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MathHead Tutoring: YAY!!!!
We're excited to share our students' reasons to say, "YAY!".
FEBRUARY 19: Sophie S. is now a high school senior in trigonometry AND calculus simultaneously. She didn't believe she could get this far two years ago. She had very little confidence in her ability to learn these tough subjects. Sophie is clear proof that perseverance pays. She is coming to us now for a little help in calculus but she is "sailing through trig." Here's the best part: Two weeks ago, Sophie tutored another student, who has been gettting C's and D's in trigonometry. The tutee got her first B in trigonometry, ever! After tutoring and seeing how much we love our work, Sophie wants to be... a math tutor.
Sophie has truly come into her own. We are so proud of this young lady and the confidence she has gained through her determination and hard work. (There's more about Sophie below.)
FEBRUARY, 10: Zach S. doesn't have confidence in his math ability but just got 100% on a college algebra quiz, so he is definitely capable of getting A's and B's on a regular basis. Practice hard, Zach!
Sara P. has been a student at Mathhead off and on since 2007. This school year is the year she pulled out all the stops! She sent this message January 12, 2010:
"I just want to update you on my math life! I finished with a high A first semester (Algebra I), and haven't missed a point so far in the second... I was thinking about taking geometry and algebra two next year instead of just one math class. Do you think I can do it?"
Of course we encouraged her to go for it. Sara has since been approved to take both classes. Yay, Sara!!! (More about Sara P. below.)
JANUARY 15, 2010: Penny wrote to tell how well her daughter Paige is doing:
"Paige is doing very well being back in R______ and your tutoring has helped her excel in Algebra I there! Thank you so so very much for all you did for her!!!!!!!...Paige finished the semester with a B+."
DECEMBER 22: It's a wonderful thing when a student toughs it out until good things happen. Nick M. did just that:
"I got a 3 on the final! So I have a B+ in calc for the semester! Couldn't have done it without your help. Thanks a ton."
DECEMBER 21: Jordyn T. sends fantastic news:
"You will never guess! I got an A in math (Algebra II)!!! A 93% on my final! I am going to message you my grade card ( my tests at least! ) :D Want to know how I did it? 3 hours of studying :D"
Did you get that? Jordyn studied for 3 hours. There is no substitute for hard work. It most certainly helped her become more comfortable with the material. Can you tell this kid is happy!! Excellent work, Jordyn!
August 2009
This letter was a fantastic way to start off the semester:
I wanted to thank you again for focusing your talent and efforts with Brad and Ryan. Once again, with the help of your tutoring, Bradley has been successful. Brad tested into an advanced math class at ________ high school. He is one of three freshman in a class of sophomores.
Your inspiring personality and your math tutoring skills are outstanding!
Just 15 months ago, Brad was frustrated in a lower level math class during his seventh grade year. During the summer 2008, your tutoring allowed Brad to test out of pre-algebra, and into his eighth grade algebra course. Summer 2009 your tutoring helped Brad to test into an advance algebra class at _________ high school. This school is one of the top academic schools in the country, and your teaching skills are propelling Brad toward greater achievements. You have truly been a Blessing to our household. You have made a tremendous difference in the confidence level of Brad, and helped broaden his ability to dream larger.
Thank you.
Brad W. Wilkins
Thank you, Brad! We appreciate your heartfelt letter. ANY student can have the success that young Brad did. If you want the same experience, contact us today! Phone: 816.560.8098, EMAIL.
Summer 2008
Elie wrote to say that she got an "A" on her final. She only missed two points. Michael M. ended this semester with a "B" after struggling last semester. Grace, aced differential equations. That's exciting because, according to many professor, that is difficult to do. Yeah Grace. Cassie wasn't very confident about passing college algebra because according to her, she has never done well in math. She worked very hard and earned a C, a solid grade. Bradley studied with us this summer to test out of pre-algebra. He learned a years' material in 13 days of tutoring and passed. He is now in Algebra I.
Georgia is one of our adult students who came to us 2002. To say she struggled with math is an understatement. She got nauseous whenever she had to think or do math. This summer we saw her working at our eye care center! Here's the update: We helped her get a B in the prerequisite to college. Even better, she went on to get a B in college algebra without our help. We love that! We think Georgia did very well because our eye doctor has very high standards and everyone working there seems to be happy and enjoy their jobs. Congratulations, Georgia!
March 2008
We got this correspondence March 29 in two emails from Grace's dad Jay: "Lori, just checking in with you. Grace is doing great at the University of _____. Words cannot express the appreciation for your excellent assistance ....I am proud to be associated with you. Lots of people talk the talk but do not walk the walk. You dear lady are a very fast walker! Grace just got a 100% on [differential equations]... Although you are not tutoring her in this, I do feel that the combination of an extraordinary high school math teacher along with your extraordinary tutoring skills have brought her an incredible foundation for math success.
Please feel free to have prospective students and parents of yours call me for a reference." ---Jay
If you would like to talk to Jay, please send us email or contact us at 816.560.8098.
February 2008
Carol tells us that at this time last semester her daughter had a "D" in Algebra II. In the last week of January, Michelle got an "A" on her test after one session with Mathhead. Great job, Michelle!
January 2008:
We're always excited to see our former students. February 29, Whitney came for a visit. We helped Whitney in 2005 with high school trigonometry. When she started with us she was confident she could SKIP college algebra on her quest to becoming a nurse. Whitney gained the confidence to take college algebra and did well. She had taken the ACT three times and received 22's. We just found out that we helped her get a 25 on her last try which was enough for scholarship money!
Sara P. is moving up in pre-algebra class. In December she had a "U", the middle equivalent of "F". Sara just got a 96% on her latest test and now her grade in the class is 86.4%. Sara also passed the entrance exam to get into the private school of her choice. Yeah, Sara P.!
Tenth-grader Sophie had three tests to make-up and has been extremely worried that she would not do well. She got 3 A's so her class grade is now 99%! Good work!
Elie has 101.2 % in algebra which may be the 2nd highest grade in the class. She brought her grade up since last October only coming 30 minutes weekly. Sometimes it doesn't take much.
Hannah L., who had a D in trigonometry last semester, now has an A and consistently gets A's on her tests. Her brother Victor, whose grade was a "D" or and "F" (he can't remember which) has 91% in IB algebra to start this semester. Now that's what we like to see!
May 1, 2007: Hannah H., a middle school student, went from an F on March 3 to a B+ on May 1! It took only seven tutoring sessions. This has given her the incentive to go for an A by semester's end. Way to go Hannah!
APRIL 3, 2007: You read about Lisa on March 24. She sent this email TODAY: "Hey Lori I wanted to thank you for all the E-mails... those should help me out so much!! And I wanted to thank you for seeing me that one time on short notice... you are always so helpful. I also wanted to inform you that I got a 94% (an A yay!) on that calculus test... so thank you so much!! I was so excited and happy!!! That trig circle helped a lot! ...thanks Lisa
p.s. " Psst.... and they said I couldn't do it!!!!"
We never get tired of that kind of excitement. Contact us if you want the same: 816.560.8098 or email.
MARCH 24, 2007: Lisa came to us in high school for help in college algebra. Now she needs us for help in her college calculus class. Here's the cool part: the head of the math department told her she couldn't register for calc class without trigonometry or pre-calculus. Her response: Don't tell me what I can and can't do. I need this class if I'm going to graduate on time. Did she get in? YES! The lesson: don't let ANYONE tell you that you can't. It took courage to say what she did. Good job, Lisa! We teach this lesson at Mathhead all the time. It's great to see it in action.
MARCH 19, 2007: K. S. aced his college algebra final and the class. He didn't expect it even though he had aced every test this semester What can we learn from K. S.?: FEEL THE DOUBT AND STUDY ANYWAY!
MARCH 12, 2007: Whitney, a high school senior, got an 86 percent on her college algebra final even thought she hates math (but still loves Mathhead). She got over her fear by remembering what Lori MathHead always encouraged her to do: "stay calm, think about what you are doing, read the problems carefully, and write all your work". GO WHITNEY!
