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This is pretty exciting as a prospect but I dont think the PM actually knows what the interweb is ...does he?
Put aside the idea that it's Kim Dotcom who wants to build a new cable connecting New Zealand with the outside world for a moment and think about what we're really talking about here.
Firstly, we're talking about building a data centre. Nothing unusual in that – we have many dotted around New Zealand, some large enough to register on the international scale of such things. Between Orcon, Vocus Communications and Weta FX's donation of the New Zealand Supercomputer Centre, we have several.
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But this would be orders of magnitude larger – something that would either power Dotcom's new Me.ga service or cope with the demands placed on Google, for example. It needs to be robust, it needs to be multiply redundant and it needs power. Lots of power. Green power. Fortunately we have that and even better, the Tiwai aluminium smelter is apparently going to be coming available soon and it requires 610MW to function. That's 14% of the national output, which makes for a scary conversation with government whenever the smelter's owners talk about packing up and leaving.
Google's combined data centres use 260MW as best I can fathom which leaves us in a very good position to take over production of the whole lot and do it entirely by green means. That's quite important to a company like Google, but don't forget Facebook, Apple, Twitter (those tweets don't weigh much but by golly there are a lot of them) and all the rest. In fact this piece in GigaOM nails it quite nicely so have a look at why North Carolina is the place these guys base their mega centres. Hint: power's cheap there – cheap but dirty (61% of their electricity is from coal, 31% from nuclear).
How cheap? They pay between 5c and 6c per kilowatt hour, which is a really good price.
According to Brian Fallow in the Herald Tiwai smelter pays 5c per kilowatt hour also, but don't forget that's New Zealand money, not US money, so let's call it 4c per kilowatt hour in American.
Clearly that's a good price, plus it's almost all green which means a big gold sticker for any data centre using New Zealand.
So we've got electricity covered, if Kim gets his submarine fibre built we tick off another huge problem. There's not much we can do about the latency between here and the US, so let's ignore that thorny issue for now. We're conveniently located a long way from everyone so let's move along.
There's the issue of land which as we know is hideously expensive in New Zealand. Unless it's somewhere like Tiwai Point in which case it's not. I think we can tick that box off, particularly if you consider the US pricing as your benchmark.
That leaves us with two major stumbling blocks. Firstly, the staffing situation.
We need to produce enough graduates (or import enough graduates) to staff this kind of monstrous facility and at the moment we're not doing that. We don't have any push to get secondary school students into the industry and we don't have any long term plan to stop this incessant churning out of management students and encourage kids into the world of ICT.
Without these kids coming through at all levels, we're just not going to get a data haven off the ground.
Because that's what we're talking about here – turning New Zealand into a data haven where anyone can store data safe in the knowledge that we treat bits as bits and that's that. Nobody is going to trust us to look after their data if we're willing to send in the Armed Offenders Squad in a chopper-fuelled moment of madness on the say so of some foreign national. It's just not viable.
The final problem then, is the legal situation.
We would need to become the neutral ground, the data Switzerland if we're to gain their trust. Publicly adhered to rules regarding data collection and retention. Privacy built in, access only under the strictest conditions.
But think of the upside – the PM talked about New Zealand becoming a financial hub and while I get where he was coming from, that's old school stuff. Let's become the home to all things data related instead. It turns our long-time weaknesses (distance to market, isolation, relatively small size) into strengths. Plus we're New Zealand! Nobody's going to invade us, we're too far away and too friendly.
Latency aside, what's the downside of getting this done? If we build the capacity we can attract a first mover in and if we have one, we can attract more.
Customers from banks to insurance companies to individuals to governments to movie studios (yes, you luddites, you) could make use of our clean power, our isolation, our cheap land and our fantastic environment to secure their precious bits and we would get a steady, reliable source of revenue for the country that's sustainable in all meanings of the word.
Have I missed anything? Why won't this work? Is anyone thinking about this?
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And if he does, he probably thinks it's full of perverts and hackers.
That's twice Paul B has stated there's no activity to get school kids into ICT this week. In actuality, the industry through the Institute of IT Professionals have a major project underway in our school (and I believe hundreds of others) to do just that, with presentations from IT people and other material coming through.
Hi anonymous, what I've said is there's little effort going into getting kids engaged in this industry, IITP does a great job, but there's no push to produce graduates of any particular type from either the MoE or the government it'self.
It's time we started picking winners. Long past time, in my view.
Actually what you said was "We don't have any push to get secondary school students into the industry and we don't have any long term plan to stop this incessant churning out of management students and encourage kids into the world of ICT.".
While I agree with your general sentiment, it's not correct to make that statement when a big chunk of the industry is doing just that through this project.
I do agree with what you're saying. I just think credit where credit's due. The Connect project has been a real eye-opener for my students.
What claptrap. New Zealand is, and always will be, a primary sector producer and it's high time we got over that fact.
We need to encourage the farmers of New Zealand to do more with what we already have. We need to dump extremist views like this, and focus on what actually makes money for New Zealand: dairy produce.
We need to get rid of the RMA, stop blathering on about our clean and green image and let the farmers got on with earning more money for the country.
"There's no money in search!"
claptrap indeed. Data centres tend to be very costly to build but incredibly lucrative once built and there is a huge shortage of them in NZ.
Being data neutral could be an interesting play but I suspect that the US and many other trading partners would be most displeased and that would affect our primary goods trade... Nice concept though
These are not mutually exclusive, data centres don't have to take up farmland. We can be a primary producer AND a data haven.
There are a huge number of services which are latency agnostic. Kim Dotcoms previous venture being one of them. Dropbox, box.net, etc being others.
A storage centric datacenter in southland to replace the smelter would not only access HUGE amounts of green power, but would have the southern ocean as an infinite and cheap cooling resource - a large chunk of the power consumption of any data center. Mass online storage (dropbox, google drive, apple, etc) are still a few orders of magnitude more expensive than consumer prices for hard disks, so there is plenty of room to move.
And if we really do focus on latency agnostic applications like near-line data storage, then we don't even need to build a cable across the pacific - Australia, Singapore, etc would be fine.
On top of all of this it could be a great place to host google, amazon (as announced today), etc locally for low latency access to apps for Australians and New Zealanders.
I've been waiting a long time to hear someone take this prospect seriously - bravo.
WTF!? The day that the internet can send one of my 3 dimensional widgets that I manufacture (and which the world wants), then I'll invest.
Actually it can already, it's called 3D printing.
Not unless it can print a machine 3 x 2m (wght 2 tonne), made of steel.
Somehow earthquakes never stopped Silicon Valley from getting to where it is now.
As someone who's Chch-based datacentre remained in full operation throughout the quakes (kudos to the guys at Unleash.co.nz), I would've thought our proven ability to deal with seismic instability would be a big selling point!
Sorry to say Paul that the action against Dotcom has just about ruined any trust people have in storing their files online in New Zealand.
So many businesses lost important data when megaupload was shut down...
There would have to be some rules put in place that such a service as you propose is protected from total shutdown on the whim of a Warner Bros film studio exec with good connections.
You were supposed to throw your strawmen on the bonfire at Guy Fawkes.
