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Last September our Super Spanish teachers Shawn and Suzanne Bandick conducted a three day Super Spanish course.
After the course they sent me this note.
"Gary, here are Super Spanish testimonials for September 2018."
The Super Spanish class September 2018, Vernon, BC Canada.
The Bandicks wrote: I came to the weekend knowing zero Spanish and am leaving with a solid foundation to play with and build upon. I am blown away by how much I have learned in just 3 days. It was easy, fun and effective. – Katelyn Edgar
Excellent way to build a functional knowledge of Spanish. Amazing how it just seems to sink in. – Rod Burroff
I found the course to be very informative and that is because of the way the material was presented and taught. It's super easy to understand how it all works together. I was able to make sentences by mid day on the first day of class and that is impressive. It's a great 3 days of learning. The instructors were positive and confident and with that attitude being passed down to the students it made me feel that I was able to speak and understand Spanish for the first time. – Lesley Wilson
I have tried to learn French and Spanish over the years and was convinced that I was never going to able to converse in any language other than English. Well that all changed in 3 days. I am confident enough now to open my mouth now and try! – Lisa Cheswick
I can't believe how much I learned in 3 days. I have taken many courses and none compare to how much I retained. I felt and built confidence in my communication skills. Thank you! – Allie Afflick
I was skeptical on learning useful Spanish in 3 days. After 3 days I will attest that most people will learn how to learn and to converse in Spanish easier in the future. A most useful and intense course. – Bonaventure
Suzanne, Shawn and Brianna made it very comfortable to learn a totally new language. I am feeling comfortable with the basics after 3 days. They are such awesome instructors! I will highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn Spanish in a stress free environment. It takes the fear out of learning a new language.Thank you! – Vicky Bentz
This is a very different way of learning a language. There is a lot of material that is covered and it is all relevant and useful words. The learning atmosphere is very relaxed allowing you to feel you are in a Spanish environment, I really had fun and look forward to continuing to get better at my Spanish. The class is not intimidating. It is very relaxed and inclusive. – Frannie Thorburn
Suzanne Bandick, her daughter Brianna and granddaughter. Shawn, Suzanne and Brianna teach the course.
The Bandicks have scheduled their next three day Super Thinking + Spanish course for this January 4, 5 and 6, 2019 in Vernon BC.
Here's a way to start the new year right by learning something new. Stimulating your brain in early January can provide a game plan for remaining smarter the entire year through.
Does it sound impossible to learn Spanish in three days?
See proof below. There is a scientific method of learning… proven and described in numerous best selling books that create educational jumps by making education natural, easy and fun.
Part of the Super Thinking method was created and refined by the Bulgarian educational master, Georgi Lozanov.
Merri was lucky to be one of a handful of students outside of Bulgaria who were allowed to be taught this system in the early 1970s. She has been practicing this unique and remarkable form of education for four decades.
Lozanov's teachings are one of seven super learning tactics used in the course:
#1: 17 lessons teaching the student 4005 words that are the same in Spanish and English so there is no memorization of vocabulary.
#2: Losanov's teaching was to use certain forms of Baroque music throughout because the brain likes hearing it. This causes the mind to associate Spanish with pleasure.
#3: Using a wave system to improve vocabulary so students can hear themselves and others speak words without fear.
#4: Developing confidence by having students create Spanish sentences in the first three hours so the process is more meaningful.
#5: Staying totally in the infinitive so there is no conjugation.
#6: Using relaxation sessions and humor to keep the students in a state of relaxed concentration. This is the most effective state for learning.
#7: Getting students to speak well enough in three days so they can mentally and verbally create sentences that keeps Spanish active in their mind.
The Bandick family will teach you to speak Spanish in three days, January 4, 5 and 6, 2019 in Vernon BC, Canada. Enroll Single $299. Enroll Couple $499.
A Livescience.com article helps explain why this course works and how delegates are creating Spanish sentences by the first lunch break and can communicate well in Spanish after just three days. This article by Jeremy Hsu, LiveScience Senior Writer, is entitled "CIA Seeks Anyone, Anyone Who Can Speak 2 Languages"
Four important points in the article are shown in excerpts below with my comments to show what has been wrong with traditional Spanish courses and why the Super Thinking tactic is perfect for this program.
The article begins: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Many Americans don't learn a second or a third language from birth, let alone a language that the CIA or U.S. Foreign Service might want. The situation has forced U.S. government agencies to learn how to cultivate the most talented second-language speakers from among college students with little to no other-language expertise.
"In U.S. education, we don't develop early bilinguals," said Catherine Doughty, a language expert at the University of Maryland.
Doughty spoke as part of a panel on Feb. 19 during the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference in Washington, D.C.
She and other speakers described the typical U.S. second-language program as being a series of disjointed classes where students often repeated what they had learned before.
"Imagine math [programs] where the middle school says, 'We don't have any idea about what you studied,' so you learn it again. It's the same with high school," said Robert O. Slater, director of the U.S. National Security Education Program.
This is why traditional Spanish courses often do not work. They create two obstacles up front…conjugation and memorization of vocabulary.
Super Thinking + Spanish avoids both these obstacles.
The article continues: Finding the best. Government agencies aren't alone in trying to recruit multilingual speakers; U.S. corporations covet such skills for doing business in the era of globalization.
This is why your ability to speak Spanish increases your value. You become more important in an increasingly global world.
The article explained how Doughty and her colleagues used tests to train up cognitive processes related to language learning, such as the ability to hold information in the brain while using it for learning. The tests sought to predict those who can succeed despite everything stacked against them.
The article reviewed changes in the brain when measuring the electrical activity in the brain. Researchers saw differences in the brain patterns among language learners and fluent speakers. They found surprising results.
The article pointed out: Repeated studies of French language students showed that their brains responded differently to real French words compared with fake words after just two weeks of classes, even if the students themselves could not tell such words apart.
"From knowing nothing to a little bit, [there are] huge changes in the brain," Osterhout pointed out."[From] knowing a little to knowing a lot, [it is] much more subtle."
This is why Super Thinking + Spanish works.
The three day course focus is entirely on making the huge change. The three day course prepares the learner to speak Spanish immediately so you can make the subtle changes later in day to day life.
The article also said: Another surprise came from studies of Spanish-speaking immigrants, because neither age nor language proficiency seemed to predict how quickly the immigrants picked up English. Instead, the fastest learners showed both the greatest motivation to learn and a willingness to use English at every opportunity despite being bad at it (at first).
This is the other reason why Super Thinking plus Spanish works. This three day course gets the delegates speaking and thinking Spanish all the time so they can use and/or think Spanish every day… and communicating even from the beginning. In this way the education grows even when Spanish is not being spoken.
The Super Thinking course first integrates the brain. Students learn better with relaxed concentration. Then the course teaches them 17 simple lessons so they know 4005 words in Spanish and can use them to create sentences. In this way, you can communicate in Spanish just three days.
The Bandick family will teach you to speak Spanish in three days, January 4, 5 and 6, 2019 in Vernon BC, Canada. Enroll Single $299. Enroll Couple $499.
To help readers enjoy Super Spanish as quickly as possible and to encourage those who are not sure they can attend one of the Bandick's three day courses in British Columbia, I am making this special offer.
Order the ONLINE Super Spanish course now for $79. We will give you the full $79 price (a 26% discount off the normal tuition) credit deducted from any of the Bandick's courses.
See details of Super Spanish ONLINE below.
P.S. this offer is retroactive. If you have already ordered the Super Spanish course online, let me know so we can be sure you receive the credit when you attend a three day course.
The "Learn Spanish in Three Day Course" is now available online.
Read below to see why we are offering our Super Spanish course online.
Speaking Spanish is a huge benefit on its own. You can become one of the rare North Americans who can get along in Spanish speaking countries. You can be one of the special people who can communicate with 10 million non-English speakers in the USA. Spanish is the second most used language in the USA. There are more Spanish speakers than speakers of Chinese, French, German, Italian, Hawaiian, and the Native American languages combined. According to the Census Bureau, Spanish is the primary language of nearly 50 million people in the US. This is the largest Spanish-speaking community outside of Mexico. Only half of these speakers also speak English "very well," and 19% do not speak Spanish at all.
You can tap into all this potential when you speak Spanish. Yet there are more benefits.
An article in England's leading newspaper, the Telegraph, entitled "Why learn a foreign language? Benefits of bilingualism" (1) sum up the biggest benefit of learning a second language and increased intelligence. The article says: "Learning a foreign language is more than just a boost to your CV or handy for traveling. It will make you smarter, more decisive and even better at English. Physiological studies have found that speaking two or more languages is a great asset to the cognitive process. The brains of bilingual people operate differently than single language speakers, and these differences offer several mental benefits."
The article then explains studies that show seven cognitive advantages gained from learning a foreign language.
#1: You become smarter
#2: You build multitasking skills
#3: You stave off Alzheimer's and dementia
#4: Your memory improves
#5: You become more perceptive
#6: Your decision-making skills improve
#7: You improve your English
How The Course Works
The first tactic is to use Baroque music in the learning process. At least three best selling books, "Superlearning", the "Mozart Effect" and "Superlearning 2000" have revealed insights about how to learn and think more powerfully based on systems drawn from the Bulgarian educational master, Dr. Georgi Lozanov. Merri Scott was among just a few who learned directly from Lozanov.
The second tactic uses 17 unique lessons to provide Spanish fluency in a short time. Let me prove to you how this tactic works by teaching you hundreds of Spanish words in less than 30 seconds.
Here is the proof.
"Most words in English that end in ION are almost identical, just pronounced differently. For example action is accion, education-educacion, manipulation- manipulacion, etc."
There you have it. How long did it take you to read the sentence? You now know hundreds of Spanish words that you will never forget.
See examples of the words you already know below.
How long would have taken you to memorize all those words? How soon would you have forgotten them?
This is just one of seventeen Spanish lessons in the course.
The next lesson teaches how to pronounce each of the nouns.
Then, the third lesson teaches almost as many verbs, almost as quickly.
The fourth lesson shows how to avoid conjugating verbs by sticking with the infinitive (far easier than it sounds). This simple lesson leaves a person sounding like a Spanish professor without ever conjugating a verb.
Lesson five shows how to sound infinitely polite and yet get almost anything desired in Spanish.
Lesson six gives valuable connectors and the seventh lesson triples the Spanish capacity with three words for "yesterday," "now" and "tomorrow".
By the end of three days you feel comfortable speaking Spanish.
Plus the system is Impro-Dynamic. This means your Spanish keeps getting better even though you do not seem to be studying… practicing… or speaking Spanish.
I was amazed by this as I traveled back and forth from the USA to Ecuador. The longer I was away from Ecuador… the better my Spanish became. My second language was automatically improving. The self improving feature comes because you learn to create Spanish sentences rather than remember them. The portion of the brain that creates is more powerful than the portion that recalls. When your mind creates something… it owns it! You do not have to remember .
During the course you learn 4005 Spanish words that you already know .
You then learn how to create Spanish sentences from these words.
Throughout the course you learn how to pronounce the sentences you create.
When the course ends… the mind keeps working… and creating… so next time you begin to speak Spanish you'll be surprised. You improve even though you have not actively worked on your lingual skill.
Due to the difficulty of getting groups together to learn this valuable technique, we created an online program for subscribers to use the Super Spanish course at home. This is available at the highly reduced price of $79.
In addition we will give you the full $79 price (a 26% discount off the normal tuition) credit deducted from any of the Bandick's courses.
The ONLINE course has our, full satisfaction or money back, guarantee. Try Super Spanish for 60 days. If not fully satisfied, simply let us know for a full refund.
Here is the English translation of a few of the many Spanish words you now know and will never forget. How long would it have taken you to memorize them? How soon would you forget?
"Most words in English that end in ION are almost identical, just pronounced differently. For example, action is accion, education-educacion, manipulation- manipulacion, etc."
Some more of these words: Combination, Attrition, Education, Vacation, Petition, Lotion, Motion, Construction, Abduction, Pronunciation, Concentration and a ton of others!


