Thursday, March 22, 2012

Humanity's Quest to Learn about Our Origins and Last Call for the Science in Action Award

Humans have a seemingly primal need to understand how we came to be the way we are today. Pieces of our ancient forebears generally are hard to come by, however. Scientists working to interpret our evolution often have had to make do with studying a fossil toe bone here or a jaw there. Now, in an amazing bounty, paleoanthropologist Lee Berger and his team have uncovered two well-preserved partial skeletons of Australopithecus sediba that date from nearly two million years ago at a site near Johannes?burg, South ?Africa; the specimens include bones from every region of the body. The bones of at least four other individuals have also been found.

Already those first two A. sediba skel?etons suggest we may have to revise a lot of what we thought was true about early human history. If Berger?s interpretation of the bones is correct, some branches of our family tree may need to be redrawn. Senior editor Kate Wong visited the site with Berger to learn more. This month?s cover story, ?First of Our Kind.?

Turning to the state of our species today, we offer a special report on polio. Worldwide confirmed cases of the disease, which once crippled hundreds of thousands, have dropped into the hundreds. But eliminating it remains challenging. Medical reporter Helen Brans?well explains why in ?Polio?s Last Act.? As you?ll learn in journalist William Swanson?s ?Birth of a Cold War Vaccine,? in the 1950s polio terrified the U.S. and U.S.S.R. almost as much as nuclear weapons. To test the oral vaccine, two scientists bridg?ed their countries? differences. They have saved uncounted thousands from the misery of this ancient scourge.

Last Call
Students ages 13 to 18, you still have time to enter the Google Science Fair: April 1 is the deadline. All entries are automatically considered for Scientific American?s Science in Action award. In add?ition to the $50,000 prize, the winner will get a year of mentoring.

Science in Action is a new addition to the Google Science Fair for 2012. The winning project will be able to address a social, environmental or health issue to make a practical difference in the lives of a group or community and may possibly be scaled. To get inspired, watch a video about a Science in Action?style 2011 finalist, Harine Ravichandran, at www.Scientific?American.com/science-in-action. On that page, you can also find a list of our judges and mentors.

The Science in Action winner will be announced in June and will join Google Science Fair finalists at the company?s Mountain View, Calif., campus for a special awards event on Monday, July 23. I?m a judge again this year. Best of luck to all entrants.

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Science Fiction // Rock Band?


Yes, I have seen those movies. That's exactly the problem. I have seen them, but what else is there to see? Every year brings new science fiction movies in which the great potential that is explored in those movies (I wouldn't agree about Star Trek movies, though) is wasted.

Here are a few examples of major science fiction productions of 2011:
Battle: Los Angeles, Super 8, X-Men First Class, Green Lantern, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Cowboys and Aliens, Real Steel, The Thing
Was any of those movies anything more than good entertainment at best? There's the exception of Another Earth, but this movie really felt like nothing more than a wannabe indie movie to me. A great cinematography, but not much flesh around the bones. An aesthetic that is irrelevant to the content.

The problem with science fiction is that it's risky. It costs a lot to produce because it often depends heavily on special effects. Don't get me wrong, some producers will take some risks. Melancholia, if you consider it science fiction, is certainly a very uncommon movie (although I wouldn't exactly consider Lars Von Trier a risk). In 2009, the movie Moon was quite a remarkably unconventional production considering how heavily it depended on CGI.

But once again, that's my point: it's remarkable to see productors take so much risks.

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Monday, March 19, 2012

Locating Small Business Security Online | welcome to dialup911.com

With all of the other associated costs of running a business the subject of security is one that is often overlooked, forgotton or is put on the back burner. It can often be a negative event that can lead to a business owner to taking the matter seriously where, as in reality, we should be proactive rather than reactive. In this article I will be writing about the way in which my small business has been able to obtain a very good deal to protect my company ? a deal which has enabled me to have a renewed peace of mind.

Like many other business owners I have found the last couple of years to be some what of a struggle ? the recession has hit my company as it has the majority of other sectors in England. I do however like to think of myself as quite an astute businessman ? I have after all lived through previous recessions and I have emerged from them fairly unscathed. I always think long term and I am very much aware that in business you tend to have these peaks and troughs.

I have however made and implemented certain cost cutting measures however when it comes to the key holding service this was one area which I left very much in tact.

When attempting to source a suitable security company, that can provide services such as security guards, I did my usual thing of scouring every available avenue. I also spoke with the majority of my close business associates in the hope that they could recommend such a service/company etc. This did provide me with a few lines of enquiry to follow up however in the end I managed to obtain the best deal elsewhere.

