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Shredded Pork Enchiladas
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tender juicy boneless pork shredded and mixed with a mexican flare !
Top Review by VeniceParrish
I used this recipe, basically, because I already had leftover spare ribs from the night before. So, my pork was already cooked, but I liked this recipe because it was easy and required ingredients I already had. Aside from having to cook the pork 24 hours ahead of time, this was an easy-to-make recipe that is very tasty. I served it with lettuce, tomatoes, salsa, guacamole, sour cream and southwest black bean salad.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 3 lbs boneless pork roast
- 1 1⁄2 cups salsa
- 1 (2 ounce) packet dry onion soup mix
- 2 cups shredded Mexican blend cheese
- 1 (3 ounce) cansliced black olives
- 1⁄2-3⁄4 cup sour cream
- 1 tablespoon chili-garlic sauce (optional)
- 10 small whole wheat tortillas
- 1 (10 ounce) can enchilada sauce (red or green)
- 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies (optional)
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- In morning or day before, place pork roast in crock pot. Cover with about 1 Cup of the salsa and dry onion soup mix. You can also add a little water but don't add too much as this will make it's own juice. cook on low for 8 hours or until it can easily be pulled aprt by a fork. Let cool, shred pork with two big forks, drain excess liquid. Add the rest of the salsa, the sour cream, half the olives, and the garlic chili sauce and chiles if using.
- Take three plates and pour some enchilada sauce on one plate, leave one empty, and put the shredded cheese on the other. Dip your tortilla to cover with sauce on both sides, place on empty plate, fill with some of the meat mixture and top with shredded cheese. Roll up tortilla best you can and place in baking dish. Continue until you run out of mixture or room in pan. Pour remaining enchilada sauce, salsa and shredded cheese on top and bake at 350 for approximately one hour or until browned and bubbly. Garnish with more black olives and green onion (if desired). Serve with more salsa and sour cream.
- Freezes and reheats well !


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NEW YORK — A potent storm system that spawned tornadoes in the South reached the Northeast on Wednesday, where it knocked out power to thousands, closed the Statue of Liberty and delayed flights for hours. At least three people were killed.
Sandbags were handed out in Washington, D.C., to protect homes from flooding. Thousands were without electricity in the mid-Atlantic region and New York, and some schools delayed openings. The storms had moved into New England by early evening.
In Connecticut, the storm toppled trees and flooded streets near the shore. More than 20,000 customers lost power, according to Connecticut Light & Power.
In New York, gusts of wind that snapped a huge, lighted Christmas tree at the South Street Seaport also prompted the closure of the Statue of Liberty.
Commuter rail service between Newark, N.J., and New York City was briefly suspended due to overhead wire damage, New Jersey Transit said. It wasn't immediately clear if the storm was responsible for the damage
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STUDENTS from Queen Elizabeth School, Crediton, visited the Clothes Show Live in Birmingham earlier this month.
It was an early start for them on December 9 as they headed north to Birmingham NEC Arena.
This year marked the 25th anniversary of Clothes Show Live, giving students interested in fashion and textiles, media studies, photography and dance a chance to experience the best the industry has to offer.
The day involved watching professional models, looking at designer clothing, and listening and speaking to celebrities and guest speakers.
The highlight of the day was the catwalk show in the fashion theatre.
Two students also got the chance to meet reality TV star Jamie Laing, of the show Made in Chelsea.
Weronika Kwak and Jade Sowden were the lucky pair and the star even agreed to have his photo taken with them.
For students thinking of studying fashion and textiles, many specialist colleges and universities were showcasing an array of courses on offer.
Miss Joy, textiles teacher at the school, said: "Going to Clothes Show Live was a fantastic opportunity for QE students.
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Israel's Ambassador to Canada, Eliashiv Ben-Horin, told a memorial service organized by Ottawa's Jewish community mourning the 21 Jews murdered at the Istanbul synagogue last Saturday that "terrorism cannot flourish unless there are states that provide financing, training, weapons and logistics to those who are about to embark on the most vicious acts of terrorism."
Terrorism, the Ambassador declared, can be curbed only if many countries cooperate to "make sure that terrorist massacres cannot be conducted with impunity."
Canadian Deputy Premier Tom Mazankowski said the Canadian government will continue to vigorously oppose terrorism and press for a just peace in the Middle East.
Yalcin Oral, Charge d'Affaires at the Turkish Embassy here, expressed his government's outrage at the killings and said that Turkey is most anxious to capture the killers.
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Professor Ken Howard visited to paint a picture of the National Trust mansion house to be auctioned off as part of a fund-raising appeal, which is hoping to raise £100,000 for extensive restoration work.
Led by Lord Flight of Worcester, the fundraising committee has asked both locally and nationally-acclaimed artists to paint Croome or donate a painting which will be displayed in the house this autumn, and then will go to London next spring to be sold.
"We're very lucky to have such huge support from the fund-raising appeal committee, who have supported us for three years and work hard to raise money for Croome Court all in their own time," said Michael Smith, property manager.
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Pianist Chick Corea and vibraphonist Gary Burton are both numbered among the jazz greats of our day, both winning coveted Grammy awards in 1999. In 1972 they recorded the highly successful Crystal Silence album together – the title track, composed by Corea has gone on to become a well-known jazz standard. This featured DVD records their first appearance as a duo for many years, which took place at the Philharmonie during the 1997 Munich Klaviersommer. The secret of the duo's appeal is a clever blend of classical elegance and Latin rhythm. "Both Corea and Burton are eloquent soloists and their musical approaches are utterly compatible… their continuing collaboration is one of jazz's great delights." (The Times)
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>General Running>Can someone give me advice regarding running and working the night shift?
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So I start a new job working nights (12 hour shifts every other weekend) and 11pm-7am during the week nights that I do work. I work in Healthcare (patient care).
I'm so used to running between 40 and 50 miles a week for the last 4.5 years..I really want to be able to keep that up, but not sure how to go about doing it. When to run? Some say right after work in the mornings and some say before work in the evenings. Anyone have this challenge to deal with?
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I haven't had that challenge yet, but in my line of work that possibility always exists, so I've thought about it here and there. I think I would run just after work in that case for several reasons: I'm already up, it's easy to change into running clothes, it's cooler in the mornings, I can eat something beforehand at work if I need to, and I'm gonna sleep like a baby afterward. Heck, in winter time, I might even run before work when it's warmer.
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Denise, running after a night shift works for me when I'm in night shift mode. For me that means several weeks of nights-my body is used to the nights and it's not that hard to keep going in the morning. Now that winter is coming though, I will usually run after I wake up in the afternoon. It's actually nice because it's still light out and it's warmer than running in the morning. I've found that for running, nights are easier in the winter and days are easier in the summer to optimize running. I'm a nurse, so I work 12 hour shifts too; it does take some adjustment to get used to being on your feet for 12 hours, and then running. My mileage took a huge hit this year for that reason, but I think I finally have it figured out.
Do you usually run 7 days a week? I did, but now I need to take more days off, and as I start to build mileage again, I think my goal will be one day off per week. I think it will just be trial and error to see what works for you.
Good luck with the new job.
I prefer running in the afternoon/early evening before going in to work when I'm on night shift. It is a nice way to wake up for the night...I'm a doctor and have to go back and forth between days/nights a lot and this has worked best for me. Also gives me good mojo prior to an often taxing night, better to store up positive energy than to try to run off the negative the next morning Plus I'm a zombie in the mornings after work.
i get out of work @ 7a.m. and I'm in bed by 8a.m up at 3:30 on gym days & at the gym by 4:15 (mon, wed, & fri)....I get up @ 4:15 on tuesday & thursday and I'm on the road by 5 for my run days. I can't sleep if i run in the morning.
I work a variety of shifts including 11pm - 7am. I must say I have never felt the urge to run straight after a night shift so I guess that is not for me. I have some breakfast and then go to bed. I usually find that I only get about 5- 6 hours sleep during the day so I am up and about in the early afternoon. As I eat before going to bed I am usually running within an hour or so of rising.
I don't notice the night work or the lower sleep levels affecting my running too much, although I never work more than 3 consecutive nights and only for 8 hours. I often manage to squeeze in 80 mile weeks so I guess if you want to do it enough you can get your miles in too.
Good luck with it - I'm sure with a little bit of experimentation you will find a plan that works for you.
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Congrats on the new job, Denise.
My wife used to work those shifts and working out afterwards was a non-started. She did much better working out in the afternoon when she woke up. If she had back-to-back shifts, it was very difficult for her to work out at all.
Once I was working, I told her no more night shifts. They are really hard on most people. So experiment, find out what works for YOU, and go with the flow.
One advantage I can see is that you are more likely to get to run outdoors during daylight hours in the winter than most of us.
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I am junk after a 12hr shift - tried to run a couple different times BEFORE going to bed - awful. I felt like crap - could barely plod along and def. couldn't push at all - and cut both of them shorter than intended (which I otherwise rarely do). Everyone is different. Could I 'force' myself to do it to "get it done" - maybe but it would be a miserable experience and for sure not resembling any sort of 'quality'. If I HAD to for lack of other options & wanting to keep my mileage up ... I would maybe do 3 or 4, go to bed, and get as many miles as I could fit once I woke up. I work 12's too and I rotate shifts. When I am on straight nights - I will pick one of those days as my 'day off' otherwise it is stressful on my mind & body trying to force it. When I do two in a row - I get a great run the day I am going in (1st night) the next day may be my day 'off' and when I wake up the next day I will have a normal run. I guess it depends if you take days off or not. I run 6 - rest one. Good luck!
So I start a new job working nights (12 hour shifts every other weekend) and 11pm-7am during the week nights that I do work. I work in Healthcare (patient care).
I'm so used to running between 40 and 50 miles a week for the last 4.5 years..I really want to be able to keep that up, but not sure how to go about doing it. When to run? Some say right after work in the mornings and some say before work in the evenings. Anyone have this challenge to deal with?
Can you find a morning running group right after you get off work? I would suggest that if you could for the added motivation after such a long shift at off hours.
If not, depends on your natural rhythm.... Even working 3rd shift, I was most awake in the morning after getting off work and did best then.
My brother who is more suited to third shift, even with a sedentary job, can't exercise after and has to do it in the evening before. Try it both ways.
(Oh, and when I worked 3rd shift I worked 10 pm to 9 am and I slept from 1:30 to 8:30 pm, so I would be up in the morning anyways and was used to that. When do you sleep?)