FEBRUARY 21, 2007: K. S. is repeating college algebra but getting help from Mathhead for the first time. He got 100% on his first test of the semester. YEAH, K. S.! Keep up the good work.
*** JANUARY 5, 2007: (email from Grace's dad) Hello Lori, well if Grace has not already told you, then you can add another "A Grade" from one of your students! She received this grade in Calculus 2 at _________College. Congratulations. Quite frankly, when people mention taking a Calculus 2 course, this really limits the conversation because so very few ever achieved an "A". <more>
OCTOBER 31, 2006: Liz used to whimper like a puppy at the thought of doing any kind of algebra but she just got 100% on an algebra test. Her first 100% EVER!
NOVEMBER 7, 2006: Grace, a high school senior, has one B test grade among her the rest of her A's in Calculus II. (Grace comes from 31 miles away and her dad Jay says, "You would be crazy not to hire Mathhead.")
NOVEMBER 10, 2006: Heather, another senior, started with Mathhead October 17. She got a 92% on her latest calculus test. Now she has a B in the class.
One mom did not understand the concept of "1/2" when she and her daughter started in June 2006. Now she is working on infinite series. Another student improved his grade 30 percentage points in 5 weeks!
These are just some of "our kids'" many successes. Get on a speedy track to better grades. Contact us now ( 816.560.8098 or email).


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- War changes all of us – and sometimes we no longer recognise ourselves. At the end of the war, Silvana and eight-year-old Aurek board the ship that will take them from Poland to England. After living wild in the forests for years, carrying a terrible secret, all Silvana knows is that she and Aurek are survivors. Everything else is lost. Waiting in Ipswich is Silvana's husband Janusz who has not seen his wife and son in six years. After fleeing Poland and the war that left him a deserter, he has found his family a house. He works hard planting a proper English garden to welcome them and to avoid thinking about his own dark past. But the six years apart have changed them all. To make Aurek a real home, Silvana and Janusz will have to come to terms with what happened during the war, accept that each is different and allow their beloved but wild son to be who he truly is.
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Making It in Middle School: Big Nate in a Class by Himself by Lincoln Peirce
Not that I'm an average sixth grader. Okay, I'll admit that I'm not exactly Joe Honor Roll, but answer me this: When I get out there in the real world, is anybody going to care whether or not I know who was vice president under Warren G. Harding? (And don't try to pretend that YOU know who it was, because you don't.)
The point is, I want to use my talents for more than just memorizing useless facts. I'm meant for bigger things. I am...
At first look, Nate Wright doesn't look like destiny's child. He's not dumb, but he is a devoted slacker in class, totally out of the running in any competition with his perfect big sister, Ellen, or his brainiac buddy Francis. He's not a talented charmer, like Artur, whose earnest broken English has the girls, especially Nate's secret love Jenny, falling all over him and the teachers wrapped around his artistic pinky. Nope, Nate's special talent is his ability, defying all external evidence, to believe that he is destined for great things.
So when friend Teddy gives him a fortune cookie which prophesies TODAY YOU WILL SURPASS ALL OTHERS, he just knows that today is the day he will achieve greatness before his awe-stricken classmates. But when attempts to slip his artwork into the hall display case on top of Artur's and an abortive love poem to Jenny in creative writing class go awry, Nate finds himself with two pink detention slips long before lunch! The rest of the day goes downhill from there, until at the final bell, Nate finds himself with a pile of pink slips, standing once more before the desk of Mrs. Czerwicki, dragon of the detention room.
"Nate," she asks, "just how many teachers wrote you up?"
"All of 'em," I say.... "And the principal."
Mrs. Czerwicki looks a little stunned. She spreads out the slips on her desk like she's playing solitaire. She shakes her head. "Nate... "You appear to have established a new record."
"Over the years, several students have received four detentions in a single day. A few have had five. One even got six. Until now...."
Wait. "Does that mean I've... SURPASSED ALL OTHERS?
Mrs. Czerwicki grimaces. "Well... I suppose you could put it that way."
The legions of fans who wait eagerly for the next book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series will find veteran cartoonist Lincoln Peirce's first venture into the book format for his famous comic hero, Big Nate: In a Class by Himself (Harper, 2010) just the sort of source of solid laughs which will find a place in their backpacks, along with a bag of Nate's favorite junk food, Cheez Doodles, as provender for surviving those perilous middle school years.
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Business schools make heavy use of "the case method," a form of teaching in which short narratives pose problems confronting a company. The case studies teach students to put themselves in certain situations and use the given information to reason their way out.
Unfortunately, most of the case studies that have been produced for this purpose feature only men as the main characters, as well as mostly Western situations. Indeed the lessons usually are built around challenges peculiar to very large companies.
This "rich white male world" is quite a bit less relevant in the global economy and is seen as an exclusionary vision by many of today's students. So, pressure is rising to produce cases that are more inclusive, especially from a gender perspective. For example, in January 2014, Nitin Nohria, Dean of Harvard Business School, promised his alumni that HBS would be adding cases where the protagonists are female, raising the number of such cases from 9% to 20% of the total in five years. The HBS Dean took a risk admitting that his school had a gender bias last summer. Lots of people criticized him and his team's efforts to turn it around. However, Nohria is now being lauded for his courage and leadership in this increasingly important area.
My team doesn't have the resources of Harvard Business School, but I think we are onto a better model for gender-inclusive cases than just making the protagonists female. It isn't really enough to change the names from "Bob" to "Sue." If students are truly going to grasp how women interact with business, the real conditions of gender need to be reflected—from lesser access to capital to mobility constraints.
We have developed cases that address various gender issues within a business context. Most of them are also international in scope and several are set in developing countries. They are all free for download here.
The most recent case is The Maasai Women Development Organization Teaching Case, developed for Power Shift 2015. This case features the Walmart Empowering Women Together (EWT) system and bringing an ancient craft to contemporary consumers. It is taken from our research initiative undertaken to develop measurements for evaluating the impact of the EWT program. The full case study is here. Companion case studies: Katchy Kollections, Kenya case study and the Women's Bean Project, USA case study illustrate the questions that arise in designing appropriate metrics, while also showing how the difference in local conditions affects business potential. An advisory note on measures reviews existing measures in light of the EWT experience.
Finance After Hours, a teaching case developed for Power Shift 2014 and taught there by three of our most senior professors, all of whom, as it happens, came from Harvard. The case focuses on the way informal barriers to credit for female entrepreneurs in China block formal access. It is based on research I did with Jiafei Jin, professor at the Southwestern University for Finance and Economics in Chengdu. The case is a puzzle because the bank's lending criteria are gender neutral, yet their portfolio has few female entrepreneurs–in an environment where 73% of start ups are begun by women.
We produced three major cases under a grant from the Pears Foundation between 2010 and 2013. The first of these was a two part study of the Pampers/UNICEF campaign to eradicate maternal/neonatal tetanus. The first part concentrates on the branding decision behind the campaign (Pampers UNICEF Case Part 1), while the second half looks more at the problems faced by UNICEF in delivering the vaccine–and in leveraging the value of its own brand (Pampers UNICEF Case Part 2). There are teaching notes for both Part 1 and Part 2.
The second Pears case focused on a rural distribution system devised by CARE International in Bangladesh. The system, now an award-winning social enterprise called Jita, is set up to enable women among the extreme poor earn living, but it uses the consumer goods produced by large companies to provide items for them to sell. Here are the CARE Rural Sales Program Case and Teaching Note.
The last Pears case, on Avon in Africa, is about poor black entrepreneurs working with the 125 year old cosmetics giant in South Africa. The case also intends to foreground the cultural prejudices that underpin Western judgments about the "morality" of certain consumer goods. There is also a teaching note.
