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A rare decline in November sales, its first in a decade, last week landed Wal-Mart on the front page of The New York Times, under the headline “Wal-Mart Trips as it Changes a Bit Too Fast.” “The stumbles seem to resurrect the perennial question,” wrote Michael Barbaro, “Is Wal-Mart too big for its own good, making it impossible to achieve the gravity-defying growth that Wall Street has counted on for four decades?”

Not necessarily, he cautioned. “[W]hat is happening now appears to be more complicated than Wal-Mart hitting a wall. It may simply be changing too fast, acting more like a start-up than a company with 6,000 stores, 1.3 million employees and sales of $312 billion.”

Rapids shifts by competitors such as Target and Best Buy with trendier offerings seemed to be drawing some customers away. Wal-Mart’s responses haven’t always worked.  Attempts to fix particular problems were underway. In a “symbolically important adjustment,” Barbaro concluded, the company will slow the rate at which it expands US floor space in 2007 to 7.5 percent, from the 8 percent of recent years.

What the Times’ story failed to mention was the news the paper had printed two days before, that world’s biggest retailer had beat out a British supermarket chain, Tesco, to become the first foreign firm to enter the booming Indian retail market, where, at the moment, there are no large chain stores.

Bharti Enterprises, one of India’s biggest business groups, announced that it would open several hundred Wal-Mart franchises during the next five years, stores owned by Bharti but operated under the Wal-Mart names, with logistics, purchasing and support from the American firm. “We’ve nothing against Tesco. They know their job.” Bharti’s Rajan Mittal told the Financial Times (which played the story on its front page). “But we felt Wal-Mart, on a big scale, was more of a fit.”

In other words, although it is already the largest company in the world, Wal-Mart still is something of a start-up, seeking to become its dominant retailer.  In 2004, it handled 8.8 percent of US retail sales (excluding automobiles) It operates, in many cases as the biggest or second biggest retailer, in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala., Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. (It is not uniformly successful in these expansions:  it recently sold its operations in Germany and Southern Korea.)

Not since the 1920s, when chains like Sears & Roebuck and Montgomery Ward fanned out along America’s railroad lines to change the face of retailing, has there been anything like it. Wal-Mart has gone further, reshaping American commerce along its highways, locating its stores on edges of towns, or equidistant between them, changing the very landscape in the process.  (Founder Sam Walton routinely scouted locations from a helicopter, observing traffic flows.)

The retailer has gradually reshaped manufacturing, as well, through its enormous buying power. Wal-Mart accounts for 28 percent of Playtex’s sales, 25 percent of Clorox’s, 21 percent of Revlon’s, 13 percent of Kimberly-Clark’s and 17 percent of Kellogg’s. Last year’s acquisition of Gillette by Procter and Gamble was largely a response to Wal-Mart’s growing clout. More such combinations are sure to follow.

Now even flows among nations are affected. Wal-Mart purchases more than 15 percent of all the consumer goods that the US imports from China — $18 billion in 2004, or something more than 10 percent of its cost of goods. Virtually all its apparel comes from low-cost countries. Through its political action committee, it has become an influential advocate of free trade policies, most recently the Central American Free Trade Act.  (The fraction of Wal-Mart political contributions to Republican Party candidates has declined from 98 percent in 1996 to 80 percent in 2004.)

Meanwhile, the store has become the nation’s leading vendor of groceries, apparel and music. It is not too far behind in pharmacy and auto services. Next it plans to offer organic food and various banking services. Some 100 million consumers shop at Wal-Mart every week, and 85 percent of all Americans shopped there at least once in 2005. Not bad for a chain whose first store opened in Rogers, Arkansas, 1962.

Not surprisingly, Wal-Mart procedures have become a source of political friction along nearly every axis of its interface with the rest of the world — its wage and benefits policies, impact on local businesses and suppliers, product-selection practices, zoning and infrastructure requirements, design standards, and political influence.

Many of these facts are laid out coherently in a new article prepared for the Journal of Economic Perspectives, by Emek Basker, of the University of Missouri, the econometrician who, more than any other scholar, has studied the overall economic significance of the explosive growth of the giant chain. An earlier paper with Pham Hoang Van, Putting a Smiley Face on the Dragon: Wal-Mart as a Catalyst to US-China Trade, brilliantly illuminated the surge in U.S. imports that occurred after Wal-Mart abandoned its “Buy American” campaign in the 1990s. In the new study, she carefully surveys the welter of work on various aspects Wal-Mart’s economic impact that has been done, much of it narrowly framed, some of it highly partisan.

(In a book last year, The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World’s Most Powerful Company Really Works — and How It’s Transforming the American Economy, Charles Fishman, a journalist, offered a parallax view. (The paperback edition has just appeared.) Fishman wrote last week of the Bharti deal, “Wal-Mart will be a sensation in India – as it has been in China and in Mexico. At the moment, there is just a single hypermart in the whole country, in Mumbai. Small individual US cities have more than that — Topeka, Kansas, has two Wal-Mart supercenters; Huntsville, Alabama, has four.”)

Basker identifies two key advantages that have propelled Wal-Mart to the top: technology and scale.  She doesn’t lay the same emphasis on automobiles and highways that I do, but on the role of the computer she is dead right. The company installed a mainframe in 1969 in its first distribution center. By the late 1970s, it had connected all stores, distribution centers, and corporate headquarters in a network. It was among the first to recognize the logistical importance of bar-codes, and by the late 1980s had installed bar-code readers in all its distribution centers. In 1990, it brought suppliers into the network with real-time inventory software (which migrated quickly enough to the Web). Today Wal-Mart is a leader in radio frequency identification tags.

What about the effect on employment? A new Wal-Mart store hires several hundred employees, according to Basker.  The number of applicants can be 5, 10, or even 25 times the number of positions offered. (When a new store opened in Oakland, Calif., last year, more than 11,000 people applied for 400 jobs.) Some local retailers contract or go out of business; others open for business. On balance, she says, the effect on local employment appears to be positive, even five years after Wal-Mart’s entry, but it is small.

So keeping Wal-Mart out of the market, as France has done, apparently costs jobs; letting it in, however, is no magic elixir of growth. Nor is there any reason to think that the company has yet exhausted the advantages that come from opening stores in relative proximity to one another.  The technique, dubbed “contagious diffusion,” takes advantage of economies of density in distribution, training and advertising, and probably aids Wal-Mart at the expense of rivals such as Kmart and Target, which pursue different strategies. And since there is no definitive data on hours worked or wages at Wal-Mart compared to other retail stores, it is not possible — yet — to evaluate the effect of Wal-Mart’s reliance on more part-timers than the stores it replaces.

Consumers gain from the store’s low prices.  The poor apparently gain the most.  In one survey, 53 percent of those whose annual earnings were less than $20,000 said they shopped at Wal-Mart “regularly,” compared with a third of those who made more than $50,000. The average annual household income of Wal-Mart shoppers is around $40-$45,000, roughly that of the US median; Target shoppers have incomes of around $60,000 and Costco customers around $74,000. Between them, these “big-box” retailers have fundamentally altered buying habits in nations around the world.