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This week saw more high profile patents in the news. Apple alone saw the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issue initial rejections of its patents on "pinch-to-zoom" and other iPhone features while it fended off a claim from Google's Motorola Mobility, while in Europe smartphone rival Samsung faces antitrust scrutiny patent lawsuits against Apple.
In this CFR Backgrounder, U.S. Patents and Innovation, Renewing America contributor Steven J. Markovich discusses how patent policy--including 2011's America Invents Act--can help or hinder innovation as large firms, entrepreneurs, and patent trolls deploy patents as shields and swords.

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Uncertain States Open Call 2014
Uncertain States are proud to announce the nine selected artists that will show in our inaugural 'Open Call 2014' Exhibition and will be featured in our next publication of the UCS Broadsheet Issue 19.
Our ethos is simple. To engage with and disseminate the best of creative lens-based art.
This project would not have been possible without the generosity of our selection team. Chosen for there diversity across the arts, as practicing lens-based artists, critics, academics and writers, they have generously offered their time and enthusiasm. A vast reservoir of knowledge and experience in their respective fields bought to bear on their final decision. Thank you.
All the submissions where available to the judges and this was crucial to our approach. We asked each of them to champion one artist, to respond to their own subjective resonance to their work. There was no discussion, no consensual compromises, just an individuals' passion for each of the artists finally chosen. Without exception, our esteemed selectors have verbalised that they have been able to witness some very exciting projects from very committed artists from around the country. Noting their impression of the high standard of content presented and often the difficulty in coming to a single decision.
Our profound thanks go to our selectors, whose names follow with own their choice of artist. Ucs. would also like to thank Mary George for liaising with the selectors and preparing all the submitted work for presentation and also to the Arts Council for their support which enabled us to reach out to our fellow artists. Also for the continued support from Four Corners Gallery, for the space to show the final work in our search for the best of British Contemporary Photography.
Uncertain States Issue 19 will be launched at the 'Open Call 2014' exhibition in October. There will be published statements from our selectors accompanying the artists work, but importantly please put dates in the diary so as to enjoy the final artifacts on the wall.
We hope to see you all there to celebrate the achievements of our 'Nine'.
The selected artists from the Uncertain States Open call 2014 are as follows:
Ellen Nolan selected by Sean O'Hagan.
Georgia Metaxas selected by Richard Sawdon Smith.
Lydia Goldblatt selected by Zelda Cheatle.
Freya Gabie selected by Julie Cockburn.
Andrei Nacu selected by Melanie Manchot.
Georgina McNamara selected by Mari Mahr.
Emilia Moisio selected by Pete James.
Ellie Davies selected by Dave Than.
And Dominic Hawgood selected by Ángel Luis González Fernández.
We congratulate the 'Nine' and to those who where not selected we say 'thank you' from Ucs.
Dates for Exhibition
Private View and Exhibition opens to public 9th October. Open until 1st November 2014.
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Exports continue to show impressive growth, with the figure for the first eleven months of the year reaching $193.8 billion, surpassing the $175.9 billion recorded in the same period last year, according to the latest report from the General Statistics Office (GSO), released on November 29.
The $193.8 billion recorded in the first eleven months was an increase of 21.1 per cent year-on-year, of which exports by the domestic sector were $53.1 billion, up 16.8 per cent, and $140.7 billion by the foreign-invested sector (including crude oil), up 22.8 per cent. Export turnover in November was $19.2 billion, down 5.4 per cent against October but up 19.2 per cent year-on-year.
Key export items increased year-on-year, such as telephones and components, reaching $41.3 billion, up 30.6 per cent, electronics, computers and components $23.6 billion, up 38.1 per cent, textiles and garments $23.6 billion, up 9.5 per cent, machinery, equipment, and accessories $11.5 billion, up 27 per cent, marine products $7.6 billion, up 18.7 per cent, cashew nuts $3.2 billion, up 23.3 per cent, and fruit and vegetables $3.2 billion, up 43.1 per cent.
The US remained Vietnam's leading export market in the first eleven months, with revenue of $38.1 billion, up 9.5 per cent year-on-year. Exports to the EU totaled $35 billion, up 13.9 per cent, and to China $30.3 billion, up 54.2 per cent.
Exports to ASEAN were $19.8 billion, up 25.8 per cent year-on-year, to Japan $15.2 billion, up 14.9 per cent, and to South Korea $13.6 billion, up 30.4 per cent.
Import turnover in November was $19 billion, up 4.9 per cent against October and up 15.8 per cent year-on-year.
In the first eleven months, import turnover reached $191 billion, an increase of 21 per cent year-on-year. Imports by the domestic sector reached $76.5 billion, an increase of 17.9 per cent, while the foreign-invested sector imported $114.5 billion, up 23.2 per cent.
Key import items increased year-on-year, such as electronics, computers, and components with $34 billion, up 34 per cent, machinery, equipment, and accessories $30.7 billion, up 20.7 per cent, and telephones and components $14.4 billion, up 50.2 per cent.
China remained the largest source of imports in the first eleven months, with turnover reaching $52.1 billion, up 15.5 per cent year-on-year, followed by South Korea with $42.4 billion, up 46 per cent, ASEAN $25.4 billion, up 17.5 per cent, Japan $14.7 billion, up 7.5 per cent, the EU $11 billion, up 10.5 per cent, and the US $8.4 billion, up 7 per cent.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade predicts that if the current level of export growth can be maintained, then total export turnover in 2017 will reach about $200 billion, up some 13 per cent year-on-year and higher than the targeted $188 billion.


