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When I moved to Chicago last August, my husband was a first-year med student (a.k.a. see you once a week, pal) and I was an unemployed former magazine editor. We'd been married one week.
The transition wasn't easy, but as I slowly got to know the city, I found happiness in the discovery of new places. I browsed one-of-a-kind boutiques, ate my weight in interesting food, and — most importantly — took time to have real conversations.
In today's video, I show you three spots that made a difference to me: a pie place that serves sweets so good they should be illegal, a flower shop I want to live in, and a clothing store where I can hang out with the designer.
I'm happy to report we're now settled enough to have welcomed an addition to the family: a little rescue pup named Louis. Like me, he's a Kentucky transplant.
And, like me, he loves the Windy City.
Want more? Check out our editors' go-to spots around New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
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It's a familiar tale: I came to Los Angeles for one love (a boy) and found another (a city).
Five years in, the city — and the boy — still makes my heart skip a beat.
In today's video, I give you a tour of my beloved local spots that starts with a design-centric treasure hunt Downtown and ends at a Hollywood gallery/boutique in the storied Howard Hughes headquarters (hello, $55,000 backpacks).
I also stop for a twenty-layer crepe cake at a bakery which, like me, is a New York transplant that's pretty sweet on the City of Angels.
Thanks for tagging along, and please wave hello if you see me around town.
I'm the girl in the Mini Cooper, desperately attempting to parallel park.
Want more? Check out our editor's go-to spots around New York. And stay tuned for editor favorites in San Francisco and Chicago, coming soon.
When we throw a party, there's a Paperless Post sent weeks in advance, five grocery store runs, and at least seven freak-outs about who's going to come.
When blogger/woman about town Susan MacTavish Best hosts a shindig, she sends a casual email the day before, gets a few oysters, and the who's who of San Fran digerati show up.
In today's video, which we shot an hour before one of her legendary throwdowns, we tour Best's Pacific Heights home. From her antiques and art collections to her out-of-a-dream spaniel, the place is envy inducing. Her kitchen alone is worth the watch.
Consider this your invitation.
For more information about Best, go to livingmactavish.com. For more home porn, check out Vena Cava co-designer Lisa Mayock's Williamsburg apartment, Lela Rose's Tribeca mansion, and Heidi Merrick's Silver Lake bungalow.
We never expected to be envious about a life-size porcelain monkey hanging from someone's ceiling. (Those teeth!)
Yet the moment we stepped into Vena Cava co-designer Lisa Mayock's inimitable Williamsburg apartment, we wanted everything in sight — primate included.
In today's Inside Story video, Mayock gives us a tour of the space she shares with her husband, Jeff Halmos of Shipley & Halmos, from ceramic-hand displays to the surplus of space agey triangles.
After watching, if you're like us, you'll want to scour eBay for awesomely weird collections to call your own.
We're not monkeying around.
For information about Mayock's company, go to venacava.com. To see how more fashion heavy hitters live, check out Lela Rose's urban mansion in Tribeca, Kaelen Haworth's East Village loft, and Hillary Taymour's Brooklyn pad.
In today's installment of Currently Coveting, chief correspondent Suchin Pak shows three of her favorite works of art, all by under-the-radar creatives. From a kitschy cat and mouse to a literal interpretation of "I heart you," your walls are set.
This week's picks are available at stillhousenyc.com, etsy.com, and thetappancollective.com.
You know when you're on Pinterest and you see something so pretty that you want the creator's life immediately? This might be one of those times. In this video, which we shot at our Ready, Set, Fete! garden party, floral artist Brittany Asch makes a garland so grand it doesn't need a photo filter.
To see more of Asch's work, go to brrch.com. And be sure to check out the rest of our party.
You might be wondering, "How could a drinks table get better? There's already alcohol on it." In this video, see how Karen Mordechai of Sunday Suppers created a beverage station that quenches your desire for eye candy as much as your thirst.
Want more? Watch the creation of the garland and table setting. Then check out the final product (and learn where to buy what you see).
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The greatest thing about summer? Eating outside. In this time-lapse video, we show you how dinner party extraordinaire Karen Mordechai (of NYC's famed Sunday Suppers) sets her table for a garden party. You'll never want the season to end.
Want more? Watch the creation of the table garland and drinks station. Then check out the final product (and learn where to buy what you see).
'Tis the season for barbecues, baby and wedding showers, and good old-fashioned cocktail parties. Make sure you'll be invited back with three tried-and-true hostess gifts, courtesy of our woman about town.
This week's picks are available at dollymoo.com, holstee.com, and drinkupny.com.
It's easy to be jealous of Tori Praver: She looks like a goddess even without makeup, is engaged to pro surfer/model Danny Fuller, lives half the year in Hawaii, and helms an eponymous swimwear line.
And yet you can't help but love her. In today's video, the easygoing, down-to-earth beauty showed us around her ocean-inspired home and introduced us to her 4-month-old daughter, Ryan.
We're drooling over her insane art collection (Schnabel, Hirst, what?), the handmade feather mobile in Ryan's room, and her lush green backyard.
It matches our envy perfectly.
To shop Praver's latest collection, go to toripraverswimwear.com.
