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We know less about learning than we think, and there is something we can do about it, but first we have to see it for ourselves, in order to believe it. http://homeschoolnerds.blogspot.com/...ons-about.html
Musing over the entry form for a science fair, for my daughter, I realized the form itself held a challenge that I haven't resolved: Public Nerdity Is Not a Crime: The Tyranny of science fairs, contests, and forms
Recent scientific interest in how the mental abacus affects brain development has spurred study as well as policy shift amongst educators in countries where it is a novel concept: Great Britain aims to improve numeracy by using Japanese techniques | Mail Online. Parents whose children have never yet learned arithmetic by the traditional Western method, are at an advantage for making use of these benefits, especially if their children aren't attending school in countries where it has not yet been
Teaching colors, shapes, and days of the week/months of the year, to make sure kids know them, seems to be the thing when kids are little. And I have to laugh a little, looking back, at the sheer waste of time it represents (unless it's just fun to do it, in which case, that's always worthwhile).
I am just as entranced as anyone, at the colorful collection of cute bulletin board supplies
There's an argument, perhaps merited, that everyone has a religion, even atheists. But I have discovered, I have a bias, perhaps even an allergy, to what I think of as "True Believer" syndrome.
Whether they are people who come a'knockin' to find out whether you are interested in their religion, or people who are devout followers of anything else requiring a zealous passion for the One True Way, I know, now, to slam the door.
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It was homecoming 1991. Ninth-ranked Nebraska was favored by 35 points over Kansas State, still thought of as a woebegone program at the time and whose best days were still far on the horizon.
A quarterback named Paul Watson was shredding the Huskers' secondary, and the Wildcats led by a touchdown in the fourth quarter.
Rob Zatechka, a redshirt freshman who later would play on Nebraska's famed "Pipeline" offensive line, remembers pandemonium on the sideline. Teammates were yelling at each other, assistant coaches were yelling at players and other assistants.
It was homecoming 1991. Ninth-ranked Nebraska was favored by 35 points over Kansas State, still thought of as a woebegone program at the time and whose best days were still far on the horizon.
A quarterback named Paul Watson was shredding the Huskers' secondary, and the Wildcats led by a touchdown in the fourth quarter.
Rob Zatechka, a redshirt freshman who later would play on Nebraska's famed "Pipeline" offensive line, remembers pandemonium on the sideline. Teammates were yelling at each other, assistant coaches were yelling at players and other assistants.
Then Zatechka caught sight of head coach Tom Osborne, the picture of calm as he chewed his Big Red gum and spoke through his headset, seemingly removed from the chaos around him.
"I was taken aback by it," Zatechka said. "I thought, 'He's not panicking. If he's not panicking, we shouldn't panic, either.'
"Someone asked Osborne why he never cut loose emotionally. I remember Osborne making the point that if the players see you losing emotional control, whether good or bad, they're going to lose emotional control, and that's where you see games spiral out of control."
Nebraska won 38-31 thanks to a last-minute goal-line stand. More than the result that day, Zatechka remembers Osborne.
Coaching calm
"Sometimes if you maintain an outward sense of control over a situation," Zatechka said, "it has an amazing effect on the people around you."
Osborne will retire as Nebraska's athletic director Jan. 1 and end an association with the university that began in 1962. He turns 76 in February and will stay at the school through July 31 to ease the transition of new athletic director Shawn Eichorst.
Perhaps as much as anything, Osborne's 25-yearHall of Fame coaching career and five-year run as a can-do AD are characterized by his strong and steady leadership, often in difficult circumstances.
"No matter how crazy things were going on around him, you knew Coach was going to be calm," said Terry Connealy, who played defensive tackle on the 1994 national championship team. "We weren't going to get caught up in the emotion of the moment. He's a calming influence. That's what the program needed when he came back as the athletic director, with all the perceived turmoil."
Chancellor Harvey Perlman asked Osborne to return in 2007 to stabilize an athletic department whose flagship sport was in a free fall under coach Bill Callahan and whose staff was burdened by low morale under Steve Pederson.
Moving and shaking
Osborne's first acts were to fire Callahan and hire Bo Pelini, who has won no fewer than nine games in his five seasons and led the Huskers to three conference championship games, and mend fences with boosters and former players who felt alienated by Pederson.
In addition to guiding the school's move from the Big 12 to the Big Ten two years ago, Osborne saw through key building projects.
The Student Life Complex, which opened in 2010, houses the academic support arm of the athletic department and has been voted the best facility of its kind in college athletics.
The Hendricks Training Complex, which opened in 2011, is one of the nation's top basketball practice facilities. The men's and women's teams will play in the downtown Pinnacle Bank Arena beginning next fall after four decades in the Devaney Sports Center.
A Memorial Stadium expansion, to be completed for the 2013 season, will increase capacity to more than 90,000.
"In my mind, he took us to a whole new level," 1972 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers said. "He took us to the most prestigious conference, more television time than ever, which will help us in recruiting. And there are more academic dollars for university and more prestige."
Trev Alberts, an all-American linebacker for the Huskers in the early 1990s and now the Nebraska-Omaha athletic director, said some people might be surprised at how much Osborne accomplished in his five years running the athletic department in Lincoln.
"It goes back to his experience as a coach," Alberts said. "He recognized that if he had gone back with the plan to just be a caretaker, there would have been a significant slide. He loves to solve problems and move forward."
Lasting legacy
Osborne, who was born in the south-central Nebraska town of Hastings, leaves the university as one of the most influential figures in the state's history.
Each of the 25 Nebraska football teams Osborne coached won at least nine games, and three of his last four teams won national championships. He left coaching after the 1997 season with a career record of 255-49-3, an .836 winning percentage that ranked fifth all-time among Division I coaches, and 13 conference titles.
He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1998.
After two years away from coaching, voters in the western Nebraska district elected him to the House of Representatives in 2000, 2002 and 2004. In perhaps the greatest upset in Nebraska political history, Osborne lost to popular incumbent Dave Heineman in the 2006 Republican gubernatorial primary.
Osborne finished his third term in Congress and returned to the university to teach classes in leadership and business ethics before answering Perlman's call to steady the athletic department.
George Darlington, a longtime assistant coach under Osborne, said he knows Osborne was extremely disappointed to lose the gubernatorial race. But had Osborne won, Darlington pointed out, he wouldn't have been the athletic director.
"Who would be in place to have those facilities built?" Darlington said. "Steve Pederson, of course, had rubbed so many people wrong that I don't think he could have gotten it to completion. Someone from the outside wouldn't have had the clout."
Focus on the future
Osborne plans to devote more time to the TeamMates program that he and his wife, Nancy, founded in 1991. What started as a small youth mentoring program has grown to 120 communities serving more than 4,000 students in grades 4-12. The program matches a student with an adult volunteer mentor to provide one hour of individual mentoring each week during the school year.
He also will get to enjoy more time with his grandchildren and do the things he and Nancy put off during his years as a coach, congressman and athletic director.
"He'll be as busy as ever," Rodgers said. "It's not like he's going to just go off and fish."

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The following is a bit depressing, but shouldn't come as a surprise. A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association has concluded that patient safety issues relate to EMR rollouts continue long after the EMR has been implemented, according to a report in iHealthBeat.