So where did you obtain the best deal for the security company I can hear you all ask? Well as I am sure many of the readers of this article have found the internet is just amazing when it comes to finding bargains. After spending a couple of days searching online and speaking with a number of companies I managed to secure a very fair deal. I can now sleep very easy at night!


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[OOC] Shugo Chara: A New Story, The Begging........

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Looks great, please save me the Joker.

I was born to fight for those I love
To see them safe and happy
To protect them from harm
And to keep the darkness at bay
To slay those who harm mine
And to shield them from the darkness that hides inside me.
For I fear no man
Yet I shun my own reflection
For I have become the grim reaper of eternal love
A destroyer of worldly dreams
The creator of all consuming darkness
I fear no man
And feed on those who fail to fear me..

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Can I reserve Ace please. Thanks :}

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Lainpinky131
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-_- I can't believe I was unable to get to the Joker first. Grrrrr.....

I guess I'll have the Easter Female Pawn, but I would also maybe like to have the queen.

My Music Ratings-
Paramore= Awesomeness
Fall Out boy= Head banging time!
Justin Beiber= I'm Deaf
Cody Simpson= Somebody kill me now

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gezzygezzy
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Lainpinky131 sure :)

gezzygezzy Sorry ^^ That's fine you can have both if you want. btw love Paramore.

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~BrokenWings~
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It's ok, I like Utau's spot. But don't expect me to turn the admiring into that weird thing where she tackled and kissed himXP

And I love paramore too! (If you didn't notice)

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gezzygezzy
Member for 1 years


Reserving male Easter pawn? Ikuto's spot?

EEK! I am so happy I love Shugo Chara roleplays, and this one looks nice~

Anyways, I think I'm gonna reuse an old charry from my first Shugo Chara rp... I only have to make a few minor adgustments <3

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS! I WILL STICK WITH THIS ROLEPLAY FOREVER! WILL ANYBODY JOIN ME!?

This rp is making me crazy... >.>

"We are all worms. But I do believe I am a glowworm."

-- Winston Churchill

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angelwolf123
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I WILL FOREVER STICK WITH THIS ROLEPLAY!!!!

You found the right time to post this topic. Got you some determined RPers/ Fans^.^

But I hope you know once this one is finished you might just have to repost it ad reserve the joker and easter female spot for me;)

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gezzygezzy
Member for 1 years


angelwolf123 sure ^^ and lol gezzygezzy I was planning to make another one after this one ^^

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~BrokenWings~
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Woot! The advantages of recycling a character!

Can't wait to see Nashi's future victims FRIENDS! Ehehehehe~ >.> But seriously, I'm SUPER excited!

I was really excited for Nashi's original RP, but that died... TTmTT

IT WON'T HAPPEN TO THIS ONE.

*coughs*

Anyways, heads up everybody I'm also going to use Nashi's old first post for this one. I looked at it, and it's pretty long....

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angelwolf123
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lol okay :) I cant wait for this one to start. I have to admit I din't think it would do this good ^^

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~BrokenWings~
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If there are any characters left, I will gladly play them. Just not the king. As Nashi's rival, I will not help but make the poor guy look stupid.

And not the Joker either, if Shadow doesn't submit for some reason.

BTW Broken, your icon hypnotizes me... @.@

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angelwolf123
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Sunday, March 18, 2012

UK to extend Sunday shopping hours for Olympics

(AP) ? Britain's Treasury chief says he is planning to loosen restrictions on Sunday trading during this summer's London Olympics.

By law, large stores in England and Wales can only open for six hours on Sundays, but Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne says restrictions will be lifted during the Olympic and Paralympic games.

He said Sunday that with hundreds of thousands of people visiting Britain for the sports extravaganza, "it would be a great shame ... if the country had a 'closed for business' sign on it."

Opposition Labour Party treasury spokesman Ed Balls says he wouldn't want to see the change become permanent.

The 2012 London Olympics run July 27-Aug. 12 and the Paralympics Aug. 29-Sept. 9.

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Saturday, March 17, 2012

Mac Miller Announces Macadelic Release Date At Woodies

mtvU's Woodie of the Year winner says his latest tape is due Friday, March 23.
By Rob Markman, with reporting by Sam Hendrick


Mac Miller performs at the 2012 mtvU Woodie Awards during SXSW
Photo: Getty Images

Mac Miller may have cashed in when his Blue Slide Park hit #1 last year, but the Pittsburgh MC hasn't forgot what got him to the top. On Thursday night, the mtvU Woodie of the Year award winner announced he's set to drop his Macadelic mixtape as a free Internet download on Friday, March 23.