My doctoral student, Mary Johnstone-Louis, developed a brilliant case on the International Women's Coffee Alliance for the 2013 Power Shift Forum. It has been taught successfully here and at the Harvard Business School. This case is a really good one to begin teaching gender issues in a business context because it takes a broad overview of an entire industry. The case is downloadable at the Power Shift official site, which is here.
Sanitary Pads in Ghana: This case documents, with names changed, the research results from the study first undertaken by our sanitary care research team. Since this first study, we have expanded to a larger, longer term project in Uganda and have also tested eco-friendly sanitary technology. Today, international agencies and NGOs all over the world have accepted what once seemed a crazy idea: that if you give poor girls free pads, they will go to school.
I was privileged to teach two years in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women program. While working with them, I wrote two very basic marketing cases based on real women's businesses there. The first, Ning Du Lemon Science and Technology Company, is the most basic possible branding case: it takes an agricultural commodity and explores the reasons to brand. There is also a teaching note here. The second case, Bingo Bagel, is a positioning case in which the owner is trying to introduce two still-foreign foods, coffee and bagels, into the Chinese market.


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CLAT syllabus for Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) includes English, GK, Current Affairs, Mathematics, Legal Aptitude, Logical Reasoning. GK and current affairs syllabus constitutes of 50 marks each. English including comprehension, logical reasoning are of 40 marks each. Mathematics questions are of 20 marks. Overall, the CLAT exam paper is of 200 marks. CLAT 2019 Syllabus given here is for the information of all law aspirants who will be appearing in the upcoming entrance exam.
CLAT Syllabus
NLUs (CLAT organizing body) does not give a topic wise CLAT syllabus. On the basis of CLAT papers analysis, the following CLAT Syllabus is compiled for the reference of students. The syllabus is not final or binding. There is no fixed syllabus for Common Law Admission Test. The broad areas of the exam and topics from which questions are generally asked are explained below.
CLAT Syllabus for LLB is given in detail. The exam being divided into five major sections, CLAT Syllabus is given accordingly.
English including comprehension – 40 marks.
The official CLAT website says
The English section will test the candidates' proficiency in English based on comprehension passages and grammar. In the comprehension section, candidates will be questioned on their understanding of the passage and its central theme, meanings of words used therein etc. The grammar section requires correction of incorrect grammatical sentences, filling of blanks in sentences with appropriate words, etc.
The CLAT syllabus for english includes vocabulary, proficiency, usage errors, comprehension.
English Vocabulary – synonyms, antonyms, analogies.
English proficiency – idioms and phrases, fill in the blanks, one word substitution, cloze tests, sentence improvement, rearrangement of sentences in paragraph, jumbled sentences.
English usage errors – spot the error and correct the sentence, spelling mistakes, use the correct word.
English comprehension – paragraph is given. Questions are asked from that paragraph. Candidate needs to understand what the para says and answer questions accordingly.
It is advised that CLAT aspirants go through past year papers. Solving CLAT papers will help you prepare better for the exam and know the CLAT Syllabus.
Click here for CLAT Previous Year Question Papers with Answers.
General knowledge and current affairs – 50 marks.
According to the official CLAT website, GK and current affairs syllabus for CLAT is as follows.
As far as general knowledge is concerned, the candidates will be tested on their general awareness including static general knowledge. Questions on current affairs will test candidates on their knowledge of current affairs.
To cover the GK syllabus for CLAT 2019, we suggest you refer to books like Manorama yearbook and Pratiyogita darpan. Focus is on static GK as well as latest happenings. Read the newspaper diligently and know the important news of the past year at least.
Events of national as well as international importance must be known to you. Also look out for news specific to science, technology, legal affairs, sports, people and places.
Elementary mathematics (Numerical ability) – 20 marks.
www.clat.ac.in says "This section will test candidate's knowledge on elementary mathematics, i.e. maths taught up to Class X."
Students who have a strong grasp of fundamentals of mathematics will find this section quite scoring. As long as you avoid silly calculation mistakes, concepts related to CLAT math section are easy. Make sure you cover these topics in mathematics:
- Number system
- Roots
- Decimals and fractions
- Surds and indices
- Average
- HCF and LCM
- Approximation
- Ration and proportion
- Logarithm
- Profit and loss
- Discounts
- Interest calculation
- Areas and volumes
Legal aptitude – 50 marks.
Study of law, research aptitude and problem solving ability. Legal propositions will be described in the paper on which questions will be framed. Also a set of facts to which the said proposition has to be applied. Some propositions may not be "true" in the real sense (e.g. the legal proposition may be that any person who speaks in a movie hall and disturbs others that are watching the movie will be banned from entering any movie theatre across India for one year). Candidates will have to assume the "truth" of these propositions and answer the questions accordingly.
Basically, this section will test the candidate's understanding of how legal propositions work.
This section will be as follows:
This section consisted of fifty (50) questions. Each question consists of legal propositions/principles (referred to as "principle") and facts. These principles have to be applied to the given facts to arrive at the most reasonable conclusion. Such principles may or may not be true in the real sense, yet you have to conclusively assume them to be true for the purposes of this section. In other words, in answering the following questions, you must not rely on any principles except the principles that are given herein below for every question. Further, you must not assume any facts other than those stated in the question. The objective of this section is to test your interest towards study of law, research aptitude and problem solving ability even if the "most reasonable conclusion " arrived at may be unacceptable for any other reason. It is not the object of this section to test your knowledge of law.
You can refer to Legal Awareness and Legal Reasoning : For the CLAT and LL.B. Entrance Examinations (English) 4th Edition to prepare for CLAT syllabus for legal aptitude.
Logical reasoning – 40 marks.
Questions to logical links, identify patterns, rectify illogical arguments will be in this section. This particular section will test your ability to solve a wide variety of logical reasoning questions such as syllogisms, logical sequences, analogies. CLAT LLB Syllabus includes problem solving in logical reasoning. You can refer to A Modern Approach To Logical Reasoning by RS Aggarwal.
Official Website of CLAT Exam: clat.ac.in.
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Rate of building business failures eases
Published: 21 January, 2010
LONDON: Although 18% more businesses failed last year, the rate for construction company failures slowed according to the Equifax Business Failures Report.
Figures for 2009 compared to 2008, show an 18% increase in the number of businesses that went bust, but quarter 4 figures suggest the UK economy is in recovery.
Neil Munroe, external affairs director, Equifax, said: "The construction sector is definitely starting to turn the corner with a 6.9% decrease. This widespread decrease has to be good news for the economy as a whole."
Every business sector - apart from wholesale - saw a downturn in businesses going bust in quarter 4 last year, compared to 2008.
There were also signs of promise across every region in the country apart from the West Midlands where business failures went up 3%.
Mr Munroe said: "Clearly the UK economy is not out of the woods - when comparing 2009 to 2007 overall there is a 39.5% increase in failures. So the businesses that have survived so far must continue to be very careful about how they manage their customer and supplier relationships to ensure they get paid on time and don't' get caught out by bad debt or failure.
"And they also need to make sure they are well prepared for external factors that they can't change - it's unclear yet how the VAT change back to 17.5% is going to affect business. But we think our latest figures should give encouragement to those organisations that have come through the last 12 months relatively unscathed."


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I really don't want to trivialise it. I like to think I'm as much a feminist as any man can be. (I use the word as a short hand, but I think it's a valid as it ever was. The modern woman's apparent rejection of the word, I suspect, is more about individualism and the rejection of any labels rather than the rejection of the principals it stands for - which are basically Equal Rights for Women. I don't know any women and very few men who reject that.) I've tended to feel that women are somehow better than men and are treated unfairly almost as long as I can remember. I think it was a common view among women when I was a child that men are inconsiderate, coarse and self-centred and I seem to have absorbed that pretty much whole. Their bodies are smelly, hairy and vaguely repulsive, and their genitalia are ridiculous (chicken giblets spring readily to mind). They are prone to contempt, cynicism and derision, when faced with the unexpected and like to be in charge, even when they have no idea what is going on.
