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Please join me in a quick thought experiment:
Do your gastric juices respond to the words Douglas fir? Favorably?
Does your mind draw any association between 'Christmas tree' and 'edibility'?
To your way of thinking, is 'Nordic' more suggestive of a cuisine or a climatic condition?
Do 'yumberries' and 'cloudberries' sound craveable? Snackable? Quaffable? Or more like the work of a kindergarten-age Donald Draper?
Do the words borojó, aguaje, or myoga signify anything to you?
In the worlds of food and beverage product development, where it pays to be a step ahead of current trends, there's a lot riding on these questions. And if flavor companies, food industry forecasters, and restaurant consultants are correct, as we get further into 2011 your answers to the above are likely to change.
We always find the predictions that issue from trade mags and food technologists to be among the most valuable sources for insight into our flavor future. So what'll we be acquiring a taste for next year?
The folks at Sensient Flavors are putting their money on, among other things, hibiscus. It's a tart, cranberry-like flavor that we've noticed increasingly showing up in cocktails, boosted by the recent Tiki trend. Food Processing Magazine has its eye surge in the use of domestic superfruits like cherries and blackberries as a 'functional food' ingredient. The foraging trend seems to have caught the eye of the trend trackers at Packaged Facts, who included the aforementioned Douglas Fir (the aromatic needles apparently have a citrus-y flavor and can be used as an herb, like rosemary) and cloudberries (a tart alpine/arctic berry used in some Nordic cooking) in their list of predictions. And finally, in the world of confections, Specialty Food Magazine suggests we can expect citrus flavors to increasingly take up residence with chocolate. If that means we can expect more recipes like Emeril's Velvet Chocolate Torte with Clear Orange-Caramel Sauce, you'll get no complaints here!
For more on what's in store for the rest of the year, peer into these crystal balls:
2011 Flavor Trend Predictions, Sensient Flavors
Flavor Trends 2011: New Year, New Flavors, Food Processing Magazine
What's Cooking for 2011, Packaged Facts
What to Expect in Confections, Specialty Food
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Frances Sternhagen, Phoebe Strole, and More Join Edie Falco in THE MADRID
Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director), Barry Grove (Executive Producer), and Mandy Greenfield (Artistic Producer) have just announced additional casting for Manhattan Theatre Club's upcoming world premiere of The Madrid by Liz Flahive (From Up Here, "Nurse Jackie"), directed by two-time Obie Award winner Leigh Silverman (Chinglish, From Up Here).
Joining the previously announced Edie Falco will be Tony Award nominee John Ellison Conlee (Murder Ballad at MTC), Drama Desk Award winner Heidi Schreck (Circle Mirror Transformation), Phoebe Strole (Spring Awakening), two-time Tony Award winner Frances Sternhagen (The Heiress), and Christopher Evan Welch (Lincoln).
Casting for two additional roles in the production will be announced in the coming weeks.
Previews for the limited engagement of The Madrid begin Tuesday, February 5 and open Tuesday, February 26 at MTC at New York City Center – Stage I (131 West 55th Street).
Four-time Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Edie Falco ("Nurse Jackie," The House of Blue Leaves, "The Sopranos") returns to the New York stage in the world premiere of The Madrid by Liz Flahive.
Falco stars as Martha, a kindergarten teacher with a life many would want: a loving husband (Conlee), a devoted daughter (Strole). But when she leaves it all behind, it's up to her daughter Sarah to pick up the pieces. Two-time Obie winner, Leigh Silverman directs this hilarious and heartbreaking story about motherhood, freedom, and trying to see the people in your family as they really are.
THE MADRID was commissioned through the Bank of America New American Play Program.
The creative team for The Madrid includes: David Zinn (scenic design), Emily Rebholtz (costume design), Jeff Croiter (lighting design), Jill BC Du Boff (sound design), and Tom Kitt (original music).
Under the leadership of Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and Executive Producer Barry Grove, MTC has become one of the country's most prominent and prestigious theatre companies. Over the past three decades, MTC productions have earned a total of 18 Tony Awards and six Pulitzer Prizes, an accomplishment unparalleled by a New York theatrical institution. MTC has a Broadway home at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street) and two Off-Broadway theatres at New York City Center (131 West 55th Street). Since January 2011, Mandy Greenfield (Artistic Producer) has taken the lead in programming and execution at MTC's Off-Broadway home. Renowned MTC productions include Venus in Fur; Master Class; Good People; The Whipping Man; Time Stands Still; The Royal Family; Ruined; The American Plan; Come Back, Little Sheba; Blackbird; Translations; Shining City; Rabbit Hole; Doubt; Proof; The Tale of the Allergist's Wife; Love! Valour! Compassion!; A Small Family Business; Sylvia; Putting It Together; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune; Crimes of the Heart; and Ain't Misbehavin.'
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – After a tough physical battle that pitted the Lions against the number two scoring offense in the Sunshine State Conference, the Saint Leo men's basketball team defeated the visiting Barry University Buccaneers by a 78-58 score. The Saturday afternoon contest featured a career-high 21 points by junior Ron Foxx.
It was the Barry Buccaneers who picked up the first points in the contest, when Savad Garner sank a jumper. Soon after, however, the Lions battled back. With both teams exchanging leads throughout the first fifteen minutes of play, the Lions were able to gain some momentum at the five-minute mark and force a 32-23 lead heading into halftime.
After the halftime period expired, both teams came out fighting for victory. Despite the Bucs' offensive push, the Lions were able to maintain the lead throughout the rest of the contest, earning a 78-58 win over the number two team in the Sunshine State Conference.
Though Barry leads the conference in the rebounding margin and rebounding defense categories, the Barry Bucs were out-rebounded by the Saint Leo Lions 38 to 34. Individually, senior Jerrel Harris and junior Ron Foxx led the Lions in rebounds with seven apiece.
It was junior Ron Foxx who led the Lions offensively in the win, recording 21 points to earn a new career-high. The effort pushed him over 200 points this season.
In addition, sophomore Trey Griseck and junior Ryan Wilson also scored in double digits, tallying 11 points each. Jerrel Harris, who previously earned a career-high against Barry this season, contributed with ten points.
As a team, the Lions shot 24-55 (44 percent) from the field in the victory. In addition, the squad sank 22 of 26 free throws and tallied 19 assists.
The Lions forced 20 Barry turnovers and held the Bucs to just 37 percent from the field.
The Saint Leo men's basketball team will return to action on Wednesday, February 12 when they host the visiting Tampa Spartans in yet another Sunshine State Conference contest. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. from the Marion Bowman Center on the campus of Saint Leo University. The halftime period of the contest will feature a very special celebration.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) " Authorities say a West Virginia man tortured and enslaved his wife for much of the past decade, forcing her to endure two pregnancies and deliveries in shackles.
A criminal complaint against Peter Lizon, 37, says one of those babies was stillborn and buried on the family farm in Leroy. The other survived but apparently has never had any medical care.
Lizon was in jail Wednesday on $300,000 bond. He was scheduled for a preliminary hearing on a malicious wounding charge Friday morning in Jackson County Magistrate Court.
Chief Deputy Tony Boggs said 43-year-old Stephanie Lizon endured more suffering than virtually any domestic violence victim he's seen.
"This appears to go beyond abuse to what I would consider torture," he said. "Her injuries are much more than just getting pushed up against the wall. She's been abused almost to the point of slavery and torture."
The complaint says the wife was burned on her back and breasts with irons and frying pans, and had her foot smashed with a piece of farm equipment, among other things.
Shawn Bayliss, Peter Lizon's attorney, said the allegations made by an acquaintance of Stephanie Lizon are "the fabrication of a fertile imagination or a feeble mind, one of the two."
"The wife had a conversation with someone, and that person has taken that story and turned it into something completely different," he said. "Stephanie would say this story is absolutely untrue, and the charges levied against her husband are blatantly false."
He compared it to the childhood game of "telephone," where something whispered from one person to another ultimately bears no resemlance to reality.
"This is a situation where a person has taken a nugget of information, taken an acorn and tried to turn it into a tree," he said. "And the tree won't support this story."
The details of the wife's alleged abuse came out after she fled from her husband July 2 and took refuge at a Family Crisis Intervention Center in Parkersburg. Her husband had taken her to a rental store to return a rototiller. The wife fled to a Zumba dance center nearby, hiding until shelter workers could get her.
At the shelter, she told another woman about the abuse she'd suffered at the hands of her husband, a native of the Czech Republic. The wife said her family was from Alexandria, Va.