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Here, you will find case studies relating to administrations Worrells have managed.
Our Case Studies
Dealing with the unknown in the face of a death and the debt left behind, is a stressful time. This case study gives some guidance into how an insolvent deceased estate can become a bankrupt estate, thereby relieving the executors of the stress and challenges associated with the deceased's creditors.
A common misconception is that assets held in trust can only be realised for the trust beneficiaries. Some believe an automatic change of trustee upon liquidation would put the matter beyond doubt, but liquidators will not hesitate to secure and realise trust assets whenever the law allows.
In this case, Worrells were appointed in time to save the business. This case study shows how if positive action is taken, before a business's financial position becomes irretrievable, business survival is possible no matter how its financial position appears.
Football Club calls half time with a voluntary administrator Worrells passes the ball back to the Board.
In this case, Worrells was appointed in time to avoid a business closure and liquidation. This case study highlights that if proactive action is taken before a business's financial position becomes inevitable, business survival is possible—no matter how bleak the financial position may appear at first glance.
Too often we see the fallout from 'bad advice' taken and we need to raise awareness on what constitutes sound advice; and to illuminate the importance of working with a good advisor. While calling our case study 'choose your own adventure' might sound flippant—we've used this intentionally to expose the severity of financial decisions in stressful times.
We find that bankruptcy is frequently misunderstood, often considered an option of last resort, and for some, it seems the end of the world.
Sarah is a nurse who used to earn $70,000 including tax and superannuation. Unfortunately, she lost her job and has a large credit card debt that has been building to unsustainable levels as she's been paying the minimum repayment for over a year. Her debts total some $80,000 and her only asset is a car that is worth $6,000.
This is the atypical case of a company trading as 'We Buy Any Car' that lost no less than $9,848,090 in 12 months. This incredible company debt equates to an average loss of over $175,000 for every week of trade.


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A new survey by research firm Nielsen reveals that U.S. consumers aged 6-12 are very interested in purchasing Apple's iOS products over the next 6 months. The new Nintendo Wii U claimed the #2 spot, but significantly fell behind the iPad. Apple's iPod touch, iPad mini, and iPhone are rounded out the rest of the top 5 most wanted products for this age group. 48 percent of children surveyed showed interest in the full-sized iPad (up from 44 percent last year), and 36 percent in the new iPad mini.
Nielsen also surveyed people older than 13+ and discovered that the iPad also topped that list. However, the remainder of the 13+ year old list wasn't as much in favor of Apple than the 6-12 year old group.
It sounds like it is going to be a massive holiday quarter for Apple.


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Tricks & Treats
Trending Tricks & Treats for your Halloween Party
Cocktails Catering is all about Halloween, because if you got it then you HAUNT it. These frightfully good party ideas will ensure you and your guests celebrate a night of fun and frights. From BOOzey cocktails to SPOOKtacular recipes, we've got you covered. Contact our event specialist today to book your next event or holiday party!
Dip your snacks is some warm, fresh,...chocolate! This white chocolate fountain with added red dye will have your guests amazed.
A photo spot is necessary for any party, but for Halloween, it is a must-have. Create a perfect spot for guests to take pictures in their constumes.
Plan on having a costume contest? Your contestants will definitely love these DIY trophy awards specially made for each category.
DIY Instructions Here
Nothing screams Halloween more than serving your favorite beverages in a pumpkin. Your guests will love this extra touch.
Here for the BOOze.
Looking for a flavorful, bone-chilling cocktail to take your Halloween party to the next level? Well you're in luck because this Black Widow Cocktail has everything you need to spice up your party!
Get recipe here!
This eye-popping cherry punch is everything you need to send chills and thrills down the spine's of your guests.
Find recipe here!
Ever wonder what it's like to kiss a vampire on Halloween? Well look no further than this blood-curdling Vampire's Kiss cocktail! Make sure to add some dry ice to add an extra element of mischief to your night.
Get recipe here!
This apple cider, pomegranate, and tequila inspired cocktail is definitely worth the poison inside.
Find recipe here.
Spook your guests with these FANGtastic recipes.
If there's one thing scarier than a spider its eating out of one. Serve this pizza inspired Halloween appetizer at your next party to haunt your guests!
Find recipe here.
If you love breadsticks then this recipe is definitely for you! Try these cheesy, finger lickin' bones at your next party because they surely won't disappoint.
Recipe here!
Thinking about taking the classic hot dog to the next level for your Halloween party? Well try this simple food hack to send your guests back to their graves!
Find out more here!
Soup on Halloween? Sounds a bit strange, right? But this Chicken Boo-dle soup will warm up your party and have you thinking otherwise.
Recipe here!
Try out these spine-twisting decorations!
Take advantage of the spare candles you have lying around and transform them into a bloody display to set a spooky mood to your party!
Find out how here!
Nothing screams spooky quite like these eerie spider eggs sacks hanging from your ceiling.
Learn how to make them here!
See any Spanish moss hanging from any of your trees? Well seize the opportunity and hang them up all around your house for a perfect Halloween touch!
Find more Halloween inspiration here.
Showcase your Halloween spirit to your neighbors by sparking up your front porch with some floating witch hat luminaries!
Click here to learn how to make them!
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The course covers the main research methods used in epidemiology. The course builds on and extends upon TERKANA1 Epidemiologian perusteet / HEAAC03 Basic Epidemiology.
After completing this course, the student will- be familiar with the principles of selecting an appropriate study design to assess occurrence and etiology of public health problems- be cognizant of the concepts underlying use of cohort, case-control and clinical trial designs- understand the strengths and limitations of major epidemiologic study designs- be able to identify sources of bias in epidemiologic studies and be familiar with methods to minimize such biases.- be able to critically review existing epidemiologic literature and interpret the results of a particular study after considering potential sources of errors, including bias and confounding.- be able to consider the limitations of a particular study in the context of other research in the field- be able to write a structured research plan
Epidemiologic concepts, epidemiologic study designs, assessment of sources of error and causal relations will be covered at more advanced level compared with courses TERKANA1 Epidemiologian perusteet / HEAAC03 Basic epidemiology.
Classroom work max 40 h
Lectures are given in English, practicals are arranged both in English and in Finnish.
Participation in lectures and practicals, and submitting a research plan for a proposed epidemiologic study.
Participation in lectures and practicals, and submitting a research plan for a proposed epidemiologic study. Advance preparation required for practicals. Readings.
Announced in the teaching schedule.
The course is organized every other year, even years, spring term.Maximum number of students: 45. Students, to whom this course is obligatory, will be given priority.


