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Amid the Ruins Review (Spoilers a Plenty, Be Warned)
Just to be clear, I've only recently finished my first playthrough and therefore I haven't explored every possible option. So I apologize in advance for any points I bring up in which I may be misinformed.
Clementine: As usual, it's always interesting to see just how far the story and choices can shape Clementine's character. While events in the story are often set in stone, the possibilities the players are given regarding Clementine's personality make her more than the blank slate a character in that position could be. The dialogue options could easily lean too far towards innocence and ruthlessness, but the options are pretty well balanced and usually make perfect sense within the context of an given situation.
Kenny: As with many people, I found myself concerned over Kenny's mental state following In Harms Way, and for good reason. So why is it that people are so attached to such a damaged, antagonistic character? Because no matter what, he's somehow able to keep it together just enough to remain an indispensable asset to the group. However, the danger is that if he doesn't have something, or usually someone to fight for, he runs the risk of going too far over the edge. Whether or not Clementine is enough to keep him going is debatable, but the birth of Rebecca's baby seems to have cemented his resolve for the time being.
Jane: So, mysterious Loner, navigates hazardous terrain through unconventional means, constantly emphasizes the importance of self sufficiency, dead sister, and abandons established group. Working off that list, is there anything that significantly distinguishs Jane from Molly at this point? If so, I'm not really seeing it. All the same, her relationship with Clem sets the stage for some of the best moments in the game. They challenge each other, they have disagreements that don't escalate into Lee vs Kenny moments, and they both benefit from the time they spend with each other. Even the moment with Luke had potential, even if it was clearly just a fling for her. Despite her belief in the weakness of numbers, it was fascinating to see those beliefs challenged. This episode could've drastically improved if given a choice between convincing her to stay and letting her leave, although I feel that there's not enough reason to let her go.
Luke: Up until now, as likable as he is, Luke has been a bit of a mary sue. It's good to see this episode tear away at that a bit. He loses his cool, he makes mistakes, and unlike the previous deaths where he mostly felt for others, he was genuinely affected by the deaths in this episode, particularly Nick. Though his fling with Jane doesn't justify endagering the group, it is understandable that he would want at least one moment of levity. I would've liked to have seen that relationship evolve, but when a season 1 idea works you may as well recycle it. That's what I'm picking up on from Telltale.
Sarah: An effective death, but to my mind a wasted opporunity. Valid arguments can be made that 1) her inevitable death completely invalidates the effort of saving her the first time and robs her of the chance to prove herself and 2) that it reinforces the idea that not every situation can be controlled and that not everyone can be saved, thus making it all the more effective. All the same, the series has a bit of a shortage in terms of good kid characters (I know she's teenaged, but I'd definitely say she still counts). And why wouldn't anyone think to have her help out with Rebecca? I would've preferred that her ultimate fate be made a matter of choice between her and someone else.
Nick: Probably my biggest problem with this episode. Was there really a point to making his fate determinant twice if he was never going to impact the story or do anything significant if avoiding death? I suppose you could argue that his sudden death in Amid the Ruins serves to impact Luke's character, but that could be accomplished without giving someone a less unceremonious death than Chuck. I personally would've made it a split decision between saving him or Sarah, in which I would've chosen Sarah. I get that not everyone goes out in a blaze of glory, but an offscreen death just seems like the laziest way to go.
Rebecca: Putting up with the pregnancy plot was well worth it for the cliffhanger in this episode, which may well be the best the game has ever pulled off.
Bonnie: Even though there was a lot going on, it seems odd that no one else brought up the fact that Bonnie's the one who led Carver to them. I'd say she did earn points for helping them escape, but for a guy like Kenny who can pick a fight over just about anything, as well as a pregnant moarning Rebecca, it feels like a missed opportunity. Apart from voicing her concerns to Clem, Bonnie doesn't really do much in this episode. Still waiting on the buildup from 400 days to pay off.
Mike: Similar to Bonnie, Mike doesn't seem to have much to do apart from providing extra muscle. I recall a theory, as well as a bit of photographic evidence, that indicated he was one of the bandits that attacked Clem and Christa. That, or anything else about how he ended up at Howe's Hardware would've been welcome.
Arvo: I can safely say that when I pictured the next antagonist following Carver, Arvo was definitely not the first thing that came to mind. If only it had been less obvious that he would end up as an antagonist. It seems pretty obvious by now that he was lying about that sick sister since he comes after you even if you didn't take the meds (I didn't, though I wonder if that factors in to Rebecca's fate. I'm curious). I get the sense that Arvo is pretty much the Ben Paul of his group, which may indicate that the ambush isn't entirely on him. His introduction does provide an interesting moral dilemma for Clementine. Clearly letting him go will have consequences, but going through with robbing (or killing?) him just aggravates the situation, so the possibility that he's a threat becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Either way, Arvo's got my attention.
Conclusion: If it seems like I'm being overly harsh on this episode, let me make it clear that I still enjoyed it. Any criticisms I have are based on the standards the series has already set. But as many have pointed out, the game offers the illusion of choice while largely adhering to a strict, predetermined narrative. Based on my observations, the main differences determined by choice apply to few lines of dialogue, mostly amonst the NPCs. Otherwise you seem to spend your time flipping a coin and having it always land on heads. This was less of a problem with the 1st season because it hadn't really been done before, but it's beginning to wear out it's welcome in the 2nd. But as with the majority of the franchise on whole, the saving grace of this episode really is the story and the characters. While the irrelvantce of player choice is an issue that will need to be dealt with, I'll continue to play based on those merits, or at the very least I intend to see this season through to it's conclusion.