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I've been doing a number of things within the JS engine where I'm integrating with external libraries that want a per-process initialization. For example, opagent's op_open_agent() ends up creating a file named after the current pid. As far as I can tell, there is no way to do this sort of module initialization safely from within the JS engine. You can't use a global lock because NSPR (and probably some underlying thread libraries) does not provide a static initializer, so the creation of the global lock itself races. If we had a JS_StartEngine() that was required to be called before starting up any more JSAPI-using threads, I could hook in there, but we don't. I finally stumbled across NSPR's solution: PR_CallOnce. (I should've grepped for pthread_once in the first place; it was very hard to find.) I think we should have a JS wrapper for the same functionality. (I've been using a static initialization flag from within JS_NewRuntime, but there's no restriction as far as I know on a single runtime per process.)
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By cheap I mean cheap relative to the normal implementation methodology and the associated costs. Normally an institution will decide to purchase the Oracle/PeopleSoft Suite (HCM/Payroll, Financial, Campus Solutions) with a (hopefully) good understanding of how much it will cost to have a consulting firm implement it (my guess isaround $9 - $13 million at the lower end for a normal school withapproximately 30,000 active students).
What if a consulting firm were to tell you that their firm could implement Oracle/PeopleSoft HCM, Financial, and Campus Solutions for less then $4 million in about 18 months time period? Would this firm get someone's attention? Well I am here to say it is very possible to do just that. Having personally worked with 15 colleges and universities during all or part of their PeopleSoft Campus Solutions implementations and/or upgrade efforts, and I understand how fine-tuning the implementation process can significantly lower the cost of implementation.
Is there a catch? Yes, isn't there always? The catch is that there are some assumptions that must be agreed on up front. However, I for one believe that the assumptions that must to be agreed on are best practices that should be in place for any implementation that is serious about being successful. Without drilling down too deep on all of the agreed upon assumptions, here are what I feel are the key assumptions that can keep costs down:
Nonetheless, the decision to customize needs to be made very carefully and a process needs to be in place to keep the customizations to the absolute minimum. It is worth examining each customization and giving up some of those "sacred cows" because it will save you a lot of money and resources over the lifetime of your system. Every customization you make costs you time and labor each time you patch your system or upgrade. Is it really worth it?
Nonetheless, the decision to customize needs to be made very carefully and a process needs to be in place to keep the customizations to the absolute minimum. It is worth examining each customization and giving up some of those "sacred cows" because it will save you a lot of money and resources over the lifetime of your system. Every customization you make costs you time and labor each time you patch your system or upgrade. Is it really worth it?
This is not the full list of assumptions but it gives you a flavor of the kind of assumptions and agreements that need to be in place.
Now let's talk about the kind of methodologies or approaches that I have found to be missing on way too many implementation projects. One critical missing mindset is working from the overarching goal of reducing the cost of the implementation without losing the required functionality.
Let's use community colleges for example. Typically, a community college may not have a full compliment of staff to contribute to the implementation. With that in mind here are a few way of cutting costs and yet have a successful implementation:
There are quite a few of these basic elements that are table driven. The consulting firm could provide a template that is pre-populated with the best practices that they are recommending to the client, and then have the client review and modify the template as needed. This saves countless meetings and billable hours. The consultants would then use that information to setup the configuration tables. After the configuration tables have been setup a "Conference Room Pilot" sessions is be held to review all the tables and the impact of thedecisions with the staff. This would allow for any corrections as needed. This way of setting up the configuration tables is much less time consuming then the traditional method of spending countless billable hours where the consultant walks the institution's staff pain stakingly through each table and field and asking them how they would like to configure a system that they barely understand at that point. This applies to other area as well such as Security setup (an advisor or student from one school pretty much needs the same security as one from another school). Bottom line is that the consulting firm should leverage their past experience and in depth content knowledge of the product to streamline this process and save the client staff time and consulting dollars.
It would be appropriate to discuss one more topic that will reduce the implementation cost per school even further then we just recently discussed.
To summarize, having a solid consulting team where each consultant has many years of experience with implementing the Oracle/PeopleSoft suite, leveraging their experience to streamline the fit/gap and configuration table setup, conversion, interfaces, training, and testing processes; bringing consultants in and out strategically on an as needed basis, using a "shared service" model, and if post production support is needed utilizing the "lab services" approach will significantly reduce the ERP implementation cost.
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Ranko Despotovic thanked the heavens after scoring the match-winning goal deep in injury time on his Sydney FC debut on Saturday. But there was nothing divine about it.
The Serbian striker arrived from the frosts of Europe just six days earlier and said the rain in Sydney during the week gave him a bit of help in acclimatising.
"I had troubles for the first few nights with jetlag," Despotovic said. "And in Europe it's winter now, in my country it's very cold.
"Then I came here, but I had luck because it was raining so I could adapt a little bit more."
Despotovic thanked Frank Farina for having the faith to send him on in the 67th minute. It turned out to be a good decision by the coach, as the 30-year-old latched on to Seb Ryall's cross to score the clincher after Kenny Cunningham's equaliser for the Phoenix had all but ensured the visitors a share of the spoils.
"When you score a goal in the last seconds of the game it's really fantastic," Despotovic said. "It was really hard after the red card. We tried to stay at 1-0 and then we conceded the goal in the 90th minute. But you can't give up. My colleagues did that, and in the last minute we made a good counter-attack and I had the luck to score a goal."
Despotovic could not have hoped for a better settler at his new home. "I'm just here five days," he said. "I'm just starting to know the people in the club, my colleagues, our style, how we are going to play – and then you come here and bring a very important victory for us. But we need to continue to win if we want to do something great." The coach agreed.
Sydney FC play the Newcastle Jets next, and Farina is adamant they should not become complacent after a third consecutive win. "I said to the players during the week this game was a potential banana skin," Farina said. "You get a bit confident, look at themselves in the mirror and say how good we are. But games like this you can fall apart. We didn't, thankfully, and that's a lesson for all of us."
He was not happy with the way the team played, saying: "In general, I expect better.
"What I've been preaching all along is consistency. Three in a row's nice, but four in a row is even nicer. It's nice to be a little higher up. But that pressure doesn't go away. It's still there. We can't get carried away. It's just three points."


