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Pope's arrival in Mexico sparks surprising emotion
LEON, Mexico -- There was little excitement in Leon in the hours before the pope arrived.
Crowds were thin. Spectators napped under trees. Vendors complained about the low turnout here in the conservative heartland of Mexico's Roman Catholicism.
Then, as Pope Benedict XVI's plane appeared in the shimmering heat of Friday afternoon, people poured from their homes. They packed sidewalks five and six deep, screaming ecstatically as the pope passed, waving slowly. Some burst into tears.
Many had said moments earlier that they could never love a pope as strongly as Benedict's predecessor, John Paul II. But the presence of a pope on Mexican soil touched a chord of overwhelming respect and adoration for the papacy itself, the personification for many of the Catholic Church, and God. Thousands found themselves taken aback by their own emotions.
Two dozen youths from a Guadalajara church group were inspired to awake well before dawn Saturday and give Benedict the same welcome many had given John Paul on his visits to the country. They went as close as security would permit to the school where the pope was staying and serenaded him with a traditional song of greeting and celebration, "Las Mananitas."
"We sang with all our heart and all our force," said Maria Fernanda de Luna, a member of the group. "It gave us goosebumps to sing 'Las Mananitas' for him."
As a girl, Celia del Rosario Escobar, 42, saw John Paul II on one of his five trips to Mexico, which brought him near-universal adoration.
"I was 12 and it's an experience that still makes a deep impression on me," she said. "I thought this would be different, but, no, the experience is the same."
"I can't speak," she murmured, pressing her hands to her chest and starting to cry.
Belief in the goodness and power of the pope runs deep in Guanajuato, the most observantly Catholic state in Mexico, a place of deep social conservatism and the wellspring of an armed uprising against harsh anti-clerical laws in the 1920s. Some in the crowd came for literal healing, a blessing from the pope's passage that would cure illness, or bring them more work. Others sought inspiration, rejuvenation of their faith, energy to be a better parent.
Many said the pope's message of peace and unity would help heal their country, traumatized by the deaths of more than 47,000 people in a drug war that has escalated during a government offensive against cartels that began more than five years ago.
In a speech on the airport tarmac shortly after arriving, Benedict said he was praying for all in need, "particularly those who suffer because of old and new rivalries, resentments and all forms of violence."
He said he had come to Mexico as a pilgrim of hope, to encourage Mexicans to "transform the present structures and events which are less than satisfactory and seem immovable or insurmountable while also helping those who do not see meaning or a future in life."
No part of Mexico has been spared at least a small scrape with drug gang violence, but Escobar said she hopes that Benedict will help turn around a society devastated by the drug trade and the brutal violence it spawns.
"I would like him to raise the consciousness of those people who are hurting Mexico, those involved in drug addiction, in the mafia," Escobar said. "I hope that we have will more respect for life."
Antonio Martinez, 57, said he wanted relief from diabetes and divine intervention that would bring him more than occasional work in Leon's shoe factories. He stood by the side of the road, resting against his bicycle, waiting for a glimpse of the pope.
"Simply greeting the pope and receiving his blessing can change our lives," Martinez said. "I believe that my health will improve, that more sources of work will appear."
The faithful lined more than 20 miles (32 kilometers) of the pope's route from the airport into Leon shouting the ultimate welcome: "Benedict, brother, you are now Mexican!"
The pope responded to the greeting as he stepped off his plane to wild cheers and the clamor of ringing bells.
"This is a proud country of hospitality, and nobody feels like a stranger in your land," Benedict said. "I knew that. Now I see it and now I feel it in my heart."
The streets of Leon, where the pope will stay during his three-day trip, took on a carnival atmosphere, with entire blocks exploding in yellow confetti when he passed in his bulletproof popemobile.
Juan Manuel Rosales, who works in one of Leon's many shoe factories, came to the papal route with a glass-enclosed altar to the Virgin of San Juan de los Lagos, patron saint of a nearby town. Around the ceramic statue he placed pictures of the sick and asked the saint that they be healed.
"Everyone has a different reason for being here," Rosales said. "I hope to become a better person. I hope that we stop shooting each other."
Luz del Carmen Castillo Silva, a 15-year-old student at a Catholic women's technical college, said she came five hours from the city of Tlaxcala to strengthen a faith that already had her attending daily Mass.
"I want to become another person when I see the pope, ministering to people, speaking with God. ... Seeing the pope, we see the love that we have for Christ," she said.
The weeklong trip to Mexico and Cuba is Benedict's first to both countries, and it will be a test of stamina for the pope, who turns 85 next month. At the airport Friday in Rome, he used a cane, apparently for the first time in public, while walking about 100 yards (meters) to the airliner's steps.
Papal aides, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Benedict has been using the cane in private for about two months because it makes him feel more secure and not for any medical reason. He left the cane aside as he stepped off the plane in Mexico.


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1½ c chicken broth
1 c milk
½ c flour
½ c yogurt
1 can diced tomatoes and green chiles, drained
1 small can diced green chiles, drained
1½ T chili powder
1 tsp dried oregano
½ tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
1 onion, finely chopped
2 red bell peppers, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
10 flour tortillas, cut in quarters
2 cups cooked, diced turkey (white & dark meat)
½ cup cheddar cheese
Bring chicken broth to simmer. Whisk together milk and flour until smooth. Add to simmering broth until thickened, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in next 7 ingredients (yogurt through pepper). Set aside.
In skillet coated with non-stick cooking spray, sauté onion, pepper, and garlic until tender, 10-12 minutes.
Line bottom of 9x11 baking dish with 5 tortillas (cut to fit evenly). Sprinkle with 1 cup of turkey and half of onion mixture. Pour half of the sauce on top. Repeat with other 5 tortillas and second half of ingredients. Sprinkle with cheese.
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(The Root) — "I'm not a politician, I've never run for anything in my life," says Clyde Williams quickly in the basement of his Harlem campaign headquarters.
