The Simple MBA Manifesto: Do We Really Need MBAs?
A simple guide to the Simple MBA manifesto. Do we really need MBAs? This presentations looks at what's wrong with MBA education presents several alternatives.
P.S. Friends, this is just an opinion. Do not take it personally.
All my arguments below are assuming that the facts you have quoted are true. But i have a problem with you extrapolating those facts to the conclusion you are trying to arrive which seems to be logically inconsistent.
1) How can a test that suggests that 56% of the students pursuing MBA cheat have the slightest possible relevance here. It defines the moral compass of the people in the sample set and unfortunately they seem to be pursuing an MBA. Maybe if you could have quoted a test that studies the same sample set, before enrolling in an MBA program and after that, your argument would have been agreeable. So stop quoting half baked tests with utmost irrelevance.
2) When you talk about MBA's not starting a 'path breaking company'- assuming that your argument is true- the role of an MBA graduate per se, is not to start a new company. It is to manage the responsibilities given to him/her effectively. So next time, when someone finds a permanent cure to AIDS, please dont start clamoring that an MBA did not do it and so we dont need MBA's.
3) US CEO's were paid 113 times more than an average worker. ROFL, you seriously got to be kidding me. I agree they are being overpaid, but what does this even have to do with MBAs? Did you even think to check how many of them had an MBA. So considering that people without MBA are also there in the list, it must be easy to conclude that it is not for the MBA that they are being overpaid but for the role they are taking up .
4) Talking of scandals, please do check this link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_corporate_scandals) and see for yourself how many MBA's have been singularly responsible for the scandals and those without MBA's being responsible. You would find that MBA graduates form a small minority of them. So, if I have to follow your logic (if there was something like that in the first place), we need to have more MBA's leading the organizations and not the other way round.
5) Funny that you should quote an MBA himself (Guy Kawasaki), after saying that MBA's to be cheats and liars and he talks about the overpaid ones only and all MBA's which you conveniently chose to ignore.
The above arguments pertain only to the facts above and not your opinions (as you are entitled to yours).
If your goal was actually to engage in the question of MBA value, you would have put more effort into defending your views and not simply dismissed dissenting views as 'mean.' I thought the comments here were quite respectful.
- AIG was run by Hank Greenberg, a lawyer, from 1968-2005. Since then he has been succeeded by Martin Sullivan (2005-2008), Robert Willumstad (mid 2008), Edward M. Liddy (2008-2009), and Robert Benmosche since. Only Liddy had an MBA, and he was brought in by the government after AIG had already required the bailout.
I could go on, but the point is clear. I hope you won't think that I've been mean to disagree with you or request that you do fact checking.
I believe you are generalizing and that is always dangerous. I am an MBA myself and while I agree with some statements I completely disagree with others. The bottom line is that knowledge itself does not bring success. Individual skills, emotional intelligence and wisdom (criteria, a lot of criteria) are equally or more important.
Can you name any successful, path-breaking, innovative company started by an MBA?
Some of the best successes on the internet are single or two person stories.


The Special electoral Court formalized yesterday Wednesday 33 candidatures for the next presidential poll in Madagascar.
Controversial candidates, the current President of the Transition, Andry Rajoelina, Lalao Ravalomanana, the wife of the former head of State, Marc Ravalomanana, and former president Didier Ratsiraka, are definitely put out of the race.
The CES has also rejected the request of Lalao Ravalomanana who wanted to substitute herself as a replacement, an action that was ruled inadmissible by the magistrates.
Meanwhile, Andry Rajoelina and Marc Ravalomanana showed no replacement candidate, as indicated in the site midi - madagasikara.mg.
In the wake of this official publication, the international contact group for Madagascar (ICG - M) lifted sanctions that aimed 109 policies who participated actively in 2009 in the change of power, and this, in an unconstitutional manner.
At the same time, the independent National Electoral Commission for the Transition (CENIT) should announce today, Thursday, August 22, 2013, the next calendar for the presidential and legislative elections in Madagascar.
The date of 23 or 25 October 2013 is advanced according to some sources relayed by the site midi - madagasikara.mg.


Lucinda very sensibly prepared for her wedding at the Savoy Hotel as it was within easy reach of the church and provided comfortable and relaxed surroundings. It was an overcast day, which is perfect for portraiture as it allows the bride to turn face the window without squinting or hard shadows and still keep a flattering light. The same watery sun was still shining by the time we got to the church but the rain had now started to come down in earnest. To make up for the soaking there is a short cloister which is en route to the church itself which owing to its position has a large soft window light along its length illuminating a bride and father perfectly as they walk through and this is what I waited for. The interior of St Etheldreda's is dark but the fast prime lenses cope easily and capture all the important moments, the exchange of vows and rings too.
Gibson Hall is an old Bank and has a huge grand hall where the wedding breakfast took place, the space allowed for a larger band and dance floor without moving the tables. The lighting at this venue is varied as they use a combination of fluorescent tubes and energy bulbs casting a mixed light on the scene, so to keep shooting without resorting to a very distracting flash for the rest of the day, I switched to a fixed colour temperature on the cameras and shot manually to make sure that all the skin tones are reproduced naturally in post production the following day.
Hi Samantha Thank you very much for your e-mail, so lovely to look at the photos and they all look great! Please pass on my thanks to Douglas as he was amazing on the day.


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Q: IOS5: How to invoke email from NSObject class My app has a common class that displays an actionSheet whenever "Contact Us" is clicked from any one of the many NIBs.
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Help appreciated.