The witness described the woman as "gaunt and filthy," and covered in scars, bruises and burns. She had scar tissue on her wrists and ankles, "mutilated and swollen" feet, a scar in the shape of a clothes iron on one breast, and burns on her back that the victim said came from a hot frying pan.
The witness said the wife was called a "slave" and ordered to kneel before her husband every time she entered a room.
The wife also told the woman she delivered a fully developed, stillborn child while in shackles, and her husband buried the corpse on their farm. Another child survived a similar delivery, but Stephanie Lizon said it had never received medical attention.
Boggs said state child-welfare authorities have been notified, but Peter Lizon's attorney said the child remains with his mother.
The sheriff's department had no history of contact with the family, Boggs said, but investigators confirmed that the wife was treated in the emergency room of St. Joseph's Hospital in June.
The complaint also says the evidence includes 45 color photographs taken to document his wife's injuries during her stay at the shelter. A Sunbeam iron was among the items seized during a July 5 search of the couple's home. Lizon was arrested that day.
Boggs said Peter Lizon was arrested in Maryland in 2004, accused of cutting up Bush-Cheney campaign signs with a bayonet. The couple was apparently living in Randallstown, Md., at the time.
The Baltimore Sun reported that Lizon was sentenced to a year of probation and 32 hours of community service, and ordered to pay $328 in restitution to the Howard County Republican Party.
A message left for the Office of the State Attorney in Howard County wasn't immediately returned, so it's unclear whether he has any other criminal history there.
Boggs, meanwhile, said he hopes that the wife's escape will give courage to other people who may be trapped in abusive relationships.
"There's all kinds of people out there who are willing to help," he said.
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I made grilled bananas foster last night for some company. The sauce only took 5 minutes to make and the bananas took about 6 minutes on the grill. The warm sauce drizzled over the caramelized outer edges of the bananas, layered on top of vanilla ice cream?
It got rave reviews. If you're looking for a quick dessert to make and still impress? This is one I'm gonna make again and again.
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You exercise your body to stay physically in shape, so why shouldn't you exercise your brain to stay mentally fit? With these daily exercises you will learn how to flex your mind, improve your creativity and boost your memory. As with any exercise, repetition is necessary for you to see improvement, so pick your favorite exercises from our daily suggestions and repeat them as desired. Try to do some mentalrobics every single day!
The reason that people need to sleep remains mostly a mystery, but many scientists believe that memory consolidation is part of it. Memory consolidation is the process by which recent memories are strengthened into long term memories. It is believed that memories are stored in the hippocampus for a short time, and that they are transferred to the cortex as part of consolidation.
An important thing to take away from this is that sleep reinforces learning. If you sleep after learning some material, you will remember it better than if you did not sleep. Thus, it is not advisable to study and take an exam on the same day. If you can sleep in between, the memories will have a chance to become consolidated and you will have better recall.
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Accrington mum keeps her Russian heritage alive
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6:00pm Tuesday 19th February 2013
A PLAYGROUP is helping to keep Russian culture alive in the heart of Accrington.
Russian Musical Playgroup leader Nastasya Smirnova is head of a tiny 'Little Russia' community after she was unable to find Russian speaking groups for her own children.
The 36-year-old, who moved to the UK from her homeland ten years ago, was keen for her three children to maintain their link with their roots.
However, Nastasya, who hopes to train as a teaching assistant, was unable to find a group for her children Nina, eight, Mathew, seven, and Lauren, three.
The voluntary teaching assistant at St John with St Augustine School said she was also keen to share the Russian love of music with other Russian youngsters.
Now she runs two free playgroups from her Avenue Parade home for different age groups.
She said: "Russian children start school later on and the emphasis is on small playgroups, and on learning to sing, dance and play instruments. I just felt it would be a shame for my children to miss that experience.
"I started the playgroups to keep alive our culture, music and language. All the lessons and songs are in Russian. Some children can't remember their mother tongue, but I can help them."
After teaching similar classes while working at a Russian school in Salford, Nastasya launched classes here. She said: "It's not a business. I do it voluntarily. I don't charge a fee for my classes. My aim is to give my own children musical direction."
Nastasya runs two separate classes for a dozen children in total. One group is for pre-school children over the age of three, and the second is for school age children.
Those who attend are encouraged to speak Russian, and explore singing, dancing, and musical instruments, while also learning about rhythmic and musical grammar.
Classes are held most Saturdays. Call 07891545091 for more details.
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Students age 1418 with an interest in learning about the outdoors are encouraged to attend the Nebraska Youth Range Camp that will be held June 1014.
The Nebraska Youth Range Camp consists of a four-and-a-half day curriculum that appeals tp an array of interests including rangeland management, conservation, ecology, animal science, and wildlife, said Nadine Bishop, a specialist with the Natural Resouces Conservation Service.
With 50 years to perfect and evolve this curriculum, every student, no matter what prior experience they have, will learn information that will help them become more aware of Nebraskas most prevalent land use, Bishop said.
Rangelands cover nearly 50% of Nebraska and nearly 60% of the United States. These numbers convey the dominance of this landuse, but recently there have been several political issues regarding the management of these rangelands.
This further emphasizes the reason it is important to educate the youth so we may enable them to become proficient and effective leaders in resource management as well as educated voters.
The students that attend Range Camp will be actively involved with field activities, lectures, hand-on experience, and recreational leadership and team-building activities that are all led by up to 20 of Nebraskas most respected and dedicated leaders, teachers, and professionals from various agencies, colleges, and universities.
Each student will be sent home with a binder that is filled with educational materials and a t-shirt.
Financial sponsorship is available. Every student that attended last year received a substantial level of sponsorship. Interested individuals can find more information, the Range Camp application, and the brochure by visiting the Nebraska Society for Range Management website at www.nesrm.org and then clicking on the Nebraska Youth Range Camp link on the left of the page or sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Applications need to be submitted by May 24.
Attendance is capped at 65 students and individuals will be selected on a first come first served basis. Range Camp is an event that is made possible through the Nebraska Section of the Society for Range Management with assistance from several Nebraska ranches, the Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition, the Sandhills Task Force, several of Nebraskas Natural Resource Districts, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Service, and many volunteers.
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The latest FSB Small Business Index shows a growing skills shortage in the workplace.
Now identified as a significant barrier to growth for small firms, almost one third – 29.9 per cent – of those surveyed report skills shortages as hampering growth, with construction and computer services particularly hard hit.
To address this increasingly significant issue facing the UK labour market, the FSB wants to see a number of steps taken: The business and education community must work more closely together to ensure young people are 'work ready' and understand the demands of the world of work. Employability skills must be embedded from an early age; the labour market has changed dramatically in recent years and businesses are adapting to that change but the education system needs to catch up.
Reforms must be completed to create a business-led, high quality apprenticeship system that provides a real choice between vocational and academic routes. This should be for the long term, and aspire to match standards of our leading competitors such as Germany.
Traineeships must be used as a credible alternative to a formal apprenticeship. Initiatives such as the TechBac, 14-19 college programmes and the rejuvenation of University Technical Colleges serve to demonstrate that a vocational education is no longer considered the second tier of the UK education system.
Federation of Small Businesses development manager for the Wessex region, Neil Eames, said: "As the labour market continues to tighten alongside the economic recovery, skills shortages will continue to be an increasing concern for more businesses. While this helps to boost the wage bargaining power of workers with the right skills, it poses a risk to the momentum of economic growth and once again underlines a long standing structural weakness in the UK economy."


