera, smash the memory card and break the tripod in half. Turns out my mind overreacted a bit. We were, though, taken to an X-ray room where all our things were put on a conveyer belt. That apparently wasn't a convincing enough inspection because we were then taken to a small room with white walls, four chairs and a table. The agents again opened our bags. Poor Michael had everything inside of his suitcase taken out and displayed on the table.
After this part of the search was over, we were told our van was going to be driven through a giant screening machine. We were asked to sit in this little room and wait…and wait…and wait. Finally, handed our bags, were given the OK to leave. Everything was intact except maybe our sanity.
The entire screening process took 45 minutes and the agents thanked us for our patience. Of all of the hundreds and hundreds of cars passing through customs and immigration on this day OURS was the vehicle chosen for a thorough screening. We must've been part of a glorious training exercise. Lucky us.
At least I'll always have a good story to tell – one that I'll be sure to embellish over the years. Hey, how many other people can say they were detained at the China border? I'll have much more on my trip tomorrow with coverage from the Hong Kong Gifts & Premium Fair.
April 25, 2011
The Year I Skipped Easter
From Counselor Senior Writer Dave Vagnoni, our guest blogger who's reporting from the land of China …
It definitely was an odd feeling to leave Philadelphia Saturday morning and finally arrive in Hong Kong late Easter Sunday night. A delayed flight, three-quarters of a day in the air and a 12-hour time difference does tend to rearrange what seems normal. I wound up spending those "missing" hours catching up on some sleep, eating better-than-I-expected airline-provided Chinese noodles and watching in-flight movies (wish I would've dozed off during Gulliver's Travels rather than The King's Speech).
Fortunately, my bags made it to China despite almost being lost in Chicago. Apparently, the destination tag fell off my luggage in transit from Philly. A U.S. Airways representative was nice enough to call me after seeing a contact card and find out where my next stop was. Otherwise, who knows where all my clothes would be now.
My trip from the Hong Kong International Airport to my hotel – The W – lacked for drama and I'm grateful for that. The poor driver kept apologizing because more than once he flipped on the windshield wipers rather than the turn signal. He didn't seem to be a fan of Japanese-made cars.
My first impressions of Hong Kong were comforting. It's amazing how familiar things can look in a strange place. We crossed over a spitting image of the Golden Gate Bridge, dealt with the hassles of some late-night highway construction and passed sign after sign that read: Don't Drink and Drive. It did take me a while, though, to get settled in my hotel room. I stared at the shower for a few minutes before I figured out how to turn it on (see confounding image below). I suspected operator error when I couldn't quite get the plug adapter to work. Turns out it was just broken. I couldn't believe in-room Internet access was $40/hour. Then I remembered to convert the currency and the price significantly dropped.
TV here isn't quite what I'm used to in the U.S. There are versions of ESPN, CNN, CNBC and Fox News, but there's a clear programming time lag. I quickly lost interest in the Yankees/Orioles game when I already knew who won.
So there you have it. That's a recap of my first hours in Hong Kong. Here's what you can expect during the coming days: Over the next week, I'll be following around a few of the good folks from Dard Products. We'll head to a factory in Shenzhen, experience the massive Hong Kong Gifts & Premium Fair and haggle to get some deals in a local marketplace. I also plan to interview other industry execs who are here in Hong Kong, as well as some locals to get a sense of trade/labor challenges (and benefits) in Asia. I'll be taking pictures wherever I am for a slide show, plus I'll be shooting video that will eventually be turned into a TV-type report, similar to what you might see on the local news (that's the goal, at least).
If anybody has any ideas for places for me to see, or just wants to say hi (either in-person here in Hong Kong or from back home), email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
And by the way…Happy Belated Easter!
April 21, 2011
Our Man About China
Beginning early next week, my colleague and Counselor Senior Writer Dave Vagnoni (at right) will be reporting from the land of China about the Asian country's increasing influence on this industry.
From factory visits and interviews with key players in Chinese trade and labor, to reports from the Hong Kong Gifts & Premium Fair, Dave is going to collect as much information as he possibly can — including images — and post it all right here in the Team Blog!
Later in the year, a full account of Dave's trip will be posted in Counselor magazine, but for now stay tuned to the Team Blog as our man Dave Vagnoni becomes … Our Man About China!
Go get 'em Dave!
— Team Central
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April 18, 2011
Can Your Boss Keep a Secret?
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From guest blogger and ASICentral Director Samantha Tucker who has exited her code cave to write a blog!
Those of you who've read Michele Bell's latest blog post, With a Little Help From My Friends… learned that respect and appreciation for one's coworkers and superiors abounds at ASI (for the second year in a row, ASI was awarded a Best Places to Work award). Motivated by Miss Bell's incredibly gracious tribute to her coworkers, I felt compelled to bring up a few points of my own.
I recently discovered that my boss, Executive Vice President/Publisher Rich Fairfield, is even smarter than I'd realized. The first day I began work at ASI, I attended our weekly team meeting, and the next day Rich left for a series of business trips over a three-week period. Rich called to check in with me (from China!) and see if I had everything I needed, and then trusted me to figure out the requirements of my new project on my own. At the time it was of course a bit scary, wondering if I had completed the tasks correctly, but I quickly realized I was exceptionally fortunate in my new position with ASI.
One of Rich's personality traits that particularly encourages and motivates me is that he takes the time to truly help his employees, and he's given me absolutely priceless advice. In previous jobs (and those of some of my friends and family members, as well), managers have wanted to retain control to the extent that they believed sharing advice would make them less powerful. The difference with Rich is that he realizes he needs to help his employees to be the very best they can be in order for the employees and the company to truly be successful.
Oh … and one more thing: Rich is always willing to listen to (and actually *hear*) any ideas we may have. Did you notice I italicized the word "listen"? We'll get to that point later.
As I mentioned, Rich is our publisher at ASI. ASI publishes five magazines, and Kathy Huston, editor of Advantages magazine, covered "Regional Sales Report, Top Markets, Hot Sellers" in the latest issue. Perusing the table of contents, my eye caught one specific feature article entitled "Southern Hospitality." Being the Southerner I am, obviously I found this quite intriguing, and wondered how on-point the article really was.
I began reading the article, and when I flipped to the second page of the feature, there was a definite audible gasp that was likely heard in California. My boss, Rich Fairfield, Publisher, Executive Vice President of Listening, and approver of said article, was privy to a secret of mine and last month approved publishing that secret to the 40,000 individuals that subscribe to Advantages magazine.