After performing fan favorites like "Donald Trump," "Party on Fifth Ave." and his newly released "Loud" at the awards show in Austin, Mac took a moment to plug the new tape and revealed the March 23 drop date; the Macadelic Tour will kick off four days later on March 27.

It was an eventful night for Miller, who also took home the Performing Woodie awardl. For the coveted Woodie of the Year, Mac beat out some tough competition, including Skrillex, J. Cole, Foster the People, Frank Ocean and the Black Keys.

"I was really excited just to be nominated and I came in with the mindset that I wasn't gonna win, like that's how I wanted to think," Mac told MTV News backstage in Austin. "I was up against some really talented people, some really successful people and I didn't want to come in thinking I was gonna win but they surprised the hell out of me."

MTV and mtvU will air the half-hour "2012 mtvU Woodie Awards Special" on Sunday, March 18, at 8 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. CT, showcasing some of the best Woodie Awards performances by Santigold, Mac Miller and Steve Aoki, in addition to celebrating the night's winners.

SXSW is under way in Austin, Texas, and MTV News has you covered with all of the action. From the Woodies on March 15 to behind-the-scenes scoop on festival showcases from Lil Wayne, T.I., 50 Cent and many more, stick with us for unprecedented access!

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Rwanda sees coffee harvest up 50 pct in 2012

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Friday, March 16, 2012

Do the Math: Santorum's Best Shot May Be Gingrich's Remaining in the Race

Rick Santorum's Dixie double has renewed calls from supporters and pundits for Newt Gingrich to drop out of the Republican presidential primary and allow Santorum a proper one-on-one duel with frontrunner Mitt Romney.

But the conventional wisdom may be falling flat in the face of simple math.

Even after Tuesday night's results, Romney leads the race to the nomination-clinching 1,144 delegates by an overwhelming margin -?496 to second-place Santorum's 252. Newt Gingrich, in third place, ahead of Ron Paul's 48, has won 133. So with just over 40 percent of the delegates awarded, it would take, as Romney's aides say, "an act of God" to see their man lose his lead.

Given Santorum's significant delegate deficit, his best hope of consolidating the more conservative vote - and more importantly, the resulting delegates - is to have Gingrich stay in the game all the way to the convention floor in Tampa, Fla.

Waiting on the Lord may be an option for Team Santorum, but ganging up with Gingrich might be the better play. If the former Speaker's campaign keeps amassing delegates, Gingrich could accrue enough support that, when coupled with Santorum's, the total meets or exceeds that of the current frontrunner.

"The key to Santorum's strategy is to keep Romney's delegate count low and keep Santorum close," says GOP strategist Soren Dayton, who worked with a number of current Santorum advisers on the McCain campaign in 2008. While Santorum would rather go it alone in some winner-take-all states like Wisconsin and Maryland (April 3), having Gingrich in the running supports the broader strategy.

Whatever the plan, an official Santorum-Gingrich alliance remains unlikely, according to another Republican operative. Convention floor shenanigans require the organization and management of a lot of moving pieces, and even with the Speaker vowing to take the fight to Tampa, there's some doubt anyone in the current field is capable of marshalling all his delegates in such a tense and chaotic setting.

Still, if Gingrich were to leave the race now or in the coming weeks, not only would this option go out the window, but there's no evidence in current polling that Santorum would benefit from the fallout. The myth of the "Gingtorum" vote seems to be just that. Polls done last night showed no indication that the Gingrich vote would flock, en masse, to Santorum if their guy were to drop out. In fact, most of the figures show that Gingrich and Santorum voters go to the polls for very different reasons.

"Gingrich won voters in both states focused on the candidate with the best experience to serve as president," writes Gary Langer, ABC News poll maven and Langer Research Associates president, "and experience, as in previous states, was weak for Santorum."

In the case of Gingrich's theoretical departure, one can reasonably expect his supporters to do one of four things - flip to Santorum; turn to Romney; jump on board with Paul; or just avoid the ballot box altogether. That kind of fracture would do little to change the dynamic of the race.

"The nomination is an impossibility for Rick Santorum or Newt Gingrich," a Romney campaign strategist told reporters a week ago in Boston. But Gingrich himself disagrees, telling?ABC News Senior Political Correspondent Jonathan Karl on Tuesday night,?"We're actually helping because between us - Santorum? AND I - are stopping Romney."

