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Behind news that the U.S. Census rates Seattle as one of the whitest, least diverse big cities in the nation lie more complex truths: that Seattle is predominantly white but ever less so, with pockets of extraordinary variety, all somehow still muddled around without concentrated ethnic neighborhoods.
The news that the U.S. census rates Seattle as one of the whitest, least diverse big cities in the nation does not translate into the world of Randy Beaulieu.
I met him the other day in an office that has a welcome sign written in 19 languages. He's a drug-use-prevention organizer in the schools. Recently he tried to send a survey home to parents at a local elementary school, but the principal told him there was no point if the survey was written only in English.
"He said I'd need to have it translated into multiple languages, otherwise nobody would respond," Beaulieu said.
Beaulieu's office sits in Seattle's Central Area, near Washington Middle School — in what happens to be one of the more racially diverse census blocks in the country. That's based on a fascinating measure the census number crunchers have come up with called the "diversity index."
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It calculates the probability that two people in a given area would have different racial or ethnic backgrounds. A score of 0 indicates complete homogeneity. A score of 100 means complete diversity — that the population is mixed among the census' racial and ethnic categories, which include white, black, Asian, Hispanic, mixed race and "other."
The area of Beaulieu's office, from Judkins Park on the south past Pratt Park on the north, has an extremely high diversity index rating of 91. Living there are 451 blacks, 362 whites, 107 Asians, 171 who identify as mixed race, 45 Native Americans, 279 "other" race and 612 Hispanics (who can be of any race).
If diversity means "variety," here's where it is. Right smack in the middle of one of the least diverse cities around.
What drew me there is that a lot of people were hacked off by the story last weekend that said Seattle is so white. Some objected that the image didn't match their own experiences. Others seemed defensive, saying: So what if we're a white city? Nobody's redlining, like back in the old days.
One radio host suggested the news may have made liberal whites feel guilty. As in: Aren't we supposed to be more metropolitan than this? Instead we're, what … Idaho?
The thing about the census, though, is that in the end it's a batch of statistics. And you know what they say about those.
Everything in the story was true. Seattle really is the fifth whitest big city in America, and, judged by the diversity index, the eighth-least diverse.
But it's also true that Seattle is the least white, as well as the most racially diverse, that it has ever been. Today it's 66 percent white. In 1960, by contrast, Seattle was 92 percent white. In 1980, 80 percent white.
There's also widespread misunderstanding, it seems to me, about the word "diversity." It doesn't always mean "more minorities." Seattle's Central Area has been flooded with whites moving into the inner city. But this gentrification isn't simple to categorize, because it has made many of those neighborhoods more racially diverse, not less.
The story of Seattle is likewise complex. The city houses the most racially jumbled neighborhood in the state — South Park, with a diversity index of 93, as near to total variety as any neighborhood is likely to get. By comparison, the city's least diverse spot is centered on the Madison Park gated community of Broadmoor (the census says Broadmoor, with a diversity rating of 10, has 710 whites, 19 Asians, no blacks and no Native Americans).
Despite extremes like that, Seattle is — again according to the census — one of the least racially divided big cities in America.
That's based on another measure, called dissimilarity, that looks at how different races are distributed across census tracts. Seattle doesn't rank in the top 50 among big cities for segregation (Milwaukee, New York, Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland are the top five most racially segregated).
How can we be white and not very diverse, have some of the most diverse neighborhoods and be among the most integrated — all at the same time?
"That's the census for you!" laughed Dick Morrill, a demographer and emeritus professor at the UW.
The census is the story of us, so it spins many tales at once. Sometimes looking at a slice obscures the big picture, Morrill said.
To me the mixed messages add up to a pretty fair portrayal of our city: predominantly white but ever less so, with pockets of extraordinary variety, all somehow still muddled around without concentrated ethnic neighborhoods.
So why did the Seattle-is-so-white story rankle?
Maybe because if it's hip to be diverse, we just aren't the capital of that in this state anymore.
That, says the census, would be Tukwila.
Danny Westneat's column appears Wednesday and Sunday. Reach him at 206-464-2086 or email@example.com.


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Edinburgh Community High School's football program has experienced rebuilding seasons before.
This time it's the Lancers' stadium's turn.
Thunderstorms that pounded central Indiana the evening of May 13 caused significant damage to the home bleachers, which make up 750 of the facility's total 1,000 seats.
The damaged remains were hauled away later that same month, clearing the way for new home bleachers to be installed at a cost of about $75,000.
Lee Company Inc. of Terre Haute is installing the new bleachers. The concrete base being used is a departure from the gravel surface under the former home bleachers.
Edinburgh's new seating will get tested early and often in the weeks ahead, starting with the Lancers' Aug. 15 scrimmage against Marshall.
Coach Bill Unsworth's squad opens the regular season a week later at home when Manual visits. Six of the Lancers' nine regular-season games are at home.
"They poured the concrete the week before the (IHSAA's) moratorium. (Today) the materials will arrive, and the company will start putting the bleachers in. It will be the same number of bleachers, but these will be ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliant," Edinburgh athletics director David Walden said.
Lancers football teams have practiced and played at the current location since 1980.
Walden, a 1979 Edinburgh graduate, said the school had been able to use the original bleachers until the storm forced a change.
"They were really in pretty good shape for something put in in 1980," Walden said. "Fortunately, no one was injured in the storm, which was our biggest concern. At the time it was going on, we had just finished a baseball game, and the storm was about five minutes out."
Unsworth, whose first four seasons as coach have produced more victories (11) than the program had in the previous 14 years combined (nine), looks forward to seeing the new bleachers.
"You have a special relationship with your facilities," Unsworth said. "That's your home, and we practice on that field, so it's special to the coaches and players."

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Who Is Bob Harper? 5 Things to Know About the Biggest Loser Trainer
Everyone has their preferred type of trainer — and the fitness coaches on NBC's Biggest Loser fill each of those needs. If you're looking for tough love, you opt for Jillian Michaels. Want someone easy on the eyes? Dolvett Quince is your man. And for the past 15 seasons, Bob Harper was the go-to guy for those in need of spirituality and positive encouragement.
When Bob came out as gay last fall, it was the first time we really got to learn more about the personal life of this mainstay in our television lives. And now that Season 15 is winding down (the finale's next week!), we thought it was about time that we do a little more digging into Bob's background.
If you love Bob as much as we do, read on for five facts about the Biggest Loser trainer:
1. He's pals with Michelle Obama.
Okay, so he works for her, but still. He, like, totally knows the First Lady! Bob works with Michelle on her "Let's Move" campaign, helping to promote healthy eating and physical activity among children. They've clearly created quite a bond: Bob posted a photo of the two getting cozy on Michelle's 50th birthday last week. "Happy 50th Birthday, Michelle Obama! You. Look. Incredible. @FLOTUS," he captions the sweet pic.
2. He's a New York Times bestselling author.
Bob isn't just brawn — he's got brains, too! The fitness guru is an author four times over, with the health/lifestyle books Are You Ready!, The Skinny Rules, and Jumpstart to Skinny already under his belt as bestsellers. His latest tome, Skinny Meals, will be released in April 2014.
3. He came out to his family when he was 17.
Though Bob only opened up about his sexuality to the media last fall, he's been out to his family and friends for over 30 years. The 48-year-old shared his own teenage struggle to come out to his parents on the November episode of Biggest Loser, telling contestant Bobby that "being gay doesn't mean being weak, and being gay doesn't mean you're less than anybody else. It's just who you are." Preach!
4. He was once voted one of the "Sexiest Vegetarians" by PETA, but now eats animal products.
Though he was once publicly vocal about his decision to forego meat and animal byproducts — earning himself a place among PETA's "Sexiest Vegetarians" — Bob has changed his mind in recent years.
"I still believe that a plant-based diet has tremendous health benefits, but I have incorporated more animal protein into my diet," Bob has said. "I found that my body personally got to a point where I needed something more."
5. He's a dog lover!
Bob has been very outspoken about the dangers of puppy mills, and even chose to adopt his own Havanese mix, Karl, from the Animal Advocates Alliance in Baldwin Park, California. To this day, the fitness coach is proud that he chose to go to shelter for his canine pal:
"It just kills me when people buy a dog when there are dogs in shelters," he's said. "I still get emotional when I think of Karl sitting in that shelter. I wasn't looking. I didn't even think I had time for a dog, and then I met this little one and he needed help. It's been so amazing to see him transform into a happy and confident companion. He is the best dog in the world. I love him!"