Was my secret buried in a short sentence or two within the article? Oh no, my secret was on display in a large green box entitled "Fun Fact," complete with large text and an associated image. My secret is definitely noticeable, and I fear that it is likely time for me to discontinue the use of this particular form of "Southern hospitality."
So when Rich briefly mentioned the April issue of Advantages magazine in our meeting this afternoon, and questioned my reaction, well, I had done already taken a notion to go on ahead and take a gander at that there article. To all ya'll that have not had the privilege of reading the article, if you want to know my secret you'll have to read it.
Many thanks to all ya'll, including my wonderful coworkers, Tim Andrews, Norman Cohn (even though every time I see him I happen to be carrying a piece of cake and, without fail, he asks me what it is that I've brought him), and last but certainly not least, Rich Fairfield. Bless your big heart.
As an aside, it appears that Kathy may have missed something when she was researching that feature article. My fellow Southern cousin, Kevin Tucker, Director of Momentum for Collide LLC, (true title, there is also a Director of Trajectory) opened my eyes to a shockingly, not-so-hospitable Southern find documented in the following photo:
April 15, 2011
Royal Wedding Promotional Products Photos
Filed under: Fun
The Royal Wedding of England's Prince William and Kate Middleton is just two weeks away, and since this is the ad specialty industry, we wondered just how popular are promotional products for this event. Apparently, so popular that royal wedding merchandise could top £26 million [$42.5 million].
Even more interesting are the kinds of promotional products … from shot glasses and tea kettles to condoms and bells, check out the haul of promotional products we found on the streets of London.
April 13, 2011
Tip of the Day – Five Stats That Help You Sell Color
Filed under: Tip of the Day
For all of you industry folks who are crazy about color, here are some great stats from this month's Advantages University you might not have known.
Five Stats That Help You Sell Color:
source: www.colormarketing.org
For more promotional product sales tips, visit Advantagesmag.com.
April 11, 2011
Tip of the Day – When to Call a Prospect
Filed under: Tip of the Day, Wearables
Great sales advice from the latest WEARABLEStyle newsletter … when to call a prospect.
You already know timing is everything. The cliché is particularly true when it comes to sales. Contacting a current or prospective client at the right time can be a pivotal step along the road to successful closing. So when is the right time to call? When it comes to existing clients, the answer is pretty straightforward: Learn their schedule and contact them at times that are convenient for them, says Adam Thornton, general manager at Match-Up Promotions (asi/264230). Adds J.P. Shea, sales development lead for American Solutions for Business (asi/120075): "You need to understand their wants and needs, and that includes understanding when they want to be seen."
The best times to call prospects are in the morning before the business day gets swinging and in the late afternoon, when the day winds down, distributors say. "They can focus and think," says Karen Hunter, owner of distributorship Head of the Hunt. "If you call in the middle of the day, they have so much going on and it's harder to get somewhere." A study from InsideSales.com testifies to Hunter's assertion. The analysis, which examined three years of data from six companies, determined that sales associates had the most success contacting prospects and initiating the sales process when calling between 8 a.m.-9 a.m. and 4 p.m.-5 p.m. "We have seen our best responses from 7:30 a.m.-9 a.m.," says Kevin J. Scharnek, president of 14 West LLC (asi/197092).
Additionally, the InsideSales.com study determined sales associates who contact prospects on Wednesday and Thursday stand a better shot of ultimately landing a deal. Still, that doesn't always hold true in practice. Scharnek says Fridays have proved an excellent day to get ahold of prospects and turn them into clients. Hunter agrees. "If you're still working to get clients at 3 p.m. on a Friday afternoon when everyone else has gone off for the weekend," she says, "it shows you are going to be available to them when they need you."
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As a legendary knight in King Arthur's court, thy days are filled with jousting and dragon-slaying. Suited in a black velour tunic with silver crest and belt, thy pants and separate hooded head protector are faux steel mesh. That personalized cape is the envy of thy peers. (Maximum 12 characters; name preceded by Sir.) Gloves and bootcovers make handsome accessories, too. Alas, the King wishes for Halloween candy, so grab thy sword and be off! Polyester, polyurethane. Silver knight costume for boys is imported. Allow an additional 3 business days for personalization. 5-pc. set includes: * hood* cape* tunic* pants* belt Accessories sold separately: * wooden sword* brave knight gloves* black cuffed bootcovers
It's easy to see why this knight is the most feared of all. Suited in a tattered tunic with creepy skeleton screenprint, he wears pants with ancient gauze strips, a belt, and faux steel mesh head protector. A dramatic skeleton on the back of his satin cape warns enemies to approach with caution. The eerie half-mask, skeleton-print gloves, and sword make him an even more frightful sight. Polyester. Skeleton knight costume for boys is imported. 4-pc. set includes: * head protector* tunic* pants* belt Accessories sold separately: * skull mask* skeleton knight cape* skeleton knight gloves* skeleton sword & shield
A knight's tent is his castle. Where better to hang out after a hard day of jousting, slaying dragons and protecting the far corners of the kingdom? This spectacular hanging play tent has vibrant cloth panels with sword and fleur de lis designs that drape over a sturdy wire frame. A thick blue floor mat is included. Tent is ideal for a bedroom, playroom or anywhere you can affix it from a height. Measures 53"W x 82 1/2"H. Cotton-polyester. Spot clean. Designed in Germany. (Sorry, express shipping and gift wrapping not available. Also, because this is an oversized item, excess charges may apply on shipments to Alaska and Hawaii.)

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The most expensive go-faster stripes in the country.As the Arthur Daley car lot is being cleared, can't we throw Ellington in with the deal for a round 10 million? I know the gearbox is a problem, but we've thrown a bit of sawdust in and hopefully he'll run for a month before anyone notices.


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By Art Forster & Mike WeitzelAugust 23, 2011
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. --Approximately 25 senior leaders from the Army Contracting Command and Expeditionary Contracting Command learned how contracting actions affected the Civil War battle of Chickamauga.
They participated in a staff ride to Chattanooga, Tenn., near the battlefield, Aug. 17-18. Jeff Parsons, Army Contracting Command executive director, and Mike Weitzel, ACC historian, led the team-building visit.
The Army staff ride combines studying a battle or campaign from history by traveling to the site where it took place and examining how the decisions and outcomes of that battle affect today's operations.
This trip provided the group a first-hand opportunity to understand and appreciate the challenges of wartime contracting and the importance it played in the battle that marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia. The battle was the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and involved the second highest number of casualties in the war following the Battle of Gettysburg.
The Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Braxton Bragg fought the Union Army of the Cumberland under Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans, to the west of Chickamauga Creek, which flows into the Tennessee River about 3.5 miles northeast of downtown Chattanooga. Although the Confederates were technically the victors, driving Rosecrans from the field, Bragg did not achieve his objective of destroying Rosecrans, nor of restoring Confederate control of East Tennessee. Union forces retreated to and successfully defended Chattanooga. The next spring, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, would use Chattanooga for his base as he began his march to Atlanta and the sea.
Staff ride participants experienced and studied the serious logistical challenges faced by both sides. The staff ride incorporated maps, historic narrative, and actual railroad and riverboat experiences to show that although Union supplies had to travel much longer distances, skillful use of railroad and water transport assured Rosecrans' troops had what they needed. Confederate supply depots and transport lines were more often interdicted by Union forces and less capable of delivering needed food and ammunition.
The Civil War review provided the staff ride participants the opportunity to learn about the development of Army contracting. Union Army contracting officers and appointed civilian officials secured the necessary supplies from citizen merchants, farmers and livestock owners. The staff ride looked at some of the first Congressional legislation governing Army contracting.
They also examined some of the unique difficulties faced by their contracting predecessors. Civil War contractors used telegraph and physical letters for communications, hand wrote contracts, and found the U.S. Treasury Department paying contractors with special war certificates or promissory notes that would not be redeemed for years by the new American government.
The battle also underscored the importance of technology in combat. Though heavily outnumbered, a Union brigade using new Spencer repeating rifles and another brigade using Colt repeating rifles allowed for an orderly withdrawal from the battlefield. The Spencer, with an internal seven-round magazine, could fire as many as 21 rounds per minute compared to three muzzle-loaded rounds by an infantry soldier using a standard musket.
The staff ride participants walked the ground where these repeating rifles showed their technological prowess versus superior numbers. This provided the final lesson of the staff ride when participants put the contracting, transportation, communications, and logistics lessons together to see the importance professional contracting officers played in the Battle of Chickamauga.


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Pierce College has been recognized by Military Times Edge magazine as one of the 50 Most Popular Colleges in its June/July issue.
Pierce is ranked 14th out of the top 50, which is based on where active-duty military use their tuition assistance benefits. The data used in the ranking was provided by the Air Force, Army, Army National Guard, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.
"It's an honor to be recognized for the hard work our faculty and staff do to ensure military personnel have access to high-quality education anytime, anywhere," said Horst Marschall, director of Pierce College's military programs. "I would like to thank our military partners and hosts for allowing us the opportunity to serve those who serve and protect the security of our country."
Pierce College's military program serves about 3,500 students per term. Students from all over the world attend classes online or at the two education centers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. For more information, visit www.pierce.ctc.edu/dist/military.


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New Label! El Inspector De La Salsa (Caribe Productions)
El Inspector de la Salsa is a funny name for a record company, but the material they offer is great. Following in the footsteps of a Qbadisc, El Inspector has packaged popular Cuban music for North American consumption. What is especially enjoyable is the fact that these are new recordings. This is some of the latest music to come out of Cuba. Included in the CD booklets are the lyrics to the songs. Thank you!
NG La Banda La Que Manda
NG La Banda has for some time been considered to be the cutting-edge of Cuban popular dance music. Their blend of son Cubano, funk, and jazz is irresistible. It's no wonder that they have created quite a following both inside and outside of Cuba.
Popular dance music in Cuba has been borrowing from American pop music for decades, often coming up with some hip hybrids. However, it seems that Cuban musicians get their hands on technical innovations years after their American counterparts, and to my ears the keyboard synthesizer and synth-drum sounds I hear on current Cuban records sound dated, even silly. These sounds are part of a greater trend which has been covering Cuban dance music with a slick pop sheen. Despite such detractions, the feeling and artistry usually shine through.
Los Papines Rumba Sin Alarde
It is so wonderful to hear a new release from these rumba masters. Los Papines are the four Abreu brothers. They have been recording since the 1950s and play in a nearly telepathic manner. There are so many drums being played here at once, but because of the care invested in their tuning and the Papines rhythmical prowess, what could sound cluttered is instead a conga symphony.
Los Van Van Lo Ultimo En Vivo
Los Van Van began as an experimental charanga group which added a trombone section and played the songo feel. The group's sound has evolved into something that today is closer to NG La Banda.
This CD was recorded live in Cancun, Mexico. There must be a simpler way logistically, to record Cuban bands these days. The performance is as tight as any studio recording you are likely to hear.
The legendary Jose Luis "Changuito" Quintana has departed from the group, and now works full time as an international musical educator. Changuito's innovations with timbales and band-style congas have influenced an entire generation of Cuban percussionists. His incorporation of snare drum rudiments into conga drum technique can be heard in the playing styles of Giovanni Hidalgo and Richie Flores. (Leader and bass player) Juan Formell's son Samuel has replaced Changuito on the drumset and is doing a great job of filling some big shoes.
Pacho Alonso Y Su Kini Kini Yo Siempre Tengo Lo Que Tu' Necesitas
Talk about a slick pop music sheen. Sheesh! If I want to hear some contemporary Cuban music with an edge, I suppose I'll have to pull out my Orchesta Reve CDs. Despite my aversion to the prevalent synth-sound on this release, I still enjoyed about half the selections. (Not a bad average when it comes to my tastes.) Several songs are catchy and have funky grooves. Alonso's use of women in his chorus is an attractive element and something I'd like to hear more of.
New Label! La Cumbancha (Salsa Center)
For a time now I have had a not-so-secret fantasy of licensing some of the musical treasures stored at the Egrem archives in Havana. Some of the best music of all time resides there, and has yet to receive the international distribution (and therefore recognition) it deserves. Over the past decade, while I have been fantasizing about getting this music out, others have actually been doing it. It's been a pleasure to be able to purchase clean sounding CDs to replace my scratchy LPs or, even worse, 10th generation cassette tapes. La Cumbancha is an enjoyable series. They have obviously been mining the Egrem Studios for its musical treasures. Keep digging, there's lots more there!
Various ArtistsGuantanamera 16 Versions
Here we have 16 versions of the classic Cuban song "Guantanamera." If you love the song, you may think that you've died and gone to Guantanamera heaven when you hear this CD. On the other hand, someone else may believe that they have gone to the opposite place when they get half-way through the selections. What's next, a compilation consisting of 16 versions of "El Manicero" ("The Peanut Vendor")? Perhaps you like this sort of compilation. It actually comes in handy for my radio show gig. I can find a version of "Guantanamera" that will fit into almost any set.. Included in this CD is the original version by Joseito Fernandez. The groups represented here are good choices. The beautiful female harmonies blended with bata' drums in the Las D'Aida version is my favorite.
