One of the most difficult things for all of us to overcome in any competitive situation is self-serving bias. The below video explains it in an intuitive and entertaining way. How many sports fans can be counted on to objectively view the decisions of referees? Not many. And similarly, how can we expect members of a group to objectively judge the fairness of actions of other group members? Even those of us who take great pains to see the viewpoints of the other side are likely influenced by unconscious bias in service of our self-interest.
These same processes explain how both Jews and Palestinians have divergent historical narratives that they are completely convinced is the only view, how fiscal liberals and conservatives have completely opposite ideas about economic history, and how sports fans can be so convinced that they are routinely robbed by referees. Opposing groups are often going to see facts in a way that conforms to their moral worldview (see research on and examples of moral coherence).
Self-serving bias may be ubiquitous, but there are still situations and circumstances that may reduce or exacerbate these tendencies. Recently, at the 2014 conference for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, I met Konrad Bocian who is investigating liking as a potential boundary condition. Specifically (as is described in the below video), self-serving bias may occur only when it is done by people one has greater liking for. In three studies, Bocian and Wojciszke measured moral judgments of rule-breaking behavior that benefited the judging party, and observed that feelings toward the perpetrator of the behavior were central to these moral judgments, even when the behaviors benefited the judging party.
This work relates to the Asteroids Club paradigm that is being pioneered by The Village Square, in that a central aspect of such meetings is to reduce the disparity in liking between members of one's own group and members of opposing groups. This hypothesis should be tested directly, but perhaps in moderating our feelings toward both our own groups and competing groups, we can mitigate some of the self-interest bias that exists in all conflicts and learn to disagree more productively.
ps. Read more at Konrad's website or read the published paper here.
One of the more robust findings in social psychology is the idea that common goals reduce inter-group conflicts. Several groups have recently taken this finding into the field, using Jonathan Haidt's Asteroids Club model, including a dinner we co-hosted with the Nathan Cummings Foundation. The group that has done the most with this concept is undoubtedly the Village Square, an organization that has put together a series of dinners where liberals learn about conservative concerns, and conservatives learn about liberal concerns, with the idea that people can come together, over food, to learn about issues that everyone should be concerned about.
Liberals are generally good people.
The decline of individual moral behavior is a serious issue that we should work together to correct.
The moral corruption of our political process through the influence of money is a serious issue that we should work together to correct.
The first thing we learned is that it is really hard to get people to answer survey questions with no payoff or incentive, and so only 10% of the approximately 150 people who attended completed the surveys. As a result, the differences below are not statistically significant and consumers of traditional statistics would say that there is no difference. A Bayesian approach (that I subscribe to) would say that this is relatively weak evidence. With that caveat in mind, below are the survey results.
It appears there were slight benefits as to how liberals and conservatives were perceived by the audience, with both groups being perceived as slightly more good. However, the most important result is the last 2 bars, where, even in a case where participants already perceived the dual "asteroids" as serious, the event appears to have spurred some participants to take these threats even more seriously. Research would indicate that forging a common bond should indeed lead to the possibility of greater inter-group cooperation.
That being said, this is indeed weak statistical evidence, given the small sample size and should be contextualized within the results of other Asteroid's Club results. Hopefully going forward, we'll start to see a consistent pattern amongst events, such that sum of such weak evidence, combined with the results of lab studies, tells a consistent story. If your organization is doing conflict resolution work (any conflict between groups will do, not just in the realm of politics) and would like to be part of that story, please do contact us and we would be happy to setup a similar survey for your event, to see if it does indeed bring people together, as well as to contribute ideas from our research.
The Asteroids Club is any group of people with diverging political views who gather not to debate, but to listen to the other side explain why it is concerned about certain threats. The metaphor is meant to capture the fact that there are many threats coming at the United States–like asteroids scheduled for direct hits—yet each side of the political spectrum focuses on a few of them and ignores or discounts the asteroids that most worry the other side. As John Stuart Mill said in 1840: "in almost every one of the leading controversies… both sides were in the right in what they affirmed, though in the wrong in what they denied." The Asteroids Club is a novel format for bringing people together, over a meal, for a discussion in which each side helps the other to see more clearly. The format has been developed by The Village Square, in Tallahassee Florida.
The Nathan Cummings Foundation hosted the first New York City Asteroids Club dinner on February 26, 2014, in the home of its president, Simon Greer. The foundation is in the process of updating its research and funding portfolios, and its leaders were interested in learning more about the issues of income inequality and the causes of poverty. They were also interested in developing relationships with experts from diverse perspectives who could help them understand these complex topics. Simon and I therefore chose the two asteroids of rising income inequality (a topic of greater concern on the left), and declining rates of marriage and family stability (a topic of greater concern on the right).
This report is intended to be useful for anyone interested in hosting future dinners, or in bridging the political divide more generally. However, we note that we decided to invite experts from right and left to the first dinner, rather than ordinary people, to maximize the degree to which we could learn about the best thinking and research on these topics. This dinner may therefore not be representative of what will happen if the Asteroids Club format is rolled out and used widely by civic groups across the nation.
We ran the dinner using the Chatham House rule, which says that participants are free to write about the event, but cannot reveal the identities or affiliations of the speakers. So we will simply say that we invited two very prominent and well-respected journalists, one clearly identified with liberalism, one with conservatism. We asked these two co-hosts to suggest additional people they wanted on their "team." (We had hoped to avoid the terms "team" or "side," but it was hard to do so.) These two co-hosts then nominated several other experts, and took a few suggestions from Simon and me about experts we know on both sides. All 10 people who were invited accepted the invitation. The final dinner was attended by 18 people: 6 liberals, 6 conservatives, Simon and me (who served as co-hosts), and four observers affiliated with the foundation. The expertise in the room was extraordinary, including journalists, economists, activists, and people with experience in government and policy-making.
Two weeks before the dinner, we assembled a list of readings nominated by the participants and posted them all in a google document that we used to share information and coordinate the evening. Because these prominent participants were all extremely busy, we did not push for them to do much preparation beforehand, although we did encourage them to read one or two articles from the other side, and to watch my TED talk that introduced the idea of the asteroids club.
The evening began at 7:30 with drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and unstructured socializing, which was quite cross-partisan. At 8:00 the two teams convened separately to go over final plans for their presentation. (In retrospect we should have encouraged the two teams to do more of this online, before arriving at the dinner). Around 8:30 everyone moved into the dining room and sat in seats that had been assigned to ensure a good mix of people at each of the two long tables. Simon welcomed everyone to his home and presented the Hebrew conception of two kinds of argument: machloket l'shem shamayim – argument that is for the sake of heaven which is intended to better discern truth and move the world forward, and 2) machloket she'lo l'shem shamayim – an argument that is not for the sake of heaven, but is just for the sake of itself or for the sake of being controversial. Argument in pursuit of truth is considered sacred in the Jewish tradition.
–15 minutes to describe the threat; why this matters, why it's urgent….During this time, the listening side gets to ask a few brief elaborative questions, but hold argumentative questions for the next step.
–5 minutes for "telescope" time — conservatives ask critical questions, request more info, challenge assumptions.
–15 minutes to describe the threat; why this matters, why it's urgent…. During this time, the listening side gets to ask a few brief elaborative questions, but hold argumentative questions for the next step.
–5 minutes for "telescope" time — liberals ask critical questions, request more info, challenge assumptions.
9:45 Integrative discussion, 20 min.
10:05 Concluding discussion and resolutions.
10:30: End of formal discussion, take closing survey.
The schedule we actually followed was close to this, but because we were running behind and because there was clearly a surprising amount of agreement on what aspects of poverty were of great concern, I decided to merge the two parts of the integrative discussion into a single discussion of what really matters – what issues either side had raised that seemed to elicit at least some assent from the other side.
Waste: the financial squeeze and inefficiency caused by "arms races" as people spend more money to attain "positional goods" such as a home in a good school district.
Lack of opportunity for large segments of society; The waste of human potential among the poor.
Separateness – having communities that are cut off from the mainstream of society; having low social trust and cohesion.
In general there WAS bipartisan agreement that marriage rates and family stability have declined in recent decades. There WAS bipartisan agreement that these trends are bad for society, and that it would be good if we could find ways of reversing the trends. There was a very high degree of bipartisan concern about poverty, especially for its pernicious effects on children. There was also a consensus that the people who suffer most from these trends are single mothers (who bear the main costs and stresses of raising children under often adverse circumstances) and their sons. Daughters suffer too, of course, but there was consensus that boys' outcomes are more adversely affected by the absence of a father, and these adverse outcomes then set up a feedback loop for the next generation in which there are way too few stable, employed, and marriageable young men who could break the cycle of father-absence.
We are working with my colleagues at CivilPolitics.org to develop assessment tools that can be used by any organization running any kind of civility-enhancing event. For future events, we will send all participants a link to a web-based survey a few days before the event, then pass out a paper questionnaire at the conclusion of the event, then send out a web-based followup survey a week after the event, to assess the effects of the event on attitudes about the asteroids, and about the people on the other side. For this first dinner, with 12 super-busy people, we only obtained four responses to the first web survey. (You can see that first survey here. Future versions will be much more extensive.) We therefore decided to focus our efforts on obtaining measures of the key variables at the conclusion of the evening. Did people come to see the asteroid presented by the other side as a clearer or more pressing threat than they had before the dinner? That is the central goal of an Asteroids Club dinner.
How has tonight's discussion influenced your beliefs about the severity of the problem of income inequality for the USA?
What can we make of this pattern? It appears that the asteroids club format worked for the family decline asteroid. The conservatives presented the asteroid, the liberals listened, and then came to see it as a greater threat. This is very encouraging.
But it is harder to know how to interpret the results on the inequality asteroid. The lack of movement could have resulted because A) the liberal team made a weaker case about inequality than the conservatives had for family decline, or B) the conservatives were less open-minded and willing to listen, or C) the facts about inequality and its harms are truly more ambiguous and contestable than they are for the family decline asteroid. My conclusion from the background reading, and from the conversation during the dinner, is that C is true and is at least part of the explanation.
1) The format is enjoyable and promotes civil interaction. Sharing a meal in a private home seems to have made people particularly polite and open.
2) It is difficult to do two asteroids in a single 2 hour discussion. There are advantages to doing two – it led to a sense of balance and fairness. But at least 3 hours of discussion would have been needed to cover both.
3) Relationships matter, and it takes time to get to know each other and develop trust. Ideally, asteroids clubs will be true clubs, with a stable membership that meets every month or two.
4) The exact instructions for each part of the evening matter. More work is needed, drawing from experts in negotiation and facilitated discussion, on how to optimize the integrative discussion and conclusion.
5) More "warmup" exercises could be tried. We kept this evening fairly direct and cerebral – focused on the ideas and research. But future events could begin with more activities to build trust and cohesion, such as singing the National Anthem, or doing introductions in a much more personal way, or pairing off in bipartisan teams for short initial discussions, and then having participants report to the group by introducing their partner and his/her main concerns.
The bottom line is that we created a novel social situation which called for openness, trust, and collaborative thinking, and the participants rose to the occasion. There was no partisan sniping and not a shred of hostility. People sometimes made points that supported the other side. Many on both sides expressed a desire to continue the conversation. Which we will do, in a way soon to be announced.


