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Posted in New Jersey December 24, 2018 by Kristen Koennemann
Why This One Tiny Town Is Secretly The Best Place In New Jersey
There's a lot to love about New Jersey and sometimes things can get overlooked. One little gem shares the spotlight with the larger cities it's sandwiched between. Head north from Somerville and you'll hit magical Morristown, loaded with history and culture. Head south and you'll land in picturesque Princeton, home to the Ivy League University of the same name. But why head anywhere when Somerville has so much to offer?
Somerville is a charming Somerset County borough with a population of about 12,000.
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While it's far from city-sized, it offers plenty to do and see...but let's start with the history. The town is home to the first competitive bicycle race in America, the Tour of Somerville. It was founded in 1940 by a local bike shop owner who wanted to showcase his son's skills. In addition, one of the founders of modern American Dance, Ruth St. Denis, made her professional debut at Somerset Hall, once a vaudeville theatre and today a local restaurant.
It's definitely a top-notch dining destination.
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Savor is one of the more popular spots in town, serving up mouthwatering Italian and American cuisine. A BYOB spot with some of the best desserts around, be sure to try their chocolate lava cake. Other incredible options include Verve (exquisite cocktails and French cuisine), The Farmer And The Chickpea (farm fresh foods and plenty of vegetarian/vegan choices), Da Filippo's (try the bruschetta), and Origin (terrific Thai). If ice cream is your thing, don't miss out on the fun flavors at Summer Ville.
When it comes to shopping, Somerville is a great spot to grab gifts.
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Comic Fortress is a beloved staple, selling comics, collectibles, and more. Other shops in town include Crystal Palace (Lladro, Swarovski, and more), Carol's Creative Chocolatez (yum!), Ashes N Embers (premium cigars), Discover Wine (an unbelievable selection), Division Street Music Shop, Elysium Antiques, Evolve Clothing Gallery, and PLENTY more.
If you're looking for fun, there's a lot to be had in Somerville.
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YESTERcades is a vintage gamer's paradise with Pac Man, pinball, Asteroids, Frogger, Galaga and loads of other retro favorites. For live music, check out Dragonfly Music & Coffee Cafe, and for a bit of history, visit the Wallace House or Fireman's Museum. If you love nature, the town borders the picture-perfect Duke Farms.
Sounds good to us! Have you been to Somerville? What did you think? If you'd like to learn more about nearby Princeton (the University isn't all it offers), click here.
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Norbulingka: Literally the Jewelled Park, this drew inspiration from the Dalai Lama's summer palace and is a fine example of Tibetan craftsmanship. It is an institute that was established to preserve and teach ancient Tibetan arts. Among the teachings are thangka making, statue making, carpentry, traditional Tibetan image sculpting, woodcarving and metal crafting. The thangkas are bright illustrations of traditional Tibetan gods created as per details laid down in the ancient manuscripts. You can also place orders for these in the painting department.
Church of St John-in-the-Wilderness: Located a little outside Little Lhasa en route to Lower Dharamsala, this church stands silent amidst towering oaks and deodars. An old, though well-built structure, it has withstood the attacks of time and comes across as a neo-gothic church with exquisite stained glass windows showcasing John the Baptist with Jesus. The graveyard adjacent to it is the resting place of the British Viceroy Lord Elgin, and is marked by a miniature marble cathedral-like structure.
Tsuglakhang: This is the main temple complex in Dharamsala, built without cutting a single tree! In fact it is based on trunks of growing deodars, held in place by adjustable iron rings. The main deity inside is a 9 ft high gilded Buddha on a lotus seat. Also located within are 12 ft high gold images of the Padmasambhava and Avalokiteshwara. In fact, it is believed that some elements of the temple were brought from the originalTsuglakhang in Tibet. The temple also provides beautiful views of the neighbouring Dhauladar peaks. Evening is the best time to visit it when prayers and other rituals are conducted by the Dalai Lama. The courtyard is the centre of activities as the monks make preparations for the Kalachakra ceremony. The café here is also the best place to try out some Tibetan herbal tea and South Indian coffee.
Namgyalma Stupa: This Buddhist stupa is surrounded by prayer wheels, located centrally in McLeod Ganj. It is dedicated to the Tibetans who lost their lives fighting for their homeland. There is a shrine with an idol of the Sakyamani Buddha and reflecting a typical indo-Tibetan style of architecture. This stupa is a hub of activity through the day as you watch devotees turning turn the prayer wheels and chant mantras.
Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts: This institute was established as early as 1959 by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, as an attempt to preserve Tibet's unique performing arts. The institute houses over 112 members proficient in various arts, singing, playing instruments and dances. Along with these, there is a handicrafts section, with produces in-house costumes and props needed for the performances. A special highlight of the TIPA is the Traditional Tibetan Opera, which hosts the annual 9-day Shoton Opera Festival marked by Lhamo performances. Performers, dance and perform to the tune of cymbals and drums, and sport vibrant Tibetan masks. Another annual festival is the 3-day Yarkyi Festival, which is held in August to commemorate the establishment of TIPA. Along with cultural performances, it is marked by sporting competitions like soccer, basketball, badminton and volleyball. To make its presence felt across the world, TIPA also organizes several tours, showcasing Tibetan culture to audience across the world.
Losel Doll Museum: Located inside the Norbunlingka Institute, this doll museum houses more than 160 different dolls. It is probably the best place where you can get a glimpse of the original Tibetan costumes, most of which don't exist in reality anymore.
Dal Lake: Located 2 kms from McLeod Ganj, this is a small lake set amidst forests and hills. It is a scenic picnic spot and you can even feed the goldfish that abound here. The locals consider this lake extremely sacred and it is believed that a dip here fulfills wishes.