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Te x a s A & M U n i v e r s i t y ME News • Have you moved? • Are you getting duplicates of this newsletter? • What's going on in your life? Let us know at firstname.lastname@example.com Aggies race to top honors at Department receives new endowments The Department of Mechanical Engineering is grateful for the gifts and California formula car donations it receives from its many friends, former students, and industry. competition These gifts help many of our students receive a quality education from the A formula-style racecar designed, built and driven by Texas department. Recent gifts include: A&M University student engineers won the 2007 Formula Gladys and William Allison '44 Scholarship in Mechanical Engineering. This is the SAE West competition June 13-16 at the California Speedway third endowment the Allison's have made to the department. The previous two in Fontana, California. were established in the Engineering Scholars Program. The four-day event drew teams from 80 universities. En Don P. Dixon '57 and Sons Scholarship in Mechanical Engineering. This route to its overall win, the Texas A&M team finished first in scholarship will go to those students who are graduates of a private school, the competition's autocross and business case presentation parochial school or home school, and have demonstrated leadership in high events, third in the endurance event, and won the Honda school through participation in organizations or activities such as 4-H, FCA, FFA, Dynamic Events Award for amassing the top score in combined Scouts, JROTIC, or athletics. Department of Nonprofit Org. dynamic events. Additional points are awarded based on the George and Marilyn Jewell Scholarship and Fellowship in Mechanical judges' evaluation of engineering design, cost and an oral Engineering. Both endowments will be designated for first-generation scholars U.S. Postage MECHANICAL ENGINEERING presentation of a business case. with high financial need from the Galveston County area. PAID Advisors are Dr. Make McDermott and Kim Moses, Linda and Ralph Schmidt '68 Scholarship in Mechanical Engineering. Recipients College Station senior academic advisor in the Department of Mechanical Texas A&M University Mail Stop 3123 College Station, Texas 77843-3123 of the Linda and Ralph Schmidt '68 Scholarship, to be awarded for the first www.mengr.tamu.edu Texas 77843 Engineering. time in fall 2007, will be graduates of Schulenburg, La Grange, Sacred Heart Permit No. 215 (Hallettsville) or Weimar high schools. Financial need will be considered. Jeanette and Robert Conn '51 Scholarship in Mechanical Engineering. This scholarship will provide one or more scholarships to full-time students in good standing pursuing a degree in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Jay H. Stafford '46 Scholarship in Mechanical Engineering. Mr. and Mrs. Jay H. Stafford established the Jay H. Stafford '48 Scholarship in Mechanical Engineering in 2006. They recently added another $100,000 to their scholarship, which will allow the department to fund several more scholarships to worthy and deserving students in mechanical engineering. Warren Rice, Texas A&M class of 1946, has donated a gift of $50,000 to the department "as a small token in recognition of what A&M did for me," said Rice. Proceeds from the gift will benefit the Mechanical Engineering Excellence Fund. Formula SAE in Need of New Dyno Texas A&M Univerisity's Formula Society of Automotive Engineers Students Design System to Return Astronauts to Earth (Formula SAE) exposes its members to auotmobile engineering, design, and teamwork. The students have had their share of success NASA's planned mission to the moon won't lift off for more than seven years, but student engineers at Texas A&M University are already designing the systems that could in recent competitions, including first place finishes at the past two SAE get it safely back to the ground. The students designed a system of parachutes and air Financial support from former students and friends of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University provides funding for student scholarships, equipment upgrades for our undergraduate labs, and program needs that are not met by general state and university appropriations. By contributing to the "Mechanical Engineering Friends," you can become an active participant in our future successes. West Competitions in California. Your contributions to the Department of Mechanical Engineering provide support for our academic programs and our students. To donate, make your check out to "Mechanical Engineering Friends" and mail to Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Mail Stop 3123, College Station, Texas, 77843-3123, ATTN: Pam Hoestenbach. Mechanical Engineering Friends Thank you for your support of the Department of Mechanical Engineering this year. For more information about the program, please call Pam Hoestenbach at (979)845-9625. bags that could slow the crew return vehicle (a capsule similar to the ones used in the $20–99 $100–249 $250–499 $500–749 $750–above Honors A necessary tool for completing the Formula SAE team experience Apollo moon missions but much larger) after it enters Earth's atmosphere and cushion its is the engine dynamometer, which is a laboratory tool for testing and landing on the ground. operating an engine outside of a vehicle. The current one in use by The systems the students presented consisted of three 120-foot parachutes and an ME Friends Donation Levels ME Friends Donation Levels Formula SAE is a 1920's vintage GE direct unit. In addition to its array of eight air bags housed between the vehicle's heat shield and the capsule itself. age, its large inertia makes it impractical and unrealistic to mimic The student engineers calculated how big the parachutes needed to be to slow the Bronze Silver Platinum Gold acceleration testing of the small engines used by Formula SAE. capsule through the last 10,000 feet of its descent, the length of the lines that connect the The team, along with the Department, would like to augment the canopies to the capsule and determined the best materials for the canopies and suspension department's testing capabilities with a smaller eddy-current dyno lines and the best method of sewing them. capable of providing more realistic loading conditions on the TAMU They also designed an array of eight spherical airbags to cushion the capsule when it Formula SAE engines and use the new dyno for undergraduate and gets to the ground. The airbags would be stowed between the capsule and the heat shield graduate student instructional laboratories. until needed. Each airbag is actually two bags, one inside the other. The outer bags are intended to deflate as the capsule compresses them so that the capsule won't bounce The budgetary cost of such a system is $75,000, and would be when it hits. A second, smaller, bag inside each airbag will complete slowing the capsule a minimal burden on the facility or lab personnel. Please consider to a stop on the ground. contributing to the purchase of such equipment; eqiupment that will The students' 2007 design project will be part of the lander that will carry astronauts continune the success of TAMU Formula SAE. For more information, from an orbiting space vehicle to the surface of the moon. For more information, contact please contact SAE Advisor Tim Jacobs at (979-862-4355). Dr. William Schneider at email@example.com or 979/458-0116. F a l l 2 0 0 7 Te x a s A & M U n i v e r s i t y Te x a s A & M U n i v e r s i t y A Few Words... Dennis O'Neal '73 Faculty & Staff Awards NEW FACULTY: Fall 2007 Students in the News E3 Research Laboratory It's hard to believe N.K. Anand, professor & Assistant Texas A&M's E3 Research Laboratory, under the direction of Dr. Jerald another school year Dean of Graduate Programs: The department is in the process of hiring new faculty as part of Texas A&M's "Vision Current Students A. Caton, conducts research in the areas of Energy, Engines and Emissions James & Ada Forsyth Endowed Texas Regional Engineering Conference (TREC): TREC was hosted by A&M (E3). The lab is one portion of the overall Combustion and Fuels Laboratory is underway. We Professorship; Charles W. Crawford 2020" project. Vision 2020 is designed to on February 9-10, 2007. Twenty-six teams signed up and each team was given of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The majority of the activities continue to benefit Service Award guide the university to become a 'top 10' the challenge of creating a craft that would navigate along a water track, from the Robert are directed by Caton and conducted by his graduate students. Malcolm Andrews, professor : DOE public university by the year 2020. The new earning points based on materials used, weight of the watercraft, and total time Reciprocating engine research forms a major part of the laboratory. Gate's faculty rein- Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award faculty will help the department and university to run the course. A&M's team, named "ScrumDiddleyUmptious", was one of only four teams to finish the course and was