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Andy Murray withdrew from Marseilles
By Nick Braven / January 18, 2019
British tennis player Andy Murray will not play in competitions in Marseilles, which will be held from 19 to 24 February.
"This is a difficult decision, but I have no choice. I really wanted to return to Marseille, where I won in 2008. That title was one of the first in my career, so it remains a wonderful memory," the tournament press service quotes Andy.
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Marin Cilic came out in the fourth round of the Australian Open
Frances Tiafoe: I like big matches

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The Indian chapter of the Society for Intercultural Education Training and Research (Sietar) has organised a two-day annual cultural conference at the Orchid School from Saturday. The programme will begin at 9.30 am.
Orchid School director Lakshmi Kumar, who is also a member of the Indian chapter of Sietar, said the conference will find ways and means to reduce cultural clashes which take place when foreign students come to the country or students from India go abroad to study. "It will dwell on the possible solutions through intercultural insights and will highlight the opportunities and challenges of living in a global community," Kumar said.
the third conference and the theme of the event is 'Connecting Worlds: Solutions through intercultural insights'.
Noted marketing consultant Rama Bijapurkar will inaugurate the conference. It will be followed by a panel discussion on education by chairman and group CEO of KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd Ravi Pandit, India Country Programme representative of Institute of International Education PJ Lavakare and CEO Global Talent Track Uma Ganesh.
On the second day, a corporate panel discussion on 'Leadership approaches for sustainable growth looking at increased global mobility' will take place. The panel will consist of vice-chairman and CEO of Zensar Technologies, Ganesh Natarajan, CEO finance and accounting services at WNS Sulakshana Patankar and director general of the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce Bernhard Steinruecke and others.
During the conference, the students of Orchid School will exhibit their paintings on the theme of essence of diversity in social and professional lives.


Mandeville, LA – Our seventy-sixth show debuts on May 17, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note:all times listed are Central time). The topic is Why Monarchy? (and Related Questions). My guest is Mr. Charles Coulombe.
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Raw Milk Hysteria? Once Again Government Claims "Killer Bacteria"
People have been drinking raw milk for thousand of years, in recent times for an array of incredible health benefits.
According to government statistics only 2 people have died from drinking raw milk since 2009. In fact, Americans are statistically more likely to be killed by a postal worker as there have been 35 shooting deaths from post office workers, "going postal" since 1983.
Listeria Hysteria?
Raw milk from some dairies could cause deadly brain infections, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture warned. The Department is advising consumers to throw raw milk away.
"Consumers who purchased raw, whole milk from Pool Forge Dairy between April 25 and May 7 should immediately discard it," a press release from the department stated.
The Raw Milk "Danger Zone"
Raw, whole, or unpasteurised milk from the Pool Forge Dairy might be infected with listeria a bacteria that causes a deadly disease called listeriotis, the department warned. One out of five people with listeriosis will die from it, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported.
Listeriosis can cause miscarriages and stillbirths, the CDC reported. It can also lead to the deaths of newborns. Listeria is very deadly because it usually attacks the brain and the nervous system. People over 65, infants, and persons with weakened immune symptoms are more susceptible to it.
Milk Outlaws?
The milk was sold at the Pool Forge Dairy in East Earl Township, the Hoover's Farm Market, and the Shady Maple Market, in April and May. No sicknesses from the allegedly infected milk had been reported Food Safety NewsNoted. The milk apparently tested positive for the bacteria.
Government officials claim pasteurising kills listeria and other bacteria and makes milk safe to drink. Unpasteurised milk is in its natural state. Most milk sold in supermarkets in the United States is pasteurised.
Raw Milk is Legal to Drink But Illegal To Sell In Many States
It is illegal to sell raw milk in 20 states ProCon reported. It is also illegal to take it across state lines, under Federal Law. There are 13 states, including Pennsylvania, where raw milk can be sold in stores. Unpasteurised milk can be sold directly at dairies in 17 states.
Contrary to popular belief it is legal to drink raw milk in all 50 states. Strangely enough however, it is illegal to feed it to livestock in Michigan.
Should the CDC send out warnings for Americans going to the post office?
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A comprehensive and insightful survey of existing approaches to qualitative research in music therapy. The author begins by comparing qualitative and quantitative paradigms; he then introduces the reader to single-case designs. In the rest of the book, Dr. Smeijsters provides a probing and thoughtful analysis of ten examples of qualitative research, pointing out significant theoretical and methodological issues, while also offering sensitive and personal commentary on each approach. Drawing upon his extensive experience in clinical music therapy research, he gives enormous breadth and depth of perspective to the diversity already evident in the field. Reading the book is like taking a journey through the forest with a guide continually pointing out what to notice. The language is straightforward, and the dialogue is personal. This book is certainly one of the landmarks in the forest. (1997, Paperback, 266 pages: $28).
A Common Ground for Research Criteria?


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Q: Multipe DataSet Values in one Row I have a Report in SSRS 2008 that looks like so:

For the Sales Attendees and Other Attendees it may have more than one person that needs to go in that row. As you can see from the screenshot right now it just creates another row. How would I make it so they go into the same row instead of creating new rows?
EDIT: I have to use FetchXML. I'm working against CRM 2011.
Thanks!

A: You could try concatenating the names with a comma in the sql datasource by doing something like:
Select <main data columns, e.g. RSM/NAM,AppointmentDate,etc>
    ,stuff((select ','+SalesAttendee From tableB Where TableA.ID=TableB.ID For XML Path('')),1,1,'')
From TableA

See SQL Concatenation for reference.