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Chambers' departure 'shocking' to Floyd
Hard to believe, but Malcom Floyd is in his sixth season with the Chargers, long enough that there's not much about the NFL that would surprise him. But this?
"Shocking," said the lanky wide receiver. "Shocking."
Although hints had been dropped, Floyd's week started with news that Chris Chambers was being waived, a stark reminder of what a wicked business pro football can be. The team's decision to dispatch Chambers represented a well-earned promotion for Floyd that — while reconfirming that he'd displaced the former Pro Bowl receiver as a starter in San Diego — felt like one of those tackles he gets after going high for a catch and leaves his ribs exposed.
"Chris is a friend, an idol, and all of a sudden he's gone from starter to not being here at all?" Floyd said. "I never saw that coming."
Unlike previous opponents, the Giants will see it coming, the name Floyd in the starting lineup. That he was out there for the first offensive series against the Oakland Raiders on Sunday was a harbinger for Chambers, who was released Monday for off-field reasons as well as diminished numbers. He was claimed by the Kansas City Chiefs on Tuesday. Yet another statement, seemingly, was the fact that the Chargers opened with a 53-yard pass play to Floyd to set up a quick touchdown.
"That surprised me, too," Floyd said. "When I heard it in the huddle, I was like, 'Oh yeah, let's go.' "
Tomorrow's start will be only the seventh for Floyd since his rookie year of 2004. Over the years, though, he's made precisely the kind of catches that cause people to wonder why the Chargers haven't thrown to him more. With his 6-foot-5 height, leaping ability and a midair dexterity that give him a major advantage over defensive backs, he leads the team in average yards per reception at 22.8, but has only 11 receptions.
Actually, it was last year that Floyd really opened eyes, and not just because he made such a tempting target in the end zone and that four of his 27 receptions went for touchdowns. Though a relative beanpole, he more than proved his toughness by catching five passes at Kansas City on Dec. 14, at least some of them with what later was diagnosed as a collapsed lung.
"You have to make plays when called upon," Floyd said. "I've always tried to make the most of whatever play I got."
It helps that he's no stranger to quarterback Philip Rivers, who joined the Chargers the same year as Floyd. While Rivers played behind Drew Brees, he threw lots of passes daily to Floyd, who began his career on the practice squad. Rivers' first TD pass in the NFL, as it happened, was Floyd's first professional score.
When Rivers became the Chargers starter in 2006, Floyd also seemed to be having a breakout season, but it was cut short by an ankle injury.
•Thirty-seven games into his NFL career, Brandon Siler likely will get his first start at linebacker tomorrow. Inside linebacker Tim Dobbins is listed as doubtful with a knee injury he suffered Sunday, and fellow linebacker Kevin Burnett is questionable after sitting out yesterday's practice with a bad ankle.
Definitely listed as out is center Nick Hardwick (ankle), while nose tackle Ogemdi Nwagbuo (ankle) is questionable after sitting out practice all week. "Probable" for the Giants game are tight end Antonio Gates (foot), safety Steve Gregory (ankle), nose tackle Travis Johnson (groin), punter Mike Scifres (groin) and linebacker Shawne Merriman, though he was withheld from practice yesterday to rest his foot.
•The Chargers are playing the Giants in East Rutherford, N.J., for the first time since 1995, so it's a rare form of homecoming for a few players who grew up in New Jersey, none closer to tomorrow's game site than veteran defensive end Luis Castillo.
"I grew up five minutes away from the stadium, but to be honest, I never really had much of a chance to go to (a Giants game) when I was in high school," said Castillo, a product of Garfield (N.J.) High. "It just wasn't something my family did. The first game I saw there was a state high school championship game. We got to within one game of playing there.
"Everybody back there's Giants fans. All the coaches I had back there were Giants fans. I've been trying to get them to come to the game. But they're still going to be Giants fans."


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West End Musical Agent
International Theatre & Music (ITM) is the London-based publisher and licensor of musicals by Piers Chater Robinson.
He is best known for Peter Pan the British Musical, created in 1985. After a successful run in the West End, directed by Piers, the show has become an international best-seller amongst community theatres, amateur theatre groups, youth theatres and schools. The libretto has been translated into seven languages.
ITM also have A Christmas Carol, Through the Looking Glass, The Adventures of Mr Toad, Around the World In 80 Days and Tails Of Hamelin (based on The Pied Piper) – all classic family musicals.
As ITM only licence the shows of one composer, their knowledge of his musicals is unrivalled. ITM are always able to offer help and support to theatre companies and schools, and Piers is very willing to advise on production issues.
All scripts, scores and band parts are delivered digitally, over the web, as PDFs. ITM's professional quality backing tracks can be supplied as MP3s or on CD. IMT also supply logos, cast recordings and video licences.
Everything is super-fast and efficient. You could ask for a show quotation on a Monday, once agreed, ITM could send you a contract and invoice on the Tuesday, if you pay via Paypal, you could have all your show materials on the Wednesday and start rehearsals on the Thursday.
Visit ITM's website now where you can browse the shows, listen to all of the songs and request your Free Perusal Script: www.itmshows.com


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US: Amanda Berry's desperate 911 callComments
Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were released from a decade of captivity in the US city of Ohio – after Amanda made a desperate bid for freedom.
She screamed at the locked door of the house in which they were held – alerting neighbour Charles Ramsey who helped her break down the door.
Amanda then called the emergency services on 911.
Amanda Berry: "Help me, I'm Amanda Berry."
911 Operator: "Do you need police, fire or ambulance?"
Amanda Berry: "I need police."
911 Operator: "OK, and what's going on there?"
Amanda Berry: "I've been kidnapped and I've been missing for 10 years and I'm here, I'm free now."
Amanda was able to make that call after neighbour Charles Ramsey helped her to get out of the house.
Ramsey described what happened: "I see this girl going nuts, trying to get out of the house. So I go on the porch, I go on the porch, and she says, 'Help me get out, I been here a long time'.
"So, I figure, you know, it's a domestic violence dispute. So I opened the door and we can't get in that way because of how the door is, it's so much that a body can't fit through, only our hand. So we kicked the bottom and she comes out with the little girl and she says, 'Call 911'," Ramsey continued.


