I have moved and I am living with Joshua the Great! What a roomie! He doesn't complain, nor yell about things. Pheeeew.
I can honestly say that I miss some people back in Valdosta. I miss eating dinner with Jason, Russel sometimes and with Dave sometimes. I guess I could say I miss them more than I miss my old friends back in Orlando. That is probably because they keep in touch with me more than my Orlando friends do.
I went shopping. I bought a lovely new Gothic/Industrial/Alternative cd.I don't know who would be alternative on it, but that's what it says! It's pretty good. I really think I should have bought the Industrial Revolution 3rd edition, but I didn't. I also bought about 17 Winnie the Pooh? postcards. I want to frame them and put the up. That's what we did with the Beavis and Butthead? ones we got! It looks rather nice in the frame, if I do say so myself. I also got some Felix the cat and various other little ones. Totaling 27 postcards. Not bad if I do say so myself! Next is to buy a new printer, seeing as how I left my old one at my parents in FL…. it's ok, I'm doing alright without it. I would like to get a new one though!! Sometime soon! Then I have to buy a bike and some other stuff. I got myself a Tigger watch. I think Josh just wanted me to get it because it was green. That boy loves green. For me, if they would have had the Classic Pooh? watch in something other than childrens plastic, I would have bought it. I guess I am writing about my shopping, just because I would have told Jason and all about them at dinner… or rather, they normally would have been with me when I bought them!
I miss my other friends and I do miss my family. I miss My niece a lot for some reason. We have some of her artwork on the fridge. A letter she wrote to Josh and a letter she wrote to a cat! How cute! She's three and already a little drama queen. I guess she gets that from me. I used to act out songs and movies with her when I still lived in Orlando. I guess I did make an impression on the little lady!!
Alright, I guess now you have noticed that I do babble, see, I told you so. Ron used to complain about that. He's a friend from Valdosta. Memories! Actually, he was pretty cool towards me. One of the first people in Valdosta who actually knew (or so I figure) who KMFDM and PIGFACE were.


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How the Fed Blew It
Going Long
In the future, the Fed will have a much tougher job convincing the markets that it means what it says.
By Jeremy J. Siegel, Contributing Columnist
From Kiplinger's Personal Finance, December 2013
As readers of this column know, I have enthusiastically supported the policies of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke since the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy five years ago. So I'm certain that most people believe that a stock market bull like me would be enthusiastic about the Fed's decision to delay tapering its bond-purchase program. But I believe that Bernanke and the Fed have made a serious error.
See Also: Big Changes Ahead at the Fed
By adopting a policy that was well outside the expectations of virtually every market watcher, the Fed damaged its most valuable asset: credibility. In the future, the Fed will have a much tougher job convincing the markets that it means what it says. That, in turn, reduces the impact of "forward guidance," one of the Fed's most useful monetary tools.
Forward guidance allows the central bank to influence key economic variables, such as stock prices and long-term interest rates, simply by stating what its future policy will be. For example, if the central bank wants to restrain the economy, it telegraphs that there is a heightened probability of a future tightening move, such as an increase in short-term interest rates. The impact of those words alone may prompt an increase in long-term rates. That may be sufficient to reduce the size of any move by the Fed to bump up short-term rates—or possibly eliminate the need entirely.
It's true that Bernanke never promised that the Fed would begin tapering later this year. But he must have been aware of the market's overwhelming expectation that the Fed would announce a move in that direction. If he harbored doubts that the Fed should begin a tapering policy, it was incumbent on him to alter the market's expectations by signaling that doubt in speeches, public testimony or other communications before the Fed's September meeting.
To be sure, economic data had been on the weak side since the Fed's previous meeting in July. But the figures were not so weak to justify the Fed thwarting market expectations so thoroughly. If Bernanke wanted to err on the side of caution, he could have eased up on bond purchases by $10 billion instead of $20 billion, as expected by the market. Or he could have reduced purchases of Treasury securities but not mortgage-backed securities, or given guidance that further tapering would be halted if economic activity did not pick up. Any one of those actions would have been in line with the low end of market forecasts, maintained Fed credibility, and given a boost to both stocks and bonds.
A tougher challenge. Now, however, it will be more difficult for the Fed's words to move markets. Analysts and investors are likely to react to any of Bernanke's warnings with a "show me" attitude. As a result, the Fed will have to use more aggressive policy tools—such as lowering or raising reserve requirements, which makes it easier or more difficult for banks to lend. Those policy options are more disruptive and generate more uncertainty than using forward guidance to set market expectations.
I can understand that Bernanke might have believed that the market overreacted last spring when the Fed first announced its intention to begin easing up on bond purchases. But to do nothing is not the solution. It merely hurts the Fed's credibility.
The Fed's mistake is not fatal. In fact, some people may view Bernanke's decision as prescient, given the subsequent government shutdown and budget squabbles in D.C. But with a new chairman in the wings, it's critical to maintain market confidence in the Fed's word. It has been said that reputation is more important than money. For the institution that prints our money, those words are particularly apt.

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Q: Telerik MVC Grid for 40 tables with WCF limitations I need some suggestions on how to resolve the issue I am having. I have tried several different options but hit limitation after limitation. Here is a brief overview of what is going on...
We have 40 tables that hold configuration data that needed to implement CRUD operations. We must use Telerik MVC Grid and preferably the INLINE editing. We must manage the original state and the changed properties on a single object. That object will later be serialized into the database for later approval.
Instead of making 40 models, 40 views, 120 crud methods(no delete), that will all closely share the same code except the field names. I am trying to create a way to make this generic enough where we can have 40 models (maybe?), 1 view, 3 crud methods.
I am running into limitation in various areas:

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*WCF doesn't support generics

*Telerik grid doesn't support dynamic types

*WCF doesn't keep methods and private properties intact

*We are using MEF also, so this is a plugin, inside of a plugin.. i know..

*Adding methods to the WCF layer is not permitted...

My Idea?
I thought I would try creating a class to hold the state, well call it ManagedState. I originally wanted the table models to inherit from it and I had it linked to track changes but this was not working.
I also have now tried using the ManagedState class separately from the configuration class
and using that strictly to pass back and forth through our WCF service. Then try using that data to create the original type and hydrate it.
Really there is so much that has gone into this I am flustered. I have no particular code to share as this is an overall question of how I would implement it as I am hitting brick walls all over. I can post code in future if I get a good response to attempt another method to implement.

A: I see this question had a lot of views so I figured I would respond to answer my question.
I pretty much used T4 templates to generate a TelerikGrid HTMLHelper. The Telerik grid code was generated for each type unfortunately but all I had to do was call the helper and pass my type in and it used a case statement to return the correct grid.

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Home News The Lumineers To Play Saturday Night Live; Debut Album Now Top 10...
The Lumineers To Play Saturday Night Live; Debut Album Now Top 10 at Billboard; 'Ho Hey' Goes Double Platinum
Photo by Scott Preston
Grammy-nominated band The Lumineers will be the musical guests on Saturday Night Live on January 19, hosted by Jennifer Lawrence.
The band's Grammy-nominated self-titled debut album (nominated for Best New Artist and Best Americana Album) continues to gain momentum on the charts, finally cracking the Billboard Top 10 last week with over 61,000 copies sold. The album has sold almost 700,000 copies since its release last April by Dualtone, almost always selling more records each week than the previous week.
The album is anchored by the band's popular first single "Ho Hey" which has just gone double-platinum, and is quickly moving towards triple platinum with the band selling over 300,000 copies last week alone with a running total of nearly 2,400,000 copies sold. This accomplishment comes only weeks after the song went platinum, which was just over 6 months in the making, with the band selling on average 50 thousand copies of the song every week since its release.
The Lumineers are the first independent label artist to have a debut single reach #1 at three separate formats–Triple A, Alternative & Hot AC. "Ho Hey" spent eight weeks at #1 at Triple A radio and two weeks at #1 at Alternative Radio. The song is currently #1 on Billboard's Rock Chart and #4 on the Hot 100. The debut album and "Ho Hey" were both #1 at Spotify for some time in December, and are currently sitting at #2 on the music streaming service.
The band's second single "Stubborn Love" is following in the footsteps of its predecessor. "Stubborn Love" is currently sitting at #1 at AAA Radio, and is Top 20 at Alternative radio.
The band are preparing to hit the road in the US for some dates on the east coast, all of which sold out almost instantly. World-wide, the band is selling out every date they play. See below for complete itinerary.
January 30 – Washington, DC @ DAR Constitution Hall
January 31 – Upper Darby, PA @ Tower Theatre
February 1 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
February 4 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
February 5 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
http://thelumineers.com/
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The bantam sunfish (Lepomis symmetricus) is a species of freshwater fish in the genus Lepomis common throughout Louisiana, in extreme southeastern Texas, in southern Arkansas, and in a few places in western Kentucky and western Tennessee.

Description
The bantam sunfish is dark in color with around ten vertical stripes visible along each flank. The lower jaw protrudes noticeably beyond the upper.