Orquesta Neno Gonzalez Danzones
The Orquesta Neno Gonzalez is not a group that I'm familiar with, and because of the lack of sufficient liner notes I can't tell you much about the band other than Neno Gonzalez wrote all the compositions and the musical director is Carlos Gonzalez. The danzon first appeared in the 1880s. It evolved out of the European contra danza and created quite a stir with its sensual dance and clave-based structure. Eventually the danzón orchestras evolved into the modern charanga groups who's instrumentation consists of flute, violins, (sometime cello), piano, bass, timbales and congas. Aesthetically, this CD features tight performances with crisp fidelity.
Sexteto Raison Sexteto Raison
Just as the danzón is the grandparent of modern day charanga, the son conjunto sound of Sexteto Raison represents the roots of the horn based salsa bands of today. I especially enjoyed the changui piece "Asi el Changui." Changui is an early folkloric form of the son that remains one of the funkiest musical styles in Cuba today. One of the beauties of both the Danzones and Sexteto Raison CD is that you get to hear historical music with the clarity of today's digital sound quality. [Note: This CD includes the original version of the Gilberto Santa Rosa megahit "Que Manera De Quererte, Que Manera" Ed.]
Orquesta Reve El Ritmo Changüi,
This is a re-release of an older Orquesta Reve record. Bandleader Elio Reve says he took the changui rhythm and adapted it into his charanga orchestra. The result was a unique feel that created a large following. Orchestra Reve has recently gained a long deserved recognition internationally. The sound represented on this recording is great charanga but it's from a period that precedes the more current experimental phase that utilizes bata drums, rumba and funk.
Orquesta Maravilla De FLorida El Agua Coge Su Nivel
This is tasty Cuban charanga. Founded in 1948 in Camaguey, Orquesta Maravilla de Florida is yet another killer group from Cuba. If the only charanga groups you've heard have been those from New York like Orquesta Broadway and Tipica '73, then allow me to make a suggestion. Check this Cuban charanga out.
Orquesta Aliamen Orquesta Aliamen
Orquesta Aliamen is one the hottest charanga orchestras to ever interpret the songo rhythm. Their performances were revelations about the possibilities of blending folkloric and modern Cuban music. However, I regret that this particular release gives us just a glimpse of Aliamen's songo chops. For the most part, this CD is a well crafted set of modern (dare I say "commercial") son based material. Still, just because this isn't the ultimate recording of all time doesn't necessarily mean you shouldn't get it. I found it quite enjoyable and would recommend it even above Orquesta Maravilla de Florida.


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Celie Timeline and Summary
- Pa molests Celie repeatedly for years. As a young girl, she becomes pregnant by him twice, and both times he takes her children away.
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This Tablet Is a Prescription for Faster Reading
A backlit tablet makes reading easier for the visually impaired, according to a new study from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, N.J.
Researchers assessed reading speed and comfort among 100 patients with compromised visual acuity. Participants were tested on printed material, a backlit iPad 2 and a Kindle without backlighting. The worse their vision, the more patients benefited by using an iPad.
The patients made especially large gains when the iPad was set to use extra-large letters; using 18-point type, patients read an ebook 23 percent faster than a paper edition, for a gain of 42 words per minute.
The authors attributed the improved reading speed to the device's backlight, a feature that is especially helpful because it partially counteracts the loss of contrast sensitivity that is common in people with low vision.


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Sunday is the tenth anniversary of an outbreak of tornadoes in Oklahoma and Kansas that killed 46 people and caused millions of dollars of damage.
Most of the death and destruction from the May 3, 1999 storms occurred in and around Oklahoma City. But six people also died in Kansas, where a tornado touched down near the small town of Peck and tracked 17 miles, hitting Haysville and Wichita.
The National Weather Service says the storm system spawned 74 tornadoes that day.
Emergency managers in the towns hit by the tornados say the 1999 outbreak helped raise public awareness about installing storm shelters. And forecasters say they learned lessons about tracking a system that cut such a wide and long path across two states.


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Oh look, it's Tim Cook.
And look, he's got the iPad Mini out to show the world how he's going to revolutionize education. Soon every school in the country will be able to use Mini's to watch Khan videos, play Angry Birds, and go into the Settings tab to screw with notifications. I can't wait.
Every time a new Apple gadget comes out the Techno-wonks on the Interwebs fall all over themselves trying to convince people that the Education Revolution will be televised via Facetime, and all the problems that people in classrooms have will be so much better because when a child has a tablet, the child is calmed, nurtured, and is somehow experiencing a realization that is only found when you drop acid or cuddle with an Apple product. You hear about the cost benefits of tablets (there are none), the ability for different learning styles to excel (questionable theory, and can be done without 1-1 tech), and the dynamic teaching experience that the tablet provides the user (because we all know reading is boring and unnecessary).
The problem is that none of this replaces good teaching. None of it. Zero. Apple is just as evil as Microsoft who is as evil as Monsanto who is as evil as Shell who is as evil as Wal-Mart….unless none of them are evil and we are all just too damn stupid to not think that they are after good profit margins above all else. I watched what happens when Apple comes into a district with no money and starts to dictate policy. It's a strong lesson in cost/benefit analysis that has the teacher using valuable time not learning how to be a good teacher but learning how to jump through techno hoops. And look, you might have brand new iPads, or iPad Minis, or near obsolete Mac Books that students can use but that don't necessarily get them to learn anything. Apple wants us to become dependent on the tablet. They aren't really that interested about learning. They are interested in the market.
So you think I'm being overly harsh and pessimistic about Apple and that's very cute. Especially adorable is how you are probably thinking right now that I'm too enraptured by my own ego to accept the collaborative opportunities that technology can afford my students. It's like the Internet Age all of the sudden grew good teachers out of the Ethernet cables of the universe and granted them collaborative ability. Before America Online there was only an old hag and her abacus, with an occasional ruler to rap the knuckles of sleeping students that would nod off during the incessant lecturing.
Or maybe we are all forgetting that some "Sage on Stage" teacher really motivated us into learning and critical thinking, and that was done before people surfed porn and played World of Warcraft until 2 a.m. Maybe some of us teachers forget that a sheet of paper is a calculator is a graphing calculator is Wolfram Alpha, and that the one thing makes the tool work is a good teacher. Instead of meetings with Apple trying to buy tablets, why aren't we meeting with successful teachers trying to propagate good classroom management techniques? Instead of playing with videos, why aren't demanding that our kids read more? Instead of staring at a tablet, why aren't we getting our kids moving? Basically, why are continuing to put the tool ahead of the teacher?