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Free Will, Metaphysics, and Science
This one-day workshop brings together some leading philosophers to discuss the interplay between free will, metaphysics, and science, with questions like: do scientific results show that free will is an illusion? How do contemporary developments in metaphysics (e.g., substance, causation) shed light on the traditional problem of agency and free will?
Papers will be presented by Al Mele (Florida State), Carolina Sartorio (Arizona), Scott Sehon (Bowdoin) and David Palmer, (Tennessee).
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Courtland Rogers: Jenelle Evans's Abortion "Breaks My Heart"
Teen Mom 2 star Jenelle Evans may be in a loving relationship with new boyfriend Nathan Griffith, but it looks as though her estranged husband, Courtland Rogers, isn't out of the picture just yet.
Courtland says he's outraged that Jenelle never told him that she was pregnant by him or that she planned to have an abortion.
Courtland, who was released from jail on January 11, tells RadarOnline.com, "I did not know that Jenelle had gotten pregnant and she didn't talk to me about getting an abortion."
Rogers says that it wasn't until he saw a preview for the upcoming season of Teen Mom 2 that he discovered Jenelle had been pregnant.
"It's not fair that I found out about the pregnancy on a Teen Mom commercial! I didn't know anything until I got out because I was trying to stay away from the drama," he admits.
Despite his anger over finding out about Jenelle's pregnancy in a less-than-ceremonious way, Courtland says that he mostly wishes that he could have discussed the issue with Jenelle before she chose to terminate the pregnancy. "I would have like to have had a say in what happened, at least have Jenelle talk to me," he says. "Anything would have been better than finding out from television."
While emotions regarding Jenelle's abortion are still running hot for Courtland, he's still happy to see she's moved on.
"It's like the seven months of our relationship never happened," he says. "I'm glad she's in love with somebody else."
Do you think Jenelle should have told Courtland about her pregnancy before she terminated it?
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Rachel Crow – Mean Girls – Official Video
Former X Factor finalist & Nickelodeon starlet Rachel Crow released the video for her single "Mean Girls" today!
Solid debut for Rachel! The song is growing on me, and the video definitely does the single justice. I'm excited to see her do her own thing on Nickelodeon. I'm also interested in how Nick/Columbia decided to test the waters with her EP before she grows into her own on the network.
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Cheryl Strayed
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When she was 26 years old, Cheryl Strayed found herself standing on a mountain slope in Northern California, shocked by the recent loss of one of her hiking boots. So begins her memoir Wild: From Lost to Found On the Pacific Crest Trail. Throughout the book Strayed carries her too-heavy backpack and the reader on a journey with her from the Mojave Desert through the Sierra Nevada to the northern edge of Oregon. On the way she builds muscle and resolve, encounters challenges and wildlife both serene and raging, makes mistakes, gets lost, gets found and divulges the moments of her past that led up to the loss of her boot and beyond. Strayed's collection of previously anonymous advice columns from TheRumpus.net, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from "Dear Sugar," was also published this year, and it showcases letters with articulately heart-wrenching questions that could have been written by any of us: short, fat, thin, tall, old or young. She answers readers just as poignantly, addressing queries and pleas for direction about money, beauty, love, infidelity, family and addictions. In both books, Strayed gives the reader relevant insight into her own life, while in turn asking the reader to answer the beautiful, ugly unanswered questions for themselves. Both are beautifully written with compassion, vulnerability, tough-love, and candor as she reminds the reader that every day is a new beginning built on the days before, and that the better choice is to keep walking forward. Strayed is also the author of the critically acclaimed novel Torch. Her stories and essays have appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including The New York Times Magazine, TheWashingtonPost Magazine, Vogue, Allure, The Rumpus, The Missouri Review, The Sun, the Pushcart Prize anthology, and The Best American Essays. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
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A Letter to "Black America"
In 1984, Saturday Night Live aired a skit titled, "White Like Me," a mirrored parody of the classic book, "Black Like Me", which used to be required reading in many psychology classes. The skit featured Eddie Murphy, who as a black man in America, decided that he'd like to find out what it was like being white. He goes to a make-up artist and is | Read More »


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Lockheed Martin: We've cut cost of building littoral combat ship
Q: If things go well with the sea trials, when do you think Fort Worth will transit to San Diego?
A: The Navy controls that schedule. But planning right now is that they would stay up in Marinette (Wisconsin, where the ships are actually built) until the May-June time frame and then transit.
Q: Gibbs & Cox designed Freedom. I believe they also designed Fort Worth.
A: Same design.
Q: But in July I talked to their executives, and they said they've been going to the Navy to see if there was interest in buying-building a light frigate. They're your designer and they're shopping something that is a potential competitor.
A: Gibbs & Cox is an independent naval architectural firm. They do work for us on LCS. What you got from them was their portfolio. They are always looking at new designs to go sell to other countries, to sell to the U.S. Navy. So the frigate design that (the company) showed you was more something 30 years out from now or something that they're trying to sell overseas. The Navy has no plans right now to go look at a new frigate design.
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July 20: LCS program beset by cost, quality problems
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Critics gripe about formulas, but give credit where credit is due: If ever there were a formula that has proven its durability, it's the odd-couple road comedy. Director Todd Phillips (The Hangover) brings us the story of Type-A architect Peter (Robert Downey Jr.) and spacey, would-be actor Ethan (Zach Galifianakis) forced by improbable circumstances to share a car ride from Atlanta to Los Angeles in time for the scheduled C-section birth of Peter's first child.
While Phillips works from a similar grab-bag of comedic scenarios as something like John Hughes' Planes, Trains and Automobiles, he isn't nearly the sentimentalist Hughes is, which makes this a slightly strange concoction.
Downey's Peter isn't the traditional Guy Who Needs to Learn What Really Matters; he's more afflicted with profound anger-management issues. But Phillips doesn't really turn Due Date into a neat-and-tidy learning experience for Peter, which winds up being both bracing and vaguely unsatisfying.
Of course, that doesn't matter nearly as much when you're spending 90 minutes in consistent bursts of laughter. Galifianakis gets the most outrageous and absurd moments, and he's terrific in his naive obliviousness to his own weirdness, while Downey nails Peter's barely controlled rages just as effectively.
It's a bit of a disappointment that Due Date can't build to a more effective climax, but what happens on the way to that ending proves that odd couplings are still comedy gold. Two talents like Galifianakis and Downey probably would have had to work harder to make this time-tested concept fail than they had to work to make it succeed. Grade: B
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How can you not swim, Lara!? You are going exploring, on a large ship, for the first time in your life, and you can't swim?! You were doomed from the outset.
Although Lara is an adept swimmer in the Tomb Raider series, the upcoming reboot will apparently chronicle a time when she still needed floaties. On the upside, this was a time when she adopted Wolverine's regeneration powers.
What exactly am I talking about, you ask? Crystal Dynamics global brand director Karl Stewart recently went on Twitter to answer fans' questions about the game. Among the responses was information about the following (click to see tweets):
The game's length, which will reportedly clock in at a respectable 12-15 hours.
12 to 15 + depending on your play style.
Whether or not Lara can swim. Hint: she can't. Or at least she can, potentially, but she's unable to do so in the game. Confusing, I know.
Lara can swim, but just not in this game.
The game will most likely have a few references (and maybe Easter Eggs) to the first game.
You'll just have to wait and see.
The story will have plenty of twists, much like my favorite drinking straw.
We love twists here at Crystal D.
A sequel is definitely on the cards if the game does well.
Why of course.
Finally, the subject of health was touched upon. Let's just say no medkits will be found within the game.
Regenerative. No need for items.
If it actually is 12 - 15 hours, I'm good with that. I like lengthy games. The regenerative health is... eh, par for the course.


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Every ICF Stake is Necessary (03/30/13)
Posted Saturday March 30, 2013
By Mike Paradise
This was to be the night of the first ICF stake event of the season but the $12,000 Taurus Bomber for 3-year-old state-bred pacing colts and gelding "Didn't Fill."
The good news is that unlike a number of these small-size ICF stakes that came up short of entries the past few years and were cancelled, the Taurus Bomber was written back. It's on the circuit's conditioned sheet for next weekend.
Five horses entered this Saturday's Taurus Bomber—Alequash Hotspur, Big Brad, Innocent Victim, Pain Relief and Silver Devil--however only four were eligible to compete because Big Brad went off stride qualifying for his first start back since his third place finish in Maywood's $127,000 Abe Lincoln open company pace.