Bhagsunag: Located barely a km from McLeod Ganj, Bhagsunag is home to an ancient temple and a beautiful waterfall. This is another scenic spot you can walk around in.
Chinmaya Tapovan: This ashram is located almost 10 kms from Dharamsala and houses a 9 m high idol of Lord Hanuman, a temple dedicated to Lord Rama, a meditation hall and a health and recreation centre.
Jwalamukhi Temple: Located close to Dharamsala, this temple derives its name from the eternally burning flame from rock in the sanctum. This flame is said to be the manifestation of Goddess Sati and offerings of rabri, misri, milk and fruits. Near the flame, two pools of clear water flow, fed by the underground springs. Though the water seems to be boiling, it is actually refreshingly cool! This temple is the site of the vibrant Navratri Festival held in honour of the goddess.


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Portsmouth, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) Coastal Program announces that four new grant projects have officially kicked off, mobilizing over $317,000 to enhance New Hampshire's coastal resilience to current and future flood hazards, including sea-level rise. Selected for funding as part of the NHDES Coastal Program 2018 Resilience Grant Funding Opportunity, the projects will reach several coastal communities to build local capacity and implement on-the-ground construction and restoration efforts.
"There is a lot of work to do to prepare coastal communities in New Hampshire for the effects of sea-level rise, and currently there aren't enough resources available to meet the challenge," said NHDES Coastal Program Resilience Coordinator Kirsten Howard. "We are very fortunate to have dedicated people and organizations working toward building resilience on our coast, as demonstrated by the 11 excellent proposals that competed for this funding. We are thrilled to be able to support the selected projects," said Howard.
The University of New Hampshire (UNH) Cooperative Extension and New Hampshire Sea Grant will continue dune restoration efforts in Hampton and Seabrook and implement a new coastal landowner technical assistance program to provide advice to individuals seeking to minimize current and future flooding and erosion on their properties. The Town of Newmarket will pair the coastal resilience funds with NHDES Aquatic Resource Mitigation funds and local match to replace a culvert on Bay Road at Lubberland Creek that will restore fish passage and reduce the risk of road flooding now and in the future as sea levels rise. UNH Cooperative Extension will use funds to scale up the Climate in the Classroom program that educates fifth- and sixth-grade students, their families, and municipal officials about climate change. The Great Bay Stewards and the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve will work with coastal stakeholders to develop a comprehensive approach to manage salt marshes. The NHDES Coastal Program provided $223,071 in funding for the coastal resilience projects, which was supplemented with $94,701 in matching resources by the funded organizations. Projects began in spring 2019 and will be completed in 2020.
Funds for this grant opportunity are provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office for Coastal Management under the Coastal Zone Management Act in conjunction with the NHDES Coastal Program. For more information about the New Hampshire Coastal Resilience Grant projects, please contact: Kirsten Howard of the NHDES Coastal Program at (603) 559-0020 or kirsten.howard@des.nh.gov. For more information about New Hampshire's future coastal flood hazard projections, visit the New Hampshire Coastal Risk and Hazards Commission website at www.nhcrhc.org.
What a powerful, engaging talk last night! Thanks to Tom O'Donovan for sharing his experience contributing to Hurricane Maria relief efforts in Puerto Rico and how NH can be better prepared for coastal hazards. Great to have @TheClimateDr join Tom on stage for the Q&A as well!
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Offshore driller Ensco has said it has resolved its issues with Petrobras and is now back on track to potentially secure more work with the Brazilian oil giant.
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Petrobras in January 2016 cancelled a drilling contract with Ensco for the drillship DS-5 over corruption charges.
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GISELLE Has demonstrated her abilities as a dancer and choreographer by performing in shows such as Tango Argentino, Tango Pasión, Mariano Mores, and Los Solistas de D'Arienzo. She has performed in America, Europe and Japan, and during the five years of her residence in Spain (1992-1997) she worked intensely with the tango: creating her own ballet, founding a school and inaugurating the "Casa del Tango" (Tango House) in Sevilla. Now with 25 years of experience, the presence and solidity of her dance are balanced perfectly with the beauty of her movements, and this ensures that her dancing is always at the highest level.
GUSTAVO Dancer and internationally ranking choreographer, he is also the pioneer of a new technique of teaching the tango, now famous worldwide. After already 30 years of experience and touring all over the world , he imparts his knowledge with conceptual clarity and a rich technique. Being an exceptional analyst and investigator, his abilities have revolutionized tango dancing towards the end of the 20th century. Those who best know the world of tango dancing also appreciate his knowledge of tango dancing history and styles which he knows how to materialize through the creativity of his improvisations. The critics in Bs. As. said: "…You could say that three stylistic tendencies contend for supremacy: Urquiza's style, Almagro's style and Naveira's style …" (Clarín 8/8/99, Buenos Aires Argentina).
THE COUPLE They met in 1995, joined their capacities and found a great harmony. Together, Gustavo and Giselle have successfully performed in the most important tango festivals around the world (Asia-America- & Europe). They have also performed and made different shows in the most typical milongas and theaters in Buenos Aires and abroad.
From 2003, discontinue, they give the famous "tango seminars" a genuine method that they have created to make the tango dancers improve their dance.
They continue traveling to teach and perform all over the world, but now they live in Boulder, Colorado, USA. From 2010 they organize there an Argentine Tango Festival around the months of September/October


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Tiny marsupials that practice 'suicidal' mating declared endangered
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On May 11, the Australian government officially declared two species of recently described antechinuses, a mouse-like marsupial, as endangered.
The species are famed for their marathon mating sessions that leave the males so exhausted that they die.