Now, it's worth noting that the study focused solely on the Veterans Health Administration's EMR, which doubtless has quirks of its own. That being said, the analysis is worth a look.
To do the study, researchers used the Veterans Health Administration's Informatics Patient Safety Office, which has tracked EMR safety issues since the VA's EMR was implemented in 1999. Researchers chose 100 closed patient safety investigations related to the EMR that took place between August 2009 and May 2013, which covered 344 incidents.
Researchers analyzed not only safety problems related to EMR technology, but also human operational factors such as workflow demands, organizational guidelines and user behavior, according to a BMJ release.
After reviewing the data, researchers found that 74 events related to safety problems with EMR technology, including false alarms, computer glitches and system failures. They also discovered problems with "hidden dependencies," situation which a change in one part of the EMR system inadvertently changed important aspects in another part of the system.
The data also suggested that 25 other events were related to the unsafe use of technology, including mistakes in interpreting screens or human input errors.
All told, 70% of the investigations had found at least two reasons for each problem.
Commonly found safety issues included data transmission between different parts of the EMR system, problems related to software upgrades and EMR information display issues (the most commonly identified problem), iHealthBeat noted.
After digging into this data, researchers recommended that healthcare organizations should build "a robust infrastructure to monitor and learn from" EMRs, because EMR-related safety concerns have complicated social and technical origins. They stressed that this infrastructure is valuable not only for providers with newly installed EMRs, but also for those with EMRs said that in place for a while, as both convey significant safety concerns.
They concede, however, that building such an infrastructure could prove quite difficult at this time, with organizations struggling with meaningful use compliance and the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10.
However, the takeaway from this is that providers probably need to put safety monitoring — for both human and technical factors — closer to the top of their list of concerns. It stands to reason that both newly-installed and mature EMR implementations should face points of failure such as those described in the study, and they should not be ignored. (In the meantime, here's one research effort going on which might be worth exploring.)


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By Marci, Montana
Being a type 2 diabetic, I have too many different ideas coming at me. Do you have any advice on what diet to follow?
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Dr. Melina Jampolis
Physician Nutrition Specialist
Hi, Marci,
You are definitely not alone when it comes to this issue. Approximately 25.8 million Americans suffer from type 2 diabetes (almost a third do not even know that they have the disease), and 79 million more have pre-diabetes.
With all the often conflicting diet information out there, it's challenging to figure out what to eat. While there is no single diet that works well for everyone, including those with diabetes, there are several things that can help keep your blood sugar under control and could help shrink your waistline (excess belly fat is big risk factor for diabetes).
Your overall diet pattern (this is the term most experts agree upon rather than focusing on specific macronutrient percentages) should be high in fiber and contain plenty of (whole) fruits and vegetables, moderate amounts of healthy fat, lean and plant-based protein and whole grains.
Here are several more specific suggestions:
1. Boost magnesium intake.
Magnesium is essential for proper carbohydrate metabolism, and many Americans are not getting enough. Low levels have been associated with poor blood sugar control in diabetics. The recommended daily intake is 320 mg for women and 420 mg for men.
Top food sources include fish (halibut, mackerel, flounder, sole); nuts and seeds (sunflower seeds, peanuts, almonds); dark green leafy vegetables (spinach, swiss chard); wheat germ; beans; oatmeal; baked potatoes with the skin; tofu; avocado and yogurt. Supplements are not necessary for most and should be taken only under a doctor's supervision.
2. Up your D.
Yet another reason to get plenty of vitamin D (in addition to better bone health, improved immune function and a potential decreased risk of certain types of cancer): Research suggests an association between low levels of vitamin D and an increased risk of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Vitamin D appears to protect the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas, thereby reducing your risk of diabetes (diabetics either don't produce adequate insulin or are resistant to its effects). The latest guidelines recommend 600 IU of vitamin D until the age of 50 and 800 IU for those age 50 and above. Many experts (including myself) recommend slightly higher doses. You may want to have your blood levels checked by your doctor to determine your optimal dose.
3. Go green.
I'm not talking about recycling (although that is great too), I'm referring to eating plenty of green leafy vegetables like spinach, kale, chard, mustard greens, collard greens and romaine lettuce, to name a few.
A study in the British Medical Journal last year showed that those who ate the most greens, about 1½ servings per day, where 14% less likely to become diabetic than those who ate the least.
Green leafy vegetables are loaded with antioxidants including beta carotene and vitamin C, disease-fighting phytonutrients and vitamin K, which may also decrease your risk of diabetes. They are also high in volume and low in calories, so they can help you fill up and trim down.
4. Limit sugary drinks.
Sugar-sweetened beverages (including sodas, fruit punches, lemonades and fruit drinks) can increase your risk of diabetes by up to 25%, and the risk remains significant even if you are not overweight.
An even more disturbing recent study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed an increase in fasting blood sugar after just three weeks in healthy young men consuming small to moderate amounts of sugar-sweetened beverages. Liquids are also much less filling than solids, so they can contribute to weight gain (or prevent weight loss), which can significantly increase your risk of diabetes.
5. Pump iron.
Resistance training (with weights, bands or even your own body weight) can have a major impact on type 2 diabetes and obesity. It improves the utilization of glucose at the cellular level, can help improve blood sugar control in diabetics and can significantly decrease the risk of type 2 diabetes (along with regular aerobic exercise) in those at risk even if you don't lose weight.
Aim for two strength training workouts per week and 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity (or 75 minutes of intense aerobic exercise) for optimal results.
One final thought: As I said earlier, 30% of those with type 2 diabetes don't even know that they have the disease. Take this simple test created by the American Diabetes Association to see if you are at risk and should be tested. Remember, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!
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05th Jun 2012
It is no secret that Twitter owes a huge bit of its success to several celebrities, who share their minds on the microblogging service. It has also created a few celebrities (or monsters) of its own. However, at times, some of these high-profile twitterati experience a bout of verbal-diarrhoea, and often end up becoming sitting ducks for internet trolls. There are also times when some celebs double up as trolls themselves. Let us take you through some interesting celeb-troll encounters and how these Twitter tales ended.
The Good
Two-time Olympic swimming gold medallist, Rebecca Adlington from UK is quite active on the microblog. She recently let the cat out of the bag, when she said that she was insecure about her physical appearance. That resulted in a nasty spat between her and a troll (@rapier999). Lucky for her, she has loyal fans that sprung into her defence, at once. However, considering how the London Games are just around the corner, Adlington has decided to stay away from the service altogether till the tournament is over, just so that she can concentrate on the game better. Wise move, especially because the 2012 Olympics will shut out all social networking websites anyway.
The Bad
No one anticipate that an exchange of tweets would end up being settled in a court of law. Now, this is what you can call high-profile trolling. Ex-commissioner of IPL Lalit Modi seemingly wasn't too happy being out of the limelight for long as he accused former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns of fixing matches. What ensued was a full blown libel case, the first of its kind involving a social networking website. At the end of this episode, the 24-word inflammatory tweet has cost Modi around £1.4 million (Rs 118,531,700), as he readies an appeal to overturn the verdict.