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Rivals crank up heat on U.S. Republican front-runner
U.S. Republican front-runner Mitt Romney emerged on Sunday from back-to-back debates in New Hampshire a bit dinged but not seriously dented as rivals stepped up attacks to slow his march toward the presidential nomination.
Two days before voters in the small New England state head to the polls for the first 2012 primary election, Romney took heat on a number of topics: his record as governor of neighboring Massachusetts, the attack ads run by an outside group on his behalf and a suggestion he would wither in the face of attacks from Democratic President Barack Obama.
But there was little to suggest the former venture capitalist had suffered any setback in a pair debates Saturday night and Sunday in New Hampshire, where he is heavily favoured to win.
Romney was dinged in the second debate, but not seriously wounded, said Larry Sabato, political analyst at the University of Virginia. Basically, the candidates firmed up their own individual base but I don't think they took much away from Romney either in terms of Republicans or independents.
Slowing Romney's momentum has taken on new urgency in the face of polls showing he is also favoured in the South Carolina primary on January 21, despite being seen as less socially conservative as his competitors in the church-going southern state.
Romney's campaign has said that jobs and the domestic economy will be the focus of voters across the country this year, overshadowing other factors.
Although Romney's win in the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday was an eight-vote squeaker over Rick Santorum, backing it up with a win in New Hampshire would be a feat never achieved by a Republican candidate who is not an incumbent, adding to a sense of inevitability about his candidacy.
The online exchange InTrade, which takes bets on the outcomes of events such as elections, now shows Romney with an 83 percent chance of winning the Republican nomination to run against Obama in the fall.
And yet, the race for second continued to hold the Republican field in suspense, with former Santorum, libertarian congressman Ron Paul, former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich, Texas Governor Rick Perry and former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman all vying for the spot.
Santorum, whose lacklustre campaign caught fire in Iowa and who has pinned hopes more on the next contest in South Carolina, came out punching at Romney, even though he endorsed Romney in his 2008 run for the party's nomination.
If his record was so great as governor of Massachusetts, why didn't he run for re-election, said Santorum, a former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania. Romney launched his unsuccessful 2008 White House bid just weeks after leaving the Massachusetts statehouse after one term.
Criticism of Romney zeroed in on whether the former governor of a moderate New England state would be the strongest candidate to fly the conservative flag against Obama in the November election.
Gingrich, hurt by a spate of negative ads organized by former Romney staffers, said Romney would have a very hard time getting elected and had policy positions that are not sufficiently different from Obama.
There's a huge difference between a Reagan conservative and somebody who comes out of the Massachusetts culture who essentially has a moderate record, Gingrich said during the NBC/Facebook debate in Concord, New Hampshire.
But Romney defended himself as a solid conservative who was in politics on a detour from his business career as a venture capitalist. Acting like a front-runner, he kept his focus more on Obama than on his Republican rivals.
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Gingrich bristled at Romney's attempts to paint himself as a reluctant politician.
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Santorum has accepted the fact that he's going to lose New Hampshire, maybe badly. He spoke more to South Carolina than to New Hampshire, Sabato said.
Santorum has been riding a wave of popularity after a narrow second-place finish to Romney in the first Republican presidential nominating contest in Iowa last week.
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Ok so my parents are moving to FL and I gotta stay in NY for a bit longer..(hoping to be out by 2015) I have a sweet reloading bench I built and just started to use to process all my 30-06 brass and 223 brass..
With moving into an apartment I won't have my reloading bench for a while.. Prob a year or so..
Should I prime all my 223 cases before my parents move and let them sit in storage? Or keep the primers in the box and just wait till I'm set up to make full cartridges?
I have about 1800 pieces of brass and just scored 2k small rifle primers for 49.99 per 1k..
Don't know where in Florida your folks are moving, but most of Florida can be humid. Unless your cases will be stored in a low humidity environment, I'd be a bit concerned how they would stand up after a couple of years. Some of my reloads I shoot are 5 years+ old and they do fine, but they were primed, charged and finished in just a few seconds and stored in a cool dry area. good luck
I'd leave them seperate.
Why not setup a small table in your apartment to keep reloading? I've seen pics on here of guys who have reloading benches in their RVs.
And I would be storing the shells up here in ny.. Prob in a climate controlled storage unit nearby..
Get a used ironing table and bolt your reloading press to that and set yourself up from that at least you can then put it away when your finished, regards
I don't normally prime until ready to load.
Leave primers in the box. Put boxes inside an ammo can. Drop in a dessicant pack, close can, leave them alone. They will be fine until you resume reloading. Once in the brass, they are exposed to moisture via the flash hole of the unloaded case.
Aren't primers packaged in a cardboard box from the factory sitting in a store or warehouse floor subject to humidity as well? I mean, I have never seen them shrink wrapped and in air tight containers.
Yeah ill just hold off on priming them.. My finances aren't gunna let me buy in bulk on supplies for a bit anyways..
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Forget mini pie pans and individual crusts. Getting all the flavor and warmth of classic chicken pot pie is even simpler in an all-in-one casserole.