Storing data in New Zealand, powering it with eco-marketing, and education has absolutely nothing to do with Kim Schmitz and his piracy ring. Not even a small African nation is willing to devalue itself in such a way.
Think Big all over again but this time the idea comes from a criminal conspiracy who expect the NZ taxpayer to underwrite their new venture by perverting PPP.
If Kim is serious then why doesn't he build his data business in China where he can satisfy the NZ government's requirement that all broadband infrastructure must be accessible to the Chinese government, and, where IP theft as a business doesn't get challenged by the USA. That way Kim can meet the needs of current stakeholders and avoid needing investors to fund the expense of building cable.
Another great NBR conversation-starter diluted by anonymous conspiricists, talk-back lovers and bumper sticker slogans. Dear NBR - How about sacrificing comment quantity for quality? I thought this was a focus for the new management? Leave the playground noise to Fairfax and own the high value stuff.
Latency is the big issue that militates against this getting off the ground with regard to volatile data. This issue is canvassed in an ISCR paper I co-authored in 2010 (shortly to be published in the international peer-reviewed literature) http://www.iscr.org.nz/f609,17429/The_Tyrant_Lives_v3_Nov21.pdf .
The average return trip time for a request to a Data Centre in North Carolina from any North American request (over 360 million potential users) in the order of 60 to 80ms. If that data is stored in NZ, the RTT would be 220 to 280 ms. Aggregated up over trillions of individual transactions, that leads to a substantial time cost to North American data users compared to their existing supply that would not be tolerated unless the price of the New Zealand service was several orders of magnitude lower than that currently offered by US providers. Our electricity would therefore have to be just about free to offset that disadvantage compared to the North Carolina competitors.
That is the reason why NZ has never become an international electronic digital data centre, despite the presence of low-priced electricity and very large amounts if unlit capacity on the current international cable. It is also why Iceland, too, struggles to disrupt the European data centre market, even though it is closer to most of Europe than NZ is to even Australia and has cheap, green geothermal-powered electricity and a cooler ambient temperature so lower absolute costs aside from other factors. The reality is, time still matters, and moving data further away from the majority of its users increases waiting time costs (something NZ has to consider when it comes to deployment of locally-stored data onto international clouds).
Industries based on digital data are no different to any others when it comes to regional competitive advantage (as per Michael Porter). NZ's distance from its trading partners is a disadvantage that must be overcome by a competitive advantage that is based upon unique or costly-to replicate factors if the new industry is to become sustainable. The freezer ship (to which digital data transport is often compared) could not have transformed NZ's economy if we did not already have a compelling competitive advantage from a benign climate that enabled the world's lowest-cost pastoral farming (cheap grass, abundant land at the time and no need to keep animals in barns over winter). It is not at all clear that electricity costing the same (or if we consider our own environmental impacts – eg, the costs of the Manapouri dam that fuels aluminium production, even more) to produce as in another country will underpin a similar economic transformation.
If there is a case for NZ to become a digital data repository, it is more likely in the storage of static (or very rarely-accessed archival) digital data, not the volatile data that powers economies and markets. Indeed, one could argue that NZ's isolation has in the past allowed it to be such a repository for the "digital data" that is the DNA of flora and fauna species (LSE economist Danny Quah defines DNA as a form of digital data). However, this business case requires a very different skill set – physical defense of our borders and not data processing capability.
You forget computers do break down, need servicing, so does the air con, the power supply, light bulbs. A Starbucks will need to go in too.
Data centres need only 50-100 staff to manage them, from what I've read, but they do lead to the mushroom effect - more businesses sprout up (do mushrooms sprout?) to support them and to get closer to the data. This has happened in North Carolina in the US where many of the mega data centres are based. They're now seeing developers, data miners and the like setting up shop in the region.
Bronwyn, the point about latency is well understood but as I said, these days it's far less a problem than it was three years ago and if we're talking about non-time critical storage (file lockers are one such example that have recently come to light) then there's still more than enough content to set up shop in New Zealand.
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NCAA Tournament Central: Believe it! Beavers defeat Notre Dame for first NCAA Tournament victory in BSU history
The Bemidji State men's hockey team believed; the BSU coaching staff believed; a small cadre of team supporters believed. The vast majority of the college hockey world did not.
They are all believers now.
Bemidji State pulled off a major upset Saturday in the opening round of the NCAA Midwest Regional in Grand Rapids, Mich., defeating Notre Dame 5-1.
Notre Dame was the No. 2 ranked team in college hockey and the No. 1 seed in the regional.
Bemidji State was not ranked entering the tournament and were the No. 4 seed in the regional.
It was undoubtedly the biggest win the in the Division I era for the Beavers, if not all time.
Bemidji State University is now 60 minutes away from a trip to NCAA Frozen Four.
"I couldn't be more proud of our guys right now," said Bemidji State head coach Tom Serratore. "This was a great, great win for our program. A win like this is extremely gratifying."
Bemidji State now advances to Sunday night's Midwest Region final against Cornell (7 p.m., ESPNU), who defeated Northeastern 3-2 earlier in the day. The winner will advance to the Frozen Four in Washington, D.C. April 9 and 11.
Notre Dame came into the game with a record of 31-5-3, winning both the CCHA regular season and playoff crowns. The Fighting Irish defense allowed only 64 goals the entire season, an average of 1.64 per game.
One of the BSU concerns entering the game was if the Beavers could generate offense against the highly regarded Fighting Irish.
That was answered early and with an exclamation mark.
The Beavers scored a pair of first period goals and added another in the second to take a 3-0 lead. The partisan crowd, the vast majority who traveled from South Bend, Ind. to cheer for Notre Dame, was stunned. But there was still the belief the Irish would fight back.
Not this time.
Bemidji State started the first 1:58 of the third period a man short following a Cody Bostock penalty for holding with two seconds left in the second.
It was a key juncture in the game.
"We felt if we could kill the penalty we would be in pretty good shape," Serratore reported. "We ended up getting way more than that."
In the opening moments of the period, Tyler Scofield found Matt Read with a break out pass at the Fighting Irish blue line. A Notre Dame defender was angling toward Read, who teed it up and rifled a shot from the top of the face off circle. It rocketed past Notre Dame goalie Jordan Pearce, giving the Beavers a 4-0 lead 49 seconds into the third.
"That was a huge goal," Serratore reported. "You know what I always say, the first team to four in college hockey wins. I don't care who the team is, coming back from four goals down is very tough."
Read said he saw that Pearce was a little off on his angle and picked a spot. "I caught it clean and it went in," he said.
Bemidji State got off to a dream start, taking a 2-0 first period lead. The Beavers struck first early as Pearce misplayed the puck behind the net, then fell when entering the crease. BSU senior forward Chris McKelvie was there to rap the home the loose puck unassisted at 1:42.
Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson said the goal shook up Pearce.
"On that first goal, the puck took a weird bounce off the boards and came right to Pearce," Jackson said. "It got stuck between the goal post and his skate. BSU forced the issue with their fore check and scored. The goal threw (Pearce) off."
