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Rice, R; Bales, RC; Painter, TH; Dozier, J (2011). Snow water equivalent along elevation gradients in the Merced and Tuolumne River basins of the Sierra Nevada. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, 47, W08515.
AbstractWe used daily remotely sensed fractional snow-covered area (SCA) at 500 m resolution to estimate snow water equivalent (SWE) across the Upper Merced and Tuolumne River basins of the Sierra Nevada of California for 2004 (dry and warm) and 2005 (wet and cool). From 1800 to 3900 m, each successively higher 300 m elevation band consistently melts out 2-3 weeks later than the one below it. We compared two methods of estimating SWE from SCA: (1) blending the fractional SCA with SWE interpolated from snow-pillow measurements; and (2) retrospectively estimating cumulative snowmelt based on a degree-day calculation after the snow disappeared. The interpolation approach estimates a lower snowmelt volume above 3000 m and a higher snowmelt contribution at elevations between 1500 and 2100 m. Snowmelt timing from the depletion approach matches observed streamflow timing much better than snowmelt estimated by the interpolation method. The snow-pillow sites used in the interpolation method do not cover the highest elevations and melted out several weeks before the basin itself was free of snow. Middle elevations (2100-3000 m) contributed 40%-60% of the annual snowmelt in both basins, the lower elevations (1500-2100 m) 10%-15%, and elevations above 3000 m the remaining 30%-40%. The presence of snow in the highest elevations highlights their critical buffering effect in accumulating snow every year. Variability in lower-elevation snow illustrates its susceptibility to climate variability and change.
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According to court documents, a Clarkfield woman who was interviewed at her home on August 13 in a homicide investigation has admitted to giving birth to two babies whose remains were discovered late last fall on property located on Fish Lake in Deuel County in eastern South Dakota. The property, which is northwest of Hendricks and southwest of Canby, is owned by a member of her family, court documents say. Kelly Jean Anderson-Person, 34, formerly of Hendricks, was interviewed at her home at 804 9th Avenue in Clarkfield on Tuesday, August 13 by two South Dakota investigators in the homicide case. Anderson-Person is now subject to a civil commitment hearing after she pulled a gun from between sofa cushions and pointed it at her head while holding her infant child with her other hand. According to civil commitment documents filed in Yellow Medicine County, the investigators were able to disarm her in a struggle and no one was injured. Yellow Medicine County Family Services filed the petition for commitment which states that during an interview with investigators, Anderson-Person acknowledged being pregnant in 2009 and 2011 and also acknowledged that the infant remains found in South Dakota were babies she had birthed. There is no indication in the document to indicate whether or not there was any discussion about how the death of the babies occurred or about how their remains became located in a line of trees on the family property. Anderson-Person, also known as Kelly Jean Johnson and Kelly Jean Anderson in other court documents, has been held at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar since August 13. She was originally held under an emergency admission and waived her right to a preliminary hearing which had been scheduled for August 21. According to the civil commitment filings in Yellow Medicine County. she will be held until a commitment hearing this Friday before Judge Thomas Van Hon at the Chippewa County Courthouse in Montevideo. She is being represented by court-appointed attorney Theresa Walton Patock of Willmar. The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation has been leading the homicide investigation since the discovery in November of the remains. The property where the remains were found is owned by a relative of Anderson-Person, and there is a cabin there that she has permission to use, according to a search warrant affidavit filed in Yellow Medicine County. The affidavit also detailed eight leads that investigators followed that stated Anderson-Person had appeared pregnant at two different times in recent years yet did not later have a baby. Court records reviewed earlier this week showed that there have not been any criminal charges filed in Minnesota against Anderson-Person and also that there have not yet been charges filed against her in South Dakota. Not all documents in the matter have been made public.
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Issues with One Bus Stop Scrapped an Entire Line in Harlem
Community Board officials refused to sign off on a rapid bus line through Harlem in part because the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ignored their pleas to move a problematic bus stop on another, nearby route, the board's president confirmed on Tuesday.
"We felt we couldn't support another MTA project when they hadn't been responsive to us for so many years," Community Board 11 Chairman Matthew Washington said on Wednesday. The MTA ignored his group's requests to move the M35 stop from the corner of Lexington Avenue and 125th Street, he explained.
On Tuesday, the MTA and the city Department of Transportation announced that they had canceled plans to create a Select Bus Service corridor along 125th Street. The goal was to speed up bus service through the neighborhood and over the river to La Guardia Airport.
One issue with the M35 stop is that it led to crowding at the already-busy intersection, the board said. But there's another problem: the people who ride that bus, according to records of community meetings compiled by the DOT.
Neighbors have complained about psychiatric patients and homeless people traveling to the neighborhood via the M35 from facilities on Ward's Island, records from a September 2012 public workshop led by DOT to plan bus improvements show.
"Patrons of the Manhattan Psychiatric Center, and the Charles Gay and Clarke Thomas homeless facilities on Wards Island disembark the M35 bus at 125th Street and Lexington Avenue," a summary of the workshop says. "They hang around the immediate vicinity all day, creating excessive congestion. They panhandle and disturb the public at this busy intersection."
Mr. Washington said the community board's requests to move the M35 stop had been motivated mostly by concerns about crowding at the intersection.
"It just causes so much congestion on that street corner," he said, noting that the problem is worse when those alighting from buses are homeless. "They just don't have anywhere to go."
"Look, we believe in cooperation and just don't believe that the MTA was cooperating in a manner that we could work with," Mr. Washington said.
A spokeswoman for the MTA said the concerns about the M35 bus stop were separate from the goals of the 125th Street project.
"In deference to concerns from Community Board 11, NYC Transit has weighed the pros and cons of both moving the bus stop and rerouting the bus route," MTA spokeswoman Deirdre Parker said. "All the options studied present operational issues and are inferior to the current M35 route and stop configuration."
The current location of the stop provides a link to the Lexington Avenue 4/5/6 subway stop, she said, and is also one of the only areas where buses can wait between routes, accept passengers, and make turns.
The community board still hopes to work with the DOT on improvements for drivers and bus riders in Harlem, Mr. Washington said, including suggested alternate-side parking zones to the north and south of 125th Street.
Supporters of the SBS program, however, said canceling the new, speedy crosstown bus corridor was a wasted opportunity.
The Global Gateway Alliance, issued a statement urging MTA and DOT to reverse their decision on the SBS route.
SBS "seemed to be the first step to getting New Yorkers a quick, inexpensive, and reliable transit option to our business airport located just a few short miles away," the group said in a statement. "Now is not the time to take a step backward as we strive to grow our economy, strengthen our airports, and improve quality of life for millions of residents."
And transportation blogger Benjamin Kabak, in a post on his Second Avenue Sagas blog, called community boards and local politicians "barriers to progress on transit expansion" in the city.