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Professor Jeff Jia
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+44 (0) 1392 722125
Streatham Court, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4PU, UK
Professor Jeff (Fu) Jia is an Associate Professor in Supply Chain Management. He is a co-founder and director of 'Business, Nature and Value Research Centre' affiliated with Exeter, which aims to focus on the relationships between business, nature and value creation. Professor Jia's research interests include supply relationship management in a cross cultural context, global sourcing, supply chain learning and innovation and sustainable SCM in agricultural and industrial contexts. He is a productive author publishing in international conferences and top supply chain management journals such as International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, International Journal of Production Economics, International Business Review, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Business Logistics and Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, and International Journal of Logistics Management among others. He has also edited a book and contributed several book chapters. Professor Jia is an Associate Editor of Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management and a Managing Editor of International Food and Agribusiness Management Review (IFAMR). Prior to his academic career, he had worked in the 3PL sector in Beijing, China. Professor Jia holds a B. Eng in Mechanical Engineering, China, a MBA from Birmingham Business School, UK and a PhD from Cranfield School of Management, UK.
Professor Jia has been leading and being involved extensively with the industry on a number of large scale projects including Newton Caldas with University of Los Andes in Colombia; WWF climate savers Chinese innovation case studies; Global sourcing and International Purchasing Offices, to name a few. He is Principal Investigator on a series of 'Innovation Case Studies' examining sustainability-related innovations by the Chinese-based operations of 8 multi-national companies (all well-known brands, head-quartered in the US, Europe and China). This is a multi-disciplinary project involving colleagues in leadership studies (Jonathan Gosling), innovation (John Bessant) and supply chain management (Jeff Jia), as well as close liaison with industrial partners. It is funded by WWF China and the HEFCE HE Innovation Fund up to 2014/15 academic year. A spin-off project on 'Agricultural natural resource management' is planned and Tetra Pak provided an initial fund. For more information regarding the WWF project, please go to Jeff's blog.
In a separate project Professor Jia investigates the roles and capabilities required for the 'International Purchasing Office in China' (2010-2014) in the process of Global Sourcing for MNCs, and has a series of publications published or accepted by top international journals, with Professor Richard Lamming (Manchester Business School). He has extensive research links and collaborates with world class academics in the UK, US, Italy, China and Japan, and has worked with Supply Chain Management experts Professors Andrew Cox, Martin Christopher and Professor Lamming in different stages of his academic career.
Nationality: Chinese
Jeff holds a B. Eng in Mechanical Engineering from China, an MBA from Birmingham Business School and a Master of Research and a PhD in Management from Cranfield School of Management.
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Jeff's research areas are focused on purchasing and supply management with a particular interest in global sourcing, buyer-supplier relationships in a cross cultural context and sustainability in the supply chains. These are reflected in the following projects:
- Agricultural supply chain management and cooperatives: Look at the roles assumed by cooperatives in the supply chain helping smallholder farmers to access to market and achieving sustainability and competitiveness at the same time.
- E-commerce in Agriculture: Investigate the e-commerce ecosystem as a supply chain innovation which changes what a company can offer to the customers and also cross-border e-commerce and poverty alleviation through e-commerce
- Global sourcing (Global Sourcing/IPO project): this is an extension of my PhD project. International Procurement Office is under researched but increasingly important area of research in global sourcing literature. A second phase of this project is planned; large grants are to be applied for.
- Sustainable supply chain management (WWF projects): this is to understand how MNCs mobilize resources and create green supply chains in China.
- Supply chain learning (SCL) (PhD project title: "Cultural adaptation between western buyers and Chinese suppliers"). Cultural adaptation is also seen as a mitigating strategy against supply relational risk caused by cultural differences. This interest is further developed through the PhD project with Yu Gong.
All three areas are interrelated and under an umbrella research area of 'Global supply chain management'.
Research projects
- WWF Chinese Climate Savers Chinese Innovation Case Studies: as PI (2010-2014)
We are commissioned by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) to carry out this project on innovation solutions for Green house gas reduction based on 10 MNCs subsidiaries and 2 Chinese newly recruited climate savers in China (Nokia Siemens Network, Tetra Pak, Fairmont Hotels, Lafarge, Sony, Volvo, HP, and SKF).
- International Procurement Office (IPO) project as PI (2010-2014)
This project is centrally funded by the business school. I am the Primary Investigator for this project, carrying out all the fieldwork, analysis and writing. We have been collaborating with Professor Guido Nassimbeni and Dr. Marco Sartor at the University of Udine on this project. Jeff has been working with Cummins, Phillips, Mothercare, IKEA, Domino and Danieli among other 14 MNCs.
- 3D printing enabled supply chain (2012-2013)
The project is jointly funded by Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics (£7.5k) and Bridging the Gap (£7.5k). This is collaboration with Choc Edge, a spin-off company at Exeter.
Research Grants
I have generated in total over £500,000 external funding from various sources as Primary Investigator (PI) so far.
- Newton Caldas Institutional Link with Colombia valued £300k including match fund from Colombia: work with University Los Andes to carry out a research project on 'Agricultural supply chain management for dairy and flower industries'
- Newton Mobility grant with Stellenbosch University in South Africa valued £10k building research links with Dr. Scott Drimie, Director of Southern African Food Lab at Stellenbosch
- Newton Mobility grant with PUCPR in Brazil valued £10k (CI)
- Leverhulme Visiting Professor grant (PI) valued £28k inviting Prof. Zhaohui Wu (Oregon State) over to Exeter for three months working with me on 'Agricultural resource management' project and help develop 'Sustainable supply management' module in which I am the module leader for the OPMBA.
- WWF project: A fund of £42k has been raised by me (PI) from WWF (WWF phase 1, 2 & 3 projects), which is match funded by the university. The total value of the grant is: £80k
- Tetra Pak China has given us £14k to do a contract research project at our discretion
- 3D chocolate printing supply chain project: CILT and BTG jointly funded the project '3D chocolate printing supply chain' valued £16k (PI).
- Seed Corn fund from the University of Exeter Business School valued £10k for the IPO project. (2010 & 2011)
- University of Exeter Outward Mobility Fellowship for three consecutive years (2010, 2011 & 2012) valued £5k for each year.
- ERASMUS Teaching Mobility award for teaching at the University of Udine, Italy from European Union (2011 and 2012) valued £5k for each year
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Awards and Honours
- Howard, M., Wu, Zhaohui, Jia, F. (2015). "Exploring triadic dynamics between government, OEMs and suppliers: Performance based contracting in the UK defense industry." Academy of Management annual conference 2015, August 7-11, Vancouver, Canada (Selected as one of the finalists for best paper award for OM division)
- Orzes, G., Jia, F., Sartor, M. and Nassembeni, G. (2015). "Does social accountability pay off? An empirical investigation on the performance impact of SA8000." 22nd International Annual EurOMA Conference, 26 June - 1 July 2015, Neuchâtel, Switzerland (Selected as The Chris Voss Highly Commended Award or runner-up for the best paper at the conference out of over 400 papers presented).
- Jia, F., Wu, Z. and Gosling, J. (2013). "Tetra Pak: Sustainable Initiatives in China." The Case Centre (formerly ECCH). Selected runner-up for the 'Best teaching case award' by Decision Sciences conference 2013 (Baltimore, USA).
External positions
- 2015-present: Visiting Professor at Centre for Agricultural and Rural Development, (CARD), Zhejiang University (top 3 university), China
- 2016-present: Associate Editor, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (Impact Factor: 2.56)
- 2016-present: Managing Editor, International Food and Agribusiness Management Review (IFAMR)
- 2016-present: Executive Committee Member of the International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA)
Membership to several academic and professional associations
- MCIPS (Member of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply)
- FHEA (Fellow of Higher Education Academy)
- Member of IACMR (International Association of Chinese Management Research)
- Member of British Academy of Management (BAM)
- Member of Asia Academy of Management
- Member of International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA)
- Reviewer for International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Journal of Cleaner Production; International Business Review; Human Relations; British Journal of Management; Industrial Marketing Management; International Journal of Production Economics; International Journal of Logistics Management; European Management Review; Sustainability; Decision Science Journal
Conference chair
- Conference chair for Business, Nature and Value research centre annual conference 2014, 2015 and 2016.
- Track chairs for LRN and IPSERA conferences in 2012 and 2013
- Assumed the module lead for BEMM169 'Global sourcing and logistics management' for MSc IM and MBAM817 'Sustainable supply management' for OPMBA;
- Designed the new module 'Global sourcing and logistics management'.
- The "Tetra Pak: sustainable initiatives in China" (Jia et al., 2013) was published at ECCH case centre in 2013 and selected one of the 3 finalists for Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) conference 2013 (Baltimore, USA) 'Best teaching case award' competing with one case by Wharton business school and INSEAD academics; the other by Boston University School of Management academics. We are the only non-US competitor among the 3 finalists.
- Jia, F., Wu, Z. and Gosling, J. (2013). Tetra Pak: Sustainable initiatives in China. ECCH case centre, Cranfield, UK
- The "Nestlé: Sourcing Strategy in China." (Jia et al., 2014) was submitted to EFMD teaching case competition in the summer of 2013 and will be published in 2014.
- Jia, F., Jia, F., Wu, Z. and Gosling, J. (2013). Nestlé: Sourcing Strategy in China. ECCH case centre, Cranfield, UK
Guest lectures
- Delivered one-day guest lecture for the 'Purchasing & supply master class' of European Institute of Purchasing Management (France) MBA programme in December, 2012;
- Delivered a session on 'Case study method' to economics faculty of Minzu University in China in June, 2013 and similar sessions to Tianjin and Minzu Universities in China in the last few years (all elite universities in China).
Administrative roles
- Member of UKBA compliance committee representing business school academics and tier 2 visa holders of the universities
- Co-director for MSc International SCM (with CEMPS)