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Yup, still supporting Kejriwal. Here's why.
The startup called AAP – How Arvind Kejriwal is disrupting the political landscape
Arvind Kejriwal is the quintessential startup founder. No funding, no backing and lots of naivety. An IIT-ian by education, an income tax officer in his last job, he is a much braver and bolder version of most of us tech entrepreneurs. When I had left a comfortable job at Microsoft in the US to return back to India to start a company, I had felt smugly brave about my move. I agonized months on the decision and worried about all that could go wrong. Anybody who has ever left a job to start a company would know what I am talking about.
Now, lets look at what Arvind has gotten himself in to. He has left a very lucrative job for a startup that has almost no chance of success. If 1 out of 10 tech startups succeed, then till date, there is not even one political party since independence which has succeeded without invoking religion or caste. No VC (read: corporate house or business) would dare to fund this startup – I mean, what is the exit plan? And certainly, no other political party would want to form an alliance with it – mergers and acquisitions require synergy, an unlikely possibility for a party with no religion or caste based vote bank and fighting corruption as its key agenda.
So here we have a new startup addressing a market of 1.25 billion people with no funding, no precedents of success, no exit plan and a founder who has no prior experience in this business of politics. Are they going to succeed?
Just like Microsoft in the early 80s, or Google in the late 90s or Facebook in mid-2000s, sometimes startups succeed despite all odds. Often, it is a combination of a right market conditions, disruptive ideas and a maverick founder who has such conviction in his beliefs that the whole universe conspires to make him succeed. AAP might just be in such a position.
What does AAP stand for and why we should care?
For me, AAP has two fundamental promises to make, should they be in a position to form a government. First, they are committed to introducing and passing the Lokpal bill for Delhi within 15 days of forming a government. Its a time bound specific promise with little scope for ambiguity. This bill will bring lot more accountability in the government functioning and will act as a major deterrent to rampant corruption that is currently prevalent.
Second, they promise a form of governance, which leaves most decisions on public spending and local governances in the hands of the electorate. This would include prioritizing and approving public expenditures, selection of vendors and even the ability to block payments to contractors for unsatisfactorily completed jobs. The modus operandi for this still needs to worked out but in principle, the idea is to make democratic decision making an on going process, as against the once in five year vote that it is today.
What AAP is promising is systemic change. It is promising that if it forms the government, it would use the opportunity to curtail its own powers. It would ensure that no future governments have a chance to exploit the system like they have in the past. This is why these elections are so important. If AAP can form a government even just once, the changes that they promise would ensure better governance in the future irrespective of which party comes to power.
How is AAP different?
In the space in which this startup is playing, it is easy to be different, because, well, all other political parties are the same! AAP is different because it is open, democratic and simply following the law. They accept no cash donations without receipt and each and every donor is promptly listed on their website. Candidates for each constituency are selected by people from that area. AAP promises that none of their candidates has a criminal record, and if such a fact should come to light before elections, AAP would leave a seat vacant but not field a tainted candidate. AAP doesn't allow two members from the same family to contest elections of be part of the executive committee.
Their boldness is refreshing. When Arvind is raising funds, he asks for them unabashedly. When AAP conducts an opinion poll, they leave the raw data on their website. When they are shortlisting candidates, they leave their profiles on their website – open to public comments. Most importantly, Arvind himself is standing against the toughest opponent of all – the CM of Delhi. It takes a lot of courage to do that because the chances of losing such an election would be very real.
The AAP marketing plan is innovative – the kind of innovation that only total lack of money can spur. They put their banners on auto rickshaws for visibility – free of cost. AAP volunteers stand on major intersections holding large banners by hand for hours at length. AAP has over 7000 volunteers who are doing door to door campaigning. AAP will cover every single household in Delhi before the elections. This sort of grassroots effort is impossible to mobilize for large political parties with their hierarchical structures. On the voting day, AAP volunteers will make sure that Delhi has a higher voter turnout because, by going door to door, they know their supporters intimately and will bring them out to vote.
This is a classic case of a market where the customer preferences have changed but the large incumbents are so far removed from their customers that they have no idea. India's demographic has changed drastically from the mid-90s when the current political leaders found their respective niches. Today, the country is much younger, much more aspirational and much more secular. AAP is betting on the voter base which is thirsting for change. A market need which no large party can fulfill because of its size and the skeletons in its own cupboards.
Are they really going to win – or are we betting on the wrong horse?
AAP has a very real chance in the upcoming elections. Several circumstances have come together to make this possible. First, the ruling Congress party has lost confidence of people completely. I don't think this requires much elaboration. Secondly, BJP, having been out of power in Delhi for more than a decade, doesn't seem to have a differentiated agenda or young leaders to bank on. Delhi has historically seen very low voter turnouts – as low as 45%. That meant, that to win a majority, just 22% of vote would suffice. This time is going to be different. Young people are raring to vote. If there is an increased voter turnout, most of that would go to AAP.
So, while the party is less than a year old, they can't be written off. They will for sure get enough seats to form a formidable opposition, and with just a little bit of luck, even form the next government in Delhi.
Help them, even if you support Modi for 2014.
We keep asking when, if ever, is India going to produce the next Google or Facebook. Well, here is our best chance. Lets help create this startup which would unseat the behemoths of its space. A disruption so huge that it would impact over a billion people, and forever change the course of world's largest democracy. AAP must win Delhi for India's sake. You may support Modi or whoever else for 2014 Lok Sabha elections – but what happens in Delhi in 2013 is going to set the course for 2014. People's belief in the democratic system must be restored for them to come out and vote in large numbers. Delhi needs to set that example.
Every small contribution in money, kind or time helps. Think of it as being an angel investor in a young promising startup. Think of it as a a contribution to your mother land.
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What an idea, sir ji?
That ideas are worth nothing without good execution is well demonstrated from this true story from way back in 2005. In a span of a few months, I independently came across the same compelling idea thrice.
The first time was while visiting the Bay Area, when I met my friend Sorav (now professor of computer science at IIT Delhi) at Stanford. Sorav and his buddies at Stanford had a kind of a startup club which met weekly to discuss new prospective business ideas. The week I was there, I got invited to that meeting. The idea that got discussed was of to develop a group messaging sms service. It was supposed to be like the yahoo groups of mobile phones so you could send out an sms and it would reach all your friends who could continue a group conversation using SMS. The idea excited everybody and I think we even continued to discuss it when I got back to India. But that was the end of it.
I heard something similar a second time when I met Saad around mid-2005. Saad and I had connected with each other via our blogs and decided to catch up and brainstorm ideas (in those days, Saad actually used to carry around a brainstorming kit, don't know if he still has it!). Anyway, the idea was to see what we could do together. Saad mentioned that it would be cool if there was a way to share stuff in real time with rest of the world using the mobile phone. The specific example that Saad gave was, to quote him loosely, "Imagine if I could take a photograph of this room with my phone, and send out a message saying where I was, with whom and what we were doing". It was supposed to be like a real time blog. The scenarios we discussed were sporting events or other situations where it would be cool or useful to be able to let the world know where we were and what we were doing. Both of us thought it was a really neat idea but nothing came out of it.
The third time I heard something similar was from Alok. We were discussing social networks and Alok mentioned that he felt that a mobile based social network would have lot of potential. After all, everybody's social graph already exists in their phone book and leveraging that an interesting social networking concept could be developed. Once more, the idea sounded appealing but nothing came out of it.
Note that none of the three situations above were just drawing room conversations. I was in the business of building web based software and actively scouting for ideas. Technically, we could have actually accomplished what we had discussed and in fact a team already existed that could have executed any of these ideas. And of course, this was much before twitter came in to existence or became popular. All the three ideas above were similar to what twitter enabled eventually. The fact that I alone came across this idea thrice in that short span of time just shows that hundreds of people must have gone through a similar thought process at that time. It was obvious that mobile based social interactions were the next big thing. And yet, only one twitter emerged out of it.
So, the moral of the story is that if we could get a penny for our ideas, we would all be millionaires! We often give too much importance or credit for a good idea. But the real test lies in executing an idea, taking it to the market, refining it and building it into a success.
Oh, by the way, did I tell you that youtube was also my idea?
The worst type of business model – and how to avoid it
Let me explain the worst kind of business you can get in to. I have been through some not-so-perfect business models myself so I can say I have some insight in to this topic. There are three factors that typically describe a business:
1. How much does it cost for me to sign up a customer (cost of customer acquisition)?
2. How much does this customer pay for my products/services (pricing)?
3. How much will it cost to service this customer ?
Looking at the three factors above, its easy to figure out what would be the worst type of business model. It would be a business where signing up a new customer takes lot of time and money, the customer pays little for the services offered and finally it takes a really long time (and money) to actually service the customer.
Now this might look obvious, but it is worth mentioning because most companies actually fall in to this model doing business. This happens as we often look at the above three factors in isolation. The mindset in a startup is that "we need customers at any cost and we got to keep them happy because then they will give repeat business and also refer us to other prospects eventually leading to profitability and success". In theory, it is practical. In practice, it is often not so simple!
Most companies start out by offering competitive pricing on their products. This is the easiest way to sell because pricing is a quantitative measure and all other things being equal (or too difficult to judge on), customers will choose the cheapest. At this point, two things can happen – your product has no takers even at a lower price point which is the end of story right there, or you end up signing customers and actually generate revenue. If the latter happens, then you have at your hands the task of servicing these customers but within limited resources since you are selling cheap. Now, again two things can happen – either you screw up on delivering to these customers which is the end of story right there, or you do manage to service them albeit with a lower margin. The side effect of having started selling at a lower price point is that you can never increase your pricing (worst, you even got your competitors to bring their pricing down!). So now you have a real business which has products, customers, revenues and possibly even profits. The profits are likely small in quantum because the margin per customer is low. So to become a big business, you need lots of customers, or in other words, you need to scale up. Now once more, two things can happen – either you will not manage to sign up large number of customers because your pricing was so low that it left no room for investing in to growth, in which case congratulations, you just ended up with the worst type of business model OR you might actually manage to sign up a huge number of customers. If the latter happens, you would be facing the final test – does your product or service scale up along with the growing customer base? Now, for the last time, two things can happen – your product doesn't scale up and you end up with unhappy customers forcing you to further lower your pricing leading to ending up with the worst type of business model OR your product does indeed scale up and you end up with lots and lots of happy customers and the best type of business model!
The moral of the story is that it takes only one step in the wrong direction to start with an excellent business plan and end up with the worst kind of business model. From my own lessons, I think we must answer these three fundamental questions before venturing in to any new business:
1. Will the cost of acquiring a new customer increase, decrease or stay the same as our customer base grows?
2. Will the cost of servicing a customer decrease as the number of customers increase?
3. Will there be enough number of potential customers out there to enable us to achieve scale (should the above two questions have favorable answers)?
Idle entrepreneurs are successful entrepreneurs!
Five years ago, when I was a newbie entrepreneur (and in mid-20s as against in early 30s!), I thrived in "being busy". Late nights in office used to be a benchmark of how well we must be doing as a company. I think I might have even sneered at some of the more wisened business owner friends who actually went home by 7 and didn't shy away from delegating work. But for the cowboy entrepreneur inside me, "delegating" was a four letter word. "Those who can do, those who can't delegate", went the saying.
Well, five years down the road, I have a lot more grey hair and I hope a little more insight. Between all our businesses, there are over 300 people. We operate in two geographies (Middle-east being the the other one) and work on a very diverse set of technologies (travel technology, web 2.0, publishing workflows, mobile applications, .NET, php etc). I guess TBO doesn't even qualify as a startup anymore!
That sounds exciting, and it is! So where is the problem? Well, my problem is that I have no time to think. As our businesses have grown, I have ended up with so much operational clutter on my desk, that each day is a constant battle against time. On any given day, I get over 300 genuine emails (over 2500 notification and system alert emails excluded) which require almost immediate response. I run out the battery on my blackberry with out fail by 6 PM. I go and up down approximately 600 stairs during the day (the only exercise I get, by the way). I clock about 200 KM of travel for meetings (excluding home to office and back) within the city in a week. I travel domestically about once a month and internationally about once in 45 days.
So, when I say I have no time to think, I mean it very literally. All my working hours go in reacting to email, answering the phone, handling crises, meeting customers and managing employees. All of this is important work and in a way this is what has contributed to our growth and success so far. But over the last few months I have realized that genuine innovation or groundbreaking stuff can not happen if the promoters of the company are just heads down in work all the time. I have been fortunate to have closely observed a few very successful and experienced entrepreneurs. All of them have a common trait – they have time! It sounds counter-intuitive but the fact is that these people have plenty of open slots on their calendar. They actually spend this time thinking, reading, observing and meeting new people. I am quite sure this is in fact the reason that they have been so successful in their businesses!
Time management is perhaps the most important factor building a successful enterprise. It is essential for leaders in a company to be able to set aside time to just stop, observe and see where the company is heading. Strategic decisions can be made only when day to day distractions are taken away. While I have realized this fact, I am still grappling with how to get out of the rut. Any thoughts or suggestions on how you manage your time would be most welcome!
TiECon Delhi 2008
TiEcon Delhi 2008 scheduled from October 22nd -24th is shaping up to be one of the most exciting events on the TiE Delhi calendar both in terms of scale 'of the event and the rare opportunity to hear, interact and connect with industry leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, policy makers and academia.
TiECon is the one conference that I attend every year. I have had a very good time networking at TiE events and conferences. This is one conference which has a fairly equal mix of highly respected industry veterans, established VCs and new and wannabe entrepreneurs. I have made associations at TiECon which have lasted ever since and also generated business. So this is a must-attend conference for anybody in Delhi who is serious about entrepreneurship.
More information available at http://www.tiecondelhi2008.org. Hope to see you there!
Writing a book
Writing a book has been on my "TO-DO" list for several years. Perhaps because I am myself an avid reader, I have immense fascination with books and what goes in to writing them. My guess is that it takes lot of patience, perseverance and planning to write a decent book! I recently read the 700 page long "India after Gandhi" and it left me in complete awe of the author Ram Chandra Guha!
I have probably written a book's worth of content in this blog itself. Yet, I have always considered writing an actual "book" as something different from just writing a bunch of disconnected articles. There has always been an inertia in my mind whenever I have contemplated writing an actual book. This inertia inevitable overpowers the desire to write!
However, just a few days back, I had a sudden realization – writing a book and getting it published are two distinct activities. In fact, simply writing a book has no entry barriers – nobody can stop you from doing that. Of course, getting it published is a different ball game. For that, you need to have credentials, good writing capabilities and at least one publisher who feels he can make money publishing your book. You also need to worry about cover design, promotions etc. But writing a book is just that – writing and nothing more.
So, I have decided that I shall write. Since I have already written a lot about entrepreneurship on this blog, my topic of choice would remain that. I don't know how far I will go in the process, but I will be happy if I can churn out a couple of hundred pages over the next 6-8 months!
If you have written a book before, then I will be grateful if I can get some tips from you. If you would like to help me by reviewing drafts, then please do let me know. I can be contacted at gauravbhatnagar at gmail dot com.
Introducing Cuisine Check
Good news for all the food lovers in Delhi! Palak has recently launched her first internet venture – Cuisine Check.
Cuisine Check is a website dedicated to listing and reviewing food and entertainment options across all major Indian cities. Starting with Delhi/NCR, the website will allow the users to search and find several thousand restaurants, night clubs, bars, chaat stalls and caterers. The site features menus, photos, budgets for most big and small restaurants in the city. You can also look for the upcoming events happening around Delhi and NCR.
The idea came about from our own inability to find good eating out options in Delhi. Even though there are thousands of restaurants and night clubs in Delhi, there is no central place to go and find more information about them. Most of us end up depending on word of mouth recommendations of our friends. The hope is that Cuisine Check will solve this problem and will become an authoritative source of information on anything and everything related to food, eating out and entertainment.
You might notice that the site seems to be a mix of web 1.0 and web 2.0. So while there is use of UGC through user reviews and ratings, some other things like AJAX or web 2.0-ish UIs are missing. The idea was to keep the site functional and simple to use. Focus has been on providing an efficient search – hence the city has been divided in to several regions and localities to ensure granularity in search results.
Do check out www.cuisinecheck.in and send back your comments and feedback.
Our generation's first reality check!
The current global financial crisis is our generation's first brush with "reality". Growing up in 90s, we read, heard and saw the great Indian dream coming true. We saw the cable TV revolution happen in front of our eyes. We stood in long queues to buy our first Mc-burgers and we ordered our first pizzas on the phone. We saw our elders jubliantly discuss the stock market which could only go in one direction – up! We read in newspapers about the fat pay checks the new "MNCs" were offering to kids fresh out of college. While ourselves in college, we learnt about this place called "Silicon Valley" which was apparently dominated by the Indians and "every third company there was started by an Indian". Yes there was minor blip of a "dot com bubble" but we quickly forgot about it as we ourselves joined the hordes of young educated Indians who were going to shape the future of the country.
Life was good. In contrast to the socialist 60s, 70s and 80s, 90s and the current decade were all about capitalism. Capitalism brought with itself growth, oppurtunities and wealth. In terms of making money, the new generation started where their parents used to retire. So, in the context of all this, the current financial crisis and the breakdown of large captialistic economies can only leave the likes of myself confused and bewildered.
But having said that, I feel almost thankful that this crisis happened when it did. As the first generation that grew up wearing rose colored glasses, we are still young and nimble to adapt ourselves. Had the utopia of past 15 years lasted another 10 years, a lot of us might have found ourselves too entrenched to dig ourselves out. Secondly, the shake up of the financial world is likely to create a recession like environment for at least the next couple of years. This will be a great time to build new companies. This will be an excellent time to identify and recruit top notch talent at reasonable costs. While raising capital for new ventures will certainly be hard, it might actually get easier to raise money for existing businesses that are relatively safe and established.
Personally, now more than ever, I feel thankful that Tekriti is a cash flow positive business. Our choice of starting with a core services business was, in retrospect, very much correct. Our conscious decision to focus more on domestic business should help us in these times. For companies that are cash flow negative and will need to raise money to survive, things are going to be very hard. This turn of events is completely unexpected and almost no business could have foreseen it or be prepared for it. So, as all of us gear up for the things to come, I only hope that this down turn will not dampen the entrepreneurial spirit that has just started to grow in our country!
iPhone 3G to cost an arm and a leg?
If Tech2 is to be believed, then my plans of retiring my good old N70 might have to be shelved. I have been waiting for the iPhone to launch in India for a while now but at at a reported price of Rs. 31,000 it is simply not worth it. I find it hard to believe that a product that sells for $200 in the US (with a phone plan) would cost 4 times more over here. If that indeed turns out to be true, then shame of Airtel and Vodafone for not coming up with a better price plan. I am pretty sure that the device will come with a service provider lock in. In the US and elsewhere, service providers usually give steep discounts on the price of the device in such situations because it effectively binds the customer to them for a long period of time. However, it looks like that the Indian service providers want to have their cake and eat it too!


