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TeenBookHoots is the last stop on the blog tour- today I have a guest post from one of the award winning authors in the anthology, Katie Dale. She talks about her inspiration for her story in the anthology 'Trick or Tweet.'
Thank you so much for being part of the STORIES FROM THE EDGE Blogtour! I am so excited about this book and feel so honoured and thrilled to be included in an anthology with seven other UKYA authors I admire so much.
My story, TRICK OR TWEET is about a guy, "Bruce", who is determined to meet a girl, "@Chlover", he knows only from Twitter. By following all her tweets he believes he knows everything about her, including where she lives and what she looks for in a guy, and he has gone to great lengths to ensure their first meeting goes perfectly – you only get one chance to make a first impression after all, so he has prepared and rehearsed for ages in order to engineer the perfect first meeting. When he discovers she's going to be at a Halloween masquerade ball he decides to gatecrash, as it seems like the perfect opportunity to finally make his move…
I wanted to write this story because I am fascinated by the way the internet, and social media in particular, has changed the way we interact with each other – much like wearing a physical mask.
We share more information with more people (even strangers) than ever before – photos, videos, even what we're eating for lunch! – and consequently it can feel like you know your Facebook friends really well without ever meeting them. But it's easy to forget that everything you see online is filtered – we design our own mask, post only what we choose to display, edit every comment, even photo-shop every image so that we give the impression we choose to give. Consequently, it can appear as if all our Facebook friends are all having wonderful, full, exciting lives – but it's easy to forget that you cannot see what people do not choose to display, the flaws and problems we all have, but choose to hide beneath the mask.
Conversely, it's very easy to be thoughtless online. Much like wearing a mask, the internet is liberating in its anonymity, and it's easier to say things online you'd never say to someone in person – you can be braver and more honest, or meaner and more thoughtless purely because you're not standing next to the person you're talking to, and (in theory) you can switch off and walk away whenever you like with seemingly no real-world consequences. Tweets in particular are so short and so fast-moving, it's easy to type something without thinking it through - yet they're totally un-editable and once something's online it's out of your control…
Ultimately, social media is a universe of paradoxes:
We over-share, whilst concealing what we don't want people to see;
You can switch off and walk away whenever you want to, yet it's inescapable;
We project our best selves but feel enabled to say the cruellest things;
We are simultaneously self-consciously self-editing and utterly thoughtless;
You can be totally bravely honest or totally brazenly fake.
Consequently, in my story Bruce discovers that whilst he might have deliberately constructed his persona - or literal mask - to be exactly what @Chlover is looking for, @Chlover herself may not be exactly who she appeared to be online either…


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Unpaid Community Payback Offenders Scoop Top National NOMS Wildlife Award for Nicholaston House 'Quiet Garden Project'
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The 'Quiet Garden' at Nicholaston House Christian Retreat Centre will officially open for the 2016 season this bank holiday Easter Monday.
Open from 10am until 3pm, a special Easter-egg hunt will take place during the day in the grounds (weather permitting). Visitors are welcome to explore the Quiet Garden or simply relax in the conservatory overlooking Oxwich bay. Light refreshments will also be available. In the event of wet weather, the egg hunt will take place inside the House.
Nicholaston House is a member of the Quiet Garden Trust and also one of the few places in Wales with a wild bird garden, having equipment for viewing from the conservatory.
A number of volunteer gardeners maintain the various beds and plant perennial and annuals on a regular basis. Additionally, every Monday a team of community offenders, who have a wildlife project ongoing at the House, continue to enhance the biodiversity of the grounds. They have built paths and walls, as well as making garden furniture and maintaining many items within the garden. In the past the team has won two wildlife and biodiversity awards with the Ministry of Justice. However, it was announced today by Dr Phil Thomas, Head Judge NOMS Wildlife Award, who is based at the Justice Shared Estate Service in London, that this year Wales CRC (Swansea Office) have won the National Overall NOMS Wildlife Award with their nomination for Nicholaston House.
Commenting about their recent community pay-back experience at Nicholaston House, one offender said:
'I am pleased that I finished my unpaid work order, but I will miss working down at Nicholaston House. I enjoyed working in the gardens and building walls and fences. I hope all the hard work wins us the awards again for the gardens.'
The Quiet Garden at Nicholaston House will be officially open from Monday 28 March until October 2016. After Monday's special Easter event, visitors are asked to contact the House on (01792) 371317 to advise of their intended visit. Bed and breakfast at the House can also be arranged, subject to availability.


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- Beauty industry authority with 20 years industry experience, currently Red's beauty editor-at-large and formerly beauty director at Red and ELLE.
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At G & C we are more used to being behind the camera than in front of it, but fuelled by strong cups of tea and some calorie laden brownies we made our first Gloss & Content video. Our great friend and beauty industry legend Nicola Moulton interviewed us and we're rather pleased with the result. Hope it helps explain who we are and what we can do. We're a trio of beauty industry insiders
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Eight Students Earn $5,000 NASA Fellowships
Eight of Brookdale's highest achieving science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students have been selected to work with local experts on a variety of year-long research initiatives and serve as peer tutors at Brookdale as part of an ongoing grant program funded by NASA and the New Jersey Space Grant Consortium (NJSGC).
The new NASA STEM Fellows, who were officially announced to the college community during a kick-off party in the Brookdale STEM Lounge on Sept. 27, will also receive a $5,000 fellowship toward their education.
"This is a wonderful opportunity for everyone involved," said assistant biology professor Gitanjali Kundu, who joined grant program co-administrator and assistant mathematics professor Susan Monroe at the kickoff party. "It gives the students wonderful exposure to different kinds of research work and opportunities outside of Brookdale in terms of collaboration.
"Other Brookdale students will also benefit from the free tutoring that each STEM Fellow will provide this year. They will be there for their fellow students, and they can serve as role models for students who may just be starting out in a major or a career path."
Throughout the 2016-17 school year, each STEM Fellow will work with dedicated mentors from a local college, university or private industry on a real-world research initiative in their field of study. Students will present their work to the college community this spring.
Joe Bongiorno, an electrical engineering and physics major from Sayreville, will combine his lifelong passions for music and electronics by working to create new digital effects for the electric base guitar. He also plans to break down the instrument's circuitry in an effort to show how digital effects can be created and manipulated to create new, unique sound profiles.
"This is a massive honor. Truthfully, I almost fell out of my seat when I found out. I couldn't be more grateful for this opportunity," said Bongiorno. "I work outside of school, but I say all the time that college is my real job. Because this is what I love. I'm more than excited to get to work, and to help students excel in their own STEM careers and do what I had to do as a new student. The money is a huge plus, don't get me wrong, but this wasn't about the money for me. This was about the experience. For an undergrad, something like this is awesome."
Howell native and second-year biology major Grace Groh will be working with an orthopedic surgeon to study a new method of ACL reconstruction surgery which uses dissolvable plastic screws instead of metal ones.
An aspiring health care professional, Groh said she will assist her mentor in tracking the results of the new method, which is believed to be more efficient and allows patients to recover quicker.
Joseph Guth, a mathematics and physics major from Freehold, will work on a project titled "Thriving on Mars," which aims to use principles from math, chemistry and engineering to understand what materials and strategies could be used to sustain human life on the Red Planet.
Second-year chemical engineering major Mike LaMura will spend the year working with a Rutgers University professor on comprehensive research project involving DNA and the self-assembly of molecules. A Bradley Beach native, LaMura will also be traveling to NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia next month as part an aerospace engineering outreach program he began earlier this summer, which required him to submit a design for a Mars rover prototype.
"I'm really excited," said LaMura, a former psychology major who is now returning to college in his 30's to pursue a passion in science. "It's a very big opportunity and I want to make the most of it."
Christine Little, a second-year biology major from Highlands, plans to pursue her lifelong passion for entomology by studying with an area university professor on a year-long research effort.
"It doesn't feel real, honestly. But it's awesome," Little said. "I don't care if I'm sorting stuff or carrying things or whatever. I just want to learn and get involved and meet people in the field. As for my work here, I think I'm made to be a tutor. In all my classes, I'm always helping everyone around me if they ever have questions or difficulties. I would really like to work with people who feel maybe a little insecure in their field and help build their confidence up a little, help them learn and realize that they can do anything."
Howell native and former Brookdale Auto Tech graduate Anthony Mauro will pursue his burgeoning second career in mechanical engineering by working with automotive professor Paul Tucker to restore and reinvigorate an old hybrid car. Throughout the year Mauro will work to repair the car's aging battery cells and improve its gas mileage and performance, hopefully bringing it in line with models that are being produced today.
"It's a big workload, but it's what I'm good at," said Mauro, a husband and young father working toward a new career in automotive engineering. "As a full-time student with a family, this fellowship is a huge opportunity for me."
Andrea Sissick, a second-year environmental science major from Sayreville, will spend the year studying marine life, ocean acidification and climate change impacts off the coast of Sandy Hook with two Rutgers professors.
Specifically, Sissick will help study three species of fish that have moved away from their traditional habitats and learn what their new environmental needs are to help scientists and local fisheries understand their current and future migration patterns. She will also help the team create a 50-year projection for local fish movements.
Second-year biology major and Howell native Sameerah Wahab will work with a Monmouth University botany professor to study and hopefully eliminate an invasive species of fungus that is currently decimating area vineyards. She and her mentor will also collaborate on a lesson plan for future biology students, allowing them to replicate the study and get an in-depth look at "biology in action."
A member of the Brookdale chapter of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society and one of the top 20 community college students in the country in 2015, Wahab said she is grateful for the opportunity to advance her education while giving back to her fellow students.
"I'm extremely happy to have been selected for this program," said Wahab. "As a returning student, I feel that you have a responsibility to reach out to newer students and help them conquer the same obstacles you went through. At a community college, that's what we're supposed to be doing – acting as a community."
Each STEM Fellow will offer free peer tutoring to current Brookdale students in the STEM Lounge, located in MAS 107. Peer tutoring is available most times between 10 am and 5 pm from Monday through Thursday. For more information or to see tutor availability visit the STEM Lounge webpage.
Learn more about the NASA STEM Grant program here. Check out more photos from the NASA Fellows Kick-Off Party here.


