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The controversy surrounding the "ground zero mosque" is part of a larger debate about the place of Islam in U.S. public space. The controversy also reveals the ways in which the boundaries of American identity continue to be debated, often through struggles over who counts as a "real" American. It further demonstrates the extent to which Islam is figured as un-American and militant, and also the extent to which all Muslims are required to account for the actions of those who commit violence under the rubric of Islam. This paper will discuss how, due to the events of September 11, 2001, Muslims have engaged in a process of indigenizing American Islam. It will argue that the Park51 Islamic Community Center (or Ground Zero mosque) is a reflection of this indigenization process. It will go on to argue that projects such as the Ground Zero mosque which try to establish Islam as an important part of the American religious landscape and insist on the freedom of worship as stated in the U.S. constitution, illustrate the ideological battlefield over the place of Islam in the U.S. The paper will also examine the possible ramifications of building the Park51 Islamic Community Center including how this will shape the role that Islam plays in the socio-political lives America Muslims.
In recent times, there has been much discussion in the American media on violence in Islam and on the place of Muslims in the American public square. Islam has been portrayed as violent and extremist and Muslim values as antithetical to American ones. It is therefore essential to discuss an issue that is of major concern to millions of people, especially in the post 9/11 era.
America has had a long history of intolerance and discrimination against minorities. Native Americans, Catholics, Jews, African Americans, the Japanese and others have, at one time or another, endured periods of discrimination. Events like the bombing of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 have brought Islam and Muslims into the public focus. Recent discussions regarding establishing an Islamic community center near Ground Zero have further highlighted the debate on Islam in America.
Within this light, it is important to understand the history and instances of discrimination against Muslims in the United States. This paper will argue that projects such as the Ground Zero mosque (also called Park 51 Islamic Community Center) illustrate the ideological battlefield over the place of Islam in the U.S. The paper will also examine the possible ramifications of building the Park51 Islamic Community Center and will suggest some measures American Muslims can take to better their socio-political lives here.
Since early Muslim immigrants did not intend to stay in America, they did not invest in any religious or socio-political leadership that could offer an intellectual or political vision to the community. Rather, most of the early Muslim organizations were social, ethnic, or religious in nature. Societies like the Syrian and Lebanese American Federation of the Eastern States and the National Association of Syrian and Lebanese-American Organizations (formed in 1932) and the National Association of Federations catered primarily to the local Arab community. In 1952, under the leadership of Abdullah Ingram, immigrants from the Middle East formed the Federation of Islamic Associations in the United States (FIA). This was meant to be an umbrella body that would unite some twenty immigrant associations and provide for the social, cultural, and religious needs of the community [
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict forced Muslims in America to reconsider their apolitical posture. American hostility towards the Arabs during the 1967 war and the general ignorance of the American public regarding the Middle East conflict led to the formation of the Association of Arab-American University Graduates (AAUG) in 1967. The AAUG was established by graduate students, professionals, university professors, lawyers, doctors, and veterans of the Organization of Arab Students (OAS) [
The 1980s and 1990s witnessed increased animosity towards Arabs and Muslims in the United States. In all probability, domestic groups like the conservative wing of the Republican Party, Christian fundamentalist groups, and the pro-Israel lobby were responsible for inciting and encouraging the anti-Islamic rhetoric. American hostility toward Islam and Muslims was also precipitated by various events overseas. These included: the six day war in 1967, the Yom Kippur war and subsequent oil embargo of 1973, the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979, the hostage crisis in Iran and Lebanon, PLO attacks against Israeli targets, the Rushdie affair of 1989, and the Gulf Wars. Such events precipitated measures that led to the targeting and profiling of Arabs and Muslims, along with a growing atmosphere of hostility towards Islam. As a matter of fact, a scheme known as Operation Boulder placed Arab-Americans under FBI surveillance in the early 1970s [
As Muslims continued to experience intimidation, discrimination, misunderstanding, and even hatred, they saw the need to educate Americans about Islam, correct some of the anti-Islamic images portrayed in the media, and protect the interests of the Muslim community. Hence, more Muslims organizations were established in the 1980s and 1990s. Their aim was not confined to educate Americans about the Arab-Israeli conflict. Rather, these institutions encouraged Muslims to address political and civil right issues that impacted the rights of the growing community.
Since the majority of the Muslims in America are Sunnis, most Muslim institutions were formed by them. These include institutes like the Federation of Islamic Associations in the United States (FIA) [
These Muslim public affairs groups have been able to make the stereotyping of Muslims a matter of public debate and have documented many incidents of harassment, discrimination, and defamation against Muslims. They have also monitored and publicized discriminatory measures by government agencies and civic groups and have highlighted the distortion of Islam in the media.
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 revived prejudices of Islam as a religion that promotes violence and of Muslims as an inherently militant people. Due to the attacks, Islam was projected in the media as violent and incompatible with American values and norms. In addition, the American global war on terror and the invasion of Iraq invigorated stereotypes and suspicions against Muslims, especially those of Middle Eastern origins.
Like other immigrants to America, Muslims have been defined as alien. This categorization has become more entrenched since the events of September 11, 2001 and is directed at Muslims who, more than any other immigrant group, are more vulnerable to discrimination and attacks. In fact, Muslims have encountered demonization and stereotypical images propagated, especially by the media.
Furthermore, the vitriolic attacks on Islam and the Qur'an by some Christian fundamentalists exacerbated the current conflict in America. They projected Islam as inherently violent and incompatible with Western norms. Such attacks tend to destroy rather than build bridges and engender hatred.
The effects of 9/11 on the Muslim community were far reaching and varied. The United States government implemented a wide range of domestic legislative, administrative, and judicial measures in the name of national security and the war on terror. Most of them were designed and have been carried out by the executive branch of government, with little
Muslims have also had to endure the effects of the USA PATRIOT (Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) Act of October 24, 2001. The act sanctions the monitoring of individuals, organizations, and institutions without notification. Its provisions have been protested by American Civil Liberties Union. Several Arab and Muslim organizations have recently sued the American government insisting that the act is unconstitutional. In 2007, disclosures of secret wire-tapping of suspected terrorists and the federal government's admission that, in search of a terrorist nuclear bomb, it has run a far-reaching, top secret program to monitor radiation levels at over a hundred Muslim homes, businesses, and mosques in the capital region and in other areas, have all augmented Muslim concern regarding their civil rights. In numerous cases, the monitoring required investigators to go on to the property under surveillance, although no search warrants or court orders were ever obtained. During the process, the PATRIOT act has also lifted all legal protection of liberty for Muslims and Arabs in America [
Since 9/11, Islamophobia and hatred towards Muslims have become legitimized and acceptable by-products of national media and American culture. This has left many migrants and second generation Muslims with a sense of alienation and marginalization. Furthermore, the verbal attacks on Islam and the Qur'an by some Christian fundamentalist groups have engendered more hatred against American Muslims. Franklin Graham labeled Islam as a "very evil and wicked religion" whereas Jerry Vines, a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, said the Prophet Muhammad was a "demon-obsessed pedophile" [
Prejudices such as those described above tend to exaggerate characteristics of a group that is different from other groups. Stereotyping a group also means that "the moderate other" that lies within "the enemy other" is hidden since the whole group is clustered in a particular compartment. In the process, the views of other Muslims are overlooked or ignored. Thus, the majority of the Muslims who are opposed to violence receive scant attention in the media since their voices are silenced by the violence of the minority Muslim other.
