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The group that has gained control of our local government and actively campaigned to elect "their" candidates to our legislature has entered the 10th District election campaign to defeat Paul Broun. As is often the case, the first public salvo is a "letters to the editor" barrage.
Today, the first arrived. In the next few weeks, we will see this expand. One of the letter writers uses the phrase "ad hominem" to describe Broun's statement carried in the Athens Banner-Herald. How much more ad hominem can one get than to describe Broun with such phrases as "immature," "cowardly" and "act like a mature adult?"
We can look forward to many more letters of a similar nature throughout the campaign. The plan has been very successful in the past. The probability is that it will continue to be successful unless another group of citizens organizes to provide opposition to this highly organized political force.
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I understand when its parallel the slope is the same but what is the slope when its perpendicular?
is the answer..
y=-4x + 2
I understand when its parallel the slope is the same but what is the slope when its perpendicular?
is the answer..
y=-4x + 2
In the equation,
y = 1/4x + 2, which is of the form y = mx+b,
m (the slope) = 1/4. Any parallel line will have the same slope, as you properly stated. A perpendicular slope is the negative inverse of the original (reciprocal with opposite sign). In this case it would be -4.
The equation of our line is given as y=mx+b. In this case, our slope m is equal to 1/4 and our y intercept b is equal to 2.
Now, to find the line perpendicular to this first given line, our slope will have to be the negative reciprocal of the given slope. Our new slope for this line is then -1/(1/4) = -4.
To come up with an equation for this line, the problem has supplied us with a point that it must pass through. We have a handy point slope form equation that we can plug our information into to get an equation in the desired form.
Point Slope Form, for a slope m and given point (x1,y1) is given as:
y-y1 = m(x-x1)
Let's plug in our info. Our new slope is m = -4 and our point is (x1,y1)=(-1,-2)
y-(-2) = -4(x-(-1))
y+2 = -4(x+1)
y+2 = -4x-4
y = -4x-6 <-- answer
So if your answer choices are A, B, C, D - it would be choice B.


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Still I RiseAn impressionistic view of the Elephant Man
It's a sign of how far we have come that artists today can find acceptance with many styles. But ironically, strict realism in the art world now is considered gauche … except in animation. While animation is a diverse art, with many talented stylists, much of the focus is on advancements in realism.
This is partly because photorealistic animation is so technically difficult to produce. A great deal of the R&D is devoted to producing more realistic textures, and more accurate human facial gestures and movements. It's a necessary and important phase in the development of animation tools, one that will continue until someday real and virtual images may be truly indistinguishable.
But that's why it is refreshing to encounter an animator such as Umesh Shukla, who thinks more like an artist than a technician. Not that he's against technology...
"As we know, computers have been used in the feature animation industry for a long time," he says. "The point is, they are either used to help simplify the process used in creating traditional animation imagery without actually changing the look, or they have been used to create 3D worlds like Toy Story and Antz. I have been trying to explore a different use of computers to create the kind of imagery we have not yet seen in various animated worlds. I am sure that with the new technology at hand, we could create worlds which go to 'infinity and beyond.' "
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It does this even if it immediately returns. this does call (in linux) the mkdir system call (which returns EEXIST)
It should also turn off verbose for it
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it's an unnecessary IO, and it outputs 'mkpath -p ...' to the screen which is just noise
We should take care of verbose.
Otherwise, what's the actual performance impact of calling mkpath? I don't want to introduce code to optimize something that's insignificant.
i don't know about the performance impact, but it is probably no more than checking if the directory exists
but the code immediately after is:
return false if copy_map.empty?
so why not move mkpath after this check? (must the path exist even if empty?)
A filter always creates the target directory (if one is specified), see spec/core/common_spec.rb line 443. It's easier to call mkpath than duplicate that functionality everywhere.
creating an empty target directory is an unnecessary performance impact, is it a must? if some other code relies on filter.target, can't the spec define that it must do File.exist(filter.target) prior to using it?
$ git blame -l lib/buildr/core/filter.rb -L 177,177
0379d903272f5cc3fbd336a106e910f909e6bdd5 (Assaf Arkin 2008-05-19 18:32:40 +0000 177) mkpath target.to_s
$ git log 0379d903272f5cc3fbd336a106e910f909e6bdd5
commit 0379d903272f5cc3fbd336a106e910f909e6bdd5
Author: Assaf Arkin <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Date: Mon May 19 18:32:40 2008 +0000
BUILDR-75 Filter now runs if there's a target directory, even if
there are no source files to copy over, since everyone else just checks
resources.target for existence before depending on it.
Issue number is wrong, but you can search JIRA and the mailing list for further discussion.
Once again, if you can't quantify the performance impact, there's no point in continuing this thread.
on my system, re-creating 100 paths takes 5 milliseconds, not worth doing anything about.
so just the verbose thing then


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Contemporary mainstream normative economists assess policies in terms of their capacities to satisfy preferences, though most would concede that other factors such as freedom, rights, and justice are also relevant. Why should policy be responsive to preferences? This essay argues that the best reason is that people's preferences are in some circumstances good evidence of what will benefit them. When those circumstances do not obtain and preferences are not good evidence of welfare, there is little reason to satisfy preferences.
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I am currently using a batch process that read records from the database and writes out XML using a StaxEventItemWriter. I posted previously about a problem I had with the root tag where I need to generate something like the following:
I did not know how to customise the StaxEventItemWriter to have two tags (DocumentRoot and RootChild) written as the 'root' so I decided to write my own class (which is just a copy paste of the StaxEventItemWriter) and customise the startDocument and endDocument of the writer to add the following:
In startDocument(XMLEventWriter writer):
In endDocument(XMLEventWriter writer) :
I feel uncomfortable rewriting the StaxEventItemWriter, I would have thought being able to extend it to override startDocument() and endDocument() would be a better solution. However if I try to extend then I do not have access to the bufferedWriter in endDocument() and from the comments I believe that this bufferedWriter is crucial for maintaining consistency during restarts. Is there a better solution than re-writing the StaxEventItemWriter or does the next version of this class need to allow you to over-ride the endDocument properly?
<DocumentRoot> <RootChild> ---- all my dynamic writes from writer.write() go in here </RootChild> </Document>
In startDocument(XMLEventWriter writer):
... if (!rootChildTagName.isEmpty()) { writer.add(factory.createStartElement(getRootTagNamespacePrefix(), getRootTagNamespace(), rootChildTagName)); } ...
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Treshon Broughton is starting to focus a little more on the recruiting process and the Murrieta (Calif.) Vista Murrieta cornerback is trying to schedule an official visit to Oregon State.