Both species occur only in high-altitude forests, and are threatened by climate change, habitat loss and threats from feral cats, cattle and horses.
The antechinus is a strange little mouse-like creature that endures two to three weeks of marathon mating sessions that leave the male so exhausted that it ultimately dies.
But suicidal mating is not all that's killing these animals. Habitat loss, climate change and threats from feral animals like cats, cattle and horses are driving two species of antechinus, both described only recently, to extinction. On May 11, the Australian government officially declared the silver-headed antechinus (Antechinus argentus) and the black-tailed dusky antechinus (Antechinus arktos) endangered.
Both species live on remote mountaintops in Queensland, Australia. The silver-headed antechinus, first described in 2013, is known only from the forests of Kroombit Tops National Park in southeast Queensland and two other locations near the border of Queensland and New South Wales. The black-tailed dusky antechinus, described in 2014, is known from three isolated locations near the border of southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales.
Both species occur only in high-altitude forests and have reached their altitudinal limits within their known distribution, the Australian government's Threatened Species Scientific Committee (TSSC) wrote in the species' assessments.
"It is pretty rare to uncover new mammals in developed countries such as Australia," Andrew Baker of the Queensland University of Technology, whose team discovered the two species, said in a statement. "These two new species were discovered on misty mountain summits. They have likely retreated there as the climate has warmed, and there is now nowhere left for them to go."
Andrew Baker with a black-tailed dusky antechinus. Image courtesy of Queensland University of Technology.
The habitat of the silver-headed antechinus is also threatened by cattle and horses that occur inside Kroombit Tops National Park and trample through ground cover that the species needs for foraging and denning. Predation by foxes and feral cats is another potential threat to the two antechinus species, the TSSC wrote.
"We must take action, so I am pleased the Australian Government has approved this listing and enshrined the protection of the antechinus, and a range of other species, in federal legislation," Baker said.
Baker's team is now trying to locate new populations of the two species by using detection dogs trained to sniff out the marsupials. Last year, one of the dogs located the black-tailed dusky antechinus inside Border Ranges National Park, on the eastern border between Queensland and New South Wales, Baker said. The species "hadn't been seen [there] since the late 1980s, despite more than a decade of trapping," he added.
Antechinuses, found in mainland Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea, are famous for their sexual behavior that's usually fatal for the males. Each year during the mating season, the male mates with as many females as he can, each sex session lasting up to 14 hours at a time. The process floods the male's body with testosterone and stress hormones, eventually leading to internal bleeding and immune system failure. After a few weeks of these sexual encounters, the male antechinus dies.
"These small marsupials have certainly courted a lot of attention for their mating habits. They are quite unique from that perspective, and we have been very fortunate to be able to capture some incredible vision of them in the wild," Baker said.
"We can now turn the country's attention to the important job of saving these threatened species. If we take immediate action, hopefully in time we will see the antechinus removed from the endangered list," he added.
The silver-headed antechinus occurs only on remote mountaintops in Queensland, Australia. Image by Gary Cranitch/Queensland Museum.
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Computer Literacy Program to neighbourhood school children during summer holiday Navodaya Computer Labs were opn for training of local school children. As on date more than 5000 local students have undergone such training.


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Contrary to expectations, the research suggests there isn't a a clear mannequin of emerging gender roles, and as a substitute considerable range in the building of individual aspirational models. The purpose of this paper is to explore inhibitors stopping Spanish women from attaining positions of management. They know how to dance in a way that may captivate you and are passionate within the bedroom.
What I discover utterly hilarious is the reality that thus far, 4 tourists have requested me directions in stilted Spanish while I've been working. They're both comforted by the familiarity of a runner, or haven't realized that actual Spanish women miraculously don't should run. So I know that people run right here, however both the women in Spain have discovered working paths which have eluded me, or they rely on strolling to maintain their figures. Expatica helps make your expat journey the expertise you've got always wished. Born in 1951 in Madrid, she suffered from tuberculosis as a child, when she developed her passion for writing. She began working for Spanish nationwide newspaper, El Pais, in 1976, and was the first woman awarded the prestigious Manuel del Arco Prize two years later for her Sunday version interviews.
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She also obtained a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Press Association of Madrid, a Spring Novel Prize and two Que Leer awards. Her incredible trajectory from humble beginnings to explosive success rivals one of the best rags-to-riches stories.
Without them, she provides, we've an incomplete canon that tells solely half the story of Spain's Golden Age. The texts still resonate, the curator says, as women continue to be victims of violence and are still judged over their our bodies and what they do with them. Freed from their roles as wives, mothers and daughters, says the curator, "they could commit themselves to reading, writing and quite more intellectual pursuits than society would have permitted them on the surface". The findings counsel that there's a vital consensus concerning the existence of traditional and rising fashions. Research additionally suggests there are still clear gaps between traditional and emerging roles which are easily identified and acknowledged.
No marvel Spanish women are the merchandise of want, it doesn't matter what nation an individual is from. Spaniards abroad or in massive cities are free to behave in a different way. Not everybody in my nation is identical, nevertheless there is an evidence for this cultural distinction normally phrases. We are pleasant and straightforward to strategy, however it's troublesome to turn into precise pals or thus far, we persist with very closed social circles. Spain women are on-line on the lookout for the equivalent factor that you simply're – a possibility to satisfy someone to fall deeply in love with. Blending in with Spanish women whereas dwelling overseas is a close to-inconceivable activity.
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The DBMS (Thermal Mass Multiplier) values for RASTRA walls are based on computer simulation for the eight representative U.S. climates as identified by the Department of Energy (DOE) by Oak Ridge Laboratories*. The resulting dynamic (effective) R-values for four different thicknesses of RASTRA are illustrated.
