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What a fun session! It was a super foggy morning and the sun was nowhere to be found but boy-oh-boy did we have fun. Morgan and Riley loved getting their pictures taken, can't you tell?! We got to chase wild turkeys away so we can get some family pictures and I got a science lesson from Morgan. I didn't want to post too many pictures because I did not want to spoil "the Christmas card"; but here are some to enjoy! Loved photographing this family!
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (August 3, 2017) — The Tampa Bay Rowdies host the Harrisburg City Islanders on Saturday night with a chance to close out a perfect three-game home stand and keep the pressure on teams above them in the Eastern Conference standings.
Here are some of the key matches taking place around the Eastern Conference this weekend…
Tampa Bay Rowdies vs. Harrisburg City Islanders
Saturday, August 5, 7:30 p.m. | WATCH HERE
Rowdies goalkeeper Matt Pickens could make his 100th appearance for the club as the Rowdies look to extend their four-game unbeaten run.
Harrisburg is coming off a scoreless draw against Orlando City B on Wednesday night. Saturday's match will be the City Islanders' seventh game since July 8.
New York Red Bulls II vs. Rochester Rhinos
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New York, the defending USL champions, currently sit in eighth place, but face heavy competition for the last spot in the playoff field. The Red Bulls are even on points with Ottawa, Harrisburg and Orlando, but hold the last spot via tiebreakers.
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Ken Blume took top honors in the Unlimited division, while
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Since his incarceration in 1982 for allegedly shooting a Philadelphia policeman to death, Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal has awaited execution on Death Row, vociferously protesting his innocence; he now qualifies as one of the most famous Death Row inmates in the world. Currently an author of five tomes and an on-air personality who broadcasts over the phone from prison, Abu-Jamal carries the support of no less than Nelson Mandela and the administrators of Amnesty International, who believe in and...more
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Round Up Your Old Mobiles - It's Free and Easy
Date: 03-Nov-11
Author: Lucy Band
The 'Cartridges 4 Planet Ark' program and MobileMuster have teamed up to help you, your colleagues and your workplace recycle your printer cartridges and mobile phones in one easy step.
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Fictional Languages and their FontsApril 20th, 2009 by Laura Moncur in Literature
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Yeh Adhuri Si zindagi Humari-43
Navya : but bhai..
Abhi : Navya not a word for them, in just few months they became more important to u than Nandu, then u can also leave with them I have no problem
Arya: Navya, Nandu needs us now, Manik has his friends to take care, sry guys but plz leave
Aki: but..
Arya : u guys don't knw English, Abhi said simple English only, now plz leave nd look for Manik.
Cabir understood nd told fab 4 nd aki to come with him, they did not agree first then they slowly agreed nd left Navya was just watching them go when Cabir came back
Cabir : Navya
Navya : Cabir y u guys leaving like
Cabir : Manik needs us nd Nandu need u ppl I don't have any idea what happened between them in that room but both r broken we need to cure them Navya u just take care of Nandu, nd do call me if anything happens ok
Navya : Cabir I don't want Nandu to go through the phase I went
Cabir : Navya urs is different nd Nandu's is different aur don't compare Manik with Harshad. Ur past is a jerk nd Manik is a gem
Navya : Cabir I am not comparing them , but they both need us Cabir we can't handle them individually, Coz they both need each other, they both only can solve problems with themselves nd come out of this mess..
Cabir : maybe u r right Navya but now u handle Nandu nd we will handle Manik, just take care ?
He left from there.when she was going to Nandu's room but Amms stopped her.
Navya : Amms..
Amms : Navya I knw u r going near Nandu but just give her time.. We will talk to her later
Navya : Amms what happened that Vivek uncle hates Anu aunty nd who is this Vanshika..
Amms : so many questions right? U will get ur answers.
Navya : ok Amms..
Navya went to her room,sun has gone down, there is darkness all over the sky, moon nor the stars are shining, every where darkness can only be seen,
Nandu's room is also filled with darkness as her life, she is always scared of.. She was sitting in the darkness nd crying since so many hours which can be clearly seen on her face, the girl who is always smiling today only sadness can be seen, rish entered her room nd switched on the lights nd was shocked to see her sister like that he went hugged but she did not respond Abhi,Amms, chacha,Chachi came along with Navya nd arya both of them were standing at the door, Abhi went near nd sat next to her, rish kept his head on her lap, but she was not moving tears rolling down her cheeks ?.
Chachi : merko lagtae hain Ki Hum inlogo Bata dena chahiyae
Amms : Han, Nandu beta sun
Abhi : Nahi Amms we don't need to knw what happened in the past
Amms : u need to knw, Coz we can't hide it anymore, Nandu plz listen to us, this is for u nd Manik's sake
Hearing Manik's name she lifted her head nd was seeing Amms. Then Amms started to say
Mr nd Mrs. Bhalla got transferred to mangalore, Vanshika was their daughter, mr. Bhalla nd mr.iyer were colleagues nd later became best friends me nd Mrs. Bhalla also became best friends we were so close to each other, then we got blessed with anu same time mr nd Mrs. Bhalla were blessed with Vanshika, they both were best friends, they were like soul sisters, Vanshika was 5 years old when mr nd Mrs Bhalla met with an accident, from then Vanshika started to live with us only, sometimes she used to miss her parents but one day her dadu came nd gave some property papers to mr.iyer her dadu transferred all the property on Vanshika's name nd told to give it on her 20th b'day he went away after few years we got to knw abt his death years passed like that Anu nd Vanshika's bond became more stronger no one could break them, Vanshika is Kathak dancer nd Anu is a classical singer both of them gave stage shows..both of them joined same clg, they were enjoying after two weeks raj nd Vivek joined their clg in few days all four became close friends, Vanshika started to like Vivek their clg completed all four of them were close to each Vanshika did not tell her feelings to Vivek, it was there 20th b'day nd as Anu nd Vanshika wanted we are celebrating in grand style, mr.iyer was searching for property papers it was a surprise for her… Vanshika nd Anu were practicing while Anu was singing Vanshika was dancing, raj nd Vivek came……..
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Murphy Promoted to Full Professor
President Wallace Loh and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering recently promoted ECE professor Thomas Murphy from associate professor to full professor.
"I feel both proud and privileged to have this amazing job, and I'm extremely grateful to the staff and faculty who have been so critical to my ability to thrive here at UMD," Murphy said.