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Aures manufacture stylish, robust touch screen terminals for use in a variety of retail environments.
Since 2005 Aures have provided the ability to match a terminal with your store décor and brand identity. This is done through to use of changeable coloured pannels on the hardware.
Over their history Aures have produced a number of product lines. You can see many of these old terminals still in use today however they are being replaced by the Yuno and Sango lines.
If your using one of these terminals in your store it might be time for a hardware upgrade. Contact us to discuss what AURES Till would be great for your upgrade.
Aures support provides a great 1st year onsite support where they're send an engineer out to fix or replace any faulty hardware.
After the 1st year you get a further 2 years return to base warranty all included in the initial cost of your terminal.
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Arezzo, Italy
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Flat in Arezzo, or villa in Isola d'Elba, Tuscany
The apartment is in AREZZO, situated near Parco Pertini. It's 10 mins on foot to the city centre of Arezzo, in a green area, on the 6th floor, with lift. There's a nice view of the town and the surrounding, from there.
There are 3 terraces where you can have breakfast or relax.
The flat has a big living-room/dining room area, 1 bedroom with double bed, 1 studio with sofa bed (double bed), 1 kitchen and 1bath with a shower.
There is compute WI-FI, phone, fridge, washing-machine and dishwasher. There is not television.
We have also a villa at the sea in ISOLA D' ELBA (LI), with 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, a garden and a large panoramic terrace, near Portoferraio, available from now until june 2016 and from September 2016 to June 2017.
The island of Elba is the largest island of the Tuscan archipelago, with wonderful beaches, beautiful walks and pretty ancient villages.
I' m going travel with my sister Paola and my nieces Claudia, archeologist and Valentina, teacher of Greek and Latin in High school and Claudia's daughter Livia, a well-behaved 12 year-old-girl.
Arezzo is a quiet, ancient Tuscany town with 100.000 inhabitans; it has Etruscan origins and a medieval structure and is rich in artistic works: for example, there's the most important Piero della Francesca's fresco. Arezzo was the set of the film "Life is beautiful" by Roberto Benigni.
Its province includes 4 very beautiful valleys with wonderful landscapes and a lot of ancient, artistic small towns: Cortona, Lucignano, Sansepolcro, Anghiari, Chiusi della Verna, Camaldoli, Poppi.
It's possible to get to Florence or Rome in a short time by train.
It is near Firenze, Siena, Umbria and not too far from Rome. Arezzo is about 75 km from Firenze, 80 from Siena, 80 from Perugia, 100 from Orvieto and from 200 Roma.
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I have been a member of Intervac for many years and I made some interesting and well-managed swappings (New York, San Francisco, Copenaghen, Irlanda, Islanda, Belgio and 3 times with Mirella Calvano).
I will come with my sister Paola and my nieces Claudia, whois an archaeologist and Valentina, who is a teacher of Greek and Latin in high school. We will take with us Claudia's daughter, a well- behaved 18 year- old-girl .
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The 2014 VISAWUS will take place at California Sate University, Fullerton in Fullerton, CA, which is in the Los Angeles area. Conference Dates are October 16-18, 2014.
The conference hotel is the Marriott at CSUF. Our conference rate is $119/night and it's available Oct. 15, 16, 17, and 18. Please use the following link to book the group rate: Book your group rate: Victorian Interdisciplinary Studies Association . The last day to book and receive the group rate is 9/25/14.
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Options for flying to Fullerton, CA:
John Wayne Airport
- Small, clean, very easy to get into and out of, and only 30 minutes from campus (20 minutes, if there's no traffic).
- Rental car and shuttle information for John Wayne Airport.
- Big, hectic, etc., but about an hour away from campus.
- Direct flights from most areas.
- Rental Car and shuttle information for LAX
Options for taking the Train to Fullerton, CA
Amtrack (Train)
- Amtrack has a number of routes arriving in Los Angeles's Union Station. Please check Amtrack's list of routes.
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Public transportation options in and around Fulletron, CA.
- Metro is the Los Angeles area's public transportation provider. Metro's site has a trip planner that will help you decide if public transportation is a viable option for you.
- Map of the California State University, Fullerton campus.
- October is typically quite warm in Southern California, so the weather should be good for exploring local attractions. California Sate University, Fullerton is only about 20-25 minutes from the beach; Huntington Beach and Newport Beach are the closest, but if you're willing to drive a bit further (45 minutes), Crystal Cove and Salt Creek Beach are beautiful. Disneyland is about 10 minutes from campus and, with light traffic, downtown LA is about 35-40 minutes from campus.
- The Fullerton Arboretum is on campus. The Arboretum is open from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM daily.
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FarWriting at Civileats.com, Lauren Dixon informs us that since the Wholesome Meat Act (WMA) of 1967, the number of meat processors in the U.S. has dropped precipitously, with "with some states [now] only offering one USDA-inspected plant, and roughly half of the states in the nation completely lacking such a facility." The sticking point here is "USDA-inspected." Any facility that slaughters and processes animals for eventual sale to consumers, grocery stores, restaurants, etc., must, according to the WMA, meet safety and sanitation criteria set at the federal level by the USDA and be subject to regular inspection. As these criteria are generally designed for large-scale processing, and as they regularly get updated, smaller processors can't afford to comply and so get forced out of business. The result, as Dixon says, is that now, even "[i]n a time of growing awareness about the ills of factory farming and increasing demand for local, pasture-raised meat, many small producers who might sell direct to consumers just don't have time to drive for hours to get it processed." The flip-side of this is, of course, a system whose benefits accrue to those operating at a large scale, as is shown by the massive consolidation in the meat-packing industry, where, according to Dixon, "just four companies produce 80 percent of the beef sold in the U.S[;] [a]nother four companies produce 60 percent of the pork, and five produce 60 percent of the poultry." (See Christopher Leonard's recent book The Meat Racket for how we got to this point.)
In July, two members of Congress, Republican Thomas Massie from Kentucky and Democrat Chellie Pingree from Maine, introduced a bill aimed to change all this: the Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption (PRIME) Act. As Dixon summarizes it,
The PRIME Act would effectively place regulatory responsibility back in the hands of individual states. This would give states the freedom to allow small farms to sell their custom-processed products directly to consumers, grocery stores, and restaurants within state lines, avoiding federal inspection. In addition to making it easier for local producers to sell their meat, Pingree and Massie also believe the bill would revive the small-scale meat processing industry in the United States.
Whether the bill has much of a chance to pass is uncertain. Apart from the basic dysfunction of Congress these days, the National Cattleman's Beef Association has, Dixon reports, promised to oppose it if it looks like it is gaining legislative traction. And once the deep pockets of industry trade groups come into play, no legislation is safe.
I am skeptical, however, that a resurgence in local meat processors would do much to lower the cost of local, sustainably raised meat. Having purchased a number of half-hogs, half-goats, quarter-cows, and whole poultry from local farmers over the last decade here in Kalamazoo (which is fortunate to have a number of USDA certified processing facilities not too far away), my understanding is that most of the cost is at the production end, not in the processing. Still, for restaurants or grocery stores, it's possible that knocking, say, 10-15% off the cost would be what makes the difference between being able to sell good local meat and not, and if more competition in the meat-processing industry would lead to that, great. We should remember, though, that animals raised in ecologically appropriate ways that pay a fair return to the farmer are just going to cost more than their industrial brethren. And as a nation, we should be eating much less, but more expensive, meat.
Effects on costs aside, the PRIME Act would be a really good thing, given the well-known negative aspects of our current meat production system: excess animal waste, overuse of antibiotics, potential for widespread food-borne illness, dangerous working conditions at slaughterhouses, inhumane treatment of animals, concentration of corporate power, lack of farmer equity, etc. (again, see Leonard's book). Anything that would encourage and enable farmers to raise livestock in ways that don't contribute to these problems is worth supporting.
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Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons' Nixon-era radio drama has a lot going for it. There's a cast of seasoned actors, notably Jack Gilpin and Peter Van Norden; there's the remarkable sound design by Lindsay Jones, and there's the meticulous research demonstrated in the script. But even with all that expertise, "Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers" needs to present a reason for retelling its press-vs.-the-president story, which it never manages to do. The LA Theaterworks co-production with New York Theater Workshop is slick and easy to watch, but it's unclear why everyone bothered in the first place.
Kathryn Meisle plays Katharine Graham, former publisher of the Washington Post, who, along with her main editor Ben Bradlee (played by Peter Strauss) and a team of legal advisers, bravely flouted the Nixon administration's unconstitutional ban on publishing the Pentagon Papers. Larry Pine plays President Nixon including his strange half-courtly, half-simian bearing.
Since this is a radio play (originally recorded in 1991), the actors stand in front of a series of microphones with script in hand, reading exposition and folding in stage directions whenever possible ("Here it is. Let me read it to you"). Everyone addresses everyone else by their first name at the beginning of the sentence, so that the folks at home (and short people) will know who's talking to whom.
About an hour in, reality starts to intrude on the proceedings. Isn't this also the newspaper whose executive editor recently admitted (in his own pages) that it was no longer "a national news organization of record serving a general audience?" What does the Post of the '70s have to teach us today?
The script hasn't been updated much, and answers are not forthcoming. In fact, Cowan and Aarons seem intent not on discussing the past's relationship with the present, but on lionizing the virtues of the free press at a time when it seemed in danger. Thematically, this means visiting territory better explored in "Frost/Nixon," a play that encouraged its aud to afford a little sympathy for Tricky Dick and also suggested that the news media are not made up entirely of lovable curmudgeons with the best interests of their readership at heart.
Everybody knows the Post still publishes, so the efforts to whip up some urgency around the question of whether or not Richard Nixon will be able to destroy the venerable daily in court seem futile.
John Rubinstein's direction is good, and the show's tech package finds a lot of interesting ways to make the ears-only performance watchable (although the Foley always gets a laugh, whether it's appropriate or not).
As anyone who watches "The Simpsons" knows, a good voice actor is someone who can subtly exaggerate every single inflection to map out for the audience the detailed facial expressions they can't see. One suspects that the actors whose work looks best onstage (such as Van Norden) are either totally different or sound toneless and uninterested on the radio. Conversely, Strauss' Bradlee may look a little like an Edward G. Robinson impression up close, but it's a perfect performance with your eyes closed.
With that in mind, "Top Secret" is going to be of greatest interest to people who love radio theater. For a general audience, though, it doesn't pay to revisit Nixon's weird and sometimes terrifying presidency if all you're going to do is take a victory lap.