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Bio Ag: Foresight and Integrating Vision SystemsByAZBio Members
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One of the major causes of contradiction is ideals. Are you free of the ideals now as we are talking? You're not are you? You still have your ideals, you're still living in contradiction, which means you like contradiction. You are afraid to break down the ideals, you are afraid of what you might do if you had no ideals.
You don't see what ideals do. They bring about contradiction in our life because you avoid completely the actual fact of what is. Therefore the idealist is a hypocrite. All the young generation are supposed to be idealists because they want to change the world, and this young generation is as confused as the older generation.
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It could be said that there are two kinds of menswear designers: The country guys, who take inspiration from their own hunting trips and bushy beards, and the city guys, who take inspiration from the city's streets, and their own imaginations.
It's a oversimplification, to be sure, but it's a dichotomy that New Yorker Phillip Lim embraced in his men's collection. The show's materials read: "Sometimes the wind on a subway platform blows just as hard as the wind in a billowing sail."
True as this may be in the figurative sense, you can be sure that Lim's beasts – whose fur was used in everything from the coats to the slippers the designer himself wore – were not found roaming the streets of Soho. What's more is that if you wore Lim's zebra prints, detachable rabbit collars and fencing vests on your next sailing expedition, you might just get thrown overboard.
Still, we give Lim full points for well-tailored, inventive clothing that resembles a city boy's fantasy of the great outdoors. And that, perhaps, is a better way of characterizing the designer dichotomy mentioned above: those who traffic in fantasy, where there are no limitations and the imagination rules, vs. those steeped in reality, full as it is with conventions and angry sailors. And when you put it that way, wouldn't you rather be waiting for the train decked out in Philip Lim?


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Chiddy Bang and Xaphoon Jones remixes one of 2010's most fun surprises, "Young Blood" by New Zealand's The Naked & Famous. Hear Chiddy Bang do what they do best; sample lovable indie pop songs and churn out some of the best electro-hip hop known to man... after the jump: (Continue Reading)
REC'D: Andre 3000, Kanye West, T.I., Drake & Others - "Deuces" (Remix)
I'll be honest and admit that this remix is the first Chris Brown song I'd been able to keep down since the whole beating-Rihanna thing. However, I can't say that about the rest of the music listening population or the hip hop community, because somehow "Deuces" is a biggish hit (it's no "Rude Boy", that's for sure) and an impressive group of rappers — Andre 3000 (!!), Kanye West, T.I., Drake, Fabolous, and Rick Ross — showed up for a remix. The upside (for me, at least) — it's easy to forget Chris Brown has anything to do with "Deuces". Hear/download the remix below: (Continue Reading)
G.O.O.D. FRIDAY SATURDAY: Kanye West - Christian Dior Denim Flow f/ Kid Cudi, Pusha T, John Legend, & Others
After the leak of a couple of unfinished album tracks, Kanye West took to Twitter and explained that he would not be releasing a G.O.O.D. Friday track this week. It seems that he has changed his mind, because in the wee hours of Saturday morning, Kanye West unleashed "Christian Dior Denim Flow". (Continue Reading)