This promotion will not be Murphy's first at the university. Last August, he was named director of the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics (IREAP) after serving as the interim director for six months prior.
Murphy received his B.A./B.S.E.E. degrees at Rice University in 1994, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at MIT in 1997 and 2000, respectively. He joined the NanoStructures Laboratory at MIT where he did research in integrated optics and nanotechnology. Murphy's current research interests include nonlinear optics, optical communications, nonlinear dynamics, microwave photonics and terahertz technology.
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Growing turmoil in the subprime lending market could give Los Angeles' biggest office landlord a serious case of the migraines.
Last week, it was learned that New Century Mortgage Corp. is the focus of a federal criminal investigation into the company's accounting and trading practices. New Century, which is structured as a mortgage REIT, trades on the NYSE under ticker NEW. Shares of the company plummeted by nearly 70% on Monday after analysts suggested that bankruptcy is a very real possibility for the distressed lender.
Here's the bricks-and-mortar side of the problem: Irvine, Calif.-based New Century is one of Maguire Properties' (NYSE: MPG) largest tenants, shelling out roughly $9 million in yearly rent to the Los Angeles-based office REIT. New Century generated 3.8% of Maguire Properties' annualized base rent (ABR) in 2006, reports Merrill Lynch. Adding to Maguire's potential list of woes: Founder and CEO Bob Maguire may still be trying to sell his company into the privatization wave.
The problem isn't just isolated to Maguire's existing portfolio, either. New Century is slated to anchor Maguire's forthcoming 530,000 sq. ft. Orange County office building when it's completed in a few months. Two years ago, New Century agreed to lease nearly 200,000 sq. ft. in the Park Place building, which is located on a 125-acre campus near the San Diego Freeway.
If New Century stumbles, Maguire Properties will be left with a sizeable vacancy in its portfolio. In a Monday research note, Merrill Lynch analyst Ian Weissman writes that MPG may need to fill roughly 452,000 sq. ft. of office space that's either currently leased or pre-leased by New Century.
Maguire Properties has stated that a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing is the only way that New Century can legally wrangle out of its leasing obligations. Just how likely is such a filing? Earlier this week, Merrill Lynch mortgage finance analyst Kenneth Bruce issued a report stating that New Century "is more likely to enter the death spiral [that] we had feared." Merrill Lynch has a neutral rating on MPG.
Will this interfere with Bob Maguire's plans to unload his REIT? It's been nearly 18 months since rumors of a Maguire privatization began circulating, which strongly suggests that marketing the company hasn't been easy to begin with. But this latest development could make the REIT a veritable white elephant in the eyes of potential buyers.
One national real estate investor, who has spent more than $6 billion on commercial properties since 1992, sees the New Century exposure as yet another red flag for Maguire Properties.
"We wouldn't want to even look at his portfolio because of its reliance on New Century," says the investor, who asked not to be named. "Plus, the cost to build office properties in Southern California is so incredibly high that [Maguire] will need to get high rents for the vacant space at Park Place."
Easier said than done. According to Merrill Lynch, Maguire Properties' in-place rents average $34 per sq. ft. in southern California. While that's well below the $40 per sq. ft. average Class-A asking rents in Irvine, Merrill Lynch expects 4 million sq. ft. of new office supply to hit the Orange County market this year. These completions should bump vacancy up by 100 basis points to 10% by the end of this year, making it harder for landlords to boost rents.
New Century shares were up 8% in mid-afternoon trading today. MPG was trading flat at roughly $38 per share.


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Corn futures are showing fractional to 1 1/4 cent gains at midday. More than 85% of the GA corn crop had already been harvested as of a week ago, so flooding of grain storage is the main concern there rather than field exposure. The Crop Progress report will be out later today. In general the trade is looking for lower crop ratings tonight because of dry conditions in the Corn Belt. This morning's USDA Export Inspections report indicated corn shipments of 662,173 MT. That is 19% lower than last week and 30.62% behind last year.Analysts are expecting the USDA to show new crop world ending stocks nearly 3 MMT lower than August at 197.8 MMT.
Sep 17 Corn is at $3.45 1/2, up 1 1/4 cents,
Dec 17 Corn is at $3.57 1/4, up 1/2 cent,
Mar 18 Corn is at $3.69 3/4, up 3/4 cent
May 18 Corn is at $3.77 1/4, up 1/2 cent


text: Yes!! I am not the only Blue Beetle fan on this forum! What a relief haha. MY favorite Blue Beetle is obviously Jaime Reyes, I just like his look, supporting cast, and villains not to mention he was pretty awesome in Young Justice, Batman:BATB, and Smallville. I don't know much about Ted or Dan to be honest but I can appreciate the fact that they came before Jaime and are a part of his mythos/story.


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GCSW Student Association
The purpose of this organization is to promote unity among all students of the GCSW.
Our goals are as follows:
- to promote cohesiveness among students,
- to promote student scholarship and leadership,
- to enhance community awareness of our school and its students,
- to promote communication among students, faculty, and administration.
All students of the GCSW shall be members of the Student Association. In accordance with the National Association of Social Workers' (NASW) Code of Ethics, this organization does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of gender, gender identity, age, race/ethnicity, sexual/affectional preferences, religious belief, national origin, marital status, political belief, physical handicap, mental handicap, or any other preference or personal characteristic, condition, or status.
All Student Association members are entitled to voting privilege at meetings, but they must be an official member and be present to have their vote counted.
The Student Association meets monthly. All GCSW students are welcome to attend meetings and/ or join. The Student Association offers locker rentals in the student lounge and GCSW T-Shirts. The SA also coordinates the GCSW faculty, staff and student awards which are given at the time of graduation.
2018-2019 Student Association Officers
President - Ali Lozano
Vice President - Emily Joslin
Secretary - Cecilia Wanga
Treasurer - Kamah Asha Wilson
SA Student Senator - Emily Joslin
Director of Communications - Stephanie Gomez
Lockers and T-Shirts
We have several packages to choose from for lockers and t-shirts (w/ limited availability):
Dues, T-shirt, & Locker: $30
Dues, T-Shirt: $25
Dues & Locker: $20
T-shirt & Locker: $20
Dues Only: $15
T-shirt: $15
Locker: $10
Student Association Awards
Barbara Jordan Integrity Award
This award is in the name of the first Black woman elected to the Texas Senate and the first U.S. Representative for Houston's 18th District, known for her tenacity and perseverance. The recipient of this award is a part-time or online student who has demonstrated discipline, determination, and a high standard of excellence.