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March 10, 2005
Where Is the Woo?
I wish I lived 200 years ago so I could woo a woman the way single men did back then. Who even uses the word "woo" anymore, much less knows what it means? Who even gives much thought at all to what they say to the opposite sex?
The media and the MTV generation and life's increasingly rapid pace have pretty much finished off traditional courtship, replacing "wooing" with "hitting on" or "coming on to" or "making your move." It's so sad. Where's the poetry? Where's the passion? Where's the heart? For many of us men, unfortunately, it's all in our pants.
But, back then, a single man's brains were located substantially higher up. A single man put some thought into his pursuit of romance. It mattered to him and he showed it. The dude could woo. He was one lean, mean, wooing machine. Take this excerpt of a letter from French novelist Victor Hugo to his beloved Adele, on one Friday evening, March 15, 1822:
"My Adele, my adorable and adored Adele.... I have been asking myself every moment if such happiness is not a dream. It seems to me that what I feel is not of earth. I cannot yet comprehend this cloudless heaven.... Oh, Adele, do not mistake these words for blind enthusiasm -- enthusiasm for you has lasted all my life, and increased day by day. My whole soul is yours.... Soon -- in a few months, perhaps, my angel will sleep in my arms, will awaken in my arms, will live there. All your thoughts at all moments, all your looks will be for me; all my thoughts, all my moments, all my looks, will be for you! My Adele! Adieu; pardon the delirium of one who embraces you, and who adores you, both for this life and another."
My God -- that's foreplay on paper! But sadly, such romantic language appears today less frequently than a Jean Claude Van Damme movie on the Lifetime Channel. Nowhere is this clearer than on the various online dating sites' personal profiles, those Web pages where a single woman or man posts a photo and description of who they are and the sort of romantic partner they seek. These profiles have become a repository of stock phrases, trite expressions, tired metaphors and colorless language. It's a case of the bland leading the bland.
This is a shame, because an online dating profile could (and should) be an opportunity to showcase one's romantic soul, to add poetry, beauty and wonder to the quest for a soul mate; to demonstrate one's ability to worship and adore a potential life partner through literary caresses. And, yet, what do I see on every third woman's profile I view? Dribble. The same dribble: "I'm as comfortable in a cocktail dress as I am in jeans."
Let me repeat that, since it represents one of the most overused and lame phrases appearing in these profiles and is thus worthy of our studied scorn: "I'm as comfortable in a cocktail dress as I am in jeans."
Will someone explain to me what the hell that means? Could it mean that I won't have to worry about her cocktail dress causing her to break out in hives and scratch herself bloody? That I can take her to Subway in her cocktail dress for the turkey Meal Deal? That I shouldn't be surprised if she meets me for a game of beach volleyball in her cocktail dress?
Tell me, is this a female trait guys desire? It must be, because so many women mention it. I mean, I have a number of single male friends and I honestly can't recall the last time any of them said to me, "Y'know, Amy is a wonderful woman, but I just don't think it'll work -- she's nowhere near as comfortable in her cocktail dress as she is in jeans."
But I digress. The point is the steady erosion of the language of love. And I think modern romance is suffering as a result. Now, I realize we men can't just, all of the sudden, up and start making love-talk like Hugo. As lovely as it is, women would perceive it as corny, old-fashioned and metrosexual.
Still, perhaps we can sneak a little of it in here and there. And that, combined with deleting all references to our comfort in formal wear, our love of taking long walks on the beach and our realization that you shouldn't go to bed angry and that you can't change anyone -- might just add up to one small step toward keeping it real, original and romantic. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go put on my tux and go bowling. Don't worry; I'll be just as comfortable.
Mark Miller has written for TV, movies and celebrities, been a professional stand-up comedian, and a humor columnist for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com
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A Quote by Dee Hock on organization, mind, and purpose
I spent months and months asking myself, "What is an organization?" If I'm talking about institutional and organizational change, what am I really talking about? What is an organization in the deepest sense? It surely isn't just a set of bylaws, because I can write a set of bylaws and shove it in a desk drawer, and it just becomes an old moldering piece of paper. And if you really think deeply about it, you discover that every organization and every institution, without exception, has no reality save in your mind. It's not its buildings. Those are manifestations of it. It's not its name, it's not its logo, and it's not some fictional piece of paper called a stock certificate. It's not money. It is a mental concept around which people and resources gather in pursuit of common purpose.
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Hell Breaking Loose
War is what Israel does best, and we're about to get a full bloody plate of it.
Well, not we good Americans -- not directly, anyway. Not until some pissed-off jihadists decide to answer our bankrolling of this present round of aggression with God knows what. Because, like it or not, every Israeli missile that hits residential Beirut (and elsewhere) comes courtesy of our collective pocket. Might as well have "Howdy From The USA!" painted on each shell. When Israel attacks, we attack, a reality that a lot of Americans either ignore, dismiss, or in some corners, celebrate.
What's going on at this very moment is quite serious, both for the Middle East and for the world. And far from this being a "defensive" war (the only kind Israel fights, according to its apologists), the present escalation in Lebanon, as in Gaza, is part of a larger strategy that goes beyond kidnapped soldiers and Qassam and Katyusha rockets launched at Israeli border towns. This is about hitting Syria and ultimately Iran, since Israel will not allow any other country in the region to even taste nuclear power. The right to bear nuclear arms is Israel's alone, and they'll keep it that way, no matter how many cities they have to bomb and civilians they have to slaughter. You need only to listen to the words of Israeli commanders. Far from sounding cornered and defensive, they are openly boasting about bringing extensive pain to their selected targets. As stated in a Ha'aretz news analysis, "According to the [senior IDF] officers, if the kidnapped soldiers are not returned alive and well, the Lebanese civilian infrastructures will regress 20, or even 50 years."
Not exactly a fighting-for-your-life statement.
And that's the point, the large and rather obvious point, if you've read any history of this conflict and take seriously the proclamations of Israeli leaders, both political and military -- Israel employs violence because it can. It outguns every state in the region and does not hesitate to brutally remind everyone of this fact. Its leadership rejects any peace agreement that might put even the lightest curb on its use of force, which of course guarantees endless cycles of bloodshed, since Hamas and Hezbollah do not turn the other cheek. The Israeli state also refuses to recognize the humanity of Palestinians, a form of racist contempt that goes back to the days of Jabotinsky and Ben-Gurion. This naturally has a lot to do with what's currently happening, though in many media reports, we rarely get the deep history that underlines the continual fighting. Click on any mainstream news site today and chances are good that you'll be shown only a depthless present where crazed Muslims who hate Jews and democracy attack Israel for no understandable reason, other than they're Arabs, fanatics, and well . . .