The race office says it's "hoping the stake will fill for next Saturday."
I say the stake race should go even if only 4 or 5 are entered.
Obviously I have no problem if the race track makes it a non-wagering event (before the regular card and or better yet, in between some races) if it comes up with a very short field but it's crucial to our dwindling ICF program that this stake and all other ICF stakes, are raced.
Cancelling these stakes is detrimental to the state-bred program. It discourages, rather than encourages, owners to buy Illinois bred yearlings and race them in our state.
Besides, if a trainer puts days and days of hard work to get one of his or her young horses ready for an early ICF stake, that effort shouldn't be squandered.
Our once proud Illinois bred program was the backbone of racing in this state. Our deteriorating purses coupled with huge pots elsewhere via casino monies, has made a shambles of our ICF program.
At one time we used to often have 4,000 mares bred in Illinois. In 2012 only 486 foals were dropped so only makes sense to race every ICF stake on the schedule.
If the purse account was in the "Red" you could up a viable argument to cancel a stake but it has been in the "Black" for a couple of years now and we've still lost about 10 of these state-bred races over the past two years.
Remember, that $12,000 purse for the Taurus Bomber comes out of the horsemen's money. Not out of the race track's pockets.
Since it's the horsemen's money it shouldn't be up to the racetrack to decide differently.
Think of it this way:
The racetrack is like a big bank. It holds the horsemen's purse account money. The horsemen want to take out $12,000 of it for a stake race but the bank (racetrack) says that's not a good idea right now, so you can't have it.
Sounds a lot like what the common folks have been dealing with on a small island near Greece, doesn't it?
Early Invite: Saturday's $17,000 Invitational Handicap did manage to draw six pacers. It'll be raced at an earlier-than-normal time as race two, the last half of the Daily Double and the start of the 50 cent Pick 5.
Here's how the feature will line-up with program odds: Lennox Blue Chip (6-1, Josh Sutton), Dontgetbyme (8-1, Ross Leonard), Time Time To Roll (5-1, Dave Magee), Thunder Steeler (2-1, Kyle Wilfong), St Elmo Hero (5-2, Mike Oosting) and Fort Silky (7-2, Casey Leonard)/
The feature was "handicapped" by "Groups" (1-2), (3-4) (5-6), my least favorite Invite. It would have been just as competitive if posts were drawn as they were on every other race on the card.
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U.S. Service member musicians assigned to the U.S. Army Pacific Band, perform with members of the Japan Self Defense Force and the 3rd Marine Corps Band at the famed Nippon Budokan concert hall in Tokyo, Nov. 17, 2012. Members from 9th Army Band in Alaska, 8th Army Band in Korea and the 25th Infantry Division Band in Hawaii joined the U.S. Army Japan Band to form a 67-member marching band, dubbed the U.S. Army Pacific Band. (U.S. Army photo by Tetsuo Nakahara/Released)
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Overview of Research
Published Papers
Time of Day Pricing and the Levelized Cost of Intermittent Power Generation
With Stefan Reichelstein
Abstract: An important characteristic of most renewable energy sources is their intemittent pattern of electricity generation. Yet, intermittency is usually ignored in life-cycle cost calculations intended to assess the competitiveness of electric power from renewable as opposed to dispatchable energy sources, such as fossil fuels. This paper demonstrates that for intermittent renewable power sources a traditional life-cycle cost calculation should be appended by a correction factor which we term the Co-Variation coefficient. It captures any synergies, or complementarities, between the time-varying patterns of power generation and pricing. We estimate the Co-Variation coefficient for specific settings in the western United States. Our estimates imply that the benchmark of cost competitiveness for solar PV power is 10-15% lower than average life-cycle costs have suggested. In contrast, the generation pattern of wind power exhibits complementarities with electricity pricing schedules, yielding a cost competitiveness assessment 10-15% above that suggested by traditional calculations.
Article in Energy Economics via Science Direct
Working paper version
The two papers in Energy Policy below study the effectiveness of a Domestic Content Requirement (DCR). The first provides an ex-ante analysis, while the second provides an ex-post evaluation of its performance in the first phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Mission.
Has India's Solar Mission increased the deployment of domestically produced solar modules?
With Gireesh Shrimali
Abstract: The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), India's flagship policy for solar energy deployment, includes an increasingly strict Domestic Content Requirement (DCR) intended to promote the domestic crystalline photovoltaic solar industry. We examine the impact of the JNNSM DCR on the utilization of domestic modules. Using a plant level database of approximately 250 plants, we show that the first and weaker version of the policy in the JNNSM Batch I promoted the use of domestic crystalline silicon technology in place of foreign crystalline silicon technology. However, the second and stricter version of the policy in the JNNSM Batch II has not been as effective: it has promoted the use of foreign thin film modules in place of foreign crystalline silicon modules. This analysis shows that upon tightening the DCR requirements between JNNSM Batches I and II, Indian policymakers allowed for leakage to foreign thin film modules. DCR policies need to be comprehensive to ensure that the intended goal of using only domestic content is realized; in doing so, however, policymakers should carefully assess the welfare impacts of such comprehensive restrictions.
Article in Energy Policy via ScienceDirect
The Effectiveness of Domestic Content Criteria in India's Solar Mission
With Gireesh Shrimali
Abstract: Often, a goal of renewable energy policies is the development of domestic renewable energy technology manufacturing capacity. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (NSM) in India is an example; besides targeting an installation of 20GW of grid-tied solar power capacity, it includes a domestic content requirement (DCR) to strengthen a solar photovoltaic manufacturing base. We ask whether the DCR of the NSM will be effective in ensuring the global competitiveness of the beneficiary sector. Our analysis reveals three observations that indicate this outcome is unlikely: (1) the manufacturing base has become less competitive over time, (2) developers may be favoring thin-film technology, thereby bypassing the DCR, which applies specifically to crystalline silicon cells and modules, and (3) gaps in the Indian innovation system are likely to prevent a return to competitiveness by solar photovoltaic manufacturers. In particular, a comparison with the Chinese innovation system indicates shortcomings in the Indian innovation system of R&D capabilities, coordination of resource provision and complementary industrial strengths. Given these observations, we suggest that policymakers remove the solar photovoltaic DCR from the NSM.
Article in Energy Policy via ScienceDirect
Working paper version
Business Cases and Teaching Notes
KiOR - The Quest for Cellulosic Biofuels
With Stefan Rosenthal and Sara Reichelstein
Case E427, Stanford GSB Case Series, 2013
Teaching Note for KiOR - The Quest for Cellulosic Biofuels
With Stefan Reichelstein
Teaching Note E427-TN, Stanford GSB Case Series, 2013
Case and note available from Harvard Business School Press
Papers under Review
The Heterogeneous Effects of Eco-labels on Internalities and Externalities
With Nik Sawe
Details: The Energy Star program, which highlights energy efficient goods with a label, has been credited with increasing the uptake of such products and thereby reducing the external costs of energy consumption. Nonetheless, the social value of the program is ambiguous if, in its absence, some consumers over-value while others under-value the energy consumption attribute of alternative goods, relative to their economic preferences. To guarantee an increase in consumer welfare in the presence of such heterogeneity, the Energy Star must prompt some individuals to decrease their valuation of the energy consumption attribute and others, to increase it. If unable to appropriately exert both effects, the Energy Star could yield ``negative dividends" by inducing changes in consumer behavior that imply aggregate losses in individual-level welfare that exceed gains from externality reductions. We develop a method to quantify the impact of the Energy Star on individual-level decision-making behavior and welfare. We illustrate the valuation methodology with unique data from a stated choice experiment involving light bulbs. Our example demonstrates the potential for negative dividends and that the social value of programs such as the Energy Star depends on the choice set available to consumers.
Previously circulated as "Negative Dividends: Internality Losses can Outweigh Externality Gains"
Awarded the International Association for Energy Economics Rome Conference Best Student Paper Award
Presentation slides from IAEE 2014
Working paper version
Cost- and Price Dynamics of Solar PV Modules
With Stefan Reichelstein
Details: For several decades, the prices for solar photovoltaic (PV) modules have adhered closely to an 80% learning curve. Yet recent price declines have been even steeper. Analysts have questioned whether these price declines reflect underlying reductions in production cost or excessive additions to manufacturing capacity. For a sample of solar PV manufacturers, we estimate production costs based on financial accounting statements. We use these cost estimates as data inputs in a dynamic model of competition to obtain equilibrium prices, termed Economically Sustainable Prices (ESP). We find that, beginning in 2011, the ESPs significantly exceeded the observed average sales prices (ASP) for most quarters. At the same time, the observed dynamics of production costs point to reductions that are even faster than suggested by the 80% learning curve. Our estimates allow us to extrapolate a trajectory of future equilibrium prices to which ASPs should converge over time.