The Jane Addams Unity Award
This award is named for one of the Social Work profession's founders and examples of conviction put into practice. This award is given to the student who best demonstrates service to the GCSW, professionalism, scholastic achievement, leadership and the ability to establish and maintain faculty-student support and rapport.
Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award
Gandhi provides the inspiration for the GCSW's un-official motto, "We must become the change we want to see" and this award is given to the student who most exemplifies the power of this principle. This student is innovative in leadership style, thought, and character and is known as someone who embodies the change they work to achieve.
Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award
This award is named for one of society's greatest contemporary examples of advocacy, empowerment and the championing of social justice and is given to the student who embodies these same principles. As a leader, this award recipient has shown the power to cooperatively determine goals and unite others behind their causes.
Mary Richmond Service Award
This award is given in honor of one of the Social Work profession's community practice pioneers. The student who receives this award has performed exceptional community service beyond employment or field practicum. Additionally, the recipient of this award represents the epitome of social work values and ethics and supports a traditional casework philosophy.
Outstanding Staff Award
This award is given to honor a staff member who has provided outstanding friendship and support to students throughout the academic year. Although this person may not have instructional interaction with students, he/she is chosen based on their commitment to the GCSW and the promulgation of social work education, values, and ethics.
Outstanding Faculty Award
This award was initiated by the Student Association to honor and recognize a member of the GCSW faculty who demonstrates exceptional class performance, supportive student interaction, professional role modeling and advocacy on behalf of students. The faculty member chosen for this award will have the honor of placing Master's degree hoods on candidates for graduation at today's ceremony.
Community Organization and Change for Social Justice Faculty Award
This award is given to a faculty member that has demonstrated dedication to building a movement of a vulnerable population(s) by working with the people to effect change. Through education and empowerment this faculty member will have engaged students and inspired commitment and action to attain social justice with the population. This faculty thereby championed the Social Work profession's values of Service, Social justice, Dignity and Worth of the Person, Importance of Human Relationships, Integrity and Competence.
Humanitarian Award
This award is given to an individual from the community that exemplifies social work through their dedication and work to promote social justice and equality. This community leader embodies the core components of social work by promoting and enhancing the well–being of individuals through social change and justice as well as honoring and encouraging people's right to self – determination.


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AutoNation Inc. had a strong performance in March with sales of 25,489 units, prompting the company to raise its 2012 industry sales prediction to the mid-14 million range. This 15% increase is believed to be the effect of the continuing revival of domestic brand automakers. AutoNation's sales grew 13% for the first quarter.
The results were strong enough for the nation's largest dealership group to help raise its outlook for the year from its former estimate of 14 million vehicles. AutoNation currently expects 2012 sales to range from 14.4 million to 14.7 million vehicles. When interviewed by CNBC, AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson said that AutoNation was "strong geographically everywhere."
He added that sales are driven by the pent-up demand as its vehicles have an average age of 10.8 years. It helps that credit is ample and the product offerings are strong. He said that these vehicles have to be replaced.
Last March, AutoNation's domestic-brand sales increased by 26% to 7,991 vehicles. Ford had led this group with a 25% increase. Its import-brand sales increased by 10% to 13,403 vehicles. Toyota was the leader with a 20% increase. In the meantime, Toyota and Honda inventories are continuously improving.
Luxury-brand sales went up by 10% to 4,095 vehicles. Jackson said that Mercedes led with an 18% improvement. He said that instead of hurting sales, the rising gasoline prices have actually been making sales accelerate even faster.
Since manufacturers have enhanced the fuel efficiency of vehicles ranging from trucks to small cars, consumers have found out that they don't have to forget about size or performance to achieve a 20 to 30% improvement in fuel efficiency. He explained that they see the big gain that's offered to them in fuel efficiency since the last time they checked it. Jackson said that this is why there is a "good reason to buy."


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Radha with Neena, the eldest at an orphanage for abandoned girls. Radha meets Moushimi who was savagely moleststed and stripped in public in the eastern state of Assam. She spoke to Radha of that frightful night after attending a friend's birthday party. Radha with acid attack survivor, Tuba. "She is the bravest girl i have ever met," says Radha of Tuba. Radha on her way from New Delhi to Punjab
NEW DELHI, June 28 2013 Radha Bedi is a 28-year-old British Indian who travelled to India in the aftermath of the gruesome gang rape of a 23-year-old medial student in New Delhi in December 2012.Radha spent time with women and men affected by violence across the country,resulting in an hour-long BBC documentary through which she tries to understand the situation faced by Indian women.The documentary,"India: A Dangerous Place To be A Woman," aired last night on BBC Three at 9 p.m. International airing times are to be announced. Radha Bedi introduces us to the women, featured above, that she met.Q. What is your documentary about?Bedi: "India: A Dangerous Place To be A Woman," is a BBC documentary about my journey as a young British Indian woman, returning to my motherland, exploring the reality of life for the women and girls in India.Q. What made you think of this documentary idea?Bedi: As a journalist working in television news and documentary, I maintain a key interest in untold stories from South Asia and in particular my ancestral homeland, India. The initial idea came about after a previous visit to India last year. And of course, in December the world came to know of the unprecedented Delhi Gangrape case. I was shocked. I tracked the story like a hawk, the more I read and watched, the more I became aware that for women in India, it's the unwelcome reality every time they step out of their front door. I knew this was a strong story and coupled with the high profiled Delhi rape case - I knew I had to tell it.Q. Tell me a little about your experiences while shooting for this documentary?Bedi: During the making of this documentary, I met many young girls and women who had been a victim of all kinds of horrible sexual harassment. I met a 15-year-old girl from the eastern India state of Bihar, who had acid thrown over her entire body for simply not wanting to talk to a boy in her class; to a young female from Guwahiti in the north eastern state of Assam, who had been severely molested and stripped of her clothes after leaving a birthday party at around eight nine o'clock in the evening, all the while having her ordeal filmed by a local journalist.Even my own cousin from a small village in Punjab in northern India who I hadn't seen for a decade, told me of her own personal story concerning her first born child. When her daughter Liza was born, her father in-law rejected her granddaughter and was upset, simply for the fact that Liza was born a girl and not a boy and it took a while for him to come to terms and accept her.I then visited a girls orphanage, also in Punjab - a home for abandoned girls. Veena, the lady who