The DOT has promoted SBS routes aggressively, and said they have cut bus travel times by as much as 15 percent in areas of the city where they have been installed. A major new initiative is underway in Brooklyn, where the sixth SBS corridor, along Nostrand Avenue, is being developed this summer.
After more than 50 planning meetings and attempts to tweak the 125th Street bus lanes to appease community concerns, the department finally threw up its hands, a spokesman said Tuesday.
With "no support from local community boards and elected officials or from most Harlem stakeholders, it simply was not possible to proceed at this time," spokesman Seth Solomonow said.


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Chapter 5
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Presidential Politics
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20th Century U.S. Political Economy: an interaction of politics and economics edited by Walter Antoniotti
I. How capitalism answers the key economic question
A. What to produce?
1. Which goods
a. Those that can be sold at a profit, consumers vote with dollars
b. Accounting Profit: The amount by which total revenue exceeds accounting costs (rents, wages, and interest)
c. Normal Profit
1. Amount received for enterprise
2. Considered by economists to be a cost
d. Economic Profit
1. The amount by which total revenues exceed all "Factor" costs. Some think of it as a surplus.
2. Expanding industries have economic profit.
a) Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, has earned many billions of dollars.
b) So has Sam Walton of Wal-Mart
c. Economic Profits from wiki
d. Lester C. Thurow Profits, The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics.
2. How many goods
a. Level of demand and efficiency of supply determine output.
b. Society determines total demand (who works, how often and for how many years).
c. Success of economic system determines efficiency of supply.
B. How to produce?
1. Companies must be competitive
2. Competition is the "Invisible Hand" assuring
a. High quality goods are produced.
b. Efficient production methods are employed.
c. Prices and profits are reasonable.
d. For more read Adam Smith and the invisible hand by Helen Joyce of Plus magazine.
3. Technology and innovation are instrumental to success.
C. Who will receive production?
1. Those willing and able to pay
2 .Function of income, savings, and attitude toward debt financing
D. How will the economy adapt to changing environments?
1. Today's economic environment is changing more rapidly because of the communication revolution.
2. Magnitude of these changes is similar to that which occurred in the last quarter of the 19th century.
3. Companies and individuals must "adapt or be gone."
4. Capitalism allows creative destruction to work.
5. Recently technology has changed rapidly and people are being adversely affected
a. Normally, political forces would attempt to slow creative destruction.
b. But, the 1990's was the decade of free enterprise so creative destructions moved on.
c. Perhaps the next recession will slow down the free market revolution.
E. Visit What is Capitalism? for a socialist view of economic questions and capitalism.
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20th Century U.S.
Chapter 5 Discussion Questions
II. Market system evaluated
A. Advantages
1. Resources allocated efficiently
2. Economic freedoms abound (freedom of enterprise and economic choice)
B. Disadvantages
1. Too dependent upon competition which is often eroded by monopoly power. Waste and
inefficiency result because of monopoly power exercised by business, unions, governments,
and interest groups.
2. Inequitable distribution of income (economic survival of the fittest)
3. Market failure occurs
a. Not all costs (pollution) and benefits (public health) are properly accounted for.
b. Why? because measuring their cost and benefits in dollars is difficult and subjective.
4. Political process sometimes interferes with creative destruction.
C. Interesting Opinions
Political process sometimes interferes with creative destruction.
D. Interesting Opinions
1. Examining the Pros and Cons of Global Capitalism Doug Schuler of Rice University
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 12:30 PM
I give fair warning up front, if you've never had your hand on a soldering iron before or are a beginner this is most definitely NOT where you should be learning how or your next project, nor is this something that you can compare to installing a modchip in an XBOX, PS2 yes as you'll be all too familiar with the definition of 'small' and close' since Sony, if nothing else, really does know how to cram it all into a small space.
This is only for swapping the Sticks or Sticks/Clicks (Clicks are the stick buttons, L3 & R3)
If you're doing just the sticks then take the controller apart, not going into this cuz if ya need help here ya have no business at all going any further with this. Once ya have the bottom off the controller (no need to remove the board from the top half) you'll need to cut 4 traces (the Red lines) and they're in groups of 2. Where I have them marked it's pretty easy to cut them an not mess anything else up, unless you go really wild or happen to slip with the X-acto knife while doing it.
Once ya have the traces cut it's just a matter of connecting the colored dots, which isn't quite as easy as it sounds, but is all that ya have to do and then ya have a SP (Sticks only) PS3 controller. Even though the copper pads seem exposed, the entire board is coated in a very thin clear varnish, so for those marked small spots you'll have to scrape them very lightly in order to get solder to stick to them good before ya go attaching the wires, use an X-acto knife or Fiberglass pen to do so. Once you're all done with that and it's wired up it should look something like this here.
Now, if you're one of the SP gamers that needs the Clicks (L3 & R3) swapped along with the sticks (or just the Clicks swapped for whatever reason) then ya have a couple more traces to cut and 2 more wires to run to do that part of it. This is also MUCH more difficult than just doing the Stick swap part of it because you have to be very careful with the trace cutting here as well as scrape down a via to attach one of the wires to and that's something that's not the easiest thing to do on a good sized board, and with the PS3 controller's board being about half that 'normal' size it's a good deal more challenging and a good magnifying glass is something you'll really like to have handy for this.
I've marked 2 different spots for the trace cuts, ya only need to use one, but make SURE that these are the ONLY 2 traces that ya cut here, there are others close to it and from the pic it may look like ya have room to spare (especially in the close up below) but this stuff is very small and very close together, so if you're even the slightest bit unsure about it don't go laying the X-acto blade to the board anyway, practice on something until ya can do it properly or put the controller back together and just have it done for ya, the only other option is to learn to play with right handed controls.
This is a close up of the traces that need to be cut and the via, again use either spot, both if ya really want to, but only one spot needs to be used to sever the 2 traces. After that it's the same procedure as it was for the Sticks, just connect the colored dots and you're done, L3 is R3 and vice-versa. EXTREME care should be taken when scraping the coating from the via to prep it for attaching the wire, use an X-acto knife of a Fiberglass pen, but do it very lightly as you don't want to damage the trace/via here.
This is another one I did that has the Sticks/Clicks swapped just to show roughly what it should look like.
Posted 08 January 2008 - 09:39 AM
Too bad that stinking sixaxis doesn't have any rumble. I'm itching to buy a PS3 but I am actively protesting against the no rumble. I'll have to wait another few months until they release it with rumble in Europe =/
Posted 12 January 2008 - 11:50 AM
I actually just picked up a PS3 tonight, needed one to test out a variation of this Southpaw controller setup, it's the same deal, just with switches, so it can be setup in Default, Southpaw, Legacy or Legacy Southpaw as well as swap the Stick Buttons (L3/R3) if need be.