The Beavers made it 2-0, connecting on their only power play opportunity of the period. Freshman defender Brad Hunt took a shot from the point, but only caught a piece of it. The slowly sliding puck was then tipped in front by Scofield past Pearce at 11:03.
Overall it was an evenly played period with Notre Dame holding an 11-7 shot advantage.
BSU goalie Matt Dalton came up big on a couple of occasions, the biggest save coming with about five minutes left when he denied freshman Billy Madday from close range.
The Beavers also had a coupe more opportunities.
Scofield nearly converted a ND turnover at 13:00, whistling a shot just wide from the blue line. Freshman Shea Walters had a good chance from the top of the far circle, again on a turnover. Pearce made a nice glove save on that one.
That set a pattern that would carry to the whole game - the Beavers applying heavy puck pressure and creating turnovers, then making plays.
"From the start, they created turnovers," said Jackson. "They created their opportunities; congratulations to them."
The Beavers extended the lead to 3-0 with the only goal of the second period. The BSU mantra is any shot on net is a good shot and freshman Ben Kinne proved the point. Racing to a loose puck at the near face off circle, Kinne funneled a shot toward the net. The puck deflected off a Notre Dane defenseman and past Pearce five hole with just over six minutes left in the period.
Again, the second period was evenly played with the Fighting Irish holding an 11-8 shot advantage. BSU applied good pressure early when Kinne won a race to a loose puck just across the Irish blue line and got off a good shot that was stopped. Walters then came close on a wraparound attempt about two minutes later.
Dalton continued to be rock solid in net, stopping a handful of strong Notre Dame opportunities. The best came when Notre Dame's Ryan Thang beat a BSU defender wide and bore down on the BSU goal. Dalton stood his ground and made the big save, keeping the Irish off the board.
That led to Read's big shorthanded goal and a 4-0 BSU lead early in the third. The Fighting Irish trailed Michigan 2-0 in the third period in the CCHA championship game a week ago and came back for a 5-2 win. But it wasn't to be this time around; the Beavers made sure of that.
Notre Dame got on the board at 6:02 of the third as Dan Kissel connected off a nice cross ice pass from Ryan Guentzel. Dalton didn't have a prayer on the bang-bang play.
The Beavers iced things for good when Notre Dame pulled Pearce for the extra attacker with about four minutes left. Scofield battled for a loose puck at mid-ice then ripped an empty netter with 3:27 remaining, giving the Beavers a 5-1 lead.
Game, set and match. That's the way it ended.
Dalton had an excellent night in net for the Beavers, stopping 34 of 35 Notre Dame shots. Pearce ended the night making 14 saves on 18 shots.
"We knew they were a skilled and fast team that played tough defense," Scofield said. "We knew we'd have to back check hard and disrupt their plays. I think we did a good job of that."
Jackson agreed. "BSU plays a tough style," he said. "If you don't make a play, they'll come right back at you. They frustrated our team with their style of play - it worked.
"I don't know how many times this week people asked me, 'who is Bemidji State?' Well, they know now. I didn't do a good enough job preparing my team to play a team like Bemidji State. I take full responsibility for that."
Scofield said the team was very happy after the win, but also took the huge victory in stride.
"Yes, it was exciting. Yes, it was a big game. We'll enjoy it for a few minutes, but we still have business to take care of," he said.


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Wanted to work on openscad more so I decided to make a replica Deadmau5 helmet. This is dimensionally accurate to the official specs released by deadmau5 himself. I'd like to be able to stick a LED inside at some point because I think anything can have a LED in it apparently.
With this size you shouldn't need support unless you want since the bottom is flat and should be enough to build on. I have printed the one color completely hollow with no supports in PLA on my reprap and the pictured print is on a makerbot in ABS with 3 perimeters and 10% fill (no support).
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I attempted to print this, without success. I'm completely new to 3d printing as well, which doesn't help.
My splicer software kept taking out some of the ears and the face, and I don't know enough to add supports in yet.
could you cut it scale it up and cut it into individual segments so that I could print a full-size helmet up?
I dont have access (or the knowledge) to a 3d modeling program to do all that but I do have access to a printer. So I would really like your help with this
I'm not sure how practical it would be due to the actual size of the helmet (the ears alone are 13" in diameter alone) but I could give it a shot. I'm not that experienced in cutting up parts to fit a build volume though.
thanks, but if you haven't started yet please don't bother (Im just going to find the parts in a couple stores in my area)
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The workout combines in Chicago and New Jersey have come and gone, the draft order is set, and the team workouts are beginning. This is the point in the NBA Draft process where prospects can move up team boards with their ability to interview and sell themselves. Let's reset the draft process here one month before the event.
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Too much information can be a burden in a lot of situations, and in the world of sports it can make some of the smartest people in the business act foolishly. All season, the conversation surrounded Nerlens Noel and Ben McLemore as the best prospects in the class, but idol hands are what they are, leading teams to question their talent and change around big boards. Other than pre-draft measurements, nothing has changed for the prospects over the past month, but there is fluctuation at the top.
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The depth at the two-guard position is not only deep, but has a quality amount of talent from Ben McLemore, Victor Oladipo and Jamaal Franklin all the way down to Seth Curry, Tahj Tate and Alex Abrines. On my Top 75 Big Board, there are 17 total two-guards, with three of them projected to go in the lottery.
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As with most years, there is not depth at the center position this year. There are 12 in the top 75, with two projected to go in the lottery. The quality amount of centers in the first round is better than most years, though, with Nerlens Noel (could be a four), Rudy Gobert, Alex Len, Cody Zeller, Kelly Olynyk, Steven Adams, Jeff Withey and Gorgui Dieng all as projected first-round picks.
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Ever since Halo 4, the amount of these so called "Halo fans" starts to take shit on 343, i feel bad for 343 because they're trying there best to give the fans they want, you halo fans are nothing but cry babies who doesn't like changes, guess what, halo 2's anniversary mp played like halo, and that's what i wanted, not this halo 4 mp bullshit, Halo 2 anniversary mp is what i wanted in halo 4, add new elements but keep it to its core, that's what made halo special, if you don't like then by all means, exit stage right and get out, you're free to leave, nobody gives a shit about you and that's is that, I've been a fan of halo ever since Halo 2, I played halo 4 and I can understand why no one likes it, its all because of the multiplayer, now everyone likes to loose out all the hate for 343, why, its there first game, good people make mistakes sometimes, how would you like if you had a boss and you always hate on him for making mistakes, guess what will happen to you, yep you get fired because you hate on him for making mistakes, do yourselfs a favour and stop with hate with 343i and give them a break, we don't want cry babies on our door steps.
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Google braves Sauron, takes Chrome to Middle Earth
Orcs, trolls, balrogs, ring wraiths, dark lords -- it's a dangerous world out there, especially if you are a hobbit. Despite these dangers, Google has elected to brave Middle Earth, taking its cross-platform browser along for protection. The company does so in the name of improving the web experience, specifically for mobile devices.