Distribution and habitat

The northern and southern boundaries for the bantam sunfish coincide fairly heavily with the former Mississippi Embayment from southern Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico. As for the eastern and western boundaries, the bantam sunfish occurs along the Gulf Coast from Eagle Lake (in the Colorado River drainage) in Texas east through the Biloxi River system in Mississippi. The species is common only in a few states. These states include Louisiana where the fish resides statewide, extreme southeastern Texas, southern Arkansas, and a few places in western Kentucky and western Tennessee. The bantam sunfish is also known to occur, less commonly, in parts of extreme southwestern Illinois, the Bootheel of Missouri, McCurtain County in Oklahoma, and some Mississippi and Gulf Coast drainages of the State of Mississippi.

Historically, isolated populations of the bantam sunfish occurred above the Fall Line in the Illinois River at Pekin, in backwater ponds and sloughs of the Wabash River drainage in White County, Illinois, and the Pine Hills. In Illinois, the range of the bantam sunfish is considered to be limited to the Wolf Lake region of Union County. Newer records extend the Illinois range of the bantam sunfish south through the Clear Creek drainage to Horseshoe Lake, Alexander County, and through the Cache River drainage in Buttonland Swamp, Limekiln Slough, and Grassy Slough. Previous collections in the Cache River drainage failed to produce any bantam sunfish.

Ecology

One study of the gut contents of wild-caught bantam sunfish revealed a diverse diet dominated by gastropods, odonate larvae, and micro-crustaceans. Bantam sunfish individuals of less than 21mm in length fed primarily upon aquatic Hemiptera, micro-crustaceans, and chironomids, while individuals of more than 40 mm in length commonly ate gastropods, amphipods, and larger dipteran larvae. Bantam sunfish of all size classes regularly consumed dragonfly larvae.

The bantam sunfish has no known predators. Many predatory fish coexist in the habitat of bantam sunfish; however, predation has not been documented in literature reports. One extensive study at Wolf Lake, Illinois found no evidence of predation on the bantam sunfish. Gut analysis of potential predators, including largemouth bass, black crappie, white crappie, warmouth, bluegill, and yellow bullhead revealed a lack of predation on bantam sunfish.

The bantam sunfish typically inhabits sloughs, oxbows, ponds, backwaters, lakes, and swamps. The vegetated margins of these environments are dominated by spatterdock, American lotus, broadleaf arrowhead, coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum), and duckweed (Lemna spp.) and are the preferred habitat for this fish. Substrates commonly consist of detritus, mud, and silt, with some sand.

Environmental degradation caused by anthropogenic disturbance, particularly drainage of wetlands, is probably the greatest threat to the persistence of bantam sunfish in the wild. Wetlands and swamps have been channelized, dredged, drained, and converted to croplands. Rapid population growth in the southern portions of the United States poses multiple threats to aquatic biota as the development of land and water resources continues to accelerate. Over-collection for scientific research and educational purposes could become a problem given the bantam sunfish's short lifespan.

Life history

The typical spawning period for the species throughout its range is from mid-April to early June. Only large males at least one year and 40 mm in length appear to be sexually mature and do most of the spawning. Females become sexually mature at one year of age; these individuals may be as short as 34 mm in length. However, the largest females develop the earliest mature ova and probably contribute most to the spawning effort.

There is little published data on the nest associates, nest sites and nesting behavior of the bantam sunfish in the wild. One of the few accounts is from Robinson; observations were made in a roadside pool in Saline County, Arkansas, where bantam sunfish had recently spawned in depressions in the mud and leaf litter substrate.

Conservation

Environmental degradation caused by anthropogenic disturbance, particularly drainage of wetlands, is probably the greatest threat to the bantam sunfish. "We are not aware of any current management activities being employed in any states focusing on populations of L. symmetricus, except that Illinois is apparently planning possible introduction of the species back into its historic range on the Illinois River (probably backwaters or oxbow lakes) near Pekin...We are not aware of any past or current conservation activities being employed in any states focusing on populations of L. symmetricus, except for its inclusion on State lists of endangered/threatened or special concern species".  Limited information on the spawning and nesting habits of bantam sunfish in the wild make it near impossible to determine if populations are reproducing at a sustainable level.

References

Lepomis
Fish described in 1883
Taxa named by Stephen Alfred Forbes

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DON'T OVERLOOK the Sportage in favour of its better-known big brother, the Sorento. Kia's smaller 4x4 has an awful lot going for it.
In terms of practicality, the Sportage gives little away to the larger car. There's plenty of head and legroom, front and rear, and a huge boot. You won't need to travel light with 667 litres of luggage space to play with. Fold the rear seats down and that increases to 1887 litres.
The cabin is well made, the standard of finish is much improved compared with your average Kia of five years ago, and the list of toys fitted as standard is a long one, especially when you consider the price.
All this wouldn't count for much if the Sportage were a bad towcar. Fortunately it's really rather good, so long as you can live with acceleration which is steady at best. We hitched the Kia to an Abbey Expression 480 with a Maximum Technically Permissible Laden Mass of 1322kg, and the Sportage needed 17.1 seconds to drag car and caravan from 30-60mph.
The Sportage stops better than it goes, taking a respectable 10.9 metres to bring the outfit to a halt from 30mph. Through the lane-change test the Kia stayed firmly in control of the caravan, although the numb steering gives the driver little idea of what's going on at the front wheels.
Firm suspension gives good stability when towing, but it's too stiff for comfort when driven solo. Even so, we think the Sportage deserves to come out of the Sorento's shadow.
Verdict: 4/5 – Good stability and a practical cabin, but rather slow.


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The Dream Syndicate
How Did I Find Myself Here?
by David Chiu
On their first album in nearly 30 years, the Paisley Underground group reintroduce some of what made their 1982 debut—atmospheric rock music veering between noise and subtlety—so compelling.
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"The past is easier to bend/I found a way to slow it down," sings the Dream Syndicate's Steve Wynn on "The Circle." It's a fiery rock song from How Did I Find Myself Here?, the 1980s post-punk band's first new album in nearly 30 years. In the context of the Dream Syndicate's career, the "past" is referenced in a number of ways on this record: the atmospheric, guitar-focused rock that veered between noise and subtlety; Wynn's moody and angsty, enigmatic lyrics that evoke noir cinema and literature; and a penchant for extended instrumental jamming. Even How Did I Find Myself Here?'s minimalist cover art design is a throwback to the group's outstanding debut from 1982, The Days of Wine and Roses.
Maybe Wynn was asking himself the new album's titular question five years ago, when he first resurrected his long-dormant group. When the Dream Syndicate originally emerged in the early '80s, they defined Los Angeles' Paisley Underground, a music scene that paid homage to the Velvet Underground as well as 1960s pop and psychedelic groups. The Dream Syndicate caused a stir thanks to the critical acclaim of their debut (they were featured in Rolling Stone at one point). Yet The Days of Wine and Roses was a hard act to follow, as their subsequent albums steered toward an almost mainstream roots-influenced direction, similar to that of R.E.M. and Neil Young. With some personnel changes—notably the departures of founding members Kendra Smith and Karl Precoda—and a lack of commercial success, the group broke up after 1988's somewhat downbeat Ghost Stories.
During the long hiatus, the Dream Syndicate's stature has grown thanks to The Days of Wine and Roses, which still sounds timeless 35 years later and has been reissued twice; the group's music has been held in high esteem from members of such bands as Wilco, Yo La Tengo, Dinosaur Jr., and Japandroids. In 2012, Wynn reformed the Dream Syndicate for some shows with himself and drummer Dennis Duck from the original lineup; bassist Mark Walton, who appeared on the later Syndicate records; and guitarist Jason Victor, a longtime collaborator on Wynn's solo projects.
The fact that this lineup—joined by keyboardist Chris Cacavas—took their time to record a new album at least shows a determination to make this reunion feel like it was done with good intentions. Thus, fans may be buoyed at how the new record recalls some elements of the band's peak circa '82, as evident on a couple of the moody rockers: the turbulent and punk-driven "The Circle"; the exhilarating "Out of My Head," with its sheets of bruising and abrasive guitar; and "80 West," a dark road tale seemingly inspired by a 1950s crime pulp novel. The familiarity also applies to the group's reflective side, such as the melancholic "Like Mary," a song that actually dates back 35 years ago from a band rehearsal and is now revisited for this album.
But the track on How Did I Find Myself Here? that finds the Dream Syndicate really reaching back to their past is closer "Kendra's Dream." It is sung by Kendra Smith, the band's original bass player, and it marks the first time her voice has appeared on a Dream Syndicate recording in 35 years, having left the band after The Days of Wine and Roses (her exquisite vocal on "Too Little Too Late" remains one of the high points on the debut album). This surrealistic stream-of-consciousness work, with Smith's voice now sounding deeper, incorporates ambient-like textures. It's a different side of the band and yet a fitting conclusion to the record.
How Did I Find Myself Here? isn't entirely a nostalgia exercise. It wisely branches out a bit musically and lyrically: The opening tracks "Filter Me Through You" and "Glide" are uncharacteristically soulful and upbeat. And like "Kendra's Dream," the 11-minute-plus title song represents a stylistic departure with its slow and trippy mix of funk, jazz, and Stax-influenced R&B. That track echoes such previous epics like "John Coltrane Stereo Blues" and "The Days of Wine and Roses" where the band members really show their musical chops.
Having not appeared on a Dream Syndicate studio record together since '88, Wynn, Duck, and Walton sound revitalized on this album, with a similar energy to that expended on "Out of My Head" and "80 West." Victor, the relative newbie in this lineup, channels the spirits of his predecessors Karl Precoda and Paul Cutler with his own version of the serrated guitar playing that has been a key part of the band's sound. While certainly not on the level of The Days of Wine and Roses, this reunion record could be considered that debut's rightful follow-up, at least in spirit. If the the Dream Syndicate ended their career the first time on an unfinished note, then How Did I Find Myself Here? perhaps opens up, after three decades, a hopeful new chapter.