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Verint provides collaboration, contact center analytics
Verint's first release from the Kana Software acquisition incorporates contact center analytics and collaboration to improve customer service.
Business intelligence company Verint Systems Inc. has introduced software that fosters collaboration among service agents and applies analytics to data gathered from customer interactions to build a more intelligent contact center.
Verint officially announced Kana Enterprise this week, marking the first major release stemming from Verint's $514 million acquisition this year of Kana Software, a maker of customer service suites.
The contact center analytics engine in the latest release determines which agent should receive a service request, based on the agent's expertise, the customer's native language and previous interactions with the call center.
The analytics are applied whether the request is made through a self-service website, a mobile device, live chat, social media or a secure messaging channel.
The intelligent routing system is an improvement over the more common practice of placing customers in a queue, where they wait for the next available agent.
Businesss intelligence in contact centers
A trend in contact centers is to extract business intelligence from the massive amounts of data gathered through customer interactions.
"Analytics and workforce optimization are hot topics and key areas where companies are focusing right now," Nemertes Research analyst Lisa Durant said. "Most organizations are at least evaluating analytics tools for the future, and most everyone is interested in workforce optimization."
Workforce optimization (WFO) software typically includes tools for agent performance management, quality monitoring, liability recording, coaching and speech analytics.
In addition, companies need to leverage unified communications and collaboration tools to involve contact center employees in other business operations, Durant said.
"Collaboration in the contact center and between contact center and other business units is key; that's how you get rid of the data silos and demolish the idea of contact center as an island," she said.
Kana Enterprise's new WFO capabilities include collaboration tools that let agents share and discuss customer issues in order to foster peer-to-peer learning. The feature is part of a knowledge base resource that agents can turn to in dealing with customers.
The new product, which has been generally available since last month, also introduces screen sharing that allows agents to share information with the customer in order to improve chances of making a sale.
The knowledge base and screen sharing capabilities contribute to "contact center success, as well as customer satisfaction success," Durant said.
To make maximum use of contact center analytics, companies like Verint will have to convince companies to provide access to customer data stored in systems used by other departments, Durant said.
"Companies keep customer information in so many places and systems that it can be difficult to convince them to dissolve the silos," she said.
Next Steps
A guide to call center analytics
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Anti-wrinkle cream with snake venom and age killing effect.
Multi-effect cream based on a synthetic peptide that mimics the action of a peptide found in the venom of the Temple Viper.
- Reaching its maximum effect two hours after application with a reduction of 82%.
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- Clinical trials using on 45 volunteers over a 28-day period, applying the product twice a day, demonstrated the following:
- A reduction of 52% in forehead lines.
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SQID Payments has streamlined this payment process to encourage your customers to pay promptly. You may want to encourage and establish this as a habit by the offering a % discount if your customers pay now or loyalty points awarded that can be redeemed for prompt payment. Invest in your customers at this point and you will save dollars now spent on chasing overdue accounts.
Why continue to be challenged by cash flow that is inhibited by slow customer payments when the solution is so easy to implement and manage?


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Our Jellycat Bashful Unicorn is a gorgeously soft and silky cuddly friend. She's got beans in her bottom so that she can sit, pose and eat magic dust. Bashful is an extremely cute Unicorn with very floppy arms and loves to be cuddled.
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The year was 2002 and I needed an email address.
I don't recall if we had internet in our home yet, maybe dial-up.
So I signed up for a one hour computer slot at the public library and began the process of
registering for an email address.
The most stressful part was choosing the email address name because
technology was new and one wrong move meant being saddled with a
terrible email address FOREVER.
I'm a percolator meaning snap decisions aren't in my DNA.
Naturally, I am in a library, needing to make a monumental decision and the only thing
bubbling up in my mind were the popular Bud Light commercials at that time.
Of course.
Do you remember these guys?
Over the years, I have used NetZero, Hotmail, Yahoo and GMail all proceeded by
It has become my "forever" email address and the source of laughter when people
have a flash of recognition.
Here's a bit of WASSUP Helen?!
Caleb left Sunday for a week of outdoor school.
He is our final child to experience this 6th grade milestone.
There are 5 or 6 outdoor school sites for our area and it is amazing to us that
all three kids will have gone to Camp Howard.
No matter how long one has been a parent, goodbyes are never easy.
Six days feel long.
It's good for all of us.
No screen time for him but instead trudging around the great outdoors and
learning campfire songs.
No carpool, practices, youth group and the "do you have homework" question.
It is a sweet blessing to press the pause button for a few days yet I know we will be
anxious to have our boy back home despite the loads of laundry to come.
While Caleb is gone, Carl and I have an added responsibility.
Meet Grover.
Caleb has wanted a guinea pig or hamster for the last two years, at least. Or a puppy.
It took us some time to completely warm to the idea.
As I have written often on this blog lately, this is a time of transition for our family.
One such transition involves Caleb being the youngest by a couple handful of years.
When we learned we were to have a third child, we heard some unhelpful comments:
"Did you plan this?"
"Oh my gosh, I am so glad it's you and not me!" and often there was silence,
followed by hysterics.
However the helpful comments were of this variety:
"My brother was born when I was 16 and we are very close as adults."
"I loved having a little sister so much younger than me."
"My sister is 12 years older than me, she fascinated me."
It's evident, I remember both sets of comments.
But those comments steeped in experience,
I shellacked them to my front and back, propelling me
towards unknown territories and harnessing me with secure hope.
Carlen and Courtney have been the such a sweet and crazy force
in Caleb's life.
They have remained present in his life even when it meant a lot of juggling.
I am sure part of it is because it is what we do as a family.
We try to show up for one another. But I also believe they remember how
often Caleb was in the back of our van or stomping around bleachers or being told
to be quiet during their school events.
His sisters are in their 20's and forging their own paths.
Part of getting a guinea pig was to give Caleb his own thing and a companion.
We got Grover for Caleb.
But we all adore him.
He has a very sweet personality and his guinea pig antics are hilarious.
I had no idea.
As a parent, we try to do the best for each child and for each season.
We try our best to make everything equal but in reality, nothing is ever equal in
every season. There are patches of time when one child simply needs or demands
more time.
The only aspect in parenting that must be consistently equal is the size of love.
I was reminded by one child how we never got her the lizard she wanted.
Her recollection was that all she had to do was clean her room.
Mine was that it was not to be a one time event 😉
Good thing Grover is so cute.
He has covered over a lot of parental missteps and taught us all a lot about empathy.
Carl and I have been working to give our basement family room a
much-needed facelift.
It has affectionately been called the cave for years because of the wood paneling.
Painting over the darkness created a brighter and more spacious room.
One side of the family room has a built-in bookcase.
We spent weeks sorting through our book history.
There were yearbooks, encyclopedias, textbooks, cookbooks, a few too many
diet books, fiction and a lot of non-fiction books.
We parted with bags and crates full of books.
I am not saying it was easy for this book lover but it was necessary.
I kept only books I loved, would read again, still want to read or have significant
sentimental value to me. (Shhh…I still have more favorites in my office.)
I removed and recycled all the book jackets and this small act completely
changed the look of each book.
Then I organized them by spine color as is so popular now.
We could use some less loved and saggy furniture and few other items to complete the room
but I am realizing how often I avoided this area because it didn't bring me joy.
A couple of gallons of primer and paint and some deep cleaning and a new room was born.
It will be fun to continue to work on this space over the next few months.
I needed a way to bring focus to my 24 hours.
The top notebook contains the 5 W's which have begun to bookend my days.
I thought about 3 important areas in my life and ended up with 5
to govern my moments and for ease of remembering
found words bearing the same first letter.
Word (soul care)-be intentional and consistent about being in God's Word.
Walk (health)-be active, make and schedule ways to add movement into my days,
even if it is simply stretching.
Work (job, household, hard things)-be a worker of excellence, do the work, be grateful,
do my best, be a blessing, extend grace, share the love of Christ, be fearless.
Write (passion/creativity)-be the caretaker of my dreams, make progress everyday,
always be an encourager.
Welcome (vessel living)-extend welcome to those who live within my four walls or come
into them. May I exude welcome wherever my feet take me and look for
opportunities every.single.day.
I am not perfect with this "system".
Please know this.
If I was perfect, there would be no need to make an entry.
No reason to look back and see the places Perfection came to
the rescue when I stumbled over my attempts to carefully craft life.
I endeavor to write the date at the top of the page either in the morning
or at day's end and jot a few thoughts or insights related to each W.
Some pages are crammed with words and others have empty spaces,
just as it should be,
just like life.
I will end with a book read and one I am reading.
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane-I have meant to read this book for such a long time. I am so smitten by this book and it jumped up and made me cry on the final page.
Perfect read aloud.
The Miracle Morning-I may never be a natural morning person but there is such value in rising early. This book has already given me a new mindset and some hope of putting to bed
my habitual snooze button pushing.
Well, you know what I mean. Wink.
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A brief guide to the German election: Merkel's coalition crossroads
Ahead of the German Bundestag election on Sunday 24th September, I have co-written a guide to understanding the election with the Legatum Institute's Matthew Elliott. While current Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to win a fourth term and the campaign has been 'sleepy,' we argue that the election is more interesting than at first glance.
With six parties set to enter parliament, Merkel's government can only be weaker than it has been in the past. The interesting question is the direction in which Merkel chooses to take her next government, as she will not win enough support to govern on her own.
A re-run of the grand coalition with the Social Democrats is not impossible. But neither party wants this. Given the current state of opinion polls, it would also leave the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) as the strongest party in opposition with a powerful voice for the next four years—a situation similar to UKIP's pressure on the British government in 2015. Otherwise, with the three main options being a 'black-yellow' coalition with the economically liberal Free Democrats (FDP), a 'black-green' coalition, or a 'Jamaica' coalition with both the FDP and Greens, the country could go in very different directions. Any will change Germany.
The choice of coalition partner reflects a wider cultural struggle for the country. Migration, foreign policy, environmental issues and labour market regulation are some of the key dividing lines between the Greens and the Free Democrats. The former is to the left and the latter is to the right of the CDU. It might be that Merkel does not much have much choice in the matter if the polls are correct: small fluctuations of one or two percentage points will make all the difference.
After the Brexit vote and Donald Trump's election last year, the report also answers why populism has failed to take off in Germany, considering the historical, socio-economic and political reasons.
You can download the full report here.