Meanwhile, as Israel pounds targets in both Lebanon and Gaza, killing and wounding anyone who happens to be in the way, you won't see words like "terrorism" or "aggression" attached to these actions. "Reprisal" and "security" are among the preferred descriptions, lending the impression that the air and sea blockade of Lebanon is merely a "defensive" tactic. Again, the only way Israel can be remotely viewed as "defensive" is to avoid the historical context necessary to better understand what is currently going on. No one has clean hands in this madness, but there is a bigger story here, one that is complicated and troubling, but necessary to learn if this insanity continues, which it most certainly will.
Since this crisis erupted, many readers have asked me for reading suggestions and urged me to illustrate some of the history that's been largely avoided. I've hesitated acting on the latter request, simply because I know where it will lead. Once upon a time, this was all I talked about, on radio, TV, at colleges, high schools and in print. It caused a tremendous amount of anxiety and some depression in me, which is not meant as a dodge, but solely to inform you of how seriously I take this, when I do take it, that is. Just yesterday I was asked to debate a somewhat prominent rightwing writer and talking head on the topic of Israel, which I've accepted, so it appears that I'm getting pulled back in (I'll give more details once this gig is firmed up). I won't turn the Son into a Middle East blog -- there are too many other things I want to write about -- but know that I'll be coming back to this issue, sooner than later. Like me, I'm sure you can't wait.


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It promised that it would,
But I'm still here alone;
Tomorrow can't be good.
Tomorrow's voice does come
Almost every day,
But I have yet to see
What it will bring this way.
But still I wait around,
Just in case this changes.
The wise ones say it will...
Can I trust those mages?
I just can't stand the wait.
It doesn't seem to end.
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Florida Atlantic University Backs Off on Naming Its Stadium After a Prison Company
Turns out people don't like the idea.
The publicity generated by Florida Atlantic University's plan to name its stadium after a for-profit prison company, GEO Group, was not what either organization bargained for, and the deal is now off. As we noted in February, the school received a $6 million gift from GEO. And GEO got a little bit of brand burnishing. At least, that was the plan. Mostly they both got a lot of negative reactions, including a campus protest on Monday. After the demonstration, FAU announced that GEO has withdrawn its gift. "What was originally intended as a gesture of GEO's goodwill to financially assist the university's athletic scholarship program has surprisingly evolved into an on-going controversy and considerable distraction to both of our organizations," GEO Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer George Zoley wrote in a letter.
Zoley should not be surprised by the response. As Jim Andrews, senior vice president of content strategy at IEG, told us in February, "If they didn't foresee that there could be a backlash and some negative publicity, that was being pretty naïve." To quote Stephen Colbert in this Colbert Report segment on the deal: "Criticism is just one of the downsides of paying millions of dollars to have people pay attention to your company. People start paying attention to your company."


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The day starter off a bit windy and blown out. I found a little pocket in the sunlight and went for a long dive. The reef was amazing, it almost took my breath away!
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KOLKATA: It's not official yet. But the signs are ominous. One of the state's most high profile industrial projects, the Rs 40,000-crore JSW Bengal Steel venture appears to be have been relegated to the back burner.
In what could be the clearest indication of this, the JSW Group has reportedly asked Biswadip Gupta, its chief executive for the Bengal project, to focus his energies on the group's core steel businesses outside West Bengal in locations like Bellary, Karnataka.


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Citation: Mark, C.D., Ridpath, J.F., Chase, C.L. 2006. Flow cytometry analysis of white-tailed deer exposed to BVDV. BVD Symposium, National Cattlemen's Beef Association Annual Meeting. Paper No. P6. p. 48. Technical Abstract: Two groups of four deer each, 2 to 4 weeks in age, were exposed to one of two bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) strains: type 1b or type 2a, originally isolated from two different whitetail deer in southeast South Dakota in the fall of 2003. Two control age-matched deer were also used. Flow cytometry performed on whole blood collected on days -3, 3, 6, 9, 11, and 13 showed marked changes, indicating significant immunosuppressive effects classically observed in BVDV infection. Comparison of days -3 (baseline) and 3 days post infection (pi) showed the most significant effect with CD4+, CD8+, CD14+, CD18+, CD172+, and subpopulations of CD62L+ and MHC-II+ cells all decreasing by 15-80%. These data suggest that infection of deer with these deer isolate causes leukopenia in all cell subpopulations and BVDV may cause immunosuppression in deer.


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ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- Police say they've found a vehicle that belongs to a former University of Georgia professor suspected of killing his wife and two other people outside a community theater last week.
Athens-Clarke police said Friday morning that they found George Zinkhan's vehicle overnight in northwestern part of Clarke County, the same county where the university is located.
Police have not yet found Zinkhan, who was last seen driving away in a red Jeep after dropping his children off with a neighbor. They were in his car during the shooting but weren't hurt.
The 57-year-old former business school professor is wanted in the April 25 shooting of his wife and two members of her community theater group. The university is warning students to be cautious until he's found.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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a1 Department of Public Health, Health Promotion & Policy Research Unit, University of Otago, Wellington, PO Box 7343, Wellington South 6242, New Zealand
Objective In the context of the global obesity epidemic, national nutrition policies have come under scrutiny. The present paper examines whose interests – industry or public health – are served by these policies and why.
Design Using an exemplary case study of submissions to an inquiry into obesity, the research compared the positions of industry and public health groups with that taken by government. We assessed whether the interests were given equal consideration (a pluralist model of influence) or whether the interests of one group were favoured over the other (a neo-pluralist model).
Setting 2006 New Zealand Inquiry into Obesity.
Subjects Food and advertising industry and public health submitters.
Results The Government's position was largely aligned with industry interests in three of four policy domains: the national obesity strategy; food industry policy; and advertising and marketing policies. The exception to this was nutrition policy in schools, where the Government's position was aligned with public health interests. These findings support the neo-pluralist model of interest group influence.
Conclusions The dominance of the food industry in national nutrition policy needs to be addressed. It is in the interests of the public, industry and the state that government regulates the food and advertising industries and limits the involvement of industry in policy making. Failure to do so will be costly for individuals, in terms of poor health and earlier death, costly to governments in terms of the associated health costs, and costly to both the government and industry due to losses in human productivity.
(Received May 13 2011)
(Accepted October 24 2011)
(Online publication November 25 2011)
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To Brooklyn Bridge
by Hart Crane
Stanza 8 Summary
Get out the microscope, because we're going through this poem line-by-line.