The Beavers have done a tremendous job recruiting the Inland Empire area of Southern California this recruiting cycle and have landed numerous commits from there and Broughton is definitely interested in visiting soon.
"I just talked to them a few days ago so I'm going to set it sometime soon," Broughton said. "I'm trying to go on November 24 for the Civil War.
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"It's very important for me to get up there. They've shown a lot of interest in me so I want to show them that I'm interested as well.
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He said his talks with those coaches have played a big role in why he wants to visit Corvallis.
"The winning is playing a part, that makes me want to go there even more, but it's really the coaching staff," Broughton said.
"I think they're a well-rounded coaching staff. Not only one coach has talked to me, all of them talked to me, and I liked that about them."
So far, Broughton has received offers from Oregon State, Fresno State and New Mexico State. He said a trip to Fresno is also under serious consideration and that he has been talking a little more with Washington recently.


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This movie has, perhaps, a more realistic and less metaphorical plot than Them (and certainly more open rebellion from the good guys), but what matters to a moviegoer is how hard it is to sit still, keep one's eyes open and survive to the end of the ride. On that thrills and chills scale, Outbreak differs from a quality giant mutant creature feature from the '50s in only one way: in Outbreak, the mutant creature is a tiny virus. The virus, of course, mutates on its own. That's what they do; they get better, stronger, faster and start spiking proteins all by themselves -- you have to admire that. At least that's what the USAMRIID virologists say. They deliver the same "purity equals beauty" speech that Richard Dreyfuss used in Jaws and the android used in Alien. But the virologists seem to forget what happens to those who admire efficient killers.
The Outbreak killer invades the U.S.A. simply: a sleazeball steals a monkey from quarantine with the idea of bootlegging it to a pet store, the monkey spits on the man, the man, already seriously ill, shoves his tongue down his girlfriend's throat -- and the next thing you know, a picturesque small town is full of ravaged people puking black blood over their picket fences.
These people -- the infected and the small-town doctors who panic when their patients begin dying luridly -- aren't just extras lurching around like zombies. Petersen makes sure that every face in the movie is a unique story element. Rather than having a few stars acting like mad against a backdrop of supernumeraries, we get genuine people in every scene. The innocent, infected people of Cedar Creek, California; pitiful case number 612; and the little girl who befriends the deadly monkey are all entirely believable.
Not that the central characters are slouches. As the unlikely hero, Dustin Hoffman is a resolute Pogo Possum figure. When the hero is a classic figure -- Clint Eastwood, for instance -- it's hard to imagine that the good guy won't triumph. When the hero is Hoffman, barking orders and leaping into helicopters, it's hard not to worry about the little guy.
Hero he is, though, and with a partner and something of a love interest. Kevin Spacey, sporting yet another hair color, is Hoffman's sly, dry-witted sidekick. The love interest, so to speak, is Russo. One of the extra twists is that Keough and Daniels have just divorced, and yet must work together to fight the deadly Motaba virus. Rene Russo has never made a movie that wasn't a hit, and in Outbreak this skilled actress shows once again that she deserves credit for more than great looks and good film choices.
Donald Sutherland is so good at icy nastiness that he could probably have played the part of the polished villain in his sleep. But he's actor enough to give 110 percent. The one other ugly character, the infected monkey salesman, is played by Patrick Dempsey, who displays a suspected but heretofore undemonstrated flair for sleaziness.
Dyed-in-the-wool good guys and pure villains don't have moral qualms. That terror is reserved for the middleman, General Billy Ford (Morgan Freeman). Ford's under General McClintock and over Sam Daniels, and is, really, the conscience of the story. The issues are examined not when McClintock and Daniels state their cases, but as Ford struggles to do right. McClintock has a couple of sound points: what's done is done and, end of the Cold War or no, we're not living in a peaceful world. Daniels has a good argument, too: innocent people should not die just so a few high-level government men can protect their careers. Of course, Daniels hurts his case when he offers to protect a select two. And he isn't naive; he knows that his research has been used to not only save lives, but also build biological weapons.
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The real deal, though, is that this virus must be stopped. Ford knows, and he knows that Daniels knows, that if the only way to stop the virus is to drop a bomb and vaporize 2,600 Californians, then that's the only course of action.
Is dropping bombs the only answer? Is that the only way to stop the deadly Motaba virus? And, if Motaba is stopped, are there more where it came from? These are the sort of questions that make Outbreak a suspense film.
Motaba is fictional. But it's based on a real virus: Ebola Zaire, a killer from Africa that almost got loose in the posh suburbs of Virginia. And because it's based on "scientific fact," Outbreakis fueled by the same juice as '50s atomic-theme movies -- the fear that in our rush toward technology, or development, we'll go too far and end up finding something that will turn around and destroy us all. As we push into the jungles of central Africa and the South American rain forest, we discover microscopic pathogens that could make the Black Death look like a bad allergic reaction. It's the sort of thing that can keep you up nights. But it's also the sort of thing that can make for good entertainment.
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen.
With Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo and Morgan Freeman.
Rated R.
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BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. -- On the backside of Peak 10, just beyond the lifts and groomed trails of Colorado's Breckenridge Ski Resort, a group of telemark skiers made their way up toward Crystal Lakes Basin, cutting through stands of spruce and across open fields of fresh powder, with views of snow-capped Mount Helen in the distance.
We ranged in ability from novice to expert, but one thing we had in common was a desire to experience the wilderness under the watchful eye of instructors who would guide us safely and teach us useful backcountry skills.
Leslie Ross, a graduate of the University of Vermont and a former ski instructor at Mount Snow in West Dover, Vt., runs this backcountry travel program. She has earned top places in telemark and extreme skiing competitions around the world, and is also a three-time national telemark free skiing champion.
Ross moved to Breckenridge in 1991. Five years later, she founded Babes in the Backcountry and now runs women's outdoor education programs to teach the skills and techniques needed to travel safely in the wilderness. As many as 500 women attend her clinics, workshops, and adventure trips around the world each year, and Ross hopes to begin similar programs in New England in the coming years.
Some of the programs focus more on the nuts and bolts of backcountry travel, like learning how to read the weather and terrain, and how to use an avalanche beacon, which is a transmitter that helps rescuers locate a buried skier. Other programs focus on rejuvenation of mind, body, and spirit through time spent in the wilderness.
''If you're not centered and balanced within yourself, you won't be as tuned in to the environment and conditions," said Ross.