He can certainly try - he's promised he will, one way or another - ?but as one GOP consultant who worked with the Perry campaign this season told ABC News with a sigh, "Romney is going to be our candidate. I can't see anyway he will not be. We should all get behind him and make the best of it."

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Electric Industry Runs Transformer Replacement Test

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Utilities and the Department of Homeland Security have been concerned about replacing crucial electric transformers, which could be damaged in a natural disaster or in a terrorist attack.

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RIM gets funky, patents fuel cell manufacture for mobile devices

RIM gets funky, patents fuel cell manufacture for mobile devices
If the engineers in Waterloo have their way, your future mobile handset may be able to recharge itself on-the-go with the help of fuel cells. A new patent from RIM describes a method of manufacture that sandwiches a fuel cell assembly between the keyboard and printed circuit board, wherein the fuel cell ventilates through the keyboard (and likely, channels in the keys themselves). The claims describe the PCB as being formed on the fuel cell -- perhaps in effort to reduce size -- to which a fuel tank is then located beneath the printed circuit board. It seems that users will be able to initiate the fuel cell assembly in some manner, as the claims also describe a conductive, metallic plunger on at least one of the keys that's able to fit through a hole within the fuel cell. One omission we've spotted right off the bat is a lack of description of how the fuel tank is filled, so perhaps we'll learn that tidbit another day.

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Ashton Kutcher, Founders Fund Go In For $775K On ?OpenTable For Stylists? StyleSeat

Screen Shot 2012-03-15 at 10.04.24 AMOpenTable for hair stylists and other salon professionals StyleSeat is announcing a raise of $775K this morning, from enviable angel investors?Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary's A-Grade, Founders Fund (!) and actress Sophia Bush. The round will be added on to the company's previous $700K from another Valley "Who's Who?" list of ?investors including??Jeff Clavier,?Chris Sacca?Dave Morin, Travis Kalanick,?Garrett Camp,?Paige Craig,?Alfred Lin,?Christoph Janz,?Joe Stump?and?500 Startups.

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

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Monday, March 12, 2012

The International Catering Brand Accelerate Extension In China

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Submitted 2012-03-11 16:15:32 China cuisine association, vice President of the frontier said yesterday, restaurant every year to nearly 20 years by over 20% speed growth and become one of China's fastest-growing industries. Pizza hut such international catering brand put some brand-new management idea into China for catering industry diversification development injecting vigor.

Pizza hut to enter the Chinese market for 20 years, a step-by-step and levels to first, second, three-wire, urban auto-merging garrison, from coastal cities, developed economic regions gradually to the southwest, northeast and northwest such regional promote the comprehensive. Pizza hut daqing learn wai road restaurant recently opened on Chinese territory, become the most north latitude supreme, the direction of the joy of the restaurant, Then, pizza hut in China for the first 500 stores in lanzhou city, gansu province recently, opening, further indicates that the pizza hut are stepping up to the second and the third China urban expansion.

Northwestern university professor lu peng economic management academy in the next 5 years, that China will adhere to the development of western China is deepening strategy and offers corresponding policy support, this is attract multinational enterprises and international brand accelerated foray into western region's important reasons. Meanwhile, the western region transportation and related improving infrastructure, also for multinational enterprise and brand in the local development provides necessary conditions.

China's catering industry management innovation brand the conference will be held from 2010 July 28-30 in shenzhen, Hong Kong, zhuhai and macau held grandly, &housewares 2010 China's catering industry brand public selection trophy. This congress by Chinese culture research committee, China brand management association, Chinese food quality and safety association, Chinese restaurant industry associations, international chain business industry association, business times attached, and other units, jointly organized by business times brand such as research center undertakes, is China's catering industry by one of the most important activities of.

The conference is "exploring China's catering industry innovation and development of new opportunities" as the theme, with "learning, communication, sublimation", in the aim of "new period catering brand building, international catering marketing innovation, internationalized talent cultivation and development, catering opportunity and challenge, competition and win-win" as the main issue, just of catering industry brand strategy development, management innovation brand problems such as reading and seminars, launched the numerous well-known brands catering industry, promoting the healthy and orderly, rapid development.

This conference include China's catering industry BBS, China's catering industry series high-end dialogue, newly promotion, awards ceremony, networking dinner, study Tours, etc. There will be national leaders, departments and experts and scholars, brand enterprise delegates, investment institutions, financial institutions, etc nearly 300 people present assembly. Chinese restaurant food consumption nets, business times, Chinese food quality and safety net, China's industrial quote, consumer daily, tourism quote dozens industry media will do a live interview report, common witness China's catering industry of brilliant moments.

