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A partnership between Pamlico Community College and HeartWorks, a nonprofit in Bayboro, allows for parents to attend GED evening classes.
A partnership between Pamlico Community College and HeartWorks, a nonprofit in Bayboro, allows for parents to attend GED evening classes.
�If it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes partnerships in the village to teach students, and that means students of all ages,� said Marti Hunter, director of basic skills for Pamlico Community College.
HeartWorks is known especially for serving children whose parents work by providing a �Safe Harbor� of after school and summer programs. The agency�s stated mission is to help children and their families overcome physical, mental and economic issues by developing community resources that are affordable, available and effective.
�We recognize the need for many parents to obtain a GED on a path to better employment and a better means to provide support for family needs,� said Karen Prince of Heartworks. �Consequently, HeartWorks will be providing child care for parents as they take GED evening classes at PCC�s Bayboro Center.�
�This is a win-win for the parents and their children. While the parents are engaged in an effort to make life better for them and their families, their children will be cared for in a safe and stimulating environment,� Hunter said.
Earning the GED leads to better employment, better salaries and a better quality of life for families. We also stress that many students don�t stop with the GED, according to Hunter.
�In Basic Skills Plus, PCC offers the opportunity for students to move into occupational skills classes to prepare them for entry level positions in a number of vocations,� she added.
These classes will be held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 6 to 8:30 p.m. beginning Tuesday, Jan. 8. Adults in need of the GED are encouraged to contact Hunter, email@example.com, 252-249-1851 ext. 3082 or Prince at Heartworks, firstname.lastname@example.com , 252-745-9703.
Ben Casey is the director of community relations and public information officer for Pamlico Community College. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Thursday, October 11, 2007
6 Weeks, 3 Days
We saw you today, you little lentil with the flickering heart.
This is not, technically, the first time we've seen you, since we have a gorgeous picture of you at merely 8 cells. That's just a head-shot, if you will, not much action happening in it, but it captures your round perfection quite nicely.
But today...well, today we saw you in real-time. And you are nothing if not a rockstar.
You are .47 cm long, and your heart is storming away. We scoffed at the need to measure it, for it beats at the speed of light.
There's just one of you in there, no sign at all of any comrades. This news was received by your mom with a teary gasp.
"Just one?!"
Knowing her like I do, I assumed this was a teary gasp of relief; but to my great dismay her chin started to quiver and her eyes began welling up.
"I really thought there'd be two and now I'm sort of disappointed..."
And she clutched at her midsection, looking down at her belly and crying out:
"No matter, I'll just love you twice as much!"
Thank you for staying, our thunderous little Rockstar.
With preposterous amounts of love from me, E, and your many other swooning fans,
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Love to you both from Scoutgjee
- October 11, 2007 at 12:42 PM
- bleu said...
No sooner had I hit post on a comment then did I see this post. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am sooooooooo happy for you three. I knew E would have that reaction if there was only one though. Our minds play such lil games with us.
You will both be such awesome mama's.
Congrats, enjoy the rest of your day and week if you can now.
- October 11, 2007 at 12:42 PM
Congrats on the great u/s! hmmm maybe the "younger" lentil is playing peek a boo behind the "older, bigger" lentil...I really thought that there were two in there...have a great bday!
- October 11, 2007 at 12:49 PM
- Pamela said...
I love this post.
What a lucky embryo.
- October 11, 2007 at 12:58 PM
Way to go!! This will be one hell of a lentil, I'm sure. I know these things being Indian and all : )
The Indian
- October 11, 2007 at 1:10 PM
- owl said...
So very happy for you. such lovely news, I was so sad for you in the last post and then this fantastic post popped up!
But I do hope your dog is OK and very sorry about your cat too.
what a crazy week you have had.
but you have a lentil with a heart beat!!!!!
- October 11, 2007 at 1:36 PM
- Carey said...
I had that same thought, being sad there was only one. Until 2 days later -- when we saw the second one!! LOL Congrats though... this is fantastic!!!
- October 11, 2007 at 2:25 PM
- charlotte said...
Aw. All teary here in California.
- October 11, 2007 at 6:15 PM
"Thank you for staying...."
I don't know if I've ever heard more poignant words from you. Break my heart in a million pieces.
Lentil --- is that a good name?
- October 11, 2007 at 6:26 PM
"Thank you for staying...."
I don't know if I've ever heard more poignant words from you. Break my heart in a million pieces.
Lentil --- is that a good name?
- October 11, 2007 at 6:27 PM
I am already putting aside clothes for the my tiny neice, I mean nephew! pile. Yeah Baby! I love you!
- October 11, 2007 at 9:21 PM
- vee said...
A lentil with a heartbeat - such sweet relief, even if there is only one!
- October 12, 2007 at 2:02 AM
- Melody said...
In tears. I am so happy for you two.
- October 12, 2007 at 5:29 AM
- Melody said...
In the sudden storm of emotion I forgot to add-- with the HCG levels you've had, that must be one hellaciously strong little embryo you've got in there. Congrats!
- October 12, 2007 at 5:30 AM
- starrhillgirl said...
- October 12, 2007 at 12:28 PM
- The Town Criers said...
Not only did I love this letter to Rockstar Embryo, but I loved loved loved this line:
"No matter, I'll just love you twice as much!"
- October 14, 2007 at 7:00 PM
- charlotte said...
update please.
- October 15, 2007 at 8:40 PM

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Don't fuck with me, don't fuck with me
[Verse 1]
I got car money, fresh start money
I want Saudi money, I want art money
I want women to cry and pour out their heart for me
And tell me how much they hate it when they apart from me
Yeah, and lately I do bitches the meanest
Tell 'em I love 'em and don't ever mean it, we go on dates
I send the Maybach out in neighbourhoods, they never seen it
That shit is dangerous, but it's so convenient
I ain't lying, yeah, and comfortable I sit
That manual Ferrari Italia, some fly shit
It's sitting at the house like I bought in '96
'Cause honestly I'm too fucking busy to drive stick
I swear, too fucking busy, too busy fuckin'
This nigga girl, but to me she wasn't
Been hot before they open doors for me; pre-heated oven
I'm in this so, but I ain't finished though
It's been a minute though
My newest girl from back home got issues with parents
And some charges, how the fuck can I get her to Paris?
Luckily, I'm the greatest my country's ever seen
So chances are I get the border to issue me clearance
Dreams money can buy
Everybody yelled "Surprise!", I wasn't surprised
That's only 'cause I been waiting on it, nigga
So fuck whoever hating on a nigga, of course
Don't fuck with me, don't fuck with me
Don't fuck with me, don't fuck with me
Don't fuck with me, don't fuck with me
Don't fuck with me, don't fuck with me
[Verse 2]
Food from India, she in Charlotte Olympia's
We talked music for hours, she never mentioned ya
Can't tell you how much I love when niggas think they got it
And I love the fact that line made 'em think about it
YMCMB, these niggas make it so hard
To be friendly when I know part of it's envy
Tryna fill the shoes, nigga, so far these are empty
I take em off in the house because the throw carpets are Fendi
Ooh, I never seen the car you claim to drive
Well, shit, I seen it, you just ain't inside
And I feel like lately it went from top 5 to remaining 5
My favorite rappers either lost it or they ain't alive
And they tryna bring us down: me, Weezy and Stunna
We stayed up, Christmas lights in the middle of summer
And if the girl standing next to me got a fat ass
Then I'll probably give her my number
Yeah, I throw my dollars up high
And they land on the stage you dance on
We got company coming over
Would it kill you to put some pants on?
Dreams money can buy
They told me it's like a high, and it wasn't a lie
Yeah, just have some good pussy waiting on a nigga
And fuck whoever hating on a nigga
Don't fuck with me, don't fuck with me
Don't fuck with me, don't fuck with me
Don't fuck with me, don't fuck with me
Don't fuck with me, don't fuck with me
1st of four songs that Drake dropped in anticipation for his upcoming album, Take Care, on his OVO Blog with the text:
A song that I felt the need to share. Not my single. Just a piece of my story. Hear me out though…
The track is produced by 40, and features a sample of Jai Paul's "BTSTU."