A: You need to set your rootViewController as adopting the delegate MFMailComposeViewControllerDelegate.
i.e. in your RootViewController.h file, add that part to the interface declaration so that it looks similar to:
@interface RootViewController : UIViewController <MFMailComposeViewControllerDelegate>

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BREAKING NEWS: MPAC Will Host Rachid Ghannouchi At Special Dinner Tonight
By gmbwatch on	 November 29, 2011 Breaking News
Rachid Ghannouchi
The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) has announced that it will be hosing a special dinner tonight with Tunisian Muslim Brotherhood leader Rachid Ghannouchi. According to the MPAC report:
One of the most important figures in modern Islamic political thought and theory, Rachid Ghannouchi has long been an advocate of the Islamic principles of pluralism, freedom and democracy as a way to bring stability to a region mired by tyranny and dictatorship.Imprisoned by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 1981 for his political and social activities, Ghannouchi moved to Europe as a political exile in 1988, where he lived for two decades. There, he continued to criticize Tunisian politics and Ben Ali's regime. Following the revolution which resulted in Ben Ali's ouster early this year, Ghannouchi returned to Tunisia, where his Ennahda Party won a majority in the first successful democratic election of the Arab Spring.In Washington, DC, for a series of meetings with policy-makers, media and think tanks, MPAC's special event will provide a platform for Ghannouchi to share his party's vision for Tunisia's future and reflect on the broader events of the Arab Spring.When: Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m..
Rachid Ghannouchi (many spelling variations) is the leader of the Tunisian Islamist movement known as Nahda (aka Ennahda, Al Nahda) and can best be described as an independent Islamist power center who is tied to the global Muslim Brotherhood though his membership in the European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR) and his important position in the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), both organizations led by Global Muslim Brotherhood Youssef Qaradawi. An Egyptian news report has identified Ghannouchi as a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood "abroad." Ghannouchi is also one of the founding members of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY), a Saudi organization closely linked to the Muslim Brotherhood and dedicated to the propagation of "Wahabist" Islam throughout the world. Ghannouchi is known for his thinking on the issue of Islam and citizenship rights. Earlier posts reported on the return of Mr. Ghannouchi to Tunisia following his long exile in the UK. Other posts have detailed his extremist background. It appears now that Mr. Ghannouchi's party has been successful in the recent Tunisian elections, he has begun to make the rounds of the various Global Muslim Brotherhood organizations. An earlier post discussed the invitation by the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) to Mr. Ghannouchi as an invited speaker to its December conference.
MPAC, headquartered in Southern California, was established initially in 1986 as the Political Action Committee of the Islamic Center of Southern California whose key leaders likely had their origins in the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Since that time, MPAC has functioned as the political lobbying arm of the U.S. Brotherhood. MPAC has opposed virtually every count-terror initiative undertaken or proposed by the U.S. government. At times this opposition was said to be on civil-rights grounds but, just as often, MPAC claimed that U.S. counter-terror efforts were aimed at the U.S. Muslim community itself. MPAC has consistently supported and facilitated terrorism by supporting terrorist organizations and, more broadly, constructing an elaborate ideology defending the use of violence by Islamists and Islamist organizations. More than any other U.S. Muslim Brotherhood organization, MPAC has developed extensive relationships with the U.S. government which have included numerous meetings with the Department of Justice and the FBI.
RECOMMENDED READING "CAIR's Odd Stand On Iranian Assassination Plot" - 03:00 AM
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U.S. Special Coordinator Says U.S. "Satisfied" If Muslim Brotherhood Wins Egyptian Elections; William Taylor Is V.P. Of U.S. Federal Organization Close to U.S. Muslim Brotherhood - 03:57 PM Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Condemns French Magazine Over Latest Cartoons - 10:00 PM
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Tunisian Ennahda Party, Part Of The Global Muslim Brotherhood? - 10:00 PM U.S. Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton Says US Would Work With Islamist Parties - 10:03 PM
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Former U.S. Ambassador Says Egyptian Military Secretly Supporting Muslim Brotherhood; Brotherhood Says No More Protests - 04:10 PM
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C.W. Driver Companies has completed construction of Chapman University's Keck Center for Science and Engineering in Orange. The 149.7k sf, state-of-the-art education and research facility is the largest, most expensive and most technologically advanced project in the university's history.
The center is home to the Schmid College of Science and Technology and Fowler School of Engineering, and includes an additional 145.6k sf of subterranean parking. The total cost of the center is $130 mil, $87 mil of which was completed by C.W. Driver Companies.
The Keck Center is comprised of three floors and divided into two sections: the Hall of Science and the Hall of Technology and Engineering, bridged by a grand arch that serves as the focal point of the building. In total, the center includes 18 teaching labs, 22 research labs, 47 faculty and graduate student offices, three multi-purpose classrooms and six collaboration areas for students and faculty. The facility also features an 833-seat outdoor amphitheater/stadium and a 347-space, two-story subterranean parking garage.
To enhance interdisciplinary work, the Keck Center features high-tech equipment and design elements such as writable glass walls within the science, technology and engineering labs. The Keck Center intends on serving more than 50,000 students during its first 20 years at Chapman University to allow students at all levels to pursue foundational sciences such as biology, chemistry, biochemistry, environmental science, mathematics, physics and more.
C.W. Driver Companies worked alongside Chapman University's Campus Planning Department, AC Martin Partners, Inc. and Abacus Project Management Inc. on the project.


Where last week only saw two food recalls, and both were rather obscure, this past week has certainly made up for it. We have seen class I, II and III recalls, as well as allergy labeling recalls. In addition to some obscure items, some products from major food manufacturers are included.
Kung Pao-Style Chicken Wraps were recalled by Real Foods due to an undeclared allergen and misbranding. Ingredients listed did not include the allergen soy or sulfites. The affected products were in 9.5 ounce plastic tray packaging with a 8/29/2015 sell-by date. More information can be found here.
Whole Hogs for Barbeque and various pork products have been recalled by Kapowsin Meats. Just a couple of weeks ago the company made an initial recall of over 100,000 pounds of pork. Last week it expanded the recall to 523,380 pounds of pork product from the Graham, WA establishment due to possible Salmonella contamination. Affected items were produced from April 18, 2015 to August 26, 2015. You can find out all the details here.