A: As Brent D mentions, I would rather do this in the data source, but you can do the same thing with the RunningValue function and some custom code. (Another blog entry using the same approach.)
Write the custom code to take in additional strings and add them to the end of a stored string. It will need a second parameter, so you know when to clear out the stored string and start over for the next group.
Once you've got this working, you can use this in a group footer, and then hide your data rows.

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Why Is Elon Musk In The News?
If you haven't been up to date on the current news, Elon Musk is possibly facing a lawsuit and when I say possibly, I mean he definitely is.
Let me backtrack for the people who aren't up to date on the situation. Musk is currently facing a lawsuit involving the SEC. As stated by an article by CNN Tech, "The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Tesla's CEO on Thursday for making "false and misleading" statements to investors. It's asking a federal judge to prevent Musk from serving as an officer or a director of a public company, among other penalties." This was all set off by a simple tweet that Musk posted August 7th that stated "Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured." However the SEC stated that he had not actually secured the funding. In light of the lawsuit as a whole, especially with the Tesla stocks going down by 11% because of the tweet, Musk abandoned the plan to take Tesla private less than three weeks after he first tweeted about it. He later said his "funding secured" comment was based on talks with Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, which he said had urged him to take the company private and offered to increase its investment in Tesla. The worst case scenario for this situation is that the Tesla stocks could go down by so much more and he could even lose the CEO spot for good because of the lawsuit stating that he cannot be a director of any public company.
Let's be real here, stating what he stated originally on twitter was not the best idea at all. Especially when the SEC got involved, in my opinion, he should have came out with the truth and apologized for what he said so it didn't become this huge disaster that it ended up being.


Richard Leonard is wearing a vintage Katharine Hamnett designer suit which he tells me he picked up at a knock-down price from TK Maxx. The bargain basement suit provides for a neat analogy about the leadership candidate who has been described as an ethical socialist, grounded in the party's history and with a keen eye on the redistribution of wealth and power.
Hamnett was, of course, the outspoken, left-wing, ethical fashion designer of the 1980s who famously confronted Margaret Thatcher during a reception at No 10 wearing an oversized T-shirt emblazoned with the words '58% don't want Pershing'. She may have got the genre of nuclear missiles a little off piste, but her Downing Street protest about US cruise missiles being stored at Greenham Common captured the front pages.
The year was 1984. Leonard was graduating from Stirling University at the end of a four-year degree in economics and politics and a more practical and comprehensive education in grassroots activism.
The 18-year-old Leonard had travelled north in 1980 from his home in Yorkshire to study at Stirling, principally because he was attracted to the idea of continual assessment rather than the hothouse, exam-based culture he had perhaps experienced at Pocklington, the prestigious private school near York, which he had won a scholarship to attend.
It was a time of great political upheaval and there was no shortage of causes for the young Leonard to get involved in. Thatcher was a year into her long reign in power and Ronald Reagan was the gung-ho US president. There were student marches in support of the miners' strikes, protests against savage education cuts and, of course, there was the thorny question over the installation of those nuclear warheads at Greenham Common. Marches, meetings and mass demonstrations were all part of student life for Leonard and played out to the backing track of 'Maggie, Maggie, Maggie, out, out, out'.
And Leonard had witnessed the harsh consequences of Thatcher's de-industrialisation strategy first-hand as his father, a tailor, lost his job as the factories and mills, where he had worked all his life, were closed.
Leonard says his father, who had worked in the same firm since leaving school, was part of a generation that in 1980 "was hung out to dry". The year he started at university in Scotland, Leonard's parents and 10-year-old sister had to sell the family home, up sticks and move to the south of England for work.
This had a profound effect on Leonard and he acutely describes that "sense of powerlessness" which broke a generation. He says that while his parents weren't political and were never members of the Labour Party, they were "Labour people". He describes his late father, who was a member of the Tailor and Garment Workers Union, as "a kind of Harold Wilson type – a more traditional Labour supporter" and his mother, who now lives back in Yorkshire, still votes Labour.
Leonard's early political awakening came while he was still at school in the '70s – when he started reading Tony Benn's musings on socialism and democracy in books bought from the local Woolworths in Malton. He describes them as being "very influential" on him. Consequently, he joined the Labour club at Stirling University as soon as he arrived on campus and was immediately thrown into the conflict of the Militant Tendency that had infiltrated it at the time. He says that his first forays into the club were "lessons in intimidation" as Militant members would line the walls, holding up cheques saying, 'I've donated £10 from my student grant to the Militant fighting fund, how much are you giving?' He describes the atmosphere as cult-like but it made him and others determined to stick it out because they were, he says, "Labour people". Without oxygen, Militant soon drifted away.
These were the years that overtly politicised Leonard and he was to go on to be elected president of the student union at Stirling University in 1984. He followed in the footsteps of fellow student Jack McConnell, who had initially been a member of a more unaligned and loose coalition of those on the left at Stirling, but later joined Leonard in the Labour club when there was, surprise, surprise, a split in the ironically named 'Left Alliance'.
Leonard talks about the past, present and future of the Labour Party with a passion steeped in the history of the movement and informed by the ideological arguments of figures like Keir Hardie, who is a personal hero. He can sometimes sound like a throwback when he talks of the class struggle and the powerlessness of workers, but he says his core principles and politics have not changed to suit what's in fashion. And for him, it is personal.
"To me, Labour values are about a set of values which are around equality being important," he tells me. "There's a founding value about changing the way the economy works and not believing that you can really manifest the changes without changing the economic relations and so too the power relations. I suppose it is also recognising the value of solidarity, with a small 's', that was around most obviously during the miners' strike in '84/'85, which was the year I was president of the students' association. That was a really brutal time in politics and one where we had all the apparatus of the state lined up against a group of organised workers, against their trade union. It felt like that was a really important defining point in our history and so it proved to be.
Leonard has spent almost four decades spreading the Labour message as a member, an activist and as a trade unionist. After 25 years as a trade union organiser, he stood for the Scottish Parliament in 2011 believing that real, long-lasting change could only be achieved politically. He failed to get elected then but entered the Scottish Parliament as a list MSP in 2016. And following Kezia Dugdale's resignation as leader in August, is now, like his fellow Stirling University alumnus Jack McConnell before him, making a bid to lead the Scottish Labour Party and to become the First Minister of Scotland. He is standing in this latest leadership contest – the sixth in a decade – against Anas Sarwar who, despite having been an MP and both the deputy leader of the party and interim leader, following the resignation of Johann Lamont in 2014 pitches himself as both the anti-establishment candidate and the one for unity.
Sarwar is fighting a slick campaign – he has a former political editor of the Daily Mail running his bid for the top. And in contrast, Leonard's leadership campaign can appear a bit Heath Robinson.
Leonard had to be persuaded to join Twitter and is still to personally master the fine art of persuasion in 140 characters. There are the grainy social media pics and the Facebook Live streaming of speeches where the camera focused on Leonard has been, at times, upside down. And there was, of course, the memorable email from one of his team that accused Jackie Baillie of talking 'pish'. But the slightly shambolic nature of it all has lent Leonard an authenticity that is, following Corbyn's rise to popularity, de rigeur. And in a contest that has so far been a bruising affair, with claims of plots, counter plots, vote rigging, racism and even a QC's opinion, Leonard's less polished, less confrontational, approach has lent him a certain whiff of the underdog which actually contrasts sharply with the mass support he already has from the CLPs and the trade unions. He is currently viewed as the front-runner.
His supporters talk of his political consistency and of his intellectual heft – he certainly doesn't speak in soundbites and is clearly a thinker and a reader. He would also be the first trade unionist to become Scottish leader which, he says, would bring a different experience.
Leonard's politics are underlined by his commitment to workers' rights. He is a member of the William Morris Society. And while Morris might be best known for his wallpaper prints and the patterns that adorned 1970s sofas, for socialists connected to their history, he was a philosopher and idealist, dubbed the Marxist dreamer. In his seminal novel News from Nowhere, which Leonard cites, along with A Scots Quair and The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropist, as one of the most inspiring novels ever written, he recounts the story of an activist who falls into a deep sleep following an acrimonious political meeting and awakes in a socialist future where money, wage slavery and marriage have been abolished. And parliament has become a storage unit for horse manure.
It is this kind of wide-eyed idealism that has been associated with Corbyn, but Leonard is quick to dismiss claims that he is the Corbyn candidate, saying that he has been around too long, and is "too long in the tooth", to be a so-called Corbynista. But does it pitch him as the far-left candidate in contrast to Sarwar, a moderate who has a 'flexibility' in his views?
"I've never been on the far-left in politics," he says. "My politics are a common-sense politics around a mixed economy, about trying to provide jobs for people, about trying to get a decent level of public services for people, and it's just about having, I suppose, a sense of an ethical socialism that's around what kind of society is it that we're presiding over. Some of the things that we're presiding over now are just not right, whether it's increasing child poverty, the growing inequality gap or just a sense of what's right and what's wrong, and sometimes in politics, it really is about that and not about what's left and right, it's about right and wrong.
I tell Leonard that every Labour Party leader in Scotland that I have interviewed over the last twelve years has told me that they were on a mission to try to explain what the party stood for. The ballot box would say they have failed.
Given his longevity in the higher echelons of the party machinery, was he, I wonder, rather rhetorically, just an observer of things going wrong?
So, why wasn't he using his famous trade union negotiating skills to get his voice heard?
He laughs: "Well, let's just say that my voice wasn't always listened to. There was also a certain hegemony around leadership positions and the Labour Party, on the whole, displays a lot of loyalty to leaders and so for a lot of that time, I guess, people fell in behind the prevailing orthodoxy, even if some people were questioning if that was necessarily how we should represent ourselves, if that was necessarily where we should be politically and if that was necessarily what we should look like. For example, part of my experience in that arena was fighting for things like all-women shortlists and I make the point regularly now that anybody who thinks those battles about women's representation are won should sit where I've sat for the last 20 years. Every time there is a discussion about women's representation, there are always voices questioning whether there's a need for positive action, whether there's a need for quotas, whether there's a need for us to do anything, so there's a requirement to reaffirm some of those reasons and those principles on a regular basis. There is always work to be done.
"But for me, politically, there's been a constant and yes, that's meant I've sometimes been off message. I remember giving a speech at the Scottish Labour Party conference when Iain Gray was the leader and I'd sent him a note to say I thought his leader's speech was great, which it was, really powerful, and he'd sent a reply saying I thought yours was good too, if slightly off message. So I just accept that, but in terms of Labour thinking, I've been the one that has remained constant. The interesting thing that's happening now is that you've got this whole new younger generation of people who are absolutely drawn back to a Labour Party with a kind of more radical agenda, led by Jeremy Corbyn at a UK level, and there's a hunger for that more radical edge in Scotland as well.
Given it was the Thatcher years that brought him into politics, I wonder how he views the rise in support for the Tories in Scotland under Ruth Davidson.
On the constitutional question, I wonder if he had ever been tempted to intellectualise over whether independence might be the vehicle to allow him to fulfil Labour's ambitions?
"No, because my fundamental problem with independence is not that I can't see that political independence, the creation of a separate state in Scotland, is eminently possible, but I think it's whether it would move us to a better place or a worse place?
"For me, it's all about the economics, the underlying economics, and I don't mean the fiscal economics, the GERS reports and all that, I mean it's that question about where does power lie in the economy and I think, even on the prospectus of the white paper, it was clear that with lots of decisions, including monetary policy but also corporate policy, there didn't appear to be any recognition that that mattered. My view is, if you're going to see a radical redistribution of power, you must intervene at the level where that power is exercised.
Which begs the question, if, economically, the argument could be made for independence, could he be persuaded?
If elected, Leonard would be the ninth leader of Scottish Labour since devolution. Which leader does he most identify with?
"Interesting question. I have thought about the fact that I am the only leader or potential leader who's got that strong trade union background. People have come through Westminster or they've come through the party, maybe, so my experience is quite different from that. I would probably identify more with important reforms than with people, like land reform, which has been a landmark thing for the parliament. I think of free personal care for the elderly under Henry McLeish's time and I think of Jack's smoking ban. These are things that have been done and that are still around because of their enduring qualities which have [had their] foundations laid by Labour. Do I especially identify with anybody in particular? Probably not…oh, except Henry McLeish, who was on Leeds United's books for a few weeks, so if pushed, probably him!
But did he vote for him to be leader?
Have there been times when he couldn't back the party leadership?
But first, whoever wins this leadership contest, arguably the most vitriolic the party in Scotland has seen, will have to bring all sides together. How?
Would Anas have a place on his front bench?


