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Schooling is Associated Not Only with Long-Run Wages, but Also with Wage Risks and Disability Risks: The Pakistani Experience
Asma Hyder
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Business School; Population Studies Center
Jere Behrman
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
May 9, 2011
PIER Working Paper No. 11-013
Many studies document significantly positive associations between schooling attainment and wages in developing countries. But when individuals enter occupations subsequent to completing their schooling, they not only face an expected work-life path of wages, but a number of other occupational characteristics, including wage risks and disability risks, for which there may be compensating wage differentials. This study examines the relations between schooling on one hand and mean wages and these two types of risks on the other hand, based on 77,685 individuals from the wage-earning population as recorded in six Labor Force Surveys of Pakistan. The results suggest that schooling is positively associated with mean total wages and wage rates, but has different associations with these two types of risks: Disability risks decline as schooling increases but wage risks, and even more, wage rate risks increase as schooling increases. The schooling-wage risks relation, but not the schooling-disability risks relation, is consistent with there being compensating differentials.
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BUCKHANNON - Former West Virginia University basketball standout Patrick Beilein will make his head coaching debut tonight when West Virginia Wesleyan entertains Shenandoah University for its season opener at 7 p.m.
The 29-year old mentor is going to battle with a roster that is vastly different from last year's Bobcat unit. But the group has embraced the same two-guard offense that Beilein himself utilized to drain a total of 242 three-pointers and score over 1,000 career points as a Mountaineer.
With Beilein's pedigree as a former WVU star, it is noteworthy that several of the key players on the 2012-13 Wesleyan unit are state natives. But it is Ohio native Kelsey Williams who has been the leader of the young squad.
After averaging 17 points and eight rebounds per game last season, the strong and athletic post player will be counted upon heavily by Beilein for production on both ends of the court.
"Kelsey has been a tremendous leader of this team," Beilein said. "He is a hard worker and he has also been much more of a vocal leader as we have gotten further along in practice."
Williams is particularly key, because the team is so young. In fact, only five players return from the 2012 roster, which includes only 25.6 of the 73.9 points per game, and only 12.2 of the 35.8 rebounds per game. The bulk of these numbers coming back belong to Williams.
Beilein's installation of the two-guard offense has been a key element in the early weeks of practice. He has been joined on the bench by Coach Will Vergollo, who served under Beilein's father John Beilein at the University of Michigan for six years. The staff has been working to find the shooters who can fit this system and defend at a high level.
"I have been very pleased that how they have picked up the concepts that we have been trying to teach," Beilein said. "This is a timing and read based offense and it relies a lot on on-court chemistry. I think the players have done a good job of developing that as we have gotten deeper into practice."
Williams is joined in the starting lineup by strong group of shooters. This group includes Preston County native T.J. Thompson (6-5, Jr.) at the power forward spot and Denmark native Soren Dossing (6-1, Fr.) at small forward and shooting guard.
The backcourt includes Bronx, N.Y., native Ray Warren (5-9, Jr.), and Logan native Noah Cottrill (6-4, Fr.).
The former Division I recruit, Cottrill led Logan High School to a state title his senior year with the Wildcats.
Currently, Beilein has three players factoring into his regular rotation from the bench.
The most experienced of this trio is Winfield native Caleb Ashley (6-4, Sr.), who comes off the bench as a shooting guard.
He will be joined in that role by the program's first major Michigan connection in Detroit native Chris Dewberry (6-1, Fr.). Providing some bench minutes for the inside players will be Morgantown native Taylor Price (6-5, So.).
Shenandoah provides an interesting first opponent for Wesleyan. Its style of play will be a large aspect of the opener.
"They run the Princeton style of offense and with that they do a nice job of spreading the floor and beating you with cuts to the basket," Beilein said. "It will be a good challenge for us in terms of a season opener."
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One of you guys posted a question on the blog on Saturday asking if I was excited about the Dexter season finale and "excited" wasn't the word. It is more like I was nervous. I was nervous because I could feel that something really big (and bad) was going to happen. They couldn't have this great season with John Lithgow as the perfect casting for a serial killer without going big in the finale and I knew that "going big" was going to make me uncomfortable.
Let me say right up front that there are certain characters and storylines on my shows that I can do without. If Entourage killed off "E" in the first scene of the next season, I would be happy. On Dexter, if LaGuerta and Batista had given each other STDs and been transferred out I would have been happy. That storyline is a snoozer to me.
As far as characters I can do without on Dexter, his wife, Rita ranks right at the top of the list. Sure, I enjoy how the "changes" she's made since she was first on the show and I appreciate her "hard work" in those areas, but she is on my nerves all the time. I was down with Lila. The actress who plays her, Jaime Murray, is hot and unafraid to do what she needed to for the show (get me?). I wish Dexter hadn't killed her off because they could have brought her back now that RITA MORGAN IS DEAD!!!!
I know I just spent the last paragraph telling you that I don't like here annoying character, but damn….. did you have to have Trinity bleed her out in a bathtub and leave Dexter's baby in the blood on the floor? I had the exact same feeling watching the end Dexter that I had watching the end of Se7en when I realized that Brad Pitt was not going to like what was in that box. On Sunday I kept saying, "no….. no….. no….. no" as Dexter answered Rita's phone and then started to head towards his baby's crying. I knew that we were about to get a head in a box (so to speak).
Killing Dexter's wife off is what makes this show so good though. Sure, we are used to tidy little endings so we feel better when we leave the theater or turn the TV off, but how much more intense was it for the killer who always wins to have the table turned on him? We aren't used to dark endings like the one we got with Dexter's season finale but that just adds another layer to his character and it sets up what could be the darkest season ever for any television show next season!


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The second half of 2009 saw developments in the realisation and planning of Eurasian natural gas pipelines of potentially far-reaching significance.
The pipeline perhaps recently most noted in the press, and with good reason, was the Kazakhstan-China leg of the Turkmenistan-China gas pipeline. This latter will also transit from Uzbekistan, ultimately bringing 1.4 trillion ft3/yr from the Central Asian country to China's East Asian coast.