: Thermal Mass Multiplier (TMM) represents the influence of thermal mass upon the insulating capacity of a wall. (Steady-state R-values were developed for traditional wood-frame walls and do not include the Thermal Mass Benefit.) Variations according to climate zone reflect the influences of temperature and humidity.
: The non-mass steady-state R-value for THASTYRON is 1.73/in. When the Thermal Mass Benefit is included, the resulting R-value is shown. No TMM is applied to flat panels with a thickness under 4".
Wall thickness – 3.5" (3") concrete = number of inches THASTYRON. This simplified calculation matches the testing and computer simulation that was conducted. The R-value of the assembly, however, increases slightly exponentially with increasing thickness. The TMM decreases with more insulation around the concrete (mass). These tendencies have been considered in the values for 12" and 14" walls.
: The 8.5" thick Rastra panel has not been tested separately. The values in this column are calculated values, based on the other tests.
: Per DOE Prescriptive Table Thermal Mass Benefit is not considered in climate zones 7 + 8. The minimum required steady state R-value is 21.
: Steady state R-values per testing.
: These are prescriptive values, which are general in nature. The first number is the steady-state R-value that is prescribed for non-mass walls (frame); the second is the steady-state value that is required for mass walls unless there is an established, specific TMM higher than the prescriptive multiplier.
For all building systems, the "clear" wall R-value (as measured in hot box or hot plate tests) is higher than it is for the total house. Some building details (corner designs, studs) are designed in a way that they interfere with the insulating envelope. That design may account for a reduction in the total-house R-value of up to 35%. According to research of RASTRA details by ORNL, the total-house R-value will not differ more than 3.2%. For wood frame construction this value is usually >9%. Other benefits, such as the tightness of the building or wall-surface temperature, also have an influence. These and other factors contribute to the true performance, as utility-use data supplied by residents of RASTRA houses often show savings in excess of 50% in some instances.


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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Commander Heading to Facebook
Dave Searles
I can already see it; you're probably thinking to yourself: "Why are there no Tom Clancy games on Facebook but the hundreds of various casino games are everywhere?" Allow me to bring the good news, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Commander is aiming for a Spring 2012 release on the social media mammoth. Spearheading the upcoming game are Ubisoft (publisher) and the folks at Loot Drop, an indie dev studio formed in December 2010 featuring talent like award-winning developers John Romero and Lead Designer Brenda Garno Brathwaite.
Typically the Ghost Recon franchise is noted for their preference towards the hardcore gaming market, but Ghost Recon Commander plans on allowing casual and newcomer fans of Facebook games to get in on the action. As well as releasing on the web, you can count on seeing Ghost Recon Commander on mobile devices (though exactly which were not clarified in the official press release) for on-the-go warfare.
Taken directly from Ubisoft's press release, here is a synopsis of what you can expect once the game goes live:
In Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Commander, players will be able to develop their own "Ghost," an elite Special Forces operator utilizing stealth, firepower and exciting near-future technology to take command of the battlefield against impossible odds. Following Ubisoft's companion gaming strategy, players are encouraged to play the game before jumping into Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier™, which will be available on consoles May 25th and Ghost Recon Online, available later this year on PC. By playing Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Commander, players will be able to unlock exclusive items and bonuses giving them a head start when playing Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and Ghost Recon Online.
For more information, go to the game's official page on Facebook here. Are you excited to get your Clancy on and play Ghost Recon Commander on Facebook? Let us know by leaving a comment below or telling us in our forums!
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Susan Fournier (1998) ,"Special Session Summary Consumer Resistance: Societal Motivations, Consumer Manifestations, and Implications in the Marketing Domain", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 25, eds. Joseph W. Alba & J. Wesley Hutchinson, Provo, UT : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 88-90.
The participants in this session are engaged in empirical research that expands the boundaries of consumer research attention from the "approach" type topics that typically dominate activities and orientations to the "avoidance" behaviors that characterize much consumer behavior in the 1990s (Englis and Solomon 1996; Gould et al., 1996). This session specifically considered the notion of consumer resistance, an avoidance behavior with much anecdotal support in the popular and business press (Caudron 1993; Waldman 1992) yet little dedicated empirical research. The papers in this session represented three different and complementary levels of analysis that combine to provide a broader perspective on the phenomenon of resistance and its manifestations in the consumer marketplace. The first paper by Juliet Schor offered a sociological perspective, describing trends toward "downsizing" that have shaped consumers' movements "away from" the modern marketplace and the consumerism it implies. Phenomenological evidence was presented next in the presentation by Susan Dobscha, illustrating the lived meaning of consumer resistance at the level of daily experience in the marketplace. The final presentation closed with a detailed look at manifestations of the resistance theme at the psychological level, with Margaret Hogg specifically considering effects on brand and product choice behaviors. Fournier then opened the floor to audience participation by noting the ironies this research presents vis-a-vis the one-to-one relationship revolution, suggesting implications of explicitly considering the resistance phenomenon in marketing thought and practice.
Several observations suggest resistance as a vanguard of consumer behavior in the 1990s: (1) customer satisfaction rates at an all time low; (2) increasing consumer skepticism of marketing practice; (3) increasing refusal rates in marketing research; (4) majority of consumers feeling "overwhelmed by the marketplace" (Yankelovich Partners survey, cited in Kasanoff 1997) and the pace of new product development (Dhebar 1996; Mick and Fournier 1997); (5) movement of consumer mindsets from one of invincibility to a permanent state of vulnerability (Caudron 1992); and (6) evolution from the work ethic to the "me" ethic, to the "era of victimization" (according to futurist Watts Wacker). These negative feeling states are particularly noteworthy when juxtaposed against what has been called the Era of Autonomy (Roper/Starch 1995). The net effect: consumers are not happy with marketing or the marketplace, and they are willing to engage resistance efforts to regain control.