the lightest and cheapest of those Thermodynamic simulations have been developed for spark-ignition engines vestment program. Kalyan Annamalai, G. Paul Pepper improve the institution's faculty/student ratio, and these simulations provide detailed descriptions of the various processes four. Team members were: Vanessa Barrett, Bryan Knight, Matt Krautkremer, Since the Spring of Professor : Associate Editor, Journal enhance the faculty, and improve the students' Wade Marcantonio, Ismael Martinez, and Kevin Robinson. during the engine cycle. The instructional versions of these simulations 2004, we've hired of Engineering Gas Turbines & educational experiences. are used in academic courses on internal combustion engines and retain Student Professional Development Conference: Nine of A&M's ASME 22 new faculty! Power students attended the conference on April 12-14, 2007 in Tulsa, OK. Carlo important features necessary to illustrate the use of cycle simulations. New department faculty for fall 2007 are: We've featured Brian Bachmeyer, technician: Silva, a mechanical engineering PhD student, won first place in the Graduate A number of research programs have also been conducted on the use of some of these in Department of Mechanical Choongho Yu, assistant professor, Student Research and Innovation paper competition for his technical paper, alternative fuels for engines, such as: coal slurries and natural gas for diesel Engineering Outstanding Support received his Ph.D. from the University "Optimization of Heat Sink Performance in Microelectronics through engines and LPG (propane) and hydrogen for spark-ignition engines. The our newsletters and Staff Award Dimpled Surfaces: Study on Dimple Geometry and Array." In addition, senior of Texas at Austin in 2004. Prior most recent of these projects involves investigations of the use of biodiesel annual reports (which you can view on our web to joining the department, Yu was Brian Wilks won the Best Technical Award for his oral presentation on the Debjyoti Banerjee, assistant fuels. page). In addition to the two new faculty who professor : Morris Foster Faculty a post doctoral researcher at the Old Guard Oral Presentation competition for his paper, "Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Non-Linear Acoustics in Compressor Manifold Emissions research is also a part of started in September, we have four new faculty Professorship University of California at Berkeley the lab; one area being engine emissions. and the Lawrence Berkeley National Design." starting in January 2008. We have faculty Jerald Caton, professor : Thomas A. Pollutant emissions from internal- searches for seven faculty positions we're try- Laboratory. Some of his research National Science Foundation Fellowship Awards: The NSF has awarded eight Dietz '31 Endowed Professorship Yu Texas A&M Engineering students three year graduate fellowships starting in combustion engines have been studied in interests include investigation and ing to fill for next year. When the dust is settled Jaime Grunlan, assistant synthesis of new nanostructured the fall of 2008. Of those eight, David Huitink will be continuing his graduate several projects, including examining both in a couple of years, we hope to have about 63 professor : NSF CAREER Award materials for energy conversion studies here at A&M. Five other A&M students received honorable mentions. spark-ignition and diesel engines. The faculty in the department, up from 45 in 2003. systems and design and fabrication The NSF Graduate Fellowships are very competitive; only 1,000 are given researchers have investigated hydrocarbon Harry Hogan, associate from a pool of more than 3,000 applications. oxidation in exhaust ports of spark-ignition This will make us the second largest mechani- professor : Mervin & Annette Peters of nano/micro-electromechanical cal engineering department in the country be- hind Georgia Tech. Advising Award Ibrahim Karaman, associate systems (N-MEMS) and bio-MEMS. Former Students engines, calculated nitric oxide production in engines, and used gas analysis equipment, which includes conventional emissions analyzers and a Fourier Demand for our graduates is the strongest it professor : Dietz Career Sy-Bor Wen, assistant professor, Jackie Mohrfeld, GM Racing Trackside, transform infrared spectrometer. Other examples of emissions research are received his Ph.D. from the University studies of Selective Catalytic Removal (SCR) and Selective Non-Catalytic has been in over ten years. Last academic year, Development Professorship I; TEES of California at Berkeley in 2006. Chevrolet Silverado Program Removal (SNCR) of Nitric Oxides (NOx). For the SCR applications, a Fellow over 480 companies interviewed on campus for Before joining the department, Wen Jackie Mohrfeld didn't know she would love number of catalysts have been examined. The effects of various parameters, mechanical engineers! Many of these compa- Won-jong Kim, associate was a post doctoral fellow in the working in a major motorsports series; in professor : Dietz Career including reaction temperature, oxygen concentration, space velocity nies were seeking to fill multiple positions. We Environmental Energy Technologies fact, until she was in college at Texas A&M and inlet species concentrations have been investigated. For the SNCR Development Professorship II; BP Division of the Lawrence Berkeley University, she didn't know anything about only graduate about 200 B.S. and another 100 Award for Teaching Excellence; applications, three chemical agents have been tested: ammonia, urea, and National Laboratory. His concentration the sport. M.S./Ph.D.s each year. The students are get- Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Wen Now she climbs on the pitbox of the No. cyanuric acid. For the proper gas conditions, these agents participate in a Dynamic Systems, Measurement & is in thermal sciences and fluid ting fabulous job offers and many get signing 33 Camping World Silverado team driven by series of complex chemical reactions that remove nitric oxides. Up to 95% Control mechanics and he is interested two-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series removal of nitric oxides has been demonstrated for certain conditions. bonuses. in designing and conducting Helen Liang, associate professor : experiments in micro to nano scale champion Ron Hornaday every race as the Another area of emissions research, Advanced Laser-Based Sensors Our Formula SAE team continued its excel- STLE Fellow for Gas Analysis, is being conducted in collaboration with Professor energy transfer and constructing GM Racing engineer assigned to the team to lend critical support. lent record by winning the West Coast competi- A native of Houston, Texas, Mohrfeld attended and graduated from Texas Robert Lucht, mechanical engineering at Purdue University, and Professor Kim Moses, advisor : President's theoretical analyses in explaining and tion in California for the second year in a row. Award for Academic Advising predicting experimental results. A&M in 2000 with a degree in mechanical engineering. Her first entry in to the Thomas Walther, Darmstadt University of Each year, we have a new group of students racing world was a Texas A&M Formula SAE project. In 2000, the team won its Technology, Darmstadt, Germany. These Anastasia Muliana, assistant competing. They have to design, build, and race first championship in only its second year of competition. advanced laser-based sensors are developed professor : TEES Select Young As one of a very limited number of female engineers in the garage area of all a new car. It's quite a remarkable accomplish- Faculty Your Gifts at Work three NASCAR major touring series, Mohrfeld has quickly established herself for the quantification of gaseous species, and have been demonstrated for several ment for these students. They wouldn't be suc- Alan Palazzolo, professor : ASME as one of the best by assisting Hornaday and Kevin Harvick, Inc. cessful without the financial support of former Fellow; Halliburton Faculty Fellow; The Department gratefully recognizes all applications. The basic principle of these SOURCE: GM Communications ME Outstanding Graduate Teaching our donors for their support. The corporations, systems is to measure the absorption of students and corporations. Award organizations, friends and former students who donate Former Student Whitaker Receives University of energy at specific wave lengths. Systems In September, we had our first scholarship banquet. It was a great time of celebration as Bryan Rasmussen, assistant are deeply appreciated, as they directly impact our Alabama T. Morris Hackney Leadership Award are available to measure nitric oxide, professor : NSF CAREER Award commitment to teaching and research excellence. carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and other species. endowed scholarship donors got to meet with The University of Alabama College of Engineering Your gifts help the department maintain a creative Activities within the E3 laboratory also include technical and economic J.N. Reddy, distinguished professor announced Dr. Kevin Whitaker, associate dean for academic