In short, Basker writes, “Though the identity of the large retailers has changed over time, the criticisms leveled against them do not. Retail chains have been accused of paying low wages, not contributing to their communities, taking money out of communities, paying fewer taxes than local merchants, and turning America into ‘a nation of clerks’ as far back as the 1920s — almost word for word the accusations that are leveled against Wal-Mart today.”

What has changed with Wal-Mart, perhaps, is the sheer degree of political influence the giant retailer now enjoys. Wal-Mart hired its first lobbyist in Washington DC in 1998, but long before that it was expert in dealing with local governments to negotiate for zoning easements, infrastructure requirements, and other subsidies, or to resist attempts to limit access to local markets through zoning requirements, to impose minimum wages, or to mandate health care benefits.

With its aggressive expansion into global markets, both as purchaser and vendor, the company has taken its place at the political table along with other great multinationals — energy companies, metals manufacturers, software houses, aerospace firms, arms dealers, chemical and pharmaceutical companies, auto giants, and consumer product companies.  Nor is it just Wal-Mart that has gone transnational. Ikea, McDonalds, and Starbucks are other firms whose economies of scale have permanently altered the retail landscape.

So Wal-Mart and Costco have replaced Sears and Ward’s, just as highways replaced the railroads as our primary transportation network. But the railroads are still there. So are the rivers and the ports whose economic primacy the railroads usurped. Cable and the Internet have preempted television, but television is still there. So is radio. And so is the tendency of competitors to combine into a few giant firms, producing industrial structure we know as oligopoly.

Where there are oligopolies, historically, at least, there have been labor unions. The last quarter century has seen a period of unprecedented competition. Unions have suffered greatly as a result. There are no unionized Wal-Mart stores today in North America. When butchers at a store in Texas voted to affiliate a few years ago, Wal-Mart bought pre-packaged meat and shut the department. When workers at a store in Quebec last year voted to organize, the company closed the store.

The rise of Wal-Mart is a story of canny entrepreneurs taking advantage of technological change — a saga of cars, computers and globalization. Want to bet that the rate of fundamental innovation continues at the same rapid rate? That the level of intense competition of the past 25 years continues for another quarter-century? Or that there will be no unions in Wal-Mart stores 25 years from now?


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From Gilbane Group's perspective, the key considerations for buyers in the 2010 digital content market distill to three issues:

• Capabilities that enable agile, consistent, and measurable content
• Solution components that can be easily and cost-effectively integrated
• Results that satisfy customers and increase their lifetime value

In Gilbane's 20-plus years of covering content technologies, we have consistently found that global companies succeed when they treat content management as a business practice-not as a technology, but as a formalized, institutionalized business practice tied to strategic business goals and objectives. Leading practitioners recognize the value of content as an enterprise asset, and they proactively manage their content as the asset it is. Their content management practices are designed to drive costs out of value creation while delivering scalability that's critical to the ability to capitalize on business opportunity.

The challenging economic climate of 2009 continues to press global companies to think about content management strategically rather than tactically. Moving into 2010, we believe that attention to three key characteristics of high-value content will keep an organization on the strategic path:

Agility: Although "content agility" is widely overused, it is nevertheless a requirement that content be readily available for use in any context-ideally without additional processes that negatively impact an organization's ability to respond to business opportunity quickly. This means that content can't be dependent upon any one software application, hardware device, business use case, audience, language, or even point in time.

Consistency: In an age in which positive customer experience and strong brand management are essential, companies are at high risk if they can't deliver the same content across all markets, territories, and channels. Today, leading practitioners view consistency as a dimension of quality and have moved beyond wishing for consistency to actually achieving it.

Measurability: Across all functions and departments, managers face unprecedented tension between the need to innovate business practices and the need to act with fiscal responsibility. Companies are prioritizing whatever spending they are doing by looking at the "must-have" investments to remain competitive. As a result, understanding the impact of specific content on businesses becomes fundamental.

Making a business case for solutions that enable companies to create, manage, and deliver such content now requires a two-pronged approach. Bottom-line results are routinely expected-cost savings, process efficiencies, and performance improvements. While essential, however, bottom-line benefits are no longer enough to secure funding. Companies purchasing and deploying content-centric solutions in 2010 and beyond will be challenged to show results on the top line too.

Integration will have bottom-line impact of significant importance in 2010. Process automation and scalability are impossible without integration of the various components comprising a content-centric solution. Manual processes have proven time and again to be costly, time-consuming, and error-prone across all content applications. Buyers can likely identify bottom-line ROI factors by focusing on integration, looking for components that are preintegrated or are easily integrated with other technologies. At a minimum, be sure to conduct a careful and thorough analysis of what integration will cost if it's not available out of the box.

A top-line impact that matters most in 2010 will be the global customer experience. In an economic climate in which every customer interaction counts, engagement and satisfaction are paramount. Results reported in Gilbane's 2009 research on "Multilingual Product Content: Transforming Traditional Practices into Global Content Value Chains" show that global customer satisfaction is a clear strategic and operational business priority, cited by 33% of survey respondents as the top strategic business goal for 2009, outpacing the next most commonly cited driver (revenue from emerging geographies at 20%) by a significant margin. A good bet when making a business case is to show how investments in content practices, technologies, and processes will create competitive advantages with customer experience.

The diversity of companies and solutions on the EContent 100 list illustrates that there is no single path to integrated solutions that satisfy customers with content that's agile, consistent, and measurable. Regardless of application-from technical documentation to web marketing to internal corporate communications-the EContent 100 serves as a guide to proven, viable solutions that will enable companies to derive value from their content in any business climate.

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A picture of the Amazon Rainforest
by Allyson Koerner
Categories: Causes, Environment, Gallery.
Photo: Rainforest Alliance, Flickr/RDPixelShop, Flickr/the_girl, Flickr/kat+sam, Flickr/mauroguanandi, Flickr/jemasmith, Flickr/var resa, Flickr/Michael Cory, Flickr/brewbooks, Flickr/Narith5, Flickr/therichardlife

Our surroundings are sometimes taken for granted. Even something as unique as the rainforest is forgotten. It seems a little bit of knowledge and a shove in the right direction can get people to appreciate the environment. So, why not start with the wonder that is the rainforest?

Even though rainforests only cover less than two percent of the Earth’s entire surface area, they are home to 50 percent of the plants and animals. They are also found on every continent, except Antarctica. That’s pretty amazing! Now, let’s see what they have to offer in plants. Out of 40,000 plant species, here are 10 amazing rainforest plants that will blow your mind and get you reacquainted with our planet.

1. Banana

Bananas is one of the amazing plants of the rainforest
You’re probably thinking “I know all there is to know about bananas; I eat them for breakfast and can make delicious banana bread.” Well, there is more to bananas then eating them. Even though they grow on trees, bananas are not trees, but giant herbs. After a year, they reach their full height of anywhere between 10 and 20 feet. The blossoms eventually bloom into a fruit, where they then ripen and are used for sustenance. Banana stems can weigh nearly 100 pounds and are about 93 percent water.

Habitation: Found in Central America, South America, Africa, Southeast Asia and non-tropical regions like the United States thanks to modern agricultural technologies.