Thanks to the bustle of his 123rd Street office in Manhattan, boasting nine staffers, a gaggle of portable air conditioners and several empty pizza boxes, the open space upstairs was too loud to hear Williams' election plans. Sitting downstairs next to two slices he's saved for his wife, Mona Sutphen, Williams seems confident in his chances of gaining Charlie Rangel's seat in the House of Representatives by winning the June 26 primary in a largely Democratic district. This, despite many reports that the race is between the feisty incumbent and State Sen. Adriano Espaillat.
Rangel, a Congressional Black Caucus founding member, has represented the Harlem community's 15th District since 1971 and is going through a bruising fight to save his seat and his formidable reputation. In 2010, just ahead of the investigation into a misuse of funds, Rangel stepped down as chair of the prestigious House Ways and Means Committee. Later, after admitting impropriety, Rangel was censured by the House. Earlier this month, Rangel demanded an investigation of Congress' probe into his actions.
Nevertheless, on Tuesday, the 82-year-old's name will be on the ballot.
"I never talk about Rangel's ethics issues," Williams, 50, says. "People want us to improve their lives."
Still, the incumbent's problems muddle his chances for re-election and reflect a changing of the guard in Harlem. Williams seeks to represent a new order of leadership in the district.
"We need to hold people accountable," Williams says, pointing to the unemployment rate of 14 percent of blacks in New York City, according to recent Labor Department data. "I've seen people, some of whom are Congressional Black Caucus members, say 'Obama hasn't solved unemployment in the black community.' They've been elected, probably for a combined 400 years [if you total their terms in office]. They're supposed to solve these problems, too. So much more could've been done if there was a greater effort put into how we solve these problems.
"If people trained for the jobs that existed today, the jobless rate would probably be around 7 percent," Williams continues. "There's money to do it. We can train people to be nurses, electricians, plumbers and auto mechanics."
The historically African-American 13th District was recently redrawn to include parts of East Harlem and bits of the Bronx, where Dominican-American candidate Espaillat has strong ties. The district is now 55 percent Latino, which is seen as giving the state senator an edge. (Rangel's father was Puerto Rican, but he does not emphasize that side of his heritage). But Williams, who is black, says his support is secure.
"Harlem hasn't been majority-black for a while," Williams says. "People vote based on issues, and if they believe that I can improve their lives, then they'll vote for me."
Many local press believe in Williams' brand. The candidate boasts endorsements from the New York Times and the Daily News among others (the New York Amsterdam News, the city's signature black newspaper, endorsed Rangel). But if Williams really wants to represent Harlem's new generation, he'll have to prove it.
"Every few years, people make the case that they are the future of Harlem politics and then fade away," said Errol Louis, NY1's political reporter. "Let's say Williams doesn't win, but stays, starts a political club and starts fielding candidates for lower level local offices — then it starts to look like what David Dinkins, Basil Paterson, Percy Sutton and Charlie Rangel [who formed Harlem's powerful 'Gang of Four' political coalition] put together."
If he's committed, Williams might be right on time, considering many feel the Congressional Black Caucus, which boasted a median age of 62 in 2010, sorely needs fresh faces. His high-powered ties to former President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama also may help his ambitions.
"Clinton owes a great debt to Rangel, so he's already done the nicest thing he could do for Clyde, which is not endorse Rangel for re-election," Louis says. "There's a different political culture in Harlem, compared with central Brooklyn, [where] the young people all ran against incumbents repeatedly. There, you've got to crack some heads. In Harlem, there's a culture of waiting one's turn. You've got to marry solid community work with effective political organizing in the electoral sphere."
Raised in Washington, D.C., Williams began his career in local politics. Joining the White House during the Clinton administration, he rose to become deputy chief of staff of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He has also served as national political director of the Democratic National Committee.
Williams met his wife of 10 years, Sutphen, during the last days of the Clinton administration, while she was working for then-national security advisor, Sandy Berger. "I met her in the Situation Room — I thought I knew all of the persons of color at the White House. Sandy and I were talking and she walked in and his words became like Charlie Brown's teacher, 'Wah, wah,' " Williams recalls.
In 2001, the couple moved to Harlem so he could serve as domestic policy advisor to former President Clinton. A few years later, the family moved back to Washington, D.C., so Sutphen could serve as White House deputy chief of staff to President Obama, the first African American to do so, and in 2011, the family returned to Harlem. Combine their high-profile résumés and it's hard not to deem the parents of two, Sydney, 7, Davis, 5, as a power couple.
"We never use that term," he says with a smile, glancing at his wife's pizza. "I'll say this: It's time for someone to challenge the status quo."
Back upstairs, the office is buzzing with the excitement of possibility. Up the street an Espaillat election bus rolls down 125th street, blasting D Train's "You're the One for Me" in front of the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. statue as potential voters mop their brows in the heat of the summer day.
Hillary Crosley is The Root's New York bureau chief.
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Both players performed well at BBVA Compass Stadium, with Beckerman turning in an efficient and effective performance at his holding mid position and Beltran defending nicely and foraying up the field relatively frequently from the right back spot.
Beckerman and Beltran are both eligible for selection to the U.S. roster for its Feb. 6 Hexagonal opener at Honduras. Both players are expected to join Real Salt Lake for the Claret-and-Cobalt's third and final leg of preseason at the FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup from Feb. 11-24.


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If Warren Buffett wanted to forget about his mortality for a while, he might want to avoid going to his company's own annual general meeting.
The 81-year-old was peppered this weekend at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting in Omaha with repeated questions about succession planning at Berkshire Hathaway and his recent revelation that he has prostate cancer.
"I'm feeling terrific, I always feel terrific. I love what I do and I work with people I love. I seem to have a great immune system. As any fool can see, I'm eating properly," he says, taking a bite of his fudge and a sip of his Cherry Coke.
"I may have a little less energy (so) I may do fewer dumb things."
While Buffett admits the company's brain trust spends more time on succession than any other issue, the name of his successor remains a closely-guarded secret but the sex of Buffett's heir-apparent apparently isn't. Revealing his successor's identity before he needs to step into the role would serve no purpose, Buffett said.
"In many ways, he will be better than I am," he says.
Buffett reiterated his intention to split his duties once he steps down and have a CEO and at least two people handling investments. Todd Combs and Ted Weschler have already been tapped for the latter.
