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New England Patriots president Jonathan Kraft wouldn't get into specifics, but he gave an outline into how his team has been so successful since Bill Belichick took over the team as head coach and general manager in 2000.
Kraft praised Belichick's capacity to take an analytical approach while also possessing the ability and experience to coach at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. On the same day that Atlanta Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff — a Belichick disciple — and head coach Mike Smith talked about the relationship from the front office to the field, Kraft said the Patriots wanted to find a guy who could coach and deal with the salary cap when they were looking for a head coach in 2000. Kraft said Belichick's ability to do both gives them a "competitive advantage."
Kraft said it's great to find a head coach and general manager that can maintain a great relationship and "fight like brothers," but he said problems arise when the team starts losing. Part of Belichick's ability to embrace analytics went into the team's decision to cut safety Steve Gregory on Friday. The difference between Gregory and the next man up to start wasn't worth their difference in salary.
Kraft also talked briefly about the "Patriot Way" in finding players with the right mixture of athleticism and intangibles. Kraft said the Patriots have a "qualitative way of valuing intangibles." He wouldn't specify what the system is.
Kraft also said the Patriots try to find players with a "passion to win" when interviewing prospects and searching for free agents. He said the team can't put a numerical value on intangibles, but it goes into a formula.
Kraft also dispelled a theory that Belichick always looks for "yes men" in the front office. Kraft said Belichick likes to keep a small inner circle to prevent leaks to the media. He likes to hire young executives because he likes training them to run a football team, and they bring a different technological approach.
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There's a new festival in town and it launches today with tickets on sale for an exciting three days of gigs from 14 to 16 March.
Beat City Jazz Festival features three strong headline acts and six more supporting ones, and is the brainchild of Sam Marchant, the young drummer and jazz entrepreneur who has been organising the Wednesday sessions at Churchills Snooker Club and helping to programme the Thursday Yardbird Jazz Club gigs, all in Birmingham city centre.
Beat City Jazz Festival's headliners are the Zoe Rahman Quartet on Friday 15 March, the Soweto Kinch Trio on Saturday 16 March, and, before them, the Ant Law Quartet on Thursday 14 March. These gigs are all at 9pm, with the Zoe Rahman one at the British Midland Institute, and the Soweto Kinch one at the Copthorne Hotel. Ant Law is at the Yardbird.
The Yardbird Jazz Club is the venue for gigs at 3pm and 6pm each day with late night jam sessions planned for Churchills Snooker Club.
You can get a ticket for the full three days for £50, otherwise there are day tickets or individual tickets for he Law, Rahman and Kinch gigs.
It's an impressive line-up and all credit to the young Marchant for his enthusiasm and drive. In his fourth year of the Birmingham Conservatoire jazz course, Sam first introduced himself to me in November.
He explained: "Although I have a great love for jazz drumming and performing, I've found more recently that my real passion is promotion and arts management. Over the last year I've got involved in two jazz nights in Birmingham, one of which I started from scratch. These nights are now doing very well and i've had a great time being involved with them and feel very privileged to have had the chance.
This festival is the natural progression for Sam. He's been up all night getting the whole thing ready to go on sale this morning. And he's very grateful for the help of his friends:
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Production of the Tesla Model X crossover has been pushed back from the end of this year to the end of 2014. A Tesla representative told the Los Angeles Times that the wait for the electric crossover has increased as the company focuses on filling orders for the Model S four-door, which could reach 20,000 units this year.
The original Tesla Model X was supposed to go on sale early in 2014, but now deliveries will likely begin early 2015. While Tesla focuses on Model S sales and delays the Model X, the company has pledged to pay back its Department of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) loan by 2017 – five years earlier than the original deadline.
We've taken a ride in a Tesla Model X prototype, which has flashy "falcon doors" that Elon Musk said will make installing child seats easier. At the time, Musk estimated that the Model X would weigh 10-15 percent more than the Model S, or about 4700 pounds.
The Tesla Model X, the third model in the automaker's lineup, will be a crossover based on the Model S sedan's architecture, complete with seating for seven, a massive hatchback and rear "falcon wing" doors that open vertically to allow easier access to the third row of seats. Tesla plans to offer the Model X with a choice of either a 60 or 85 kWh battery, although the lowest-spec 40 kWh battery available on the Model S won't be an option on the new crossover.
Tesla also expects to make a modest profit for the first quarter of 2013. The company has also raised $40.5 million from sales of zero-emission vehicle credits and greenhouse gas credits to other undisclosed companies, according to its annual report. The next Tesla model in the pipeline is a smaller electric sedan at a lower price point to appeal to broader range of customers.
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A fluoroscopic image shows highly visible nitinol stents, thanks to VisTa tantalum radiopaque coating.
Traditionally, accurate internal device placement has relied on radiopaque markers to guide doctors during medical procedures. However, because markers do not provide complete visibility, device orientation can be difficult, if not impossible, to determine. The motto may as well be: Now you see 'em, now you don't. But Isoflux Biomed (Rochester, NY) aims to overcome this limitation—achieving unhindered device visibility by means of its radiopaque coatings.
"Isoflux Inc., the parent company of Isoflux Biomed, was founded in 1993, building its primary business around developing equipment and processes for physical vapor deposition coatings," comments Margy Lydon, the company's manager of business development. Boasting many feathers in its cap, Isoflux has developed coatings for a range of industrial applications, including consumer goods offered by a Fortune 500 Company and longer-lasting cannons for the U.S. Army. It has even provided gold-film coatings on glass cylinders for NASA, a step in the process of producing x-ray mirrors capable of making astrophysical measurements in an orbiting observatory.
But there's always room for expansion. "The Biomed division was formed to focus on the development of thin-film coatings for medical device applications," Lydon remarks. "In that capacity, we have developed customized inorganic coatings and plasma surface treatments for medical devices, offering coatings that provide such properties as radiopacity, lubricity, and corrosion and wear resistance."
Developed for a range of medical device applications, the company's coatings can enable OEMs to make proprietary advancements in several key areas, according to Lydon. From orthopedics to drug delivery, they can improve biocompatibility, enhance cell growth, promote osseointegration, and extend the life of biomedical devices by reducing friction and wear.
"At Isoflux Biomed, we can produce coatings and surfaces with features that range between tens and hundreds of nanometers in size and between fractions of a micron to several microns in thickness," explains Lydon. "We can produce these features—which have valuable biomedical applications—on a variety of substrates in the specific quantities needed for both R&D and full-scale production." Among its offerings, the company provides a highly oriented crystalline-structure tantalum coating with features averaging approximately 150 nm in size and a less highly oriented crystalline tantalum coating with features averaging approximately 300 nm in size. "Our VisTa tantalum radiopaque coating dramatically improves visualization of devices under fluoroscopy," Lydon says. "The entire surface of a device can be coated with it, resulting in complete visibility—a clear advantage over radiopaque markers."
In addition to its tantalum coatings, the company offers a titanium nitride coating designed to produce surface features with an average size of approximately 75 nm and a titanium coating with variegated surface features ranging in size from tens to hundreds of nanometers. It also provides a drug-delivery platform consisting of an inorganic coating that allows drugs to be directly loaded into the porous surface structures without the need for polymer carriers, according to Lydon.
The company's coatings are deposited using a patented cylindrical magnetron sputtering cathode technology that provides uniform coatings and surface treatments for complex 3-D shapes. This technology, Lydon notes, achieves more-consistent conditions than other processes used for surface engineering and material deposition. In addition, the company says that it can control the parameters of the process to engineer surfaces with superior hardness, lubricity, and other characteristics that have important applications in the biomedical field. It also claims that its symmetrical, hollow-cylinder magnetrons provide reliable performance in high-volume manufacturing environments because they use fewer parts than conventional multicathode planar systems.
