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If there is one thing that we should all be thankful of for the advent of the internet, it would have to be online shopping. Who could ever imagine the possibility of being able to check out Valentino's latest collections or Hermes' latest pieces anytime, anywhere just by tapping on your keyboard? Nevertheless, never mind the labels because not all of us can afford all these luxuries, but did you know that you can look superbly stylish even without these labels? Yep, there are a lot of online sites that you can shop for cheap clothes and here they are:
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topshop.com – Face the fact; topshop is one of the most renowned sellers of cheap, yet gorgeous high quality items all over the world. It has a variety of clothing styles to choose from that suits every woman's needs and preferences. It started in UK which then infected all the rest of the world. Who could ever resist stylish clothing for less than a hundred bucks anyway?


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-Cruise the Gulf of Thailand
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-Ko Samui, Thailand
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-Colombo, Sri Lanka
-Cochin, India
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Bangkok is the capital and largest city in Thailand. It began as a small trading center on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River serving the Ayutthaya Kingdom, the precursor of modern Thailand which existed from 1350 to 1767. The city has vastly modernized and undergone numerous changes, including the introduction of transportation and utility infrastructure in the reigns of King Mongkut and King Chulalongkorn, and quickly developed into the economic centre of Thailand.
The following Shore Excursions are available for this port on this cruise, and may be reserved beginning 240 days before the cruise begins for guests receiving Concierge amenities, and 180 days before the cruise begins for all other guests. Guests receiving Concierge amenities will receive a 5% discount off of the prices shown below for Regent Choice tours.
Experience the mystic ancient beauty, tradition and art of Thailand during this visit to the Wooden Pavilion.
Depart the pier for the drive to North Pattaya. Upon arrival, you will visit the Wooden Pavilion, also known as the Sanctuary of Truth, a mystical building constructed according to ancient Thai specifications, and the largest wood-carved structure in Thailand.
Designed as a pagoda-shaped pavilion, the building is over 340 feet tall, and a fusion of religion, culture and art. Originally crafted entirely from Thailand's native teak, parts of the Wooden Pavilion have been replaced by the more durable redwood to withstand the ravages of the salt air. Every square inch of the building is covered with intricate and detailed wooden sculptures depicting the Ancient Vision of Earth, Ancient Knowledge and Eastern Philosophy. Once inside, you will have an opportunity to view the cavernous inner chapel, which reveals scenes from Chinese, Hindu and Buddhist traditions.
After exploring the pavilion and surrounding grounds, you will re-board the coach for a drive back to the ship along the beautiful Pattaya Beach Road with a stop at a gems factory where you can browse among a range of vibrant Thai silks and souvenirs.
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Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and Celgene Join Together to Raise Awareness about Pancreatic Cancer Through a First-of-its-kind Survey Offering a Rare Glimpse of those Living with and Caring for Pancreatic Cancer
LOS ANGELES and SUMMIT, N.J., Jan. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers in the United States, with a five year survival rate of just six percent.1 Now, a new survey has found that only 19 percent of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer ever discussed the possibility of participating in a clinical trial for pancreatic cancer with their doctor at the time diagnosis was made or before receiving their first treatment.2 The Pancreatic Cancer Survey: Learning through Experiences – the first national survey of nearly 400 people with any stage pancreatic cancer and caregivers – also found only four percent of all respondents said they or their loved ones discussed possible participation in a clinical trial with their doctor when the first treatment did not work, and only another four percent of all respondents said clinical trial participation was discussed after the second or later treatments did not work.2
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The survey, conducted by the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network in partnership with Celgene, revealed an average gap of 2.4 months between the appearance of symptoms and pancreatic cancer diagnosis. 2 This time can be crucial since pancreatic cancer is usually not diagnosed until it is already at an advanced stage3 and the median life expectancy after diagnosis with advanced or metastatic disease is only approximately three months.4
"The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network believes it is critical to help patients and their caregivers learn about treatment options, including clinical trials, as early as possible-particularly given the aggressive nature of pancreatic cancer," said Julie Fleshman, president and chief executive officer, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. "This survey underscores the need for more awareness of pancreatic cancer and for additional resources for research and patient support to improve patient outcomes."
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network has declared January "National Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trials Awareness Month" and encourages all patients to consider clinical trials when exploring treatment options.5 In addition to resources like clinicaltrials.gov, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network has a comprehensive and up-to-date database of pancreatic cancer-specific clinical trials taking place nationwide and offers a customized eligibility search for patients through their Patient and Liaison Services program.6
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"We hope these findings will help raise awareness of this devastating disease and prompt earlier dialogue between patients and healthcare professionals about treatment options and the potential for enrollment in clinical trials," said Jean-Pierre Bizzari, M.D., executive vice president of hematology and oncology, Celgene Corporation. "Celgene is proud to partner with the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network on this important survey in an effort to improve patient and caregiver access to resources and information."
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While the incidence and death rates for cancer as a whole are declining, those for pancreatic cancer are on the rise.1 In 2014, it is estimated more than 46,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and nearly 40,000 people will die of the disease.7 Currently, only about 26 percent of patients with pancreatic cancer survive for one year following diagnosis.8 For patients who are not diagnosed until after the cancer has already spread, or "metastasized," the outlook is even bleaker- the average survival time is only three months.4 Unfortunately, this is the case for more than half of patients with this disease.8
About the Survey
The Pancreatic Cancer Survey: Learning through Experiences project examined the experiences and needs of people living with pancreatic cancer at any stage and caregivers that were currently caring for or had cared for a patient within six months of survey participation. The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network conducted the survey in collaboration with Celgene. Participants in this 25-minute self-administered online survey included 184 patients and 213 caregivers aged 18 years or older. The survey was conducted between July 30 and September 18, 2013 and was aimed at providing those with pancreatic cancer and caregivers an opportunity to share their experiences as they often suffer from significantly lower survival rates than people with breast and bladder cancer.2,8
About the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the national organization creating hope in a comprehensive way through research, patient support, community outreach and advocacy for a cure. The organization is leading the way to change the survival for people diagnosed with this devastating disease through a bold initiative - The Vision of Progress: Double Survival for Pancreatic Cancer Survival by 2020. Together, we can know, fight and end pancreatic cancer by intensifying our efforts to heighten awareness, raise funds for comprehensive private research, and advocate for dedicated federal research to advance early diagnostics, better treatments and increase chances of survival. To learn more, visit www.pancan.org.