The Ugly
German model Claudia Boerner wasn't so lucky, as her detractors outweighed her loyalists. The pretty model couldn't deal with all the negative criticism coming her way from the web, not just Twitter, and paid for it with her life. Drawing flak for her appearance in what turned out to be her last appearance on TV, the distraught lady committed suicide. All this just makes you realise that popular or not, you need to get your self esteem up, if you want to bare your soul on the internet.
The Strange
Let me wrap up with celebs who double up as trolls. Yes, how can a Twitter-troll post be complete with those who take digs at their own people, unabashedly? My pick of the lot, Kamaal R Khan (aka KRK). The exaggerating "star" doesn't spare any of his "colleagues" as he makes scathing remarks on their poorly made movies and even politicians; basically everyone who is popular. While the fraternity seldom reacts to his antics, it sure is fun to read what he usually puts up.
All said and done, celebs who usually end up having conversations with their followers on the microblog do tend to get into quite a few war-of-words every now and then, which mostly end on a sour note. Remember Chetan Bhagat and the #ChetanBlocks incident? Well, to blame someone here, is like trying to figure out if the egg came first or the chicken. However, with a bit of prudence in your tweets and online reactions can save you from a lot of heartburn, don't you think?
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If you were like me, you thought of the number 7 at the end. Of course, this is exactly the number Lax wanted you to come up with.
So how does it work? Or does it work at all? There was some discussion about this urgent matter on Facebook in the Psychological Methods Discussion Group. The moderator of that group, Uli Schimmack, who also thought of 7, suggested this was the result of priming. But then he questioned his explanation: "We don't know because we don't know how often he gets it right? We just see 1 million shares. It is like reading Psych Science. We only see the successes."
This makes sense. In theory there could be a massive file drawer of unshared videos by people who didn't pick 7 and the whole thing could be the result of the social media version of publication bias, sharing bias. Uninteresting.
Others in the group provided links to papers showing that people pick 7 here simply because it's the most popular number. Also uninteresting.
But is our world really this mundane? I refused to believe this, and so did Uli. So what else could be going on?
I hypothesized that I got the number 7 because it was the only number between 5 and 12 that was not mentioned. Here are the numbers we get to see in the video:
5 + 3 = 8
9 + 2 = 11
10 - 4 = 6
My thinking was that people have a desire to be autonomous. This would then, ironically, direct them toward the number 7, as all the other electable numbers had already been "suggested." I was heartened to see that moving people away from numbers by mentioning them is indeed a trick mentalists use.
I decided to test my mentalist hypothesis. I created a simple version of the pop quiz, using similar timing to the original video. I thought that if the mentalist trick works, I should be able to shift people's preference to a different number, namely 8. I used the following numbers:
5 + 1 = 6
9 + 2 = 11
10 - 3 = 7
So now 8 is the number that is left out. I ran my experiment on Mechanical Turk. Here is what I found a few hours later.
Experiment 1: No 8 in sequence
So my mentalist hypothesis clearly got the finger. People still went for 7 and my 8 didn't even outperform that lousy 6.
Uli had a different hypothesis. He reasoned that people were primed by the question: pick a number between 5 and 12. After all, 12 - 5 = 7. If this priming hypothesis is right, then it should be possible to shift people's preference by changing the final question to: pick a number between 5 and 13. So I went ahead and ran that experiment on MTurk. And what do you know:
Experiment 2: Range 5 to 13
Obviously, there are more experiments one could do on this topic. I suspect we'll be discussing them in the Psychological Methods Group soon.
And indeed, we collected new data. If the pattern shown in the previous figure is due to subtraction priming, then we should find people reverting to the baseline preference for 7 when all they need to do is pick a number between 5 and 13, without a sequence preceding it. Tat's the idea we tested and here is what we found.
Experiment 3: Baseline
That looks like the pattern we got the first time (7 beats 8) and not like what we got last time. So there is something about having number selection be preceded by the additions and subtraction. Subtraction priming survives!
There are many variants of the experiment one could run. However, the best one to further isolate subtraction priming as a factor is one that uses exactly the same numbers as the second experiment but removes subtraction from the opening sequence. This can be achieved by using the sequence:
5 + 1 = 6
9 + 2 = 11
7 + 3 = 10
The key difference with the second experiment is the absence of a subtraction sign. And apparently, this makes a big difference. As in experiments 1 and 3, 7 is now the preferred number, albeit by a small margin, as in all the other experiments except the first one.
Experiment 4: Addition only
So the only experiment in which the number 8 was the preferred choice was Experiment 2, in which the final trial in the opening sequence was a subtraction and in which subtraction of the endpoints of the range yielded the number 8: subtraction priming.
Next step: thinking of some confirmatory experiments.
*Thanks to Uli Schimmack, Laura Scherer, Robin Kok, and James Heathers for some of the references and comments used in this post.


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MILWAUKEE -- Jon Jay entered Monday hitting .377 in August and leading the National League with 26 hits in the month, many of them important ones for the Cardinals.
His 27th hit on Monday was a big one, too.
Jay launched a tiebreaking two-run home run -- his seventh of the year -- to left-center field in the sixth inning to help the Cardinals to a 4-2 lead in their eventual 8-5 win over the Brewers at Miller Park.
"That's two big ones for us, opposite field like that," said Cardinals manager Mike Matheny, referring to Jay's three-run homer on Sunday in the Cardinal's 6-1 win over the Cubs. "He's got something really good going. Just like to see it continue for a couple months."
Jay has a .273 batting average, 20 points above the .253 mark he entered August with. He said recent mechanical changes with hitting coach John Mabry have contributed to his success.
"Just playing one day at a time," Jay said. "Just figure out a way to put the barrel on the ball more consistently. Working hard every day and trying to win some guys."
Jay entered August with 14 doubles and 39 RBIs in 409 plate appearances, but he has eight doubles and 17 RBIs in 73 at-bats this month. His on-base percentage was up from .331 to .346 and his slugging percentage rose from .346 to .382.
But Matheny said you would never be able to tell how well its going for the 28-year-old center fielder just by looking at him.
"You go up and you talk to Jon Jay every day and you can't tell if he's eight for his last eight or oh-for his last 12," Matheny said. "That's a great quality as a younger guy in our premium position like he is in center field. He brings that every single day."
Matheny said Jay has been pivotal to the Cardinals push this month, and has resembled the hitter who hit .305 for the team in 2012.
"We need everybody pulling their weight and everybody doing their part in order for us to be as good as we can be, and Jon's doing his part," Matheny said. "With that, we know there's going to be ups and downs offensively, but … he is that hitter we saw last year. Hitting over .300 and putting together tough at-bats for us. And we know what kind of defender he is, so he's continuing to build himself into the kind of player that he should be, and right now he's just on a good run."


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Grace Abbott (1878–1939) was a teacher who went on to become Director of the Immigrants Protective League of Chicago and Director of the U.S. Children's Bureau. In 1934 she became professor of public welfare at the University of Chicago.