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In addition blogging about specific topics, I will begin my weekly "Tidbits" -- anything I want to say to recap the week.
- Teen Vogue and CosmoGIRL! invited me to visit their offices and meet some of the editors when I am in New York next spring. Condé Nast and Hearst? I'm so excited.
- I am interviewing with Seventeen soon to hopefully secure an internship with the fashion department next summer. I must say, Seventeen has a special place in my heart -- it was my first magazine subscription (I read Vogue at the public library)!
- I found out that Alexander Wang, quite the established star in fashion design, attended my school. The corporate offices told me that I could meet him when I'm in New York and perhaps intern with him on days that I'm not with Seventeen -- alumni relations are very useful!
- Gala pointed out the magnificence of the new Kate Spade ads; it almost makes me want to spend my Friday afternoons in the school library! Reading has never been so classy. I am in dire need of some new books to read; what books do you recommend for me?
- Speaking of reading, have you heard about Plum Sykes -- Vogue-ette, New York socialite, and author of Bergdorf Blondes? In spite of her chick lit fame, she is quite intelligent (Oxford educated in modern history) and quite an entertaining writer. Criticize her all you'd like -- she has brains, beauty, and brawn -- my kind of hero. Her New York Magazine article on the writer's strike was entertaining and provided an interesting perspective from a fashion writer. Smart, stylish, and successful.
- Does 25% off on everything at H&M sound appealing? Hurry up and get your coupon; the sale is only this weekend!
- I am sorely excited to live in New York City next summer with a close friend of mine.
I want to window shop at Henri Bendel, spend a few days at the Met museum, visit my 9th grade physics teacher in Brooklyn, bargain for cheap bags and trinkets on Canal Street, meet and work with some fashion industry professionals, watch a few good Broadway plays/musicals, watch old movies in Bryant Park, see the bright lights of Times Square, see a performance by the New York City Ballet, indulge in a cupcake at Magnolia Bakery, walk across the Brooklyn bridge, watch Independence Day fireworks next to the Hudson River, and read a good book while lying on the warm grass in Central Park.
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For obvious reasons, we mostly talk about the most cutting edge devices from the largest global manufacturers. But hundreds of smaller, so-called microvendors are making an impact, capturing 13% of global shipments in the first quarter of 2011.
Chief among them are Spice Mobile, Micromax, and Yulong Coolpad. Don't feel bad if you haven't heard of them. But they have managed to collectively capture a sizable portion of global sales. Why? Android, of course!
The success of these devices comes from a combination of cheap devices, and the popular Android platform. With the recognition and reputation of the Android OS, lesser-known vendors can bring credibility and compatibility to their products.
We don't necessarily have doubts about their build quality. Using the Android OS enables them to keep their operating costs low. And their investors don't expect the high margins of a company like Apple.
Yulong Coolpad is currently in talks with all 3 major Chinese carriers for distribution. And that is further evidence for the fast-paced, fluid nature of today's mobile industry. While the big guys are busy suing each other over this or that patent, the small vendors with low overhead are creeping their way up to prominence.
source: Strategy Analytics via IntoMobile
Off-brand devices make up 13% of Q1 shipments
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posted on 14 Jun 2011, 16:52 1
1. jthiagesan (Posts: 104; Member since: 20 Apr 2011)
I have used micromax and spice mobiles, i just love. The call quality and the music player is impressive. Try if you have one in your state!!
posted on 14 Jun 2011, 21:24 0
3. zhenghua (Posts: 28; Member since: 13 Jun 2011)
rubbish products
posted on 15 Jun 2011, 02:38 0
4. Masscow (unregistered)
I use a Huawei Ideos X6. Same price as a Samsung Galaxy Ace but spec is closer to Sony Ericsson Arc. And the best part, it only cost 1/3 of iPhone 4 price.
Certainly nicer to use than Galaxy Ace & iPhone 4 lol.
posted on 15 Jun 2011, 04:32 0
5. PhoneLuver (Posts: 481; Member since: 05 Jul 2010)
The Apanda is also a great device.
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TRIPOLI – Egypt is not the only place where the bright hopes of the Arab Spring are fading. From attacks against Western governments to ethnic clashes in remote desert oases, Libya's revolution is faltering.
The blame for Libya's current travails rests largely with the interim government that led the uprising. The National Transitional Council refuses to make difficult decisions, instead palming them off to a future elected government. The NTC has preserved much of the institutional paralysis and knee-jerk behavior typical of Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi's overthrown regime. If the Libyan revolution is to succeed, the country's new leaders must make a clean break with the spirit of the past.
During his 42 years in power, Qaddafi surrounded himself with advisers who were companions from his youth, supplemented by a small coterie of technocrats. As a result, the leaders of the revolt that overthrew him have little government experience. And, in a country where any political activity was considered treasonous, many expected the neophyte NTC to stumble early and often. And so it has.
Indeed, the revolution was never a smooth affair. When fighters failed to defeat loyalist forces on their own, outside powers were compelled to intervene. Later, the NTC was unable to impose discipline on the myriad militias that formed to fight Qaddafi's troops, or even to direct foreign weapons efficiently to the fledgling Libyan National Army. When the military chief of staff was assassinated in July under mysterious circumstances, the NTC could not offer concrete answers to an angry public. With no access to Libyan assets frozen abroad, it frequently paid salaries weeks in arrears.


