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I've been experimenting with all kinds of smoothies, since they're easy for me to digest right now. When Jen sent me this new recipe to try, I had a hunch that I'd love it.
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Walnuts. These guys are packed with good fats like omega-3 fatty acids, which the body uses to reduce inflammation, prevent blood clotting, regulate insulin and promote heart health. The ample presence of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory nutrients in walnuts make them an anti-cancer food, too. Be sure to soak them for a few hours beforehand, to release the enzyme inhibitors and make them more digestible.
Bananas. The electrolyte potassium, found in bananas, is an important nutrient for nerve transmission and muscle contraction, as well as for regulating water balance in the body. Bananas are also a good source of Vitamin C, fiber and Vitamin B6 (which is involved in more than 100 enzymatic reactions in the body and decreases the risk of inflammation). Pick bananas that have lots brown spots on them, as this means the starches have turned to sugars. They'll be easier to digest and won't give you a stomach ache.
Dates. Like bananas, dates contain potassium and are an excellent source of fiber. They've also got minerals like calcium, iron and magnesium (nature's relaxant), as well as plenty of B vitamins to help with energy.
Cinnamon. As I mentioned in my post about fruit rollups, cinnamon contains cinnamaldehyde, a potent anti-inflammatory phytonutrient, plus it's anti-microbial, helps control blood sugar and boosts brain function. And it's got manganese, calcium, iron and fiber.
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When I lived in Honolulu many years ago, we used to get the best Saimin Noodle Soup (often with won ton added) at a coffee shop on Nimitz Highway. It was just loaded with noodles and toppings (fishcake, hard boiled egg, BBQ pork). Is this still a favorite in the islands? Any chance of duplicating this in the Pacific Northwest (we have plenty Hawaiians in Oregon, bruddah!)
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Jess-Rafael Soto's work isn't technically kinetic, but it certainly can make the viewer kinetic. It gets you circling, crouching, standing, doing a box step and bobbing your head up and down like one of the those dashboard dogs. On your retinas is where the real work happens -- that's where Soto's art flickers and moves.
The octogenarian Venezuelan artist Jess-Rafael Soto has been making art for 60-odd years, but most Houstonians were introduced to his work last summer through the MFAH's groundbreaking and award-winning exhibition "Inverted Utopias: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America" and in a concurrent group show at Sicardi Gallery, "Parallel Stories: Brazilian & Venezuelan Abstract-Constructive Art 1950-1970." Soto has been ridiculously under-represented in U.S. exhibitions and art history texts, but things are slowly changing. It's high time, and his phenomenal solo exhibition now at Sicardi Gallery, "Jess-Rafael Soto," helps to illustrate why.
With works ranging from 1955 to 2000, the show was curated from the artist's personal collection. Soto's art spans materials as well as decades -- wire, wood, Plexiglas, metal, paint and filament are all drafted into service -- and the works on display are a record of his fascination with optical phenomena. Soto began his explorations in the '50s, and while most op art touted in the '60s was about pattern on a two-dimensional surface, he has always employed a third dimension.
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Cube de Madrid (1981) is a clear block of solid Plexiglas with opaque black squares in the center of each of its six sides. The bottom one is underlaid with slender black-and-white stripes. The work sounds straightforward enough, but as with most of Soto's art, it's difficult to convey what happens when you view it. As you move around the piece, the squares seem to cover the corners and then appear to float in layers on various planes. When you peer in from the top, the parallel lines of the bottom seem the fill the cube. Crouching down and looking at it directly from the side, you notice the squares overlap exactly, and a Malevich-esque black square seems to levitate in transparent liquid. What initially seems like a simple idea has fascinating and myriad results.
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Aside from the experience of the work itself, one of the things that's most striking about Soto's art is its inventiveness. Using unexotic materials, the works achieve spectacular results through low-tech, straightforward means -- no motors, no holograms, no digital alterations.
Ambivalencia 37 (1984) is built like a large shadow box in which vividly colored squares seemingly levitate against a background. White lines painted on a black background create an optical flicker. The squares are set out from it with dowels. Some squares are painted with the background pattern, causing them to alternately blend into and then shimmer against the ground.
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Volume metallique suspendu (1968) is one of the least successful, but in this group that's no bad thing. The flat copper and brass bars suspended in front of the picture plane don't achieve the optical click that the other works do.
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I'm not sure the low response in 4b is just a matter of purposeful neglect. I post there sometimes but I prefer general and 4a because of the fast pace and I find more threads created there that peak my interest to incline me to chime in. And 4a for me isn't just a "hair" thing. It is kind of a water cooler spot. As mentioned, 4a and general have always been very open to whomever wanted to ask a question. It's not like since a person is type x they have to post their question in type x. I admit I don't visit 2, or the 3abc that much so I'm not sure of the vibe there but most regulars in 4a could not care less about hair type.
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"The concept behind the bill is really quite simple: Put information on government spending out there for all to see and greater accountability will follow. It will also change the expectations of those receiving funds that they will know in advance that the information will be public," he said.
The bill has neatly circumvented the usual partisan divisions and has won bipartisan support and co-sponsorship from the likes of Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), and endorsements from Greenpeace and the Heritage Foundation.
A July 18 Senate hearing on the proposal featured statements from Senators Coburn, Obama and McCain, and testimony from Gary D. Bass of OMB Watch and Mark Tapscott of the Washington Examiner and the blog Tapscott's Copy Desk. See their prepared statements here.
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Eunyoung Tak, a postdoctoral fellow doing research on acute liver injury, is a native of South Korea and still working on her English. That didn't stop her from enthusiastically explaining her research to passersby at the third annual University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus Postdoctoral Research Day.
Eighty-one postdoc fellows from the Denver Campus, Anschutz Medical Campus and National Jewish Health presented their research projects in Trivisible in Research 2 on Friday.
"I'm learning lots of things here," said Tak, who came to Anschutz Medical Campus after completing her doctoral degree in Seoul, Korea. "I'm learning how to become an independent young scientist."
She credited her principal investigator on the "Hypoxia Inducible Factors in Acute Liver Injury" project, Holger Eltzschig, MD, PhD, for being an excellent mentor. "I'm trying to learn good things from other scientists. It's a nice environment here for that."
Kristina McFadden, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychiatry and chair of Postdoctoral Research Day, said there are about 300 postdocs at Anschutz Medical Campus and the Denver Campus.
The annual event is "meant as a nice venue for postdocs to get out of the lab and to see research that their peers are doing," McFadden said. "Let them kind of see what's going on around campus and to have a venue in which to present their research and get feedback from their peers and faculty."
The Postdoc Day also featured career development workshops, national speakers and an abstract competition. A group of nine postdoc fellows as well as faculty and staff judged the abstracts of all of 81 posters, selecting three for special recognition. The fellows who worked on those three projects — Dana Higbee, MS, MD; Brendan Giles, PhD; and Sandra Christoph, MD, PhD — gave 15-minute presentations about their research.
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While many of the postdocs are headed toward a career as a tenured faculty member leading their own labs — they are in different stages of research, from first year to several years logged — Tabak encouraged the fellows to consider alternate scientific careers. Besides performing research that could have potential therapeutic benefits to disease, researchers could go into health care delivery, industry based research, science administration and policy making positions, Tabak said.