A study by the Pew Research Center showed that, of over 1,000 Muslim Americans surveyed, about half indicated that their life has become more difficult after September 11 [
Legal and political measures are augmented by continued public backlash—hate crimes, hate speech and job discrimination—sensationalized media portrayals of Muslims, and strong anti-Muslim/anti-Islamic rhetoric from the political right. Not only do Muslims feel vulnerable in America they also feel as if they are being continuously watched and under the constant threat of arrest [
The above discussion was necessary to show the kinds of prejudices against and stereotyping of Islam and Muslims before the Ground Zero controversy arose in 2010. The project was originally called Cordoba House, then renamed Park51, referring to the street address on Park Place. The Cordoba House project is a planned 13-story community center to be located two blocks from the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan. It will contain a Muslim prayer space that has been referred to as the "Ground Zero mosque", though it is not intended to be a mosque nor is it to be located at Ground Zero. In fact, the term "Ground Zero mosque" which was coined by right-wing activist Pamela Geller, is a misnomer since it depicts the distorted impression that the center is to be constructed on the actual site of the 9/11 tragedy and former World Trade Center.
It is also important to note that the center is not to be built along the lines of a traditional Islamic center or mosque. The plans for the center include a 500-seat auditorium, a theatre, a performing arts center, a fitness center, a swimming pool, a basketball court, a childcare area, a bookstore, a culinary school, an art studio, a food court, and a memorial to the victims of the September 11 attacks. The prayer space for the Muslim community is planned to occupy two floors of the thirteen story building.
Thus the vision of the organizers is to build a community center with Islamic, interfaith and secular programming. In the words of the project's organizers it is intended to be "a platform for multi-faith dialogue. It will strive to promote inter-community peace, tolerance and understanding locally in New York City, nationally in America, and globally" [
The proposal continues to trigger a nationwide controversy [
Opposition to the project is also discernible in some of the polls conducted soon after the proposal to build the center was announced. The majority of Americans were opposed to the mosque/Islamic center,
However, some relatives of those who perished on 9/11 expressed support for the project. Orlando Rodriguez and Phyllis Schaefer Rodriguez, whose son died in the attack, say they "support the building of the Islamic community center in lower Manhattan" and "feel that it would honor our son and other victims" [
The controversy reflects one of many incidents in the last decade that signal how Islam is perceived as un-American and even anti-American. The controversy surrounding the project has had resounding effects all over America. Plans to build mosques have led to a wave of hate crimes against Muslim individuals, mosques, and Muslim-owned businesses around the country. In California, many community members resisted the Islamic Center included in Temecula Valley's expansion plans; the pastor of the neighboring church expressed concern over Islam's extreme agenda of expansion. The fact that other mosque-construction projects across the country from Brooklyn and Staten Island in New York to Dayton in Ohio have also encountered similar opposition points to something more to than just outrage over the proposed mosque's proximity to ground zero. The controversy over building mosques in the U.S. also suggests that many Americans equate mosques with the radicalization of American Muslims, even though there is no data to support such an assumption.
In December 2010, a suspect was apprehended in the compounds of the Islamic Center of America, in Dearborn, Michigan. He was carrying firearms and intended to destroy the mosque. The incident suggests that some Americans are being radicalized against Islam, turning the argument on the growing Muslim radicalization on its head. Muslims argue that it is Americans, not just Muslims who are being radicalized.
Most notoriously, a church in Gainesville, Florida planned to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks by hosting a Qur'an burning ceremony. Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center's "International Burn a Koran Day" told CNN, "We believe that Islam is of the devil, that it is causing billions of people to go to hell, it is a deceptive religion, it is a violent religion and that is proven many, many times" [
The subtle message coming from such Christian fundamentalists or those who have maligned Islam and Muslims is that Muslims need to reform so they can become like "us Americans". They should endorse and reflect American values and social choices. For many such Americans, Muslims who do not observe Islam or are invisible are the good Muslims.
This polarization of good and bad Muslim puts those Muslims who agree with American values and foreign policies as the "good Muslims" whereas the rest are cast as villains. As Omid Safi correctly notes, this dichotomy ignores a third group of Muslims: those who want to neither destroy the World nor acquiesce to the wishes of the Empire, but rather seek to redeem the World by speaking truth to power. This group speaks out of the love of God and cries out for the suffering of humanity, defiantly and prophetically standing up for justice and liberation [
The controversy over Muslim identity in America was further exacerbated by the congressional hearings in March 2011. The hearings were headed by congressman Peter King. Speakers at the hearings were carefully chosen to enhance the "radical American Islam" syndrome. Gruesome stories were related at the hearings by those whose children had been radicalized. The hearings were largely skewed since the voices of Muslims who have spoken against terrorism and cooperated with law enforcement agencies to combat radicalization among the Muslim youth were missing.
As we approach the tenth anniversary of September 11, we are seeing more rather than less incidents of Islamophobia. Muslims feel that after September 11, 2001, Islamophobia was expressed by a few right-wingers. In 2011, by conducting the hearings, some congressmen have amplified the anti-Muslim rhetoric. Indeed, many states - from Georgia to Missouri to New Mexico - are considering bans on the possible implementation of the Shari'a, or Islamic law in their states.
The fact that the project has created such a major controversy suggests that the Ground Zero mosque is part of a larger debate about the place of minorities (and in particular Muslims) in U.S. public life. The Ground Zero controversy also exposes many underlying assumptions about religion in the public space and politics, particularly in the case of American Muslims, who are given the option of being either politically suspect or socially and religiously invisible, thereby acquiescing in the face of much prejudice and discrimination.
The preceding discussion illustrates the ideological battlefield over the place of Islam in the U.S. Without personal direct knowledge of Islam and Muslims, many people have no effective way to counter the skewed perspective. It is this continuing cycle of broad, stereotypical representation and hindered local intergroup contact that allows an association between Muslims and terrorism to become taken for granted in American public life [
The prejudices, hatred, and attacks against Muslims and Islam ignore the multiplicity of voices and nuances prevalent within Islam. They also ignore that fact that Muslim communities are multivocal and hold diverse views. Since 9/11, in the media and in the eyes of many Americans, all distinctions between Muslims have been obliterated. Distinctions between Shi'is and Sunnis, moderate or conservative, Christian or Muslim Arabs have been effaced. Instead, all Muslims and Arabs have been grouped together as the 'enemy other.' Muslims have had to apologize for acts they did not commit, and to condemn acts that they never condoned. They have been found guilty by religious association, drawn into a discourse on terrorism and associated with a radicalized fringe group (al-Qa'ida) which has been condemned by the majority of their leaders.
Projects such as the Ground Zero mosque will become more consequential as Muslims endeavour to make Islam an essential feature of the American religious landscape. Such projects further illustrate how Muslims continue to struggle in the ideological battlefield over the place of Islam in the U.S. and in asserting their identity as American Muslims.
It should be remembered that America is multi-religious by design and not because of an accident of history or immigration. The "disestablishment" principle commonly referred to as the separation of church and state detaches civil authority from the sphere of religious activity in a way that puts restraints upon the former. Such measures were advocated by religious minorities such as the Quakers, who wanted to protect their religious life from the control of majority denominations. What often gets obscured in the rhetoric against Islam and Muslims is that the American constitution has guaranteed protection and freedom of worship to all religious communities. Banning the Shari'a could mean that Muslims could be technically arrested for worshipping in a public arena.
Increasingly, Muslims have become aware that they cannot afford to live in impregnable fortresses and that living in a pluralistic milieu requires an active engagement with the "other." They need to go beyond the history of hostility, caricature, and power struggles that have characterized relations between Muslims and non-Muslims in the past. The struggle for Muslims in America is not only to co-exist with the other, but also to make themselves comprehensible in the American milieu, to de-mythify and de-code Islam and to challenge the negative characterization of Islam. Muslims need to also realize that, due to the activities of terrorists, both their Islamic identity and American citizenship are at stake.