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|Moduli Spaces of Vector Bundles over a Real Curve: $\mathbb Z/2$-Betti Numbers
Moduli spaces of real bundles over a real curve arise naturally as Lagrangian submanifolds of the moduli space of semi-stable bundles over a complex curve. In this paper, we adapt the methods of Atiyah-Bott's ``Yang-Mills over a Riemann Surface'' to compute $\mathbb Z/2$-Betti numbers of these spaces.
Keywords:cohomology of moduli spaces, holomorphic vector bundles
Categories:32L05, 14P25
2. CJM Online first
|Tate Cycles on Abelian Varieties with Complex Multiplication
We consider Tate cycles on an Abelian variety $A$ defined over a sufficiently large number field $K$ and having complex multiplication. We show that there is an effective bound $C = C(A,K)$ so that to check whether a given cohomology class is a Tate class on $A$, it suffices to check the action of Frobenius elements at primes $v$ of norm $ \leq C$. We also show that for a set of primes $v$ of $K$ of density $1$, the space of Tate cycles on the special fibre $A_v$ of the Néron model of $A$ is isomorphic to the space of Tate cycles on $A$ itself.
Keywords:Abelian varieties, complex multiplication, Tate cycles
Categories:11G10, 14K22
3. CJM Online first
|Toric Degenerations, Tropical Curve, and Gromov-Witten Invariants of Fano Manifolds
In this paper, we give a tropical method for computing Gromov-Witten type invariants of Fano manifolds of special type. This method applies to those Fano manifolds which admit toric degenerations to toric Fano varieties with singularities allowing small resolutions. Examples include (generalized) flag manifolds of type A, and some moduli space of rank two bundles on a genus two curve.
Keywords:Fano varieties, Gromov-Witten invariants, tropical curves
4. CJM Online first
|On Varieties of Lie Algebras of Maximal Class
We study complex projective varieties that parametrize (finite-dimensional) filiform Lie algebras over ${\mathbb C}$, using equations derived by Millionshchikov. In the infinite-dimensional case we concentrate our attention on ${\mathbb N}$-graded Lie algebras of maximal class. As shown by A. Fialowski there are only three isomorphism types of $\mathbb{N}$-graded Lie algebras $L=\oplus^{\infty}_{i=1} L_i$ of maximal class generated by $L_1$ and $L_2$, $L=\langle L_1, L_2 \rangle$. Vergne described the structure of these algebras with the property $L=\langle L_1 \rangle$. In this paper we study those generated by the first and $q$-th components where $q\gt 2$, $L=\langle L_1, L_q \rangle$. Under some technical condition, there can only be one isomorphism type of such algebras. For $q=3$ we fully classify them. This gives a partial answer to a question posed by Millionshchikov.
Keywords:filiform Lie algebras, graded Lie algebras, projective varieties, topology, classification
Categories:17B70, 14F45
5. CJM Online first
|A Skolem-Mahler-Lech Theorem for Iterated Automorphisms of $K$-algebras
This paper proves a commutative algebraic extension of a generalized Skolem-Mahler-Lech theorem due to the first author. Let $A$ be a finitely generated commutative $K$-algebra over a field of characteristic $0$, and let $\sigma$ be a $K$-algebra automorphism of $A$. Given ideals $I$ and $J$ of $A$, we show that the set $S$ of integers $m$ such that $\sigma^m(I) \supseteq J$ is a finite union of complete doubly infinite arithmetic progressions in $m$, up to the addition of a finite set. Alternatively, this result states that for an affine scheme $X$ of finite type over $K$, an automorphism $\sigma \in \operatorname{Aut}_K(X)$, and $Y$ and $Z$ any two closed subschemes of $X$, the set of integers $m$ with $\sigma^m(Z ) \subseteq Y$ is as above. The paper presents examples showing that this result may fail to hold if the affine scheme $X$ is not of finite type, or if $X$ is of finite type but the field $K$ has positive characteristic.
Keywords:automorphisms, endomorphisms, affine space, commutative algebras, Skolem-Mahler-Lech theorem
Categories:11D45, 14R10, 11Y55, 11D88
6. CJM Online first
|Symplectic Degenerate Flag Varieties
A simple finite dimensional module $V_\lambda$ of a simple complex algebraic group $G$ is naturally endowed with a filtration induced by the PBW-filtration of $U(\mathrm{Lie}\, G)$. The associated graded space $V_\lambda^a$ is a module for the group $G^a$, which can be roughly described as a semi-direct product of a Borel subgroup of $G$ and a large commutative unipotent group $\mathbb{G}_a^M$. In analogy to the flag variety $\mathcal{F}_\lambda=G.[v_\lambda]\subset \mathbb{P}(V_\lambda)$, we call the closure $\overline{G^a.[v_\lambda]}\subset \mathbb{P}(V_\lambda^a)$ of the $G^a$-orbit through the highest weight line the degenerate flag variety $\mathcal{F}^a_\lambda$. In general this is a singular variety, but we conjecture that it has many nice properties similar to that of Schubert varieties. In this paper we consider the case of $G$ being the symplectic group. The symplectic case is important for the conjecture because it is the first known case where even for fundamental weights $\omega$ the varieties $\mathcal{F}^a_\omega$ differ from $\mathcal{F}_\omega$. We give an explicit construction of the varieties $Sp\mathcal{F}^a_\lambda$ and construct desingularizations, similar to the Bott-Samelson resolutions in the classical case. We prove that $Sp\mathcal{F}^a_\lambda$ are normal locally complete intersections with terminal and rational singularities. We also show that these varieties are Frobenius split. Using the above mentioned results, we prove an analogue of the Borel-Weil theorem and obtain a $q$-character formula for the characters of irreducible $Sp_{2n}$-modules via the Atiyah-Bott-Lefschetz fixed points formula.