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Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and fair admonition, and argue with them in the kindest way. Your Lord knows best who is misguided from His way. And He knows best who are guided. (Surat an-Nahl, 125)
In the previous section, we stated that the true good word is the one which calls to Allah's religion, and is a reminder of the Hereafter. This call is a very important responsibility, which Allah has imparted on all people of conscience. With the verse, "Let there be a community among you who call to the good, and enjoin the right, and forbid the wrong. They are the ones who have success." (Surah Al `Imran, 104), Allah makes believers aware of this responsibility. However, the majority of people fail to recognize that summoning others to faith in Allah is an important responsibility and a form of worship. Essentially, they are unaware of this responsibility.
The most evident sign of this ignorance is people's failure to adopt moral excellence, and encouraging it among others. Those who have moral failings, who earn their living through illicit means, who strive to spread immorality and see compassion, mercy, charity and respect as weakness, are in the majority. Even though there are those among them who are aware of what is good, they avoid the responsibility of enjoining it. Instead, they turn a blind eye to the facts, preferring to abstain from involvement.
Yet, it should be noted here that what we have said above holds true for those who do not "believe with certainty," and fail to heed the word of Allah, for true believers are conscious of the importance of this important responsibility described in the following verse, "They believe in Allah and the Last Day, and enjoin the right and forbid the wrong, and compete in doing good. They are among the righteous." (Surah Al `Imran, 114). For this reason, believers summon all around them to nurture consciousness of Allah, and to become of those of moral excellence. The Qur'an draws our attention to the need to enjoin the good, as an attribute of believers as follows:
The men and women of the believers are friends of one another. They command what is right and forbid what is wrong, and establish prayer and pay alms, and obey Allah and His Messenger. They are the people on whom Allah will have mercy. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (Surat at-Tawba, 71)
As this verse also makes clear, every person of faith is responsible for communicating moral excellence, throughout his life, to live by it, to enjoin the right and forbid the wrong. If one wants to lead a good life, then he must encourage others to good. Similarly, anyone who wants good to happen to him has to expend the effort to spread such good; the one who wants to encounter conscientiousness has to encourage conscientiousness; or, the one who dislikes cruelty must admonish the cruel. As well, he needs to keep in mind that it is Allah alone Who guides a person and renders the good word effective.2009-02-12 15:44:58