In the post 9/11 era, the Muslim community has acknowledged that the silent majority syndrome has to end simply because Muslim acquiescence has encouraged an extremist expression of Islam. It is the extremists who have spoken on behalf of Islam as their acts of violence have drowned out the silent voices of the Muslim majority. Thus, many Muslims have felt the need to integrate themselves into mainstream American society so as to make their voices heard. This integration of American Islam represents a silent revolution that many Muslims have been engaged in since September 11, 2001 [
As the second and third generations of Muslims have come to see America as their permanent home, they have appropriated distinctly American values and outlook. Muslims all over America have opted for voluntary social activism and to identify with mainstream American culture, develop a sense of patriotism leading to a greater politicization of the community and a sense of American national consciousness. This is their way to counter marginality, Islamophobia, and social exclusion.
An important measure that Muslims need to adopt is to indigenize American Islam. Indigenization of American Islam is the process of identifying, understanding, and relating to the culture, heritage, and the history of America. Indigenization also means carving out a space for oneself in American society, being more appreciative of American values while remaining authentic to Islam. An essential element of the indigenization of American Islam is Muslims' identification with American culture and values, and their distancing themselves from an 'old world' mentality. Indigenization also means viewing American secular culture as a challenge to be comprehended and negotiated rather than a threat to be confronted, for the latter approach can breed a culture of negative isolation and fear of the 'other'.
Indigenization of American Islam does not mean either the Arabization or Indianization of Islam; rather, it means interpreting its central messages so that it is suitable to American Muslim identity without sacrificing its doctrinal integrity. Thus, it is correct to state that indigenization is an internal process, one that cannot be imposed from abroad [
The process of the indigenization of American Islam is intertwined with the construction of a distinctly American Islamic civic identity. The community has to embark on coalition building with human rights, religious rights, and civil rights groups. In recent times, Muslim groups have been involved in various social programs like food drives and have sought to help homeless Americans.
Indigenization also means that rather than focusing on American foreign policy, Muslims have to now to concentrate more on reconstituting their identity as American Muslims. In all probability, this is because as the second generation of Muslims in America identifies with and assimilates in American culture, it develops a sense of patriotism leading to a greater politicization of the community and a sense of national consciousness.
During the last decade, Muslim public affairs' groups like CAIR (Council of American Islamic Relations) have been able to make the stereotyping of Muslims a matter of public debate and have documented many incidents of harassment, discrimination, and defamation against Muslims. They have also monitored and publicized discriminatory measures by government agencies and civic groups and have highlighted the distortion of Islam in the media.
Hence, the process of indigenization has begun. By convening seminars, publishing articles in magazines and Islamic newsletters, delivering lectures at various conventions and workshops, Islamic organizations have begun to alter the way Muslims think about the United States and about themselves. As the 'old world' or 'back-home' mentality gradually fades, as it largely did in the mid-1980s and early 1990s, organizations are shifting Muslim political and civil discourses in the United States to how Muslims can interact with Americans, while maintaining their own distinctive identity. Muslims are also grappling with issues like the scope and nature of Muslim participation in the American public square. The vision is now on repositioning Islam as an element of American national interest and not as a threat to it.
American Muslims also have come to the realization that civic engagement may be the most powerful way to fulfill their political aspirations in America. Vital issues, such as civil rights, immigration, foreign policy, education, and social and economic justice, can be positively affected by political lobbying. Political power can be only be enhanced by the politics of engagement between American Muslims and other players in the political system. It is to their advantage to seek ways of influencing governance (especially with regards to policy formation), as well as American foreign and domestic policies [
Another important way to reduce the distorted images many have about Islam is to engage in inter-faith dialogue. Dialogue is important as it provides a platform for each group to define itself. Each group is able to better express what it believes, and, in the process, to understand more deeply the meaning of what it means to be committed to a particular faith tradition. The process of self-definition requires that each group express itself based on its own terms, and for the partner in dialogue to accept and respect that self-definition. In the process, our preconceived notions of the other are challenged and often dramatically altered. This is the first step to moving beyond the stereotypes and misrepresentations of the past [
Dialogue must progress beyond negating misconceptions and understanding the beliefs and praxis of others. Dialogue is also interwoven with fundamentally understanding what it means to be invested in a particular religious tradition. It must try to enter into the heart of the partner in dialogue. Muslims, for example, must attempt to understand what it means for Christians to affirm Christ as the Savior and the significant role that the doctrine of the Trinity plays in Christianity, just as Christians need to comprehend the pivotal role of the Prophet and the Qur'an in the lives of Muslims.
As dialogue provides access to understanding others' self-definition, it challenges us grow in our own faith through the experience of the other, and to re-evaluate how we have viewed the other. It also necessitates a shift in paradigm, asking us to embrace those whom we have previously excluded or demonized. The challenge for both Muslims and non-Muslims when they converse is to seek opportunities for interpretations that can make a community see the enemy in a new way. It is essential that we move away from defining ourselves over and above an enemy "other." This is an important measure to establish a peaceful relationship [
A major obstacle to engaging with the other is juxtaposing one's ideals and the other's realities. Viewed in this context, violence perpetrated by one side is often contrasted with the ideals of peace and love of the other. A more appropriate basis for comparison is to compare ideals with ideals, or realities with realities, for example, to compare one side's realities with the realities of those with whom one is in dialogue. As such, both sides often discover injustices inflicted by the other, and both sides often discover that perhaps, in the name of religion, each has committed atrocious acts against the other. Indeed, disputes often arise when one side believes that it is solely the victim and refuses to accept any role in the conflict and wrongdoing. Dialogue provides challenges and opportunities for both sides (i.e., Muslims and non-Muslims) to acknowledge that each has inflicted and suffered much pain. For this to occur, dialogue needs to transcend mere understanding of the other; it also has to provide the platform for one side to empathize with the other. As a friend commented, "By internalizing the other's pain, dialogue enables me to view the other as a brother."
In the United States, pluralism and diversity have often evoked more conflict than cooperation. Encouraging self-expression of different ethnic and racial identities has bred more - not less -insularity, intolerance, and/or prejudice. Arguably, people's diverse histories and cultures, instead of being an occasion for broadening the resources of society at large and for seeking solutions to common human problems, have become an occasion to blame, censure, exclude and demand special rights.
Contemporary American Muslims are confronted with stereotypical images constructed through the media and the emerging political reality that often challenges the applicability of those images. The tension between the negative images of Islam and Muslims on the one hand and the reality of American Islam on the other can be resolved only through an integration of Muslims into American society on the one hand and an effort to educate Americans about the reality of Islam and Muslim life on the other. Peaceful coexistence is only possible when one no longer sees a group as an abstract 'other' but rather as a particular human community with its specific traditions, values and norms. Ultimately, peaceful relations between human beings are grounded on a universal order based upon egalitarianism, justice, and a concern for the moral and social well being of all citizens.
The controversy surrounding the "Ground Zero mosque" is part of a larger debate about the place of Islam in U.S. public life. It reveals the struggle over who measures as a "real" American. It further demonstrates the extent to which, in the eyes of many Americans, Islam is figured as un-American and terroristic, and also the extent to which all Muslims are held responsible for the actions of those few who commit violence under the rubric of Islam.
It is important to understand the role of Muslims in weaving the religious as well as social tapestry of America and to see several gaps – between religion and culture, the gap between media and the reality of Islam, and the lacuna between religious loyalty and national identity. With time, these gaps will be filled. It is here that the challenge for the next generation of Muslims lies.
On the early history of the FIA see
For a list of American Muslim organizations see
On the difference between indigenization and assimilation, see
See also
For rules on dialogue, see
See the example cited by
The root of the term tolerance comes from the medieval toxicology and pharmacology, marking how much poison a body could tolerate before it would succumb to death. See


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If Washington only had a brain
By **Robert Reich**
By arrangement with RobertReich.Org.
Seems like only yesterday conservative nabobs of negativity predicted America's ballooning budget deficit would generate soaring inflation and crippling costs of additional federal borrowing.
Remember Standard & Poor's downgrade of the United States? Recall the intense worry about investors' confidence in government bonds—America's IOUs?
Last week ten-year yields on U.S. Treasuries closed at 1.83 percent.
