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Its reliably the first question whenever someone in the California-centric motorcycle industry finds out I live in Wisconsin (which, I can only reasonably conclude, most of them consider the southernmost Canadian province): What do you do during the winter? How can you stand not riding for so many months?
What do I do during the long, cold, desolate Wisconsin winters? I ride motorcyclesas often as I can, sometimes multiple times a weekon frozen lakes. Thats right. You can ride a motorcycle, at least one properly equipped with studded tires, safely and successfully on frozen water. Whats more, riding ice has become, far-and-away, my favorite form of motorcycling.
To answer the obvious questions: No, its not scary. A well-built studded ice tire delivers traction to rival a slick on hot pavement. No, its not cold, either (not usually, at least). Anyone who has ridden a dirt bike off-road knows how physically demanding that activity is. With carefully chosen layers, Ive ridden myself into a sweaty froth in ambient temps as low as zero degrees. And no, its not that dangerous. Provided you stay out of the studded tires, which are essentially fast-spinning buzzsaw blades, if you fall off you just slide through the snow. Its rare to get badly hurt.
My parents live at the northern tip of Wisconsins Lake Winnebago, so when I went home for the holidays this year, in addition to wrapped presents and tins of Christmas cookies, I also stuffed my Kawasaki KX250F into the van. I looked forward to spending a bit of the holiday break in my fathers warm and well-appointed workshop, getting my bike ready for the upcoming ice season. I stripped off the light kit I installed for fall enduro racing, installed the custom-made fenders that cover most of the studded tires (required for ice racing), and I changed the shorter woods gearing to taller ratios more suited for wide-open ice. Then I rolled the bike out of the shop and down the hill to the lake, to test the setup.
Wisconsins winter is off to a weird start. The ice came weeks earlier than expected, and a recent warm spell made conditions far from ideal. There was a big crack 200 yards off shore and open spring holes everywhere else, but a quick walk revealed a football field-sized patch of safe ice. I kicked the KX over and headed out.
It didnt take 10 seconds to remember why I love riding ice so muchjust long enough to tap the top of fifth gear and pitch the little KX sideways, feeling the back end come around just like Brad Baker on the Springfield Mile. Getting slideways, which can be so scary on a streetbike and so unpredictable on dirt, is so surprisingly easy on iceand positively addictive, too.
Everything was perfect. My tirespainstakingly handbuilt by Illinois enduro legend Jeff Fredettehooked so well I could turn slow circles until the inside footpeg touched down, then snap the throttle and slide out sideways, getting away with things Id never dream of on dirt or pavement. Its ice-cold motorcycle riding bliss.
Riding ice is pure freedom. No lanes, no curbs, no corners, no laws or rules or regulations, just a clean, unmarked sheet for you to go out and create your own beautiful trajectory, wherever your wheeled whimsy might take you. So what do I do during the long, cold, Wisconsin winters? I ride motorcycles, on ice. And on a day like this, theres no place Id rather ride.
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He puts me to sleep with his friendly trees and big ole mountains. His voice from my DVR puts me at ease when the real world is kicking me in the nuts. This tall afro'ed white man is my personal sandman.
Heck, I even imagined what it would be like if he had done tattoos.
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I know you can't imagine that little old brilliant with the words me could be equally awesome with pictures, so...I took pictures. (Or you can check out the student art on Barb's site where I am number 519 (you can hit Prev and get there from the beginning, I think)
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Thanks Barb for your brilliance and more importantly your patience! Along with your comedic sidekick, Woody who gave me continuous encouragement from his spot in the back, I would not have made it without you both. Thanks to Vicky with the wonderful water and beautiful Unabomber cabin, being able to look over your shoulder from 2 tables back and watch you work was inspiring. To my fellow mountain virgins, Katie and Emily, I enjoyed our conversation and you made it really easy to not feel too intimidated.
If I had more than "Start a Bucket List" on my bucket list, this would certainly have been on it. CHECK!
I should probably have waited until the New Year, then I could have said this was a New Years Resolution, but since you know I rarely make those, I suppose I won't.
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Henderson House Wedding: Emily and JustinSeptember 22, 2011
Emily & Justin's wedding felt like it was in the English countryside… Emily's dress reminded me of Jane Austen, the church was big and old and beautiful, and the Henderson House is absolutely stunning and should be located in western England, not Weston, MA. It was a hot, but beautiful day, and Emily and Justin's low-key personalities made for a relaxed and happy wedding!
Wedding Coordinator- Lisa Giles at Henderson House
Dress Designer(s) -Priscilla of Boston, Vineyard Collection
Veil Designer(s) – Kristin Malmberg (AKA Bride's Mom)
Officiant – Rev. Richard Malmberg (AKA Bride's Uncle)
Florist – Nellie's Wildflowers
Cake – Kick Ass Cupcakes
Band/DJ – Greg Sowa
Boston Maternity Photographer: KaraSeptember 21, 2011
It was so much fun photographing Kara's maternity. We're only due a couple weeks apart, so aside from the obvious issues we had walking from place to place and getting up from crouched positions, it was so nice to be able to photograph this important time in someone else's life too. I know how much I love my maternity photos (which, btw, there will be more of soon), and I hope that Kara loves hers just as much. I think these photos will only come to mean more as our babies (and we) get older…
North End Engagement Photos: Nicola & ShawnSeptember 19, 2011
Ummm, maybe it's because we had so much fun or maybe it's because Nicola and Shawn look like models, I just can't resist posting a few more of their fabulous engagement shoot. Here's the first couple we showed last week: http://cirasphotography.com/blog/index.php/north-end-engagement-shoot-nicola-shawn/
Boston maternity photographer: Kara's teasersSeptember 15, 2011
North End Engagement Shoot: Nicola & ShawnSeptember 12, 2011
Let's hear it for the boysSeptember 8, 2011
Well, after losing power for what seemed like a month (it was only 4 days, but at one point I literally told Jesse I lost the will to live), incubating a baby (I will continue to use this as an excuse for everything until this little nugget is out in the world), having my baby shower (amazing. photos to come eventually), decorating a nursery (omg. I'm in love with it. I sometimes just go in there and sit and look at how pretty it is), and catching up on album design, the time has come for me to actually blog something. August was lovely, we had a bit of a "catch up break" and now are heading into fall weddings. This weekend, Paul & Resina are getting married on a boat! Well, they're technically getting married on the beach and then the reception will be on a boat. I couldn't be more excited.