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8 Reasons To Consider Adding Live Chat Support To Your Website
Offering exceptional customer service is crucial in Miami regardless of the type of store you manage. Even sites with a well-designed, user-friendly layout that contains a FAQ section should allow users to communicate with the business. You can never assume that your site alone accounts for all of their possible questions. Live chat is one of the most efficient and direct approaches you can take to customer service, and it is only becoming more popular.
There's no need to be intimidated; you don't actually have to provide this service on your own. Most e-commerce sites employ customer service representatives or opt to outsource the work. This service lets customers type in a question or concern into your site's live chat window, and then they will await a response from one of your associates.
There are numerous advantages to using a live chat system. Here are reasons for why it is worth your consideration:
– Live chat is a relatively fast and economical way to enhance your site's customer service; you will also improve your sales rate without any compromise to your site's quality. This additional service would actually improve your site's quality!
– Online consumers often prefer live chat because it allows you to get real-time assistance. Conversing with a customer when they are in a shopping frame of mind proffers a great sales opportunity. The delayed responses that come with communicating through e-mail can be inefficient and your customer might get tired of waiting and spend their money elsewhere.
– A phone call, while also in real-time, can be awkward since most people dislike conversing with strangers over the phone. A live chat is more ideal because it doesn't feel excessively personal and many online shoppers prefer to shop anonymously.
– Live chat systems are surprisingly less expensive when compared with phone support lines. The live chat approach could save you several dollars for each customer you help.
– Invaluable consumer feedback can be obtained through certain live chat sessions. This could give you a better comprehension of your customers' needs. With this feedback, make enhancements to your site where necessary and improve its overall user-friendliness.
– More difficult or distressed customers are more easily conversed with on live chat than over the phone. With a phone call, it can be impossible to get a point across if the customer is steadily complaining. In live chat, responses can effortlessly be typed out and you can even paste pre-written text when applicable.
– Live chat also allows for multitasking. Any associates operating the live chat service can do miscellaneous tasks between chat sessions. This is not possible during a phone call, which requires more attention. Most will have few qualms with waiting a minute during a chat session, but being put on hold during a phone call is noticeably more frustrating. Your business' productivity will only benefit from this ability to multitask.
– Don't forget the competitive advantage it will give you in Miami! A customer that is occupied with live chat is obligated to remain on your site for longer. If you provide satisfactory answers to their questions, they will be more inclined to make a purchase. In the case that they don't, they will at least remember your site's quality customer service and perhaps even bookmark it for future visits.
Remember that live chat can be beneficial to your Miami business and the customers you serve, so consider upgrading your e-commerce site with an investment that will save you money, time, and likely even improve your conversion rate.


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Tender of the Week: GroundSwell Cannabis Boutique
Check out a collective that's been serving Denver for the past decade.
The GroundSwell team has been a staple in the Bluebird District of Denver, Colorado. The self-proclaimed cannabis boutique opened their doors in 2010 serving medical marijuana patients and in 2015 added recreational customers to their roster.
MERRY JANE stopped by to check out GroundSwell's product and to meet one of their newest budtenders, Travis Magunson, who recently moved to Denver from Minnesota.
Photos: Audrey Dempsey/MERRY JANE
MERRY JANE: What's your favorite part about working at GroundSwell?
Travis:I truly feel like their ideals matched mine. From the growing technique to they way we care for patients first is really important to me. I joined the team because our goal is to educate and create awareness about responsible cannabis use and its medicinal benefits. Somedays can be crazy, it's action packed but it's a lot of fun bouncing all around and getting to meet patients.
MJ: How do you like to get high?
T: I like to vaporize, I use my PAX pretty regularly. My favorite strains right now are Cherry Pie also the Gorilla Glue we recently started growing. I prefer blunts at night time to knock me out.
MJ: Tell us about the first time you ever smoked.
T: It was at a rave in 1998 with some friends smoking out of a one-hitter. Not sure how well I inhaled or didn't, but that was my first time.
MJ: What has been your most rewarding patient experience?
T: Just yesterday, this first time patient came in who had Parkinson's disease. We spent about an hour together, he was very thankful we are able to take the time to go over all of his products and when he left he was smiling. It was really rewarding.