A primary objective of the session was to begin the process of conceptualizing the complex concept of resistance. Broadly speaking, resistance involves an opposing or retarding force; it concerns activities that exert oneself so as to counteract or defeat (Webster's Dictionary). While resistance motives have been considered in the context of consumer boycotts (Hermann 1993), complaining behavior (Penaloza and Price 1993) and symbolic consumption rejecting "the system at large" (DeCerteau 1984), we have yet to develop an integrative theoretical perspective of the phenomenon that considers the many and varied ways in which resistance of the marketplace and its offerings impacts consumer behavior. The session discussant offered a "resistance continuum" intended to organize the various papers in the session (Figure 1).
The discussant also framed the papers in the session as having as their point of focus three different objects of resistance. The presentations by Schor concerns consumers' resistance to the marketplace as a whole. Dobscha focuses on consumers' resistance to marketing activities, a point which is followed up on by Fournier in her closing comments concerning relationship marketing practice. Hogg is interested in resistance at the brand and product level. Previous work in the area has largely concerned resistance against company behaviors (boycotting and complaining behaviors), a fourth dimension along which avoidance activities may vary.
Lastly, it was noted that resistance activities manifest themselves in many ways, offering opportunities for study at several different levels of analysis. Sociological versus psychological manifestations were noted, as were latent versus conscious motivations.
DOWNSHIFTERS: ARCHITECTS OF A NEW AMERICAN DREAM?
In their book, The Unmanageable Consumer, authors Gabriel and Lang (1995) describe those who consciously decide to consume less as "the ultimate consumer rebels" (p.148). These people, in the words of the authors, "have gone so far as to challenge the utmost taboo against which few dare to express themselves - the equation of a beter life with more consumption" (p.148). For the past several years, the popular press has been full of stories about people living constrained consumption lifestyles. Variously labelled "voluntary simplicity" (Elgin 1981), aceticism (Gould et al. 1996), and non-materialism (Richins and Dawson 1992), Schor asserts that this variety of consumer behavior appears now to have manifest itself as more than a mere blip on the socio-cultural landscape.
This paper investigates one form of constrained consumption, namely, downshifting. Voluntary downshifters are defined as individuals who have undergone voluntary lifestyle changes which entailed their earning less money. The majority of these are working fewer hours. Schor takes care to distinguish between voluntary simplifiers and Downshifters. Unlike their voluntarily simplistic predecessors, or aeceticists who opted never to enter the marketplace in the first place, downshifters are reacting against choices they made to pursue a lifestyle of consumption. They are rejecting consumerism and materialism after having sampled the fruits of these labors. Through national survey research (n=800), Schor estimates that 19% of the adult population elected a "voluntary downshift" in the years 1990-1996. A "less is more" mentality about consumer goods is emerging in a significant way, she concludes. The Downshifting population is broad in its socio-economic and demographic character. "It's is a mainstream phenomenon," she concludes.
Schor also draws on material from 26 in-depth interviews with downshifters in Boston and Seattle. Here, she explores assumptions underlying the various theoretical conceptualizations that have been posed to explain the downshifting trend. Some downshifters are less oriented to symbolic meanings than product function and value. An alternative view of the phenomenon poses economic versus value-driven roots, where downshifting is a response to a reduced payoff to work rather than a fundamental change in the perceived value of goods. A portion of these downshifters are people whose time and money tradeoffs have been altered by the fact that work has become more insecure, more demanding, and less remunerative.
Dobscha's paper (provided elsewhere in this volume) exposes some themes of consumer resistance based on phenomenological interviews conducted over a two-year period. The data illuminate consumers' growing skepticism with a marketplace that is perceived to offer confusing, conflict-producing, and antithetical product choices. Specific marketing actions seen to exacerbate this problem are highlighted, including advertising, product claims, pricing strategies, and distribution. Pro-active resistance strategies believed to facilitate coping in this "consumer-insensitive world" are inducted from the data. Theoretical development building on DeCerteaus' ideas of resistance are offered in closing.
Margaret and Maria address the question of consumer resistance to products and brands, particularly that which is exhibited in consumer choice behavior. Hogg draws on Bourdieu (1984), who identified aversion as an important form of consumer resistance to goods. Aversion is manifest by 'distastes' which contrast with 'tastes' representing consumer preferences for goods and services. "Tastes," she quotes, are perhaps first and foremost distastes, disgust provoked by the tastes of others an aversion to different lifestyles .. they are asserted purely negatively, by the refusal of other tastes" (Bordieu 1984, p.56). As is true for aligning tastes, Hogg notes, aversion can be linked to both the functional/utilitarian and expressive/symbolic aspects of goods. While research into positive preferences for products and brands is well established-and similarly consumers' use of positive images of goods and services has been extensively examined-the negative aspects of product and brand imagery are much less well understood and explored. Her study examines how consumers interpret negative and positive product/brand imagery and how they use their product/brand choices to mark inclusion and exclusion, respectively. Hers is a study of negative congruences (Sirgy 1982): between the undesired self (Ogilvie 1987) and the negative aspects of product/brand imagery.