Following the release of "Dreams Money Can Buy" on May 20th, 2011, "Marvin's Room" was supposed to be second. However, the song made it to the radio and after blowing up it was decided that the record would be put on Take Care.
A day and a month after "Dreams Money Can Buy" was debuted, "Trust Issues" was put out on the OVO Blog.


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The chips were run in two different days one month apart. first 24 samples and then the other 24 samples.
The negative controls of the second batch have a wider range.
And wen looking at the MDS and PCA we can see that the main parameter for grouping samples is the run day (the two chips starting with 835... where done the same day and the other two another day)
I have used the nice rnbeads R package for reporting the batch effects.
Now I am exploring two methods of correcting the batch effect:
- limma using the batch date as block effect
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Consumer buying behavior is changing drastically as a result of the growing adoption of the Internet, smartphones, and handheld devices worldwide, especially in Asia. The surge in Internet sales and in consumers using different channels to evaluate products, order, pay, collect, and return their purchases has driven companies to investigate the omni-channel approach. Retailers and manufacturers in all industries will need to adapt to this new reality to thrive. From being an emerging trend, omni-channel will be a key requirement in the future, presenting challenges and significant opportunities to all businesses.
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SEOTV necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 119 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
Nudge Tech OR Nudge Technologies
We're a group of young entrepreneurs who have started a growing & successful SaaS marketing service. We revolve around paid and organic search marketing for very specific customers.
We want to convey a solid but approachable brand to our customers (of all ages). We would like to keep the logo hip, but understandable. We want it to be very creative but legibly understandable and not "over the top". Keep in mind it will be used across letter head & other materials so having it work on white & black backgrounds will be a major plus.
We have named our self "Nudge" because of the type of system we have put together for automated marketing follow-up. We've thought of italicized fonts to insinuate "nudging" a customer - etc.. There have been examples of this out there and we do not want to copy it.
Ultimately our systems nudges customers through a sales process for high-end enterprise companies who have a lot of leads/sales coming through their sites. The logo should come off as a technologically sound search marketing company with perhaps a bit of branding for the function of the system "nudging" customers through a sales process.
Customers of all ages - should appeal to both younger and older audience for legibility and branding. We want the logo to be fun but it shouldn't be hard to make out what it is or says.
A logo that would work on both black and light/white backgrounds (for use on letterhead, materials, etc..)
A logo that says Nudge Tech or Nudge Techologies - we like both but would need to see how they play out in general design concepts before we would go with either. Simply replacing the name in your design with the smaller/longer version may work enough for us to get an idea.
A UNIQUE LOGO! - We do not like the typical corporate blue on black with some writing- put some swirls, make it web2.0'ish- do whatever! Just stay within our color schemes in the attached image mock-up and we're good!
We like badge style logos, rectangular logos and things of that nature. If you can pull off a clean logo with just font and some gradients, go for it.. bottom line is we just want our logo to really stand out in an otherwise usual group of 'styles' of logos.. Use your judgment from there.
Our site will use a bit of different colors, the example shown is just a very rough idea of the framework of the site. Blacks, Gray's and Orange is our primary set of colors... Variations of blue, green and others will hue in and out of the top portion of the site. The current >>>Nudge in use is a place holder and can be completely ignored as it is irrelevant. The logo however should be a consistent set of colors in any order (if you wish to submit more) but primarily the orange/black/grays.
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Welcome to the Spirit FM What's On Guide
The What's On Guide Guide is one of the most comprehensive listings local events in West Sussex.
Read on for events happening over the next 10 days, or post your own for totally free publicity!
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Submit the details of your event.
Once it's online, not only is it available for all our website visitors to search through - but we'll also use this information to give it a plug on-air, as part of the What's On Guide.
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|Monday 10th December, 2018
|The Council House (Assembly Rooms)
|National Trust
|Monday 10th December, 2018
|Petworth House and Park
|Monday 10th December, 2018
|St Peter Ad Vincula Church
|4Sight Vision Support
|Monday 10th December, 2018
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Firebug Lite 1.3.2
Firebug Lite 1.3.2 is finally out and it comes with important fixes and enhancements!
Check the Firebug Lite page for installation details of the the cross-browser version. Or, if you are a Google Chrome user, check the Firebug Lite for Google Chrome page.
This release fixes 6 issues: 4 bugs and 2 enhancements. There's also the addition of the cool infoTips module.
Bugs fixed:
- Issue 3422: Firebug Lite breaks Google Instant Search
- Issue 3504: Firebug lite: jQuery.ajax call fails in IE
- Issue 3524: Firebug Lite Style Panel doesn't work if the native Element is extended
- Issue 3554: Firebug Lite should use local images when loaded locally
- Issue 3166: Listen to F12 key in for Google Chrome when inactive
- Issue 3579: Use context menu to Inspect Element in Firebug Lite Chrome Extension
- infoTips for CSS properties such as colorand image
Another important fix is Issue 3524 which was making the Style/CSS Panels to fail in sites like Joomla (or any other site that extends the native Element object for that matter). So enjoy, now you can tweak the CSS of Joomla sites! Also, regarding the Style/CSS panels, the infoTips module has been ported from Firebug so now you can see that little popup showing colors and images of the CSS file.
The hard work is actually happening behind the scenes, refactoring Firebug Lite's core in order to support sharing modules with Firebug. The Chrome extension code was also refactored and the communication between the "isolated worlds" (Firebug Lite / Content Script / Background Page) was improved, which allowed the context-menu integration to be implemented (Issue 3579). Now if you right click on Chrome you'll se a "Inspect with Firebug Lite" option. Thanks to Jake Goldsborough for motivating me working on this. I also refactored the Chrome extension's activation. Now it is possible to activate Firebug Lite extension using the F12/ctrl+F12 key (Issue 3166).
I wish I had released this version a long time ago but a lot of stuff is going on and I had some problems along the way. I just want to express my sincere apologies for the long period without updates.
Please post feedback in the newsgroup.
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Someone once told me that Mississippi is a club, not a state. I'm not sure whether that's good or bad or accurate. I can truthfully say that I have never met anyone from Mississippi that I didn't or don't like, so I hope any Mississippians reading this will take it in the spirit it is intended.
Now that a tank of gas can require a bank loan, it seems the concept of alternative fuels has regained some energy of its own. Modern technology can now get about three gallons of ethanol from a bushel of corn, and as a byproduct, about 17 pounds of distillers grain, which I'm told is ideal for livestock feed.
Though agriculture as an industry has many virtues, developing a lasting infrastructure for doing business has not been one of them. Enter the hallmarks of infrastructure, the U.S. automotive industry. GM and Ford have been in the forefront recently in promoting the green movement in cars. No less an American icon than Kermit the Frog has been plugging away on TV commercials for going green.
Of course, the real green that Ford and GM are interested in isn't the environment, ethanol or biodiesel. The U.S. auto industry is fighting for its economic life, and as we all know, desperate people often do desperate things — like the automotive industry helping agriculture.
Ford and GM are now interested in alternative fuels for their gas guzzling SUV's and other cars that are generally less fuel efficient than their foreign competitors. Clearly, there is an opportunity for automotive and agriculture industries to strike a blow for self sufficiency. The best bet being from production of ethanol from corn and biodiesel from soybeans.
A medium-sized ethanol plant these days can produce 20-25 million gallons of ethanol a year. If operating at maximum efficiency, such a plant would require roughly eight million bushels of corn. At a hundred bushels per acre, 80,000 acres of corn — give or take a few thousand acres, would be needed to supply the raw material for such an ethanol plant.
At $2 per gallon, the 80,000 acres of corn would produce $40-50 million in revenue — just from ethanol sales. The 80,000 acres of corn would also produce 68 million tons of grain, and even at a dollar a ton, that's another $68 million. Math is not my thing, but it seems to me that would produce over a hundred million dollars in annual revenue.
At the going price for corn of about $2.80 per bushel, that 80,000 acres of corn would be worth roughly $22.5 million, compared to $100 to $110 million for ethanol production. Surely from the extra $75-80 million in value from ethanol production, the American farmer could squeeze out an extra dollar a bushel for his corn. If you're a corn grower and would sell all the corn you can grow for $3.80 a bushel, raise your hand. The $70-plus million left over seems reasonable enough to me for distillers, distributors and retailers to make a nice profit on ethanol and distillers grain.