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Julian Fellowes had a lot of explaining to do in his new costume drama series Downton Abbey, though the opening sequence probably gave us more footnotes about Edwardian grate-blacking and the pecking order of domestic drudges than was entirely absorbable amid the squawk of maids and cackling cooks and general dawn uproar of an aristocratic household being dustpan-and-brushed to its full English properness. And did we have to be herded quite so eagerly around familiar historical landmarks? Those of us who already knew the Titanic was supposed to be unsinkable hardly needed to hear it again from Lady Grantham (Elizabeth McGovern), even if the future heirs to the estate had just gone down with it, which they had.
But how to judge the average bounds of the Sunday night ITV viewer's ignorance? I was happy enough to watch a footman ironing his lordship's copy of the Times from a discreet distance – after all, someone in props had clearly gone to the trouble of getting hold of a newspaper ironing board – but why were the scullery maids required to marvel at it? You'd think they'd found a piece of moon rock.
It was almost a relief when everyone started reminding each other about the ancient and baffling phenomenon of entailment, the insane property law that enabled a complete stranger (well, a third cousin, once removed, in Manchester) to inherit all your money and earldom and acres of rolling parkland. It was the unsinkable followed by the unthinkable! Would his lordship (Hugh Bonneville) allow the law to take its course or let the nearest blue-blooded interloper marry his eldest daughter, Mary, and see (assuming this is possible when you're dead) the ancestral home pass out of the family's hands for ever?
As a plot driver of popular drama, this was unusually complicated, but it did bring colourful distractions. Enter the creepy Duke of Crowborough, who came to sniff out Mary's putative fortune and ended up snogging evil, scheming footman Thomas (at which point, even the most historically confused viewer must have stopped thinking it was a bit like Pride and Prejudice). And here was stoical new valet Mr Bates, his lordship's loyal former batman, carrying a shrapnel wound from the Boer war and now proving a drain on staff morale on account of his limp – 1912 not quite being ready for employees with special needs. Was it a sop too far to our modern sense of pity when he had his stick kicked from under him by Thomas's evil, scheming mother? I think so.
There weren't too many memorable lines, but Maggie Smith was as splendid as you might expect as the dowager countess in a giant hat, pursing her lips at the unfolding crisis beneath the glare of the drawing room's new electric chandelier. "It's like being on stage at the Gaiety," she sniffed.
I've never found Alan Davies as hilarious as he finds himself on QI, but I did laugh at his new sitcom Whites, in which he played Roland, the bored genius head chef of a country-house restaurant, lazing about dictating a memoir about his love for offal instead of getting on with some work. Admittedly, it wasn't great that he started with a joke from the back of the fridge ("If God didn't want us to eat animals he wouldn't have made them out of meat"), but he made up for it with sharper asides as he sparred likably with demanding colleagues, notably front of house manager Caroline (the great Katherine Parkinson from The IT Crowd) who thought Roland ought to do more vegetarian, and frazzled sous chef Bib (Darren Boyd), who thought Roland ought to do more of anything.
The plot – turning on the arrival of a top publisher who might take an interest in his book – kept hope and disappointment simmering nicely, while the arrival of an intense young apprentice (please don't let him turn out to be a vampire) offered slower intrigue. With Marco Pierre White's unruly hair and Jay Rayner's beard, Roland seems a composite of the sort of modern foodie we associate with frantic TV kitchens full of effing and blinding, so it was refreshing the way he suffered his fools – dim waitress Kiki, butterfingered Axel ("Careful with the plates – you're not at a Greek wedding") – like children with learning difficulties. Even the food looked real.
I'd love to report that ITV1's new detective DCI Banks was fresh and surprising, but he was soon in his superior's office being shouted at for being a maverick. After that, I found myself wondering how long it would it be before he was canoodling with the inappropriately pouting blonde from police complaints sent to investigate his case (not long). Or how close their lips would get before the phone went off with news of the serial killer in a coma (quite close). I suppose I ought to have been concerned for the fate of the fifth abducted girl but I was more worried about Stephen Tompkinson, who never quite stopped looking like a man who'd got a flat tyre on the way to his anger management class.
He ought to take a leaf out of Martin Shaw's book in BBC1's long-running Inspector George Gently, set in the 1960s. If a spot of police brutality was required back then, you had a subordinate do it. I thought George's sidekick was a bit dapper for a copper – period mop-top, fab gear, cuban heels – but he did the job. If you half closed your eyes it was like watching someone getting beaten up by Paul McCartney.
Horizon started with an old story worth retelling, about a Norwegian woman who skied into a ravine and got stuck under the ice. By the time rescuers got her to hospital, she'd had no heartbeat for two hours. And yet here she was today, chatting to Kevin Fong, a consultant anaesthetist from London! The theory went that if you cooled the brain quickly – reducing its need for oxygen while the heart was still beating – it could still be good as new even after the heart stopped (though obviously you had to get the heart going again at some point).
Fong, a natural for TV, showed us how extreme hypothermia techniques were being used in operating theatres in the US, even in the case of stabbings or motor accidents. In essence, to save someone you had to kill them first. The surgeon was remarkably relaxed about it. "They're going to die anyway," he said.
Last week, the Radio Times was asking: "The Inbetweeners – funny or obscene?" The point is, of course, that if you removed the obscenity, there'd be nothing left to be funny about. Last week, the speccy one, Will, was wondering whether agreeing to date a girl as big as his wardrobe was a fair ethical price for a blow job. No, this wasn't Pride and Prejudice either.


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I haven't shared any home cooking for a while, mainly because I've been out more than the cat over the last few months. I've been eating and drinking out pretty much constantly since we got married in October, but now it's January (and my clothes no longer fit me) I thought I'd make an effort to get back in the kitchen.
Before Christmas I had been enjoying trying more vegetarian and vegan food in the city, especially enjoying the offerings at Natural Healthy Foods, Mowgli, and Hen and Chickens. The latter is where I discovered (what I think might be) the best tarka dhal I've ever eaten, so when I found myself stuck at home earlier this week I decided to try and make my own.
I am no expert when it comes to Indian cooking (or vegan food for that matter) but I'm a big fan of experimenting and learning as I go, so my recipe below is very much based on creativity rather than knowledge. I have no doubt this is not remotely an authentic dhal, but it is delicious, easy and extremely economical; I spent about £4 on ingredients and it fed me for 3 days.
• 250g red lentils (about half the pack pictured)
• 200g fresh spinach, roughly chopped
• 1-2 ripe tomatoes, roughly chopped
• 2 tsps turmeric
• 2 tsps garam masala
• 2 knobs of butter
• 2 tsps cumin seeds
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 fresh red chilli, finely sliced
1) Cover the red lentils in 2-3 inches of cold water and bring to the boil. Add the turmeric and leave to simmer for 5 minutes. Skim off any scum that floats to the top.
2) In a small frying pan cook off the tomatoes, onions, garlic, chilli and spices in a generous spoonful of butter.
3) Add the contents of the frying pan to the lentils with another spoonful of butter and cook together on a low heat for 30-45 minutes. I like mine quite mushy but if you prefer more bite cook for less time.
4) Add the spinach 2 minutes before serving, and garnish with coriander and fresh chillies to suit. Grab a spoon and delve in, or use garlic naan to mop it up; either way it's filling and tasty.
Note: I also added some smoked paprika to mine for depth.
P.S if you're into veggie meals and are looking for places to eat in the city you might like this meat free Monday post


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Aug 16, 2015
A very well explained course on how to break down decision making purely on rational and analytics . This course did not explain strategy in a higher level. It only explained in systematic decision making scenarios.
by Ramón G G•
Nov 10, 2017
Very interesting and useful course to have a general understanding about the role of strategy in the companies. It provides some applicable knowledge in case you are planning or working to develop your own company
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Sep 21, 2020
Excellent course, the methodology that the professor used was excellent because by constantly testing us through in video quizzes, exercises, and exams, it allowed me to fully learn all the concepts and theories.
by Elke R•
Aug 19, 2015
a lot of information, descibed in an easy way. I learnt a lot despite the fact that english is not my native language. So I decided to subscribe to the second course "advanced competitive strategy" as well.
by Ludovica M•
Jun 21, 2018
Complete course, including all aspects of market and corporate strategies and covering all different games strategies. Very easy to follow, even if sometimes concepts are a bit complex. I highly recommend it!
by Ankita S•
Jul 03, 2019
It is an amazing course and offers helpful insight into business strategy. This course requires a bit of hard work but all of this is worth it. It is for anyone curious to learn more about business strategy.
by Andrea H•
Sep 27, 2015
An excellent course, and excellent professor and wery well explaned. Especially considering that I don´t have a very broad economical/strategical background. I hope we can enjoy and learn more in this way!
by Abhishek J•
Apr 20, 2020
Very well designed course with just the right mix of theoretical and practical knowledge further elucidated by right kind of real life incidents as appropriately described during the course of the syllabus.
by Yerbol A•
Apr 18, 2017
I recommend this course for people who work in field of commerce, trading, and business development. I think this course could bring valuable knowledge for people participating in industries mentioned above
by Nico R•
Nov 05, 2017
Very well structured course with good examples/cases. Definitely a great foundation to dive deeper into the topic. I enjoyed doing this course and I'm sure I am going to check out other ones in the future.
by Larry D P M•
Oct 05, 2019
O Curso me trouxe uma visão mais ampla desde o processo de criação da estratégia até a execução em planos de ação, indicadores e estruturação tendo em vista a alta competitividade que há no mercado.
by Vinicius V•
Sep 23, 2016
It's a course that will develop your capacity of watch the company's decisions for a theoretical way, and be able to understand their choices.
These decisions will be needed for a sustainable firm.
by Ulrich R•
Sep 06, 2016
This course was a truly exciting learning experience. The lecturer was very well capable to awaken interest and keep up tension. Thank you for that. I look forward to joining the 'advanced' class.
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Jul 23, 2016
In order to be more clear with the exposition, the course started with a game theory introduction and that works a lot for me. Then the course become more strategic and more apllied. Great course!
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Jul 19, 2020
I had a blast studying this course. It had cleared all my doubts related to business and kudos to tobias sir and the coursera team on preparing such wonderful material to learn from. thank you.
by Laureano O B•
Mar 05, 2019
Me ha parecido un curso muy interesante y entretenido. He aprendido a diferenciar conceptos y el profesor Tobias Krestschmer ademas de claro y ameno se explica maravillosamente. Un acierto
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Sep 11, 2015
Excellent, content.
I see this as a valuable input to change our mindset and tailor it to a more strategic approach. Technics like Backwards induction really help to achieve this.
Thanks :)
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Sep 10, 2020
I like the method of teaching of the instructor;very simple, clear and comprehensive. I had no idea in business concept but this course had opened my eyes into the business world. Great!✊
by Stephen R•
Mar 06, 2017
The concepts are clear and well presented. Quiz questions are relevant to the course material. Flexible due dates make it possible to fit this course in a busy professional life.
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Apr 14, 2020
The subject is very interesting and well explained. All the examples help to apply the concepts to real-life situations and make easier to understand them. I enjoyed it very much.
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Jun 29, 2020
A very engaging course. Prof Tobias Kretschmer made it very interesting with excellent examples which anyone can relate to. The presentation and the pace of course was very good.
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Feb 29, 2016
I would like to thank professor Tobias Kretschmer and his team at LMU for teaching me this course. Thank you for giving me a chance to learn those wonderful things free online.