their scholarship recipients. Over the past five & Oscar S. Wyatt learning environment for each student to reach his or assessments of cogeneration systems, which provide both electrical power programs, as the 2007 T. Morris Hackney Endowed Faculty years, the number of scholarships awarded by Chair : Association of Former her potential, ensure that the students learn the latest Leadership Award recipient. and a thermal commodity (such as heating or cooling). These assessments the department has grown from 80 to over 150. Students Distinguished Teaching The award honors a faculty member who exemplifies the have been completed for a number of Texas state agencies, and computer Award teaching and research, and provide the students with A big reason for this increase has been due to constant guidance and leadership necessary to make the programs have also been developed to complete these technical and activities such as field trips and special projects that economic assessments. Another form of energy research is distributed the increase in scholarships endowed by our Hung-Jue Sue, professor : E.D. College of Engineering exceptional. Brockett Professorship Award perhaps some of you also took part in while you were Whitaker began working at The University of Alabama in electrical power production. This is an important aspect to manage electrical former students. If you would like to consider at the university. 1987 as an assistant professor of aerospace engineering. He power needs and the key equipment is the prime mover which may be a gas endowing a scholarship, please feel free to Dharba Swaroop, associate professor : Paggy L. & Charles L. You can designate your gift to the department currently serves as associate dean for academic programs turbine, steam turbine, or reciprocating engine. contact me. It's a great way to leave a legacy Brittan Undergraduate Teaching for a particular scholarship or program or leave your and as associate professor of aerospace engineering and mechanics. In The overall goals of these activities are the efficient and clean use of that will help future Aggies reach their dream Award gift unrestricted so it can be used for others needs addition, Whitaker has more than 16 reviewed publications and 49 conference fuel energy to provide electrical power or power for transportation. Studies of completing their education in mechanical such as faculty recognition or recruitment, research presentations. Xinghang Zhang, assistant in these areas are based on core subject matter in thermodynamics, heat or technology. Whatever you give, whether it's $10 In 1980, Whitaker received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering engineering. professor : ASHRAE New from General Motors Institute. He went on to receive his master's and doctoral transfer, fluid mechanics, chemistry, and physics. Investigator Award; NSF Faculty or $10,000, you help play a vital role in making the For more information on the E3 (Energy, Engines and Emissions) degrees from Texas A&M University in 1982 and 1986, respectively. Early Career Development department a great place for future generations of Research Laboratory, please contact Dr. Jerald A. Caton at 979-845-4705 or This award was created as a tribute to T. 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As the global economic crisis deepens and highly qualified workers become desperate for any and every job, there are increasing calls for a deeper and broader look at the minimum wage as a tool for employee compensation.
The historical concept of protecting poorer workers with a resultant separation of the rich from the uneducated poor has become blurred, as an increasing number of persons with advanced education and training settle for low-wage occupations. There has been a larger per cent decline in middle-income jobs, while job creation increases for lower-wage jobs. In his book on Union Management and the Public, Bakke (1960) suggests that as the phrase "making a living" becomes increasingly inaccurate, it is more appropriate to say that men make money and buys a living.
The implementation of the minimum wage, though paved with good intentions, has created a century of marginalisation which now forces the business to minimise risk posed by a higher minimum wage by only hiring overqualified, overexperienced workers for entry-level jobs that were usually reserved for the uneducated.
The problem is that enacting a minimum wage law doesn't suddenly give all the working poor a decent-paying job. Instead, it forces employers to consider many people to be unemployable because their sudden increase in pay may not be justifiable by their production, experience, or education. The increase in pay due to the minimum wage may even make it economically impossible for the business owner to keep that worker's position anyway.
Instead, the business is forced to minimise the risk posed by a higher minimum wage by only hiring overqualified, overexperienced workers for entry-level jobs that used to be worked by teenagers and college graduates. This creates a vicious cycle of unemployment for young people that can't get the experience they need to begin their professional careers.
With the current minimum wage of J$5,000 set to be reviewed shortly, and the economic crisis causing a massive reduction in the spending power, some employers are faced with a dilemma in getting workers to perform at even their bare minimum. Workers are now more despondent, unhappy and disgruntled. There is a lack of team spirit, a breakdown in interpersonal relationships, and an increase in conflicts and inefficiencies.
The difficulty faced by most employers is the ability to encourage, motivate and provide professional counselling for workers who grow despondent due to financial difficulties. Companies have to find ways of improving staff retention, bearing in mind that they also face increasing financial difficulties. Where employers and employees both meet on such matters, some action have been taken, such as reversing the proportions of health contributions payments; non-payment for over-time; salary cuts or wage freeze, and reduced work hours or workdays.
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Neck Braces - the future of road riding? Not being into motocross, this was all new and interesting to me. (visordown.com)
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[–]henerydodsCalgary | 07 KTM 250sxf 0 points1 point2 points 11 months ago
As a motocross ride I always wondered why no street riders other then a few motards wear one. I can clearly see that most lethers wont fit one, but why not design one for a leather suit, or design a leather suit with it built in. They have been proven to save motocross riders lives and I don't know anyone who can afford them not wearing them. Boots, helmet, gloves, and a neckbrace are the most important things I have. Knee braces come second, then my jersey and pants, and maybe a roost protector if its a particularly rocky track.
[–]Kadin2048Honda CBR250RA 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
I know this is an old thread, but I was just looking at the newest version of the REV'IT Sand jacket (the Sand 2) and noticed that it claims to be "prepared for Leatt® and Moveo® neck brace".
So apparently what you described might be occurring in the newest jackets. I can't speak to exactly how the jacket/brace integration works though, since I don't own one. If someone does it'd be interesting to hear about it though.
[–]henerydodsCalgary | 07 KTM 250sxf 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
Cool to see. First street jacket I have seen that incorporates the leatt brace into the design, although it is still a dual sport jacket so I'm sure they are catering to the more dirt oriented riders who will buy that jacket. It straps to those little red tabs you see on the jacket like so and so.
I still would like to see a leather race suit or something incorporate a leatt brace into it's back armor hunch thing. I'm not sure if the street racers need that extra protection from neck injuries though.
[–]Kadin2048Honda CBR250RA 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
Yeah I have heard conflicting opinions on whether the Leatt-style braces are really that effective for street riding. There doesn't seem to be a lot of objective reviews except in the dirt/offroad world (where they do seem to be important); on-road, the really bad C-spine injuries seem to be related to compression of the spine (i.e. cannonballing into something head-first and having your head compress down on your spine towards your shoulders) which the braces don't help much with. Versus dirt injuries where they help a lot with whiplash.
Still, if I could get a road-oriented jacket that incorporated a brace without being hideously expensive or tough to wear, I'd probably consider it since it seems there's very little downside to wearing one.
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Minky fabric laundry bin, stripes
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- Made from a soft canvas material
- Has velcro sealable lid & a waterproof lining
- Has carry handles for easy mobility.