Keywords: child labor, immigrants, social security, child care, public welfare, Social Security Act
Grace Abbott, dynamic Director of the U.S. Children's Bureau, was most influential in her work with child labor legislation, immigrants, and social security. Born in Grand Island, Nebraska, two years after her sister, Edith Abbott, she graduated from Grand Island College in 1898 and became a teacher. From 1908 to 1917, she was Director of the Immigrants Protective League of Chicago and a resident of Hull-House. Julia Lathrop, first Director of the U.S. Children's Bureau and a former resident of Hull-House, encouraged Abbott to become interested in child labor problems. In 1917, at President Wilson's invitation, Abbott moved to Washington to administer the child labor law. She helped to organize the 1919 White House Conference on Children, succeeded Lathrop as Director of the U.S. Children's Bureau in 1921, and edited numerous U.S. Children's Bureau publications on infant and child care and training. Abbott served as president of the National Conference of Social Work in 1924.
In 1934 she returned to Chicago as professor of public welfare at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration. Abbott was also a member of the Advisory Council (1934–1935) that contributed to the establishment of the Social Security Act. Grace Abbott's writings, which reflect her professional experiences, include The Immigrant and the Community (1917); From Relief to Social Security (1941); and the two-volume classic, The Child and the State (1945). See also Two Sisters for Social Justice: A Biography of Grace and Edith Abbott (1983), by Lela B. Costin.


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Of all the examples I gave, this one is perhaps the most theatrical, full of passion, hubris and tragedy. And there are many players on the stage, not just merlyn. Indeed, what I found funniest was the finale where Jenda says: Now at last I can call myself a hacker in the media meaning.
Whether you find this funny or not depends on personal taste. I did. Some of the language used tickled my funny bone for some reason, such as "Am I a member of a insulting-group?"; "No hard feelings, please, but I think your contribution was a bit to much 'over-dressed'"; "nevermore write publically that my code is insecure - or just prove it!".
On a more serious note, I feel these sort of scripts (e.g. Matt's Script Archive) present Perl in a very poor light and I applaud merlyn in this case for promptly and publicly dissuading others from using the posted code. Finally, I was saddened by the poster's response to criticism because this was a great opportunity for him to improve. Perhaps the best way to improve your coding skills is to develop a thick hide, post your code to a public forum, and learn from the free code reviews you receive.
In reply to Re^2: The Lighter Side of Perl Culture (Part I)
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CFO Moves this week include:
|Iron Mountain Incorporated
|Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited
|Loews Corporation
|Green Dot Corporation
|Skullcandy, Inc.
|AOL Networks
|Brady Corporation
|Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.
|American Solar Direct
|American Spectrum Realty, Inc.
|Oclaro, Inc.
|K-V Pharmaceutical Company
|ARC Group Worldwide, Inc.
|Chesapeake Hospitality
|Neurotrope, Inc.
|Gold Resource Corporation
|Rainmaker Systems, Inc.
|Echo Global Logistics, Inc.
|EPAM Systems, Inc.
|Vantage Oncology, LLC
|Turtle Beach
|Pulse Electronics Corporation
|Sungevity, Inc.
|RegalWorks Media, Inc.
|Diamond K Inc.
|ThreatTrack Security
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Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) announced that Brian P. McKeon, the company's executive vice president and chief financial officer, will be leaving to pursue other opportunities. McKeon will step down effective Oct. 31, 2013, but will remain with the company through the end of 2013 for transition purposes. McKeon has served as Iron Mountain's CFO since April 2007. Effective Nov. 1, 2013, Roderick Day, senior vice president and CFO, International, will serve as the company's acting CFO while the company considers both internal and external candidates. Day has been with the company since 2008. Prior to joining Iron Mountain, Day held senior finance positions 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.
HCA (NYSE: HCA) announced that William B. Rutherford will become Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of the Company, effective January 1, 2014. Rutherford will succeed R. Milton Johnson as CFO when Johnson, HCA's President and CFO, becomes President and CEO at the end of the year. The Company announced in July that Richard M. Bracken would retire as CEO at the end of 2013. Rutherford currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of HCA's Physician Services Group. A 24-year veteran of HCA, Rutherford joined the Company as a staff auditor in 1986. He served the Company in a variety of roles and from 1996 – 2005 was Chief Financial Officer for what was then the Company's Eastern Group. In 2005, he left HCA to start his own training and education company, which led to work with several private equity ventures. He later served as Chief Operating Officer of Psychiatric Solutions, a behavioral health services provider, from March 2006 to June 2007. Rutherford rejoined HCA and served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company's Outpatient Services Group from November 2008 through January 2011.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (NASDAQ: AOSL) reported that Mary L. Dotz, its Chief Financial Officer, has announced her resignation in order to pursue other interests. The resignation will be effective on November 11, 2013, and Ms. Dotz will remain as the Chief Financial Officer until such time. The Company has appointed Yifan Liang, the Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, to serve as the Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective November 11, 2013. Yifan joined AOS as Corporate Controller in 2004. Yifan has served as Chief Accounting Officer since October 2006, and also as our Assistant Corporate Secretary since November 2009. Prior to joining us, Yifan worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, or PwC, from 1995 to 2004 in various positions.
Loews Corporation (NYSE: L) announced that Peter Keegan will retire in May 2014 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since 1997. Mr. Keegan will stay on at Loews as Senior Advisor. David Edelson, a Senior Vice President who joined the company in 2005, will succeed Mr. Keegan as Chief Financial Officer. In his current role, Mr. Edelson focuses on strategy, corporate development and investor relations, and monitors the performance of Loews's subsidiaries. Prior to joining Loews, Mr. Edelson was with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., where he served as Executive Vice President and Corporate Treasurer.
Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT) announced it has named Grace Wang to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Wang joins Green Dot from JP Morgan Chase where she most recently was based in London and held the position of Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Investor Services Sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Prior to becoming CFO of that division, Ms. Wang held various senior finance and leadership roles at JP Morgan Chase since 2004, including EMEA CFO and Head of International Strategy and Business Development of the Treasury and Securities Services division. Prior to her years at JP Morgan Chase, Ms. Wang worked in the Financial Services and Telecom, Media, and Technology practices of Booz & Co and A.T Kearney. Ms. Wang will assume her new role on November 18, 2013.
Skullcandy, Inc. (NASDAQ: SKUL) announced the appointment of Jason Hodell as chief financial officer, effective no later than November 4, 2013. Hodell joins Skullcandy directly from Shopzilla where he served as chief financial officer. Prior to Shopzilla, Hodell was chief financial officer and chief operating officer of Move Networks. Earlier in his career, Hodell was senior director of business operations at Digex, now a division of Verizon Communications.
AOL Networks announced that Chris Heine has accepted a new role as CFO of AOL Networks. Chris, was most recently Senior Vice President, Advertising Business Operations. Chris will continue to lead the Advertising Business Operations group at AOL Networks.
Brady Corporation (NYSE: BRC) announced the retirement of President and Chief Executive Officer Frank M. Jaehnert and the appointment of current Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Thomas J. Felmer as Interim President and CEO. Felmer will retain his responsibilities as CFO and Senior Vice President while the Board conducts a search for a new President and CEO.