Hi everyone my name is Martin and i am new to all this so please bear with.
I Know its a well known and much discussed issue regarding the the thermostat sticking open in the diesel engines,hence my engine runs cool with luke warm heater. Just wondering if there is a better quality one that can be put into the housing, as i dont really want to use the remote in hose one, even though people seem to have a good result with them, i would rather stay standard knowing its a lot of work to change it.Am i mad to want to do this?
Nothing wrong with keeping it standard, i don't know of any other stat that fits, a new oem item will work well and last for years.
They don't usually stick open - as they age they tend to open at too low a temperature.
Fix a poor handbrake; DIY ABS diagnostic unit; Loan of the spanner needed to change the CDT belts; free OBD diagnostics +MAF; Correct Bosch MAF cheap; DVB-T install in an ex-hi-line system; DD install with a HK amp; FBH servicing.
As I understand it, they open too early and close too late, once you get a working one in it makes quite a difference, I went for replacing the original rather than the modded inline one.


Many thanks to Janet who has done this one.
NOTE 1. The Vicar has entered "This woman Mary Vaulter is the wife of George Vaulter, and therefore I have placed his name in the register, as they still live within legal reach of each other; but the child is supposed to be the child of Courtney Sage of Exford, Cooper, with whom she now lives."
Elizabeth Newton Mary Anne Cutcombe - 11 8 1842 "This child was upwards of two years old when baptised."
Mary Anne Widlake William/Jane Cutcombe Cordwainer 2 6 1844 "This child was stated by its mother to have been born 19.2.1839"


Jose Benavidez Jr. is an American boxer who was born on May 15th, in 1992. He made his pro debut in 2010 and fought 9 times that year going 9-0 with all 9 wins coming by knockout. In 2011 he fought 5 times going 5-0 with 3 knockouts before cutting back his activity a bit. The following year he fought 3 times and then fought just once in 2013.
In 2014 after running his record to 21-0 with 15 wins coming via knockout, Benavidez fought Mauricio Herrera for the interim WBA super lightweight title. This was the first time Benavidez was scheduled to fight more than 8 rounds but he proved to be up to the challenge as he scored a 12 round unanimous decision victory to win the interim title.
Benavidez defended the interim title in 2015 with a 12th round knockout of Jorge Paez Jr. and is set to make his second defense of the interim title in December. Should Benavidez be victorious in that bout he'll likely find himself in position to fight for the WBA super lightweight world title in the very near future.


a reflection on how it is applicable to your research.
Note: Go to the Student Success Center and search key words "Preparing Annotated Bibliographies" for help with this assignment.
Identify the original idea(s) in the article.
Identify general points regarding the idea(s).
Summarize the general points of the article in your own words.


This article will focus on just one of these classic sources of waste – shown at the bottom of the trash can. It is the waste of processing.
Waste of processing can be defined as efforts that add no value to a product or service. These can be enhancements which are mostly transparent to the customer.
Of course, some customers may find these things – and others like them – to be of value. In my view, these are a waste of processing.
Here is a story that highlights the potential for cost reduction by reducing the waste of processing.
I was part of a group that visited a manufacturer that made commercial processing equipment for the food industry. As we were finishing a tour of the facility, the host mentioned that they had reduced their COGS by over 40% for one specific product. When we asked how they were able to do this, he told us the following story.
As you assess opportunities for cost productivity, think about the features and benefits that are currently provided. Is anything over-engineered? Are you including an enhancement that is transparent to the customer, but adds cost or complexity? You may be able to lean out the process and cut costs while maintaining or improving customer satisfaction.
And that would be cool!