So, I was thinking that I'd post a bunch of photos from Sept last year, because it always seems to fly by so fast… so I went into my folders from last year and began selecting photos… I had this whole "pick an artsy photo you've never blogged" idea floating around. But as I began picking, the ones I was drawn to were photos of the grooms. I know I brag all the time about what a great job Jesse does capturing the whole "guys getting ready" deal, but it should be said more that the men are so cute and loveable on their wedding day. Yes, the day may not circle around them the way it does for a bride, but I know that most of my favorite photos of my wedding are where Jesse looks adorable.
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Lessons Learned From The Hannah Montana Ticketing Uproar
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Hannah mania may be the tour that forces some sort of revamping of the secondary ticket market, whether it is self-policing or legally enforced.
The question is, who's at fault? Venues, promoters and resellers all say, "Not us."
How Hannah Montana tickets disappear and then reappear on the secondary market has spurred attorneys general from three states to look into the situation.
Additionally, on Oct. 15, Ticketmaster will seek a preliminary injunction in Federal District Court in Los Angeles to stop software provider RMG Technologies from using automated programs that Ticketmaster believes provide resellers repeated access to ticketmaster.com and move these buyers to the head of the digital line.
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CNET en Español Announces List of Top Latinos in Technology
01 Oct 2016 by Pedro Aristes in Business, Career, Celebrities, Event, Fame, Finance, General, Home, Money, Pleasure, Power, Sports, Technology, Television, TOYS
To help celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, CNET en Español, CNET's Spanish-language sister site, today pays tribute to the technology contributions of Latinos in America by announcing its annual list of the top 20 most influential Latinos in technology for 2016. The list, which marks its fourth consecutive year and includes 18 new executives as well as a record number of women (9), is made up of Latinos with a broad range of experience and skills, that are leading teams in high-profile tech companies in the U.S. From Apple to LinkedIn to NASA, the list of senior executives is reflective of the accomplishments and impact of the Latino community on technology.
"Latinos continue to play a growing and more influential role in the make-up of American society," said Gabriel Sama, managing editor of CNET en Español. "That growth and influence is aligned with the explosion of technology and this list is designed to acknowledge the impact Latinos are making with the products and services that are shaping the way we live in today's highly connected and technical world. We congratulate this year's executives."
Selected by the CNET en Español editorial staff, the list is comprised of professionals in STEM or creative fields that meet the following criteria: born in Spain or Latin America, or in the U.S. of Hispanic origin; working in the U.S. or at a company with operations in the country; and those who are in senior positions and involved in the decision-making processes or play key creative roles in the technology space.
Eddy Cue, Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Service at Apple, who's on the list for the second time tells CNET en Español: "My parents wanted me to be more successful than they were. And I think that's a great attribute; I want that for my kids. So I owe them a great deal for that. And they taught me a lot about all the principles of hard work. Both my parents worked a lot of hours."
"To be recognized a second time is an exceptional honor, not only for me personally, but also for my VRLab team," said Evelyn Miralles, Principal Engineer Innovator at the Virtual Reality Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center, where she has worked on virtual reality for 24 years. "As a businesswoman with a passion for STEM advancement, it is an esteemed acknowledgment which helps to further my efforts." Miralles is on the list for the second consecutive year.
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- Jerry Bautista– Vice President and General Manager, New Devices Group at Intel Corporation
- Manuel Bronstein– Vice President of Product Management at YouTube
- Frances Colón– Deputy Science and Technology Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State
- Eddy Cue– Senior Vice President, Internet Software and Service at Apple
- Christina Díaz– Systems Engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mars 2020
- Carlos Domínguez– Director of Technical Development at Hasbro
- Nicolás García Belmonte– Engineer Manager, Data Visualization at Uber
- Dioselín González– VR Principal Engineer at Unity Labs
- Evelyn Miralles – Principal Engineer Innovator at Virtual Reality Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center
- Selene Mota– Research Engineer at Samsung Research America
- Charlie Ortiz– Director, Nuance Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing
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- Diego Rejtman – Principal Software Engineer Manager at Microsoft
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After arrival in Dipolog we met up with one of Hernie's old school friends who went with us around town. First we had to stop at a government office to pick up his drivers license. Boy was I shocked when I learned how easy it is to get a drivers license in this country.....thinking abut how badly people drive back home inspite of going through 1,5 months of training and two examinations.
Well next stop Hernie's grandmother. This was acctually the first time I was like sitting in a private home in the Philippines and that was deifnately an experience. Not onley because of the limited amount of english available from his grandmothers side but also because of my limited bisayan - and in my case at this point all that was in my vocabulary at this point was salamat.... but at little translation here and there and some signlanguage did however make it possible to have some sort of dialoque, and for the rest of the time I started developing a technique of listnening very carefully to the words said, and put things together from the few words of spanish origin (I understand some spanish but do not speak it) and the few english words that comes in here and there.
Well lunch...was set for Big Joe's burger....a Dipolog Classic according to the boys and I have to admit they are right...beef, egg and pinaple just makes the perfect burger.