runs the orphanage, takes in any girl of any age - baby or child and raises them as her own daughters, educates them and helps the girls become independent and when coming of age finds them a suitable boy and family to marry - without demands for dowry. In another part of India, Pune, I met a doctor who runs a small hospital who makes a point of celebrating every girl child born and educates parents and families to come to terms with accepting their girl child.In Delhi, I met an upper class Indian female who is currently engaged in a long legal battle of taking her in-laws to court on grounds of female infanticide and for allegedly forcing her to have a sex selective abortion after her husband and in-laws discovered she was pregnant with twin girls. As you can tell there are so many tales. I met former Miss India 2009 and now rising Bollywood star, whose own mother battled to save her from being killed - again because she was born a girl. I met a poor family who has three young teenage daughters. The mother has been living each day in extreme worry as to how she and her husband will manage to marry off her daughters. The experiences were vast.Q. What was your hardest moment during this shoot?Bedi: Two moments come to mind. Meeting Tuba, a 15-year-old girl who suffered from a horrific acid attack last year in September 2012 touched my heart in a profound way. I have never met someone who had acid thrown on them.It's very difficult to put into words, when I first saw Tuba. The first thing that struck me was her face and in particular her loud breathing. The acid had so severely burnt her face that Tuba cannot not move her lips or open her mouth. Tuba told me she was on her way to daily tuition class, a routine walk she made every day when she was attacked by four boys, one of them from her class. Insisting Tuba should talk to him, she walked on and rejected his advances. Her rejection damaged his ego. So one of the boys splashed acid from a two-litre Cocoa Cola bottle in her face. At first she thought it was boiling water because of the burning sensation. She never thought it could possibly be acid. When she bent over to cover her face, screaming, the boy then poured the remaining acid from the bottle over Tuba's back, shoulders, arms and legs. It was only when her clothes had melted away, on-lookers knew it was acid and rushed to help her.When I saw Tuba's pictures before the attack, I broke down in tears. I remember turning away so Tuba couldn't see me and I cried. I have never felt so helpless in all my life. Tuba was a beautiful young girl. What do you say, what can you say? I felt helpless.Tuba told me her dream is to become a doctor and cannot wait to return to school to complete her studies. Her favourite subject is mathematics and she is a very talented Henna artist. I was lucky to have Henna painted on my hand by Tuba. She joked with me and said she'd paint Henna on my hands when I get married! Her attackers are in jail and the case is ongoing. They may have taken her face, but Tuba still has her beautiful personality, her warm heart and intelligent mind. Tuba is the bravest girl I have ever met.Meeting the parents of the 23-year-old Delhi rape victim was another difficult and painful experience. I remember arriving at her family's home, barely two small concrete rooms with white-washed walls. I've never seen pain like I did on the family's face. Her mother was mute, could not utter a word. She just pointed to her daughter's picture on top of a wooden bench. Her father showed me her university Physiotherapy results. He told me her dream was to become a doctor.Her brothers used to look up to their elder sister for everything.I sat on the side of the bed with her father and we talked about his beloved daughter. In Hindi there's a well-known phrase that a daughter is a goddess of the home - 'Ghar ki Lakshmi.' He said, Jyoti wanted to improve her family's standard of living, lift them out of poverty and give them a brighter future.I asked her father what was the worst thing he had faced? He told me that a few days before she had slipped into unconsciousness, the biggest grief for him as a father was that he didn't get a chance to share his deepest heartfelt feelings with her. He told me he would not get peace until the five remaining men are found guilty. He said no family should ever have go through what they faced. It was their worst nightmare.Q. What difference do you think this documentary will make?Bedi: What I hope it will do is to raise awareness about how difficult it is to be a woman in India. The programme provides an outlook of the situation in India today. There is a lot of emphasis around the world on women empowerment and gender equality. I've met incredible women with incredible back-stories. I can't make milestone differences, but what I can do is help India to take note of what is going on.On a personal note, I'm trying to do all I can to help raise awareness to stop acid attacks in India having met Tuba. Also, in the programme, I visit an orphanage for abandoned girls in Patiala and today I still maintain a close connection with.Q. Why is this issue important for India?Bedhi: Since the Delhi rape case, we've read more about it and seen more in the media. But rape and other sexual harassment against women have happened long before the Delhi case. I think this case in particular has caused such uproar and people are calling it a tipping point. Men and women across India had spoken up and protested against what has been quietly tolerated and accepted for too long. They had openly criticized a patriarchal system that has traditionally blamed women for the shame and abuse of sexual attacks. Traditionally, if a victim was raped, she was usually told to forget about the matter, to think about her family honour. In the more rural parts of India, she'd be advised to marry her rapist, then it will not be rape and he would become her husband. Or some would say next time cover up more and don't leave your home. But now we've seen huge protests and movements, calling for change in India.Q. Do you believe that change will happen in the future?Bedi: India is going through a seismic change. Indian women want individuality, autonomy, and to be valued. All core values, which I take for granted living in the West. They imply need equality. And India is responding, albeit slowly. I've seen small improvements. I visited a new emergency helpline for women in Delhi and gender training for police. I've seen separate women helpdesks at police stations and fast track courts specially set up for crimes against women. Small changes will lead to big significant ones, but that doesn't mean rapes will stop, crimes against women will stop.It all boils down to mindset, attitudes, education, social and political change. I believe, the root of the problem lies within the home - within families. Indian mothers need to raise their sons and daughters as equals. They need to break the deep-rooted patriarchal cycle of placing more importance on their sons and less value on daughters. This is where the change in attitudes need to take place first and foremost for any change to be significant.India: A Dangerous Place to be a Woman airs on 27th June 2013, BBC3, 9 p.m. - UK only. Dates for worldwide transmission are to be confirmed. Future broadcasts include Mon, July 1 and Friday July 5 on BBC Three. The author was interviewed for this documentary


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"To lay his brain upon the board And pick the acrid colors out, To nail his thought across the door, Its wings spread wide to rain and snow, To strike his living hi and ho, To tick it, tock it, turn it true, To bang it from a savage blue, Jangling the metal of the strings….."
Wallace Stevens - The Man With The Blue Guitar
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Downy Woodpecker Nares
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Waxing Moon in December
"When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name."
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name."
From T.S. Eliot's poem: "The Naming of Cats."
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Coyote the Trickster
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Reflecting on Snow Management
Absence of Evidence, is Not Evidence of Absence.