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Deworming: Need of the hour
BHARATI PAWASKAR
February 10 is the first National Deworming day in India while the second being on August 10. Why two days devoted for one cause, one may wonder? Does so much awareness is required on this particular medical condition? "No, that's not the reason," states Dr Nilesh Usgaonkar, a paediatrician in Margao and points out, "The reason for commemorating two deworming days in India is, we, Indians require ourselves to deworm twice annually and it is to remind us of that. In India, everybody has to deworm himself, be it a toddler, a child or an adult. In fact, there is a need for mass deworming in India."
According to WHO (World Health Organisation) guidelines and recommendations, till the age of two the child should be dewormed biannually (twice a year) and from two to 14 years of age, the process should be once a year. The reason why all in India need deworming regularly is, Dr Nilesh explains, because a large number of our population comes from low socio-economic condition and the places where a large percentage of these people live are most of the times, unhygienic. There is soil contamination around us, and when soil is contaminated with human or animal stools, hygiene issues arise, he says.
Not limiting deworming to only children up to the age of 14, Dr Nilesh recommends, "The adolescent girls and women of marriageable age must go for deworming. The reason is, girls, at puberty when they begin menstruating, can experience more blood loss, which is caused due to worms. And women of marriageable age and those who have the probability of pregnancy should deworm themselves."
For school going children deworming is compulsory. The ministry of Health and Child Development, Government of India has made deworming annually compulsory for school going children. For pre-school kids it is twice a year. "Diet has nothing to do with worms," says Dr Nilesh.
Anyone who has complaints of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, weight loss, tiredness, deficiency of vitamins and minerals are recommended cases for deworming. The 50 per cent of children who visit his clinic have worm related issues.
In rural Goa, where there's still cow dung floor in homes, crawling kids (eight month olds) should be dewormed regularly, as the cow dung is a source of eggs of the worms. At around the same time, kids start teething and put everything that comes on the way, into their mouth, thus giving rise to bacterial infection of worms.
The government through its primary health centres distributes free medicines for deworming in schools on two days - 10 February and 10 August not only in low socio-economic class but for all children, irrespective of their background.
Dr Nilesh informs, "There are two ways of deworming in allopathy - one is to paralyse the worms and second is to block their respiration. In both cases, the worms are flushed out of the body as the deworming doses are not absorbed in the intestines. The doses are 400 ml once a day, sometimes, for kids below two the dose is divided in two parts, 200 ml a time twice a day. There are three types of worms - round, hook and pin. Tape worms are common in people who eat pork and beef."
"In Ayurvedic way of deworming the medicines come in powder, liquid and tablet form and the process is not limited only to deworming, but it is a detailed detoxing of the entire body for five to six days," states Vaidya Sonali Khandeparkar, proprietor, Khandeparkar Ayurvedic Clinic in Panaji. Deworming is done in children one year upward, however, adults also should go for this process, recommends Vaidya Sonali who mentions that Goan climate is supportive for worms.
Goa has hot, humid climate with salty air which is very supportive for the growth of worms, compared to drier and colder climates. Those who migrate from other places to Goa, have to go for deworming faster than their region, she observes. Those who have digestion problems, gas, skin problems, itching and irruptions on skin, cold, cough, anaemia with low haemoglobin count, need deworming in the first place.
Ayurvedic Panchakarma is administered on such patients. "If worms play in the anal region, deworming is done via enema which relieves faster than oral medicines as it directly attacks the worms," shares Vaidya Sonali.
It is not true that only sweet foods and chocolates lead to worms in the stomach.
"Rice, which is the staple food in Goa, has starch, which is one of the main reasons to have worms. Sticky and starchy foods promote the growth of worms. The frequency of patients having worms is more in Goa, compared to other regions and it is a misconception that old, elderly people do not need deworming. Irrespective of age, deworming is must, even for people above 50," maintains Vaidya Sonali. One has to cut down sweets while undergoing the seven-day deworming course in Ayurveda.
In Goa, people must go for deworming more frequently, say every three months instead of six. Ayurveda has lighter medicines for deworming and taking them every month has shown very good results, especially if one gets constant cold. Of, course the doses depend on the severity of condition and can vary from person to person.
"We always ask for the history of deworming and 60 per cent of the patients require it or we insist on it as it cleanses the intestines of worms. The worms obstruct the absorption of vitamin C and iron and causes fatigue and anaemia. When worms are flushed out, the body responds more to other medicines and the person gets well faster," concludes Vaidya Sonali.