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Bill Text: HI SB867 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended
Hawaii Senate Bill 867 (Prior Session Legislation)
HI State Legislature page for SB867
Bill Title: Hawaii Employer-union Health Benefits Trust Fund; Retired Employees; State and County Contributions
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-09 - Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 282, 7/9/2013, (Gov. Msg. No. 1388). [SB867 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-SB867-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1136
RE: S.B. No. 867
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
Sir:
Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 867, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to amend the law relating to state and county contributions to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund for retired employees by, among other things:
(1) Deleting language providing caps on base monthly contribution amounts for supplemental Medicare and non-Medicare self and family plans, effective July 1, 2003, and adjusted on July 1, 2004; and
(2) Setting forth caps on the required state and county base monthly contributions for supplemental Medicare and non-Medicare self, two-party, and family plans as unspecified amounts beginning January 1, 2014.
United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO supported this measure. The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO opposed this measure. The Department of Budget and Finance submitted comments on this measure.
Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting its contents and inserting in its place the contents of H.B. No. 1174, H.D. 1, which are similar to this measure and currently under consideration by the Senate.
As amended, this measure repeals statutorily-established caps on base monthly contributions to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund paid by the State and counties for retiree health benefit plans.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 867, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 867, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,
MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair


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The Nature of Doing Business Globally
Exports of goods and services from the United States account for only 13.5 percent of U.S. gross domestic product, so the nation is still largely a domestic, continental economy. What happens inside the United States largely determines the strength of the economic recovery. In contrast, as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP), exports comprise 45.6 percent of the German economy, 22.6 percent of the Chinese economy, and 187 percent of the Singapore economy (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS). Singapore's number is so high because it imports oil and other products and then re-exports them globally. A point here is that the United States has substantial room for improvement in doing business globally based on the 11 percent exports to the GDP number.
A world market has emerged from what previously was a multitude of distinct national markets, and the climate for international business today is more favorable than in years past. Mass communication and high technology have created similar patterns of consumption in diverse cultures worldwide. This means that many companies may find it difficult to survive by relying solely on domestic markets.
Globalization is a process of doing business worldwide, so strategic decisions are made based on global profitability of the firm rather than just domestic considerations. A global strategy seeks to meet the needs of customers worldwide, with the highest value at the lowest cost. This may mean locating production in countries with the lowest labor costs or abundant natural resources, locating research and complex engineering centers where skilled scientists and engineers can be found, and locating marketing activities close to the markets to be served.
A global strategy includes designing, producing, and marketing products with global needs in mind, instead of considering individual countries alone. A global strategy integrates actions against competitors into a worldwide plan. Today, there are global buyers and sellers and the instant transmission of money and information across continents.
It is no exaggeration that in any industry that is, or is rapidly becoming, global, the riskiest possible posture is to remain a domestic competitor. The domestic competitor will watch as more aggressive companies use this growth to capture economies of scale and learning. The domestic competitor will then be faced with an attack on domestic markets using different (and possibly superior) technology, product design, manufacturing, marketing approaches, and economies of scale.1 As a point of global reference, the five largest companies in nine different countries are listed in Table 11-1.
1. Multinational Firms
Organizations that conduct business operations across national borders are called international firms or multinational corporations. The strategic-management process is conceptually the same for multinational firms as for purely domestic firms; however, the process is more complex for international firms as a result of more variables and relationships. The social, cultural, demographic, environmental, political, governmental, legal, technological, and competitive opportunities and threats that face a multinational corporation are almost limitless, and the number and complexity of these factors increase dramatically with the number of products produced and the number of geographic areas served. Millions of small businesses do business everyday outside their home country by interacting with customers though websites, smartphones, and social media. All of Africa, and places such as Cuba and Iran, are becoming more desirable for business every day.
More time and effort are required to identify and evaluate external trends and events in multinational corporations than in domestic corporations. Geographic distance, cultural and national differences, and variations in business practices often make communication between domestic headquarters and overseas operations difficult. Strategy implementation can be more difficult because different cultures have different norms, values, and work ethics. Multinational corporations (MNCs) face unique and diverse risks, such as expropriation of assets, currency losses through exchange rate fluctuations, unfavorable foreign court interpretations of contracts and agreements, social/political disturbances, import/export restrictions, tariffs, and trade barriers. Strategists in MNCs are often confronted with the need to be globally competitive and nationally
responsive at the same time. With the rise in world commerce, government and regulatory bodies are more closely monitoring foreign business practices. The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, for example, monitors business practices in many areas.
Before entering international markets, firms should scan relevant journals and patent reports, seek the advice of academic and research organizations, participate in international trade fairs, form partnerships, and conduct extensive research to broaden their contacts and diminish the risk of doing business in new markets. Firms can also offset some risks of doing business internationally by obtaining insurance from the U.S. government's Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). The decision to expand operations into foreign markets—that is, to globalize—is one of the most important strategic decisions made by companies. Thus, variables that influence how, when, where, and why to internationalize have attracted much attention in scholarly journals. Recent research reveals that countries are attractive not only because of their own institutions but also as a function of their serving as a platform for entry into other regions.2 Therefore, multinational firms make globalization decisions with special consideration in mind for how a particular region/country will facilitate the firm's further globalization into other regions/countries.
2. Different Languages Globally
A strategic issue facing many firms is whether to publish their website material in different languages, given that most of the world's population does not speak English. Pioneering work to document the number of different languages spoken has been done by the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) International. That organization today publishes 2,508 translations of the Christian Bible, and has compiled a catalogue of the world's languages, called the Ethnologue, which lists 6,909 distinct languages being spoken. Of that total, only 230 are spoken in Europe and 2,197 in Asia. But in Papua, New Guinea, 830 different languages are spoken by 3.9 million people, and in France, the Ethnologue cites 10 languages being spoken, including Picard, Gascon, Provencal, Allemannisch, Alsace, Breton, and French. Academic Research Capsule 11-1 reveals that most languages will permanently disappear by the end of this century.
3. Labor Unions across Europe
Prevalence of unions is a relevant factor in many strategic decisions, such as where to locate stores or factories. There is great variation across Europe in regards to levels of union membership, ranging from 74 percent of employees in Finland and 71 percent in Sweden to 9 percent in Lithuania and 8 percent in France. However, percentage of union membership is not the only indicator of strength. In France, for example, unions have repeatedly shown that despite low levels of membership, they are able to mobilize workers in mass strikes and demonstrations to great effect.
The average level of union membership across the whole of the European Union (EU), weighted by the numbers employed in the different member states, is 23 percent, compared to about 11 percent in the United States. The European average is held down by relatively low levels of membership in some of the larger EU states: Germany with 18 percent, France with 8 percent, Spain with 19 percent, and Poland with 12 percent. The three smallest states—Cyprus, Luxembourg, and Malta—have levels well above the average.
The four Nordic countries of Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Norway have 67, 70, 74, and 52 percent, respectively, of all employees as members of unions. In part this is because, as in Belgium, which also has above-average levels of union density, unemployment and other social benefits are normally paid out through the union. High union density in the Nordic countries also reflects an approach that sees union membership as a natural part of employment. Central and Eastern Europe nations generally have below-average levels of union membership. In Poland, for example, 12 percent of employees are estimated to be union members. Level of union membership is clearly trending downward all over Europe. The two exceptions appear to be Ireland and Italy, where union membership is slowly growing.
4. How Many Languages Are There Globally?
When businesses consider offering their products or services globally, or manufacturing and securing resources outside their own country, language barriers arise. Interacting with people who speak a different language is one of many variables that complicate doing business globally—yet millions of businesses need to do more business globally. Thankfully, translations to and from most mainstream languages such as English, Spanish, French, German, and Chinese are easily done with online programs, and there are millions of multilingual people.
The implication for businesses doing business globally is that the total number of languages spoken globally is decreasing quite dramatically. For example, in North America, many Native American languages are disappearing yearly, a common phenomenon all over the world. Whenever any language ceases to be learned by young children, that language generally does not survive the death of current native speakers. In North America, about 75 languages are spoken by only a handful of older people, and those languages are expected to become extinct. About 25 percent of the world's languages have fewer than a thousand remaining speakers. By the year 2099, analysts estimate that roughly one half of the 6,909 languages listed by Ethnologue will disappear. By 2115, researchers say there will be only 600 left on the planet.
Source: Based on information from the website http://www.linguisticsociety. org/content/how-many-languages-are-there-world; and John McWhorter, "What the World Will Speak in 2115," Wall Street Journal, January 4, 2015, C1-C2.
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Doing Business Globally
Pitfalls in Strategic Planning
The Strategy-Evaluation Process, Criteria, and Methods
The External Factor Evaluation Matrix
The Three Strategy-Evaluation Activities
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Re: Why does honey turn to sugar and how can I prevent this from happening?
Posted By: Kevin Ramsey, Staff, Speciality Sweeteners, Chr. Hansen, Inc.
The chemical composition of honey is almost exclusively invert sugar.
sucrose.  However, in honey they are individual molecules.
lowered.  Lowering the honey's temperature promotes crystallization.
dissolve the crystals back into solution.
crystals are able to find each other quicker.