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Today is Bastille Day! Bastille Day (formally called Fête Nationale in France) commemorates one of the most famous events of the French Revolution – the day when Parisian revolutionaries stormed the Bastille on July 14th, 1789. The Bastille was a royal fortress which commanded the eastern side of Paris and was considered to symbolise the monarch's despotism. The […]Keep reading


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BATTLE lines have been drawn in the fight to stop last orders being served at a popular Halesowen pub.
Staff and regulars at The Maypole Inn, Bassnage Road, are dismayed the pub has been sold to a company specialising in converting pubs into supermarkets.
And after a building regulation application submitted fears are rising the pub's days are numbered.
Landlady Michelle Vaughn, who has been in charge for a year, said: "We are totally in the dark.
"We know Marston's have sold the pub to a company in London called New River and have know idea what they want to do."
New River Retail is a retail estate investment company with an expertise in converting pubs into shops.
She added: "We would be gutted if the pub closed after all the hard work we have put in during the last year.
"This place is a real community pub, unlike so many chain pubs these days, and we know our regulars will not give up without a fight."
Regulars at the pub are determined to challenge any bid to change the use of the premises to a supermarket.
Retired firefighter Michael Seeley, aged 66, said: "This pub has been here for generations and is an important part of this community so it would be awful if it closed.
"The last thing we need around here is another supermarket, there are already too many shops and the traffic and disruption would be bad for residents."
He added: "They tried to turn The Swan on Long Lane into a supermarket and failed because of a community campaign so we will have to do the same with The Maypole."
A spokesman for New River Retail Ltd said: "The Maypole Inn is part of a portfolio of 202 public houses which New River only recently acquired from Marston's.
"The properties in question have been leased back to Marston's and are being managed and operated by Marston's as public houses.
"This arrangement is in place for at least the next four years and in this respect, it is 'business as usual'."
He added: "A review of all the properties is currently underway and there are no specific plans for any pub at this stage.
"It is New River's current expectation that a large proportion of the pubs will continue to trade as they were purchased on that basis. As and when the position becomes clearer, we will be consulting with individual tenants."


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- Christopher at: October 16, 2012 at 9:06 AM said...
Excellent review, Ed. I appreciate the perspective you bring to this, and especially like your consideration of the stories told by background images. Thanks!
- Margaret Blair Young at: October 16, 2012 at 9:41 AM said...
Such good points, Edward! The picture you have of the beautiful woman next to a white Jesus is of Tamu Smith, most recently seen on _The Daily Show_ as one of a panel of black Mormons responding to the interviewer's shock that there would be any LDS members of color. It was she who gave me a picture of an African American Jesus. This picture had become controversial in the BYU Bookstore because someone claimed it was "blasphemous." Tamu led the fight to get it back into the store after it was removed. She succeeded, though after it sold out, it was not re-stocked. The resolution to the challenges the film presents won't come until there is a clear statement repudiating past folklore from the highest church leaders. Whenever the priesthood restriction comes up, we Mormons still hear about curses, even from young members. I heard it last year from a 16-year-old in my Sunday school class.
- Edward J. Blum at: October 16, 2012 at 9:48 AM said...
Margaret Young has SO MANY fascinating stories to tell ... and to help others to tell as well. Thanks for you work!!!
- Margaret Blair Young at: October 16, 2012 at 10:17 AM said...
To be honest, reading _The Color of Christ_ opened some storehouses of memory and curiosity. I was born in 1955, and so have memories of the Civil Rights Movement from a Mormon perspective. I also remember when the Christus was put in the SLC Visitors' Center, and the first time I saw it (1966 or 67). I do have a picture of Pastor Cecil Murray by the Christus, which I put in the Patheos article about LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley's apology to Pastor Murray for the Church's involvement in slavery and racism.
- Edward J. Blum at: October 16, 2012 at 10:28 AM said...
Here it is, folks http://www.patheos.com/Mormon/Pastor-to-Pastor-Margaret-Blair-Young-09-18-2012?offset=2&max=1
- Margaret Blair Young at: October 16, 2012 at 1:24 PM said...
Here's the link to _The Daily Show_ featuring several people from our doc.


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In Part one almost all the akatsuki members appeared in epiosde 135 and it is true they had a cameo appearance Pain,Konan,Kakuzu,Hidan,Deidara and Sasori were there. User:Gamma Venom 567 I am telling the true it was a cameo appearance.—This unsigned comment was made by Gamma Venom 567 (talk • contribs) .
No one ever said you were lying but they did show up as silhouettes with two giants and Deidara hanging upside down (not even looking like himself). But, given that it was them, and all making it bit more clearer and letting the info stay wouldn't hurt.--Cerez365™(talk) 15:54, June 24, 2012 (UTC)


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Kanye West is under investigation for allegedly assaulting a man, after the man got into a verbal fight with Kanye's fiancee. Kim Kardashian reportedly wants to file her own police report on the same man, who she says threatened to kill her, according to reports.
The 18-year-old man, who was allegedly assaulted in a chiropractor's office, was caught on camera in the medical building car park as the paparazzi took photos of Kardashian. The man, who was standing near the entrance, says, "They're wack, dude. You have to deal with that every day or what?" He then enters the building and Kardashian follows soon after.
The reality TV star claims the man started abusing the paparazzi, calling them "[n-words]" and used homophobic slurs. Kardashian says she told him off and the man then started abusing her, calling her a "[n-word] lover". Kardashian called West on her mobile, and when he arrived at the clinic West allegedly punched him in the face. Police were called to the scene and the man reportedly wants to press charges.
TMZ reports the man also allegedly threatened to kill Kardashian, shouting "I will kill you" among the other alleged profanities he hurled at her. Kardashian is reportedly planning to file a police report herself, which would potentially see the man charged with making criminal threats.
It's not the first time West has gotten himself in a fight. The rapper is due in court on January 23 for misdemeanour battery and attempted grand theft, for allegedly attacking a member of the paparazzi in July last year. The photographer alleges West punched him and tried to steal his camera, and if convicted the hip-hop star could face up to a year in jail.


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A TAUNTON man whose ability to walk was threatened after a car accident in his teens has completed a 200-mile cycle across Baffin Island in the Arctic.
Ben Rockett, 26, took eight days to complete his challenge.
He battled against temperatures of minus 27°C and winds up to 100 knots to raise more than £1,000 for the charity Action for Children.
Ben had to cycle in icy and snowy conditions, but was helped with a specially designed bike.
He spent months preparing for the challenge with David Hempleman-Adams, who was the first person to reach the geographic and magnetic North and South Poles.
Ben said: "I've always loved to cycle in unusual places and this was an amazing experience.
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The game will feature the return to the ice of Rangers greats Brian Leetch and Adam Graves. Joining Leetch and Graves are Hockey Hall of Famers Glenn Anderson and Mike Gartner, in addition to goaltenders John Vanbiesbrouck and Dan Blackburn, defensemen Dave Maloney, Ron Greschner, Tom Laidlaw, Dale Purinton, Darius Kasparaitis and Mathieu Schneider, and forwards Darren Langdon, Stephane Matteau, Nick Kypreos, Darren Turcotte, Kris King, Brian Mullen, Paul Broten, Ron Duguay, Nick Fotiu and Pat Hickey. Coaches will be Mike Keenan, Emile Francis and Colin Campbell. The Rangers Off-Ice Ambassadors will include Rod Gilbert, Ed Giacomin and Harry Howell.
Beginning at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, November 28, following the unveiling of the Rangers jersey for the 2012 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® on blueshirtsunited.com, fans will have the chance to vote for the starting lineup for the Rangers Alumni team who will be playing in the 2012 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® Alumni Game. By casting a vote for their favorite former Rangers, fans will automatically be entered to win a host of prizes including Winter Classic jerseys and tickets to the Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic and the Outdoor Alumni Game.
Fans will be able to participate in a live in-game chat during the alumni game on blueshirtsunited.com, as well as follow real-time game coverage via @thenyrangers on Twitter.
Here is the Flyers' alumni roster, from Comcast's Flyers blog (lot of tough guys on both sides; is it possible there would be a fight during the alumni game? Seriously):
Coach: Pat Quinn
Assistant coaches: Keith Primeau, Mike Nykoluk Goalies
Neil Little
Mark LaForest
Chris Therien
Derian Hatcher
Kjell Samuelsson
Larry Goodenough
Eric Desjardins
Terry Carkner
Joe Watson
Brad Marsh
Mark Howe
John LeClair
Jeremy Roenick
Eric Lindros
Mark Recchi
Bobby Clarke
Shjon Podein
Jim Dowd
Orest Kindrachuk
Bob Kelly
Reggie Leach
Bill Barber
Ken Linseman
Brian Propp
Al Hill