The Breckenridge program had three components: a one-day telemark clinic where we learned the basics of ''free-heel" skiing, a one-day backcountry skills clinic in which we learned how to safely plan a trip through the wilderness, and a two-day hut trip to Francie's Cabin on which we put our new skills to the test.
My instructor for the telemark clinic was Karen Lapides, who had worked for 13 years for the National Outdoor Leadership School and 10 years with Outward Bound, specializing in mountaineering and staff training courses. That explained her wonderful skill and patience as an instructor. Lapides taught us the proper ''tele" stance, then made us leave our poles behind, like kids in a beginner lesson, as we practiced wide, easy turns down a gentle intermediate slope.
''Reach forward and slightly out with your downhill hand, like you're dribbling a basketball, and keep it low," Lapides urged us.
The next day, in the backcountry skills clinic, we learned about the safety aspects and hazards of backcountry travel. Fourteen women signed up for the clinic, including Mary Devlin of Breckenridge, who had never been on skis in her life. The rest of us were a mix of beginner to advanced alpine and telemark skiers, and several were snowshoers.
''I want to learn to make decisions on my own, so I'm not relying on guys or others around me," said Connie Myers of Fort Collins, Colo., who had been skiing for 16 years. ''That way, I can offer input, help determine the route, and be a part of the decision process."
The skills day started with a morning classroom session, where we learned to identify various types of snow, read the landscape and terrain, and identify hazards in order to avoid problems. Ross told us about avalanches -- what triggers them, how to avoid them, and what to do if we're caught in a slide (avalanches can move as fast as 150 miles per hour).
''It's the habits that we live and die by," Ross said. ''So if you learn good skills now, you'll build good habits."
She and Lapides also gave us an overview of the dangers of exposure, navigational challenges, reading the weather, and first-aid skills. Kim Nearpass, a doctor of naturopathic medicine at Breckenridge's Sacred Tree wellness center, discussed the importance of attitude and preparation for backcountry travel from a health perspective.
I had always known that it's important to rest for a day at 8,000 feet and then only go up in 1,500-foot increments per day after that. But I hadn't worked the acclimation time into my schedule. I left my Boston-area apartment at 40 feet above sea level one day and was taking a telemark clinic at 12,000 feet in the Colorado mountains the next morning. I should have built in an extra day or two to rest before skiing and also loaded up on fluids. Instead, I suffered several days of headaches.
We spent that afternoon on the mountain, learning how to ''skin up," or attach climbing skins, strips of nonslip, feltlike material that are waxed on one side and adhere to the bottom of the skis. They enable a telemark skier to climb up a mountain without slipping backward. It was a strange, unnerving feeling to be able to hike up a hill on skis, with the backs of the skis facing right down the fall line.
''You need to learn to trust your skins," Lapides said.
At the base of Peak 8, we practiced kick turns (a quick and easy technique used to change directions) and then made our way through deep snow in the woods to a turnaround point where we stopped to practice drills using avalanche beacons and probes.
''How do you take off your skins in the backcountry?" I asked. ''The snow could be this deep." I held my hand chest-high.
''Ideally, you want to learn to do it without taking off your skis," said Lapides. ''First, I use my skis and stomp down to create a flat, stable platform." She lifted a leg up behind her. ''Then, I pull off part of the skin, put the ski in front of me, and pull off the rest." It was a yogalike move that we proceeded to practice.
The next day, those of us doing the overnight hut trip met for a quick lesson on how to read a topographic map and then headed for the trailhead. For the next several hours, we wound up Spruce Creek Trail, stopping several times to consult our map and get our bearings. Avalanches typically occur in areas where there is a 30- to 45-degree slope (roughly the steepness of a black diamond or double-black diamond run). Our route wouldn't take us through any high-danger zones, but we learned what to look out for -- big cornices and ''sugary," unstable snow -- and studied the anatomy of the terrain as we skied.
Each of us wore an avalanche beacon, for practice and to get in the habit. A beacon sends out a signal. If someone gets buried in an avalanche, his or her fellow skiers set their beacons to ''receive" mode and can pick up the signal that's being transmitted from the buried skier's device. It comes across as a loud, rapid beeping sound that picks up the closer the rescuer gets to the lost skier. Thankfully, we didn't have to put these skills to the test.
Several miles later, we reached Francie's Cabin, one of 10 backcountry huts in Colorado's Summit Huts system that are linked by trails and are accessible to hikers and mountain bikers in summer, and to skiers and snowshoers in winter. This clean and cozy hut offered all the comforts we needed, and then some: a woodstove, solar-powered lights, a wood-burning sauna, an indoor composting toilet, a full kitchen with pots and pans and dishes, and bunk beds with mattresses and pillows.
The afternoon included several excursions to climb nearby hills and practice our telemark turns on the way down. We had sweeping views of the Crystal Lakes Basin, with Mount Helen and Red Mountain looming in the distance. Ross often schedules the overnight ski trips to coincide with a full moon, so we took advantage of it and went for a late-night ski outing, with the moon lighting our way and twinkling on the fresh snow around us.
The rest of the night was spent eating a big, organic dinner prepared by Nancy Hallett, a local gourmet chef; indulging in a wine tasting; hanging out in the sauna; and chatting about backcountry adventures and our new skills. At the very least, I knew I would feel more confident when venturing out into the New England wilderness come wintertime.
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Taking a quick look at the Dallas Cowboys' offensive roster, it's easy to look at veteran Miles Austin as the team's No. 3 receiving option. It's not because Austin doesn't have talent, but just look at the guys around him.
Tony Romo's No. 1 option is without a doubt Dez Bryant, who is poised to have a huge season after the way he closed last year and is probably a top 2-3 wideout in the league now behind the likes of Calvin Johnson, and maybe no one else. After Bryant, it's Jason Witten, the veteran tight end who has always been Romo's safety outlet.
Then, there's Austin, the undrafted free agent who burst on to the scene when Terrell Owens couldn't play a game against Kansas City and was instantly vaulted into stardom while putting up back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons. He's recently dealt with nagging injuries over the past two seasons that have curbed his effectiveness.
On Sunday night, he showed he's not to be overlooked when he led the Cowboys with 10 catches for 72 yards. Conversely, Bryant had four catches for 22 yards while he was constantly double-teamed. On Sunday, Austin caught short dump-offs in space and picked up minimal yardage, as evidenced by his yards per catch average of just north of 7 yards. But he can still stretch the field, as well.
With Bryant likely to be double-teamed just about every play for the entirety of the season, Austin has a chance to have a huge season if he can stay healthy, and Sunday night was a great start toward that objective.