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With children's food allergies on the rise, have you ever wondered if there is something else behind the scenes that could be the cause? If your child has multiple food allergies, EE could be a factor.
EE (Eosiniphilic Esophagitis) is a disease that is an allergic reaction in the esophagus, the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach. The foods that trigger EE vary from person to person.
My daughter was finally diagnosed with Eosiniphilic Esophagitis when she was five. It was a battle prior to the diagnosis. But once it was figured out, we knew what we were up against, and that it needed to be managed closely for our biggest chances at success. Three short years later, she is improving greatly! Here's her story.
Like I mentioned, the foods that trigger EE vary from person to person. In my daughter's case, there were SEVERAL foods that caused problems for her. We started to notice something was up when she was only three months old and began with vomiting and digestive issues. I had to alter my diet as I nursed her to be sure she did not take in any of the harming foods.
When she turned three, she was found to have stomach ulcers and acid reflux (diagnosed via an upper GI and colonoscopy). But still, the doctors did not understand why.
When she turned five, I brought her back to the gastro specialist because I feared the ulcers had returned since she was complaining of a lot of pain. That is when they did another endoscopy and a biopsy which revealed the Eosiniphilic Esophagitis cells.
This was challenging since I had, up until that point, battled with the doctors and allergists who told me there was no way she was allergic to all those foods since nothing would show up on any type of allergy test. She had done both a RAST test and scratch tests. All negative. But, I insisted that I had discovered problematic foods from her symptoms, and that her health would improve once I eliminated the foods. I was even accused of withholding too many foods from her for no reason. It was a very frustrating experience and although the Eosiniphilic Esophagitis news was saddening, it was also an explanation and verification of what we had been battling.
After the diagnosis, we visited an Eosiniphilic Esophagitis specialist. There still was not much we could do since we could not test for the allergies. We did do an allergy test (IgG) that is controversial and not covered by insurance. It revealed some allergens that we had not thought about, and we eliminated those foods. Fortunately, the pain subsided and we were thrilled. We figured if we followed the current diet, she would outgrow her condition in a few years (which is very common) and one day be able to eat more foods. Some allergies (e.g. nuts) may never subside. But that's a short list compared to the 30+ problematic foods we were eliminating.
One key point worth mentioning… kids with Eosiniphilic Esophagitis need a variety in their diet. Repeat foods day after day can eventually become problematic foods. It happened with my daughter with rice and potatoes. This adds to the stress of trying to figure out what to feed your child. A nutritionist can be very helpful.
Today, my daughter is almost eight years old and is doing very well. With all the eliminations, her body was allowed to heal and she has outgrown several of the allergies. She has much less pain, enjoys eating different foods, and is much happier overall.
There are local allergists and EE specialists. If you've had no luck and you're looking for EE resources, there are also Eosiniphilic Esophagitis specialists available at a children's hospital in Cincinnati. Additionally, there are some Eosiniphilic Esophagitis clinical trials available that are recruiting participants. For a list of the clinical trials, click here.
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Last week, Ohio and the rest of the Midwest dealt with temperatures in the negative 30s and 40s. It's been one of the snowier winters in recent years. Hiring has become stagnant, the overall working environment has deteriorated, and at this point I'm fairly sure that the men's basketball team isn't going to win another game ever again. People are sad, angry husks of themselves, and it doesn't look like things will improve anytime soon.
The South, meanwhile, is the land of milk and honey. Hot babes, good food, an exploding population, endemic racism that generations of social change just hasn't been able to shake; yep, the South has got it all. It boggles the mind as to why anyone, especially someone who escaped from the hellhole that is the North, would come back home to what is fast becoming exactly what Robocop predicted.
But Chris Ash did. So did James Franklin, and Doug Nussmeier is in Michigan somehow. Larry Johnson left the only collegiate workplace he'd ever been in to do the same job a few hundred miles to the west. What the hell is going on?
It's not THE money, It's THE opportunity
One of the biggest selling points of any job is the chance for advancement. Which is why on paper, Ash, Nussmeier, and even Franklin have all made lateral career moves. Sure, working for Urban Meyer probably looks slightly better on a resume than the 24/7 Hooters birthday hot wings bash that is working for Bret Bielema, but all of these guys went to jobs that were on paper the same as their previous careers. Nussmeier was supposedly forced out of Alabama in favor of Lane Kiffin, but I feel like that says more about Saban's judgment than Nussmeier's abilities.
Two major things are working in the Big Ten's favor right now in terms of personnel and programs, in terms of hiring. First is the opportunity for younger coaches to network through established coaching trees. The Urban Meyer coaching tree in particular is impressive, but so is Mark Dantonio's and Jerry Kill's, among other Big Ten coaches. Secondly, it's probably time for us to admit that the Big Ten is a stepping stone conference. It isn't the WAC or the Sun Belt, but the truth of the matter is that the Big Ten is no longer a marquee name in college sports.
James Franklin is at Penn State now, but if Saban explodes in a ball of rage one day, Franklin is going to have his resume ready.
Everything is cyclical
With that said, though the Big Ten is down right now, it's hard to tell if that's a result of the talent level in the Big Ten (and Big Ten states) being genuinely deficient, or that coaches and programs in Midwestern states simply haven't done what's necessary to maximize what's already here.
And this also draws coaches to the Big Ten. Chris Ash is no doubt salivating at the opportunity to coach players on the level of most Ohio State starters, given what he generally had to work with in Arkansas. It's hard to believe that that didn't play a factor in his decision to move given that he's going to be doing roughly the same job. By that same token, James Franklin is also pretty excited about the chance to coach for a fanbase that actually attends games and boosters that give a crap. Be careful what you wish for and all of that, but he's going to get far more support now than he ever has.
If the Big Ten is down right now (and it totally is), there are a number of people who look at an overall population that nears 70 million and look at the untapped potential in the region as a challenge.
Home field advantage
Part of the reason why people have been eulogizing the football programs of Rutgers and Maryland is because they will now have to face off in their own backyards against a guy who not only is a tough and energetic recruiter at one of the most storied programs in the country, but also was born in said backyard and probably knows it better than you do.
A lot of these hirings are made on the simple calculus of geography. Kerry Coombs might, MIGHT, be a decent coach, but it's pretty obvious that his real talent and value to Ohio State lies in his Cincinnati connections. Tom Herman is one of the smartest young offensive minds in football, but his roots in Texas certainly doesn't hurt when trying to convince kids from Austin to move up north. Chris Ash is an Iowan, and if there's a way to keep Nebraska from rebuilding from their heartland, it's by stealing it from underneath their noses.
And truth be told, the scrutiny that these new coaches will face, even at Ohio State, pales in comparison to what they'd have to deal with in the larger schools in the SEC. Sometimes it's nice to make money doing what you love to do without people up your ass 24/7.
Okay yeah, it's the money
Despite Gene Smith's claim that Ohio State won't be dropping huge amounts of money for assistant coaches, it's hard to believe that the ridiculous amount of dough that the Big Ten is bringing in doesn't impact the calculus that schools are making when hiring coaches.
The truth is that there's no real such thing as brand loyalty, unless you're one of the few people in a highly competitive job that are genuinely content with staying put for years on end. Even Larry Johnson, who people thought was that guy, finds himself at another school in 2014. And maybe that's the real lesson here. As long as the Big Ten can keep up with the Joneses in the only real category that matters, it can continue to attract top flight talent and continue the process of rebuilding its image.