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Universal LED lamp is resistant to electromagnetic interference (type-approved EMC). Thanks to very efficient LEDs the work area can be well lit with minimum consumption. The lamp is characterized by light intensity, which is comparable with standard light sources (eg. H3) with a nominal capacity range of 50-70W.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Greece qualified for a second successive World Cup after another Kostas Mitroglou goal secured a 1-1 draw with Romania in the second leg of their playoff on Tuesday and a 4-2 victory on aggregate.
Mitroglou, who scored twice in Greece's 3-1 first-leg win, beat the offside trap midway through the first half and gave keeper Ciprian Tatarusanu no chance with his 22nd goal in all competitions this season.
Romania equalized 10 minutes after the break when the ball ricocheted off defender Vasilis Torosidis from Jose Holebas's attempted clearance and looped beyond goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis for an astonishing own goal.
Greece, the 2004 European champions, competed in the previous World Cup finals, in South Africa in 2010, as well as the 1994 tournament in the United States, but they have failed to get past the first round, losing five of their six matches.
Greece arrived in Bucharest after seven consecutive wins and aiming to produce another solid defensive display, with Bogdan Stancu's strike at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on Friday ending their run of 594 minutes without conceding a goal.
Greece coach Fernando Santos made only one change from the team that humbled the Romanians in the first leg, with 36-year-old veteran Giorgos Karagounis replacing suspended captain Kostas Katsouranis in midfield in his 131st international appearance.
"It's a great moment for all of us and for all Greeks," Fulham midfielder Karagounis, who assisted Mitroglou with clever through-ball for the opening goal after 23 minutes, told reporters.
"You just can't describe your feelings after such a game.
"I've been playing for the national team for 14 years, I played at the European championship's finals 10 years ago and now I fulfilled another dream."
The home side, who have failed to reach the World Cup finals since 1998, dominated the early stages with winger Gabriel Torje continually tormenting the Greece defense on the right flank but were unable to create any clear-cut chances.
It was Greece who almost broke the deadlock after 17 minutes - in their first attack of the game - when Ciprian Tatarusanu produced a brilliant save to deny Holebas's fierce left-foot effort.
Tatarusanu and center back Vlad Chiriches returned to Victor Piturca's starting lineup after recovering from injuries and midfielders Ovidiu Hoban and Alexandru Maxim replaced Alexandru Borceanu and Razvan Cocis.
"This qualification was important for me and the players, but it's important for the Greek people too," said Santos.
"We knew that Romania will give everything possible but we're well-prepared. We managed to go 1-0 up and entered the second half with a good mood.
"Then we conceded a strange goal but we reacted well we didn't allow them having a lot of possession and creating scoring opportunities.
"We're confident of our qualification. We have lost only three times in (the last) 26 official matches."
More than 50,000 Romanian fans created an intimidating atmosphere for the visiting players but Piturca's side looked bereft of ideas, and strikers Ciprian Marica and Stancu struggled against the well-organized visitors.
After the bizarre own goal, the hosts upped the pressure with Hoban forcing Karnezis make his first real save with a low shot from the edge of the area on the hour-mark but were unable to force their opponents making mistakes.
The Romanians failed to capitalize on the Greek defensive midfielders' lack of pace as they went for a number of crosses which caused little problems for tall Dimitris Siovas and Sokratis Papastathopoulos.
Greece, who went into the playoffs after finishing behind European qualifying Group G winners Bosnia on goal difference, held their nerve, passing the ball around confidently for much of the second half.
Romania's failure - they were also knocked out of another World Cup playoff in 2001, to Slovenia - was the latest setback for Piturca as the 57-year-old was also in charge of the Romanian teams that missed the 2006 and 2010 finals.
"Unfortunately for us, Greece were the better team in both games and we have to congratulate them," said Piturca.
(Writing by Angel Krasimirov, editing by Stephen Wood)


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University of Guelph study is the first to show that overload training may alter firing in the body's sympathetic nerve fibers, which could hinder performance. "The theory behind overload training is that you train to the point of complete exhaustion, so that when you rest and recover, you will be able to perform at a higher level than before," said Alexandra Coates, a PhD student in human health and nutritional science and lead author of the study. "But that may not be entirely correct." The study revealed that "muscle sympathetic nerve activity, which constricts the muscle's blood vessels and indicates stress in the body, increased in over-trained athletes." In layman's terms, this means that an athlete's nervous system is temporarily altered by overtraining. So, athletes who follow a consistent fitness and training schedule may have better endurance and long-term performance. As a Certified Athletic Trainer and the founder of Fitness for Health, a therapeutic, exercise facility working with children through senior citizens – and professional athletes such as Jerome Couplin III, formerly of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Rams – in the Washington, DC, area, I am routinely asked, "How can I ensure that my child or I am safe while athletic training?" I think it's important for kids – and adults – to excel in sports and love the simple pursuit of play while protecting your health. Here are my suggestions for preparing for athletic training and the demands of playing summer sports:
- Before playing organized sports, make sure you or your child receives a pre-participation physical exam, or PPE, performed by a doctor or a nurse practitioner or qualified clinician under the supervision of a physician. Whomever performs the exam, the same practices should be followed including the need for a medical history.
- Ensure you're warming-up and cooling down. Stretching before and after practices and games can release muscle tension and help prevent sports-related injuries, such as muscle tears or sprains, and ensure bone and joint health.
- Encourage your athletes to drinks fluids (water is the best option) 30 minutes before the activity begins and every 15-20 minutes during activity in order to stay hydrated. Even if the child isn't thirsty, insist he/she drink water.
- Know the signs of dehydration. Even mild dehydration can affect your child's athletic performance and make him/her lethargic and irritable. Left untreated, dehydration increases the risk of other heat-related illnesses, including heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heatstroke.
- Don't over-train. According to BodyBuilder.com, "Along with persistent fatigue, you may be also experiencing these symptoms of overtraining:"
- Persistent muscle soreness
- Elevated resting heart rate
- Increased susceptibility to infections
- Increased incidence of injuries
- Irritability
- Depression
- Loss of motivation
- Insomnia
- Decreased appetite
- Weight loss
- If you – or your child – do over-train, rest. To see improvement in one's strength and fitness you must rest. The rest period following hard training is a magical process which takes at least 36 hours to complete. By skimping on rest, complete regeneration cannot occur. If the amount of training continues to exceed the rest period, however, the individual's performance will plateau and decline.
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Mobypicture may be one of the few startups in the world headquartered on an Amsterdam houseboat but it is one of many jostling for position in the crowded world of mobile image/video/audio sharing services.The company is one of several Dutch startups (eBuddy, My name is e, IRLconnect, Nimbuzz) on the Europas shortlist and is currently planning an aggressive expansion into the UK and German markets.
Unlike the current leader of the pack, Twitpic (over 1 million unique users), Mobypicture is not just about Twitter and not just about images. It supports audio, video and images which can be simultaneously shared with 18 different blogging (WordPress, Blogger), microblogging (Twitter, Brightkite), media (Youtube, Flickr) and social networking (Facebook) sites. The service is also integrated into many 3rdparty applications. In fact, Mobypicture is closer in terms of features to services like Tweetphoto or Pikchur than to Twitpic.
Groups receive particular attention. Content can be hashtagged or geotagged, thereby automatically being added to a group.This makes Mobypicture's service particularly useful for events. Another feature called the backchannel provides a rolling update of Twitter updates and photos related to a particular tag and can be used by companies or events to track mentions. Since the introduction of the iPhone 3GS, there has also been a jump in audio content being shared on the site, e.g. 1-question interviews with the cast of Heroes.
Mobypicture's business model involves a combination of premium services like directing content to some sites but not others, whitelabeling the platform for direct marketing purposes (e.g. a photo competition of photos featuring a particular product) and partnerships with niche publishers who will pay to be added to the roster of sites with which content can be shared.
Currently Mobypicture has around 100,000 users, 60% of which are from the Netherlands. The big issue is how it can expand beyond the Dutch market and compete with the bigger players like Twitpic. The features are certainly there as are some great promotional materials but we all know that great technology doesn't automatically lead to great popularity. Mobypicture is banking on a combination of supporting niche sites (65% of their users post to Twitter, 35% to other services) to create stickiness and getting the right people to use the service. For example, the Traveling Geeks will be using Mobypicture for content distribution during their European tour.
CEO Mathys van Abbe has one simple rule when it comes to creating Internet products (Mobypicture is just one of his ventures). Make something which is useful even if there is only one user. Mobypicture satisfies that criterion but it's still more fun to be part of a crowd.