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Because the LBs are rare specimens for their position? Or they're "mortar" pieces rather than bricks?
WRs tend to get drafted as playmakers but are largely ineffective without a QB. I think teams overvalue WRs.
Defensive tackles are self explanatory. Teams view defensive tackles as foundational pieces and CONSTANTLY draft them too early. I've had many, many long discussions about the history of NFL defensive tackles. Quite frankly, I wouldn't EVER draft one in the top 15 picks and signing them in free agency is an exercise in futility. It's by far the worst position on the field when it comes to guys flaming out.
I agree. DT may be the worst value early in the draft.
I just cant get over the LBs. With other positions, you can see the good players that just don't have enough of an effect on their team to win (Megatron, Fitzgerald, Suh, Mario Williams, Gonzo, Woodson, Champ, Orlando Pace, etc.), and bad players that get carried to wins (Ryan Sims had a winning record with KC).
With LBs, the good ones win, and the bad ones lose, with relatively few exceptions that I can see.
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Effect of Revival Soy on Fibromyalgia Pain
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Chinese firms are pushing ahead with international expansion as equally important internal changes are being played out
International law firms' interest in China has not been dampened by the country's slowing economic growth. In the first few months of 2013, firms such as Ashurst, Clyde & Co, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Stephenson Harwood have opened new offices there, while many, like Kirkland & Ellis, are waiting for the regulatory green light to do so.
But the increase in the provision of international legal services in China is not one-way. Several large Chinese firms are exploring ways to increase their exposure in overseas markets and are gaining ground on advising Chinese outbound clients.
Western approaches
Beijing-headquartered Zhong Lun, one of China's largest law firms, is a good example of firms that are making greenfield investments overseas. The firm has recently opened an office in New York in the heart of midtown Manhattan. The office, Zhong Lun's fourth abroad and 10th firmwide, is headed by two New York-qualified partners, Philip Zhang and TK Chang, who have extensive experience practising in US firms including Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, Morgan Lewis & Bockius and Bingham McCutchen.
Coinciding with the New York launch the firm added the first Western partner to its London base with the appointment of former Norton Rose and Linklaters lawyer Tom Fairley. The appointment came a year after the firm's opening in London by hiring a nine-member team led by three partners from domestic rival Zhonglun W&D. All three founding partners are Chinese natives qualified in England and Wales, and trained in English firms.
Managing partner Zhang Xuebing regards the New York opening as the ideal way to mark the firm's 20th anniversary. He expects its geographical expansion to slow down in the next decade, although it will continue to add partners – particularly Western partners – in overseas offices.
"Until now, the overseas branches have been a facilitating function and a referral point in serving clients on inbound and outbound matters," says Zhang. "They are fee-earning offices, but are yet to generate enough profits. We aim to develop them into meaningful local players that can win local instructions on their own merits. To achieve that we need to hire more Western lawyers on the ground – Western clients are still more comfortable dealing with them."
Although the firm has no intention of taking on the global players in their home jurisdictions and plans to work with many foreign firms around the world, the move is a sign that Chinese firms are wanting to become more serious players in key global financial centres.
Hiring senior lawyers and partners from international firms has been a central pillar of Zhong Lun's internationalisation strategy. Since the appointment of former Lovells Beijing managing partner Robert Lewis in 2011, Zhong Lun has also attracted the likes of White & Case partner Peter Ni, long-serving Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Carl Cheng and K&L Gates Hong Kong partner Clifford Ng to join it in Greater China.
As Lewis has put it, now that Chinese enterprises are expanding into overseas markets, Chinese firms need high-calibre lawyers who speak the language of commerce in both English and Mandarin to assist with projects in both directions.
And it seems the investment Zhong Lun has made in overseas offices and international partner hires is starting to produce results. For example, in 2012 the firm advised Huaxin Cement on the establishment of a company in Tajikistan, its acquisition of a stake in an Indian company as well as financing the construction of a cement production line in Cambodia. It is also active in Africa, having recently advised China Development Bank on a co-operative planning project with the People's Republic of Congo.
Local interests
Beijing-based Yingke is another firm expanding rapidly overseas, although it has pursued a very different path from Zhong Lun. Its international expansion kicked off in 2010 when it launched in Budapest via a joint venture with Hungary's Várnai & Partners. In the following year it established an office in Verona, Italy and one in London. Most recently, the firm has expanded into Brussels, Tel Aviv and Milan through tie-ups with local boutiques. It presently has 16 bases outside mainland China, mostly small and servicing clients through local joint ventures, associations or referrals.
And Yingke has decided to go global via a different route too. Instead of trying to break into developed markets, its expansion started with emerging markets such as Brazil, Hungary, Turkey and Poland. Part of its strategy is to project manage Chinese clients' investment and transactions in overseas jurisdictions that are not yet dominated by international firms.
To avoid direct competition with large global firms, it also targets the middle to lower end of the market.
Yingke's bottom-up approach has delivered. In Italy, for example, its Verona office recently advised local wine maker Pasqua Vigenti e Cantine in the negotiation of a large-scale licence and distribution agreement with a Chinese red wine distributor. In Turkey it advised CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive, one of the big electric locomotive manufacturers in China, on winning a $391m (£251m) public procurement deal to build 324 subway trains. In Poland it has assisted
Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group on its acquisitions and investment in a number of local companies. And its New York office, led by partner Zoe Qiao, has assisted Beijing Automotive Group and Chinese restaurant chain Haidilao with their ventures in the US.
Yingke's managing partner Mei Xiangrong is the mastermind behind the Yingke phenomenon. Although its seemingly ruthless expansion has attracted widespread criticism, particularly among the Chinese legal community, Mei remains a firm believer in his strategy and his aspiration of creating a China-born global giant.
"We know we're not perfect, but we believe in the direction in which we are moving – we're not afraid of problems and are prepared to find solutions," Mei admits.
Management focus
Even in light of the global economic uncertainty, Chinese firms are enjoying much faster revenue growth rate than their international counterparts. However, the top-ranked Chinese firms are frank about the big gap they have to close before they catch up with the standards set by international firms.
Taking advantage of a slowing domestic market, the large national firms are putting much more focus on practice management.
Jun He, widely regarded as China's blue-blood firm, shares a similar philosophy as its magic circle friend Slaughter and May in terms of client profile and international strategy.
According to Jun He's newly elected management committee chair, Shanghai-based partner David Liu, the firm's revenue in 2012 was up by 10 per cent. It is a satisfying result, but much slower than the 30 per cent growth rate Jun He enjoyed prior to 2008. In a bid to keep its growth momentum the firm is broadening its practice areas and diversifying its client base.