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACOR) announced that Michael Rogers has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). David Lawrence, who previously served as CFO, has been appointed Chief of Business Operations (CBO). Most recently, Rogers served as Executive Vice President and CFO of BG Medicine, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Rogers served as the CFO of Indevus Pharmaceuticals for 10 years until the company's sale to Endo Pharmaceuticals.
American Solar Direct announced the appointment of Kevin A. Bauer as its Chief Financial Officer. Kevin was most recently at Global H2O Investments. Prior to GHI, Kevin was CFO and vice president of business development for Archimedes Technology Group. Earlier in his career, Kevin held senior investment banking positions for firms such as Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Credit Suisse First Boston and UBS Securities. Ravi Thuraisingham, co-founder and former President and CFO, will continue to serve on ASD's Board of Directors and work with the company on strategic initiatives, reporting to the CEO.
American Spectrum Realty, Inc. (NYSE: AQQ) announced the appointment of Elisa Grainger to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mrs. Grainger has more than 15 years of experience in finance and accounting with national companies engaged in the management of commercial, residential and self-storage properties. American Spectrum's former CFO, Anthony Eppolito, resigned his position effective October 3.
NutraClick announced the appointment of Steve Wietrecki as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining NutraClick, he held a variety of executive leadership positions with companies including Backupify, iPhrase Technologies, ON Technology and Texas Instruments.
Vivint announced the appointment of Mark Davies as the company's new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Before joining Vivint, Davies worked at Alcoa, where he served as the executive vice president and president of global business services, the chief procurement officer, and as a member of executive council. Prior to Alcoa, Davies served as managing vice president of strategic programs for Dell Inc. He also served as the chief financial officer of Dell's Global Consumer Group. He has also worked for Hewlett Packard in financial operations, manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, and accounting for a number of international operations.
Oclaro, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCLR) announced that its chief financial officer, Jerry Turin, plans to resign from Oclaro on November 8, 2013, to pursue other opportunities. The company expects to name Mr. Turin's successor on or before November 8. Mr. Turin joined Oclaro in 2005 as corporate controller. He was later promoted to vice president of finance before assuming the role of chief financial officer in 2008.
K-V Pharmaceutical Company announced the appointment of Gregory Norden, former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Wyeth Corporation, to its Board of Directors. Norden is currently the managing director of G9 Capital Group, LLC. Norden sits on the boards of Zoetis, NanoString Technologies, and Welch Allyn.
ARC Group Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARCW) announced the appointment of Drew M. Kelley as the new Chief Financial Officer, replacing Norma Caceres. Ms. Caceres will continue in a leadership capacity in the finance and accounting department of the QMT Metal Injection Molding ("MIM") businesses. Mr. Kelley was most recently a Senior Vice President at Jefferies LLC, a major Wall Street investment bank. Prior to Jefferies, he held investment banking and equity research posts at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co.
Chesapeake Hospitality announced that it has added Louis Schaab as Chief Financial Officer to its leadership team. With more than 20 years of finance and accounting experience, Schaab most notably served as senior vice president of finance at MeriStar Hotels and Resorts. Schaab also served as the principal/operating partner of portfolio management for Washington-based Allied Capital Corporation. He most recently served as senior director of finance for insurance and financial services at National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Schaab has also held Board of Directors seats at seven Allied Capital portfolio companies, and is a member of the Board of Advisors for Therapeutic Recreation and Riding Center in Glenwood, MD.
SolarReserve announced the appointment of Tim Rosenzweig as Chief Financial Officer. Immediately prior to joining SolarReserve, Rosenzweig served as Chief Executive Officer of Goldwind USA., the US subsidiary of Goldwind Group. Prior to Goldwind, Rosenzweig was a co-founder and served as CFO of the Boston-based wind developer First Wind. Prior to joining First Wind, he worked as a Vice President at a Nomura-backed private equity fund in New York and at GE Capital Market Services group in Hong Kong, Singapore and the US. Rosenzweig began his financial and international career in 1992 as an analyst for Lehman Brothers' utilities and project finance group in New York and Hong Kong.
Neurotrope, Inc. (formerly BlueFlash Communications, Inc.) (OTC: NTRP) announced that it has formally hired Robert Weinstein to be its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Weinstein had been the acting Chief Financial Officer, as a consultant, since May 2013. Prior to joining Neurotrope, Mr. Weinstein was a financial and accounting consultant to several healthcare companies in the pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology industries. Prior to his consulting roles, Mr. Weinstein was the Chief Financial Officer of three publicly traded companies. Prior to his senior officer and consulting positions, Mr. Weinstein was a founding partner in a highly successful healthcare-oriented private equity fund and an investment banker focused on micro-cap company financings and mergers & acquisitions.
vcfo announced that Joseph Voss has joined the Austin office as Consulting CFO, and Josh Tabin will serve as Technology Practice Manager for the firm. Prior to joining vcfo, Voss held senior executive positions as CFO and other leading roles in finance, business development, strategy and marketing at smaller entities such as Visionary Private Equity Group, Lynntech, Eclipse Aviation, Trajen Flight Support, and Mooney Aircraft, as well as at large companies such as Dell, Pulte and Prudential. Prior to joining vcfo, Tabin was the COO at FullQuota, President of Mosaic CFO, CFO of RigNet, VP-Finance/Treasurer for Rackspace, and held a variety of roles at SBC Communications including Corporate Financial Planning and Wireless Strategic Operations.
Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE: GORO) announced that Brad Blacketor, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), has resigned his position due to personal reasons. The company has appointed Joe Rodriguez, Corporate Controller, as the Company's new CFO. Joe Rodriguez has served as Corporate Controller of the Company since 2010. Prior to joining Gold Resource Corporation, Joe served as Internal Audit Director for Apex Silver Mines Corporation.
Rainmaker Systems, Inc. (OTC: RMKR) announced the appointment of Brad Peppard as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Mr. Peppard was the former chairman of the Board of Directors (Board), and head of the Company's audit committee for the last several years. Peppard held various senior-level finance and treasury positions at leading companies such as Trader Joe's, CBS/Fox Studios, and Survey.com.
Integrate announced the appointment of David Tomizuka as chief financial officer. Prior to Integrate, Tomizuka served as a Managing Director for the investment banking division of Southwest Securities, Inc., a subsidiary of SWS Group, Inc. Before SWS, Tomizuka served as the president at three different companies, most recently as President of Valley-Dynamo, LLC., a division of Brunswick Corporation.
Echo Global Logistics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECHO) announced that Dave Menzel is being promoted from Chief Financial Officer to Chief Operating Officer. Menzel has been with Echo since 2008. Kyle Sauers, Senior Vice President Finance & Controller for Echo since 2011, has been appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer.
EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) announced that it has named Anthony J. Conte as Chief Financial Officer effective November 8, 2013. Anthony will replace Ilya Cantor who will be joining a global technology company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Anthony J. Conte currently serves as Vice President of Finance and compliance officer, and has spent over 6 years with the Company in various positions of increasing responsibility within the finance and administration areas. Before joining EPAM, Anthony held several senior finance roles within the McGraw Hill organization. Mr. Conte started his career with Coopers & Lybrand.