Work in progress
Differences in Numeracy and Pro-environmental Attitudes Influence Individual Responses to Eco-labels
With Nik Sawe
Details: We report on a set of psychological, demographic, and financial characteristics of individuals that help account for their differentiated response to the Energy Star, a prominent eco-label used in the U.S. to signal the energy efficiency of alternative energy-consuming goods.
Managerial Flexibility in Levelized Cost Measures
With John Bistline, Stephen Comello and Stefan Reichelstein
Details: Many irreversible long-run capital investment options entail opportunities for managers to respond flexibly to changes in the economic environment. However, common levelized cost measures designed to guide decision-making implicitly assume that the values of random economic variables are known with certainty when investment decisions are made. This assumption implies, often incorrectly, that managerial flexibility carries zero value. We improve levelized cost measures by deriving an expansion that accounts for both uncertainties in relevant variables and the value of managerial flexibility in responding to them. We apply our method to quantify the value of flexibility in an example decision problem in which an operator of a natural gas power plant evaluates whether to invest in carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) capabilities.


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'Don't let me starve'
Law | A recovered stroke victim joins the fight to save Terri Schiavo
On Oct. 27, 2003, Schiavo and his lawyer, George Felos, chatted across the table with Larry King on the talk-show host's famously glossy, back-lit set. Six days earlier, the Florida legislature had passed-and Gov. Jeb Bush had signed-Terri's Law, a measure that enabled the governor to order reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. Acting on Mr. Schiavo's court-sanctioned orders, doctors had removed Mrs. Schiavo's lifeline on Oct. 15, launching a slow starvation death.
Had the government not stepped in, Mr. King wanted to know, would Mrs. Schiavo's passing have been "a terrible death"?
"No," Mr. Schiavo said. "It's painless and probably the most natural way to die." He later told a caller, "It is a very easy way to die."
Kate Adamson begs to differ. "It's anything but that. I lived through it."
A decade ago, Mrs. Adamson, then 33, suffered a double brain stem stroke that left her completely paralyzed, unable even to blink. Inside though, she was fully cognitive, able to understand doctors telling her husband she would either die or wind up "a vegetable." She wanted to, but couldn't, scream out when "people talked about me as if I wasn't a person, as if I didn't exist. . . . It was like being trapped underground and you're praying that somebody is going to be able to find you."
During 70 days of intensive care, doctors fed Mrs. Adamson through a tube. Then her digestive system failed, forcing them to remove the tube until her body could again eliminate waste. For the next eight days, she learned what it feels like to starve.
Unable to communicate, she remembers the terror of being "on the inside screaming out, 'Feed me something! I don't want to die! . . . I'm alive! I'm a person in here! Do not let me starve!' The hunger pains were unbearable," she said. "I thought I was going insane."
On the ninth day, doctors reinserted her tube. Now at age 43, Ms. Adamson has regained most of her physical abilities and become an advocate for the disabled. On March 14, 2005, she testified before the Florida legislature in support of HB701. The bill would prevent doctors from removing a persistently vegetative patient's feeding tube without either a written advance directive or "clear and convincing" evidence that the patient had, while fully conscious, verbally declared that to be his or her wish. The Florida House passed the bill on March 17.
Michael Schiavo claims, and a court agreed, that his wife once told him during casual conversation that she would not have wanted to be kept alive artificially. Mrs. Schiavo, of Pinellas County, Fla., in 1990 suffered a seizure that left her severely brain-damaged. After a medical malpractice jury awarded him nearly $2 million for his wife's care and rehabilitation, Mr. Schiavo began fighting to have her legally starved to death, while her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, battled to save her.
Mrs. Schiavo is alert, laughs, cries, enjoys music, and coos when her mother visits. But court-appointed doctors insist that she is in a "persistent vegetative state." Despite medical testimony to the contrary, Florida Circuit Court Judge George Greer ordered that her feeding tube be removed on March 18.
In Washington, D.C., last week, Rep. David Weldon (R-Fla.) and Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) hurried a bill that would give people like Mrs. Schiavo new legal rights. Meanwhile, Florida State Rep. Dennis Baxley said he hoped HB701 would send "the message out that we don't starve people to death in our culture."
But neither the state nor federal bill would stop Mrs. Schiavo's starvation march on its own. With a new federal law, the Schindlers would have to appeal for relief in federal court. Under HB701, they would have to return to state court to ask Judge Greer to stay his own order.


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A new report from Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) suggests that Portable connected devices are becoming primary gaming devices in U.S. homes, while wholesale revenue for home video game consoles will increase 85 percent in 2014. The study, "The Future of Gaming," gauges consumer behaviors regarding ownership, device use, gamer segments, video game attachment rates, purchase intent and more.
Console ownership among online U.S. consumers is highest for the Nintendo Wii (35 percent), Microsoft Xbox 360 (29 percent) and Sony PlayStation 3 (24 percent), according to the report. The Sony PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Xbox One are now owned by 11 percent and eight percent, respectively, of online consumers. The report also find that more than half of gamers (54 percent) learn the most about games from friends, family and co-workers. A third of online consumers say they pay attention to retailer websites (33 percent), TV commercials (31 percent) and gaming news websites (30 percent).
Consumers also prefer to shop for video games primarily in brick-and-mortar locations: mass merchants (36 percent), general electronics stores (32 percent) and specialty electronics stores (32 percent). A third (31 percent) of consumers also shop for video games online.
Portable connected devices are now primary gaming devices for many consumers, according to CEA's 16th Annual CE Ownership and Market Potential Study. Smartphone and tablet ownership rates (64 and 45 percent, respectively) are at their highest rates in the history of home gaming. One in ten gamers say their primary gaming device is a smartphone (12 percent) or tablet (nine percent), on the same level as home consoles such as the Xbox 360 (16 percent), PlayStation 3 (12 percent) and Wii (10 percent).
Consumers who indicated that their primary gaming device is a smartphone, used an Android- (51 percent), iOS- (41 percent) and Windows Phone-based device (six percent).
Game buying choices often come down to the quality of games (89 percent) on the system or device, price (79 percent), ease-of-use (77 percent), price of system (76 percent) and graphics (75 percent), according to CEA.
The attachment rates are highest for the Sony PSP, followed by PCs and the Xbox 360, according to the report. The newest consoles, Xbox One and PlayStation 4, are also showing strong attachment rates, especially with digital games" the PS4 digital download attachment rate is 57 percent of physical discs (compared to 42 percent for PlayStation 3) and for Xbox One it is 62 percent (compared to 37 percent for Xbox 360).
More than half of gamers (55 percent) also indicated that they have purchased at least one other add-on product to improve the gameplay on their primary device. The most common purchases include a television (35 percent) and rechargeable batteries (13 percent).
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In 2005, American corporations spent about $20 billion on tuition assistance programs. But according to a study conducted among 1,304 U.S. human resource professionals by the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, almost 40 percent of companies didn't know the actual impact of their assistance programs in terms of recipients' job retention, performance or promotion.
That finding, in conjunction with a recent study of 70-plus North American chief learning officers and chief talent officers, shows an overwhelming need among corporations that sponsor tuition assistance programs to take steps to change how they operate their initiatives. The study was sponsored by Kaplan University, a subsidiary of Kaplan Inc., which in turn is a global education company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Washington Post Co.
The chief learning officers and chief talent officers interviewed for the survey stressed that companies need to hold universities accountable for customization of industry-focused learning programs, apply innovation in the design and delivery of custom programs and identify "hard" business metrics to justify continued sponsorship of tuition assistance programs.
The days when corporations would passively fund tuition assistance as an entitlement program are over. Now employers are becoming the customers of education and are managing university partnerships just as they manage other vendor relationships. They are setting hard criteria for selection, insisting on customized programs to fill industry needs and requiring levels of accounting and metrics that heretofore have been reserved for corporate training vendors rather than university partners. Selecting university partners.
As corporations become astute customers of education, they are taking a much more strategic approach to managing tuition assistance programs. Just as the corporate training budget has come under pressure and is expected to be closely linked to business strategy, tuition assistance programs are now being viewed as a strategic investment rather than a corporate human resources benefit.