In other words, they were wrong.
In fact, it's cheaper than ever for the United States to borrow. That's because global investors desperately want the safety of dollars. Almost everywhere else on the globe is riskier. Europe is in a debt crisis, many developing nations are gripped by fears the contagion will spread to them, Japan remains in critical condition, China's growth is slowing.
Put this together with two other facts:
Unemployment in America remains sky-high. 14 million Americans are out of work and 25 million are looking for full-time jobs.
The nation's infrastructure is crumbling. Our roads, bridges, water and sewer systems, subways, gas pipelines, ports, airports, and school buildings are desperately in need of repair. Deferred maintenance is taking a huge toll.
Now connect the dots. Anyone with half a brain will see this is the ideal time to borrow money from the rest of the world to put Americans to work rebuilding the nation's infrastructure.
Problem is, too many in Washington have less than half a brain.
By arrangement with RobertReich.Org.
Robert B. Reich is Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations, most recently as secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton. He has written eleven books (including his most recent, Supercapitalism, which is now out in paperback). Mr. Reich is co-founding editor of The American Prospect magazine. His weekly commentaries on public radio's Marketplace are heard by nearly five million people.
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Spider-Man Female Casting Rumors: Daily Dose Of Jealousy
Let's be honest here. We're friends. We can share things with each other. Casting rumors and "who auditioned with who" don't really matter that much until it's officially announced who got the part. It's not like we can influence who gets the part or whatever.
But what does matter is that it gives us an excuse to look at and post pretty pictures of starlets!
So let's see who Andrew Garfield might get to lock lips with, that lucky bastard!
As previously reported, Emma Stone and Mia Wasikowska are the two main actresses in talk for the role. They're both great actresses and considering all I know about the two roles they're up for is that they are a blonde and redhead, they seem to fit the part well!
Newly added to the list of possibilities is Glee's Dianna Agron. Quite pretty when not with a bastard child out of wedlock in high school (quoting my extremely old fashioned grandmother on that one), she could be in line for the role of blonde Gwen Stacey. But thanks to the miracles of hair coloration these days, she could easily turn that into Mary Jane Watson.
We also have Georgina Haig in contention. Earlier this year she was in Road Kill and Wasted on the Young, two movies I haven't seen nor heard of! But Georgina is quite pretty and we'll take any excuse to post pictures of pretty ladies. Here's hoping she gets a callback!
And finally we have Dominique McElligott. Since we've had so much positive attention thrown around with the other ladies vying for the role, McElligott will be derided simply because she was last in line and her last name is hard to spell and pronounce. So, gosh! I can't believe they would audition her! Ugh! (In all seriousness she seems to be a good actress and is very attractive, but we couldn't have this be a one sided article even though this sentence made it that).
So there are the ladies who might be swinging into Peter Parker's web in 2012. Needless to say, I'm excited, if not for an excuse to post this picture of Emma Stone again.
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Here is an example of how you
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Powercopy provides the user the opportunity to create a CRC32 generated file list before installing a new software program. The purpose of this feature is obvious to anyone who has, after installing new software, encountered general system problems. Creating a file list prior to software installation is useful for troubleshooting errors resulting from the installation. This feature can prevent a virtual disaster as it allows a complete analysis of which system files have been replaced, added or changed by the Installation program. The Powercopy generated file list contains all needed file attributes (file name, folder name, CRC32-Checksum, file size, etc). After the installation compare the previously created file list with the file last created during the software installation (see below). This function is invaluable to a service technician as sometimes a new installation may create such problems as to require a reinstallation of the O/S.
The file list creation is performed
under the Windows DOS Shell. Before generating a file list read the Caution
Step 1. Enter the DOS Shell: Select 'Start' then 'Run' then type "command" in the 'Run' text box and press 'Enter'.
Step 2. Select the folder (directory or subdirectory) you want checked along with any or all subfolders.
Step 3. Type pc /mlb * /f- *.doc *.txt *.x* *.ht* *.gif *.jpg creates the file list (this is only one example).
Step 4. Return to Windows (type 'exit' then press 'Enter') and perform the software installation.
Step 5. After you have installed the software you can compare the new file list with the original one:
Next, exit to the DOS Shell (see above) and select the path (directory or subdirectory) where the original file list was created and type pc /check [@filelst.pc@].
Caution: During the creation of file lists, access violations may occur...for example:
"Sharing violation reading drive
"Abort, Retry, Fail"
If such messages occur type the
'f' key to continue the file list generation. The file list creation continues,
but for this file or any other generating the above message, no CRC will
be available. These denied system files are normally not essential to new
software installations and therefore are only listed by date, size and
time. The file name for the check list is: @filelst.pc@. This list contains
the file attributes and checksum and is located in the directory where
the file list was created. To view the results, double-click the
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A 22-year-old woman told Elyria police a man choked her and threatened to kill her as she left work Tuesday afternoon.
ELYRIA, Ohio - A 22-year-old woman told Elyria police a man choked her and threatened to kill her as she left work Tuesday afternoon.
Police are still searching for the suspect - and the stolen Ford Escort he got away with.
The woman works at Best Buy in Midway Mall and was walking to her car in broad daylight at 4:20 Tuesday afternoon.
The woman was talking on her cell phone and got into her 1998 teal Ford Escort, with license plate number ELV 1496.
That's when a man opened her car door, which was unlocked, and said, "You better give me your money or you'll be dead."
The victim said the man was halfway in the car choking her with one hand and starting the car by turning the keys in the ignition with his other hand.
The woman said she told him that he should take her purse in the trunk.
When the man went to the trunk, the woman took off running and called for help.
The attacker then stole her car and drove away.
In another twist to the story, the victim told police she was on FaceTime with her boyfriend, who witnessed part of the attack, heard her screaming and caught a partial glimpse of the attacker's face.
The victim's stolen Escort also has a dent in the front driver's side rim.
Elyria Police said the victim described the man as being in his late 40s or early 50s, wearing a gray hunting-style coat, dark colored jeans and a dark colored beanie cap and might have been wearing gloves.
Police said not to talk on your phone and pay attention to your surroundings in mall parking lots.
Police also said not to shop alone so you can walk to your car with others. Park in a well-lit area, make note of where you parked and have your keys ready.
The victim told police she was dizzy from being choked but refused medical attention.


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Garibaldi square historical center - 1
Size15 m²
Floor No.2(with elevator)
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Smoking allowed
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Compact and well furnished, the living area features a double sofa bed and a flat screen TV. Guests will find a comfortable single bed on the mezzanine level, and the the modern kitchenette is well-equipped.
Surrounded by stunning architecture and historic monuments, this charming studio is perfectly located for any tourist wishing to see all that Nice has to offer. The Natural History Museum, the National Theatre and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art are all less than one minute walk away.
The beach is less than a 10-minute walk away, and the Garibaldi Square features a wide variety of shops, cafes and delicious restaurants. Guests will find a supermarket nearby, and the nearest transport stops are on your doorstep.
** Late Check-ins till midnight and check-ins on sunday **
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We were staying 4 nights in Salvatore's nice appartment. We didn't arrive before 11pm, but it wasn't a problem for him to hand out the keys at such a late hour. He also gave us some starting advice for our stay, where to go etc. The appartment was clean, newly renovated with modern kitchen and bathroom and within walking distance of the train station and old town. On the downside it was quite noisy (good windows that muffle the street noises though) and unfortunately the WiFi didn't work most of the time (although Salvatore did his best to solve the problem). We definitely can recommend a stay there! Thank you :)
Cher Salvatore merci pour tout! Super nice apartment near the station at rue jean médecin. The apartment we quickly found and were greeted by very friendly Salvatore. The handing over the keys, and the stay went problemlos.Die apartment was very clean and the beds were terrific (we slept for a long time not as good as in Nice) We enjoyed the time in "our" little apartment and felt almost at home. Since the apartment is located in a beautiful side street, and felt we saw the "real" life and the life of Nice. This stay was memorable from beginning to end! Merci!