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Posted 14 April 2008 - 06:37 AM
Here is how you'd make a Southpaw Legacy one.
There are also 5 versions (so far) of this controller board that I'm aware of now, and the 4 other versions are NOTHING like this one, see HERE for more info. The DS3 board and every other Six-Axis one I've seen so far all use a completely different setup and have 4 legged POTS that are more like Hall Effect sensors.
Edited by RDC, 22 April 2008 - 10:23 AM.
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Posted 21 June 2008 - 05:23 PM
Is there anyone doing this as service for us left handers, i would gladly hand over one of my controllers for the full mod sticks and clicks.
It will far improve my quality of gaming finally on the ps3
If anyone can help with this please let me know!!
Posted 22 June 2008 - 11:32 PM
On a side note that I've mentioned before...
In case anyone goes to tear down any of the newer SixAxis or DualShock 3 controllers be aware that this tutorial will NOT work on them. The boards on those controllers have been redesigned and they have to be done a completely different way.
Posted 02 July 2008 - 07:30 PM
Posted 02 July 2008 - 11:45 PM
As for all of the others you have them all wrong, they're on the voltage/ground of the POTs, not the signal lines like they need to be. You have them wire reversed like they need to be, but on the wrong set of leads of the POT is all.
Posted 03 July 2008 - 04:02 PM
if so that is where I got it messed up becuase I thought the picture was the front of it.
I had asked prior if the L3 & R3 pin was the same and was told it was so I put the blue line on them thinking that was the pin becuase that is the same pin used in your picture above?
which would be the correct pins for the l3 and R3 if it is incorrect?
Posted 03 July 2008 - 04:46 PM
As far as the L3/R3 go yes the pinouts for them are the same, though the other stick being turned around makes it reversed, so I can see where that's got ya, but still these newer controllers have to be done a completely different way, as I've mentioned time and again now. Get put your multimeter and look at how you have that wired up too, you have the signal side of L3 going to the common side of R3, and what is that going to do? Nothing but make L3 work like L3, it's already wired up that way. Plus if you plan to swap L3/R3 that will take 2 wires to do, it can't be done with only 1 wire and again, these newer controllers have to be done differently.
I'll draw up a diagram when I get time, but you'll need to swap the signal side of both L3 and R3 to make them work in SP. The L3 side where ya have the Blue at is correct, but it needs to go to the other set of leads at the R3 one (right hand side set are the signal, while left hand side set are the common) then vice-versa for R3 to be swapped to L3.
Edited by RDC, 03 July 2008 - 05:02 PM.
Posted 04 July 2008 - 04:26 PM
I went on a angle from the thumbstick pots to the farthest pin from them on both side's and if you were to spin the thumbstick pots to match it the same as the other side it is the same pins I have marked in blue.
I know I would have to use 2 seperate wires 1 for each of the L3 and the R3 in order for them to have their own signal paths but I was just wondering if I had the right one's.
yeah if you could do a diagram of it and the way it should be that would great and much appretiated
Posted 06 July 2008 - 08:19 PM
For the L3/R3 you'll need to cut BOTH set of leads on the right side (viewed from the bottom like in the pic) as they're connected, that's the way the tact switch is made and the traces on the board are setup, so they both have to be cut for it to work. This part is much easier cutting traces (2) and then rewiring from the TP spots for the L3/R3. The way you want to go about it White would be attached to say L3 and the soldered to the pad at R3, then Grey would be soldered to R3 and over to the pad at L3, or vice-versa, however ya feel like going about it.
Posted 07 July 2008 - 06:02 PM
like the red line goes on the bottom right pin and then to the top left pin for the thumbsticks?
I am a little confused on how you have the pinout for the L3 and R3 could you dot the actual L3 & R3 signal pin and where it needs to go with the matching color and possibly put the red line for the trace cut like you had done prior for the other model becuase I see 3 trace's in the pic and dont know wich 2 of them need to go.
I dont mean to be a pest but I have 6 of these I need to make southpaw and have done the 3 legged pot style's no problem and I thought only the duel shock 3's had these 4 pots but I found out wrong after I opened these up
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From the "Actresses who are way too talented and attractive for their age" file – Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones, Violet & Daisy), who will next be seen as the 16-year-old raised by her father to be the perfect assassin in director Joe Wright's upcoming thriller Hanna, has been cast in director Peter Jackson's return to middle earth with The Hobbit: Part 1.
Joining the cast of The Hobbit will reunite Ronan with her with her Lovely Bones director Peter Jackson. While her role hasn't officially been confirmed, rumors have her playing the part of Itaril, a Silvan Elf.
Confirmation of her casting came by way of Casting director Ros Hubbard, who mentioned Saoirse Ronan, in a conversation with IFTN about Irish-born actors who were previously cast, including Aidan Turner and James Nesbitt.
Hubbard said,
"Yes, there was quite a lot of influence there! We had been wanting to to put Aidan Turner into film for a long time because he had done an awful lot of TV and we told him when we finally met him "We are going to concentrate in getting you into the movies." I didn't think it would be as big as this. But how great for him.
And Jimmy,is thrilled to bits, his whole family have gone out, it is just wonderful. And working with Peter Jackson is like working with a family. So they'll have a great time. Saoirse's family will go too, everyone is very close and very loving on those sorts of jobs. It's not like typical studio movies at all."
The Hobbit: Part 1 is currently slated to hit theaters December 2012.
The Hobbit: Part 2 is currently slated to hit theaters December 2013.
The films star Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchette, Elijah Wood, Sylvester McCoy, Christopher Lee, Aidan Turner, Rob Kazinsky, Graham McTavish, John Callen, Ken Stott, Mikael Persbrandt, Ryan Gage, Jed Brophy, William Kircher, Saoirse Ronan and Stephen Hunter.


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Translation of hearty in Spanish:
adjective heartier, heartiest
- 1 1.1 (boisterous)(person)
desbordanteExample sentences1.2 (warm, enthusiastic)
(welcome)they gave three hearty cheers for the team
- He received a few awed stares, many cheerful greetings and a hearty handshake from the leader of the family.
- Williamson then strode out to a hearty cheer from the British fans.
- There were no smiles, back slapping or hearty handshakes.
calurosocon gran entusiasmo lanzaron tres hurras por el equipoheartiest congratulations on your promotionmi más cordial enhorabuena or mis más calurosas felicitaciones por tu ascensoExample sentences1.3 (healthy)
(appetite)John is a hearty eater
- We all gave our hearty approval and went out for a good long walk afterward to clear the pipes.
- His declaration won hearty approval from his peers.
