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A tragic truck accident killed six people, including two children, last week - drawing attention to a trucking company with a history of serious safety violations. This company will likely face lawsuits involving the accident. Based on its spotty record with federal regulators, the victims' family members seem likely to have strong arguments.
The truck crash occurred on an interstate in Kentucky. According to news sources, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer crashed into a Ford SUV around 50 miles north of Louisville. Authorities from the Kentucky State Police are reporting that the driver was following the SUV too closely. Any Texan who has ever found him- or herself in front of a speeding semi-truck likely knows how often this happens.
Unfortunately, because of the enormous size and weight of 18-wheelers, it is often impossible for even the most skilled truck drivers to stop in time to avoid a crash. When truckers follow other cars too closely, this problem becomes even more serious. Kentucky authorities are still considering whether to press charges against the driver.
The crash killed the driver, his wife, two friends and two of the couple's foster children. Two other children suffered serious injuries. The truck driver escaped uninjured.
This crash would be enough of a tragedy under any circumstances. The fact that it happened after a series of inspections revealed serious safety concerns makes it that much worse. Trucking companies have an obligation to make necessary changes when an inspection reveals problems - it seems likely that this company did not bother.
Check back later for more coverage of this crash and the company's history of safety violations.
Source: The Detroit News, "Michigan firm in crash had 17 tickets since '11," Brett Barrouquere and Steve Karnowski, Mar. 5, 2013


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Families nowadays are moving more and more towards adopting contemporary rituals and spiritual ceremonies to mark life's special occasions. This is especially true when it comes to welcoming new children to the family or celebrating the choosing of a new name by an older child or adult.
Naming ceremonies are always rich with possibilities, whether it is through adopting ancient customs or by developing a ceremony from scratch. Each one has its own unique blend of hope for the future and love that created the occasion in the first place - what better reason could there be to celebrate?
Whether you are celebrating with the whole clan like the Woodlock family or holding a small and intimate gathering like Amelia's naming day it is a wonderful celebration to honour the child, the parents, the grandparents and the family and friends.
My naming book has lots of ideas to get you started. Always K.I.S.S - keep it short and simple... as there is a young child involved!
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In his Interpretation of Dreams, a book that has had profound influence on psychoanalysis in the last century, Freud writes that dreams often have the character of blatant wish-fulfillments. Furthermore, he asserts that dreams serve as an expression of the id, portraying our most savage, bestial, and socially unacceptable desires. While in our conscious lives we are restrained by societal and moral codes of conduct, he claims, in our subconscious these innermost thoughts break through without the cautious watch of the wary social superego. While dreams in Фёдор Достоевский's Преступление и Наказание do reveal the contents of his characters' subconscious, they seem to play the opposite of the Freudian role. Both Раскольников's and Свидригайлов's dreams appear to reveal a superego-like moral restraint lacking in the bestial and unrestrained actions these characters perform in real life. Moreover, these characters' dreams reveal a major disconnect between their physical actions and their subconscious moral beliefs. Ultimately, characters' inability to reconcile their outward actions and theories with their subconscious leads them to crises that destroy their ways of life and serve as these characters' most powerful punishment.
Even before the murder is committed, Раскольников's very first dream intensifies his inner struggles. In the horrid dream he has as he is sleeping in the bushes, Раскольников appears as a young boy who, upon seeing Миколка brutally kill an old horse, "с криком пробивается […] сквозь толпу к савраске, обхватывает ее мертвую, окровавленную морду и целует ее, целует ее в глаза, в губы... Потом вдруг вскакивает и в исступлении бросается с своими кулачонками на Миколку" (1.5). Достоевский's use of imagery in the dream is quite blatant—the savage and pointless death of the mare must represent the looming murder of the pawn broker at Раскольников's hands. The major difference between the dream and reality, of course, is Раскольников's role. He rushes through the crowd, passionately kisses the bloody mare in an act of almost disturbingly gruesome reverence, then exacts his revenge on the murderer with his little fists. This incarnation of Раскольников—as an innocent, righteous young boy—seems to represent the as yet untainted, morally upright part of his character, or at least of his subconscious, acting to punish his immoral side.
For a short period of time, the subconscious' message is effective. Much like many of the novel's characters pass through and stand in physical thresholds, Раскольников passes through a threshold between his sleeping and awake states, and it is during that very short time—when he is neither in nor out—that his conscious and subconscious intersect. As he wakes up from the first dream in a cold sweat, Раскольников immediately begins to seriously doubt his ability to commit the planned murder, recalling his dream in horror, finally admitting to himself that "я не вытерплю, не вытерплю! Пусть, пусть даже нет никаких сомнений во всех этих расчетах, будь это всё, что решено в этот месяц, ясно как день, справедливо как арифметика" (1.5). In other words, the nightmarish vision of the murder of the mare brought on by Раскольников's subconscious has made him incapable of withstanding going through with the murder. Раскольников clearly admits that he is unable to reconcile his plans and decisions based on careful "calculations," "true as arithmetic," and, probably, on his lofty theory of extraordinary people, with the limitations of his subconscious. Math may allow Раскольников to commit a murder, but there is a part of Раскольников that cannot be calculated or controlled—that young boy inside him. Достоевский intentionally mentions the young boy's "кулачонки" (not "кулаки"); at this point in the novel, this subconscious part of Раскольников can only throw a few weak punches—after all, after a short walk Раскольников leaves the "threshold" and, in a conscious state of mind, makes the decision to go forth with his plan.