Next project was buying a new SD card for my camera. I've allready used 4 GB and needed another 2 GB card. The price.....1995????????????? Buuut in Cebu they wanted 1600......fuck.....Hernie warned me it would be more expensive down here, but come on....well fuck that no reason to discuss it - I need the card so I bought it.
After that we had a walk at the Dapitan baywalk which is far from complete.
The afternoon was spend with Felix and Jude from yesterday...in Rizal Park. Unfortunately it was allready geting dark when we arrived so we did not see as much as I had hoped....but hey, better luck next time eh? :)
Picked up the laundry on the way home and finished the evening with a late pool party at the hotel with Ronell, Jude and Franklin. Was very funny and very entertaining, and allthough they are his friends, I have to say I allready miss their company and high spirit.
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The group has confirmed it is halting its UK expansion plans with head of wholesale Daniel Lee among personnel facing redundancies.
EdRAM is set to relocate to Europe, with offices in Paris and Luxembourg. Plans to break away from the UK follow the announcement in December that head of asset management Roderick Munsters was stepping down six months after taking the role as head of the €78 billion (£60.69bn) asset management division.
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I gave a talk on Building a Winning HR Team at the Human Management and Talent Forum last week. There were approximately 150 HR professionals in attendance. When I was first invited to participate in this event, I thought about compelling topics and issues and how I might add to the discussion.
I have been recruiting in China (and around Asia) for a while. In the course of my work, I have recruited and hired HR professionals for my business organization and recruiting team. I have also met with HR leaders and practitioners at seminars and networking events. Our role in HR is to help strengthen and building talent strategies to support our business.
What often intrigues me is what are we, professionals in HR, are doing to develop our own HR organization.
I speak with talent managers and organizational development experts and they agree with me, we don't spend nearly enough resources on developing our own HR teams. Their jobs and priorities are spent with line managers and organization leaders. HR directors hire external consultants for leadership and management training.
I was sourcing for an external consultant to deliver customized training for my staffing team a few weeks ago. The consultants gave me a blank stare when I asked about their experience with developing programs for internal HR. When was your most recent in-house training for HR teams? HR don't engage us for HR training, they hire us for line manager training. Oh!
How can we win against the war for talent if we don't have a strong army of HR professionals?
HR a Top Issue for China CEOs
Year after year, human resources constraints are paramount issues facing CEOs in China. The American Chamber of Commerce Shanghai has been conducting its annual China Business Climate Survey Report for over a decade. Without fail, each year, the issues of human resources constraints rank in the top 3 concerns for companies conducting business in China.
In 2005, McKinsey Global Institute issued a report on the growing issues related shortages of talent availability and quality of the Chinese workforce. The issues have not t abated seven years later.
Current Trends for China HR
Some major topics concerning companies doing business in China include:
- No Longer Low Cost – The global financial crisis have had major impact on the future direction of corporations with large manufacturing base in China. China is no longer low wage manufacturing base to the world. Employee costs have been creeping up where the minimum wage levels are doubling.
- Manufacturing or Consumption – While margins have narrowed, local companies are keeping up competition against foreign multinationals. Chinese companies have gained the know-how in developing products targeted for a distinctly Chinese consumer. Global brands are finding themselves facing stiff competition for a growing middle-class.
- Changing Workforce Demographics – The face of the Chinese workforce is changing. The Chinese government is contemplating about increasing the retirement age from the current 55 years of age. The post 80's generations are now coming into an age where they confronted with making large purchases, a house. They are also faced with spending for retirement, not their own, but that of their parents. The next generation, the 90's generation is now entering the workforce. While the China economy is slowing down, employing skilled workers have not abated. All these factors continue to driving a different management system for managers in China.
The Future of China HR
There is a place for HR policies and guidelines. The legal environment for human resources management in China is complex and filled with grey areas. HR professional can do so much more in a country such as China, where talent shortage looms and talent development is in high demand.
- Creating Opportunities– I recently met with an outsourcing vendor to one of our business units. During the meeting, the outsourcing vendor director informed us that while the business partnership was great, they struggled with our company's internal policies which prevented "their people" from interacting with "our people." I recognized that our policies were put in place to protect company business confidential information. However, there has to be a better way to increase the overall efficiency of the business partnership for greater impact.The future of HR requires us to relook at our policies in response to changing business environment. A more business focused HR (not just HR business partner) can create a more impactful relationship with our business leaders.
- Being Present in the Absence– Many firms in Asia Pacific are relocating their APAC headquarters to China. Whereas, HR leaders in the recent past have regional responsibilities for managing China, the new trend is China HR leaders taking on new responsibilities to manage Greater China (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan). Chinese MNCs are growing into regional and international players. China-based HR heads are expanding their teams into APAC and internationally.This idea of managing in the absence is neither about virtual teams nor remote management. It is a new approach to leadership and management. Business and HR leaders have to grow into multinational leaders and managing effectively in a local context. Local staff need to skills and expertise to communicate and work with bosses who are bases in different geographical locations.
- War for Talent – The capability of an organization to win the war for talent begins with a strong HR team. If an organization does not have a strong army of talent, including HR, it would be difficult to innovate and compete in the market place. HR is no longer a service provider. The profession is working as a strategic business partner with line management and heads of business organizations. As a strategic business partner HR need to be able to create business opportunities, not just delivering HR services and programs.
In order to fulfill our professional mission of being a strategic business partner HR leaders needs to focus resources on building an army of strong HR talent, in additional to training the line management.
Final Thought
My talk was to encourage and inspire HR professionals to take immediate action to focus on internal development of our HR teams. The profession requires it. Our HR staff expects it. It's time to move our HR teams to a high level of play.