"I am the chief risk officer at Berkshire. My successor will have the same responsibility. We would not select anybody for that job that didn't have those skills. We're not going to have an arts major in charge of Berkshire," he says.
Buffett says both he and Charlie Munger, the company's 88-year-old vice-chair, were struck by the intellect and character of both Combs and Weschler. The two earn a salary of $1 million and 10% of the amount by which their portfolios beat the S&P on a three-year rolling basis.
"They're also incentivized to work together since a portion of each of their individual salary is tied to the other's portfolio performance," he says.
When Munger interjected that they could both make more money running a hedge fund, Buffett replied with a smile, "but we have a free Coke machine in our office."
Buffett has four doctors who have assured him that the treatment of his cancer will not require any hospitalization or having to miss any days at work.
"Maybe I'll get shot by a jealous husband, but this is a really minor thing," he says.
He then joked that he made the announcement about his diagnosis to turn the spotlight on himself because his secretary, Debbie Bosanek, was getting too much attention for her higher income tax rate.
Munger then jumped in, saying he resents all the attention Buffett is getting.
"I probably have more prostate cancer than he does. But I don't know because I don't let them test for it," he said.


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Pre-Columbian Studies was both honored and delighted to host 130 scholars over the Columbus Day weekend for its annual symposium, The Measure and Meaning of Time in the Americas. Organized by Anthony Aveni of Colgate University, the program brought together a group of scholars from diverse disciplines to address the ritual and calendrical representation of temporal existence in the Mesoamerican and Andean worlds. Speakers included Alfredo López Austin (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), William Barnes (University of St. Thomas, Minnesota), Harvey Bricker (Tulane University), Victoria Bricker (Tulane University), Linda Brown (George Washington University), Jahl Dulanto (DePauw University), Markus Eberl (Vanderbilt University), Richard Landes (Boston University), John Monaghan (University of Illinois at Chicago), Stella Nair (University of California, Los Angeles), Juan Ossio (Universidad Pontificia Católica del Peru), and Tristan Platt (University of St. Andrews). The meaning of time in the ancient Americas was compared with both conceptual and functional meanings among other cultures. Pre-Columbian Studies looks forward to the resulting publication.
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The dollar spiked broadly lower following the weaker U.S. employment report on Friday, as equity futures dove, and Treasury yields pulled back. The initial reaction however, turned quickly, as the dollar crept higher, and equities ended up posting solid gains. EUR-USD popped to 1.3644 highs from 1.3575, as USD-JPY tumbled 100 points from 102.50. The euro edged back to 1.3575, though ticked back over 1.3600 through the remainder of the session. Dollar-yen meanwhile, made new session highs over 10250 in subsequent trade, before settling in around 102.30.
EUR-USD spiked up over 1.3640 following the softer U.S. jobs report, though quickly edged back to pre-data levels near 1.3575, as equities rebounded. The pairing did inch slowly higher again from there, as some concerns over the U.S. labor picture lingered. The euro reclaimed the 1.36 handle into the London close, settling in around 1.3620.
USD-JPY reacted fairly strongly to this morning's uptick in risk taking levels. The pairing rallied from 101.25 lows to touch 102.00, its best levels since Monday. A good floor was put in place ahead of 101.00, with Japanese bids parked in front of the figure, which likely prompted some short covering. Option backed offers are now seen from 102.00.
Sterling was fractionally higher following U.K. production and trade data, which were disappointing to market expectations in the case of the former, but encouraging in the latter case. Cable edged out a four-day high of 1.6358, recovering from a sub-1.63 low following the data. Cable popped over 1.6390 after the U.S. jobs report, and eventually made its way back over 1.6400. Sterling continues to trade in a very choppy manner, though remain in sell-the-rally mode.
EUR-CHF edged out a fresh one-week high of 1.2250 after the U.S. jobs report, though initilly jerked under 1.2200 on risk aversion plays. The Swiss currency quickly unwound some of its safe haven premium, as Wall Street bounced from eaarly losses. The cross had been flirting with 1.2200 amid the backdrop of risk aversion in global markets, though the steadying in stock markets has lent the cross some support.
USD-CAD fell to 1.0988 lows from 1.1065 after the better Canadian jobs report, though found support ahead of 1.0980, where standing bids, and technical support were noted. The pairing moved back over the 1.1000 level quickly, as the USD overall regained some ground. Bi-polar U.S. equity futures rebounded sharply from its-post U.S. jobs report slide, helping USD sentiment overall.
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THE message in this week's "overloaded" bus story was clear - don't mess with the mums.
With reports circulating about anywhere between 80 and 115 kids crammed into a standard school bus as a result of major route changes - The Daily Examiner was first alerted to the issue on Tuesday by a Facebook callout for thumbs up and thumbs down.
Having received reassurances from Busways that these were mere teething problems, DEX gave the story a rest for a day but when the sardine rumours continued, the mums became even more determined to save their kids from "inhumane" treatment in this week's heatwave.
Grafton mum Kate Carlton said her daughter Madison, 8, was dreading the journey from Grafton Public School to McHugh St on Bus 12.
"It was completely ridiculous ... it was very overcrowded and unsafe," said Kate who witnessed the crowded bus drop Madison off this week.
Mrs Carlton said the initial response from Busways was unsatisfactory.
"They said 'that's the capacity' and they weren't going to do much about it," she said.
Fellow GPS mum Angela Collins, whose children Nathan, 7 and James, 6, also caught Bus 12, said she kept on being buck-passed in her phone complaints with the Roads and Maritime Service before she called the office of the Minister for Transport (Duncan Gay).
"He called himself the Minister of Transport for NSW and he said 'that's not right' and that he would get in touch with Busways," Mrs Collins said.
"It was distressing to see the bus in that state ... James has a broken arm and said he was bumped on the bus - he said he was too scared to catch the bus.
Whatever the affiliations with Ministers and bus companies, it would appear that something worked - Busways agreeing yesterday to have two buses cover the area that was this week reduced to one.
Mrs Carlton said the 11 kids who got off the bus at Madison's stop yesterday were all smiles thanks to the return of the status quo.
Both mothers reserved special praise for bus driver Dianne who, they said, had the utmost concern for the welfare of "her kids".