Mail Quik Enterprises, Ltd., and Amerishare Enterprises, Ltd.
Domain name - Domain name dispute resolution policy - U.S. Service mark - U.S. trademark - License to use - License Agreement - Registration without authorization or approval - Identical - Confusingly similar - No legitimate interests - Bad faith registration - Bad faith use.
Complainant is the owner of a United States trademark, HEEL QUIK. Respondents are licensees operating a Heel Quik! store pursuant to a license agreement with Heel Quik!. Respondents registered the domain name, HEELQUIK.COM. Complainant alleged that Respondents do not have rights or legitimate interests in the domain name and are using it in bad faith. The license agreement gave respondents no ownership interests in the HEEL QUIK trademark and only granted to Respondents the use of the mark with the consent of Heel Quik!.
It is clear that the domain name HEELQUIK.COM is identical or confusingly similar to the service mark and trademark registered and used by Complainant, HEEL QUIK!. It is also clear that Respondents have no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain name. This is a bad faith registration.
Respondents registered domain name without any prior authorization or approval by Heel Quik! and in direct violation of their specific contractual obligations under a Standard Licensing agreement (the "License Agreement"). The License Agreement gave Respondents no ownership interests in the HEELQUIK trademark. The Agreement merely granted to Respondents the privilege to use the mark with the consent of Heel Quik!. The Agreement provided that the licensee could not register the trademark without the express permission of Heel Quik!. Respondents appropriated for their own use the domain names HEELQUIK.COM and HEELQUIK.ORG which contain the identical trademark owned by Heel Quik!.
By using the domain name, Respondents have intentionally attempted to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to the web site by creating a likelihood of confusion with Complainant's mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation or endorsement of Respondents' web site location.
Since registration was in violation of the terms of the License Agreement and since Respondents registered the domain name primarily for the purpose of selling, renting, or otherwise transferring the domain name registration to Complainant for valuable consideration in excess of any out of pocket costs directly related to the domain name, Respondents demonstrated bad faith use of the mark.
Respondents registered the name HEELQUIK.ORG with a registrar of domain names but the registrar could not verify the registration for the domain name HEELQUIK.ORG. The request to transfer the domain name HEELQUIK.ORG is denied without prejudice as there is no evidence that the domain name is subject to dispute resolution through the Policy.
After reviewing the Complaint, and determining it to be in administrative compliance, the National Arbitration Forum (The Forum) forwarded the Complaint to the Respondent on January 24, 2000 in compliance with Rule 2(a), and the administrative proceeding was commenced pursuant to Rule 4(c). In compliance with Rule 4(d), The Forum immediately notified Network Solutions, Inc. (Network Solutions), the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), and the Complainant that the administrative proceeding had commenced. Respondents submitted a response to The Forum within twenty (20) days pursuant to Rule 5(a). On February 19, 2000, the Respondents submitted an additional response which has been considered.
On July 3, 1997, Respondents registered the domain name "heelquik.com" with Network Solutions, Inc., the entity that is the Registrar of the domain name. The evidence suggests that on December 7, 1999, Respondents registered the name "heelquik.org" with a registrar of domain names. On January 25, 2000, Network Solutions verified that the Respondents are the Registrant, and that Network Solutions was the Registrar, for the domain name "heelquik.com", but could not verify the registration for the domain name "heelquik.org".
By registering the domain name, "heelquik.com" with Network Solutions, the Respondent agreed to resolve any dispute regarding its domain name through ICANN'S Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy. However, as the registration of the domain name "heelquik.org", is not verified; there is no evidence that this domain name is subject to dispute resolution through ICANN'S Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.
The complaint is based on the following trademark or service marks: Heel Quik!, registered September 4, 1984.
The above-captioned matter came on for an administrative hearing on March 1, 2000 before the undersigned on the Complaint of HEEL QUIK!, INC., hereafter "Complainant", against MICHAEL H. GOLDMAN, BARBARA S. GOLDMAN, QRS CORP., MAIL QUIK ENTERPRISES, LTD, and AMERISHARE ENTERPRISES, LTD., d/b/a Heel Quik!, hereafter "Respondents". Complainant is represented by Robert C. Port, Hassett Cohen Goldstein & Port, LLP, One Lakeside Commons, 990 Hammond Drive, Suite 990, Atlanta, GA 30328-5529. The Respondents represent themselves. This matter is submitted for decision in accordance with ICANN's Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Policy") and Rules (the "Rules"). Upon the written submitted record, and the following findings and conclusions, I find for the Complainant.
1. The Complainant is the owner of the trademark "HEEL QUIK", United States Registration No. 1,293,195. The goods and services with which the mark is used relate to retail stores specializing in shoe repair, clothing alterations, and monogramming.
2. Heel Quik!, Inc. is the trademark holder of the mark HEEL QUIK, and the licensor/franchiser of businesses offering a unique retailing concept for stores specializing in shoe repair, clothing alterations, and monogramming. Currently, there are 724 Heel Quik! locations throughout the United States, Canada and 31 foreign countries.
3. The system developed and licensed by Heel Quik!, Inc. uses the trademark HEEL QUIK as an integral identifying mark in association with its business, and Heel Quik! has invested significant time, resources, and effort in advertising, promoting, and establishing goodwill in the mark in association with its business. The mark has been in use throughout the United States and other countries since at least 1983. The HEEL QUIK trademark has acquired distinction and notoriety, and it is subject of a trademark registration in the United States, being Registration No. 1,293,195.
4. Heel Quik! grants to qualified persons a license to use the HEEL QUIK mark, and other licensed marks, in association with the operation of licensed Heel Quik! stores. Respondents are licensees operating a Heel Quik! store in Charlottesville, Virginia, pursuant to a Standard Licensing Agreement (the "License Agreement") entered into on December 4, 1992 with Heel Quik!
5. Without any prior authorization or approval by Heel Quik!, and in direct violation of their specific contractual obligations under the License Agreement, Respondents have appropriated for their own use the domain names "heelquik.com" and "heelquik.org", which contain the identical trademark owned by Heel Quik!. Heel Quik! seeks an Order transferring the domain names "heelquik.com" and "heelquik.org" to Heel Quik!.
3. the domain has been registered and used in bad faith.
1. The registered domain name "heelquik.com" IS identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the Complainant has rights.
The domain name "heelquik.com" is identical to Complainant's registered trademark HEEL QUIK and is confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the Complainant has rights.
2. The Respondent DOES NOT have rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain-name "heelquik.com".
1. The Respondent is making a legitimate non-commercial or fair use of the domain name, without intent for commercial gain to misleadingly divert consumers or to tarnish the trademark or service mark at issue.
The Respondent has used, and made preparations to use, the domain name in connection with an offering of its goods and services. However, such use has been a restricted use subject to the terms of a License Agreement. Any use in violation of the License Agreement cannot be a bona fide use within the meaning of the Policy. The License Agreement gave Respondents no ownership interests in the HEEL QUIK trademark. The Agreement merely granted to Respondents the privilege to use the mark with the consent of Heel Quik!. The Agreement provided that the licensee could not register the trademark without the express permission of Heel Quik!.
Although the Respondents may have been known locally by the domain name, such was as licensee or franchisee of an international franchiser and does not constitute common knowledge of the domain name. Local knowledge of a franchisee with a license to use the franchise name locally does not necessarily show common knowledge of the domain name as the knowledge is limited by the terms of the license.
Nor does the evidence show that the Respondent is making a legitimate noncommercial or fair use of the domain name. Accordingly, Respondents have no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain name.
The fact that the Respondents may have had a close working relationship with the Complainant, in the absence of an express written agreement to the contrary, does not give the Respondents any rights or interest in the domain name. Nor do the doctrines of waiver and stoppel bar Complainant from asserting its rights to the domain name.
The Respondents have not obtained any rights to the world-wide accessible web sites from the local advertising provisions of the License Agreement.
being used in bad faith.
First, the registration was in violation of the terms of the License Agreement.
Second, the Respondents registered the domain name primarily for the purpose of selling, renting, or otherwise transferring the domain name registration to the Complainant, who is the owner of the trademark, for valuable consideration in excess of documented out-of-pocket costs directly related to the domain name. At various times the Respondents have offered to sell the domain names back to Heel Quik! for either excessive consideration or release from the License Agreement.
Third, the registration by a licensee of a licensed mark without permission can mislead the public into thinking that the registrant owns the mark. Irrespective of the Respondents' claimed use of the web site for local advertising only, since there is only one unique Internet domain name known as "heelquik.com" and "heelquik.org" all Web users are directed solely and exclusively to the Respondents' site rather than to the site of Heel Quik!, Inc., the mark holder. By using the domain name, the Respondents have intentionally attempted to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to the web site by creating a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant's mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of Respondents' web site location.
In summary, the Complainant has shown that (1) the registered domain name "heelquik.com" is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the Complainant has rights; (2) the Respondent does not have rights or legitimate interests in respect to the domain name "heelquik.com"; and (3) the domain name should be considered as having been registered in bad faith.
Based upon the above findings and conclusions, and pursuant to Rule 4(i), I find in favor of the Complainant and direct that the domain name "heelquik.com" registered by Respondents be transferred to Complainant Heel Quik!, Inc. The request to transfer the domain name "heelquik.org" is denied without prejudice as there is no evidence that the domain name is subject to dispute resolution through the Policy.
This 1st day of March, 2000.


In the world of pop music, substance has replaced pure style. Goodbye, Britney. Hello, Avril Lavigne. The same might be said for Internet commerce. Even though the bubble burst for flashy dot-coms, web sales are up for veteran outdoor retailers that have a solid foundation.
Some outdoor retailers use Internet sales to take up slack during tough economic times. Others have turned to the web to expand their business. And for some, web sales represent a significant portion of overall business.
"At this point (web sales are) surpassing retail store sales for us," said Mark Carlstrom, owner of Northern Mountain Supply, a 28-year-old shop in Eureka, Calif. "We're in a small town of about 128,000 people. We were just looking for an avenue for more sales due to our limited ability to gain sales locally."
Business has grown so much that the 5,000-square-foot store now has a facility matching it in size to handle shipping and receiving for online business.
Jay Knick, owner of Sonoma Outfitters in Santa Rosa, Calif., said he launched a web component for his store three years ago to compete with an REI store that opened in his area. "I just didn't want to open more stores," said Knick. "I thought the Internet was a better alternative."
Knick said that the web site accounts for a quarter of his business and boosts sales during tough times. "It really helped after September 11, until sales picked up again in November," he said. "It also really helped us when sales started slowing down in May due to the economy."
Despite the state of the economy, Internet sales are rising. A September 16 article in the Wall Street Journal said: Total online retail revenue in the U.S. is expected to jump 41 percent to $72.1 billion this year from $51.3 billion last year, according to Shop.org, the Washington-based online-shopping association of the National Retail Federation.
Mike Plante, owner of Travel Country Outdoors in Altamonte Springs, Fla., said his web retail business, launched six years ago, now attracts more of his local customers, as well as people who previously shopped through catalogs.
"They've come to the Internet because of convenience," said Plante.
Carlstrom of Northern Mountain Supply agrees. "With busy lifestyles, people don't have a lot of time to go shopping. A lot of our business comes from people shopping on their breaks, or at home after hours, and they're just looking for an easy way to buy quality products," he said.
Plante said that one advantage of the Internet is it allows retailers to reach a broader consumer base. "I think we're learning the competitive advantage that REI and Campmor have had by shipping to smaller towns that lack quality outdoor stores," he said.
While the retailers we spoke with maintain retail prices on the Internet for in-line items, they're really making hay with discounts.
Carlstrom said that Northern Mountain Supply has seen great success by partnering with manufacturers to move discontinued and slightly blemished products. In fact, these deals account for more than 60 percent of Northern Mountain's Internets sales, he said.
Knick said that Internet deals help move clothing, which represents 70 percent of his business. "With clothing you always have a lot of end-of-year stuff, and it's just a good way to get rid of it. We've had such a soft year in clothing, but when I put it on the Internet on sale, the orders really start coming in," Knick said.
It's difficult to determine whether softgoods or hardgoods sell best on the Internet. But Plante said that web sales reflect what happens in the store. "Hot sellers swing with whatever is selling on the floor," he said. "Big backpacks are down (on the Internet) just as much as they are on the floor."
According to the 2000/2001 OIA "State of the Industry Report," 71 percent of stores surveyed have web sites, but only about 45 percent sell products online. Will that number likely increase?
The retailers we interviewed said that newcomers will find it difficult to break in. "It's a tough one to buy into now," said Carlstrom. "A lot of vendors are getting leery of upstart businesses, because the industry is down."
Most successful Internet retailers rely on special partnerships with manufacturers -- specifically "buy button" partnerships. On their web sites, manufacturers have buy buttons that link consumers to retailer web sites. In turn, retailers commit to carrying a significant portion of the line.
The manufacturers and retailers with buy button agreements typically have long histories of working together. "The impact of buy buttons is phenomenal. It drives business and economizes your advertising," said Carlstrom. "But vendors don't give them out very easily."
Plenty of retailers are jockeying for position on manufacturers' web sites, and it will be difficult for newcomers to squeeze in this late in the game.
Of course, web businesses already face an uphill battle. The Internet isn't so new and the glimmer is gone. Just like those pop tarts on the Billboard charts will realize -- good looks won't guarantee you a bright future.