Vantage Oncology, LLC announced that it has promoted Marshal Salomon to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. He previously served as Vantage's Chief Financial Officer, a role he has occupied since the company's inception in 2002.
LeadiD announced the appointment of Lou Desiderio as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining LeadiD, Desiderio served as Chief Financial Officer for Knovel Corporation; Princeton Softech, acquired by IBM; netForensics, and Innovative Tech Systems, acquired by Peregrine Systems.
Turtle Beach announced that John Hanson has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Hanson has served as chief financial officer with five publicly traded companies, most recently as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Dialogic, Inc. Hanson succeeds Bruce Murphy in the position of CFO.
Pulse Electronics Corporation (NYSE: PULS) announced that Michael C. Bond has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, replacing Drew A. Moyer, who resigned from Pulse to move back to the East Coast in order to be closer to his family. Mr. Moyer's resignation is effective November 6, 2013. Mr. Bond has served in various financial roles with the company over the last two years, with his most recent assignment being Vice President and Treasurer of Pulse.
Sungevity, Inc. announced the appointment of Ken Schwarz as the company's Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Sungevity, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Information Systems at Primus Telecommunications Group Inc. Prior to that, Schwarz was President and Chief Financial Officer of Simplexity, LLC. He also has held executive positions at Intersections Inc., WinStar Telecommunications, Cable & Wireless and MCI, where he served as Corporate Controller.
RegalWorks Media, Inc. (formerly AmerElite Solutions, Inc.) (OTC: RWMI) named Marcia Allen as Chief Financial Officer and appointed her to the RegalWorks Board of Directors. Ms. Allen was a founder and served as Chief Financial Officer and Director of The Movie Group, which was the original platform company to what is now Lionsgate Entertainment. Ms. Allen has held positions as Chief Financial Officer for Taco Bell Corp. (a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., (NYSE)), Senior Vice President of Finance and Business Development at WR Grace & Co (NYSE), and a founder of Ruby Tuesday, Inc. (NYSE).
Diamond K Inc. announced the promotion of Susann M. Tully from controller to chief financial officer. Over the past three decades, Susann has held various accounting and financial positions.
WinnCompaniesannounced that Bryan Hunt has been hired as chief financial officer for WinnResidential, the property management arm of WinnCompanies. Hunt joined WinnResidential after serving as the chief accounting officer for Essex Property Trust, Inc. for eight years. Prior to Essex, Hunt also held management positions for more than 10 years at public accounting firms, including Hemming Morse, Arthur Andersen, KPMG and Deloitte & Touche.
ThreatTrack Security announced the appointment of Stewart D. Curley as chief financial officer. Prior to joining ThreatTrack Security, Curley worked at Modus eDiscovery, Inc. He continues to be a member of the company's advisory board. Curley previously served as chief operating officer and chief financial officer for SecureInfo Corporation. Curley has also served as the corporate controller and director of finance for Orbital Sciences Corporation, as well as chief financial officer for the Performance Operations Management Systems Corporation.


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Booth Renters to Increasingly Drive the Salon BizMay 8, 2012
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Booth renters are the fastest-growing segment in the salon world. So what are you—salon-industry manufacturers/marketers, distributors, chain salons, beauty store owners and managers, etc.—doing about it?
Those are my two major takeaways from a just-released, first-of-its kind, in-depth study by Professional Consultants & Resources.
Fascinating data from this 2011 Booth Rental Salon Market Study: Booth rentals already make up 35% of all U.S. salons, and in three years nearly 50% of all U.S. salons will offer some form of the booth-rental model.


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A Seattle-based startup is looking to give computer users a personalized news feed based on their social-networking preferences.
Wavii is the brainchild of Adrian Aoun, an ex-Microserf, who told The Register that his team of around 25 staffers had made a breakthrough in machine understanding of language that enables the personalization of news feeds to be much more effective than previous systems. The Wavii service is initially going to be linking into Facebook feeds for its data, with Twitter and other social-media sources to be added later.
"Everyone tried natural language processing [by computers], but no one's taken our approach – and it works," he says. "There's an advantage to coming after Google, Facebook, and Microsoft on this. We also got their learning in this area and can see what was tried and failed."
Wavii servers scan current and breaking news, as well as other social-media data, to bring up a timeline of what's going on where. It then presents the information, with links to drill down further and tools for the user to express likes and dislikes about the information that is fed through.
Users need to fine tune their interest choices
The system does require fine-tuning by the user, so that the Wavii system can learn enough to sort the correct news events to match areas of interest. At the moment the service deals with four news areas: entertainment, technology, business, and politics. Aoun say that the systems set up by Wavii can be either run as a standalone service or licensed to third-parties.
El Reg has been trying Wavii out for the last few days, and the system certainly looks interesting – but it's clear these is very early days. Certainly a lot of the news is entertainment-focused, but some surprising snippets have cropped up, along with a lot of outdated information. Since the system has only been running with less than a thousand testers so far, it's also going to be interesting to see how well it copes with volume traffic. ®


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Last night on Project Runway the designers hit up Dylan's Candy Bar in NYC to blow their wads on sugary-sweets. And sadly it wasn't an all you can eat buffet following the shopping trip – nope, it was the unconventional materials challenge! Our designer friends were tasked with making an entire outfit made from candy in about six minutes!
Fire up your glue guns, put your sugar rush to use, and start… uhhh…weaving Twizzlers! The guest judge was Dylan Lauren, owner of Dylan's Candy Bar and daughter of legendary
polo shirt hawker designer Ralph Lauren. Why wasn't he the guest judge? Oh, Michael Kors probably hates him or something.
Dylan's critique went like this: 'I like candy. This had candy on it. Where's the candy? Oh, candy!' Please get useful guest judges.
Since nobody cares about anything but the clothes, Reality Tea is providing you a snap-judgement photocap. C'mon you know that's how you watch the show, too!
OK, let's
trash discuss some looks!
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Sound Off for Feb. 8, 2013
Regarding the proposal going before the city council on the farmland, I humbly think the individuals should consider certain things - putting up with dust and the smell of manure, and the sound of machinery is one thing. Having to deal with the toxins and pesticides is another. I don't think the toxins and pesticides should be included in the proposal thats going before the city council.
In the future when farmland might be subdivided the land should be tested for contaminants to see if, in fact, it is buildable and if wells can be instituted on those properities. Again the city council should be firm in their decision to negate the aforementioned proposal.
There is a website called 1888nounions.com. I would like people - working people - to check on this website and see the lying fraud that these people are trying to feed the younger workers of America. This website is clearly sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.
This is a message to all the Republicans and Tea Party members who idolize our constitution.
The majority rules in this Democracy. Therefore what gives you such a strong voice to continusously bash our president who won re-election by the majority. The majority rules in a democracy. Get it through your head. President Obama is your president and my president like it or not. Give it up and respect the man, if you want respect someday when one of your idiots runs for president.
I'm a little confused here about the whole car taxes issue: Aren't car taxes levied and collected by the cities and towns, not by the state? If that is the case, how is it that Malloy has the authority to do away with them? Shouldn't that be a city/town decision?