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Wow, wow, wow, the ultimate comfort food. Needless to say, picky dh was in heaven....he loved it Annacia. What's not to love, flaky homemade crust, tender chicken and vegetables all engulfed in a smooth, velvety cream sauce. Thank you for sharing this terrific recipe. Made for my pac baby....Spring 2014.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 cup chopped leeks (3 medium) or 1 cup onion (1 large)
- 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- 3⁄4 cup sliced celery (1-1/2 stalks)
- 1⁄2 cup chopped sweet red pepper
- 1 medium carrot, cut into thin diagonal slices
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1⁄3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 1⁄2 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup half-and-half, light cream or 1 cup milk
- 2 1⁄2 cups chopped cooked chicken
- 1 cup loose-pack frozen peas
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄3 cup shortening
- 4 -5 tablespoons water
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- Prepare Pastry, set aside.
- In a large saucepan cook leek, mushrooms, celery, and sweet pepper in hot butter over medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir in the flour, poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper. Add broth and half-and-half all at once. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Stir in chicken and peas. Pour into a 2-quart rectangular baking dish.
- Place pastry over chicken mixture in dish. Turn edges of pastry under; flute to edges of dish. Brush pastry with some of the egg. If desired, place cut-out pastry shapes on top of pastry. Brush again with egg.
- Bake, uncovered, in a 400 degree F oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Let stand for 20 minutes before serving. Makes 6 servings.
- In a medium bowl stir together 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Using a pastry blender, cut in 1/3 cup shortening until dough pieces are pea-size.
- Sprinkle 1 tablespoon cold water over the mixture 1 Tbsp at a time, gently toss with a fork until all dough is moistened.
- Form into a ball.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll dough into a 13x9-inch rectangle.
- Using a sharp knife, cut slits in pastry to allow steam to escape, or, if desired, use a small cookie cutter to cut shapes from pastry (I like to wait and do this once it on the pie - makes moving it a lot easier).


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In his preview¹ in Health Affairs of the impending data deluge scheduled to begin with the transition to ICD-10 on October 1, 2013, Harris Meyer explains that the international disease-classification system dates back to 1763, when—in an act of altruism toward his fellow physicians—Francois Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroix (1706–1767) published a list of 10 major classes of diseases and 2,400 individual diseases.
When the adoption date rolls around in 2013, it is unlikely to be greeted by radiologists—or their coders and billing companies—as an act of altruism. The number of diagnostic codes will jump from 16,000 to 69,000; the number of procedure codes that can be performed on an inpatient basis will jump from 3,800 to 72,000, affecting every aspect of clinical and business operations.
The first International List of Causes of Disease was jointly adopted in 1898 by Canada, the United States, and Mexico, while other countries developed their own lists, some with morbidity listings. The modern ICD got its start in 1948, when the World Health Organization (WHO) took over responsibility for disease reporting and published its first International Statistical Classification of Diseases in 1949: ICD-6. The system provided a framework for tracking and understanding disease trends worldwide and was updated every 10 years.
In 1976, WHO issued ICD-9, the version still in use in the United States (though other countries began adopting ICD-10 as early as the 1990s). Many countries, including the United States, developed their own versions, raising concerns that the system will be less useful in tracking world health trends, moving forward. The US version is by far the most complex, with 69,000 separate codes; Australia's has 16,000, and Germany's has 13,000.
The new level of detail contained in ICD-10, however, has the potential to confer many benefits. For instance, ICD-9, Meyer writes, lacked enough granularity to support the move to value-based purchasing, which requires a more precise accounting of appropriateness and intensity. ICD-10 also has the potential to aid fraud enforcement by improving the ability to spot mismatches between diagnoses and procedures. The DHHS believes that ICD-10 will improve efficiency by reducing claims rejections by insurers and by facilitating the identification of patients with chronic conditions.
Significant Change
Beyond the changes required of physicians, coders, and billing personnel in adapting to a new disease classification that has more than a fourfold increase in diagnostic codes and an 18-fold increase in procedure codes, the new system features structural changes that will require big adjustments on the part of providers and payors, Meyer forewarns readers.
First, ICD-10 makes procedure codes separate entities, called ICD-10-PCS. Second, ICD-10 codes are not only alphanumeric, but also several digits longer: three to seven digits instead of three to five for diagnostic codes and seven digits instead of three for procedure codes. Third, there is a very low rate of matching between ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes for similar procedures.
CMS has published general equivalency maps linking similar codes in the two versions, but the Workgroup for Electronic Data Exchange recommends that health-care providers create their own (more precise) crosswalks between ICD-9 and ICD-10. This is particularly important due to the fact that for at least one year after Medicare's October 1, 2013, go-live date, providers will have to continue to process ICD-9 codes from prior to that date.
In addition, even though providers will be required to submit all payment claims in ICD-10 format, private payors are not required to make the transition, and a significant lag in the adoption of ICD-10 by some private payors is expected. "If providers aren't careful, those differences could have major reimbursement consequences, including underpayments or overpayments of several times the correct amount, according to CMS," Meyer writes.
ICD-10, however, captures a far greater level of detail than its predecessor. With ICD-10-PCS procedure codes, for instance, one can differentiate body parts, surgical approaches, devices used, resource consumption, and outcomes. Angioplasty has just one code in ICD-9, but 1,196 in ICD-10, enabling coders to specify the precise location of the blockage and the instruments used.