Monthly use of City Hall granted for sessions of County Court at a rate of $5.00 per day plus a charge of $2.00 per day for an attending police officer. By-Laws approved to raise money for additional improvements to Hastings and Oppenheimer Streets.
The Council met on Monday November 22nd 1886 at 7.30.p.m.
Aldermen Balfour, Coldwell, Cordiner, Dunn, Griffith, Humphries, E.P. Hamilton and L.A. Hamilton.
The Minutes of last special meeting were read and adopted.
From C.G. Johnson agent for J. and J. Taylor, asking the Council to authorize the signing of a note in favor (sic) of the form at 12 months in payment of the price of a safe for the City.
That the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to execute a note on behalf of City in favor (sic) of J. and J. Taylor if the said safe be found as ordered.
From C.G. Johnson re holding of County Court in City Hall.
that the Finance Committee be authorized to meet with Mr. Johnson immediately after the meeting of Council to ascertain what is required in the way of furniture, and that said Committee be authorized to purchase the same chargeable to the fund for the erection and furnishing of the City Hall.
From Thos. C. Sorby re nuisance on lane in rear of his premises on Cordova Street.
that Communication of Thos. C. Sorby be referred to the Board of Health with power to act.
Summons from Pooley & Davie re suit of Thos. Fennel against the City.
that Mr. Blake be instructed to act as Solicitor for the City and that he be empowered to employ a Barrister in Victoria to defend the case and that the Chief of Police be also instructed to assist Mr. Blake in endeavouring to discover evidence in the matter.
From Hon. William Smithe in reference to the granting of 18 inches of Lot 2 Block 2 to George Byrnes.
that the communication of Hon. William Smithe be referred to the Finance Committee and that they be authorized to report to Council on a suitable site in exchange for Lot 2 Block 2. Carried.
From Hon. Wm. Smithe acknowledging receipt of letter from City Clerk re granting of one thousand dollars towards the improvement of Westminster Avenue.
From W.S. Gore, Surveyor General acknowledging receipt of estimate of work done on Powell Street.
From G. Powell, Under Secretary of State acknowledging receipt of resolution of Council re public wharf.
Rev. Father Fay praying the Council to construct a sidewalk to the Catholic Church on the Corner of Dunsmuir and Richards Streets.
From the Ladies residing on Westminster Avenue praying for the construction of a sidewalk to False Creek.
From P. AE. Irving advising the City Clerk that he intended reporting favorably (sic) on Water Street Debentures.
From R.R. Giltner offering to supply the City with 20 arc electric lights for a period of 2 years at $160.00 per month.
Moved by Alderman Balfour seconded by Alderman Cordiner.
that the Mayor and City Clerk be and they are hereby instructed to sign a contract with R.R. Giltner to furnish the City with 20 street lights at such points as this Council may decide on for a term of two years at $160.00 per month said contract to be approved of by the Fire Water and Light Committee.
From D.W. McLaren re the purchase of Linen Rubber Lined Fire Hose.
Referred to F.W. & L. Committee.
From Mr. Middlebrook asking use of the corner of Carrall and Water Streets and asking permission to dig a drain under Water Street from the Cellar of Geo. Byrnes.
W.B. Steele, work on Abbott Street 4.00 B. of W.
A.J. Marks, Painting 15.50 B. of W.
G.W. Gibson, laying Crossings 3.00 B. of W.
Edwin Kidd, Work on Cordova St 9.00 B. of W.
Thos. Lyman, Cross cut Saw 3.00 P. C.
Brunnette Saw Mill Co., Lumber 9.50 B. of W.
William Chadwick, teaming 3.50 B. of W.
W.T. Whiteway, drawings 15.00 B. of W.
The following is report of Board of Works.
The Board of Works met on Monday November 22nd 1886 at 3.P.M.
An estimate of the Work done on Hastings Street East and West by Messrs. McDonald and Cameron was presented to the Board which after due consideration we recommend to the favorable (sic) consideration of Council.
On motion of Alderman Dunn seconded by Alderman Balfour the Report was adopted.
that Debentures to the amount of 90 per cent of estimates in favor (sic) of Messrs. McDonald & Cameron for the improvement of Hastings street be handed over to the contractors on their order as soon as debentures are prepared.
Finance Committee met on Monday November 22nd 1886 at 2.p.m.
This Board would recommend that the General Debentures for $14100 be signed forthwith and lodged in the Bank of British Columbia, Vancouver and that the Finance Committee be authorized to borrow on the strength of said debentures sufficient to pay any accounts passed or that will be passed before the sale of the said debentures, properly chargeable to the fund to which they belong and that the debentures for $6900 be also signed and sent to Mr. Ronald's bankers at Brussels, Ontario through the Bank of British Columbia Vancouver.
Report adopted on motion of Alderman E.P. Hamilton seconded by Alderman Coldwell.
Alderman E.P. Hamilton gave notice that he would at next meeting of Council introduce a resolution to donate John P. Lawson a sum of money for past services and increase his salary.
(1) A By-Law to authorize the raising of $4000 for the improvement of Hastings Street from Westminster Avenue to Carrall Street.
(2) A By-Law to authorize the raising of $10000 for the improvement of Hastings St. from Carrall Street to Howe Street.
(3) A By-Law to authorize the raising of $6500 for the improvement of Oppenheimer Street from Carrall Street to Jackson Avenue.
that By-Law to authorize the raising of $4000 debentures for the improvement of Hastings Street from Carrall Street to Westminster Avenue be read a second time. Carried.
The Council then went into Committee of the Whole with Alderman L.A. Hamilton in the Chair.
In Committee the By-Law was numbered 19 and read over Clause by Clause after which the Committee rose to report the By-Law as amended on motion of Alderman Dunn.
Moved by Alderman L.A. Hamilton seconded by Alderman E.P. Hamilton that By-Law No 19 be read a third time. Carried.
that By-Law No 19 be engrossed, signed and sealed by the Mayor and City Clerk and a copy sent to the British Columbia Gazette for publication.
An estimate of the amount of money required for ordinary expenditure was read and referred to Finance Committee.
Also the report of the Police Commissioners showing the number of licenses granted, the amount in arrears and the persons closed for failing to comply with the License By-Law.


In this paper we fully describe the set of the positive and nodal (regular and singular) radial solutions of the superlinear elliptic PDE. −Δu=λu+|u|p−1 u in B1, u=0 on ∂B1, p>1, (1)without restriction on the range of λset membership, variantImage . Here, B1 is the unit ball in Image N. More precisely, in all subcritical, critical and supercritical cases, we analyze the possible singularities of radial solutions at the origin and the number of bounded and unbounded solutions. The solutions will be of three different types: bounded with a finite number of zeroes in (0, 1), singular at the origin, still with a finite number of zeroes and singular with sign changing oscillations at the origin.


If you enjoy football, but have never placed a bet, then it can be worth thinking about whether it is worth doing so. There are many ways that you can do so, in betting shops as well as online and it is easy to do. You just need to decide on which team you think will win and how much you want to bet. You can bet on things like how many goals will be scored, who will score the first goal and things like that. It can be better to start simply by betting on who will win though.
If you are concerned about placing a bet and wasting your money, then you may wish to place a free bet. There is a great guide to free betting that you can use in order to find out more about it. It can be useful to know how to do it and whether any money can be made in doing so. It is certainly worth finding more out about it as you could end up winning money without having to pay any out.
Placing a bet can make watching a match a lot more fun. You will have a good reason for wanting a particular team to win, which is good and you will be able to really celebrate if they do win. If you bet on your favourite team, then you will have double the pleasure if they do win. If you bet on the team that they are playing against, then you will have a reason to celebrate whatever the result. If your favourite team wins then that will be good but if the team they are playing wins, you may not be happy about the result but you will at least have gained something!
It can be a good idea to think hard about when you want to place your football bets. You need to consider whether you want to wait until you know more about who will be playing in the match and what the team seem to be like. You may feel that until you know exactly who is playing, you will not know whether you think the team will win or not.
It can really help to make a match fun, if you bet on the results. You may be able to get a free bet and still win some money, which could be good. You may rather bet for money and you may therefore be able to win more. Thinking hard about when to place your bet can be important too.