The Turkmenistani segment runs 117 miles from the eastern part of the country, then 326 miles across Uzbekistan and another 803 miles through Kazakhstan, before passing into China, where it will run to Shanghai and Guangdong province for another 2800 - 3100 miles. This has entailed, within China, construction of a second West-East Pipeline, parallel to one opened several years ago from Xinjiang to Shanghai.
As the CNPC-Turkmengaz contract is not a public document, the price agreed is not precisely known. However, it is reliably reported to be over US$ 3/1000 ft3. Deliveries from Turkmenistan to China are estimated at 210 billion ft3 in 2010. After that quantity reaches 350 billion ft3/yr, the second phase will be inaugurated, adding 600 billion ft3/yr.
The new gas pipeline from Turkmenistan, thus originally projected to carry 1 trillion ft3/yr, will be constructed to carry 1.4 trillion ft3/yr, if not more in subsequent stages. China is set to receive only 1 trillion ft3/yr. The other 400 billion ft3/yr will be generated and at least partly consumed in Kazakhstan.
The Turkmenistan pipeline is indeed, formally speaking, a knock-on effect from Kazakhstan-China negotiations previously initiated by CNPC with KazMunaiGaz for a 350 billion ft3/yr project.
Shipping to Iran
While the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline is still on hold due to the security situation in Afghanistan, an expanded gas pipeline from Turkmenistan did open at the end of the year to north-eastern Iran for domestic consumption. The existing 115 mile Korpeje-Kordkuy pipeline can theoretically carry 280 billion ft3/yr, although this volume has never been reached. The most credible throughput figure for 2008 is 170 billion ft3, including a stoppage over a price dispute lasting through the year's first quarter.
The new Dovletabat-Sarkhs-Khangeran segment is an 18 mile extension of the existing pipeline, scheduled to add 210 billion ft3/yr to current volumes in its initial stage with a possible doubling of that figure, so that total deliveries to Iran might reach 700 billion ft3/yr. The new pipeline's real significance is that it connects the existing one up to the Dovletabad-Deryalyk pipeline, itself part of the Central Asia-Centre pipeline, through which Gazprom imports gas from Turkmenistan.
Involvement with Russia
Gazprom imported no gas from Turkmenistan from April 2009 until the end of the year because of an explosion in the pipeline (for which Ashgabad blamed Moscow). By the end of December, the pipeline segment was reconstructed, and Russia agreed to pay approximately US$ 7/1000 ft3, nearly twice what it had paid in 2008. However, volumes in 2010 will reach only slightly over 1 trillion ft3, instead of the 1.75 trillion ft3 that Russia averaged earlier in the decade.
The end-of-the-year agreement, as announced, includes terms for Russia to rebuild the so-called East-West Pipeline, which transports gas within Turkmenistan across the southern part of the country, as well as to reconstruct the Turkmenistani segment of the Caspian Coastal Pipeline (CCP, also called the 'Pre-Caspian').
Turkmenistan's contract with China, South Korea and United Arab Emirates
It would be amiss to fail to note the contract signed at the very end of the year for development of the South Yolotan field in Turkmenistan. At the end of the year, Turkmenistan awarded a US$ 9.7 billion contract to a consortium of companies from China, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates. South Korea's LG International and Hyundai Engineering will join CNPC and the UAE's London-listed Gulf Oil and Gas FZE and Petrofac International in developing the South Yolotan gas field - which, according to British auditors Gaffney Cline is likely to hold approximately 635 trillion ft3 of gas, with a high-range estimate of over twice that amount.
Nabucco, South Stream, White Stream
2009 also saw continued jousting between the Nabucco and South Stream gas pipeline projects. In mid-May, it seemed that the European Union and Turkey had resolved two major differences that were preventing agreement on the terms for Nabucco, namely, pricing and the legal regime for Turkish consumption of gas flowing through the pipeline. Days later, however, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Putin in Sochi and the same obstacles to agreement with the EU reappeared after Erdogan agreed to Putin's offer to reconvert the South Stream pipeline project (Russia to Europe directly under the Black Sea), back into a revised Blue Stream Two project (Russia to Europe under the Black Sea and via Turkey).
The 'White Stream' project foresees the transit of gas from Azerbaijan through Georgia and across the Black Sea to Romania (either supplying Ukraine on the way or without intermediate landfall). If Azerbaijan's gas follows this route connecting through the Ukrainian system, then it could not only supplant Nabucco but also reach Poland directly and other markets further onward.
The route through Ukraine may be rendered superfluous by the construction of the Nord Stream pipeline projected to start in 2010 following the granting of permits by Denmark, Sweden and Finland during the course of 2009.
Last year's trends point towards a continuing European paralysis of will, permitting a now clearly-emerged Russian-Turkish energy entente to exert a double chokehold on gas supplies: while volumes of gas from the Caspian Sea basin that could go westwards begin to flow in the opposite direction.
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April 1, 2011
The Griffins' all-time top-10 lists contain familiar alumni like Travis Richards, Michel Picard, Jiri Hudler, Tomas Kopecky, Matt Ellis and Ryan Oulahen, among others. The 2010-11 campaign has seen captain Jamie Tardif and third-year pro Francis Pare surge into that elite group in several categories.
Tardif has spent his entire pro career in Grand Rapids, aside for three games with the Iowa Stars and Manitoba Moose during the 2006-07 season. During his tenure in the Griffins jersey he has accrued 78 goals and 74 assists for 152 points in 310 games.
His 310 career games played entering the month of April places the talented right wing third on the team's all-time list. Only Richards (655) and Picard (364) have totaled more games as a Griffin. Tardif's commitment and overall health have played a large role in him climbing to third so quickly. Although his 2008-09 season was cut short due to injury, the Welland, Ontario native has played at least 70 games in four of five full seasons in Grand Rapids.
This season, Tardif leads the team in goals (27) and has moved into second place on the all-time list with 78 for his Griffins career, after not even being listed among the top-10 at the start of the year. He might need a little more time to take over the top spot, as Picard resided in that position with 158 tallies.