Keywords:Lie algebras, flag varieties, symplectic groups, representations
Categories:14M15, 22E46
7. CJM Online first
|Congruence Relations for Shimura Varieties Associated with $GU(n-1,1)$
We prove the congruence relation for the mod-$p$ reduction of Shimura varieties associated to a unitary similitude group $GU(n-1,1)$ over $\mathbb{Q}$, when $p$ is inert and $n$ odd. The case when $n$ is even was obtained by T. Wedhorn and O. B?ltel, as a special case of a result of B. Moonen, when the $\mu$-ordinary locus of the $p$-isogeny space is dense. This condition fails in our case. We show that every supersingular irreducible component of the special fiber of $p\textrm{-}\mathscr{I}sog$ is annihilated by a degree one polynomial in the Frobenius element $F$, which implies the congruence relation.
Keywords:Shimura varieties, congruence relation
Categories:11G18, 14G35, 14K10
8. CJM 2013 (vol 66 pp. 505)
|Hodge Theory of Cyclic Covers Branched over a Union of Hyperplanes
Suppose that $Y$ is a cyclic cover of projective space branched over a hyperplane arrangement $D$, and that $U$ is the complement of the ramification locus in $Y$. The first theorem implies that the Beilinson-Hodge conjecture holds for $U$ if certain multiplicities of $D$ are coprime to the degree of the cover. For instance this applies when $D$ is reduced with normal crossings. The second theorem shows that when $D$ has normal crossings and the degree of the cover is a prime number, the generalized Hodge conjecture holds for any toroidal resolution of $Y$. The last section contains some partial extensions to more general nonabelian covers.
Keywords:Hodge cycles, hyperplane arrangements
9. CJM Online first
|Minimal Generators of the Defining Ideal of the Rees Algebra Associated with a Rational Plane Parametrization with $\mu=2$
|Minimal Generators of the Defining Ideal of the Rees Algebra Associated with a Rational Plane Parametrization with $\mu=2$
We exhibit a set of minimal generators of the defining ideal of the Rees Algebra associated with the ideal of three bivariate homogeneous polynomials parametrizing a proper rational curve in projective plane, having a minimal syzygy of degree 2.
Keywords:Rees Algebras, rational plane curves, minimal generators
Categories:13A30, 14H50
10. CJM Online first
|Twists of Shimura Curves
Consider a Shimura curve $X^D_0(N)$ over the rational numbers. We determine criteria for the twist by an Atkin-Lehner involution to have points over a local field. As a corollary we give a new proof of the theorem of Jordan-Livné on $\mathbf{Q}_p$ points when $p\mid D$ and for the first time give criteria for $\mathbf{Q}_p$ points when $p\mid N$. We also give congruence conditions for roots modulo $p$ of Hilbert class polynomials.
Keywords:Shimura curves, complex multiplication, modular curves, elliptic curves
Categories:11G18, 14G35, 11G15, 11G10
11. CJM 2013 (vol 65 pp. 1125)
|On the Global Structure of Special Cycles on Unitary Shimura Varieties
In this paper, we study the reduced loci of special cycles on local models of the Shimura variety for $\operatorname{GU}(1,n-1)$. Those special cycles are defined by Kudla and Rapoport. We explicitly compute the irreducible components of the reduced locus of a single special cycle, as well as of an arbitrary intersection of special cycles, and their intersection behaviour in terms of Bruhat-Tits theory. Furthermore, as an application of our results, we prove the connectedness of arbitrary intersections of special cycles, as conjectured by Kudla and Rapoport.
Keywords:Shimura varieties, local models, special cycles
12. CJM Online first
|Galois Representations Over Fields of Moduli and Rational Points on Shimura Curves
The purpose of this note is introducing a method for proving the existence of no rational points on a coarse moduli space $X$ of abelian varieties over a given number field $K$, in cases where the moduli problem is not fine and points in $X(K)$ may not be represented by an abelian variety (with additional structure) admitting a model over the field $K$. This is typically the case when the abelian varieties that are being classified have even dimension. The main idea, inspired on the work of Ellenberg and Skinner on the modularity of $\mathbb{Q}$-curves, is that to a point $P=[A]\in X(K)$ represented by an abelian variety $A/\bar K$ one may still attach a Galois representation of $\operatorname{Gal}(\bar K/K)$ with values in the quotient group $\operatorname{GL}(T_\ell(A))/\operatorname{Aut}(A)$, provided $\operatorname{Aut}(A)$ lies in the centre of $\operatorname{GL}(T_\ell(A))$. We exemplify our method in the cases where $X$ is a Shimura curve over an imaginary quadratic field or an Atkin-Lehner quotient over $\mathbb{Q}$.
Keywords:Shimura curves, rational points, Galois representations, Hasse principle, Brauer-Manin obstruction
Categories:11G18, 14G35, 14G05
13. CJM 2012 (vol 66 pp. 3)
|On Hilbert Covariants
Let $F$ denote a binary form of order $d$ over the complex numbers. If $r$ is a divisor of $d$, then the Hilbert covariant $\mathcal{H}_{r,d}(F)$ vanishes exactly when $F$ is the perfect power of an order $r$ form. In geometric terms, the coefficients of $\mathcal{H}$ give defining equations for the image variety $X$ of an embedding $\mathbf{P}^r \hookrightarrow \mathbf{P}^d$. In this paper we describe a new construction of the Hilbert covariant; and simultaneously situate it into a wider class of covariants called the Göttingen covariants, all of which vanish on $X$. We prove that the ideal generated by the coefficients of $\mathcal{H}$ defines $X$ as a scheme. Finally, we exhibit a generalisation of the Göttingen covariants to $n$-ary forms using the classical Clebsch transfer principle.
Keywords:binary forms, covariants, $SL_2$-representations
Categories:14L30, 13A50
14. CJM 2012 (vol 65 pp. 823)
|Symbolic Powers Versus Regular Powers of Ideals of General Points in $\mathbb{P}^1 \times \mathbb{P}^1$
|Symbolic Powers Versus Regular Powers of Ideals of General Points in $\mathbb{P}^1 \times \mathbb{P}^1$
Recent work of Ein-Lazarsfeld-Smith and Hochster-Huneke raised the problem of which symbolic powers of an ideal are contained in a given ordinary power of the ideal. Bocci-Harbourne developed methods to address this problem, which involve asymptotic numerical characters of symbolic powers of the ideals. Most of the work done up to now has been done for ideals defining 0-dimensional subschemes of projective space. Here we focus on certain subschemes given by a union of lines in $\mathbb{P}^3$ which can also be viewed as points in $\mathbb{P}^1 \times \mathbb{P}^1$. We also obtain results on the closely related problem, studied by Hochster and by Li-Swanson, of determining situations for which each symbolic power of an ideal is an ordinary power.