Director Roland Emmerich re-imagines our expectations with 2008's 10,000 BC.
So who is the hero of this movie? He calls himself D'Leh, and he happens to be the cleverest hero in film history. For starters, his name spelled backwards is "held"…which is German for "hero." And since the bad guys in this movie don't speak German, they have no clue who they are dealing with!
To further his disguise as a hero, D'Leh's friends call him "delay"…which is English for "good for nothing." When D'Leh is ready to embark on a quest to rescue his girlfriend, his spiritual leader actually spits on him as a blessing in disguise. And that is very clever. Officers in World War II used to smear mud on their helmets to disguise their rank. You never know when a sniper is watching.
The bad guys never saw it coming. And, truth be told, neither did the good guys, including his girlfriend, his family, friends and neighbors. Nobody saw it coming. Because D'Leh is that good. Seriously.
Army guys! Time travel! Dinosaurs!


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New insights into the release of molecules involved in inflammatory diseases
by Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia
Image of a biopsy from the intestine of a mouse that has inflammatory bowel disease, a condition in which TNF-mediated inflammation is heavily implicated. Credit: Pedro Faísca, IGC
In a recent study published in Cell Reports, a research team led by Colin Adrain, from the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC, Portugal), discovered the mechanism that controls the release of important molecules that trigger the inflammatory response during the clearance of infections. When this machinery is deregulated it can contribute to important chronic diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, and cancer.
Most proteins involved in communication between cells reside on the cell surface, hooked to the membrane. This is the case for the inflammatory molecule, TNF. When TNF is released from the membrane, it binds to its receptor on the cell surface, activating a cascade of events that change the cell's behaviour fundamentally, preparing the cell and surrounding tissue to fight infection. However, TNF is deregulated in a range of inflammatory diseases and is therefore the focus of several therapeutic strategies.
"Therapies for anti-inflammatory diseases focus on blocking the action of TNF. Although anti-TNF therapies are currently being used to treat patients, they do not always work efficiently. If we can understand the machinery that controls the release of TNF, we may be able to identify new targets that will allow us to intervene in a more specific, or more potent, way towards inflammatory diseases," explained Colin Adrain.
In this work, Adrain's team were able to pinpoint the precise molecular mechanisms involved in TNF release. It was already known that TNF molecules are cut from the cell surface by an enzyme called TACE that acts as "molecular scissors" to release TNF and other important molecules from the cell. Now, the researchers observed that the key to controlling these "scissors" lies on the regulation of a protein called iRhom2. "This places iRhom2 at the core of the regulatory machinery for TNF release from cells," said Miguel Cavadas, the first author of the study.
An important feature of the newly identified mechanism is that the same protein, iRhom2, is important for controlling the release of growth factors that trigger cellular growth associated with many serious epithelial cancers.
Researchers identify new target for rheumatoid arthritis
More information: Miguel Cavadas et al. Phosphorylation of iRhom2 Controls Stimulated Proteolytic Shedding by the Metalloprotease ADAM17/TACE, Cell Reports (2017). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.09.074
Journal information: Cell Reports
Provided by Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia
Citation: New insights into the release of molecules involved in inflammatory diseases (2017, November 2) retrieved 20 January 2022 from https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-11-insights-molecules-involved-inflammatory-diseases.html
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Failure to Renew: Why Yahoo and AOL Will Perish
Peter Cohan
Sep 8, 2011, 09:15am EDT |
You don't see too many buggy whip companies around these days. They used to be quite common until automobiles replaced horses as a popular mode of transportation. But it's harder to make tires than whips.
This comes to mind in considering the fate of Yahoo (YHOO) and AOL (AOL). After all these two have been losing market share to Facebook and Google (GOOG) at an impressive clip. And like those buggy whip makers of yore, Yahoo and AOL are unable to renew the value they used to create for their customers.
In order to sustain superior performance, companies have to keep pedaling on what I dubbed, the Value Cycle that consists of three parts:
Value Creation happens when customers use a product because it meets their needs better than the competition's. An example is Netscape's Web browser. For much of the mid-1990s Netscape was the market leader.
Value Capture is when a product's price exceeds its makers' costs to design, produce, sell and ship it. Since Netscape gave away its browser for free, it succeeded in creating value but failed at capturing it.
Value Renewal occurs (rarely) when a company adapts to new technology, changing customer needs, and upstart competitors. Steve Jobs renewed Apple's (AAPL) value brilliantly starting with 2001′s iPod introduction and kept doing so with iTunes, the iPhone and the iPad.
What does this have to do with Yahoo and AOL? As the New York Times pointed out, they were good at getting people to shift their news consumption from paper to the Web. But when people moved to mobile and social network news, Yahoo and AOL decided to become media companies. Meanwhile, Google and Facebook developed systems to help people consume news on the new platforms.
In concept the news business is pretty simple: you give away content to readers and then sell access to those readers to companies that want to sell products to them through advertising. In order to survive, a news provider must become a life support system for its advertising sales force.
But Yahoo and AOL failed to create one. In order to do that, they would have needed to renew the value they create for advertisers and consumers. But they did not. For example, due in part to its poor advertising technology, Yahoo was not the best place for great ad sales people to work so they left. That meant that every few months, ad agencies had to teach a new Yahoo executive about their accounts.
By contrast, Google has renewed value by creating an easier way for advertisers to reach potential customers. How so? In 2007, Google bought DoubleClick. By 2009, Google had developed DoubleClick Ad Exchange, a much more efficient ad marketplace. Google built or bought tools to target, serve and optimize online display ads. And it has invested to make YouTube a place to serve video advertisements.
This contributed to Yahoo's loss of market share. eMarketer predicts that Google and Facebook will surpass Yahoo in display ads. Specifically, in 2010, Yahoo had 14.4% of the display ad market to Facebook's 12.2% and Google's 8.6%. But in 2011, Facebook will end up with 17.7% to Yahoo's 13.6% and in 2012, Google (12.3%) will nearly catch up to Yahoo (12.5%).
The most interesting part of this story is that Google has managed to adapt to the changes in the way people consume news far more effectively than Yahoo and AOL did. Why? For all its flaws, Google is reputedly quite data driven in the way it makes decisions.
If Google was measuring the right things -- namely the trajectory of where people were spending their time online -- it would have seen the big shifts in the news business and decided that its survival depended on adapting ahead of its competitors. Yahoo and AOL have failed at that.
The most interesting question to me is whether Facebook will be able to renew value well as Google has should something come along in the future that surpasses Facebook's current market dominance.
But the more pressing current concern is how much longer Yahoo and AOL shareholders will own publicly traded stock and if so, whether they will end their lives as public companies above or below their current market values.
Their failure to renew value means that their best days are long in the rear view mirror.


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It is our goal to promote roller derby as a sport and to nurture self-confidence in young women by developing teamwork and athletic ability while encouraging individuality within a culture of discipline, sisterhood, and stewardship through training of the competitive sport of roller derby.
Our team seeks to enhance the community in which we live. We do this through volunteerism, fundraising, and participating in community activities. Some charities we have highlighted include The American Cancer Society's Relay for Life, Special Olympics of Oregon, Community Work's Dunn House Program, and Hearts with a Mission.


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I've had this primer for a wee while now and have been using it for most of summer, so I thought I would a little review for you. I'm no beauty blogger but I will try my very best at making this an okay, semi - useful review.
This primer from Maybelline is supposed to act as a matter primer for under your make up, giving you a smooth working area- which I think it does. It's also supposed to erase your pores, which I am not so sure about.
You can buy it from Boots here, and if you're in the states it is really cheap for $5.99 - just click the picture.
It's really light on my face, and I think it provides a really good base for my make up. Plus it makes my face super soft - I'm talking baby soft, which is nice!
It's really good value for a primer, only £7.99 at Boots (here) and they always have 3 for 2 deals on which is great for these sort of things.
The whole erasing of pores just didn't happen for me I'm afraid. I even took before and after shots of my face and there was no visible difference in my pores at all. However the primer was good for sort of smoothing my face out and evening things up a bit.
Although this primer isn't the holy grail of primers - okay I don't actually know what is, but I have had a couple of better ones in my time like the Benefit That Gal primer - I do like Baby Skin a lot. It is a good primer and leaves your face really smooth, all it doesn't deliver on is the pore minimising / smoothing aspect.
I think I would buy it again, especially if money is a little tight because it is super good value!


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Q: Assignment to subset of a matrix with repeated indices Not sure this qualifies for an entry in the R-Inferno, but can someone comment on the logic behind the way the following replacement works?
foo<-matrix(1:6,2)
bar<-foo[2,c(1,3,1)]
bar
# [1] 2 6 2
foo[2,c(1,3,1)]<-foo[2,c(1,3,1)]+5
foo
#      [,1] [,2] [,3]
# [1,]    1    3    5
# [2,]    7    4   11

My question is: when generating bar, the repeated coordinate results in a repeated element in the output, but when modifying foo, the repeated coordinate does not result in a repeated addition operation.  (By comparison, for(j in c(1,3,1) ) foo[2,j]<-foo[2,j]+5 does).  Why & how exactly does [<- essentially ignore the repeated index?