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English 101 Section A14. Writing about Prison and Prison Culture
There are more prisons in America than there are colleges and universities. This section of 101 will focus on how prisons work in our culture and in our lives. Evidence suggests that prison has become an industry and like any other industry, it requires capital to survive. In this case, people are the capital—specific groups of people. In this capacity, prisons, to a significant degree, dictate how our society looks and how it works. Prisons impact our schools and the private spaces of our lives. This course will use the essay as a primary method to examine how prisons work in both macrocosmic and microcosmic ways. Several different sub genres of the essay and styles of research will be expected throughout the semester.


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Similar to a Turkey Slap in that it involves the slapping of an erect or semi-erect penis on the face, the Pud Hammer however is not bound by the sex of the receiving party. Where the Turkey slap is meant for a girlfriend, wife or other female partner sometimes for the pleasure of the receiver as well as the giver the Pud Hammer can be applied to anyone and is generally used as a form of punishment.
Adeel wouldn't stop talking so I held him down and administered the pud hammer to shut him up.
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This Way Up
It's not everyday you get nominated for an Oscar but leading London animation studio, Nexus, is thrilled and proud to announce that Smith & Foulkes' internationally acclaimed animated short, 'This Way Up', has been nominated the Academy Awards.
- ManvsMachine on its hugely diverse campaign for Air Max Day
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- Donald Sanger illustrates a grotesque and humorous version of humanity
- Photographer Joshua Osborne takes a closer look at Havana's male subcultures
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A new Calf Note, No. 172, has been posted on Calf Notes.com
The article addresses the effect of subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) on digestibility in calves.
"Data from a couple of studies showed that calves often experience rumen pH less than 5.8 (a typical definition for SARA in lactating dairy cows)," says Calf Notes author Dr. Jim Quigley. "If it is true that many calves experience SARA, what are the effects on digestion and efficiency of production?"
To answer that, Quigley summarizes some of the recent research regarding SARA and its effects on digestion and health.
Read Calf Note 172 – Effects of rumen acidosis on digestion in calves
Source: Calf Notes


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Poet Richard Fox gains insight – and material – through cancer treatment
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Choosing mastectomy or not: Studying young women's surgical choices
Jeff's targeted therapy has kept his advanced lung cancer at bay.
An innovative experimental treatment for boosting the effectiveness of stem cell transplants with umbilical cord blood has a favorable safety profile in long-term animal studies, report scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), and Children's Hospital Boston (CHB).
Analysis of long-term safety testing in nonhuman primates, published online by the journal Cell Stem Cell, revealed that, after one year following transplant, umbilical cord blood units treated with a signaling molecule called 16,16-dimethyl PGE2 reconstituted all the normal types of blood cells, and none of the animals receiving treated cord blood units developed cancer.
Wolfram Goessling, MD, PhD, of Dana-Farber and Brigham and Women's Hospital, is the first author of the paper, and Trista North, PhD, of BIDMC is the senior author.
The results of long-term safety studies in mice were previously submitted to the Food and Drug Administration to gain permission for a Phase 1 clinical trial under an Investigational New Drug application.
Principal investigator, Corey Cutler, MD, a Dana-Farber transplant specialist, initiated the trial in 2009 at Dana-Farber and the Massachusetts General Hospital. The IND is sponsored by Fate Therapeutics, Inc. of San Diego.
Goessling and North were post-doctoral fellows in the laboratory of co-author Leonard Zon, MD, a stem cell researcher at CHB and a scientific founder of Fate Therapeutics, when they hit upon 16,16-dimethyl PGE2 while looking for compounds that could regulate the production of hematopoietic stem cells.
The initial testing made use of zebra fish models. Goessling commented that "this is the first time a compound discovered in zebra fish has received a nod from the FDA for a clinical trial."
One of the limitations of cord blood as a transplant source is the cells engraft, or "take," in the recipient's bone marrow more slowly than matched donor cells form bone marrow. In addition, there is a higher failure rate for cord blood transplants. Thus there is a need for ways to improve the speed and quality of cord blood transplantation.
The research was supported by funding from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, the National Institutes of Health, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
The other authors are Michael Dovey, PhD, and James M. Harris, BIDMC; Xiao Guan, PhD, and Thorsten Schlaeger, PhD, Children's Hospital, Boston; Joseph Stegner and Myriam Armant, PhD, Center for Human Cell Therapy, Immune Disease Institute, Boston; Ping Jin, PhD, and David Stroncek, MD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.; Naoya Uchida, MD, and John F. Tisdale, MD, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Md.; Robyn S. Allen, Robert E. Donahue, VMD, Mark E. Metzger, and Aylin C. Bonifacino, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Md.