The first step to managing this as a strategic investment is to create a set of selection criteria that potential university partners must meet in order for corporations to fund their programs. The recent survey of chief learning officers revealed the top five criteria in selecting a university partner:
Customization of learning, which may result in new accredited programs to fit industry needs.
Innovation in design, delivery and addition of new services for families of employees eligible for tuition assistance programs.
Creating "hard" business metrics to justify continued support of tuition assistance programs.
Flexibility in working with corporate partners with a focus on exploring eligibility of corporate training programs for possible college credit.
The brand of the university and the quality and cost of the programs created for a corporate audience.
Many corporations now expect universities to be flexible in working with them to jointly develop customized and innovative programs to fit business needs.
A case in point is Ingersoll-Rand, a $10.5 billion industrial manufacturing company that generates 40 percent of its revenue outside of the United States. Hence, one of the top issues for Ingersoll-Rand chairman, president and CEO Herbert Henkel is to develop global leaders.
But while the company has a generous program for tuition reimbursement, a study commissioned by Ingersoll-Rand University found the tuition assistance programs to be fragmented and not aligned with corporate business priorities. In fact, the company estimates that it was funding more than 70 different MBA programs of varying quality, none of which really linked to the company's business goals.
The solution was to create an Ingersoll-Rand MBA in partnership with an accredited university. After an extensive search process, Ingersoll-Rand selected Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. The result was the design of a customized three-year "blended" MBA program that offered both face-to-face and online elements. It targeted a cohort of high-potential managers who go through the three-year program together, fostering professional and personal networking. This newly designed MBA program included customized electives focusing on industry needs and Ingersoll-Rand business priorities.
Rita Smith, dean of Ingersoll-Rand University, believes one of the secrets to the success of the MBA program was the strong executive participation, which allowed Ingersoll-Rand business leaders to be on hand as sponsors and special guest instructors. With the program now in its third year, Smith estimates that not one of the 70 Ingersoll-Rand managers who have participated has left the company—a remarkable retention of global talent.
Customizing the program
Home Depot, the world's largest home improvement retailer, with 380,000 full- and part-time associates, took a different approach than Ingersoll-Rand. Rather than select one university partner, Home Depot decided to create a "preferred network of university partners" and manage these partners as it would a health care network.
If employees took courses at a university "in network," they would be able to receive some discount pricing and perhaps additional benefits like reduced fees for home tutoring and test preparation as well as price breaks for family members enrolling in university programs.
Under the direction of Leslie Joyce, Home Depot's chief learning officer, the company set out to create a diverse yet managed system of university partnerships.
"We decided to manage Home Depot tuition assistance programs as a strategic investment, and apply the same rigor that we manage other vendor relationships [with]," Joyce says.
Home Depot set aside time to approach partnerships with online universities in a strategic fashion. The first step was to create a detailed request for proposal, which identified three top criteria required of future online university partners:
Favorable pricing on accredited courses: Of the nearly 380,000 associates employed by Home Depot, almost 30,000 are in leadership roles. As leadership roles within Home Depot increase in responsibility, scope and complexity, continuing education in the form of a certificate program or a college degree provides each associate with a competitive advantage. Given the size of this potential higher education audience, Home Depot wanted to obtain assurance from universities on tuition discounts.
Customized programs: The job of managing a retail store is typically learned on the job, and it is getting much more complex with the introduction of new technology, systems and processes. Home Depot sought to create customized educational programs focusing on the new skills and competencies required of retail store leaders. Ideally, these customized programs may feed into a new bachelor's degree in retail management.
Easy access to higher education for associate family members: Increasingly, corporations are expanding the scope of their potential audience for higher education to include family members of full-time associates. The range of services offered to family members includes discounts on tuition plus tutoring and college test preparation.
Home Depot developed three distinctive partnerships—with Kaplan University, Strayer University and Capella University. While Home Depot associates still have the freedom to select a university that is "out of network," they do so at standard tuition rates and don't benefit from the supplementary services of the network university partners.
Forming the partnerships was just the beginning. After Home Depot selected the universities to be in its "preferred university network," Joyce and her team set out to offer Home Depot associates another benefit: the opportunity to turn Home Depot corporate training courses into college credit.
To do this, Home Depot partnered with the American Council on Education's college credit recommendation service to evaluate Home Depot corporate training programs for possible college credit. Based on an evaluation process conducted by the service, 12 Home Depot training courses—including instructor-led classes and Web-based programs—were recommended for 41 undergraduate college credits.
Applying hard metrics
Once a corporation and a university agree on the terms of a partnership, the next crucial step is to identify a process for uncovering "hard," or measurable, business outcomes.
Increasingly, corporations are diminishing their focus on the four levels of training outcomes specified by the "Kirkpatrick model." In that measurement scheme, participant satisfaction is the lowest level of outcome, moving up through learning, job impact and finally to business impact. Instead, corporations are establishing measurement systems that deliver hard business metrics and assist businesses in improving the effectiveness of their operation.
Consolidated Edison, the investor-owned energy company that provides electric, gas and steam services to the New York area, partnered with the Stevens Institute of Technology to design a customized online course for a mission-critical workforce. In the process, it identified a new system of measuring value to the organization.
Luther Tai, senior vice president at Con Edison, joined forces with Bob Ubell, dean of the technology institute's school of professional education, to create an online pilot course, "Analytical Capabilities for Business Improvement." The course was originally designed to train Con Edison senior managers on how to use root-cause analysis, a process focusing on finding the fundamental cause of a business problem. In this course, Con Edison managers were grouped into virtual teams and charged with examining real-life Con Edison business challenges and proposing solutions. For example, one of the teams analyzed the IT help desk call traffic over the previous year. These Con Edison managers worked as a team, examining call traffic as well as participating in a Web-based, instructor-led course for six weeks. Each team's work culminated in a presentation with recommendations to Con Edison senior managers.
The result was that Tai and his team were able to capture operational data relevant to the business, and they were then able to act upon it. For example, the team helped Con Edison figure out how to reduce the number of calls placed to the help desk and recommended how to change systems so more calls could be resolved through self-service initiatives. This analysis resulted in a 10 percent reduction in call volume, allowing help desk representatives time to focus on more urgent business needs.
While the initial course was a pilot, plans are under way to expand its scope. The use of real-life problems in the course and the ability to measure business impact on the organization have prompted Con Edison to increasingly focus learning and development resources on senior managers in mission-critical jobs. The training in root-cause analysis is particularly valuable for this group because their participation can deliver large returns to the organization, and they can serve as mentors to their direct reports.
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Police: Woman extorted money from parents
A heroin addict, Tara Ancherani told her parents Sunday her $20,000 drug debt was coming due and she needed $200 or the drug dealer holding her at gunpoint would make her pay with her life.
She lied, Scranton police said.
It was the third time she sold Timothy and Cheryl Ancherani the story, according to a criminal complaint charging Tara Ancherani, 27, 536 Deacon St., Scranton, and her boyfriend, Thomas Pisano, 24, same address, with extortion.
The parents exhausted their retirement and general savings accounts thinking they were paying down her debt by giving her between $13,000 and $16,000 since September, sometimes in increments as large as $450 a week. The last time she was "kidnapped," they gave Pisano $100 and Tara Ancherani returned unharmed but appeared under the influence of narcotics.
Out of money, her parents turned to police, who suspected an extortion plot.
Tara Ancherani called again while police were with the parents. Pisano would drive to Deacon Street with a "runner" and collect the money. Police set up a stakeout and saw Pisano get out of an SUV and walk to the house. Tara Ancherani was found in the back seat. Pisano fled on foot at the sight of police. He made it through several back yards across East Market Street, but was captured on Sanderson Avenue.
Tara Ancherani and Pisano were charged with one count of theft by deception, receiving stolen property, conspiracy to commit theft by extortion and three counts of theft by extortion.
The driver of the SUV, Thomas Williams, 39, was charged with conspiracy to commit theft by extortion. Police said he knew the plot when he drove them to Scranton.
Bail and preliminary hearing information for the three were not available Monday.
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If you've ever had to work on the SAP CRM backend, this book is the resource you've been waiting for. You'll establish a working knowledge of SAP CRM architecture, and then learn how to perform daily programming tasks in SAP CRM. Get up to speed with the most common enhancements to customize the backend for many different industry requirements.