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Earthy DIY Destination Wedding
The vibrant and fresh colors, the charming DIY details, the LOVE – Oh my! This charming DIY destination wedding from Willow Noavi Photography is sure to give you a serious boost of inspiration! L-O-V-E!
"The destination wedding of Owen and Hanna was a reunion of family and a union of marriage, officiated by a close family friend, Hal Porter. The celebration weekend took place in Northern Michigan, where both families had spent their holidays together throughout their lives. Although Owen and Hanna were introduced by their parents as toddlers, they only became serious after a reconnection in their 20's. The ceremony was held on the lawn of The Old Art Building, located on the Leland river, just steps away from Fish Town and Lake Michigan. Under the shade of a beautiful pine, Owen and Hanna exchanged rings and vows, in the presence of their closest friends and family.Following the ceremony, the reception was held within the walls of the cultural center (The Old Art Building). The DIY, eco-friendly styling was nothing short of perfect to compliment the earthy, lighthearted couple. The quaint setting of the reception was full of love and laughter. The night's entertainment was led by the amazing B-Side Growlers from Grand Rapids, Michigan. With a combination of unique instruments such as the banjo, fiddle, washboard and guitar, they kept the energy high. On occasion, Mr. Gibby, the groom's father joined in on guitar. Guests took off their shoes, bare feet stomping the ground as the group shared in celebration.After the wedding weekend had come to a close, the cabins packed, the beach bonfires covered with sand, a farewell gift was given. Sweet treats of Salt Water Taffy (A Michigan tradition) were inside an eco friendly tote. On the tote, a quote: 'Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.' Marcel Proust"
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Official studies in Public Relations
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You will be offered the opportunity to attend a Public Affairs and Lobbying seminar series in Brussels, which includes visits to the European Parliament, the European Commission as well as specialist industry seminars with leading public affairs and public relations experts in Brussels.
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A minimum of a second class Honours degree (2.1 preferred) or equivalent in a relevant subject. English language requirements If English is not your first language you must have one of the following qualifications as evidence of your English language skills: IELTS: 6.5 with 6.0 minimum in each skill Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): Grade C Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CAE): Grade B Pearson Test of English (Academic): 60 with 56 in each component IBT TOEFL: 90 with no subtest less than 20
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You will benefit from valuable international experience, gained not only by studying international public relations and communication, but actually experiencing them first-hand in different cultures. The course offers an excellent balance between theory and practice. As well as educating students on how to perform certain tasks in practice, we also give them theoretical knowledge. You will experience university life in both Stirling and Barcelona – two of the most beautiful campuses in Europe. One of the major strengths of the course is the emphasis on employability and encouraging students to develop their own networks by visiting different institutions. The course is taught by a lecturing team with both practical and international experience, and who are all research-active
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Let's say you couldn't get out of work early and you missed the U.S. Men's National Team (USMNT) World Cup win against Ghana. And maybe, somehow, you've managed to go nearly a week without watching any other soccer game. Well it's time to get ready because it's going to be hard to leave the house and not catch some USMNT fever.
That's because the United States is facing off today against Portugal at 5 p.m. in a game that could guarantee the United States make it to the knock-out stages of the tournament. Not only that, but the USMNT is going up against one of the greatest players in the world right now, Christiano Ronaldo (seen making people look really foolish in the video above).
So if you haven't jumped on the bandwagon yet, everything you need to know to hop on.
Kickoff: 5 p.m. - If you ask me, there isn't a better time for this game as it gives you enough time to enjoy a lazy Sunday in New Orleans before the game and — thanks to soccer's continually running clock and no timeouts — it will be over by 7 p.m., it leaves you plenty of time to celebrate afterwards
How to watch:
On TV: ESPN, Ch. 35/1035 on Cox, Ch. 206 on DirecTV and Univision, Ch. 50/1050 on Cox and Ch. 402 on DirecTV.
Online: WatchESPN and Univision Deportes.
Compare how the ESPN announcers called John Brook's game-winning goal against Ghana to how the Univision announcers called it. They're both stunned and excited by the goal but there's just something about hearing that elongated "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAALLLL" when Brooks scores that just puts it over the top for me. (Again, if you're actually trying to learn about the game a bit and gain insight through real-time analysis, then yea, ESPN is the way to go).
With Other People: Pretty much any sports bar with a TV should have the game (WWNO has a helpful map of where to go) on but if you really want to immerse yourself in World Cup excitement, there are two places that stand above the rest:
1) Rendezvous Tavern on Magazine Street: Following the success of their first watch party, the New Orleans Chapter of the American Outlaws will be hosting another watch party that includes drink specials ($10 domestic buckets, $1.5 High Life and $5 Big Bloody Marys) and food by the Rollin Fatties food truck. Rendezvous is also going to be bringing in extra televisions to accommodate any overflow.
2) Finn McCool's: Look, if you haven't seen a World Cup games at Finn's you really are missing out. Even if you don't go today, go see two random teams play and be surprised at just how many people from those countries live in New Orleans.
Scouting Report:
Soccer, many will tell you, can be a horribly unjust game in which a team can absolutely dominate their opponent and still end up tying or losing. This is heartbreaking for losing teams on many levels but for the team that wins, it can lead to something worse: false hope.
This was absolutely the case with USA-Ghana. All anyone seemed to talk about afterwards washow much of a miracle it was. Ghana had the U.S. on the ropes for most of the second half and it looked like they were the ones that were going to take the win and three points from the game. Then John Brooks happened and all of the U.S.'s faults didn't matter anymore.
Can the U.S. repeat that kind of game against Portugal? Probably not. They'll be without their biggest scoring threat, Jozy Altidore, and that shaky U.S. defense will have to go up against Christiano Ronaldo and a Portugese team fighting for their World Cup lives. Long story short: it doesn't look good for the U.S. But we said that last week and look how that turned out.