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Mexican football authorities say the five players dropped from its Gold Cup squad after testing positive for clenbuterol have now tested negative for the banned substance.
The Mexican football federation said on Tuesday that results from a University of Los Angeles, California laboratory test performed on June 10 are negative for all five, including goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa and PSV Eindhoven defender Francisco Rodriguez.
The federation said in a statement the five - which also includes defender Edgar Duenas, and midfielders Christian Bermudez and Antonio Naelson - have now requested a backup "B'' test of the initial samples taken May 21 that tested positive.
The players and some officials blamed the positive results, which occurred during a pre-tournament training camp on the outskirts of Mexico City, on contaminated meat. Tour de France champion Alberto Contador also has blamed contaminated beef for his positive test for clenbuterol last July.
Mexican agriculture officials have put that reason in doubt, saying very few cases of contamination exist.
Despite the loss of its players, Mexico has easily advanced to the Gold Cup quarterfinals as the top team from Group A, with 14 goals so from the tournament.


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Heritage Rajasthan Tour
Duration : 4 Nights / 5 Days
Places Covered : Jaipur - Shekhawati Region - Mandawa - Bikaner - Jaipur
Day 01 : Arrive Jaipur
Arrival and check in at the hotel and rest of the day is free for independent activities. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 02 : Jaipur
After breakfast you will take excursion to Amber Fort, 11 kms from Jaipur city. A beautiful complex of Palaces, halls, pavilions, garden and temples built by Raja Mansingh, Mirza Raja Jaisingh and Sawai Jaisingh over a period of about two centuries, still standing in magnificent state.
The palace complex emerge dramatically from the Placid waters of the Maotha Lake and is approachable only through a steep path. Tourists often ride on the elephant back.
A tour of the city palace & museum Which offer a rare combination of the finest blends of Rajasthani and Mughal Architectures, a dedicated collection of Royal costumes, armoury, guns, old paintings Dresses, articles used at royal households etc. A visit to Hawa Mahal or the Palace of Winds.
An unmistakable landmark of Jaipur, which conjures up several romantic Images in the mind of the on looker. Back to hotel and overnight.
Day 03 : Jaipur - Mandawa(Shekhawati Region)
After breakfast you will drive to Shekhawati region (180 kms,4 hour drive), Called the open air museum of fresco. Arrival and check in at the hotel. Later you will.
(02) Visit Mandawa Fort and explore the most important havelis (mansions) like Gulab Rai Haveli is famous for the erotic images, Bansidhar Newatia haveli is known for its curious Paintings, Chokhani, Ladia and Saraf havelies and temples of Shiva. Back to hotel and Overnight.
Day 04 : Mandawa - Bikaner
After breakfast you will drive to Bikaner (190 kms 4 hours), a city goes back over 500 Years when it was founded by Rao Bikaji one of the prince of Jodhpur. Arrival and Check in at the hotel. Later proceed for sight seeing visit Junagarh Fort, city and the Camel Breeding Farm the only one in Asia.Back to hotel and overnight.
Day 05 : Bikaner - Jaipur
After breakfast you will drive back to Jaipur (350 kms/6 and 1/2 hrs). Arrival and end of your Tour.
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A rose by any other name may still smell as sweet, but if the name is said with an accent, there are unexpected complexities that are being unraveled now by scientists. And understanding these complexities may be of value to foreigners living in a country where the principal language is not their own.
Expats may notice that as they talk to Costa Ricans their body language and accent changes.
That is not unusual, according to a recent article in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. It said that imitating someone who speaks with a regional or foreign accent may actually improve understanding.
"If people are talking to each other, they tend to sort of move their speech toward each other," said Patti Adank, of the University of Manchester, who cowrote the study. People don't only do this with speech, she says. "People have a tendency to imitate each other in body posture, for instance in the way they cross their arms." She and her colleagues devised an experiment to test the effect of imitating and accent on subsequent comprehension of sentences spoken in that accent.
The experiment used Dutch students who were challenged with an unfamiliar Dutch dialect. People who had imitated the accent did much better at understanding the sentences than others, according to the results.
"When listening to someone who has a really strong accent, if you talked to them in their accent, you would understand better," Ms. Adank said.
If someone puts on, say, a fake Southern accent when talking to a resident of the U.S. State of Georgia, the southerner might not think the
intention is friendly. But when a speaker's brain subtly and unconsciously shifts the voice to sound more like the listener's, it appears to be deploying a useful strategy, said the summary from the Association for Psychological Science.
In a more complex report, researchers at the University of Haifa in Israel said that more empathy one has for another, the lighter the accent
will be when speaking in a second language. That study was published in the International Journal of Bilingualism.
The research said that both personal and sociopolitical aspects have an influence on accent in speaking a second language, and that teachers giving instruction in languages as second languages, especially among minority groups, must relate to the social and political connection when teaching.
A study in Scotland using magnetic resonance imaging showed that the brain of Scots responded differently when they listened to speakers with Scottish accents than to speakers with American or British accents.
"The initial results suggest that such vocal samples somehow reflect group membership or social identity, so that 'in-group' voices are processed differently from the 'out-group,'" said researcher Patricia Bestelmeyer, based on research at the University of Glasgow. The results suggests that people process words spoken with their own accent more quickly and effortlessly than other accents.
