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The Queen visited Lord's to meet both teams and stayed for an hour, long enough to see England slump to 28 for three. Had she stayed all day she might have been tempted to knight Ian Bell on the spot after he scored his second century of the series and his third in successive Ashes Tests.
A packed and sweltering Lord's rose to acclaim him, full of admiration. They had been roasting for six hours just watching so they marvelled at how easy he made it all look. If his hundred at Trent Bridge was made under more pressure, this was easier on the eye, which is what the faithful here prefer.
It also got England out of a pickle, his 144-run partnership with Jonny Bairstow, and his 99-run one with Jonathan Trott before that, helping to nose their team in front until Steve Smith, a latecomer into the action, dismissed them both as well as Matt Prior with his leg-breaks, to allow Australia to shade the day.
England, who finished on 289 for seven, will want to get around 350 on Friday, a target they obviously feel within their reach after sending out a nightwatchman, James Anderson, to protect a No 9, Stuart Broad. It surprised everybody, not least the Aussie supporters who, assuming it was Broad, began to boo.
Bell has scored hundreds in clusters before so he has not just discovered gluttony. He made three in three Tests against Pakistan in 2006 and five hundreds in eight Tests in 2010-11, when he was arguably England's best batsman. He then endured something of a slump until now when that trio of successful batting; confidence, concentration and sublime timing, have become perfectly aligned like heavenly bodies.
Some batsmen strike the ball but Bell just seems to ease it around as Colin Cowdrey and Tom Graveney used to do. Some of his back-foot shots through the covers defied aesthetics, and physics, the minimal fuss at the bat face belying the speed with which they raced to the boundary. It is why more poetry has been written about batting than any other sporting discipline.
If this looked like confirmation of a new ruthless Bell, he lapsed into his old casual self soon after reaching his hundred. In what many accredit to Michael Clarke's innovative captaincy, but what was actually a last resort, Smith was brought into the attack to bowl his wrist-spin. A few pies ensued, one a full toss that Bell despatched over mid-on for four, but when Smith landed and turned one from a good length, Bell was a tad loose in defending and edged to slip.
The move to bowl Smith then looked a masterstroke as he caught and bowled Jonny Bairstow for 67, the batsman miscuing a low full toss. Australians, as well as bowlers everywhere, will consider it poetic justice that Bairstow did not go on to reach his maiden Test hundred.
Clean-bowled by Peter Siddle when on 21, he was reprieved when TV replays showed that the bowler had failed, by about a millimetre, to ground some part of his heel behind the back edge of the front crease. On a hot day and on a flat pitch, when a fast bowler knocks over your stumps but has overstepped by such a minute margin it is morally out, though so far in this series only England appear to have benefited when the cricketing ethics have gone awry.
Smith then took his third wicket when he had Prior caught behind trying to force a back-foot shot through the covers. Aggression is the game Prior peddles but with five overs to go, it was a poor shot. Since he was named England's Player of the Year, Prior's Test scores have been nought, nought, 39, four not out, one, 31 and six.
Alastair Cook had probably not planned on having Prior out or even in by the close of play after he had won the toss and batted on another scorching summer's day. But like England, who had dropped Steven Finn for Tim Bresnan, Australia made changes to their side, the most significant being the inclusion of Ryan Harris for Mitchell Starc, possibly because right-arm pace bowlers tend to bowl better on the Lord's slope than left.
Harris almost qualified for England on the basis of a British passport in 2008, when he almost declared himself a home player for Sussex, but was persuaded otherwise by Queensland, where he lived.
On Thursday, he bowled like a veteran, probing just the right line and length from the Pavilion end to have Joe Root lbw and Kevin Pietersen caught behind, the first coming down the slope the other staying up it. It was a one-two Glenn McGrath used to exploit better than anyone, which is why Australia had him advise them recently.
Root, who had seen his captain fall lbw to Shane Watson (Clarke's first masterstroke when he had him replace James Pattinson after just two overs), reviewed the decision but after lengthy consideration and numerous replays, Tony Hill, the TV umpire, decided that the ball had struck pad just before bat - there were Hot Spot marks on both - and Root had to go.
Pietersen came and went, quickly, his nibble at one he probably had to play at ending in a fine edge to Brad Haddin. His exit left England reeling at 28 for three, with a rout in prospect before Trott then Bell settled the crowd with a solid partnership of which Trott made the lion's share.
A big score beckoned for Trott until Harris banged one in short and he shovelled it to Usman Khawaja at deep square-leg, a mistake that gave the deserving Harris a third wicket and the even more deserving Bell an unfettered platform on which to score his 19th Test hundred.


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Michelle, Dumbbell, These Are Words That Go Together Well
I would prefer to write about a happier subject than Michelle Obama -- and few subjects are more unhappy -- but I just can't get her dumb-as-a-stump speech out of my mind. Hugh Hewitt was playing it on the radio yesterday afternoon, so I heard parts of it on the drive home from work. It was an odd juxtaposition. Driving up the coast, to the left of me, the beautiful blue Pacific. But further to the left of me, the bluest waves of bleak rhetoric you'll ever hear coming out of the piehole of a would-be first lady.
I'm just kidding about the "dumbbell" crack, of course. I don't really believe Michelle is stupid. Rather, I believe she's psycho. To put it another way, never mark something down to stupidity when it is much more easily explained by mental illness. Hewitt took some callers during the speech, and to a person, everyone thought she was not just deranged, but palpably disturbing in a way that only an unhinged person can be, since they are leaking their mind parasites all over the place, to such an extent that they are the last person to notice them. As the PowerLine boys put it, "she is woefully deficient in the ability to see herself as others see her."
One caller remarked that if Obama can't even cheer up his morbidly depressed and paranoid wife, how is he supposed to lift the nation's mood? Put Zoloft in the drinking water?
I wish I had a full text of the speech, so I could fisk it line by line. (Hewitt's website has the link to it, but don't listen to it if you are vulnerable to depression.) As Hewitt writes, "This is the rhetoric of resentment and victimization.... [T]he radio audience reacted with a combination of astonishment and anger. Michelle Obama discounts all the good that is going on in the country, skips over the deep generosity of Americans, and ignores the astonishing economic and social progress made in the U.S. since the close of W.W. II, as she indicts [every] aspect of American life. Her very grim vision chills those who do not share it, which I guess to be the 'vast majority' of Americans."