- And it's not only the name and a love of books that has filtered down through the generations but a hearty love of plants.
buenoJohn es de buen comer
John tiene buen dienteExample sentences
Example sentences
- A hale and hearty person suddenly loses consciousness and is rushed to the hospital, with his blood pressure and pulse not recordable.
- A hale and hearty friend was earnestly counting the number of weekends she had left to live - given the average length of years a woman might live.
- He had been a hale and hearty man, and she watched him as he lost a tremendous amount of weight.
- But you may have to leave it until after your catch has been cooked up for you (try it fried in coconut batter), as you'll find all that sea air gives you a hearty appetite.
- The menu caters to nibblers and hearty appetites alike..
- But at some point the hearty appetite begins to look like escapism.
- 2 2.1 (vigorous)(shove/kick)to take a hearty dislike to somebody/something
fuertetomarle antipatía a alguien/algocogerle antipatía a alguien/algo (esp Spain)2.2 (substantial)(meal)
suculentoExample sentences
- Bulgarian food was hearty meat and potatoes fare.
- These go well with Mexican foods, hearty sausages and smoky flavors.
- Deciding that the offered meal of a hearty beef stew would be a godsend I happily handed over the very last of my money.
noun plural hearties
- 1 (Nautical) [archaic] (as form of address) me hearties!¡mis valientes!Example sentences
- I wanted to add, 'there, me hearties,' but 'ahoj' is actually the Czech equivalent of 'ciao', rather than a pirate greeting.
- Submit your answer in the comments below, me hearties.
- I'd like a pepperoni pizza, me hearties, and you're starting to talk like a pirate.
- 2 (philistine) (British) [colloquial]troglodita (masculine) [colloquial] [humorous]Example sentences
- Outside, the green wellies were locked in battle with police musclemen as inside the sergeant-at-arms and his band of merry men in ladies' black tights, frock-coats and swords were chasing hearties around the Mace.
- It should be noted at this stage that - contrary to what the reader might expect - the Carrick hearties were not all in the first flush of youth - some of them were in their 50s, which just goes to show what a spirited place Carrick is.
- Easiest of all is getting 27 able-bodied hearties to go with him, one of them a stowaway.
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Frances I. Alloway, 93, of Canton, Mich.. died on Saturday (Dec. 29, 2012).
She was born on Nov. 16, 1916, in Monroe County, Ohio, the daughter of William Perry and Adella Berentz Knowlton.
She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Canton, Mich.
On June 3, 1939, she married Ralph Edward Alloway and he preceded her in death on May 9, 1996.
She is survived by one sister, Regina Smith of Whitney, N.J. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two brothers, Perry Knowlton and Alden Knowlton and two sisters, Myra Nell LaVerdue and Georgia Knowlton. At her request there are to be no services.
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Michael Chasen: Philanthropy and Productivity Go Hand in Hand
GUEST MENTOR Michael Chasen, CEO of SocialRadar and co-founder of Blackboard Inc.: Multiple factors make for a good startup, and one of the most important may be one of the easiest to underestimate: doing good. To be more precise, doing well by doing good.
As individuals, we begin to learn to be good at a young age so it will hopefully become part of our nature. And companies, too, must learn this at a young age. It helps establish a philanthropic atmosphere that can not only boost how you feel about yourself and your company but also contribute to the success of the company.
I'm no psychologist but I have observed this much in my 15 years as CEO: People who do good tend to be in good moods, and people in good moods tend to perform better. Goodness is its own reward, but that doesn't mean it can't come with additional benefits.
I see two fundamental ways a startup can include social good in its business model:
1. Be a company whose mission has some form of social good, such as improving education, reducing pollution or increasing health-care options.
2. Be a company that, regardless of primary mission, motivates employees to make a positive difference in their community, however widely you want to define it.
Since not every company can be or should be the kind described in No. 1, we all need to strive to be No. 2.
Read what other mentors have to say how to incorporate social good into startups.
I co-founded a company called Blackboard with the goal of harnessing technology to improve the education experience. Education is, of course, for the public good, but Blackboard was always about more than good that made a profit.
While I was there, we mobilized a group of employees to help paint schools in Washington, DC. After I left, Blackboard rolled out a service free to schools nationwide through which people suffering from bullying can report it by text message. Were these efforts about education? Yes—the kind you can't get from a computer, the kind you don't make money on; the kind that reminds you of the larger obligation we all have, no matter our day jobs; the kind that elicits a smile from a child you've never met before and will likely never see again, but one who appreciates what you've done more than he or she can articulate. And I'm convinced that the employees involved in those efforts worked a bit more purposefully in the days to follow.
My current venture, a mobile app called SocialRadar, which is designed to help people connect more easily in the real world, has the word "social" right there in the name. And the word "good" is implied, because any technology that brings people together will almost inevitably be put to beneficial use. We have plans. And we are open-minded, eager to hear how the public will help shape our continuing commitment to running a company dedicated to social good. Through all stages of growth, a company needs to be positively contributing to the community by the actions it takes with its employees and the customers that it serves.
One mistake founders make is thinking that because their company doesn't operate in an inherently altruistic industry, they're not able—or obligated—to affect social good. But whether or not your company's product or service has a social mission has no bearing on whether or not your company can have one. And if you can create a company where your employees have a sense that they are doing good, they will arguably perform better at work. And creating that kind of company is not only good for business, it is also good overall.


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HSBC India's Head of Retail Banking, Wealth Management Quits
The Indian unit of HSBC Holdingsid Thursday its head of retail banking and wealth management operations in the country has quit.
Gannesh Bharadhwaj, who was heading the division since July 2010, has left the bank for personal reasons, a spokesman for HSBC India told The Wall Street Journal. "We will announce a new head in due course of time," he said.
The spokesman declined to say whether a new head for the businesses will be appointed from within the organization or a fresh candidate will be brought in.
Mr. Bharadhwaj couldn't be reached for comment.
HSBC India's retail and wealth management division reported a pretax profit of $41 million in 2012 after making losses for the previous two years, according to the bank's annual report. The division posted a loss of $14 million in 2011 and $83 million in 2010.
Mr. Bharadhwaj joined HSBC in 2002. Before taking charge of retail banking and wealth management in India, he headed the bank's Asia-Pacific consumer assets business in Hong Kong that focused on credit and debit cards as well as loans.
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I keep reading about a poll saying only 18% chose to play femshep. This does not take into account that manshep is the default "quickstart" character. How many players do this without even thinking about their character. While in essence they are right i wonder how the poll would change if femshep was the default!!
On the new vote for femshep image....its just wrong ... I am sure that 99% of those who voted don't even play femshep.... any vote in a male dominated environment will go for blonde bimbo.
Sorry had to vent....btw i am not female.