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However, in this blog I would like to hone in on another central point of the book where we disagree. As my friend, who agrees with the author on this matter, summarized the point to me -
... taken as a whole, his book sets forth the argument that doing good in the world is not always best served by "sacrifice"... It is this belief that sacrifice equals doing good that creates the mindset that great for-profits might invest heavily in great people, great technology, great infrastructure, but that great nonprofits should do the reverse and keep costs low.One core focus in the book regarding "investing heavily" revolves around CEO compensation. It is argued that there should be no set upper limit on CEO salaries provided that they provide good outcomes. As I read his argument for this, I kept thinking of a line from an old Jethro Tull song, "I don't believe you, you've got the whole damn thing all wrong..."
To begin with, I refer my readers to the last two blog entries written here - Ten Ebeneezer Charities and Tales of the Dark Side. I believe these entries help chronicle one of the sad stories within the charity world -the tendency of some of those at the top to abuse their power and influence for their own self-interest. The idea of further freeing them to make more money scares me to death. I know that the author says this would not be done willy nilly and would be based on performance, but I have lived and breathed this stuff long enough to know that it would not work that way. If we were to allow charity CEO's to get even higher paying salaries, I believe the abuse of power would only increase. The theoretical argument is nice, but reality tells a very different story.
I understand that Mr. Pallotta believes that, since in his case he was not a thief like those we described in the earlier blogs, he should not be penalized. However, it gets to the core question of why people do this work. I do not see it as a sacrifice to get a salary that pays less than in the for profit sector. If that is what I wanted, I would've have chosen a different career path. I believe that people who do this work for the long term see it as an honor, a privilege and a great blessing to be able to dedicate their lives to doing good work. Money is nice, but there are plenty of other things that can give one satisfaction.
Furthermore, Pallotta assumes that the best and the brightest will avoid the field because we don't pay the same as for profits. My first reaction is, "What am I, chopped liver?" My second reaction is, even if I am chopped liver, I am continually impressed by the intelligence and competency of many of the people who do this work. In addition, if anything, I have seen more people leave for profits to enter the charity sector than the other way around. My next reaction is that, I think Pallotta is wrong when it comes to the specific point of CEO salaries - the average charity CEO makes $150,000 in this country. That's plenty. Finally, even if Pallotta was correct (which he isn't), his recommendation has as much chance of success as pigs learning to fly. Just check out the most frequent donor comments on any charity we review. It's all about CEO salaries already being too high!
Having said all that, I do agree with Pallotta when it comes to front line staff (see my blog entry with Kaitlin Woolf - The Front Line vs. The Bottom Line). When compared with comparable positions within government, front line workers in the charitable sector make about 47% less (interestingly enough, I believe charity CEO's make as much as or more than their governmental peers). Of course Pallotta's solution is better salaries. I agree, but again probably not as much as he would recommend! It just isn't realistic or necessary. A decent living wage is important, but comparability with for profit salaries is excessive. Further, it is not the only option. I concluded our blog entry this way-
... I believe the most important thing a charity has to offer is its mission... If ... staff has a sense of the important role they play in achieving the mission, we have a leg up over the competition from the other sectors. In addition, I have emphasized in another blog the importance of having core values that are truly embraced by the agency from top to bottom, which nurture staff and clients. Having a dynamic, transparent, creative, inclusive, team culture is a rare commodity that will help with staff retention even when the offers of higher pay come along.In summary, my answer to the question - Is it a sacrifice to work in the charity sector? is that, if you are doing the work for the right reasons and the agency has the right culture, it isn't a sacrifice at all. It is a gift.


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Well... as expected, pretty dismally. But after I wrote mine I started testing it to confirm it corresponded to the builtin.
Mine is as follows:
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def my_round(number,precision=0):
scale = 10**precision
big = number*scale
big_i = int(big)
round_big = big_i+int(2*(big-big_i))
return round_big/float(scale)
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if __name__ == "__main__":
tests = 10000
for i in range(tests):
num = randint(0,10000)+random()
prec = randint(-10,10)
builtin,mine = round(num,prec),my_round(num,prec)
results = "Test {} failed for {:.{p1}f},{p}: builtin = {:.{p}f}, mine = {:.{p}f} "
assert builtin==mine,results.format(i,num,builtin,mine,p=prec,p1=prec+1)
For the most part it performs identically (result wise), but occasionally it differs; so I investigated these exceptions. And well, it seems that for those cases when the results differed, it was mine that was correct. The built in round doesn't always handle decimals that end in a 5 consistently. And neither does my version for that matter.
So the reason for this is obviously floating point precision; but what is a good solution? It seems like a function that can't consistently round things that are as simple as:
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>>> round(0.285,2)
>>> round(0.385,2)
I have occasionally run into these floating point precision issues and I never really know the best solution. I suppose one can always use a tolerance inequality to force the machine to admit that something like 0.9999999999999999 is really 1 but this seems like such a pain.


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WELLINGTON School pupil Jessica Gundry has become the national Under-18 epee champion for the second year running.
She competed in the British Youth Championships in Sheffield and beat hot competition to retain her title.
British Under-17 champion Jade Clarke came third in the Under-18s despite being the youngest in the age group.
Jade has just spent two weeks in Bulgaria at the world championships.
A third Wellington pupil, Olivia Savage, also performed well to come 16th out of 89 fencers in the Under-12 age group Unfortunately she was drawn against the No1 but she lost only by two points.
Coach George Felletar said: "Our fencers work so hard and are immensely dedicated and truly deserve these accolades.
"We are delighted that their commitment has paid off, especially against such tough opposition".
Olivia and her sister Ninea were also in action last weekend at Millfield School in the Independent Association of Prep Schools' fencing competition – a country-wide competition splilt into three age groups.
Olivia won the Under-14 foil after beating her older sister in the quarter finals.


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The university sick leave policy is intended to encourage the accumulation of sick leave to cover extended illness. It is recognized that employees may become ill or injured, and therefore, are unable to perform their assigned duties. Accumulated sick leave should not be considered as earned time off with pay and may not be granted for any reason other than for an absence due to illness or injury of the employee, including maternity-related conditions, the employee's own dental or medical appointments, or for the care of a family member during an illness or injury of that family member. The total paid sick leave hours used for medical or dental appointments or for the care of a family member shall not exceed 20 hours in any fiscal year. Paid sick leave applies only if the employee is actively employed at the time of illness or injury. Abuse of sick leave may be deemed justification for discharge of the employee.
The first pay period following the completion of two years of continuous employment from the employee's effective date of hire, a part-time employee will begin accruing sick leave at the rate of .0230769 of an hour for each hour in pay status, excluding overtime hours. Sick leave must be taken in one-hour increments. Current sick leave available is printed on the paycheck stub. Only sick leave earned and reported on the paycheck stub may be used. Sick leave may accumulate to a maximum of 720 hours. A maximum of 720 hours of sick leave may be used during a fiscal year.
If absent from work because of illness or injury, an employee must notify his or her supervisor according to departmental regulations for reporting absences. Failure to notify his or her supervisor within the departmental prescribed time may result in disapproval of sick leave benefits and/or disciplinary action up to and including discharge. If there is no specific departmental regulation, the employee is required to notify his or her supervisor no later than 30 minutes after the beginning of the work shift. For more information see Part Time Sick Leave Accrual.
The university may require for any sick leave, and particularly sick leave requested on the day before or after a paid holiday or vacation period, a medical statement from a health care provider confirming the illness of the employee before granting sick leave benefits. At its sole discretion, the university reserves the right to assign the unused sick leave balance or any portion thereof toward time taken off which would otherwise qualify for sick leave. Whenever an employee is on sick leave, including sick leave for maternity-related conditions, the employee may be required to submit to the university periodic statements from the employee's health care provider. Failure to provide requested evidence may result in disapproval of sick leave benefits and/or disciplinary action up to and including discharge.
Paid sick leave may be used for maternity related conditions when a part-time employee is medically unable to work, and such time off is treated the same as any other sick leave.


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Name: Paola
Country: Colombia
Profession: Resident – Family Medicine
A native Colombian, Paola was working at one of the Chile's largest public hospitals. In 2007, she moved to the Windy City to start a new life. "For a long time I didn't do anything, because I didn't have the contacts or anything…" she says. Then Paola connected with Upwardly Global. "They really changed my life."