Cher Salvatore merci pour tout!!
Super schöne Wohnung in der Nähe des Bahnhofes an der rue jean médecin. Das Appartement fanden wir schnell und wurden sehr freundlich von Salvatore begrüsst. Die Schlüssel übergabe, sowie der Aufenthalt verlief problemlos.Die Wohnung war sehr sauber und die Betten waren grandios (wir schliefen schon lange nicht mehr so gut wie in Nizza) Wir genossen die Zeit in "unserem" kleinen Appartment und fühlten uns schon fast heimisch. Da das Appartement in einer schönen Seitengasse liegt, fühlten und sahen wir das "eigentliche" Leben und den Alltag Nizzas.
Dieser Aufenthalt war unvergesslich vom Anfang bis zum Schluss! Merci!
This apartment was very nice. We were 8 people, and this was one too much. The sofabed is not suitable for two persons, so absolute maximum for this apartment is seven people (as the site states). Other than that this was perfect. Beautiful apartment, very close to the promenade and the the beach. Salvatore was very helpful before and during our stay.
Clean apartment very well located simple and pleasant home was given the opportunity to arrange for the departure time, top!
Appartement propre très bien situé accueil simple et agréable
On a eu la possibilité de s'arranger pour l'heure du départ, top!
beautiful apartment, we were surprised to see that the reality was worthy photos! spacious, very comfortable, look the only thing we have not found, c is the washing machine ... for a weekend this is not serious but can be for longer it can be missed! Lovely location, including bakery facing the mmeuble! no complaints!
superbe appartement, on a été surpris de voir que la réalité était digne des photos!!!
spacieux, très confortable, attention la seule chose que nous n avons pas trouvé, c est le lave linge... pour un weekend ce n est pas grave mais peut etre pour plus longtemps ça peut manquer!!!
quartier génial, notamment la boulangerie face à l mmeuble!
rien à redire!!!
Thank you very much for your hospitality! The apartment is well located and also very well equipped! Perfect for a couple! I highly recommend the apartment!
Merci beaucoup pour votre accueil!
L'appartement est bien situé et aussi très bien équipé! Parfait pour un couple!
Je recommande vivement l'appartement!
the first nice location u can walk to beach with in 5 mins that is the great part to me
me and my wife we almost spent time on the beach in nice of course u can
go old town it's little fat away but i only went to old town 1time only
if u stay in nice , i think u dont wanna do any thing just wanna lay down on the
beach So here is the best way in nice
We had a great stay in Nice, the property is very close to the tram, train, bike hire and a 10-15 minute walk to the old town. It is also close to a supermarket (monoprix) so we saved money cooking after a day on the beach. The apartment was clean, simplistic and with a spacious living area and the host was very flexible with our arrival and departure times.
Warm 2nd time I come ..... In addition the sheets and towels ..... For me the top
Accueil chaleureux 2émes fois que je viens .....En plus les draps et linges.....Pour moi le top
The host is service-minded, reliable and flexible. The apartment was small though fulfilled all the basic requirements, incl. a reasonably comfortable bed, basic kitchen and a surprisingly nice bathroom and toilet. Though the furniture is mainly IKEA quality (or lack thereof) it is a good place to spend a weekend in walking distance from the promenade (5 min), place Massena (15 min) and the old city (18 min). It's even got a Blue Bikes (Velobleue) station right next to the entrance. Even though the street outside is heavily trafficed, the windows blocked most of the noise and we had a lovely time in Nice. I can recommend a stay at Blvd Grosso for any young couple on a low budget trip to Nice.
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Persistently high radioactivity in some fish caught close to the Fukushima nuclear plant has sparked a government investigation into the physiological basis for contamination and why radiation readings in some specimens remain hundreds of times over the official safe limit.
The Council for Science and Technology Policy, a government panel, is to study caught fish in order to calculate when they became contaminated—and where.
Since the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant disaster in March 2011, the Fisheries Agency has measured the radiation levels of about 20,000 fish. The overall trend has been a decline in detected amounts of radioactive cesium.
However, in August, two greenlings caught 20 kilometers north of the Fukushima plant were found to have cesium levels of 25,800 becquerels per kilogram, the highest level ever measured in fish since the nuclear accident. The government standard for food is 100 becquerels per kilogram.
And in March, tests recorded a level of 18,700 becquerels per kilogram in freshwater salmon in the Niidagawa river near Iitate, a village northwest of the nuclear plant.
Furthermore, the concentration of cesium in freshwater salmon and char caught since March has not been decreasing, leading to restrictions on the shipment of such fish from Fukushima Prefecture and surrounding areas....


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MSHA News Release: [11/27/2006]
Contact: Dirk Fillpot Amy Louviere
Phone: (202) 693-9406 (202) 693-9423
Release Number 06-2016-CHI
U.S. Department of Labor's MSHA Seeks to Hire Mine Inspectors in Illinois and Indiana
Applicant Screenings to be Held Dec. 4 at Rend Lake College
INA, Ill. -The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is continuing its efforts to hire new mine inspectors in Illinois and Indiana by conducting on-site applicant screenings Dec. 4, 2006 at Rend Lake College, 468 North Ken Gray Parkway, Ina, Ill. Registration for all candidates begins at 7 a.m.
"MSHA is interested in hiring professionals who are willing to help our agency keep U.S. mines safe by preventing accidental injuries and fatalities," said Richard E. Stickler, assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health. "We're looking for qualified people who will continue to make safety the number one priority for the mining industry."
MSHA is the federal agency charged with inspection of mining operations nationwide for adherence to regulations designed to protect the safety and health of working miners. The agency is recruiting coal mine inspectors for surface, underground and electrical positions in Benton and Hillsboro, Ill. and Vincennes, Ind.
Those who are unable to pre-register for the screenings may be tested and screened as "walk-in" candidates, subject to space availability. All persons attending the screening should bring a completed resume and photo identification. Check the MSHA Web site at www.msha.gov to confirm the status of the screenings before traveling to the site.
Applicants will be notified of test results and selected candidates will participate in a two-year formal training program. Applicants must be able to efficiently perform arduous duties. Selected applicants at the GS-9 level will receive a starting salary of about $43,000 annually. For additional information, please visit the Inspector Career Trainee Program Web site at www.msha.gov/Inspectors/InspectorsInternProgram.asp.
Applicant screenings are scheduled as follows:
Ina, Ill. - December 4 at 7 a.m.-Rend Lake College, 468 North Ken Gray Parkway, 62846
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Spending day with 'birthday boy' was special treat for me
By Melissa Vander Plas
Monday, November 25, 2013 3:28 AM
On Saturday, Nov. 16, I had the opportunity to spend the day with my nephew, Joshua. It happened to be his seventh birthday and I had him all to myself all morning and part of the afternoon. I don't know if he enjoyed it as much as I did, but I surely had fun taking care of him and spoiling him to the best of my ability.
I had traveled to Mankato on Friday night and spent the evening shopping for a few home improvement items with my sister-in-law, Annette. Joshua was at Tae Kwon Do with his father and my brother, Arvin, and my niece, Allison, was at a school dance.
When we all completed our errands, we gathered around the dining room table and planned our day for Saturday. Arvin and Annette planned to spend the day with my niece at a robotics competition in St. Peter and I was taking Joshua to his Christmas program rehearsal at their church. Then, Joshua and I would do some birthday shopping and have lunch at his favorite restaurant, Pizza Ranch. It was a good plan and I was especially excited to spoil my nephew for his birthday.
I told Joshua if I wasn't awake before Arvin and Annette and Allison had to leave, he could come down and wake me up. I didn't think he would have to as the other three didn't have to leave until 8:30 and I am usually awake by then, especially when I'm a guest in someone's home.