To achieve that, one of Liu's priorities is to improve specialisation and cross-referrals within the firm. As a first step Jun He asked partners to reduce their primary practice focus from two areas to one and, subsequently, has regrouped practice areas. Currently, the firm has five main departments – corporate and M&A, restructuring, litigation, capital markets, antitrust and international trade. Each department head is on the firm's management committee.
"To become the best quality firm in China we need to become experts in specialised areas," says Liu. "The way to achieve that is to zero in on one area. By the same token, this is the only effective way to encourage teamwork and cross-referrals between partners, teams and offices."
Dacheng is another firm that has shifted its focus from expansion to quality control. The Beijing-headquartered firm has been China's largest law firm by lawyer numbers for five years. But compared with previous years, 2012 was not an expansive year for Dacheng, as it only opened one new office.
Managing partner Wang Zhongde says Dacheng has entered its next phase of growth. According to its next five-year plan, management will focus on integration between practice groups and offices, and improve quality and consistency in client services.
Dacheng's management are aware that the firm's rapid expansion through mergers and rebranding smaller regional firms has attracted criticism. Many of its peers consider Dacheng a franchise or network of independent firms under a common name.
Wang acknowledges that some of its branch offices are not financially integrated, and says they will stay that way to maintain price- and cost-competitive edges in their local markets, but he stresses that the firm has a "one firm" approach. He has introduced several structural changes to ensure this.
One of the key changes is adopting a 'federal' structure in Dacheng's management. In the past the firm was managed by a committee of 15 senior partners, most in the Beijing headquarters. In April 2012 the firm overhauled its management committee selection process to allow equity partners across the firm to enter a public election to compete for places. The process is aimed at strengthening the relationship between Beijing and other branch offices by allowing non-Beijing partners to be part of the firm's highest governing body.
The second key change sees the firm operating in 23 practice and industry groups. Lawyers in different offices are grouped together according to their primary practice focus and each group is led by a leadership team. Training and business development initiatives are organised around practice groups instead of offices. By improving resource-sharing and knowledge-sharing within the same practice group firmwide the firm expects to achieve better teamwork and consistency in quality.
A number of large national firms were traditionally managed by founding partners or more senior partners, but have recently moved on to adopt more democratic methods and younger leadership teams.
Zhong Yin is a good example. At the end of 2011 the firm abandoned the old ways, whereby a firm's founder was the sole decision-maker, and installed a management committee of 12 partners as the governing body. The committee is now chaired by managing partner Li Ju, still in his late 30s.
"The firm has promoted younger partners to its management committee in the hope they will bring a new perspective, fresh thinking and renewed energy to the firm's growth, which will be the future of the younger generation," says Li.
Smart nouveau
The large Chinese firms know that just having a good management structure is not enough to manage their huge organisations well. State-of-the-art IT infrastructure such as financial and practice management software is equally crucial.
Some firms have already invested heavily in creating bespoke systems. Beijing-headquartered Guantao is one. The firm, with 210 lawyers across 11 offices, has budgeted Rmb3m (£300,000) and instructed a well-known Chinese software development company to develop a customised management software system for the firm.
"As the firm grows and the nature of work becomes more complex and multi-jurisdictional, the old system is less able to cope with our evolving practices," says managing partner Cui Liguo. "To make the practices more efficient, we needed a new system."
One of the features of this new system is secured remote access to documents and files which enables lawyers to work more efficiently on client matters outside the office.
Given that the oldest Chinese law firms are 20 years old and the majority are still small, there is yet to be a one-size-fits-all IT solution for the large players. They are mostly contracting companies to develop their systems.
For the firms with the most entrepreneurial spirit, the lack of existing products in the market means business opportunities. Yingke, for example, is in the process of setting up a division branded as 'Yingke Cloud', an online legal documentation service modelled on LegalZoom. The division aims to provide affordable and accessible virtual legal services to individual clients and small to medium-sized enterprises in China.
Yingke has already set up an internet company called Legal Cloud Technology and named former venture capital funds manager Liu Wei as CEO to lead the development of the Cloud.
To many sophisticated international firms, the internal adjustments and restructurings under way in Chinese law firms may seem like pretty primitive steps. But they are the steps Chinese firms must take to move forward – and they are indicative of the fact that they are moving upward too.
Key figures: China
GDP (2012) $8.4tr
GDP growth (2012) 7.8%
Population 1.35bn
Number of lawyers 23,000
Number of law firms 20,000
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China, All China Lawyers Association


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Born in 1983 in Tomaszow Lubelski (Poland)
2002–2007 Studies in Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw with prof. Zbigniew Pluzek, completed with honour degree
2008–2010 Studies in Hochschule fur Musik in Stuttgart with prof. Marc Engelhardt, completed with honour degree
2009 PhD studies at Karol Lipinski University of Music in Wroclaw
Courses, masterclasses and private lessons with
Sergio Azzolini, Klaus Thunemann, Frank Morelli, David McGill, Milan Turkovic, Richard Galler, Frantisek Hermann, David McGill.
Laureate of many Polish national competition as a solist and with wind quintett and reed trio. The most imoprtant competition are:
2005 International Academic Competition of Oboe and Bassoon Players in Lodz, 3rd prize
2006 C. M. Wrber Competition in Wroclaw, 1st and special prize
2007 Michal Spisak international Music Competiton in Dabrowa Gornicza, 3rd prize
Moscow Conservatory International Competition For Winds and Percussion,
2nd prize and special prize.
2010 G. Rossini International Bassoon Competition in Pesaro (Italy), 1st prize
2010 International Competition for Wind Instruments in Chieri (Italy), 1st prize
Solo performances accompanied by
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino
Moscow Conservatory Chamber and Symphonic Orchestra
Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Leopoldinum Chamber Orchestra
Capella Cracoviensis
In 2011 will be released my 1st solo album with contemporary music for bassoon and string quartet.


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I prefer religious nutjobs to libertarian nutjobs, and one reason is because the former are at least sometimes honest about their desire to coerce. Propertarians are never honest about it; they totally deny it.
Although from an analytical perspective, it is often impossible to prove to a fare-thee-well which category of nut you're dealing with, because these cretins typically don't even understand their own stupid ideologies. Perhaps one cannot address Modern Conservatism in terms of "ideology" but only in terms of idiot point-scoring, hippie-pissing-upon, clinical diagnoses and the like.
Also the religious ones are not so much plaster saints as Clay Aiken pigeons. Ha ha ha.