"All of this stuff that has exploded about H5N1, all the work that exploded related to stem cell use — it was policy people with scientific backgrounds that carried the day," he said. "Goodness knows, we need more people teaching K through 12 about science."
Research is hard work, and it will never get easier, Tabak added. The key is "to make sure whatever it is you're studying is something that you are really passionate about."
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Baroness Jay - former Minister for Women and Leader of the Lords - has applied to be chairman of the BBC, she has announced.
In an interview with The Times, Lady Jay, 61, said she was a "good fit" for the job, which has been advertised in the national papers for the first time.
"It looks like a very good fit. Plus, your woman thing, they've never had a woman chair."
Baroness Jay left the cabinet after the General Election in order to spend more time with her family - she is married to Aids specialist Professor Michael Adler.
The Ł77,950 BBC post heading the BBC's Board of Governors, as successor to Sir Christopher Bland, is part-time.
The governors' role is to ensure that the BBC is accountable to parliament, licence-fee payers and audiences - in particular they must ensure that the BBC offers value for money.
The BBC governors oversee the corporation's editorial independence and also have the power to investigate viewer or listener complaints.
A degree of controversy has touched Lady Jay, which could stand in the way of her success.
In her interview, Lady Jay brushed aside the notion that her Labour background could hinder her application and perhaps lead to accusations of cronyism.
"I still do not think that I should not apply for something when it is an open competition just because of how the political scales might be balanced," she said.
Other candidates for the post have not yet emerged, but they will be shortlisted by an independent panel of senior civil servants and representatives from the broadcasting industry.
The final selection will be made by Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, who worked with Lady Jay in the government's Women's Unit.
Ms Jowell then makes a recommendation to Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Margaret Ann Jay is the daughter of former Prime Minister James Callaghan and was involved in a reform of the House of Lords which led to the removal of more than 600 hereditary peers.
She was once married to outgoing BBC Economics editor and former ambassador Peter Jay.
She has been a member of the Labour party since her teens.
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Watch video above: The debt retirement charge is done but hydro bills are still going up. Alan Carter explains why.
TORONTO – Residential consumers will still see their hydro bills go up, even though the governing Liberals are planning to remove the controversial debt retirement charge from their monthly statements in 2016.
The Ontario Clean Energy Benefit, which takes 10 per cent off hydro bills, will also expire at the same time. The majority of ratepayers will also be expected to bankroll a proposed program that would offset energy costs for lower-income families.
According to the government, a typical family consuming about 800 kilowatt hours per month would save about $75.60 a year after taxes once the debt retirement charge is removed on Jan. 1, 2016.
But those savings would be cancelled out by the loss of an $180 annual rebate from the clean energy benefit, which was introduced in 2012.
However, the Liberals are promising a support program for famillies with an income of up to $40,000 that would provide about the same savings as the clean energy benefit after it expires.
An eligible family could save on average $250 a year when combined with the removal of the DRC, Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli said Wednesday.
"We fully understand the electricity price pressures facing families, and that's why we're taking these steps," he said.
"This is real rate relief for those who need it most."
The program will add about 90 cents on the average monthly bill of the rest of the ratepayers, Chiarelli said.
"We feel that this is a very modest tradeoff to be made in order to accommodate those who are in significant need," he added.
By getting ratepayers to foot the bill, the Liberals can take all the credit for a program that won't add to the already staggering provincial debt they've racked up, the Progressive Conservatives said.
"It's increasing the hydro bills of the middle class to pay for low-income families," said Tory finance critic Vic Fedeli.
"At the end of the day, most families in Ontario will end up with a higher hydro bill over it."
Chiarelli said non-residential electricity users, including large industries, would still have to pay the debt retirement charge until 2018.
High energy costs are already chasing companies and jobs out of Ontario, Fedeli said.
The DRC, which is calculated based on consumption, was introduced in 1998 to help pay down the debt left over from Ontario Hydro, the former Crown corporation that was split into five companies.
Ontario Power Generation, Hydro One and municipal utilities were responsible for servicing and retiring part of the debt, while consumers were to pay off the residual stranded debt – amounting to $7.8 billion in 1999 – through the DRC.
The charge has been a headache for both consumers and the minority Liberals, who may be facing an election if they can't pass their May 1 budget in the legislature.
The opposition parties have zeroed in on the rising cost of electricity, saying it will climb even higher because the Liberals cancelled two unpopular gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga – which could end up costing up to $1.1 billion – for political gain.
Removing the DRC will provide little relief, said NDP energy critic Peter Tabuns.
"I'm not sure it's going to make a big difference to most families," he said. "People do need cash, no argument, but frankly they're going to be continuing upward pressures that are going to cost people a lot."
The Tories say the DRC should have been eliminated years ago because far more than $7.8 billion has been collected.
But the Liberals say $3.9 billion of the residual stranded debt was still outstanding as of March 31 of last year.
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FLASH SPECIAL: Will LES MISERABLES Lead To MISS SAIGON Onscreen For Mackintosh In 2013? The Heat Is On!
With the resounding success of the page-to-stage-to-screen adaptation of LES MISERABLES in movie theaters this week - having already grossed more than $100 million since its Christmas Day debut, making it the biggest opening ever in movie musical history - the eyes of many entertainment enthusiasts are on mega-producer Cameron Mackintosh as to what he will do next onscreen for a follow-up, as the box office receipts begin to pile up and award nominations are given. More than a merely spurious notion, his next project seems to be set in stone should LES MISERABLES journey on to mega-hit movie musical status (and it very well might) - according to Mackintosh in a recent promotional interview with the UK Telegraph, if the film version of LES MIZ actually breaks the half-billion mark he will indeed proceed to produce a film adaptation of another Boublil/Schonberg hit mega-musical from the 1980s that he originally presented to the world onstage - the wartorn Vietnam-set, MADAME BUTTERFLY-inspired MISS SAIGON. While the film adaptation of LES MISERABLES directed by Tom Hooper has virtually set a new standard insofar as the realism and grittiness achievable in a modern movie musical - coming explicitly as a result of the entirely live, onset singing; as well as the extended, extreme POV shots utilized to masterful effect and the overall stoic tone achieved by Hooper and company throughout - MISS SAIGON touches upon much more recent history and thus explores themes and topics much closer to home for many of us in the audience, to say nothing of the story itself, which largely concerns an American GI and his doomed romance with a bar girl in the last days of Saigon before it falls and Ho Chi Minh City rises, as well as the attendant resulting effects on the lives of those most intimate with them (Chris's friend and fellow GI, John, as well as his understanding wife, Ellen; Kim's conservative cousin, Thuy; plus, idealistic bar worker, Gigi).
Then, there is the seedy and slimy master of ceremonies - the Engineer - who sets the tragic (and sporadically comic) wheels in motion and greases up the cogs of the dramatic motor on more than one occasion - and stops the show cold for a knock-out fantasy sequence shortly before the final denouement, too. The casting possibilities for the four central male roles - The Engineer, Chris, John and Thuy - provide unique and compelling characters for the more capable singing actors amongst the vastly talented flock on Broadway and in Hollywood who could potentially more than fill the fatigues and fill out the leisure suits or uniforms necessary for those roles, but what about the titular leading lady at the center of it all? Well, Mackintosh apparently has already got that covered - as BroadwayWorld reported and provided an exclusive first look (available here), as a matter of fact - since preliminary casting for the role has apparently already begun in one form or another, with first auditions being held for the role of Kim in Manila, Philippines, just a few weeks ago - though that was reportedly exclusively for a future theatrical mounting (a 2014 West End revival, perhaps?) and not yet for the film.