Chrome for Android now supports technologies ranging from WebGL and WebRT to Web Audio, and Google is anxious to show this off. It's doing so through a new interactive experience, based on the timeless J.R.R. Tolkien books and award-winning Peter Jackson movies -- The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
A Journey Through Middle Earth was developed through a partnership with several entities. "Developed by North Kingdom in collaboration with Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, the experiment uses the latest web technologies to deliver a multimedia experience designed specifically for tablets, phones, and touch-enabled desktops".
The "experiment" contains an interactive map of the Tolkien-created world. Google explains that, "clicking or tapping a location in the map reveals a second layer with horizontal parallax scrolling, again built just with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Eventually users reach an immersive WebGL-based 3D environment optimized for Android phones and tablets with high-end GPUs. These environments also use the Web Audio API for interactive audio".
If you aren't busy packing your bags for the Misty Mountains, head over to A Journey through Middle-Earth to check out what Google has made available.


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Would you be interested in attending a Meet & Greet with models, photographers, hair and makeup artist, and others in our area?
I am tossing around the idea of putting together just that for some yet unknown date in the near future.
It will give us all a chance to mingle and meet with everyone, a chance to make professional relationships, and it will get us all out of the house and provide us with valuable face time.
Like I mentioned I'm tossing the idea around in my head currently but without people willing to attend it will be a dead idea and I'll move onto another project.
Ideally it would be held locally (Alex City, Dadeville, Auburn, Opelika, Tallassee etc). It would be free to all attending with nothing to join or commit to. It can be held at a public park with good locations for grabbing some shots.
All attending must agree not to charge others attending for anything shot that day and the TF details can be worked out by those directly involved (passing out business cards is fine and encouraged). Since it will be in a public location with the public around no nudity or suggestive poses will be tolerated.
I do not represent any club or organization and do not wish to start one. I am simply interested in networking with others in the area that would like to help each other further our goals whether it is professional or just a hobby. There would be no classes to attend or anything to sign up for. It is simply a meet and greet with others who share the same passion.
If this idea seems like something you can get into I would love to hear back so I can decide if I should put more effort into it or if I should go back to playing games on Facebook. If you think this idea has merit and (depending on the date) you would would be interested in attending let me know. If I had 5 people out of the 50 I sent this email to reply back with a positive note I will look more into the idea.
Again, I am not looking to charge anyone attending a dime, I don't represent anyone or any group, and the whole point of the meet and greet is just that, to meet and greet others in our area. It gives everyone a chance to learn from others and a chance to mingle. It provides people with actual face time instead of looking over someones profile on MM.
Please get back to me with your thoughts and I'll move forward or drop it. You can write me directly at email@example.com or simply reply here.
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I am not interested in collecting thousands of friends on here. I only approve friend requests for local models, MUA's, Photogs, and the like. If you live in Utah please don't ask to be my friend unless you are planning a trip here. I use Facebook to hang with friends and chat with folks, this site is just for possible future work. Thanks.
Rant #1: If you're trying to be cute by making your age anything over 99 years old you must know the reason no one is coming to your profile is because you can not be searched. But to be honest, if you're that immature that you think it's "cute" to claim to be 2009 years old then most of us don't want to work with you anyway. Please stick to MySpace. Most of us try to take this very serious and don't have time to waste on "cute".
Rant #2: If you have never modeled before and your photos were all taken by you holding out the camera in your bathroom that's fine, we all have to start somewhere, but since you're obviously just starting out do not put on your profile that you will only accept paying jobs. Regardless of how you look we all have to start out at the bottom.
Rant #3: If you have scheduled to do a shoot with me or anyone else and then bail out without an e-mail or phone call your name will get around and you will find it impossible to find someone to work with you. It's only polite.
Rant #4: I believe in age appropriate images. If you are 16 I will not take your pictures if you're looking for sexy half clothed shots. I require a parent on set if you are under 18 so keep in mind your mom or dad will be watching.
OK, enough of my rants, on to the good stuff. Sorry about that but I felt it had to be said.
If you are local (within 25 miles) by all means give me a shout. I am ready and willing to break out the camera and grab some shots. Even if it's just a small shoot of only 30 minutes. Lets make some magic.
Most of my shoots are done on location so I don't have to set up a ton of lighting equipment. But if you are looking for an indoor shoot and have a large enough location for all the lights I'll pack them up but I'm working without a studio so I prefer the outdoor locations. Less work and I'm basically a lazy guy.
Please feel free to bring someone with you to our shoots for your own peace of mind provided they remain outside of the view of the lens. Who knows, I may put them to work holding a reflector. Don't invite your friends list to the shoot, One person is enough. If you show up with a group of people I reserve the right to cancel the shoot. More than one friend/parent/etc tends to get distracting and the images will show it. If you are under 18 I require a parent to attend with you as well. Its just for everyone's safety.
Here's my theory on photo shoots. Please read this section I beg of you so there's no misunderstandings.
* For TF shoots
When I shoot TF shoots (Trade For CD etc) I treat the shoot like a partnership. I am not the boss on the set nor is the model (or her escort). It is a partnership. We are both going to get some great images to use on our ports to show our talents therefore we both have an equal say in what shots are taken, poses used, etc. We both will get all images taken during the shoot (please do not bring your own camera) and it should be a fun time for everyone. I try to keep a relaxed set and I tend to work a little slower than I do with a paid shoot. Feel free to bring music and if you have a laptop I can download all images before you leave. I will later email you up to 5 images after I've edited them as well.
* For Paid Shoots.
When I'm being paid to provide images to a client you will be paid for your time and talent. You WILL NOT get any of the images for your port unless the client I'm working for says it's OK and they usually don't. I work fast and have all the help lined up. You are welcome to bring along an escort (just 1) but if your escort becomes a problem both of you will be asked to leave and you will forfeit your pay so pick your escort wisely. You will be paid once the shoot is complete but if you're traveling I may be able to get your expenses paid beforehand. Sorry but that is how it has to be unless I go through an agency to find you because you would be surprised how many models get paid prior and then fail to show or return the funds.
I like to work with themes in mind rather than just shooting random pictures. If you have a theme in mind that you have always wanted to do let me know and we'll see if we can make it happen. I am pretty open to suggestions and believe that this should be a partnership.
I look forward to hearing from you and getting you in front of my cameras.
I'm interested in shooting:
Head Shots that feature great eyes
Themed Shoots that tell a story
Black & White
Gore if it has not been overdone (but most of it has)
Glamor shots
Outdoor (nature) shoots
Multiple Exposure shots (look at my hide and seek shot to get the idea)
Shots that resemble old movie posters
Shots that resemble movie stills.
I do shoot nudes (if everyone is comfortable) but it is not a requirement or a request. That is left up to the model to bring up unless it is for a themed shoot that calls for it in which case everyone will know about it before hand. I won't spring it on you at the last minute and if I don't mention it in my emails rest assured I wont ask you to disrobe on the set.
If we are shooting a themed shoot I will try to have everything lined up (costumes, hair, make-up, props, etc) but there are times when I can not locate a specific item and encourage you to bring anything you think may help. For normal shoots you will be asked to do your own hair and make-up. Please show up ready to go to save time.
If you are under the age of 18 I require you to bring a parent (your boyfriend wont do) with you to the set. No exceptions. Like I stated before this is for everyone's safety and comfort.