Oh hello, Chuck Norris. Here is a humorous Chuck Norris Fact: Chuck Norris is a dick.
Last week I read a blog post that noted how prayer was banned at a high-school graduation in Indiana but not in Alabama. Then I read another news report about how another California high school changed its graduation "opening prayer" to "a moment of silence." No big shocker there.
Tragically, these types of devaluing religious news stories are a dime a dozen today. Spiritual regression is not only a trend but an epidemic.
How is the God-o-meter, or whatever, even vaguely calibrated by what happens at high school graduation ceremonies? Granting God, arguendo: Is who the fuck the valedictorian is remotely balls relevant to a starving infant? Or is the question, is that starving infant gay something bloogah feroo?
Hell yes, duh, forget I asked,
The Fuller Youth Institute just reported that less than half (40 percent) of even church-going high-school seniors "significantly struggle with their faith and with finding a church after graduation." And other statistics show that, by the time they end their college education, 90 percent will have dropped out of church.
The Barna Group reports that only 29 percent of teenagers say they "will definitely" be attending church after graduation. That's about one in three if you're an optimist – about one in four if you're a pessimist. And about one in five if you believe these polled teenagers are either overly optimistic or over-exaggerators. Any way you look at it, the "Leave It to Beaver" family seems so passé and archaic in our times.
It is very regrettable that we as a nation are no longer ashamed at either living up to or not living up to, or whatever, the moral codes of decades-canceled "situation comedies" on television. I mean, fuck Leviticus, we can't even handle My Three Sons. This makes sense. Besides, it is not just passé but also archaic. Apart from national godless moral decadence, you know, Leave It to Beaver would be extremely au courant and fashionable, so much so that in Williamsburg they would be all over the straight wedlock sex, and also the lawnmowing.
Long ago the Creator was replaced by natural causes in public classrooms.
Oh, just write your own damn joke.
Humans have become the kings of their castles and captains of their souls.
Human, you are a fine girl (or boy), but Jesus's love, life and lady is the sea. Also the silver spoons, the little boy blue, the man in the moon and the seasons in the sun. Or else just be impressed at how snugly the Jesus finger fits inside the latex libertarian glove. Kootchie-koo, prostate.
Church has been replaced by the NFL and Sunday commerce.
Ban football! And capitalism!
And the government is now God, granting to all who has need.
Because of football and capitalism? NO! Because of, I dunno, food stamps. Or something. ROUNDHOUSE KICK.
Attrition in church attendance and faith in God is definitely on the rise.
The down is unanswerably up. It's not even questionable.
Skipping ahead, because it's all like this. Oh here we go:
Right now, one man needing our patriot assistance is Rep. Randy Forbes, whose congressional address on America's Judeo-Christian heritage has received 3 million views on YouTube. Forbes, along with the members of the bipartisan Congressional Prayer Caucus, has reintroduced H.R.397, "America's Spiritual Heritage Resolution." The resolution recognizes our nation's spiritual heritage milestones, rejects current attempts to erase all religious history from public buildings and educational resources and establishes a week for Americans to remember and reflect on spiritual principles upon which our nation was founded. The resolution has gained bipartisan support with 79 co-sponsors. Have your representatives sponsored or supported the resolution? If not, please contact them today to ask they do so.
Rock on.
The problem that Patriotic Religious Americans face has nothing to do with pro forma shit about graduation speeches. The problem for people like Chuck is that they have been and continue to be staggeringly wrong to a degree approaching psychosis about every genuinely moral issue that's confronted the nation in the past several decades.
Gay marriage? Bigots.
Climate change? Cretins.
Poverty? Kill the poor. The economy? Fuck thy neighbor. War? Kill for lies.
Rub a dub-dub yay God. (Blows despondent kazoo. Kickboxes.)


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Say it ain't so, Jessica! According to Entertainment Weekly, the most perfect woman to play Wonder Woman in the upcoming Justice League movie has decided to pass on the project. Which is quite possibly the worst news I've heard all week; right up there with news that Natalie Portman had decided to finally strip FOR REAL in a movie, before seeing the nude scenes, and realizing that poor Natalie looks like a 12-year old boy without her clothes on and expecting that guy from Dateline to crash into my room with a camera at any moment. But I digress. Jessica Biel as Wonder Woman was probably the best news comic book geeks heard all month, and now she's shut down negotiations and moved on. Damn.
EW has learned that actress Jessica Biel has decided to pass on playing Wonder Woman in Warner Bros. live-action adaptation of Justice League of America. The former 7th Heaven star had been in early talks to play the Amazonian princess.
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The Chicago Bulls 2012-2013 campaign has officially come to a close. Now that we are weeks removed from the end of the season and have had time to be reflective, it's time to take a look back at the performances of the members of this Bulls squad and brief look ahead at the future. The following is the eighth part of a series of nine posts detailing this year's squad. Each player is assigned a season grade based off of their performance on general preseason expectations.
Previous player capsules can be found here: Joakim Noah, Carlos Boozer, Luol Deng, Jimmy Butler, Kirk Hinrich, Taj Gibson, Nate Robinson
Name: Marco Belinelli
Height/Weight: 6'5″ / 192 lbs
Age: 27
NBA Seasons: 6
Regular Season Stats: 73 games, 9.6 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 2.0 apg, 0.6 spg, 39.5 FG%, 83.9 FT%
Post-Season Stats: 12 games, 11.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 2.6 apg, 0.4 spg, 41.1 FG%, 87.9 FT%
Season Grade: B-
I dont know about other people's expectations for him, but for me I didn't expect too much from Marco Belinelli this past season. Having watched him in the past, I knew he was average at best on defense and offensively he was simply a solid role player and didn't expect him to do much better than he has in the past. Belinelli did not disappoint.
Throughout the season Belinelli continued to play as he had for his previous three teams though there were some fairly unexpected drops in production for him (ex: three point shooting). Overall, Belinelli had a fairly average season by his standards and should receive a C. However, because of his stretch in the middle of the season as a starter when he led Chicago to many victories behind ultra-efficient 20+ point games, I feel compelled to give him a higher grade.
Belinelli was also signed to a one year deal last offseason which now makes him an unrestricted free agent. Previously Belinelli signed the Mini-Mid Level Exception which paid him approximately $2 million for the season. Given that his play neither improved nor declined, he will likely be valued at the same price. For the time being it's unclear whether the Bulls will pursue resigning Belinelli in the coming months or if they will look to replace him with a three point shooter from the draft or free agency.