Yet, thanks to the boffo box office of LES MISERABLES internationally so far, MISS SAIGON could very well arrive just in time for Christmas 2013 if all continues to go this well, so now is just as good a time to speculate on the logistics as any until we know more. The heat is on!
The Movie In His Mind
So, today, let's look at the rich history and most memorable performances that have made MISS SAIGON one of the most enduring and beloved musicals of the modern era and assess the features of the exceedingly gripping and heartbreaking tale that seemingly make it an ideal fit for a feature film treatment by Mackintosh and company in the very near future. Furthermore: who to direct? Who to cast? Who to star?
First up, witness what all the fuss was about and experience a star being born before your very eyes - MISS SAIGON composer Claude-Michel Schonberg meets and then teaches an impossibly young Lea Salonga one of the score's most celebrated duets, "Sun And Moon", for the very first time.
See Lea's first big audition for the creative team - including lead producer Cameron Mackintosh and the rest - in this clip from the behind-the-scenes video THE MAKING OF MISS SAIGON in which she brings a preternatural understanding and palpable passion to the towering Act One Finale, "I'd Give My Life For You".
Experience the star-making real-life story coming full-circle with this clip from the 1991 Tony Awards where Lea Salonga takes home the trophy for Best Actress In A Musical for her iconic work in MISS SAIGON. A star is born - and she is shining just as brightly to this very day!
Lea Salonga joins Broadway and SMASH star Will Chase in a lavish Manila production of MISS SAIGON in 2000, which thankfully now lives on on YouTube. Sample their "Sun And Moon".
Lea Salonga and Claire Moore - who originated the featured role of John's American wife, Ellen - perform one of MISS SAIGON's most effective and evocative musical numbers, "I Still Believe", here on a 1989 UK TV program, WOGAN.
Following that, from the same WOGAN show, original West End John, stage and screen actor Peter Polycarpou, performs the second act opener of MISS SAIGON, the anthemic and all-too thematically pertinent "Bui Doi".
Original West End Chris, simon bowman, joins Lea Salonga for their sexy, solo saxophone-accented duet, "The Last Night Of The World", on a vintage Royal Variety Show tribute to Cameron Mackintosh.
While simon bowman essayed the part of Chris in the West End and Willy Falk did it on Broadway, stage and screen standout John Barrowman made an early mark with his moving portrayal of the tortured character. Hear his "Why God Why?" here and hear why many claim he may very well have been the best Chris of them all. Yet, who is right for the film version?
Experience the epic overture for the show - beginning with those unmistakable helicopter blades as they furiously whir around us, over us and beyond - as heard on the sumptuously produced complete symphonic recording of MISS SAIGON.
Set your sights on the striking world of MISS SAIGON as rendered in this collection of B-roll footage from the original Broadway production, which also featured Liz Callaway and Hinton Battle in addition to West End leads Lea Salonga and Jonathan Pryce.
Lea Salonga is joined by fellow InDepth InterView participant, Australian stage superstar David Campbell, in this clip from the spectacular Cameron Mackintosh tribute HEY, MR. PRODUCER, available on video on DVD - and a must-see, once-in-a-lifetime concert like few others. Take in the duet, along with the rest of the stupendous MISS SAIGON medley, below.
A ravishing and alluring cut song from the score, take the time to experience Lea Salonga singing the regretfully replaced gem "Too Much For One Heart", in concert.
Recent competitor on THE VOICE and a Broadway star in his own right, here is Tony Vincent lending his thrilling instrument to the score of MISS SAIGON on an episode of the Asian TV program MUSICAL MOMENTS with "Sun And Moon".
Since no MISS SAIGON clip collection would be complete without the show's most famous song, here is "The American Dream" as originally performed by the one and only Jonathan Pryce at the 1991 Tony Awards. It will be difficult, if not impossible, to erase the memory of this performance, no matter what sure-to-be stalwart takes on the role in the film! Classic.
Relive Jonathan Pryce's rapturous ovation as he takes home the 1991 Tony Award for Best Actor In A Musical. "101 Things To Do With A Used Cadillac," and so very, very much more!
As a special bonus, enjoy original MISS SAIGON lead Lea Salonga playing the role of Fantine in the LES MISERABLES 25th Anniversary at the 02 arena and singing that score's memorable standard, "I Dreamed A Dream".
The American Dream
So, who is the ideal film director for a politically volatile, hot button-pushing, gritty, dark, sung-through musical tragedy such as MISS SAIGON? PRECIOUS director Lee Daniels is purportedly at the top of the list, though Oliver Stone has supposedly expressed interest and original SAIGON stage director Nicholas Hytner is a solid film director in his own right, so anything seems possible right now insofar as Mackintosh's myriad choices are concerned. Or, who knows, what about a re-teaming with LES MIZ helmer, Oscar-winner Tom Hooper? The possibilities are evidently quite seemingly endless. One could say the same for the countless individuals who could make magic out of the troubled souls that populate this story and make some magnificent music of it all in the process, as well. So many great picks! My top casting ideas: Jake Gyllenhaal or Eddie Redmayne as Chris? Amanda Seyfried as Ellen? Aaron Tveit as John? Hugh Jackman, Robert Downey Jr. or Ken Watanabe as The Engineer? Darren Criss as Thuy? Who would you cast in each of those roles? No matter what, it seems clear at this point that Kim must be someone totally new, though GLEE notable and InDepth InterView participant Charice could certainly be a choice candidate! With a musical that has as much to say - and sing - to a modern audience as MISS SAIGON (or LES MISERABLES, for that matter), some incredible casting could very well take place and make even more out of the dramatically dense and musically diverse material than we have ever seen onstage before; look no further than LES MIZ for proof that that is achievable.
But, how exactly to do that nifty helicopter effect (or match its impact) in a movie, though? Well, if anyone could figure out a way, it would be Mr. Mackintosh.
First, though, let's see how high LES MISERALES can fly in movie theaters around the world - and, in 2013, the appointed hour may then very well come for MISS SAIGON. Till then, though, it will remain the movie in our minds.


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This month, two things have conspired to challenge my usual sunny disposition to the world and both are located in that uncomfortable space where design and politics meet.
It is an unending source of amusement to me that designers and other creatives tend to find themselves on the left of the political spectrum despite being employed by OmniHyperGlobalBastard Corp.
Nevertheless, some designers seem determined to carve out a niché for themselves outside the scum-ridden world of capitalism, or at least transcend its vagaries in an utterly condescending manner. Meet the 'socially responsible' designers.
The idea of socially responsible design was something I first came across in the late 1990s. This month I ran into it again in this interview with Jonathan Barnbrook about responsibilities in design.
As someone who grew up genuinely piss-poor in a war-zone and who remains natural supporter of organised labour let me explain this: Poor people neither need nor want your sympathy. They need economic development to lift them out of penury.
Offer us a benefit concert? We will spit in your face.
OK, well I've never experienced true poverty as is commonplace in Sub-Saharan Africa, but nevertheless, the point remains.