Our society's recent expectation and low tolerance for anything except perfect, unfettered, snow free access despite living in a temperate climate where snow is a seasonal reality is a strange symptom of the neuroses of our times. In it, we cheat ourselves and each other of good company, stories and real sharing in the light of a crackling fire. Sustaining this delusion of perfect winter access at all costs creates jobs but perennial drain on limited public coffers. Alas, with the horse long out of the barn, beyond view and hearing distance, it seems that there is now no turning back the clock.
The above photo taken over 110 years ago shows clearly how extreme snows could crown a main town street that was unpaved. Notice the height of the man on centre, relative to the two boys on the right hand side. In the spring rains of April, flooding was sure to follow leaving shop keepers scrambling to protect their livelihood.
For those of us who have ploughed winter roads, or lived in rural areas on 'dirt' roads in winter - cumulative 'crowning' or 'domed" roads of late winter are the most dreaded. Irregular road surface and inefficient plough blades lead to snow on the road thickening with each successive storm, sometimes reaching a foot or more in depth. If the ground beneath is frozen, all is well for a time through the main months of winter, but when the March rains begin the road becomes a 'mucket' of slush, 'smow', muck, 'smuck' or a glare of ice. In the days before auto-mobiles were common, when spring break-up began, road conditions like these would cut and freeze a horses' feet. Most people just stayed home for March and April. It was a welcomed time of rest before the spring and summer work seasons.
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While in Madison, we encourage you to take in many of the sights and sounds of the city between the lakes. Below are a few of our recommendations. For additional activities, as well as a calendar of events, please visit the Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Chazen Museum of Art
800 University Avenue
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday
One of the country's leading university art museums, the Chazen houses a permanent collection of 16,000 works of art dating from 2300 B. C. to present day. Admission is free and the museum is open to the public every day except Monday. After browsing the 24,000-square-feet of gallery space, discover the art-related gifts in the Chazen Museum shop. Specialized tours are available with a reservation.
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
227 State Street
Noon-8 p.m. Friday
10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday
Noon-5 p.m. Sunday
Designed by world-renowned architect Cesar Pelli, the museum's exhilarating facility offers 51,500 square feet of space for the study, presentation, and conservation of modern and contemporary art, as well as a 7,100-square-foot rooftop sculpture garden. Public amenities include spacious galleries, a 230-seat lecture hall, a children's classroom, a new-media gallery, and a study center for drawings, prints, and photographs.
The museum's collection traces its origins to a major gift from Rudolph and Louise Langer in 1968. Through donations and museum purchases, the collection has grown to become an important community resource. Works span the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and include paintings, sculpture, photography, prints, and drawings. Romare Bearden, Deborah Butterfield, John Steuart Curry, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Cindy Sherman are among the many esteemed artists represented in the collection.
1207 Seminole Highway
9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Weekdays
12:30 p.m.-4 p.m. Weekends
Featuring the restored prairies, forest and wetlands of pre-settlement Wisconsin, the 1,260-acre Arboretum also houses flowering trees, shrubs and a world-famous lilac collection. Educational tours for groups and the public, science and nature-based classes for all ages and abilities, and a wide variety of volunteer opportunities for groups, families and individuals are available. Stop in to see the McKay Visitor Center, featuring an orientation theater, bookstore, library, art gallery and more, before beginning your exploration.
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
3330 Atwood Avenue
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday-Saturday
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday
Stroll through 16 acres of outdoor display gardens and an indoor, tropical conservatory at Olbrich Botanical Gardens. In the outdoor gardens, visit the Thai Pavilion and Garden. Olbrich's Thai Pavilion is the only one in the continental United States and the only one outside of Thailand surrounded by a garden. Stop and smell the roses in the Rose Garden, opened to the public in 2005. Olbrich's rose garden features innovative mixed borders of Midwest hardy shrub roses and perennials. Also stroll through other specialty gardens such as the Perennial Garden, Sunken Garden, and Herb Garden. Olbrich's outdoor gardens are open daily, year-round.
Then, visit the tropics without leaving Madison! The Bolz Conservatory, a sunny 50-foot-high glass pyramid, houses a diverse collection of tropical plants, a rushing waterfall, free-flying birds, and blooming orchids. See the plants on which some very common foods grow, such as banana, coffee, and vanilla. Get an up close and personal look at carnivorous plants as well! Temperatures in the Conservatory range from 65 degrees to 95 degrees Fahrenheit year-round, making this a truly tropical escape. The Bolz Conservatory is also home to Olbrich's Blooming Butterflies - an annual event from mid-July through mid-August. Free-flying butterflies emerge from chrysalises daily and fly around the Conservatory.
Building Tours
Wisconsin State Capitol Tour
9, 10, 11 a.m. and 1, 2, 3 p.m. Saturday
1, 2, 3 p.m. Sunday
Rising between the picturesque waters of Lake Monona and Lake Mendota, the majestic granite structure of Wisconsin's Capitol building glows like a beacon, accenting the Madison skyline.
Reaching to a height of over 200 feet, the Capitol dome is topped by Daniel Chester French's elegant gilded bronze statue, "Wisconsin." Edwin Blashfield's mural "Resources of Wisconsin" lavishly decorates the ceiling of the rotunda, which is the only granite dome in the United States. Inside, visitors are treated to the unique textures of 43 varieties of stone from around the world, hand-carved furniture and exquisite glass mosaics.
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
33 N. Orchard Street
2 p.m. guided tours Friday and Saturday
The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery building, which was completed in December 2010, houses the public Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and the private Morgridge Institute for Research in a single, four-story facility constructed on the entire 1300 block of University Avenue (bordered by Campus Drive, North Randall Avenue and North Orchard Street) on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.
The building serves as a hub for interdisciplinary research – spanning biotechnology, nanotechnology and information technologies – that will lead to the development of new biomedical treatments and technological applications aimed at improving human health and welfare. It contains approximately 106,000 assignable square feet of research space, including wet and dry laboratories, research support areas, core facilities and offices.
The Wisconsin Union
Memorial Union
800 Langdon Street
Located on Lake Mendota, this classic Italian Renaissance building has been considered the "heart and soul" of campus since it opened in 1928. Students, faculty, visitors, and guests converge in Memorial Union to eat, meet, or just relax. It offers a deli, two restaurants, meeting rooms, guest rooms, four art galleries, an information booth, and a gift shop. The building also contains a movie theater and a craft shop. The Union hosts live music several nights a week inside the Rathskeller or outside on the Terrace overlooking Lake Mendota. Internationally renowned artists routinely grace the stage of the Wisconsin Union Theater, and outdoor enthusiasts flock to the six clubs run by Hoofers, one of the nation's oldest and largest campus outdoor recreation organizations. Visit the Outdoor Rentals Office to rent canoes and other recreational equipment. The Union also offers Babcock ice cream for visitors to enjoy all year round.