Oscar Mayer Turkey Bacon has been recalled by Kraft Heinz Foods Company because of possible adulteration leading to spoilage before the best by date. 2,068,467 pounds of turkey bacon is affected by this recall and products are the 36, 48 and 56 ounce boxes, which each have three or four plastic wrapped packages inside. All were produced from May 31, 2015 to August 6, 2015. For more information, visit this site.
Chinese Brand Spicy Duck Heads and Necks have been recalled by California Qi Li's Braised Chicken for misbranding and undeclared allergens. Soy sauce, one of the ingredients, was not listed on the label and contains wheat and soy, both allergens. Affected products are 10" x 8" vacuum sealed packaged produced from Feb 11, 2015 to Aug 13, 2015 and were distributed to retailers in California. For more information, check out the press release.
Marinated Boneless Beef Tender Tip has been recalled by Swanson Meats because of misbranding. Soybean oil, MSG and the meat tenderizer papain were not disclosed on the packaging. 20,063 pounds of the product, sold in 20 pound cases, are affected. These items were distributed to restaurants in Minneapolis and St. Paul. For more information, check out the report.
Learn more about this week's recalls next Monday!


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Stories From Main Street: 'Changing Images' Promotes Healing Through Art
MOUNTAINSIDE, N.J. (WCBS 880) -- Can art help heal?
As WCBS 880's Sean Adams reported in this week's edition of "Stories from Main Street," Arlene Sullivan believes she has a prescription for anyone who is anxious and unsettled in a cold, sterile hospital. She says art is medicine for the soul.
And when she looks at a bland, beige hospital wall, she sees a blank canvas.
"If you're walking down the hallway to go to a waiting room, what would you like to see? Would you like to see fish swimming down the hall, or would you like to see butterflies flying down the hallway taking you there?" Sullivan said.
For the past 20 years, the high school art teacher has been painting colorful murals at hospitals, nursing homes, and shelters.
Sullivan founded her nonprofit, Changing Images, after a health scare with her newborn son.
"My youngest son was in the hospital. When he was two weeks old, a blood vessel broke in his head. We had no idea what happened. And he went into a seizure – two weeks old, you know, you're like, 'Oh my gosh,'" she said.
They spent an agonizing two months at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson.
"You're listening to beeps that you have no idea what they correspond to. You're looking at wires," Sullivan said.
She was also looking at drab, dreary walls.
"When you're in a very sterile environment, and you're already stressed out, and you're listening, like I said, to these beeps and what have you, it makes a difference to see something that brings you back home," Sullivan said.
Her murals can also guide people back to their rooms.
"OK, I can go out of my room, because I'm right across from the giraffes, or I'm right across from a big garden with irises," she said.
Sullivan draws the animals and nature scenes. People at each facility help with the painting.
"We'll go in. We'll talk to people, 'What would you like to see on the walls?'" she said.
Once they come up with some ideas, Sullivan will do the designs, and sometimes put on a coat of color on the wall first.
"And then people that are there, we say, here's a brush, help us out," she said.
At the Imagine Center for Coping with Loss in Mountainside, there is a parade of technicolor pachyderms gracing the wall thanks to Sullivan.
"We have an elephant in every room, because death is frequently the elephant that no one talks about, and here, we have to remind people that they get to talk about it," said program director Mandy Zucker. "They get to say the name of the person that died."
Changing Images is a nonprofit. There is only one kind of payment that Sullivan requires.
"They turn the corner, and you hear, (Gasp!) And it was like, 'Yeah! You know, we did it! You know, we did it!" she said.
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6-Year-Old Boy Declared Hero After Kind Act for Chicken
By Colin Fredericson
April 4, 2019International
A chick sold by a vendor is carried in a plastic bag outside a primary school in Changchun of Jilin Province, China, on March 3, 2009. (China Photos/Getty Images)
A 6-year-old boy who tried to save a young chicken with all his savings became an internet star after a picture of his kind act emerged on social media.
Derek Lalchhanhima, from northeastern India, accidentally ran over his neighbor's chick with his bike. He begged his parents to take it to the hospital, because he did not understand that the chick was already dead.
As per Reports: This young boy from Sairang, Mizoram, accidentally ran over his neighbour's chicken. He took the…
Posted by Sanga Says on Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Derek decided to take the chick, and all the money he had, to the hospital himself. A photo taken by a nurse shows Derek with the dead chick in one hand while he offers medical staff a 10 rupee note, equivalent to almost 15 cents, with the other hand, Daily Mail reported.
Derek came home in tears after the staff said there was nothing they could do. Then Derek decided to go back to the hospital, this time with 100 rupees, equivalent to about $1.45.
"His parents finally had to explain to him that the chick is dead and that there's nothing they can do at the hospital," said family friend, Sanga Says, via Daily Mail.
Says posted the photo of the boy on Facebook after the boy's father told him the story of what happened.
Reaction to the photo has been huge. It was posted early on April 2, and by April 4 it had more than 128,000 reactions, 89,000 shares, and 11,000 comments.
With guilt written all over his innocent face, this kid, whose bicycle ran over a chicken, carried the chicken to the hospital with a ten rupee note from his piggybank. World would be so much better with this simplicity!https://t.co/TMaaTVPEy5
— Shubhrastha (@Shubhrastha) April 3, 2019
"Little guy with a big heart! Salute to his pure heart and intention, and the early learning of responsibility!" wrote Facebook user Si Dee, commenting on the photo.
"Hats off to the little boy for his sense of responsibility which we adults are sorely missing," commented Girish Rao.
Another photo posted later by Says showed Derek with an award given to him by his school for trying to save the chick. School staff also adorned him with a special shawl.