You just have to be so ahistorically narcissistic to share Obama's bleak vision of the United States. Your mind has to essentially circle in a tight spiral around your own myopia and provincialism, so that it is simultaneously petty, and yet, grandiose and presumptuous. Far from having doors closed to her, this is a woman who has probably never been confronted and brought down a peg, one of the sad legacies of white liberal guilt. This is the very reason why left wing black "thinkers" tend not just to be such cringeworthy mediocrities, but downright embarrassments, such as Cornell West, whereas conservative black thinkers such as Thomas Sowell or Shelby Steele are as brilliant as they come. The left systematically substitutes compassion for standards, which is not a recipe for excellence, to say the least.
This has nothing whatsoever to do with race and everything to do with it, in that left wing ideology systematically rots the mind, but especially in more vulnerable communities (Dennis Prager also discusses this in a column today). In other words, it doesn't so much harm a tenured white leftist professor (at least economically) to adhere to his pathological views, since he's got a lifetime gig at our expense. The people who suffer from the white leftist's dysfunctional ideas are the underclass -- even if they are upper class, like Barack and Michelle, who certainly prove that poverty is not just a state of mind, but more importantly, a state of the soul. When white liberals sneeze their viral ideas, urban blacks catch a head cold. They publish and blacks perish.
I am reminded of P.J. O'Rourke's "graduation speech," in which he mocks those who complain that "Some people make more money than others. Some are rich while others are poor. We'd better close that 'income disparity gap.' It's not fair!"
"Well, I am here to advocate for unfairness. I've got a 10-year-old at home. She's always saying, 'That's not fair.' When she says this, I say, 'Honey, you're cute. That's not fair. Your family is pretty well off. That's not fair. You were born in America. That's not fair. Darling, you had better pray to God that things don't start getting fair for you.'"
That's what I want to say to Michelle Obama: Damn right, life isn't fair. It's not fair that someone as dense as you attended Harvard law school. It's not fair that you pull down $$273,618 for being a "vice president of community and external affairs," whatever that is. It's not fair that that crook Tony Rezko sold you that prime lot at such a discount. It's not fair that the liberal media are in the tank for your husband. It's not fair that he's going to surrender to our enemies, placing me and my family in jeopardy. It's not fair that American blacks are the most wealthy and prosperous the world has ever known. And most of all, it's not fair that your husband made a million bucks from his vacuous book, The Audacity of Hope, but Gagdad Bob hasn't even seen a royalty check for his spiritual classic!
There is also some incisive analysis at PowerLine: "Michelle Obama seethes with bitterness. While she preaches the gospel according to Barack, she wears resentment and bitterness on her sleeve. It is therefore painful to listen to her. She's apparently even still angry about her SAT scores. She didn't test well in school, she explains. Somehow, she has overcome.
"Mrs. Obama seeks to convey convey the impression -- she expands on the theme at great length -- that Senator Obama's campaign is, to borrow Joe McCarthy's formulation, the victim of 'a conspiracy so immense...' It is not clear whether the Obama campaign can overcome the power of these sinister forces.
"According to Mrs. Obama, the Obama campaign has been constrained by nameless forces constantly changing the rules of the game and thereby preventing Senator Obama from securing the nomination. Who are 'they'?... 'They' seem... (incredibly) to include the mainstream media. These nameless forces have approximately the same specificity as the names on Joe McCarthy's list."
As an example of how clueless Michelle is about her projections, one of the central themes of her speech is how frightened Americans are, and how Obama is going to somehow heal this. But if America is controlled by the dark, conspiratorial forces of her imagination, we have every reason to be frightened, and no reason to believe that Obama is equipped to take on an enemy so simultaneously nebulous and ubiquitous.
In this regard, her cognition has the exact structure of a clinical paranoid -- big on generalities, short on specifics. Rather, the paranoid just knows that someone is out to get them. Furthermore, if you don't agree with them, you're one of the people who is out to get them. You are inducted into the conspiracy. So there's your proof that it exists!
In an amazing display of unintentional irony on stilts, Michelle accuses the rest of us of "victimizing our children" with our bleak and frightening world view. This from a woman who deliberately exposed her own children to the hateful ravings of a racist conspiracy monger week after week, in the one place that should be free of such poison!
The Obama's campaign slogan ought to be, We Didn't Make It, And So Can't You! At NRO, Yuval Levin writes of The Unhappiest Millionaire, and her weirdly nostalgic, dystopian and dyspeptic vision:
"In fact, a great bulk of Mrs. Obama's speech is devoted to nostalgia for a simpler time -- an odd approach for a progressive, yet an altogether common one on the left today. She describes a steady downward path from that golden age of distant memory. 'We know where we're living,' she tells the slightly confused audience, 'this is where we are right now, and this has been the case for my entire lifetime: that trajectory of hope has gotten more difficult for regular folks.'"
What. Is. She. Talking. About.
"This view of America has been a real problem for the Left in the Bush years. As the liberal labor economist Stephen Rose has put it, 'What progressives generally say about the economy is unrelentingly pessimistic -- stagnant wages, rising costs, overwhelming burdens of debt. It's a message that doesn't resonate with the middle class -- not only because it's overly negative (by itself political poison), but because it's simply flat out wrong."
Byron York also has some good analysis. The left always uses and abuses children for political purposes, and he describes a particularly vivid and disturbing example:
"[Michelle] tells the story of a ten-year-old girl she met in Newberry, S.C., before that state's primary.... After the rally, the girl came up to her and said, with great seriousness, 'Do you realize when your husband becomes the next president of the United States, it will be historical?'
"Everybody laughs; what a cute thing for a child to say. But then Obama asked the little girl what that would mean for her. 'It means that I can imagine anything for myself,' the girl said.
"The crowd begins to applaud; they think they're hearing a happy, inspiring story. But that's not where Mrs. Obama is going.