Keywords:symbolic powers, multigraded, points
Categories:13F20, 13A15, 14C20
15. CJM 2012 (vol 65 pp. 1020)
|Monotone Hurwitz Numbers in Genus Zero
Hurwitz numbers count branched covers of the Riemann sphere with specified ramification data, or equivalently, transitive permutation factorizations in the symmetric group with specified cycle types. Monotone Hurwitz numbers count a restricted subset of these branched covers related to the expansion of complete symmetric functions in the Jucys-Murphy elements, and have arisen in recent work on the the asymptotic expansion of the Harish-Chandra-Itzykson-Zuber integral. In this paper we begin a detailed study of monotone Hurwitz numbers. We prove two results that are reminiscent of those for classical Hurwitz numbers. The first is the monotone join-cut equation, a partial differential equation with initial conditions that characterizes the generating function for monotone Hurwitz numbers in arbitrary genus. The second is our main result, in which we give an explicit formula for monotone Hurwitz numbers in genus zero.
Keywords:Hurwitz numbers, matrix models, enumerative geometry
Categories:05A15, 14E20, 15B52
16. CJM 2012 (vol 65 pp. 905)
|Explicit Models for Threefolds Fibred by K3 Surfaces of Degree Two
We consider threefolds that admit a fibration by K3 surfaces over a nonsingular curve, equipped with a divisorial sheaf that defines a polarisation of degree two on the general fibre. Under certain assumptions on the threefold we show that its relative log canonical model exists and can be explicitly reconstructed from a small set of data determined by the original fibration. Finally we prove a converse to the above statement: under certain assumptions, any such set of data determines a threefold that arises as the relative log canonical model of a threefold admitting a fibration by K3 surfaces of degree two.
Keywords:threefold, fibration, K3 surface
Categories:14J30, 14D06, 14E30, 14J28
17. CJM 2012 (vol 65 pp. 634)
|Laplace Equations and the Weak Lefschetz Property
We prove that $r$ independent homogeneous polynomials of the same degree $d$ become dependent when restricted to any hyperplane if and only if their inverse system parameterizes a variety whose $(d-1)$-osculating spaces have dimension smaller than expected. This gives an equivalence between an algebraic notion (called Weak Lefschetz Property) and a differential geometric notion, concerning varieties which satisfy certain Laplace equations. In the toric case, some relevant examples are classified and as byproduct we provide counterexamples to Ilardi's conjecture.
Keywords:osculating space, weak Lefschetz property, Laplace equations, toric threefold
Categories:13E10, 14M25, 14N05, 14N15, 53A20
18. CJM 2012 (vol 65 pp. 575)
|The Geometry and Fundamental Group of Permutation Products and Fat Diagonals
Permutation products and their various ``fat diagonal'' subspaces are studied from the topological and geometric point of view. We describe in detail the stabilizer and orbit stratifications related to the permutation action, producing a sharp upper bound for its depth and then paying particular attention to the geometry of the diagonal stratum. We write down an expression for the fundamental group of any permutation product of a connected space $X$ having the homotopy type of a CW complex in terms of $\pi_1(X)$ and $H_1(X;\mathbb{Z})$. We then prove that the fundamental group of the configuration space of $n$-points on $X$, of which multiplicities do not exceed $n/2$, coincides with $H_1(X;\mathbb{Z})$. Further results consist in giving conditions for when fat diagonal subspaces of manifolds can be manifolds again. Various examples and homological calculations are included.
Keywords:symmetric products, fundamental group, orbit stratification
Categories:14F35, 57F80
19. CJM 2012 (vol 65 pp. 961)
|A Hilbert Scheme in Computer Vision
Multiview geometry is the study of two-dimensional images of three-dimensional scenes, a foundational subject in computer vision. We determine a universal Gröbner basis for the multiview ideal of $n$ generic cameras. As the cameras move, the multiview varieties vary in a family of dimension $11n-15$. This family is the distinguished component of a multigraded Hilbert scheme with a unique Borel-fixed point. We present a combinatorial study of ideals lying on that Hilbert scheme.
Keywords:multigraded Hilbert Scheme, computer vision, monomial ideal, Groebner basis, generic initial ideal
Categories:14N, 14Q, 68
20. CJM 2012 (vol 64 pp. 1222)
|Normality of Maximal Orbit Closures for Euclidean Quivers
Let $\Delta$ be an Euclidean quiver. We prove that the closures of the maximal orbits in the varieties of representations of $\Delta$ are normal and Cohen--Macaulay (even complete intersections). Moreover, we give a generalization of this result for the tame concealed-canonical algebras.
Keywords:normal variety, complete intersection, Euclidean quiver, concealed-canonical algebra
Categories:16G20, 14L30
21. CJM 2012 (vol 65 pp. 721)
|Tameness of Complex Dimension in a Real Analytic Set
Given a real analytic set $X$ in a complex manifold and a positive integer $d$, denote by $\mathcal A^d$ the set of points $p$ in $X$ at which there exists a germ of a complex analytic set of dimension $d$ contained in $X$. It is proved that $\mathcal A^d$ is a closed semianalytic subset of $X$.
Keywords:complex dimension, finite type, semianalytic set, tameness
Categories:32B10, 32B20, 32C07, 32C25, 32V15, 32V40, 14P15
22. CJM 2012 (vol 65 pp. 544)
|Iterated Integrals and Higher Order Invariants
We show that higher order invariants of smooth functions can be written as linear combinations of full invariants times iterated integrals. The non-uniqueness of such a presentation is captured in the kernel of the ensuing map from the tensor product. This kernel is computed explicitly. As a consequence, it turns out that higher order invariants are a free module of the algebra of full invariants.