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Dr. Patrick Chiasson at the Southern Arizona Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery has become the first surgeon in Arizona to offer a SPIDER gastric sleeve procedure for patients seeking to lose weight.
Chiasson is using the SPIDER® Surgical System to perform the weight-loss procedure through a small incision made near the patient's belly button – resulting in a virtually invisible scar. He also is using the novel platform to perform a single-incision cholecystectomy, or gallbladder removal.
Called sleeve gastrectomy or gastric sleeve, the procedure has become the nation's fastest growing option for surgically supported weight loss because of multiple patient benefits, Chiasson said.
"Bariatric surgery is a medical decision patients thoughtfully consider for quite some time – it's not a choice made lightly," Chiasson said. "As a surgeon, I want to support my patient's life-changing decision by making it as minimally invasive as possible. The SPIDER System allows me to do that without requiring me to sacrifice dexterity or visualization at the operating site."
During a gastric sleeve, the surgeon removes about 80 percent of the patient's stomach, leaving a small tube – or "sleeve" – to serve as a smaller new stomach. A smaller stomach means patients feel satisfied after eating less food.
The SPIDER Surgical System by TransEnterix allows Chiasson to perform a gastric sleeve procedure using fewer incisions than required with traditional laparoscopic surgical tools.
With the SPIDER System, Chiasson makes a small incision, inserts the device and opens it inside the patient's abdomen like an umbrella. SPIDER's expansion allows him to comfortably and precisely manipulate 360-degree-rotating, flexible instruments at angles that enhance the surgical procedure. When the procedure is completed, he closes the system and removes it through the same incision.
"By making fewer incisions than previously required, I can provide my patient with a more pleasing cosmetic outcome," Chiasson said. "And that's important because my patient is working hard to recover quickly, make wise choices and lose weight. By using SPIDER, I help support her forward momentum."
Last year, the New England Journal of Medicine – one of the world's most respected peer-reviewed medical journals – published studies demonstrating that sleeve gastrectomy was more effective in treating Type 2 diabetes than medicine, diet and exercise alone.
Dr. Patrick Chiasson is using the SPIDER Surgical System to perform the weight-loss procedure through a small incision made near the patient's belly button – resulting in a virtually invisible scar. He also is using the novel platform to perform a single-incision cholecystectomy, or gallbladder removal.


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Gods - LoI - Review @ GameSpot
Slamming the story as "ridiculous", GameSpot has reviewed Gods: Lands of Infinity and awarded a score of 4/10:
They want "innovation" and rate Oblivion a 9.3? Now that's silly, isn't it?
I'm actually giving this game a try. Spent about an hour with it last night and it didn't seem too bad besides all the running around and Fed Ex quests. Of course my standards aren't crazy high like others.
I downloaded the demo the other day, and uninstalled it after about 20 minutes. The crude comments from Eastern European NPCs about my character (the character that the game sticks you with) were just too much for me. I don't have a huge problem with a game portraying a sexist, medieval atmosphere, but I at least want to be able to play a character that doesn't put up with it. In Fallout I could threaten or kill somebody for treating me like that.
In some strange unexplainable way, having played all 3 demo's, i would rather play this game than Oblivion, if just for the combat system alone. I would give any game a minimum of 5 from 10 for the shear effort of making a game, also a couple of points for curiosity. This gives roughly 7.5 from 10 at least. I would play this game to see how the combat evolves at the higher levels.
It's very tactical at higher levels. In fact, brute strength just won't work; you have to move people, buff, heal, mix in spells, rest at appropriate times, etc, to have any hope of success!! The Demo is not really indicative of later play; it gets better, IMO.
Yes, it get's really hard at the end. Even with a strong party you have to plan every combat very thoroughly (or die fast ; - )
I've barely gotten anywhere yet but certainly find it interesting so far.
The one thing that annoys me so far is the constant eating and drinking after I rest to get my health/mana back, could've done without this.
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LONDON Financial results for the fourth quarter at troubled mobile chip joint venture ST-Ericsson NV were bleak with sales down, losses up and the outlook bad due to a loss of orders with a large customer. ST-Ericsson reports its own financial numbers, but they are also reported within those of parent STMicroelectronics, which was weighed down by the losses and a difficult outlook.
In its outlook for 1Q12 ST-Ericsson said it expected "a very significant decline in net sales, resulting from a combination of higher inventory at some of our customers, further weakening of legacy product sales, the effect of first quarter seasonality as well as the reduction, in the short term, of new product sales with one of our largest customers."
For the fourth quarter ST-Ericsson (Geneva, Switzerland) reported a net loss of $231 million on sales revenue of $409 million. This compares to a third quarter for which the company reported a net loss of $211 million on sales revenue of $412 million. At the end of the year the company owed its parent companies $800 million and listed just $2 million in cash and short-term deposits on hand.
In a note in the tabulated results ST-Ericsson said "Our shareholders will continue to support funding our transitional financial needs."
Didier Lamouche, who was appointed president and CEO during the fourth quarter replacing Gilles Delfassy, said: "From a financial perspective, it is clear that both sales and operating results will continue to be challenging over the coming quarters, due to the reduction in the short term of new product sales with one of our largest customers. That is why our immediate priority is to build a strong roadmap to profitability based on enhancing execution, delivering in volume our leading products and lowering the break-even point."
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schools, roads and bridges, ports, sewage, water, and environmental systems. Kucinich supports living wages.
On Education: Kucinich supports establishing universal pre-kindergarten programs that build on existing federal and state pre-kindergarten initiatives.
On Healthcare: Kucinich supports a universal healthcare program provided by a publicly financed single-payer plan.
On War: Kucinich opposed the war in Iraq.
On Rights and Justice: Kucinich backs affirmative action, would repeal the Patriot Act, opposes capital punishment, and supports organized labor and collective bargaining.
Most Recent Position: U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1989 — present
Born: Feb. 24, 1942, Stamford, Connecticut
Education: Yale University, B.A., 1964; Yale University, L.L.B., 1967
On Jobs and the Economy: Lieberman proposes tax credits
to spur private research and development.
On Education: Lieberman supports funding to expand the national pool of math and science teachers and the number of American engineering graduates.
On Healthcare: Lieberman seeks to implement a MediKids plan of comprehensive care with low premiums and MediChoice, which would subsidize healthcare for low-income workers.
On War: Lieberman supported invading Iraq.
On Rights and Justice: Lieberman opposes racial profiling and supports access to the voting booth for everyone.