More than that, if you are engaged in business of any sort it matters barely a jot what your intentions are. The economic order being what it is, all monies are interconnected and will end up in the hands of the warmongers sooner or later. There is no such thing as a caring corporation and it is folly to believe otherwise.
There is worse, however, than the misplaced nineteenth century-esque Christian socialism of the socially conscious designers. There is the gruesome spectacle of designers attempting to paper over the cracks in capitalism with their vapid and offensive middle class imaginings.
The disgusting spectacle of designers - architects in this case - conspiring to give poverty a makeover is more than I can take.
I am writing of Architecture for Humanity's new testament (or, load of balls, if you prefer) Design like you give a damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises.
Quite apart from the fact that you can't put lipstick on a chicken, that fact that anyone should be lectured about good design by an organisation which has, in seven years managed to actually construct just twelve buildings is almost beyond contempt.
Worse still, in the book is the example of the 'paraSite'. Designed by artist Michael Rakowitz, the paraSite is an inflatable tent which homeless people can attach to a building's exhaust to create a temporary shelter.
To paraphrase the script of Terry Gilliam's Fisher King: 'They're homeless, but they're happy. They like the freedom.'
As if vacuous art wasn't contemptible enough, here we actually have an example of an artist offering his fatuous onanism as a practical solution to a real economic and social problem.
Designers: just do you job. If you have political beliefs and want to fight for a better world, that's perfectly laudable. Just don't expect to bring it about while you're using AutoCAD or QuarkXPress. Unless, of course, you happen to be designing roads, sewage systems, schools, hospitals, factories and offices, in which case design might truly be said to be socially responsible.


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he advent of the Internet hailed the ability of users to transform their identity and expression and articulation of the 'self' through their digital interactions. The Internet in its early days enabled the user to re-define identity through the text-based environment of the internet without declaring their offline persona or identity. instagram likes and followers buy In comparison new social software like Facebook have brought about a narcissistic turn where private details are placed on a global arena for public spectacle creating new ways of connecting and gazing into the lives of the others. It raises new social issues for societies including the rise of identity fraud, infringement of privacy, the seeking of private pleasures through public spectacle as well as the validation of one's identity through peer recognition and consumption.There is some evidence that staff may reciprocate organisational trust in allowing internet and social media access by promoting the organisation in return. The benefits of this are not yet fully understood, but organisations seeking to engage customers through the internet and digital technology should consider how they might take advantage of what could be a relatively low cost sales and marketing tool. Blogging by employees about their working life can be a way of presenting the human face of an organisation and some organisations are already looking at this idea. This usually takes the form of relatively formalised use of media such as Twitter, where designated employees post tweets about issues related to the organisation. It can also, however, take the form of employees blogging about their day-to-day life in the organisation. It should also be remembered that employees can glean a lot of important information from the internet and so a blanket ban on internet use would be counterproductive.
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The Ultimate Early Ed Blueprint
Moreland Hills Elementary School in Pepper Pike, Ohio, and Anderson County Early Childhood Center in Lawrenceburg, Ky., are just 352 miles apart as interstates go. Their preschool facility projects, however, are worlds apart financially.
Thanks to a bond issue, Moreland Hills spent $14 million on a new two-story building in August 2001 to house all of its students, including those in Orange City Schools' pre-K program. Educators here enjoy a voice, video and data port phone at every teacher station, while the preschoolers in the suburban Cleveland district look forward to outdoor time on their own specially designed playground.
-Jennifer Sibbert Kappas, early childhood specialist, Wood Designs
Anderson's conversion from middle school to stand-alone preschool had a much smaller funding pot. "I didn't realize what I'd gotten myself into when the administrators said, 'Here's 200 keys for you--figure out where they go and have fun!' " recalls Principal Melissa Monts. The school board in the district, which is located in secluded horse country between Louisville and Lexington, was supportive. But keeping costs down was essential.
Rather than gutting the metal solders lining the walls in favor of new, appropriately sized cubbies, the school had plywood boards installed at knee height in the existing lockers. Still, the program has grown from 275 students to 550, with parents signing up their kids at birth for the privilege to attend.
Both schools offer viable learning spaces, thanks to administrators' attention to architectural design elements. And both find themselves deftly surfing the waves of change that are crashing down on the American school system, as districts move from K-12 to pre-K-12.
According to a 2003 National Center for Education Statistics report, 35 percent of public elementary schools offered pre-kindergarten classes during the 2000-2001 school year. Parents are more likely to find pre-K programs in city schools than in suburban or rural schools.
Yet, not all districts are jumping on the pre-K bandwagon. "Some administrators are wary, thinking they can hold off on adding [a] program," notes Jennifer Sibbert Kappas, early childhood specialist for Wood Designs in Monroe, N.C. Her pulse on the industry shows the fever for Head Start is slowly ebbing, however, to be replaced by--you guessed it--public preschool classes.
Although some pundits warn that districts eventually will need to adapt to include infants and toddlers as well, today's thrust remains on the three- and four-year-old munchkins. When NCES conducted its survey, 20 percent of pre-K students in public school programs were age three, 68 percent had celebrated their fourth birthdays and 9 percent were as old as five. Only a scant 3 percent fell into the "younger than three" category.
Variety reigns, however, when school boards debate how to build these early childhood centers. Architects insist it makes little difference whether they're asked to design a stand-alone facility, add to an existing elementary school or renovate an empty structure.
Still, there are building issues for administrators to weigh. For instance, stand-alone structures might translate to more expensive travel budgets for larger districts who have to bus from all over to reach these centralized facilities, points out John G. Willi, director of design research for Dublin, Ohio's Fanning/Howey Associates.
Integrated pre-K spaces also offer more flexibility. "School districts can't always predict what the population will be. When you choose a stand-alone center, you have to use it efficiently, [while] existing elementary schools sometimes can offer interchangeable classrooms," says Vcevy Strekalovsky, principal with Strekalovsky Hoit Raymond in Hingham, Mass. "Typically the stand-alone pre-K programs we see are not the ones required to take all residents. They can control their growth."
Moreland Hills can testify to the pre-K-for-all trap. "It was the Field of Dreams' 'build-it-and-they-will-come' syndrome," says Orange City superintendent Dan Lukich, who saw the population of the district's single elementary school explode by 100 kids in the last two years. Prior to the recent preschool building construction project, enrollment had been steady for seven years.
The school's 1,100-student capacity is no longer enough. "Enlarging Moreland Hills is out of the question. We're considering a separate pre-K building on the same campus," Lukich says.
Superintendent Michael Janelli of Wrentham (Mass.) Public Schools incorporated both of their pre-K programs into the Delaney Elementary School last September. One advantage of the set-up: Students and educators can take advantage of counseling and other specialties already on the town's 65-acre school campus. And, Janelli adds, "Many of the children have older siblings here, so it makes for an easy transition from home. They feel like part of one big educational family."
The Anderson County parent reaction was different. They balked when Monts asked if they wanted to move forward with the district's original plans to build an incorporated school. Keeping pre-K in one building seemed safer to parents, she says. "They define this as a family atmosphere."
Basic Needs
Whether a facility is within a school or it stands alone, one thing is certain: Space matters. Tinier tykes need more of it than their older siblings. While a typical elementary school room is about 900 square feet, kindergarten and pre-K rooms with the same number of students need 1,200 or more square feet, says Strekalovsky. "And they're not just large classrooms. They're more diverse in character from one corner to the other."