Union South (newly renovated)
1308 West Dayton Street
The new Union South opened on April 15, 2011. It is nestled between the Computer Sciences and Statistics Building and Engineering Hall on the south side of campus. This building was designed in an organic prairie-style architecture, influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright. In addition to multiple dining options and meetings spaces, Union South features include the Sett and the Marquee. The scientific name for a badger burrow, The Sett is the center of recreation at Union South. This three-level experience offers food, live music, dancing, bowling, billiards, rock climbing and a place to watch all of your favorite Badger sports. The Marquee is the home for film on campus. The 350-seat cinema is complete with an expansive movie screen, specialized sound system and plush badger red seats. The Marquee was designed as the true home for film on campus, but the space is also equipped to host meetings, lectures and other special events. The Wisconsin Union Hotel is located a short walk to all the action at Camp Randall Stadium.


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Reviews | Written by Chris Holt 01/12/2011
DVD Review: Dexter – Season 5
Review: Dexter - Season 5 (18) / Developed by: James Manos Jr. / Starring: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Lauren Velez, David Zayas, James Remar, C.S. Lee, Desmond Harrington, / Release Date: Out Now
Dexter seems to be following the pattern established by the Star Trek movies in that every odd numbered season is mediocre. A big problem faced by Dexter's fifth season is the fact that Season four was quite frankly amazing and was powered by a terrifying performance from John Lithgow. Season five is not quite the let down that a lot of people claimed it to be however. Watching it all in one go on DVD now it's certainly enjoyable and has some great moments but I can see how on a weekly basis people may have lost interest.
If you don't know the premise of Dexter by now; it follows forensic blood specialist Dexter Morgan who works with the Miami police department and just happens to have a sideline in sociopathic serial killing. Dexter's mother was murdered in front of him when he was a toddler and he was guided by his surrogate father; Detective Harry Morgan (who occasionally still appears to him as a kind of spiritual guide) to channel his urges into killing the guilty. This is further complicated by the fact that his sister Deborah works for the Miami police as a homicide detective. People get suspicious of Dexter but they don't seem to last very long. The fifth season picks up after the cataclysmic events of the finale of season four and finds Dexter understandably devastated by the Trinity Killer's final victim. Dexter has to take on the responsibility of sole parent as well as keep his own urges in check and avoid the increasingly suspicious Detective Quinn. Whilst dealing with his grief Dexter ends up murdering a dim witted road worker and this leads him to Lumen (guest star Julia Stiles) who has been a victim of a horrific rape and torture ordeal. This presents Dexter with an interesting quandary which sadly they don't spend much time on. Lumen has witnessed Dexter in full on serial killer mode and is a threat but he can't get rid of her because she is as much a victim as he was at a young age. Eventually Dexter nurses Lumen back to health - much to the Ghost of Harry Morgan's disapproval - and the two set out to bring her captor(s) to 'justice'. Meanwhile back at the police station, the homicide squad investigate a killer who beheads his victims and leaves their tongue-less heads on display in the Puerto Rican community. Batista and La Guerta's marriage hits a rocky patch as La Guerta continues to do anything to stay on top. Quinn and Deborah begin an ill advised affair as Quinn hires a sleazy ex-cop to start watching Dexter.
I think the main problems with Dexter are that it has now settled into a formula. Every season you know there is going to be a 'big bad' serial killer even worse than the last, which is going to be the plot arc for the next twelve episodes. You know someone is going to have suspicions about Dexter and you know he is going to come closer than ever before to getting caught, and man does he ever get close in season five. The other problem is that outside of Dexter himself and whoever is the semi big name performer they get to guest star, none of the other characters are that interesting. La Guerta and Batista were never that interesting as characters in the first place and their marriage is so annoyingly contrived and boring that during their scenes I would often go make a drink because I just was not interested. Plus you have Deborah Morgan who on her own is kind of interesting and likeable, but her turbulent love life combined with the previously mentioned marriage of convenience sometimes makes the whole thing seem like CSI Miami written as soap opera. If you are familiar with the Dexter books written by Jeff Lindsay then you know that the books differ considerably and are even more morally ambiguous. The third book Dexter in the Dark is certifiably insane with its plot and involves cults, the supernatural and Dexter teaching his adopted kids to be murderers. I'm not saying that's where the show should go, but what I wouldn't give for them to mix it up a little. Still we have three seasons left so there is still time for them to wow me into silence.
What stands out in this season of the show are the guest stars. John Lithgow left some pretty big shoes to fill so you get Julia Stiles acting her socks off and making me wish we saw her on screen more often than we do. Lumen is a tragic figure that bonds with Dexter and they set off on a doomed crusade which will not end well, much as you hope it will. They give Lumen some wonderful moments where she reflects on her simple life before her ordeal which are heartbreaking as they show a memory of a life that has gone forever and Stiles revels in the bruised soul of the character who is now driven by a need for vengeance. Jonny Lee Miller shows up late in the game in a pivotal role which is chilling in its duality and whilst Miller is no Lithgow he makes the most of the role often stealing entire scenes from the rest of the cast. Best of all though is Peter Weller as a shady ex-cop who is sent to follow Dexter by the suspicious Quinn. Weller is having a whale of a time here, blackmailing every one he comes into contact with and playing on peoples frayed nerves with aplomb. He gets all the best lines and I would have loved to have seen more of the character. Michael C.Hall continues to impress as the main character, he continues to reveal more and more depths to Dexter and subtly humanises him as the show goes on, even more impressive considering that Hall was fighting cancer during filming of this.
Season five is not as bad as some have made out (and season six sounds frankly terrible) but it is a show that needs to really start going somewhere. The end of the show hints at something… something possibly discovered by a key character but refuses to commit to it because that would just be too much of a shake up. The final four episodes of season five are certainly some of the best and most thrilling that the series has done and for that alone it's still worth watching. Please though kill off some of the station personnel because they are starting to grate.
Extras: Making of a scene, Sounds of the splatter, Dexters Kill Room, Interview with artist Ty Matterson, twenty questions and photo gallery.