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President Martin Van Buren
b.05 DEC 1782 Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, United States
d.24 Jul 1862 Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, United States
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Martin Van Buren (; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was the eighth President of the United States (1837–1841). A member of the Democratic Party, he served in a number of senior roles, including eighth Vice President (1833–1837) and secretary of state (1829–1831), both under Andrew Jackson. Van Buren's inability as president to deal with the economic chaos of the Panic of 1837 and with the surging Whig Party led to his defeat for re-election in 1840.
Of Dutch descent, Van Buren learned early how to coordinate multiple ethnic and political groups. A meticulous dresser, he could mingle in upper class society as well as in saloon environments such as the tavern his father ran. A delegate to a political convention at age 18, he quickly moved from local to state politics, gaining fame both as a political organizer and an accomplished lawyer. Elected to the Senate by the state legislature in 1821, Van Buren supported William H. Crawford for president in 1824, but by 1828 had come to support General Andrew Jackson. Van Buren was a major supporter and organizer for Jackson in the 1828 election. Jackson was elected, and made Van Buren Secretary of State.
During Jackson's eight years as president, Van Buren was a key advisor, and built the organizational structure for the coalescing Democratic Party, particularly in New York. In 1831, Jackson gave him a recess appointment as American minister to Britain, but Van Buren's nomination was rejected by the Senate, cutting short his service in London. He was successful in the jockeying to become Jackson's picked successor, and was elected vice president in 1832. Van Buren faced several Whig opponents in his presidential bid in 1836, and was elected.
As president, he was blamed for the depression of 1837; hostile newspapers called him "Martin Van Ruin." He attempted to cure the economic problems by keeping control of federal funds in an Independent Treasury, rather than in state banks, but Congress did not pass this until 1840. In foreign affairs, he did not want the United States to annex Texas, an act which John Tyler would achieve eight years after Van Buren's initial rejection. Between the bloodless Aroostook War and the Caroline Affair, relations with Britain and its colonies in Canada also proved to be strained.Van Buren was voted out of office in 1840, losing to Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. He was the leading candidate for the Democratic nomination in 1844, but lost to James K. Polk, who went on to win the election. In the 1848 election Van Buren ran unsuccessfully as the candidate of the Free Soil Party. Van Buren supported fellow Democrats Franklin Pierce (1852), James Buchanan (1856), and Stephen A. Douglas (1860) for the presidency, but his increasingly anti-slavery views and support for the Union led him to support Abraham Lincoln's policies after the start of the American Civil War. Van Buren's health began to fail in 1861, and he died in July 1862 at the age of seventy-nine. Although he served in many high offices, his most lasting achievement was as a political organizer who built the modern Democratic Party and guided it to dominance in the new Second Party System.
He married Hannah Hoes, a maternal cousin, and had four sons.