DEX was unable to confirm Mr Gay's involvement in the issue yesterday.


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CFO Moves this week include:
|Tiffany & Co.
|Iron Mountain Incorporated
|McDonald's Corp.
|Brookline Bancorp, Inc.
|Select Comfort Corporation
|Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.
|Amedisys, Inc.
|Enable Midstream Partners, LP
|WPX Energy
|PBF Energy Inc.
|Huntington Bancshares Inc.
|Multimedia Plus
|Cohen & Steers, Inc.
|American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc.
|Respect Your Universe, Inc.
|Unilife Corporation
|Franklin Wireless Corp.
|JBI, Inc.
|GetWellNetwork, Inc.
|KonaRed Corporation
|LeoNovus Inc.
|Cancer Genetics
|Discovery Communications
|Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics
|The KEYW Holding Corporation
|Sunnyside Federal Bancorp, Inc.
|Armored AutoGroup Parent Inc.
|Hurco Companies, Inc.
|Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
|First West Virginia Bancorp, Inc.
|BCB Bancorp, Inc.
|OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
|Alanco Technologies, Inc.
|Signature Exploration and Production Corp.
|Poage Bankshares, Inc.
|The Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati
|AWG International Water Corporation
|Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc.
|Wound Management Technologies, Inc.
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Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) announced that Ralph Nicoletti will become its next executive vice president and chief financial officer. His appointment will become effective on April 2, 2014. The Company also announced the intention of James N. Fernandez, chief operating officer and chief financial officer, to retire in July. Mr. Nicoletti joins Tiffany from CIGNA, the global health services and insurance company, where he was executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to that, he was executive vice president and chief financial officer at Alberto Culver and held various financial management positions at Kraft Foods. Mr. Fernandez has been chief financial officer since the resignation of the previous chief financial officer last November and had also served as chief financial officer from 1989 to 2011. Mr. Fernandez, 58, a 30-year veteran of Tiffany, has been Tiffany's chief operating officer since 2011.
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) appointed Rod Day as the company's executive vice president and chief financial officer. Day has served as Iron Mountain's acting CFO since November 1, 2013, and had previous roles both as senior vice president and CFO International from November 2009, and CFO Europe in 2008 when he joined the company. Prior to joining Iron Mountain, Day had several roles at AOL Europe, including director of financial control and planning, vice president finance and strategy, and most recently, CFO for Europe. Prior to AOL, Day held senior strategic planning and finance roles at Kingfisher plc.
McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD) announced that upon the retirement in October 2014 of Chief Operating Officer Tim Fenton, Pete Bensen, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will assume oversight for Worldwide Supply Chain, Development and Franchising functions. The Board has elected Bensen to the position of Senior Executive Vice President. Fenton joined McDonald's in 1973 as a crew member in Utica, N.Y. He has held a variety of leadership roles throughout his McDonald's career, including President of McDonald's Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA). Prior to that, he served as President of the East Division for McDonald's USA. Before joining the U.S. business, he was Senior Vice President of Southeast Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa, Vice President and Managing Director of McDonald's Middle East Development Company and served in numerous operations and leadership positions in Asia, Poland, Central Europe and the U.S.
Brookline Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRKL) announced that Carl M. Carlson has been appointed as the Company's Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective April 1, 2014. Mr. Carlson will succeed Julie A. Gerschick, who resigned from the Company effective December 31, 2013. Mr. Carlson has served as Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Financial Officer at Webster Financial Corporation since 2011. Mr. Carlson joined Webster Financial in 2007, and previously served as Senior Vice President and Director, Finance and Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and Corporate Development. Prior to joining Webster Financial, Mr. Carlson served as an officer at North Fork Bancorporation, Inc. where he was employed from 1986 to 2007.
Select Comfort Corporation (NASDAQ: SCSS) announced that David Callen has been appointed the company's senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective as of April 7, 2014. Callen was previously Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.'s principal financial officer, serving as vice president, finance and treasurer. Prior to that, he served as vice president of global finance of Phototronics, Inc., and worked as corporate controller of Johnson Outdoors, Inc.
Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. (NYSE: ETH) announced that David Callen, Vice President Finance & Treasurer, has resigned from the Company to pursue another opportunity, effective March 31, 2014. The Company further announced that Corey Whitely, Executive Vice President, Operations, has assumed the additional role of interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.
Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) announced the appointment of Dale E. Redman to the position of Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Redman served as the Company's Chief Financial Officer from February 2007 through December 2011, and retired from the Company as its Executive Vice President of Finance in February 2012. As previously reported, the Amedisys Board of Directors has named Ronald LaBorde Interim CEO while a national search for a permanent CEO is underway. Following his retirement from the Company until his appointment as Interim Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Redman managed personal investments. Prior to February 2007, Mr. Redman served as Managing Director at Windward Capital Consulting, LLC. Prior to April 1999, he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Companies Financial Corporation.
Enable Midstream Partners, LP announced that Rodney J. Sailor has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective April 1, 2014. Sailor joins the company from Tulsa-based WPX Energy where he most recently served as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to joining WPX, Sailor served as vice president and treasurer for The Williams Companies. During that time he assisted in the formation on two master limited partnerships; Williams Partners (WPZ) and Williams Pipeline Partners (WMZ) and the spin-off of WPX Energy. He served as a director of Williams Partners GP LLC, the general partner of WPZ, from October 2007 until February 2010. Sailor served as a director of Williams Pipeline GP LLC, the general partner of WMZ, from January 2008 until WMZ merged with WPZ in August 2010.
WPX Energy (NYSE: WPX) announced that Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Rod Sailor will resign from the company effective March 31to accept a position at another company. The Board of Directors appointed J. Kevin Vann, who serves as the company's Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, to be interim Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Vann will also replace Sailor as director for Apco Oil and Gas International. Vann began his career with Arthur Andersen in Tulsa before coming to Williams in 1998. He held positions responsible for accounting and risk management. In 2006, he became Controller for the Exploration & Production business of Williams, which later spun off as independent company WPX Energy.
PBF Energy Inc. (NYSE: PBF) announced that Matthew Lucey, currently Chief Financial Officer, has been named Executive Vice President. Erik Young, currently Director of Strategic Planning, has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The appointments will take effect April 1, 2014.