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Expatriates in India are liable to pay income-tax and fulfil other obligations such as filing tax returns. At times, their employers may also withhold appropriate income-tax. Expatriates may be subject to taxation on their world-wide income unless they have protection under the 'Double Taxation Avoidance' treaty. There may be tax incidence on expatriates who are beneficiaries under any Employee Stock Option schemes.
Expatriate taxation is of special importance to 'assignment companies' of transnational corporations in implementation of their tax on social security cost equalization policies. They seek tax withholding reviews for employers to ensure compliance with Indian tax laws.
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New GAME OF THRONES Character Posters Season 4
We're getting close to the Game of Thrones Season 4 premiere, so HBO has released 18 new character posters and three teaser trailers for the upcoming season.
You'll notice that each of the posters is inscribed with Valar Morghulis which means All Men Must Die in the High Valyrian language. Check them out!
The fourth season of Game of Thrones will roughly cover the second half of author George R.R. Martin's third book in his A Song of Ice and Fire book series, A Storm of Swords.
Game of Thrones stars Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Charles Dance, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Alfie Allen, Diana Rigg, Natalie Dormer, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Pedro Pascal, Michiel Huisman and Indira Varma.
Game of Thrones returns on April 6th at 9pm on HBO.
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The Hanspree Micro PC is a new piece of tech that turns your everyday television into a fully-fledged computer. Essentially a mini computer on a stick that you plug into the HDMI port of a TV. It's already proving popular for consumers and businesses alike. I recently got my hands on one for a couple of days; here's my thoughts.
The Micro PC has a very thought out design in practicality and, for what it is, its performance is a surprise. 2GB of RAM and a 32GB SSD for something that can plug into the side of your TV is more than you need for using a computer on a big screen. It's easily enough to run your usual office applications and fire off a few emails.
I tested it here at Riverbank for a general PC setup and I couldn't fault it. It installed software very quickly and was very efficient. The Micro PC even had all of Riverbank crowding round the screen to see how it was working. It has a clear, crisp picture and when opening applications such as PowerPoint, there is no delay at all.
On Amazon it ships with a retail price of £130 so it's significantly cheaper than your traditional PC. Of course to truly get a normal computing experience you need to buy a keyboard and mouse. It also gives you a Micro SD slot so you can easily add in more storage if you reach its 32GB limit.
On the downside it is simply not powerful enough to compete with a full desktop or laptop. It's only got two USB ports so once you plug in your keyboard and mouse (you will need wireless) you're out of space. Multitasking noticeably slows it down so you wouldn't want to do much video editing on it. Wireless speeds are also limited due to the adapter.
However, I still highly recommend a Micro PC to run presentations on welcome screens as they remove the need for clunky computers which get in the way. It would also be highly useful in meetings. It would even make the office look tidier as it just hides away!
The Specs:
|Intel® Atom™ Processor Z3735F (2M Cache, up to 1.83GHz)
|CPU Type
|Quad Core
|32GB eMMC (24.8GB Free Space)
|Insyde 8MB UEFI
|Operating System
|Windows 8.1
|Via HDMI
|Wifi; Bluetooth
|802.11bgn; 4.0
|Button / Indicator
|Power, OS / Power
|Input / Output
|1 x Micro USB, 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x Micro SD card reader
|110.9 * 38 * 9.8 mm
|38 grams
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Münchner Residenz
The opulent former palace is a true cultural highlight, with architecture and interior décor that reflect the city's rich baroque history. The former royal residence of the Bavarian monarchs has 130 glittering apartments and also presents four museums as well as elegant courtyards featuring bronze lions. For an extra fee, visit to the treasury to see the crown jewels.
With 61 theatres, four orchestras and a prestigious ballet, Munich is rightly called the Music Metropolis. The Nationaltheater is the larger of the city's opera houses and is as impressive inside as it is on the outside. The auditorium is a real must-see: an imposing spectacle of marble and gold, it holds five tiers of seating and is the epicentre of the city's summer opera festival.
Built for the Munich Olympics in 1972, the Olympic Park is one of the city's architectural highlights and a great place to enjoy some of the finest cultural offerings. Over the summer the park is host to several music festivals including Tollwood, Theatreon and Impark Sommerfestival, all featuring a brilliant combination of music, shows, fireworks and rides. This is a must-see cultural hotspot and there is always a fantastic atmosphere.
Deutsches Museum
Deutsches Museum is Germany's most visited museum, attracting more than a million visitors a year. A must-see for adults and children alike, it has an impressive collection of more than 100,000 objects from the fields of science and technology. Highlights include the first motorised aircraft and the U1 submarine.
For a sumptuous taste of Munich, head to the city's ultimate beer hall. First established in 1589, this world-famous venue is a great place to experience the city's history and culture. Locals and visitors gather around long tables listening to an impressive brass band in true Bavarian style. In the summer guests spill into the inner courtyard of Hofbräuhaus, which is shaded by old chestnut trees.


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Useless keyboard
March 2, 2012 Leave a comment
I have received the other part of my tablet i.e the keyboard. Now we can comprehend, the reason why my tablet is called a transformer. However it hasn't been as useful as I had expected , worth mentioning the speed which is dramatically slow.
Besides the keyboard, my tablet and I have been a very productive team this week . It was much easier to revise for my mid-term. For instance I would take notes and take a snap shot of the definition or a quotation with reference to the note and attach a video clip from the current or the previous lecture if need be.
In addition I have converted 'my 2 hours of ideal time' waiting for my seminars to 'my 400 words weekly reflection essay time'. The most convenient part of having a mobile device is easy accessibility to information. The proportionate increase in productivity subsequently.
The Citrix app is a very useful interface. The speed could be better. However a thirty party domain enabling me to access my Virtual Learning from any location saves one not only the time travelling back and forth to access VLE but has a direct impact on efficiency.
My fellow members with ipads have been talking highly of Quick Office. I have Polaris so that we can compare the usage of similar apps during this this project. Polaris has been an user friendly interface till now. I download lecture presentations and hand outs prior to classes and make notes using Polaris. For our team, we have been contributing more in the class.
Availability of mobile information has also helped us to stay ahead. For instance, we can quickly Google search a new business buzzword or a vocabulary. This was possible on our cell phones but with a tablet you can do this without disrespecting the class decorum.
To conclude.
1. Keyboard is useless.
2. New apps and other interfaces helps us to be more efficient.


text: What is Evidence-Based Clinical Practice?Palmer's strategy for focused curricular change to improve patient careFall 2011 Home < article article > West Campus Dr. Wade helps SJ Jazz Festival performers Dr. Terence Wade Terence Wade, D.C., West '86, San Jose, Calif., has demonstrated smooth rhythmic skills as a percussionist who has performed with several musical groups since his days as a student. However, as the official chiropractor of the San Jose Jazz Festival for the past two years, it's been Dr. Wade's smooth adjusting skills that have spared many of the event's performers from "singing the blues." While completing his chiropractic studies, Dr. Wade performed in bands with fellow West Campus students, such as The Audibles and ChiroGyra, which often performed in the quad or at special events, including Play Day. Following graduation, he remained musically active with Resounding Joy, an ensemble group that combined music and ministry in performances at prisons throughout California, and he has been a member of the First Baptist Worship Band in Gilroy for more than 10 years. From his years of traveling as a seminar speaker throughout the United States as well as France, Switzerland and England (teaching the Neural Organization Technique), as well as from years of work in a physically exerting career, Dr. Wade is familiar with, and can relate to, the chronic aches and pains associated with being a professional musician. "They're on tour five months out of the year, and it's a constant cycle from planes to hotels to buses to performing venue, so they're subjecting their bodies to constant stress and chronic pain, due to repetitive body movement," said Dr. Wade, who was introduced to one of the jazz festival event managers and volunteered to serve as the festival's official chiropractor. "Whether it's adjusting a world-touring musician, the kids at the local high school, or the moms and pops who come into my office, I love what I do," said Dr. Wade, who has mentored many West Campus students that have completed their 13th Quarter field training assignment at his office in San Jose. "And rare is the individual who can honestly say they love what they do, especially when they've been doing it for 25 years." < article article >


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The technology company TQ-Group offers the complete range of E²MS services from development, through production and service right up to product life cycle management. The services cover assemblies, equipment and systems including hardware, software and mechanics. Customers can obtain all services from TQ on a modular basis as individual services and also as a complete package according to their individual requirements. Standard products such as finished microcontroller modules (minimodules), drive and automation solutions complete the range of services.
The TQ Group employs approx. 1,600 colleagues at their 14 sites (10 x Germany, 1 x Switzerland, 1 x China, 1 x USA).