2. Orchid

Orchids are an amazing plant of the rainforest
Known for their beauty, orchids are the largest family of plants in the world. The species varies greatly in weight and size with some petals getting as long as 30 inches, and flowers growing up to 14 feet long. They also come in every color, except black. They grow on rocks, in the soil, underground and on other plants and trees, all while relying on certain insects or birds for pollination.

Habitation: Extremely adaptable and grows in most climates with the majority being found in Central America, South America and in countries along the Andes Mountains.

3. Coffee

Coffee is grown in the rainforest
What would you do if you couldn’t have that cup of coffee in the morning? Ugh, that would be awful. Well you can thank the coffee plant of the rainforest for your jolt of caffeine every day. It can grow as tall as 30 feet, but is considered a bush or shrub. From the picture they look like grapes, but those are berries containing two coffee beans inside. It takes an amazing six to eight years for the plant to be in full production and coffee plants can live up to 100 years old.

Habitation: Prefers high altitudes for shade with a wet and dry season. Originated in Ethiopia and Sudan and now more than two-thirds grow in Latin America.

4. Brazil Nut Tree

The Brazil nut tree grows tall in the rainforest
Towering above all the other trees in the Amazon Rainforest, the Brazil nut tree can reach over 160 feet. Known for its production of the Brazil nut, these delectable delights are produced inside fruit the size of a baseball and can weigh up to five pounds. The exterior layer of the fruit is so hard only the agoutis, a large rodent with sharp teeth, can break it open. The tree relies on the agoutis, bees and other rainforest plants for survival. Imagine if these species disappeared!

Habitation: Located in the Amazon Rainforest of Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru.

5. Poinsettia

Poinsettias popular during Christmas are grown in the rainforest
The poinsettia is mostly seen around Christmastime in the United States. This beautiful plant actually grows in the rainforest in the form of a bush or tree. Who knew?! One would think the colorful part of the plant is the petals, but they are actually the leaves. The flowers are the small, yellow stalks in the middle of the leaves. The poinsettia comes in red, white, pink and bicolor. Also, to clear up rumors, they are not poisonous, even though some believe this is so. Thank goodness it’s not, since it’s the number-one flowering potted plant in the US!

Habitation: Native to the tropical forests in Mexico and Central America.

6. Cacao

Cacoa another word for chocolate is grown in the rainforest
When we see the word “cacao” we associate it with chocolate, but it’s a little more complicated than that. The cacao tree is an evergreen, which grows a pod containing 20 to 60 reddish-brown cocoa beans. When harvested, it takes anywhere from seven to 14 pods to produce one pound of dry cocoa beans, which is turned into delicious chocolate. It’s important for cacao to be harvested sustainably, since chocolate is in very high demand.

Habitation: Grows below altitudes of 1,000 feet in an area that receives about 4 inches of rain per month, originated in the lowland rainforests of Amazon River basins and can now be found in southern Mexico.

7. Rubber Tree

Rubber trees are grown in the rainforest and produce rubber
Reaching as high as 130 feet, the rubber tree is recognized for its milky white sap, or commonly called latex. Yes, the rubber tree is used to make rubber. Who would have thought? Sometimes called rubberwood, the tree is tapped for latex at six-years-old and reproduces by scattering its seeds as far as 100 feet from itself.

Habitation: Located in the Amazon region of South America including Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia.

8. Heliconia

Heliconia's are grown in the rainforest and related to bananas
This colorful plant has 40 different species with paddle-shaped leaves that are part of the banana family. In addition to being called heliconia, it is also referred to as lobster claws or parrot flowers. The plant structure has “bracts,” which is a colorful leaf that comes in pink, orange, yellow, green, purple or red. Bracts actually hide the plant’s flowers tucked inside of them, protecting the nectar so only certain birds, like the hummingbird, can reach it. Butterflies also enjoy the sweet nectar.

Habitation: Found in the Neotropics including southern Mexico, Central and South America and the West Indies.

9. Sapodilla

Sapodilla grows in the rainforest and can make gum
This strong, wind-resistant tree has an extensive root system and a famous bark that contains a white, gummy sap called chicle. The egg-shaped fruit contains a grainy yellow fruit inside that when eaten tastes like a pear. Considered the best fruit in Central America, even rainforest mammals, like howler monkeys, find the fruit delicious. The first chewing gum was even created from the sapodilla by the Mayans and Aztecs!

Habitation: Native to southern Mexico, Belize and northeastern Guatemala.

10. Bromeliad

Bromeliad's grown in the rainforest and home to the pineapple
Bromeliad seems like a complex word and plant, but it’s really not. Bromeliads contain more than 2,700 species that grow on the ground, on rocks and on other plants and rocks. These beautiful plants have bright colored flowers ranging from reds to oranges to purples and to blues. One of the most common bromeliad is a sweet, wondrous fruit. What is it? The pineapple! Bromeliads are even sometimes homes for tree frogs, snails and salamanders where they’ll stay for their entire lives.

Habitation: Found in the Neotropics including southern Mexico, Central and South America and the West Indies. One species is also found in western Africa.

Some of our favorite foods and plants come from the rainforest; that’s why it’s so important to preserve the rainforest in a respectful and sustainable manner. Imagine living without bananas, chocolate and beautiful orchids and poinsettias. Now, that would be disappointing.

Want some more amazing rainforest galleries?
:: 10 Rainforest Creatures that Defy Imagination

:: 10 Celebrities Fighting to Save the Rainforests
:: 8 Rainforest Eco Resorts

About Allyson Koerner

Allyson Koerner first found her love of writing while attending Westminster College in Pennsylvania, and that passion evolved while she was earning her Master's in Print & Multimedia Journalism at Boston's Emerson College. She's an experienced writer dabbling in all things vegan, green, entertainment and TV-related. Feel free to keep tabs on her over at Twitter: @AllysonKoerner.

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Actress Kristin Davis is raising funds to protect elephants from poaching in Kenya
by Jennifer Schulz
Categories: Animals, Causes
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Photo: The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

Actress Kristin Davis is raising funds to protect elephants from poaching in Kenya. Utilizing Crowdrise, funds raised from the Helicopter for Elephants campaign will be used to purchase a helicopter to stop illegal activity. The elephants, being killed for their ivory tusks, are rapidly diminishing.

Davis is a long-time supporter of  The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, an organization dedicated to the protection and preservation of Africa’s wilderness and wildlife. The non-profit pays particular attention to endangered species such as elephants and the black rhino. With the aid of a helicopter, the organization will be able to better monitor poaching activity and aid orphaned elephants in distress.

On Davis’ fundraising page, she writes, “If poaching continues at the current rate, according to experts all wild elephants will be EXTINCT IN 10 YEARS!  We can’t let this happen!” The actress continues, “We can’t let the bad guys take the beauty that is nature away from all of us.”

Davis recently discussed her 2009 trip to Kenya and the rescue of a baby elephant on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” “The Sex and the City” star joins the growing ranks of ‘ele-friendly’ celebs, which include “True Blood” vamp Kristin Bauer van Straten who recently filmed an anti-poaching documentary.

In addition to aiding the elephants, supporters of Helicopter for Elephants who donate before July 7th will be entered to win a pair of Davis’ shoes worn in the movie ‘Sex and the City 2’.