"'And then that little girl started to break down in tears,' she continues. 'She sobbed so hard. She was crying big, huge tears. And I had to think, why is this little girl crying so hard? And I thought, you know what's going on? This little old girl gets it."
"This little ten-year-old girl knows what's at stake. She knows that she's already five steps behind.... She knows that her hopes for college are already dwindling.... She knows that if she gets sick, maybe has an asthma attack, instead of going to a doctor and being treated, she's going to be sitting in an emergency room for hours on end.'"
Again, this is not a stump speech. This is a cry for psychological help. Why on earth would you steal the innocence of your children and indoctrinate them with any political ideology, let alone this deeply depressing, hopeless, fearful, and defeatist view of the world? Indeed, one of the main responsibilities of a parent is to shield your children from such concerns until they are old enough to be "disillusioned" by the world. For in order to cope with the rigors of adulthood and deal with its inevitable disappointments and frustrations, we need to internalize a deep well of love, trust, and security from our parents, otherwise we will spend the rest of our lives searching for the Lost Entitlement of Childhood.
Which it certainly appears that Michelle is doing. She is in essence inflicting her own childhood on the rest of us. Hey, I didn't say it. She did. For this little girl -- who is "suffocating under a veil of impossibility" -- is "in all of us."
Speak for yourself, Michelle. You're confusing projection and empathy, condescension and compassion.
Such a different vibe from just a generation ago, when Aretha could sing with such positivity of being
Young, gifted and black / Oh what a lovely precious dream / In the whole world you know / There are billion of boys and girls / Who are young, gifted and black / And thats a fact!
So saith the First Lady of Soul. So cheer up, Michelle. Forget what they told you at Harvard. You're not young, shafted and black!
When you feel really low / Yeah, there's a great truth you should know / When you're young, gifted and black / Your soul's intact!
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Chronic drinking and smoking cause brain injury
Chronic drinking and smoking cause both separate and interactive brain injury
Most alcoholics in North America are chronic smokers. While much is known about the adverse effects of chronic smoking on cardiac, pulmonary and vascular function as well as the risk for various cancers, little is known about its effects on brain neurobiology and function.
Symposium participants at the June 2005 annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism in Santa Barbara, California addressed the brain injuries that chronic smoking and drinking can cause separately as well as interactively. Proceedings are published in the February issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.
??oRecent neuroimaging studies of chronic smokers have shown brain structural and blood-flow abnormalities,??? said Dieter J. Meyerhoff, professor of radiology at the University of California, San Francisco, associate researcher at the Veterans??T Affairs Medical Center San Francisco, and symposium organizer.
??oSpecific cognitive dysfunction among active chronic smokers has been reported for auditory-verbal learning and memory, prospective memory, working memory, executive functions, visual search speeds, psychomotor speed and cognitive flexibility, general intellectual abilities, and balance. We also believe that the adverse effects of smoking, just like drinking, likely take many years to impact brain function significantly, and interact with age to produce a level of dysfunction that is apparent on cognitive tests.???
Symposium key proceedings included:
- Genetic factors and pharmacological interactions between alcohol and nicotine may be critical determining factors in the very common co-occurrence of chronic drinking and smoking.
??oAny behavioral manifestation, including alcoholism or addiction to nicotine, is a result of genetic-environment interactions,??? said co-author Yousef Tizabi.
??oDrugs, including alcohol and nicotine, may affect different individuals differently, depending on their genetic make-up. Similarly, drug-drug interactions are also influenced by genetic factors. Therefore, co-morbidity of drinking and smoking can be considered to be a final outcome of genetics, environment, and pharmacological interactions between alcohol and nicotine.???
- Smoking may attenuate gamma- aminobutyric acid (GABA ) A receptor adaptations associated with alcohol dependence and may contribute to the co-occurrence of alcoholism and smoking. In light of this, benzodiazepines used to treat alcohol withdrawal may have different effects on alcohol-dependent individuals who smoke versus those who do not.
??oGABA is an inhibitory amino acid in the human brain and is critical in counterbalancing the biological action of the excitatory amino acid glutamate,??? explained Meyerhoff.
??oIn a healthy human brain, both amino acids are present in equilibrium. In disease stages such as addiction, to either alcohol or nicotine, this equilibrium is out of balance. During alcohol withdrawal, GABA concentrations may increase, but the densities of receptors are still relatively low. Benzodiazepines may strengthen the responses of (GABA ) A receptors to GABA binding, thereby having a soothing effect on the user.???
- In-vivo magnetic resonance studies suggest that chronic smoking in recently detoxified alcohol-dependent individuals compounds alcohol-induced brain tissue loss and neuronal injury. Chronic smoking may also hinder neurobiological and cognitive recovery during short-term abstinence from alcohol.
??oWe studied recently detoxified alcoholics in treatment using in-vivo magnetic resonance,??? said Meyerhoff.
??oThe specific methods we used were magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which measures the size of many different brain structures, and magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI), which measures certain naturally occurring chemicals in the brain that tell us about injury to specific brain cells.
"Our analyses showed that chronically smoking alcoholics have greater brain abnormalities ??" that is, less brain tissue measured by structural MRI, and more neuronal injury measured by MRSI ??" at the beginning of their treatment for alcoholism than non-smoking alcoholics. And both groups had more brain abnormalities than non-smoking light drinkers.???
Researchers also examined the recovery of regional brain metabolite concentrations in alcoholics who had been abstinent from alcohol for roughly one month. ??oWe found significant increases of two important brain metabolite markers of cell viability in the frontal and parietal lobes of recovering alcoholics,??? said co-author Timothy Durazzo.
??oFor most brain regions, these increases were apparent in non-smoking recovering alcoholics, not smoking recovering alcoholics, which suggests that chronic cigarette smoking may adversely affect metabolite recovery. The process by which chronic cigarette smoking affects brain metabolite recovery has yet to be established.
"It is possible that continued smoking in recovering alcoholics during short-term abstinence imparts a major [and] sustained direct source of harmful free radical species and, in combination with carbon monoxide exposure and possibly reduced brain perfusion, may hinder brain tissue recovery in smoking recovering alcoholics.???