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1, industry event hosted by: the first in the country to authority ten organizer we work together to stamp confirmation

2, the agency huge experts: twenty countries leading departments and experts to attend, develop contacts

3, media undertake experienced: business times to undertake, rich experience and strong strength, ensure success

4, more than 100 media ratajczak publicity: TV, Internet, newspapers and more than 100 media preconvention meeting, after the meeting, three-dimensional propaganda

5, go to a success this year's brilliant: 06, 2007 and 2008, 2009 scale successfully held, this year will be more brilliant

6, seven thinking innovation characteristics: related fields panoramic show, and the four places resources for a moment Shared event not to be missed

7, activity rich return supervalve high-rise BBS, awards ceremony, fellowship bender, visit investigation, participants supervalve returns

8, the focus of the ????? high-end dialogue: catering industry hotspot focus problem experts and explain high-level stage below companies interaction

9, prize-giving grand ceremony of authority jointly sponsored by release: stamp confirmation, departments, brand promotion personally issued optimal opportunity

10, and the four places the same amount of tourism inspection: a survey, four meetings, enjoy macau amorous feelings, learn advanced experience

11, companies TongHe: hotel meta-analysis celebrities, catering more than 100 celebrities have entered, exchange and cooperation opportunities is the best

12, Chinese catering 100 companies, catering 100 celebrities, have decided to attend event (in no particular order) :

Zhejiang golden horse Qingdao haier intercontinental dalian merchant
Beijing fuli sheraton shenzhen oct Renaissance ningbo tungkang intercontinental
Changchun shangri-la sofitel wanda Beijing quanjude
Ningbo sofitel wanda grand Hilton Hotel Beijing financial street r-k Lin li think Carlton
Little sheep chain fishing male fishing shiva yum brands
Crab LaoSong Beijing took guandu lihua fast food
F mouth in true kongfu Shanghai old city catering
Shandong net jas catering tianjin delicate catering jiangxi alone in a seafood city
Shanghai hongqiao sheraton Pacific hotel

13, Chinese catering celebrity will invite site high-end dialogue, mutual communication, the explanation is the path to success
Hong Kong mandarin Oriental hotel general manager SuZhongLi quanjude group President JiangJunXian

China yum brands, the chairman SuJingShi little sheep group President zhang steel

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China cuisine association, vice President of the frontier said yesterday, restaurant every year to nearly 20 years by over 20% speed growth and become one of China's fastest-growing industries. Pizza hut such international catering brand put some brand-new management idea into China for catering industry diversification development injecting vigor.

Pizza hut to enter the Chinese market for 20 years, a step-by-step and levels to first, second, three-wire, urban auto-merging garrison, from coastal cities, developed economic regions gradually to the southwest, northeast and northwest such regional promote the comprehensive. Pizza hut daqing learn wai road restaurant recently opened on Chinese territory, become the most north latitude supreme, the direction of the joy of the restaurant, Then, pizza hut in China for the first 500 stores in lanzhou city, gansu province recently, opening, further indicates that the pizza hut are stepping up to the second and the third China urban expansion.

Northwestern university professor lu peng economic management academy in the next 5 years, that China will adhere to the development of western China is deepening strategy and offers corresponding policy support, this is attract multinational enterprises and international brand accelerated foray into western region's important reasons. Meanwhile, the western region transportation and related improving infrastructure, also for multinational enterprise and brand in the local development provides necessary conditions.

China's catering industry management innovation brand the conference will be held from 2010 July 28-30 in shenzhen, Hong Kong, zhuhai and macau held grandly, &housewares 2010 China's catering industry brand public selection trophy. This congress by Chinese culture research committee, China brand management association, Chinese food quality and safety association, Chinese restaurant industry associations, international chain business industry association, business times attached, and other units, jointly organized by business times brand such as research center undertakes, is China's catering industry by one of the most important activities of.

The conference is "exploring China's catering industry innovation and development of new opportunities" as the theme, with "learning, communication, sublimation", in the aim of "new period catering brand building, international catering marketing innovation, internationalized talent cultivation and development, catering opportunity and challenge, competition and win-win" as the main issue, just of catering industry brand strategy development, management innovation brand problems such as reading and seminars, launched the numerous well-known brands catering industry, promoting the healthy and orderly, rapid development.