A: From help("[<-"):

Subassignment is done sequentially, so if an index is specified more
  than once the latest assigned value for an index will result.

foo<-matrix(1:6,2)

foo[1,rep(1,2)] <- c(1,42)

#     [,1] [,2] [,3]
#[1,]   42    3    5
#[2,]    2    4    6

A: To try to answer the secondary question in the comments indirectly:
> vec <- 1:10
> microbenchmark(
+       rep(1, 1e4),
+       vec[rep(1, 1e4)] <- 1:1e4,
+       vec[1] <- 1e4
+     )
Unit: microseconds
                          expr     min       lq   median       uq      max neval
                 rep(1, 10000)  16.457  17.9190  18.2860  19.0170 2561.327   100
 vec[rep(1, 10000)] <- 1:10000 215.395 219.7835 227.8285 233.6795 3437.532   100
               vec[1] <- 10000   1.463   2.1950   3.2920   3.8405   22.308   100

Strongly suggests that the same values are assigned to the same memory location over and over until only the last one prevails.  Why they are not added is just because the operation here is overwriting, not adding (though maybe that was not what you were asking with "does not result in a repeated addition operation").
Note that your loop and your direct assignment are not equivalent since in your loop you are reading, adding, assigning, re-reading, re-adding, re-assigning, etc., whereas in your direct assignment you are reading once, adding to the single vector once, and then only preserving the last value through over-writing.
The key difference between the "reading" is that the expected "output" is a vector length of the index vector, whereas the length of the "writing" (excluding the case where you are using out of bounds indices) vector is limited by the vector you're writing to.


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Dr. Niels C. Pedersen
BUSINESS ADDRESS: Niels C. Pedersen, Center for Companion Animal Health, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616
CONTACT: ncpedersen@ucdavis.edu
1972 Ph.D. – Experimental Pathology and Immunology, JCSMR, ANU, Canberra, Australia
1968 Internship – Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, CSU, Ft. Collins, Colorado
1967 D.V.M. – University of California, Davis, CA
1965 B.S. – University of California, Davis, CA
1963 Pre-Veterinary – University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
1961 Moapa Valley High School, Overton, Nevada
HONORS, AWARDS:
2012 AVMF/Winn Feline Foundation award for outstanding contribution to feline medicine
2003 International Award for 2003 for Outstanding Contribution to Feline Medicine, European Society of Feline Medicine.
1997 WSAVA/WALTHAM (World Small Animal Veterinary Medical Association) International Award for Scientific Achievement (April 4, 1997)
1996 Faculty Teaching Award 1996, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis
1996 In Recognition, Niels C. Pedersen for his formative contributions to feline retrovirus research and his generosity in furthering the work of other scientists worldwide, Third International Feline Retrovirus Research Symposium Organizing Committee Award, Fort Collins, CO (March 9, 1996)
1996 Honorary Doctor's Degree from the University of Utrecht (Conferred May, 1996)
1995 Honorary Doctor's Degree from the University of Zurich (awarded at Dies Academicus Celebration, April 29, 1995)
1991 UCD Alumni Citation for Excellence Award
1991 Jean Holzworth Lecturer, Angell Memorial Animal Hospital and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
1991 Nelson Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
1991 Bourgelat Award, The British Small Animal Veterinary Association for outstanding contributions to the Field of Small Animal Practice
1987 Outstanding Alumni Award, VM, University of California, Davis
1987 Beecham Award for Research Excellence
1983 Carnation Award for Feline Research
1982 Ralston Purina Award for Excellence – Veterinary Research
1977 First Recipient of the Cat Fanciers Association Medal of Honor in the Field of Science
1972 Ph.D. With High Commendation
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:
2013 Present Distinguished Professor emeritus
2006 Present Distinguished Professor
1997-2012 Director, Veterinary Genetics Laboratory
1993-2013 Director, Center for Companion Animal Health
1991-1993 Co-Unit Leader, Virology and Immunology Unit, California Regional Primate Research Center
1990-1991 Virology and Immunology Unit Leader, California Regional Primate Research Center
1985-1987 Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA
1982 Present Professor, University of California, Davis, CA
1977-1982 Associate Professor, University of California, Davis, CA
1973-1977 Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis, CA
1972-1973 Acting Assistant Professor, Step II+, University of California, Davis, CA
1972-1972 Adj. Assistant Professor, Step II, University of California, Davis, CA
1969-1972 Research Scholar, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
1967-1968 Intern in Small Animal Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
LIST OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS RELEVANT TO FIP 1969-2013 (from list of 250):
2013 Golovko L, Lyons LA, Liu H, Sørensen A, Wehnert S, Pedersen NC. Genetic susceptibility to feline infectious peritonitis in Birman cats. Virus Research, 175(1):58-63
2012 Pedersen NC, Liu H, Scarlett J, Leutenegger CM, Golovko L,Kennedy H, Kamal FM.Feline infectious peritonitis: role of the feline coronavirus 3c gene in intestinal tropism and pathogenicity based upon isolates from resident and adopted shelter cats. Virus Res. 2012 165(1):17-28
2009 Pedersen NC, Liu H,. Dodd KA, Pesavento PA. Significance of Coronavirus Mutants in Feces and DiseasedTissues of Cats Suffering from Feline Infectious Peritonitis. Viruses , 1, 166-184
2009 Pedersen NC. A review of feline infectious peritonitis virus infection: 1963- 2008. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 11(4):225-58
2004 Pedersen NC, Sato R, Foley JE, and Poland AM. Common virus infections in cats, before and after being placed in shelters, with emphasis on Feline Enteric Coronavirus. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 6(2):83-88.244. 2008 Pedersen, NC, Lyons LA. Pathogenesis of feline enteric coronavirus infection. J Feline Medicine Surgery, 10(6):225-258
2004 Kiss I, A Poland and NC Pedersen. Disease outcome and cytokine responses in cats immunized with a virulent feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV)-UCD1 and challenge-exposed with virulent FIPV-UCD8. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 6:89-97
2003 Dean GA, Olivry T, Stanton C, Pedersen NC. In vivo cytokine response to experimental feline infectious peritonitis virus infection. Veterinary Microbiology 97:1-12
1999 Gut, M., Leutenegger, C.M., Huder, J.B., Pedersen, N.C. and Lutz, H.: One-tube fluorogenic reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction for the quantitation of feline coronaviruses. Journal of Virological Methods 77(1):37-46
1998 Dean, G.A. and Pedersen, N.C.: Cytokine response in multiple lymphoid tissues during the primary phase of feline immunodeficiency virus infection. Journal of Virology 72(12):9436-9440.1998 Vennema, H., Poland, A., Foley, J. and Pedersen, N.C.: Feline infectious peritonitis viruses arise by mutation from endemic feline enteric coronaviruses. Virology 243(1):150-157
1997 Foley, J.E., Poland, A., Carlson, J. and Pedersen, N.C.: Risk factors for feline infectious peritonitis among cats in multiple-cat environments with endemic feline enteric coronavirus. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 210(9):1313-1318
1997 Foley, J.E., Poland, A., Carlson, J. and Pedersen, N.C.: Patterns of feline coronavirusinfection and fecal shedding from cats in multiple-cat environments. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 210(9):1307-1312
1996 Poland, A.M., Vennema, H., Foley, J.E. and Pedersen, N.C.: Two related strains of feline infectious peritonitis virus isolated from immunocompromised cats infected with the feline enteric coronavirus. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 34(12):3180-3184
1996 Foley, J.E. and Pedersen, N.C.: Inheritance of susceptibility of feline infectious peritonitis in purebred catteries. Feline Practice 24(1):14-22
1995 Hickman, M.A., Morris, J.G., Rogers, Q.R., and Pedersen, N.C.: Elimination of Feline Coronavirus Infection From a Large Experimental Specific Pathogen-Free Cat Breeding Colony by Serologic Testing and Isolation. Feline Practice 23(3):96-102
1995 Vennema, H., Poland, A., Floyd-Hawkins, K. and Pedersen, N.C.: A Comparison of the Genomes of FECVs and FIPVs and What They Tell Us About the Relationships Between Feline Coronaviruses and Their Evolution. Feline Practice 23(3):40-44
1989 Pedersen, N.C.: Animal virus infections that defy vaccination: Equine infectious anemia, caprine arthritis-encephalitis, maedi-visna, and feline infectious peritonitis. Adv. Vet. Sci. Comp. Med. 33:413-428
1988 Lutz, H., Egberink, H., Arnold, P., Winkler, G., Wolfensberger, C., Jarrett, O., Parodi, A.L., Pedersen, N.C. and Horzinek, M.C.: Felines T-lymphotropes Lentivirus (FTLV): Experimentelle Infektion und Vorkommen in einigen Ländern Europas. Kleintierpraxis 33, Heft 11:455-460
1988 Pedersen, N.C.: Feline Infectious Diseases. American Veterinary Medical Publica¬tions, Goleta, CA.
1987 Pedersen, N.C.: Virologic and immunologic aspects of feline infectious peritonitis virus infection. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol., 218:529-550
1986 Hawkins, E., Johnson, L., Pedersen, N.C., and Winston, S.: Use of tears for the diagnosis of feline leukemia virus infections. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 188:1031 1034
1986 Pedersen, N.C., Floyd, K.: Experimental Studies with Three New Strains of Feline Infectious Peritonitis Virus: FIPV UCD2, FIPV UCD3, and FIPV UCD4. Compendium 7:1001 1011
1984 Pedersen, N.C., Evermann, J.F., McKeirnan, A.J., and Ott, R.L.: Pathogenicity Studies of Feline Coronavirus Isolates 79 1146 and 79 1683. Am. J. Vet. Res. 45:2580 2585
1984 Pedersen, N.C.: Feline Infectious Peritonitis and Feline Enteric Coronvirus Infections. Part II: Feline Infectious Peritonitis. Feline Practice 13(5):5 14
1984 Pedersen, N.C.: Feline Infectious Peritonitis and Feline Enteric Coronavirus Infections. Part I: Feline Enteric Coronavirus. Feline Practice 13(4):13 19
1984 Pedersen, N.C., Black, J.W., Boyle, J.F., Evermann, J.F., McKeirnan, A.J., Ott, R.L.: Pathogenic Differences between Various Feline Coronavirus Isolates. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 173:365 380.
1984 Boyle, J.F., Pedersen, N.C., Evermann, J.F., McKeirnan, A.J., Ott, R.L., Black, J.W.: Plaque Assay, Polypeptide Composition and Immunochemistry of Feline Infectious Peritonitis Virus and Feline Enteric Coronavirus Isolates. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 173:133 147
1983 Pedersen, N.C., Black, J.W.: Attempted Immunization of Cats Against Feline Infectious Peritonitis Using Avirulent Live Virus or Sublethal Amounts of Virulent Virus. Am. J. Vet. Res. 44:229 234
1982 Horzinek, M.C., Lutz, H., Pedersen, N.C.: Antigenic Relationships Among Homologous Structural Polypeptides of Porcine, Feline, ad Canine Coronaviruses. Infect. Immun. 37:1148 1155
1981 Pedersen, N.C., Boyle, J.F., Floyd, K., Fudge, A. and Barker, J.: An Enteric Coronavirus Infection of Cats Resembling Transmissible Gastroenteritis of Swine, and its Relationship to Feline Infectious Peritonitis. American Journal of Veterinary Research, 42:368 377
1981 Pedersen, N.C., Boyle, J.F., Floyd, K.: Infection Studies in Kittens Utilizing Feline Infectious Peritonitis Virus Propagated in Cell Culture. American Journal of Veterinary Research, 42:363 367
1980 Pedersen, N.C., Boyle, J.: Immunologic Phenomena in the Effusive Form of Feline Infectious Peritonitis. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 41:868 876
1979 Woods, R.D., Pedersen, N.C.: Cross Protection Studies Between Feline Infectious Peritonitis and Porcine Transmissible Gastroenteritis Viruses. J. Vet. Micro. 4:11 16
1978 Pedersen, N.C., Ward, J. and Mengeling, W.L.: Antigenic Relationship of the Feline Infectious Peritonitis Virus to Coronaviruses of Other Species. Archives of Virology 58:45 53
1977 Pedersen, N.C.: Feline Infectious Peritonitis Test Results: What Do They Mean? Feline Practice, May:13 14
1976 Pedersen, N.C.: Serologic Studies of Naturally Occurring Feline Infectious Peritonitis. American Journal of Veterinary Research 37:1447 1453
1976 Pedersen, N.C.: Feline Infectious Peritonitis: Something Old, Something New. Feline Practice 6 (May):42 51
1976 Pedersen, N.C.: Morphologic and Physical Characteristics of Feline Infectious Peritonitis Virus and Growth in Autochthonous Peritoneal Cell Cultures. American Journal of Veterinary Research 37 (5):567 572
1969 Ward, B.C. and Pedersen, N.C.: Infectious Peritonitis in Cats. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 154:26 35