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This Minky laundry basket is perfect for your everyday storage needs. Made from a soft canvas material it features a stripe pattern in a subtle green shade. The basket has velcro sealable lid, a waterproof lining and carry handles for easy mobility.
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Handles | Y |
Lid | Y |
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He can do an extended bit too, most memorably the transcript of Jesus on a talk show plugging his new tell-all memoir about the Trinity, Three's a Crowd. Carlin is funny, but genuinely angry and poignant at times: "You live 80 years and at best you get about six minutes of pure magic," he says. Sad, but about right.
And how did Carlin get into his line of business, "thinking up goofy s---," as he puts it? There's a clue in one entry in this book: "As of 1995 the number of people who had lived on earth was 105,472,380,169 ... it means that at this point there have been almost 1 quadrillion human bowel movements and most of them occurred before people had anything to read. These are the kind of thoughts that kept me from moving quickly up the corporate ladder."
Thank god Carlin stayed low on the corporate food chain and high on his own utterly idiosyncratic ideas! --Tim Appelo --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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If you are a Carlin fan, you will LOVE this 269-page book, take it with you and re-read it often. If you don't know who he is and want to find out what all fuss is about after reading
books on comedy, this will give you a good idea of who he is. You don't get his hilarious facial expressions here, or his act-enhancing body language, but you'll clearly see why he
has been hailed as the true successor to Lenny Bruce....except for the fact that Carlin is more often than not hilarious. If you're upset by x-rated language, this book isn't for you.
Napalm & Silly Putty is actually divided into three sections throughout. His various routines on various subjects such as driving, cats, dogs and Jesus, his Short Takes, and his
bits on the news. One of my favorites routines is his bit on the fear of germs, where he notes that "in prisons before they give you a lethal injection they swab your arm with alcohol...And you can see their point: wouldn't want some guy to go to hell AND be
Then there are many riffs on the news. and his Short Takes. Short Takes are in the form of hilarious one liners, short jokes and blunt-but-true observations ("Joan Rivers has turned
into one of the people she used to make fun of.")
This book is GREAT for a)anyone who loves to laugh, b)fans and collectors of comedy books, c)Carlin's fans, d)anyone interested in comedy writing or comedy. I always highlight comedy and joke books, then re-read the ones I like -- and when I re-read
Napalm & Silly Putty I laugh out loud, all over again. Carlin is a treasure...and so is this book.
For those sane people who expect George Carlin humor when buying a George Carlin book, you will find an awful lot to laugh about in Napalm & Silly Putty. Sure, he's got a few old routines in here (not nearly as many as others have suggested), but if, like me, you haven't heard them in 20 years, you'll find them funny all over again. The sections on sports and death are particularly hilarious, and the Short Takes have many gems ("The reason I talk to myself is that I'm the only one whose answers I accept;" "When Ronald Reagan got Alzheimer's Disease, how could they tell?").
It may not be as good as Brain Droppings, but this is still a very funny book by one of the most creative comic minds of the past century. Read it and laugh.
Filled with humor, both new and old, this book has just about everything from airplane announcements to expressions that make no sense; from life to death; from organ doners and random thoughts; and a whole lot more! Also, this book contains short takes just like from "Brain Droppings". This book will have you laughing out loud and begging for more.
This book will offend people who dispise others for thinking on their own and voicing their openions, hypochondriacs, and people with no sense of humor. As for the rest of you, buy this book!! It's a must have for any Carlin fan.
Carlin is not for everyone. Many people might be offended by his ideas..., but then they aren't meant to buy this book.
What I love about him is how believes there are no sacred cows. He makes you shift in your seat as you realize how idiotic somethings you do are--and cry with laughter when you relize how brillant he can be. Perhaps the funniest parts are the one liners. Although his musings on abortion, religion, and "simple language" are grand. Some of this stuff will make you cringe--but he NEVER compromises. That is what makes him so amazing.
This book makes you re-examine this american life and see it as nothing more than absurd. This guy gets it right.
This probably isn't the best work he's done, but I think it's awesome nonetheless. I highly recommend it for any Carlin fan. However, if you have "Your Are All Diseased" on CD, it's nothing new, but it includes more things that aren't on the CD. Buy it to complete or start a collection and I think you'll be amused.


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A 43-year-old man was fatally shot early Sunday in a community off of Rozzelles Ferry Road and Charlotte Mecklenburg Police are still looking for a suspect
Police responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call for service about 4:45 a.m. Sunday in the 300 block of Lakewood Avenue, northwest of uptown Charlotte.
When they arrived, they found Cedric Lavar Miller suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Medic.
The investigation is still in its early stages.
Miller's family declined to comment on his death.
At least three police cars lingered at the entrance of the neighborhood on Sunday afternoon. Otherwise, there were hardly any signs there had been a shooting less than 12 hours earlier. People walked up the street toward the convenience store on Rozzelles Ferry Road and parishioners prepared for a service at Faith Memorial Baptist Church on Lakewood Avenue.
Resident Rodney Barber said he was disheartened by the fatal shooting that occurred just down the street from his new home.
Barber said he moved to the community of mostly bungalow-style homes a couple of weeks ago in part to escape the violence he saw in his old neighborhood off of Tuckaseegee Road.
"Just to think something like that happened in my neighborhood - it really bothers me," he said.
Resident Rachel Wright said it was "scary," especially given the number of younger families who live in and around the community.
Miller had a criminal record dating back to 1989, including guilty convictions for robbery with a dangerous weapon in 1989 and possession with intent to sell or distribute cocaine in 1996. More recently, Miller was convicted of driving while impaired in 2001.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call 704-432-8477 (TIPS) and speak directly to a Homicide Unit Detective. Detective Burkard is the lead on the case. Residents can also call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
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Not all liberals. Just hacks like you, who never answer any questions and have nothing of value to add to any conversation.
Seems to me, I answer all your "questions". You just won't or can't accept the answers, right? Oh the PAIN!!!! LOL
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It's not too far from Australia. Australia is the place full of dust, dangerous creepy-crawlies, passed-out drunk men, and aged, leathery women with voices capable of shattering crystal. On second thoughts, New Zealand is in fact not far enough away from Australia.
That is just the cultural difference between the nasty gun slinging New Zealanders versus the polite, peace loving Americans.
Heh. Yeah, if there's one group that stands their ground against entities with deep pockets, it's the Republicans.
Voting for Obama means voting to be raped up the ass.
Voting for Romney means voting to be raped up the ass with a sandpaper covered telephone pole while having to pay your raper.
Welcome to American democracy. Your choice between bad and really goddamn awful fucking bad.
Obama bows to his friends in business.
Romney IS business.
Obama at least has to pretend to listen to the voter, Romney openly states that business is not just his first priority but his ONLY priority.