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I believe in never backing down.
I had just finished putting on my tuxedo, and was waiting for my friends. This was the first chance I had to take it all in. We were getting ready for prom in a high school locker room. This was no ordinary circumstance. We had played our archrivals that night, who were the number one ranked team in the state. Bigger than us at every position, they also had an army of wild fans. Our student fans were attending the prom. This was not the ideal setting for a State Championship Volleyball game, the biggest game of our lives.
At the start of the match we were transported into the heart of the Roman Coliseum. We were the slaves sent for the gladiators to destroy in order to amuse their people. While the opposing team was spiking balls off our faces, we were hitting into the net and serving out of bounds. Their crowd was feeding off of it. Their excitement and enthusiasm grew with each point they won. After being embarrassed the first game, the other seniors and I bypassed the huddle. Despite the roar of the crowd, we sat looking at each other in complete silence, scared of how it would feel to walk into prom after losing the biggest game of our lives.
We should have given up right there. We were expected to lose, no one would ridicule us. We were criticized in the paper and in online forums for months. "They don't have the fire power to win a title." We were supposed to lose two rounds ago. Something in that silent conversation had ignited a fire in all of us and we rallied. We communicated to the rest of our team with words, what we had just discussed with mere looks. As we started off the second game strong, our sparse crowd became spirited. They could feel the emotions we were playing with and were instantly energized. On every point it sounded like either team had won the championship.
After we won the second game easily, the third and final game felt like it was played in Madison Square Garden. The crowd was deafening. The game sounded like a heavy weight bout, but it was only a race to fifteen. Lasting twice as long as normal games, it became a marathon. We eventually stole the momentum and ran with it, delivering the knock out punch. Then we celebrated. We celebrated like we had just won a war. The war that started months ago when they said it couldn't be done.
As I sat there exhausted and sore, waiting for my friends to finish getting ready, I thought about how much easier it would have been to give up. We would have been at prom with our dates and friends hours ago. I then realized if we backed down we would have never written our Cinderella story. Now we just had to get our trophy to the ball.
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The compound, called forskolin, is derived from the root of the forskohlii plant found in India.
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The Dana-Farber researchers also showed that tans acquired through forskolin conferred significant protection against skin cancer caused by exposure to UV light.
Fisher notes that while it is unknown whether forskolin will penetrate deeply enough in human skin to activate melanocytes, these results suggest that the search for other substances that do reach deep into the skin may well have the same pigmentation effects in people.
Another version of Ubertan tested by the MHRA contained the unlicensed herbal extract forskolin, which has the potential to lower blood pressure and promote secretion of hormones from the thyroid.
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Sanaa: Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, the president of the Supreme Revolutionary Committee, the highest authority of the Houthi Shia rebel faction in Yemen, welcomed on Friday the week-long humanitarian truce announced the evening before by the UN.
Speaking to Yemeni state news agency Saba, Al-Houthi was hopeful that the truce, which would go into effect on Friday at midnight and last until July 17, the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, would be the beginning of the end of Saudi aggression.
"The priority is to stop the aggression against Yemeni people and lift the siege," the Houthi official said, stressing the need for ending the land, sea and air blockade imposed by the Saudi-led coalition.
Al-Houthi explained that his group`s stance toward the ceasefire was for the sake of the people living under oppression with basic needs not being met, as the country heavily depends on imported products.
On its part, the General People`s Congress Party, led by former Yemeni president and Houthi ally Ali Abdullah Saleh, equally hoped the ceasefire would be extended and lead to a total end of the Saudi aggression on Yemen, Efe news agency reported.
The party called for reviving a political process, according to an official statement, and specifically for Yemeni political parties to come to the negotiating table "away from any kind of foreign interference".
Since the beginning of the Saudi-led Arab coalition bombings in late March, more than 3,000 people have died and one million have been displaced.


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· Revenue for Q3FY15 at Rs. 219.60 crore and for 9MFY15 at Rs. 590.81 crore
· Profit Before Tax (PBT) for Q3FY15 at Rs. 119.19 crore and 9MFY15 at Rs. 316.72 crore
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Mumbai: Oberoi Realty Limited, headquartered in Mumbai, today announced it's results for the third quarter of FY15 and nine months of FY15. The company has recorded Consolidated Revenues of Rs. 219.60 crore for Q3FY15 as against Rs. 185.95 crore for Q3FY14, a growth of 18.09% and Rs 590.81 crore for 9MFY15 as against Rs. 627.02 crore for 9MFY14.
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Commenting on the Q3FY15 results, Mr. Vikas Oberoi, Chairman & Managing Director, Oberoi Realty Limited said; "Our Prime Minister Mr Modi's endeavour to put India's economy back on track is now yielding results. The increase in sales volume during this quarter also clearly establishes that the economy is back on the growth path. The recent announcement by the RBI to decrease the interest rates will give a further impetus to the Real Estate Sector. We hope to announce the launch of our Borivali project between March and June. On the back of these developments, we will continue to channelize our efforts to bring greater value to our shareholders.


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Barely a day goes by without a new report claiming to provide insights into the surprising habits of so-called 'Millennials'.
Articles such as 'How Millennials are changing the face of retail', 'Millennials and mobile: what marketers need to know', and 'Over 80% of millennial generation see mobile TV content as essential' pepper the marketing press. A search of the Econsultancy website returns 13,900 results for 'Millennial', suggesting that there's a lot to discover about this generation.
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Why the obsession with 'Millennials'? Anyone who works in marketing needs to understand their target audience if they want to communicate effectively with them, and businesses see young people as both a huge opportunity and a tricky challenge. Understanding them, and appealing to them, is key.
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However, the problem with obsessing about 'Millennials' is that it risks creating distance between businesses and their audiences, rather than a deeper understanding. Occasionally it is useful to talk about a generation as a whole ('baby boomers', 'Gen X', etc.), but the downside of doing so is that it involves describing huge swathes of the population and their habits with the broadest of brushstrokes. Herein lies the danger: 'Millennials' don't actually exist, but people do.
3 reasons to stop saying 'Millennial'
1. It creates distance, not empathy
'Millennial' conjures up a caricature of a person who spends all day on Snapchat sharing selfies whilst watching PewDiePie and Zoella on YouTube. Sure, these things are popular, but the cliché of the 'Millennial' seems to get more absurd with each article shared within the marketing industry, each adding another layer of veneer to the myth of the 'Millennial'.