Keywords:higher order forms, iterated integrals
Categories:14F35, 11F12, 55D35, 58A10
23. CJM 2012 (vol 65 pp. 195)
|Surfaces with $p_g=q=2$, $K^2=6$, and Albanese Map of Degree $2$
We classify minimal surfaces of general type with $p_g=q=2$ and $K^2=6$ whose Albanese map is a generically finite double cover. We show that the corresponding moduli space is the disjoint union of three generically smooth irreducible components $\mathcal{M}_{Ia}$, $\mathcal{M}_{Ib}$, $\mathcal{M}_{II}$ of dimension $4$, $4$, $3$, respectively.
Keywords:surface of general type, abelian surface, Albanese map
Categories:14J29, 14J10
24. CJM 2012 (vol 65 pp. 120)
|Universal Families of Rational Tropical Curves
We introduce the notion of families of $n$-marked smooth rational tropical curves over smooth tropical varieties and establish a one-to-one correspondence between (equivalence classes of) these families and morphisms from smooth tropical varieties into the moduli space of $n$-marked abstract rational tropical curves $\mathcal{M}_{n}$.
Keywords:tropical geometry, universal family, rational curves, moduli space
Categories:14T05, 14D22
25. CJM 2011 (vol 64 pp. 1090)
|Classic and Mirabolic Robinson-Schensted-Knuth Correspondence for Partial Flags
In this paper we first generalize to the case of partial flags a result proved both by Spaltenstein and by Steinberg that relates the relative position of two complete flags and the irreducible components of the flag variety in which they lie, using the Robinson-Schensted-Knuth correspondence. Then we use this result to generalize the mirabolic Robinson-Schensted-Knuth correspondence defined by Travkin, to the case of two partial flags and a line.
Keywords:partial flag varieties, RSK correspondence
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posted at 2/28/2013 5:47 PM EST
Good move by the Flames. They need someone like him.
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posted at 2/28/2013 5:50 PM EST
WHOA!!! Did not see that one coming. Very smart. They have been needing a first tine centre for at least a decade......plus they draft horribly anyway.
posted at 2/28/2013 5:57 PM EST
Well, if they do land O'Reilly, not sure if they would trade Iginla. Kind of defeats the purpose.
posted at 2/28/2013 6:01 PM EST
That's exactly right. Feaster is doing the classic Flames "treading water and not officially rebuild" act. Makes sense and may be worth it if they happen to sneak into the playoffs.
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posted at 2/28/2013 6:18 PM EST
Calgary and Colorado play each other today. Could be entertaining to watch the expressions on Sherman's face.
posted at 2/28/2013 6:24 PM EST
lol...Red. He had to figure that this was a possibility. Eventually, someone was going to bite. Considering their season has not gone according to plan, Sherman will probably be happy to take the picks.
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posted at 2/28/2013 6:25 PM EST
Pretty much bones the Avs, and exposes their utter front office incompetence...
It'll be interesting.
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posted at 2/28/2013 6:27 PM EST
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Colorado doesn't match Fletch ? forgone conclusion...
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posted at 2/28/2013 6:31 PM EST
mid to high first and 3rd round pick isn't bad compensation. Credit to Oreilly's agent, with a 6.5 million 2nd year salary that becomes the minimum for his qualifying offer after the next 2 years. seem way to high, I think Calgary is insane.
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posted at 2/28/2013 6:37 PM EST
I say the Avs match it. Tough to explain to your fan base why you'd let a "great" (very good?) player walk when you have $17M in cap space.
posted at 2/28/2013 6:45 PM EST
I think Calgary is taking quite a large risk too.
O'Reilly has only had one season where he resembled a #1 center (when Duchene and Stastny were hurt and he got a ton of opportunity). He faded terribly down the stretch when the Avs were fighting for a playoff spot.
His career high is 18 goals.
They need to re-sign him in two years. If they don't, the draft picks may seem like a lot to give up.
Keep an eye on his physical exam -- rumors were that he was hurt pretty badly in Russia and came back to nurse his way back to health. He may not be ready to play.
$10 million, a 1st round pick, and a 3rd is nothing to sneeze at.
I think O'Reilly is a great player, but he's always been an underdog in a quiet hockey town where he could exceed the expectations of a young kid that nobody knew. Now he's getting first line center money, big expectations, and playing for a rabid fan base/media market. He better produce. He needs to outshine $5 million in payroll and a mid 1st round pick.
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Signing him would look even more hopelessly inept than letting him go. They have no hand to play at all.
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posted at 2/28/2013 9:21 PM EST
and the Avs matched the offer.
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posted at 2/28/2013 9:55 PM EST
I have always been surprised why teams do not use this mechanism that is available to them more often.. I understand it creates some tension with teams involved , but this is competition and your job as a GM is to better your team.. Perfect example was the Stamkos hold up in negotiations.. Why someone didn't drop $10M/ per on this guy on an offer sheet is beyond me, truly never understood no one stepping out for that guy and at least make TB squirm..... especially when Tampa was going thru some financial hardship and already had the anchor of Lecavallier's contract. That type of scenario comes along once in a blue moon
I give Calgary a lot of credit...they were trying to improve their team.. I hope we see more of these moves in future...
posted at 2/28/2013 10:15 PM EST
I would agree with that, but they have a long history of stubbornly departing with holdouts without budging. Considering their highest offer to O'Reilly was reportedly in the $4-million-ish range, if that, I can't fathom that they would tuck tail now and raise their offer by over 50%. If they did, Matt Duchene should stop playing immediately and demand a renegotiation.
posted at 2/28/2013 10:25 PM EST
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Outside of the division, if you sign a player to an offer sheet, you are basically killing any possibility of trading with that GM or team for quite a while. It's pretty bad blood.
Inside the division, it's a sword with many edges. If you get the guy, the other team is going to have your picks and that could really come back to haunt you. If you don't get the guy, you've taken a player off the shelf and put him on the ice at a price that you think is fair. And the bad blood again.
This is why Brian Burke worked out the deal for Kessel instead of going to the offer sheet. He at least saved the bad blood. He still got stung by the picks coming back to bite him, but at least those picks were his choice.
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posted at 2/28/2013 11:36 PM EST
Isn't this cap hit the same as Kessel's? Meaning it would have been the same 1st and 3rd round picks? That would have been better for Toronto. They'd be without Colborne, might still have Kaberle, and would probably have Dougie or Ryan Murphy....or an even higher pick.