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Portugal's opening game against Germany was an absolute disaster for the Iberians. Not only did they lose 4-0, but star defender Pepe was ejected (meaning he will miss the U.S. match) and four of their players went down with injuries while Ronaldo continues to play on a gimpy knee. The injury report for Portugal looks bleak but they are still a formidable side looking to redeem themselves after a humiliating start to the World Cup and a loss to the U.S. back in the 2002 tournament.
Really, though, it all comes down to Ronaldo. Even not playing at 100%, Ronaldo is one of the most formidable strikers in the world and you can bet that he will be lined up against DaMarcus Beasley, who looked absolutely lost against Ghana. Every time No. 7 has the ball in his feet every USMNT fan will be holding their breath.
What to talk about to sound like you know about soccer:
For a handy guide on soccer lingo, check out this primer by the Washington Post.
With Altidore injured, USMNT Head Coach Jurgen Klinsmann has to choose between Chris Wondolowski and Aron Johannsson. If you ask us, we're pulling for the local boy. No, not the guy named Chris, we're talking about the Mobile-born Johannsson who is making his first World Cup trip with the USMNT. Check out this article for everything you need to know about the Mississippi(-ish) boy who could become a U.S. soccer savior.


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Full review of Sepsis integrating new Sepsis 3 guidelines. No need to listen to last episode on Sepsis to follow!
Here is a bit of a refresher on some resilient concepts! Also feel free to check out the new website at : growingresilient.com
More episodes to follow soon!
Learn about the basics of HIV medicine from Lucy Manchester, a family doctor with fellowship training in HIV medicine! Perfect for anyone wondering how to treat the rare patient with HIV in their practice, or just anybody interested.
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So much talk on it but ... What the heck is it really? We continue our Psychology Binge.
General conversation on the concept of resilience, and whether it is relevant and learnable. Some back and forth banter!
Check out our new site: growingresilient.com. It's aimed at growing resilience through mini-interventions. We are passionate about this subject!
Cognitive Biases and Heuristics and how these fold into the complex world of decision making and learning.
Starting practice can be scary and exciting. Let's hear from Generalist and Emerge focused Dale Edwards on his first year in practice!
Habits are fundamental to tasks performed everyday - they drive routines, addictions, work flow and productivity, and many other things in the day to day. This is a recorded conversation of Amar Singh and myself having an off the cuff conversation about habits.
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Toto Wolff has counted himself out of speculation regarding the dubious future of the McLaren-Honda collaboration.
Rumours were rife throughout the Montreal weekend, with many now expecting McLaren to dump Honda and simply buy a customer engine for 2018, perhaps from Mercedes.
"At the moment I do not want to participate in these rumours and discussions," Wolff, the Mercedes chief, told Bild newspaper.
"It could be detrimental to Honda," he added.
But the rumours persist that McLaren could actually dump Honda imminently — perhaps in the next few months.
"You could install a new power unit in any F1 car in a minimum of three months," an unnamed F1 engine source said.
What is at least clear for now is that frustrations are reaching boiling point.
After his latest engine failure, Fernando Alonso said after the Canadian grand prix: "The speed difference on the straights with the other cars is dangerous here.
"The others pass as though you're standing on a motorway."
And his misery will now continue in two weeks in Baku.
"It's not just that we lost a point here," he said. "We lost another engine, which means I will be last in Azerbaijan."
Worst still, the Honda upgrade that McLaren was expecting in Canada may not even be ready by Baku.
So another rumour is that even the board of the Honda Motor Company is running out of patience for the hapless F1 project.
"Obviously they (the board) are not happy right now, but they are committed to the long term project," boss Yusuke Hasegawa said.
When asked if it is him who may have to fall on his sword, the Japanese answered: "We are trying to improve, and maybe there is someone who can do better than me.
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---Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game"
---the elevator scene of Drive
---"We are on pace to eat to death half of the other life sharing the planet with us."
---"The film scholar should see as much as possible and write about as much as possible. I take a transcendental view of the role of the critic. He must aspire to totality even though he knows he will never attain it." --Andrew Sarris
---"We have a generation of individuals who are willing to take someone's life for fifty dollars, a hundred dollars."
---"Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil CEO, said issues like climate change, energy dependence and oil/gas drilling are blown out of proportion. He blames a lazy press, illiterate public and fear-mongering advocacy groups for the bad light placed on the oil industry.
Climate change is a controversial topic that has been subjected to much debate. Tillerson said that fossil fuels may cause global warming, but argued that humans can easily adapt to the warmer climate. More specifically, he said that humans can adapt to rising sea levels and climate changes because he doubts the validity of climate modeling, which predicts the magnitude of impact associated with climate change.
`We have spent our entire existence adapting,' said Tillerson. `We'll adapt. It's an engineering problem and there will be an engineering solution.'"
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---"Colors of Confinement"
---behind the scenes of Die Hard 5 and Blade Runner
---every Pixar short thus far
---Oliver Stone: a retrospective
---Three Reasons: Down by Law
---"Unlike losing a job, the fear of losing the job you have is not a discrete, socially visible event. Your course of action isn't clear because you don't know whether or how the job loss will occur. Things like unemployment insurance weren't meant for your situation. There's no intervention mechanism. You may become paranoid at work – and for good reason. Some managers have been known to try to get employees to quit so that they don't have to pay for unemployment insurance. The collegial feeling among workers can curdle into cut-throat competition."