Despite Раскольников's hopes of killing his scruples along with the pawn broker, the unresolved dispute with his subconscious comes back to haunt him in another dream. This time, Раскольников reenters the pawn broker's apartment and swings the axe over her head. But the hag "даже и не шевельнулась от ударов, точно деревянная." When he looks in horror at her face, he "помертвел: старушонка сидела и смеялась, -- так и заливалась тихим, неслышным смехом" (3.6). In spite of the fact that he was actually able to murder the pawn broker, in his dreams Раскольников is completely unable to commit the crime. This resulting dichotomy points a major lack of coherence between the outer and inner parts of Раскольников's character. In fact, this dream can almost be seen as Раскольников's subconscious laughing at him—both the pawn broker and the people in the hallway behind him laugh harder with each swing, and the entire scene is grotesquely comical. But Раскольников is not amused (in fact, he "помертвел = deadens"); this dream is the latest sign that his efforts to convince his inner mind of the logic and justification for his murder have failed. Indeed, it is this lack of conciliation that urges Раскольников to revisit the pawn broker's apartment, in search of some physical proof that the murder was indeed committed. When Раскольников comes to the apartment and sees, in anguish, that all evidence of the crime has been washed up, he loses yet another battle against his subconscious.
Much like he is unable to murder the pawn broker in his dream, in real life, Раскольников cannot seem to tell anybody—even himself—the words "I murdered the pawn broker." Even in his exchange with Sonya, Раскольников is unable to utter this convicting phrase, offering her a series of hints instead. Presumably, at least according to his theory, the successful murder should be something to be proud of—proof of extraordinariness. But the subconscious launches a major attack that prevents Раскольников from living at ease with his actions. Though it may start out as a little boy with mere Кулачонки, over the 500 pages that follow Раскольников's crime, the subconscious grows in power, punishing him internally by painfully splitting his mind in two, almost resulting in his suicide, and ultimately forcing him to seek out legal punishment. As he explains to Дуня before turning himself in, "мне бы хотелось хоть в эту-то минуту владеть собою вполне" (6.6) In other words, Раскольников admits that he is not in full control of his own, полный self. Indeed, it is only at the confession, after he has willingly accepted that punishment and the consequences for his actions and admitted his fault before society, that his subconscious triumphs as his inner and outer selves join together to finally produce the short utterance that changes his life forever.
Just like Раскольников, Свидригайлов, who appears to live a hedonistic and immoral lifestyle, is haunted by subconscious scruples. In his first encounter with Раскольников, Свидригайлов lays out his core belief: "я ничьим мнением особенно не интересуюсь,[…] а потому отчего же и не побывать пошляком, когда это платье в нашем климате так удобно носить и... и особенно если к тому и натуральную склонность имеешь" (4.1). In other words, Свидригайлов lets his natural desires and inclinations, or склонности—what Freud would call the Id—run wild, because he simply does not care for the opinion (мнение) of others; Свидригайлов feels no shame in front of anyone for being пошлый. However, in the very same chapter, Свидригайлов also admits that he is haunted by the ghosts of the people he has indirectly murdered in his pursuit of pleasure. And though Свидригайлов may claim to enjoy his borderline-pedophilic affair with a girl, his dream, in which a five-year-old girl begins to stare at him with the passionate look of a harlot, reveals that his subconscious is troubled by his immorality. Frightened by the girl, Свидригайлов screams "'А, проклятая!' […] занося над ней руку..." (6.6). Scared by the vision he is given by his subconscious, Свидригайлов attempts to get rid of it in the same way that he voiced his grievances to Марфа Петровна: he raises his arm to strike the girl. Just as he is about to hit her, however—poof!—the vision returns, indestructible, to the back of his mind, and he awakes. Ultimately unable to reconcile his pursuit of pleasure with the recurring phantoms and dreams that he cannot physically destroy, Свидригайлов opts to destroy himself.
A deeper analysis of dreams and the subconscious in the novel seems to suggest that roles of society and the subconscious are completely reversed from those laid out in Freud's theories (perhaps illustrating an important difference between the authors' German and Russian cultures). While Freud may insist that society is the force that imposes a grid of morality on its participants, Достоевский seems to make a point of showing that society condones the very Id that Freud makes it out to curb. In the quotation discussed above, Свидригайлов insists that he continues his lifestyle because "это платье в нашем климате так удобно носить" (6.6). In other words, a major reason for his пошлость is simply that it is accepted by society. Similarly, just as he is about to confess that he is a murderer in the public square, "Все эти отклики и разговоры сдержали Раскольникова, и слова "я убил", может быть, готовившиеся слететь у него с языка, замерли в нем" (6.6). In other words, the larger atmosphere of St. Petersburg, full of drunks and vagrants, seems to prevent these characters from admitting their crimes, both to society and to themselves. In Раскольников's dream about the unsuccessful murder, a sneering crowd laughs from the hallway at each futile axe hit. And finally, in Раскольников's first dream, the people at the scene simply look on as the mare is beaten to death, and only the young boy—Раскольников's subconscious—dares to punch the murderer. Достоевский seems to insinuate that in a society that condones the savage actions of the id, punishment can only come from that subconscious element. Indeed, the second half of the novel's title—the punishment—can only refer to the 500-page internal battle that culminates in Раскольников's confession. The eight-year prison term may be a physical punishment, but it is the internal punishment followed by a spiritual rebirth (and his submission to the collective subconscious of Russian Orthodox Christianity) that ultimately matters. Similarly, Свидригайлов's punishment is, literally, in his own hands.
Such a view of punishment rings very nicely with Раскольников's theory of Extraordinary People, which states that Extraordinary people answer to nobody but their own selves. It is true—ultimately, they do. But, as we saw with Свидригайлов and Раскольников, that self is often divided, and the subconscious half, too often loyal to morals, cannot be controlled through arithmetic or reason. After all, Napoleon probably had a subconscious, too.
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TURKEY has imposed power restrictions on the country's biggest ferrochrome producer, Eti Krom, which some analysts hope will help to support prices for one of South Africa's biggest industries. In 2012, South Africa was the world's second-largest ferrochrome producer, having lost first place to China largely because of rising Eskom electricity tariffs and power shortages.
South Africa's biggest ferrochrome producers are Glencore Xstrata in a joint venture with Merafe Resources; International Ferro Metals, which is listed in London; Samancor Chrome; Hernic Ferrochrome; ASA Metals; and Mogale Alloys, owned by Afarak Group (formerly Ruukki Group).