But I'll take what they did :)
posted at 3/1/2013 12:44 AM EST
There is a lot of politics involved.
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posted at 3/1/2013 6:35 AM EST
Last night ex-GM Neil Smith said when he offered a failed offer sheet there was much abuse thrown at him at the next GM's meeting.Politics is definitely involved with the RFA offer sheet process.
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posted at 3/1/2013 8:13 AM EST
The politician's take: seems like the offer sheet is a way for everyone to save face:
1. Sherman gets his guy at less than what the agent was asking for
2. O'Reilly gets paid a good sum and ends a messy holdout that could have hurt his image with the fans. The "getting paid" thing being the more important.
3. Feaster gets to show his team that he's not throwing in the towel, while actually throwing in the towel
Is it me, or shouldn't GMs actively talk behind the scenes and stage these type of things?
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Whoa, the Avs did not save face, or get O'Reilly at a price they are happy about. They got bent over, and now have a contract that they do not like at all. I think that they matched as quickly as they did so that they could move O'Reilly at next year's trade deadline (they have to hang on to him for a year, so it will be very close, couldn't wait 7 days to match...). This contract was for a lot more than they wanted and they were strong-armed into it. I think they look like fools for diddling around with this until someone forced their hand into spending millions more than they wanted.
I don't think Calgary looks great either. They loook desperate, they broke the GM gentlemen code, burned bridges, and now have nothing to show for it.
In my opinion:
O'Reilly and his agent = winners
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Issue 58:1 is off to print!
13 August
There's so much to look forward to: A strange and wonderful insert on the typography of blank pages, by Laksmi Cohen-MacGregor; New poems by Lisa Jarnot, Phil Cordelli, Alfred Starr Hamilton, Eric Ellingsen, Tom Raworth, Marjorie Welish, Wong May; and Abdellatif Laâbi, translated by Andrew Zawacki; New fiction by Matthew Nye; Felicitas Hoppe, translated by A. […]Read more »


text: Curt Arens Archives Email Author The Only Thing We Have to Fear is...Public Speaking Husker Home Place Feared more than death and taxes, adults are petrified of speaking in front of people. Published on: April 19, 2011 Tweet Post to Your Wall. Email Blog RSS Permalink Print Feared more than death and taxes, adults are petrified of speaking in front of people. I have to admit, my mind began to wander a bit during the county 4-H public speaking contest the other night. Listening intently to young 4-Hers talk about their latest projects, their hopes for the future, their thoughts on agriculture or caring for the land, I couldn't help but admire these students who stood before total strangers and told their stories with ease. They could communicate the chaos of trying to get projects ready the day before the county fair or chasing their 4-H calves down the road after they broke away from the wash rack. We could laugh with the youngsters. We could cry with them and ponder issues with them as well. From most surveys, adults hate public speaking, maybe more than a double root canal. Grown men and women, pillars of their communities, admired by their friends and families alike, experience legs of Jello and cracking voices when they are asked to speak in front of a group. That's unfortunate. Farmers and rural leaders these days are called on more than ever to be able to communicate their message clearly and concisely. They must speak before urban and rural groups and organizations. They testify before legislative committees. They sell and describe their wares at farmers' markets. They serve and network on commodity boards and in agriculture organizations. They are required to communicate every day. That's why 4-H and FFA public speaking contests are so important. These competitions are training the agriculture leaders of tomorrow to communicate with the public in a way that everyone can understand. My own daughters are far ahead of me in that area. They've been participating in the 4-H contests since they were 7 years old. When I was a teenager, the county 4-H speech contest was huge, with 40 or more participants. The competition was fierce and the winner was admired greatly. Today, we have a difficult time getting a dozen participants. Today, there are too many distractions for kids, and public speaking contests aren't really on their radar or in their priorities. But learning how to speak well in public should be. It is a life skill that will serve them well in agriculture or in any profession they might choose. For my daughters, speaking in public is natural, so they should be at ease as adults. They've done it before. So, I would encourage farm families to nudge their children to participate in speech, demonstration and other communication contests for churches, schools, 4-H, FFA or other school and farm groups. They may not appreciate your insistence now, but down the road they will not have the same fear of speaking as most adults, and they will be better equipped to tell the farm and food story to the next generations of consumers.


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Our staff works with experts in a variety of medical disciplines, such as Child Health, Physical Medicine and other specialties, to apply a team approach that addresses a patient's medical, social, emotional, and physical conditions.
Our clinic is located at 204 N. Keene St., Suite 102 and is conveniently located just down the street from MU Children's Hospital.
In addition to serving the general orthopaedic needs of our patients, Daniel Hoernschemeyer, MD and Sumit Gupta, MD also offer specialized care in these areas:
Aaron Gray, MD specializes in sports-related injuries.
Who We Are
Daniel Hoernschemeyer, MDAaron Gray, MDSumit Gupta, MDKelly Scott, APNMelisa Johnston, NPHolly Weatley, Clinic Coordinator
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Our staff sees patients at the Pediatric Orthopaedic Clinic, located at 204 N. Keene St., Suite 102, Columbia. To schedule a visit, please call our main appointment desk at (573) 884-7874 or the Missouri Orthopaedic Institute at (573) 882-2663. Clinic FAX number is (573) 884-9898.
Missouri Orthopaedic Institute at Capital Region Medical Center The Missouri Orthopaedic Institute at Capital Region Medical Center is an affiliate of University of Missouri Health Care in Jefferson City. The clinic is located at 1432 Southwest Blvd. in Jefferson City, Mo.To schedule an appointment, call (573) 882-2663.
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To arrange for transfer of patients with orthopaedic trauma or fractures, please call the Trauma Referral Line: 1 (888) 426-8911 (1-888 42MU911).After hours and on weekends, ask the paging operator to contact the orthopaedic resident on call to handle the transfer.
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Glades Day RB Kelvin Taylor finishes second in Mr. Football votingby Jeff Greer
Glades Day running back Kelvin Taylor finished second in voting for Florida's Mr. Football, the Florida Dairy Farmers announced Friday. Miami Norland running back and Miami commit Duke Johnson won the award, which is given to Florida's top high school football player.
Johnson received 16 of the possible 26 first-place votes for the award and beat out Taylor, who got three first-place votes, by 64 points. Bradenton-Manatee quarterback Cord Sandberg was third.