When you are a lamb let to be slaughtered, pick the butcher who least enjoys torturing small furry creatures. That is what I do.
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Today's movie. #CityOfGod (2002) directed by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund. #DayNine #100ClassicFilmsInA100Days
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Today's movie. #CityOfGod (2002) directed by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund. #DayNine #100ClassicFilmsInA100Days
"I want to try not to repeat myself. But then I seem to do it continuously in my films"
Wes Anderson's films are meticulously crafted into one unified style. They are rooted in nostalgia, wholly unnaturalistic and expose the artificiality of filmmaking itself. Because of his systematic approach, he has been labelled an auteur. A notion that was conceived in the 1960s by the French New Wave movement.
Indeed, Anderson has cited the impact of directors such as Godard and Truffaut as particular influences on how he makes his own films.
Take Truffaut's debut, The 400 Blows (1959). Largely autobiographical, it was a hauntingly honest, observational film. A far cry from what we have come to expect with the style of Wes Anderson. Yet, like The 400 Blows, Rushmore (1998) is based on Anderson's own childhood experiences, albeit a private high school education in Houston, Texas. In both films, the protagonists are outsiders, do poorly in school and are eventually expelled. Similarly, a scene in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) shows Ari and Uzi steal bottles of milk from outside a shop in clear reference to when Antoine does the same thing in The 400 Blows. (See photo 1)
Both The Royal Tenenbaums and Jules et Jim (1962) open with a narrator detailing the lives of the characters and their back-story in quick succession. Anderson has also lifted dialogue from this Truffaut film in The Life Aquatic (2004). Steve and fellow seaman Klaus are stood outside the room of a woman whom they are both trying to court. Steve pulls him aside saying "Not this one, Klaus", mirroring the line from Jules et Jim as the two men stand outside the room of Catherine. "Not this one, Jim".
It appears Anderson has taken influence from the way Truffaut portrayed his characters and instead utilised Godard's radical and iconic 'collage' style. Take the scene in The Life Aquatic where Steve directly addresses the audience, before we are guided through a beautifully ambitious single gliding shot of his ship. This scene is an almost direct copy from Tout Va Bien (1972), where Godard's camera pans across the meat factory set. (See photo 2)
Furthermore, both Moonrise Kingdom (2012) and Godard's Pierrot Le Fou (1965) can be compared. Strangely both female protagonists are involved in violent acts with scissors. In Anderson's film, Suzie stabs a scout whilst on the run with Sam, while Marianne, from Godard's feature, stabs and kills a man as she is attacked in her home. In both examples, the editing itself is elliptical. We never see the action in real time. (See photo 3)
For all of these influences, Wes Anderson's films can still comfortably fit within Hollywood filmmaking. His homages still differ greatly from the overall themes of films from The French New Wave. The final images always echo a clear sense of resolution. Although tragedy may have occurred, a feeling of hope is always expressed, with the characters having endured a journey causing them to change for the better.
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Kwaku Ananse filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu has initiated the project "Damn the Man, Save the Rex" to preserve one of Ghana's most important cultural heritages; the Rex Cinema. The Rex Cinema in Accra is Ghana's oldest cinema and was built by Kwame Nkrumah, but it is at risk of being sold-off to foreign developers by the Ghanaian government. The kickstarter aims to raise $8000 to restore the cinema - to renovate and transform into an alternative creative space for art, music, and film.
With the money raised through Kickstarter, Owusu will repair The Rex, install video and film projectors as well as a light and sound system.. The Rex's first event will be a screening of Owusu's award-winning film, Kwaku Ananse along with a concert by Koo Nimo, Kyekyeku, Nana Asaase, and This House is Not For Sale.
"Shortly after winning the Africa Movie Academy Award, I had this idea to open up one of Ghana's oldest cinema houses and premiere my film, Kwaku Ananse there. On my visits, I noticed the venue was in complete disrepair. It was nearly impossible to hold events there. No public toilets. No projector. No sound equipment. No cinema. One of the people I met on my visit was the late actor/theater director Evans Nii Oma Hunter, (on the far right of this photo). He expressed much grief about Ghana's dying cinema culture and how back in the day he never waited around for the government to offer help before embarking on art projects most important to him. He passed away a few weeks after taking this photo with me. RIP Evans Nii Oma Hunter"
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Opening this Friday here in NYC at Village East Cinemas & AMC Empire 25 is the latest John Sayles (The Brother From Another Planet, Lone Star) film GO FOR SISTERS which stars ActNow friend and New Voices in Black Cinema '13 alumni Yolonda Ross (Four, Breaking Night), LisaGay Hamilton (TV's 'The Practice', Honeydripper) and Edward James Olmos (Stand and Deliver, American Me) as well as Harold Perrineau and Isaiah Washington.
Yolonda Ross and John Sayles will be present for a post-screening Q&A this Friday night following the 7:05pm Village East Cinemas screening! We'll be there so come out and support this wonderful film from these fantastic talents.
Bernice (LisaGay Hamilton) and Fontayne (Yolonda Ross) grew up so close people said they could "go for sisters", but time sent them down different paths. Twenty years later, those paths cross: Fontayne is a recovering addict fresh out of jail, and Bernice is her new parole officer.
When Bernice's son Rodney goes missing on the Mexican border, his shady associates all in hiding or brutally murdered, Bernice realizes she needs someone with the connections to navigate Rodney's world without involving the police… and turns to her old friend. The pair enlist the services of disgraced ex-LAPD detective Freddy Suárez (Edward James Olmos) and plunge into the dim underbelly of Tijuana, forced to unravel a complex web of human traffickers, smugglers, and corrupt cops before Rodney meets the same fate as his partners.
As much a story of relationships as a story of crime, GO FOR SISTERS is a welcome return to the border for master filmmaker and two-time Academy Award nominee John Sayles (Lone Star, Passion Fish)
Go to http://goforsistersmovie.com to see where the film may open in your city in the next few weeks (Los Angeles is next week, followed by Boston, Columbus, Atlanta, Santa Fe, and MORE)
Sand Sculptors of Durban:
"Most often spotted alongside the pier, armed only with a spade, their hands and imagination, the sand-artists spend their days creating marvellous works of art for public admiration in the hopes of a steady stream of donations as this is often their only means of survival. Passers-by sometimes offer extra money so they can be photographed with these works of art, some of which can take up to a week to complete depending on size and detail, only to be destroyed in minutes.
So why do their creators make them? Some of these guys are homeless teenagers - sculpting often means they don't have to go to bed on an empty stomach. For others, the money they make is used to travel to and from home, or to pay for shelter for the night." (Source)
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I can listen to this all damn day
Jack: Who are these guys?
John Slade: They're my theme music. Every hero's got to have some.
- from I'M GONNA GIT YOU SUCKA! (1987)
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The Invisible Man, Harlem, New York, 1952. Gordon Parks, photographer.