Lines 29-30
O harp and altar, of the fury fused,
(How could mere toil align thy choiring strings!)
- Crane invokes the spirit of the bridge: "O harp and altar." This "O" is common in odes by poets like the Romantic John Keats.
- The harp or lyre is a symbol of poetry from Ancient Greece and also for the British Romantics in the 19th century (Keats again).
- The cables in the bridge look like harp strings.
- An altar is a raised platform for religious ceremonies.
- The platform of the bridge looks like an altar.
- The bridge is a symbol of both poetry (and art) and religion. These two attributes are "fused" by "fury," which can mean passion, violence, or anger.
- The Furies in Ancient Greek legend are goddesses, three sisters who represented vengeance and justice.
- The speaker thinks that "fury" must have made the bridge, because hard labor ("mere toil") could certainly not have made such a magnificent object. (Although of course it did.)
- The cables, or "strings," of the bridge/instrument are "choiring" – they seem to be in visual harmony. This returns to the idea of the bridge as a harp.
Lines 31-32
Terrific threshold of the prophet's pledge,
Prayer of pariah, and the lover's cry,--
- The bridge-as-religious-symbol theme continues
- The bridge is a "threshold" or entrance.
- It is "terrific" both in the sense of fantastic and of inspiring terror – religious terror like Moses in front of the Burning Bush.
- The bridge promises the revelation of some mystic truth, just like the pledge made by a prophet.
- The bridge is also, in a sense, the fulfillment of pledges made by past prophets. It looks like one of the fantastic images from the Book of Revelation, for example.
- Turn back to Stanza 3, where the movies were compared to a prophecy (though a dead-end one).
- The bridge is also like the response to the prayer of a pariah, someone who has been cast out of society, or the cry of a passionate lover.
- This line might refer to Crane's homosexuality. Gay people were still social pariahs in his time. The "prayer" and "cry" could be Crane's own.


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DEXTER - Lamona Backus, 62, died Aug. 17, 2002, at her home.
Born Sept. 15, 1939, at London, Ark., daughter of the late Henry DeWitt Becker and Agnes Braswell Becker, she was a housekeeper and member of the Dexter Church of Christ.
On Dec. 29, 1963, at Bell City, she married Jerry Lee Backus who preceded her in death on June 25, 1995.
Survivors include: two sons, Tim Backus of Jackson and Todd Backus of Puxico; one daughter, Terri Ward of Dexter; two brothers, Desmond Becker and Dalton Becker of Dexter; and four grandchildren.
Visitation begins at 5 p.m. today at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.
Services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Dexter Church of Christ with Michael Yates, Jim Faughn and Dale Grissom officiating.
Burial will follow in the Hagy Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be sent to:
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Do you remember the great booze scare of 2004-05? Think back, you must recall it. The prophecies of doom about '24 hour drinking' were everywhere. Shortly before the Licensing Act came into effect, the Daily Mail predicted that 'unbridled hedonism is ... about to unleash, with all the ghastly consequences that will follow'. The Sun told its readers to prepare for the 'inevitable swarm of drunken youngsters'. Scotland Yard predicted 'an increase in the number of investigations of drink related crimes, such as rape, assault, homicide and domestic violence'. The Association of Chief Police Officers said 'people are going to drink more because of the longer hours and there will be lots more crime and disorder'. Prof Ian Gilmore, then at the Royal College of Physicians and now at the Alcohol Health Alliance, said that '24 hour pub opening will lead to more excess and binge drinking, especially among young people.' I could go on and on. It is no exaggeration to say that it was the conventional wisdom amongst laymen and experts alike that the Licensing Act was a Bad Thing.
In reality, what happened? That question is answered in a new paper from the Institute of Economic Affairs published today. The Licensing Act came into force in November 2005. It will be ten years old in a few months time and there is virtually no public demand for it to be repealed. In the decade since it was introduced, alcohol consumption per capita has declined by 17 per cent, consumption in licensed premises has declined by 26 per cent. The proportion of young adults who say they drink frequently has fallen by more than two thirds. Only 1 in 50 young adults now drink alcohol frequently and rates of teetotalism are now higher amongst 16 to 24 year olds than they are amongst pensioners. There's been a decline in binge drinking amongst 16 to 24 year olds, from 29 per cent to 18 per cent, since 2005. Amongst 25 to 44 year olds it's fallen from 25 per cent to 19 per cent and there have been smaller declines amongst every other age group.
In terms of crime, since 2005 there's been a 48 per cent decline in criminal damage, a 9 per cent decline in public order offences, a 44 per cent decline in murder, and a 28 per cent decline in domestic violence. Despite a rapidly growing population, the number of violent crimes has declined by 35 per cent, according to the British Crime Survey, and by 17 per cent, according to police records.
In terms of health, there have been a number of studies looking at what happened to Accident and Emergency departments before and after the Licensing Act. The results are mixed, with one well-publicised study finding an increase in alcohol-related admissions but all the other studies finding either no change rate or a small decline. Meanwhile, alcohol-related mortality, which had been rising for years before the Act came in, started to level off in 2005 and has been essentially flat for the last ten years. There's also been a decline in late night traffic accidents.
In other words, every single prediction made about the Licensing Act has been proven wrong. With hindsight, it looks like a classic moral panic.
One of the reasons why so many people were pessimistic about longer opening hours is that they believed the old temperance idea - known in public health circles today as 'availability theory' - which says that if you allow people to drink longer, they will drink more. It is now clear that this is not what happened in England and Wales after 2005 (Scotland was not affected by the Act). The most notable changes in the market after liberalisation were that people went out later, stayed out later and drank less. This is largely what Tony Blair intended when he pushed the law through. It's true that the Act didn't create a 'continental café culture', as some starry-eyed proponents of liberalisation claimed at the time, but this was always spin. The law was principally aimed at beating the 11 o'clock rush and improving public order while giving people more freedom and diversifying the nighttime economy. On all four counts, it can be considered a qualified success.
In 'public health', as in many other battlefields of pressure group politics, there are constant calls for more regulation and less individual choice. Campaigners lobby for more restrictions on freedom with the promise of extravagant and unlikely benefits, whereas the government's occasional forays into deregulation attract near-hysterical fear-mongering. Most of the time, the panic subsides and people get on with their lives, but it is worth reflecting on the panics of the past to see how they stood up to reality. The Licensing Act is a good example of a government making the country a better place to live by treating people as adults and allowing businesses to meet demand. Not a single one of the predictions made by the Licensing Act's numerous opponents was confirmed by events. This is worth bearing in mind next time the sirens of doom are sounded.