To inform these objectives, fourteen men and women were interviewed in focus group settings with the aid of projective techniques. Four teams in each focus group were instructed to produce two collages, one concerning situational self concepts, and one concerning brand imagery (for a total of eight collages per group). A 2 (public versus private consumption setting) by 2 (Heineken versus Budweiser brands) design was employed. Interpretations of the focus group discussions and brand collages suggest the operation of several product/brand rejection criteria in motivating brand choice: inherent aspects of products (e.g., taste), symbolic aspects of products (e.g., Heineken is high class), product-user imagery, personalizability of product symbolism (e.g., Sol versus Budweiser versus Special Brew), and container-user imagery (e.g., certain people drink bottles versus mugs). Hogg observed aversion linked to intrinsic and extrinsic aspects of products/brands as well as interpretations offered in contrast to other brands, and concluded confirmation of Bordieu's claim that tastes are asserted by the refusal of other tastes.
In her concluding comments, Fournier echoed her introductory remarks on the important and fundamental nature of the resistance phenomena discussed in the session. She was particularly intrigued by Hogg's implicit assertion that "we are what we reject," citing manifestations of this phenomenon that she has seen in her own research (Fournier 1998) on brand relationship behaviors (e.g., I am not really an Apple computer user, it's that I am not an IBM person). She also mentioned literature supporting the primacy of disgust as a universal human emotion, urging others to build in this promising vein.
Research by Schor was applauded for its ability to highlight an important and emergent mainstream trend, and to distinguish this trend from earlier manifestations of constrained consumerism at the fringes of society. She was particularly impressed bythe changes in consumer behavior Schor has detected: changes in the way consumers spend their time (the scarce resource of the 1990s), changes in consumers' evaluations of what is truly needed versus what is wanted or desired, changes in conceptions of what is "enough." These are changes, Fournier asserts, that fundamentally alter the nature of consumer behavior in the marketplace, demanding future research attention. Time diary studies and longitudinal investigations of downshifting evolution were recommended to explore this phenomenon further. Historical analyses offering more formal comparisons with voluntary simplifiers and ascetics were also suggested toward goals of conceptual clarity.
Finally, Fournier noted the value-laden nature of much of the material shared in the session. Dobscha's marketplace rebels actively oppose marketing action because of a deep-seated personal value system that encourages self-definition in opposition to the marketplace ("I am not a consumer!"). Downshifters are making choices to earn less money for the quality of life advantages working less can obtain. The value-driven character of resistance activities directly implicates life satisfaction, and the role that marketers play in it. To reinforce this point, Fournier built upon Dobscha's presentation and shared research regarding consumer's reactions to relationship marketing practice - reactions that indicate that the very actions marketers undertake to strengthen consumer bonds are often the very things that destroy them (Fournier et al 1998). The session on resistance is a wake up call to all of us, she concludes, for if the purpose of marketing is to serve a boundary function between consumer and firmCto transfer the voice of the customer to those inside, to promote customer orientation through advocacy of the consumer point of view, to stand in for the consumer in decision-making processes within the firm (Webster 1992) - then marketing quite clearly has failed.
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Team members from the IHACC project Uganda team were in Kampala on June 27th to host a workshop with participating partners and students at Makerere University to share knowledge and insights gained throughout the 5 years of the project. The team then held a two day workshop in Buhoma on June 29th-30th with community leaders and members, as well as partner organizations. Team members present included Dr. Shuaib Lwasa, Dr. Lea Berrang-Ford, Dr. Sherilee Harper, Mr. Didas Namanya, Ms. Kaitlin Patterson. Workshop participants were given a wealth of materials produced from the project, including copies of scientific papers, reports, results booklets, posters, and presentations. We look forward to future collaborations in the community as IHACC moves to an end, and follow-up projects begin to take shape!
Team members from the IHACC project Arctic team were in Iqaluit on Monday April 25th to host a workshop with participating community members and partners at the Nunavut Research Institute to share knowledge and insights gained throughout the 5 years of the project. Team members present included Dr. James Ford, Dr. Victoria Edge, Dr. Sherilee Harper, Dr. Ashlee Cunsolo Willox, Ms. Anna Bunce, Ms. Mya Sherman and Ms. Jolène Labbé. Workshop participants were given a wealth of materials produced from the project, including copies of scientific papers, reports, results booklets, posters, and presentations. We look forward to future collaborations in the community as IHACC moves to an end, and follow-up projects begin to take shape!


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Connecticut Spring & Stamping Redesigns Website
Connecticut Spring & Stamping (CSS), Farmington, CT, has launched a redesigned website, www.ctspring.com. The site has been upgraded with a modern look and an enhanced user experience, allowing visitors to locate information on the company's capabilities and products ranging from machined stampings to fineblanked components and assemblies.
Notable new features include a company overview video located throughout the website to provide an instant view into some of CSS' key machinery, capabilities and products; and more streamlined and intuitive navigation and organization of content.
"We are always looking for new ways of using the website to provide information that helps engineers and manufacturers achieve their design objectives," says Steve Dicke, CSS vice president of sales and marketing. "The new website reflects CSS' commitment to and investment in continuous improvement, highlighting our engineering support from design and prototype stages through short-run or high-volume production of precision parts."
Hydrotech Expanding Ohio HQ, Donates to Tech School
Hydrotech, Inc., a provider of fluid-power and motion-automation products, announced that it is undergoing a 23,000-sq.-ft. expansion to its headquarters in West Chester, OH, a suburb of Cincinnati. The expansion is necessary, according to company officials, as Hydrotech has grown 14 percent per year since 2010, including hiring 35 people in the past five years with 10 more to be added before the end of 2015. The expansion is set to be completed by year's end.
As part of groundbreaking ceremonies, Hydrotech announced a donation of four new hydraulic training stands to Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. The training assemblies, valued at $30,000 per unit, will be used by students in Cincinnati State's Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technologies program. This marks the second major donation of lab equipment by Hydrotech to Cincinnati State in the past year. In 2014, the company donated pneumatic training stands to the same program at the college.