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Bringing Some Color to the Guggenheim:
What with planning for her retrospective at the Guggenheim, helping inner-city youth enter the music business, fighting gun violence in an advertising campaign, and managing to get a peony named after an African American hero, Carrie Mae Weems was pretty busy even before she got The Call last week from the MacArthur Foundation. So the news that she won a "genius grant" added another whirlwind of activity on her already intimidating schedule.
"I was floored," the artist said on the speakerphone from her car as she raced between engagements in Syracuse, New York, where she lives and teaches. "It was the most ridiculous thing I'd ever heard."
Along with the 23 other MacArthur recipients this year, Weems will receive $625,000 over the next five years, no strings attached.
"I'll buy a new dress and a new pair of shoes for sure," she says. "But everything will go back into my work because that's what I do. It will go to the projects I care about."
A charismatic artist, activist, and educator, Weems is best known for installations, videos, and photographs that invite the viewer to reflect on issues of race, gender, and class.
A wry wit infuses even her most uncompromising works, which comment on stereotypes, slavery, miscegenation, and the exclusion of blacks—as artists and subjects—from Western art history. Her traveling retrospective, which began at the Frist Center in Nashville last year and opens at its final stop, the Guggenheim, on January 24, includes the naughty "Ain't Jokin'" series (1987-88); "The Kitchen Table Series" (1990) photographs of domestic scenes that inspired Mickalene Thomas to be an artist; and the fabulous Afro-Chic fashion video (2009), among some 200 objects Weems has produced over the last three decades.
She's been talking to Guggenheim staff about ways to jumpstart a demographic shift in the museum's typical audience.
" I want to make sure I have a dynamic presence of people of color flowing through the space," she says. One idea she's thinking about is a live-broadcast performative conversation, maybe something along the lines of Jon Stewart's Daily Show. Maybe with a comic and a house band.
"There could be a night around art and activism, with people who are troubling the waters, as they say," she comments. "A night called Laughing to Keep from Crying or, Jewish Comedy, Black Comedy, and the Power of Resistance."
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Untitled (Man and mirror), from "The Kitchen Table Series," 1990, gelatin silver print. COURTESY JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY. Carrie Mae Weems & Social Studies 101, Operation: Activate, 2011.COURTESY THE ARTIST. The Du Bois Peony of Hope, officially named by the American Peony Society, is part of a Du Bois Memorial Garden that Weems designed in collaboration with landscape architect Walter J. Hood. COURTESY THE ARTIST. Untitled (Man smoking), from "The Kitchen Table Series," 1990, gelatin silver print. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY, NEW YORK. Carrie Mae Weems, Mirror Mirror, from the series "Ain't Jokin'," 1987-1988, gelatin silver print. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY, NEW YORK. May Flowers, from the series "May Days Long Forgotten," 2002, digital chromogenic print. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY, NEW YORK. Some Said You Were the Spitting Image of Evil, from the series "From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried," 1995-96, chromogenic print with etched text on glass. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY, NEW YORK.
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NEW YORK (AP) Reuven Gershon and James Fox have some insanely daunting shoes to fill: Every night, they're asked to impersonate John and Paul on Broadway.
Gershon and Fox portray, respectively, John Lennon and Paul McCartney in a Fab Four cover band that has taken its concert show, "Let It Be," from London's West End to New York.
Over two hours, the duo Fox is from Cardiff, Wales, and Gershon is from Birmingham, England help bang out some 40 classic Beatles songs, from "She Loves You" to "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."
"We have very important jobs because these people will never get to see the Beatles. This is the closest they'll come, so the representation has to be pretty accurate. It's a big responsibility," says Fox. "It's everyone's musical Bible, isn't it?"
They're helping quench an unquenchable thirst for Beatles music that stretches from the Las Vegas home of the Cirque du Soleil show "Love" to fake Beatles bands crisscrossing the nation prompting complaints they're just doing glorified karaoke.
Both men, part of a 10-man contingent cast for Broadway, are singer-songwriters in their 30s with a background in theater who originated their iconic roles in London, even if the program or show never actually identifies them as George, John, Paul or Ringo. Each can sing and play piano, guitar and bass.
"What you have to be good at is being able to replicate what they did," says Gershon, who performs as Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin for birthday celebrations and weddings and has played Buddy Holly in the musical "Buddy" in the West End. "It never ends. There's always more you can do."
As if to add to the pressure, Fox and Gershon are also playing McCartney and Lennon during a lawsuit.
The producers of "Let It Be" are being sued for copyright infringement by the Rain Corp., which produces the rival touring show "Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles." The Rain Corp. claims it laid the foundation for the new production as a "joint author" but hasn't been compensated or credited.
In its lawsuit, the Rain Corp., which brought its show to Broadway in 2010, claims it taught the new group the ropes the dialogue, the look of the show, staging, the song list and even the blocking.
Fox and Gershon acknowledge meeting and working with Rain Corp. veterans for their show but insist their work stands on its own. "Anybody that imitates the Beatles in some respects is doing a similar thing," says Fox.
The two are scrambling to finish their work "I Am the Walrus" and "Penny Lane" still must be placed in the lineup and are worrying about that, not the lawsuit. "It will affect us if it makes the show close and we're out of work," says Gershon, somewhat grimly.
Neither show has the rights to tell a behind-the-scenes band story. What they've done is licensed Lennon-McCartney songs augmented by no more than two George Harrison tunes per show from Sony/ATV, the Beatles' publishing company. They play their set of songs chronologically.
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* Fourth-quarter revenue $414.4 mln vs est $409.9 mln
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Jan 8 (Reuters) - IHS Inc, publisher of Jane's Defence Weekly, posted better-than-expected quarterly results as spending deferred during the preceding quarter boosted fourth-quarter results.
"There was a lot of one-time non-subscription based software orders ... some very good contracts," Chief Executive Jerre Stead told Reuters.
Revenue from its non-subscription business, which includes consulting, software licenses, and events, grew 15 percent to $112.2 million during the quarter.
However, certain deals expected to close in the fourth quarter have now moved into the current quarter, Stead said.
IHS said it expects the first half of 2013 to be lighter on revenue and profit due to the continued global economic uncertainty.
The company last month forecast 2013 adjusted earnings of between $4.23 and $4.43 per share on revenue of between $1.64 billion and $1.71 billion.
Net income more than doubled to $46.4 million, or 69 cents per share, in the fourth quarter, from $22.7 million, or 34 cents per share, a year earlier.
Excluding items, the company earned $1.21 per share in the fourth quarter.
Revenue for the company, which competes with units of Thomson Reuters Corp, SAP, McGraw-Hill Companies Inc, Accenture Plc and Deloitte, rose 12 percent to $414.4 million.