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253: The Practicality of Explorative Psychology in Entrepreneurship with Zach Washam
We are back at it again with another Startup Junkies Podcast!
Our hosts Jeff Amerine, Caleb Talley, and Matthew Ward had the opportunity to speak with Zach Washam, former banking analyst now the creator of Machine Learning Edge, now PyFi and short-form essay writer. From machine learning, to explorative psychology, you will not want to miss this existential hour of an episode!
(0:54) Introducing Zach Washam
(1:45) PyFi Update!
(2:50) Where Banking Meets Machine Learning
(13:15) Psychology and Motivational Speaking
(14:44) Existential Hour
(24:23) The practicality of Explorative Psychology
(31:46) Imposter Syndrome
(35:24) Defining Success
Zach Washam
Machine Learning Edge / PyFi
zachwasham.com
Maps of Meaning
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
The Grand Biocentric Design
Everybody's focusing on deals, transactions, staying late, face time, trying to be really quick at responding to emails... I don't want to compete in that arena. I want to do something that's going to blow every other analyst out of the water.
Zach Washam (4:20)
"[In entrepreneurship] You're just directly interfacing with the real world, and you don't have the intermediary of your company to protect you from the chaos, to make decisions, or to construct your values."
Zach Washam (10:40)
"When you look at the way entrepreneurs or wantrepreneurs approach the process, there are those that are in love with the lifestyle, they just fall too in love with constantly chasing shiny objects and experimenting and never get to the point of convergence where they're actually building something meaningful."
Jeff Amerine (30:40)
"Right now I define being successful as being honest and learning."
252: Banking, Mental Health, and Storytelling within Entrepreneurship with Heather Nelson
Caleb Tally, Jeff Amerine, and Matthew Ward are joined by Heather Nelson, President, and Co-Founder of Seal Solar. Seal Solar is a solar design and installation firm out of North Little Rock, Arkansas. Understanding banking, taking mental health seriously, and using storytelling to educate and market have played a significant role in Heather's Midas touch success stories.
(0:54) Introducing Heather Nelson of Seal Solar
(1:35) From Banking to Entrepreneurship
(7:01) Seal Solar Origin
(10:00) Importance of Mental Health
(12:33) Storytelling as an Entrepreneur
(22:24) Being Comfortable with Uncertainty
(28:34) Casting Vision for Seal Solar
(32:24) Why Solar Energy?
Heather Nelson
Seal Solar
"You really need a strong banking relationship or you're just not gonna make it."
(2:00) Heather Nelson
"[Entrepreneurship] will highlight and show you all these gifts, passions, and things about yourself and your abilities that you never knew… but it will also show you the deepest, darkest, ugliest things about yourself. That you've spent a lot of time shoving into every crevice and corner saying, Lord Jesus, please don't let anybody ever see that or know that about me.
(10:15) Heather Nelson
"We've got a world that says you have to be a subject matter expert on everything at 22, and that's just the biggest lie ever."
"It's not about whether the utilities are bad and solar's good or solar's bad and utilities are good... The thing is there's this amazing technology and how do we work together to utilize this great technology?"
251: Building Communities and Changing Lives featuring Darrin Williams and Vance Smiley
Matthew Ward, Caleb Tally, and Jeff Amerine are joined by Darrin Williams and Vance Smiley this week on this latest episode. Darrin is currently the CEO of Southern Bancorp Inc and has partnered with Vance, a founding member of BankWorx. Together they are seeking to reimagine and reinvent the way banks use and develop core banking systems. Thanks for tuning in!
(1:00) Introducing Darrin Williams and Vance Smiley
(2:14) Southern Bancorp
(13:11) Facing Big Challenges
(16:20) Growth Alongside Coinbase
(19:52) Innovation Driven by Pandemic Impact
(24:23) Do Banking Education Differently
(28:05) Defining Success Down The Line
(30:54) Opportunity Zones and Gentrification
(35:22) What They Wish They Had Known
Southern Bancorp
Darrin Williams
Vance Smiley
"Our work really focuses on building economic opportunity… we really work to increase the net worth of the people that we serve." (4:14) Darrin Williams
"We don't exist just to be a bank. We really exist to make a difference. Build communities and change lives." (6:18) Darrin Williams
"I'm becoming much more interested in the impact of my work...it means something more than a paycheck, more than an equity upside." (35:57) Vance Smiley
"My parents were so dedicated to being servant leaders. I mean, every day I saw my parents focused on helping other people, it was never about them… so my interest in the law, my interest in politics, all came from this desire to serve." (37:46) Darrin Williams
250: Branding Authenticity, Simplicity, and Joy with Dustin Finkel of Ka-Pop! and Awakened Foods
This is the Startup Junkies Podcast. Welcome back!
This week, the usual crew, Matthew Ward, Caleb Tally, and Jeff Amerine meet with Dustin Finkel, CEO and Founder of Ka-Pop!, which recently merged with Bubba's Fine Foods to create Awakened Foods. From brand awareness, relationship building, and family-work balance to the importance of community, we discussed all the things that lead Dustin and his team to success.
Thank you for joining us!
(0:53) Introducing Dustin Finkel
(1:41) From Investment Banking to Food Production
(5:05) Shark Tank and Brand Awareness
(7:13) Building Relationships While Sourcing
(9:52) Company Culture + Branding
(14:42) Balancing Family and Running a Corporation
(18:40) The Value of Intentional Community and Partnerships
Dustin Finkel
Ka-Pop!
Awakened Foods
Awakened Foods Crafters
"So despite my food background, it started just like everyone else. I thought there was a better way... The difference is I had a network that allowed me to really kind of partake and grow this business fairly quickly." (4:12) - Dustin Finkel
"And that's really the differentiator that our branding is about… it's about enjoyment. Snacking is fun. It should not be a trade off. It shouldn't be about this serious engagement." (11:15) - Dustin Finkel
"I want consumers to love my product to just gravitate toward it, [to] enjoy the eating experience." (12:26) -Dustin Finkel
"That was the whole point; build as much flexibility to grow. Because who knows what the next COVID is or who knows what the next growth trend is or what that might be." (20:40) - Dustin Finkel
"I don't accept mistakes. I hate them, but understanding how to deal with them, understanding how to react, understanding how to take patience into account." (33:28) - Dustin Finkel
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import { ReactPowerTable, withPaging, withSorting, SortSettings, sortArray } from '../../src/';
import { sampledata, President, defaultColumns } from './shared';