Like many hard-working hockey players, Tardif recognizes that success does not come without assistance, as he credits the role fellow linesmen Tomas Tatar and Ilari Filppula have played this season.
"I think we're a great fit," the 25-year-old Tardif said. "You've got one of the most skilled guys in the whole league as far as hands go with Filppula and Tatar's a great scorer, play maker, kind of does everything. It's my job to get the puck to them but also to get open because they make unbelievable passes. They've gotten me some great goals, and I've gotten them some great assists. It's a great line."
Similar to Tardif, 23-year-old Pare has moved up the list of all-time Griffins players this season. His 23 goals through the current campaign bring his three-year total to 63, tying him for seventh place with Kopecky and only two behind Hudler (65).
"You're always looking at the Griffiti's and seeing where you are," Pare said. "Obviously you want to do well every single year and this means something for Jamie and for me as well."
Both Pare and Tardif have also been successful distributing the puck to their teammates, consistently racking up the assists as well as scoring goals. Pare's 30 assists through March 26 gives him 77 in the Griffins' sweater, good enough for ninth on the all-time list. With 74 assists, Tardif is one shy of breaking into the top-10, as his next assist will bring him into a three-way tie for 10th with Kopecky and Ed Patterson.
"I think my game is pretty good right now. The way I'm skating, I'm a lot better," Pare said. "If you look at my skating my first year, I was like a little turtle on the ice. I'm not as fast as (Jan) Mursak, but I'm getting there."
For Tardif, the added responsibility of captain is more important than any personal glory.
"You know, I'm a firm believer that how well your team does, that's how well you're going to do as a player. The points are a big thing in any sport, but if your team makes the playoffs and you can be a leader, then that's going to take care of itself. As captain I just try to lead by example. A lot of guys do a lot of talking in this room, I might be one of them, but I think mostly I want to lead by example on the ice."
Tardif is hoping that what has been the best year of his pro career will lead to that elusive call-up to the parent Detroit Red Wings.
"Who knows what can happen, but I think I've definitely set myself up well," Tardif said. "At the end of the day, I can only control what I do so long as I'm playing my best, that's all I can ask for. But now with six games left in the year, my main focus is with our team's effort to make a playoff push."
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Videoconferencing has become "the next best thing to being there" for many businesses. Facilitating face-to-face collaboration for people who are in different locations, it can help businesses increase productivity while saving money on business travel expenses.
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NORTHAMPTON - What do the city of Northampton and Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann have in common?
No, it's not a trick question.
The left-leaning Hampshire County community and the hard-right conservative congresswoman from Minnesota each have an affinity for Calvin Coolidge.
In Northampton, Coolidge, the longtime attorney and former mayor who became president in 1923, remains a presence, more than a half century after his death.
Coolidge's collection is at the Forbes Library and there is a bust of him outside the county court house.
And Bachmann? In an interview with ABC News/Yahoo on Tuesday, Bachmann said she's got bigger ideas -- much bigger -- than a simple bust for "Silent Cal."
She has Coolidge on her short list for faces to be added to Mount Rushmore.
Why Coolidge?
Because, she said, "Calvin Coolidge was able to get the United States budget way on track and he really was a taking care of business kind of guy."
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As everyone knows, Wednesday is the big day — The NHL's Trade Deadline. After last season's overwhelming success live blogging the event, Tim and I have decided to do it again. We'll be using the Cover It Live application to bring you readers the latest discussion, rumo(u)rs, and Tweets.
Like last year, our coverage will feature some special guests.
The fun won't stop once the deadline has passed. Tim and I will be recording a trade deadline version of The 6th Sens Podcast Wednesday night and for the first time, we will be taking phone calls from readers who want to throw their 2 cents in on the day's events. If you want to be a part of the next podcast, email us and we'll give you the details.
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The oldest South Asian Film Festival in the United States, 3rd i's six-day festival is the premier showcase for documentaries, shorts, narratives and innovative and experimental visions that exemplify the best indie films – and there's also a dash of Bollywood!
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The San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival takes place at two venues in San Francisco, New People Cinema and the Castro Theatre, from October 22-25, 2015. On November 1, SFISAFF moves to the Peninsula with film screenings at the CineArts Theatre, Palo Alto.
Please take public transportation whenever possible. Parking near New People Cinema and the Castro Theater is notoriously tricky, but Muni stops are very nearby (more info below).
New People Cinema
1746 Post St @ Webster St (in Japantown)
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 525-8600
closest Muni stops: Geary & Webster, Sutter & Buchanan, Sutter & Fillmore
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429 Castro Street @ Market (in the Castro District)
San Francisco, CA
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The premiere annual South Asian film festival in the U.S, the San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival (SFISAFF) has brought the cinematic heritage and culture of South Asia to Bay Area audiences for more than a decade. Presented by 3rd i Films, the oldest South Asian media arts organization in the U.S., the festival promotes diverse images of South Asians and catalyzes change through independent film.
SFISAFF showcases a rich variety of feature films, docs, Bollywood, Indie and classic films. Past premieres include Slumdog Millionaire, Four Lions, Bombay Summer, Slackistan, Ramchand Pakistani, Zero Bridge, and The Island President. Past festival guests include Parminder Nagra (Bend it Like Beckham), Kiran Bedi (India's first woman police officer), Shenaz Treasury and Akshat Verma (Delhi Belly), Salim Khan (Lead singer of Pakistani-band Junoon), Arun Dutt (son of famed Indian director Guru Dutt), 2011 Berlin Film Festival Star Director Q (Love in India, The Loser), and journalist/filmmaker Gotham Chopra (Decoding Deepak).
"The 3rd i Film Festival is really one of a kind, offering up the best of South Asian film, not as some paean to political correctness, but truly as a tribute to great cinema rooted in the subcontinent and its diaspora."
– Sandip Roy, Editor/Radio Host, New American Media
"This autumn I feel more oppressed than usual by the relentless march of regional/generic film festivals… But one filmfest that I greet each fall with satisfaction sans stress is the 3rd i Film Festival. Maybe because it's just another great lineup I get to preview with confidence."