It has been reported (Wall Street Journal) that the state, or club, of Mississippi offered Kia and its parent company Hyundai, $1 billion to construct a $1.4 billion dollar Kia plant in the northern part of the state. That works out to about $140,000 for each job the Korean auto maker would create to operate the plant. Again, I'm a simple scribe, but it doesn't sound like good economic strategy to me.
Good or bad, the Kia plant was awarded to LaGrange, Ga., — actually West Point, Ga., to be geographically correct. The Koreans went for less incentive money from Georgia to be within 75 miles or so of their biggest U.S. plant in Montgomery, Ala..
Unfortunately, some Hyundai officials got caught with their proverbial hands in the cookie jar, bribing Korean officials for trade incentives, so ground-breaking for the new plant in Georgia has been delayed. As is part of their business culture, the Korean automotive company vowed to give $1 billion to U.S. charities to admit guilt and as a good faith gesture that they will be good business partners.
Here's my idea. Mississippi has a billion dollars and Kia has a billion dollars, why not invest that money in building ethanol plants in Mississippi. I don't know how much gasoline Mississippians use, but I'm sure they pay more than $2 a gallon for it. Conservatively, $2 billion could build eight ethanol plants in the state and these facilities could produce 160-170 million gallons of home grown fuel annually — at $2 per gallon. In my eutopian enterprise, 1,000 acres of corn, at 100 bushels per acre, would generate roughly $3.8 million.
My economist friends, well colleagues, tell me farm revenue has a pull through ratio of about 7:1, so that would generate $25 million or so in economic value for the state. And, it would take 80 of these 1,000 acre enterprises to provide the raw material for one ethanol plant. Too much math for me, but suffice to say it would create a lot of money for Mississippi.
Mississippi currently produces about 500,000 acres of corn annually, so by increasing production 30 percent, the state could produce the 650,000 acres or so to meet the needs of eight medium-sized ethanol plants.
Mississippi currently has roughly 25,000 dairy cattle, 95,000 beef cattle and 61,000 hogs. Total livestock production is in the neighborhood of 200,000 per year (not counting chickens, which don't usually get fed corn). Ethanol from the eight plants would produce enough grain to feed each animal approximately 5,000 pounds of feed per year. Clearly, the Club would be self sufficient on grain and would need to export some grain to neighboring states.
In a matter of years, Kia and Hyundai could stand shoulder to shoulder with Ford and GM in saving the U.S. automotive industry and Mississippi could be the most progressive club or state in America.
I don't know about the economics, the value of distiller's grain for example, but the concept is not new. To see how it works look to the south, way to the south — Brazil is now over 90 percent self sufficient on fuel, primarily ethanol from corn and biodiesel from soybeans. All it takes is vision, cooperation, infrastructure, and oh yes, lots of money.


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Guest-of-honour status gives country big exposure among the hordes and in German media
"I knew it was going to be big," remarked author Eleanor Catton.
"But I have been amazed. Picture an international airport, hangars included: that's about the scale of the building, and every hall is filled with stalls and crowds. It's truly overwhelming."
Says children's book author Brian Falkner: "It's about the same size as a small New Zealand town. Possibly bigger."
For five days of the Frankfurt Book Fair, publishers, authors, literary agents and readers roamed what one German newspaper described as 23 football fields' worth of trade fair. They made appointments and some did million-dollar deals, or at least started negotiating them.
They've all bathed daily in the smell of fresh ink and no doubt anyone who didn't wear comfortable walking shoes has been tending to their blisters - if you wanted to meet the stars of publishing and literature, you had to walk fast to cover the 169,000 sq m site.
In the international publishers' wing, every hall offered a fresh set of worldly reading - there were publishers from everywhere, from Azerbaijan to Armenia to Mexico to China. Of an estimated 7300 exhibitors from 100 countries, almost 40 per cent were German. The Vatican was there, showing off what they could print in red and gold, and just down the hall there was the Iranian stand, piled high with gold-lettered Korans and religious exhortations.
On display were calendars, newspapers, textbooks, travel guides, children's books, digital books, paperbacks and rare books worth anywhere from $4000 to $30,000 - basically, more printed material than you can shake a new iPad at.
Wandering down the hallways - for those with blisters, there were moving walkways just like at the airport - you heard dozens of accents and languages; by tomorrow, when the fair ends, about 300,000 visitors are expected to have come through.
Among these was Arnold Schwarzenegger, who presented his memoirs, Total Recall, as well as bestselling American author, Ken Follett with his new book, Winter of the World, translated into German.
Also noticeable: hundreds of juice bars, coffee shops, restaurants and eateries for all those exhausted from walking. The Book Fair even has its own miniature supermarkets and a souvenir shop.
New Zealand has been a major part of this major literary event. There are large black and white banners everywhere proclaiming New Zealand as this year's guest of honour. German newspapers have never written so much about the South Pacific without the motivation of some natural disaster, and the names of New Zealand authors are in every newspaper, on every interviewer's list and seen on each discussion panel.
In one special cafe at the Book Fair, you could even feast on New Zealand specialities such as the "Queen Street salad", hoki fillet and chocolate banana cake as well as New Zealand beer and wine.
The German media were mad for it. Newspaper coverage included everything from an in-depth examination of the place where Maori and Pakeha culture intersect in the highbrow Die Zeit paper - during one of around 70 interviews he did in Germany, author Lloyd Jones told them that the country truly came together on the rugby field - to pictures of pretty beaches, boats and the German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle bemusedly staring at tattooed Maori buttocks in the not-quite-so-high-brow Bild newspaper.
The majority of German journalists were fascinated by either how far away New Zealand was or the mysterious exoticism of "the indigenous people of the Land of the Long White Cloud".
A lot was also written about the New Zealand Pavilion.
Standing in the pavilion this week, NZ Publishers' Association president Kevin Chapman was happy. He's been coming to the Frankfurt Book Fair for more than 20 years and is one of the prime movers of this initiative. And some years, he says, he's seen fewer than 30 people in the various guest-of-honour pavilions.
Lewis Holden, chief executive of the Ministry for Heritage and Culture, confirmed Chapman's suspicions: even on the first day, 4000 people came to see the pavilion, and there have been more every day since.
Before this weekend is over there will be more New Zealand to come: there's an exhibition rugby game between a team assembled by the New Zealand Ambassador and the German national team and there's also a Hobbit costume competition.
But what about the actual business of publishing? Because one definitely gets the feeling that, while New Zealand's wares are on proud display, the real wheeling and dealing is going on around a small business table somewhere way behind these scenes.
After all, as industry insiders point out, usually not a lot of authors come to Frankfurt - it's meant more for the publishers and agents. The only reason so many New Zealand writers are here this week is the guest-of-honour status.
"Twenty years ago, you might have had someone here come and say, "I just sold 20,000 books to so and so'," Chapman explains, "but now it's much more of a process. You present your products and you start a discussion. There are no longer a lot of deals actually done here. That happens later. And if it does happen here it's because you're concluding discussions you've had before [the book fair]. Having said that, though, this really is the key place for us. There's just no equivalent to Frankfurt."
How's your Frankfurt Book Fair been?
Eleanor Catton, author of The Rehearsal:"Jessica Craig, my foreign rights agent, is hoping to sell foreign rights to my second novel, The Luminaries. I'm not seeing her until later so until then, fingers crossed! I was able to go and see Beethoven's birth house with Witi Ihimaera. Witi used Beethoven's Fidelio as the structural model for his novel The Parihaka Woman, so it was fun to experience the place with him.
"It's also been really interesting to have to answer questions about what it means to be a NZ writer, and what defines New Zealand literature.
"It's been really valuable to me to ask that question of myself, to try and answer it, and to hear what my colleagues here in Frankfurt have to say."
Lewis Holden, CEO, Ministry for Heritage and Culture: "I guess the goal of the Government is to see a real manifestation of what we always call New Zealand Inc. In my experience, it's not always fully realised but from the feedback I've heard, we have been noticed here - there's been a phenomenal amount of media coverage in Germany.
"And I would be amazed if that doesn't translate into more tourism and trade opportunities.