Turkey ranks among the world's top 10 producers. Ferrochrome is mostly used in stainless steel, whose production is forecast to rise about 5.5% a year for the next few years, as it is closely correlated with global gross domestic product growth. However, ferrochrome prices have been weak recently because of a slowdown in the Chinese economy coupled with growing Chinese production.
SP Angel analyst John Meyer said this week in a note to clients that the Turkish power utility TEISA had asked Eti Krom to halve its power consumption between 9am and 10pm from Monday to Saturday to help balance the country's supply and demand. Eti Krom is Turkey's largest producer of chrome ore and high-carbon ferrochrome. Mr Meyer said the cutbacks would result in Eti Krom losing about 5,000 tonnes of production a month.
But Lara Smith, MD of independent metals advisers and researchers Core Consultants, said Eti Krom Turkey produced a maximum of 144,000 tonnes a year — or 12,000 tonnes a month — of high-carbon ferrochrome. Whether it reduced output to 7,000 tonnes a month for the next five months would not make much of a difference to the overall ferrochrome supply/demand balance.
"The market is still expected to be in surplus in the first quarter of 2014, despite the fact that the surplus is lower than previous quarters," Ms Smith said. "We still do not expect the price to increase significantly. The bias is towards a marginal increase from the prior quarter."
Mr Meyer said it was interesting to see power issues affecting production outside South Africa.
China, too, was likely to impose increasing pollution and power consumption restrictions on its less productive industries. Rising costs of power and chrome ore together with a stronger currency were eroding margins for Chinese ferrochrome producers.
JSE-listed Merafe's shares have added 7c to 79c in the past week, though they are still below their early November level of 81c. In London, IFM's shares have lifted to 10.5p from 10p in early December. South African ferrochrome producers benefit from a weaker rand/dollar exchange rate as they earn dollar revenue but pay costs in rands.
For the original version of this article, click here: http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/mining/2013/12/20/turkey-imposes-restriction-on-its-biggest-ferrochrome-producer


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A family winter vacation not in the budget this year? Get a little water therapy and a much needed boost with a staycation centered around one of these noteworthy indoor pools.
Day-trip to a community pool
The most economical option for a family on budget is avoiding paying for accommodations and just doing a day-trip to either of these cities for a dip in their stellar community pools.
Shindleman Aquatic Centre, Portage La Prairie
Just one section of Portage La Prairie's impressive Stride Place recreation complex, the pool claims the crown for being Manitoba's largest indoor leisure wave pool. It has options for every kind of swimmer, be it a ramp entry for toddlers, a lazy river for tweens, swim lanes for teenagers and a whirlpool for mom and dad. Note to self: plan a return visit to Portage La Prairie in the summer for a visit to its cousin, the outdoor Splash Island Water park.
Steinbach Aquatic Centre, Steinbach
Some of our favourite features of this impeccably maintained civic pool in Steinbach are a water slide that flattens out at the bottom instead of emptying into a deep pool (which is ideal for preschoolers who want to play independently) and the ever-cute smiling pigs fountain. An attached outdoor spray pad during the summer months means double the fun.
Overnight at a Winnipeg hotel
It's well-worth the splurge to check into these Winnipeg hotels, even if a trip to the city means you just stick around the pool all day.
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott, 1301 Ellice Ave
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott is the new kid on the block in terms of Winnipeg hotels with a buzzing family pool. We love that it has zero beach entry for toddlers and a tunnel water slide for big bro or sis. The pool area is intimate so it's easy to keep the kiddos within sight and arm's reach.
Holiday Inn Airport West, 2520 Portage Ave
The two-tiered pool area has a baby pool and a family pool with a froggy slide, but arguably the Holiday Inn Airport West's coolest recreation feature is Pirate Cove Playland, an interactive, three-storey, pirate-themed play structure beside the pool that kids can get lost in for hours. Read more about a stay at the Holiday Inn Airport West here.
Victoria Inn Winnipeg, 1808 Wellington Ave
Kidlets never tire of Victoria Inn's venerable Dino Beach water park (my 6-year-old still asks about the "dinosaur hotel"). The Jurrasic-themed pool manages to pack in four water slides, plus a hot tub, catering to kids of all ages.
Weekend getaway to a resort
Families cannot go wrong with a winter adventure to either one of these resorts that have a pool, restaurant and spa all rolled into one, and the best part is they're set against a backdrop of nature.
Hecla Lakeview, Hecla Provincial Park
This designer resort 2.5 hours north of Winnipeg on Lake Winnipeg boasts two pool areas: the family water park area and the adult-only mineral pool area. The pitch-black tunnel water slide in the family area is rocket-speed and a sure thrill for tweens and teenagers.
Elkhorn Resort, Riding Mountain National Park
Elkhorn Resort's new pool area has major wow factor. Trust us, your kids will grin ear to ear zipping down the water slide, splashing under the bucket brigade or climbing over the lily pad walk. A favourite feature is a massive outdoor hot tub on a raised patio that overlooks the serenity of Riding Mountain National Park.
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I love to travel, explore, and spend time with family friends. Currently, I am expecting a baby boy with my wife and excited for our family to be growing! My favorite hobby is Skiing and I try to get out to the Rockies whenever I can.
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After considering a job in which I would have been moving around the country every few months, I was lucky to find an open Business Analyst position at Foresight, where I could stay home in Minneapolis. When I came in for my interview, I immediately knew I would fit right in at Foresight. I enjoyed that the office was casual (I get to bring my dog, Porter, to work with me!), but I could tell that work was getting done too. I learned that the company is committed to investing in their employees and fostering a positive work environment, two aspects that have proven true in the almost two years I worked here. I have since been promoted to Junior Associate, and I am excited about the future of the company and my place within it.