Auction.com added former Oracle Chief Financial Officer Jeff Epstein to its board of directors. Epstein, who will chair the Audit Committee. Epstein is an operating partner at Bessemer Venture Partners and a senior advisor at Oak Hill Capital Partners. He serves on the board of directors for Priceline. He also serves on the board of Shutterstock. Prior to joining Oracle, Epstein served as chief financial officer of several public and private companies, including DoubleClick, which was sold to Google; King World Productions, which was sold to the CBS Corporation; and Nielsen's Media Measurement and Information Group. Earlier in his career, he was an investment banker at The First Boston Corporation. He also currently serves on the boards of directors of Kaiser Permanente and Global Eagle Entertainment, and the management board of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Huntington Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: HBAN) named Howell D. "Mac" McCullough III, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer. During the last seven years, he was the chief strategy officer at U.S. Bank. Immediately prior to that he was the chief financial officer for U.S. Bancorp's payment services division and was its director of investor relations from 2001 to 2005. He first joined U.S. Bancorp in 1993. Before joining U.S. Bancorp, he was the director of corporate development at Huntington from 1992 to 1993 and served as a senior financial analyst at Huntington from 1991 to 1992.
Multimedia Plus announced Anthony (Tony) DeLuca has been appointed as the company's Chief Financial Officer. Mr. DeLuca joins Multimedia Plus after serving as CFO at Design Within Reach. Previously, he held various executive positions including Director of Finance, The Americas at Burberry, Limited. Prior to this, he served as Controller at Hermes of Paris, Inc. for nine years. Earlier, he served as Controller, Wholesale Division, at Bally, Inc.
Cohen & Steers, Inc. (NYSE: CNS) announced the appointment of Frank T. Connor to the company's board of directors. Mr. Connor is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Textron Inc. Prior to joining Textron in August 2009, Mr. Connor was Managing Director and Head of Telecom Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs & Co. from 2003 to 2008. Prior to that, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Telecom, Technology and Media Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs from 1998 to 2003. Mr. Connor joined the corporate finance department at Goldman Sachs in 1986 and became a vice president in 1990 and a managing director in 1996. He also serves as a director of FM Global, a Rhode Island headquartered mutual insurance company.
American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc. announced that Gregory W. Sullivan will be appointed Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer effective April 21, 2014. Mr. Sullivan comes to NYRR from STAG Industrial, Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer since STAG's initial public offering in April 2011. Prior to STAG's formation, he served on the Board of Managers of STAG Capital Partners, LLC and STAG Capital Partners III, LLC from 2004 to 2011. Mr. Sullivan served as Executive Vice President for Corporate Development for New England Development LLC (NED) from 2002 to 2011. Mr. Sullivan was also the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of TrizecHahn Corporation. From 1987 to 1994, Mr. Sullivan was employed in various capacities at AEW Capital Management in Boston.
Respect Your Universe, Inc. (OTC: RYUN) announced that Michelle Sibley has been appointed as a director. Michelle Sibley is the Chief Financial Officer at Sachs Capital Group LP. While at Sachs Capital Group, Ms. Sibley also served as the Chief Financial Officer for SCG Financial Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company. Prior to joining Sachs Capital Group LP, Ms. Sibley was a senior tax manager in Deloitte & Touche's tax practice.
Unilife Corporation (NASDAQ: UNIS) announced that Dennis Pyers, Vice-President and Controller of Unilife since 2010, has been named Interim CFO. Mr. Pyers replaces Richard Wieland who is leaving Unilife after four years as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Pyers has served as the Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President and Controller of Unilife Corporation since July 2010. Mr. Pyers spent over 25 years with KPMG, including serving as a partner from 2002 to 2009.
Franklin Wireless Corp. (OTC: FKWL) announced that its Board of Directors has approved the promotion of Richard ("Rick") Walker to chief financial officer. Mr. Walker joined the Company in 2009 and previously served as the Company's vice president of finance and accounting.
JBI, Inc. (OTC: JBII) announced that it has hired Rahoul S. Banerjea as its Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"). As a Principal with Matun Group LLC, Mr. Banerjea was Interim Vice President of Finance at Bodycote, Hot Isostatic Processing ("HIP") Division. As a Partner with Tatum, LLC, Mr. Banerjea was Interim Corporate Controller of CMGI, Inc., Interim Finance Director at FTI Consulting's technology segment, Project Consultant at Interactive Data Corporation ("IDC"), Interim Chief Financial Officer at Harmonix Music Systems, and Project Consultant at Commercial Industrial Financial Corporation. Prior to joining Tatum, Mr. Banerjea was CFO of Compaq/Digital Equipment Corp's ("DEC") Spain and Portugal subsidiaries.
GetWellNetwork, Inc. announced the appointment of Bart Witteveen as the company's new chief financial officer. Prior to joining GetWellNetwork, Witteveen served as chief financial officer at Matrix Medical Network.
KonaRed Corporation (OTC: KRED) announced that John Dawe has become the Company's new CFO. Mr. Dawe brings more than 30 years of financial, business, and executive level experience to KonaRed Corporation, having served as Treasurer, VP Finance, and CEO for various finance-related entities since 1993. His most recent endeavor at DAS Corporate Services (2002-2014) found him responsible for the creation and maintenance of accounting and reporting systems for US publicly traded companies. Mr. Dawe succeeds Dana Roberts, who will leave to concentrate on Malie, Inc., a company she founded in 2004 that specializes in all natural luxury spa and beauty products.
LeoNovus Inc. (TSX-V: LTV) announced that David Belgum has been appointed as LeoNovus' Chief Financial Officer. He will be replacing Gary Martin, a Director of LeoNovus, who has acted as interim Chief Financial Officer since Dec. 26, 2013. Belgum has a significant amount of financial experience and was previously Chief Financial Officer of Prozyme, Inc. Prior to that, he was President and Chief Financial Officer of Belgum Financial Solutions, Inc. working with companies such as Obopay and Invio Software.