Maximizing the room structure and equipment wields enormous educational power. This means understanding that children learn through active exploration. Freedom to roam the classroom environment tickles the curiosity to learn.
An infant's 3 trillion brain cells need to be connected through repeated experiences, says Elsbeth Brown, a research professor at University of South Carolina's Institute for Families in Society. Three years after first encountering a ball, for instance, a child still needs to throw, bounce and sit on it to understand what it is.
"It's not the school's or the teacher's room. It's a child's environment so the space needs to invite a three-year-old," Kappas says.
That welcome starts with the color splashed on the walls. Contrary to popular belief, primary colors don't make the ideal backdrop. Keeping in mind the psychological effect of colors, experts like Ginger Murphy, vice president of merchandising and product development at Childcraft, recommend using splashes of Crayola hues only on peripherals like storage crates or paper trays.
And don't shy from pastels' soothing message, Murphy and Kappas agree. Moreland Hills even painted its walls a neutral tone to allow the children's colorful paintings and photographs to pop.
Of course, an effective early childhood learning environment offers more stimuli than the routine paper and crayons. "It's a common mistake to assume the space should be beautiful, cute, with lots of angles and built-ins when the reverse is true," Murphy says.
'Tis more important to fill this classroom with:
Activity centers: Kappas advocates setting up separate areas for blocks, dramatic play, fine motor skill activities (think puzzles, pegs and beads), art, sand and water (a.k.a. a "wet" area), reading and music.
But administrators goof, says Murphy, by arranging these areas into permanent fixtures. Willi agrees that flexibility is the watchword--and it's easy to incorporate. He pulls in 12-foot demountable walls to divide classrooms and makes liberal use of mobile display and storage areas.
"I had a college professor who always said you don't need a shelf to hold up a wall," Kappas says. "When an adult is at the end of a big space, they see a big space. [Children see] shelving against the wall and they interpret it as a big racetrack where they can get crazy. Use your furniture to establish control."
Just be careful to split opposite stimulations. Instead, Kappas suggests layering your activities. Try putting the fine motor skills space between a quiet reading zone and a loud dramatic play area so that there's a buffer between the sound extremes.
Storage: Collecting possessions begins at birth, so each child needs a place to tuck his treasures.
Privacy niches: These areas can be as simple as three-sided boxes or beanbags for tots to crawl into for alone time, or as fancy as an audio center where a child may don headsets and listen to a recorded story. The key lies in permitting individual play.
Food and drink: A 36-month-old child's stomach gets hungry a lot quicker, more often and with more intensity than an adult's. Preschool teachers need a place to prepare snacks and store sippy cups for juice.
Elizabeth Public Schools in New Jersey is installing water fountains into its three stand-alone early childhood centers, reports superintendent Tom Dunn Jr. They'll also be installed in the incorporated pre-K programs planned for 30 new elementary buildings in the next 10 years.
Fine-Tuning the Perfect Design
The best-laid plans can't whitewash a world where children don't physically fit. Early childhood centers should go beyond merely miniaturizing, Willi advises clients. Consider scale as well.
For example, many districts buy into the philosophy of natural lighting--yet Kappas seldom sees windows placed two feet off the floor so that preschoolers can peer out them. Yes, chairs should allow children's feet to touch the floor, but six-inch legs aren't enough if the backs force kids to scoot back in their seats to get comfortable--and their feet fly up as a result (a common problem with stackable chairs).
Shelving should range from 30 to 36 inches off the floor to give differently sized children the option to choose materials at their eye level. Ditto for tables. Murphy suggests selecting several sizes.
Most administrators know to put bathrooms in the pre-K classroom; communal lavatories in the hallway require more staff to escort and oversee their small fry. It's also a no-brainer to choose smaller toilets to get closer to the ground. The stalls themselves, however, should be wider since youngsters often need an adult's assistance with the complexities of lavatory tasks. Sinks, too, need to sink--children shouldn't have to use a step to reach the water.
In addition, some children in this age group are still in diapers. The average infant changing table in this space won't cut it for their bigger bodies, Willi says.
Lighting should be softer, more diffused, than in elementary classrooms, Brown chimes in. A good designer tones down the average acoustics as well. The sound of chairs scraping across a hard surface irritates and distracts a preschooler more than an elementary student, so controlled reverberation time is needed within these classrooms.
"Anything you can do to reduce tension and make it a relaxing, home-like environment [helps] enhance learning," Willi says. That's why Frances Smith Early Childhood Center in Elizabeth even installed radiant heating on the floor.
Technology touches, like a wireless system built into the speakers and ceiling, allows a teacher to grab instant control of chaos through a small microphone ... or read to 15 little kids wrapped up on the floor and ensure that even the farthest ones can hear the story. "This age group's vocabulary is very limited so when the teacher communicates, she has to articulate every word much more clearly than if she were talking with older kids," Willi explains.
And few administrators would build a pre-K space without computer access--four-year-olds may not have control of their tempers, but they can work a mean mouse.
Finally, don't overlook outdoor play. Dedicated early childhood equipment--such as Moreland Hills' choice of a rubberized play area instead of mulch to soften the blow should kids fall off the swings or slide--addresses safety issues.
Playgrounds can also cater to this age group's individualistic tendencies. "Preschoolers don't engage in team play. They are still self-centered enough to get interested in a blade of grass or flower and sit there looking at it for 20 minutes," says David Soleau, president and CEO of the Boston architectural firm Flansburgh Associates.
No Scrimping Allowed
When it comes to classroom design for older grades, there are lots of options, and different configurations can save money, Janelli says. "But with children just starting in the schooling experience, you can't scrimp. There is no magic--you either do it or you don't."
So a majority of school districts need to fund their pre-K programs through the ubiquitous bond issue. In many places, administrators will let design of a project lead to the amount of the bond issue, says Lukich.
His district tried something different. Rather than appealing to taxpayers to pony up the cost for the Moreland Hills design, Orange City secured the bonds first to give the architects their boundaries. It was the more efficient route, Lukich says.
Educational efficiency is also an aspect of the early childhood education model. "It's money well spent," Dunn says. "The money you invest in programming for kids at ages three and four will clearly pay for itself in better academic achievement, productivity and socialization during the next 13 years. It's actually better than investing in the stock market, if you look at that return."
Julie Sturgeon is a freelance writer based in Greenwood, Ind.
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Side by Side
How does a preschool classroom differ from a kindergarten space? In terms of design, not much, admits architect Vcevy Strekalovsky. But when it comes to materials, start counting the ways:
1. Flooring. Because the preschool crowd feels comfortable parked on their bottoms, they'll need more cushions and area rugs than chairs for reading time or other group activities.
2. Scribble space. Younger kids prefer to scribble more than those sophisticated kindergartners, so early childhood specialist Elsbeth Brown recommends posting marker boards around the perimeter of the pre-K space.
3. Heights. Most preschoolers will need shelving at 30 inches off the floor, as opposed to the 36 inches kindergarteners can typically handle.
4. Nooks and crannies. Preschool teachers must be able to see their charges at all times, so don't expect to find the angles, tunnels and walls that so delight the kindergartner's curiosity present in the pre-K, points out product development expert Ginger Murphy.