Analysts on average were expecting earnings of $1.11 per share on revenue of $409.9 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
IHS also named Todd Hyatt as its Chief Financial Officer replacing Rich Walker, who will head global finance.
Shares of the Englewood, Colorado-based company have risen 13.25 percent over the last year. They closed at $96.90 on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday.
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Maybe you need to get the antenna inbeded in your brian readjusted to a better frequency... It seems to be malfunctioning again. |
Judged: 1 1 1 Gun confiscation by Obama is part of this plan. |
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Judged: 3 3 2 ...he says without a speck of evidence. Given the accuracy of rightwing predictions of the outcome of the November election, why would anyone take their predictions about Obama's future behavior seriously? LOL! You wingnuts crack me up. |
Judged: 1 1 1 And your point is? I'm waiting, Anybody got a joint? |
Judged: 1 1 1 You want to do "Dan the Man". |
Judged: 2 2 2 You need to be able to think outside the bubble you live in. This is your main problem. You lack common sense and I bet you failed history. If it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it's a duck Danny. |
Judged: 1 1 1 you said"If it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it's a duck Danny" try http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/crime/... "The Digital Journal reports: Last September, 18-year-old Michael Smeriglio of Port St. Lucie, Florida shot off his penis and one of his testicles with a gun he had just purchased. A year earlier, an Arizona man blew his penis off after tucking his girlfriend's pink pistol into the waistband of his pants. And in 2010, a Washington man lost his testicles after a gun tucked into his waistband accidentally discharged." so under your logic what does that tell you about handgun owners? still want to stick to your "duck" theory? |
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Judged: 1 1 1 Yes, I seem to be trapped inside this bubble of reality. Somehow the objective, verifiable facts in here prevent me from thinking outside this bubble. You should actually try getting inside the bubble of the reality based universe some time. You might enjoy the change. LOL! |
Judged: 1 1 1 Your suggestion would be... No taxes? Come up with a better way. None of us love paying real estate taxes; at least those of us who own property. |
Judged: 1 1 1 Aside from failing in social and economic terms, the area is doing very well! Let's keep the same leaders! We're overtaxed, surely that is the issue! People here get what they deserve, and I for one feel no pity for the stupid. God doesn't answer prayers by people too stupid to help themselves. For proof of stupidity due to lack of factual understanding, see nearly any comment by TaxNoMore, who makes Rush Limbaugh sound like an intellectual force. The dumb hicks here could benefit by reading actual books that make one think. No I'm not talking about Rush's latest book, or a column written by a right-wing hack, blog, or website... try a book, a real one... just for example Rawls' Theory of Justice, or Locke's 2nd Treatise on Government. Nah... let's get real... the masses here will stick with the latest issue of Guns & Ammo. As I said, they get the society they deserve. Sadly, they're just ruining the area for future generations who can't help that they were born here. |
Judged: 1 1 1 Actually, Mr. Undereducated, this board is statewide. I'm from Bucks County, just outside of Philadelphia. I just thought you'd like to know. |
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Judged: 2 2 1 Some would attribute this to the "dumbing down of America" that has been inexorably taking place in our schools over the past half-century or so. But the truth is that all of these individuals as well as Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels have exerted a great deal of influence over American political thought in the 235 years of our nation's existence. Plato, More, Hobbes and of course Karl Max all come down on the side of "collectivist" or "utopian" states whereby individuals must necessarily become subservient to the interests of the state. In such an environment individuals "must be managed and suppressed by masterminds for the greater good." There is no tolerance for individual self-interest or even self-preservation. A person's labor and property belong to the state or are controlled by the state. http://www.amazon.com/Ameritopia-Unmaking-Mar... Lol. So now philosophy is a liberal pursuit. You can complain about philosophers as you please, and you can throw out Marx and Engels and I can throw out Ayn Rand, who was just as dangerous, if not more so. Her thought is essentially what you're espousing. No one I'm aware of, not even liberals, have anything against self-interest. But your believe in free market solutions to everything is absurd because the market doesn't solve all social problems. I think your views on which philosophers espoused collectivist or utopian views are also just wrong; and in any case nearly all philosophers believe the end of the philosophy will be utopia. Ayn Rand espoused her utopia as well, so it's not as if your own philosophy is immune from your own criticism. Finally, I think your belief that certain philosophies having exerted influence, although true for some time, have certainly faded in recent times. You sound just flat out willfully ignorant or crazy. Do you recall Bush and his GOP congress? Not too long ago we had Ayn Rand philosophy running the country. Result - near depression. Since Reagen, every GOP admin has exploded our date. It really took off with Reagen. Continued with HW Bush. Clinton finally fixed their mess, we get surplus, and along comes W Bush to screw it up all over again, but worse. And now the liberals are left to clean up the mess. Supply side economics is a failure, bottom line. I repeat - 12 years of tax cuts on the wealthy ... your so-called job creators ... and where are the jobs? Nowhere... the economy basically failed entirely. Obama cleaned up the mess, put the brakes on unemployment, and got it back under control down to the level it was when he took over. From 4.7 to 7.8 under W Bush... over just a 2 year period. From 7.8 to 9.8 back to 7.8 in 4 years under Obama. Someone turned it around, and it was Obama with no help at all from the GOP, who has been obstructing him at every turn. Facts matter. Continue the willfull ignorance. |
Judged: 1 1 1 TaxNoMore is a sociopath boardering on psychotic, don't waste your time. |
Judged: 2 2 1 You're so cute Lulu! Stalin and his gang used to describe their ideological opponents as crazy also. Don't you wish you had a gulag to put all the "crazy" people into? |
Judged: 3 3 1 Clinton ran deficits throught all 8 years of his term, and one can go to the US Treasury Department and looking through the history of the total outstanding debt through Clintons term. Every year Clinton was in office, the total national debt continued to climb. How Clinton managed to claim a surplus was that while the general operating budgets ran deficits but Clinton borrowed from numerous off budget funds to make the on budget fund a surplus. For example, in 2000, Clinton claimed a $230B surplus, but Clinton borrowed $152.3B from Social Security $30.9B from Civil Service Retirement Fund $18.5B from Federal Supplementary Medical insurance Trust Fund $15.0B from Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund $9.0B from the Federal Unemployment Trust Fund $8.2B from Military Retirement Fund $3.8B from Transportation Trust Funds $1.8B from Employee Life Insurance & Retirement fund $7.0B from others Total borrowed from off budget funds $246.5B, meaning that his $230B surplus is actually a $16.5B deficit. ($246.5B borrowed -$230B claimed surplus =$16.5B actual deficit). If there is ever a true surplus, then the national debt will go down. the national debt did not go down one year during the Clinton administration. |
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Judged: 2 2 2 The rate of growth of the national debt slowed under Clinton, and he left office with budget surpluses and the national debt on track to be eliminated by 2013. |
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