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Ignoring the facts, "Good Morning America's" George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday insisted that it would be "impossible" for a non-Mitt Romney candidate to capture the nomination if the former Massachusetts governor wins the South Carolina primary on Saturday. However, even if Romney won all 25 of the state's delegates, he would still be 1099 shy of the amount needed to clinch a final victory.
While talking to reporter John Berman, Stephanopoulos declared, "And if he wins on Saturday, impossible to see how any of [the other candidates] could really come back." Berman cemented this questionable logic, agreeing, "Seems like that wraps it up." [See video below. MP3 audio here.] Romney currently has 20 delegates. The most he could have after Saturday is 45. 1144 are needed to win the GOP nomination.
Stephanopoulos teased the segment by highlighting the "new ABC poll that shows that [Romney] may have an insurmountable lead as the candidates pounce in a South Carolina showdown last night."
Over on "CBS This Morning," Charlie Rose offered the same talking points, lecturing Newt Gingrich: "What has to happen if- to prevent Governor [Mitt] Romney from doing so well in South Carolina that he wraps it up?"
Rose followed up, "But if you don't do that and Romney wins, is it all over?"
Obviously, Romney is in a good position to win the nomination. But when the ex-governor is more than 1000 delegates away from doing so, the comments on ABC and CBS sound like nothing more than an attempt to control the process.
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GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Also breaking this morning: A huge surge for Mitt Romney. The new ABC poll that shows that he may have an insurmountable lead as the candidates pounce in a South Carolina showdown last night.
STEPHANOPOULOS: We're going to turn now to politics. Your voice, your vote. And a brand new ABC News/Washington Post poll out this morning that shows Mitt Romney decisively breaking away from the pack, now holding a two-to-one lead over his closest rivals for the nomination. Looking ahead, it also shows a dead heat in November with Romney holding a one-point lead over President Obama. But Romney's Republican rivals have not given up the fight yet. They took it to him in last night's debate in South Carolina and ABC's John Berman is here with more with more on that. Good morning, John.
JOHN BERMAN: Good morning, George. You know, here's a telling number. 72 percent of Republican voters think Mitt Romney will be the nominee. That is a big number. So, the question heading into last night's South Carolina debate, could his opponents do anything to derail what seems like an almost run-away train of inevitability? Well, they certainly tried. Mitt Romney tried to chug along overnight, riding his big lead and touting his business experience.
MITT ROMNEY: Do I believe that free enterprise works? Absolutely.
BERMAN: But his opponents in the Fox News/Wall Street Journal debate weren't buying, throwing their bodies in the way of that momentum railroad.
RICK PERRY: We need for you to release your income tax so the people of this country can see how you made your money.
BERMAN: Romney, worth more than $200 million, gave a noncommittal semi-answer. Sort of.
ROMNEY: If that's been the tradition and- I am not opposed to it. Time will tell. But, I anticipate that, most likely, I'm going to get asked to do it around the April time period and I'll keep that open.
BERMAN: Rick Santorum knocked him off track in a gotcha exchange over voting rights for felons.
ROMNEY: I don't think people that committed violent crimes should be allowed to vote again. That's my own view.
SANTORUM: That's very interesting that you should say that, Governor Romney, because in the state of Massachusetts, when you were governor, the law was that not only could violent felons vote after they exhausted their sentences, but they could vote while they were on probation and parole.
BERMAN: The Newt Gingrich train seemed to pick up speed. The crowd loving his defense of proposals to have low income kids earn money as janitors
NEWT GINGRICH: They'd be getting money, which is a good thing if you're poor. Only the elites despise earning money.
BERMAN: The boisterous crowd not nearly as in love with Ron Paul's foreign policy.
RON PAUL: Don't do to other nations what we don't want them to do to us.
BERMAN: That even earned a rebuke from a feisty Rick Perry.
RICK PERRY: I was just saying, I just thought maybe the noise you were looking for was a gong. [Audience laughs.]
BERMAN: Now, you could see Romney get a little rattled at points. You could see Rick Perry, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich have strong moments. But that's the thing: Romney could win even by losing last night because his splintered opponents may take more votes from each other than Romney.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And if he wins on Saturday, impossible to see how any of them could really come back.
BERMAN: Seems like that wraps it up.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Okay, John. Thanks very much.


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The Patience to See: The Sights and Sounds of Carlo Dolci - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
The Duke Divinity School and Nasher Museum co-present "The Patience to See: The Sights and Sounds of Carlo Dolci," an exploration of Carlo Dolci's world through spoken word and musical sound. Dolci's paintings will gain historical and spiritual context in a lecture given by two British scholars, Dr Chloë Reddaway, Howard and Roberta Ahmanson Fellow in Art and Religion at the National Gallery, London, and Ben Quash, professor of Christianity and the arts, King's College London. Music will bring the paintings alive in startling ways. Seventeen professional musicians from America's leading orchestras will perform music from the period, including a resplendent brass fanfare by Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643), one of the most influential and creative musicians of his time, who performed in the Medici's court and whose music was almost certainly known by Dolci. An original composition written by Jeremy Begbie will accompany the lecture, and the evening will conclude with a movement from J. S. Bach's second Brandenburg Concerto. $5 or free with a ticket to The Medici's Painter. Free to all members.
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Thursday, November 9, 2017
Live Musical Performance: "The Sound World of Carlo Dolci" - 7:00 PM
Duke University Musical Instrument Collections (DUMIC) and the Nasher Museum co-present an evening of vocal music of 17th-century Italy, featuring works by Strozzi, Merula and Monteverdi. Pre-concert talk by Claire Fontijn (Ph.D. '94), Phyllis Henderson Carey Professor of Music at Wellesley College. Musicians are Laurie Monahan, Berklee College of Music; Catherine Liddell, Boston University; and Laura Jeppesen, Wellesley College. Part of Duke Music Department's Rare Music series. $5 or free with a ticket to The Medici's Painter. Free to all members.
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Songwriting Lecture: Joe Henry - 7:00 PM
Duke Performances presents Joe Henry—singer, songwriter, producer and author. Henry begins his artist residency at Duke with a free talk, entitled "Take Me to the River," about the ephemeral, mystical nature of artistic predecessors. More information and tickets: dukeperformances.duke.edu. Lecture hall doors open at 6:30 PM.