Pennsylvania seniors who are 65 or older take note: the state's Department of Revenue is now accepting applications for the Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program. The program provides a maximum standard rebate of $650 to those who qualify and rebates can go as high as $975.
According to an article on the RepublicanHerald.com, the rebates are on property taxes or rent for the last year. In addition to those 65 and older, qualifying residents also include people 18 or older with disabilities and widows and widowers 50 and older. For homeowners, the income limit is $35,000; for renters, $15,000. Funding for the program comes from lottery proceeds and slot gaming money. Those who are approved for a rebate will begin receiving them July 1.
Forms can be found at the state Department of Revenue offices, as well as local areas on aging and senior centers.


Home Uncategories A to Z!
A. Age: 22 as of 12 days ago!
B. Bed size: Queen.. for now. Hopefully when our next Army adventure unfolds, wherever that may be, we will scrap the super low to the ground too small bed. ESPECIALLY if Rob wants another boxer (okay.. so I do too!).. King for the win!
C. Chore that you hate: Dishes. Especially right now because the dishwasher is broken. I also hate laundry cause I have to lug it all the way down to the car.. over to the laundry place.. then either wait on it or make a million trips back and forth.. then lug it all back up. By then I am usually exhausted so it sits in the hamper for awhile.. and days later I put it away.
D. Dogs: I love my dooooooogie! He's my best friend. Even though he is a spoiled rotten dog who thinks just because he is a purebred that cost his daddy an arm and a leg, he should get what he wants when he wants. He has certainly opened my eyes to what being a parent is about.. thus we wait.
E. Essential start to your day: Hitting snooze.. many times.
F. Favorite color: Purple.. or pink.. or teal..
G. Gold or silver: Silver. Definitely a silver girl.
I. Instruments that you play: I don't.. I briefly attempted the flute in middle school. I'd love to play the guitar though..
J. Job title: Receptionist. Wife. Fur baby's momma.
N. Nicknames: Used to go by Critter a lot.. or just my maiden name, Ritter.
P. Pet peeves: Bad drivers. Know it all's. Complainer-pants.
Q. Quote from a movie: Can't think of any.. all I can think of is Adele's song over and over again in my mind..
S: Siblings: One little seeeeeeester.. and she's not that little. Hey Erin! If you are reading this. I also married into a tooooooon of siblings.. 3 on Rob's Mom's side and 6 on Rob's Dad's side.
T: Travel favorite: I'm used to roadtrips as that is the way with my family. :) I tend to sleep though. The WHOLE time. When I fly I feel glamorous though.. bahaha.. don't ask me why. I couldn't tell ya.
U. Underwear: What about them?
V. Vegetable(s) you hate: Brussel Sprouts.. thanks Mom. Lima Beans.. thanks Mom. Fried Cabbage.. thanks Mom. I could go on.
X. X-rays you've had: Teeth. Hips. Foot.
Y. Yummy food that you make: That I make? Does macaroni and cheese count?
Z. Zoo animal: I always loved the sea lions growing up..
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In the 21st century, ideas and information are being increasingly conveyed using visual aids. These visual aids – which are used in the fields of graphic design, advertising, animation, illustration, etc. – will be the subject of this course. This course will provide an immersive and advanced learning experience for both advanced practitioners and freshers. The course will be rooted in practice and will teach design practices in various disciplines. Students will also have the opportunity to enter into collaborative projects with top companies.
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Slovenian vignettes
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Electronic vignettes for vehicles up to 3.5 tons: The e-vignette user charge system applies to motorcycles, automobiles, campers and buses and their trailers, and cargo vehicles with a maximum permissible gross weight of 3.5 tons. These vehicles are authorized to use Hungarian tolled expressways exclusively with pre-purchased road use permits (purchased before entering the toll road), i.e. e-vignettes. The toll charges depend on the category of the motor vehicle and the validity periods. The toll category of the vehicles depends on the number of passengers and the weight of the motor vehicle. The toll category should be established on the basis of the official entry that appears in the vehicle registration certificate. Interner stranica link: http://www.toll-charge.hu/Toll-tariffs/
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A gift in your will, whatever size, can help us to make an enormous difference to lonely and isolated older people. You will, of course, want to ensure your loved ones are taken care of in your will as your first priority. But after you have provided for them, leaving a percentage of what's left over to The Silver Line is a wonderful way to help take care of others who will also need support in the future. By discussing your intentions with your loved ones, they will understand that leaving a gift in your will is something that's important to you. They may feel proud of your decision, as many families do.
If you have already made a will, you can still help The Silver Line by adding a codicil to your will (an official alteration document). Please note however that this form is not legally binding on its own and has to relate to your will.
We would advise anyone who wants to make a will, or amend an existing one, to see a solicitor. For some people this can also help to reduce the inheritance tax payable.
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Published: September 16, 2020, 11:00 am Updated: November 4, 2020, 9:01 am
Tags: politics, Election, Government, Decision 2020, President Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Democrats, Republicans
What happens if the US election is contested?
Graphic shows key dates between Election Day and the presidential inauguration.;
WASHINGTON – IS IT POSSIBLE THE ELECTION WILL BE UP IN THE AIR AND THE UNITED STATES WON'T HAVE A PRESIDENT ON INAUGURATION DAY, JAN. 20, 2021?
Even if the election is messy and contested in court, the country will have a president on Inauguration Day. The Constitution and federal law ensure it. Here's what happens after voters go to the polls on Nov. 3:
First, states have more than a month to count ballots, including the expected surge of mail-in ballots, and conduct recounts if necessary. But states' electoral votes have to be cast on Dec. 14.
Courts will be mindful of that in refereeing any disputes. During the 2000 election, the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately ended Florida's vote recount, saying time had run out before electors were set to meet.
When the electors meet, the candidate who gets at least 270 of the 538 electoral votes wins. But what happens if election issues still prevent a winner from being named? The Constitution has an answer.
The 12th Amendment says that in that case, the House of Representatives elects the president and the Senate elects the vice president. The new Congress that enters in January is the one tasked with carrying out the so-called "contingent election." The president has only been selected this way once, in 1825. The winner was John Quincy Adams.
In a contingent election, House members have to choose among the three people with the most electoral votes. Each state delegation gets one vote, and 26 votes are required to win. In the Senate, the choice is between the top two electoral vote-getters and each senator gets a vote, with 51 votes required to win.
What if that fails and the House hasn't elected a president by Inauguration Day? Then the 20th Amendment takes over. It says the vice president-elect acts as president until a president is picked. And if there's no vice president selected by Inauguration Day?
Well, then the Presidential Succession Act applies.
It says that the speaker of the House of Representatives, the Senate president or a Cabinet officer, in that order, would act as president until there's a president or vice president.
This new series from the AP is dedicated to answering commonly asked questions from our audience about the 2020 U.S. presidential election.