Read the Label
You're about to shell out a large chunk of money to secure an expert consult on your pre-K building design--but can you trust the credentials across the table? Yes, if you make sure potential consultants' education has equipped them with theories to back up the practices they push.
Elsbeth Brown of the Institute for Families in Society says to start by being cautious of those who claim a degree in early childhood. This commonly translates to "I've been certified to teach K-4th grade," not that the person has specific training with children under the age of five. A degree in child development, on the other hand, usually certifies the candidate as an expert from birth to six years old.


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How the Gravitational Constant Varies
Dr Rupert Sheldrake | Posted 17.03.2013 | UK Tech
Read More: Participatory Science, Gravitational Constant, Science Delusion, Physics, UK Physics, UK Science, UK Tech News
The "scientific worldview" is immensely influential because the sciences have been so successful. Their achievements touch all our lives through technologies and through modern medicine. Our intellectual world has been transformed through an immense expansion of our knowledge, down into the most microscopic particles of matter and out into the vastness of space, with hundreds of billions of galaxies in an ever-expanding universe.


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Softball rallies past Syracuse in extra innings
USF softball, held to one hit in the first six innings and down to their final strike in the seventh, rallied to force extra innings and edged Syracuse 5-4 to advance to the semifinals of the Big East tournament.
"It was a fun game to participate in, though I'm sure the fans and parents were biting their nails there at the end," coach Ken Eriksen said by phone. "We've done that all year, but I'd like to see us do it a little bit earlier. Big-time people do big-time things in big-time situations, and we got that from Cristi Ecks and Britta Giddens and JoJo Medina."
The Bulls trailed 1-0 in the seventh when Britta Giddens got a leadoff single and scored on a two-out single by Cat Olnick. USF nearly took the lead, but pinch-runner Lauren Rodriguez was thrown out at the plate trying to score on a pinch-hit single by Kendall Arnold to end the inning.
The tie carried to the ninth inning, when Giddens sparked the Bulls again. USF scored four runs, with first on a single by Medina and then three on a two-out, bases-loaded triple by Alison Savarese. Up 5-1, USF nearly lost the lead, as Syracuse scored three runs after a triple by Stephanie Watts. Ecks, who pitched the first four innings, re-entered the game and got the final out to clinch the Bulls' win.
USF now plays top-seeded DePaul, which eked past eighth-seeded Seton Hall with a 1-0 win on Thursday. USF lost both games at DePaul this season, one in nine innings, and Eriksen said he'll start either junior Kristen Gordon or freshman Candace Howell on Friday -- first pitch is at noon.
-- Some of you have asked whether Tyrone McKenzie's season-ending knee injury will impact him financially, since he has yet to sign his first contract with the Patriots. Waiting for a response from the league, but Profootballtalk.com has a good explanation of why McKenzie will get the same kind of contract from New England he would have gotten if healthy.
And a year spent on injured reserve still counts as an accrued season, so McKenzie will still be eligible for unrestricted free agency after four seasons, the same way he would if he played as a rookie.
-- Former USF standout Otis Dixon, recently head coach at Lakewood, will be the quarterbacks and running backs coach at Chamberlain this fall, the Times' Ed Encina reports. Encina also reports that Plant senior right-hander Jake Lowe is the latest Hillsborough County baseball star to commit to playing at USF next season.
-- Former USF cornerback Mike Jenkins, now with the Dallas Cowboys, has his own site now at Mikejenkins31.com, though the name makes less sense since the first blog post has Jenkins explaining that he's changing jersey numbers from 31 to 21 for the 2009 season. Somebody has parked Mikejenkins21.com through Godaddy.com, so it could be that Jenkins is changing URLs as well ...


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Author | exchange4media News Service | Saturday, Jun 12,2004 8:26 AM
The Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which has set a target of Rs 3,400 crore sales for the current fiscal, is looking to liquid milk sales in more cities to keep the smile on the face of the Gujarat farmers.
Mr B M Vyas, Managing Director, GCMMF, told Business Line the game plan was find lucrative equations within the value chain of milk - in pouch, in tetrapacks, in the sterilised form, and as fresh cream - before looking at the value-added forms.
Having made an entry into Pune with the acquisition of the Kapila Dairy in 2003, following similar forays in Mumbai, Nagpur and Nasik, the company has decided to tread cautiously for at least a while. This comes even as it had in the past followed inorganic growth as a philosophy, having taken over the Tarapur plant of Vadilal and Kwality's Nagpur dairy.
"The GCMMF has decided that there is no need to go in for spectacular acquisitions when there are umpteen number of dairy processing plants that can be hired out. Our next foray - whether it be Jaipur, Kanpur, Bhopal or Lucknow - would see us testing the waters with rented facilities first before setting up our own processing plants. Similarly, we are targeting 100 supermarkets in top cities with proximity to Indian by way of Amul tetrapacks," Mr Vyas said.
The Amul brand has already entered Hong Kong, Singapore, Colombo, Katmandu and the Gulf cities of Dubai, Kuwait and Muscat. Amul has now trained its guns on Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and Dhaka. Amul is sold in 300 shops across 13 cities in the US, this market alone good for Rs 10 crore out of Rs 80 crore earned from exports.
Even as GCMMF brushes aside talks of a tie-up with Wal-Mart as a drop in the ocean, Pakistan is being evaluated as a potential market for Amul milk. "Pakistan, with annual imports up to 20,000 tonnes of milk, is an obvious target for fresh liquid milk to be ferried from Jamnagar to Karachi in a matter of one hour, once the Governments agree. Similarly, Sri Lanka, with its proximity to Tamil Nadu, is again a potential candidate to import liquid milk, given that it imports 60,000 tonnes of milk powder. Clearly, with India's annual milk production already at 91 million tonnes and likely to touch 94.9 million tonnes this year, players such as Amul need to look at such markets," Mr Vyas said.
The GCMMF had closed 2003-04 with a turnover of Rs 2,883 crore. This came even as the Dhara oil portfolio, a significant part of GCMMF sales at Rs 345 crore last year, no longer remained a part of the federation's basket of products. Thus, the Rs 2,745-crore turnover in 2002-03, minus Dhara sales, settled at Rs 2,400 crore, resulting in an 18 per cent growth for milk and allied products under the Amul umbrella in the last fiscal.
However, the company's hopes of plugging the space left by Dhara with Amul Kool remained unfulfilled as the flavoured milk could rustle up a sale of only Rs 35 crore.
"The GCMMF has set a target of Rs 3,400 crore for the current fiscal as we are looking to take up the sale of liquid milk to Rs 1,000 crore from Rs 600 crore at present. This would push milk as the single biggest entity, ahead of milk powders at Rs 700 crore. Out of the 12 strategic markets identified for carving out Amul's presence in milk, we are going to push ahead with Jaipur and Kanpur in the comings days", he said.


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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's unclaimed property program is free and state Treasurer John Kennedy says residents should beware of an email scam that directs recipients to pay a fee in order to make a claim.
Kennedy said the scam surfaces every few years.
According to the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators, taxpayers nationwide are receiving emails appearing to originate from a regional auditor of the association. The email claims the recipient has inherited a large amount of money and promises further details upon receipt of personal information. Kennedy said NAUPA does not contact individuals directly.