However, at 7 a.m. the next morning, I heard the door open and felt the bed jiggle as a small body crawled up beside me. With his head on the pillow beside me, I watched him through barely open eyes as he gently reached out a hand and touched my cheek.
"It's time to get up," he whispered as I opened my eyes a bit wider. "Everyone's gone."
I looked at the clock and wondered about that, thinking that Arvin and Annette must have discovered they had to be at their tournament earlier than expected.
I gave Joshua my nook, told him to go back upstairs and I'd be up as soon as I was dressed. The house was indeed quiet, but I still wondered about why the others had to leave so early.
As soon as I was dressed I made my way upstairs and found Joshua happily playing on my nook in the living room. I heard the shower running and saw my niece still asleep on the couch, where she'd spent the night after being displaced from her room for the weekend so I could sleep in her bed.
I looked at Joshua with a raised eyebrow and he immediately defended his early morning wake-up call. "I didn't hear anybody or see anybody," he said.
I just laughed and said it was OK. It was his birthday and we had pumped it up so much the night before, I could only imagine he was anxious to get started with all the fun we had planned.
Once we had breakfast and got the others off to their destinations, Joshua and I dived into a project he had to do for school - a poster that told his story. We filled in the blanks for all his favorites, such as food -ribs and color - red. We listed the members of his family, which included me. We wrote how he lets other people know he cares and what he loves to do inside and outside. We colored the pictures on the poster before having to leave for his program practice.
For an hour and a half, I was treated to lively songs the kids were rehearsing as part of their holiday performance. I watched as Joshua caught on to the choreography and did the actions as he learned the words. He paid attention to the musical director and still had time to whisper and joke a bit with his friends. Every once in awhile, he'd peek over to me and send me a smile, which warmed my heart.
After practice, I had planned to go to the restaurant for lunch, but Joshua decided he'd rather go shopping for his birthday present first. So, we headed to the store and went straight to the toy aisle where we found two new Bey Blades for his already impressive collection of racers.
We picked up a few groceries and supplies while we were at the store, but soon headed off to Pizza Ranch for lunch. Once we found a table, Joshua convinced me that since it was his birthday he could start off his meal with dessert pizza. Once he finished those two pieces, he did eat a piece of chicken and a few bites of mashed potatoes. That makes it a balanced birthday meal, right? Plus, I'm his aunt and I can spoil him by letting him eat dessert first. Face it, that's really the way we'd all like to eat, isn't it?
By the time we had finished lunch and Joshua had played in the small gym with some friends, it was time to go home and try out his new toys. I found I could not get the tops spinning fast enough to take out Joshua's top. Even though that meant he was winning, he didn't hold back in letting me know that I was the "worst Bey Blader" he knew. Oh well.
We had a fabulous day and I loved every minute of our time together, just the two of us. As the others came home and a few guests arrived to have a birthday dinner, we just continued his celebration and everyone else had a chance to spoil him as well.
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That nobody seems to watch? You're basing this on what? Sopranos had per episode US viewership as high as 13.4 million. That's comparable in terms of gross viewers to some recent seasons of the current most popular broadcast shows like the big bang theory, despite being on a premium network and from an earlier year. Sex and the City didn't have quite the same peak viewership, but its finale did make it to number 77 of the top 100 most watched airings on TV of all time.


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In 1972 a man with a degree aged 25-34 earned 22% more than a man without. Today, it's 70% https://t.co/k7Cgz4EG6v pic.twitter.com/smD9MOLLvr— The Economist (@TheEconomist) June 11, 2016
In 1972 a man with a degree aged 25-34 earned 22% more than a man without. Today, it's 70% https://t.co/k7Cgz4EG6v pic.twitter.com/smD9MOLLvr— The Economist (@TheEconomist) June 11, 2016
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Business and Climate Change, 22 April www.deanstalk.net/deanstalk/2016/04/business-and-climate-change.html
Conference (whole video of) "Mobilising Business, Acting on Climate Change" at 'Imperial College Business School' & 'The Grantham Institute' - www.deanstalk.net/deanstalk/2016/04/conference-whole-video-of-mobilising-business-acting-on-climate-change-imperial-college-business-sch.html
Climate change no longer a "leave it to next guy problem" but a"leave it to me"opportunity.Conversion happening at scale.@thebteamhq @wbcsd— Paul Polman (@PaulPolman) May 28, 2016
Looks like palm oil moratorium working.12 times size of Singapore protected so far by refusal permits.breakthrough? https://t.co/YzuPEckS9y— Paul Polman (@PaulPolman) May 25, 2016
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Recruitment and retention: A driver for transforming corporate culture? By @pamhartigan, Director of @SkollCentre https://t.co/xFWuSCrjyG— Saïd Business School (@OxfordSBS) April 11, 2016
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Looking for the best candidates for your organization?Hire IE Talent! Send job opportunities to firstname.lastname@example.com #HHRR pic.twitter.com/vN0wJXPPTX— IE Alumni (@IEAlumni) February 16, 2016
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White Hot Demand For Foreign Language Skills Fuels MBA Careers https://t.co/JZPwaVT0wI vía @businessbecause
— Amber WigmoreAlvarez (@wigmorealvarez) January 18, 2016
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"Managing Your Early Career" my latest piece in @LinkedIn @LinkedInPulse https://t.co/1R7e7HluIP
— Santiago Iniguez (@SantiagoIniguez) July 30, 2015
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www.economist.com - management guru
Based for most of his working life in Britain, Handy became the country's leading management spokesperson....
helped set up LBS...
The Second Curve: Thoughts on Reinventing Society, Charles Handy, Random House Books, £14.99
The difference is that Handy's prescience over the decades has earned him the right to dabble and, given his record, you would not want to bet against some of his radical ideas coming true.
If I were prime-minister...
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84% of companies plan to add new MBAs to workforce - up from 62% five years ago, says the latest @GMACResearchers rep http://t.co/VjJI4Aj5FT
— EFMD News (@EFMDNews) May 20, 2015
Hundreds of b-schools have already downloaded our 2015 Corporate Recruiters Survey Report...has yours? Get it now: http://t.co/tOQrkRFEnC
— GMACResearchers (@GMACResearchers) May 26, 2015
More companies will hire #MBA grads in 2015 than in any other year this decade, according to our survey pic.twitter.com/ni7LN3Gz45
— GMACResearchers (@GMACResearchers) May 22, 2015
The coming year looks to be a much better one for new college graduates seeking jobs: http://t.co/y5bJoJhCrO
— Chronicle (@chronicle) October 14, 2014
"Who's Got Those Top Jobs?" (Harvard Business Review, March 2014) by Peter Cappelli (Wharton), Monika Hamori (IE), and Rocio Bonet (IE).
(Video Published on 11 Feb. 2014 ("Advice to young managers" at 5m12))
Peter Cappelli is the George W. Taylor Professor of Management at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and the director of its Center for Human Resources.
Monika Hamori is a professor of human resource management, and Rocio Bonet is an assistant professor of human resource management, at the IE Business School, in Madrid. Prof. Hamori's work was published in Organization Science, the Academy of Management Annals, the Academy of Management Perspectives and Human Resource Management, among others.
...Over the past 30 years we've seen executives' education levels rise. About 65% of the leaders in 2011 held graduate degrees, compared with 62% in 2001 and 46% in 1980. Companies with the most MBAs in their senior ranks included Sears (75%), Sunoco (70%), and Disney (63%)...
PoetsandQuants.com - "best-prof-monika-hamori" - Best 40 world professors under 40 years, Feb. 2011
Economist.com - whichmba - "A bumpy road to the top", 24th Feb. 2014
Aspiring MBAs may well ask: how do they get to the chief executive's seat, and what kind of career bumps can they expect along the way?...