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    data: President[];
    currentSort: SortSettings;

    currentPage: number;
    pageSize: number;
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const p = withPaging(ReactPowerTable);
const Table = withSorting(p);

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    constructor(props: never) {
        super(props);

        this.state = { currentPage: 1, pageSize: 20, currentSort: { column: 'number'}, data: sampledata };

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        this.gotoPage = this.gotoPage.bind(this);

    }

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Pricing Review – SPR April 2012. Channel SPR Request Performance.
3 BOOK PRICE? COMPETITIVE? Many of the sales today are not willing to try the book price because they lack faith in the pricing. We also tend to feed this view by; –Giving special pricing on requests with small qty or where no competitive information was provided. –When sales ask what price is reasonable with no information from the customer on competitor etc and we dont refer them to the book price. –When we allow for discounting on our existing price structure without proper market/profit analysis. The quickest way to get them to change the perception is for YOU to believe in your pricing and for them to have some wins with the current book price level.
4 BOOK PRICE? COMPETITIVE? GPL 236 – ASIA POS STUDY vs OEM BOOK PRICE LEVEL –Last 12 months data. 10575 line items with avg price falling in the BOOK PRICE RANGE. 3906 line items with avg price falling outside of book range.
5 201413 201413 201413 page 5 / Why Special Price Request ? when there is no book price published in the region, QTE (SAP Quote). when they need to follow OEM contract price, FAP (Follow Agreement Price). when there are solid reasons/justifications, MCP (Meet Competitive Pricing); NDR (New Design Registration) – Only for Distribution; CCR (Competitive Conversion Request) – Only for Distribution; CSS (Clear Stock Selling) – One Time Deal Coming Soon !
10 Important Notes All the above mentioned are required to comply with the followings: Valid for active TE part; correct SPR type is chosen Information put in SPR should be true and correct to the best knowledge End customer information is required on Header page in GPMS and ultimate end customer must be identified if it is a subcontractor Require accurate order qty in Annual or Project base. TE might revoke the price if customer fails to fulfill the application requirements, e.g. the committed order qty. The official valid period for a special price is 30 days in general although it might be valid with a longer period in our internal record. Special Price upon expiry will NOT be renewed automatically. Request shall be submitted again together with all updated justifications for Pricing approval. Book price will be offered if concrete reasons/justification is insufficient. No special price quotation is legitimate ONLY IF it is reviewed and approved by Pricing Team – Dont pre-commit special price to customers !
12 Why PMS and DVP shall be removed?
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Posted on January 5, 2022 by Christy Weeks
Michael Maassel has been cheering up and inspiring the recovery community every Monday morning since the horrendous early days of the COVID-19 outbreak. It's an important mission during a pandemic that has been such an emotional drain for so many people in recovery from addiction.
In May 2020, she launched the popular "Monday State of Mind" podcast. Inspired by her own sobriety and wellness journey, the director of alumni and recovery support services at Harmony wants to spread the wealth of knowledge of how you can take the fundamentals of recovery and apply them in your life whether you are in recovery or not.
In episode 84 of "Monday State of Mind," Michael talked with her colleague Chris Conn, donor relations manager at Harmony Foundation, about how to keep your recovery real and simple. Many people are unsure how to present their recovery in the wider community. How to refuse an alcoholic beverage at a family gathering, public event, or party? How to handle the often awkward moment when somebody offers you a drink?
No need to overcomplicate the issue, says Chris Conn. "Our culture has become much more accepting," he says. Recovery from addiction "no longer freaks people out." Many people will now appreciate your sobriety and simply say "cool" when you tell them about it. Often, they are impressed with you making a change like that.
Chris himself was brave enough to break the news in a job interview. When asked why he had moved from Minnesota to Colorado his reply was "I moved out here to get sober." He was really nervous about his forthright answer but the interviewer wanted to know more and Chris believes his honesty actually helped him get the job. "At that moment I was authentic," Chris recalls and they liked that "I put that much work and effort into changing my life."
Sobriety is no longer just for people with addiction, either. "There are lots of people who are choosing to lead an alcohol and drug-free life for many reasons," says Michael. "It's becoming very acceptable socially" and that works in your favor if you are in recovery.
It's also okay to use a little humor to deal with awkward situations. Chris remembers answering questions like "Why are you not drinking?" with "every time I drink, I break out in handcuffs." And if there was laughter, he would follow up with "seriously, I end up in jail if I do this."
It's not always easy. Michael recalls how in early recovery she was sometimes afraid of losing friends if she didn't drink—if people found out her truth. Chris went through the same phase but then realized if "somebody wants to dissociate from me because I stopped using drugs and alcohol, they were not a healthy person for me to be in my life from the get-go. People that love me the most accept me for who I am."
Not only did Chris disclose that he had been addicted to substances, but he also came out as a gay male. In the end, only two people dropped him from their lives because of that. "I realized, I'm better off with that. The same goes if you're disclosing that you're an alcoholic or an addict," he says. "If somebody drops you out of their life because you're taking charge of your sobriety, I feel, that person shouldn't have been in your life to begin with."
On the other hand, there's no obligation to "recover out loud" like Michael and tell everybody about your sobriety. Everybody is different. You can simply just say "I'm not drinking right now." It's perfectly alright to keep it brief and to the point.
Remember, recovery is one day at a time. It's perfectly legitimate to tell people it's for health reasons such as trying to get fit. Keep it simple and stay sober!
Harmony Reaching Out to the Wider Recovery Community
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Boy's Life (1991) – Robert McCammon
I remember reading this book in paperback when it first came out. It was summer, and I was in Toronto working to save (a little) money for my post secondary education. I was delighted in the nostalgia in it, and recalled being moved by the tale within its pages. When I came across it in…
The Little Vampire (2000) – Uli Edel
Even family films get into the vampire act as I learn with the next stop in DK Canada's Monsters in the Movies, the coffee table tome by legendary director John Landis. That film is The Little Vampire, based on the book by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg. Starring Jonathan Lipnicki, following his endearing turn in Jerry Maguire, the…
The NeverEnding Story (1984) – Wolfgang Petersen
The first recommendation from the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book following my screening of The Fellowship of the Ring is Wolfgang Petersen's 1984 adaptation of only a small part of Micheal Ende's fantasy novel, The NeverEnding Story. It has been more than thirty years since I watched this one, so I was…
It (2017) – Andy Muschietti
The crowd-pleasing big screen remake of Stephen King's 1986 novel, It, brings the scares home today thanks to Warner Brothers. Debuting on blu-ray and DVD the entertaining, updated adaptation will make you float too as you visit the town of Derry, Maine. A town of secrets, and terrors in this wonderful coming of age tale….
A Monster Calls (2011) – Patrick Ness
It's been a long time since a book has reduced me to tears, but Ness' powerful, and beautiful young adult books, A Monster Calls has done just that. Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd who passed before she could tell it herself, the story is a singular experience that is heartbreaking in its truth…
Whistle Down the Wind (1961) – Bryan Forbes
As I return to the Family Genre in the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book, I come across a number of recommendations from a screening for E.T. which I've previously covered Whistle Down the Wind is a British film that focuses on a group of young children, including Charles (Alan Barnes), Nan (Diane…
The A-Team (1983) – The Beast From the Belly of a Boeing and A Nice Place to Visit
And just like that, we reach the end of season 1 with these two episodes. First up is The Beast From the Belly of a Boeing. This one was written by Patrick Hasburgh, and aired 3 May, 1983. A group of terrorists, led by Jackson (Andrew Robinson) and whose men include Xander Berkeley and…
Suburban Gothic (2014) – Richard Bates Jr.
Available now from Anchor Bay is this wonderfully quirky horror comedy. And let me emphasize the quirky, if you're expecting a typical entry into this genre you are bound to be in for a bit of a shock. Happily, the film's trailer sells its sense of humor really well. The film is also stocked…


I'm an English instructor in Germany and was recently asked about the difference between "breach" and "break". Can you help?
Can you repair the break in this line?
Joan of Arc was sued for breach of promise.
The Burgundians breached the walls of Paris.
The principal parts of to break are break, broke, (have) broken.
The principal parts of to breach are breach, breached, (have) breached.
What works best hair product to heal the breach?
He was apprenticed by a faculty of honour, never lied, and would rather die than breach his word.
In each example, "break" is the word called for by the context.
Although "break" and "breach" are similar in meaning, they cannot be used as exact synonyms.