---making A Clockwork Orange
---the title sequence of Boardwalk Empire
---trailers for Red Hook Summer, Sellebrity, Compliance, Dear Mr. Watterson, The Tall Man, The Sessions, Silver Linings Playbook, and Easy Money
---Sergio Leone's Duel
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---@annehelen considers the rumors about Tom Cruise's divorce with Katie Holmes
---Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
---"Friedkin is happy to spend his last few free minutes before being whisked away fielding a few more questions. He is asked if there are any contemporary directors he admires. `Paul Thomas Anderson and the Coen Brothers. And, eh... who else?' There is a very long pause. `Well, the Coen Brothers and Paul Thomas Anderson.' He lets this hang for a beat before another director occurs to him. `I like Wes Anderson's work. I think he's an interesting and original filmmaker. But I've been most influenced by many others like Hitchcock, and Orson Welles, the French New Wave, and the English New Wave of the 1960s. Tony Richardson, Karel Reisz, John Schlesinger... those were the films that influenced me. The Italian neo-realists, and some of the American classic directors of the 40s and 50s like John Ford of course, Joseph Mankiewicz, and the directors of the musicals, like Vincente Minnelli and Stanley Donen. I know Mr Donen, and he's still alive, I'm a great admirer of his work.'"
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There's nothing better than sharing baked good with friends. A care package containing peanut butter pound cake with peanut butter frosting and lemon coconut bars went to Boston.
Try a vegan substitute for cheese by blending cashews, water, and yeast, and adding different flavors such as fruit or herbs. Spread it on crackers for snack, or serve as a condiment with dinner.
A slow cooker is the perfect answer for a college student short on time and money, but big on appetite.
Black pepper beef is a weeknight-quick classic Chinese stir fry. Onion, fresh ginger, red bell pepper, celery, garlic and lots of black pepper offer plenty of flavor. The Pepper Project helps Cambodian pepper farmers and communities.
These delicious bar cookies are layers of graham cracker, coconut, sweetened condensed milk, raspberry jam, almonds, and chocolate.
At first glance, 'How to Boil an Egg' by Rose Carrarini seems simple, but the cookbook is packed with sophisticated and unusual recipes. It's also beautifully illustrated by award-winning botanical artist Fiona Strickland.
It's time to start thinking about fresh veggies and salads again. Use a madoline or a julienne peeler to make noodles out of carrots and cucumbers, and then dress them up with all kinds of toppings.
Home for lunch? Looking for a quick and delicious dinner? Take inspiration from this simple salad, with smoked cheese, crispy croutons, and chopped chorizo tossed with kale and vegetables.
Country Captain is an old Southern recipe inspired by the Indian spice trade. Serve up slow-cooked chicken pieces flavored with spices and veggies, next to a pile of sweet coconut rice.
Are you ever stuck with too much leftover quinoa? These tasty little cakes will have everyone going back for seconds.
Leeks, potatoes, and frozen green peas quickly cook into a creamy, hearty soup that tastes like spring.
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The dish that set Julia Child on her culinary path was a sole meunière tasted in Rouen, France. Its perfection lies in its simplicity and should be a staple in every home cook's repertoire.
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Super simple, and doable even without a food processor, this pesto comes together with ingredients you're likely to have on-hand. Pair it with a quick chicken dish or tiny meatballs.
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July 30, 1986
In light of many months of United States trade deficits, Congress seems set to try to override Ronald Reagan's December 1985 veto of legislation curbing imports of textiles and apparel fibers. This protectionist legislation, known as the Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act of 1985, is based an the so-called Jenkins Bill, introduced in the House (H.R. 1562) by Representative Ed Jenkins (D-GA), and a similar bill sponsored in the Senate (S. 680) by Senators Strom Thurmond (R-SC) and Ernest Hollings (D-SC).
The legislation (H.R. 1562, Amended) would require a further decrease in the import levels of currently restricted textile and apparel products from twelve major foreign suppliers. The bill also would reduce future growth possibilities for all remaining suppliers. Overall, it would reduce total imports of apparel by 7 percent and total textile imports by 8 percent. In vetoing the legislation, Reagan correctly labeled it pure protectionism.
If the veto is overridden, the measure will reduce textile and apparel imports substantially. So doing, it will protect some U.S. jobs in the textile industry. The cost of this to American consumers, however, will be enormous. According to the International Business and Economic Research Corporation (IBERC), the textile and apparel-related provisions of the bill will protect 20,627 textile and apparel jobs. But by raising textile and apparel product prices, the bill will eliminate 20,373 jobs in American retailing. The net number of U.S. jobs saved thus is only 254, and this comes at a cost to consumers of $1.053 billion--a staggering $4 million-for each net job saved. Moreover, if foreign countries retaliate, as seems likely, the legislation could result in heavy losses of American jobs in the West and Southwest, where there are disproportionately more export-oriented jobs than in other regions of the U.S. If this happened, then the bill not only would be costly but would lead to a net loss of jobs for Americans.
The historical record of protectionism is clear. It is.not the way to deal with foreign competition. It protects jobs in one part of American industry at the cost of jobs elsewhere while forcing all Americans to pay higher prices for goods. This makes for a less efficient American economy that is less able to compete internationally.
Any form of import protection, be it tariffs or quotas, has two immediate impacts: the volume of imports falls and the price of imports rises. Consumers respond by switching some or all of their purchases to the domestic product. This increase in demand for the domestic product, coupled with reduced competition from imports, permits domestic producers to raise their prices. The "consumer cost" of this switching is the extra amount of income that consumers are f orced to pay f or a smaller range of goods. 1 it is in essence a "tax" on the consumer's income, the proceeds of which go in part to domestic producers and workers, to the U.S. government (in the case of a tariff), or to the foreign suppliers (in the case of most quotas). A part of the consumer cost goes to no one. So-called deadweight loss, it occurs simply because resources are wasted an the production of a good in the U.S. that could be more efficiently produced abroad.