- Both chronic smoking and drinking have an impact on cognitive function: for measures of fast, flexible performance, smoking may explain the effect formerly attributed to chronic drinking; for other measures such as IQ or response inhibition, both chronic smoking and drinking may predict neurocognitive function.
??oOur quantitative MRI results suggest chronic alcoholism and smoking both are associated with cortical gray matter loss,??? said Meyerhoff.
??oThis leads to atrophy, which in general is a risk factor for greater-than-normal global cognitive decline and memory impairment in the elderly and, if occurring in middle age, may increase the risk for earlier and more rapid cognitive decline in old age. Therefore, smoking alcoholics, particularly those who are in their late 40??Ts or older, may place themselves at even greater risk for abnormal cognitive function with advancing age.???
Meyerhoff said that, collectively speaking, the research discussed during the symposium may help raise awareness that chronic smoking itself has detrimental effects on the brain and its function. ??oThese effects are similar to effects that in the past have been attributed solely to the excessive consumption of alcohol,??? he said.
??oAs chronic alcohol drinking and chronic smoking more often than not co-occur, researchers have begun to realize that the brain effects previously attributed to alcohol drinking alone may in fact be the result of both drinking and smoking. This realization may have consequences for how we look at treatment for alcohol-use disorders.???
Funding for this Addiction Science Made Easy project is provided by the Addiction Technology Transfer Center National Office, under the cooperative agreement from the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment of SAMHSA.
Articles were written based on the following published research:
Durazzo , T. C.; Glass, J. M.; Nixon, S. J.; Staley, J.; Tizabi, Y. (January 2006). Smoking comorbidity in alcoholism: neurobiological and neurocognitive consequences. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. 30(1):
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Does Chocolate Cause Breakouts?
At Easter time, the return of Cadbury Eggs and other sweet delights always sparks a debate at the dermaviduals offices. The question: Is it a myth that eating chocolate gives you pimples, acne, spots?
This year, we decided to get to the bottom of this hot topic. What we found surprised us. The relationship between chocolate and breakouts is still a matter of scientific debate. Here's the latest news:
3 Known Causes of Acne
Acne, the troublesome skin condition characterised by pimply and blotchy skin, has many causes, including:
- Family history
- Age
- Stress levels
Chocolate Study Results Called into Question
Researcher JE Fulton and his colleagues conducted a three-month trial with 65 men and women who suffered from acne. At the conclusion of the study, they decided there was no link between chocolate and acne.
The study has recently been called into question. Chief among the problems is the study's sponsor, the Chocolate Manufacturer's Association of the USA, a group with a vested interest in the results. Additionally, contemporary scientists are questioning the validity of the study's methods.
A new French study from Henri Mondor Hospital has found a link between daily chocolate and sweets consumption and acne in teenagers. However, the researchers did not evaluate the participants' overall diet and lifestyle habits, making it impossible to definitively connect the dots between the chocolate and skin flare-ups.
Don't Discount the Value of a Healthy Diet for Skin Care
Although the jury is still out with regard to chocolate – more specifically cocoa – and its effect on skin health, one thing is certain: Diet definitely affects skin. There is a wealth of scientific evidence linking sugar and excess fat consumption to skin problems.
Sugars and saturated fats cause the sebum in your pores to become thicker and less fluid. Instead of moving the dead skin cells lining your pores to the surface, the sebum clogs the pore, and eventually causes a blemish. Another not-so-fun fact: Sugars make your collagen fibres stiffer, which accelerates the ageing process.
A new review paper, published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, examines all the research done on the links between acne and diet in general, not just chocolate.
"Some chocolate bars are high in saturated fat or partially hydrogenated fats – trans fats – which may increase inflammation, possibly contributing to inflammatory acne" – Jennifer Burris, Nutritional Researcher.
Until more is known about the link between chocolate and skin breakouts, we suggest that you enjoy the sweet treat in moderation. And when a chocolate craving strikes, consider choosing dark chocolate, which contains 6% less milk fat than milk chocolate.
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|The Buddha ministers to the needs of a very sick monk the other monks were neglecting
|Chinese Oroqen shaman
An anthropologist once questioned an Eskimo shaman about his tribe's belief system. After putting up with the anthropologist's questions for a while, the shaman finally told him: "Look. We don't believe. We fear."
In a similar way, Buddhism starts not with a belief, but with a fear of very present dangers. As the Buddha himself reported, his initial impetus for leaving home and seeking awakening was his comprehension of the great dangers that inevitably follow upon birth: aging, illness, death, and separation.
The awakening he sought was one that would lead him to a happiness not subject to these things. After finding that happiness, attempting to show others how to find it for themselves, he frequently referred to these themes as useful objects for contemplation.
Because of this, his teaching has often been labelled "pessimistic." But his emphasis is actually like a doctor who focuses on symptoms and causes of disease to bring about a cure. The Buddha fearlessly dwells on these unpleasant topics because the awakening (enlightenment) he teaches brings about total release from them.
This study guide provides an introduction to the Buddha's teachings on them. The passages included here -- all from the Pali canon -- are arranged in FIVE SECTIONS:
1. The first section (The Buddha as Doctor, the Dharma as Medicine) presents medical metaphors for the teaching (Dharma or Dhamma), showing how the Buddha was like a doctor and how his teaching is like a course of therapy offering a cure for the great dangers in life.
2. The second section (The Doctor's Diagnosis) diagnoses the problems of aging, illness, death, and separation, touching briefly on the Buddha's central teaching, the four noble truths.
3. The third section (Heedfulness) contains passages that use these themes as reminders for diligence in the practice. The central passage is a set of five recollections, in which these recollections forms a background for a fifth recollection: the power of one's actions (karma or kamma) to shape one's experience. In other words, the first four recollections present the dangers of life, whereas the fifth indicates the way to overcome the dangers by developing skill in one's own thoughts, words, and deeds.
4. The fourth section (Advice) contains passages that give specific advice on how to deal with these themes. The Buddha's teachings on karma provide an important underpinning for how problems of pain and illness are approached. Given the fact that the experience of the present moment is shaped by past and present intentions, it is possible that -- if an illness is the result of present intentions -- a change of mind can effect a cure. If the illness is the result of past intentions, a change of mind may not cure it but can protect the mind from being adversely affected by it. Some passages focus on how practicing the Dharma can cure an illness, whereas others focus on how the Dharma can ensure that, even if a person may die from an illness, the illness will make no inroads on the mind.