"Also, as a small ministry with a small staff, it's been a challenge and then so gratifying to see everybody helping out and mucking in."
Annabel Langbein, celebrity chef, television presenter and publisher of 19 cookbooks, which have sold almost two million copies around the world. She first came to the Frankfurt Book Fair in 1995: "Frankfurt is all about relationships, about finding the right partners to work with. And what we've seen this year for the first time is a more open attitude towards different business models. That's exciting because the publishing world is changing so much - lots of multi-media, lots of different strands.
"I can't tell you what we're doing yet - but we have had some exciting meetings: we've been giving ideas and getting them.
"And what's been the hardest thing here? Staying up really late. You end up having dinners and meetings every night with the people you're working with. Your liver needs to be in shape for this kind of thing."
Emily Perkins, author of, among others, Novel About My Wife, which won the 2009 Montana Book Award and The Forrests, which has been translated into German: "I've been able to meet with my French publisher and my German publisher and it's really important to maintain those connections. And I did a reading last night. But what's been really lovely is being here with - and I probably shouldn't say this - what some people are jokingly calling 'Team New Zealand'."
"I also thought it would be more bleak and daunting and corporate somehow. There's a saying someone told me: take a writer to Frankfurt and break their heart. But it hasn't been like that at all. Of course, we're here consorting with New Zealanders. But even when you're connecting with other [non-New Zealand] publishers, it's all very human and positive."
Brian Falkner, children's author of, among others, The Tomorrow Code and a new series called Recon Team Angel: "Yesterday I was told that two of my books are going to be published in German and at least two more are being considered by German, French and Turkish publishers. It's been a fantastic opportunity to see what goes on behind the scenes in publishing and NZ's presence is quite amazing.
"NZ is everywhere you turn and then you're standing in a queue and you hear people talking about 'Neuseeland'. I do think that if we hadn't been guest of honour we would have been submerged here."
The German view
"There's only a small publishing scene in New Zealand and hardly any famous authors.There is no tradition of written language and books are foreign to the Maori people; they have an oral tradition of storytelling."
Financial Times of Germany
"A little bit Maori, a little bit Middle-earth, a little bit mythical," wrote the Berliner Morgenpost of the New Zealand Pavilion.
The hall "feeds our impression that New Zealand is an island of secrets at the end of the world", enthused major national newspaper Die Welt.
"Magical and multi-dimensional," proclaimed metropolitan daily Frankfurter Rundschau.
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173rd Airborne Brigade, atop Hill 875, Dak To, Central Highlands, South Vietnam: photo by Kyoichi Sawada, November 1967; image by Photo Tractatus, 7 July 2011
The battle for Hill 875 was over, and some survivors were being brought in by Chinook to the landing strip at Dak To. The 173rd Airborne had taken over 400 casualties, nearly 200 killed, all on the previous afternoon and in the fighting that had gone on all through the night. It was very cold and wet up there, and some girls from the Red Cross had been sent up from Pleiku to comfort the survivors. As the troops filed out of the helicopters, the girls waved and smiled at them from behind their serving tables. "Hi, soldier! What's your name?" "Where you from, soldier?" "I'll bet some hot coffee would hit the spot right about now."
And the men from the 173rd just kept walking without answering, staring straight ahead, their eyes rimmed with red from fatigue, their faces pinched and aged with all that had happened during the night. One of them dropped out of line and said something to a loud, fat girl who wore a Peanuts sweatshirt under her fatigue blouse and she started to cry. The rest just walked past the girls and the large olive-drab coffee urns. They had no idea of where they were.
Michael Herr (1940-): from "Illumination Rounds", in Dispatches, 1977
Hill 875 at Dak To in November 1967, after 21 days of fighting with heavy casualties on both sides: photo by AP, 5 November 1967; image by Photo Tractatus
Troops of the 173rd Airborne coming off duty after campaigning in the Central Highlands (Battle of Dak To, 1967): photographer unknown, November 1967); image by RM Gillespie, 21 August 2007 (US Army)
Wounded American soldiers being moved to aid station (Battle of Dak To, 1967): photographer unknown, November 1967); image by RM Gillespie, 21 August 2007 (US Army)
Hill 875 Casualty, Dak To. Swathed in battle dressings, but still gripping his weapon, a wounded soldier of the 173rd Airborne awaits evacuation from Hill 875. American troops captured the summit of Hill 875, climaxing the longest and costliest battle of the Vietnam war. The battle claimed the lives of 280 Americans and nearly 1400 North Vietnamese: photographer unknown, 23 November 1967; image by Tommy Japan, 2013
Dak To, South Vietnam --- In Battle. A member of the 173rd Airborne Brigade crouches beside the body of a dead comrade and equipment left by wounded at the height of the battle on Hill 875. U.S. Army paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade began a final assault up the bloody slopes of Hill 875: photographer unknown, 22 November 1967; image by Chinh Dang-Vu (chinhdangvu1), 2013
Dak To, South Vietnam. Plasma is given to a wounded member of the 173rd Airborne Brigade on a ridge on Hill 875 November 21, 1967 as another member races into battle. U.S. paratroopers November 22, 1967 stormed up Hill 875 and smashed into the Communist hilltop fortress that kept them trapped for three days. They hurled grenades and fired flamethrowers into North Vietnamese bunkers still being bombarded by army artillery and jet planes splashing flaming napalm: photographer unknown, 22 November 1967; image by Chinh Dang-Vu (chinhdangvu1), 2013
Dak To, South Vietnam --the battle for hill 875 is over and American troops are at the hill's so these battle weary men of the U.S. 173 Airborne Brigade pause for a moment's rest. American troops went to the top of hill 8 75 after some of the bloodiest fighting of the Vietnam War: photographer unknown, 23 November 1967; image by Chinh Dang-Vu (chinhdangvu1), 2013


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We all turn to flowers to brighten up a room, accompany an "I'm Sorry" or connect us to nature, but using flowers to add flavor and nutrition to your plate? Check out these wild edibles and adventure to new territory with culinary inspiration:
Rose Hips
Their tart flavor pairs well with sweets. Get creative with your next jam or jelly creation! This easy-to-identify plant is a perfect place to start when uncovering your flower power, and it's high in vitamin C, too!
Stressed? Indulge in the rich aroma of cooking with lavender. Studies have proved it's an effective calming agent when inhaled. This savory Mediterranean native complements meat and sweet dishes alike.
Pansy Petals
Loaded with the antioxidant lutein, this bright orange powerhouse adds vibrancy to both desserts and salads.
Researchers are currently investigating the potential immune-boosting capacity of calendula, due to its ability to fight inflammation. Best enjoyed in soups and salads for some spicy tang!
These flowers have a similar fiery flare to watercress. They are easy to cultivate, requiring minimal attention, and they go great in any dish in need of a peppery punch.
Keep in mind, not all flowers are created equal. Organic is the only option when choosing amongst these blossoming beauties. Too delicate to be washed, flowers should be labeled "food grade" to avoid harmful chemical ingestion. "Edibles" should also be clearly labeled, as several flower species are poisonous to humans. Once you've found your flower, mix it up! Experiment with your favorite dishes, discovering the perfect flower flavors for you. The possibilities are endless.
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X-rays uncover hidden faces in Rembrandt painting
Lead paint under the surface gives away artist's indecisiveness
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CHICAGO – Even the best artists hem and haw over their work, including Rembrandt. An intense X-ray beam has revealed that the artist painted the same face in four locations on one canvas before settling on one spot and covering up the rest.
The oil painting, Rembrandt's 1662 "Syndics of the Drapers' Guild," depicts five drapers — cloth experts — working while a servant behind them looks out at the viewer.
Chemist Joris Dik of the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands examined the piece for cryptic features using a portable, high-powered tube that shoots a beam of X-rays into the painting's canvas. The technique identifies materials at the surface and in the subsurface of the painting.
Dik reported February 14 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science that just micrometers under the surface,


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Opera: Interpretations and Perspectives - Richard Strauss
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Masterclass & Co. and the renowned conservatoire, the Royal Northern College of Music, offer a series of carefully constructed courses which will immerse you in different aspects of that powerful and passionate art form, Opera. Eminent lecturers and opera singers led by former Classic FM presenter, Mel Cooper and opera composer Professor Jean-Philippe Calvin will guide you through the history and the music.