I guess by now you all know who this adorable kid is.Derek C Lalchhanhima (age 6) is being honoured by his school and…
Posted by Sanga Says on Thursday, April 4, 2019
Commenters on the post said they hoped to meet Derek one day to give them their congratulations in person.
"HI Sanga, how can i get in touch with his parents. A friend wants to send a letter to this boy," wrote Vitono Gugu Haralu.
"If I ever go to Mizoram then I will meet this kid…" wrote Abhik Manna.
Says explained in the followup post how the shawl Derek wore in the photo is an honor for heroes.
"I guess by now you all know who this adorable kid is. Derek C Lalchhanhima (age 6) is being honoured by his school and he is draped in a shawl which is a traditional way of honouring someone among Mizos. In Mizo tradition different types of shawls are usually presented to esteemed guests and in olden days, to pasalțha (braves or warriors) who have accomplished great feats," Says explains. "The shawl that is draped on him looks like a modified version of the 'Tawlhloh Puan', an honour given to those who have exemplified extraordinary courage."
"Mizo" refers to a collection of ethnic groups that inhabit portions of the Mizoram state in India, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. Most of them speak Tibeto-Burman languages, part of the larger Sino-Tibetan group of languages, which also includes Chinese languages.
Mizo people also live in the neighboring Indian states of Tripura, Assam, Manipur, and Nagaland. They are also found in Burma and Bangladesh.
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Calcium intake in elderly Australian women is inadequate
Xingqiong Meng, Deborah Kerr, Kun Zhu, Amanda Devine, Vicky Solah, Colin Binns, Richard Prince
The role of calcium in the prevention of bone loss in later life has been well established but little data exist on the adequacy of calcium intakes in elderly Australian women. The aim of this study was to compare the dietary intake including calcium of elderly Australian women with the Australian dietary recommendation, and to investigate the prevalence of calcium supplement use in this population. Community-dwelling women aged 70-80 years were randomly recruited using the Electoral Roll for a 2-year protein intervention study in Western Australia. Dietary intake was assessed at baseline by a 3-day weighed food record and analysed for energy, calcium and other nutrients. A total of 218 women were included in the analysis. Mean energy intake was 7,140 ± 1,518 kJ/day and protein provided 19 ± 4% of energy. Mean dietary calcium intake was 852 ± 298 mg/day, which is below Australian recommendations. Less than one quarter of women reported taking calcium supplements and only 3% reported taking vitamin D supplements. Calcium supplements by average provided calcium 122 ± 427 mg/day and when this was taken into account, total calcium intake increased to 955 ± 504 mg/day, which remained 13% lower than the Estimated Average Requirement (EAR, 1,100 mg/day) for women of this age group. The women taking calcium supplements had a higher calcium intake (1501 ± 573 mg) compared with the women on diet alone (813 ± 347 mg). The results of this study indicate that the majority of elderly women were not meeting their calcium requirements from diet alone. In order to achieve the recommended dietary calcium intake, better strategies for promoting increased calcium, from both diet and calcium supplements appears to be needed.
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Meng, X., Kerr, D., Zhu, K., Devine, A., Solah, V., Binns, C., & Prince, R. (2010). Calcium intake in elderly Australian women is inadequate. Nutrients, 2(9), 1036-1043. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu2091036
Meng, Xingqiong ; Kerr, Deborah ; Zhu, Kun ; Devine, Amanda ; Solah, Vicky ; Binns, Colin ; Prince, Richard. / Calcium intake in elderly Australian women is inadequate. In: Nutrients. 2010 ; Vol. 2, No. 9. pp. 1036-1043.
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N2 - The role of calcium in the prevention of bone loss in later life has been well established but little data exist on the adequacy of calcium intakes in elderly Australian women. The aim of this study was to compare the dietary intake including calcium of elderly Australian women with the Australian dietary recommendation, and to investigate the prevalence of calcium supplement use in this population. Community-dwelling women aged 70-80 years were randomly recruited using the Electoral Roll for a 2-year protein intervention study in Western Australia. Dietary intake was assessed at baseline by a 3-day weighed food record and analysed for energy, calcium and other nutrients. A total of 218 women were included in the analysis. Mean energy intake was 7,140 ± 1,518 kJ/day and protein provided 19 ± 4% of energy. Mean dietary calcium intake was 852 ± 298 mg/day, which is below Australian recommendations. Less than one quarter of women reported taking calcium supplements and only 3% reported taking vitamin D supplements. Calcium supplements by average provided calcium 122 ± 427 mg/day and when this was taken into account, total calcium intake increased to 955 ± 504 mg/day, which remained 13% lower than the Estimated Average Requirement (EAR, 1,100 mg/day) for women of this age group. The women taking calcium supplements had a higher calcium intake (1501 ± 573 mg) compared with the women on diet alone (813 ± 347 mg). The results of this study indicate that the majority of elderly women were not meeting their calcium requirements from diet alone. In order to achieve the recommended dietary calcium intake, better strategies for promoting increased calcium, from both diet and calcium supplements appears to be needed.
AB - The role of calcium in the prevention of bone loss in later life has been well established but little data exist on the adequacy of calcium intakes in elderly Australian women. The aim of this study was to compare the dietary intake including calcium of elderly Australian women with the Australian dietary recommendation, and to investigate the prevalence of calcium supplement use in this population. Community-dwelling women aged 70-80 years were randomly recruited using the Electoral Roll for a 2-year protein intervention study in Western Australia. Dietary intake was assessed at baseline by a 3-day weighed food record and analysed for energy, calcium and other nutrients. A total of 218 women were included in the analysis. Mean energy intake was 7,140 ± 1,518 kJ/day and protein provided 19 ± 4% of energy. Mean dietary calcium intake was 852 ± 298 mg/day, which is below Australian recommendations. Less than one quarter of women reported taking calcium supplements and only 3% reported taking vitamin D supplements. Calcium supplements by average provided calcium 122 ± 427 mg/day and when this was taken into account, total calcium intake increased to 955 ± 504 mg/day, which remained 13% lower than the Estimated Average Requirement (EAR, 1,100 mg/day) for women of this age group. The women taking calcium supplements had a higher calcium intake (1501 ± 573 mg) compared with the women on diet alone (813 ± 347 mg). The results of this study indicate that the majority of elderly women were not meeting their calcium requirements from diet alone. In order to achieve the recommended dietary calcium intake, better strategies for promoting increased calcium, from both diet and calcium supplements appears to be needed.