5. The fifth section (Teaching by Example) gives examples of how the Buddha and his disciples skillfully negotiated the problems of aging, illness, death, and separation.


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The new language of emerging markets
By Niraj Dawar and Amitava Chaftopadhyay Nov 09 2000 13:38:02
Niraj Dawar is associate professor of marketing and Walter A. Thompson Faculty Follow at the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, Canada.
Amitava Chattopadhyay is the L'Oreal Chaired Professor of Marketing, Innovation and Creativity at Insead.
Lured by the prospect of a billion breakfast eaters, Kellogg, the US cereals giant, ventured into India in the mid 1990s. Three years later, sales stood at an unimpressive $10m. Indian consumers were not sold on breakfast cereals. Most consumers either prepared breakfast every morning or grabbed some biscuits with tea at a local roadside stall. Advertising positions common in the west, such as the convenience of breakfast cereals, did not resonate with the mass market in India. People who did find the convenience appealing were unable to afford the price.
These results led the company to re examine its approach. In 1999 Kellogg changed its marketing by introducing breakfast biscuits under the Chocos brand. At Rs5 ($0.10) for a 50g pack and with extensive distribution that includes roadside tea stalls, they are targeted at the mass market and expected to sell in large volumes.
Like Kellogg, many multinationals have rushed into emerging markets agog at the billions of consumers liberated from planned economies and protectionist barriers. But there is a growing realisation that these consumers have not reciprocated the multinationals' embrace. Local competitors are stronger than expected and competition for the top tier of the market is fierce as multinationals compete for the same pie.
Local managers of global companies now realise that the 3 to 5 per cent of consumers in emerging markets who have global preferences and purchasing power no longer suffice as the target market. Instead, they must delve deeper into the local consumer base to deliver on the promise of tapping into billion consumer markets.
Most multinationals have resisted targeting the local consumer. They have argued that the mass market in a single emerging economy is not large enough to justify localisation. Further, multinational managers rationalise, emerging, market consumers are becoming more like their developed counterparts. Thus, the multinational is better off offering global products and waiting for consumers to evolve towards these.
These are powerful arguments. However, that emerging markets are considered small is a self fulfilling prophecy. Products transplanted from affluent markets only appeal to an elite, which is no more than 5 per cent of the market. Delving into the population base to establish mass market positions creates the economies of scale necessary to justify localisation. And localisation along factors common across emerging markets allows costs to be spread over much larger volumes. Emerging market veterans such as Unilever and Colgate Palmolive have amply demonstrated the viability of mass markets in emerging economies, as well as the benefits of rapidly transferring knowledge gained in one emerging market to others.
The second argument, that emerging market consumers are becoming more like their affluent market counterparts, is true if one focuses on the income gap. But the rate of change is not as rapid as some contend. In most emerging markets, the mass market will remain poor well beyond the planning horizons of most multinationals. Further, even as they grow more affluent, it is far from certain that Chinese and Indian consumers' preferences will converge with those of Europeans or Americans.
Standard marketing strategies must be questioned in emerging markets, but lessons can be drawn from companies that have designed programmes from the ground up. These can be analysed using some of the pillars of marketing: segmentation, price, product, distribution and communication.
Multinationals bring to emerging markets not just their products, technology and skills, but also, implicitly, their understanding of market structures from developed country contexts. This knowledge base often encourages assumptions that are at odds with reality in emerging markets. At the root of the mismatch are assumptions about segmentation. Fine grained segmentation only works if the costs of segmentation are low and the returns are high. Take the example of soap. In developed markets, hundreds of brands offer finely differentiated benefits on dimensions such as fragrance, freshness, skin type, naturalness, softness, gentleness and lather.
Such segmentation is expensive in terms of product development, branding and distribution costs. These costs are justified if consumers are able and willing to pay for specialised products. But the mass market in emerging economies is unable to afford this. Segments are far coarser. In Indonesia, 88 per cent of the market is classified as "regular' soap, with another 11 per cent accounted for by deodorant soap and the remaining 1 per cent is moisturising soap. The average price of soap in Indonesia is less than a third of that in the US,
Low wages mean that time has a low opportunity cost. Thus labour saving benefits, which are fundamental to ready to eat foods, new formats for washing powder, shampoo conditioner combinations and household appliances, are unlikely to sell well in undeveloped markets.
While the opportunity cost of time is low for most consumers, it is high for a small but significant segment. For this small segment, products that save labour might be attractive. However, segmenting the market by cost of time is not useful because time can be bought. In other words, richer consumers substitute others' time for their own, and the market for time savings is served through inexpensive services rather than products. Premium priced, non stick cookware from DuPont has little appeal if consumers who can afford it rely on hired help for cooking and cleaning. In China, DuPont has struggled to raise market share beyond 2 per cent.
This does not mean the products are not viable, but rather that they need to be positioned differently. For example, fast food is popular not because it is fast, but because it is trendy. Similarly, washing machines may not have much appeal as labour saving devices when potential consumers are used to hiring people to do laundry by hand. But the machines can be positioned as reliable (hired help is often not), or on performance. These benefits complement rather than compete with labour. Sometimes consumers will both buy a washing machine and hire someone to work it.
Some local and international companies have demonstrated that well targeted, indigenously developed and locally produced products can yield profits in mass markets. One lesson is that practices in developed markets, such as rapid product development, continuous product innovation and accelerated obsolescence, do not work well in emerging markets.
Here, consumers dislike products that evolve too rapidly, making their recent purchases obsolete. Instead, consumers need basic, functional, long tasting products. Volkswagen's Beetle was the largest selling car in Brazil long after it had been phased out in affluent markets and despite assaults by carmakers. with newer models. It was known to be a dependable workhorse with readily available and inexpensive spare parts.