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There 46 videos available in Windows Media format, which translates into pretty clear but somewhat small frames of sloppy shows. The movies can be downloaded or streamed to your screen. Most of the clips are pretty short clocking in under less than 5 minutes. However, there are even more vignettes to see in the archives. Slightly lower quality in Windows Media Format, I counted at least an additional 194 one-minute scenes.
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Autotroph, in ecology, an organism that serves as a primary producer in a food chain. Autotrophs obtain energy and nutrients by harnessing sunlight through photosynthesis (photoautotrophs) or, more rarely, obtain chemical energy through oxidation (chemoautotrophs) to make organic substances from inorganic ones. Autotrophs do not consume other organisms; they are, however, consumed by heterotrophs.
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Do you ever see people enjoying something and you'd love to join in but you just can't stand it, karaoke maybe? Well students have been discussing the food and drink they wish they could enjoy but hate it too much.
Various fruit and veg featured heavily in this thread but the big 3 were tea, coffee and wine. The main reason students wished they could enjoy them was to appear more sophisticated and grown up. The same was true for olives and cheese.
"I really want to like drinking coffee, just so i can feel sophisticated and grown up" Emma.x
One of the biggest surprises in the 20+ strong list was ice cream, specifically chocolate, for lacking any similarity in flavour to actual chocolate.
More predictably was the list of fruit and veg that made up half of the list with mushrooms and tomatoes the least popular.
"I just can't join in with everyone else with their fancy coffees at Starbucks" -aimz
The interesting thing about this thread is not that students hate certain foods but that they want to like them and many are trying to force themselves to develop a taste for them as they believe 'it would make life easier.'
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Please forgive my ignorance if this came up before. I searched but could not find it.
It seems to me that it would be a worthwhile thing to promote a car free bike path across the USA.
Imagine what tourist attraction that would be. Imagine the businesses who could cater to that. Seems to me that a good start has been made in Wisconsin. They almost have one across Wisconsin trail.
I come from Germany which has many very long distance bike trails. For instance there is one to Amsterdam along the Rhine. There is another famous one along the Danube.
We could have one across the USA which could be a magnet for all kinds of activity.
Is this not something this forum could promote?


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Federal judge: Sebelius nursing appointee and the elected board at largest Kansas college, broke the law
At 50,000 thousands students every year (many non-degree-seeking), Johnson County Community College is the largest in Kansas and among the largest in the Midwest. They don't care much for any law, state or federal. Just since 2005, the college has been guilty of violating the state open meetings law, the state open records law, the federal First Amendment, there has been at least one likely | Read More »


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What It's Like to Live with Grandparents (Harry Edition)Beth Anne Ballance
Hey, y'all! It's Harrison and I'm taking over my momma's job to talk to you about the raddest, best, most coolest part of my life – living with my Gram and Grandaddy!
Seriously, living with them is better than a pick-up truck pulling a dump-truck that's decorated like a bus. It's better than Lucky Charms on top of cotton-candy flavored yogurt with fruit snacks on the side.
Here's why it rocks so hard:
Frequent trips to the park. 1 of 8Gram & Grandaddy don't have a swingset in their backyard, so Momma and Daddy take me to the park after work all the time. Score!
Group hugs. 2 of 8Every night before bed, I ask for a "group hug," which means that all my favorite people pile in with me squished in the middle. It's the best way to end a day.
New toys. 3 of 8I can pretty much count on Grandaddy or Gram slipping me a new Matchbox car every few weeks. Just because I'm awesome.
Four adults means four cars. 4 of 8Means more trips to the carwash.
Really fun adventures. 5 of 8My grandparents never mind doing super-fun special thing that I'll enjoy, like getting donuts on Saturday morning.
Happy cakes! 6 of 8Once Gram realized that I could sing the Happy Birthday song, she started bringing home "happy cakes" for just about every occasion. Now I get a small piece after dinner for good eating and behavior!
Lots of walks. 7 of 8With me and Tuck running circles at the end of the day, Momma always suggests a "small family" walk, which means it's just me, her, Daddy, and Tuck.
My Gram and Grandaddy 8 of 8I just love them to pieces. I get to see them every day and that is the best part.
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You have hit it out of the park with this article. This team is the best we have had in years. The boys are likeable and willing to put themselves on the line for the team Unlike some prior years, these boys are truly a team. They play for each other, not themselves. The results show.
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Interview with a Jew and an Arab
hello. Israel is militarily forcing itself into a region it claims from religious history. the Israelis are not welcome, because of their ethnic purity. they will always be foreign cultists in the region. the sadness is that there can not be more porous borders, and peaceful sharing of Jerusalem. the murders are all horrific, from both sides. all the peoples in the region should be able to share in economic opportunities, from wherever they are presented; and the haves, should stop discriminating against the have-nots. cultures would discover greater commonality, when presented equal career opportunities; and levels of living standards, with respectable parity: break down social barriers. Israeli exclusion is partly to blame. we all see no reason for murder. it is easy to think our CIA has been subversively continuing the conflicts. why our military complex does not evolve,… is baffling.
I am hoping to bring awareness to the current issue thousands of women are having with a product manufactured by BAYER and protected by the FDA under a class III device classification. It is called Essure and is not only being falsely advertised by mainstream doctors trying to make money off of low income women (primarily), but it is maiming our bodies by slowly poisoning it and making it turn on itself. I had Essure for 8 years and suffered the entire time never being able to pinpoint what the problem was because doctors always dismissed my symptoms. I had my tubes removed two weeks ago and found out the Essure coils had punctured my right fallopian tube. These are not safe. Erin Brockovich has set up a website for us with our stories as well as information and a petition. It would mean the world to us and our cause to have such a powerful strong willed woman like you to help advocate for us. Bayer is getting away with million and using our bodies as guinea pigs…did I mention they are also one of the top contributors to No on 522…our GMO labeling bill. They of course oppose it as well as MONSANTO. Oh and both have had funding by the Bill Gates Foundations. Below are links to the Erin Brockovich page as well as a couple others with a wealth of information.
Our facebook page is closed but admins are always welcoming new members. As of right now we have 2,190. It was only at 2,100 two nights ago prior to NBC NY News 4 broadcasting this interview…
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I've got an app fully working with PostgreSql. After reading about Mongodb, I was interested to see how the app would work with it. After a few weeks, I migrated the whole system to Mongodb.
I like a few things with Mongodb. However, I found certain queries I was doing in PostgreSql, I couldn't do efficiently in Mongodb. Especially, when I had to join several tables to calculate some logic. For example, this.
Moreover, I am using Ruby on Rails 3, and an ODM called Mongoid. Mongoid is still in beta release. Documentation was good, but again, at times I found the ODM to be very limiting compared to what Active Record offered with traditional (SQL) database systems.
Even to this date, I feel more comfortable working with PostgreSql than Mongodb. Only because I can join tables and do anything with the data.
I've made two types of backups. One with PostgreSql and the other with Mongodb. Some say, some apps are more suitable with one or the other type of db. Should I continue with Mongodb and eventually hope for its RoR ODM (Mongoid) to fully mature, or should I consider using PostgreSql?
A few more questions: 1) Which one would be more suitable for developing a social networking site similar to Facebook. 2) Which one would be more suitable for 4-page standard layout type of website (Home, Products, About, Contact)


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Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel admitted yesterday in a letter to employees that he seriously underestimated the flak the company would get for its apparent hypocrisy in backing an anti-gay candidate for Minnesota governor. If the mea culpa was meant to calm anyone down, the message was lost on gay rights activists and MoveOn.org, who delivered 260,000 signed petitions to Target HQ demanding the company do more than offer just words.
You know the story by now: Target donated $150,000 to MNForward, which used to money to a cut an ad backing Republican Tom Emmer for governor. Gay rights activists were appalled at the news, because they had always viewed Target as a GLBT-friendly company. Loads of bad press and hurt feelings followed -- and open warfare erupted on Target's Facebook page -- as Republicans tried to cast the conflict as a matter of free speech.
"I have heard from many of you, and our team members, over the past week regarding Target's contribution to MN Forward, and I appreciate your engagement and candor, both of which clearly demonstrate your loyalty and passion for our company," Steinhafel wrote yesterday. "In situations like this, it is often difficult to find the right words, but I would like to respond with the same honesty you have shown me."
"While I firmly believe that a business climate conducive to growth is critical to our future, I realize our decision affected many of you in a way I did not anticipate, and for that I am genuinely sorry," he said.