Whether you are a novice or a connoisseur this is a unique opportunity to study the world of opera with specialist lectures illustrated by RNCM opera singers. An international opera star will work with young singers in a masterclass which will highlight the training of the operatic voice, authentic performance and vocal technique. But don't worry, you will not be expected to sing!
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Time is dwindling for students to buy candy and sugary drinks from school vending machines.
Time is dwindling for students to buy candy and sugary drinks from school vending machines.
Rules recently rolled out by the USDA would require healthier snacks in an effort to fight childhood obesity.
The regulations go into place by the beginning of the 2014-2015 school year. They are the FDA�s effort to comply with the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.
Gaston County students will probably see new products replacing sugary treats in machines soon.
Nutrition Director Frank Fields said schools will begin to phase in healthier snacks in the coming school year. That should make for a smooth transition and allow students� palates to adjust, he said.
But it might not be a big change for some.
A combination of existing county, state and federal rules restrict food and drink sold in vending machines at schools.
There are no vending machines in Gaston elementary schools.
And it�s up to middle and high school principals to decide whether machines are available at schools they lead, Fields said.
Cut the sugar
The proposed �Smart Snacks in School� nutrition standards dictate middle school vending machines offer plain or carbonated water, low-fat unflavored milk and nonfat flavored milk in 12-ounce containers or less, Fields said.
One hundred percent fruit and vegetable juices would be acceptable.
But no soft drinks.
Proposed rules for machines in high schools are slightly more lenient.
Students would be allowed to buy diet carbonated drinks, but with calorie restrictions.
�Diet soft drinks would qualify,� he said. �You would not see fully-sugared soft drinks anymore. That would not be allowed.�
Portion sizes of snacks in vending machines would also be affected. Candy bars would likely be barred because of sugar restrictions.
Fields said there will be an emphasis toward offering dried, whole-grain snacks, including trail mix and nuts.
The new rules will not apply to after-school events and won�t affect snacks or drinks sold in concession stands or for special fundraisers, he said.
Regulations now
Today�s school vending machines may not operate until after the last lunch period is over.
Fields said state and local boards of education enacted that rule.
No more than 25 percent of the snacks in middle or high school vending machines can have more than 200 calories per serving.
The new regulations would require all food in school vending machines to meet that requirement.
In today�s middle schools, reduced-calorie soft drinks can be offered. But if fully-sugared soft drinks are sold, bottled water must also be available.
Fields estimates about half of local middle schools have vending machines.
At high schools, no more than half of the drinks in machines can be fully-sugared and carbonated. Machines must also offer bottled water and diet drinks.
You can reach Wade Allen at 704-869-1828 or twitter.com/GazetteWade.


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Cooperation between Electromach and American HVAC specialist, Specific Systems
Electromach has started a cooperation with the American company Specific Systems.
In 1974, Specific Systems set the standard for heavy-duty industrial environmental control with its InPac Air conditioning series. As the largest and one of the oldest in the industry, Specific Systems continues to lead the way by using efficient yet durable components and innovative product designs.
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Flashback....... to 1991
>> Sunday, February 21, 2010
CUT TO THE CHASE: ''Flashback''... to 1991, when a game like this would have seemed interesting.
Somebody in the CD-i community must have offended the gods of software conversions. In one year we're not only lost promised conversions of Rebel Assault and Microcosm, but now we've gained this dud.
Flashback is a hybrid platform-and-adventure game. You run and jump around various platforms, picking up objects and blasting the bad guys. It's like a million other ''serious'' platform games you've seen on the Genesis, like Jurassic Park, X-Men, and Comix Zone. Well, except that those games were occasionally interesting.
Perhaps more than anything else, Flashback reminds me of Prince of Persia on the Mac and PC. Its difficult controls are better suited to two hands on a keyboard than a joystick with three buttons. For example, a move to run, jump, and catch the platform above requires an a-button, joypad right (or left), hold the button, and move the button up. CD-i games traditionally haven't had very responsive controls, and the quick, obtuse moves needed here exacerbate that.
One other note on the controls -- a controller with a ''three'' button, which on the CD-i means ''one and two together'', is an absolute necessity. Without it, you won't be able to reliably draw your gun, or whatever other action you've assigned to the button.
Story-wise, this game puts you in the character of Conrad Hart, a special agent who's discovered aliens are living among humans on Earth. He's captured and shipped off-world, his memory erased. After a failed escape attempt, he awakes in a jungle.
This is where you come in. You run, jump, and shoot your way from level to level, meeting people, picking up and using useful objects, trying to find your way out of this ersatz Total Recall.
The levels themselves are huge, made up of dozens of inter-linked screens of climbing and shooting challenges. Flaunting the trend since Sonic, the game doesn't scroll. For some reason, the CD-i version also features two thick green bands down the side of the screen. Note to Delphine: putting the inventory of objects or a map in the bands would have made them less annoying.
Speaking of letterbox-style bands, the CD-i version features brief computer-animated clips that show Conrad picking up objects, using them, etc. These clips are barely half the size of the screen, and many of them last two seconds or less, making them shorter than the spin-up-the-CD black-outs that precede and follow them. The animations end up being a let-down -- it's hard to believe this game came after Burn:Cycle and Escape From CyberCity, both base-case games with far better animation and video.
So, you run, you jump, you shoot. There are a few interesting puzzles involving the use of various devices (keeping elevators in place, opening doors, etc.), but it's a slow-moving game with little to recommend it. Platform fans would be far better off playing The Apprentice, with its much faster action, or Zelda.
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Could an Executive MBA help you in your career? If so, how much would it cost? And how do you choose the right programme? These and other questions were answered by the Financial Times' panel of experts in a live Q & A session on Wednesday October 23 2013, between 14.00 and 15.00 BST.
On the panel were:
Nick Binedell, dean of the University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science
After working in the mining and manufacturing industries, Prof Binedell moved into academia. He has a PhD from the University of Washington in Seattle and an MBA from the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business. He founded GIBS in 1998.
Mahendra Gupta, dean at Olin Business School at Washington University in St Louis
Prof Gupta was appointed dean of the Olin Business School in 2005. He has a PhD from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Steef Van de Velde, dean at Erasmus University Rotterdam School of Management
Prof Van de Velde has a PhD in mathematics and computer science from the Eindhoven University of Technology. His research interests lie in the areas of operations excellence, service operations and supply chain management.
Bernard Yeung, dean at the National University of Singapore Business School
Before joining NUS in June 2008, Prof Yeung was the Abraham Krasnoff professor in Global Business, Economics, and Management at New York University Stern School of Business. He has an MBA and PhD from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Della Bradshaw, FT Business Education Editor
What are your top tips for choosing the right EMBA programme? And how would you summarise its impact on an individual's career?
Bernard: In today's globalised environment I would think about the relevance of the programme in the market and to your existing network, as well as the opportunities it offers for expanding your network. I would also look at the diversity of participants – again especially relevant in a globalised market – and the rigorous nature of the training, both the theoretical side and the hands-on practical experience.
Mahendra: Choosing the right EMBA programme is largely about fit — your personal fit. In addition to a collaborative and engaging teaching style, due to the cohort nature of many EMBA programmes, an EMBA experience can be transformational.
At Olin, we like to say there is magic in the classroom and in large part that magic is due to the combination of research professors who are skilled in applied teaching and the 500+ years of collective experience via the classmates in the cohort.
Many EMBAs aspire to and achieve the C-suite within five to seven years of earning an EMBA. The collaborative dialogue and collective experience with new EMBA course tools routinely bring out entrepreneurial ideas that get developed in the cohorts – ideas that would not have rooted had it not been for the EMBA experience and talents coming together.
Nick: Ensure the programme has strong global exposure and that it is good on strategic leadership skills (strategy design and execution). Check out carefully who will be on the programme and look for a design that ensures you can give back to the business while you are doing it.
Della: Ask yourself why you want to put so much time, energy and money in an EMBA and then focus on those schools that will give you that. Do you want to make it to the board? Move into a different sector? Change employers?