Low levels of income also mean that the cost of time for the consumer is low and, therefore, a company's cost of creating some of the benefits of a product is higher than their value to consumers. Since consumers can substitute their time for the benefit at a lower opportunity cost, engaging consumers' energy as a substitute for including benefits can allow companies to market a product at a price affordable to the mass market. For example, in its early efforts in emerging markets Whirlpool made little headway with highly priced, automatic washing machines. Only after it introduced cheaper twin tub machines that used consumers' labour did its sales take off. Interestingly, Whirlpool had to acquire the "obsolete" technology from Korea.
Part 2: Price
The new language of emerging markets (Part 2)
By Niraj Dawar and Amitava Chattopadhyay Nov 09 2000 13:57:54
Prices need to be set in the context of local consumers' purchasing power, rather than in relation to international standards. Purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates estimate the value of a currency in terms of the basket of goods that it buys (compared with the cost of a similar basket in a reference country and currency) rather than in terms of the existing market exchange rates. By this measure, most emerging market currencies are severely undervalued relative to developed country currencies, meaning they buy more than one would expect from the exchange rate.
International companies are attracted to many emerging markets precisely because of the size of the market in PPP terms. One company found that in China, for example, the number of consumers in the $10,000 to $40,000 income range is less than 3m at market exchange rates, but over 80m at PPP rates. But companies often fail to recognise that this market is only accessible if product prices are established relative to local purchasing power rather than by converting international prices at market exchange rates.
In other words, companies need to work back from PPP numbers when pricing products. Using exchange rates translates into overpriced products, making them accessible only to the wealthiest consumers. For example, the PPP of the renminbi in China is around 4 to the US dollar, while the market exchange rate is more than RMB8 to the dollar. A product that sells in the US for $10 will be priced using the market exchange rate at RMB80. In reverse PPP terms, this is the equivalent of pricing the product at $20. Clearly, expectations of large PPP based markets are incompatible with prices based on exchange rates.
Thus, strategies that favour thin margins and large volumes tend to succeed. Pricing needs to dominate marketing and drive product, packaging, distribution and communication decisions. Unilever's Lifebuoy soap, popular in Africa, India and Indonesia is priced low and made using inexpensive local ingredients and packaging. By volume, Lifebuoy is the world's largest selling brand of soap.
Multinationals, stuck with international pricing strategies, often resort to price promotions to capture volumes. Such promotions can yield dramatic, if temporary, sales increases. These large volume increases reveal a potentially large market that remains untapped, just below the actual price points. To generate sustainable volume sales, a permanent product entry at the lower price is required. Thus, Gallo, the Italian rice and pasta maker, introduced the Nobleza Gaucha brand in Argentina to capture volumes with razor thin margins, while maintaining the price premium of its flagship Gallo brand.
Failure to capture volume segments leaves an opportunity for local companies, as Unilever discovered in the Indian detergent market. Nirma, an initially ignored local brand, went on to topple Unilever's Surf from its dominant position.
In contrast to concentrated retailers and distribution in developed markets, the trade in emerging markets is fragmented. While chains such as Ahold, Carrefour, Nanz, Metro and Wal mart operate in many emerging markets, they have yet to develop a retail format with mass appeal. Overall, chain stores account for less than 3 per cent by value of retail markets in China and India.
Multinationals sometimes rely on these chains as their primary channel, but it is unlikely that chains will provide access to mass markets. High population density, small homes with little space for storage, lack of refrigeration and low car ownership mean consumers buy daily and locally. As a result, retail outlet density is very high. These conditions prevent retail formats of developed countries from delivering products economically. Therefore foreign retailers cannot be the pillar of mass market distribution.
At the same time, using small, independent stores poses a challenge to international companies because they lack the expertise to deal with a fragmented trade. It is estimated that there are 9m small, independently owned grocery shops in China, which have limited working capital and typically occupy fewer than 300 square feet. To access even the first tier of these outlets, and to establish a brand presence, companies need large, dedicated sales forces and a lot of capital.
Beyond the first tier of retail outlets, many companies use multiple levels of wholesalers and distributors to capture shelf space one store at a time. This many layered distribution channel puts a large distance between mass markets (especially rural markets) and manufacturers, impeding learning and marketing adaptation. Notwithstanding the challenges, some international companies have successfully developed distribution systems. Unilever's network in India, which provides it with a formidable barrier to entry, serves 800,000 retail outlets directly and relies on wholesalers and distributors to reach another 3.5m.
Despite being fragmented, shops have considerable power. Store formats do not allow consumers to browse. Typically, the consumer deals directly with the shopkeeper (often the owner), whose advice carries weight. The owner's relationship with consumers is based on an understanding of their buying habits and is often cemented when the retailer extends credit. These relationships give trade outlets tremendous clout in recommending brand, making trade marketing an essential element of any manufacturer's programme.
Building relationships with a fragmented trade requires an understanding of their interests. For example, it is counterproductive to push inventory on them because most have little working capital. Rather, successful manufacturers develop new revenue activities for the retailer.
United Phosphorous (UPL), an Indian crop protection company, is a good example. It realised that farmers were not using pesticide, or were applying it inappropriately due to a lack of equipment. The cost of pumps and dispensers (up to $3,000) placed it out of reach of small farmers and rural retailers. So UPL arranged for bank loans for rural retailers to buy the equipment and demonstrated to these retailers the revenue possibilities from renting the equipment to farmers. The result was an added revenue stream for retailers and additional sales of pesticides for UPL.
Mass media, the mainstay of communication in developed markets, are less effective in emerging markets. Large populations in rural areas are dispersed across vast distances in small, isolated groups, with limited access to broadcast media. There may be many languages and varying levels of illiteracy. To overcome these challenges, Unilever pioneered video vans. These vans tour villages screening films in the local language, interspersed with advertising for Unilever products. The company also demonstrates products because instructions on the pack may not be read by consumers who are either illiterate or do not understand the dialect.
Reliance on mass media is also ineffective because of shopping patterns. Consumers in emerging markets shop daily, which gives them 365 chances a year to switch brands. Attempting to encourage repeat purchase by reaching buyers during the short purchase cycle, by showing point of sale advertising and by marketing heavily to retailers, is indispensable. This requires significant changes in western style campaigns. For example, outdoor advertising accounts for 7 per cent of media expenditure in India, but only 0.8 per cent in the US.