A University of Chicago study found that a foreign accent undermines a person's credibility in ways that the speaker and the listener don't consciously realize. Because an accent makes a person harder to understand, listeners are less likely to find what the person says as truthful, researchers found. The problem of credibility increases with the severity of the accent, the study determined.


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"I believe this is the only way to restore the stability of the euro," said Angela Merkel on the sidelines of the climate change conference in Bonn. "The austerity package is very ambitious." A long and difficult road lies ahead of Greece, but there is no other way.
Angela Merkel once again underscored the importance of getting the International Monetary Fund involved. The European Central Bank and the IMF negotiated the deal with Greece.
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If the finance ministers of the euro-zone approve the rescue programme on Sunday, Germany is prepared to put it into practice, declared Federal Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble at the start of the meeting of euro-zone finance ministers in Brussels. "We have a good chance of getting the required legislation adopted by Friday," announced the minister.
This year alone Germany will provide about 8.4 billion euros in loans. "It is our job to defend the stability of the euro-zone as a whole. The better we do our job, the better it will be for all Europeans and thus also for everybody in Germany," said Wolfgang Schäuble.
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The merger of online and offline data is bringing more intrusive tracking
The marketers that follow you around the web are getting nosier.
Currently, many companies track where users go on the Web—often through cookies—in order to display customized ads. That's why if you look at a pair of shoes on one site, ads for those shoes may follow you around the Web.
But online marketers are increasingly seeking to track users offline, as well, by collecting data about people's offline habits—such as recent purchases, where you live, how many kids you have, and what kind of car you drive.
Here's how it works, according to some revealing marketing literature we came across from digital marketing firm LiveRamp:
A retailer—let's call it The Pricey Store—collects the e-mail addresses of its high-spending customers. (Ever wonder why stores keep bugging you for your email at the checkout counter these days?)
The Pricey Store brings the list to LiveRamp, which locates the customers online when the customers use their email address to log into a website that has a relationship with LiveRamp. (The identity of these websites is a closely guarded secret.) The website that has a relationship with LiveRamp then allows LiveRamp to "tag" the customers' computer with a tracker.
When those high-spending customers arrive at PriceyStore.com, they see a version of the site customized to "show more expensive offerings to them." (Yes, the marketing documents really say that.)
Tracking people using their real names—often called "onboarding"—is a hot trend in Silicon Valley. In 2012, ProPublica documented how political campaigns used onboarding to bombard voters with ads based on their party affiliation and donor history. Since then, Twitter and Facebook have both started offering onboarding services allowing advertisers to find their customers online.
"The marriage of online and offline is the ad targeting of the last 10 years on steroids," said Scott Howe, chief executive of broker firm Acxiom at a conference earlier this year.
Last month, Acxiom—one of the country's largest data brokers, which claims to have 3,000 data points on nearly every U.S. consumer—agreed to pay $310 million to purchase onboarding specialist LiveRamp. Acxiom and LiveRamp declined to comment for this article, citing the need to remain quiet until the acquisition is complete.
Companies that match users online and offline identities generally emphasize that the data is still anonymous because users' actual names aren't included in the cookie.
But critics worry about the implications of allowing data brokers to profile every person who is connected to the Internet. In May, the Federal Trade Commission issued a report that found that data brokers collected information on sensitive categories such as whether an individual is pregnant, has a "diabetes interest," is interested in a "Bible Lifestyle" or is "likely to seek a [credit-card] chargeback."
Previously, data brokers primarily sold this data to marketers who sent direct mail—aka "junk mail"—to your home. Now, they have found a new market: online marketing that can be targeted as precisely as junk mail.
"Will these classifications mean that some consumers will only be shown advertisements for subprime loans while others will see ads for credit cards?" Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez said at a press conference. "Will some be routinely shunted to inferior customer service?"
The FTC has called for Congress to pass legislation requiring data brokers to allow consumers to access their information and to opt out of targeted marketing. Currently, many data brokers don't offer people either one.
The Direct Marketing Association, which represents the data broker industry, doesn't offer a specific opt-out for onboarding. It does offer a global opt-out from all of its members' direct mail databases, but it only requires members to remove people's data for three years after they opt-out.
Some companies offer their own opt-outs. Twitter allows users to opt out of onboarding by unchecking the "promoted content" button in their account settings. LiveRamp offers a so-called " permanent opt-out" for users who do not want to be targeted via their e-mail address.
Facebook does not offer a specific opt-out for onboarding. Instead, it suggests users opt out of the data brokers themselves. A Facebook spokesman says that users who don't like specific targeted ads can avoid seeing them again by clicking an 'x' on the top right corner of the ad and following the links to the advertisers' opt-out page.
Want to know more about the market for your data? Read ProPublica's guide to "Everything We Know About What Data Brokers Know About You" and learn how you can opt-out from data brokers.
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India is not the easiest place to get your head around. This book gives a value investor's guide to investing in India
India has more than 6,000 listed companies, but formal research is available only for some hundred-odd companies. Therefore, the Indian market is rife with mis-pricing which value investors can take advantage of. At the same time, investors need to be careful and not fall into a value trap. A value investor, Rahul Saraogi, managing director at Atyant Capital Advisors, in his book titled Investing in India: A Value Investor's Guide to the Biggest Untapped Opportunity in the World guides investors through case studies about how Indian companies are run and what investors should look for.