Steef: Choosing the right EMBA programme amongst all the offerings available can be a daunting task. However, through proper investigation and preparation you can make an informed choice.
Time management is a major consideration when deciding to embark on an EMBA – how will I combine family, work and life with studying. My advice to candidates is to gain the "regular" schedule of the programme that they are investigating as soon as possible to get a sense of the time commitment required. Furthermore, it is extremely useful to speak to current EMBA students and alumni to hear from them how they manage to structure their time. This often provides a lot of clarity. And, it reinforces the fact that candidates are not alone. At RSM, we are always happy to provide contact details of students and alumni and our RSM EMBA's are always happy to share more about RSM and the EMBA experience.
With regards to the impact on an individual's career, at RSM we believe that the EMBA should be a transformational experience. That is why we do everything we can to ensure that the programme challenges the assumptions of our students and causes them to reflect on what they do and rethink some of their ways of working. Our Personal Leadership Development helps our students to build their strengths and mitigate their weaknesses. Innovative and creative teaching methods such as in-class exercises, simulations, group work, discussions, case studies, peer reviews and mentoring help them to develop deeper self-knowledge and identify practical ways to apply their knowledge.
EMBA candidates have to apply themselves in real situations, they receive feedback on their performance, they re-examine their actions, and work on areas for improvement. This is about reflection, discovery, and application.
All of this lead to well-rounded individuals that start carrying themselves differently in the workplace.
I set aside a 12-year corporate consulting career (Accenture/BCG) in 2003 to explore other business experiences that would leave me more time for my young family. While I largely achieved what I set out to do, I find myself at 49 earning a decent living as an independent consultant but yearning for a new and challenging career path. As someone who has always enjoyed studying, I was wondering whether an executive MBA might be a good way to freshen up my skills and reinvigorate my career? Or am I just too old?
Jonathan McKenna
Bernard: A strong EMBA programme will give you a systematic, diversified and yet integrated perspective to continue to learn as well as widen your radar screen. It helps you to connect the dots in ways you will probably have never seen before, as well as develop and enhance your leadership skills.
Everyone learns new things everyday and you are never too old to learn – I intend to enroll in a post-grad programme (e.g., history or math) myself when I retire. Currently, as an academic, I do research because I am curious and want to learn, amongst other reasons.
Nick: Without knowing the details of your career, but working from your question, I would suggest if your interest is entrepreneurial or that you wish to play a leadership role in the business that the EMBA is an ideal transition mechanism from a functional or specialist role into the complexity, challenge and excitement of running a business.
The learning from peers, exposure to best practice, conceptual clarity about how companies compete in the broader landscape of business as well as the personal development in the leadership area in a good EMBA will all be extraordinarily useful for that transition.
As an experienced consultant you have been exposed undoubtedly to different industries and different companies and you might be tempted to think that general knowledge is sufficient. However, a well-structured and focused EMBA will bring all of that together, give you a great network of colleagues from whom you will learn a great deal and stretch you intellectually.
You are at the top end of the age cohort, but I wouldn't count you out for that reason. It is much more about your attitude to life and business. Most executive MBAs report that the programme is an invigorating process that stimulates fresh thinking, builds confidence and builds new skills.
Mahendra: 50 is the new 30! And, 49 is not too old to earn an EMBA. In fact, at 49 you offer rich experience and expertise in the classroom yet can gain tremendous value from being in a cohort with an age range of 30-60. There are things about how leaders work across generations and think and you have a front row seat as a member of an EMBA class.
A member of one of our recent cohorts started at 55. He was already in a C-suite position at a financial services firm yet felt he had more in him that his current career. Through the EMBA cohort he engaged with two younger members of the cohort (young 30s) and ultimately wrote a white paper on marketing financial services to millennials that his firm has put out for publication. There's magic in the classroom!
Della: You sound as if you are just the right age to study for an EMBA, but check the age range of students on the various programmes you consider. If you have the time, the dedication and the money to study for an EMBA, then business school might be a good move – if nothing else, it might boost the number of clients for your consultancy.
Steef: It is important that there is a fit between your MBA aspirations and the MBA programmes you are investigating. All programmes state average age and work experience reflected in class – if your profile is a major outlier to these averages, I suggest you contact admissions staff to discuss.
At RSM, the depth and scope of the work experience, much more than age or actual years of work experience, is important. If we see candidates that can add value to the in-class dynamic and level of discussion in class and that will be comfortable in the MBA environment, we encourage them to apply – regardless of age. It would be prudent to speak to alumni that were also at a more mature age in the programme you are targeting to get their ideas/perspectives on the experience. This will provide you with reassurance that you are not too old(!)
What is the difference between studying for an EMBA and taking a couple of executive courses? The latter is a much cheaper option but is an EMBA more worthwhile?
Della: The great advantage of longer courses is the network of friends and contacts you develop – remember your days as an undergraduate!
Steef: It is important to decide how much value you and the industry you're in place on an accredited degree from a reputable institution. If you wish to receive an academic degree, a full EMBA is of course your best option. When it comes to a next step in your career, you are more often than not competing with candidates who have very similar profiles to you – an EMBA can then be a differentiating factor.
The EMBA also means that you get to spend a year or two with a group of people that become a very strong network. With executive courses you will of course build up your network, but the interaction tends to be shorter and less engaging/exhaustive.
Executive courses are more specifically related to a certain field. It boils down to your specific reasons for wishing to pursue further education and checking which options (EMBA vs courses) would suit these best.
Nick: A few executive courses are a totally different package than a comprehensive programme that covers all the bases. Apart from complete exposure to all the key subjects, a well designed EMBA will build your leadership skills and your general management capacities in a way that no short courses will do.
Short courses are always great as a brief injection and motivator, but the long term investment requires the hard work of a well structured programme.
Bernard: An EMBA programme offers a diversified perspective on a wide range of business situations, while also taking an in-depth approach and exposing you to a broad network of experts.
Executive courses are much more focused on specific businesses and areas and may not offer the breadth and depth of learning found in rigorous EMBA programmes.
Mahendra: Courses can be refreshers and certainly offer great value to enhance certain areas. The EMBA offers a leadership development curriculum and an MBA degree and it's often the degree that can set you apart. There is also tremendous value in being part of a cohort experience via an EMBA that executive courses generally don't provide because they are one day, a couple days, a week, etc… not 20+ months of development with a peer cohort.
I live in the UK. Should I choose to study at a business school in the US or Asia? How important is this kind of international experience?
Steef: I think it is important to ensure that your class is as reflective as possible of the global business landscape that you operate in daily. You want to ensure that your fellow participants represent economies that can be found in global business today.
International experience can take various forms in a programme – at RSM we have a class composition in our EMBA that is 60 per cent international, we take our students on international study trips, we offer electives in different locations, we fly in a large percentage of our faculty. All these aspects ensure that the EMBA gives participants a wealth of knowledge of the global economy that they can implement back into their jobs. You would need to ascertain whether this is important to you, however, if you look at the way business operates today, it is almost impossible to survive without some kind of international exposure/experience.
Della: How important is international experience to your employer? Or are you hoping to change jobs? Are you hoping to work overseas? If so, then studying on a programme that runs in part, or in its entirety, in the US or Asia may make sense. But for the extra cost, you really need to work out why you are planning to do this.
Nick: This is a great question. There are strong business schools in many emerging economies. The answer I think depends on your philosophy and career plan. Top American business schools are outstanding. In my view, there is no doubt about that. However, they come at the world from a particular angle which is powerful and productive but to some degree a limited point of view. The top MBA programmes in America, even though they have many international students, nevertheless have a very strong American culture and feel which is not always shared in other emerging regions and markets.
Asia has a number of outstanding schools and the geographic and cultural location as well as the energy and dynamism of the region will give you a very different perspective. The risk you are taking is whether you believe emerging markets and in particular Asian economies are going to continue to be as dynamic in the next 10 years as they have been in the last 10.
Della: Have you seen Lucy Kellaway's Q&A session on Executive MBAs?
Mahendra: There are outstanding schools in both the US and Asia and it may largely depend on where you and/or your company is either doing business or looking to grow the business there. If the US is an expansion market for you, being in the US, where you can foster more relationships and gain a stronger network, would be a stronger option. The same goes for if it's Asia where you're looking to start, expand and/or grow.