I am aware now that all this is a gross generalisation but it is, if you like, my base line - the idea that I first had about men when I was little. I can't say for sure where it came from but you will understand that when women's rights came to the fore in the 70s I was primed to be on the women's side. Years of experience of actual men and women have made my views more nuanced and rational but I am still on my guard around men in a way I never am around women. On the down side this has meant that I was completely unprepared for what complete and utter shit-heads some women can be. On the plus side, the fact that I genuinely enjoy the company of women means I've got a lot more sex than I might have.
Women today are in any case quite different to how they were then. Young women seem hugely more confident than they were and I'm glad to see that they seem far less bothered about keeping up appearances - in their behaviour at any rate. Women seem just generally more robust - a bit more coarse and self-centred than they were, which is not a bad thing at all. I never saw the appeal of the tearful martyred lady nor the fragile timid virgin. Sometimes maybe it seems to have gone too far but I would defend to the nth a woman's right to go too far, make a twat of herself and generally get it wrong. Some po-faced feminists criticise dramas that portray women as being ignorant or shallow or weak, as if every female character should be a role model, but I believe that, among the many rights that women should enjoy equally with men is the right to fuck up big time.
So for the sake of this essay I'm not going to talk about rape and genital mutilation, domestic abuse or discrimination in the work place. For me the arguments have been had and won and at least in the West it's basically a mopping-up operation - tracking down those who are still getting away with it, but who, like all criminals, will always to some extent be with us.
No, I want to talk about the relations between ordinary men and women in ordinary day to day situations - in the home, at work, out for the evening. There's abuse and harassment in all these places of course and I'd lump those in with the obviously wrong things above. My worry is with the strain of feminism that sees the everyday petty transgressions (the amount of house-work a man does for example, or a man eyeing-up a young woman in the street) as symptomatic and indicative of the greater wrongs listed above. I heard a woman the other day (on R4) say that the lewd comments from some builders as she walked by had to be the overt expression of a wider attitude. My assumption tends to be the opposite - that people who act out in antisocial or criminal ways tend to be the minority.
But in any case, even if all or most of us men are secretly having lascivious thoughts as we walk along the street, is that a bad thing? There is this word - 'objectification' that still springs up in discussion which seem to be practically synonymous with 'admiration' in this situation. That a woman is not (in this case) being admired for her brains, her ambition, her ideas or her talents, but instead for her appearance is seen as a bad thing. I would agree if that was all she was ever admired for, but I'm not at all convinced it is. In any case it shouldn't be assumed and it certainly shouldn't be condemned out of hand, especially when she's clearly gone to so much trouble to look like that.
But isn't that the issue, they say - that she's had to go to all that trouble? She's caught up in this cycle of objectification and insecurity, so in effect, she has no choice - she goes out of her way to look like that but resents the fact that it gets attention.
I'm not even slightly convinced by this. In the first place, my instinctive respect for women refuses to accept the idea that women are so easily manipulated. At some point there has to be the invocation of choice. At some level, women these days in The West choose to look like that. Their motives may be mixed and obscure but whose aren't? Unless they have a very oppressive partner, nobody has to look like that (and if they do they fall into the 'definitely wrong' categories above).
My second point would be that appearances are not superficial. The way we look - how we dress, how we walk, what we smell like, how we smile, the simple fact that we choose to take care of our appearance, or not, are all subtle signals and they tell others a heck of a lot about us. Some we can change for effect (clothes) and some are intrinsic to who we are (our basic body shape) but none of them are mere disposable decorations. They are as much who we are as the contents of our minds. That's not to say they always give a good impression.
My third point is that I think this might be just as true of men as with women. I don't mean this just in the obvious way - that men are now spending massively more than they used to on 'product', although that is interesting. I also don't mean that women also like to ogle a good looking young man, although they definitely do. I mean men have always been judged on appearances above all else and the pressure to look good is just as harsh, if not more so. This is a harder one to argue but bear with me.
I spent a large part of my teens and twenties feeling inadequate and undesirable, and I know I was far from alone in this. There was always that group of cool lads who just seemed to have 'it' somehow. It was not just that they knew how to dress (cleverly subverting the school uniform) but they knew how to grin and to slouch and to wise-crack. Some were into the right bands and others were popular because they were very sporty. Yet others had a menace that everyone could respect. Since school I've become aware that the most desirable men are the ones that are concerned about their 'image'. They take up dangerous or glamorous sports or are in a rock band or drink too much or take too many drugs and get into trouble on a Saturday night. Confidence is the thing - risk-taking, the ability to look assured or even cocky in the face of danger. Above all women like men to appear self-confident, a characteristic I totally lacked when I was a young man. When I look back at those blokes they had absolutely no reason to be so sure of themselves. They were no brighter than the rest of us, and in many cases far less good-looking. In some cases they were downright stupid, but they had attitude, and the girls fell for it every time. Those girls weren't interested in finding out what sort of person we really were. It was all a front. I was awkward and needy and tended to spend my time on 'hobbies' (ie things I was genuinely interested in and which really gave me something to think about) which, then as now, are fatal to attracting the opposite sex, but I was also kind, articulate, sensitive, and not at all bad looking, but they weren't interested in that. My 'image' was all wrong. I had no game. Almost always, the most desirable men (leaving aside for now the very rich) are not physicists or writers, statesmen or campaigners but actors, footballers and pop stars and there's nothing very profound about any of that. When I signed up for an internet dating website in my early 40s, looking for a woman closer to my own age, I found to my dismay that the deal breakers were very often height and income. It could be argued that both are a proxy for self-confidence but in any case neither is exactly deep and meaningful.
I suspect a lot of feminist-minded women will look at that list and argue that those qualities that men are judged on are nevertheless somehow more genuinely admirable than mere looks. I would agree that they are more challenging. If I could have made myself more desirable as a young man simply by going to Churchill Square and buying a new outfit I'd have been more than happy to do so. What it takes to look right as a young man though is far more demanding, and to some extent dangerous but it's not in any way more 'real'. It's still just a look. That women find these attributes somehow more genuinely desirable in fact, I think, says more about some unreconstructed sexism on their part - that what men do is somehow intrinsically better than what women do. This connects to the modern woman's desire to be able to compete with men at every level in business and government. Again I would defend a woman's right to aspire to do anything men do, even when what we do is frankly stupid and sometimes plain wrong.
But then another problem with this is to assume that we 'men' are all like that - that women should challenge us 'men' in the boardroom and the House of Commons as well as in the pub and the bedroom, as if we are all somehow unified in this brotherhood outside of which the women can only scheme and crane their necks. But as with those blokes on the builders' site, we are not all like that. I was not alone as a gormless teenager - we were all gangly and uncouth, spotty and somewhat malodorous. Most of us now observe the antics of the alpha males and either aspire hopelessly to be like them or dismiss them as arrogant bastards. Probably many women meet a disproportionate number of these men because they are the only ones with the nerve to approach them at the bar (which, girls, does take an amazing amount of nerve) and many women would openly admit a preference for the Bad Boy.
Most of us though, whether we like it or not, have more in common with you women than we would like to admit. It's not men against women - it's the rest of us against those self-important avaricious cock-sure tossers who want to take over everything and leave the rest of us feeling somehow inadequate, when in fact we are just getting on with life.
So welcome to our world girls. We all feel inadequate on some fairly spurious basis much of the time and especially when we're young. The fact is though that I know I am far from alone in finding skinny women a bit off-putting. We don't care how much you spent on cosmetics or how fashionable your frock is anything like as much as you do. This oppression, for once, is not our fault. This, I'm afraid is all yours, and at some point you will have to take some responsibility for your willingness to give in to the fashion designers and the PR men, whose only motivation, lets face it, is to sell stuff. You compare yourself with your so-called sisters, as we do with our so-called brothers, and we all find ourselves wanting.
If you want real emancipation - stop comparing yourselves with some ideal and start being who you are.
Or am I being very old-fashioned?