Tallahassee-North Florida Christian's Robert Craft won Coach of the Year. Miramar coach Damon Cogdell finished second, and Miami Washington coach Tim Harris placed third.
Taylor ran for 2,884 yards and 40 touchdowns as part of his record-breaking junior season in which he shattered the state records for career rushing yards and touchdowns. Glades Day lost to St. Petersburg-Admiral Farragut in the state semifinals.
Florida Dairy Farmers has given out the prestigious awards every season since 1992. Three area players and two area coaches have won the awards, with the last Palm Beach County winner being Dwyer's Matt Elam in 2009.
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My husband alerted me to this article about the psychiatric benefits of blogging. I guess I'm narcissistic enough to need to blog instead of just writing a diary.
I process my life ahead of schedule. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing, but it's the way my mind works. Three months ago, during Henry's first stem cell transplant, I processed our radiation decision. I didn't make the decision then, but I walked the paths that I need to walk in order to make a decision.
Henry begins radiation in two weeks. I think I'm at peace with what we have decided to do.
Last week I began processing his relapse. It was a very dark few days for me.
The difference is of course that he may not relapse. He may be cured. So I may have processed for naught. But I couldn't stop myself. It's almost like a psychological tic, I can hold off for so long but I just know that I'm going to give in and do it eventually.
Anyway, it appears to be over, at least for now. Right now he's racing his tricycle all over the court, screaming "You can't catch me!" Which I need to go try to do.
But I promised you all a picture a few months ago, and this morning got it.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
2 comments:
- rlbates said...
Beautiful picture! Thanks for sharing with us.
- May 25, 2008 at 6:53 PM
- pelican said...
Best wishes for radiation! I hope you never need to access your relapse processing.
- May 25, 2008 at 9:13 PM
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Joshua Abraham
Joshua Abraham is the son of Larry Abraham, the man who wrote the international best selling novel None Dare Call It Conspiracy with his friend Gary Allen. This novel in 1971 exposed the "smoking gun" proof for the plans and the agenda for the global government called the New World Order planned by the alien worshiping/summoning satanic Illuminati and Free Masons.
His mission is to spread the word and awaken the masses to the very real evidence and proof of the "ancient astronaut theory" and how it relates to our current politics, government policies, and direction to a one world government we are all currently heading towards.
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Terrorism & Expeditions - New World Order
In the first half, author, adventurer, and journalist Robert Young Pelton talked about terrorism, and his Expedition Kony project. He addressed the possibility that there could be terrorism incidents at the Winter Olympics being held in Sochi, Russia. In the second half, Joshua Abraham discussed the "ancient astronaut theory" and how it relates to the New World Order. ... More »Host: George Noory


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Volvo Bus Australia has recently been awarded a three-year arrangement to supply at least 180 chassis to Brisbane City Council, including the trial of a new hybrid diesel-electric model. The council currently has a contract with Volgren, which will build the bus body on the chassis supplied by Volvo.
Volvo Group's North American subsidiary, Nova Bus, and the Société de transport de Montréal, STM, have entered into an agreement on an electrification project for the public transit system of Montréal, Canada. Nova Bus and STM signed a Memorandum of Understanding today in the presence of the Quebec Premier Pauline Marois, Olof Persson, President and CEO of the Volvo Group and Michel Labrecque, Chairman of the STM board of directors.
Fuel consumption is reduced by over 80% and the total energy consumption by over 60%. The results of the field tests being conducted in Gothenburg show that Volvo Buses' plug-in hybrid more than meets expectations.
The Volvo 9700 has won the prestigious Irish Coach of the Year 2014 award at the Fleet Bus & Coach Awards held in Dublin.
Low sales volumes on a weak market impacted profitability for Volvo Buses in the third quarter of 2013. Net sales decreased by 9% to SEK 3,705 M (4,076). Order intake in the third quarter improved and totaled 2,780 buses, which was 41% higher than the same period last year. Volvo Buses reported an operating loss of SEK 164 M for the third quarter of 2013.
Lothian Buses has ordered 20 Volvo hybrid single deck 7900 buses. The order is a result of the successful introduction of ten similar vehicles earlier this year.
Volvo Buses, Sales-Lentz and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of Luxembourg as a test arena for a sustainable public transport system.
Volvo has now switched all of the model series in Europe to the upcoming Euro 6 emissions standard. The company has implemented a significant upgrade of its entire product program. The results are buses with lower fuel consumption, lower climate impact and lower emissions.
Interest in energy-efficient vehicles that can operate completely or partly on electricity is growing rapidly worldwide. For Volvo Buses, which is the leader in the field, electromobility is the road to the future.
Volvo Buses will now strengthen its model program with a new articulated bus with hybrid technology. The Volvo 7900 Articulated Hybrid bus will have capacity for 154 passengers and up to 30% lower fuel consumption than the current diesel model.


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KUSA - Fans, take polls, find the NFL scoreboard, get live highlights, updates and stats from the Denver Broncos, Tennessee Titans and sports reporters in this live game center from 9NEWS: http://on9news.t/broncos.
Denver Broncos continue record season, clinch playoff spot
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Show off how experience and watch the Broncos games on your social media accounts. Use the hashtag #BroncosView then check out http://tagboard.com/BroncosView. Tagboard collects public posts from Twitter, Vine, Instagram, Google+ and Facebook that use the tag #BroncosView.
Whether you're looking for the Denver Broncos schedule, party ideas, sports analysis, or even virtual gifts the 9NEWS Broncos social app has it.
The app finds relevant social conversation from sports experts, Broncos players and staff and fans to cut down on the clutter of constant Tweets and comments. Broncos fans can read through the Tweets and send their own Tweets using the hashtag #GoBroncos right from the app, leave a comment through Facebook and check-in and comment on GetGlue.