HBR (July 2010) article by Monika Hamori, "Managing Yourself: Job-Hopping to the Top and Other Career Fallacies"
Video May 2009, Dr Rocio Bonet speaks about the effect that MBA Rankings have on graduates' careers: "Career advancement of MBA graduates - IE Professors Talk".
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2013 EFMD Career Services Conference
The challenges of career services - Amber Wingmore Álvarez talks about the 1st Annual EFMD CS conference @IEbusiness http://t.co/PFut7TZ9Sh
— EFMD News (@EFMDNews) January 8, 2014
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Miss yesterday's campaign enews? Get inspired this morning & read about enterprise news, competitions & more! http://t.co/xawb4pumWX
— StartUp Britain (@StartUpBritain) November 20, 2013
@StartUpBritain We've released a report on Enterprise Education in the UK to coincide with #GEW - http://t.co/i6yYubEfWR Please retweet! :)
— Enterprise Education (@EntEduTrust) November 19, 2013
(34 pages)
Failing to equip young people properly has an estimated £28 billion loss to the economy. Young people 'Not in Employment Education or Training' (NEET) cost £4.6 billion per year.
However, as the report's authors conclude, if we get it right then the rewards are significant. The CBI estimates that better education could add £8 trillion to the UK's GDP over the lifetime of a child born today – the equivalent of 1% to GDP each year.
Those schools reporting higher levels of enterprise education embedded into the curriculum feel that it improves the retention of pupils at risk of disengagement
*Report refers to another "Changing the Pace" report by CBI/Pearson
www.cbi.org.uk/media/2119176/education_and_skills_survey_2013.pdf (68 pages)
Raising ambition for all in schools
The most important factors employers weigh up when recruiting school and college leavers are their attitudes to work (78%), their general aptitudes (57%)….
these rank well ahead of academic results alone (37%)
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Financial Times, August 22, 2013, Della Bradshaw
...Perhaps the most surprising results were the 12 per cent of respondents had more than eight interviews, and 19 per cent were interviewed more than 10 times in the first round...
When Princeton professor Anne-Marie Slaughter published an essay in The Atlantic titled, "Why Women Still Can't Have It All," in July 2012 (most popular article of all-time of The Atlantic), she touched a nerve across generations and among both men and women, setting off a renewed public debate on women's progress and work-life balance.
Slaughter recently visited campus as a guest lecturer in the Authors@Wharton series and spoke directly to the people who she says inspired her to write the piece: this generation's students. In an interview for Knowledge@Wharton with Stewart Friedman, Wharton practice professor of management and director of the Wharton Work/Life Integration Project, Slaughter, former director of policy planning for the U.S. State Department, shares what it was like to draw back the curtain on her life as someone perceived to "have it all," and why she passed up the promotion of a lifetime to be with her family. She also suggests how companies can make life better for both women and men, and what society collectively must do to support the next generation.
An edited transcript of the conversation follows...
America's Highest Paid CEOs, 4, April, 2012
In 2011 the chief executives of the 500 biggest companies in the U.S. (as measured by a composite ranking of sales, profits, assets and market value) got a collective pay raise of 16% last year, to $5.2 billion.
A Wharton MBA in this year's Class of 2012 landed a total first-year compensation package of $450,000, according to the school's employment stats. That's not a misprint. It's $450,000 in base pay, sign-on bonus, year-end guaranteed bonus and possibly some other perks such as paid relocation expenses and tuition reimbursement.
Nice work if you can get it.
Yet, none of Wharton's numbers this year are breaking any records. Even the $450K-a-year grad, who presumably landed a top finance gig, had been eclipsed by an MBA who reported a $680,000 total comp one-year package back in 2004...
Louis Lavelle on December 09, 2012, Businessweek
For all the talk about job cuts on Wall Street and diminished prospects for MBAs in finance, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that the vast majority of MBAs are still in demand. New research from the Graduate Management Admission Council, which publishes the GMAT B-school entrance exam, predicts something of a hiring boom next year.
GMAC surveyed 201 employers between Oct. 31 and Nov. 16 (mostly big U.S. companies) and found that 76 percent expect to hire MBA grads in 2013, up from 69 percent this year, and that 23 percent expect to hire more than they did in 2012. And it wasn't just MBAs who were feeling the love from employers. The percentage of employers planning to hire a broad swath of specialized master's degree graduates was up across the board. You can read the full report here...
Wikipedia: Since 1975 it has been revised and updated annually, sometimes substantially. Nine million copies are in print, and it has been translated into fourteen different languages worldwide. To date, over ten million copies have been sold worldwide. The book recommends networking[2] to find "the person with the authority to hire you"...
It was bound to happen someday. And for at least one MBA in the Class of 2012 it finally did. The graduating student landed a job with a starting base salary that broke the million-dollar barrier.
What is even more surprising is that it didn't happen at a Harvard or Stanford or Wharton. Manchester Business School in Britain is reporting that one of its graduates from the Class of 2012 got a job in financial services for the largest reported starting salary in history for a freshly minted MBA: $1,088,638.
That's more than nine times the $120,000 median starting salary of a Harvard MBA this year. And the million-dollar jackpot merely represents base salary, not a lot of the other goodies that are often dangled in front of the best and brightest MBAs: signing bonus, stock options, guaranteed year-end bonuses, or tuition reimbursements...
MBA Career Services Council, Fall 2011 Recruiting Trends Survey Results
(Also March 28, 2012, via NACE "M.B.A. Recruiting Activity Increases")
February 28, 2012 - According to new findings by the MBA Career Services Council, 70% of schools reported an increase in on-campus activity for full-time positions compared with last fall. 46% reported an increase in job postings for internships.
The MBA Career Services Council, an association of business school career management offices and companies who hire MBA students, released the findings of its Fall 2011 Recruiting Trends Survey today. The findings show that both on-campus recruiting opportunities and full-time job postings have increased for most schools worldwide. These results reflect increasing optimism in the expectations of career services professionals, the majority of whom predict continued growth in total job opportunities throughout the year...
Three of the world's largest MBA recruiters top a new list of the companies with the greatest career opportunities. Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Co., and McKinsey & Co. are number one, two and three in the new survey published today (Sept. 2) by Glassdoor.com...
Article and Slideshow of Francesca Di Meglio
Relatively few MBAs will go on to become chief executives, but for those who do, the financial rewards can be huge. Those rewards got considerably less gargantuan this year, however. The top 10 CEOs of billion-dollar-plus companies who have MBAs collectively earned more than $278 million in the most recent fiscal year, down about 15 percent from last year's top 10...
The worse the economy gets, the more popular business degrees become. By Richard Northedge
More people than ever want to study for an MBA, the course first offered by Harvard more than a 100 years ago. The London Business School has had 3,500 applications for this month's 400 places. Demand for business courses in the UK is up by 8 per cent.
Jane Delbene, the director of marketing at the Graduate Management Admissions Council, which sets the entry tests used by many business schools, says: "There's an inverse relationship to the economy. When the economy's down, people decide they want to go to business school." ...
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Article of Forbes, August 3, 2011.
It looks as if confidence has finally returned to the M.B.A. jobs market,...
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Article of WSJ, July 18,2011
M.B.A. students from top-ranked schools are increasingly naming technology firms as their most-desired employers, according to a new survey, recalling the fervor of a decade ago, when the dot-com boom attracted plenty of freshly minted business-school graduates...
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Welcome to the Financial Times Ask the Experts Jobs Clinic 2011. Are you an MBA graduate still looking for a job? Or are you a corporate recruiter, hoping to recruit MBAs this year? What skills can an MBA bring to your company?
Bruce Lane, vice-president of MBA Focus, the US-based recruitment organisation that specialises in MBA recruitment, answered your questions on Wednesday 29th June 2011.
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...But the development that has taken most business schools by surprise is the strength with which banks and financial service firms have returned to the hiring trough...