This conference include China's catering industry BBS, China's catering industry series high-end dialogue, newly promotion, awards ceremony, networking dinner, study Tours, etc. There will be national leaders, departments and experts and scholars, brand enterprise delegates, investment institutions, financial institutions, etc nearly 300 people present assembly. Chinese restaurant food consumption nets, business times, Chinese food quality and safety net, China's industrial quote, consumer daily, tourism quote dozens industry media will do a live interview report, common witness China's catering industry of brilliant moments.

China's catering industry management innovation brand assembly features:

1, industry event hosted by: the first in the country to authority ten organizer we work together to stamp confirmation

2, the agency huge experts: twenty countries leading departments and experts to attend, develop contacts

3, media undertake experienced: business times to undertake, rich experience and strong strength, ensure success

4, more than 100 media ratajczak publicity: TV, Internet, newspapers and more than 100 media preconvention meeting, after the meeting, three-dimensional propaganda

5, go to a success this year's brilliant: 06, 2007 and 2008, 2009 scale successfully held, this year will be more brilliant

6, seven thinking innovation characteristics: related fields panoramic show, and the four places resources for a moment Shared event not to be missed

7, activity rich return supervalve high-rise BBS, awards ceremony, fellowship bender, visit investigation, participants supervalve returns

8, the focus of the ????? high-end dialogue: catering industry hotspot focus problem experts and explain high-level stage below companies interaction

9, prize-giving grand ceremony of authority jointly sponsored by release: stamp confirmation, departments, brand promotion personally issued optimal opportunity

10, and the four places the same amount of tourism inspection: a survey, four meetings, enjoy macau amorous feelings, learn advanced experience

11, companies TongHe: hotel meta-analysis celebrities, catering more than 100 celebrities have entered, exchange and cooperation opportunities is the best

12, Chinese catering 100 companies, catering 100 celebrities, have decided to attend event (in no particular order) :

Zhejiang golden horse Qingdao haier intercontinental dalian merchant Beijing fuli sheraton shenzhen oct Renaissance ningbo tungkang intercontinental Changchun shangri-la sofitel wanda Beijing quanjude Ningbo sofitel wanda grand Hilton Hotel Beijing financial street r-k Lin li think Carlton Little sheep chain fishing male fishing shiva yum brands Crab LaoSong Beijing took guandu lihua fast food F mouth in true kongfu Shanghai old city catering Shandong net jas catering tianjin delicate catering jiangxi alone in a seafood city Shanghai hongqiao sheraton Pacific hotel

13, Chinese catering celebrity will invite site high-end dialogue, mutual communication, the explanation is the path to success Hong Kong mandarin Oriental hotel general manager SuZhongLi quanjude group President JiangJunXian

China yum brands, the chairman SuJingShi little sheep group President zhang steel

14, will invite famous Chinese catering HeJianMin, WeiXiaoAn, LuoYunBo etc to speech.

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BOSTON?(BUSINESS WIRE)?

Global companies are intensifying their focus on enterprise-wide risk
management (ERM) in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and recession,
but most executives feel their companies have a long way to go in
building an effective, risk aware culture, according to a new survey by
Harvard Business Review Analytic Services.

Over two-thirds of 1,419 business executives surveyed in the new
research sponsored by Zurich said risk management has increased in
importance over the past three years. Yet only one in ten said their
executive management is ?highly effective? in creating a strong
risk-management culture.

And while the need to link risk information to strategic decision making
was identified as extremely important, only 14% felt their organization
did that extremely well. Among the top barriers to better risk
management cited:

  • Over-focusing on compliance rather than fundamental processes (42%)
  • Lack of strong management support (41%)
  • Reluctance to de-silo related information (35%)

A majority of the companies said their approach to enterprise risk
management continues to be basic or reactive. However, about 40% of
executives surveyed considered their approach to ERM to be ?proactive,?
involving the board as well as business and functional leaders at all
levels of the organization.

This ?best practice? group included financial services, health care, and
energy companies and those with 10,000-plus employees. But many other
industries have instituted ERM processes or improved their practices.

Executives in companies taking the proactive approach said that
integrating risk management and corporate goals was key to gaining
competitive advantage.

The study made clear that risk management needs to have a clear owner to
be effective? executives reported that Chief Risk Officers are far more
likely to oversee risk management now, than three years ago, although
the CEO bears ultimate responsibility.

The study also found that at companies with strong ERM processes,
?ownership? of risk stays in the hands of business and functional
leaders. The CRO?s role is to advise and assist them, staying in regular
communication and providing them with resources to better manage risk
themselves. The result is what executives interviewed for the study call
a ?collaborative culture? that integrates risk awareness into the
company?s strategic planning.