– Frako Loden, The Evening Class
"3rd i has exposed the Indian American audience to a whole new funny, sexy, frightening and fantastic world of South Asian film. They are the only resource for the latest in cutting-edge and hard-to-find cinema and they are one of the Bay Area's great artistic treasures!"
– Lisa Tsering/entertainment editor, India-West
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We recommend buying tickets online in advance as The New People Cinema has fewer seats than our previous venues, and some showings will surely sell out. Online tickets ($10/film) are cheaper than at-the-door tickets ($13/film), and passes can only be purchased online! Check out our eventbrite profile page for all ticket/pass options.
Passes offer the best value. They are the least expensive way to see multiple films and to make sure you get into every film you'd like to attend. Passholders have access to the VIP entry and get early access to seating for each film. Passes are only available for purchase leading up to the festival, and will not be sold at the Box Office during the festival. More information on all pass options is available on our Eventbrite Festival Passes page.
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Modern architects have a long tradition of trying to reimagine the relationship between buildings and nature. Philip Johnson famously designed the walls of his Glass House so it appears that only the barest membrane separates its occupants from the rolling Connecticut countryside. At Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright envisioned the house's cantilevered terraces growing organically from the boulders over the thundering Bear Run torrent.
New York architects Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi take an entirely different path with their Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology at the University of Pennsylvania. Instead of focusing on the boundaries between architecture and landscape, they fuse the two into a seamless whole. Their dazzling new project is like the mythical centaur; you can't exactly say whether it is man or beast.


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Caravans For Sale | Fife
The multitude of caravanning vacationers out there must have something right. After all, throngs of new caravan owners join their ranks each year. Before committing to a purchase in your area and Googling "caravans for sale fife" it may be a good idea to consider what makes a caravan holiday so special. What is the key to enjoying what seems to be the ultimate self-catering holiday?
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It all boils down to one simple thing there really is so much more freedom on a caravan holiday than there is with any other type of vacation. You choose where you want to go, which spot you would like to stay in, how long you would like to stay for and basically never need to worry about the available amenities. You have everything you could possibly need for a comfortable holiday attached right to your own mode of transport.
All you actually need to do is pick a vacation spot that offers a wide variety of recreational activities for you and your family. Frankly, every camping ground or caravan park offers all you could ever need in a prime holiday spot. From tennis to swimming, from bowls to golf, you are guaranteed to find the ultimate vacation location for you and your family if you are committed to doing a little research.
The Perks of Each Activity
The assumption that golf is a sport for stuffy old men in suits and retirees is completely pass. When on holiday, this is a recreational activity that is perfectly suited to fathers and their sons while the women in the family enjoy some laid-back bonding at the poolside. Of course, this is not to say that girls should be excluded from the sport. Either way, the major benefit of golfing is the fact that families have the chance to spend some quality time chatting and catching up as they walk from one hole to the next.
Mini-golf is another popular option. This is ideal for both young and old family members. This is better suited to people who are not particularly keen on doing too much walking. Mini-golf is the kind of recreational activity that provides a welcome distraction on days where the kids are feeling a little bored but are not inspired to attempt any strenuous activities.
Tennis is an amazing sport for parents and children who prefer a more active approach to their recreational activities. This is a wonderful way to encourage some healthy competition while staying fit and using up any pent up energy. An afternoon spent on the tennis court is best rounded off with a relaxed barbecue back at the caravan or some splashing around in the camp site's pool.
Bowls might seem outdated but when you are on vacation, any group-oriented recreational activity can be fun. This is a lot more relaxed than a game of tennis, but the element of competition is still there. Essentially, any sport that fosters an atmosphere of fun and enjoyment is bound to be perfect. Entertaining the kids really does not need to be a stressful ordeal.
Search for Camping Sites that Offer what you Need
In preparation for your family vacation it may be a good idea to do some research on camping or caravanning sites that offer the kinds of recreational activities you and your families are interested in. Try to find a vacation spot that is close enough to other tourist attractions and activities that provide an often much-needed reprieve from the camping ground atmosphere. All in all, a camping holiday is the perfect way to spend time away from home without the stress of losing out on all of your usual creature comforts.


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After writer-director Ti West's throwback horror film The House of the Devil became a modest critical and commercial hit last year, it occurred to me that there were probably a lot of people who didn't know about his earlier work. Because I was one of them, I tracked down copies of his two previous efforts, Trigger Man and The Roost, and figured I'd check them out sooner or later. After attending last week's SXSW "Directing the Dead" panel which Cinematical's own Scott Weinberg moderated and West participated in, it seemed appropriate that I watch them sooner, perhaps for work as much as pleasure.
Because one of the limitations of this article series is that the films covered must be at least five years old, however, The Roost was West's only eligible film, which is why it, rather than his more recent Trigger Man, is the subject of this week's "Shelf Life." And while this hardly seems like a film that many will be visiting for more than the first time, it seemed a good opportunity to likewise immerse myself in the film with the pure benefit of hindsight, not to mention a growing affection for West's films in general, in the process of poring over this fledgling effort. strong>
The Facts: After its debut at the 2005 SXSW Film Festival, The Roost enjoyed a short-lived theatrical run in New York before eventually landing on DVD in 2006. The film was West's feature directorial debut, and it followed four twentysomething kids en route to a wedding who are waylaid by a swarm of bats that turn their victims into flesh-eating zombies.
What Still Works: Anyone familiar with The House of the Devil will already be acclimated with West's measured pacing and minimal storytelling, and this film seems to set up virtually all of the hallmarks of his future work: the characters are sensible if not quite smart, the scares occasionally manipulative but almost always well-earned, and the payoff of that patient storytelling approach is worth the wait.
In addition to his visual and structural techniques, however, what's most remarkable about West as a filmmaker is his seemingly unerring sense of psychological manipulation, most of which is woven invisibly into the fabric of the story. For example, West keeps the audience off balance by not introducing two of the characters in the film's only car until after it crashes, and then parses out small details about all four of them over the course of multiple scenes rather than providing a single, clumsy expository rant. Rather than dragging out the prospect of a rescue, then, West brings the stranded road-trippers a police officer in short order, both lulling the audience into a sense of safety and framing that development at a point in the plot that suggests more dangerous things are yet to occur.