Bernard: The world is becoming ever more globalised and interconnected. International experience and perspective is a sought-after skill. From my perspective here in Singapore, I am obviously going to push for you to come to Asia! I think you'll find that appreciating Asia's relevance and Asian perspectives will be critical for your advancement as a leader in executive suites and in the global workplace in general.
How do you decide on the cost of your EMBA programme? There seems to be a great difference between the pricing of programmes worldwide.
Mahendra: An EMBA is an investment and can not be viewed just as an expense. It is true one can get education and credentials at different price points. It is the candidate who must ask whether the programme will deliver what she/he seeks. Your time is a bigger investment than the tuition. And the network you will develop.
From our end, we let our cost of the programme, academic experiences of the programme, faculty engagement, and the programme enhancements define the price. We offer world-class facilities, top-shelf service, renowned research faculty and global experiences as part of our tuition.
Nick: As you point out, there are many MBA programmes that come with different price points. So too on the quality! Many applicants are exploring online programmes. In my view nothing has yet replaced the dynamism, instant feedback, social dynamics and decision making pressure points of a face to face programme with high quality faculty and good peer students. That seems to be the main driver of the price difference although many schools now have hybrid formats which are still being tested and developed. I suppose it is like buying a car – in the broader sense you are going to get what you pay for!
Steef: We need to ensure that out tuition fee enables us to offer the world-class teaching we are known for. We will therefore ensure that we can offer the support services, world renowned faculty and facilities that our students expect and have grown accustomed to. We also need to take care of practicalities such as food while on campus, for example. Furthermore, we include the cost associated with our international study trips and some other activities that are compulsory as part of the programme.
Della: Here are some great comparison figures between the cost of an EMBA and other luxuries from the FT EMBA magazine.
How can I convince my boss and colleagues that studying for an EMBA is worthwhile? They are worried it will just signify an increased workload for them, especially as we are a small company.
Bernard: Focus on what your future contribution to the company would be as a result of you doing an EMBA. Position it not just as an investment in yourself, but in the learning and experiences you will be able to bring back to your colleagues and to the company itself.
Nick: Doing a part time EMBA will more than likely put extra workload on them but, more importantly, you will have to manage your time more effectively so that you ensure the impact is minimised. The broader question may well be whether the company would support you, give you some release of time and workload and whether you can plough back the knowledge in a visible and immediate way to your own work team and colleagues to mutual benefit.
Some bosses don't like the increase in career expectation that MBA students bring to the business! In my experience, if you have a good relationship with your boss, a heart to heart and commitment to delivery normally helps resolve that.
Mahendra: In fact, a large number of today's EMBA students come from small to medium sized companies. The impact and transformation that can be made in smaller companies applying EMBA knowledge is immediate and significant. However, there is no escape from time commitment and additional work.
Della: Get your boss involved in the EMBA project – in fact, ask her/him to decide what you should work on. Then not only will they get a free piece of consultancy from you, but also the input from your professor and mentor as well. If all goes well, your boss might be persuaded to send your colleagues on the same programme.
How do you help your students post-graduation, particularly if they plan on switching industries?
Bernard: We shall connect them with alumni. We, like others top rated programmes, have a very strong alumni network. Furthermore, post-graduation career counseling is often available. I would advise that one should first understand why there is a switching desire. Career switching is only one way to attain one's aspirations, there are many other ways. One should start with a deep reflection - understand one's aspirations and the way to get fulfillment, and what is hindering one from attaining them.
Nick: Most business schools have some form of career development programme and often have relationships with recruitment companies. If the business school you are thinking of attending has a strong executive education programme – particularly a company customised programme, the school will have strong links into industry and business and between the alumni network of the school and these linkages as well as the school's own capacities, you may well be able to take advantage of it.
Mahendra: Career coaching, access to the career centre and advisors, and access to an expanded network of alumni — not just from our EMBA programme.
Steef: At RSM, we have a career development centre dedicated to our students that will guide all candidates through their career progress/transition. Specific activities aimed at career switchers are more geared towards full-time MBA participants, yet all EMBA participants are free to tap into what is on offer.
We help students to secure contact with others who managed to switch industries to learn from their experience, try to connect them with partners within the industries they are targeting, and conduct a gap analysis to see which competencies they need to work on, etc.
Would you say online EMBA programmes are now as good as on-site degrees?
Bernard: The internet has opened up many new opportunities for distance learning, and there are some excellent online courses on offer. But, one area where I find that online courses are still lacking is the approach to soft skills, such as communication, networking and the human-to-human side of business. While we call these "soft" skills – they are in fact some of the hardest to learn and the most critically sought-after in today's business climate.
Steef: When choosing between online and on-site you need to make out for yourself which type of environment is important to you. Face-to-face interaction could have a more "real" feel to it and discussions might be more spontaneous. Yet online might be more suited if you have logistical constraints in attending class.
Online programmes have definitely grown in the last few years and there are some good offerings out there. It is important that you check the accreditations for these programmes, and speak to alumni to make sure the programmes will give you the experience and reward you are seeking – just as you would do when looking at on-site degrees.
Nick: Online programmes are still in the early phase. My own view is that although the technology has improved exponentially nothing yet replaces the face to face interaction, camaraderie and human interaction of an onsite degree.
Della: They are different. Online degrees open up opportunites to people who would otherwise not be able to study, and they are clearly more flexible. But choosing an online EMBA is just like choosing any other degree. The top schools will ensure the quality of their online programme. Others may not.
Most organisations will ask for a time commitment in return for sponsoring the MBA (i.e. stick around x years after EMBA). If you are not sure if you want to continue in the same organisation, what do you suggest?
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Steef: If an organisation is willing to sponsor you, they must see potential in you as an employee. Maybe part of your sponsoring conversation can be about more than only time and money – i.e. can they work with you on securing projects that will provide new challenges in which you can implement your new EMBA knowledge? Can you discuss the areas you can grow into within the company post-EMBA? Would they be open to new ideas you bring?
If you are absolutely certain that you do not want to commit to the requirements from your company when sponsoring the EMBA, you might want to start looking at self-funding. However, it is good to then still have a conversation with your employer to make sure in principle they will be supportive. It makes for a much more rewarding EMBA experience if your company is behind you. (Having said that, we do have students that embark on the programme and succeed with no company support.)
Mahendra: It is important to ask yourself what you want to get out of the programme. If the objective is a career switch, you may not want to accept conditional support from your company. Otherwise, engage in a dialogue with your superiors regarding potential opportunities within the company as you go through and finish your EMBA.
Nick: If your company is going to sponsor you, I think you are ethically bound either to pay them back or stick to the time commitment. If your MBA career development is part of a sound career plan in the company that shouldn't be a problem. The challenge is that most MBA programmes make executives restless and stretch them to the point of looking for new opportunities and exploring new horizons.
My company sponsored my programme and I made sure that I had both savings and a loan so that if I wanted to exit I could. In the event I didn't but it gave me the flexibility to have the option.
From the company's point of view a demotivated employee who really doesn't want to stick around really is not a good asset and very often companies will come to a mutually acceptable arrangement.
Della: The other option is to pay for the programme yourself, or negotiate a future "get out" clause. Just as important is to talk about a career path within your existing company if you study for an EMBA. There is nothing worse than returning to work full of new ideas and then finding you cannot implement any of them.
Bernard: In my opinion, integrity is one of the most important human values. We guide our decisions by our moral principles. We should not make a commitment if we are not sure. Once we commit to returning to a sponsoring organisation, we stay with the commitment. If we cannot be sure, please do not accept the sponsorship.
Should EMBA ratings be considered the holy grail?
Steef: Absolutely not! The rankings are a good step as first orientation to ascertain which schools enjoy global brand recognition and are deemed important players in business education. It is important to look at various rankings (there are a lot out there) and to make sure you understand the criteria and weightings of the rankings – this is normally publicly available. It is then important to also look at accreditations to make sure the schools you are targeting adhere to certain global quality standards as set by international accreditation bodies.