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KW - Mineral and vitamin supplement
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DO - 10.3390/nu2091036
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Meng X, Kerr D, Zhu K, Devine A, Solah V, Binns C et al. Calcium intake in elderly Australian women is inadequate. Nutrients. 2010 Sep;2(9):1036-1043. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu2091036


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Safe Communications, Inc. (SGTB) issued an announcement today making law enforcement and schools aware of their web site, www.AnonymousTips.com, one of the only totally anonymous reporting systems available that is free to all users. The Tips line has been growing rapidly, with over 1000 school systems and law enforcement agencies currently signed up to the service. Rather than an 800 number call in system, where the caller could be identified by voice recognition, AnonymousTips is an email system, where a person that wants to send an email signs directly on to the Tips site. When they send the email to the chosen school or law agency, they are sending it from the Tips site and using the Tips IP number, blocking theirs from being detectable or traceable. With this system, it is more likely that people will trust it and not fear sending in tips. Numerous life threatening and serious situations have been averted in various schools as a result of AnonymousTips.
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If you notice flyers in Downtown sandwich shops and other businesses, you've probably seen the green sheets with "Let's keep the Jaguars in Downtown Jacksonville" at the top and contact information for "Team TealVision" at the bottom of the flyer.
The people behind the grassroots season ticket sales campaign ar Mary Ellen and Bill Ludeking. They are what's called in marketing "early innovators." The couple has owned season tickets to Jaguars home games since the day they went on sale and moved into a riverfront condominium Downtown as soon as that type of residence was available. One of the things they enjoy about going to Jaguars home games is being able to walk to Municipal Stadium.
"We saw the renaissance coming," said Mary Ellen Ludeking.
She owns a small business and said that gives her a viewpoint that motivated her and her husband to join the season ticket sales effort.
"We know how important the Jaguars are to Jacksonville," she said. "We love football but it's not just about going to the games. Having the NFL in Jacksonville brings businesses and businesses bring sponsors and that's what helps keep the arts and culture alive."
She also said the positive effect the Jaguars would have on Jacksonville didn't take long to make a difference. In the mid-1990s Mary Ellen Ludeking did quite a bit of traveling and said she observed a major change starting soon after Jacksonville secured the team.
"It was huge from an identity standpoint. Before the Jaguars, whenever I'd book a flight home, the agent would always ask ne 'which Jacksonville?' After we got the team they didn't ask that question any more. It put us at the top of the list," she said.
Bill Ludeking, an IT manager by profession, also understands the business side of having a home team.
"All other factors being equal, a business will pick a city with an NFL team over one without a team," he said. "And having the Jaguars helps support many small businesses like the places where people buy their tailgating supplies."
Mary Ellen pointed out that selling enough tickets to avoid game blackouts also has an effect on the local small business economy since if the Jaguars aren't on television there's less business at many entertainment venues.
"When the Jaguars aren't on television there aren't as many people in the bars and restaurants on Sunday afternoon and those are small businesses," she said. "It's great to have Fortune 500 companies in Jacksonville but small business is the foundation of the economy."
Another factor the Ludekings said has also convinced them of the value of keeping the Jaguars here is the philanthropic aspect of the NFL, particularly the contributions Wayne and Delores Weaver have made to the community.
"The Weavers have to make money on the team to be able to have the resources to devote to charity," said Mary Ellen Ludeking. "And look at how many of the coaches and players also have foundations that help the community."
The couple describes themselves as "football buddies" and Bill Ludeking said if he has learned one thing in life it's that, "Happiness is having a wife who loves football."
Team TealVision is one of hundreds of groups that have stepped forward to lead the effort to sell season tickets.
"We'd love it if people want to join our team but if you don't join us, join somebody's team," said Mary Ellen Ludeking.
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Damian Lewis was last in a desert almost a decade ago. The trip came in the wake of both his acting breakthrough in Band of Brothers, and the death of his mother in a car crash in India.
"The worst thing about that period, though, was losing my Band of Brothers penknife," he says. This is something of a Lewis trait – making light of something heavy. "I took myself off on my own to Egypt and Jordan with a backpack. And I befriended a Bedouin in the Wadi Rum, who took me camping there. And we got caught in a sandstorm. He was a little fellow called Suleiman. I only realised after I'd left him the next day that he'd nabbed my Band of Brothers penknife. It was very frustrating." Was this a special memento from the Second World War series, I ask, dedicated to their leading man and perhaps engraved by producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks?
We're in a remote Chilean town situated in the highest, driest desert in the world, and Lewis – clad entirely in Burberry – is sitting in a blood-red sports car, impatiently honking at a children's marching band as he tries to inch his way through them. Someone, or something, is on his tail.
Among the film crew bustling beside him is stunt co-ordinator Daniel Hirst, fresh from working with Tom Cruise on the sci-fi epic All You Need is Kill,and here to help Lewis with action sequences, including one where he smoothly disarms a gangster. Which, given that the character the 42 year-old is playing is supposed to be a well-spoken English chap who delivers luxury sports cars for a living, is not a skill we'd expect to be high on his CV.
As actor and crew shoot and reshoot the scene, a crowd of colourfully dressed locals has gathered outside the white adobe walls of the adjacent church. Throw in the shadowy outline of a whistling figure in the bell-tower and the David Lynch-goes-spaghetti-western picture would be complete.