Later, he expertly separates the characters from one another and puts them in locations that seem adjacent but feel disjointed; mind you, this is admittedly horror-101 kind of stuff, but West's ability to execute these conventions without them feeling hackneyed or overstated is what distinguishes his work from that of his contemporaries. Further, he uses his budgetary limitations to his advantage, creating atmosphere by having the characters use only flashlights for illumination, and generally obscuring the computer-generated bats in darkness just enough for them to feel real without trying to make them, rather than their attacks, the purpose of each scene in which they appear.
What Doesn't Work: Although there's a satisfying payoff at the end of the movie, at least as far as final scares go, I don't really get the horror-theater framing device, and generally it feels like it exists to pad out the running time to feature length. These segments feel particularly problematic because it's not clear (a) how authentic West wants them to be, and (b) at how many levels he wants them to work. In the opening scenes, there's a picture-tube frame that makes Tom Noonan's introduction feel like the opening of a TV show, but later in the film, the image reverts to the same black and white, but there's no picture tube; meanwhile, there are a number of occasions in which the movie-world and the horror-theater world seem to sort of overlap, and there doesn't seem to be a larger motivation for integrating the two, except perhaps as further reiteration of the film's collective genre pastiche.
What's The Verdict: Although it feels more like a work of promise than actual delivery, The Roost holds up pretty well. The superficial description of its plot above doesn't do justice to the complications, if not complexities, of what ultimately happens in the film: it's absolutely part killer bat movie, but it's also an Evil Dead-style zombie-monster movie where the rules aren't really clear, but they don't need to be; and further, it's a fairly standard young-adults-on-the-run movie, albeit with characters that are more sympathetic and compelling than typical horror movie protagonists. Although I would primarily recommend it to folks who really loved The House of the Devil and were taken by surprise by that film's retro-modern feel, The Roost is ultimately a case study in how to maximize minimal budgets, achieve something effectively scary, and satisfy both filmmakers and audiences at the same time.
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KAPALUA - Rickie Fowler's final two holes pretty much capsulized the roller-coaster ride that was this year's Hyundai Tournament of Champions.
Fowler, one of nine first-timers in the field of 30 PGA Tour winners from 2012, finished tied for sixth at 8-under-par 211 after a 6-under 67 on Tuesday at the Kapalua Plantation Course. Tommy Gainey (70) matched Fowler for the best finish among the Kapalua rookies and each won $304,000.
Sitting in a tie for fourth through 16 holes, Fowler hit a drive 344 yards into the 17th fairway before his 209-yard second shot landed in the weeds to the left of the green, leading to a double bogey.
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He made up for it on the 663-yard par-5 18th. A 313-yard drive split the fairway and his second shot from 287 yards rolled within five feet for an eagle putt that he sank.
Fowler, a U.S. Ryder Cup player in 2010, won for the first time on tour at the Wells Fargo Championship in May.
"I had a good time," Fowler said after signing autographs for 20 minutes outside the scoring tent. "Unfortunately, we had some delays with the wind, but I enjoy playing in winds like this where the ball is not moving on the greens. Nice to finally get some golf in. The guys wanted to make it an official event, 54 holes, so, nice to get it in and finally be done with a pretty long week."
The first three days of scheduled play produced no official golf because of unplayable weather conditions.
"The wind is still up, it is still pretty soft out there from the rain," Fowler said Tuesday. "I heard it can get a little firmer and faster, but this was a little bit more of what I was expecting."
While Fowler wore his all-orange finishing-day clothes - in honor of alma mater Oklahoma State - playing partner John Huh wore white pants and an electric lime-green shirt.
Huh tied for 18th at 1-under 218 after a 74 on Tuesday.
"We had a great time," said the 24-year-old Fowler, younger than everyone in the field but the 22-year-old Huh. "It was a good pace,
we were moving along. Unfortunately, (Huh) didn't play the way he wanted to. It's fun to get out here with some young guys playing together on tour and I look forward to playing with him more this year."
Huh, who won February's Mayakoba Classic in Mexico on the eighth hole of a playoff, said the week was a learning experience.
"Playing 36 holes yesterday and then playing 18, it wasn't easy, but I really enjoyed it and hopefully I can come back here next year," he said.
Huh had the bulk of his trouble on the back nine holes, playing them a combined 3 over for the tournament.
"If you have been here more than once, I think you can take advantage and know where the break is, where the grain is," he said. "I guess I can play better next year if I come back."
Charlie Beljan - who overcame a panic attack to win the final event of the season, the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic in November - tied for 23rd at 221 after a 75 on Tuesday.
"I feel wonderful," Beljan said. "I didn't play the way I wanted. The grains on this golf course, you need more than one go-around at it. It's tricky, but just to be here amongst these guys was a wonderful time."
Beljan experienced Kapalua's fury and rewards, but left with a smile.
"I played some good golf, I played some bad golf," he said. "At the end of the day, just to be here at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, a winner on the PGA Tour with two full seasons ahead of me, life is good."
Jason Dufner (69) and Jonas Blixt (72) also posted 218 totals, and Marc Leishman (71) finished at 221. Ted Potter Jr. (73) tied for 26th at 223 and Kyle Stanley (72) finished last at 230.
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By NEMS Daily Journal
A second consecutive weekend of fatally severe weather, this time across the northern counties and cities of Mississippi, sent state, county and municipal officials into full review modes even before storms and flooding subsided late Sunday.
Six residents of the region lost their lives in tornadoes, flood waters and two-weather-related traffic accidents, bringing the total for Mississippi to 15 during the last two weekends.
At least two tornadoes were preliminarily rated Monday on the National Weather Service's website:
– A preliminary EF-3, with 145 mph winds, raked across Benton and Tippah counties, starting about two miles southeast of Ashland and leaving a 27.7-mile track ranging from 100 yards to one-half mile wide. Two people were killed in Benton county, and 30 residences were destroyed.