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Western Digital Targets Surveillance Storage Market with Purple Hard Drivesby Ganesh T S on 2/25/2014 8:00 AM EST
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ddriver - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - linkWonder what will WD do when they run out of colors. Reply
dgingeri - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - linkEver been with a woman paint shopping or clothes shopping? There is no point "when they run out of colors." There are infinite variations. Reply
ddriver - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - linkComing up next, the WD pink, targeting little girls, fairies and homosexuals.
Also, technically, there is an infinite amount of numbers between 0 and 1 too, but when it comes to colors, there is only so much resolution the the human eye has to distinguish color. And even then, most of the colors we can distinguish don't have memorable names. Reply
nathanddrews - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - linkI don't I'm still going to buy whatever is on sale for the best GB/$ ratio when I need it, no matter what color the drive is. Reply
ddriver - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - linkWith current drives reaching 4 TB I'd say GB/$ ratio is not of the utmost importance, reliability is important too. Losing 4 TB of data is a rare joy, and what is worse - RAID doesn't really help and sometimes complicates things and actually increases risk. That is why I generally don't raid for security, just backup data to multiple drives, so if one fails it is immediately accessible without any lengthy and risky rebuild procedures. Reply
nathanddrews - Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - linkI've had excellent luck with HDDs over the last 25 years, but the low cost per GB, cloud backup, and software advances make reliability of little concern to me. I just always buy what's on sale and always have on site and off site backups. Reply
sigmatau - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - link"fairies and homosexuals"
You sound like you have the intelligence of a 5 year old. Good luck with that. Reply
ddriver - Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - linkLet me guess, you find that offensive because you happen to be a fairy? :D Your perception of others' intelligence is like that of a 3 year old ;) Reply
sigmatau - Thursday, February 27, 2014 - linkSorry, but you are a pathetic piece of shit. Later. Reply
StevoLincolnite - Sunday, March 02, 2014 - linkI feel insulted by your portrayal of us fags.
We only like pink on Mondays, we only shoot rainbows out of our bum's on Fridays, and when we wan't your undivided attention and sympathy, we may then break a nail.
Also a fun fact, homosexuals can distinguish more shades of pink/purple than any other demographic and we also invented glitter.
#Happilylimpwristedandnotfeminine Reply
zata40 - Tuesday, March 04, 2014 - linkpink is a fabulous colour, why be such a hater? Reply
Flunk - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - linkThey'll eventually run out of English words that represent colors. Those are definitely not infinite. I can't see them launching a WD Robin's Egg Blue. Reply
aegisofrime - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - linkHmmm I wonder will this make a good video editing/encoding drive? My use case involves reading and writing 24/7, so it sounds a lot like surveillance. Reply
ddriver - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - linkWith encoding the CPU is usually the bottleneck, so unless you are running a four socket workstation pretty much any HDD will do. And if you are not CPU limited, a black WD will actually be better in terms of performance, and MTTF is better too, but it is more expensive.
Looks like the purple series offers nothing dedicated to surveillance per se, it will just be cheaper so governments and corporations can build massive storage capacity to spy on people even more. Reply
FaaR - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - linkAs the article mentions, you'd need host controller support to take advantage of the surveillance-specific features. For regular video editing (which probably doesn't involve accessing multiple/a lot of parallel HD streams, a standard drive would be cheaper and just as good, as windows or OSX most likely doesn't support these specific command extensions, and your video editing software probably wouldn't know how to take advantage of it even if your OS does have support... Reply
Kristian Pedersen - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - linkDon't do it!
If it's like the previous AV-discs, it will not be as accurate as normal discs. If a write error occours, the disc will continue writing, not trying to fix the error.
In a surveillance environment this will only result in one lost video-frame; it is more important to continue writing the next frames. However, in a more "normal" computing environment this will result in a corrupt file. You may think of it as the differense between an audio CD and a data CD. Reply
sheh - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - linkThis is getting stupid. Nothing like artificial segmentation and endless number of models to confuse the enemy/customers.
The only point I see is if these will come with 3+ years of warranty (assuming none of the other 5400rpms already come with 3 years) and have a equivalent street price. Reply
ddriver - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - linkWell that happens when there is no more room for hardware improvements, minor software gimmicks serve to inspire more sales. Reply
Krysto - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - linkFor a moment I thought they would release something like an open source firmware so people can make sure their hard drives aren't backdoored. At least you'd think so after this revelation:
NSA's Backdoor Catalog Includes Juniper, Cisco, Huawei, Western Digital and Samsung:
But no, apparently that's not an issue for them. Reply
ddriver - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - linkThat's why I only trust IPTables :)
It is pretty much guaranteed that every device comes with some kind of backdoor, especially if product of the US industry. But as long as you keep a tight lock on your connectivity there isn't much use for any of those. Don't use dedicated hardware routers, don't use wireless, don't use windows, open a single port for communication, secure it completely and you are pretty much bulletproof.
Then again, trying to hack you and hitting rock might send government or private goons directly to your doorstep. Misuse of technology is a very bad thing... Reply
pixelstuff - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - linkOr even better release a generic drive, with maybe three build quality levels, and provide upgrade-able or swap-able firmware to fit the situation. Reply
Sivar - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - linkWhat's the difference between "512e" and "512n" format?
Does 512n mean that the hard drive "n"atively uses 512 byte sectors? If so, isn't that sort of a bad idea for a mission-critical drive? Among other benefits, 4k sectors allow for better ECC.
Perhaps compatibility issues led to the choice. Reply
shodanshok - Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - link512n (or 512B) drivers have real 512 byte sectors.
512e drivers have emulated 512 byte sectors, while real sector size typically is 4K.
For archiving, 4K drivers (or 512e, if you prefer) are perfectly fine, even in enterprise environment. However, when using virtual machine and/or database software (both issue many small sub-4K writes), 4K drivers have lower performance then their 512B cousins. A good battery-backupped RAID card can alleviate the performance differences, still 512B disks are the better choice for "live" vm/db enterprise environment.
Regarding the reliability, ECC alone say very little. For example, the 4K RED disk have a BER (Bit error rate) of about 1/10^14, the 4K SE have a BER of 1/10^15 and the 512B RE have a BER of 1/10^16. In other word, the RE bit error rate is 100 time lower then the RED BER.
Regards. Reply
douglaswilliams - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - linkIs the 60 TB/year workload rating good for all the drive capacities (1, 2, 3, & 4TB)?
If so, does that mean that the controller will be what most likely fails, rather than the platters or the write heads, or some weird magnetic sector corruption (I might have just made that up), etc.?
Also, does the drive log your total throughput (like SSDs) so that they can deny your warranty if you go over the workload limit? Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - linkLike SSDs where the write limit is listed the same for all capacities, it just means they only tested them all to the same low standard. Reply
riggo49 - Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - linkWhat's really strange is that their marketing guys need to take a basic math course. A 32 camera HD (1080) H264 system would generate over 1,000 terabytes of data a year at 30 frames per second. Divide that by the maximum number of drives (8) and you end up writing 120 terabytes a year to each drive. Learn to math!!! Reply
Beany2013 - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - linkDid anyone tell Western Digital how stupid it was to have a product range called Red and a product range called Re?
I had to sniff through their website to differentiate between the two.
Or am I just an old school kinda guy who thinks that different products should have actual different names?
But then I thought the Ford Cougar/Kuga thing was stupid too. Because it is.
Just give us a drive capable of decent MTBF and let us choose the required firmware and apply it over a shell script we can run over a NAS-vendor-approved update (most of 'em run Linux) and leave it be. Reply
iAPX - Saturday, March 01, 2014 - linkHappy to see that WD is investing into mass-surveillance, instead doing good hybrid drives :) Reply
zata40 - Tuesday, March 04, 2014 - linkReally they're just updating an existing line of drives and adding TLER for the NVR market. Reply