Cancer Genetics (NASDAQ: CGIX) announced that effective April 1, 2014, it has appointed Edward J. Sitar as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Sitar was most recently the Chief Financial Officer of Healthagen, a subsidiary of Aetna Company. Prior to that, he was the Executive VP and Chief Financial Officer of ActiveHealth Management, also a subsidiary of Aetna. From 2001 to 2010, he was the Executive VP and Chief Financial Officer of Cadent Holding. From 1998 to 2001, he was the Chief Financial Officer of MIM Corporation (currently known as Bioscrip). From 1996 to 1998, he was the VP of Finance for Nasdaq-listed Vital Signs. Prior to that he was Controller for Zenith/Goldline Pharmaceutical. Cancer Genetics also announced the resignation of Elizabeth Adkins Czerepak, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer, effective March 31, 2014 to pursue other opportunities.
Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) announced the appointment of Doug Baker to the position of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Discovery Networks International (DNI). Baker currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for DNI, and will transition into his new role over the next few weeks. Baker joined Discovery in 2005 as CFO for Discovery Commerce. He then assumed the role of CFO for Discovery Digital Media, Emerging Networks & Business Development. Prior to joining Discovery, Baker served in a variety of financial, operating and strategic roles, primarily with leading consumer brand Hallmark. His responsibilities included headquarter assignments in Hallmark International's Finance and Treasury functions as well as regional leadership roles as Hallmark UK's Finance & Information Technology Director.
Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics (OTC: LCDX), formerly Lucid, Inc., has named Richard C. Christopher as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Christopher replaces Richard J. Pulsifer. Christopher served for eight years as Chief Financial Officer of DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc., until its sale to Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Limited in 2012. Mr. Christopher arrived at DUSA in 2000 and held a series of positions of increasing responsibility before assuming the CFO role in January 2005.
The KEYW Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: KEYW) announced that John Krobath is stepping down as Chief Financial Officer effective April 25, 2014 to pursue other professional opportunities. The company expects to announce a successor before that date to ensure an orderly transition.
Sunnyside Federal Bancorp, Inc. announced that Gerard Iervolino, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, resigned. It is expected that Mr. Iervolino will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer until April 4, 2014.
Armored AutoGroup Parent Inc. announced that it has acquired IDQ Acquisition Corp. IDQ was previously owned by an affiliate of Kinderhook Industries, LLC. Gerry Rooney, Chief Financial Officer of IDQ, will serve as Executive Vice President of Operations and lead integration efforts. Andy Bolt, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Armored AutoGroup, will serve as Executive Vice President and CFO of the combined business.
Hurco Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HURC) announced the promotion of Sonja K. McClelland to Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently Ms. McClelland served as Corporate Controller, Assistant Secretary and Principal Accounting Officer. Ms. McClelland has been with Hurco Companies, Inc. since September 1996. She has had a progressive role in the development of business both domestically and internationally during her eighteen years with the Company.
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR) announced that the board has appointed A. William Stein, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer, to serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer.
First West Virginia Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE MKT: FWV) appointed Joseph M. Menendez to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company and to serve on the Board of Directors of Progressive Bank, N.A., its wholly owned subsidiary bank. Mr. Menendez serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Tecnocap LLC, an international manufacturing company. Mr. Menendez will serve on the Company's Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCBP) appointed Thomas P. Keating as Chief Financial Officer. Until his appointment as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Keating was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer with Enterprise National Bank in Kenilworth, New Jersey (2011-present). Previously Mr. Keating was employed by Pamrapo Bancorp and subsequent to its acquisition by BCB Bancorp (2009-2011). Prior thereto, Mr. Keating was Chief Financial Officer of AES Red Oak, LLC.
OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMED) announced that Sunil Patel was appointed Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President Corporate Development and Finance. He will succeed William Waddill, who is leaving at the end of this month to join a private company. Mr. Patel has been with OncoMed since 2009, most recently as Senior Vice President, Chief Business Officer. Prior to OncoMed, Mr. Patel held executive roles with multiple biotechnology companies, including BiPar Sciences, Connetics Corporation and Abgenix, Inc. He has played a leadership role in driving more than $8 billion in strategic licensing and M&A transactions, including leading OncoMed's strategic transactions with Bayer and Celgene and managing the collaborative efforts with GSK. Earlier in his career, he was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. He currently serves on the Board of Directors and is a member of the audit committee of Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Alanco Technologies, Inc. (OTC: ALAN) appointed John A. Carlson to serve as the President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Carlson joined the Company in September 1998 as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President and was made a Director in 1999. The Board also appointed Danielle Haney as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Haney joined the Company in September 2001 and has most recently served as the Corporate Controller and Corporate Secretary. Ms. Haney will continue to serve as Corporate Secretary.
Signature Exploration and Production Corp. (OTC: SXLP) announced that Steven Weldon resigned as the Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Weldon will continue to serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
Poage Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBSK), the holding company for Home Federal Savings and Loan Association, announced the completion of the acquisition of Town Square Financial Corporation and Town Square Bank. Town Square Bank merged with and into Home Federal, with Home Federal as the surviving entity. Jane Gilkerson, former Chief Financial Officer of Town Square and Town Square Bank, will serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Home Federal.
American Spectrum Realty, Inc. (NYSE MKT: AQQ) announced that Elisa Grainger resigned as chief financial officer in order to pursue other personal interests. Ms. Grainger has agreed to continue with the Company in a consulting role.
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati announced that Carole L. Cossé, the Bank's Senior Vice President-Chief Financial Officer, left her position with the Bank. Donald R. Able became the Executive Vice President-Chief Operating Officer & interim Chief Financial Officer. He became Executive Vice President-Chief Operating Officer in August 2012 and has served as the Principal Financial Officer since January 2007. Prior to that, he had served as the Senior Vice President-Chief Accounting and Technology Officer since January 2011 and as the Senior Vice President-Controller since March 2006
AWG International Water Corporation (OTC: AWGI) announced that Jeff Mitchell, Chief Financial Officer, has resigned. Mr. Mitchell is pursuing other business opportunities. The company appointed Keith White as Chief Financial Officer. The company also announced the appointment of Jeff Mitchell to fill the vacancy on the Board of Directors. Additionally, the Board of Directors appointed Jeff Mitchell to the Audit Committee.
Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc. (OTC: IMDS) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Director, Allan L. Schwartz, resigned.
Wound Management Technologies, Inc. (OTC: WNDM) announced that Darren Stine has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. In addition to holding senior management positions at EcoProduct Solutions (April 2007 through March 2008), and Country Fresh (March 2008 through November 2008), Mr. Stine owned and operated his own tax and accounting consulting firm from November of 2008 through September of 2010, and served as a senior manager at CPA firm Cain, Watters and Associates from September of 2010 through October of 2013.


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West Indies
Full name Billy Raymond Doctrove
Born July 3, 1955, Marigot, Dominica
Current age 65 years 114 days
Major teams Saints Sports Club
Also known as Toshack
Batting style Right-hand bat
Other Umpire
|Test debut
|West Indies v Pakistan at St John's, May 25-29, 2000 scorecard
|Last Test
|New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, Mar 15-17, 2012 scorecard
|Test matches
|Test statistics
|ODI debut
|West Indies v England at Kingstown, Apr 4, 1998 scorecard
|Last ODI
|South Africa v Sri Lanka at Kimberley, Jan 20, 2012 scorecard
|ODI matches
|ODI statistics
|T20I debut
|Kenya v New Zealand at Durban, Sep 12, 2007 scorecard
|Last T20I
|Australia v England at Bridgetown, May 16, 2010 scorecard
|T20I matches
|T20I statistics
Billy Doctrove played club cricket in Dominica as a right-hand batsman for a number of years but his first love was - and remains - football in general and Liverpool in particular. In 1995 he became Dominica's first FIFA referee and in the next two years he officiated in a number of internationals in the Caribbean, including a World Cup qualifier between Guyana and Grenada in 1996.
In 1997 he quit football to concentrate on umpiring (although he still refereed club football in Dominica) and stood in his first Test in 2000 in Antigua. He was elevated to the international panel in 2004 and the Elite Panel in 2006, but his first forrays at the highest level were uninspiring and he found himself embroiled in a storm at The Oval in August 2006 along with his colleague Darrell Hair.
Martin Williamson September 2006
Formerly a FIFA referee


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Earlier this month, it was reported that the once-popular community powered news website Digg.com was acquired by Betaworks, the team behind the popular link shortening service bitly and News.me.
The small company with a highly innovative team took up a challenge to redesign Digg complete from scratch, with the announcement of "rethink Digg" program, and promised to release the first version, or (re)launch the service on August 1.
Rethink Digg brings the previous Digg team and the Betaworks team to work together and revamp the entire website, including the way it aggregates news. The mission is to save the once-popular service from being buried in a virtual bone yard.
Just two weeks after the acquisition, the team had asked users all over the Internet to provide feedback and advice by asking them to fill out a quick survey. Surprisingly, 92 percent of those who took the survey said that they would not recommended the current Digg to their friends.
Today, the team has published and shared the first mock-ups and screenshots of the new Digg v1, and has also provided a brief explanation on what the user experience on the site will look like:
The current Digg design is more text oriented, however, by looking at the above screenshot, the new Digg design is heavily focused on images. According to Betaworks, the new design will provide a "beautiful, image-friendly, and ad-free experience." It is also said that the "Diggbar" will be removed from the new design.
It is interesting to see how the Digg score is being made use of, with the integration of Facebook and Twitter. Currently, the Digg count moves a story closer to the top depending on the number of votes it has generated. However, with the new design, Digg counts will not be taken into consideration, but the number of Facebook shares and Tweets will help identify what the Internet is talking about.
The v1 will not include the commenting system, however, the team will be conducting a few experiments in commenting that will inform more permanent features, and will enable commenting in future.
Overall, the new Digg v1 preview, mock-ups and screenshots look promising, and honestly speaking, I really like it. I'm quite excited and eagerly waiting for the release of the new design. You can check all the released mock-up designs here.


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HOLLYWOOD, March 26 (UPI) -- Universal Pictures said its Hollywood premiere of George Clooney's new romantic comedy "Leatherheads" will benefit the American Film Institute.
The gala is to take place Monday night at Grauman's Chinese theater.
Expected to attend are director and star Clooney, as well as his fellow cast members Renee Zellweger, John Krasinski, Jonathan Pryce, Stephen Root, Wayne Duvall, Keith Loneker, Robert Baker, Malcolm Goodwin, Tim Griffin, Tommy Hinkley, Nick Paonessa, Mike O'Malley and Nicholas Bourdages.
Also on the guest list are writers Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly, producers Grant Heslov and Casey Silver, and Krasinski's co-stars from the TV sit-com "The Office" -- Brian Baumgartner, Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey, B.J. Novak and Rainn Wilson.
Set in the 1920s, the football flick is to open in U.S. theaters April 4.


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I was watching her from the car. A thin agitated young woman. With a makeover she would have been pert and pretty. But she was shabby and unkempt, frantically packing and unpacking the contents of her bag on the steps of the church.
Her anxiety was crazily contagious, recalling vague memories of loss and panic of my own. I longed for her to find what she was looking for so desperately but the obsessive ritual was stuck, an end in itself. Between her failures she stood for a few moments with the characteristic shakes and convulsions of the crack addict.
It could have been the seedy other side of the tracks in any great city. But it seemed, more than anywhere else I had been to, to be the flagrantly unfragant bottom of the heap, where all the flotsam and jetsam, those who hadn't made it and never would, the social, emotional, educational failures, had been flung. It was so painfully other that it evoked, apart from a pure human pathos, without which one would have been accused by one's own inhumanity, a kind of rapport or solidarity among whoever ventured into its alien, other country.
This strange rapport among those outside the camp of those outside the walls could lead in different directions. A right-wing group of politicians would grudgingly admit that for these social failures an emergency contingency fund could be used to help them out. Some vote-winning, conscience-easing projects might even be started. But a shelter where they could use clean needles would be going too far. In the end people must take responsibility for themselves. Vice should not be subsidized by the virtuous. And in a self-styled democracy based on equal opportunity (for those who are already better off), those who can't make it, well… it's sad.