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Commercial property insurance protects a business against the loss or loss of use of company assets. Company assets generally include buildings, contents including equipment, furniture, inventory and supplies, as well as income and the ability to maintain the operations of the enterprise. Company assets may also include such things as cash on the premises and valuable papers.
Property coverage can be written two different ways. Named perils coverage protects the business from losses caused by the specific perils listed in the policy. All-risk coverage protects the business from all causes of loss except those specifically named in the policy.
Property can be valued two ways. Replacement-cost coverage pays to fully replace damaged property. Actual cash value (ACV) coverage pays the cost of replacing damaged property less depreciation at the time of loss.
While individual property insurance policies are available, many businesses find it more cost effective to buy a package policy that includes both property and liability coverage. For larger businesses, a combined property/liability policy is often referred to as a Commercial Multi-Peril (CMP) policy. Smaller businesses can get similar coverage in a Business Owners Policy (BOP) policy.
Commercial general liability insurance covers the legal costs and general damages that a business becomes responsible for in a covered liability claim or lawsuit, subject to the limits and conditions of the policy. General liability insurance policies usually protect the business in four categories; bodily injury, property damage, personal injury (including slander), and advertising injury. Punitive damages generally are not covered because they are considered to be punishment for intentional acts.
General liability insurance policies usually states a maximum amount that the insurer will pay during the policy period and often lists the maximum amount the insurer will pay for any one occurrence.
It is important to understand that general liability insurance does not protect your business against every type of liability. Certain risks require separate coverage.
While individual liability insurance policies are available, many businesses find it more cost effective to buy a package policy that includes both property and liability coverage together. For larger businesses, a combined property/liability policy is often referred to as a Commercial Multi-Peril (CMP) policy. Smaller businesses can get similar coverage in a Business Owners Policy (BOP) policy.
As a business owner, you need the same kind of insurance coverage for commercial vehicles as you do for personal vehicles. Cars, trucks, buses, limousines, and certain types of motorized equipment can all be covered by a Massachusetts commercial auto insurance policy.
Non-owned and hired auto liability coverage is also available for vehicles that the business rents or borrows. Businesses with five or more vehicles are eligible for fleet discount pricing.
Just as working safely can keep down the cost of workers' compensation insurance, so can safe driving reduce the cost of commercial auto insurance. Professional driver training programs, responsible vehicle maintenance schedules, and equipping all vehicles with claims kits have proven to reduce losses for Massachusetts businesses.
Workers compensation coverage indemnifies workers for injuries arising out of or during the course of employment. The coverage is required by law in every state and is provided either through private insurance or, in a few states, through a regulated compensation fund. Benefits generally include medical expenses, death benefits, lost wages, and vocational rehabilitation.
There are usually two parts to a workers' compensation insurance policy. The first part of the policy transfers liability for all mandated benefits from the employer to the insurance company. The second part provides coverage to employees for work-related injury and illness that is not specifically required by law. Part two is an important liability protection for the business owner and is subject to the limits and conditions of the policy.
Workers' compensation is a complex coverage. Each state is the primary regulator of their own rules governing benefits, coverage, and premium calculation. So business owners operating in multiple states must understand the unique requirements of each jurisdiction. Also, premium calculations are based on a number of factors such as the class of business, payroll amount, lost cost modifiers, and experience modifiers. Plus, insurance companies generally offer a number of different rating plans.
Workplace safety is an important part of controlling the cost of workers' compensation insurance. Insurance companies offer a variety of programs to help employers reduce or eliminate losses.
Commercial umbrella insurance, sometimes referred to as excess liability insurance, is an important source of protection for business owners. The coverage provides additional liability limits on top of liability limits that exist in other commercial policies such as general liability, commercial auto, and employers liability. Umbrella insurance may also protect businesses from exclusions or gaps in underlying liability policies.
Commercial umbrella policies often offer such features as worldwide coverage, blanket contractual liability protection, and extension of protection to additional insureds. However, commercial umbrella insurance generally does not apply to professional liability insurance.
Umbrella insurance policyholders are responsible for keeping the schedule of underlying insurance policies in force, without alteration, during the term of the umbrella liability policy.
Commercial umbrella insurance tends to be relatively inexpensive for the additional protection afforded the business. Plus, as a business owner, you gain the peace of mind knowing that you are covered in the event of an expensive lawsuit.
A surety bond is a guarantee that someone contracted to perform a specified obligation will, in fact, complete that obligation. There are three or more parties involved in a bond transaction.
The first is the principal. This is the person obligated by contract to perform specified responsibilities. The second is the obligee – the party who is the recipient of the contracted obligation. And the third is the surety, who ensures that the principal's obligations will be performed.
Through a bond contract, the surety agrees to uphold the contractual promises made by the principal, or pay a specified amount of money to the obligee in case the principal defaults on his or her obligations. The bond demonstrates the credibility of the principal and guarantees performance of the terms of the agreement.
Because there is financial risk involved, the surety in a bond contract is usually an insurance company whose solvency is verified by private audit, government regulation, or both. The principal will pay a premium to the bonding company, usually annually, for their participation in the bond contract.


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Exosome Diagnostics Announces Data Demonstrating ExoIntelliScore™ Prostate Accurately Predicted Gleason Score, Pathologic Stage and Tumor Volume in Patients with Prostate Cancer
Exosomal RNA-Based Liquid Biopsy Test Significantly Correlated with Clinical Features Present in Radical Prostatectomy (RP) Specimens
Novel, Urine-Based Test Improved Discrimination of RP Gleason Score 4+3 Adverse Pathology, Suggesting Potential Role in Sequentially Monitoring Patients in Active Surveillance
Results of Clinical Study Show Promise of First-in-Class Predictive Test to Address Unnecessary Biopsies, Over-Diagnosis and Over-Treatment of Indolent Prostate Cancer
VIENNA, Austria, and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., October 1, 2015 – Exosome Diagnostics, Inc., a developer of revolutionary, biofluid-based molecular diagnostics, presented new positive data from a clinical study for the company's novel, urine-based prostate cancer liquid biopsy, ExoIntelliScore™ Prostate (formally referred to as Exo106). The data demonstrated that ExoIntelliScore Prostate accurately predicted in pre-radical prostatectomy (RP) urine samples of patients with prostate cancer, objective clinical features present in RP specimens and also provided initial improved discrimination of RP Gleason Score 4+3, a subset of patients at elevated risk for aggressive disease.
These results add to a growing body of clinical validation evidence that show ExoIntelliScore Prostate's unique ability to accurately and completely non-invasively identify high-grade prostate cancer. They also suggest the potential for the first-in-class genetic-based assay to be utilized throughout the diagnostic paradigm, including prior to initial biopsy, as well as for sequential monitoring of disease progression in patients enrolled in active surveillance.
The data were presented at a poster session entitled, "A non-invasive urine exosome gene expression assay (ExoIntelliScore™ Prostate) accurately predicts pathologic stage and grade in the prostatectomy specimen," at the 18th European Cancer Congress (ECCO) – 40th European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Annual Meeting in Vienna, Austria (September 25-29).
"The current diagnostic landscape for prostate cancer is imprecise, setting off a cascade of events that starts with unnecessary and inaccurate biopsies, and leads to over-diagnosis and over-treatment of the disease with radical treatment choices including prostatectomies," said co-author James A. Eastham, M.D., Chief of Urology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. "This assay's ability to give urologists a more precise, genetically informed understanding of a man's risk for aggressive disease via a simple urine sample, without the need for an invasive prostate tissue biopsy could help prevent that cascade. In the coming years, I believe we're going to see the continual and much-needed transformation of the diagnostic and treatment pathway of prostate cancer."