If we believe everything we read about this generation, they become so distant from the rest of the population that you might wonder if they are even human at all. To illustrate this, someone's made an amusing Chrome Extension that replaces the word 'Millennial' with 'Snake People' in web pages, exposing the absurdity of journalism that describes a generation as being so different to the rest of us that they may as well be aliens.
2. Most people don't even know what 'Millennial' means
Within the marketing community, 'Millennial' seems to have become a byword for people born around the year 2000; 'digital natives' who grew up with the web and smartphones; or, in the worst circumstances, simply 'people younger than me'. However, according to Wikipedia, 'Millennials' or the 'Millennial Generation' actually refers to Generation Y, 'the demographic cohort following Generation X', with 'birth years ranging from the early 1980s to the early 2000s' – so a 'Millennial' could be 35 or they could equally be 15.
This lack of definition makes it a dangerous phrase as it could be interpreted in wildly different ways. Someone in their mid-thirties and someone in their teens are so likely to have such different behaviours and worldviews that it's not particularly useful to talk about them in the same breath.
We need to be more specific about who we are describing if we want actionable insights.
3. Assumptions are dangerous
Judging by the amount of articles available, there is an insatiable appetite for information about 'Millennials'. Skimming these stories you can build up a picture of the 'Millennial' generation, but this linkbait-fuelled myth is likely to be wrong. A while back I attended a great talk by Dan Healy, User Experience Consultant at Nationwide Building Society.
He recalled the tricky task of recruiting 11- to 17-year-olds to use Nationwide's new FlexOne young person's current account. His research with this audience debunked many of the clichés of what you might think 'Millennials' want and how you should communicate with them, and highlighted the dangers of making assumptions about their behaviours. For example, something as seemingly dated as signing a form with a pen to open a first bank account was seen by young people as a right of passage and a key moment in becoming an adult, not a symptom of a bank out of touch with young people or technology.
Because we've created the myth of the 'Millennial', a species oh-so-different to the rest of us, confirmation bias comes into play. We are willing to believe the crazy articles we read as it confirms our existing belief that 'they' are different from the rest of 'us'. This helps explain the huge amount of demand for articles about the habits of 'Millennials' online, and the competition to make more and more outlandish claims about this generation. This Millennial Insight Generator mocks this, by generating randomised 'insights' about their habits, ranging from the banal to the outrageous.
Don't be that guy
My hunch is that there are a lot of (middle-aged) marketing professionals out there who are panicking, as they feel out of touch with younger audiences, and are willing to lap up the myth of the 'Millennial'. The generation coming through are important to every business. They are the new workforce, the new consumers, the new parents. We must connect with them or risk failure. However lets do that by speaking to and understanding them, not by reading link-bait hyperbole online.
Being more specific about who we are talking about (e.g. '17-21 year old British females in full time education looking buy their first car') results in tangible insights that just aren't possible when you use blanket terminology such as the 'Millennial generation'. My advice is any victim of the 'Millennial Bug' is to get out of your office and open up your ears – hang out with people who aren't like you (or your colleagues!). Commission proper, targeted research with your customers and understand them. User research doesn't have to cost the earth, there really is an option for every budget; and you might just be surprised by what you learn.


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Wednesday, April 17 — Rick's American Café hosts a beneficiary for seniors tonight. Senioritis Night will be a chance to revel the end of the school year. What better way to approach the end of exams by giving back to the community and drinking a celebratory beer?
Rick's is partnering with the Greater Lansing Food Bank to provide assistance to the Lansing community. All of the night's cover proceeds will be donated to the nonprofit.
If a night of dancing and Rick's festivities isn't enough incentive to get student participation, attendees will also have a chance to win prizes. Crunchy's and Jeanologie will distribute gifts throughout the event, and the first five people with birthdays falling between April 14 and April 20 will have an extra chance to win gift certificates.
"Rick's was looking to hold a party to thank seniors for their patronage and they are excited to give back to the community at the same time," said Hannah Middleton, accountant for the Greater Lansing Food Bank.
The Greater Lansing Food Bank provides necessary items for those in need and educating the public on hunger issues.


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Saying he was looking for new challenges outside government, Merrett Stierheim, Dade County`s top administrator for nine years, announced Saturday that he plans to leave the post early next year.
``I just felt I had accomplished everything the public and the elected officials had set, and that timetable happened to coincide with another opportunity,`` Stierheim said. ``The cord has already been partially cut and will be cut the rest of the way in January.``
Although he declined to say what new position he would assume upon leaving the $108,000-a-year county manager`s job Jan. 3, he said he would be no longer be in government administration and would probably stay in Dade County.
``If I were to go back into municipal government, that might be a step back,`` he said.
Stierheim, 52, delivered his resignation letter Saturday morning during a meeting with Metro-Dade Mayor Steve Clark. Later he met with about 50 of his top staff members.
``That was a very tough but warm gathering,`` Stierheim said. ``You don`t spend all nine years on the firing line without developing bonds and tremendous respect for people.``
Still later in the day, he met with the entire Metro-Dade Commission and held a news conference announcing his plans.
Stierheim became the county manager in 1976 after serving as administrator in Pinellas County, city administrator in Clearwater and assistant city manager in Miami.
As head of Dade County`s huge bureaucracy, he supervises 20,000 employees and oversees a $1.39 billion budget.
He was leaving the county on sound financial footing, he said, and after he had seen several important projects through completion.
As manager of Dade County, Stierheim was responsible for the Decade of Progress, a $2.4 billion project of parks and buildings that includes 10 libraries, a cultural center, the 640-acre MetroZoo and the new 29-story governmental office complex called Dade Center.


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August 29, 2000
KOTA KINABALU - The World Wide Fund for Nature Malaysia (WWF) and
the Wildlife Department are conducting a three-year study on the
living habits of elephants and rhinoceros in Sabah.
WWF Director for Sabah operations Dr Geoffrey Davison said the
study is aimed at creating a data base for the animals.
At the moment, two WWF staff are working on a map of the animals'
movements, he told Bernama today.
" We are also working with the WWF's counterpart at the Kalimantan
border in Indonesia to see if the elephants and rhinos did move
up to there," he said.
So far, there has not been much information on elephants and rhinoceros
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Dr Davison said nobody knows exactly how many elephants are there
in Sabah.
He said a data compiled 10 years ago showed there are about 50
rhinoceros in the state.
Among the areas covered by the study are Kinabatangan and other
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