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Coupled with the four-year management degree, the Maritime Management Concentration will prepare the student for a career in general management in the maritime industry. Particular focus is on the oil and gas sector and requirements of the shipowner, as well as periphery businesses. The student will receive exposure to commercial, legal, financial and other areas unique to this sector of the shipping industry.
The Maritime Management Concentration is the only four-year business program in the state designed specifically to address the needs of the oil and gas sector of the maritime industry. Funded and developed by regional maritime related firms, the program is designed to create additional value for both students and employers. While the program has a focus on maritime issues, it is incorporated into the management degree. As a result, students maintain flexibility in pursuing careers in not only the maritime industry but also in those that support the industry and the business world in general.
Our maritime management courses are also available to non-degree-seeking students who are currently working in the industry or those simply wishing to further their knowledge of the maritime field.
In addition to the more traditional courses in the management degree, students will enroll in courses specifically designed to address issues faced by firms competing in the maritime industry. The courses include:
MNGT 330 – Introduction to Maritime Management
BSAD 325 – Admiralty Law
ECON 330 – Economics of Shipping
SATC 240 – Marine Accident Prevention
MNGT 469 – Internship
The summer internships are developed and approved by the College of Business and firms in the industry. They are designed to provide students with relevant hands-on experience in the field.
Students in the program have completed internships at Bollinger Shipyards, Crescent Towing, Edison Chouest Offshore, Galliano Marine Services, Garber Brothers Towing, Oceaneering, Offshore Marine Contractors, and SEACOR Marine. We thank them for their support.
Maritime Concentration Degree Plans:
Maritime Management Concentration Degree Plan 2014-2015 (pdf)
Maritime Management Concentration Degree Plan 2013 – 2014 (pdf)
The College of Business Maritime Management Program was both funded and developed by regional maritime-related firms. To learn more about our financial partners see the links below:
Aries Marine Corp.
Bollinger Shipyards Inc.
Candy Fleet, LLC
Cenac Marine Services
Edison Chouest Offshore
Comar Marine, LLC
Galliano Marine Services
Gordon "Bubba" Dove Jr. Foundation
Harvey Gulf International Marine, LLC
L and M Botruc Rental Inc.
Marine Systems Inc., (MSI)
Montco Offshore Inc.
Morgan Stanley
Otto Candies, LLC
Phelps Dunbar, LLP
SEACOR Foundation
SEACOR Marine, LLC
South Central Industrial Association
"Nicholls will be Louisiana's first university with a program to develop future leaders in the maritime industry. This program will offer Nicholls students a competitive advantage in an industry that they will likely be directly or indirectly involved in anyway." Robert Clemons, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Seacor Marine, LLC.
"The maritime industry of Louisiana is anxiously awaiting those Nicholls graduates who have taken this dedicated track in maritime management." Joe Orgeron, Chief Technology Officer, Montco Offshore, Inc.
For more information concerning the program or if your firm is interested in supporting the program contact:
Dr. Ken Chadwick
146 Powell Hall
P.O. Box 2015
Thibodaux, LA 70310


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In order to record video on DVD, you need to make sure you use blank discs that are compatible with your DVD recorder or PC-DVD writer.

Blank DVDs can be found in most consumer electronics and computer stores, and come in various package - some my include one disc, a few discs, or spindle of 10, 20, 30, or more. Some also come with paper sleeves or jewel box cases, and the ones in spindles, require you to purchase sleeves or jewel boxes separately. Since prices vary according to brand and/or package quantity, I will not quote any here.

The main thing to remember, as stated above, is to get discs that are of the same format as your recorder.

For example, if you have a DVD recorder that records in the DVD+R/+RW format make sure you buy discs that have that label on the packaging. You cannot use a +R disc in a -R recorder or vice versa. However, many DVD recorders record in both the - and + formats. If so, then this certainly gives you more blank disc purchasing options. If you not sure what format discs your DVD recorder uses, take your user manual to the store with you and get assistance from a salesperson to help you find the right format discs.

In addition, make sure you purchase blank DVDs that are designated for either Video Use Only or both Video and Data use. Do not buy blank DVDs that are labeled for Data Use Only, as these are intended to be used only with PCs. One more tip: The brand of blank DVDs used can also affect playback compatibility on some DVD players.

Also be aware that even if you use the correct DVD format disc for recording, not all record-able disc formats are compatible for playback on all DVD players.

For the most part, DVD-R discs are the most compatible, followed by DVD+R discs. However, these disc formats can only e recorded once. They cannot be erased and used over again.

One other hand, DVD-RW/+RW format re-writable disc format discs can be erased and used again, but are not always compatible with a specific DVD player - and the least compatible disc format is DVD-RAM (which is also erasable/rewrite-able), which, fortunately, is not widely used in DVD recording. For more details on record-able DVD formats and playback compatibility refer to our article Can I Play My Recorded DVDs in Other DVD Players?

Also, in addition to format compatibility, the record mode you chose (2 hr, 4hr, 6hr, etc...) affects the quality of the recorded signal (similar to quality issues when using various VHS recording speeds). As the quality gets poorer, the instability of the video signal read off the disc, in addition to looking bad (resulting in macroblocking and pixelation artifacts), may result in unwanted freezing or skipping.

My advice, when it comes to blank DVDs, stick with major brands. Also, if you have questions about a particular brand of blank DVD, you can also touch base with tech support for you particular DVD recorder and find out if the manufacturer for your DVD has a listing of brands of blank DVDs to avoid, or a list of acceptable blank DVD brands.

Also, before you embark on a massive VHS-to-DVD transfer project, make a few test recordings and see if you are comfortable with the results. This will also determine if the discs (and record modes) you plan to use will work on both your DVD recorder and other DVD players you may have. In fact, if you are planning to record a DVD to send someone, make a test disc, send it to them and see if it will play on there DVD player - this is especially important if you plan on send a DVD to someone overseas as US DVD recorders make discs in the NTSC system and most of the rest of the World (Europe, Australia, and most of Asia) is on the PAL system for DVD recording and playback.