Distinct from all other predictive tests on the market or in clinical development for prostate cancer, ExoIntelliScore Prostate is the first assay to give urologists and patients molecular insights about prostate cancer using exosomal RNA (exoRNA). In this new study, pre-RP, first-catch, non-digital rectal exam (DRE) urine samples were collected from five urology practices (both academic medical institution and community urology practice settings) and analyzed at Exosome Diagnostics' certified CLIA laboratory. Samples from 430 patients were analyzed using ExoIntelliScore Prostate, and 359 complete and comparable RP, biopsy and ExoIntelliscore Prostate results were included in the analysis. According to the results, the test significantly correlated with the RP Gleason Score (p=0.025), RP tumor volume and stage of cancer (p=0.002). The test also improved discrimination of RP Gleason Score 4+3, which is often associated with more advanced disease and a greater risk of disease progression.
ExoIntelliScore Prostate analyzes the expression of three biomarkers utilizing exoRNA and, using a proprietary algorithm, assigns a predictive risk score to patients. A key source of nucleic acids, including RNA, exosomes are cell messengers found in all living cells and are carried throughout the body via biofluids, such as urine, plasma and cerebrospinal fluid. Using its proprietary exo-RNA technology, Exosome Diagnostics can achieve real-time access to comprehensive molecular information about cells in the body without needing direct access to the cells. ExoIntelliScore Prostate involves patients submitting a simple, first-catch urine sample to yield more accurate genetic insights. Other non-exosome-based predictive urine-based tests on the market and in development require patients to undergo a digital rectal exam (DRE) or prostate massage before sample collection.
"As urologists evaluate new diagnostic options for prostate cancer, they will need compelling data that clearly demonstrate an assay's predictive accuracy and clinical utility," said Vincent J. O'Neill, M.D., M.R.C.P., Chief Medical Officer at Exosome Diagnostics. "In coordination with leading urologists from around the country, we have designed and continue to pursue a highly robust clinical validation program for ExoIntelliScore Prostate. The data we have amassed to date show the ability of this exosomal RNA-based test to yield comprehensive, highly accurate genetic-based information about a patient's disease. Armed with information to more clearly distinguish between high and low grade prostate cancer, physicians will be able to use ExoIntelliScore Prostate to make treatment decisions that enhance patient outcomes."
About the ExoIntelliScore Prostate Test
ExoIntelliScore Prostate is a clinically validated, non-digital rectal exam (DRE) urine-based liquid biopsy test that predicts the presence of high-grade (Gleason score ≥7) prostate cancer for men 50 years of age and older with a PSA 2 – 10 mg/mL presenting for an initial biopsy. A "rule out" test, ExoIntelliScore Prostate is designed to more accurately predict whether a patient presenting for an initial biopsy does not have high-grade prostate cancer and, thus, could potentially avoid an initial biopsy and, instead, continue to be monitored.
Patients submit a simple, non-DRE urine sample. ExoIntelliscore Prostate then analyzes the urine for three biomarkers on exosomal RNA (exoRNA) that are expressed in men with high-grade prostate cancer. Using a proprietary algorithm that combines the relative weighted expression of the three-gene signature, the test assigns an individual risk score for patients ranging from 0 to 100. A score >15.6 is associated with an increased likelihood of high-grade prostate cancer on a subsequent biopsy. Physicians can utilize the score in conjunction with other standard of care prognostic information to determine whether to proceed with a tissue biopsy.
About Exosome Diagnostics
Exosome Diagnostics is a privately held company focused on developing and commercializing revolutionary biofluid-based diagnostics to deliver personalized precision healthcare that improves lives. The company's novel exosome-based technology platform, ExoLution™, can yield comprehensive and dynamic molecular insights to transform how cancer and other serious diseases are detected, diagnosed, treated and monitored. Visit www.exosomedx.com to learn more.
Exosome Diagnostics, ExoIntelliScore and ExoLution are registered and unregistered trademarks of Exosome Diagnostics, Inc.
Media Contact:
Liz Melone
Feinstein Kean Healthcare


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We were prepped. A school tour in the spring to see the chicken coop and classrooms (in that order). New clothes were bought on sale (at Tea Collection!) earlier in the summer. We bought new shoes weeks ago from H&M. A tiffin lunchbox from the Indian store, hoping to cut down on plastic bags and tupperware to pack food in. A muffin breakfast the week before to meet the teacher. A new haircut and new Star Wars backpack purchased the weekend before.
We planned to take pictures and I set up the chalkboard the night before, but we ended up barely getting ready to make it to school before the second bell rang.
I walked with them the whole back to his classroom. His teacher very graciously invited me inside to stay as long as I wanted.
First thing, he very proudly told his teacher about how much he the glitter she gave him helped him sleep the night before. The second was opening a new pack of crayons.
Avinash came bursting out of school with a big grin and on the lookout for his friends in other classes. He eagerly told me all about the friends he had so far (four), his lunch (cheese ravioli with a cookie and chocolate milk) and his favorite class (art). I made a little video too because it is so easy to forget these little details.
On the second day everything was back to normal, ha!
- Avinash wore the same pants and I didn't say anything. (I totally didn't realize until the afternoon.)
- There was no mention of breakfast, let alone fried eggs.
- At pickup, instead of getting out of the car, I used the carpool lane which was suddenly empty. Good thing too because I had house only sweats on.
- No pictures and no confetti, but he was still excited to tell me about his day (as long as I wouldn't make him talk too long so he could go back to listening to Harry Potter on tape.)


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THE alcohol stores in Helsingor struggle to close on time, as Swedes cram in to grab a few more bottles before heading back across the Oresund strait that divides these Nordic neighbours. Trade in the stores has doubled since Denmark cut taxes on spirits by 45% at the start of October. Its action is inexorably chipping away at the entire Nordic region's restrictive alcohol regime.
The Danish government, itself trying to discourage people from heading across the border to Germany to buy cheap booze, felt it had no choice. Even after the tax cut, the incentives for drinkers to go abroad are powerful. A bottle of Bells Extra Special Scotch, priced at NKr270 ($38) in Norway, can be had for NKr225 in Sweden, NKr117 in Denmark and just NKr90 in Germany.
Sweden is deeply worried. In the 19th century, a lethal cocktail mixing the misery caused by industrialisation with cheap spirits helped to set off endemic alcohol abuse. Total prohibition was only narrowly defeated in a referendum in 1922. Alcohol was rationed until 1955. Strong beer, wine and spirits remain heavily taxed, and retail sales are still conducted through a limited number of state monopoly stores. Similar systems exist in Finland and Norway. Temperance movements have a strong political foothold in all three Scandinavian countries.
Since their entry into the European Union in 1995, Sweden and Finland have struggled to protect their alcohol regimes, as import restrictions have been gradually lifted under single-market rules. In Sweden consumption has risen to levels not seen since 1875. Hakan Leifman, a researcher at Stockholm University, says Swedes over 15 now consume around ten litres of pure alcohol a year, still well below the 14-15 litres per year in Ireland, but closing in on the EU average of 12. Other measures aimed at limiting sales have also fallen foul of EU rules. Earlier this year Sweden's ban on the advertising of strong beer, wine and spirits was overruled.
So far there is little evidence of a more "sophisticated" European attitude to alcohol: "binge drinking" remains the Scandinavian way. Public-health organisations are alarmed, predicting a rise in alcohol-related violence, drink-driving and chronic alcohol-related diseases.
But with Swedes in the south of the country bringing in booze from Denmark, and a virtual scrapping of controls on such imports coming in January, Bosse Ringholm, the (teetotal) finance minister, faces a dilemma. Even Sweden's state alcohol stores are campaigning for a tax cut. If Mr Ringholm does not oblige, he will lose revenues and foster an environment for illegal reselling. But if he does, cheaper alcohol will be available throughout the country. The Finnish prime minister, Matti Vanhanen, is duly proposing steep tax cuts in January, in an effort to stem imports.
Similar arguments are being heard even in non-EU Norway. The country has maintained its import control of one litre of spirits per person. But since it has scrapped most of its border checks, Norway has now become a nation of petty smugglers. Few expect the prime minister, Kjell Magne Bondevik, a teetotal Lutheran priest, to jump at the idea of a tax cut. Some have suggested that the answer is to reimpose border controls. But if the Swedes do cut prices it will be hard for Norway to stand against the tide. One way or another, cheaper alcohol is coming.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline "Viking binge"


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The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) will host a farm walk at 64 Moss Road, Banbridge on Tuesday September 12.