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Miranda - Series 1-3 DVD
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All episodes from the first to third series of the BBC sitcom starring Miranda Hart. After a public school education, socially inept Miranda (Hart) is having trouble fitting in with her peer group, especially her childhood nemesis, Tilly (Sally Phillips). To top it all, Miranda constantly finds herself in awkward situations around men, and in particular, ex-university chum Gary (Tom Ellis). The cast also features Patricia Hodge and Sarah Hadland. The episodes from Series 1 are: 'Date', 'Teacher', 'Job', 'Holiday', 'Excuse' and 'Dog'. The episodes from Series 2 are: 'The New Me', 'Before I Die', 'Let's Do It', 'A New Low', 'Just Act Normal' and 'The Perfect Christmas'. The episodes from Series 3 are: 'It Was Panning', 'What a Surprise', 'The Dinner Party', 'Je Regret Nothing', 'Three Little Words' and 'A Brief Encounter'.
Actors Miranda Hart, Patricia Hodge, Tom Ellis, Sarah Hadland, Sally Phillips & James Holmes
Certificate 12 years and over
Screen 1.78:1 Anamorphic
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GCSE & A Level Reforms
All colleges and schools will offer different choices and selections of subjects. This article explains the Government policy.
To make sure school leavers are better prepared for life after school, we will:
reform GCSEs so they provide a strong foundation for further academic and vocational study
reform A and AS levels to better prepare students for higher education
encourage more 16- to 18-year-olds to take up mathematics and science subjects
Every state school must offer a broad and balanced curriculum.
Maintained schools (ie those that are paid for by central government through local authorities) in England are legally required to follow the national curriculum. All maintained schools must also teach religious education to pupils at every key stage and sex education to pupils in secondary education.
Academies and free schools are not required to follow the national curriculum but they must teach a curriculum that includes English, mathematics, science and religious education.
Also, all schools must publish their school curriculum by subject and academic year on their website.
Employers, universities and colleges are often dissatisfied with school leavers' literacy and numeracy even though the proportion of young people achieving good grades has gone up in recent years. Around 42% of employers need to organise additional training for young people joining them from school or college.
We believe making GCSEs and A levels more rigorous will prepare students properly for life after school. It is also necessary to introduce a curriculum that gives individual schools and teachers greater freedom to teach in the way they know works and that ensures that all pupils acquire a core of essential knowledge in English, mathematics and sciences.
Finally, we need to address literacy standards in schools and make sure pupils develop good reading skills early.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) and key stage 5 (A level) qualifications
Key stage 4 qualifications (GCSEs)
Following a public consultation, the Education Secretary announced proposals for comprehensive reform of GCSEs on 7 February 2013.
These links go to the subject content for reformed GCSEs in:
These GCSEs will be taught in schools from September 2015.
In 2015, we published the subject content for reformed GCSEs in:
biology, chemistry and physics (single science)
ancient languages
In January 2015, we published the subject content for reformed GCSEs in:
These GCSEs are taught in schools from September 2016.
In February 2015, we published the subject content for reformed GCSEs in:
citizenship studies
food preparation and nutrition
On 16 January 2015 we announced that first teaching of design and technology would be delayed to 2017.
We will develop subject content for GCSEs in the remaining subjects for teaching from 2017.
Key stage 5 qualifications (A levels)
On 22 January 2013, the Education Secretary confirmed that A levels would be reformed and that universities would be more closely involved in their development. He also announced that AS levels would become standalone qualifications.
Between April and July 2013, Professor Mark E. Smith, Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University, led an independent review of A level subject content. Following a public consultation, Professor Smith submitted his final recommendations on subject content in a report to the Secretary of State, who accepted them.
In April 2014 we published content for revised A and AS levels in:
science (biology, chemistry, physics and psychology)
These A levels will be taught in schools and colleges from September 2015.
We are working with universities to reform the content of remaining A levels. The Russell Group of universities set up the A Level Content Advisory Board (ALCAB) to review subject content for ancient and modern languages, maths, further maths and geography. We accepted ALCAB's final recommendations in December 2014.
As a result, in December 2014 we published content for revised AS and A levels in:
These A levels were first taught in schools and colleges from September 2016.
In January 2015 we published content for revised A and AS levels in:
These A levels will also be taught in schools and colleges from September 2016.
In February 2015 we published content for revised A and AS levels in:
drama and theatre
In December 2014 we also published content for revised AS and A levels in:
These will be taught in schools and colleges from September 2017.
The 'National curriculum review: call for evidence' ran from 20 January to 14 April 2011. The call for evidence received 5,763 responses.
On 7 February 2013, we launched the formal 'Consultation on reform of the national curriculum in England'. It sought views on the draft national curriculum, including proposals to give teachers greater flexibility with the current curriculum to prepare for the new one. The consultation closed on 16 April 2013 and received over 17,000 responses.
On 8 July 2013 we published our response to that consultation and a revised version which was subject to a short further consultation. The consultation ended on 8 August 2013. We published the summary of responses on 11 September 2013.
The consultation 'Reforming key stage 4 qualifications' ran from 17 September to 10 December 2012. We sought the views of schools, further and higher education institutions, employers, awarding organisations, curriculum and assessment experts, and the general public. We published our response to the consultation on 7 February 2013.
On 11 June 2013 we launched a consultation on subject content and assessment objectives of the new GCSEs. The consultation closed on 20 August 2013.
In parallel with our consultation, Ofqual ran a consultation on the regulatory requirements for the reformed GCSEs which closed on 3 September 2013. Ofqual published its response to the consultation on 1 November 2013.
On 16 July 2014 we launched a consultation on GCSE content for:
The consultation ran until 19 September 2014.
Ofqual ran the 'A level reform consultation' from July to September 2012 and received over 1,000 responses from parents, students, schools, colleges, higher education institutions and employers. Ofqual published a report on the consultation in November 2012.
Following the Mark Smith review, we ran a consultation on the content of reformed A levels between October and December 2013. We published the consultation response on 9 April 2014.
Ofqual ran a consultation in parallel on the proposed changes to the assessment objectives and assessment arrangements for each of the subjects covered in this consultation and on the regulatory aspects of the reformed A levels. Ofqual published the consultation results on 9 April 2014.
On 16 July 2014 we launched a consultation on A level content for:
In April 2014 we published impact assessments looking into the possible negative impacts the reformed GCSEs and reformed A and AS levels might have on students because of their age, religion or belief, pregnancy or maternity, sexual orientation or as a result of gender reassignment.
Who we're working with
We will be working closely with the independent regulators Ofqual and with exam boards in the reform of GCSEs and A level examinations. Ofqual will be considering the arrangements to regulate the new qualifications effectively.
We are also working with the A level Content Advisory Board (ALCAB), set up by The Russell Group of universities, who will advise us on the content of reformed A levels in mathematics, further mathematics, geography and languages.
Appendix 4: GCSE reform
We have reformed the content of GCSEs to make them more challenging so pupils are better prepared for further academic or vocational study, or for work.
The changes we are introducing are:
the English language GCSE will require better reading skills and good written English
the English literature GCSE will encourage students to read, write and think critically; it will assess students on challenging and substantial whole texts and on shorter unseen texts
the mathematics GCSE will provide greater coverage of areas such as ratio, proportion and rates of change; it will require all students to master the basics, and will be more challenging for those aiming to achieve top grades
science GCSEs will cover new content, including the human genome, life cycle analysis and space physics, and they will be more mathematically challenging
the history GCSE will require students to study more historical periods; it will cover 3 eras - medieval, early modern and modern - and will concentrate more on British history
the geography GCSE will require pupils to use maths and statistics, and will concentrate more on UK geography; it will also require students to carry out at least 2 pieces of fieldwork
languages GCSEs will be more demanding and most exam questions in modern languages will be asked in the respective foreign language
the art and design GCSE will emphasise creativity and drawing; we will remove the concept of 'endorsed' and 'unendorsed' courses and replace it with a series of separate art and design titles
the computer science GCSE will require students to understand mathematical principles and concepts such as data representation, Boolean logic and different data types; students will also have to understand the components of computer systems, and write and refine programs
the dance GCSE will include new theory and will require students to appreciate and analyse professional works
the music GCSE will require students to read and write staff notation, understand chord symbols and analyse unfamiliar music
the physical education (PE) GCSE will emphasise the use of data to evaluate physical activity; students will be assessed in 3 different activities, including at least 1 team sport - a list of sports and activities that schools can offer as part of the new GCSEs is available
the citizenship studies GCSE includes 3 new citizenship concepts; it will require students to carry out at least 1 in-depth investigation into a citizenship issue
the drama GCSE will require students to understand texts and performance in their social, cultural and historical context; students must study at least 1 performance text in depth and at least 2 extracts
the food preparation and nutrition GCSE will teach students about the scientific and nutritional properties of ingredients - this knowledge will help them prepare and cook healthy meals
the religious studies GCSE requires pupils to study 2 religions; it also gives them the opportunity to study the philosophy and ethics of religion, including learning about non-religious beliefs
More information on the content of revised GCSEs is available.
For the regulatory aspects of the new GCSEs, Ofqual has introduced:
a new grading scale that uses the numbers 1 to 9 to identify levels of performance, with 9 being the top grade
a structure where all assessment happens at the end of the course and content is not divided into modules
exams as the default method of assessment, except where they cannot provide valid assessment of the skills required
new rules on tiering which will only apply for subjects where untiered papers:
do not allow all students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills
will not stretch the most able students
Tiering is a system where students take different exams based on their ability (eg, students who sit a higher tier exam might have access to grades A* to E, while students who sit a lower tier exam can get grades C to G).
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