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I was just invited to join a group of Facebook called "I bet I can find 12+ ppl who want Michael Bérubé to join/notjoin FaceBook."
Month: February 2009
i guess i'll just go in the aisle, then…
Maybe bathrooms will be an option on flights. Like peanuts, you'd have to pay for them.
maybe if one of them was at our campus in qatar and i didn't mind a twice-weekly interhemispheral commute…
Registration for Spring quarter classes has begun here at Northwestern. I am scheduled to teach an undergraduate and graduate course, meeting at Tuesday/Thursday 3:30pm and Tuesday/Thursday 3:30pm, respectively. This is a problem.
23 and me
I've talked about sending away for this for awhile. Finally I did:
further symptoms of the financial apocalypse
From Northwestern's homepage:
Undergraduate tuition will increase 3.6 percent to $38,088 for the 2009-2010 academic year from the current year's $36,756. The 3.6 percent increase is the lowest percentage increase in more than 40 years, since 1967, when Northwestern did not raise tuition.
I'm surprised that a 3.6% increase would be the 40-year minimum.
Another statement Northwestern put out attributes the relatively low increase to sensitivity to the struggling financial situation of many families, etc., but I had a hard time reading it and thinking "Eek. Maybe deflation really is at hand."
according to the LATimes, this is front page news
"The most rigorous test of several popular diet strategies has found that any diet low in calories and saturated fats and that an individual can stick with for a lifetime is best."
Is anyone surprised? I mean… I don't know. This is a profound finding? All bacon all the time isn't going to work? Let me tell you something: we fat people know there's no magical plan, no hidden process we're missing. Okay. Back to work. I have to finish a paper today…
ask a scatterbrain: have you known someone who…
A reader asks for help finding a particular sort of survey data:
Specifically, I need datasets that ask respondents whether they have experienced X thing and also ask whether they know someone who has experienced X thing. So, for example: Q1: Have you ever been abducted by aliens? Q2: Do you know anyone who has been abducted by aliens?…any substantive issue will do.
Is anyone familiar with such a dataset, preferably from the U.S. within the last 25 years? Or, alternatively, do you have any suggestions on how to search for a type of question, as opposed to a variable name?


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Umpire Information Updated 1/3/14
Notice: I'm currently collecting information and dates for the upcoming 2016 season. I will post them as soon as I know. If you umpired for SCLL last season, I will be sending you an email with that info. Everyone will be required to fill out a new umpire application for this season and get it in ASAP. , email them to the head umpire if you can scan them or mail them to the head umpire. Call if you need the street address.
Contact the league head umpire about being an umpire or fill out an Umpire Application.
Beginning of season info:
- District 5 is offering their field mechanics clinics again this season:
- You are very, very highly encouraged to attend one of the District 5 field mechanics clinics.
- Signing up for games will be done in a similar manner as last year. At the SCLL clinic, I will be handing out your user name and password for the web site. When the game schedule is available you can go to the web site and bid for the games you can work. The games will be assigned in a round robin fashion giving everyone an equal chance of getting the games they bid for. I will explain the process further at the clinic.
Have you had a confrontation with an adult manager or coach? It does happen… If it does, stay calm. Be polite. Ask your other umpire to come and help. Explain what you saw and how you determined the outcome. If it is a judgment call (strikes, balls, safes, and outs), the manager/coach has no recourse and should not be questioning it (see rule 9.02(a)). However, if it is a rule interpretation, ask the manager/coach to supply the rule number and look it up together. If both umpires agree with the manager/coach then overturn the call. If you do not agree with his interpretation then let the call stand. Always try to make the right call. Always keep your anger under control and act as a responsible adult even though those around you may not be. Avoid an ejection by giving a warning first. In most cases there is someone from the umpire committee to help you with rule interpretations but if you find yourself alone use the assets of the other umpire. Know the rules and you can be confident in your discussions and decisions. Always keep your cool. It is just a Little League game.
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This St. Patrick's Day, find out how different types of alcohol affect your partying and hangover.
Hi, we're The Try Guys and on Friday nights after work, we like to go out drinking together. Like many of you, we have theories about how different types of alcohol affect your night. We wanted to put those theories to the test:
BuzzFeed Video / Via youtu.be
So, for the sake of #science,* we got drunk off our asses to figure out how different alcohol influences your night.
*This is not a scientifically accurate experiment, like, at all.
Our experiment was simple. Over four nights, we'd only drink one type of alcohol each night: beer, wine, vodka, and tequila shots.
We'd drink at our own pace and see where the night took us, documenting it all on our cell phones.
To learn more about how alcohol affects your body, we spoke to Dr. Keith Heinzerling, the medical director for the UCLA Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine.