Most Recent Position: Founder and president, National Action Network, 1991 — present
Born: Oct. 3, 1954, New York
Education: Brooklyn College, 1973 — 1975
On Jobs and the Economy: Sharpton seeks to repeal Bush's tax cuts except for those that would benefit the poor and middle-income families and to invest the tax savings in education, healthcare, housing, and infrastructure projects.
On Education: Sharpton seeks amendments guaranteeing all American citizens the right to high-quality public education.
On Healthcare: Sharpton seeks amendments to guarantee all American citizens the right to high-quality healthcare.
On War: Sharpton opposed invading Iraq.
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You know hat we love here at Android Community? The Moto G. It's not the best phone we've ever tested, and certainly not the prettiest, but it strikes a nerve. Appropriately priced, and actually really nice for day-to-day use, the Moto G is one we recommend a lot. Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside has hinted that the Moto G may not be the end of their low-price push, either.
In a conversation with TrustedReviews, Woodside had some very telling things to say about low cost devices. In fact, he might have tipped his hat a bit about their focus moving forward, but the more sensational commentary is in regard to price points:
In much of the world $179 is a lot of money so there's a big market at a price point of less than $179. We're going to look at that and just delivering on that value promise is super important. I mean why can't these devices be $50? There's no reason that can't happen so we're going to push that.
We bristle to think he's discussing the US, as the conversation lends itself to emerging markets. We thought the $179 would be the lowest Motorola could go, at least in forgoing subsidies. A device around $50 would be good for a variety of reasons, if for nothing more than to introduce Motorola to the world.
Woodside also discussed higher-end devices, and customization. Currently, we have some customization, but Motorola is working to bring us more. "Today you have colours and beginning of materials but you don't have screen size and you don't have functionality and we're going to bring all that in in the next year or so." Brings Project Ara to mind, doesn't it?


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A Comparison of Salary Structures Between Economics and Agricultural Economics Departments
We examine whether differences exist in the prevailing salary structures for doctorate-granting economics and agricultural economics departments at public, land-grant universities in the United States. Within a sample of 440 economists and 375 agricultural economists, we find that economics departments exhibit greater variation in annual salaries, higher estimated negative returns to seniority, and larger estimated returns to career publishing success than do agricultural economics departments. These difference manifest themselves in a hierarchical salary distribution in which members of elite economics departments earn the highest predicted annual salaries, members of elite agricultural economics and middle-ranked economics departments earn middle predicted annual salaries, and members of middle- and lower-ranked agricultural economics and lower-ranked economics departments earn the lowest predicted annual salaries. In 16 out of 22 universities studied, we predict that economists would face salary declines if they moved across campus (or in some cases down the hall) to their respective agricultural economics departments. Copyright 2012, Oxford University Press.
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• New York Fashion Week is right around the corner, with designers and editors alike scrambling to be properly prepared. In the midst of the madness, a peek behind-the-scenes is welcomed with open arms. Tracy Reese dished on her upcoming Fall 2013 collection, citing New York's "harshness and beauty" as points of inspiration.
Expect to see a combination of sexy silhouettes and rich textures in her soon to be revealed wares. In the meantime, enjoy this sketch; just a taste of what's to come!
• Kate Hudson is will not only be returning as the face of Ann Taylor, but will also be designing a capsule collection; poised for a summer release. The actress worked with the label's creative director, Lisa Axelson, to create looks " inspired by her red-carpet style, reinterpreted for everyday occasions." WWD reports. "Working with Ann Taylor has been a great creative experience, and there is a really wonderful connection," Hudson said about the collaboration. "Ann Taylor is great at creating iconic wardrobe staples and updating them season after season. I love that Lisa Axelson is designing clothes for real women." While I'm not too fond of her street style, I do love her red carpet looks. I'll keep my eye out for this! (WWD)
• Justin Timberlake has returned to music in grand style, serving up grown man swag in the official lyric video for his latest hit Suit & Tie. The video, which premiered earlier this morning, shows Justin getting dressed to the nines in Tom Ford . Shhh! Just watch. (Vevo)
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CNS – Another 300 poll workers are still being sought to staff voting locations for the Feb. 5 presidential primary election, Los Angeles County election officials said.
"Although more than 24,000 poll workers have been recruited, there is still a need for more," said acting Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan. "The election is less than 15 days away and we're looking for additional help. Recruitment has been difficult due to the unprecedented number of elections during 2007 and 2008."
The Board of Supervisors recently approved a $75 year-end bonus for poll workers who work the Feb. 5, June 3 and Nov. 4 elections.
The areas most in need of poll workers are Beverly Hills, Canyon Country, Castaic, Encino, Lomita, the 90045 ZIP code in Los Angeles, the city of Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades, Playa del Rey, Rancho Palos Verdes, Santa Monica, Saugus, Sherman Oaks, Valencia, Venice, Winnetka and Woodland Hills.
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A deputy headteacher for 25 years has gone back to 'school' and successfully achieved a First Class BA Hons at the age of 80.
Pat Barker from Churchill Drive, Mildenhall, began working for her degree in International Studies in 2002 and completed it in between spells of hospital treatments for hip replacements and knee surgery.
She will receive her degree at Ely Cathedral next year.
Pat, who was a Forest Heath District councillor for four years and chairman between 1999 and 2000, said: "I was hoping to get an upper second but in the last module I got a distinction and I was over the moon.
"It was such an interesting degree, politics, history, geography and social science. I think it was one of the most fascinating things I have ever done."
Pat said as a child she had always wanted to be a teacher and did not aspire to a headship. "I just wanted to be in the classroom with the children.
"When I finished on the district council I thought I would do a degree."


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I was under the impression that the forum was to be a place to encourage, inform, support those choosing to live the top free/bra free lifestyle as a positive change for the womans health.
A safe zone where women could come ask questions, read personal accounts of frustrations and victories as related to living the life style. A place to build up self esteem not tear it down by bringing in fantastical stories and photos.
The photos and stories of the women that gather here are wonderful because they are real to each other and they serve to bolster and build confidence. I have seen it work with Michaela! The truth is that she was being honest about her questioning posting her new pics because of the foreign material that had taken over the forum, she didnt want to be seen in the light that was permeating it at the time, and she really had to force her self to post.
We need to maintain a safe environment for the women here and constantly reinforce the respect that we have in their decision to go against the grain of society, for their own comfort, esteem, and health. Many of these women are still crawling so to speak in the early stages and are not in need of all the clinical/ philosophical high brow that tends to fill the air, they need the nitty gritty down to earth mechanics, the who, what where when and why of the start of their life style. This was what I understood the forum to be about.
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