The work I do at Foresight is exactly the type of work I was looking for when I began job hunting. The analysis we do is project based, each project answering a different specific question a client has. You are rarely spending multiple days doing the same task and it often requires thinking critically and creatively to answer questions. We primarily work in client databases and Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, but I have recently had the opportunity to work with new software like SPSS and Amos. The small office means even new or young employees get to experience the full journey of a project, and get full credit for the quality of their work. It also means opportunity to travel if the work requires it – I was able to travel to Thailand in the spring of 2018 to help with a workshop.
When I am not at work, you can usually find me watching sports, playing video games, or enjoying the Twin Cities brewery scene. My girlfriend and I got a Lhasa Apso named Porter from the Animal Humane Society in the fall of 2018, so that is a constant adventure. I am currently looking forward to my annual trip to my family's cabin, and just generally enjoying the summer weather.
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We strive for a relaxed, collaborative and creative office where we help and support each other. Why? Because we know that everyone's contribution is vital to our collective success: individual output rarely surpasses team efforts.
We strive for a healthy work-life balance to foster personal and professional growth. We do not shy away from health debates, and believe that growth comes from the willingness to seek and give advice, to question approaches: conversations are the place where the seeds of innovation sprout.
We get our hands dirty. That's what real leaders do: lead by example, regardless of seniority. Leadership is earned through vision, inclusiveness and integrity you bring to the team.
Time is a deadline business, not a 9 to 5. We get the job done and then measure ourselves by the quality of our work–period. Our reputation is the foundation of our business, and we build it by adding value for our clients and by accelerating their success.
Data is everything. Unless you know it's just the beginning.
We believe that brand foresight must be grounded on facts. We avoid the averages of aggregated data and instead often work with raw data to reveal true insights, from household panel data to consumer tracking studies.
We have our own way to look at data, which brings the discipline of System Dynamics into the marketing realm. Think of it this way: much like the level of water in a bathtub, consumers are viewed as reservoirs whose level can be changed only by acting on the in-flows and out-flows. Since marketing plans impact consumer flows—not the reservoirs themselves—our strategy work helps identify the high-leverage consumer flows for a brand, or portfolio of brands, and provides insights on how to activate these flows. This ultimately results in stronger brand plans and aligned growth targets.
Read a case study of how a deep look at consumer data exceeds the traditional metrics of consumer loyalty.
Unforecast the future.
We believe that a brand's future performance is in the hands of its marketers and strategists as they develop a brand vision. In other words, forecasting brand performance is a contradiction in terms. However, expectations about the brand's future greatly influence today's marketing actions, which is why developing good brand foresight is important.
We use System Dynamics modeling to project deep data-driven insights into the future. Think of it as taking a series of consumer snapshots—behaviors inherently from the past—and transforming them into a series of frames that create a movie representing the past, present and future. Based on the clues that our modeling provides, our clients are able to rehearse possible futures for their brands, ultimately leading to a clear vision of how to grow.
Read a case study of how Dynamic Modeling has enabled our clients to realize their chosen strategic path.
The best answers begin with better questions.
Our ability to work effectively with clients, in a variety of formats and contexts, is a key component of what we do, not just about how we do it. Our flexibility allows us to go beyond consumer or shopper modeling into what we call Business Modeling: the ability to look at the brand in its entirety, filling data gaps with client knowledge, ultimately enabling us to tackle tough questions that cannot be addressed by normal research.
We strive to find new impactful ways to work together with our clients, to make best use of their knowledge and to create shared clarity and confidence on the results.
Our method has resulted in a number of proprietary frameworks for engaging workshops which add value at different stages of brand planning, from situation assessment to initiatives validation, through the application of our STRAP model and approach, allowing to stress test Annual Brand Plans ensuring that they have a good STratgic fit with the strategic objectives, address possible Risks, are Adequately funded and Prioritized.
First impressions are powerful. Lasting impressions, even more so.
We are strongly committed to nurturing and balancing our three core competencies of Analytics, Dynamic Modeling and Collaboration. With our abilities optimized and in balance, we deliver real and lasting impact to our clients in the following areas:
Brand and Portfolio Growth Strategy:
We apply our Growth Levers approach to support dynamically informed and shared strategy.
We conduct scenario, brand plan and ideation workshops to merge your knowledge and your data, which validates and strengthens your brand plans.
War-gaming and Microworlds:
We create and deploy computerized business games that replicate your brand challenges in a risk-free environment to embed your core marketing principles and strategic vision within your teams.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
The future influences the present just as much as the past.
A version of this article was originally published on the Insights Association blog and subsequently presented at the Corporate Researcher's Conference in Orlando, October 2018.Read more
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Extract from "Research Conference Report" Magazine, Winter 2012, summarizing key take aways from work presented by Foresight Associates in collaboration with Infotools and with The Coca-Cola Company at Global Esomar Conference.Read more
Article presented at the Esomar Global Market Research Conference, Amsterdam, 2011. It describes a case study of recent work conducted with The Coca-Cola Company.Read more
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In keeping with the holiday season, we decided to end the Ráday Salon Fall 2008 season with an event to get us all in a happy holiday mood. This Thursday night, December 18th, We will be screening the 2002 documentary film Standing In The Shadows Of Motown, which, although not directly human-rights related, is an uplifting, energizing, feel-good celebration guaranteed to put a smile on every face.
The film is about The Funk Brothers, the group of musicians that played the music for almost all of the musical acts on the famous Motown record label from 1959 until 1972. As a group, the Funk Brothers were behind more Number 1 songs than any other music group in history. These hits included such well-loved songs as "My Girl", "Heard It Through The Grapevine" and "Dancing in the Streets" - yet the Funk Brothers have been virtually unknown in the United States. Standing In The Shadows Of Motown tells the story of these remarkable musicians, through interviews, archival footage, and even a few live performances of classic hits. The musicians' story is so compelling, you may find yourself wishing you could have been a "fly on the wall" during some of their recording sessions -- and the music is so delicious, you may find it hard to resist tapping your toes and singing along.
We hope to see you all there, but we realize that some of you may have already left Budapest for the holidays. To those of you we won't be seeing, we wish you the very best for the holiday season, and look forward to seeing you in 2009.