Last, but not least, reliance on mass media in developed markets is based on television and press advertising being less expensive than face to face contact. But in emerging markets, the face to face method has always been more economical. When Citibank launched its credit card in Asia, it found the cost per customer of door to door sales was lower than magazine inserts, direct mail and application forms placed on sales counters. Personal selling also delivers more customised and interactive messages. This is important at an early stage in a product's life cycle and leads to better conversion rates than, say, television advertising.
Consumers in emerging economies will remain an elusive target unless multinationals develop value propositions that appeal to the mass market. These companies should understand that mass markets in emerging countries are unlike markets they have traditionally served. Behaviour is moulded by low incomes. Consumers are unlikely to respond to marketing transplanted from developed markets. Instead, marketing needs to be built locally. Yet such a strategy challenges marketing practices and the tensions that arise can be painful. Perhaps one way of justifying the pain is to abandon country focused strategies and consider an emerging market strategy. This approach highlights the common features of emerging markets and their real size. Thus it enables accurate assessment of the costs and benefits of localization.
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In terms of passenger transportation the standard marketing programs that work in Europe and the United States do not work in emerging countries. For one thing, most emerging economies have several alternate means of well developed passenger transportation system. Further, the passenger transportation system is heavily regulated by the local government and is controlled by trade unions. Entry of foreign firms faces strong resistance. Rail transport is government owned.
The segmentation of the market based on the Western model does not work. An operator cannot segment the market based on income or the type of traveler. Each lucrative route is demarcated by the government, the fare is ...
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There are four ways to demodulate a transmitted single sideband (SSB) signal. Those four methods are: synchronous detection, phasing method, Weaver method, and filtering method. Here we review synchronous detection in preparation for explaining, in detail, how the phasing method works. This blog contains lots of preliminary information, so if you're already familiar with SSB signals you might want to scroll down to the 'SSB DEMODULATION BY SYNCHRONOUS DETECTION' section.
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Today I'm featuring a Sweater Skirt with "faux arms" that can be tied in the front. Not particularly useful but super cute! It's the ideal skirt to pair with sneakers for the sports chic look or throw on some heels and you've got a unique, edgy look for a night out.
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Sweater Skirt by Zara, similar here
Oversized tee by Sportsgirl
Bomber jacket and heels by KMart
Granny socks by Sportsgirl
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The company raised its sale volume expectations. It anticipates selling 60 million to 63 million gallons of biodiesel during its third quarter. That is higher than its earlier forecast of sales volumes of 55 million to 60 million gallons.
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The world of Marvel is doing multicultural superheroes the right way.
Growing up in the 80s there was not many black actors to watch on television. As a kid I watched shows like A Team and Miami Vice and thought that BA Baracus ( Mr T) and Tubbs ( Philip Michael Thomas) were the coolest. I read comics at the time but as I loved the stories (Ghost Rider and Captain America were my favorite) there was no real characters at the time that I felt were like me. In fact, I wasn't aware that there was multicultural superheroes until my cousin introduced me to Milestone Comics created by the great Dwayne McDuffie. Characters like ICON, Static and Rocket entertained me for hours at a time as I tried to get every issue I could from the comic line.
Unfortunately characters like these were few and far between. Where I lived in Miami there wasn't any comic books shops a kid could go to. The only way I was able to get comics was either from my local drug store or from a Flea Market that came to Miami Beach twice a year that had comic book vendors. Usually these vendors had your usual Spider-man, X-men, etc. but what I would never see is a Black Panther, Luke Cage or any type of books like that.
Growing up I never thought anything of it. I never really got a grasp of how important it was to me until I saw Blade. At the time Wesley Snipes was one of the biggest actors in Hollywood at the time starring in a comic book movie. This was during the time when making a comic book movie was a huge risk to the huge failure of Batman and Robin. Nonetheless Blade for the time was an excellent comic book movie that showed me that if you make a good movie no matter the culture of the main character people will enjoy it.
Fast forward to today, I never thought I would see characters like the Falcon, War Machine and Black Panther on a movie screen. It amazes me how much thought and effort is given into not only bringing these characters to life but making them a part of pop culture today. This trend continues on marvel's tv shows as well. One of the best examples of this is Marvel's "Agents of Shield ". While Clark Gregg is the star of the series the show's diversity is the standout. This is none the more evident than with Ming-Na Wen. The constant role on the show is not only as the show's resident badass but someone who stands side by side with Coulson as an equal.
Diversity has also bleed into the comics as well as Marvel launched there All-New, All-Different lineup. This lineup preaches diversity without shoving down your throat.Kamala Khan,a Pakistani American with shape shifting abilities is the new Ms Marvel. Miles Morales, a half Hispanic, half Black a thirteen year old boy who took up the reigns of Spiderman after his world's Spiderman was killed. Amadeus Cho, an Asian American who due to a freak accident became his own version of the Hulk. All of these characters were created and don't take away from the originals. You like "Peter Parker"? There still is a comic for you. Now when I take my kids to a comic shop it's a great feeling watching my son quickly find son a Miles Morales Spider-Man comic and my daughter ask for a Spider-Gwen and its in stock. For that I owe Marvel a thanks.


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1. What is happening in Sal Paradise's life before he meets Dean Moriarty?
He has recently divorced, is recovering from illness, and is depressed. He is living with his aunt and attending school.
2. Why does Dean Moriarty visit Sal at his aunt's house in Patterson, New Jersey?
He has broken up with Marylou and would like lodging and meals. He also asks Sal to teach him how to write.
3. How does Sal react after he introduces Dean Moriarty to Carlo Marx?
He feels left out, but acknowledges their great minds and zest for life.
4. Why does Sal Paradise travel West?
To observe Dean Moriarty and to work with his friend, Remi Boncoeur, on an ocean liner as well as for knowledge and adventure.
5. Why do Sal and his hitchhiker friend, Eddie, part in Iowa?
A trucker stops to give them a ride, but can only take one passenger. Eddie volunteers to ride in the truck.