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Well as a blonde female myself, I am sick and tired of seeing people say blonde bimbo. Next time if you want to make an opinionated vent, leave out the insulting prejudice otherwise keep your trap shut.
I know plenty of female fans that voted for the blonde shep. She looks kickass and intimidating and powerful. To assume it's all males voting for the blonde because she's pretty is a sexist, blanketing assumption.
18% playing as femshep does not mean 18% of the players are female. Plenty of female players play as male shepard and plenty of male players play as female Shepard. Also, the advertising will probably change those numbers and bring new fans in when they realize they can play female in the mass effect series. It may change the minds of people playing strictly male to try female.
I do not recall stating at any time nor intending to infer that blonde meant bimbo. I reread my post and still no where does it say bimbos are blond or blonds are bimbos. The chosen picture is a stereotype and that is my objection. Nor did I say that all females play female and males play female. I am a male who plays female after all. I merely stated that the majority of players are male period.
However, although I think you have jumped to some hasty and erroneous conclusions, I do profusely apologize for any perceived offence I may have caused. I am very sorry.
"any vote in a male dominated environment will go for blonde bimbo."
1. This line is expressing a sexist idea about the male gender. As a feminist myself, I hate seeing people attack the male gender to make the female gender appear superior. That is not what feminism is suppose to be about. I'm sick and tired of this god damn gender war people are creating when it comes to the mass effect fandom. This is about bringing awareness to female shepard, not making men look like useless morons.
2.You are assuming #5 is a bimbo because she is blonde.This line is expressing that in any vote where there is a blonde winning, she is the bimbo, because men won't vote for anything else but a blonde bimbo. However we all know better that female Shepard is no bimbo. She is powerful, strong, and the god damn savior of the galaxy, no matter the color of her skin, hair, and eyes.
I am confused because I agree with you. That is, in fact, the point I am trying to make. So please be patient with me....
First, I am a man, as a man I have never advocated females being superior to me. Unless I had some sexual dominatrix fetish that is hardly a position favourable to me.
On the turn of that coin I have not advocated the reverse of that either.
However, with all the politically correct will in the world it is simply a fact that the majority of men, especially teens who make up a large proportion of the gaming community, do not initially, look at a woman and think "Oh I bet she has an interesting intellectual capacity." Of course there are exceptions to this. It is also a fact that a larger proportion of men favour blondes. I freely admit I prefer blonds myself. My wife is blond. My point was simply that the blonde was going to win and nothing would have changed that and the voting was just going through the motions. The blonde invariably wins when there is nothing else to differentiate appearance.
Political correctness or feminism does not and never will be able to replace primal basic male instincts. Males and females simply are not the same, it's evolution and biology not a state of education. It is not an attack on either gender. Not ALL men are the same and not ALL women are the same but as a population they generally follow their biological programming and not idealism. That does not mean either gender is superior or unable to compete on an equal basis.
My reference to blond bimbo, whilst i will submit was badly phrased, is however no different to me having said Brunette or red headed bimbo. I think all the bioware options were out of character and sexed up bimbos. The fact she is blond is irrelevant to the bimbo reference. None of the options were, in my opinion, in keeping with the character.
While it genuinely upsets me that I have inadvertently offended you I am at a loss to understand that as a feminist you do not agree that portraying Shep as a sexy teen is offensive. Maybe it is simply that you and I do not see the same things when we look at the picture.
My fear is that with bioware having recently stated they are delaying release of ME3 to make it more interesting to a "wider audience" may now involve altering her character to meet with the prevailing American media portrayals of women in action fiction. Marketing anything female in the USA or UK predominantly centres around youth and sexuality above anything else. This, at least to me, is apparent in the poor offerings of femshep presented by bioware. If appearance is so irrelevant why was there a vote? Are there ever votes for male characters? I know of none. I do not believe that if femshep was the default character with a male alternative their would now be this marketing splurge and hype. Would there be a vote for a male Lara Croft? I am suspicious at Bioware because they did not go with the default in game femshep. Why? Because she is not hot sexy or slutty enough for marketing. To me they are advocating the very stereotype you are accusing me of. That is my concern. If Femsheps appearance is unimportant so why are they making it so? This is sexism, the very thing you are objecting too.
My statement should have simply been "We need to be weary of Bioware messing with Shep. The desire to change things to capitalize on unforeseen popularity can be disastrous."
Once more i do profusely apologize for causing you offense. Of course this will all be resolved when Claire Shepard takes over the galaxy in ME3 and everyone has to see things my way.
Thank you for sharing your concerns with me Krystina.
Thank you for being polite about this, but I must continue to disagree with you.
Shepard is not portrayed as a sexy teenager. She is in the same intimidating, threatening pose as male Shepard. She is fully covered in the same type of roughed up armor as male Shepard. Her breasts have not been enlarged, she's not turned around with her butt up in the air and her hips are not pronounced. Also, women don't automatically, magically become wrinkled and old when they turn 30. HQ copies of these pictures show that their skin is not perfect, but freckled and scarred.
The problem here is people think women in the military need to be ugly and unsexy, women over 30 need to be wrinkled and unsexy, otherwise it's viewed as unrealistic. That's a horrible, horrible idea used in the past to try and get women to avoid being more than a pretty face, with fear they will become ugly. Thinking that only 17 year olds and women who sit on their butts and do nothing can look attractive.
Before this vote came out, I was dreading that they would stick with that awful default they put no thought into. It would have been safer to have fixed her up, but even then, fans would have bitched about Bioware not showing enough care about femShep and her fans. Not going out of their way to make a high quility, good looking character on the level of a super model that male Shepard is based on. It's apparently a situation where Bioware is damned if they do damned if they don't.
Also people bitch about Vega and Jacob's appearances, so to say people wouldn't behave the same if they did this with male Shepard is stupid. Male Shepard is already based on an extremely attractive model who happens to fall under the expected look of a male hero in video games. There is no need for a vote or anything to complain about if he's already at an agreeable appearance.
The point of this whole thing to me is to bring awareness about her. It is working. Even if most of the fans who voted never played femShep, they may now. It's great they put it on facebook because it gets the word out there. Here is a strong female character in a video game that is well loved. I welcome new fans. Most of my friends who play ME now had no idea they could play as female until they got the game or they heard word of mouth. The number one way I sell games like Mass Effect and Dragon Age to women interested in gaming, is telling them they can play as a woman.Otherwise, women go on not knowing because there is no advertisement with female Shepard.
So what if she looks attractive in these advertisements, as long as they don't put her in some tight skinsuit or barely there armor and pose her with her ass in the air like every other female game character out there, I'm good. So far she's far from being sexualized.