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This episode , we'll see Stephanie reached her breaking point after her third bottom two appearance last week. The Filipina model is scrambling to stay afloat in the competition despite having the good saving graces of the judges. Will she be able to bounce back and prove to the judges and the audience that she's still very much in it to win the first Asia's Next Top Model?
Or will Jessica continuously dominate the competition after getting her third consecutive first call out at last week's shoot?
It looks like the title of Asia's Next Top Model is for Jessica of Thailand to lose! Yet again, she got the best photo this week followed by Kate, Sofia and sadly – another bottom two appearance for Stephanie with Aastha. Fortunately though, Stephanie survived another elimination (I wonder if she's gearing up towards the "Whitney Thompson way," where she'd win the whole thing despite getting the most bottom appearances? – we'll see)
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CFA Society Toronto Announces Local Champion University of Waterloo for the CFA Institute Research Challenge
Feb 21, 2013, 09:35 ET
TORONTO, Feb. 21, 2013 /CNW/ - CFA Society Toronto is pleased to announce that the University of Waterloo has won the local level of the CFA Institute Research Challenge for the second consecutive year.
"Participating in the CFA Institute Research Challenge has been a tremendous learning opportunity that challenged our intellect and allowed us to flex the skills necessary to be successful in this dynamic industry. Facing tough Q&A posed by a judging panel that had decades of industry experience was both frightening and exciting, allowing us to experience something that cannot be easily replicated in a classroom," said Donna Heng, Team Captain of the University of Waterloo team.
The winning team - Arsalan Hashmani, Donna Heng, Prasanth Pahirathan, Anqi Wang, Ian Weng and faculty advisor Craig Geoffrey, CFA, Professor of finance and business at University of Waterloo - was determined based on the best combined score for the written equity research report and their presentation before a panel of judges in Toronto. The team's industry mentor is Cosmos Chiu, CFA. The team now advances to the Americas Regional Final, to be held in Toronto Ontario, on March 21, 2013. The Americas Regional winner will advance to the global final in London, UK in April.
"We are excited for the opportunity to represent both the University of Waterloo and Ontario at the Americas regional competition for the second year. We look forward to what the next round of competition brings," added Heng.
The CFA Institute Research Challenge is a unique educational competition for students that allows participants to assume the role of investment research analysts. The annual competition offers participants the opportunity to develop and present an equity research report on a locally relevant company and compete on a global basis with peers from top business schools. Each team works with a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) charterholder who mentors the team during the research process and reviews and critiques its report. This year, more than 3,500 students and 650 universities in more than 55 countries will participate in local Challenge events, culminating in a global final in London in April 2013.
This year teams from around Ontario presented their research and analysis of the subject company, Canadian dollar store operator Dollarama. Honourable mention goes to Wilfrid Laurier University who placed second in the local finals.
For more information visit the CFA Institute Research Challenge website
About the University of Waterloo
In just half a century, the University of Waterloo, located at the heart of Canada's Technology Triangle, has become one of Canada's leading comprehensive universities with 30,000 full- and part-time students in undergraduate and graduate programs. Waterloo, as home to the world's largest post-secondary co-operative education program, embraces its connections to the world and encourages enterprising partnerships in learning, research and discovery. In the next decade, the university is committed to building a better future for Canada and the world by championing innovation and collaboration to create solutions relevant to the needs of today and tomorrow. For further details, visit www.uwaterloo.ca
About CFA Society Toronto
CFA Society Toronto supports the professional and business development of more than 8,000 CFA charterholders in Toronto, making it the second largest member society in the world. It provides members with a local perspective on a global designation, including: educational programs, sponsored events, job postings, quarterly newsletters, a comprehensive affinity program and networking opportunities. A not-for-profit organization, CFA Society Toronto is affiliated with CFA Institute, the global body that administers the Chartered Financial Analyst curriculum and sets voluntary, ethics-based performance-reporting standards for the investment industry. CFA Society Toronto's members are leaders in ethics in the financial community. For more information, please refer to www.cfatoronto.ca.
About CFA Institute
CFA Institute is the global association of investment professionals that sets the standard for professional excellence and credentials. The organization is a champion for ethical behavior in investment markets and a respected source of knowledge in the global financial community. The end goal: to create an environment where investors' interests come first, markets function at their best, and economies grow. CFA Institute has more than 113,000 members in 137 countries and territories, including 105,000 CFA charterholders, and 138 member societies. For more information, visit www.cfainstitute.org.
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INSPIREWATER – More efficient water management in the process industry
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During the second meeting in Basel, all technology providers and demonstration site companies came together to discuss last adaptations how to implement the new technologies before bringing the pilot plants into practice.
The EU project INSPIREWATER aims to reduce water, raw material and energy consumption in the process industry. Special focus will be on the steel and chemical industries, with the long-term goal of applying innovative technologies across further process industry sectors for maximum impact. The new solutions will be tested at three demonstration sites in Europe.
In many regions worldwide water availability is becoming more and more critical. Even in countries that generally have a good supply of water, the competition for available resources is increasing. "A competitive European industry needs to rely on efficient water management and that is what INSPIREWATER will contribute to", says Uwe Fortkamp, project coordinator at IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute.
The goal is to reduce fresh water consumption in the steel and chemical industry cases by 40 to 80 percent and energy consumption by at least 20 percent along with the reduction of chemicals and waste. Combining reliable existing treatment processes and new technologies is the strategy to achieve this. Examples are: the combination of forward osmosis and membrane distillation for zero liquid discharge, a chemical free and energy saving strong field magnetic separator for particle segregation, as well as a new anti-fouling catalyst to reduce chemicals and energy consumption for membrane processes.
Altogether eleven partners from six countries are involved in INSPIREWATER. New project solutions will be tested in Spain at steel producer Arcelor-Mittal and the CLARIANT chemical company. In Sweden tests will be carried out at SANDVIK's steel production facilities. Once the framework for industrial water management and individual technologies having been proven and integrated, it is crucial to the success of the project that INSPIREWATER's work is widely disseminated and exploited by industry to guarantee maximum uptake and impact. Dissemination, communication and exploitation will be accomplished by DECHEMA and IMCG.
István Ritz, project officer at the European Commission, stated: "INSPIREWATER has a great talent, especially by integrating big industrial players, and by integrating various technologies in a completely novel fashion which was not apparent in the last 40 years in the water management sector". He is confident the project will deliver great results. Thus, enabling Europe as a leader in green production and the industrial water treatment market, and it will create new highly skilled jobs in Europe.
INSPIREWATER, Innovative Solutions in the Process Industry for Next Generation Resource Efficient Water Management, has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 723702. The project will run until 2020. For further information please visit our website: http://www.inspirewater.eu


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It's no secret that far before the end of summer, we've already bookmarked half of the World Wide Web with jackets, sweaters and booties in virtually every variation of our most-favored colors and prints along the Iris Apfel spectrum. And while we're sad to officially bid adieu to boats, beach, sangria and lobster rolls, you can't exactly blame us for thinking ahead, right? We're just being responsible, you guys.
So what are we ditching our high-waisted bikinis for this season? A silk-y Mary Katrantzou shirt dress (because nothing beats a good ol' hybrid), a little army-inspired A.L.C., and a fire-engine red Givenchy clutch. You'd be surprised how far a little red goes when it comes to breaking up the increasingly goth-like hues impeding our fall wardrobe.
Oh, and don't worry—we haven't quite forgotten just yet about the tans of seasons' past. Just dust on a little Laura Mercier bronzer and you'll be performing an act of charity not only for your sad, sallow complexion, but for others—all proceeds go towards the Laura Mercier Ovarian Cancer Fund. Brush on a little color, and give yourself a pat on the back for helping others at the same time. Easy enough, right? Oh, and just in case you're in the mood for some haute-couture coloring, we've got you there too. Got to start 'em while they're young!
And what would any au courant fall shopping list be without the requisite printed sweatshirt? Our pick of the season is Kenzo's ocularly-minded all-over-print sweater. And if anyone asks, just say you're channeling your inner Illuminati tabloid princess à la Rihanna (#kidding).


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Currently, there are no specific regulations regarding the water supply in dental offices, although there is a growing concern professionally and in the media. Rest assured that our office is well ahead of the game! Our treatment rooms have been equipped to utilize sterile water for some time now, and all of our water lines are flushed with an antibacterial treatment. Furthermore, we monitor treatment room water supply to be sure that it is appropriate for dental treatment. We are proud to be at the forefront of patient welfare concerns!
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