Unless I request a certain outfit (I rarely do that for normal shoots) please bring several to change into. My only request about clothing is that it not have a busy type pattern that will detract from you. Solid color clothing works best and in fact a simple pair of jeans and a white t-shirt is fine.
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On my morning commute last Thursday, stopping at a bike-to-work week station, I met two cool girls doing a lot for stylish cycling. Emily and Maria are friends who got inspired to create bicycle bags that reflect their personal styles. The result is Po Campo, a line of made in Chicago rack and handlebar bags that look just as good off the bike as on. They are impeccably designed and constructed – hands down the best stylish bike bags I have ever seen. I was so impressed that I wanted to learn more about their history with design and cycling. Read on for that, plus tips for new cyclists and the joy of riding a bike.
What inspired you to create these bags?
Maria and I have been biking for years and never really felt like we fit into the demographics. We saw Po Campo as a great opportunity to use our design background to come out with products that were functional for biking, but still fit our style.
What types of materials are they made out of?
The fabrics are all made from outdoor furniture fabric, so they are water and fade resistant. The inside material is a coated fabric to make sure all your stuff stays nice and dry. We are proud to manufacture in Chicago, so you can trust that our bags are made well and will last a long time.
Describe all the ways they function as a bike bag.
Po Campo bags are designed to look as good on the bike as off. They use an adjustable strap system we designed to fit on just about any bike out there and are equipped with pockets and loops so that you can attach and carry all sorts of things- we didn't want to limit anyone, just create opportunities to use the bag as it works for you!
How did you go from idea to action? How was the process of getting stores on board to sell them?
The idea started with a bike accessory contest and a conversation. Once the idea became Po Campo idea we just went for it, and learned a lot on our own. We really wanted to see our bags in both bike shops that catered to city riders and boutiques that carried unique accessories because we believe our bags are one of the first things to truly bridge the gap. To our delight, both kinds of stores were equally – and enthusiastically – interested in our products.
Tell a bit about your history with cycling and your bike(s). How do you like cycling in Chicago?
E: I just love it. I gave up my car years ago because parking was so stressful and I spent more money replacing stolen stereos than on gas! I am a big fan of the CTA, but biking just gets me there fast. I currently have two bikes, both vintage step-thru frame Schwinns, one set up to go fast & one slow so I'm ready for anything.
M: I love it too. For me, it's one of those things you enjoy so much that it is hard to understand why anyone wouldn't. Even beyond being good exercise and reliable transportation, it's downright fun. I've been riding a Miyata road bike for the last 6 years or so that I inherited it from a co-worker who was into building bikes. I'm very attached to it. One time, I thought it was stolen and started crying on the spot, until I looked up at the street sign and realized I was on the wrong street. I had never felt so relieved and idiotic at the same time!
What do you think about the importance of uniting personal style with cycling?
It's very important. Since I bike as a form of transportation that influences my style at work, meeting friends at a bar, going to a concert – all the places I want to look my best. Po Campo is working to help you look as good, if not better, than the girl who drove. And be yourself.
Any tips or encouraging words for women considering city cycling?
You can do it! Once you understand the rules of the road (check out Active Transportation Alliance for info) it is very empowering getting around the city on your own physical power. Take your time and make it your own, there is no need to be intimidated by the extreme bike crowd, and don't feel like you are alone! Po Campo and sites like Let's Go Ride a Bike are always there for advice.
Thanks for sharing, ladies!
Po Campo bags will be in stores early next week. The stores that will sell them online will be Dutch Bikes, Smart Bike and Connect Chicago though it may take more time for the stores to get the bags up on the sites. All the store locations are on their website, www.pocampo.com.
Another fabulous made-in-the-US-by-a-cool-woman product is Betty Basket Liners. You can read more about the maker, Tara, and how she got started here.
I plan to get one of these for my Betty, once I have a bigger basket for her.
I think the market for high-quality and stylish cycling accessories is only going to get bigger. I love to see independent women leading the way!


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The Canadian study cited at left also sheds light on the prevalence and transmission rate of Neospora caninum. Based on an analysis of blood-serum samples, the detected vertical transmission rate for Neospora was 40.7 percent in the 125 herds involved in the study. Vertical transmission is the transfer of Neospora from an infected cow to her calf through the placenta. It is the most common route of Neospora infection on dairy farms.
The study also found that the overall prevalence of antibodies to Neospora among cattle in the 125 herds was 11.2 percent.


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As I sat down to watch "Sarah's Key" I admittedly couldn't help but think to myself, "Oh great, another Holocaust movie." The Holocaust is undoubtedly one of the most significant events of all time and has provided inspiration for numerous great films. I've just seen so many Holocaust-related movies over the years that the subject matter is beginning to become too familiar. My reservations toward "Sarah's Key" quickly dwindled, however, as the film commenced. This is a unique and special picture about a lesser-known fraction of the Holocaust's history. While it may not receive as much recognition as the fiercely overrated Oscar-nominee, "The Reader," audiences will have a much more profound experience at this near masterwork.
"Sarah's Key" follows the stories of two different women separated by roughly 70 years. One tale takes place in present day where a journalist named Julia, played by Kristin Scott Thomas, attempts to paste together what happened to a little French-Jewish girl named Sarah during the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup in 1942. The other story follows the 10-year-old Sarah, played by Mélusine Mayance, who locks her younger brother in a closet to hide him from French officers. Sarah is arrested along with her father and mother though, leaving her brother behind.
They're eventually transported to the Beaune-la Rolande camp where Sarah is separated from her parents. Her father is deported to Auschwitz and her mother will soon follow. Throughout this horrific ordeal, Sarah has managed to hold onto the key to the closet. Although it seems hopeless, she is determined to escape from the camp and free her brother.
What surprised me about "Sarah's Key" was the humanity of many of the supporting characters. In one of the movie's most tense instances, Sarah's mother attempts to give her food through a fence and they are caught by a guard. You'd expect this guard to ruthlessly punish Sarah and her mother. Yet, he lets Sarah go with an apple.
Another deep relationship Sarah builds is with a married couple she encounters after escaping from the camp. They both decide to help Sarah get back home, knowing the consequences if they are caught helping a Jew. The Holocaust was a confusing time in which many civilians had little choice but to go along with the authorities and look out for themselves. In the midst of all the chaos though, "Sarah's Key" demonstrates that there were some people who were brave enough to do what was right.
The pivotal performance comes from Mélusine Mayance as Sarah. Mayance gives one of the most brutally heartbreaking performances I've ever seen from a young actress, demonstrating the strength and stature most actresses don't achieve until adolescence. If "Sarah's Key" can find an audience, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Mayance joined the ranks of Anna Paquin and Tatum O'Neal as one of the youngest performances to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
Mayance's scenes are so powerful that they often outshine the plot involving Kristin Scott Thomas as Julia. In due course, this subplot comes off as a bit weaker than the flashback sequences. But Julia's story ultimately plays a crucial role and it's hard to imagine the film without it by the end. The film scene between Julia and a relative of Sarah's is an especially superb moment.