"Identity thieves use fraudulent emails like this one to steal personal information or trick an unsuspecting victim into sending in money to process an Unclaimed Property claim. Louisiana citizens never have to pay to search for and locate Unclaimed Property," Kennedy said.
Kennedy said so-called finders who search for unclaimed property for a fee do not have access to information that an individual can't find for him or herself for free through the department's website of toll free hotline.
"When contacted by a 'finder,' an individual should contact our office before signing a contract," Kennedy said. "If the money is in our custody, we will be glad to get it back to you free of charge."
The state Treasury Department gets in new, lost money daily and has information on more than $500 million in unclaimed property belonging to Louisiana residents. Residents can visit the Treasury's official website at www.LATreasury.com or call 1-888-925-4127 to search for missing money Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.


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This coming weekend the focus of competitive ploughing in Scotland will turn to the Scottish Ploughing Championships to be held at Coldstream Mains and Lennel Estate, Coldstream.
World conventional champion Andrew Mitchell of Forfar will defend his Scottish title and also competing will be his father, runner up in the World reversible class in Croatia last month.
Some 180 competitors will take part on the 250 acre site in a range of classes from the ancient art of horse ploughing, vintage, classic and modern reversible classes through to the latest tackle working in the demonstration plots.
This will be the 50th Scottish Championships after the first one was held at Tibbermore in Perthshire in 1963. Members of the Borders Vintage Agricultural Association and local farmers will put on a special display of 50 vintage tractors and ploughs alongside the hosts' mighty Case Quadtrac articulated tractor which took part in this summer's Charity Quadtrac Challenge.
The culmination will be the crowning of the champions who get the opportunity to represent Scotland internationally next year. The 2013 Scottish competition moves to the other end of the country for its first ever visit to Caithness.


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amcgrath929 wrote:Blurrz wrote:Venom is a new mold or a repaint?
Yeah, pretty much what NOS said. Venom will be a new mold and was hinted at being more feminine than the original. They didn't really say fembot so I don't know what to make of that. I assume it will look great regardless though.
Venom can't be a Fembot. There's no logic in doing so either. But he had the most articulation out of all the team back in the day and through the engineering choices attributed to that extra articulation and by sheer coincidence he could be construed as a bit feminine if just from the poses you could get with him. But it still doesn't apply. He's like Vega from Street Fighter for example.
If you own the g1 mold you would know what i'm talkin about. He's all leg.


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When traveling, these are all the things he requires in his room.
Dude, Cheney is the one that shot somebody, he didnt get shot.
Secondly, people *do* complain about the prevailing liberal bias in the media, all the time. I for one have long since converted to C-Span because they have no agenda, liberal or otherwise.
Thirdly, there`s nothing "slight" about Fox News` conservative bias. People fed Fox News since Day 1 may not realize it, but the bias is in plain slight.
To jimbodahobo: Please oblige me and explain in what way(s) C-Span is liberal, in your eyes.
To Indigo_M: So, being told exactly what one wants to hear is better than having an informed opinion about world events? Is being appeased by a prejudiced media outlet better than sacrificing personal happiness and focusing on the serious issues of the world? As a powerful person in government, Cheney can`t afford to be this negligent.
So? I`d request the same thing if I was VP. Apparently, Cheney prefers the news channel that doesn`t attack him every day.
He has a heart problem.
Every other channel can get as liberal as they want, but noone complains about them.
(I still believe that since every other channel is liberal, its so out of the norm to have a channel that shows a slight conservative POV, that people automatically label it as "Conservative")
Heh. Heh.
Wait, are you being serious?
So why is Fox News so bad? Its the only freaking news channel that presents both sides of the issue.
My sentiments exactly.
I suppose the "all lights turned on" thing is for security. Other than that the only really odd thing is the tv stations being turned to FOX news.
And this is a fairly reasonable list.


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I see it working like this: Get as many of your Facebook friends to commit to this event as possible before the tickets go on sale, with no limit to the number of people you can include. Many events have ticket limits of four or eight, which supposedly is a deterrent to scalping, but won't matter in this scenario. Here, ticketing priority automatically is given to those who participated in the Facebook integration by putting together a group of friends.
Sounds like a scalper's dream: create a bunch of fake Facebook accounts and get priority access to tickets. But not if this was for a paperless ticketing system where credit cards or proof of identification were needed to be shown to enter the concert. I personally think that events that are 100% paperless are a pain the ass. Any number of scenarios can create a hassle: What if you have to cancel last minute, what if you want to gift a ticket to someone, etc? Instead, I am all for a plan which would allow customers to opt-in to this process to secure a group of tickets together. Under my plan, the benefit of this system – deterring scalpers – would outweigh the potential inconveniences of paperless ticketing. Tickets could be contingent upon a code only accessible via a person's Facebook account and a matching ID presented at the door.
The way the system was launched seems to only work for very slow-selling not sold-out shows. If a friend buys tickets in Section 204, Row 11 seats 7 and 8, I would love to buy seats 9 and 10 directly next to him if they are available – but this will only work well after the initial on sale when hundreds of tickets are not being gobbled up by the second. If you're not directly next to your friends it is arguably more frustrating to have them nearby but not next to you. "Oh, hey, there's my friend Andy, I'd love to tell him share something, but he's 20 seats away."
My mind races at the positive benefits this dream system would enable. What if instead of the first ten rows at arena rock concerts being filled with those willing to spend a premium on the secondary ticket market, they were filled with large groups of the band's biggest fans, those that got a group together and put in their request before tickets went on sale? What if scalpers could no longer use their sneaky (and potentially illegal) methods to snatch up the best tickets and resell them to you at a premium? What if this service was offered up at no additional cost but instead, customers actually felt like they were receiving something of value for the 20-30 percent convenience fees tacked on to every ticket.
Ticketmaster wants to brand itself as a more fan-friendly company but it has a long way to go. Basically, everyone hates Ticketmaster. I am intrigued and maybe even a little excited that it is trying to embrace social in a way that enhances the fan's experience. I think it got it backwards. Build a system allowing all of this to take place before the dreaded on sale, instead of after the fact, and watch massive networks of friends commit to buying tickets, the best tickets, and you'll know it's them that are in the seats. Bands will know it's their best fans in the front row and while we're at we'll fuck the scalpers too.
What do you think of the system DaveO proposed? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
7 thoughts on "Hidden Track Editorial: How Ticketmaster is Getting Social Backwards"
August 25, 2011 at 5:34 pm
nice article. very interesting idea.
one question: wouldn't you still have the same problem in the case of someone who ends up not being able to go?
August 25, 2011 at 5:36 pm
I dig it!
But I think there are a few things left unanswered:
1) Which Facebook group gets first priority? Does the largest group win, followed by the next largest? Say I have a group of 20 friends, but it's nowhere near the groups of 150, 120, 90, 70, 50, 30, 30, 30 and 25. That puts me pretty far back, I'd assume.
2) How do you determine the best seats? Sure, up front would be great! But after that fills up the first dozen rows, maybe I'd want my group on lower-level, or first row balcony?
Something to think about…
3) I'm in a group of 50 people who I "know" from a message board. But I REALLY want to sit next to Tom, Dick, and Harry. How do I choose? Also, we really like sitting on the aisle, and not the middle.