– A preliminary EF-2 tornado hit ground in Lafayette County at Abbeville at 2:14 a.m., killing one person and damaging four residences in a 1.4 mile track and 130 mph winds.
Flooding caused by record or near-record two-day rainfall totals in some communities claimed one life in Alcorn County.
Some roads and streets were closed because of flood waters overrushing them at least part of Saturday, Sunday and/or Monday.
Most of the flood-related closures were on highways that historically have seen high-water closures:
– Highway 4 in Benton County between Ashland and Holly Springs has been closed due to flood waters which have caused a washout. It could be open today.
– U.S. Highway 72 reopened in Corinth during the day on Monday.
– Highway 370 north of Dumas in Tippah County remains closed.
– A four-mile section of Highway 370 between Ashland and Mississippi Highway 1 was closed to traffic by the Mississippi Highway Patrol and the Sheriff's Department due to site-seeing by residents.
In Tupelo, a chronically flood-prone stretch of Lynn Circle and Valley Road experienced flooding and water in some homes.
Mayor Jack Reed., Jr., said the flooding apparently has worsened because of development north of the popular, long-established neighborhood off North Gloster Street. He said the city will explore options to improve the situation.
Most of the roads, streets and highways closed by high water are open almost all of the time, but their histories of flooding should be a permanent caution for motorists using them during heavy rains like Saturday and Sunday.
As in all other events of severe weather damage, many of the victims need help in starting recovery.
The American Red Cross is accepting cash to help the victims: 4127 Westside Drive, Tupelo 38804, or 1-800-REDCROSS, or redcross.org.


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DS will be 17 mo in May when this LO is born. If you've had 2 under 2 or are about to, will you buy a second crib? Also do you use two strollers or buy a double stroller?
Any input wiil be great!
DS will be 17 mo in May when this LO is born. If you've had 2 under 2 or are about to, will you buy a second crib? Also do you use two strollers or buy a double stroller?
Any input wiil be great!
I am going to have 2 under 2 in may....my son will be 19m old...I dont plan on getting a a crib or a stroller...
1. I have a pack n play that has the whole bassinet and changing table so I dont need anything at the time because this new LO will be in that...
2. the stroller I'm holding off on until after this LO is born because I don't know if I'll need it...I've seen a lot of people always put the new LO in a sling or carrier and have the older one in the stroller...and once the newest LO is ready for the stroller along then the older one is walking....
That's my decision and I think we'll be pretty well off...plus by the time we want to put this LO into his/her own room in a crib we hope to have our son in a toddler bed with rails...so again no need to buy another crib
Who would've thought we would have three sons!!
our girls will be about 10m apart, so when one is just getting to pulling up and scooting, the other will be helpless to defend herself against big sister's flailing feet... so yes, a 2nd crib is in our plans. If they were an extra year apart (as we had originally planned), we more than likely would have been transitioning the older one into a toddler-type bed lower to the floor and using the crib for the younger one.
blessed with: Rachel, Shannon, Adeline, Erin, Timothy, Jorge, Mirabel, Caroline and b/g twins in May...3 olders out of the nest and "nana" to the 5 Bs
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DS, Brendan Patrick, 5-10-10, DD, Abaigeal Briella, 5-15-12
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I had two under two..... many, many moons ago! I transitioned ODD into a toddler bed (she started climbing out of the crib about a week before YDD was born). I did have a double stroller, but didn't use it nearly as much as I thought I would!
DS is here! 5/1/2012
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Gendering the Civil War and Reconstruction: Explorations of Difference in the Southern United States.
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The editors of Gendering the Civil War and Reconstruction: Explorations of Difference in the Southern United States are seeking contributors for this edited collection of essays on the Civil War and Reconstruction periods. For consideration, submit a 750-word proposal ( project title, chapter abstract which includes sources) and a two page cv no later than by January 2, 2013 to Dr. Karen Cook Bell and Dr. Sharita Jacobs-Thompson at email@example.com.
An 8,000-10,000 word chapter will be due by May 30, 2013.
This is a study of African American women that is informed by an "ethos of difference." The essays collected here all expand, explore, and critique this concept in a range of contexts and discourses. This study seeks to challenge the idea that enslaved women in the southern United States experienced emancipation the same and more importantly encourages further exploration of the "effects and affect of difference"—to use one of the central ideas in Naomi Greyser's essay on feminism and affect studies. The study of gender can illuminate deeper historical patterns and processes, which continued to affect African American women in the twentieth century. This collection of essays extends the arguments presented by Pamela Scully and Diana Paton, who reflect on emancipation from the point of view of women, and who demonstrate through an analysis of comparative Atlantic emancipations how emancipation confirmed or disrupted existing gender relations and placed issues such as violence, sexuality, and the gendered politics of public space at the heart of emancipation studies. As such, "slave emancipation was not only experienced differently by men and women, it also served to "reconstruct" the very categories of "man" and "woman." Recognizing how gender shaped slave emancipation requires that we reconceptualize the narratives that have dominated scholarship in this area. We are especially seeking proposals which highlight geographical differences.
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DUBLIN - Bailed-out eurozone nation Ireland has exited recession in the second quarter with economic growth of 0.4 per cent thanks to solid expansion of its construction and export sectors, official data shows.
WASHINGTON - A World Bank report says spillover from the Syrian war has cost Lebanon billions of dollars, deeply damaged its economy and harshly strained social services such as health and education.
HELSINKI - Nokia says it will pay outgoing CEO Stephen Elop a compensation package of some $US25 million ($A26 million) when he leaves the company to move over to Microsoft.
SYDNEY - The Australian dollar is lower as the dust settles on the US Federal Reserve's unexpected decision to maintain its economic stimulus program.
SYDNEY - Economy-wide spending bounced in August and is expected to rise further now that the federal election is out of the way.