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Sheryl WuDunn's book "Half the Sky" investigates the oppression of women globally. Her stories shock. Only when women in developing countries have equal access to education and economic opportunity will we be using all our human resources. (Recorded at TEDGlobal 2010, July 2010 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 18:23) Watch Sheryl WuDunn's talk on TED.com where […]Continue reading


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Allahabad, Jun 9 (PTI) Girls outshone boys in the high school and intermediate exams conducted by the Uttar Pradesh Board, results for which were declared here today even as the number of appearing candidates and pass percentage of class 10th and 12th declined this year.
Secondary Education Director Amarnath Verma said around 30 lakh candidates appeared in the high school examinations and the overall pass percentage stood at 81.18 percent while about 25 lakh students appeared for intermediate out of which 82.62 percent secured the passing marks.
However, there was a drop in the number of candidates who appeared for the exams and their pass percentage compared with the previous year when 32.6 lakh students had appeared for the high school and 29.2 lakh for the intermediate exams, with the respective pass percentages of 87.66 and 87.99, Verma said.
Girls came up with better pass percentage than the boys in both the examinations.
The girls success rate for High School was 86.50 against the boys 76.75 percent, he said.
For intermediate, the boys pass percentage (77.16) was similarly lower than that of girls (88.80).
Notably, toppers for both high school and intermediate happened to be from the district of Fatehpur.
Tejaswi Devi topped the high school exams with 95.83 percent marks while Priyanshi Tiwari scored 96.20 percent, topping the in the intermediate, Verma said.
Interestingly, the second position in intermediate was shared by three girls - two of them from Fatehpur itself and another from Kanpur (rural).
For high school, the second position was shared by two girls - both of them students of the Lucknow Public HSS at Madhoganj in Hardoi district.
Among the candidates who secured passing marks, a total of 105 wrote their exams while lodged in jails in various cases.
Among these, 49 passed their high school exams while 56 cleared their intermediate tests. PTI NAC ASV


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Todd Akin Reaction Assessment
By now, anyone reading this column is familiar with Todd Akin, recently voted Republican nominee for the United States Senate from Missouri, and his medical understanding that pregnancy cannot result from "legitimate rape." Akin has come under fire not just from liberals and the media but from his own party, with most Republican leaders, including Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, calling for Akin to withdraw from the race. The National Republican Senatorial Committee said it would spend no money to help Akin if he stayed. Akin had until yesterday to drop out without a court order, but vowed to remain.
While Akin's comment deserves the strongest condemnation from anyone of any political stripe, there is good reason to be cynical about the Republican reaction. Through the past four years, Republican leaders have been playing with fire with the rhetoric of the most extreme Republican members of Congress. The fierce condemnation of Akin stands in stark contrast to the silence of Republican leadership on the consistently ignorant and/or inflammatory statements of Republican House members like Steve King (one of the few people in Akin's corner), Virginia Foxx, Michelle Bachmann, and Louie Gohmert. To be fair, it isn't as though the Republican Party is promoting these people for leadership positions, and no party or movement should be defined by its most extreme voices. However, it's apparent that the GOP is willing to take advantage of the following these figures—and media figures like Rush Limbaugh—have created and the anti-Obama/anti-liberal hysteria they foment. The enthusiasm of the Republican base helped drive Republican victories in 2010 and could be a big advantage for Romney in November. Akin went too far, provoking too much attention and a public backlash that outweighs any value he has in motivating the base.
The clearest analogue to Akin is Sharron Angle. Like Akin, Angle won a hotly contested primary despite having little establishment support. Like Akin, Angle was seen (in the end, correctly) as being too extreme to win a general election even against a vulnerable candidate, and was seen at the time of the primary as the only chance the Democratic incumbent had for re-election. While Angle arguably never made a single statement as offensive as Akin's, several comments (including one showing great insensitivity to rape victims) revealed that she lacked the temperament to be a United States senator. Nonetheless, once the Republicans realized she was their only hope of beating Harry Reid, the establishment was firmly in her corner.
[pullquote_right]From the perspective of his Republican colleagues, Akin's biggest sin is bad political timing.[/pullquote_right]
A big difference between Akin and Angle is timing. Whereas Angle spread a series of ignorant statements over the course of the campaign, Akin made one hugely controversial statement at a time when Missouri election law provided a window for him to easily leave the race. Had the Republican establishment been given a similar opportunity to push Angle out of the race after her primary victory, they very well may have taken advantage of it. Similarly, if Akin remains close in the polls, it will be interesting to see whether the rest of the party rallies behind him with control of the Senate hanging in the balance.
Another reason to be cynical about the Republican condemnation of Akin is the entire party's dismal record on women's health issues. As many have pointed out, in 2011, 171 House Republicans, including Paul Ryan, co-sponsored legislation that would narrow the exception for federal funding of abortion to instances of "forcible rape." (Ryan now says "there's no splitting hairs over rape," despite having sponsored legislation that would do exactly that.) The only difference between this position and Akin's statement is Akin's bogus science. Both Akin's statement and the House bill start from the premise that the law and society have accepted an overly expansive definition of rape and that the sexual assault victims who do not meet the GOP's definition of rape should not have legal access to abortion. Ryan's personal position is even more extreme, as he opposes abortion in all instances except when the life of the mother is at risk—now the official position of the Republican Party—though he acknowledges that Romney's position would control policy of a Romney/Ryan White House.
Viewed against the extreme anti-abortion rights position of the GOP, Akin's biggest sin from the perspective of his Republican colleagues is bad political timing. The other major difference between Akin and Angle is that Angle's comments weren't made in the heat of a presidential race. Republicans backed off slightly on some of their more extreme anti-women's health positions—such as a Virginia law requiring transvaginal ultrasounds for women seeking abortion—after the charge that the GOP was engaged in a "war on women" began to stick and polls began showing a growing gender gap between President Obama and Romney. Akin's comments come at a critical moment in the presidential election, with polls showing a toss-up, Romney trying to build momentum off the announcement of his running mate, and each party trying to control the narrative going into the party's conventions.