For others visiting this netherworld of a half dozen city blocks, an uneasy solidarity with its inhabitants of outsiders can be felt. You will always be outside those who have slipped into a permanent state of being outside unless you are there yourself. But there are moments of luminous intimacy only possible among those for whom pretence would be foolish and futile. If one of these people, for whom a few streets are their place of survival and a few corners their places of fellowship were to become pretentious, raking up memories of their education or status before they fell, then a look of compassionate humour might pass discretely among their fellows, who had heard it before, and the outside visitor who doesn't quite know how to react. It reveals the curious, authentic, hopeful dignity of those who have been stripped of everything. As with the original Cross.
I once went for a walk in the winter countryside with a local countryman. For me there was only the barren beauty of frozen fields and bare trees. As my companion shared his observations about the land I realised how deep and ridiculous was my ignorance and blindness to what was around me. Where I saw the same blankness he recognised signs of the cultivation the farmer had been doing the day before or even the frailest signs of spring. There is always a story to tell. Especially when it seems the story is finished.
In the nineteenth century the philanthropic Midas, Andrew Carnegie built libraries around N. American cities to bring culture to the poor. There was one here on a corner where Bruegel like figures paraded around a major drug spot. One dressed in a long Matrix overcoat particularly sought attention. I mentioned this thought to my guide and was overheard by someone who shot me a knowing smile. Another moment of connection under the radar in a place where there are no private conversations.
Outside the library, unsocially placed in the middle of the sidewalk, there were two chairs. On one sat an alternatively dressed young man who was clearly, however, like us a visitor to this world. On the other a card propped on the chair invited anyone to "sit down and tell me your story". We asked him how many had done so and he said one so far that day.
There are many who feel called to help those worse off than themselves and they can only use the gifts they have to do so. But it is not so much what you give them as how you treat people that matters. We visited a church converted into a shelter for the homeless. The warden showed us the old sanctuary, that you walk into straight off the street, now filled with bunkbeds for the men. "But we are moving the men's beds upstairs," she said. "It's undignified for them to sleep exposed in this public space". It is the mind of Christ that can see that.
Laurence Freeman OSB
The World Community for Christian Meditation, of which Laurence Freeman OSB is director, has recently opened a new outreach program – "Meditatio" (www.wccmmeditatio.org)


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Geox J Android A, stunning navy light up trainer with pretty purple accents with a bit of purple sparkle! The trainers are great fun to wear given the purple lights along the sole that lash when walking. The flash has an on/off button giving you the choice. They are easy to get on & off thanks to twin rip tape straps. Beautiful Italian design these navy trainers have lovely metalic purple overlays with a dark purple fabric lining. The insole is removable as well as being antishock, breathable & anti-bacterial. The shoes have a cushioned ankle support for added comfort. Heel & toe protection inside the shoe. The sole has a Geox's well known waterproof & breathable membrane. Light weight & flexible with a non slip sole.
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Ethan Diamond founded Bandcamp in 2008 after being frustrated by the clunky process of trying to purchase music from the website of one of his favorite artists. His goal? Launch a site that would benefit both musicians and their fans. Bandcamp does just that, handling all the back-end functions that enable artists to sell online without being forced into pricing structures, and making it just as easy for consumers to buy tunes without being subjected to ads.
On Bandcamp, artists set the price for their downloads, CDs, vinyl and other merchandise, such as T-shirts. They can also offer goods on a pay-what-you-wish model. On average, fans pay 50 percent more than the minimum price; every day, Diamond says, there are examples of die-hards paying as much as $100 for a track or $500 for an album.
"The most important piece of this is it's a direct connection between the fan and the artist," Diamond says. "It's not going through a label and figuring out how to divvy up the money. It's that direct relationship that causes fans to be more generous."
Sales via the service topped $2.1 million in March alone and have totaled more than $41 million since the site opened. Creating a Bandcamp page is free for artists--about 30,000 join each month--and the company takes 15 percent of digital sales up to $5,000 and 10 percent after that (and a flat rate of 10 percent for physical items). Bandcamp employs 14 people in a virtual office that stretches from San Francisco, where Diamond is based, to Toronto and Melbourne, Australia.
Marian Call, a Juneau, Alaska-based singer-songwriter, sells her music through several online stores but says she prefers Bandcamp, which she's been using since 2009. She notes that Bandcamp pays her more than Amazon and iTunes, where she gets about 50 to 60 percent of the sale. The site also gives her more control over her material, allowing her to offer add-ons like a photo booklet, and she believes it has more benefits for fans. "Whenever I have a chance to direct someone to Bandcamp, I do that," she says. "I think it's a better buying experience for them."
Musicians on Bandcamp range from newbies to artists of some renown. Amanda Palmer (formerly of the Dresden Dolls) used the site to release a set of Radiohead covers played on the ukulele that brought in $15,000 within minutes. Singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens' Bandcamp sales helped land his 2010 album The Age of Adz in the top 10 of the Billboard 200.
Jordan Bromley, a partner in the Los Angeles office of law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, which helps develop artists, says Bandcamp is a promising showcase for new acts. Three years ago he helped indie-pop band Youngblood Hawke put an EP on Bandcamp as a way to build awareness; since then the group has signed with Republic Records and appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live. To emphasize the site's ability to help fans discover new acts, Diamond in April shifted Bandcamp's front page from its original musician focus to a community page aimed at consumers.
For artists seeking new audiences, that shift makes perfect sense. "They understand the direct-to-fan model," Call says. "Fans want to relate to artists now through a personal connection, not through several middlemen."
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Brewton, James, 1930-1967
Extent: 2 linear feet (7 boxes, 5 oversize folders)
James Edward Brewton (1930-1967) was an American painter and printmaker who attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and exhibited works in Philadelphia and in Denmark. Brewton's early works are said to be expressionist and his later works incorporate graffiti and the influences of "pataphysics." His life was cut short by suicide at the age of 37. The collection is arranged in four series: I. Personal material; II. Artworks; III. Books and audiovisual materials; and IV. Artifacts and memorabilia.


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Actual thing here.
Super busy trying to win this, but still rating like mad when I can. Seriously, would a 3-month rating period really be all that bad? I don't think so.
Happy ho-ho days! Hope you get to stuff all the stockings your heart desires