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text: During the first quarter of 2013, the non-operated GASRS 29-1-10 was drilled and will be completed during the quarter. The Company expects 3 non-operated wells to be drilled in this area in 2013.In South Bearhead Creek, the Company recently spudded a horizontal exploitation well to test its acreage prospective for Wilcox development in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. This well is expected to be completed late in the second quarter. Price Risk Management Swift Energy has purchased crude oil floors that will cover more than 15% of its currently expected first quarter 2013 crude oil production at an average NYMEX strike price of $95.85 per barrel. On an ongoing basis, details of Swift Energy's complete price risk management activities can be found on the Company's website ( www.swiftenergy.com). 2013 Company Guidance In accordance with its demonstrated long-term strategy, Swift Energy currently plans to balance its 2013 capital expenditures with its operating cash flow and available bank line. Current 2013 spending plans are budgeted at $440 million to $480 million in total capital expenditures. For 2013, Swift Energy is targeting production up to 3% over 2012 levels and proved reserves to increase 7% to 12%, over year-end 2012 quantities with a focus on oil and liquid rich opportunities. Earnings Conference Call Swift Energy will conduct a live conference call today, February 21, at 10:00 a.m. EST to discuss fourth quarter 2012 financial results and 2013 operational and financial guidance. To participate in this conference call, dial 973-339-3086 five to ten minutes before the scheduled start time and indicate your intention to participate in the Swift Energy conference call. A digital replay of the call will be available later on February 21 until February 28, by dialing 855-859-2056 and using Conference ID # 90223206. Additionally, the conference call will be available over the Internet by accessing the Company's website at www.swiftenergy.com and by clicking on the event hyperlink. This webcast will be available online and archived at the Company's website. 2013 Analyst/Investor Meeting Swift Energy will host a meeting with financial analysts, portfolio managers and investors on March 14, 2013 in Houston, Texas. At this meeting, Swift Energy's management will provide an annual briefing that will include an update on certain 2012 results and cover operational and financial plans and guidance for the full year 2013. An audio webcast accompanied with the slides of the presentation will be available on the Company's website www.swiftenergy.com by clicking on the event hyperlink commencing on March 14, 2013. The meeting begins at 8:00 a.m. CDT on Thursday, March 14, and is being held at the Hilton Houston North on Greenspoint Drive in Houston, Texas. Anyone interested in attending this meeting should contact the Company's Investor Relations Department at 1-800-777-2412.


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Derris Scandens Benth Extract VS Naproxen in Knee OA
This study has been completed.
Mahidol University
Ministry of Health, Thailand
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: July 18, 2007
Last updated: January 11, 2010
Last verified: June 2009
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Derris Scandens Benth (family : Leguminosae) is a woody vine growing throughout Southeast Asia, including Thailand. The stem of D.Scandens has been widely use in Thai traditional medicine, foe example of myalgia. Previous study shown that D.Scandens Benth extract has the anti-inflammatory activity. Although NSAIDs are efficaciously in the treatment of osteoarthritis,but the GI side effect is still concerned. In this study we aim to investigate the efficacy and safety of D. Scandens Benth extract compared with Naproxen for therapy of patients with knee osteoarthritis.
|Knee Osteoarthritis
|Drug: Derris scandens Benth extracts Drug: naproxen
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|The Efficacy and Safety of Derris Scandens Benth Extract and Naproxen for Therapy of Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Osteoarthritis
Drug Information available for: Naproxen Naproxen sodiumU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Mahidol University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- WOMAC score [ Time Frame: 2, 4 weeks ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- 6-minute walk, Quality of Life, adverse event [ Time Frame: 2, 4 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|July 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: naproxen
Naproxen 500 mg/day for 4 weeks
Drug: naproxen
Naproxen 500 mg/day for 4 weeks
Experimental: Derris Scandens Benth
Derris Scandens Benth
Drug: Derris scandens Benth extracts
Derris scandens Benth extracts (oral) 400 mg twice per day for 4 weeks
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|50 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age >=50 yr
- Known case of primary knee osteoarthritis
- WOMAC pain subscale (item1) >= 5
- signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- hypersensitive to NSAIDs
- history of peptic ulcer or melena
- unable to walk , i.e. patient with severe spinal stenosis, myocardial infarction
- history of intra-articular injection of knee within 3 months
- status post knee replacement
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00503828
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00503828
|Siriraj Hospital
|Bangkoknoi, Bangkok, Thailand, 10700
Sponsors and Collaborators
Mahidol University
Ministry of Health, Thailand
|Principal Investigator:
|Vilai Kuptniratsaikul, Assoc.Prof.
|Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital
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Keywords provided by Mahidol University:
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 17, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Department of Medical Sciences
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00503828 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
Siriraj CEU 50-001
|Study First Received:
|July 18, 2007
|Last Updated:
|January 11, 2010
Keywords provided by Mahidol University:
Derris Scandens Benth extract
6-minute walk
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Joint Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Rheumatic Diseases
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antirheumatic Agents
Gout Suppressants
Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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Here's Your Chance for Free Aaron Watson Meet and Greets [AUDIO]
Our good pal, Aaron Watson will be live this Thursday, March 29 at Graham Central Station in Longview. To help build anticipation for the monster-sized concert, Watson called in to the show last week and each time he did we hooked up one lucky listener with Meet and Greet passes for the show — Plus we had our usual buckets o' fun. Check out the audio all you Honky-Tonk-Kid-Heads and be sure to get signed up for your chance at Meet and Greets.
The best part of the Aaron Watson Takeover was we had no idea when he was callin' in. He just called up whenever he had a minute or two to spare. For his first call he tried to request one of his own songs, he didn't disguise his voice very well at all though.
The next time he called in, Aaron implied I was lying to my listeners, which lead to a heated exchange. He also shared a humorous story about his son requesting to sing an Aaron Watson song in church — one perhaps a little inappropriate for church.
In this next segment Aaron reveals he doesn't appreciate my now world famous game "5 Questions" and how he's glad he didn't have to play it this time.
Ladies, in the final segment Aaron tells us he wants a high percentage of all you East Texas girls in attendance Thursday night at Grahams. Give the audio a listen, then click here to buy your tickets now or enter your email address below for your chance to meet and greet The Honky Tonk Kid.
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Estimates Of The Returns To Schooling From Sibling Data: Fathers, Sons, And Brothers
Data on brothers and on fathers and sons from the National Longitudinal Survey are used to consider the impact of omitted variables and measurement errors on the economic returns to schooling. The analysis suggests that the upward bias in estimated returns due to omitted variables is likely offset by an equal downward bias resulting from measurement errors in reported schooling. Controlling for both of these potential sources of bias yields results comparable to conventional regression estimates of the economic return to schooling. © 1997 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Bridgwater Carnival Committee has tweaked the end of this year's procession route to ease congestion on local roads.
The committee has announced that instead of turning off at the Penel Orlieu roundabout towards Broadway, this year's carnival, on Saturday, November 3, will head along Mount Street up to Castle Moat, where the procession will end.
Up to that point, the route will be the same as in previous years.
The change follows a shake-up of the order of the seven carnivals which form the Somerset County Guy Fawkes Association circuit.
A Bridgwater Carnival Committee spokesman said: "Discussions have taken place between the carnival committee, the three emergency services, Somerset Highways and the Highways Agency and an agreement has been reached on the best plans to minimise the disruption to motorists leaving the town after the carnival procession and to facilitate the safe movement of the carts to Weston-super-Mare, which is next on the carnival circuit on November 9.
"This change of route should benefit both people heading out of the town after watching the carnival celebrations, and the entrants who will need to take their entries to their various parking locations."
The 1,200 grandstand tickets for this year's procession, which are sponsored by EDF Energy, are now on sale, priced £14 each, by clicking the link by this story, or by phoning Mike Crocker on 01278-451415.