The Human Rights Campaign, which last week hammered Target in a full page ad in the Star Tribune, welcomed the CEO's contrition. But he said it didin't go far enough.
"Target can still make it right by making equivalent contributions to equality-minded organizations and by making clear the procedure by which they will evaluate potential contributions in the future to include issues of LGBT-equality," he said.
Among those showing up at Target's doorstep Friday was Randi Reitan, whose son is gay. Her protest video against the company became a viral hit on YouTube. She accompanied MoveOn's Bob Brereton, whose organization created and supported the petition drive that generated the signatures.
"As a shopper at Target, their contribution was in part my money, and it was being used to attack the civil rights of my son," Reitan said.
The protesters were met by Brad Wagner of Target's diversity team. He promised them their unhappiness wouldn't fall on deaf ears -- but denied them entrance to the building.
"What I can tell you is that going forward we are also committed to making sure we do things better, that we have a system set up for a vetting process as we make these contributions," Wagner said.
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Femdom Chronicles features illustrated stories of humiliation and punishment at the hands of dominant goddesses. The 3D images and stories know no bounds and they push the envelope with themes that include men being forced to satisfy women or other men, men being punished by wives and even queens, and men who are made to dress as women in humiliating sissy scenes.
Hot original images and interesting stories.
I spent way too much time on this site! The stories were intriguing, the images were nicely done, and the whole package was very entertaining. I completely enjoyed reading all the raunchy text and seeing the accompanying images. The stories all involve femdom themes, with men on their knees waiting to pleasure or be punished by their goddesses. These are exclusive scenes you won't find anywhere else.
High quality material.
I thought the pictures here were really nicely done. They're good-sized, going up to 1200 x 900, and always very bright and professional-looking.
Other Good Stuff:
Small collection.
Unfortunately this is a very small site. There are currently just 45 stories online with around 20 photos each. As mentioned above, the site is growing, there's just not a lot to see at this point.
Membership is pricey, at $35 a month. You get some very original art for that price, plus network access, but it's still on the high side for such a small site.
Minor Negatives:
The hot stories and images were a total turn-on, but there aren't enough of them, especially at this price.
Femdom Chronicles has a very sexy collection of stories and illustrations. This is a genre I love and don't get to review often enough. The site is still very small so hopefully they'll continue to grow. Updates are definitely needed, especially at this price point. In the meanwhile, the network access will serve as a nice distraction as Femdom Chronicles grows. This is a hot site with some real potential if they can keep it growing.
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My Opinion: Yes, these are all original scenes that you won't find anywhere else.
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an uncommon female name. usually the girl with the name is undescribable. she will make u laugh whether u want to or not. u could always turn to her when u need a friend because she can keep a secret and is pretty good with advice. she is also a pretty good listener. she is sarcastic and has a good sense of humor.
person 1: "hey, meghin!"
meghin: "hey!"
meghin: "hey!"
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An evil, unattractive woman who thinks she's always right and God's gift to man. Has jacked up teeth and an ugly personality. She depends on men for everything and cannot be without a boyfriend for more than a month. Should be in a mental hosptial and never released. Better known as a sloppy drunk and an easy nail.
you see that drunk loud nasty girl over there, that's Meghin
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Sun Sign Survey: Your Best Mate Is What Sign?
So, what is the astro-dynamic like between you and your Best Mate???
Best Mate can be past or present but you ideally know his/her astro…Is it a classic Saggo Best Mate breezing in and out telling Scorpionic you to chill the f. out? Staunch Taurus? Is your Best Mate an officially compatible sign with you? Not that i believe in sun sign compatibility – as such – but it's interesting…
If you're a total astro-fiend, what sort of transit did you meet Best Mate under? Or, are you a creature who does not believe in the concept of a 'best' friend because you are friends with the entire universe sorta thing? And, is your Best Mate a classic representative of his/her sign?
If you want to really roll with Retro-Venus, honour, mourn or bitch it up re an ex-Best-Mate.
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BAKER CITY — DNA samples may tell whether it was a wolf that attacked a pet dog about 10 miles west of Baker City and was chased off by gunfire from the dog's owner.
Jay Ogg said he had just let out the family's two dogs on Sunday morning when he heard one squeal.
Ogg told the Baker City Herald he looked outside and saw what he described as a wolf, about 20 to 30 feet from the back porch.
In its mouth was the head of Taz, a Shih Tzu.
Ogg said he went outside and fired his 10mm Glock pistol in the direction of the animal, not intending to hit it but just to scare it away.
After letting go of the dog, Ogg said, the animal moved toward his wife, Genie, but ran after a few more rounds.
"It wasn't scared of us a bit," he said.
The Oggs' home is at the base of the Elkhorn Mountains. District wildlife biologist Brian Ratliff says the agency hasn't confirmed that wolves are in the range, but there's no reason they couldn't be.
A search of nearby woods turned up tracks from two "large canids," Ratliff said.
He's sending feces and hair he found for DNA testing at the University of Idaho and expects results in about two weeks.
The Oggs moved to the house in August with their three children.
As of the end of 2012, the state had counted 46 wolves in northeast Oregon.


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TELLURIDE '99: Smiling Telluride, Sony Classics Sneaks in Woody World Premiere
Anthony Kaufman
Around the corner from Main Street in Telluride lies The Free Box, a
collection of deposit boxes for old clothes. "A Telluride Tradition,"
reads a placard beside the boxes. "So Telluride residents and workers
can recycle usable clothing and household items." The charity of The
Free Box is emblematic of a wider good-spiritedness fostered at the
Telluride Film Festival. Whether it's the 40% less oxygen in the air or
the fact that Friday was the first sunny day the little town has had in
weeks, everyone seemed to be in good cheer.
"We want a relaxed, laid back atmosphere," says press office head Kathy
Jones at an orientation for the handful of reporters, critics and
journalists, gathered at Telluride's central Courthouse yesterday. It's
the key to the success of the festival, no doubt. Where else can you
find a journalist who shows up with no lodging, simply hoping to find a
place to stay along a path up the mountain?
Though the festival really kicks into high gear today (Saturday) with a
full day of screenings starting at 8:30 am with a repeat screening of
Adrienne Shelly's world premiere "I'll Take You There" and finishing up
with a midnight screening of 70's French sex farce "La Grande Bouffe,"
the mood of the festival is already taking shape. At the Opening Night
Feed on Main Street late Friday afternoon, Middle Eastern food was
served to the roughly 2,000 pass holders in one big, smiling mishmash.
One could as easily bump into Guest Director Peter Sellars while reaching
for some humus as say, stumble into Werner Herzog drinking a glass of
red wine and speaking with documentary filmmaker and fellow Telluride
regular Ken Burns.
Categorizing the festival, one industry vet-attendee noted, "It's not a
feeding frenzy. That's we like to show our movies here each year."
Anyone will tell you that Telluride is the anti-Sundance, trying to
maintain its degree of dignity, joviality, and equanimity. Everyone has
to wait in the same line for theater tickets. There are no press hordes,
no masses of photographers. There are few publicists, if any at all.
Catherine Deneuve and David Lynch walk down the streets with ease. It's
a celebrity's dream.
And for film executives, too. Telluride is not especially an industry
event, but the executives are here anyway, seeing movies, old friends,
and maybe considering an acquisition or two. But above all, the cliche
that Telluride is for cinema lovers is unabashedly true. Sony Pictures
Classics heads Michael Barker and Tom Bernard are in town per usual,
ever faithful devotees to Telluride, with their Berlin acquisition
"Mifune" and their Cannes pick-up "Me Myself I." Though no Telluride
schedules reflect it as of Friday night, the distributors have also
slipped in a special screening of Woody Allen's new film "Sweet and Lowdown," just a day in advance of its (no longer) world premiere at the
Venice Film Festival, running simultaneous with Telluride. Tricky
stuff, guys.
For all the love of film here, there is at least one person in Telluride
who's still thinking about business as much as art, producer Jim Stark
("Cold Fever," "Down by Law," "Mystery Train." The indie insider's here
with Shelly's film and not sure what to expect from buyers. Between a
rock and hard place, Stark told indieWIRE he gives the distributors more
arty films and they say they're not commercial enough and when he gives
them more conventional films, they tell him, "Where's the niche?" If
there's anywhere in the world that question shouldn't matter, it's here
in Telluride where Philip Glass, Buster Keaton, and an 8-year-old
African film seem to be put on the same level. More on Shelly's world
premiere and the first big day of the fest in tomorrow's report.