Saraogi explains how the Indian market is awash in amazing investment opportunities. However, he warns investors that they need to have an understanding of India's history and culture before choosing to invest. Financial analysis should have weightage, but two critical factors that determine whether an investment will do well or not are: corporate governance and capital allocation.
He mentions that there are companies that understand capital allocation and compounding of capital, and there are those that don't. Then there is a third category of companies which basically run Ponzi schemes. He gives the example of how Sahara operated the largest Ponzi scheme in the country. Therefore, it is important to be aware of such practices.
He explains a five-step framework to evaluate stocks and to separate value stocks. Each stock needs to go through one filter before going through the next. The five filters he explains are: corporate governance, capital allocation, business fundamentals, financial strength and relative opportunity.
When it comes to corporate governance, Saraogi says he looks for companies that treat minority shareholders like equal partners in the business and whether the company is run keeping in mind and safeguarding the interest of minority shareholders. He mentions that there are situations where dominant shareholders use companies like personal piggy banks or they use them to promote their own agendas; they're not really safeguarding the interests of minority shareholders—unfavourable mergers, preferred dividends, etc. He further mentions that identifying poor corporate governance is subjective and no two investors will agree on what is forgivable and what is not.
The second most important filter is capital allocation. Most companies destroy the earnings that they retain with themselves, over time. After achieving a particular size or social standing, promoters no longer care about maximising returns on capital or growing real wealth. Instead, they get carried away by setting up offices and factories around the country and around the world. They expand the business for the sake of growth, but end up taking on significant debt and risk the long-term well-being of the company and its shareholders. They participate in competitive bids to acquire companies and, often, destroy value in the process. Few companies actually understand how capital grows and how it is compounded.
One such example he gives is of EID Parry, part of the Murugappa group from Chennai. Despite being in various cyclical businesses, he says that the Murugappas have an excellent track record of capital allocation and value creation. The flagship company, EID Parry is primarily into sugar manufacturing but the group has diversified into businesses like fertilisers, confectionery and ceramic bathroom fittings. These businesses have grown, with very little additional capital, to critical sizes; some of them were subsequently sold at attractive prices.
After a company passes through these two important filters—of corporate governance and capital allocation— one can then look at business fundamentals and financial strength. A high cash-generating business that is prudent in its capital allocation makes for a stock that is likely to be a winner. The last filter deals with the constant evaluation of potential stock investment ideas relative to stocks already in one's portfolio. It is important to diversify one's portfolio, but over-diversification can result in average returns.
The book gives an overview of the country's history, government, politics and media practices. The author also delves into the banking system, financial infrastructure and real estate. It is really targeted at foreigners but is also a good refresher for an Indian investor. After all, Indian investors have stayed away from their own stockmarket and thereby missed the incredible value creating opportunity over the last decade. Even today, they are ignorant about the opportunity ahead.
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Gwent NHS Trust patients receiving botox injections to relax muscle spasms were told it was being halted.
Among them was Garyn Price, 10, who has suffered two strokes, who has been having the injections for a year.
The trust has apologised to patients. It said the change was due to a review of services, but that existing patients would continue with treatment.
But there are fears new patients will not be offered the treatment which helps relax painful muscle spasms.
Garyn is one of 650 children a year in Britain to suffer a stroke.
For the last 12 months he has been having botox injections in his upper body and legs.
The toxin, which is often used in cosmetic surgery to treat wrinkles, stops his muscles going into spasm, reducing pain and increasing mobility.
But when he went for his last session of injections he was told the treatment was being stopped.
His mother Julie Price said: "The difference is amazing.
"It basically paralyses the muscles that are normally in spasm so it gives him a little more mobility and it helps enormously with the pain.
"I can't believe they would take this away from a 10-year-old. We are devastated to think Garyn couldn't continue with the botox injections.
"This is the only pain relief he gets and it helps him greatly.
"I wouldn't put him through it if it didn't benefit him, but it does - it's a little bit of discomfort maybe three or four times a year, but the benefit is enormous."
She said Garyn would suffer if the injections were stopped.
"We'll be back where we started, Garyn would be in the same amount of pain and I can't allow that to happen.
"We do feel as if we've had to fight for everything for Garyn which can be a bit wearing because all we want to do is concentrate on his recovery.
"If we can go back [to having the injections] we would be very happy but we'd also be very annoyed that we've been put through this.
"Garyn has enough to worry about, we have had enough to worry about, we shouldn't have had to go through this.
"And if it is only old patients, what about the new ones?"
Gwent NHS Trust issued an apology to the family and other patients affected.
"We apologise for the confusion and delay in clarifying the situation with patients," said a trust spokesman.
The trust blamed "a review of anaesthetic services" for the confusion but said "patients already receiving botox treatment will continue to get that service".
The trust said it will consider other forms of pain relief in the future.
Garyn's treatment will resume in July. He said it was an effective way of combating the pain he feels from the muscle spasms he experiences.
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
Rock, Meet Hard Place
Yesterday I swam and got some schoolwork done. Today I woke up early and managed to work out and stop briefly by Dad's before church. I came home feeling very virtuous and planning to get a lot more work done, and hit a wall.
Or a semipermeable membrane, anyway. I did get grading done -- including class prep for tomorrow -- but not as much as I wanted or needed to do. Right now I should either be grading or writing my Ash Wednesday homily, but instead I just want to sleep. That's probably understandable after the latest Stanford trip, not to mention the sheer emotional turmoil of the last five months. The problem, though, is that all the tasks piled in front of me really do need to get done.