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|Electronic Publishing 2000. Electronic Publishing in the Third Millenium: Proceedings of an ICCC/IFIP conference held at Kaliningrad/Svetlogorsk, Russia August 17-19 2000/Edited by Peter Linde, John W.T.Smith, Elena Emilianova. Washington D.C.: ICCC Press, 2000. 239 p. ISBN: 1-891365-07-X
|The traditional way of publishing books is a one-dimensional procedure. An author creates content, believing that somebody may be interested in it. A publisher in-vests money in his book project, financing the production, the marketing and the distribution to the bookstores. The readers select the books in the bookstore under a wide range of decision criterias. At the end of the chain, the public libraries save the book, storing the information as cultural heritage. With the growth of digital printing technology, the Internet and data based publishing, a new type of book production is also in the discussions: Book-on-Demand (BoD). Especially suppliers of the new enabling technologies promote this new type of book. The argumentation for this book publishing strategy is guided very strong by the traditional way of book production and of traditional book concepts itself. Core feature of this BoD concept is the masterless print process of digital presses. Be-cause of this, the make ready times for printing decline to zero, the print production costs of one copy are the same as multi copy production. Since more then ten years this technical capability is used as Print-on-Demand PoD in invoice printing and other applications. Now also the bindery becomes on-Demand, the inline production of a single brochure is possible on a low but acceptable quality stage. But the extension from PoD to BoD did not change the book market in a larger way. Only some specific branches occurred where BoD could take some significant parts of the market share. But todays BoD does not cast any doubt on the tradi-tional book itself. The main error of these first BoD concepts is that they ignore the real cost struc-ture of the books. Typically for a book for 20$ in the bookstore, only 0,17$ must be paid for the printing, and all technical costs including materials are below 2,50$ [1]. Because of this reason, real cost savings in production and logistics are not so high and only in some special applications BoD is attractive. We have to take another important fact into account: There are only a few authors writing books without any commercial interest and with the goal to sell only two or three copies. The success story of a book is, either in non-material or in commer-cial categories, to spread it. From this point of view, BoD is a disaster for the author and the publisher, who can not think about individual books economically. BoD solved only their second problem, the production. But the first problem, how to reach the reader who needs the book, remains. Consistently, todays BoD is not really successful. We call this concepts 1st stage BoD (1°BoD), whereby the books are characterized by new production concepts and new output technologies (PoD, but also E-Books and CD-ROMs), but tradi-tional business models and content handling.
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Veronika - 4294
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Another piece of fresh meat for you guys, but be careful, this one could bite you… Veronika is young, emancipated girl and she just doesn't give a fuck. She's a lead singer in a rock band, currently on probation because of a fight with a man. Do you think you can handle such a wild beast? Don't get confuse by her pretty face and huge (really huge) tits, she's untamed and won't let you tame her easily. But look at her, at the young beauty blossoming… Isn't this worth a try?


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Pinky gets Transformed
Our latest celebrity to get reunited with his favourite gadget from the past is singer Pinky, who meets up with some Transformers.
He is delighted. "Transformers were cars that turned into robots," he says. "They originated in Japan. When I was a child I used to like having the full set of things so I had quite a few. I just knew that I wanted them and I'd cry if I didn't get them."
SCOPE's Kathriona challenges Pinky to a Transformer duel, each trying to turn his or her Transformer from car to robot in the quickest time. Pinky says he'd have no problem being reunited with the Transformers for ever and taking them away.
Transformers were robot-to-vehicle toy figures, launched in the early 1980s, that became a huge hit. There was also a Transformers TV show, film and comic book.
As well as individual robots, Transformer models like Decepticons turned into individual robots and also combined to form Devastator, a larger robot. Other similar group models followed.
Pinky is a relatively new artist on the Dublin music scene and plays regular gigs. He was a classically trained chorister before he became a singer songwriter.
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Visit the official Transformers website and read their history
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Academic Advising
Academic advising is an on-going and intentional process of meeting with a counselor to achieve academic success through guided and constructive discussion, degree and career exploration, evaluating skills and strengths, selection of coursework based on ACT/Compass placement test, program advising, academic planning, transfer program planning, decision making and problem solving.
If personal problems and concerns are impacting your academic performance and success, your counselor can address those concerns during your appointment. Additionally, an academic advising appointment may lead to referrals to other needed resources on or off campus.
What a counselor CANNOT do
Preparing to meet with a Counselor
You are expected to
- Know why you have scheduled an appointment with a counselor
- If possible, bring transcripts (official or unofficial) from any other college or university you have attended (if transcript evaluation has not been completed)
- Think about or write down your specific questions ahead of time
- Be prepared to discuss your academic goals and obstacles, if any
- Plan to arrive on time, if not early, as academic advising appointments are only 30 minutes. If you are 15 minutes or more late, you will need to reschedule your appointment.
Sample questions to ask during your advising appointment
- Choose, declare or change my major?
- Calculate/raise my GPA?
- Determine the number of credits I should take each semester?
- Know when I have fulfilled the requirements to graduate?
- Go for tutoring?
- Go for testing services?
- Find course transfer equivalencies?
- The difference between a "go to work" degree and a "transfer" degree?
- The difference between the curriculum guides and course equivalencies guides? And which one should I use?
- Help me identify my career interests?
- Help me with my study skills, time management, goal setting and test taking methods?
- I talk to if I have a learning disability?
- Make sure I'm taking the right courses?
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DAILY Echo Youth Sport kit competition winners Canford Heath under-10s were at the Goldsands Stadium on Saturday to cheer on the Cherries in their brand new strip.
The youngsters welcomed Paul Groves's side on to the pitch with a guard of honour after having their photograph taken with goalkeeper Darryl Flahavan, new signing Frank Demouge and record appearance holder Steve Fletcher .
While the Cherries couldn't quite claim all three points on the day, it was a day the budding young players would never forget after they got an insight into life behind the scenes at their local football club.
Manager Danny Monk was delighted to see his side receive the new kit, sponsored by Cherries commercial partners and independent financial advisors Talk Moneywise, and hopes it will give his side a boost as they look to make a positive start to the new season.
"It was amazing when we got the news that we had won the competition because the team have played in the same kit for the last two seasons," he said.
"When the boys were told they were going to watch AFC Bournemouth and form a guard of honour as the two teams ran out onto the pitch, they were overjoyed with excitement.
"It was a good day and an enjoyable game. The boys got to meet and have a team photo with Steve Fletcher and the Talk Moneywise mascot, and it was great to meet the people behind the company who will be sponsoring us this season."
As well as the kit, a member of the Cherries first team squad will attend a Canford Heath game this season as part of the prize.
They were just one of a number of local teams to enter the Echo's kit competition in July after writing to the paper to explain why they felt they should receive a new strip for the upcoming campaign.
All of the entries were then published in the Youth Sport supplement a couple of weeks later and readers were invited to choose the winner.


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WORKS are currently underway to restore the front of a historic church in Cirencester to its former glory.
The church on Coxwell Street has been the home of the town's Baptist congregation for over 150 years and previous buildings owned by the Baptists have stood on the same site since 1651.
Speculating on the last time the building had been cleaned Pastor Matt Frost suggested that it must have been decades.
He said: "It's been a very, very long time. Some of what's on there looks like soot damage so it is going back to the 50s."
The cleaning of the church has been funded by donations from the congregation and is part of an effort to spruce up the building before putting it up for sale.
Although the congregation would like to keep the building they are looking for a space that can hold their ever expanding attendance, which has outgrown their old church.
Matt said: "It's a good problem to have."
Plans for the move are still in the early stages and the group are open to anything from a larger existing building to creating their own space.


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The common good
This year's elections were not like what we've seen in most other years. There were sharper differences between candidates than there usually are. There were also higher stakes when it came to issues and initiatives. And, there was a much more strident -- and not infrequently caustic -- tone about everything. Most of us will be happy to have the whole thing over, even if we are disheartened by some of the results. We will all try to move on, but there is something that, unfortunately, will linger.
As a nation, we are more divided than we have been in a very long time, perhaps more divided than one nation can be and remain one nation. But it is how we are divided that concerns me. Things that used to be our common ground not so long ago are now the fault lines along which we become adversaries.
Faith, volunteerism, patriotism, civic duty, personal responsibility, pride in honest work: these were values shared by everyone. Free speech, free exercise of religion, and yes, the American dream were what we knew we could count on as we looked to the future. We also knew that even if we didn't agree on politics, we could count on each other. That is now no longer the case.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 2/11/2012 (1755 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
There was a time -- before social assistance, universal health care and food banks as we know them now -- when all we had was family.