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Inhabitat's Top Eco Art Picks from Art Basel Week in Miami
From afar, Sarah Frost's two massive pieces, "Error Correct" and "Sign Off" appear to be textured topographies of beige and black dots. But get a little closer, and you'll find the all too familiar recycled keys from the clunky computers of yesteryear.
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made me one of the more interdisciplinary members of the faculty," says Seth Kreimer, associate dean and professor of law. "Today half of my colleagues have Ph.D.'s. in some other discipline."
Now, you might think more students, more professors, and a more complex web of relationships with other schools at the university would diminish the school's trademark friendliness. Think again. Yes, intellectually, the law school has traveled a route of Marco Polo proportions, but it has done so without losing its small-town character.
"I think what's stayed the same is the fundamental decency of the students around here," says Gary Clinton, assistant dean of student affairs. "We've been able to attract a group of students … who say, 'This is the kind of community I want to be a part of.' " At the law school, collegiality rules. Students greet each other warmly, share notes, answer each other's questions. The atmosphere is less competitive than at other peer law schools due, in part, to the small scale of Philadelphia, to smaller class sizes than at other schools, and to the bonds developed between long-term administrators and students.
"Maybe that student in Arizona wouldn't have applied to Penn twenty years ago, and now sees Penn as a top choice," Verrier says.That's why when Dan Markind L'83 returned to visit after fifteen years away from the school, administrators treated him like family. Markind, one of Jo-Ann Verrier's classmates, came back because he needed a copy of his transcript. With him was a summer associate from another law school. As soon as Markind walked into the Registrar's Office, Verrier recalls, Registrar Gloria Watts said, " 'Hi, Dan, what can we do for you?' " Which floored the student, who almost fainted. "This student knew that not a single administrator at his current law school knew his name, and here we had the registrar calling an alumnus by name years and years after he graduated," Verrier says. "I think that's telling.".
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text: We've had a lovely ten days away. The forecast was not good, so we prudently took rain gear, but the sun shone on us almost continuously — we never got wet once. We were staying at Felbrigg Hall, an eccentric composite building not unlike St Custards, but idyllically quiet in the middle of a park whose eighteenth-century trees had achieved colossal size and beauty. It's only a couple of miles from Cromer, where we hired a little car from a most genial and charming independent hire firm, and went exploring. It's a countryside spectacularly unlike Aberdeenshire, and beautiful in its own way, very secretive, with all those great trees, houses and churches of brick and flint, and of course, flat. No mountains on the horizon. We went to Sheringham and solemnly ate crab (very nice too), to Oxburgh, most loopily romantic of Elizabethan piles, surrounded by its moat, to Holkham and to Blickling, but quite a lot of the time we pottered about in the park at Felbrigg itself, which has wonderful woodland walks that look like a neo-romantic back curtain for Les Sylphides, and a most beautiful walled garden. We arrived at Felbrigg just in the final stages of some species of sustainable building fair — fuel made out of compacted straw and sawdust, which looked like cat litter for tigers, straw-bale house construction, all that fun stuff, but also a food tent, which was most welcome since we were rather provisionally provisioned off railway concourse mini-supermarkets: the food side of the fair yielded bags of apples, broccoli, artiginal sausages, a small pork pie, scones, a gingerbread man and home-made lemonade, all of which were most welcome. The fair was, naturally, full of happy dogs, causing a certain wistfulness in our dogless state. It was also open on the Sunday, and we went back, to find lots more food including a Thai noodle stand, a really wonderful bakery, and people selling sausages, hot pork sandwiches and what you will. We ate Thai noodles and bought bread, tomatoes and a Romesco cauliflower, but over the few days which followed, the riotous availability of sausages, pork pies, and interesting walks left me with the tentative conclusion that Norfolk may be a county where labradors have the vote. Plus there seemed to be dog water bowls at every turn. Last Friday we had a jolly day in Norwich with the Professor's friend the Hero — we spent a long time communing with the Cotmans in the Castle museum, then went on a search for a 6,000 year old flint hand-axe which the hero wanted to see. This took us on a wild trip round local history, wildlife dioramas, stuffed tigers and God knows what before we admitted defeat and got the information lass to summon a curator — wherever I might have thought of to put a 6,000 year old hand-axe, it would not have been amid a fine display of exotic coprolites, viz., fossil shit — by the standards of the coprolites, which dated back to the era of the dinosaurs, the axe was practically modern, and was, moreover, an artefact and not a mere by-product of digestion. Never mind. The curator was charming and full of enthusiasm, also information. After that we had lunch in the Assembly Rooms, also a venture steeped in the past, or pasts; the double-height room, where the Professor remembered eating some forty years ago, was a cheerful pink with rococo plasterwork decoration, a bit like being inside a celebration cake, and the Hero and I both had sausage and mash (the labrador influence again, I suspect). Further investigations of the town ended up in Norwich Cathedral, which is fine, and then we said goodbye to the Hero, met up with an elderly but flourishing poet and went off to stay with him for a night in another bit of Norfolk. We went to London after that, and went and had a look at Strawberry Hill, which is in a strange and rather lovely but probably transitional state — the decor has been restored up to the nines if not tens, but the fantastical, wildly camp rooms which in their first incarnation were of course absolutely stuffed with stuff are now completely empty. Worth seeing in its present state for the sheer weirdness. I am glad to say that there is a resident cat, a large black one. We flew back today, and retrieved Miss Kit from her cattery. She has clearly taken no harm, but is ecstatically pleased to be home. Apart from being a sociable little creature, she does love to go out, and has found being penned up oppressive. She complained all the way home, but is now back on the hot spot, looking up once in a while to see I'm still there, and purring loudly. The kitchen is still in a state of devastation though well on the way to being miles better — we are supping on ready-meals in a most uncharacteristic fashion, since putting things in the oven in little foil coffins is all we can do without getting in Barry's way. It really will be lovely when it's done.


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Earlier, the management at MCX and MCX-SX regulated by FMC and SEBI respectively underwent complete overhaul and the board was made independent of FTIL by their regulators.
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Company And Artist Biogs
Brett Bailey
Brett Bailey is founder and Artistic Director of South Africa based Third World Bunfight. His work fuses ritual, political satire, cabaret and performance art, and deals with the complexities and wonders of the post-colonial landscape of Africa.
He studied Drama and English at the University of Cape Town and in 2004 received a Masters Degree in Performance Studies from Das Arts in Amsterdam.
In 1997, he received the Vita Award for iMumbo Jumbo (best director, script and design) and in 2001, the Standard Bank Young Artist of the Year Award for Drama. In 2002 he received the Rosalie van der Gucht Award for best director for Big Dada, and also Fleur du Cap Awards for best new play and costume design - also for Big Dada. In 2007, medEia won a gold medal for design at the Prague Quadrennial for Design.
Brett Bailey's work has toured throughout Southern Africa, Europe and Australia, receiving accolades wherever it has been presented.
In 2014, he will premier his new production of Verdi's macbEth at a number of European festivals and make Exhibit C for the UK.
"We are a South African theatre company strongly committed to the stories, performance forms and spirit of Africa. Our works dig deep beneath the surface of post-colonial Africa: we explore sensitive and contentious issues, and dramatise them in ways that validate and celebrate the extraordinary wealth of cultural modes that exist." - Brett Bailey
Brett Bailey's current productions are Big Dada, The Exhibit Series, House of the Holy Afro, Orfeus, macbEth, and medEia
To find out more about Brett Bailey and Third World Bun Fight please click here
To view Third World Bunfight's online brochure click here
Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom
Dubbed 'the Township Tarantino', Grootboom's work continues to amaze audiences the world over as he proves himself to be one of the most exciting writers and directors to be working in post-apartheid South Africa.
In 2005 Paul's work was recognised with him receiving the National Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Theatre and, in the same year, he also received the Naledi Theatre Award as director of Township Stories.
His work has toured throughout Europe and Australia, with Township Stories touring extensively in the UK, after having received a Herald Angel at the Edinburgh Festival.
Paul Grootboom is currently based at the South African State Theatre in Pretoria and also works in South African film and television.
If you would like to find out more about The State Theatre, Pretoria please click here
Paul has been described as the "fast-rising saviour of South African theatre" - The Guardian
"A South African director who is forever trying to push boundaries." - The Guide, S.A.
Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom's current productions are Rhetorical , Foreplay, Township Stories and Welcome to Rocksburg
To view Paul Grootboom's online brochure click here