For everything else you need to know about DVD recorders and DVD recording, go to our DVD Recorder FAQ Intro Page

Also, for answers to questions regarding topics related to DVD players, be sure to also check out my DVD Basics FAQ


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Rebecca Shuttleworth, 25, was handed the sentence after being found guilty of murder and four counts of child cruelty.
Birmingham Crown Court heard that Keanu had 37 injuries at the time of his death, the result of months of abuse.
As well as a fractured skull, these included a fist-sized tear in his stomach which caused massive bleeding.
Shuttleworth had inflicted the "horrifying" injuries on her son after apparently convincing her support worker that she had turned her life around.
The judge, Mr Justice Spencer, told her: "The jury have convicted you of the brutal murder of your two-year-old son.
"He was a defenceless child and it was your duty to protect him. Instead you beat him so severely he died a lingering death from his injuries a day or so later."
The detective who led the inquiry, Chief Inspector Caroline Marsh said: "Rebecca Shuttleworth is clearly somebody who isn't a normal member of our society.
"In the past, I've described her as a monster and perhaps I would stand by that, because I can't understand how someone could do that to a two-year-old boy."
It has emerged that Shuttleworth was filmed celebrating a £10,000 lottery win while on bail for Keanu's murder.
A two-minute video posted on YouTube by the People's Postcode Lottery shows her shouting in delight as her friend is presented with a "Street Prize" cheque outside a property in Rusholme, Manchester.
During the six-month trial, family and friends said that Keanu was often neglected and wandered around with a soiled nappy for long periods.
Shuttleworth repeatedly explained Keanu's injuries away by saying he had been fighting with siblings or was clumsy.
In a statement, Keanu's aunt, Angela Shuttleworth, described him as "an amazing little boy who had developed a real personality. He was full of life and loved playing with his siblings and cousins.
"He enjoyed all his toys and would empty the toy box every time he came to play, but he especially loved Iggle Piggle from in Night Garden. Kiwi also loved food- he ate everything and was hungry all the time."
The statement added: "Since the tragic death of Kiwi, we haven't been able to grieve or say goodbye to him properly. The whole family has been torn apart by this and his death has left a gaping hole in our lives."
The prosecution said that Shuttleworth, who had attended parenting classes, used her knowledge of the care system to manipulate social workers, doctors and nursery staff into believing she was a competent mother.
In fact, she resented Keanu, who got in the way of the kind of life she wanted to lead.
Keanu was pronounced dead on January 9, 2011 after paramedics were called to his mother's partner's flat in Ward End, Birmingham.
Luke Southerton, 32, was found not guilty of Keanu's murder and manslaughter but was convicted of one count of child cruelty. He was given a nine-month suspended sentence and ordered to do 200 hours unpaid work.
Shuttleworth and Keanu were both known to social services and police prior to the toddler's death.
A Serious Case Review will now assess whether the child was failed by the authorities.
Detective superintendent Clare Cowley, of West Midlands Police, said it was "inevitable" one of the key lessons to be learned would be a need for better inter-agency communication.
Mrs Cowley said it was "very hard for us as professionals to understand that messages didn't get through or the bigger picture wasn't seen".
She described the case as "an absolute tragedy" and said the key was to try to prevent it happening again.
The case review, launched whenever a child is suspected to have died as a result of neglect or abuse, is being handled by Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board.
A similar inquiry into seven-year-old Khyra Ishaq's death in Handsworth, Birmingham, in 2008, recommended a need for better communication between child protection agencies, among other findings.


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Simply Huge
This September my daughter (Jordan) started Grade 10. We had done a high school profile for her in Grade 9 that included her vision and knew that we needed to update it for Grade 10. I had taken the first week of school off of all work and social media so the profile update had to wait. Call it fate, destiny, procrastination, whatever you will, but the first week of school brought about some important lessons for Jordan that were integral in updating her profile.
Although the lessons were frustrating and required a bit of discomfort they were also exciting for me because I was envisioning how we could use these lessons in her profile. Starting Grade 10 she had four classes, four teachers. All of the teachers have different styles and approaches to students. One of them refers to his students by last name. Jordan's last name is Harry. Every day for the first week of school she was referred to as "Harry" during one class. He also greeted her this way in the hall way. I'm sure most can imagine the teasing that can come from this last name in general but it is especially sensitive to Jordan because she is profoundly proud of her family name. She has lost her grandfather and does not see her father often so equates teasing with making fun of her family. We went ahead and added "people referring to me by my first name….not Harry" to the "important to" section of her profile.
Jordan also struggled with the location of her locker being so far from her classes. She was stressed about not having enough time to get to her locker and then to class in the allotted break times. She asked for change and was told it was against policy. We added "having a locker central to my classes to reduce anxiety" to her profile. Last year her profile helped her to warm up to public speaking and she wanted to get more comfortable with it so added "Please help me grow in this area" to the supports section. She also changed her vision from a child care career to a career in aesthetics. She has found a great passion in doing manicures and pedicures.
Once we completed the profile I sent it off to the school to be distributed to teachers. When they did not receive it within the first few days we printed hard copies and Jordan handed them out to each teacher. The response was different but positive from each teacher. One teacher caught himself a number of times starting to call her "Harry" and rephrased to her first name. Another sent me an email thanking me for providing this snap shot of Jordan and told me how useful it will be in supporting her success. The other two teachers told Jordan how much they appreciated it and thought it was a great idea. The Cosmetology teacher is focussing on aesthetics with her. She was also successful in getting her locker moved.
Simple statements put on paper and shared with others made a huge difference for Jordan's level of comfort, anxiety and success in school. Simply huge!


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Lady Gaga Strikes A Naked Pose On The Cover Of Vanity Fair
Forget no pants! On the cover of the September issue of Vanity Fair, Lady Gaga has forgotten all her clothes altogether. (I think?) It's the magazine's annual style issue, and no one has done more to pioneer trends like latex in day time, phone hair, and spiked shoulders than her Royal Gaga. She was photographed by Nick Knight for the story, which appears to be called "Naked Came the World's No. 1 Pop Star." Hello, double entendre. I'd say her look her is Sharon Tate + Yoko Ono + Vegas Showgirl = ??? [Vanity Fair]


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The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation news page provides access to the department's news and press releases.
July 16, 2012
License Applications Now Available for Canine Handlers
SPRINGFIELD –Rules to implement legislation mandating that canine handlers be licensed by the State have taken effect. The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation began accepting applications from qualified canine handlers today.
To qualify for a canine handler authorization card or canine trainer authorization card, an applicant must be at least 18 years old, possess a valid private detective license, private security contractor license or a permanent employee registration card (PERC) and work for a licensed private detective agency or private security contractor agency.
The Department has also begun the approval process for all canine handler training courses and canine instructor training courses training and instruction programs. Once a program has been authorized by the State, graduates of those programs will be able to apply for a handler authorization card.


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The Car Market is Hot, But Car Prices are Cooling
By Josh Mitchell
The auto market is hot. So why are wholesale car prices falling?
Thursday's producer price index showed that prices for passenger cars fell a seasonally adjusted 1.1% in July from June, marking the sharpest drop in four years. It was the second time in three months that wholesale vehicle prices fell. The decline in wholesale car prices is a key reason why the overall producer-price index was flat in July.
The reason for the falling car prices isn't entirely clear. But a Labor Department economist said such drops in car manufacturers' selling prices are typical this time of year, as companies seek to get rid of vehicles from the prior model year to make way for newer ones. Car makers typically offer financial rebates and other incentives that effectively lower the selling price for purchases, the economist said.
George Magliano, an analyst at IHS Automotive, said another possible factor — albeit a smaller one — is weak prices for raw materials, which cut manufacturers' costs for producing vehicles. While car manufacturers might not be inclined to pass those savings on to their customers, it does relieve pressure on them to raise prices.


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The network is reportedly in talks with 'HIMYM' creators/executive producers Carter Bays and Craig Thomas about the possible spin-off, which will feature a new group of New York friends.
"How I Met Your Mother" is nearing its end but a legacy from the show may stay on CBS. Reports say the network is discussing a potential spin-off with series creators/executive producers Carter Bays and Craig Thomas as well as "Up All Night" creator/executive producer Emily Spivey.
To be told in narrative style like "HIMYM", the proposed spin-off is currently called "How I Met Your Father". It will feature a new group of New York friends and chronicle a female member of the group's quest to meet her future husband.
Words are, MacLaren's Pub, the favorite hangout for Ted, Barney, Marshall, Lily and Robin, may be featured on the potential new show. If the proposed spin-off gets a greenlight, it's likely that the new characters will be introduced in the "HIMYM" series finale.
Bays and Thomas have always been open to a potential "HIMYM" spin-off, tossing around some ideas including one which could have the titular mother as a central character. "We've had conversations about rewinding back to 2005 and doing a series called 'How I Met Your Father'," Thomas said in 2012. "From the perspective of what was happening with the Mother all those years. Occasionally, she'll stumble through McLaren's and no one will see her."
Earlier this year, he told Entertainment Weekly, "There's a world where the universe of the show can keep existing in a way that feels coherent to what's come before, but new enough to be worth watching."