And, if we were fortunate, real friends who were there in times of need.
So it was in 1922 for the family of Polish immigrants who lived in a house at 121 Talbot Ave. It was there on a late October day a lifetime ago that a mother gave birth to her fourth child -- and second daughter. But this birth was different.
As was the baby.
The very little girl was born two months premature, weighing only 2 1/2 pounds.
There was no incubator.
So the tiny child was lathered in oil, wrapped in cotton and lovingly placed in a shoebox that was laid in the warming oven over their wood-burning stove. They nicknamed her Snooky -- and prayed.
The doctor, who would later diagnose her with cerebral palsy, said she wouldn't survive. He was wrong.
Snooky never walked, never learned to read and write and never married or had a baby of her own. But she survived to cry and feel sorry for herself as a child; and to laugh and be grateful as an adult.
She would go on to attend university classes and dictate her achingly honest autobiography in two thin volumes. And even with her speech impediment, she would tell the rest of her story in Polish, Ukrainian or English to anyone who cared to ask.
Which is what happened again last Saturday afternoon for family and friends who gathered in the cafeteria of the Taché Centre nursing home to share their own stories about Gladys "Snooky" Sobieski.
The little miracle baby on Talbot Avenue turned 90 and politicians from the prime minister of Canada to the premier of Manitoba sent their birthday wishes.
When one of the guests asked Gladys how she did it, how she managed when she was a child, she answered directly:
"I just said to myself, 'I can't do anything about it and neither can the doctors, so I just have to live with it.' "
She said she was about 10 when, with the help of her parents, she came to understand she would not be like other kids, even if truly accepting it would take much longer.
"My dad used to do a lot of talking to me. He used to say, 'Don't get mad, don't get angry, that's the way life is.' "
Back then, of course, there was no support for her family, except family. No physiotherapy. No Variety Club. No Children's Rehabilitation Foundation.
Her father nailed a ladder to the kitchen wall to give Gladys something to pull herself up on and exercise. And when she was seven, he made her first wheelchair -- a wicker seat with casters on the legs. Her father was the man who lifted her body and spirits. He worked for the city, plowing the streets in the winter and gravelling them the rest of the year. On Sundays, he would take his Snooky for a drive to the racetrack for an ice cream.
And then in 1935, when she was 13, the Sunday drives suddenly stopped. Her father died. Gladys was devastated.
Compounding her loss were other losses in the years that followed; as a teenager she felt like a spectator while watching her girlfriends dance and date, knowing she would never do either.
To cope, she composed poetry to express her sorrow and bring joy to her life. Her brother would assume the duty of taking Gladys for drives every Sunday until he got married, and then her brother-in-law became her Sunday driver.
And when he died, she was left alone with her sister Nelly, who carried on caring for Snooky until it was obvious to her little sister that she couldn't do it anymore.
So Gladys insisted on moving to a nursing home when she was just 39. But Gladys had gallbladder surgery and spent four months recuperating at King Edward Hospital.
"There," she would write in the second volume of her autobiography, "I met several friends and an especially special friend."
His name was John, the same as her father's, and while she didn't call their times together dates -- and they didn't dance -- it's evident by how she describes their relationship that one of her teenage wishes had come true.
"We used to sit outside and sing songs and talk," she wrote.
"After I went home he would phone every Sunday. I would sit by the phone all afternoon waiting for his call. Every time, when saying goodbye, he would ask me if I remembered the song, Put Your Sweet Lips a Little Closer to the Phone, by Jim Reeves. And he'd say, 'I'll phone you next Sunday. Don't forget to put your sweet lips to the phone.' I waited for a year before going to a nursing home and I've been in one or the other ever since."
That was 50 years ago.
Today, she lives in a room with a framed picture of the late Polish Pope John Paul II above her bed, and where, from her window, she can see the spire of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Family still comes to read to her, as some did decades earlier, when as mere children they brought Dick and Jane books to the house on Talbot in hopes of teaching her to read for herself.
She still remembers the aunt who, when Gladys was a child, pulled her across the Redwood Bridge to see the Santa Claus parade, and, of course, the family who looks after her affairs and bought the beautiful blue dress she wore last Saturday on her 90th birthday.
"I couldn't have done it without my family," she said that day to anyone who cared to listen closely.
"And I couldn't have made it without God."
As I was saying, there was a time when all we had was family, and if we were lucky, real friends who were there for us in times of need.
What I didn't mention was that time, of course, is timeless.


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The following villages are considered to be parts of Barnsley: Pogmoor, Gawber, Mapplewell, and Wilthorpe.
The first reference to Barnsley occurs in 1086 in the Domesday Book, in which it is called 'Berneslai' and has a population of around 200. The origin of the name Barnsley is subject to debate, but Barnsley Council claims that its origins lie in the Saxon word "Berne", for barn or storehouse, and "Lay, for field.
The town was in the parish of Silkstone and developed little until in the 1150s when it was given to the Pontefract Priory. The monks built a town where three roads met: the Sheffield to Wakefield, Rotherham to Huddersfield and Cheshire to Doncaster routes. The Domesday village became known as "Old Barnsley", and a town grew up on the new site.
The monks erected a chapel of ease dedicated to Saint Mary, which survived until 1820 , and established a market. In 1249, a Royal charter was granted to Barnsley permitting it to hold a weekly market on Wednesdays and annual four-day fair at Michaelmas. By the 1290s, three annual fairs were held. The town was the centre of the Staincross wapentake, but in the mid-16th century had only 600 inhabitants.[1]
From the 17th century, Barnsley developed into a stop-off point on the route between Leeds, Wakefield, Sheffield and London. The traffic generated as a result of its location fuelled trade, with hostelries and related services prospering. A principal centre for linen weaving during the 18th and 19th century, Barnsley grew into an important manufacturing town.
Barnsley became a municipal borough in 1869, and a county borough in 1913. The town's boundaries were extended to absorb Ardsley and Monk Bretton in 1921 and Carlton in 1938.
Barnsley has a long tradition of glass-making,[2] but is most famous for its coal mines. George Orwell mentioned the town in The Road to Wigan Pier. He spent a number of days in the town living in the houses of the working class miners while researching for the book. He wrote very critically of the council's expenditure on the construction of Barnsley Town Hall and claimed that the money should have been spent on improving the housing and living conditions of the local miners.
Barnsley became a municipal borough in 1869 and achieved county borough status in 1913. In the first half of the 19th century and before, it was a town in the ancient parish of Silkstone and located in the wapentake of Staincross.
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sree's lowercase world | talks | nayar
[April 9, 1999: The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin and SAJA hosted a dinner in honor of Kuldip Nayar, one of India's most respected journalists, in NYC. Outside the restaurant, a group of right-wing Hindu activists set-up a picket line to protest Nayar's appearance and shouted slogans against him, accusing him of being, among other things, a "Pakistani agent." The following is the text I used to introduce him that night. Nayar was in the US to receive a lifetime achievement award from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Illinois.]
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for joining us on a cold and rainy Friday night. Thank you also for dealing with the gathering outside. It's a badge of honor that they think our event worth protesting in this inclement weather. It's been said that you have not truly arrived until someone protests your work. It is the right of those opposed to our event to protest, and it is our right to have a stimulating evening of good company and good conversation...
Asking me to introduce Kuldip Nayar is like asking a young film director to introduce Cecile B. Demille. I hope I can do the assignment justice.