I seriously doubt bioware will change her character. One of the writers on LJ asked the fans already for suggestions on her. He already stated he is not going to make her any weaker at the request of the fans. He said they want to keep it as gender neutral as possible and simply put, it's easier for the game development that way. If there are any changes it's at the demand of the fans that wants her to walk like a model and sit like a lady and have situations where male LI will come save her weak ass for a stupid romantic scene. Yes, existing fan girls were actually requesting to change femShep to be more "feminine" by social standards.
Until the trailer comes out and the game comes out and I actually see her "sexualized" and turned into a "bimbo" and made "lady like" I'm going to assume a set appearance for a commercial or two will not change her personality and who she is.
I have no reason to be anything be anything other than polite :) I came here to make friends not enemies and to be honest whilst we started with a little tension I am rather enjoying exploring with you these aspects of the heroine we both love. I think though together we have hit upon the one thing that makes her unique, She is different things to different people and Bioware has given us the ability to create her to our own liking. My Claire Shepard is MY Claire Shepard. Not yours, not Fred's and not biowares.
You make very valid points and I cannot disagree because that is YOUR Shepard. I have played the same Clare Shepard since ME1 first came out. She is a red headed green eyed bitch who knows sacrifices must be made for the greater good. She has a very Illusive Man style attitude. Yeah she is cute (took four hours to create many years ago) but she does not have time for romance (I want Tali and only Tali but Bioware does not want me to have her :(). I guess after several years seeing my Shep as she is, it maybe that I see blond Shepard as a threat.
Making her more "feminine" would be wrong but I really wish she would close her legs when sitting down in a dress.... It just looks so crass lol.
The fact that you have stated that the writers have clearly stated her character will not change has reasurred me considerably and in fact completely blows my arguments and biggest fear out of the water.
I therefore concede this discussion to you :) However, let me be very very clear.... Shepard is a 33 year old red head....she has green eyes and she hated Kaiden...that is an indisputable fact that no person of sound mind could disagree with!!! ;)
The problem here is people think women in the military need to be ugly and unsexy, women over 30 need to be wrinkled and unsexy, otherwise it's viewed as unrealistic. That's a horrible, horrible idea used in the past to try and get women to avoid being more than a pretty face, with fear they will become ugly. [--] Before this vote came out, I was dreading that they would stick with that awful default they put no thought into.
Huh. I gotta say I disagree with you on few points there. For one thing, I find the old default quite attractive, and I know I'm not nearly the only one. I'd say the difference between the old default and the new default is that the former is attractive in a more mature way, and actually looks like a 30-year-old, without being ugly and unsexy. The latter looks pretty like a 18-year old.
I get that you disagree with me there. However, it'd be nice if you too could realize that your opinion is not necessarily a fact either, and that not everyone who disapproves with the new model(s), hates blondes or wants ugly women. Yes, bloody yes, 30-year-old can be pretty, but she can be pretty without looking like a teenager.
Sincerely yours, female, 25.
The old default was something but together with very little thought. I don't think they sat down and said, let's make her look like a real 30 year old. They probably didn't discuss her appearance at all and a random programmer put it together last minute just to have something in the game for a quick start. Male Shepard was more important back then and they picked a super model for his appearance. A friggen super model! Why can't femshep be allowed to get the same beauty treatment?
The female Shepards in these pictures don't look like 18 year olds to me. They look like mature women to me.
Oh, you're most likely correct with FemShep's looks being an accident. However, I'd consider it a very fortunate accident. :)
I just think that the new models look like every single female action hero out there and their grandmother, with the slightly pouty expression and the unmilitary amount of eyeliner. Despite being an undesigned accident, the old default's appearance is much more individual.
Then again, I never found most supermodels attractive anyway. :)


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Smith is also the legislative representative for the Southeast Unit of the Missouri Retired Teacher's Association (MRTA), and he is working to bring about changes, especially for Social Security benefits and insurance of retired teachers.
"It seems that wherever I go, retired teachers ask about the unfaithfulness relating to Social Security benefits as they pertain to teachers included in the public school retirement system," Smith said.
Two separate issues Smith is currently working to repeal are those that arose during the mid-1980s: Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP).
"The Windfall act can reduce the amount that a Social Security recipient can draw by as much as 50 to 60 percent, and until after 1985, teachers were not permitted by law to contribute to Social Security," Smith explained. "So teachers worked two jobs--one at school and one part-time at nights and on weekends -- in order to qualify for Social Security."
Because of the WEP act, a retiree who is entitled to $1,000 a month in Social Security may receive only $400 or $500, even though that teacher met the full requirements for a $1000-benefit, Smith explained.
With the GPO, the law affects teacher retirees eligible to receive Social Security spousal benefits. Federal law requires an "offset" of approximately 66 percent of the value of the teacher's pension, Smith said.
Another concern for teachers, Smith said, is that 15 states have joined a consortium that doesn't tax teacher retirement benefits on the state income tax form. Some of these states include Florida, Texas, Alabama and Mississippi, but not Missouri.
Smith said he feels the 15 states realize that they have gained far more by drawing retirees to their state. "A number of retired teachers are leaving Missouri to go to states that have no state income taxes for teacher retirees," Smith stated. "Up until 1989, Missouri did not require retired teachers to pay state income taxes. This is an item of concern that our state legislature may need to assess on a break-down analysis."
Like most people, the rising cost of health insurance is also a problem for teachers. That's why this topic is one of great importance to Smith. Insurance is perhaps the most burning worry in the minds of retiring teachers because many of them, by law, were not allowed to contribute to Social Security, Smith said. All retiring teachers have is the good faith and word of past school boards that the insurance will always be available to them, he stated.
Currently, the Sikeston Public School System operates under a self-insured concept that has served retired teachers very well, Smith said. Smith said he feels certain that men and women of honor will always be elected to the school board and that their true character will prevail when considering the well being of retired teachers.
When a shooting death occurred close to Smith's home a couple of years ago, Smith wrote letters to the mayor of Sikeston, asking the City Council to increase city taxes to aid in more police protection.
"If kids had been outside when the shooting occurred, it would have been a disaster," Smith said. "Two or three robberies were occurring each week ... Something had to be done."
After receiving Smith's letter, the Sikeston Mayor Josh Bill responded, and along with the City Council, put forth a charter form of government proposal, Smith said.
Now, his concern is for the cohesive future of the Sikeston community. He explained: "We must not turn one against one another, rich against poor, educated against the uneducated, social class upon social class, church against church, race against race, political party against political party, or union against management.
"Rather, we must realize that we are all on the same ship -- called the 'Ship of Sikeston ' -- together," Smith continued. "And that if any one group hurts, we all hurt."
While the MRTA award won't officially be announced until September, it's obvious Smith has enough to keep busy during his waiting period. The former computer technology teacher is definitely a reminder to everyone that lessons never end, even after the teacher retires.