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We've all seen the Ice Bucket Challenge videos making their way across our news feeds on Facebook and Twitter, and Denison has gotten in on the fun and the effort to raise awareness and money for Lou Gehrig's Disease or ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
It escalated when Gregg Parini, head swimming and diving coach, received not one, but three challenges to dump a bucket of ice water over his head or pony up $100 to the ALS Association (which has reportedly raised more than $15 million to date through this social media craze) on Thursday, August 14. Far as Parini could figure, that meant he got to take three buckets of ice water in succession and issue nine challenges to his family and friends. He couldn't help but throw Denison President Adam Weinberg into the mix. Those who are called out are given a 24-hour window in which to respond to the dare.
Weinberg, never one to shy away from a challenge (or a good cause), showed up on the steps of Doane Administration Building during the Friday lunch hour and allowed three students to "do the honors." He also announced that he and his wife, Anne, would be making a donation to an ALS organization. We caught the moment on video and loaded it to Facebook, where more than 120,000 people have viewed the post featuring our chilled, sopping, smiling president.
We have to say, he took the cold quite well, but that's not all that surprising — in his college days he was a defenseman for the Bowdoin ice hockey team, and spent a lot of time on the ice as an undergraduate.
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What are the current limits of our knowledge of brain activity underlying vision and how can it be furthered? In this book, I explore this basic question with hands-on experimental studies. I focus on those aspects of visual input that can be described as basic features of visual perception. However, understanding how humans visually perceive the external world is closely related with the study of attention. Attention, that is, the selection of some aspects of the environment over others, is one of the most intensively studied areas in experimental psychology, yet its neural mechanisms remain largely elusive. This thesis focuses on three distinct studies at the border of feature-specific visual perception and feature-specific visual attention. I explore the influence of heightened attentional demand (load) in a central task, investigate the influence of feature- based attention on neural processing of early visual cortices and examine how and where in the brain gender discrimination might receive neural processing. I discuss all findings in the light of the current research, for their scientific significance and for future research opportunities.
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The Goldman Complaint: Where Exactly Is the Fraud?
Just when it looked like the global financial crisis was fading into the distance, Goldman Sachs Group was hit with civil fraud charges that seem to cut to heart of Wall Street's role in the credit debacle.
The central issue in the SEC's case is the question of whether Goldman was being honest with investors about how it marketed a CDO tied to mortgage securities in 2007, known as Abacus.
Here's a break down on some of what is being written in the newspapers and on the blogs about some of the key issues raised in the Goldman case.
Critics may find many aspects of the Abacus CDO distasteful, but what exactly was the alleged fraud? NY Times columnist Paul Krugman writes this morning that fraud allegations in the financial crisis have previously been focused on predatory lending and misrepresenting of risk. He argues that the Goldman case presents a "third form of fraud":
"….the S.E.C. is charging that Goldman created and marketed securities that were deliberately designed to fail, so that an important client could make money off that failure. That's what I would call looting."
But in reality, the only fraud the SEC is charging Goldman with is that it failed to disclose to investors Paulson & Co.'s role in helping to select the mortgage collateral backing the CDO that the hedge fund intended to be against. Goldman has said it made full disclosure to investors.
In light of the all the brouhaha, The Wall Street Journal's editorial board says the alleged disclosure violation seems a little thin:
"After 18 months of investigation, the best the government can come up with is an allegation that Goldman misled some of the world's most sophisticated investors about a single 2007 "synthetic" collateralized debt obligation (CDO)? Far from being the smoking gun of the financial crisis, this case looks more like a water pistol."
So far the only individual charged in the case is a Goldman senior vice president, Fabrice Tourre, who was involved in creating the CDO and whose boastful email was cited in the SEC complaint. The New York Times reports that there were several top Goldman executives, including Lloyd Blankfein, who oversaw and were intimately involved in the unit that created the CDO, citing unnamed sources. The article raises the specter of whether other Goldman executives could be implicated in the case. A Goldman spokesman told the Times that Blankfein and other brass weren't involved in the creation of Abacus.
Has Paulson & Co. gotten off too easily? The SEC says the hedge fund wasn't charged in the case because Goldman was responsible for making all of the appropriate disclosures about the make up of the CDO, a point reiterated by Paulson. But the Baseline Scenario blog writes:
"John Paulson was not the trigger man–it was Goldman and its executives who withheld adverse material information from their customers. But if the entire scheme was Mr. Paulson's idea–if he was in any legal sense the mastermind (obviously he was, but can you prove it beyond a reasonable doubt?)–then we are looking at potential conspiracy to commit fraud."
We all know that Wall Street is rife with cozy relationships, but here's one that hits home in the Goldman case.
Vicky Ward, of Vanity Fair, reports that the former head of the now-defunct ACA Capital, the Abacus CDO manager that the SEC alleges was defrauded by Goldman in the deal, is Alan S. Rosenman. He is married to Frances "Fran" R. Bermanzohn, who is a managing director and deputy general counsel at Goldman.


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Zip Your Lip! 7 Things To Keep Quiet About During The HolidaysRene Syler
Ahh yes, we've just closed the door on a fractious election season and now? Let's get ready to rumble around the dinner table!
Not really, well at least we don't set out for it to be that way, yet many times that's exactly what happens at the holiday season. Aunt June is still peeved about your decision to marry that ne'er-do-well with whom you have two children ("You could do SO much better, dear"), you a stalwart democrat find yourself in a seasoned Republicans, mix in fatigue and alcohol and you have the makings of a conflagration.
So, in hopes of making it through the holiday season without being singed, here are 7 things you might want to avoid discussing at the dinner table.
Take a read and see if there's anything you would add to the list….