About Jennifer Schulz

Jennifer Schulz loves promoting things dear to her heart. As owner of Menagerie Co., she works with some of the most talented individuals and brands. An animal advocate, Jennifer serves on the Board of Directors of several non-profit organizations. She contributes content to pet-related publications and organizations. Follow Jennifer on Twitter: @jen4pets

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Bicycle Commuter Profile: Charles Vail

Commuter Profile

Name: Charles Vail
Location: Eatonville, Washington, America
Started bike commuting: I first started in 1972
Commute distance (one way): 19 to 23 miles maximum depending on the route

Describe your commute: I infrequently commute for 7-8 miles on country highway and 11 miles in the urban jungle. I sometimes do a partial commute which can range from 12 to 14 miles one way. With my current work schedule I am not able to bicycle commute as much as I would like.

Describe your bike and accessories: I own and ride several bicycles but my main ride now is a Surly Long Haul Trucker built from the frame up. I plan on home built racks and a generator lighting system soon. I recently acquired a Rivendell SimpleOne and will ride it also.

What bit of advice would you like to share with new bike commuters?: Get a rear view mirror, wear a brightly colored shirt and use gloves. Set your bicycle up with fenders, wide tires, good lighting and a way to carry stuff. Find a saddle that fits you well and adjust your bicycle to fit your body perfectly. Do not trust automobile drivers especially motor home drivers. Watch out for people passing you who also then turn right in front of you and also watch out for people making left turns and pulling out in front of you.

[Visit our Bicycle Commuter Profiles page to add your profile to the collection. —ed.]

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Letter to the Editor: Political discord

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The architects of our nation had a great understanding of human nature. They knew no matter how small or large a problem seemed, disagreement would follow on the best course of action. They also understood that if one side felt unrepresented there would never be unity on a solution and eventually revolt would follow.

So they set up our government in such a way, as to ensure, one side would not remain out of power indefinitely. They knew lack of political sway could cause an opposing side to do anything to regain influence.

In the present we are seeing a particularly ugly example of this lust for lost dominance. Our nation is at war with a ruthless enemy. An enemy our military faces daily and defeats routinely. Unfortunately these brave people who fight the war also have to suffer the shameful and silly antics of some people back home. These people are struggling to regain their lost political power through dissent directed at the war. Many believe the ability to voice dissent is one of our nation's strengths. I am sure it is. However in war it has proven to be an aid to our enemy. We have seen how this struggle at home gives our adversaries hope to fight on with their barbaric methods.

Recently it has occurred to me that if discord is a required ingredient of wartime success, I don't think it is, its presence is a reminder of childhood and being forced to eat some type of nasty tasting food with the assurance that despite the flavor and smell it is good for you.

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Letter to the Editor: Patrick Sundstrom is partly correct

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In the past, while I have patently disagreed with most of the opinions written in by Patrick Sundstrom, this time, I need to write in defense of him, at least partly. While I wouldn't incorrectly refer to Islamic Extremists as "fascists" as he does, he made some good points in his Aug. 28 opinion (in his retort to Cody Thornton), on how they are similar to Nazi fascists. While there are no two groups that are absolutely identical, in some cases, there are certain analogies that can be formed to help us understand another group better. I commend Mr. Sundstrom for pointing out similarities between two groups to illustrate his point.

Mr. Sundstrom wrote, "First, the Nazi party was the only political party in Germany after Hitler took power. No dissent against the Nazi party was tolerated. After the Islamic fascists took control of Afghanistan they became the only political party. No dissent against the Islamic fascists was tolerated. Hmmm."

I would heartily agree with Mr. Sundstrom that when a government does not tolerate dissent that is a sign of fascism. Kind of like when Mr. Sundstrom wrote regarding the U.S. government during World War II, "People like Mr. Wright remained silent because they understood what the consequences of losing the war were. They also knew the government would not tolerate their cowardice and sedition as it does now." I find it interesting that in both cases he mentioned the respective governments not "tolerating" dissent or sedition.

I completely agree with Mr. Sundstrom's more recent assessment and would add that, in defiance to fascism, dissent should be praised as a necessary quality of a free society when people see something wrong with the government, and that a government is utterly wrong to stifle opinions with which they do not agree. The Nazis were wrong to stifle dissent; the Taliban were wrong to stifle dissent. The U.S. government is wrong when it stifles dissent (and it has apologized many times since then for its WWII "fascist" behavior). On that point, Mr. Sundstrom, I couldn't agree more. Dissent is a sign of a free society; stifling of dissent (or even a belief that stifling dissent is good) is a sign of fascism. You're preaching to the choir on this one.

Mr. Sundstrom explained further, "Second, the Nazis believed the world should be dominated and controlled by them and if you were not a member of the party you should be enslaved or killed. The Islamic fascists believe the world should be controlled by them and if you are not a true believer of Islam you should be enslaved or killed. Hmmm."

I would fully agree with Sundstrom's assessment on both of these group's beliefs. The only difference is (which I believe was Mr. Thornton's point) Nazi Germany had the military might to carry out their belief. Islamic Fundamentalists, while they may at some future time acquire a nuke, do not have the military power to carry out their belief (even if they do acquire a nuke). The American public may rightfully worry about a terrorist attack, but to believe terrorists will overpower our military and take over our country is the height of unfounded fear. (That is, of course, unless we stretch our military too thin in exercises like Iraq.)

So while Sundstrom's current point is well taken, his original assessment of February 14th, 2006, incorrectly stated, "The one thing the democrats need to understand and they probably never will is this. If we lose the war on terror, the constitution will not amount to a hill of beans. We will be living under the terrorists." This original assessment is patently untrue, totally unfounded, and utilizes fear and false information. I'm also assuming that this distinction was the very point Mr. Thornton was making and the distinction that Mr. Sundstrom can't or doesn't want to see. While we are not 100 percent safe (nor will we ever be) and are vulnerable to an attack by terrorists, we will never be overrun and ruled by terrorists. This is in stark contrast to Nazi Germany that actually had the military might to act on its belief.

Sundstrom had stated in his Aug. 7 opinion, "In closing, I would like to remind Mr. Wright and your readers who don't already get it that the enemy is Islamic Fascism, not George W. Bush."

Once again, while I wouldn't refer to them as fascists, I totally agree that one of our enemies is Islamic Extremists. But two wrongs don't make a right, and just because George Bush fights against terrorists doesn't make his methods right. In many conflicts, there is not a good guy versus a bad guy. Sometimes, there are just two bad guys. And honestly, I'm a lot less afraid for what Islamic Extremists can theoretically do to this country than what one very misguided president is already doing. Fortunately in this country, we are still free to dissent as both Mr. Sundstom and I both agree is necessary for a free society.

I sure am glad that Mr. Sundstrom and I are finding some common ground. Thank you, Mr. Sundstrom, for helping me to understand that fascist beliefs can be found not only in traditional fascism, but also Islamic Extremists or even belief systems here in the United States. While I rarely agree with him, I appreciate Mr. Sundstrom's opinion and am glad that there are people who do not agree with me. As with anyone, I would never want Mr. Sundstrom's opinion stifled. I wonder if Mr. Sundstrom feels the same about my opinion or whether he would want to stifle my opinion. Oh wait, I already knew the answer to that when he said, "People like Mr. Wright remained silent because they understood what the consequences of losing the war were. They also knew the government would not tolerate their cowardice and sedition as it does now."