Few people can be really called a living legend in their line of work. Fewer still in the world of journalism, an industry filled with prima donnas and pretenders and intellectual lightweights.
But our speaker tonight is a true living legend, a man who does his profession proud and his country prouder still.
Kuldip Nayar is a man of many parts: an author of 11--count 'em 11--books. An academic who has taught at several institutions of higher learning. A member of the Rajya Sabha, India's upper house of Parliament.
Quick story: Back in the summer of 1952, a young reporter applied to American universities for graduate programs in journalism. He was admitted to the place I teach at, Columbia, and to Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He got a better scholarship from Medill and went there--Columbia's loss entirely. As you might have guessed, that reporter was Kuldipji. All these years later, he is back in the U.S. to get an lifetime achievement award from Northwestern.
Kuldipji is one of the best educated men I know--an education earned by being a streetwise reporter of many decades and, oh yes, backed up by a variety of official degrees. A bachelors, a law degree, that masters from Northwestern, and an honorary doctorate from Guru Nanak University in Amrtisar.
He has worked at almost every major Indian publication and written for several of the best in the West. He's a syndicated columnist whose writings appear in 80 newspapers.
And at a time when most journalists can only aspire to a stint working in London as a foreign correspondent or as a staffer on Fleet Street, Kuldipji became India's high commissioner to the Court of St. James.
Tonight he'll talk about about his outlook for peace and prosperity in South Asia, the current state of Indian media and the role of secularism today.
Once again,
it's been my pleasure to introduce someone whose work has inspired me
and generations of journalists. All right, Mr. Nayar, I am ready for my
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A mum-of-two with time on her hands has decided to spend it bringing Childline's message of support to schoolchildren, and teaching them how to recognise abuse and neglect.
Nicola Rarity, 48, signed up to be a volunteer for the organisation's team visiting Surrey schools last September.
She said: "Now that my kids are on the verge of flying the nest and I have time, I've been looking at various ways to fill that time.
"Any parent who has brought a child up has experienced, either first-hand or through your children's friends or your friends' kids, the problems that they face these days.
"Bullying is rife and there are so many pressures on those kids.
"They can see that we're nice folk, we're happy, smiling, and hopefully they are reassured that there's nothing to be frightened of in picking up the phone.
"I think the real heroes are the people I see as being on the front line and that's the people who are manning the calls. We've got the nice bit."
The idea of visiting primary school children – aged nine to 11 – is to make sure they understand at a young age that they can stand up for their rights.
Mrs Rarity, from Surbiton, added: "Hopefully they will carry that through their teenage years. It will stick that they shouldn't be suffering without speaking up.
"It's just getting them to think about how they feel. Once you just place a few catchwords in to get them thinking they're very good at it."
Area co-ordinator Anne-Marie Dougherty, who manages the team of 23 volunteers, said: "Nicola's just absolutely fantastic. Kids love her.
"She just has this calm, controlled manner about her. It's her dedication and commitment to the service and safeguarding children.
"She has got to a very high standard where she can be in charge of leading those assemblies and workshops. She is an absolute pleasure to work with."
Nicola Rarity
Mrs Rarity added: "Anne-Marie has such a massive workload – she works all the hours God sends, bless her, and always with a smile.
"It's such a team effort. Every single one on my team does a brilliant job – they're all fantastic people."
If you are interested in volunteering with Childline, email anne-marie.dougherty @nspcc.org.uk.
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Are you concerned about pension charges? Want to know more about the government's pension plans and auto-enrolment?
Steve Webb, the minister for pensions, will answer questions in our live online Q&A on FT.com from 4pm GMT on Tuesday November 26.
Pensions reporter Josephine Cumbo will also take part in the online Q&A.
Email your questions to firstname.lastname@example.com or tweet questions to #FTPensions


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Forbes Media puts itself up for sale
The president and CEO of Forbes Media says the company has put itself up for sale.
In a Friday letter to employees, Mike Perlis said that Forbes Media has received "more than a few" indications of interest from potential buyers. As a result, the company has hired Deutsche Bank to represent it and help it explore its options.
He says the company expects "numerous suitors."
Forbes Media, which is controlled by the Forbes family, includes Forbes magazine, which has covered wealth and finance since 1917. It's known for its annual lists of global billionaires and richest people in America.
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By Andrew Wren, Wren Solutions
It's no secret in the loss prevention industry that sweethearting, the practice of giving customers unauthorized discounts or free merchandise or services, is a major source of loss in retail. In fact, it has long been recognized as the most common type of employee theft and the largest contributor to loss in the industry. It is also a unique challenge to loss prevention efforts. Unlike other forms of employee theft, both the customer and the employee are aware of sweethearting.
There is very little historical data regarding sweethearting, which is surprising given that the problem is so pervasive and represents such significant loss. However, the most recent National Retail Security Survey, published in October 2011, provided statistics for the first time pertaining to theft via collusion between employees and customers. According to the survey, 96% of the 140 retail companies surveyed reported some incident of internal theft through collusion with someone who was not an employee of the company.
New study: Staggering retail losses
Now, a new study appearing in the March 2012 issue of the Journal of Marketing (Brady, Voorhees, & Brusco) has shed light on the issue, the factors and employee traits contributing to sweethearting behaviors, and the staggering losses caused by sweetheart deals each year. The study, which is the first of its kind to look exclusively at the role of sweethearting in employee theft, revealed the jaw-dropping truth behind this not-so-sweet drain on retailers' bottom lines.
Results of the study, which surveyed nearly 800 customers and employees of the retail service industry, included:
- Sweethearting costs the industry nearly $80 billion dollars annually;
- Sixty-seven percent of respondents said they had participated in sweethearting in the past two months;
- Many employees reported their motivation for sweethearting was the prospect of receiving better tips and similar deals at the customer's place of business ("tit-for-tat"); and
- Sweethearting was pervasive across all service industries, including restaurants, hotels, car washes, tanning salons and other retailers.
While the employees who hand out sweetheart deals most likely do not understand the severity of the problem, they are representative of only one side of this story. While the employee is in it for an anticipated return in the form of higher tips or other "rewards," the customer not only receives discounted or free goods or services but also walks away with feelings of goodwill toward the employee. From the perspective of a marketer, it is important to remember that close customer-employee relationships are vital to building customer satisfaction and loyalty, which can be affected by sweethearting. However, customer responses from the study indicated that sweethearting could inflate a firm's satisfaction, loyalty, and positive word-of-mouth scores by as much as 9% when in reality, the satisfaction and loyalty are directed to the employee, not the company. Worst-case scenarios, according to the study, have management rewarding the very employees responsible for losses due to sweethearting.
Sweethearting can be difficult to detect
Common countermeasures include the use of surveillance cameras and employees or security guards checking customer receipts at exits. However, these measures, while beneficial, are no longer sufficient. Even as the study identified fear of being caught and subsequent punishment as possible deterrents of sweethearting behavior, the findings highlight the need for enhancements to current prevention strategies to effectively curtail sweethearting behavior.
According to the authors of the study, education and training are needed to inform employees of the ramifications of sweethearting. The most effective programs, they said, lay out clear standard operating procedures, encourage employees to be aware of the problem and report anything suspicious to management, and amend training to include discussions of personal integrity as well as the consequences of sweethearting and theft in general. They also suggest thorough pre-employment screening that measures potential employees' personal ethics, comfort with risk-taking, and need for social acceptance in order to weed out potential sweethearters before they enter the organization.
Whatever methods are employed, there must be visibility into store-level activities in order to effectively monitor and mitigate factors involved in collusive theft. In fact, the Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) has pointed to auditing as a leading predictor of shrink in retail. "Thorough and regular audits are a powerful predictor of individual store performance," said Dr. Read Hayes, director of the LPRC. Companies that audit have a better handle on what is occurring on a store level.