Here us what actor Chris Rock had to say at Capitol Hill about Ending gun violence: "I'm just here to support the president of the United States. The president of the United States is, you know, our boss. But he's also, you know, the president and the first lady are kind of like the mom and the dad of the country. And when your dad says something, you listen. And when you don't, it usually bites you in the ass later on. So, I'm here to support the president. "These words are incorrect and can have dangerous implications. Mr. Rock, You obviously need a civics lesson. The President of the United States is employed by We The People. He is not the boss...WE are. We do NOT have to listen to him. I'm sure if he had an "R" instead of a "D" next to his name you would be saying the exact opposite.
Re: Unemployment going up - last I knew, businesses hired people in order to increase the business' bottom line, not to make the president look good. If Obama wanted to really help businesses get to a place where they can afford to hire more people, he could start by ending the new regulations, taxes, and fees that increase the expenses of every business in the U.S.
Luckily we have come a long way since Elvis being censored for shaking his hips.
And if you don't think the conversations among your typical third graders are not more explicit and graphic than Beyonce at halftime, you are very naive.
Once one kid learns a little something about sex, drugs, or violence it is inevitable that all of his friends will soon learn it also. Shielding your kids from it at home only means that your child is getting taught about these things from an 8-year old.


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Our faithful Sony SAT-T60 now boots up to the Green Screen of Death, after 7+ years of faithful service. I upgraded it to 2 160 GB drives myself years ago (kept the standard kernel), then later added a CacheCard, all of which were working fine until the GSOD starting appearing. I don't want to invest in new hard drives for it, since I can get a new HD DVR for the same price. But I would like to salvage any shows I can from it.
I'm following directions here and here but I'm getting stuck by a "Not a TiVo super block!" message when I run mfs_streams or mfs_info. (tivopart seemed to work: several partitions appeared on the KNOPPIX desktop for hdc and hdd.) I tried the 20050604 image of mfs-utils first, then the 20060503 image.
I'm pretty sure I disabled encryption the last time the software was auto-upgraded (after which I disconnected the phone line so I wouldn't have to keep re-hacking it) but I can't be positive (it was probably a couple years ago). I read about ciphercheck, but that appears to be for S2 units.
Am I doing something wrong? How likely is it that the system just too messed up to recover anything? Anything else I should try?
Thank you!


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About the Women's Small Business Association (WSBA)
The Women's Small Business Association was founded in 2007 by Susan Miller, the owner of several successful businesses. Ms. Miller has always been an advocate for women, with a strong desire to help women in small business. Her primary goal with the WSBA is to connect women locally and nationally, for the purpose of enabling women to help other women in business.
WSBA mission: To be a valuable online business resource and community for business women, by helping and stimulating small and start up businesses. The goal of the WSBA is to foster women's economic independence by helping them develop skills needed for entrepreneurial success through networking, support, and education.
WSBA developed in Pittsburgh, Pa. and it is currently expanding nationally. Each state will have chapters, which will represent counties. Each chapter will organize interactive networking events for face to face marketing. These events may be one or many of the following types of events.
Cost: $10 for non-members. Find a chapter near you!
WSBA Networking Event Formats
The Network Luncheon
Open to business women only. These afternoon networking events provide attendees the opportunity to exchange business information and also self-promote with a 60 second commercial presentation. All area business women are invited to attend. Non-members are welcomed!
The After Work Network
Open to business men and women. These casual networking events are centrally located to the membership and other area professionals. The After Work Network offers a relaxing and productive atmosphere in which to mingle and exchange business information. Non-members are welcome to attend!
The Network Breakfast
Open to business men and women. These speed networking events will offer a structured and effective networking format that will encourage attendees to give referrals and leads.
The WSBA holds signature events throughout the year. These events are open to anyone who wishes to attend.
These events provide educational and inspirational speakers, a productive networking environment and promotional opportunities for WSBA members and professionals.
- The Pittsburgh Entrepreneur Conference
- WSBA Holiday Business Expo
- Jingle Mingle
- Start up business seminar
The Pittsburgh Entrepreneur Conference is a day-long, intensive event designed to encourage the growth of small and start-up business. The Conference also hosts the WSBA Best of Pittsburgh Awards, highlighting successful women in business and the community. WSBA volunteers are also recognized for their efforts.
Each year the WSBA partners with a local non-profit organization for the annual WSBA Business Holiday Expo. This event offers group members and others a chance to contribute to an organization that shares the WSBA message of support and community building. Attendees are invited to network in a learning environment featuring informational presentations.
There are 2 types of annual membership:
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When I was a child, I went to the store with enough birthday money in my pocket to buy a new game for my Nintendo. After carefully thinking about the options before me, I whittled my choice down to two video game titles: Rampage and Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. After hemming and hawing until my mother was getting quite frustrated, I finally settled on Rampage.
I took the game home, played it for an hour, and hated it. I mean, hated it. For some reason, the designers of the game made the choice to give all players infinite lives, which essentially meant that you could never lose. There was no real point to the game.
Even though it was obvious I had picked up a very disappointing game, I tried to make myself believe that it was a good choice. I would make regular attempts to play it. I would coerce my friends into playing it until they begged to play anything else. I even went so far as to play the other game I considered (Castlevania II) at my cousin's house and tell myself that the game was awful, even though I actually liked that one quite a bit.
Although this is a very extreme example, we all do some form of this at various points in our lives. We buy something. It's not up to the standards we expected at all. Yet, we want to believe that we didn't waste our resources, so we try to rationalize the purchase.
Three observations about post-purchase rationalization from my own life
It happens much more often with impulse buys than with carefully-planned purchases.
Let's roll back to that video game analogy, above. My game purchase was pretty impulsive. I didn't have access to a wide range of reviews of the two games. In fact, I mostly made the purchase on the spur of the moment. My choice resulted from remembering a fun afternoon at an arcade with my cousin in which we played several games of Rampage together. Today, I make most of my purchases in a vastly different way. I usually research the choices into oblivion. I read reviews. I ask myself if I really need this item and, if I do, whether or not this particular item gives me adequate bang for my buck. That doesn't mean I'm immune to impulse buys. They strike me still with some regularity, most often in a bookstore or in a grocery store. Sometimes I'll be happy with my choice; at other times, I'll read the book or consume the item and feel pretty disappointed.
I often try to forget about those poor purchases.
Rather than thinking about them, I usually try to sweep them under the rug. I'll toss out the remainder of an awful food item just to get it out of my eye. I'll quickly trade away a disappointing book. My method for "rationalization" of those purchases often comes in the form of simply getting them out of my sight – and thus, often, out of my mind.
When I can't get rid of the purchase, I usually try to "break" it.
I don't mean that I attempt to smash the item or anything. Instead, I try to use it heavily to force the item to either prove itself or to fail in some distinctive way so that I have a reason to replace it. Think kitchen items, for example; if I buy a knife that doesn't "click," I'll try using it all the time until I discover a true use for it or I discover so many flaws that it's replace-worthy. In its own way, this is a justification mechanism, as I'm forcing myself to either justify the purchase or justify a replacement for it.
Stop the Impulsive Buy
These three observations lead straight to a few solutions to keep post-purchase rationalization from ever becoming an issue.
Simply curb those impulse buys.