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For any V8 Volvo nut, finding Paul Newman's 960 for sale online is the equivalent of an archeologist finding Excalibur in a thrift store. This supercharged wagon is stuff of legends and the whereabouts of the "puffer" equipped custom was unknown...until now.
Cool Hand Luke himself passed in 2008 but its story famously told on the air by David Letterman while being interviewed by John Stewart - read all about it from this 2003 story from Swedespeed later republished in 2010 via Jalopnik. The boosted 960 had fallen off the radar until we found Paul Newman's 1995 Volvo 960 for sale on cars-on-line.com for an undisclosed price, but with Auto Appraisal Network's 2011 appraisal of $95,000 attached to the ad.
Unfortunately the thrift store knows exactly what they have and this Excalibur is priced as if you have to ask, you probably can't afford it. We're certain we are not the only ones scratching our heads that we found this car on an obscure site like cars-on-line.com instead of something mainstream like hemmings, craigslist or ebay. The contact info is a simple telephone number and says the car is located in Forest Lake, CA.
Pop the hood of Newman's 960 and it is immediately apparent that the original inline-6 has been replaced by a 5.0 liter V8 from a Ford Mustang. The stock 300 horsepower was deemed insufficient and a Kenne Bell supercharger was added for an estimated 400 horsepower.
The sister car to this grey one was purchased by Letterman and in this video of Comedians and Cars Getting Coffee and you can see Jerry Seinfeld leaving groceries, soccer balls and a little bit of the rear tires behind under acceleration.
Newman didn't just order an engine conversion from Converse Engineering, he also added some stiffer anti-roll bars, lowering springs and a custom transverse rear-leaf spring setup. The interior of this car was listed as in excellent condition (actually excellent was selected for every single other category, questionable given the apparent rust on some lower control arms...) but it looks great for 41k miles on the odometer, aside from typical leather wrinkles.
The only problem with this tire shredder is the price tag, and while we aren't accusing the seller of being a hustler, we would say he knows the color of money and a little bit about winning. Find another Converse V8lvo for sale? email us here: email@example.com
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Kerpow!!! Finally 2 part 3 begins with Neko Mulally and Bryn Atkinson absolutely blasting, shredding and ripping the arse out of the trails in Morgins, Switzerland.
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Butterfield targets top three Kona finish
Tyler Butterfield is targeting a top three finish at next year�s Ironman World Championship.
The Bermuda triathlete finished fifth in Hawaii in October, an improvement on his seventh-place in the race in 2013.
Now he wants a podium finish, with the unspoken goal of trying to win the hardest race in the sport.
�First I wanted to scrape into the top ten, then the top five,� Butterfield said. �Now I�ve reached that goal and the next step would be top three, and then who knows.
�Honestly, I�d be happy with another top ten. There are another 50 guys gunning for those spots and anything can happen.�
In order to give himself the best chance to succeed, Butterfield intends to mirror the busy 2015 that enabled him to qualify for the race after beginning the year with no Kona Ranking Points.
Not that he needs to. Already third in the 2016 standings, the Bermuda triathlete is guaranteed a spot in next year�s event, but has no intention of taking it easy.
In fact, Butterfield believes that the more he races the better he gets, which is why he will compete at Ironman Cozumel in little more than two weeks, his fourth full triathlon in six months.
�I won�t ease off my race schedule just because I�ve already qualified,� Butterfield said. �Racing frequently suits me, I proved that this year. But I�ll race more of the 70.3 distance. I love that distance.
�It keeps you honest and keeps you testing yourself.�
Butterfield�s road to Kona this year included stops at regional and world championship venues around the globe.
In April, he finished third at the Ironman Brasilia 70.3 South American Championship, and in June was thirteenth at the Ironman 70.3 St George North American Championship
Butterfield then returned to Brazil for a fifth-place finish at the South American Ironman Championship.
There followed another fifth in Mont Tremblant, a seventh-place in Frankfurt, and eighth-place finish in Zell Am See where he was the first North American-based athlete across the line.
The next 12 months are likely to involve a similarly gruelling schedule, which begins on November 29 in Mexico, and once again concludes in Hawaii where Butterfield will again compete alongside the best in the world.
�I do tend to perform well at the big races, in large part because of the guys in front,� Butterfield said. �The opportunity to race against them is a big part of what keeps me committed.�
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Has anyone else become completely obsessed with football (soccer) with this year's World Cup?! I have and I have no idea why!
The extreme range of emotion in a game is so addicting. It's a lot like entrepreneurship– the highs are HIGH and the lows are devastating. It's kind of a sick addiction 😉
Anyway, I thought it could be fun to come up with a World Cup Inspired Yoga Stretch inspired by all the FIFA festivities.
Here's one I think ALL football/soccer players should do! Whether you play or not, we can all benefit from these moves. Enjoy!
1. Kneeling Lunge.
One reason why this pose feels so great is because it targets the hip flexors on the extended leg. Running and kicking puts the hip flexors in a contracted state, so countering that with an extension will feel wonderful!2. Half Split/Runner's Stretch.
A little more love for those hamstrings and some attention for the lower back. This pose allows you to focus on each hamstring and calf and unravels the tension in the lower back too.
3. Pigeon.
Let's be honest– does any pose feel better on tight hips than pigeon? Feel free to modify this one with props or bending the back knee if you're super restricted in your flexibility.
4. Double Pigeon.
Target the glutes and get rid of the tension that accumulates after lots of sprinting & kicking. Plus, add some lower back release by adding a fold here too.
5. Half Wide Seated Forward Fold.
Open up the side body and back because we can't ignore the upper body even though it's not dominant in soccer!
6. Seated Twist with Leg Extension.
I love this variation of a twist because it puts a little more emphasis on lengthening the areas around the IT bands. Those IT bands can get vicious after a lot of lower body effort, so we can't forget about them!
7. Seated Cross Legged Forward Fold.
Another favorite variation for those IT bands and the sides of the calves.
8. Seated Bound Angle.
Feels sooo good to restore the lower body and is easily modifiable for any level. You can even recline and hang out here for a few minutes of meditation if you like.
Over to you! Are you following the World Cup at all? Do you play soccer/football or do any other sport that makes your legs and hamstrings crave a good stretch?