Director Gilles Paquet-Brenner adapted the film from the historical fiction novel by Tatiana De Rosnay. Paquet-Brenner has painted a mesmerizing picture with the appropriately hectic cinematography from Rascal Ridao and a touching musical score by Max Richter. It will be easy for "Sarah's Key" to get lost in the shuffle of countless big budget summer blockbusters. I can only hope people will take the time to seek it out and remember it at the end of the year. This is simply one of the year's finest.
Nick Spake is a college student at Arizona State University. He has been working as a film critic for five years, reviewing movies on his website, NICKPICKSFLICKS.com. Reach him at email@example.com.


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Multiple dog disappearances worry owners
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Residents living along a short highway here told KRCG 13 Monday a large number of purebred dogs have disappeared from their road in a short period of time.
Kasie Giannone and Racy Way, who both live along Highway AA just north of Clarksburg, said people living along their roughly five mile long road have lost a total of nine dogs in fewer than six months. They said the number and proximity of the disappearances, coupled with the fact that all of the dogs were purebreds, led them to believe someone may be stealing them and reselling them for profit, a process called pet flipping.
"As time goes on and all these dogs keep showing up missing, all on the same road, you can't tell me something isn't happening," Giannone said.
Giannone's English bulldog, Ava, vanished on Sept. 11. Around the same time, her landlord, who lives nearby, lost two border collies. Nine days later, a pair of Shih-Tzu disappeared from a house just half a mile from where she lives. Another English bulldog and a Boston terrier living across the street from each other went missing this fall as well. Most recently, on Dec. 8, Way's Great pyrennes, Kilo, and German shepherd, Lexi, were lost.
Way said dogs like Kilo and Lexi are worth a lot of money and would represent a tidy profit if someone quickly sold them without spending anything on them. In a similar vein, Giannone noted she had three mutts who have not been touched. She and Way said this leads them to believe someone may have scoped out the dogs in the area in the months before the first disappearance.
Colin LaVaute, the Central Missouri Humane Society's shelter relations coordinator, said owners should know where their pets are at all times and suggested owners have microchips implanted in them. This way, any time a veterinarian scans the animal, its owner's information comes up. LaVaute said people looking for a pet should stick with licensed breeders or animal shelters because they will have all the necessary paperwork, including health records on the animal. A lack of such paperwork is a good sign something is amiss.
Way and Giannone said anyone with information about their dogs or any other dogs that disappeared from Highway AA should call the Cooper County Sheriff at 660-882-2771.


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Tangerine PR has made a number of appointments.
Former journalist Dave Goddard has been appointed as head of media and crisis. Goddard, who has more than 20 years' experience in national newspapers such as The Sun and News of the World, will work closely with the wider team across all B2C and B2B accounts, providing media insight to enhance coverage levels and management of crises.
Andrea Littler has been appointed associate director, bringing a wealth of technology and entertainment expertise from London agencies Consolidated PR and Bite Communications. Littler will help drive forward the consumer arm's new business growth, as well as development of existing clients.
Additionally, Helena Reid joins as senior account director and will work closely with MD Sam Gregory in growing the agency's EMEA client portfolio. Reid brings more than 10 years' experience in technology, corporate and personal finance across UK and EMEA markets, and will head up key B2B accounts including Interface, Encirc and Zerum.
With four more recruits, B2B is now an 18-strong team. Emma Sivakumaran joins as account manager, along with junior account manager Jennifer Adams, who will both play key roles in organic growth and developing the agency's B2B portfolio. Joining them from The Scott Partnership as junior account executive, is Laura Lewis, and finally journalism graduate, Rachel Billings, as PR assistant.
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On Oct 12, 2004, at 11:18 AM, Patrick Smears wrote:
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I Think of You: Stories
Soueif (shortlisted for the Booker in 1999 for The Map of Love ) serves up a mostly stale collection of previously published stories, all at least a decade old, about clashing cultures and disappointed love. The best are three stories that follow Aisha from her Cairo childhood to a rough period as a teenager in 1964 London, where, as the misfit daughter of Muslim intellectuals, she encounters boorish classmates who tease her about polygamy and camels. Back in Egypt years later, Aisha confronts sorrowful memories of her doomed marriage. Two related stories, also set in England, feature Asya, a Middle Eastern woman moving on after a failed marriage and a miscarriage. Soueif incorporates wonderfully atmospheric details, particularly in the stories set in Egypt, but the stories feel thin and are too frequently overly lyrical. Though competent, these stories comprise the early works of a writer who has come into her own in later works. (Mar.)
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Twenty professors from Mexico's national university for training teachers will attend a 12-day, all-expenses-paid teaching workshop in Hanover this summer through a new partnership between Dartmouth's Rassias Foundation and a nonprofit organization working to improve education for Latin America's poor.
The professors are from Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, which is headquartered in Mexico City and has 50 satellite campuses throughout Mexico. The faculty members will spend from June 25 to July 6 in what organizers hope will become an annual workshop at Dartmouth to help Latin American educators improve their instruction of English.
The visiting professors will spend four hours each morning with John Rassias, Dartmouth's William R. Kenan Professor and Rassias Foundation president, learning the acclaimed Rassias Method for teaching a second language. The afternoons will include seminars with educators from Columbia University and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; such local educators as noted author and educator Robert L. Fried, executive director of the Lebanon, NH-based Upper Valley Teacher Institute; and members of the Dartmouth faculty, some affiliated with the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL). The group will also spend a weekend visiting historical Boston and meeting with Boston-based educators.
The program's goal is to enable the professors to learn a foreign-language pedagogy they can pass along to their university students who are studying to become English teachers in Mexico, said Luanne Zurlo, executive director of Worldfund, the organization that is partnering with Rassias. The program will start with Mexican educators but at some point will include educators from elsewhere in Latin America.
"In Mexico, it is absolutely imperative to know English to find good employment, particularly in tourism, which is the fastest growing sector of the economy," said Zurlo. Many children from poor families in Mexico don't have access to English language instruction; when they do, the instruction tends to be weak because it doesn't emphasize oral skills and is often taught by people who never heard a native speaker and were never taught a pedagogy, she said.
Zurlo has already lined up two Latin American corporations, Nextel Mexico and Fundacíon Televisa, to underwrite the estimated $70,000 in expenses for this year's program. "There's so much interest," she said. "Mexicans know they need to improve their English instruction."
The partners tested the concept with a pilot program they ran in March in Mexico City involving 13 hours of daily instruction for 18 secondary-school teachers from Mexican schools that Worldfund supports. "They really wanted to improve their English teaching and we gave them the best we had," Rassias said. "I believe it worked."
The partnership with the Rassias Foundation supports Worldfund's overall mission of addressing poverty by improving schools and educational programs for Latin America's poor. Since its founding in December 2002, Worldfund has made nearly $3 million in grants to schools and educational programs serving more than 30,000 students in eight Latin American countries.
Zurlo, a 1987 graduate of Dartmouth who holds graduate degrees in both business and international affairs/economics, founded Worldfund after almost 10 years as a Wall Street securities analyst specializing in the Latin American telecommunications industry. Travel throughout the region brought her face to face with the dearth of opportunity for the region's poor. "I often heard corporate managers complaining that they couldn't find good workers and, yet, you have all these people who can't find good jobs, and it's really the poor quality of education that's to blame. That's why corporations are going halfway around the world and investing in Asia rather than going right across the border in Latin America."