?Ownership of risk cannot be overstated, since the survey indicated that
companies that employ a Chief Risk Officer, who works in tandem with the
CEO and their executive leadership, scored highest in proactively
managing risk in the organization,? said Alex Clemente, managing
director of Harvard Business Review Analytic Services.

Some of the top benefits of ERM that respondents cited were not directly
related to risk management. Instead, respondents described the
integrated risk management approach as helping their companies achieve
better operational performance by removing siloed communication and by
fostering:

  • Improved strategic decision making (39%)
  • Improved governance (34%)
  • Increased management accountability (31%)

Executives in the survey stressed that their goal was not to create a
risk-averse environment but one in which better measurement and
understanding of risk gives them more confidence about making strategic
decisions to build the business.

?There is no doubt that in today?s challenging environment customers,
shareholders and employees expect clear commitment to comprehensive and
forward looking risk management from top management and board.
Supporting the findings of the survey that it is extremely important to
link risk information to strategic decision making, 41% of the companies
said they are deepening and extending the ties between risk management
and strategic planning,? said Axel Lehmann, Chief Risk Officer at Zurich.

To access a copy of the Risk Management in a Time of Global Uncertainty
report, please visit: www.hbr.org/white-paper/risk-management.

About Zurich

Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) is a leading multi-line
insurance provider with a global network of subsidiaries and offices in
Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East
as well as other markets. It offers a wide range of general insurance
and life insurance products and services for individuals, small
businesses, mid-sized and large companies as well as multinational
corporations. Zurich employs about 60,000 people serving customers in
more than 170 countries. Founded in 1872, the Group is headquartered in
Zurich, Switzerland. Zurich Financial Services Ltd (ZURN) is listed on
the SIX Swiss Exchange and has a level I American Depositary Receipt
program (ZFSVY), which is traded over-the-counter on OTCQX. Further
information about Zurich is available at www.zurich.com.

About Harvard Business Review Analytic Services

Harvard Business Review Analytic Services is an independent sponsored
research unit within Harvard Business Review Group, which conducts
research and comparative analysis on management challenges and emerging
business opportunities. HBR Analytic Services has been recognized for
its ?Face-to-Face? research report, sponsored by British Airways, as a
finalist in the 2010 MM Awards in the category of ?Best Contribution to
a Media Campaign by a Media Owner.? Research from Harvard Business
Review Analytic Services has appeared in The New York Times,
Economist.com, USA Today, the Times of London, and other major media.

About Harvard Business Review

Harvard Business Review?is the leading destination for smart
management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 10 translated
licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital
content and tools published on www.hbr.org,
Harvard Business Review provides professionals the world over
with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their
organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact in a
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Sunday, March 11, 2012

Breaking the Moral Code ? Professionals and Us

Today?s world of sports is all about the victory.? Herman Edwards is famously quoted as saying, ?You play to win the game.?? Vince Lomabrdi is quoted as saying, ?If winning isn?t everything, why do they keep score??? What ever happened to, ?It?s not if you win or lose but how you play the game.?? I will tell you what happened to it. ?It does not exist.

Recently, the New Orleans Saints have been targeted by the National Football League for a ?bounty program? that awarded players financially for knocking players out of the game and injuring them.? This bounty program was in direct violation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement and of the moral code of sports.? It isn?t just that the Saints had the program; they were caught once and told to stop.? They did not.? They have now been caught by the National Football League and have a variety of players, coaches, ex-coaches and administrators waiting their punishment in terms of cash, suspensions and draft picks.? The Saints broke a moral code and they are awaiting punishment.? They knew what they were doing was wrong, but saw the personal and team gains that were possible and kept the program going. ?Many of those involved are probably wondering if it was all worth it. ?It probably was worth it while it was happening because they were profiting financially. ?Is it worth it now that their careers will always have this mark against them?

In 2007, The New England Patriots were caught by the National Football League for spying on, and videotaping, opponent?s practices.? Specifically, the Patriots were caught on September 9, 2007 by videotaping New York Jets defensive coaches hand signals during practice.? This was not just against the rules, it broke the moral code of football.? They cheated.? They probably won games because of the program that went back almost seven years.? They got caught and got punished.? Want to know how much it hurt, take a look and see how many Super Bowls the Patriots won before 2007 and after 2007 under Bill Belichick. ?Do you think the Patriots were wondering if it was all worth it? ?While they were winning Super Bowls, they thought it was worth it. ?What about the people that were fired from the organization after ?Spygate?? ?Was it worth it to them? ?Was it worth the reputation of Bill Belichick? ?Some people feel he cannot win a Super Bowl without spying. ?Do the positives outweigh the negatives?