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Lisbon Treaty and Danish opt-outs
1. How does the future of the EU after the Irish 'No' look like?
In general, the solution to the ratification crisis was met with great satisfaction in Denmark and was conceived as a sign that the EU, despite crisis, is still able to find a common way forward. The renewed will to reach consensus and produce results was interpreted as a result of the effective leadership of the French Presidency, and as a result of the current financial crisis and the economic recession which have created a need for the member states to move closer together.[1]
Prior to the European Council meeting, the Danish Prime Minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, voiced satisfaction with Ireland holding a second referendum with concessions from the EU on the right to keep one Commissioner per country. The concession was easy to grant for the Danish government as the Danish debate on the Lisbon Treaty had also showed concerns about reducing the size of the Commission.[2]
The Danish government is concerned about a possible 'No' in the second Irish referenda. This will not only drag the Union into another crisis but would also have serious consequences for the possibility of abolishing the four Danish opt-outs. The Danish government has promised to hold a referendum on the opt-outs before the next national elections in 2011. Rasmussen has on a number of occasions declared that it is meaningless to hold a referendum on the Danish opt-outs before the ratification crisis is solved and the Lisbon Treaty has come into force.[3]
A second Irish 'No', together with an anti-European UK government is likely to lead to a multi-speed Europe. This might include the use of 'enhanced cooperation' involving closer cooperation amongst smaller groups of member states (such as EMU and the Social Chapter inside the EU; and the Schengen and Prüm Treaties outside the EU). The three most likely arenas for such closer cooperation are defence and security policy, the Eurogroup, and police and judicial cooperation, all areas from which Denmark has opted out.[4]
A possible Euro-referendum
Meanwhile, the financial crisis has changed the opt-out agenda of the government as the factual consequences of being outside the Eurozone have been revealed. A political debate on joining the common currency has been revived after the Danish National Bank was forced to increase interest rates twice to defend the Krone's peg to the Euro. This caused a record interest rate spread between the Danish National Bank and the European Central Bank of 175 basis points compared to 25 basis points in May. This scenario is threatening to push property prices further down, hurt industry and further depress the economy. In an interview with "The Financial Times", Nils Bernstein, Director of the Danish National Bank, declared that Denmark is paying the price of not adopting the Euro even though last month's rise in interest rates has been successful in stopping pressure on the Krone. He noted: "The pressure on the currency seems to be over but you can´t be sure." [5]
According to estimates from the Danish Industry Confederation (DI), Danes risk paying 4.5 billion Danish Krones for being outside the common currency due to the high interest rate spread. This is especially critical for flexible mortgage holders.[6] The Danish Metalworkers' Union (Dansk Metal) argues that the interest spread has caused a significant decrease in salary advances among metalworkers and is therefore recommending a referendum on the Euro as soon as possible.[7]
The Danish Prime Minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, has initiated talks with opposition parties on the possibility of holding a referendum. On 22 January 2009, a hearing on the Euro was held in the Danish Parliament. The main obstacle for the Danish government is to get the leftwing Socialist People's Party (SF) on board which ranks a strong third in opinion polls. The SF is still split on the issue. Rasmussen had indicated the beginning of 2010 as a good time for holding a referendum, after the Irish vote and before the next Danish Parliament elections in 2011. The SF has put forward three demands on changing the Euro construction before recommending a 'Yes'. One is a demand for a stronger emphasis on high employment instead of low inflation.[8]
A new survey carried out by "Capacent Opinion" shows that 50 percent of Danes support the Euro while 39 percent are against it. Only 26 percent of the respondents said they want a referendum as soon as possible.[9]
The upcoming European Parliament elections
It is likely that one or more Danish parties will lose their seats in the European Parliament when the Danish number of parliamentarians will go down from 14 to 13.[10]
Denmark also expects to see a generational shift in the Danish Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) since a number of current MEPs are not running for re-election (Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Karin Riis Jørgensen, Mogens Camre and Jens-Peter Bonde). The average age of the youngest candidates of the four largest parties is only 23 years.[11] The generational shift might put an end to the notion of the European Parliament as the last stop before ending the political career.[12]
The European election campaign has not yet begun and there has hardly been any debate in the media. The Danish Prime Minister, Ander Fogh Rasmussen, from the Danish Liberal Party has declared the possibility of a pact between the Liberals and the "European People's Party – European Democrats" (EPP-ED) after the 2009 elections which would give the "Party of European Socialists" (PES) a minor say: "I favoured strongly the past alliance between the EPP and the Liberals in the Parliament […] in my opinion, this is the natural cooperation in the parliament. I will work in that direction." [13]
The formation of the new Commission and the appointment of the High Representative
Neither topic has been subject to intense debates in Denmark. The Danish government has declared its support for the re-election of José Manuel Barroso as President of the Commission.[14] The Danish media still portrays the Danish Prime Minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, as a possible candidate for the position as President of the European Council if the Lisbon Treaty comes into force. Speculations about Rasmussen as a possible candidate for the position as the new Secretary General of NATO have also been highlighted.[15] Rasmussen has not formally announced his candidature to any of the mentioned international posts.
2. Transatlantic relations renewed after President Bush: top priorities
Denmark and the USA: allies under Bush – allies under Obama
The transition from President Bush to President Obama has been intensely discussed in Denmark in terms of Danish-US relations and transatlantic relations. The Danish government's close relations to Bush had been demonstrated by Danish military participation in Afghanistan and Iraq – on his last day in office Bush spoke to Prime Minister Rasmussen by phone.[16] But while Rasmussen does not comment on Bush's record as President, his fellow party member, Søren Pind, described the Bush era as 'morally corrupt' in reference to allegations of torture and mistreatment of terrorist suspects by US personal.[17] During the election campaign Barack Obama had been critical of US allies, including Denmark, for not doing enough to help the Iraqi refugee crisis.[18] Prime Minister Rasmussen hoped to maintain very close ties between the USA and Denmark, but in the first week of the Obama administration these hopes dissolved as Denmark (and the Netherlands) did not want to help take freed detainees resettled from Guantánamo Bay detention centre.[19]
Beyond the war on terror, the immediate Danish priority in transatlantic relations is the forthcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference "COP15" in Copenhagen in December 2009.[20] The transformation of the US position on global warming by President Obama has made productive talks at "COP15" far more likely.[21] The wider renewal of transatlantic relations between the US and the EU beyond "COP15" has not been a big issue in Denmark, reflecting Danish difficulties in dealing with major global issues such as reform of financial architecture because of non-participation in EMU politics.
3. Financial crisis and challenges of global governance: the EU response
Has the time come to join the Eurozone?
The global financial crisis has been of particular importance in Denmark because of its small, open economy and its exposure to global trade and investment. Related to this, Denmark's economy, like that of the UK, tends to be further ahead in the economic cycle compared to the rest of the EU. Denmark was the first EU economy to enter technical recession in the 2nd quarter of 2008 and spent much of 2008 in recession.[22] The vulnerability of the Danish economy, based on global exposure and inflated housing sector, had been identified in 2007 as one of the three most fragile housing markets in the world, with similar vulnerabilities in its banking sector – in mid-2008 the official foreign reserves of the Danish National Bank as a percent of GDP were only about 10 percent (less than Iceland's).[23]
The banking crisis hit Denmark with Roskilde Bank's collapse in August 2008 – during 2008 nine small Danish banks were merged or wound up as liquidity tightened.[24] During 2008 the Danish National Bank was forced to repeatedly increase interest rates to support the Danish fixed exchange rate policy – by November 2008 the difference between the European Central Bank (ECB) and Danish interest rates were at an all-time high of 1.75 percent.[25] The Danish economic problems, downturn in housing market and consumer spending, and the relatively high interest rates have contributed to increased difficulties for domestic shop owners and Danish exporters with 2009 expected to be a particularly tough year for exports.[26]
Probably all small countries should join
The stagnating Danish economy, high interest rates, and banking risks all contributed to the attempts by the Danish Prime Minster, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and the majority of parties in the Danish Parliament to move from a fixed exchange rate policy to full membership of the Euro. Mounting economic evidence reinforce the arguments for the Euro in Denmark, in particular the risks of being outside the Eurozone, the costs of maintaining the Krone, and the trade losses outside the Euro.[27] Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize winner for economics, had commented in an interview that "the lesson of the crisis is that one should join the Euro […]. For good or evil should probably all the small European countries join".[28] Sydbank's Chief Economist, Jacob Graven commented that the financial crisis had "made it less attractive for investors to hold Danish Kroner rather than Euros".[29] Niels Bernstein, the Danish National Bank Governor argued that "over a longer horizon, adopting the Euro will have a certain positive effect on growth in Denmark".[30] The most comprehensive economic evidence came in January 2009 with the publishing of the SNS Economic Policy Group Report 2009 — EMU at Ten: Should Denmark, Sweden and the UK Join? which argued that Euro effect on exports (and analogously on imports) for Denmark joining can be calculated roughly as a 35 percent increase in trade.[31] The Report concluded that "Denmark is well positioned in terms of public finances, fiscal policy-making, labour market flexibility and the level of unemployment to participate in the monetary union. It has little or no monetary policy independence since it has tied the Krone to the euro. It would therefore clearly gain by joining the monetary union".[32]
Beyond the discussion of Denmark fully joining the Euro, there has been relatively little Danish discussion of the EU response to the financial crisis and challenges of global governance, possibly reflecting Danish non-participation in EMU politics.[33] Prime Minister Rasmussen has argued that both the global finance and climate problems have the "same solution" – requiring "creating farsighted, long-term, sustainable green growth", but without reference to the EU in this radical transformation already advocated in Brussels.[34]
[1] Berlingske Tidende: Krisen bringer det bedste frem i EU, available at: http://www.berlingske.dk/article/20081212/kommentarer/712120119 (last access: 23 January 2009).
[2] Berlingske Tidende: Ny irsk afstemning skal løse EU-krise.
[3] Jyllands Posten: Irland på vej mod ny afstemning.
[4] Mette Buskjær Christensen and Ian Manners, DIIS Brief: The Irish opt-outs from the Lisbon Treaty?: lessons of the Danish experience, available at: http://www.diis.dk/sw69770.asp (last access: 23 January 2009).
[5] Financial Times: Denmark is bearing the cost of being outside euro, available at: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e8f45eb0-b05b-11dd-a795-0000779fd18c,_i_email=y.html (last access: 26 January 2009).
[6] DI Business: Euro-forbehold giver milliardregning, 3 November 2008.
[7] 3f.dk: Euro-forbeholdet koster metalarbejderne dyrt, available at: http://forsiden.3f.dk/article/20090122/NEWSPAQ/901220382 (last access: 26 January 2009).
[8] Kristeligt Dagblad: Søvndal og Fogh i kamp om euro –grundlov, available at: http://www.berlingske.dk/article/20090121/politik/901210422/ (last access: 26 January 2009).
[9] Ritzaus Bureau: Danskerne: Vent med euroafstemning, 21 January 2009.
[10] Jyllands-Posten: Europæiske vælgere sætter dagsordenen, 31 December 2008.
[11] Ritzaus Bureau: Unge stiller op til Europaparlamentet, 31 December 2008.
[12] Politiken: Unge danskere er vilde med EU, 21 January 2009.
[13] Euractiv.com: Interview: Danish PM warns against 'abuse' of crisis, available at: http://www.euractiv.com/en/eu-elections/danish-pm-warns-abuse-crisis/article-176888 (last access: 26 January 2009).
[14] Ritzaus Bureau: Fogh støtter genvalg til Barroso, 15 October 2008.
[15] Politiken: Statsminister med træls udlængsel, 17 December 2008.
[16] Brian Knowlton: 'Obama celebrates holiday with service', International Herald Tribune, 19 January 2009.
[17] Copenhagen Post: 'For PM, in the Obama means out with an ally', 21 January 2009.
[18] Copenhagen Post: 'Obama: Denmark has done 'little' for Iraqi refugees', 10 November 2008; Natalie Ondiak: 'Keeping faith with our Iraqi allies', Guardian, 21 January 2009.
[19] Politiken: 'Amnesty vil have en lukkedato for Guantanamo', 8 January 2009; Copenhagen Post: 'No help for terror suspects', VOA News, 21 January 2009; Lisa Bryant: 'Europeans in dilemma over Guantanamo prison closing', 22 January 2009; Jim Brunsden: 'EU to start talks on Guantánamo resettlement', 23 Januar 2009.
[20] Michael McCarthy: 'UN Climate Conference: The countdown to Copenhagen, The Indepdendent, 9 January 2009.
[21].Tony Barber: 'Action is vital for a good transatlantic relationship', Financial Times, 23 December 2008; Bibi Häggström: 'Klimatet hettar till i danska politiken' Sydsvenskan, 10 January 2009.
[22] Robert Anderson: 'Denmark heads towards recession', Financial Times, 1 December 2008.
[23] Copenhagen Post: 'Denmark is one of the top three most fragile housing markets in the world', 1 August 2007; Willem Buiter and Anne Sibert: The Icelandic banking crisis and what to do about it, Centre for Economic Policy Research, CEPR Policy Insight No. 26, October 2008.
[24] Lex: 'Bank failures: Roskilde', Financial Times, 25 August 2008; Robert Anderson: 'Denmark unveils bank loan package', Financial Times, 19 January 2009.
[25] Copenhagen Post: 'Central bank opts for interest rate rise', 22 May 2008; Robert Anderson: 'Danish PM seeks backing for euro referendum', Financial Times, 4 November 2008.
[26] Politiken: 'Shop owners want out', 20 January 2009; Julian Isherwood: 'Markets drop Danish goods', 27 January 2009.
[27] Ian Manners: Small, open €uro economies, Danish Institute for International Studies, DIIS Brief, January 2009.
[28] Johan Anderberg: 'Paul Krugman – Nobelpristagaren – nästan som en svensk betongsosse', Sydsvenskan, 16 November 2008.
[29] Copenhagen Post: 'Central bank opts for interest rate rise', 22 May 2008.
[30] Joel Sherwood: 'Danish Central Bank Reinforces Euro Adoption Support', Dow Jones Newswire, 22 January 2009.
[31] SNS Economic Policy Group Report 2009: EMU at Ten: Should Denmark, Sweden and the UK Join? (Stockholm: SNS Förlag, 2009), pp. 86–87.
[32] SNS Economic Policy Group Report 2009: EMU at Ten: Should Denmark, Sweden and the UK Join? (Stockholm: SNS Förlag, 2009), p. 16.
[33] Berlingske Tidende: 'Krisen bringer det bedste frem i EU', 12 December 2008.
[34] Copenhagen Post: 'PM: Finance and climate problems have 'same solution'', 27 January 2009.