If we could only silence the dissent and "sedition" of those liberals, then we'd win the war, right, Mr. Sundstrom? Now let's see: the Nazis believed stifling dissent was good for the Reich, the Taliban believed stifling dissent was good for Afghanistan, President Bush believes stifling dissent is good for America, and Mr. Sundstrom also believes stifling dissent is good for America. Hmmm.

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The U.S. Department of Education mandates schools use the verification process to check the accuracy and completeness of data provided on the selected applicant's Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The verification process is meant to ensure that Federal student financial aid is disbursed equitably and according to Federal law and program regulation. The U.S. Department of Education or the school selects applications for verification.

The School Servicing Center (SSC) completes the verification process on behalf of the school. SSC will work directly with the student to complete the verification process. SSC will communicate with the student about the verification process.

SSC directs students to a secure web portal, www.SSCwp.org, for information about required verification documents and activities. The website is the primary communication point for verification information. Students should visit the site often during the verification process for information on outstanding items. The school will notify students when their verification has been completed.

It is the student's responsibility to provide requested information so that the verification process can be completed by the school's published deadline. The school is unable to disburse federal student financial aid until the verification process is complete. Failure to complete the verification process may result in a student not being eligible for federal aid and will need other means to pay for classes. Failure to pay for classes by published deadlines may result in the student being dropped from registered classes.

Verification may include (but is not limited to) a review of the following data for a student, a student's spouse, or parents of a dependent student:

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  • In addition, the verification process is used to resolve inconsistent or conflicting information.

Important Note: If an applicant uses the FAFSA IRS Data Retrieval Tool to transfer federal income tax return data to the FAFSA without changing the transferred data, the applicant is generally not required to verify that information.
In most instances, the SSC submits FAFSA corrections to the Central Processor (CPS) that it has determined to be inaccurate or incomplete. Occasionally the student will be asked to correct the FAFSA data by going to the FAFSA on the Web website (https://fafsa.ed.gov/FAFSA/app/fafsa). If changes made to the FAFSA impact the student's Estimated Family Contribution (EFC), the new Student Aid Report sent by the CPS as a result of those changes will reflect the new EFC.

The school is responsible for checking all other eligibility criteria before packaging financial aid for the student. The school is also responsible for notifying the student of any changes made to an existing financial aid award package as a result of verification.

The school is required to notify the U.S. Office of Inspector General if they suspect that a student, employee or other individual has misreported information or altered documentation submitted in order for a student to fraudulently obtain federal funds.

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FingO glow - finger massager by The Screaming O - review by sslover5171

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Decent toy for the price.

For the price, this is a very good vibrator. Definitely good for beginners, just grab a little lube first. Overall, I would probably buy this only if I could not afford a more expensive vibrator
Small, semi-powerful
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useful review

My wife enjoyed this toy a lot. It allowed either of us to stimulate her clit during sex, or I could use it during foreplay. Essentially, this toy is a small bullet with a TPR silicone cover that has a hole for a finger.
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The material is a rather hard TPR silicone. You may want to have a little lube handy before you begin playing with this toy. It is not very smooth, but at the same time not very rough. There was a light plastic odor when I opened the box.
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    • Light odor
    • Somewhat porous

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This you will fit your average hand. I have fatter fingers and had a hard time getting it on my finger. My wife on the other hand, had no trouble at all. The size is perfect for most fingers and features several ridges under the finger for a better grip. The grip was helpful when trying to focus the vibrations on a specific area.
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The On/Off button is the only button on the massager. It can be accessed with your thumb if your index finger is in the strap. Battery life is very good. We actually had the button wear out after several hours of play. The button would have to be kept pushed in but the batteries were still fine.
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    • Not enough variety

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Great cheapie gets the job done. Cupid is silicone, water proof and flexible. Doesn't feel like the 'real' thing but is better than other products I've used. Quiet sound. Textured feel. Multiple vibe speeds.
Texture. Quiet.
Could have a stronger vibe.
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This product is a great product for the price. It has a soft feel with textured flowers all around. A very cute and feminine appearance. Don't leave it laying around for children to see, because they may think this is a magical wand of some sort. Yes, this did happen to a friend of mine.

Cupid is waterproof and works very well in the water. You can shower with it and then take it to bed to finish the night off.

Great price point- Cupid would be a great vibrator for a beginner that is testing the waters to see what they'll like. Great for someone on a budget.

Cupid is quite flexible to hit all the spots you'd desire. You can speed it up or slow it down with the multiple speed options. The vibe is quite powerful. The sound of the vibrator is very low. You can't hear it in the next room with the door open, so no need to worry about your room mate hearing.

I feel that the size is probably a little bit large for beginners, however, I think it could be a great beginner vibe. The length is about 6 inches. The width of it is pretty large though.

This vibrator is so easy to use. The batteries are easy to install and replace. Cupid requires TWO AA batteries to function. Screw the bottom off, put them in and replace the cover by screwing back on.

Easy to clean- Warm water and soap will do the trick, or, or course, you could use a toy cleaner if you prefer.

Cupid is a silicone vibe, so you wouldn't want to use with silicone based lube or other silicone products/toys. If you keep all your toys in one place, you'd want to wrap this one in a shirt or sock so that it doesn't touch other silicone items. Water based lube would be your best option for this toy.
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Monday Jul 6, 2015
A scene from 'Lyle'
A scene from 'Lyle'

First time feature director Stewart Thorndike establishes a fair amount of dread in his new horror film, "Lyle." Starring Gaby Hoffman, the film centers on a lesbian couple - Leah (Hoffman) and June (Ingrid Jungermann) - who are moving into a Brooklyn Brownstone with their toddler, Lyle. But the inhabitants of the apartment complex all seem a bit strange, including the apartment manager Karen (Rebecca Street), who likes to pretend she's pregnant even though she's almost sixty years old. There's also the smoking model (Kim Allen) who stands outside looking up into their window.

Their lives seem status quo at first with June working by day while Leah stays home with their kid and gets the apartment ready for baby number two. But all is not right. When Leah is told no children have lived in the building before, she soon uncovers baby wallpaper that suggests that, indeed, there was a child in their apartment at one time. Also, little Lyle seems to be talking to strangers that no one else can see. All of these creepy revelations lead to tragedy and -- well -- it all goes downhill from there.

To be fair, "Lyle" is a standard horror/thriller in many respects. It steals a bit from a well-known horror classic, yet it gives it a nice spin in the end. But for most of the short 65 minute running time, you kind of know where it's all going.

Thorndike and cinematographer Grant Greenberg do a nice job of establishing anxiety and the use of sound heightens this. There is definitely talent here led by the terrific Hoffman, who has certainly leapt back into acting with six features coming out this year alone as well as a recurring role on HBO's "Girls." She's great, and the mood of the piece is tangible. It's not the most shocking or original horror piece in years, but it does herald the arrival of a compelling new director.

Kevin Taft is a screenwriter/critic living in Los Angeles with an unnatural attachment to 'Star Wars' and the desire to be adopted by Steven Spielberg.