In baseball, steroid testing did not officially begin until 2004.? In the 17 seasons before 2004, there were many offensive and home records that were broken and broken once again.? Between 1987 and 2004, the single-season home run record was broken twice.? There were five seasons of 60 home runs during that period, where there had been only two in the history of baseball.? Prior to 1987, there had been 5 times that the 50 home run record was topped.? Between 1987 and 2004, there were 14 times where the 50 home run plateau was topped.? Some of the top players of the time had been accused of or proven to have taken steroids; McGwire, Canseco, Sosa, Palmeiro, Ramirez, Ortiz, Rodriguez and others are on the list of power hitters that excelled during the ?Steroid Era?.? Steroids at the time were not against the rules of baseball, but they were illegal.? These men broke a moral code and artificially attempted to circumvent a century of baseball history.? How are these men punished?? Go to Cooperstown, New York, home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and none of these men have their personal accomplishments mentioned or honored.? The Hall of Fame itself has refused to acknowledge these accomplishments and so have the voters for election into the Baseball Hall of Fame.? The broke the moral code and have lost against history. ?It may have been worth it for them then, but what about in 50 years when they are remembered. ?How will they be remembered? ?Was it worth it?

These are national stories and stories.? What about here on Long Island and one of our sports, slow-pitch softball?? What moral code do we have?? Bats.? Legal or illegal?

We have all heard the terminology, ?Painting?, ?rolling? or ?shaving ?.? What to these mean?? It means people do things to bats to enhance them above what the manufacturer intended.? What can happen?

First, altering a bat is a federal crime.? Changing a design and stating it is the original design is a patent and/or copyright violation.? All bats that have certain certifications that identify it as falling below a certain standard (such as speed).? Altering a bat to exceed the standard is a violation of the patent and copyright and can be backed up by lawsuits.? In 2006, ASA (Amateur Softball Association of America) was awarded over $100,000 in damages and legal fees against two defendants that altered bats.? So, by breaking a moral code, you can be sued for violations of copyright and patent. ?Is it worth it?

Second, you may be held criminally liable if you injure someone.? Think about it.? If you knowingly walk into the batter?s box with a bat that you know has been altered, you become personally liable for your actions.? Any league or organization will immediately throw you to the wolves once your bat has been tested and proven to be illegal.? Believe me, if someone is hurt, the first thing that injured person will do is have the bat tested. ?When I started playing pitchers did not worry. ?They pitched, they fielded and you can see who it is on the mound. ?Today, pitchers will wear masks, shin guards, chest protectors and anything else to help them not fear being hit by a line drive headed toward them. ?They have gone from a slow pitch softball player to Robo-Pitcher. ?As a batter, you may relax and not worry about hitting that person while swing an altered bat. ?What if you do? ?What if you hit someone? ?What if you seriously hurt that guy standing 50 feet away from you? ?A ball traveling at 98 mph takes 0.35 seconds to travel 51 feet. ?If you increase the speed 6 mph, the time drops to 0.32 seconds. ?Is that enough time for someone to save himself if you altered your bat? ?Is that worth it?

Thirdly, kiss your softball life goodbye.? If you are caught using an illegal bat under USSSA, you are immediately suspended for two years for your first violation and for life for any subsequent violation.? Is it worth it?

Look, we all have been there.? We have heard accusations of this player or that player using altered bats.? Most of us have even seen an entire team use the same bat until their home run limit is reached and then that bat disappears into a bag.? Personally, for those of you who know me know that I have never used an illegal bat. ?I have been in dugouts where I have been told, ?take this one up with you?. I haven?t.? To me, it is not worth it.? It isn?t that it is not worth hurting someone, because I know I probably cannot. ?I am not that strong that I can do that. ?I cannot hit a ball 400 feet ?or scare people with line drives. To me, it is not worth knowing I cheat. I do not like breaking moral codes. ?It is not worth it to be, but ss it worth it to you?

To tie this all together, no matter what the level of sports there are moral codes.? Some codes involve getting an advantage over your opponent.? Some codes are made so people do not get injured.? Other codes involve being able to look your opponent in the eye and know you are all on the same playing level.? Professionals have these codes.? College players have these codes.? High School players have these codes.? Even we, the slow pitch softball players have a moral code.? The difference is, if we break some of these codes, we will not get fined or lose draft picks.? We can lose the right to play our sport and potentially lose tens of thousands of dollars or maybe even end up in jail.

Is it worth it to you?

Source: http://globalrec.net/?p=2890

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