As Representatives Foxx, King, Bachmann, and Gohmert can attest, it's still acceptable to say hateful things about gays, women, Muslims, immigrants, and other groups in today's GOP. Todd Akin just picked a really bad week to do it.


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Stimulus Funds Pay for Energy-Saving Windows at Kitsap Courthouse
The Kitsap County Courthouse is being outfitted with energy-efficient windows as part of the county's push toward energy conservation. In the long run, county officials say, the grant-funded expenditure will save money on heating and cooling the building, while reducing the emission of greenhouse gases.
The window replacement, costing $478,536, is one of several resource conservation projects funded by a $2.23 million federal stimulus grant. The project is part of the county's initiative to make its operations more efficient and environmentally friendly. Grant-funded projects also are aimed at creating green jobs to promote economic development.
South Kitsap Commissioner Charlotte Garrido, who is heading up the green initiative, said the windows project could serve as a model for the county as it moves toward performance-based operations. The grant required the county to estimate cost savings and jobs created as part of the application process.
The project entails replacement of nearly all first- and second-story windows with double-paned window units, 95 total, as well as aluminum around courthouse doors. The county estimates it will save about $25,000 per year in energy costs, meaning the project will have paid for itself in about 20 years. Over the course of the installation, the project provided work for 10 to 13 people.
The original courthouse was constructed in 1935, but it has been added onto multiple times over the years. Parts of the building's exterior date to the 1960s, but most of the renovations were done in the 1970s or a little later, and the windows that were replaced date to that time frame, said Autumn Salamack, resource conservation manager for the county.
The county applied in Fall 2009 for an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant administered by the U.S. Department of Energy. The total grant, received in December, must be used by early 2012, but the county is a on a fast track to award contracts for projects and will probably complete the work sooner, Salamack said.
Salamack's two-year position is funded by the grant. She helps the county comply with grant regulations, including federal reporting, and is in charge of developing an energy efficiency and conservation plan for county operations. The plan will outline specific goals and strategies for reducing utility costs, thus saving taxpayer dollars, Salamack said.
Stimulus grant projects fall under three headings: green building; the "Kitsap food chain," aimed at increasing local food sources; and clean technology, which includes information technology.
Under clean technology, the county has already installed 80 solar trash compactors at county parks, at a cost of $450,940. Reducing the number of trash pickups will save the county an estimated $100,000 a year in fuel and labor costs.
In addition to the courthouse windows, green building projects include retrofitting the Presidents Hall and the Kitsap Sun Pavilion — both at Kitsap County Fairgrounds and Events Center— with energy efficient components.
The county this fall will implement a retrofitting program for homeowners. Property owners with low to moderate incomes can get low-interest loans to make their homes more energy-efficient. The grant provides financial guarantees on defaulted loans to banks as an incentive for offering lower interest rates.
Salamack will identify other, non-grant-funded ways the county can save money by going green. Many small changes have already been made, she said. Her job is to find all areas with potential for cost savings, make them part of regular county operations and document their effectiveness.
North Kitsap Commissioner Steve Bauer has been pushing for the county to move toward a performance-based business model that would require documentation of demonstrable change. The concept came up again Monday, during a commissioners¿ meeting on 2011 budget priorities.
Garrido suggested the stimulus projects as a model the county could follow, because federal regulations require that the county set measurable goals for use of the grant money.
Kitsap County Administrator Nancy Buonanno Grennan said department heads have had performance measures.
"They don't generally measure meaningful things," she said. "They just measure workload. There's not a lot of rigor to them."
The board of commissioners agreed to make a transition toward performance measures a priority for 2011. The county's finance department is working on a budget-setting process that will better show the effectiveness of where and how each department spends its money.
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Titan Brawl for PC brings real-time battles that allow players to challenge your friends from around the world. Titan Brawl gives your confidence back in this action pack gameplay. It drives your tactical skills and unleashes your conflict fury in 3 minute action packed combat. Titan Brawl is now available for PC Windows 10 / 8 / 7 or Mac. Download and install the game Titan Brawl for PC, Desktop, Laptop and Mac-books as soon as possible. Don't forget to share your best experiences on social sites like Facebook and twitter with your friends and family.
Titan Brawl brings a single player and PvP battles gameplay for you. Here you have to finish it with other players in real-time from all over the world. Collect and upgrade the awesome champions & titans and rigid them with an ultimate team. Play with your friends to hit them and complete all the 30 fights in campaign mode to win the title of the gameplay.
You can now download and install Titan Brawl for Laptop or Desktop computer running any version of Windows, including Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7 or even Mac-books, running Mac OS.
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To download this game on your computer PC or laptop you need a good Android/ iOS game emulator which will help you run this game on any version of Windows or Mac smoothly.
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You can often find Lisa Inglese sporting a tiara from her collection of many as she keeps things in order at our corporate headquarters. We are proud to have Lisa as the Chief Operating Officer and Office Manager for Cucina Aurora! With her no nonsense attitude and extensive experience in business she gets things done right the first time! She keeps us all in line and moving quickly in the direction of success and productivity.
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More intense strategies to encourage implementation of pneumonia treatment guidelines result in more appropriately treated patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) seen in hospital emergency departments (EDs), concludes a new study. These strategies include ED physician receipt of the guidelines, on-site educational sessions, plus real-time reminders on how to identify patient level of risk and recommended processes of care. Researchers, supported in part by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (HS10049), randomized 32 hospital EDs to low-, moderate-, and high-intensity strategies for implementing CAP guidelines.
Low-intensity EDs were advised about how to achieve CAP quality improvement (QI) and received the CAP practice guidelines and supporting literature. Moderate-intensity EDs received all of the above as well as an on-site educational session on how to use the Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) to gauge patient risk and guide the initial site of treatment. The high-intensity EDs received all of the above plus real-time reminders and audit with feedback.