August 25, 2011 at 5:40 pm
Thanks Jon.
Yep, absolutely, it's certainly not perfect. I do think it's better than 100% of an event being forced paperless ticketing. Maybe there even would be an opportunity to toss the tickets to someone else assuming they were a Facebook friend…would open up the idea to some potential gaming the system though for sure.
August 25, 2011 at 5:46 pm
Hey Ringus,
All great questions.
1) Priority is an interesting question for sure. Could be random, could be largest group, could be some sort of loyalty whether it's to the program or to the performer…
2) Another good one. I certainly don't think the best seat is always the front row, we all know that often times mezzanines and balconies are the pro move.
3) Alright now you're just getting greedy! I kid. I mean, really if you're in a group of 50 people – all you need to know is your range of locations and just have the 50 of you occupy that space. If you have 4 tickets together to a show as it is now, people don't worry about sitting in their assigned seat.
August 25, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Nice idea:
What is missing is a way to eliminate that mad dash for tickets as they get gobbled up. At the end of the day, tickets end up on Stubhub for more or less than face.
What I'd like to see is them integrate MusicToday fan clubs into the mix. They already have an in with the fan who pays for pre-sale rights. Ticketmaster should show the "true" fans that they value them, and give them, and not the highest bidder, priority to tickets.
August 27, 2011 at 2:38 pm
I dont use facebook and will never create an account, how would I have access to those tickets via your proposed system?
November 9, 2014 at 10:41 am
Most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Johnny friends from Facebook get first crack at the best seats in the house for face value, then half of his Facebook freiends can't come up with $300 plus per ticket for what ticketmaster charges at face value six to eight months before the concert is held. Layaway is not an option here fellas. Tickets go on sale to the general public and are fair game for everyone to buy at face value. Get your friends together and buy them when they go on sale like the rest of us do. Coming from a huge fan!!


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Designer Donna Karan gives Dancie Perugini Ware celeb treatment
Recently feted for her philanthropic endeavors at New York Fashion Week, the Houston power publicist has a passion for fashion
Published 12:29 pm, Friday, November 16, 2012
To be invited to attend Donna Karan's runway show at New York Fashion Week is a big deal.
To be selected as one of Karan's ambassadors, a designation given to stylish women she believes are making a difference in the world, is huge.
"I felt like a celebrity," says Dancie Ware, who owns Dancie Perugini Ware Public Relations in Houston. "I had no idea the experience would be as gracious as it was."
As ambassadors, Ware and Houston socialite and philanthropist Sheridan Williams were among 12 women from throughout the U.S. and Canada treated to two days of dining and fashion during Mercedes-Benz Fashion week in New York this year. The women stayed at the plush Surrey Hotel, then enjoyed lunch at Daniel Boulud and dinner at Tom Colicchio's new Riverpark restaurant.
The finale was prime seating at Karan's spring runway fashion show, sitting behind Vogue magazine's Anna Wintour and close to celebrities such as Bianca Jagger, Bernadette Peters and business magnate Russell Simmons.
After the show, the designer held an intimate talk with the ambassadors about their philanthropic work and her community projects, including her Urban Zen Foundation, which has supported artisans in Haiti and around the world.
A longtime fan of Karan's collections, of her own personal style Ware said she recalls buying pieces from Karan's original collection at Tootsies in the mid-1980s.
"It was modern in every way from the fit to the fabric," Ware said. "Donna Karan introduced women to the body suit and tailored white shirts. These were such wearable pieces that allowed us to go from work to a parents' meeting, then to a cocktail party."
Ware said she'll attend Karan's runway show in February, and her ambassador post continues through the spring.
"Donna Karan epitomizes the modern woman and knows how to dress a modern woman," she said.


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Prevention of Severe Hypoglycemia in Type 1 Diabetes
This study has been completed.
Newcastle University
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
Newcastle Primary Care Trust
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Severe hypoglycaemia leading to collapse without warning is one of the most-feared complications for those with Type 1 diabetes. The aim of this study is to determine whether detection and targeted prevention of hypoglycaemia by using either an optimised subcutaneous insulin regime or continuous insulin regime can restore hypoglycaemia awareness in Type 1 diabetes. Following a 6-day continuous subcutaneous monitor glucose profile, participants will be randomised to 1 of 3 interventions: rigorous avoidance of hypoglycaemia on current insulin regime; targeted optimisation of subcutaneous insulin regime to avoid hypoglycaemia; or continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion. Symptomatic experience and severity of hypoglycaemia, pattern of hypoglycaemia on glucose profiling and, in selected individuals, response to hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemic clamp, will be compared over a 6 month period. It is envisaged that successful prevention of hypoglycaemia by one or more interventions may reverse altered hypoglycaemia awareness and prevent further episodes of severe hypoglycaemia.
|Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
|Drug: insulin glargine Device: continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion
|Phase 4
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Can Hypoglycaemia Awareness Be Restored in Individuals With Type 1 Diabetes and Severe Hypoglycaemia Employing Optimised Subcutaneous Insulin Regime or Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Pump
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: type 1 diabetes
MedlinePlus related topics: Diabetes Type 1 Hypoglycemia
Drug Information available for: Insulin Insulin humanU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Newcastle University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- prevention of severe hypoglycemia
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- incidence of mild symptomatic hypoglycemia
- HbA1C
- Continuous Subcutaneous Glucose Monitoring System profiles
- Altered Hypoglycemia Awareness survey
- Hypoglycemia Fear Survey
- Diabetes Quality Of Life of questionnaires.
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|Study Start Date:
|May 2003
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|September 2004
The unifying objective of the proposed unblinded randomized prospective study is to determine whether hypoglycaemia awareness in Type 1 diabetes can be restored by rigorous avoidance of hypoglycaemia addressed by one of the following interventions:
- A non-targeted approach whereby pre-prandial glycaemic targets are raised from 4.5-7mmol/L to 7.2-8.3mmol/L and hypoglycaemia is rigorously avoided without specific alterations in subcutaneous insulin regime5
- Optimisation of subcutaneous insulin regime employing pre-prandial short-acting insulin analogue in combination with once daily insulin Glargine targeted to prevent periods of hypoglycaemia identified by 24 hour glucose profiles
- Insulin delivery by external pump (continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion) targeted to prevent periods of hypoglycaemia identified by 24 hour glucose profiles
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 74 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- type 1 diabetes
- recurrent severe hypoglycemia within the preceding 6 months
- attending the Newcastle Diabetes Centre
Exclusion Criteria:
- previous use of rapid- and long-acting insulin analogs used in an multiple daily insulin injection regimen
- previous use of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion pump
- alcohol or drug abuse
- seizures unrelated to hypoglycemia.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00360984
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00360984
|United Kingdom
|Newcastle Diabetes Centre
|Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, NE4 6BE
Sponsors and Collaborators
Newcastle University
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
Newcastle Primary Care Trust
|Principal Investigator:
|James AM Shaw, MD; PhD
|Newcastle University
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|NCT00360984 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|August 4, 2006
|Last Updated:
|August 4, 2006
Keywords provided by Newcastle University:
insulin analog
severe hypoglycaemia
altered hypoglycaemia awareness
diabetes quality of life
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Insulin, Globin Zinc
Insulin Glargine
Hypoglycemic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017