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Livescribe Sound Stickers – Applications

April 1st, 2013 Tim Fahlberg, Education Sales Team Comments off

Updated on 4/1/2013: The new Livescribe Sky smartpens come with the Sound Stickers app built in. You’ll still need to purchase Sound Stickers from the Livescribe Store ($25 for 1,000).

Today’s post and videos were inspired by Dr. Brian Friedlander’s post “Livescribe Releases Sound Stickers App” in his “Assistive Technology” blog.

Livescribe Sound Stickers are small stickers for recording and playing back audio notes.

You can use them to add recorded audio to

  • Make interactive flash cards, study guides, and talking books
  • Record audio instructions or fluency assessments
  • Create annotated art projects and oral reports
  • Create talking tests or worksheets without having to copy them onto dot paper

More information is below the YouTube videos

5 – Talking Word Wall (with translatable closed captions

Read more… Livescribe Sound Stickers – Applications

New Livescribe Livebinder

September 13th, 2011 Tim Fahlberg, Education Sales Team Comments off

Livebinders are phenomenal tools for organizing, collaborating and sharing resources online.

I just created this Livescribe Educational Applications Livebinder that shares resources for educational uses for Livescribe smartpens.

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Use Livescribe Connect to easily send positive voice notes

September 9th, 2011 Tim Fahlberg, Education Sales Team Comments off

Wouldn’t you love it if there could be an easy way to send short positive* voice notes with maybe a little writing to parents?

Well it can be using the Livescribe Email Connector (with Connect Premium**)

In Part 1 below I show how to use a Livescribe Sticky Note, Echo smartpen, and a Launch Line Shortcut*** to record & send such a voice note.

Part 1: Create & send – How to use Livescribe Connect to easily send positive voice

Read more… Use Livescribe Connect to easily send positive voice notes

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My Livescribe Pen Experience [Graduating H.S. Senior]

August 22nd, 2011 Kayla No comments

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This year in my Advanced Placement Literature class I was introduced to some of the newest forms of technology, such as Smart Boards, IPADs and the Livescribe Pen.  The one I enjoyed the most was the Livescribe pen.  Now I am not the type of person that likes technology- in fact sometimes I would rather boycott it all together, but I found the Livescribe pen extremely helpful and interesting.
Read more… My Livescribe Pen Experience [Graduating H.S. Senior]

Using Livescribe Pens for AP English Legacy Projects: Students Teaching Students

August 19th, 2011 Claudia Felske No comments

By Claudia Felske, 2011 Wisconsin High School Teacher of the Year

‘Twas the end-o-the-year in AP English. Our high-stakes, studied-for-all-year test was finally behind us, and we were looking for fun, academic fun that is: a meaningful, yet amusing project for my exhausted yet brilliant Advanced Placement English Students (APES).

Enter, Livescribe pens.
Read more… Using Livescribe Pens for AP English Legacy Projects: Students Teaching Students

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60+ Educational Uses for Livescribe Smartpens

Post updated on 4-18-2011 with updated version of document.  Thanks to Barb Forsberg, Pulaski School District, Pulaski, WI

Kim Evans, M. E.d., has compiled and shared a 5 page list of 60+ Educational Uses for Livescribe Smartpens.

Categories include: Student Use, Teacher Use, Parental Use, Administrative Use, and ESOL/ELL Use.

Pdf version: Educational Uses for Livescribe Smartpens Online version: Google shared doc

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Research – Smartpens & pencasts + New Livescribe Wiki

Charting the Cs

This past Monday and Tuesday I had the great privilege of co-presenting on the smartpen with Greg Sumner, an extraordinary OT from Northfield Public Schools, at the 2011 Charting the Cs Cross Categorical Conference in Alexandria, MN. This reminds me – I’m going to ask Greg if he’d be willing to post about his work as an OT with the smartpen because he’s got so many great ideas and stories to share (plus great handouts too).  He’s amazing!

Research on smartpens and pencasts!

While at Charting the Cs I was asked to share the research on the benefits of smartpens and pencasts in education.  It was such a great question that I thought I’d spend time compiling it and add it to new wiki page on a new Livescribe wiki I just started.

Research page on new wiki:

New wikiWikispaces Livescribe Education Wiki

From the wiki page:

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Access Rates

  • A comparison of Information Access Rates Between the Apple iPod and the Livescribe Pulse Smartpen - 1 page pdf

Assistive Technology

Blind/visually impaired

Chemistry Pencasts

Chemistry Pencasts + A Comparison of Pencasts With Other Forms of Lecture Capture

  • Blog post by Dr. Daniel Stasko
  • Paper by Dr. Stasko: “Digital notes and lecture capture: pencasts as electronic copies of live STEM lectures and student access to digital lectures
  • Abstract: Shifting physical science classes into an online environment poses a number of special challenges due to the presentation of STEM content. In an attempt to improve student access and immersion in challenging science topics, lecture capture and sharing was utilized through the use of pencasts. Students in two separate chemistry courses were given access to digitally captured, in-class lecture session (incorporating both audio and text). Student utilization of these recorded class session was monitored using readily available tools. How and when students interacted with the digital capture of the classes was examined in an attempt to better understand student utilization of supplemental materials and to examine the use of pencasts as a medium for physical science course delivery.

Differentiating with Pencasts

Online Math Learning Resource and Support Center

  • Notetaking research

    • Adapted from Livescribe in K-12 Research (above): 7 page pdf
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  • Cognitive effort during Note Taking

    Piolat, Olive & Kellogg - pdf – 12 page article + 7 pages of references

  • Notetaking at RIT

    • Livescribe //Smartpen// Pilot Program- Winter Quarter 2008-09
    • Results: Overall, participants were happy with the Livescribe Smartpen. 10 of the 11 participants elected to continue using the pen in place of a note-taker in at least once course each quarter while they remain at RIT. The one student who did not wish to continue using the pen without a back-up note-taker stated that he wanted to use both the pen and a note-taker and we were offering one or the other, so he would probably buy his own pen and continue with using both. The students provided the following feedback [See article].

Pharmaceutical calculations course

  • Article: “A brief report on the use of paper-based computing to supplement a pharmaceutical calculations course
  • Objective: To describe changes in the delivery of the pharmaceutical calculations course associated with incorporation of synchronized audio/visual recordings (pencasts) using the Livescribe Pulse™ pen.
  • Conclusion: Nearly half (46%) of students surveyed reported using pencasts, and 92.6% of students who reported using pencasts believed that pencasts enhanced learning. Students also responded that pencasts may be beneficial for other pharmacy courses, including pharmaceutics, medicinal chemistry, biochemistry, chemistry, physical chemistry, and pharmacology
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I’m back! [To blogging ... and more!]

This is Tim Fahlberg, K-12 representative for Livescribe for Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Today is April 14th, 2011 and I am very happy to start adding again to this blog which is now again my personal/professional Livescribe blog.

Just so you know – Livescribe’s Official Educational blog is here:

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Livescribe’s New Official Education Blog

Please visit Livescribe’s official Education blog at

Or click on the image below to go there.

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How to Record and Share a Pencast (Updated – Windows + Mac)

This updated version of a previous post includes new videos for both Windows and Mac.