To provide visibility into factors leading to sweethearting losses, a strong audit solution should include:
- Design that facilitates dynamic creation, configuration and modification of audits;
- Follow-up that allows users to view an action plan and follow up on action items;
- Mobility that enables auditors to conduct audits in the field using mobile devices;
- Enhanced reporting features that make trends easy to spot, such as graphical representation of performance and trends across business units;
- Standards that allow the auditor to measure and evaluate based on the company's standard practices; and
- Scalability that enables configuration to accommodate as many roles, users, and audits as needed.
Once a retailer has a solid auditing program in place, they can begin to use the accumulated data in a way that affects their bottom line. By evaluating factors such as performance by location and trends by business unit, LP professionals can pinpoint problem areas where things like sweethearting are occurring and begin to build new processes and procedures around them. A strong audit program will also ensure that a level of awareness exists among all employees, not just the loss prevention team. As a result, store employees will feel more accountable for the level of shrink in their store and be less likely to brazenly steal or give away merchandise.
In the fight to reduce and ultimately eliminate loss due to employee theft, enhancements to existing security measures and audit procedures will help identify areas for action and remediation. Armed with the right information, retailers have the ability to highlight issues and address organizational challenges such as sweethearting.
Andrew Wren serves as CEO of Wren Solutions, a loss-prevention technology provider helping LP professionals reduce loss, increase profits and rise as heroes in their companies. Wren is responsible for corporate and product strategy, leveraging his more than two decades of security technology expertise.


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i really love the legs on this floor lamp. they lend an otherwise plain lamp a unique detail that will have you pondering where to put it so you can show it off from top to bottom.
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Ill always like the music I grew up with in my household (which is actually pretty diverse) but mainly the 80s rock type stuff... I like all kinds of other music as well.. thats just my favorite...
I really enjoy music I can sing along to and Dont Care how geeky/nerdy or stupid I look doing it . I rock out to it and love it. I really like swimming, but dont always get out and do it...
Im super laid back and dont worry about many things, when I do its usually something that comes spur of the moment
I like to cook and have been told im very good at it.
I like watching movies, and all kinds of them, My favorite being super hero type movies, Zombie Land, Harry Potter, some chick flicks are cool (how to lose a guy in 10 days, The Proposal, stuff like that) Like comedy movies probably the most,action , ect...
umm, I feel awkward while talking to new people 99% of the time and usually cant be myself until im comfortable, (which is basically when I think your enjoying yourself or having a good time etc...)
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haha if you actually read my profile and want to send me a message, even if you dont know what to say... say Blue. lol then ill know you read this damn thing!
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The Iranian container line is ramping up to meet growing international container trade.
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Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines launched a new direct regular container service to South Korea.
06 Apr 2016
Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines is negotiating with Hyundai Heavy Industries to purchase up to three mega-ships with capacities of 14,500 twenty-foot-equivalent units.
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CMA CGM and Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines plan to share vessel capacity, and jointly operate routes and marine container terminals, the latest sign of how global container lines are aiming to tap Iran's potential due to the lifting of economic sanctions.


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Just about every part of the Los Angeles Lakers' NBA basketball franchise is larger than life, something you'd expect from an organization operating in the entertainment capital of America that once had an incarnation known as Showtime. There are the 16 championship banners. There are the statues outside the Staples Centre, immortalizing everyone from Kareem and Magic to Jerry West and broadcaster Chick Hearn. Actor Jack Nicholson is usually courtside.
The parade of Hall of Famers and all-stars who gravitated to play for the Lakers spans generations – West, Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Shaquille O'Neal, and now Kobe Bryant.
About the only unassuming part of the entire Lakers operation is their practice facility, located not far from LAX airport, which they share with the NHL's Kings. Warehouse-style and located in an industrial area, it is unprepossessing in its sheer modesty – not much different from a high-school gym in Anywhere, USA.
Here is Bryant, on the brightly lit floor, nailing a three-pointer. Here is Steve Nash, draining free throws with metronome-like consistently. Here is Dwight Howard, long after practice ends, working with the training staff and a medicine ball, trying to strengthen his ailing shoulder and back.
In short, here is where the solutions are supposed to come, as the Lakers stumble into the NBA's 2013 all-star break following a crash-and-burn 125-101 defeat Thursday night to the Los Angeles Clippers, who happen to be the new No. 1 team in town, if results (as opposed to cachet or marketing reach) is the criteria.
Until they were stomped by the Clippers, the Lakers had been on a modest 8-3 run and entertaining hopes that, even if a division title might elude them, at least a playoff spot was within range. Instead, the Clippers raced out to a 15-0 lead and when the Lakers bench got them back to within three points midway through the second quarter, the starters gave it all back before the half. It was an ugly conclusion to the first part of a star-crossed season, where everything that could go wrong in Laker-land pretty much did.
"It's a loss," Nash said. "A loss isn't going to knock us out of t he playoffs and a win's not going to put us in. Obviously, we've got blown out tonight. Maybe it's the right time to take a big L like that and we can regroup and start fresh after the break. But we're not going to hang our heads and we're not going to give up. We're going to keep fighting."
Unintentionally, that last sentence – "we're going to keep fighting" – could be fraught with meaning for anyone following the Lakers' carnival show this season. Nash, naturally, didn't mean it to be taken literally, even if there is a perception that many of the Lakers' woes this season are the result of internal squabbling, especially between Bryant and Howard. Bryant disputed that conclusion and upon returning from the road, noted that while a public discussion of his issues with O'Neal were "warranted" because they were real, this conflict with Howard was "silly" and "comedic" and "manufactured."
What is indisputably real is the Lakers record at the break – a mediocre 25-29, good for 10th place in the Western Conference standings, a half-game behind the Portland Trail Blazers and 31/2 games behind the eighth-place 29-26 Houston Rockets. The Utah Jazz are seventh and moving up, while the Golden State Warriors are 30-22, but coming off five consecutive losses and in something of a swoon. Effectively there are three playoff teams within reach, if the Lakers can get their act together during the final 28 games of the season.
Whatever positive momentum they gained from their recent surge was pretty much frittered away against the Clippers, a team that looks young, united, athletic and harmonious. As for the Lakers, there are moments when the latest incarnation of the Dream Team looks as though it is getting its act together – and other, longer stretches when it looks like an impossible dream, the idea that players with such disparate playing styles and agendas can morph into a consistent whole.Report Typo/Error
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Hi All,
I am new to the community, need some help in determining density factors. I am considering converting my 1 family in an R5b zone in NYC.
R5b is listed twice in the table in the Zoning Resolution of Article II: Residence District Regulations Chapter 3 - Residential Bulk Regulations in Residence Districts.
In determining the maximum number of residential units, would you use the 900 or the 1350 factor?
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20x100=2000sq ft
1.35 Far x 2000=2700 allowable floor area
The footnote for the 1,350 figure says:
***for zoning lots with less than 40 feet of street frontage and existing on the effective date of establishing such districts on the zoning maps.
Assuming your 20' dimension is your street frontage, then you should be able to use the 1,350 number. So you can convert to a 2 family.
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DURSLEY produced another fine performance in adversity as co-leaders AEK Boco were given a scare before depleted Town ultimately ran out of steam.
The visitors were up against it from the off, only being able to name a bare 11, in which Gemma Butler made her first appearance following a long-term injury.
Nevertheless, it was an even start and arguably against the run of play when Jade Scammell put the home side ahead with a looping shot after 25 minutes.