This is one of three walks being organised to showcase results of recent research.
At these events, AFBI's dairy scientists will be addressing key issues within dairy production and presenting their latest research findings across a broad spectrum of management challenges currently facing the local dairy industry. One of these topics will be how to optimise your use of winter feeding.
The event will start at 10.30am, last entry will be at 12.30pm, and the walk will be completed by 3pm. Everyone who wishes to attend must pre-register for a starting timeslot, otherwise entry cannot be guaranteed.
Pre-registration can be completed by visiting the AFBI website www.afbini.gov.uk/events or contact 028 9025 5636. By pre-registering you will automatically receive complimentary light refreshments at the end of the farm walk.
In the interests of biosecurity those attending are asked to wear clean clothing not previously worn while in direct contact with their own animals. Outdoor work boots should not be worn. Protective overalls and footwear will be provided.


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Chaos Order is one of the heaviest bands in the city. Falling somewhere between Black Breath and Integrity, their hardcore is infused with metal undercurrents. They self-released their first EP while local label Fly the Light put out their second. In May, California-based Blasphemour Records released their split with Werewolf Congress. Vocalist Neal Bledsoe and bassist Jared Filsinger answered a few questions about their West Coast tour that will take them from Los Angeles up to Seattle, recording their new album, and Memphis in general. They'll cap off the tour with a rare home appearance at the Gone to the Dogs Fest, Saturday, November 21st, at the Hi-Tone. The event features 14 bands over two nights, and all proceeds go directly to the Street Dog Foundation.
- Heather Horton Photography
- Chaos Order
Flyer: How did the band form?
Bledsoe: Jared, Sam (Davidson - drums), and Austin (Russell - guitar) were in the [band] Westbound from 2007-2011. When the Westbound's time had come to an end, we decided to start something new as Chaos Order.
Filsinger: We'd heard other projects that Neal had been a vocalist in and knew he'd be a good fit.
Had you known each other long?
Bledsoe: We'd all been really good friends prior to Chaos Order starting. We'd hangout at each other's band practices. We met in high school but at different schools. Jared and Sam were introduced to Austin through mutual friends.
Filsinger: Austin introduced everyone to Neal. We knew that we wanted to work together but didn't know when that would be. When the opportunity came, we immediately seized it. Took four years to happen, but here we are.
Were you influenced by any local bands or the scene here?
Filsinger: The whole band has been a fan of Pezz for a long time. They're also one of the few Memphis acts in the underground scene with longevity. There have been a lot of good bands that break up prematurely for one reason or another.
Some might say you have a little of the His Hero Is Gone (HHIG) sound.
Bledsoe: We're all into HHIG/Tragedy, so I can see how some people would see an influence. Crust Punk is definitely one of a myriad of sounds we try to create. We all have very broad musical tastes and really think it's going to show on the new record.
Can Memphis have a decent scene again?
Bledsoe: Anywhere can have a good scene, even Memphis. Bands are going to have to stop being envious and resenting one another and start supporting each other. Fans of music need to stop sitting at home and lurking online and actually go to shows.
Are there any bands in town you like?
Filsinger: Pezz, Shards Of Humanity, Throne, Dawn Patrol, Klaxxon, Star Killers, Holy Gallows, Werewulf, YET, the Waits, Epoch Of Unlight, the Blood Boys - that's a very minuscule amount. We could honestly eat up this whole section with great Memphis bands.
Who is helping out the hardcore scene right now, if anyone?
Bledsoe:We can definitely say that Catrina Guttery from Rock 103 is helping out all scenes right now. She's been a great help to every band in Memphis. Having our music broadcast to people who normally wouldn't listen to anything like us. We can't praise her enough. John Miller from the Memphis Music Foundation/Shangri La Records is always wanting to help bands. You just have to reach out to him. Matt Martin from Black Lodge opened up his doors for bands to play shows there. Daniel Craig from Fly The Light Records has been a big help as well.
How did you hooked up with Blasphemour records and how did the West Coast tour come about?
Filsinger: Blasphemour liked our first couple of records and let us know that they'd like to help put out our next release. After talking to the label owner, Ryan, several times, we agreed that he was someone we wanted to work with. Most of the West Coast shows were set up by Ryan Blasphemour and bands on his label like Losing Skin, Funerals, and Werewolf Congress. We have a good fan base out West that supports us and buys our records, but its one of those places that's so far away, we're afraid our van would explode on the way home. We approached the label and bands about the tour and they were nice enough to help out and backline the shows with their gear so that we could fly over instead of drive.


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Christaller, Walter (1893–1969)
A GERMAN geographer, Walter Christaller helped bring quantitative and statistical disciplines to the study of geography. Christaller was born in Berneck, GERMANY; his father was a clergyman and his mother an author. Before 1914, he attended university in Heidelberg and in Munich. He enlisted during World War I, and became an officer. Returning after the war to study, he went to the University of Erlangen, where he obtained his master's degree in 1930. His doctoral thesis was presented at the University of Erlangen in 1932 under the supervision of Professor Robert Gradmann, a specialist in settlement geography.
Christaller influenced the discipline of geography with the publication in 1933 of his book Central Places in Southern Germany, in which he introduced quantitative and statistical techniques for the first time in geography. Between obtaining his master's degree in political economy and conducting doctoral research, Christaller worked in jobs as a journalist and also as a miner.
Christaller's work followed several theoretical works that started in the 19th century and aimed to determine the optimal location of an economic or a geographic entity in a given environment. This followed from works by economists (Johann Heinrich Von Thunen, Andreas Predohl, William J. Reilly, August Losch), sociologists (Alfred Weber, Rene Maunier), engineers (Leon Lalanne, Jean Reynaud), and a geographer (Johann Georg Kohl). Jean Reynaud had already initiated his stream of research in an article entitled "Cities" in l'Encylopedie nouvelle (1841) and proposed an elaborated version of the theory of central place. The double formation of Christaller as a geographer and an economist could explain the elaborated graphics and cartographic expression in his research.
His field survey in southern Germany, which at that time stretched from the Alsace region to AUSTRIA, permitted him to develop his theory. In the 1930s, this region was little affected by the INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. As a result, the model postulated that the organization observed was the product of market and rural logics.
Christaller developed the idea of a space that is supposed to be isotropic, homogenous, and functioning in self-sufficiency in perfect conditions of competition from economic agents, producers, and consumers. Christaller graphically showed interests convergent with the general interest in a regulated society, representing hexagonal market areas that are fitted in each other to cover all the territory. Central places emerge at the center of each hexagon, which contained six lowerorder places to ensure that goods and services are available. His model, based on a hierarchical central place system, suggests four basic premises.
First, the higher-order central places will provide all goods and services that are found at the lower-order centers. Second, larger central places will provide a variety of functions and specialized functions. Third, within a place, the number of lower-order centers will be proportional to the number of higher-order places; and fourth, the higher-order central places have greater distances between similar places compared to lowerorder places, because of the exclusivity of market boundaries.
The Christaller Model inspired leaders of planning in the national-socialist state and the practices of town and country planning in several countries. Christaller could use his theory in practice with the rise of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich in Germany and its conquered territories, including a reconfiguration of the geography of Germany's eastern conquests such as Czechoslovakia and POLAND. Particularly in the priority plan Deutscher Osten, Christaller was in charge of planning for occupied Poland by using his central place theory. The model of central place was improved in 1940 by the economist August Losch, who was far less inclined to the ideas of the Reich at that time, with the introduction of theorist postulates influenced by the classic economic approach. The honors to Christaller's achievements came at the end of his life and include the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Association of American Geographers in 1964. In 1996, the Geography Award of Walter Christaller was created in Germany. This award, a reference to the international prestige of the geographer, but not as his past experience as a planner of the Reich, has fueled debates in the German geography community.