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Article of Bloomberg BusinessWeek, June 16, 2011
Following Lehman's collapse, many big MBA employers cut back on hires from top schools, and a new crop picked up the slack
...more students have begun seeking nontraditional job opportunities and the job market for MBAs has diversified...The decline reflects an industrywide trend that has prompted business schools to better prepare students hoping for job offers from such firms...
Article of Bloomberg Business Week. June 13, 2011
...For the third year, Bloomberg Businessweek asked PayScale, a company that collects salary data from individuals through online pay comparison tools, to use its database of MBA graduates at the top U.S. business schools to calculate their median cash compensation—salaries and bonuses—around graduation and after they have an average of 5, 10, 15, and 20 years of pre- and post-MBA work experience in the same industry. We then used those data to calculate an estimate of median cash earnings over the entire 20-year span.
Overall, grads from the 57 top programs earned an estimated $2.4 million in base pay and bonuses over the course of a 20-year career, according to the data. On the high end is Harvard Business School (Harvard Full-Time MBA Profile), where grads earned about $3.6 million...
June 3, 2011. Harvard Business Review blogs.
Every spring, the Wall Street Journal publishes a CEO Salary Report, using a Hay Group survey to break down compensation levels for the CEOs of the 350 biggest publicly traded US companies. Every year, there is predictable outrage at the sheer size of the numbers, especially relative to the average worker. This year was no exception, though the criticism had a particular post-crisis bent: Why are CEOs making an average $9.3 million, up 11% over 2009, when the economy is still largely in the tank?...
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Article of June 2, 2011, Wall Street Journal.
Financial-Services Companies, Consulting Firms Lead Hiring of M.B.A. Students After Declines
After two years of sharp declines in hiring, M.B.A. students are having more success landing jobs, and getting them earlier, than during the depths of the financial crisis...
Article of BusinessWeek, May 23, 2011, By Francesca Di Meglio
Corporate bigwigs addressing the B-school class of 2011 are tempering their optimism. The message: Work hard, add value, embrace change
Few corporate leaders have as rapt an audience as they do when they speak at commencement, that great rite of spring when graduates get to reflect on the academic life they're leaving behind and the challenges and opportunities ahead. And this year's crop of B-school graduation speakers is no exception. With the job outlook for both college business majors and MBAs improving, the tone this year was generally optimistic—with a healthy dose of reality thrown in for good measure...
Article of U.S. News, May 4, 2011
Hiring will be up in 2011, although b-school graduates can expect stiff competition.
The job market for people with management education degrees has improved—and employers expect conditions to get even better during the months ahead, according to the results of a pair of annual international surveys released today by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC).
The 2011 GMAC Global Management Education Graduate Survey reflects responses from 4,794 graduating members of the class of 2011 at 156 graduate business schools worldwide. Visit gmac.com/globalgrads for a report about the survey findings.
The 2011 GMAC Corporate Recruiters Survey includes responses from 1,509 employers from 905 companies in 51 countries. GMAC partnered with the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) and the MBA Career Services Council (MBA CSC) to develop the survey. A summary of the survey results is available at gmac.com/corporaterecruiterssurvey.
May 13 (Washing Post with Bloomberg) -- Paul Danos, dean of the Tuck School of Business at Darmouth College, talks about his tenure at the school and the placement and success of Tuck graduates. Danos was reappointed to serve a fifth four-year term as dean on May 11. He speaks with Tom Keene on Bloomberg Television's "Surveillance Midday." David Blanchflower, a Dartmouth professor and former policy maker at the Bank of England, also speaks. (Source: Bloomberg) (Bloomberg)
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In Search of the MBA Superman or Wonder Woman, Poets and Quants, John A. Bryne.
When corporate recruiters interview MBA students, what exactly are they looking for? And what do they ultimately expect when they hire an MBA?
From a list of desired traits, knowledge, skills and abilities, you'd think they were looking for Superman and Wonder Woman, according to a new study of employer expectations released yesterday (May 10) by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). The report is based on the opinions of 1,509 corporate recruiters who hire MBAs at 905 companies in 51 countries. Each survey respondent was asked to check off the five most desired traits or skills he or she wants to see in an MBA...
83% Of Startups Plan To Hire This Year (Up From 73% Last Year): Survey, April 22, 2011.
Silicon Valley Bank this morning released Startup Outlook 2011 (PDF), a survey of startup perceptions.
The financial institution surveyed 375 U.S.-based, private, VC-backed software, hardware and cleantech companies, and found that startups are generally optimistic about current business opportunities and that they will continue to hire throughout 2011 to support the expected growth...
We're In The Middle Of A Terrible Blubble!, Michael Arrington, April 24, 2011.
UPDATE April 26, MarketWatch, WSJ: New Internet bubble gathering steam
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Women are heading to business school in larger numbers than ever before, and at younger ages to boot. But how much are women gaining from the degree? ...
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19 April, Judge at Cambridge website (cf. "Global Forces" post, Deanstalk)
Mr. Barton speaks about MBA recruitment towards the end of the podcast.
"successful people have more failures", "persistence is extremely important"
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B-school career offices chase a new breed of employer as students look beyond Wall Street...
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Employers clamor for students with project management skills
An M.B.A. no doubt bolsters any résumé and allows many students to walk through professional doors that would have otherwise been shut. But once an M.B.A. graduate has stepped over that threshold, their skills will be put to the test. And while many M.B.A. students may be well versed in the nuances of finance, accounting, and analysis, employers have recently indicated that they need a more diverse set of skills from many of these high priced employees.
Increasingly, employers in various fields are seeking workers who have a proficiency in project management. Skills like time management, the ability to implement strategic change, and cost management, among other...
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Article by: Alison Damast on March 10, 2011
MBAs should be heartened by the findings of a new report, which predicts that hiring in the finance and consulting sector should return to pre-recession levels beginning in 2012. The finance sector hired 22 percent more MBAs in 2010 and expects to increase hiring by 11 percent this year, while the consulting industry increased hiring by 19 percent last year, and plans to bump hiring up 37 percent this year, according to data from the QS TopMBA Jobs and Salary Trends report. The report was published by the QS World MBA Tour, a London-based company that organizes information and recruitment fairs for business school applicants. The organization surveyed over 5,000 companies in 36 countries for the report, released this week...
Median Salary Tops US$94,500; 93 Percent of B-School Alumni Employed
GMAC Press Release, February 10, 2011
Reston, Virginia—Compensation packages for MBAs who graduated over the last decade are continuing to grow as the global economy appears to be on the mend, according to research conducted by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), owner of the GMAT exam. The median base salary for business school alumni in the survey topped US$94,500 in 2010—well above the pre-recession level of US$89,000 recorded in 2007.
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Financial Times, January 31 2011
If you are looking for a job, Asia is the place to be. This seems to be the unanimous view of headhunters, recruitment consultants and companies.
The latest Employment Outlook Survey by Manpower asked 64,000 human resource and recruitment managers around the world about their hiring intentions for the first quarter of 2011. The results show that India, China and Taiwan are the best places to look for a job in the new year...
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The New York Times/International Herald Tribune, January 31, 2011
M.B.A. increases earnings, British survey shows
Earning a master's degree in business administration increases median earning power by a third. Men earn more than women. Bonuses seem to be coming back. And graduates of full-time, two-year courses earn on average 33 percent more than graduates of part-time courses.
Those are just a few of the findings in a survey of more than 2,000 business school alumni by the Association of M.B.A.'s, an organization based in London that accredits postgraduate business programs. The 2010 Career Survey, by the association's Research and Consultancy Center, looked at salaries for...
Article of BusinessWeek, January 24, 2011
With the MBA job market on the rebound, 2011 will likely bring good news, particularly for students seeking to enter consulting and financial services...
...Class of 2011 MBAs are also likely to face less job competition than their 2010 counterparts, who were competing against 2009 graduates for a smaller pool of entry-level MBA positions, says Elena Bajic, chief executive of Ivy Exec, a recruiting company focused on MBA job placement...