The U.S. currently protects its textile and apparel industries with both quotas and tariffs. Quota limits an the imports of most major suppliers have been in effect since 1961, in one form or another, thanks to the Long-Term Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Cotton Textiles and its successor, the Multilateral Fiber Agreement (MFA). The MFA is the main international agreement governing textile and apparel trade.
MFA quotas are established by bilateral agreements negotiated every three to five years with major suppliers. These agreements set annual limits for specific textile and apparel products. Each agreement typically provides for annual growth in these limits.
Washington may allow the supplying country to carry forward into the next year a portion of unused quota from the previous year, and to "borrow" a part of next year's quota for the current year. Countries may also switch (or "swing") a certain share of one product category's quota amount to another category. In 1984' two-thirds of U.S. textile and apparel @mports' were covered.by some t@pe of quantitative restriction.
in addition to the MPA quotas, the U.S. textile and apparel industries are protected by tariffs levied on all imports from all suppliers except Israel, whether or not they are also restrained by a quota. The discussion of protectionism in the textile and apparel industries often ignores these substantial tariffs, which are five times higher than average tariffs on all other manufactured goods.
A number of studies quantify the costs of textile and apparel tariff and quota protection; Table 1 summarizes some of the results. Estimates of the total cost (at wholesale prices) of tariffs and quotas on textile and apparel imports run as high as $27 billion a year (in 1984 dollars). The cost to the consumer at retail could be as high as $54 billion a year. Although they use a variety of methodologies, assumptions, and data bases, these studies all arrive at the same general conclusion: the costs of3textile and apparel protection far exceed the supposed benefits.
Despite existing protection, Congress-enacted more in passing the Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act of 1985 (H.R. 1562 and S. 680). And if each House of Congress can mount the two-thirds majority needed to override the Reagan veto, the new legislation will have serious repercussions. For one thing, it will impose quotas unilaterally, which will violate U.S. international obligations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the MFA. For another, the legislation will invite foreign retaliation against U.S.
TABLE 1 SUMMARY OF ANNUAL CONSUMER COST ESTIMATES OF' EXISTING TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORT PROTECTION 4- (in 1984 dollars)
Total Cost to Source Instrument Product the Consumer Hufbauer, et al. (1986)' MFA Quotas Textiles $9.00 billion Apparel $18.00 billion Munger (1983)6 Tariffs Textiles $3.55 billion Tariffs Apparel $13.23 billion Wolf (1982)7 MFA Quotas Apparel $3.57 billion Textiles Morkre Tarr (1980)8 Tariffs Apparel $1.82 billion Xeesing Wolf (1980) 9 Tariffs Apparel $11.29 billion COWPS (1978) to Tariffs Apparel $3.78 billion Mintz (1973)" Quotas Textiles $4.09 billion exports, jeopardizing thousands of American export jobs. And by limiting the access of developing countries to the U.S. market, the legislation will hold back their growth and foreign exchange earnings, both of'which they need to purchase U.S. goods and to pay their debts to U.S. banks.
Proponents of protectionism blame increases in imports for job losses as a justification for increasing protectionist barriers to textile and apparel imports. It is argued, for example, that doubling textile and apparel imports between 1980 and 1984 was responsible for the loss of some 300,000'American textile industry jobs during that period. This argument, however, is refuted by the facts. As Table 2 shows, virtually all of the job losses experienced by the industry occurred prior to 1982. Most of the import growth occurred after 1982--when domestic employment actually increased.
Annual Rate Percent Change of Import Growth in Industry Employment
1980-1982 10.2% - 200.7% 1982-1984 30.9% + 32.1%
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce and Department of Labor.
H.R. 1562 has been portrayed as a means to save thousands of American jobs. The bill's chief sponsor, Congressman Ed Jenkins, maintains that, "the failure to pass our legislation would result In unemployment for not only 947,000 Americans in the textile and apparel industries, but 943,0000 others, in other industries.... 11 The bill's negative job impact has been ignored. Yet the International Business and Economic Research Corporation estimates that, while the final version of H.R. 1562, as amended by the Senate, would retain 20,627 jobs in the textile and apparel manufacturing industries, it would cost 20,373 retail jobs related to textile and apparel 12 consumption. The net gain thus would be just under 254 jobs (see Table 3).
12. Jobs would be lost in the retail sector because the combination of higher prices and reduced availability of textiles and apparel would reduce consumer purchases, and retailers would require fewer sales personnel.
Textiles and Apparel
Total Annual Cost (at Wholesale) $1 billion Manufacturing Jobs Supported +20,627 Retail Jobs Lost -20,373 Net Jobs Supported 254 Apparel Import Cutback 7% Textile Import Cutback at
Footwear (for First 4 Years)
Total Cost (at Wholesale) $5 billion Manufacturing Jobs Supported +34,728 Retail Jobs Lost not calculated. Import Cutback 36%
Source: International Business and Economic Research Corporation.
The cost per net textile or apparel-related job saved amounts to $4,145,669. In effect, consumers would have been assessed a hidden "tax" of $4,145,669 for every textile and apparel manufacturing job allegedly saved by the legislation. Since the average annual salary of a textile worker in 1984 was about $13,000, and that of an apparel worker about $10,000, it would be far cheaper for consumers to be taxed outright to pay each of those 10,000 workers' salaries (and benefits) directly for as long as consumers wished to keep :them employed. Calculations based on the original House version of H.R. 1562" indicate that the job gains and losses would not be distributed evenly across the U.S. IBERC's state-by-state analysis of the distribution of employment benefits and losses reveals that at leas4%-. 35 states would suffer net job losses if the legislation were eventually enacted. While major textile-producing states of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia would be the major,beneficiaries of additional quotas, numerous midwestern and southwestern states, as well as California, would be heavy net losers (see Table 4).