This coming week in particular is Hell Week -- multiple obligations every day -- and I can't get out of them. Or, let's say, the ones I could get out of (like preaching) are the ones I don't want to get out of, and the ones I'd rather get out of (like meetings at work), I can't get out of.
I'll probably opt for sleep over productivity, since I always do, and since I'm always more productive when fully rested, anyway. I'm just not sure I have enough hours to do what I need to do.
Three more weeks until break, not that it will be much of a break. I think I can, I think I can.
Gahhhh. On which note, time to stop wasting time blogging!
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Dear Susan, when you blog, exercise, preach, or do any of the things you so love, even sleep, you're sharpening your saw. Work will go better because of it.ReplyDelete
Can't wait to read your Ash Wednesday homily. I'm singing in the choir for the evening Ash Wednesday service. First time for that service at church. Yay!
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With a massive attack against the city of Loudwater expected to come within a week and allies from Silverymoon being sparse, the party are asked to slip past enemy lines and kill the leaders of the Zhentarim and devilish army. Loudwater's leaders hope that if the party cause enough deaths in the higher ranks of the coming force that they will be easier to defeat or, even better, the enemy will abandon the attack altogether.
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Let's try and take one of this season's biggest trends through to its natural conclusion. Sportswear is the look that is overriding all others at the moment, but we don't mean anything intended for the playing field. In fashion, sportswear means satin bomber jackets, Airtex shirts, racer-back neon vests and ruched-up trackpants. However, this week the England football team unveiled its new kit for the Euro 2004 campaign. Surely the fashion-savvy could adopt a real-life kit in a knowing, ironic, self-mocking kind of faintly annoying way?
Of all the staff on the fashion desk yesterday, none of us had ever been to a match. Our aversion to football shirts is twofold: we don't like sport, and we don't want to be anywhere near something called a "performance garment". It's that fudgy, resistant feel of the fabric when you rub it between your fingers. It's the way this scientifically developed material falls so artlessly around the body. It's how the colours never age with character or charm. Even though the England kit will sell in its thousands when it goes on sale next Tuesday, no one has ever looked good in a modern strip.
There aren't any positive examples: when David Beckham is on the field, it's the equivalent of seeing anyone in their boring day-job clothes. Those who still find football crowds threatening flinch at the sight of people wearing kits, and middle-aged supporters loyal to their team look as paunchy and tired as Baddiel and Skinner. If you fancy a player or your partner kicks a ball around with friends, you'll probably find them attractive in the kit, but that's probably because they are sweaty and wearing less than normal.
Meanwhile, archive kits, such as the simple tops worn by the 1966 squad, have always been a source of inspiration for labels such as Paul Smith and Ted Baker. But these more elegant designs didn't provide any of the technical innovations that help today's players. The gains of sportspeople, it seems, have been at the expense of style.
But we struggle bravely on, and it was easy to make the newly cut-for-women top bearable. We mixed it with current full-colour bestsellers and found that it provides a calm point of focus.
Menswear, however, is more shy of neon, and many of the utility or military styles we tried were no different from what you see on the terraces. We could have opted for the arch, sweatband-heavy look of Junior Senior and cult gay club Nag Nag Nag, but we wanted our model to appear dapper and so chose a pinstripe brown suit worn with a trilby. We think he looks rather fetching.
But there's a problem here - it's not the England shirt that is making these ensembles work. Replace the strip with a normal white T-shirt and you've still got two complete looks: the ultra-bright pop that is dominating womenswear, and the Carnaby Street smartness recently seen on the Prada catwalk and worn by Justin Timberlake on the cover of the current issue of the Face. We tried, but sadly we have to conclude that the only way to make a football shirt look good is to cover as much of it up as possible.


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Friday, April 8, 2016
33 187 | Keystone pipe leak in South Dakota said to be 90x worse than what was first reported, April 8, 2016
Keystone = 2+5+7+1+2+6+5+5 = 33/42/51
Keystone = 11+5+25+19+20+15+14+5 = 114
You have to love the initial reporting of 187, and the supposed true estimates of 16,800, or about 90x as much. This is par for the course in this type of reporting. It is always under exaggerated at first whenever there is an oil spill or toxic substance spill.
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The Delhi High Court will hear BCCI's plea today against the stay order issued by a trial court barring the board from holding its Special General Meeting on September 25. The BCCI moved the High Court on Monday to challenge the order that restrained the BCCI from conducting the SGM where they are expected to ban former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi.
The trial court order was issued last Saturday after Lalit Modi challenged the validity of the SGM. Justice VK Shali will hear the BCCI plea, where the board will contend that the trial court has no jurisdiction over the matter as the SGM is scheduled to be held in Chennai.
If the SGM were to go ahead, the BCCI are expected to ban Modi for alleged financial irregularities in the running of the Twenty20 league. The 49-year-old was also issued a notice by the board to this regard on September 2. However Modi's counsel contended that the notice issued to him was 'illegal and contrary to the rules and regulations of BCCI'. Modi is challenging the appointment of BCCI Secretary Sanjay Patil, who issued the notice, by president-in-exile N Srinivasan. Modi claims that Srinivasan, who agreed to step away from the day-to-day affairs of the board until the probe into the IPL corruption case is completed, has currently no authority to make any appointment.