More of the 1,901 low-risk patients in the moderate-intensity (61 percent) and high-intensity (62 percent) groups were appropriately treated as outpatients than those in the low-intensity (38 percent) group. More of the 1,125 outpatients in the high-intensity group (61 percent) received all 4 recommended processes of care than those in the moderate-intensity (28.3 percent) or low-intensity (25.3 percent) group. These processes included assessment of arterial oxygenation at ED arrival, administration of the first antibiotic dose in the ED, use of appropriate antibiotic therapy, and prescribing of appropriate antibiotic therapy on ED discharge. Also, more of the 2,076 inpatients in the high-intensity group (44.3 percent) received all 4 recommended process of care than those in the moderate-intensity (30.1 percent) and low-intensity (23 percent) group.
See "Effect of increasing the intensity of implementing pneumonia guidelines," by Donald M. Yealy, M.D., Thomas E. Auble, Ph.D., Roslyn A. Stone, Ph.D., and others, in the December 20, 2005, Annals of Internal Medicine 143(12), pp. 881-894.
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Thanks for the hunt @writerpollock! We're really excited about this! We wrote about the motivation behind the game on our blog: http://stackshare.io/posts/intro.... This was an idea from a StackShare user, (hey hey @alexissantos!), who decided to build something using our API. We fell in love with the game he built (I spent 45 minutes playing it when I first saw it!). So we rebuilt it and are now launching it as a product. @timchunght led the charge on making the game- we now call him Tim The Tool Man. We'd love your feedback! P.S. My current score: 82 points! @glenngillen I'm coming for you!
What time is it? Tool Time (for developer tools). Even as a non-technical founder, I love this. I'm already at 17 points - my lucky number. See if you can beat me on developer tool knowledge.
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Mono Lake's California Gulls safe for the seasonThursday, May 25th, 2017 by Geoff, Executive Director
A mile of citizen-funded solar-powered electric fence is up and running, protecting Mono Lake's nesting gulls—one of the three largest colonies in the world—from mainland predators. The fence is the result of a year and a half of planning by the Mono Lake Committee and California State Parks along with other agency partners, a dedicated local installation team, and generous funding from Mono Lake supporters across the country.
Why is the temporary fence—which will be removed when nesting is finished—needed? Five years of drought lowered Mono Lake seven feet, shrinking the protective moat of water between the lake's north shore and Negit Island and adjacent islets—exposing a landbridge that allows coyotes access to the lake's long-established nesting colony of California Gulls. Last summer signs were found on a few of these islets that coyotes had indeed walked the landbridge and then swum the remaining 500 feet or so of shallow water to prey on eggs and chicks, disrupting nesting and causing gulls to be suspicious of returning to these sites in future years.
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Request from Cherrybread: I have always wanted to know how to apply dark makeup without closing up the eyes like stars in Hong Kong. Will you be able to tell me how to create an evening look, like how Kathy Chow has it please?
Smoky dark eye makeup can add a hint of mystery to your peepers and drive the boys crazy. But unlike Caucasians, us Asians often do not have deep-set eyes to pull off the look. So how can we wear dark eye makeup without making the eyes look smaller? Check out these tips below:
• Pick the right color. If you look at pictures of Chinese celebrities, they seldom use black all over the eyelid. Instead, try something a little softer like deep navy, plum, emerald, copper or charcoal. These colors will make dark brown eyes pop without looking too harsh. If you insist on using black, make sure you keep the color close to your lashline and crease.
• Opt for eyeshadows with shimmery and metallic finishes over matte ones to help add extra sparkles to your eyes.
• Always highlight the inner corner and browbone with a lighter color to open up the eyes.
• Make sure you blend and blend the edges. Slapping on a really dark color without blending will only make you look like The Grudge – SCARY!
• Avoid lining your waterline with a dark color if you have small eyes. It will make them look even smaller. Instead, apply extra coats of mascara on your lower lashes and use a charcoal color to line if necessary.
• Never forget to apply false lashes when you are working with really dark colors. It will help make your eyes look a lot bigger and balance the whole look. Some of my favorite brands are Ardell, MAC, Shisem and generic Taiwanese brands.
• Skip brow powder and brush on a tinted brow gel on your eyebrows to keep them neat and understated.


text: The mid March weather was dry and very hot in CM the day I went bike shopping for a rental. I had a price already in mind and was seeking a shop that would meet it [7k baht for 16 days]. Finally settled on the wrong shop run by a Chinese "Les-bean" woman who met my price but said the Honda Steed wasn't due back until tomorrow, so I took a hard-tail for the day. Returning the next day I discovered she had extended the Steed for three more days to whomever had it. Well, I'll stick around CM for 3 days and drink as the hard-tail was ok for in-town and I liked the Harley-like sound. On day four still no Steed so I took off on this hard-tail as I had now become used to it. Route 107 north to Mae Malai [drink stop] was ok. This was my first MHS ride and I knew from the map the road was as curvy as a Bangkok Butt and I had David's newer MHS map which does show some wicked's but I was not prepared for the hair-pins and hard leans which I like to do. It wasn't the leans as much as the no ground clearance on this hard-tail, and to make matters even more interesting the rear break pedal flange hung down so low that any right lean scraped the road. Twice righting myself after scraping on a right curve I learned to go real slow which took some fun out of the run.. By the time I reached the area of the National Park I was ready to turn around and get any other bike but I pressed on to Pai anyway thinking I would make that decision there. I had met Pam [Pam123 from Vancouver] on the road coming from the other direction and we talked about riding back to CM together but I figured I'd come this much of the road, I'll just continue. Pai was ok. Got the best massage in my life there for B150. for an hour and a half and that got me unkinked from the ride. Found a cute jazz bar w/Euro food run by an expat Austrian [ The Shark Bar]; the BeBop was either hidden or not open. The rest of Pai was Farangs walking around. I stayed in a rude g/house across the walk-bridge; "Good View" I think. Actually I kind of liked it as I rarely stay this "low", and