But the town of San Pedro, 1,000 miles from Santiago, is not the location of a new film noir starring a man who, courtesy of his Emmy and Golden Globe-winning portrayal of former US marine Nicholas Brody, is currently the biggest British actor on American television. This is Desire, a 12-minute mini-movie based on a script idea from writer/director Rowan Joffé (Brighton Rock), produced by Ridley Scott Associates, directed by Adam Smith (Doctor Who) and soundtracked by Lana del Rey. Its purpose is to promote the F-type, Jaguar's first true sports car in 50 years.
So it's a short film, or a long advert, depending on your viewpoint, featuring a beautiful new car. For his leading man contribution Lewis is being paid handsomely, in cash and, it seems, in kind. "There might be a little something," he will reply when I inquire as to whether he's also being rewarded with a high-end roadster whose UK starting price will be £58,000. "Only if I talk about the car nicely…" So, that aside, why is Lewis here? When I put this to him, we are being driven through the desert, en route to another filming location. He pauses only briefly before beginning his spiel.


Immigrants file 76% of patents at the top 10 patent-producing colleges. But many like Ankit Agarwal, CEO of Imbed Biosciences, run into legal trouble when trying to launch their own businesses.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- A new study shows immigrants file 76% of patents at the nation's top schools. Now, the question is how to keep those bright minds in the country.
The study, released Tuesday, is the second produced by a pro-immigration reform group that claims the United States is falling behind in the race for talent. The Partnership for a New American Economy took a look at the inventors behind patents at the 10 universities producing the most patents in 2011.
That year, 54% of those patents came from students, postdoctoral fellows or staff researchers. That's an issue, because the United States is losing ground against other nations by pushing out immigrant graduates seeking to launch their own businesses.
Few options exist for those who want to stay in the country legally, and the most common route -- finding another company to sponsor your visa -- goes against the entrepreneur's mission.
Take the case of Ankit Agarwal. Born and raised in India, he traveled here to earn a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at Iowa State University. He then headed north to conduct research at the University of Wisconsin, where he and a colleague created an artificial skin resistant to infections.
Seeing a major business opportunity, he sought to start his own company and raise money for research. That's when his troubles began.
Agarwal didn't have many options. He couldn't raise capital without a visa. The university wouldn't sponsor his visa because he was a staff researcher and it reserved sponsorships for professors only, he said. Getting sponsored by another company also wasn't a good idea, because it would leave him little time to launch his own company.
"If we would have waited, we would have lost the market opportunity to start this company," Agarwal said.
Immigration attorneys told him he couldn't get around that by starting his own corporation and sponsoring himself. The other likely option, they said, would be to head back to India and get in line, a process that would take several years.
Instead, he found a lawyer that helped him sponsor himself with a special exception reserved for notable personas with international acclaim, such as Nobel Prize winners. He got federal approval in two days, ending the two-year ordeal. But that was a long shot, and it's a not viable option for most.
Agarwal, now 32, said it was a lengthy process two dozen Indian college friends -- all scientists and engineers -- weren't willing to undergo after studying here.
They had trouble finding work here during the Great Recession, so they couldn't get a visa. Instead, they returned to India, and the United States lost capable scientists it educated.
"If we cannot recruit the best talent in the world, then this whole image of America -- that the best people come over here -- seems to be false," Agarwal said.
And it's why he fought so hard to stay.
"I feel it's an obligation," he said. "It was my dream when I came here: Get a first-class education, work with the best talent, and work where people are encouraged to do new things."
On Tuesday, Agarwal took part in the pro-immigration group's announcement of the study as an example of the kinds of talent the country so easily lets go. The study was a follow-up to another recent report, which showed that from 2001 to 2011, the share of employment or skill-based visas fell from 17 percent to 13 percent, losing out to student, medical or other types of visas.
John Feinblatt, chief policy advisor to New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, one of the group's co-chairs, explained why the most recent findings matter.
""Immigrant inventors create patents and patents create jobs. It's as simple as that," Feinblatt said. "We can't afford to send them away, and need Washington to act now."


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Three faculty from the UCI School of Physical Sciences have received the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career Development Awards to support their research, which also includes educational programs for middle school through college-age students.
Our 2018 winners are assistant professors Franklin Dollar, Aomawa Shields and Tom Trogdon.
Franklin Dollar, Ph.D., assistant professor for the Department of Physics and Astronomy, was awarded the prestigious five-year NSF grant valuing at $680,000 for his project titled CAREER: Coherent Laser Control for Compact Accelerators.
Dollar's project supports a study of how to coherently control the physics of laser-driven particle accelerators by manipulating laser properties such as the laser wavefront. Advanced particle accelerators based on lasers have the potential to dramatically reduce the size and duration of such sources, and could have immediate applications in medical isotope production and radiography. This award will also support development of the Culturally relevant Accelerator Research and Engineering for Native Americans (CARE-NA) program, which will train students with broad practical skillsets with ties to community and culture.
"This project is one of those high-risk, high-return endeavors the NSF Division of Physics is particularly fond of supporting," said National Science Foundation program officer Vyacheslav Lukin, who oversees Dollar's CAREER grant. "We will look forward to seeing Dollar take this research from studies of underlying plasma physics and optics to breakthroughs that may enable tabletop accelerators -- and their high-impact practical applications."
"Accelerator science, and physics as a whole, can benefit tremendously from increased diversity and broad engagement with the public," shared Dollar. "At UCI we wish to continue to lead in this arena across physical sciences."
Aomawa Shields, Ph.D., the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor also in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, was awarded $687,418 for the five year grant on her project titled CAREER: Bridging Theory and Observations of Habitable Worlds and Building a Bridge to Astronomy and Astrobiology for Underrepresented Middle-School Girls.