Windows and Mac users:
Part 1 of 2: Creating pencast using Livescribe Echo smartpen and Flip Notepad
If YouTube is blocked then try this link: (opens in new window/tab)

Part 2 of 2: For Windows users: Sharing Pencast Online & Viewing it
Video also shows how to hide the previewing of ink
If YouTube is blocked then try this link: (opens in new window/tab)

Step by Step Instructions (for Windows)

  1. Turn on smartpen
  2. Write problem with smartpen on dot paper
  3. Tap Record button on bottom of page
  4. Solve problem with writing and voice explanation
  5. Tap Stop button
  6. Dock smartpen to sync with Livescribe Desktop
  7. Find page with pencast (look for black – static ink and green – dynamic ink)
  8. In Pages View, click a page’s active ink to activate a session. This action will open the Session tab and will start the session playback in the Central Viewing Pane.
  9. Click the Share button, then Session …, then with Online Community (Upload) …
  10. Name your pencast, click Share button.
  11. You should receive a notice that your pencast has uploaded successfully
  12. Click Livescribe Online button
  13. Click the “Make this file public” link on the left
  14. Click “Get a link to this file” or “Embed this file”
  15. Copy link or embed code to clipboard (you’ll have to select it and then press Ctrl-C on keyboard for Windows)
  16. Paste link into blog, wiki, web page, or email

Part 2 of 2: For Mac users: Sharing Pencast Online

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Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and David O. Russell take extreme measures for Silver Linings Playbook

Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and David O. Russell take extreme measures for Silver Linings Playbook

Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper star in Silver Linings Playbook, in theatres Wednesday.

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TORONTO -- The whole world is bi-polar, according to film director David O. Russell.

"Our economy is bi-polar: First, it was on a manic high. Then, it crashed," says David O. Russell, the man who called the shots on The Fighter, and now the much-hyped Jennifer Lawrence-Bradley Cooper drama Silver Linings Playbook.

Slated to open mid-week, Russell's latest is a quirky romance with deep dramatic potential and more than a few comic turns, but deep down, he says it functions as an allegory.

"There is a whole layer of this movie that I was focused on and it was the way these people are like everybody else. And like our world, they have bi-polar tendencies."

Russell points to the emotionally charged father figure played by Robert De Niro: "He's lost his pension in the crash, so he's a manic guy who is taking on a manic way to support his family with bookmaking. So he still has his hands on the American economy in this bi-polar way. That was really important to me," says Russell.

"The fact that these guys are trying to adopt a positive attitude -- you know Jack Nicholson always said you should try to incline yourself upwards in life because it's too easy to incline yourself downwards. And these guys have every reason to incline themselves downwards, but they are trying to rebuild the economy of their lives."

If we're to take Russell's reading of Matthew Quick's like-named novel as a contemporary critique of the current world order, things are entirely chaotic -- despite a rather conventional appearance.

Set against the backdrop of modern-day Philadelphia, Silver Linings Playbook features Cooper as Pat Solitano -- a thirtysomething man who spent time in a mental hospital after flying into a blind rage and nearly beating a man to death.

Estranged from his wife, who now has a restraining order against him, Pat tries to reinsert himself into the stream of daily life, but he meets certain challenges along the way because he's still in love -- even though his wife was cheating.

Enter the wild card romantic interest played by Lawrence (The Hunger Games) -- an outspoken neighbour with a drinking problem and baggage of her own -- to ensure the whole movie careens along the edge of disaster.

An unstable leading man with a restraining order against him makes for a problematic hero, but Russell says that was the point of the movie -- forcing him to take a long, second look at the man People magazine named Sexiest Man Alive in 2011, Cooper.

"This guy I knew from Wedding Crashers has an intensity and anger that I found personally a little intimidating," says Russell. "And that was a really good thing. There's something scary about that: He's not just the affable guy from The Hangover, and the more I got to know him, the more I saw these colours and dimensions.

"I was excited to put a guy like that in the movie because it's like the character: He and this guy want to come back to town and, in some way, show themselves. There were parallels, and that is a gift for any director to have."

Cooper shifts his manly mass in the chair as a group of reporters gawk at him and his co-star Lawrence, dressed in an eye-popping neon lemon outfit that announces every nubile curve with a bullhorn.

Cooper doesn't agree that his character is menacing, unstable and potentially dangerous to those around him -- despite the restraining order, the fact that he nearly killed a man or his endlessly compulsive behaviour.

"Maybe I drank the Kool-Aid of Pat Solitano, but I think he's the most likable guy I have ever played," says Cooper, beaming that billion-dollar grin.

"I felt so empathetic towards him. The guy is so heartbreaking: There isn't a bad bone in his body. The way I saw it, he has no filter. All emotions are on the surface, a child who wants to love and be loved. I never thought 'How do I find a way to like this guy?' I love this guy."

Lawrence says the characters' likability wasn't really an issue for her. The ambiguity of Russell's approach to storytelling, and sympathy, was one of the reasons why the hottest star in the U.S. sent an audition tape from her father's study in Louisville, K.Y. -- even though Russell and the producers felt the star of Hunger Games and Winter's Bone was far too young for the role.

"David is probably the only filmmaker who gives his audience a choice to not like people. All of the characters have so many different dimensions. There is no manipulation. They are just real people."

Lawrence says she was overjoyed to land the part because she's a huge fan of Russell's, but she also became a huge fan of Cooper's.

"I really don't like getting to the end of a really long take and the director coming up to me after and telling me in a really polite way that he didn't like it. Just ... tell me what you didn't like," she says. "I'd prefer to not waste time."

Lawrence says Cooper shares that straightforward approach and thanks to Russell, the two were forced to stay on their toes for the duration of the month-long shoot on location in Philly.

Things worked out so well between them, they ended up working together again immediately afterward on Oscar-winner Susanne Bier's new Depression-era film, Serena.

"They both love to act," says Russell. "There are actors who can do what De Niro calls 'bedroom perfect' -- you know it was perfect in their bedroom when they were working on the thing. I don't work well with those actors because when they come, I want to figure out what is going to happen now. It will be different, and that's frightening (for some actors) because you have nothing to hold on to except what's inside of you. Both (Jennifer and Bradley) are built that way."

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A 21-year-old man is dead after he was crushed underneath the back wheels of a cement truck on Whyte Avenue Monday.

Police say the cyclist was heading westbound on Whyte Avenue in the right-hand lane when he struck the extended mirror of a parked Dodge Ram near 101 Street and tumbled underneath the cement truck.

Witnesses said the man tried to duck beneath the mirror before losing control of his bicycle, said police. He was pronounced dead on scene by paramedics.

“It’s a freak accident where he hit a mirror and just lost control of his bicycle,” said Acting Insp. Erik Johnson with Edmonton Police Service.

“It’s unfortunate that nothing could be done by the (cement truck) driver to avoid him,” said Johnson, adding police believe the mirror of the parked truck took the cyclist by surprise.

The truck’s mirror was bent forward a short distance from where the body was covered beneath a tarp behind the cement truck’s back wheels.

Johnson said the collision was “one of the worst” he has seen in his 16 years as a police officer.

Police cruisers blocked off both the eastbound and westbound lanes between 101 Avenue and Gateway Boulevard for three hours as traffic investigators examined the scene.

The cyclist’s name is not being released pending notification of kin.