Religion 1 of 7Third Rail ALERT! You may have taken your kids to Mass every single day of their young lives and now they come home Baptists. Say a non-denominational grace over the turkey and keep it moving. photo credit source:Creative Commons: BaronBrian
Politics 2 of 7YIKES! You think the debates on TV (and Facebook) were bad? Spare yourself the indigestion; now is not the time to go to the mat over political differences. photo credit source: Creative Commons: JasonLangheine
Sex 3 of 7You were the "sex positive" parent and now your kid is positively having sex. Leave the condom conversation for after the collard greens have digested. photo credit source: Creative Commons: je@n
School 4 of 7"What are you learning? Are you going to class? You know your father and I are paying good money for you to go to that school." Go ahead and ask questions if you're curious but try to make them more like an inquiry and less like an inquisition. photo credit source: Creative Commons: jm3
Fashion 5 of 7You wish they would dress better? I feel your pain. Word of advice from Good Enough Mother; choose the hill you want to die on. photo credit source: Creative Commons: ̢ѼCubaGallery
Career 6 of 7Your kids have plenty of time to become "gainfully employed." Back off, at last for this one day. photo credit source: Creative Commons: The Cleveland Kid
Relationships 7 of 7Sigh... don't go here. And when I say here I mean at the dinner table. There will be plenty of time to express your displeasure for the person with whom your kid plans to procreate. Ask them to pass the cranberry sauce and try not to sneer. photo credit source: Creative Commons: mpeimpiii


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Many EU IT tenders break procurement laws
Government agencies are "consistently breaking competition laws" when procuring IT products from the private sector by specifying required brands and trademarks which has removed competition from the tendering process, according to Openforum Europe's recently published Procurement Report 2010. The report found that of the tender notices studied, 13 per cent made reference to trademarks or brands.
An example of this behaviour occurred in Switzerland in 2009: open source vendors took legal action against the requirement of a local government authority for Microsoft products. Although the vendors had some initial success, the open source vendors eventually lost their case.
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Saturday, February 23, 2013
An officer came face to face with another driver who did not turn off their high beams while traveling down Rifle Range Road. So the officer turned around and followed the vehicle which turned right into an nearby neighborhood. The officer pulled the driver over and the she came to a stop in the middle of an intersection.
The driver motioned toward the neighborhood she was stopped in and told the officer she was heading home. But according to her license, she did not even live in that neighborhood.
The officer then asked her if she was going home, why did she pull onto this street. She told him it was because he was following her. (Even thought she turned into the neighborhood before the officer even turned around to follow her).
The report said the officer smelled alcohol on her breath and asked her if she had been drinking. She said no, but when the officer asked her why he smelled alcohol, she had no response.
She then stated, "I would appreciate it if we could just go home."
She added, "What do you need from me?"
And since the officer did not live with her, "we" were not going home.
She was then asked to step out of the car and as she did she said, "I am not going to do any field sobriety tests."
The officer had not said anything about field sobriety tests.
The officer however had only asked her to step out of the car. He had not said anything about field sobriety tests. Then he asked her again how much she had to drink and she said, "Not much. Nothing at all." Then she said, "Nothing. I really haven't had that much at all."
She then asked the officer if he could just follow her home, the report stated. She eventually agreed to do field sobriety tests. The officer asked her if she had any physical impairments to which she responded no, according to the report. Then she showed the officer her boots and said they "were made for walking."
He then asked her if she wore glasses or contacts and she said she wore contacts and they were worn out.
The driver was either unwilling or unable to follow directions when the officer asked her to use her eyes only to follow the light on his pen. She even swayed a few times and almost fell over, the report stated. The report said the officer gave the girl an opportunity to take her walking boots off, but she did not want to. She had trouble even standing where the officer told her to stand. She began the tests and after numerous attempts kept losing her balance and falling to the left. She asked the officer, "Can't we just go home." She was ultimately charged with DUI and blew a .23 percent on the Breathalyzer.
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Just weeks after reports that Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ ) was preparing to hook up with Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL ) Android, the PC giant has done just that.
Just before Mobile World Congress officially kicked off in Barcelona, HP announced that it was jumping back into the consumer tablet fray with a new Android device, the Slate 7. As far as strategic positioning goes, the Slate 7 is like a mix of Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN ) first-generation Kindle Fire and Google's own Nexus 7.
Can the Slate 7 give HP a bigger foot in the tablet door?
What would happen if a Kindle Fire and Nexus 7 hooked up?
From a hardware standpoint, the Slate 7 bears an uncanny resemblance to the first Kindle Fire, which was launched back in 2011. The display is the same size and resolution as the e-tailer's device, and also carries a similar price point. The processor powering the Slate 7 is an ARM dual-core Cortex-A9 processor, but HP is not specifying exactly who is making this chip.
The software front is where the Slate 7 resembles the Nexus 7, since HP has decided to ship its tablet with a mostly stock version of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. I say "mostly" because HP is adding a couple of customizations, but the additions are nowhere near the level of software modifications that other OEMs are obsessed with adding.
HP is embedding Beats Audio in the device for improved audio capabilities, but also integrating an HP ePrint app to gently encourage consumers to keep on printing (and buying expensive printer ink). Incredibly, printing is still 21% of the business, with that segment generating $5.9 billion in revenue last quarter. Other than these two additions, the Slate 7 is mostly a stock Android affair.
Here's how the Slate 7 stacks up against its two adopted parents.
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The device is about as entry-level as it gets, and it commands a commensurate price point. The Slate 7 has no illusions of competing with high-end devices in this market segment like Apple's iPad Mini.
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While HP is primarily tapping Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) Windows 8 for its enterprise tablets, the company is choosing Android for its consumer attempts. This comes just months after HP's PC chief Todd Bradley said that the company would indeed be entering the consumer segment in 2013.
The new tablet also comes after HP launched its first Chromebook earlier this month, and the Slate 7 shows that HP is getting cozier with other software platform providers like Google in an attempt to hedge its bets should tensions with Microsoft continue to grow as the software giant becomes a competitor with its Surface tablet.
As an entry-level device, HP opted to save on development costs by shipping a primarily stock Android device. By choosing not to add a layer of software modification for the sake of differentiation, the Slate 7 is also destined to be a relatively commoditized device.
At that price point, HP is looking at incredibly thin margins to begin with on this tablet. The company clearly hopes to skim a little bit more if it can gently nudge people to print more, but HP is also trying to sell two-year extended warranties for up to $49 -- or nearly 30% of the initial purchase price.
HP's mobile chief, Alberto Torres, said that the company plans on offering a range of tablet form factors leveraging an "array" of operating systems, so the Slate 7 is likely just a preview of more to come. After the company's first failed foray into consumer tablet turf, can it find success with a low-end, commoditized offering? Probably not.
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