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"Gothic" is an epithet with a strange history – evoking images of death, destruction, and decay. From its origins in the 18th-century literature of terror to its contemporary manifestations in art, cinema and design, the gothic is associated with the powers of horror and the erotic macabre. Medieval ecclesiastical design, the Victorian cult of mourning, and the gothic punk subculture are other reference points. The late Alexander McQueen often explored gothic themes in his work, in collaboration with talented jewelers. The 2012 Exhibition in Print will explore contemporary gothic jewelry. Curator Valerie Steele invites suggestions and nominations related to the theme of the gothic. Please contact her at <email@example.com>.
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Promotion for my Run for Cancer is in its second week. I'm trying to raise money for the Anderson Cancer Center's Patient Benevolence Fund, and also increase awareness in healthy living and getting regular checkups by running in the Rocket City Marathon Dec. 13 in Huntsville, Ala.
So far nearly $2,000 has been raised. I'd like to see the fund exceed the $5,500 raised through my 2007 marathon.
The center has been in partnership with WTOK-TV and The Community Foundation of East Mississippi for two calender years.
Last year, money raised went to help those who needed transportation, medicines and other things related to their cancer. These are needs that are not covered by other sources.
The man who heads the Jeff Anderson Regional Cancer Center is Wayne Herrington. He said employees recognized the needs and started the Benevolence Fund. It has been very successful.
"It makes things a little bit better," said Herrington. "We have patients that they're caregivers, when they become ill with cancer. And things get really bad for these people. And so, we're able to help just a little bit. We can't do everything for everyone, but as we talk to these people and find out the needs, the social services department is able to administer some of this money to these people. Just a little bit makes a world of difference."
This year's fundraiser received a boost from the Plum Creek Foundation, which donated $4,000 up front.
"This is a way of making sure our people are helped," said Herrington. "And every bit of this money helps our patients here that are undergoing cancer treatments."
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Rocksteady, you're doin' Batman wrong!
A few years back Rocksteady shat on the rule book of all film/book franchised games being utterly balls by releasing the absolutely outstanding Batman: Arkham Asylum; a title that is arguably one of the best, if not the best superhero tie-in games of all time. Complete with intuitive combat, keen puzzle elements and a cracking storyline Arkham Asylum quite happily sits high up in the clouds as one of the worlds of great stealth/3rd person action adventure games. From the titles inspiring introduction to the Asylum and faux restart at the hands of the maniacal Scarecrow to its unashamedly empowering levelling system and tricky Riddler puzzles, Batman: Arkham Asylum gives me no qualms in climbing on top of a roof top and shouting about how this is one of my favourite games ever made…bar perhaps some of the over used Titan enemies and shockingly poor final boss.
Fast forward a bit and Rocksteady release the anxiously anticipated follow up – Batman: Arkham City, in which the cunningly evil Hugo Strange has somehow convinced the Mayor of Gotham to allow him full control over a huge chunk of land, which has been turned into a locked-down ultra prison. Arkham City is now home to some of Gotham's most notorious and familiar villains, ranging from Twoface and The Penguin all the way to some of the more amicable anti-heroes such as Catwoman or Bane (sort of). In essence what Rocksteady aimed to do was enlarge their already successful franchise by increasing the world size and the number of people in it. While this unmistakably makes a certain amount of sense for a sequel, Rocksteady forgot to improve anything else.
Yes sure, City had a few more gadgets and new multi-enemy attacks but is that really what a successor calls for? No, what a follow-up should base its target on is ascertained by taking everything that was good about its predecessor, and then injecting it with a huge dose of whatever inspired them to create such an amazing experience in the first place – this includes the storyline and pacing.
Sadly, whoever is was behind the gameplan for Arkham City left their big syringe of inspiration at home; despite its bizarrely favourable reviews I found the game completely and utterly stale. Gone was Asylum's feeling of direction, instead it was gobbled up by a ticking clock of storyline death which constantly hung over Batman's head but actually had little or no bearing on the game's progression. I understand why some games may choose to have timed sections within them as it promotes a certain amount of suspense but the one thing I've never really understood is why developers build an entire game around that sole mechanic? Why make an open world game where the over-arcing storyline's sole propose is to stop you from feeling like you can explore a game's surrounding?
Was I supposed to be worried that ol' Bruce will pop his clogs at any moment if I don't get to the next plot point in time? Or was I supposed to revel in the idea of finding some of the game's poorly attempted Catch the Pigeon inspired side quests? I'm not sure, and I don't know if some of the developers knew either.
In honesty I'm also unsure why I am moaning about side quests, as I stopped bothering with them as soon as I noticed they were basically un-rewarding checkpoint challenge with different cult Batman figures leading you along. What's the point of having Azrael or Zsasz in your game if you're not going to have an epic fight to conclude your story arc? My biggest gripes comes in the guise of the game's slap-dash method of creating story twists via poor lead ups. I mean why push Clayface as the game's last boss if there is no prior build? Why give Batman a sword for two minutes of the game with no real reverence? And why of fucking why spend a whole game building Hugo Strange as a manipulative criminal mastermind only to fleetingly brush him off to one side as yet another sheep?
I mean are Rocksteady seriously expecting me to believe that a man smart enough to ascertain Batman's true identity, brainwash a prison chief/Mayor and talk a whole city into letting him turn half of their land into a fully functioning military control super asylum full of the world's most dangerous villains is little more than a brainless husk? Don't get me wrong, I am fully aware of Batman's linage and the manic way some comic book storylines are told but to go from the slow paced, almost terrifying introduction of a character like Scarecrow and his narrative in Asylum to a throw away three minute drug induced 'crazy' brawl with the MadHatter just screams bullshit laziness to me.
The problem with City's story telling and poor reproduction is compacted and clarified with the example of Scarecrow vs. Madhatter, as you can pretty much slap the cheap comparisons on Arkham City like a Wetherspoons burger compared to actual real food. Sure it might look appealing and delicious on the menu but once you take a bite out of the game you realise just how bland and tasteless the whole thing actually is.
The once highly additive and actually pretty enjoyable Riddler trophies had become nothing short of an onslaught of un-engaging remedial tasks and endless back tracking, The once proud and dynamic storylines have became a machine gun of panicked diarrhoea strewn with empty dialogue un-realised of actual plot, and perhaps worst, of all I started to hate the shit out of Alfred and his smug barstard one-liners.
The final nail in the coffin for this game is the recently release – Batman: Arkham City – Armoured Edition, wherein you play the exact game that was released over a year ago but now with electrically charged power armour, designed to increase damage and make the whole game a lot easier. The new edition also incorporates some WiiU inspired tablet functionality in the guise of a motion controlled Batarang (I have used it, it is terrible), individually explodable gel bombs and other such paraphernalia. I understand that Nintendo need to get the big publishers on board rather rapidly in order for the WiiU to succeed and if that means throwing a few rather ill advised or redundant features onto a game than so be it, but what I want to see in an 'improved' edition of a game; quality for quality's sake on the side of the developer, not just some jumped up excuse of innovation.