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Rihanna is about her money! She has the #1 movie in America "Home". Her single #BBHMM has shot to the top of the iTunes charts in 20 different countries including the US, Brazil and France. And now she's helping her BFF Melissa Forde make some money with a soft endorsement of the new M$$ WT Bucket Hats.


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Finally, Chris Curtis and Laura Gilmore are getting married! The wedding is on May 26th, 2012 at the Orinda Country Club. The wedding is coming up fast, so please make sure you have lodging arranged if you are coming from out of town.
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Hotel Amenities
In addition to an indoor pool and a children's pool, Shangri-la Hotel Chengdu provides an outdoor tennis court and a 24-hour health club. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at one of the 2 coffee shops/cafés. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business amenities at this 5-star property consist of a business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 32292 square feet (3000 square meters) include conference space. This luxury hotel also offers a nightclub, a spa tub, and a sauna. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- 24-hour front desk
- Children's club (free)
- Supervised childcare/activities (free)
- Arcade/game room
- ATM/banking
- Number of floors - 36
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Business center
- Number of coffee shops/cafes - 2
- Concierge services
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Conference space
- 24-hour health club
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Children's club
- Laundry facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Meeting rooms 4
- Multilingual staff
- Nightclub
- Total number of rooms - 593
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Outdoor tennis court
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Conference space size (feet) - 32292
- Conference space size (meters) - 3000
- Number of meeting rooms - 19
- Free self parking
- Sauna
- Shopping on site
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Spa services on site
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Supervised childcare/activities
- Children's pool
- Indoor pool
- Television in common areas
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Indoor pool
- Children's pool
- Supervised childcare/activities (free)
- Free Wi-Fi
- Outdoor tennis court
- Children's club (free)
- Laundry facilities
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Arcade/game room
- Refrigerator
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- DVD player
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- DVD player
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Bathrobes
- In-room massage available
- Bidet
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Television
- Free bottled water
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free newspaper
- Free toiletries
- Desk
- Free local calls
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board
- Minibar
- Premium bedding
- Premium TV channels
- Private bathroom
- Refrigerator
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Separate sitting area
- Slippers
- Turndown service
- Rainfall showerhead
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6 AM and 10 AM.
Shang Palace - This restaurant serves lunch and dinner.
Mooneys - Onsite restaurant.
Cafe Z - Onsite coffee shop.
Lobby Lounge - Onsite coffee shop.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor tennis court and a 24-hour health club are featured at the hotel. An indoor pool, a children's pool, and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Fitness classes on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 2 children 12 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for CNY 408 per day.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Resort fee
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: CNY 145.75 per person (approximately)
- Rollaway bed fee: CNY 408 per day
Hotel Name
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Missing Women in Indian Districts: an Entitlements Approach
The ratio of women to men in India reveals excess female mortality by comparison with developed countries; this excess is socially not naturally determined. Juvenile sex ratios combine excess male infant mortality in poor health environments with excess female child mortality due to discrimination. Variations in sex ratios have been explained in terms of kinship practices and female labour participation. However, these variables are interrelated with each other and with other demographic and economic variables, and are spatially confounded. We present an entitlements approach to the analysis of juvenile sex ratios, disaggregated by social group and within the juvenile age range. The spatial lag model is preferred to the spatial error model on empirical grounds. Low female labour participation is an important determinant of anti-female child bias for all kinship systems of the country, but in Districts characterised by the Indo-Aryan kinship and culture the effect of female labour participation is much more significant.
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ST. PETERSBURG — The centerfielder needs to be better. A lot better. The catcher needs to improve, too. As for the DH, the best thing he can do for Tampa Bay in 2010 is put on the uniform of another team.
No doubt about it, the list of breakdowns around Tropicana Field was neither short nor lacking in star power. But of all the Rays who need to bounce back from slumps in 2009, there is one who is more important than the rest:
The guy calling the shots.
For the longest time, Andrew Friedman looked like the biggest brain in the room whenever baseball's general managers would get together in the offseason. He pulled Carlos Peña off a scrap heap. He stole J.P. Howell from Kansas City. He landed Matt Garza and Jason Bartlett and, because of that, the Rays became the first team in the free-agent era to win a pennant while having the smallest payroll in the league.
It was as if Friedman had figured out all the answers, and other GMs were straining to peek at his homework. But somewhere between the end of the 2008 World Series and the beginning of the 2009 regular season, Friedman's hot streak came to an end.
It wasn't immediately obvious. In fact, several offseason moves won rave reviews at the time. But, as it turns out, Friedman made a handful of decisions that, in retrospect, can be put down as obvious mistakes.
So is he at fault for the shortcomings of '09?
Partially, sure. He was the one in charge of shaping the roster to make it better, and it turned out to be worse. On the other hand, it wasn't Friedman's fault that B.J. Upton, Dioner Navarro and Andy Sonnanstine were huge disappointments. It wasn't his fault that Grant Balfour was less dominant, or that Garza and James Shields did not take expected steps forward.
In other words, there is plenty of disappointment to go around. The difference with Friedman is that it was more unexpected than the rest. In his case, it was like watching a magic routine go horribly wrong. Friedman had been so right on so many decisions, you could hardly believe that, this time, there was no rabbit coming out of the hat.
The most blatant screwup, naturally, is the signing of DH Pat Burrell. Not that Friedman was the only one fooled in this case. When Burrell signed a two-year, $16 million deal, it immediately went to the top of a lot of critics' lists as one of the best bargains of the offseason.
That the critics were wrong was embarrassing. That Friedman was wrong was devastating.
What was the problem with the deal?
It could be that Burrell was ill-suited to play in the American League, and there was some evidence of that ahead of time. In the three previous seasons, Burrell had hit .173 with a .361 slugging percentage in inter-league games. As if on cue, he hit .225 with a .374 slugging percentage against AL pitchers this season.
Or it could be that Burrell came into the season noticeably heavier, and his lack of proper conditioning cost him dearly. If that's the case, there is the hope he might rededicate himself in the final year of a contract and bounce back in better shape in 2010.
But there is still the little problem of a .226 batting average and .380 slugging percentage in more than 800 career at-bats against AL pitching. The bottom line is this was an expensive mistake for a team that cannot afford to waste money.
The Burrell contract was easily the most recognizable goof, but there were also problems with the bullpen. Whether you agree or disagree with Friedman's philosophy that closers are overvalued and overpaid, there were simply not enough quality arms to get through the later innings. The signing of Joe Nelson was a mistake, and Brian Shouse's deal was not much better.
One of the most popular criticisms of Friedman was the trade of Edwin Jackson for Matt Joyce, but I don't buy that one. At least not yet. The deal made sense at the time, and there was no way to predict both Sonnanstine and Scott Kazmir would blow up.