for two nights I could walk to the sometimes working shower. Two young Canadian girls in the next hut provided nice entertainment for the eye. What!..nothing else??? Hey, I'm in Thailand, I want Thai's. The road west from Pai was a bit tamer but still like a Bangkok butt, and speaking of butts, mine was getting as hard as the seat, no buts about it. This was an enjoyable ride to MHS and I had mastered the bike by now and drove a bit freeier yet still keeping my right leans shallow. I learned how to just gently scrape the flange now without having the bike flip back up. Stopped at the Fish Cave just north of MHS and took that little road through the village; very scenic but lunch was growling to be eaten so zoomed into MHS, checked into the MHS Hill Resort [no resort] but the a/c was effective and the room-huts are well hidden by foliage and footpaths and felt private. The Fern restraunt was quite good, nice atmosphere if not a bit pricy. At first I didn't like MHS but after the first night, I did. It's unique and there are just the right amount of Farangs [hardly any]. Spent both evenings at Wat Hua Wiang where there was a kind of carnival going on with a large live band. I was a big hit in that I was dancing in the dirt with a few local gal's much to everyone's delight - nice to see those Thai smiles. The last evening found me in a "girly-bar" on Sirimongkoi Road [rest censored]. My original plan was to ride to Mae Sot, Sukhothai, Phrae, Nan, Phayao but on this bike no way. So I decided to go as far as Mae Sariang for the overnight, then to Hot and back to CM to exchange the bike for the rest of my trip, [which I did]. The ride from MHS to Mae Sarieng was hot and the scenery was so dry it looked all dead. Never saw Thailand look so brown. This was a more gentle ride as the curves are shallow with long straight runs and I throttled up and speeded along allowing the hot air to pierce my face and got to Mae Sarieng by late afternoon with plenty of sun left. David's MHS map was very helpful with g/house locations and I chose a nice one, "River House". A bit pricy at B700 but it's clean, new and attractive with a great view of the river from your balcony. It's all dark hardwood even the bathroom floor, so no Thai-style bathing in there. Had a good BBQ dinner in some restraunt somewhere. No Farangs! Anywhere. Not even at the g/house. Route 108 east from Mae Sarieng was a really good run. All those previously washed out places are now wide flat smooth black asphalt. In fact most of the road is like this. From about 50Kms east of town it's like driving in Colorado for several kms. Made good time on this run reaching Hot shortly after noon, but this run I really was driving full tilt, bad bike or not, as there was little or no traffic and the surfaces were dry and the new asphalt hugged tight to the tyres. Had run out of Baht in Hot so went to a Wat...No...went to an ATM instead, but I did find out you can stay in a Wat for 10 Baht. From Hot to CM is, well, trafficy, so the ride was work. Stopped in Hang Dong [Aren't you?] for a drink and got clipped by a scooter with two of the cutest girls I've ever seen on it. They passed on my left as I was making a left turn. It was then I discovered my left rear blinker bulb was no-op [!] Well she ranted and raved while I stood silent and looked at her bod. Finally I apologized by rubbing her shoulder and all was pleased including the shopkeepers watching. No damage, just a shake up. Good to get back to CM and familiar ground and to exchange the bike for a Steed. Two overnights in CM, dinner where Meow sings, a good massage, and off to Lampang, Phrae, Nan, Bo Klua, Phayao, on a new bike; a quiet Steed. This will be in a different road report: "Eastward Ho!" You can't buy any Mahler cd's because I have them all.


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Kerouac's ghost:
an homage to the beat life adventure
that lickity split moment
thumb out run
dust rising down the road
no soles on your shoes
but God, is there a soul in your heart,
open car door
throw bag down, just
ssssllllide right in.
The "King of Desolation" and
an angel among thieving society,
loved the trip love the road
loved the people the desolation souls
the mad men the beautiful ladies
loved it all so hard.
Wrote more honestly
than many other people care to think when they die
thoughts clothed in truth
and actions led on by what would make him happy,
as it should be.
Seek happiness always first.
Love life, he sure did.
The ghost of Kerouac is no doubt
huddled down in some dark
smells like whiskey and cheap beer
basement bar on Skid Row
the old Times Square, 'Frisco, between the peaks of
some Colorado Mountain town,
jazz on stage so hard so loud
it shakes your glass on the table
hands clap, dresses shake, cigars and cigarettes
burn away the night.
And next to him is Cassady's ghost,
Bourroughs, Ginsberg, all the beat life
on the beat streets of ghostly lives.


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Handcrafted out of luxuriously soft, classic nude leather, the Emily II will keep you dancing into the early hours of the morning.
With a 3.5 inch heel and half an inch platform, these sandals have been designed to conceal and comfort your bunions.
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Channel Country Rivers, Simpson Desert and Lake Eyre, Australia26S 137.2E
This images stretches across Australia's Channel Country to the bright red sands of the Simpson Desert (left edge, above) and the white salt flats by Lake Eyre (lower left quadrant). Channel Country gets its name from the numerous intertwined rivulets that cross the region, which cover 150,000 km².
The region is located mostly in the state of Queensland but also in portions of South Australia, Northern Territory and New South Wales. It features an arid landscape with a series of ancient flood plains from rivers which only flow intermittently. The principal rivers are Georgina River, Cooper Creek and the Diamantina River. When there is sufficient rainfall in their catchment area these rivers flow into Lake Eyre, South Australia.


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NETSCOUT, in partnership with legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog, explored the promise and perils of the connected world in "Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World," a 90-minute feature film which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Utah, January 23, 2016.
"Lo and Behold" highlights luminaries at the forefront of technology; exploring the unequalled perspectives of people like PayPal and Tesla co-founder Elon Musk, roboticist Sebastian Thrun, and UCLA professor and co-creator of ARPANET (the precursor to the Internet) Leonard Kleinrock, among others. TechCrunch calls the film "fresh, with a clear but curious perspective" and "absolutely worth watching."
See TechCrunch's review here: http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/21/with-lo-and-behold-werner-herzog-offers-up-a-humanist-history-of-the-internet/