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EEA to host first Twitter Town Hall on Earth Day posted on Apr 14
Hello, I'm Rick Sullivan, Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) and this coming Earth Day, I invite you to talk with the EEA team and me directly about everything energy and environment-related that the Patrick Administration has accomplished. EEA will host its first …Continue Reading EEA to host first Twitter Town Hall on Earth Day
Massachusetts Agriculture Day posted on Apr 4
On Wednesday, March 26th, agriculture once again took center stage at the State House in Boston. Agriculture Day, also known as "Ag Day," is the one day a year where farmers come together to focus legislative attention on agriculture. The day is organized by …Continue Reading Massachusetts Agriculture Day
2014 DAR Agricultural Calendar: March posted on Mar 24
March's Massachusetts Agriculture Calendar Photo Contest winner was Peg Mallett, who photographed customers purchasing Massachusetts maple syrup at The Wayland Winter Farmers' Market at Russell's Garden Center from Dale Wentworth of The Warren Farm & Sugarhouse in North Brookfield. Once a photojournalist, Peg began working at …Continue Reading 2014 DAR Agricultural Calendar: March


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Teaching and learning at Cardiff develops the intellectual skills and self-reliance that equips our students to deal with complexity and uncertainty and to question and analyse existing orthodoxies. In addition to providing high-level subject-specific skills and knowledge, such teaching ensures these are "transferable" skills which provide value throughout life.
We give a high priority to providing a stimulating environment for the support and promotion of teaching and learning.
Learning from research
Our teaching takes place in a research environment where students benefit from interaction with researchers who are working at the frontiers of knowledge in their disciplines. Research conducted at the University is vigorous and pioneering and this creates a stimulating environment for study.
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According to the National Student Survey 2013, our students are more satisfied with their educational experience than students at any other higher education institute in Wales.
The 2013 survey found 89 per cent of Cardiff University students 'definitely agree' or 'mostly agree' that they are 'overall satisfied' with their student experience – the highest in Wales, and above the UK-wide sector average of 86 per cent.
Teaching at Cardiff University received a robust endorsement in a recent audit conducted by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. Following interviews with students and other stakeholders, and scrutiny of thousands of Cardiff University documents, the Audit confirmed that prospective and current students, parents, teachers and graduate employers can continue to have every confidence in the quality and standards of Cardiff's awards and provision.
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Through the Cardiff Centre for Lifelong Learning we are the the largest provider of adult education in Wales, with 700 courses taught at some 30 venues across South East Wales. The University's lifelong learning activities also encompass professional development work for employers, including custom-made courses.


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by March 11, 2014
Last Thursday, I hosted the Crimes in Survey Design webinar. We had many great questions come in that we unfortunately did not have time to get to, but have answered below! If you missed the webinar or would like to watch it again, the recording is available here. What is the ideal rating scale: 5...read more
by October 10, 2013
Increasingly, there is a lot of talk by experts about the need to collaborate with employees and customers; to have a conversation that leads to mutual benefit. And these stakeholders want to talk, make no mistake about it. What they don't want to do, however, is to answer long lists of questions...read more
by September 27, 2013
Visually appealing data can sway an audience. Data reported in bland columns and rows of a spreadsheet can put the same audience to sleep. Ok so that maybe true, but which chart to choose? This is a difficult question for most analysts who want to balance visual impact with ease of creation.One of...read more
by September 11, 2013
What was missing from this week's Content Marketing World? Data and Feedback Collection! I don't mean that they didn't collect feedback from attendees. They had a survey for every session in their mobile app. They incentived attendees to complete the surveys by gamifying them. Attendees were...read more
by September 17, 2013
If you are considering building up a research panel of your own one of the key considerations is the nature of your profile survey. This will be the first survey, and hopefully not last, that a participant will see. Although the word 'profile' has mixed connotations, as in the negative context of...read more
by September 11, 2013
There comes a time when we need to be reminded. Sometimes a gentle reminder will do, other times we may need to be more forceful. Survey participants are no different.Seldom will we achieve our desired number of completes without resorting to some polite arm twisting. The Cvent online survey...read more
by September 6, 2013
Survey incentives are must unless you are working with an extremely devoted audience such as a political group or cause-related organization such as a charity. Even with these groups in order to reach response targets we may have to provide an incentive in exchange for their time and opinions. How...read more
by August 26, 2013
When the word retention comes to mind we often turn to customer retention first. After all, retention management programs are a key component to successful growth of the customer base. However, as the economy continues to slowly move out of the depths, another version of retention is becoming...read more
by July 29, 2013
It is not often we can correct mistakes after the fact. As market researchers, however, we do have a few tools that allow us to make corrections post-facto. When it comes to sampling and response it is best to draw samples that are representative of your desired population beforehand. However,...read more
by July 16, 2013
Not all companies are perfect, so when you provide a not-so-perfect customer experience, your customers are going to talk. This means there's a chance they won't buy from you again and that they will share their not-so-great experience with others, including potential prospects. However, sometimes...read more


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THE Voice winner Karise Eden stepped out from the confines of reality television to perform at Westfield Kotara last night
There were no coaches, studio lights or television cameras in sight when the 19-year-old performed before a crowd of about 1000 people at the centre from 6pm.
Security closely guarded the stage from the time Eden stepped onto centre court.
The Central Coast songstress was clearly taken aback by the hordes of fans , including her sister and two aunts in the crowd, but looked instantly relaxed as she began to sing.
''Thanks for turning up. You guys have made my day,'' she told the Westfield crowd.
''I thought I wasn't worth anything like this. This is what I've wanted to do all my life.''
Eden sang three songs, You Won't Let Me, I'd Rather Go Blind and Hound Dog from her album My Journey.
Armed with some wise words from her The Voice mentor and coach Seal, Eden has embarked on a national Westfield tour to promote the album.
''He told me to be strong and to be proud and own what I've become,'' Eden said prior to the Westfield performance.
The soul songstress said she plans to keep in touch with the man she described as a ''father figure''.
Eden has four of the top five songs on the ARIA chart this week led by her number one single Stay With Me Baby.
Young fan Bree Crossland, 12, from Caves Beach, lined up for almost three hours at Westfield Kotara yesterday to hear Eden perform.
''She's come so far from where she started.''
The Kotara High student attended the performance with her mum Fiona Bush. The pair watched the entire series of The Voice together.
''I had a difficult childhood like Karise. She's proved your dreams really can come true,'' Ms Bush said.
Eden's extensive Westfield tour will finish in Canberra on Sunday July 8. Eden, who turns 20 next month, then wants to go home to the Central Coast for a week or two and take it all in.