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The catering staff at The Point, Lancashire County Cricket Club's conference and events venue, are proud to be part of a team that has been awarded a Healthy Stadia Plaque of Recognition. The presentation of the plaque took place at the first-ever floodlit England v India T20 match at Old Trafford.
Peter Ash, sales manager at The Point said: "The healthier and sustainable eating option initiatives our catering team has created for The Point has helped towards the stadium being awarded this Healthy Stadia Plaque. We are especially proud as this is the first to go to a stadium operated by a county cricket club."
Peter adds: "This was the first time we have had hospitality for an International with The Point bathed under floodlights, which was a unique experience for staff and guests."
Lancashire Chief Executive Jim Cumbes commented: "I am delighted that Old Trafford is being recognised as a healthy stadium. We have made huge strides in these areas in the last couple of years and receiving the award illustrates the Club's commitment to promoting key health messages to visitors to Old Trafford as well as our local community."
The plaque presentation wasn't the only pitch-side action. Guests attending were also treated to the appearance of two very famous Manchester legends. Ex England Internationals Sir Bobby Charlton and Mike Summerbee joined LCCC's James Anderson to show off the Premiership and FA Cup trophies with James holding the ICC mace, which is presented to the best Test playing nation.
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There are many times history repeats itself. Why do I bring that up in an article about DB2 on z/OS? Well BMC and BMC's Db2 Utilities are repeating history by being one step ahead yet again. Teddy Roosevelt said, "The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future."
Let me start with a story. I was a junior Db2 DBA and I had an opportunity to go to a Db2 technical conference. The exhibition floor was a wonder to any Db2 digit-head such as myself. Db2 folks talking to other Db2 folks about, what else, Db2? It was excellent.
I wandered over to the BMC booth where I was greeted by an actual developer. We had BMC Db2 Utilities because we were a very large IMS shop and back then even IBM suggested you buy the BMC IMS products. During the conversation the question came up, 'What can we do better in the BMC Db2 Utilities you are using?' I was so pleased that I actually had a suggestion. I wanted to make copies not at a Db2 object level but at a higher level. I wanted to back up my environments by database. Of course I didn't think about all the technical challenges that went along with that – dataset allocation, discovery of the objects, multi-tasking, etc. – and I persisted with my request explaining how it would save me time, ensure that all my objects would be backed up, and it was something we weren't getting from our other vendors. Having said my piece, I went on my way to pick up some more booth swag.
Well it didn't take long until I got a mailing from BMC on their new release of Copy Plus and there it was … Copy Wildcard – dynamic allocation, excludes, multi-tasking for tapes! They had been working on it but were not ready to release it. I was amazed. BMC was one step ahead of the market, one step ahead of the competition, and one step ahead of the technology. BMC has always been a leader in the Db2 space. For the record that functionality was delivered by BMC in January 1994. IBM Db2 utilities did not come up with LISTDEF and TEMPLATES until March 2001.
There are many examples where BMC Db2 products took the lead. Utilizing DASD features to speed image copies and recoveries, increasing availability via online utilities, and customizing sort routines to run efficiently within utilities. You might not have even known that you needed these features until you actually did, and BMC was ready. Other vendors have tried to replicate these features, but it is this continued innovation that has companies licensing Db2 products from BMC Software again and again.
BMC is again leading the way with Next Generation Technology (NGT). As that junior DBA, it was extremely challenging to perform my job and keep the critical Db2 applications running as efficiently as possible. Those challenges had been met by BMC early on, but we are at another phase today with the explosion of data in digital business today. BMC is innovating again here – there for you before you think you need it.
Why customize a sort routine to meet the needs of a utility? Why not just eliminate that sort all together? BMC is doing that with NGT Reorg. Think about how much time and DASD resources are used for the sort portion of your Db2 reorganizations. With IBM Db2 allowing larger and larger objects, our strategy to maintain these objects needs to change as well. While it might have been okay to reorg at a part level in the past, the performance benefit might be in reorganizing the large nonpartitioned index (NPI). Next Generation Technology knows how to address the issue and will reorg that NPI for performance. Notice I said reorg that NPI – not just rebuild it.
Over the years, the number of application and Db2 Objects which support those applications continue to grow. However the numbers of DBAs are decreasing. How is a company today supposed to determine maintenance on those objects? Automating how you run utilities becomes very important in this scenario. In many cases the tools or processes that are run are multi–step processes spanning multiple days. With NGT, you can automate the process so that the objects that actually need reorganization get it. The multiple step process becomes one process that the DBA or user schedules. This "just in time" reorg strategy allows you to have objects running at optimal performance before the online system comes up or before the big batch window starts. If that also happens to be within your four hour rolling peak for the month, that saves you big IBM MLC dollars.
History is repeating itself again. The tradition of BMC innovation in the Db2 Utility space continues as Next Generation Technology is out ahead of the needs of the customer. Just like Teddy Roosevelt said, looking to the past is a good indicator of what's to come.
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Corbière v. University of Sudbury [2012] O.H.R.T.D. No. 288
Can a tribunal hear a professor's human rights allegations which reframe the same factual circumstances that formed the basis of grievances that were either resolved or settled?
The applicant, Dr. Mary An Corbière, is an Aboriginal assistant professor with the Department of Native Studies at the University of Sudbury. Dr. Corbière filed a number of grievances against the university, all of which were settled or resolved in 2009. The grievances dealt with the following issues:
- Denial of promotion to associate professor
- Issue: Based on an "[unreasonable and arbitrary ]interpretation of the criterion regarding scholarly work", the president of the University of Sudbury denied the applicant a promotion despite the recommendation of the Faculty Affairs committee
- Settlement: The grievor's immediate promotion to associate professor following the publication of a named work.
- Teaching load
- Issue: After a sick leave, the professor was given a workload that she found to be unreasonable
- Settlement: Relief in the form of the subtraction of one 6 credit course
- Handling of Student Complaints
- Issue: The University placed a letter of reprimand fin the professor's file for "uncooperativeness" in the wake of its attempt to handle student complaints against her.
- Resolution: The grievor agreed to drop the grievance when the University agreed to remove the letter from her file.
- Deduction of overload pay
- Issue: The University deducted $500 from the grievor's overload pay
- "Full and Complete Settlement": The University reimbursed the grievor in full.
In 2010, Professor Corbiere filed an application with the Tribunal against the University, the principal and the head of her department. She presented six issues, four of which relate to the same factual circumstances of the four settled or resolved grievances but reframed through a human rights lens. The applicant acknowledged that these grievances had been heard and resolved/settled. However, she maintained that collective agreement issues were different from human rights issues, so she should have the right to file the human rights elements of those cases. Two additional allegations within the application included an allegation of discrimination/harassment by the president as well as the change in criteria for eligibility for membership in the Board of Regents
Can the applicant allege that the settlement of her grievances did not address the human rights elements of her concerns?
- The Tribunal pointed out that it could hear a human rights allegation stemming from a settled grievance if and only if the grievor had been unaware that her grievance included human rights elements (Zu v Hamilton City at the time. In this case, the documentary evidence shows that Corbière was fully aware of the human rights elements of her case; she had taken steps to remedy them at the university. Her failure to include human rights concerns in the promotion and overload grievances does not now give her the right to file a human rights application. Moreover, the applicant was told that she could not use any incident related to the promotion grievance in her claim against the president.
- The Tribunal saw the human rights reframing of the work load issue as an abuse of process; it determined that the applicant was "now attempting to re-frame the same factual circumstances as a different allegation" especially since 1) she had no documentary evidence showing that the parties had not discussed the timing of the work load as part of the issue; and 2) she had not made any reference to "disability" in her application
- The Tribunal pointed out that the applicant could have filed a human rights complaint if she had withdrawn from the grievance process due to dissatisfaction with that process. However, in this case, the applicant withdrew her grievance as part of a satisfactory resolution process resulting in the removal of the letter of reprimand from her file.