I want to make it clear and state that in no way do I hate Batman or the Rocksteady franchise, in fact I am actually looking forward to the next instalment (although it will most likely be missing the genius that is Mark Hamill) and am disappointed that the production of Gotham by Gaslight was cancelled. I also have no problem stating that Arkham City was far from being considered a completely bad game, it is merely a victim of the original title's success. Perhaps to me after the amazing triumph of Asylum I was expecting a bit too much from the sequel and sadly, with self inflicted expectation I've lead myself to focus on the negative reproductions of the game rather than viewing it as something 'new'. Regardless, my personal opinion on City is that it is a huge let down compared the original title and although nothing can take away what the developers managed to accomplish in terms of creating a indisputably good franchise, I can't help but call bullshit on a sequel that held some great ground work and expansive ideas that for some reason never fully realised its true potential. Whether it was time, money or direction that caused a shift in the game's development from a huge open world Gotham, filled with all the grim charm of the comic books to little more than a poor copy and paste job of it's predecessor, I am not sure. However, one thing is for sure, I will not be bothering with the Calender Man achievement.
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It's Mark Hamill. You could have googled him up, if you admire him so much that can't remember his surname.
but….but….. YOU GOT TO BE BATMAN.
I'd really like to see the next game have a much much smaller cast of baddies, just focus on 2 or 3 of them and really build up to a good ending for each.
And for the love of everything, please put more effort into the final boss battle Rocksteady.
'Riddler trophies had become nothing short of an onslaught of un-engaging remedial tasks and endless back tracking,'
Completely agree with the above sentiment. The saw-esque riddler puzzles should have been unlockable in a better way, not by finding and solving mind numbing puzzles. In my mind, they were some of the best parts of the game that were hidden away behind a wall of monotomy and time based running puzzles.
Your conclusion is spot on, even the final line referring to the calendar man; At times it seemed like Rocksteady were just trying to make it drag.


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|Cato Policy Analysis No. 31
|December 21, 1983
by Scott Palmer
Scott D. Palmer is the editor of Data Processing Management and the ICP Insiders' Letter, published by International Computer Programs, Inc., of Indianapolis, Indiana.
Executive Summary
Market-oriented economists think that it is just a bit wasteful to spend time on problems of international trade. In a properly functioning world economy, after all, international trade would be just a special case of interregional trade. There are, indeed, some special difficulties--transportation costs, language barriers, and the like--but they are relatively straight-forward. Why worry about international trade when there are so many more interesting things to think about?[1]
This blase attitude, of course, is shared by almost nobody else. Industries affected by imports are the first to feel the sting of increased competition from foreign firms. Then, responding to pressure from industry, government gets into the act. Once in a while, even an economist joins the fray, as when Lester Thurow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in a recent Newsweek column, thundered about the danger of a "videocassette recorder gap" between the United States and Japan.[2]
The issue of foreign competition--especially when accompanied by charges that government-subsidized foreign firms are "dumping" their products at below-cost prices to drive local competitors out of business--does raise some serious questions of public policy. American firms that are exposed to competition from abroad make a substantial contribution to the wealth of our nation and employ thousands of workers. If promoting economic well-being and combating unemployment are proper concerns of government, then an intelligent policy on foreign trade is essential.
This is the rationale given by the U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) for publishing its recent report, The Effect of Government Targeting on World Semiconductor Competition: A Case History of Japanese Industrial Strategy and Its Costs for Americans.[3] While the report is highly polemical, it does make a case that the Japanese semiconductor industry has received and continues to receive various forms of assistance from its government--although the competitive impact of such aid is unclear. What should the U.S. government do about the situation, if anything?
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First part of turnaround was cost cutting - done
Second part of turnaround - stop declining sales
Third part - grow sales, continue cost controls and therefore become profitable
I expect we are close to second part of turnaround. Therefore, I expect sales to roughly match that of a year ago - about $4.1 to $4.2 M with loss of about a penny a share. If so, this would mark the end of sales declines and position the company for growth in 2014.
Good call, they slightly outperformed with revs of 4.22 million. Looking good!
Why is volume stuck at 100? Is trading frozen today? Volume was fairly heavy yesterday. Am I missing something?
that over 1 million in sales from the previous quarter ,, over 33% sales growth in one quarter is unrealistic given jones is in survival mode and does not have the capital to grow the company , that is highly unlikely to happen today ,, my guess is next year sales will bottom then we will see if theres any growth , and more like 10% growth would be realistic.on a yearlt basis.
Q3- declining YOY sales ,, bottomline close to breakeven , maybe a slight loss like last quarter
yoy rev growth: 500k, .005 per share profit. Jennifer Cue will put this company back on the map....


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Published April 29, 2010 | Updated June 12, 2015
If your mattress is thicker than 14 inches, you may have struggled to find the right sheets. No one wants to worry about keeping a fitted sheet on the mattress, but if you have a pillow-top mattress or you use a mattress topper, that may be an issue for you. If you're not sure what to shop for, take a look at these answers to frequently asked questions about deep pocket sheets.
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- Why use deep pocket sheets?
Many mattresses currently produced are thicker than those of the past, providing more cushion than ever before. This is great for comfort, but unfortunately, this means that regular sheets often don't quite do the job in covering them. This is where deep pocket sheets come in. As their name implies, these sheets are deeper than average, especially in the corners, allowing them to stretch over thick mattresses, mattresses with pillow tops, or mattresses with mattress toppers.
- How deep are deep pocket sheets?
The depth varies, but you can usually find this type of sheet with a depth ranging from 15 to 22 inches.
- Which fitted sheets do I need for my mattress?
Measure your mattress and keep that measurement in mind when you're shopping for sheets. In the product descriptions, you should find a statement about the thickness of mattress that the sheets will fit. If your mattress is thicker than those numbers, you need to shop for deep pocket sheets.
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WASHINGTON (March 31, 2014) With just hours to spare Monday, Congress acted to prevent a 24 percent cut in payments to doctors who treat Medicare patients,
The Senate's 64-35 vote sent a measure to delay the cuts for a year to President Barack Obama, who signed it Tuesday.
The $21 billion measure staves off a 24 percent cut in Medicare reimbursements to doctors for a year and extends dozens of other expiring health care provisions such as higher payment rates for rural hospitals.
The legislation is paid for by cuts to health care providers, but fully half of the cuts won't kick in for 10 years.
It's the seventeenth temporary "patch" to a broken payment formula that dates to 1997.