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The City of Rockville, in collaboration with WMATA's Art in Transit Program and CSXT, is seeking an artist to create a site-specific artwork to beautify the underpass at Park Road. The project encompasses the concrete walls on each side of the underpass. Each wall is composed of two sections, one owned by WMATA and the other by CSXT. Rain falls through the tracks onto the concrete panels, causing vertical rust lines from the top to bottom of the underpass. There is an open area between the two WMATA tracks, as well as between the WMATA and CSXT tracks, which allows water penetration onto the walls. The city owns the lights and conduits in the underpass, and the lighting connects to city streetlights.
The Park Road Underpass is near two residential neighborhoods, East Rockville and Lincoln Park, and is close to the downtown area known as Rockville Town Center.
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FREquently asked questions
about ice canoeing
Most questions can be answered by our recent appearance on Shawtv
What do you wear on your feet?
We wear a modified rugby cleat. We reinforce the bottom with plastic and embed metal spikes for tracton on the ice.
What do you wear for clothing?
We'd wear something similar to a cross country skier or runner would wear for outdoor conditions. Crazy as it sounds we don't wear wet suits.
Have you ever fallen in the water?
Yes, but we try to avoid this.
Is it dangerous?
It can be. There are alot of risk factors when ice canoeing. Having an experinced crew and knowing what to do in an emergency situation minimizes the risks.
When do you practice?
The team starts training early November 2x/week and progress to 3x/week by mid December. We'll start rowing in the tank at the Calgary Canoe Club as well as run stairs and erg. When it gets colder out side and there's enough snow we'll take the boat out on the Bow River on a Saturday or Sunday.
What other teams are in Calgary?
There are no other ice canoe teams in Calgary. We are the only team west of Quebec, besides Team Chicago that competes every other year.
What type of boat do you use?
It is a custom built boat specifically made for ice canoeing. It has a flatter bottom, features like scooter cups built in the sides of the boat and special hand holds.
How do I get on the team?
You will have to try out. Ice canoeing requires fitness, strength, endurance, agility, mental and physical toughness. All of our current team members have multi-diciplinary backgrounds in two or more activities ie. mountain biking, canoeing kayaking, cross country skiing, swimming, trail running and rugby. We're always looking for spares incase someone gets injured or cannot participate in the race.
Where do you race?
In Quebec City during the Quebec Carnival (usually 2nd weekend of February). There is also a circuit of 8 or so races in Quebec, we've also praticipated in the race at Portneuf.
How many team members do you have?
Five - its the minimin we need to make a team.
How long is a race?
Depends on conditions and how well the race plan is executed. Races can take anywhere from half hour to three hours - some teams may not finish if conditions are difficult.
how did the calgary team start ice canoeing?
Team Calgary has been around for 40+ years. Here's a CBC story from the 1985. It all started back in the day with a few firemen and been though a number of transformation since. Currently, we have a misfit crew led by our fearless leader and captain, Barney Mcilhargey, who has been participating in the race for 20+ years. Here's a great article in Impact Magazine: Ice Attack November 2010
Story from the CBC Calgarians at the Quebec Winter Carnival. Broadcast Date: Jan. 22, 1985