If Jackson had remained in the Rays rotation, Jeff Niemann would have either been traded or sent to the bullpen. As it turns out, Niemann's numbers (13-6, 3.94 ERA) were similar to what Jackson (13-9, 3.62 ERA) did in Detroit. So, in a sense, the trade is a wash and the Rays still have Joyce penciled in for rightfield next year.
On the other hand, I would agree that the front office did not put enough faith in the idea of clubhouse chemistry. It is one thing to plug numbers in a lineup and expect a certain outcome, but you cannot discount the emotional element of 25 guys working, traveling and living together. Losing Cliff Floyd, Jonny Gomes, Eric Hinske, Rocco Baldelli and Troy Percival had an impact. Can it be proven? No. Can it be quantified? No. But I can tell you there are people in the clubhouse who absolutely believe it was a factor.
So does all of this add up to a stinging indictment of Friedman's job performance?
Not really. Mistakes were made, but Friedman's successes still outweigh his failures in recent years.
The problem is Friedman has to be better. Better than Brian Cashman. Better than Theo Epstein. The GMs in New York and Boston can afford to make more mistakes because their owners can afford to cover them up with cash. It's not fair, but it's reality.
Which brings us here, a few weeks away from the official start of the next offseason.
And the Rays cannot afford another slump in the front office.
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Did DreamWorks really make a movie that "didn't work", or is ineffective marketing to blame? I paid to see Rise of the Guardians (despite its bland and misguided ad campaign) and it was worth the investment. I loved the film.
While this Animation Magazine article passes little judgement on the actual film, DreamWorks' top animation exec seems to almost apologize for the under-earner, and has restructured the entire creative slate of DWA based apparently on this one failure. Not exactly a confident move.
If you're like me, you get sick of hearing "industry wisdom" bad-mouth decent movies simply because they didn't perform well at the box office. Even imperfect films with much to offer (lookin' at you Osmosis Jones) should get a little credit for their contribution to the medium, but insiders won't look past the weak ticket sales long enough to make the case.
Still, it's even more frustrating when the film's own producers tuck tail and give their excellent work a failing grade. I expect that sort of thing from shallow rags like Entertainment Weekly – who dedicate half of every issue to cheap fluff & catty gossip – but from the likes of Katzenberg? Come on man, stand up for your work! If you have to restructure, take a look at your marketing approach.
So, I have advice for DWA's Marketing Team. Now, I am barely a marketing novice, but I caught two key mistakes in your ad campaign for this film:
1. Make it about the central character(s). While I loved all of the characters in this film, it was essentially Jack Frost's journey. The campaign washes over the most compelling aspects of his story – his mysterious origin, the heartbreak caused by his invisibility to children, and how Pitch uses all of that against him. This is spelled out in the first act, so there's no spoiler to speak of. Hell, even the first 30 seconds of the film would have done more to draw an audience than the barrage of minion – er, I mean elf-abuse shots we saw in the spots.
2. Kids don't care what Alec Baldwin looks like with a microphone in his face. This old fallback of cutting live-action shots of the film's voice actors standing in a recording booth into the TV spots – it didn't work for Sinbad, and it doesn't work today. Adults may find it mildly compelling, which addresses only one facet of your job, but you could have made much better use of that screen time. Kids want to believe in the fantasy, and pulling the curtain aside does more harm than good in the kids market – and it's the kids who ultimately decide which movie they're going to see.
DreamWorks has consistently created a better crop of films than what is typically produced by Hollywood – which is why they are one of the strongest entertainment brands in the world. I just wish they could manage the market diversity of Disney – the whole industry would benefit. It bothers me to see them fumble with a well-crafted film like this, while seemingly having no understanding of why.
I do not pretend to have a fraction of the expertise required to manage massive campaigns, comprehend diverse demographics, and navigate branding mine fields for a company the size of DreamWorks. It's a saturated market, and it takes an incredible effort to generate awareness about a new film. But even kids value compelling characters over startling visual effects… if you can give me both, all the better.
Always start with the character – and his or her story – and work your way out from there. That's the way scripts are written, it's the films are made, and it's the best way to market them.


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Doehle, 50, of Del Norte, has been an attorney in private practice since 1995, according to a press release. She was an associate attorney at Harland Law Firm from 1990 to 1995. Doehle earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Washington School of Law and a bachelor's degree from the University of Oregon.
Doehle is filling the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Robert Weir. Doehle will be the first woman to serve on the Del Norte County Superior Court. Doehle is a Democrat. The compensation for the position is $178,789 a year.


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Tebow, so far, not attending NFL draft
Of the list of most embarrassing things in life, this one is ranks pretty high on the list: you're a college football star and you wait for your name to be called at the NFL draft. And you wait. And wait. And wait. With each pick that goes by, cameras focus on your face to see if you're going to break into tears. Well, could it be that Gators quarterback Tim Tebow is looking to avoid all that? The NFL has confirmed 16 players, so far, will be in New York for the draft. Tebow is not among them. Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen is also not on the list. Of course, both could end up going to New York.
So far, the list includes Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford, defensive tackles Ndamukong Suh (Nebraska) and Gerald McCoy (Oklahoma) -- expected to be the top three picks in the draft. Others on the list include running backs C.J. Spiller of California and Jahvid Best of Cal; cornerbacks Joe Haden of Florida and Brandon Ghee of Wake Forest; offensive tackles Russell Okung of Oklahoma State, Bryan Bulaga of Iowa and Trent Williams of Oklahoma; defensive tackles Lamarr Houston of Texas, Jared Odrick of Penn State and Dan Williams of Tennessee; defensive end Derrick Morgan of Georgia Tech; receiver Demaryius Thomas of Georgia Tech and safety Eric Berry of Tennessee.
The draft begins on April 22 with the first round in primetime. Perhaps Tebow is waiting for more assurances that he will be a first-round pick before deciding if he wants to attend.


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Forums → Forum Games → Above user's avatar appears out of nowhere in your bedroom while you sleep. What do you do?
Say how you would react if the above avatar popped up in your bedroom all of a sudden while you sleep.
plz don't say anything offensive.
(It already is an RP kinda. Like name, age, height all that jazz?)
(This was originally a regular fourm game.I can make a RP version if wanted.)
A fox?Again?You will NOT enter ze palace.Or the penguin either
(I believe Snag is doing that already.)
... Again? I have never been here before, seeing as I entered this universe not two minutes ago I couldn't have possibly been here before now.
(Yes, I am working on an Rp version of this. I'm thinking of calling it the Rainbow Factory, but it's not really.)
(Yes! Slaughtering vicious pegasi will no longer be a fantasy!)
(Your murderous tendencies... greatly disturb me.)
(I am here to act as a barrier, between two posts, have a good day.)
(Thank you for that. Right, my plan is simple, I'm splitting this into three timelines. This is timeline three, where everything explodes, and the universe resets, and this goes back to its normal non-RP state. That'll only happen when I create timeline 1&2 though.)
(Sounds good to me.)
what's a fox doing here? out you go *show the fox the way out*
[b]this forum game is going to back to normal (hopefully)[b/]
No idea what this note is. I'll just toss it away.
Oh! It's a... What is that anyway? Looks like a strange-looking person with glasses shooting green light out of its eyes.
Why all the knights??
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