Christopher Snowdon is the the Director of Lifestyle Economics at the IEA. Download his report 'Drinking, Fast and Slow' here.


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Lees-McRae College is proud to announce Professor Ted Silver as the new Chairman of the Bicycle Advisory Council. The council aims to provide resources and support to the College's cycling program and athletes as well as the cycling curriculum.
"I think we all feel that [Professor Silver] has the knowledge, experience, and desire to provide great leadership for the Council,"� said Lees-McRae College President, Barry M. Buxton. "I am very happy he is assuming this new role and he has my unqualified support."�
A 55-year resident of Miami, Fl., Silver was the chairman of the Miami-Dade Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee as well as a member of Randonneurs USA (RUSA), a non-profit organization that supports and promotes long-distance cycling. In May 2008, Silver and his wife, Dr. Carol Berns, became permanent residents of Banner Elk and is now the Chairman of the Banner Elk Bicycle Pedestrian Committee and one of three Avery County representatives on a regional bike planning committee.
Before his years as a cycling enthusiast, Silver attended pharmacy school at the University of Georgia and then law school at the University of Miami. Silver is now an adjunct professor for the cycling minor offered by Lees-McRae, teaching classes such as Linear Systems, Product Development and Course Design, and Principles of Cycling.
"Lees-McRae is the first college in the country to offer a curriculum in cycling,"� said Silver. "I was available and willing to teach because I want to help grow the curriculum and support the athletes. I'm excited to make a long-term plan for the advisory council so we can continue to give resources and references to cyclists and help them as students and as athletes."�
The cycling curriculum supports the knowledge and skills of competitive cyclists and enthusiasts, and prepares future generations of cycling professionals. The Cycling Studies minor is designed to provide students with knowledge and hands-on experience in the cycling industry and serves as an excellent complement to other degree programs.
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Blogs Cliopatria Claiming the Generic ...Apr 14, 2004 2:50 am
Claiming the Generic ...
From Matt McIrvin:"Amen," says Brother Kotsko."Anyway, with that post, the blogosphere is officially over -- we have entered into the post-blogosphere, during which we can only shallowly mimic other people's past achievements." That from him who had just taught us that "There is Nothing Outside the Blog"! But, wait, claiming the generic has been done by historians of all people. There is The Historical Society and, why not?, The Journal of The Historical Society. Even they know that the generic is the form thereof, but that the interesting stuff really does lie in the particulars.
No, see, the real problem with this kind of humorous exercise is the implicit assumption that these rhetorical fallacies are essentially independent of ideological alignment, that all sides engage in dishonesty to approximately the same degree. It's the fake"balance" of the ersatz political authorities that whore themselves in unsigned editorials, the he-said-she-said sickness of a world unwilling to express itself in anything but surrender to the swollen organizational monstrosities that order our lives like six-thousand-ton ticks sucking the life essence out of the national discourse. When in fact anyone who has eyes to see and is not yet a complete quisling prostitute will reject such empty"nonpartisan" jocularity, and recognize that all people who disagree with me are guilty of crimes against humanity, and in a just world would hang by the neck.
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Ralph E. Luker - 4/14/2004
As I say, what makes The Weblog and *Informed Comment* the great blogs that they are is the eschewing of the universalist gesture implied in their titles. They are both excellent blogs because of the particularities of their interest. Then, there is Chun the Universalist ...
Adam Kotsko - 4/14/2004
in my opinion, is Juan Cole's "Informed Comment" -- especially with the asteriks on either side of the title, thus implicitly claiming any and all future titles including the words "informed comment."
It was kind of funny that Robb, my most reliable co-blogger, asked in the comments whether the "Every Damn Weblog Post" was directed specifically toward us.
Jonathan Dresner - 4/14/2004
Eh, I guess. It reminds me an awful lot of the "college student's check-box letter home" gag. Unless you're including the comments, in which case they're still missing the obligatory "it's Israel's fault" vs. "anti-semite" exchange. Or someone selectively citing biblical text as contemporary authority.
Ralph E. Luker - 4/14/2004
I'm a fan of Garrison Keillor, too, but The Poor Man's post is still very funny.
Jonathan Dresner - 4/14/2004
in other formats, of course. I'm constantly amazed at how clever blogospheroids think they are when they are just replicating discussions that have gone on elsewhere. Garrison Keilor's been doing bits on the "National Association of Organizations" for years now.
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Answer 1
1.To use multiple forms that is one form for each screen.
Select Windows CE 5.0 Project while u r creating new project. If you already have, the application on different platforms like Windows Mobile 5.0 just change platform from WM5.0 to Windwos CE 5.0 ( Project menu --> Change target platform)2.Or is there any other method to achieve this?
refer to the above
3.Though not more than one form will be active all the time? does it consumes more device memory if we use that many forms?
Always try to keep open parent form and keep closing the child forms and try to use single ton pattern. This way does not consume much memory. Dont come to the conculsion whether the application is slow by testing only on emulator. Please test it on device as device is faster than emulator.
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Answer 3
Every new instance of a form takes some memory, so the definitely more memory is consumed. As to how much more is taken, the Remote Performance Monitor tool can tell you:
Analyzing Device Application Performance with the .Net Compact Framework Remote Performance Monitor(Video)How Do I: Detect Managed Memory Leaks Using Remote Performance Monitor?
Chunsheng Tang
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Hi Manjunath,
As Chunsheng Tang stated it occupies. but to reduce the memory consumption, try not to place any controls on the parent form specially which consumes more memory like image list,.....
The link which is provides really helps to work on optimization(speed, memory occupation,..) and it only works from CF2.0 SP1.
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Answer 6
1.It's not quite normal to maintain an instance for every form in your application at the same time. The users never use them at the same time; instead they usually use a small portion of them within a certain period of time.
The first option you can use to optimize your application is using "lazy initialization", which means you do not create an instance of a form until it is being accessed.
Another option is applying some kind of caching policy. For example, you can choose to maintain a maximum of 10 form instances which are most lately (or frequently) accessed; or you can dispose a form after it hasn't been used for a certain period of time.
2.Using switchable user controls should save some memory, though I don't think the difference is significant, so maybe you can just choose the one you are more familiar with. Whatever way you choose, you need to make a compromise; and the Remote Performance Tool will help you in this regard.
Besides, there is a Compact Composite UI Application Block included in the Mobile Client Software Factory which aims to help you build a better UI. You don't have to use it but the guidelines might be helpful to you:
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Answer 8
I am also wondering which method is best for Mobile programming with multiple forms.
Parent Form, Main Method, Panels (?)
I am creating a project with multiple forms and I am finding it very difficult to navigate through forms.