"I couldn't be more honored to receive this NSF award as it means we will break new ground globally in both science and education," Shields shared. "We will be able to execute an interdisciplinary, multi-tiered research program bridging theory and observations of potentially habitable planets, and involve students and postdoctoral scholars in our efforts to target planets with the best prospects for hosting life in our corner of the Galaxy."
Shields, who also received support from NSF during her graduate and postdoctoral education, shared excitement for her educational program Rising Stargirls which supports educational programs for underrepresented middle school-aged girls interested in exploring the fields of astronomy and astrobiology.
"Rising Stargirls will be able to grow onto a global platform by conducting free webinars for girls anywhere in the world with an Internet connection, which will allow us to involve girls around the world in our search for the next habitable planet where life exists," Shields added.
Tom Trogdon, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics was awarded an $469,565 NSF CAREER Award for his project CAREER: Numerical Linear Algebra, Random Matrix Theory and Applications.
Trogdon, who works in the areas of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Mathematical Physics, and Probability, has focused his research on advancing the understanding of poorly understood aspects of numerical algorithms by employing techniques from the ever-expanding field of random matrix theory.
"I'm honored to have been selected to receive an NSF CAREER grant," said Trogdon. "This grant will expand my existing teaching and outreach program, reaching high school, undergraduate and graduate students by incorporating ideas from computational science, programing, probability and statistics. The support will directly advance research aims to help understand fundamental aspects of widely used algorithms."
Congratulations to our outstanding faculty who have been recognized by NSF for their contributions to areas of physical science and education.
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All Alan Brazzell Does is Win: Videographer behind AU hype videos has tingliest — and most challenging — year yet
January 27, 2011 by Ben Bartley 7 Comments
Freelance videographer and Auburn alum Alan Brazell works on one of the videos he edited and produced to be shown before Auburn home games this year.
Those Auburn fans who voted for "All I Do is Win" as the soundtrack to this year's tunnel entrance video apparently knew something about this season. All we did was win. And win and win and win. So much so, and in such a grand and exhilarating fashion, that DJ Khaled's Auburn-copped anthem, much to the initial dismay of some, became the song of 2010 Auburn football.
Alan Brazzell just wasn't sure if it would.
"I knew it when I was editing that the song was the make-it or break-it point, but I wanted to make sure I did the fans justice and to make that song in a video form that fit Auburn," says Brazzell, a freelance videographer and the tingle titan behind the hype videos featured in Auburn's pre-game experience, arguably the best in college football. "It kind of had a little more of the 'other school' feel. It just didn't feel very Auburn when I first heard the song."
Brazzell, a 2007 Auburn grad in RTVF (radio, television, and film), played in the Auburn University Marching Band, occasionally filming and editing highlight reels and end of the year commemoration videos. In 2006, band director Dr. Rick Good asked him to edit a minute-long video to potentially show on Jordan-Hare Stadium's giant video board before the band's pre-game entrance.
It was good.
"I think it was the Florida game in 2006. Marketing groups saw it and liked it and decided to show it and it got a huge crowd reaction and played the rest of the season," Brazzell says. "There's been a band video ever since."
He now serves as the band's official videographer.
During the summer of 2009, he was promoted from unofficial distributor of joyous jitters to official goose-bump general when he was hired by AUHD producer Bo Cordle through Daktronics, the company that operates the video board, to shoot and edit videos for various Auburn sports.
He has become gameday's go-to video editor, but "All I Do is Win" was one of his biggest challenges. It was also one of his greatest triumphs.
"When I was working on the song edit, I wanted to emphasize the things that were very Auburn," says Brazzell, who struggled to find a counterpoint to the song's "pompous attitude."
The song's first verse includes the line: "All I do is win… no matter what / Got money on my mind, I can never get enough." Later verses not used in the video include references to drugs and "strippers' booties."
How do you temper the lyrics of Ludacris and Snoop Dogg, both of whom are featured in the song (and not exactly known for their family friendly lyrics)?
"That's what kind of led me to introduce it with the Chizik speech, because to me that really was what Auburn was about," Brazzell says. 'This place was great before you got here, and we're not going to let our people look at us and let them down.' And that really fused the family and tradition, and at the very end thanking the fans as the greatest fans in the world. I was really kind of making sure it wrapped back around to what Auburn really is."
It worked. Alumni went from head-scratching, arms-crossed confusion during the season opener against Arkansas State — Kids these days with their hip and their hop. — to sustained, choreographed hand raising ("up, down, up, down") before the Georgia game. "All I Do is Win" became both the prelude and punctuation.
Along with the two football hype videos (the second being the "inspirational video" signaling imminent kickoff, which uses a song from Inception), he also edited videos for gymnastics, soccer, both basketball teams, and is currently working on baseball's pre-game video.
"On the field filming when they come out gives me chill bumps. Not just because it's my work, but I'm a part of something," Brazzell says. "It's a contribution to the Auburn family. It's not just my job; it's also a labor of love. It's my school; it's where my heart lies. And I like giving back, even if it's just in the form of a one-minute video."
You can find Alan Brazzell online at www.brazzam.com.
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I love "All I Do is Win" video and all of the others. Alan does a great job! I thoroughly enjoyed the "up & down" and everything this year at JHS! And grown-ups are also playing along at home on Saturdays.
Guess what my ringtone is?! Believe me, my kids are horrified!
1980 Grad!
i would LOVE to see some metal versions. i give myself goosebumps every time i watch these videos muted while playing heavy hitting metal playing instead. i might just have to pick up some video editing skills of my own to see this happen though
tigertracker says
I have to admit I was not a fan of the song in the beginning, but it grew on me quickly. Actually gave me goosebumps. Time to hit up T-pain for an auburn specific remix for next year…The Champ is Here!
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"And I like giving back, even if it's just in the form of a one-minute video."