The trial court had refused to pass an interim order regarding the appointment of Sanjay Patel, but the High Court will also hear Modi's cross-appeal on Tuesday.
Modi was the IPL chairman-cum-commissioner during the first three editions of the tournament but was suspended immediately after the closing ceremony in 2010 on charges of financial irregularities in running the league as well as improper practices during auction of two new teams before the third edition.
During the suspension, a three-member disciplinary committee, comprising political heavyweights Jyotiraditya Scindia and Arun Jaitley along with president Srinivasan, was formed. But Srinivasan recused himself and the erstwhile IPL chairman Chirayu Amin was made a member. But subsequently Amin also recused himself and it became a two-member committee.
However by the time, Jaitley, who looked after the legal part, and Scindia, who looked into the charges of impropreity, submitted an exhaustive 400-page report, Srinivasan had stepped aside from discharging his functions.
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I posted several quotes from the 1923 Cup finals in my Simpson bio last ATD.
I think Simpson definitely had a case for being the best in the world, although it was harder to decide that claim when the east/west divide meant that few people got to see all the players.
This is why I never paid much attention to Lalonde's claim that he was the best. But seeing Simpson's performance against those Sens in the full context of that playoff season (in which Ottawa had dominated their opponents defensively in basically all but one game) put his skill level in better perspective for me. He was literally the only player on the Esks able to make any headway against that Ottawa machine, and the Ottawa Citizen being impressed by him tells me more than any praise Newsy Lalonde (who was out west at that point) could send his way. The extreme partisanship of western papers at that time (which is already on full display in the game summaries I have posted) has made me wary of putting too much into isolated quotes from those sources. It is precisely because of the fact that the leagues were so split that I place added weight on the Cup Finals during this period, as it is the only stage on which we get to see east meet west, and read the perspectives of both sides.
Of course, it's also worth noting how remarkably those Sens played in spite of being horribly depleted by injury. I really hope I have time to actually pursue the whole project. Seeing an entire playoff from start to finish puts things is much better perspective for me, and storylines start to emerge that aren't nearly so clear when the information is fragmented.
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Xerox Account Operations Manager (AOM) II in Charleston, South Carolina
• The Account Operations Manager II role is a key services delivery operations leadership position. The Account Operations Manager II manages the services delivery of multiple, more complex (see Scope), client services contracts. Objectives of position are to build and maintain strategic client relationships (at multiple levels, including executive/'C' level), deliver operational excellence, manage daily operations of a client account/account team, manage internal/external partner relationships, key client interface, facilitate/own client focused communications, people & talent management, and drive financial performance (revenue and profit growth and expense management).
• Key components of success include: delivering operational excellence & SLA achievement, client satisfaction and retention, developing strong relationships and teams (internally & externally), managing the P&L at account/contract level, collaborating with internal senior leaders (sales and operations), identifying additional opportunities to grow revenue and profit, reduce costs
• The position is an operational leadership role with full operational accountability for a portfolio of medium to large, more complex (ie., across multiple locations w/responsibility for operating region, more than 1 services offering to incl. solutions with MPS/EPS SOWs, significant 'client engagement' required, 'C' level relationship building, etc.) accounts. Has responsibility for annual post sale revenue/gross profit plan, on average, up to $10M.
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Primary Responsibilities:
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• Services Delivery Operational Leadership:
◦ Deliver operational excellence – assess and optimize customer's print technology and business processes driving innovation, high quality & cost effectiveness
◦ Manage more complex client services contracts and statements of work/service level agreements delivering contracted scope
◦ Manage cross-organizationally; effective communications (internally & externally)
◦ Effective, efficient resolution of client problems/issues, leveraging internal/external resources
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◦ Provide leadership and support for new deal implementations with implementation partners
◦ Identify opportunities to improve gross profit through cost management and post-sale revenue growth
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Preferred IT based certifications (ex., Intel, Networking, Kopeks, etc.)
Preferred LSS Green Belt Certification
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Preferred Understand the breadth of Xerox products, solutions and services (key offerings) and the resources that support delivery of the services.
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Minimum Managed Print Services solutions management/knowledge (centralized print, Fleet management/optimization assessment, rate card, etc.)
Minimum Technology Acumen- more in-depth systems understanding or networked document solutions (i.e. electronic print on demand, internet solutions, IT optimization)
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Intermediate - Client Focus - demonstrating willingness to identify, understand and give priority to meeting the needs of the client
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Intermediate - Embracing Change - the ability to work flexibly, adapting quickly to change and responding positively to new ways of working enabling us to thrive on change and constantly improve
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Tesla Patents Going Open Source
Noah J Nelson on Thursday, Jun. 12th
In a move intended to accelerate the adoption of electric cars Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk announced that the company will make their technology patents effectively open source:
Tesla Motors was created to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport. If we clear a path to the creation of compelling electric vehicles, but then lay intellectual property landmines behind us to inhibit others, we are acting in a manner contrary to that goal. Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology.
In the blog post on the company website Musk refers to being granted a patent as buying "a lottery ticket to a lawsuit," and laments that the major aug manufacturers have not jumped into the zero-emissions game.
Auto manufacturing isn't for the squeamish, so don't expect an army of Tesla clones to appear overnight. Perhaps, however, some of the giants will start tinkering in their labs.
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