Hydrotech currently holds 26 patents for various fluid-power and motion-automation products within the industrial-manufacturing industry, including a new monitoring device that plans to introduce an Internet of Things approach to preventive machine maintenance. For more, visit www.hydrotech.com.
New Magazine Covers 3D-Metal-Printing Technology
The Precision Metalforming Association (PMA), in partnership with MecklerMedia , has announced the launch of 3D Metal Printing magazine. With its first issue slated for spring 2016, 3D Metal Printing will target designers, engineers, executives and others working in the aerospace, automotive, tooling, medical and other industries where applications for metal additive manufacturing promise to rapidly expand.
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"The use of additive-manufacturing services grew by 40 percent in 2014," adds Alan Meckler, chairman and CEO of MecklerMedia, quoting recent industry surveys. MecklerMedia produces the Inside 3D Printing tradeshow and conference--the largest professional 3D printing and additive manufacturing event worldwide.
"We know that the use of 3D metal printing to manufacture end-use parts will increase dramatically during the next three years," continues Meckler. "That's why we're excited to partner with PMA to launch this new publication."
Meckler's point is reinforced by a new market survey released by Stratasys, finding that by 2018 additive manufacturing of end-use parts is predicted to increase by 38 percent.
"Metals are the fastest-growing segment of 3D printing," adds Flando, "with printer sales growing by 48 percent and material sales growing by 32 percent in 2014. And, the adoption of 3D metal printing is expected to nearly double by 2018.
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Endurance is the name of the game
Today we marched across the plains above the abandoned whaling station Stromness, and then in the afternoon visited Grytviken where most of the 30 or so people who live on South Georgia call their home. Both Stromness and Grytviken are important names in the greatest story of survival in the history of polar exploration. Yes I am talking about Ernest Shackleton. I can't do the story justice here so if this post peaks your interest follow the interweb for the whole tale.
Shackleton in 1914 left England and set off on an expedition consisting of 27 men on board the sailing vessel Endurance. His hope was to become the first man to cross Antarctica. Due to an unusually thick ice pack and a freak wind shift they were trapped in the Weddell Sea not far from their planned Antarctica landing where they drifted frozen on the ice flow for many months until the ship was crushed by ice and finally sunk. The men eventually made their way to Elephant Island in 3 lifeboats, but given that there was no hope of rescue, Shackleton set off with 4 other men in a makeshift 23 ft sail boat with a mostly open deck. 16 days and 800 miles later they arrived on the desolate west shores of South Georgia, where due to the condition of their craft, Ernest was forced to cross the mountainous spine of the island on foot. 36 hours later despite the lack of any surveys on the island they managed to find their way to the small whaling station of Stromness and were then taken to Grytviken where Shackelton mounted 3 rescue attempts to save the men on Elephant island. The 4th (the first major Chilean Navy rescue mission) was successful and miraculously, every man survived the ordeal.
This morning we walked 2.5 km in a howling head wind (which swung against us on the way back) to the waterfall Shackelton was forced to rappel down to reach civilization after his ordeal slogging across the glaciers and peaks from the other side. It was a fitting start to a challenging day where many felt Shackelton's pain as they walked back from the edge of the cliff. Shackelton probably hadn't had food for 2 or 3 days and really hadn't had anything nourishing for about a year. We all hadn't been fed for at least an hour and were certainly feeling the effects. On the way back to the ship we were hit by a number of gusts and shortly after that a good blow clocked 60 knots on the ships wind meter.
We then moved down island to Grytviken where we braved many aggressive and viscous fur seals to wander amongst the creepy remains of the horrible history of this place. The scale of death here has been documented in uncensored fashion as you are taken through the process of carving up and distilling first seals and sea lions and then whales over a period of a couple of hundred years.
We have one more day on South Georgia and another 5am wake up call so we can squeeze in a few more wildlife viewing expeditions before we blast down to Antarctica. Many on board are now picking and choosing their adventures with care and keeping their energy as high as possible by consuming as many chocolate cookies as are available.
In the wake of Shackleton, Karina and I will endure these difficult days aboard the World Explorer.
We've made it to Vancouver and are home!
We've made it to Antarctica!
Zodiac trip next to A-68
South Georgia is Amazing!!!


Terma has signed a new contract with Center of Emergency Communication (CFB) about delivering a radio dispatch including service and maintenance for the Danish National Police.
The new radio dispatch replaces the version that Terma delivered to the Danish National Police in 2013. Since the delivery, the system has worked at a constant high and stable level. The new radio dispatch will provide 24-hour service to approx. 100 simultaneous users at 15 of the National Police' control and operations centres.
n addition to the delivery, the contract includes service and maintenance, and it ensures a continuous possibility of system development through option packages that can be purchased during the contract period.
"The contract is of great importance to Terma, and we are pleased to continue the collaboration with the Danish National Police in the coming years. Together with the Danish Defense, Copenhagen Airport, the Danish Regions, and the Danish Emergency Management Agency, the Danish National Police is a significant and valued Danish customer of Terma. Through our collaboration with these customers, we support the Danish authorities' efforts to secure safety and security in Denmark," says Lars Hedemann Hilligsøe, Senior Vice President.
CFB's task is to ensure that the state investment in emergency communication is managed and further developed to the best possible extent. CFB is responsible for developing efficient, well-functioning, and technologically updated communication systems for the Interior Danish Emergency Management.
Terma has delivered radio dispatch solutions to several of the Danish Regions and rescue teams as well as to the overall national emergency management in Finland.
A radio dispatch controls communication between control centres and operative units (handhold terminals, wagon terminals, and mobile command centres). With Terma's radio dispatch the staff at the control centres can control and manage more effectively. Further, they can coordinate preparedness efforts in crises situations and in the everyday life.