Are you kidding me?! What an INCREDIBLE way to give back. You nailed it this season….absolutley nailed it. That video/song got EVERYONE going: young, old, male, female, you name it. …it was outstanding. Thank you!
GREAT JOB! WDE!! 1994 Grad
btw – love the new version with Dyer right at the "and they stay there" part………nice. 🙂
I am 33 and loved it, but I like pretty much all types of music. I knew it was a hit when my mother, who is 60 and HATES rap, was singing along word for word. Well done!
Barry Mask '83 says
Old Aubie loved it !!! i must admit the atmosphere this year at the games wasmumreal even by the usual great AU standardn…..and you vidoe got it going !
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After two days on the black-liveried Desmosedici in the Valencia test as he prepared to make the switch from Yamaha to Ducati, Jorge Lorenzo wore red for the first time at the 2017 Ducati Team launch as he introduced their challengers for the new season, alongside new teammate Andrea Dovizioso.
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Jorge Lorenzo relishes his new challenge as he joins the Ducati Team for the 2017 season
Jorge Lorenzo: "I'm very happy and excited to get on the new bike. It's been a long time since the test in Valencia and I almost don't remember how it felt to ride. I'm counting down the days to Sepang!"
The 'Spartan' did get a good first idea and impression of his new bike, however, with positivity already taking over.
JL99: "It was a big shock. More than anything, before getting on the bike, seeing the garage all in red with different people and sponsors…It made a big impact on me, but I got used to it bit by bit. Getting on the bike made a big impact too, because there are a lot of differences compared to my previous bike. But I saw there were a lot of positives, as well as some things to improve.
"I adapted well to the Yamaha from the first moment, it was a good connection from the start. The Ducati is different. Although people thought I'd find a nervous bike that was difficult to ride, but the truth is it goes well. I felt comfortable and it went round corners well."
The switch from his previous MotoGP™ home – with whom he raced for nine seasons – isn't just a matter of the bike, however.
JL99: "When I got to MotoGP that in itself was the biggest thing and I did it in a top team. But to sign for Ducati is something special – the team is like a family, everything is so passionate and there's a clear difference: the guys in the factory are real fans of bikes and motorsport and they're like a family. Their passion rubs off on you and that gives you so much energy to give the best of yourself; it's an extra impulse."
Looking towards the future in terms of goals and rivals, the Spaniard knows there is stiff competition – including from his Yamaha replacement Maverick Viñales.
JL99: "Each person does their own work and we all work for ourselves. Rossi didn't give me anything when I arrived and likewise Maverick isn't getting on a readymade bike. Everyone saw the results of the Valencia test and he was fastest both days. It's obvious he has talent, ambition and is eager. Along with Marquez and Rossi he's one of the favourites for the Championship."
Despite the clear objective for Borgo Panigale and the arrival of the five-time World Champion, Lorenzo however resets the expectation to win to the expectation to simply keep improving.
JL99: "We compete against two big factories with fantastic riders, but it's true if we look at the progression in the last three years, Ducati gets better every year so it's logical to say that this year we should be better again. But winning shouldn't be the obsession – the obsession should be to improve."
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You already have some foundational knowledge of Python for data science. But do you write your code efficiently? Check out these tips and tricks to supercharge your Python skills.
In this article, we'll take a look at some tricks that will help you write fast and efficient Python code. I'll start with how to optimize code that involves the pandas library. If you want to refresh your knowledge of pandas, check out our Introduction to Python for Data Science course.
Afterwards, I'll move on to some other general Python best practices, including list comprehensions, enumerators, strings concatenation, and more.
As you can see, it includes information on each person's first name, last name, company name, address, city, county, state, zip code, phone numbers, email, and web address.
As you may recall, isnull() returns an array of True and False values that indicate whether a given entry is present or missing, respectively. In addition, True is considered as 1 and False is considered as 0 when we pass this boolean object to mathematical operations. Thus, clients.isnull().sum() gives us the number of missing values in each of the columns (the number of True values), while clients.isnull().count() is the total number of values in each column.
After we divide the first value by the second and sort our results in descending order, we get the percentage of missing data entries for each column, starting with the column that has the most missing values. In our example, we see that we miss the second phone number for 51.6% of our clients.
This way, you drop all the duplicates and keep only the first occurrence of each value. We've also sorted the results to check that each state is indeed mentioned only once.
As you can see, we combined the first_name and last_name columns into the name column, where the first and last names are separated by a space.
Now we save the first part of the name as the f_name column and the second part of the name as a separate l_name column.
Since we've practiced joining and splitting columns, you might have noticed that we now have two columns with the first name (first_name and f_name) and two columns with the last name (last_name and l_name). Let's quickly check if these columns are identical.
We've now got a data frame that uses several levels of indexing to provide access to each observation (known as multi-indexing).
As you can see, the values for the email service providers are now the columns of our data frame.
Now it's time to move on to some other general Python tricks beyond pandas.
When you need to concatenate a list of strings, you can do this using a for loop and adding each element one by one. However, this would be very inefficient, especially if the list is long. In Python, strings are immutable, and thus the left and right strings would have to be copied into the new string for every pair of concatenation.
Enumerators can be very useful when you need to iterate through a list while keeping track of the list items' indices.
Possible applications of the zip() function include all the scenarios that require mapping of groups (e.g., employees and their wage and department info, students and their marks, etc).
If you need to recap working with lists and dictionaries, you can do that here online.
Awesome! Now you're familiar with some useful Python tips and tricks that data scientists use in their day-to-day work. These tips should help you make your code more efficient and even impress your potential employers.
However, aside from using different tricks, it's also crucial for a data scientist to have a solid foundation in Python. Be sure to check out our Introduction to Python for Data Science course if you need a refresher; it covers the basics of pandas and matplotlib—the key Python libraries for data science—as well as other basic concepts you need for working with data in Python.