ESrD%TED DISTRIBUI!ICN OF MANUACrEPMG JCBS SEJPPCRI!ED AND RE7!AM JOBS L40ST BY H.R. 1562 BY REGION AND STATE
(Number of Jobs)
Manuf . Retail Manuf . Retail Jobs Jobs Jobs jobs Supported Lost Supported Lost South 40,067 14v126 Midwest 4,043 15,555 XrWaina -4 r 1-15 816 12 784 -To, 0-3 9 Delaware 62 195 Indiana 321 1,,449 Dist. o f (bl. a 200 Iowa 143 743 Florida 171 3F321 Kansas 147 647 Georgia .7,020 1F576 Michigan 526 2,160 Kentucky 987 818 Minnesota 259 11292 Maryland 245 1j,316 Missouri 783 11'315 Mississippi lv350 509 Nebraska 88 429 North Carolina 12,,982 1,,576 North Dakota 0 177 South Carolina 7F214 786 Ohio 656 2v790 Tennessee 3r002 1#138 South Dakota 0 181 Virginia 2j,775 10,495 Asconsin 336 1..333 Imbst, Virginia 144 380 Northeast -19,140 12,126 Mountains 433 3,454 Connecticut 751 N.A. Arizona 0 859 Maine 615 308 Colorado 112 983 Massachusetts 2F250 10,909 Idaho 0 228 New Sampshire 76 325 Montana 0 222 New Jersey 2,403 2FO78 Nevada 0 268 New York. 7F132 4f153 New Mexico 76 360 Pennsylvania 5,146 2,949 Utah 245 400 Rhode Island 681 261 Wyoming 0 134 Vermont 86 143 Southwest 3,622 6,861 West 4,133 9,356 Arkansas 545 499 7Mka 0 136 Louisiana 345 lo,078 California 3,972 7,033 Ok1ahcma 294 827 Hawaii 0 345 Tlexas 2,438 4,457 Oregon 161 709 Wishington 0 11133 Source: International Business & Econamic Research Corporation, revised,.derived from unpublished BES data.
A more detailed IBERC analysis of the impact of the House legislation on Texas shows that the small number of textile jobs supported would be outweighed vastly by job losses in manufacturing and agricultural export industries, including cotton farming, export and import related services, and retailing. Because of its strong export orientation, Texas would be hard hit by the loss of foreign exchange of overseas buyers. It would also bear heavy costs if protectionism led to retaliation. Some 91,300 jobs in Texas in 1981 depended on exports of chemicals, primary and fabricated metal products, and machinery. 14 In addition, Texas is one of the country's top five exporters of agricultural products and a major exporter of raw cotton, making it particularly susceptible to retaliation.
The final version of the legislation is not a significant improvement. The distribution of the job gains and losses would be similar to that shown in Table 4 for the original House bill. while incorporating changeg intended to reduce some foreign objections, the final legislation still would violate U.S. obligations under the GATT and the MFA; pose a serious threat to American exports because of foreign retaliation; and create a multibillion dollar burden for the American consumer. Because the overall rollback provisions of the final bill were slightly less restrictive than the original, the total annual cost to the textile and apparel consumer would be somewhat reduced.
The final bill, however, also includes quotas to restrict imports of footwear to 60 percent of the U.S. market. The cost of this to the t.S. economy is estimated by IBERC at over $5 billion (at wholesale) over the first four years of the'quotas. Over this same period, 34,728 jobs would be supported, at an average annual cost of $36,088 per job.
Table 5 summarizes the costs associated with existing textile and apparel protection as well as the additional protection provided in the House and Senate legislation. Every American would be "taxed" annually the equivalent of $20 to protect 254 textile and apparel jobs. For large families, therefore, the hidden costs of protection could be very high. These "per American" costs, moreover, are averages, and do not reflect the fact that low-income families spend a larger proportion of their income than others on clothing and footwear. For these consumers, the annual "tax" would be much higher than that shown.
Existing Additional Tariff and Cost Based on Quota Senate Product Protection Bill
Textiles & 16 Apparel ($billions) $87.6" $2.2 Footwear ($billions) 0 2.5 17
Cost of protection per American (1984 dollars) $370 $20
The American consumer already pays a significant amount to protect the U.S. textile and apparel industry from imports, and it hardly seems fair to increase that burden. To make matters worse, estimates of the costs and benefits show that such protection is not an effective way to save American jobs overall. To be sure, some U.S. textile and apparel manufacturing jobs would be saved. But as many, and probably more, jobs would be lost in retailing, agriculture, and other export-related industries. In effect, the bill says that a ..textile or apparel worker's job is more "valuable" than-that of a retail or farm worker and is, therefore, more "worth" saving.
Jobs for Americans can be saved. But it takes improved productivity and industry adjustment to the changing conditions of international competition in the textile and apparel industries, not quotas and tariffs. Lower taxes and policies creating a climate conducive to investment and risk taking help create jobs. But increasing protection merely forestalls necessary adjustment to market changes. And protection hinders the restructuring al U.-S. textile and apparel industries into an internationally competitive sector of the U.S. economy.
Prepared for The Heritage Foundation by Laura Megna Baughman Senior Associate International Business and Economic Research Corp., Washington, D.C.


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Cron Job and more setting up an auto responder in cPanel?
Hi everyone.
I'm attempting to set up a PHP auto responder script called Auto Response Plus & I'm running cPanel WHM.
I've made it through uploading & successfully insulting the script to my amazement.
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The system can accept subscriptions by email and also manage messages that bounce back.
So I go into cPanel>cron jods & see this:
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