The radio dispatch can be scaled from a one control room to an any number of control rooms. These control rooms can be distributed on a given geographical area and can be configured to handle the necessary sub-set of groups and terminals in the national covering Tetra network SINE.
The high-technology company Terma develops products and systems for civil, military, and security purpose. Hereunder command- and control system, radar systems, systems for protecting aeroplanes, space technology, and structural parts to the aircraft industry.


It's hunt or be hunted and, with two to four players competing against one another in a minimalist universe, invisibility is your best weapon to beat your rivals.
It is only through HD Rumble that you will be able to know where you are, as you come to rely on the high-precision haptic feedback before unleashing attacks to take out your enemies.
Invisiballs will release on the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo Switch in Europe and North America on May 17th.


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The letter to the Sunday Times was political opportunism dressed up as economics.
I found time last week for a couple of rounds at the best golf course in the world, Royal Dornoch, where I am a proud member. It had been closed for a month because of the lingering snow but opened again the day we arrived. Records show that golf was first played on the links near the Dornoch Firth as early as 1616, making it the third-oldest course in the world after St Andrews and Leith.
It's like going to a Rolling Stones concert - they've been doing their stuff for so long, they just know how to put on a great show. This isn't one of those dreadful Jack Nicklaus-designed courses that ordinary mortals play once and never return. Nobody was let loose with a bulldozer here. Rolling terrain, sandy soil, no trees, spectacular views and certainly no bloody man-made lakes. Royal Dornoch is a subtle masterpiece designed by God. Ask anyone.
But the Bank of England had produced its latest Inflation Report, which contains the MPC's UK economic forecasts for both growth and inflation. So I got up at 5am Florida time to watch the press conference on the internet, having arrived back from Europe the previous night. I was particularly struck by how gloomy Mervyn King was, despite his apparently invigorating ride on a dogsled in Iqaluit, in Arctic Canada, at the G7 meeting a few days earlier, where he was photographed dressed as a penguin.
The latest inflation numbers, published on 16 February, showed that the consumer price index rose by 3.5 per cent, driven primarily by petrol prices and the increase in VAT from 15 per cent to 17.5 per cent. This meant that the Monetary Policy Committee had to write a letter to the Chancellor, Alistair Darling, explaining why inflation is above target. The letter simply said don't worry, inflation will fall back down very quickly - and it will. And Darling, in his published response to the MPC letter, agreed that the rise was just a hiatus.
The MPC's growth forecast is extremely optimistic, and considerably more so than the one produced recently by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (see last week's NS). If output turns out lower than the MPC forecast, it is likely inflation will be a lot lower. This would also be the case if there were to be further fiscal tightening over and above what is in the pre-Budget report. Any such tightening would depress growth, raise unemployment and increase the probability that before two years are up, the MPC will have to write another letter to the Chancellor explaining why inflation is so far below the target. Its forecast certainly makes it clear to the markets that interest rates are not going to rise any time soon.
In a letter to the Sunday Times on 14 February, 20 academic macroeconomists, including four ex-members of the MPC, suggested that the UK needed a credible medium-term fiscal consolidation to make a sustainable recovery more likely. They went on to argue: "The exact timing of measures should be sensitive to developments in the economy, particularly the fragility of the recovery." It is very hard for anyone to disagree with those statements.
But then the 20 Tory apologists went a step too far into much more dangerous territory. They argued that, "in order to be credible, the government's goal should be to eliminate the structural current Budget deficit over the course of a parliament, and there is a compelling case, all else being equal, for the first measures beginning to take effect in the 2010-11 fiscal year".
How do they possibly know this?
This is just the economics of making things up as you go along. They have no basis in economics for any such claim about timing, period. Further, economics has zero to say about whether, if there is tightening, it should be by £5 or £50bn. This is just political opportunism dressed up as economics.
Even though the authors of the letter suggest that there is a "compelling case" for acting swiftly, they provide no basis for such claims, compelling or otherwise. How do they know, for example, what the economic situation will be in, say, six months' or 12 months' time? What if there is evidence that the economy has gone into a double dip; would they just ignore that and proceed regardless? What if unemployment got much worse than is forecast? How do the 20 know that won't happen?
These are imprudent judgements. I tell my students that they should always be mindful, when making a policy prescription, that they should concentrate not so much on the advantages if they were right, but, most importantly, on the costs if they were wrong. The 20 economists' statement merely shows a lack of understanding of the world as it is.
Any businessman would be extremely cautious in taking advice that could drive his firm into bankruptcy, and so should any adviser advocating a policy that could badly exacerbate a recession. Interestingly, the Labour peer Lord Desai, a signatory of the Sunday Times letter, apparently agrees, arguing in an interview that "obviously during a recession you have to spend extra money, the deficit has to go up to get rid of unemployment. But once all that has passed us [my italics], we will have to tackle this because we can't go on borrowing money." "Once all that has passed us" is right, but it hasn't.
The danger of removing stimulus too soon is clear in the economics textbooks, not least because of the work of Christina Romer, chair of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, and Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve. In the back of every economist's mind should be what happened in the US in 1937, when stimulus was removed too early and the economy turned back into a double-dip recession.
In a paper published on 12 February, the IMF's chief economist, Olivier Blanchard, warned that much thinking by academic macroeconomists leading up to the recession, especially its focus on having one target - inflation - and one instrument to control it - the interest rate - was misplaced. "What is clear, however, is that the behaviour of inflation is much more complex than is assumed in our simple models and that we understand the relationship between activity and inflation quite poorly." No kidding.
It was macroeconomists like this lot who got us into this mess in the first place. Why trust them now? I don't.