Not charges have been laid.

Traffic investigators were seen taking measurements to figure out if the Dodge Ram was parked legally, said Johnson who added the cement truck driver is not considered at fault.

“The cement truck driver had no idea that he’d run over the cyclist so he’s not at fault in any way, shape or form at this point,” said Johnson.

The owner of the parked truck approached police and gave a statement, said Johnson.

Johnson encouraged Edmonton’s cyclists to pay attention while riding on busy roads.

Cyclists should move into the middle of the lane for their own safety when avoiding parked vehicles, suggests Johnson.

Cyclist James O’Hara rides his bicycle along Whyte Avenue daily to the University of Alberta Hospital — where he has worked for more than 20 years.

O’Hara said he rides on the sidewalk as he was once struck riding on the congested avenue.

“I stay to the sidewalks,” said O’Hara, “I can’t ride on the street here. It’s too dangerous and it’s too narrow. Somebody behind you can hit you. It’s so easy.”

The Edmonton Bicycle Commuters Society placed a memorial “ghost” bike on the median between lanes near the scene of the collision Monday afternoon.

Painted black and white, ghost bikes serve as reminders of tragic collisions and statements in support of cyclists’ right to safe travel, said society spokesman Chris Chan.

“It’s not to lay blame or imply anything in that regard but its just a reminder that cyclists and drivers share the road and we all need to be more aware of each other.”

Chan suggested the city should redesign Whyte Avenue to incorporate a bike lane. It’s something he believes would foster and protect both pedestrians and cyclists.

The death marks Edmonton’s 23rd traffic fatality of 2012.

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Boston, MA –– February 21, 2012 - Jenzabar®, Inc., a leading provider of software, services and strategies for higher education, announced today a partnership with StarRez, the world leader in student housing software solutions. Combined with Jenzabar enterprise resource planning systems (ERPs), StarRez offers the latest, web-based functionality for student housing, conference group management, and judicial services.

Through the partnership, StarRez and Jenzabar provide a complete online housing portal for housing applications, room and roommate selection, lottery management, student demographics, resident communication, staff tools, judicial management, billing, and reporting. The close strategic partnership between Jenzabar and StarRez ensures the most efficient flow of student data and allows student housing assignments to be automatically calculated and shared between systems.

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One of the most important formulas in high school mathematics is the quadratic formula. It is used to solve problems of the form, 0 = ax2 + bx + c. It looks like this:

x = (-b ± √ (b2-4ac)) /2a

And it is read like this:

“x equals negative b plus or minus the square root of b squared minus 4ac all over 2a.”

In Algebra, students are taught how to develop this formula. After that, it is crucial that they commit it to memory. But some students have a harder time than others with memorization. Here's a quick quiz that your teen can take to determine her “Learning Style” in order to figure out the best way to memorize not only this formula, but anything else she wants to commit to memory.

Have your teen take this quick quiz. Then, read through it together and practice the appropriate learning strategy.

Quiz: What Is My Learning Style?

  1. How do you sound out a new spelling word? a) Write it down to see if looks right b) Say it out loud to hear if it sounds right c) Finger spell it in the air
  2. When you are bored in line at the amusement park, do you… a) Look around at the surroundings b) Strike up a conversation c) Hop up and down on the railing
  3. When you meet someone new, you remember: a) Their face, but not their name b) Their name, but not their face c) What you were doing when you met the person.
  4. When you go to a party, do you later think about: a) The way the house looked/ what people wore b) The things you heard or talked about c) The things you did/ate
  5. When you are angry, do you: a) Make angry gestures, expressions b) Yell c) Stomp around or throw things
  6. Which one would you do to relax: a) Read b) Listen to Music c) Play, dance, move
  7. The way you prefer to learn to do something new is to:  a) Read the instructions b) Have someone describe how to do it c) Just try it and see what happens
  8. Which is most distracting to your study environment? a) Lights that are too bright or dark b) Unexpected noise c) An uncomfortable chair
  9. What kind of camp would you choose: a) Art Camp b) Music Camp c) Sports Camp
  10. When you need to remember a phone number, you: a) Visualize the numbers in your head b) Remember what it sounds like c) Let your fingers pick out the numbers without thinking

If you got mostly “a’s”, you are probably a visual learner. You learn best by looking at something and remembering the picture in your brain.

If you got mostly “b’s,” you are probably an auditory learner. You learn best by hearing and talking things over.

If you got mostly “c’s,” you are probably a kinesthetic leaner. You learn best by doing things with your body, and linking concepts to movement.

Here's how to use your learning style to your advantage, using the example of memorizing the Quadratic Formula:

Memorization Strategies for Visual Learners:

  • If you're a visual learner, you must spend time seeing whatever it is you need to memorize. Your eyes are the key to remembering.
  • When the teacher writes a new formula on the board, stare at it for thirty seconds to form a visual picture. When you need to remember it, pull up that “snapshot” in your mind.
  • Write the formula down in your notes with a special color. Remembering the color will help you visualize your notes.
  • If you need to learn something like the quadratic formula quickly, make several flash cards with the formula written out. Tape them strategically around the house: beside your bed, on the mirror, on the wall by the dinner table. Looking at the flash cards over and over will burn the image into your memory.

Memorization Strategies for Auditory Learners:

  • If you are an auditory learner, you need to hear and speak whatever it is that you need to memorize. Your ears help you remember.
  • If you have a study partner, have her ask you the quadratic formula so that you can tell it back to her. If you get it wrong, have her read you the formula. Then, try again!
  • If you really want to remember something, turn it into a song! The quadratic formula goes quite nicely with the tune to “Pop Goes The Weasel.” “x equals negative b Plus or minus the square root Of b squared minus 4 a c All over 2 a”
  • If you don't know “Pop Goes the Weasel,” you can make up your own tune, or look it up on the Internet.
  • One other strategy is to recite the formula on tape, and play it back to yourself while you drive or do chores.

Memorization Strategy for Kinesthetic Learners:

  • If you are a kinesthetic learner, you need to be active to learn best. Your muscles remember a lot of things.
  • The first strategy is to write the formula over and over again. Your finger muscles will start to “remember” the formula over time. It helps to say the formula out loud as you go, to get your mouth muscles involved.
  • The second strategy is to move your whole body while you say the formula. Find a ball, and bounce it as you recite the formula. Finding a good “beat” will help your body retain the information. When you need to remember the formula, tap your foot in time to the beat.
  • If you're really serious, you can act out the formula with your body. Make up moves that represent x, a, b, and c. You're sure to remember it if your whole body gets involved.


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Hello! I would be interested in hearing your opinion on a comparison of county-wide school systems and individual school districts. I believe that most county-wide systems are organized as such due to financial reasons and not educational, but I have no data to back it up. I would be interested in hearing your views! Dan

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In NJ all schools districts are individual (over 600 I think). I would be interested to hear about the data you collect as to the pros/cons of county-wide systems. I will tweet out these thread as well to try to generate some chatter on the subject.

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I work in Florida. My district is the 8th largest district in the nation, with over 192K students and 250 schools. One huge benefit of such a large district is the buying power and resources avaialbe to all sites. One downfall is the speed (or lack of) of some issues due to the size of the the stakeholder population.

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