Once you have drawn up a choice of schools you will be investigating further, a key step is to ensure that there is a fit between what you want and what they offer. It is crucial that you feel comfortable with the teaching philosophy, ethos and environment of a school – this is where you will forge lifelong relationships and invest major resources – you want to make sure it is a place where you are confident that you will thrive.
Nick: Ratings provide a measure but definitely not the only measure and for many not the most important measure. It is a huge decision to commit to doing an EMBA in the first place and picking the right institution and programme is critically important.
The ratings are a useful guide and introduction but I would spend a great deal of time investigating the school, talking to alumni and I would certainly visit and talk to faculty and the professional team before making a choice.
Mahendra: A rating is a guide and should not be seen as the final answer. It can not answer all of your questions since it does not ask all of your questions in deciding a rank.
Della: The FT EMBA ranking rates schools across a selection of criteria at a given point in time. Perhaps the most prevalent theme in the answers of our experts today is that there is no one right answer for individual students. Rankings are a starting-point for finding your ideal programme.
Bernard: Ratings are objective reference data points. But, these are just statistics and there are statistical randomness. Applicants should do their "homework," that is, choose a school that serves their purposes. They should study a school's curriculum, out of classroom learning opportunities, faculty, values and attitude, and graduates' and current students' characteristics.
Applicants should ask how these fit with their purposes and aspirations. Applicants should also pay attention to the fit between a programme and their home situation. Applicants should also ask what they themselves can bring to the community. Enrolling in the right programme can be an amazing experience while enrolling in a highly rated but wrong programme can be very frustrating. Students most likely make their choice only once in life.
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Reading 2: The Defense of Fort Morgan:
Early on the morning of the 5th of August, 1864, I observed unusual activity in the Federal fleet off Mobile Bay, indicating, as I supposed, that they were about to attempt the passage of the fort. After an early breakfast the men were sent to the guns. Everybody was in high spirits. In a short time preparations were ended, and then followed perfect silence, before the noise of battle.
At 6 o'clock A.M. the enemy's ships began to move in with flags flying. They gradually fell into a line, consisting of twenty-three vessels, four of which were monitors. Each of the first four of the largest wooden ships had a smaller one lashed on the side opposite the fort, and was itself protected by a monitor between it and the fort. The smaller ships followed in line.
As they approached with a moderate wind and on the flood tide, I fired the first gun at long range, and soon the firing became general, our fire being briskly returned by the enemy. For a short time the smoke was so dense that the vessels could not be distinguished, but still the firing was incessant.
When abreast of the fort the leading monitor, the Tecumseh, suddenly sank. Four of the crew swam ashore and a few others were picked up by a boat from the enemy. Cheers from the garrison now rang out, which were checked at once, and the order was passed to sink the admiral's ship and then cheer.
At this moment the Brooklyn, the leading ship, stopped her engine, apparently in doubt; whereupon the order was passed to concentrate on her, in the hope of sinking her, my belief being that it was the admiral's ship, the Hartford. As I learned afterward, he was on the second ship. Farragut's coolness and quick perception saved the fleet from great disaster and probably from destruction. While the Brooklyn hesitated, the admiral put his helm to starboard, sheered outside the Brooklyn, and took the lead, the rest following, thus saving the fouling and entanglement of the vessels and the danger of being sunk under my guns. When, after the fight, the Brooklyn was sent to Boston for repairs, she was found to have been struck over seventy times in her hull and masts, as was shown by a drawing that was sent me while I was a prisoner of war at Fort Lafayette.
The ships continued passing rapidly by, no single vessel being under fire more than a few moments. Shot after shot was seen to strike, and shells to explode, on or about the vessels, but their sides being heavily protected by chain cables, hung along the sides and abreast the engines, no vital blow could be inflicted, particularly as the armament of the fort consisted of guns inadequate in caliber and numbers for effective service against a powerful fleet in rapid motion. The torpedoes in the channel were also harmless; owing to the depth of the water, the strong tides, and the imperfect moorings none exploded....
Questions for Reading 2
1. How did the Union Navy take advantage of the natural conditions in their attack?
2. How did Farragut's brave and clever action in passing the Brooklyn save the Union's fleet?
3. All the Federal accounts agree that the USS Tecumseh was sunk by a torpedo, yet Brigadier General Page stated that the torpedoes were harmless. He never gives an alternative explanation for its fate, however. From the rest of his account, how do you think he would have accounted for the sinking? Why do you think he was vague?
Reading 2 was excerpted from Brigadier-General R. L. Page, C.S.A., Commander of the Fort, "The Defense of Fort Morgan," in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Retreat with Honor, vol. IV (Castle Books, a division of Books Sales, Inc., 114 Northfield Ave., Edison, NJ 08837), 408-410. This account was not published until the 1880s, but it closely follows Page's original report written the day after the battle.


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Your monitor's location dictates its susceptibility to magnetic fields. Close proximity to certain electrical equipment could spell problems and wiggles.
Have you ever tried working with a jittery computer monitor? If you have, you can attest to the irritation, eye strain, even nausea.
But don't automatically blame the monitor. Magnetic fields may be causing the problem. These fields may be interfering with the magnetics of the monitor's picture tube. In fact, this is the classic symptom of magnetic field interference.
Basically, a magnetic field must be greater than 8 milligauss to cause monitor jittering. This depends on the monitor's size. The larger the monitor (measured in diagonal inches on the screen), the greater the susceptibility to magnetic fields. So, where do these fields come from?
Any time electric current flows through an appliance or wire, it creates a magnetic field. You measure this field in units of milligauss. According to a Power Quality Network Application paper (No. 4), these appliances cause magnetic fields:
Laser printers
Electric stoves
Microwave ovens
Air conditioners
Electric heaters
Building transformers, circuit breaker panelboards, power switchboards, some UPS devices, and high concentrations of magnetic ballasts also cause magnetic fields. Even overhead or underground power cables carrying large currents can produce these fields. You shouldn't worry about internal building wiring, if it's properly installed. That's because the fields respectively generated by neutral and phase conductors cancel each other out. Why? Because these conductors are usually routed together.
But, you can get significant magnetic fields when currents flow "unopposed" in building wiring and conduit. Wiring errors cause these currents, which are sometimes called stray currents. These errors include the following NEC violations:
Improper grounding,
Bonded or reversed neutral and ground wires in panelboards and receptacles, and
Individual circuit wires not routed with other wires.
So, how do you get rid of the jitters? Here are some viable solutions.
Verify grounding. Make sure the equipment is properly grounded per NEC requirements and the connections are tight. This is a cardinal rule in troubleshooting any power quality problem.
Use elimination method. With the monitor on, turn off any lights and appliances one at a time. See if the jitters go away with any one switching. If they do, you've located the magnetic field source. Then it's just relocate the monitor or the source (if possible).
Verify proximity to field generating equipment. If the monitor is near a transformer, copy machine, circuit breaker panelboard, or UPS, it's "case closed." But, don't forget to look behind shared walls. This equipment may be directly opposite the monitor but separated by a party wall. If you can't move these field-generating devices, try relocating the monitor to see if the jitters cease. Sometimes, just turning a monitor does the job.
Look at fluorescent ballasts. If you've narrowed down the field sources to your magnetic ballasts, you may have to replace them with electronic ballasts. Or, you can simply keep the overhead fluorescent light fixtures off during computer use. Simple desktop task lighting will suffice.
Change scan rate of monitor. You can reset this rate, which is also called refresh rate, to a different frequency by using a program called SETVSCAN (for IBM-compatible computers). You can use it for any DOS-shell programs. The closer you can get the scan rate to 60 Hz, the less the monitor will jitter when affected by a 60 Hz magnetic field.
However, the minimum refresh rate acceptable for ergonomic performance is 72 Hz. Any setting below 72 Hz (80 Hz for many people) creates flicker that may have a directly negative effect on productivity.
Most Windows programs run at 59.9 Hz; as such, magnetic fields won't affect them. If you're using Windows to call up DOS-shell programs that are affected by these fields, execute the SETVSCAN program before you open Windows.
Reconfiguring your monitor's video card will also reset the scan rate, but you may have to contact the monitor manufacturer as to how to do this.
Install magnetic shields. This should be the last resort because they're expensive and won't quite "fit in" with your office decor.