Dursley deservedly equalised before the break, though, Charlotte Warren shooting home after Michelle Watson had crossed from the left following Butler's free-kick.
Town took the lead ten minutes into the second half when the home side dithered at the back and Watson nipped in to pinch the ball and cross for Steph Hill to head in.
Boco were rattled and, five minutes later, Watson pounced on a stray pass, rounded the last defender and beat the goalkeeper with a powerful drive.
However, while the hosts had three substitutes to utilise, Dursley had no such luxury and finished the game with ten players after Lucy Johnstone succumbed to injury.
Boco scored five goals in the last 20 minutes, one-time Cam forward Leanne Burge hitting a hat-trick, while Sasha Ferris claimed the other two.
Dursley: J Turl; S Stanley, C Trinder, S Piper, L Harper; K Turl, L Johnstone, C Warren, S Hill; G Butler, M Watson.
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Have a Tax Question? Ask a Tax Expert
Because you work in OR, your income earned there will be taxable to that state. If your withholding is more than the tax due, you will receive a refund of the extra amount. You will use NONRESIDENT forms and only the OR income will be taxed instead of your total income.
The withheld tax for OR may be a deduction for you if you use Schedule A with your Federal 1040. You can use this amount OR the sales tax amount if that is higher.
Washington does not have income tax so no return need be filed for your resident state.
OR will require a nonresident return be filed. Use Form 40N. This will lead you thru listing the total income as reported on your federal return but will only tax the amount earned in OR and not the rest.
Your federal return (schedule A if you itemize) Line 5a will let you deduct the state/local tax withheld plus any balance due for any state return that was paid during 2005 plus any state estimated payments for 2005. Line 5b will allow you to deduct your actual sales tax paid for the year from your receipts OR a flat rate based on your total available income plus any big ticket items(auto, house, etc) paid during the year. You have the option of choosing either line 5a amount or 5b amount but not both.


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Fuzzy Toddler Cardigan and Beret by Classic Elite
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The pattern and yarn were part of a kit that Classic Elite marketed circa 2000. There were advertisements in Interweave Knits magazine.
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Knitted with one strand solid-colored mohair and one strand variegated rayon chenille on size 10 needles, this adorable Fuzzy Toddler Cardigan and Beret from Classic Elite is a wonderful quick-knit summer travel project. Although some adults worry that a child will be bothered by mohair, it is actually lusciously soft in combination with the chenille. The yarn and pattern are sold together in a kit in size 2T (26-inch chest) in five different colorways for approximately $30 USD.


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RBI Recruitment 2012 for Assistants
The central banking institution of India which controls the monetary policy of rupee is Reserve Bank of India. It is also known as RBI. It was setup on 1st April 1935 with the head quarter at Mumbai. It is a member bank of Asian Clearing Union. It promotes the economic development and plays an important role in the development of strategies of teh government of India. RBI has 22 branches with 4 regional offices. At present, RBI is fully owned by the government of India.
An Advertisement has been published for the recruitment of 7 Assistant Manager ( Rajbhasha ) in grade 'A' under the pay scale of Rs.17100-33200/-. Interested candidates can apply online before 24th February 2012 and after that candidates has to send printout of the filled in application form latest by 2nd March 2012. Selection will be through written test and interview. Date of written test is 22nd April 2012.
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A recruitment notification has been released by Reserve Bank of India for the post of 1000 Assistants basic pay of Rs.8860/- per month under the pay scale of Rs.8040-20100/-. Vacancies are for the branches located at Ahmadabad, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Bangalore, Chennai, Chandigarh, Guwahati, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Jammu, Mumbai, Kolkata, Nagpur, New Delhi, Kochi and Patna.
Indian Nationals with graduation degree and age limit between 18-28 years of age can apply online before 25th March 2012. Selection will be based on written test which is going to be held on 29th April 2012.
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The Colonel's secret recipe in China has more to do with egg tarts and breakfast fritters than how he spices his chicken.
The KFC menu in China is heavily adapted to local tastes - think rice dishes and hot soy milk alongside the classic fried chicken and hot wings. The variety of offerings - along with a ubiquitous market presence - has helped the chain take off in China.
Now Yum Brands Inc., KFC's parent company, is trying to fend off competition from domestic rivals and foreign competitors like McDonald's Corp. by buying up a popular hot-pot chain, Little Sheep. Their preliminary offer for the Inner Mongolia-headquartered chain is still subject to regulatory approval, but if successful would add nearly 500 more restaurants to their China fold, which now includes more than 3,800 KFC and Pizza Hut locations.
The move shows the importance of the Chinese market for fast-food chains that are struggling at home. Yum Brands is the largest fast-food operator in China and its business here played a crucial role in its first-quarter earnings this year. Worldwide operating profit was up 5 per cent, thanks largely to 18-per-cent growth in China, even as profit dropped 13 per cent in the United States.
"Our China business continues to fire on all cylinders," Yum Brands chairman and chief executive officer David Novak said in a statement accompanying the earnings report. "Looking ahead, our international performance and trends are strong, and new unit development is robust. We expect the continued strength of both our China and [Yum Brands International]businesses to overcome a challenging year in the U.S."
KFC and Pizza Hut are not alone in their ambitious plans for China. McDonald's - the No. 3 fast-food chain in China - has just announced plans to open 700 new outlets in China by 2013, bringing its total to 2,000, as well as to hire 50,000 new employees, including 1,000 university graduates for a management training program.
"McDonald's is expanding faster in China than in any other market in the world, so this is the right time for talented individuals to join our winning team," Kenneth Chan, CEO of McDonald's China, said in a statement.
Here in China's capital, KFC and McDonald's are often found within a block or two of each other, each lobbying for the same clientele.
"During lunchtime it's very crowded here," said Gao Yuan, 31, an accountant lining up at KFC to grab a quick chicken burger and cola before heading back to work. Her colleague Summer Zhang, 26, said the chain is popular for its special featured items, which on this day includes a bacon-chicken-mushroom dish on rice. "People here move very fast and they like eating here because it's so convenient," she said.
Ms. Gao and Ms. Zhang are among an estimated 15.3 million urban Chinese who eat fast food once a day, according to statistics compiled by retail analytics firm Access Asia. By their findings, China saw 48 billion fast-food transactions in 2010, each with an average value of 21.22 yuan or about $3.22 (U.S.).
"I think many companies, particularly U.S. companies, are looking to China as a route to future growth and looking to China as potentially becoming their biggest market," said Access Asia director Matthew Crabbe, who added that Yum Brands has benefited from having been first into China and from successfully tailoring its menus to fit local tastes, in a way that McDonald's has not been able to replicate. Chicken, he said, has been on Chinese plates for hundreds of years. Beef burgers? Not so much.
"It's not just fast-food companies. Look at Coca-Cola and the Chinese brands they are developing, the tea drinks. … It's very much about developing a local presence, a local brand, so it becomes like a Chinese company and not an American company."
In keeping with that approach, analysts said Little Sheep is a natural acquisition for Yum Brands, adding to its range without drawing customers away from its existing restaurants. Little Sheep also has a reliable supply network for its hot-pot dishes, which consist of meat and vegetables dunked in boiling, flavoured broth.
"Little Sheep does a better job of standardization than its competitors. It has its own sheep farm in Inner Mongolia, so it can control the quality of the ingredients; it also has its own factory where it makes its own seasonings. So that's why it can deliver a consistent consumer experience," said Jing Bing, an assistant professor of marketing at Beijing's Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business.
"This is a very wise move for Yum Brands to gain better control and expand more in China."
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