Instead, write down the item and research it a bit. If you still want it and can still afford it, buy it later on. Walk away from it, though, if you don't know anything about it other than what's on the shiny packaging.
If an item doesn't work for you, admit it.
Don't try to beat yourself up over it, or stubbornly use it while making a mess of everything else (which can often happen with a kitchen implement, for example). If you made a mistake, admit that you made a mistake. Then, ask yourself how to deal with that mistake.
Once you recognize the mistake, focus on a good solution for it.
Can you trade away the item for something you actually will use? Does the item still have resale value? Turn that mistake into something more positive by quickly turning it into some form of a gain in your life. For example, if I read a book I don't like, I almost always trade it away quickly on PaperBackSwap and then get a book that I will enjoy. This way, I at least wind up getting some value for the money I spent.
Don't rationalize your mistakes. Instead, face them and look for ways to improve on your choices. A mistake is an opportunity to improve yourself.


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VANCOUVER -- The greatest hockey tournament in the world has come down to a border squabble, a continental divide.
The dream final is on: Canada versus the United States in the Olympic gold medal final, a rematch of the 2002 finale in Salt Lake City.
There is no other option.
The Canadians win, to crown these Games on the last day of competition with its most cherished medal -- hockey gold. Or,
The Americans win, amounting to a dirty-hockey-glove face wash from the next door neighbour.
Canada punched its ticket to the gold medal game after nearly blowing a 3-0 lead over Slovakia, surviving a serious scare to win 3-2 against a sneaky opponent Canadian players have no strong feelings for -- unlike the passionate matches already played at this tournament between Canada and the Americans (a 5-3 USA win) and the Russians (7-4 for Canada).
In contrast to the wild assault of the Russians from the opening faceoff, Canada simply used its superior depth of talent to create a series of quality chances against the Slovaks in the first period. How winger Brenden Morrow missed a wide open net, he still doesn't know, but Canada finally broke through with a pair of goals, just one minute, 47-seconds part, in the latter half of the period.
Unlike the Russians, who stubbornly attacked and turned pucks over to Canada's delight, the Slovaks patiently sat back, cleared pucks and tried to make the occasional attack, usually by Marian Hossa. Play defence. Rope-a-dope. It was the Slovak's only chance.
Their posture called for a more patient approach by Canada, although the Canadians vowed not to let down after the emotional victory over the Russians.
"We expect it ourselves," winger Jarome Iginla said. "There are a lot of reasons to be jacked up."
The crowd was 'jacked up' twice on Canada's first goal. Once, when Patrick Marleau deflected the Shea Weber point shot past Slovak goaltender Jaroslav Halak, and then a second time when a video review judged ruled that Marleau's stick was indeed below the crossbar. As referee Jyri Ronn thrust his arm in a signal to centre ice, the Canada Hockey Place crowd erupted, on its feet, all red-and-white-and screaming.
Next goal: same MO. This time, Chris Pronger flips and Morrow tips -- redirecting a floater past Halak.
The Slovaks only made it this far by hanging around in low scoring games, against the likes of Russia and Sweden. To go down by two goals to Canada, a team can roll four lines of NHL stars, is a bit much to ask the Slovak ancients like Pavol Demitra, Jozef Stumpel and Miro Satan to make up. And they nearly did.
From his knees, giant centre Ryan Getzlaf scored with 3:06 left in the second period to give Canada a 3-0 lead, which everyone in the building assumed was good enough. The Slovaks assumed otherwise.
From an impossible angle, Lubomir Visnovsky broke Roberto Luongo's shutout late in the third period, giving the underdogs life. Then, when Patrice Bergeron went for the hit instead of the puck, Richard Zednik snuck in front with a backhand; Michael Handzus swatted the rebound past Luongo pull Slovakia within one with 4:43 remaining. Canada had to survive a furious late assault to win.
Since the NHL first fully joined the Olympic tournament in 1998, Slovakia is the only one of the significant hockey nations not to have reached a final. This was a medal of sorts -- just reaching the final four. Today, it will get a chance for an honest to goodness medal as it plays for bronze against Finland, while Canada and the USA will practice in preparation for the final matchup fans around here have been penciling in for days.
Now it's in cold ink.
Canada versus the USA.
Eight years ago, an older, slower American team wasn't a match for Canada, led by the likes of Steve Yzerman, Mario Lemieux and Joe Sakic.
In the time that has elapsed, Lemieux, Sakic and Yzerman have all retired, with Stevie Y now charged with the responsibility of picking the roster that has evolved at this tournament from a group of household names into a determined team.
And when this new era of stars stares in the looking glass, the reflection more closely resembles the U.S. than any other nation here. The Americans are a little younger, a little less experienced, a little faster maybe. Backed by goaltender Ryan Miller, a worthy opponent in the gold medal game.
Even before the Canada-Slovakia tilt, Miller had promised the United States would be problematic for the winner. This, after the U.S. had pounded the Finns 6-1.
"We're a tough team to hang with," Miller said. "Hopefully we can put that kind of performance on the ice on Sunday."
Said USA head coach Ron Wilson, thrilled to get a break from the Maple Leafs bench for a couple of weeks:
"I want to help these kids realize a dream."
The Canadians have a dream of their own.


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President Obama cannot escape responsibility for what happened at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. Despite the precarious conditions in Libya � an unstable central government, militias operating as local authorities, the proliferation of weapons, and the persistent influence of al-Qaida � the Obama administration failed to provide sufficient protection for American diplomatic personnel. As a result, U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in a mob attack.
The Benghazi atrocity was preceded by assaults on the U.S. embassies in Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen. In subsequent days, dozens of U.S. and Western diplomatic outposts, institutions and properties were destroyed by frenzied throngs throughout the region and beyond. The violent unrest underscores the woeful instability of Middle East countries where the much-heralded �Arab Spring� was expected to bring freedoms that in the past had been suppressed by autocratic leaders. The movements that resulted in the overthrow of those autocrats, often with support from the United States, ended up creating the absence of authority. Worse yet, they empowered Islamist groups that are implacably hostile to the United States and the West.
President Obama made outreach to Muslims a pillar of his foreign policy early on. Shortly after taking office, he appeared before the Turkish parliament in Ankara and declared: �Let me say this as clearly as I can: The United States is not and never will be at war with Islam.� He made that statement even though radical Islam had declared war on United States with the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
He expanded his doctrine of contrition in Strasbourg, where he apologized for America�s �failure to appreciate Europe�s leading role in the world� and for the �times when America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive.� He spoke those words barely 500 miles from the beaches of Normandy, where thousands of U.S. troops gave their lives to save Europe from Nazi tyranny.
He attended a Latin American summit in Trinidad-Tobago, where he took verbal abuse from the likes of Daniel Ortega and Hugo Chavez, pledging that in the future the United States will be more sensitive to the region�s needs. He has made friendly overtures to Iran, hoping to persuade the anti-American regime to scale back its nuclear development program. Even though he has been rebuffed time and again, he now threatens Israel with �dire consequences� if it uses force to halt the nuclear threat.
Having made peace in the Middle East a top priority, Mr. Obama has been unable to get peace talks going. Appearing before the General Assembly of the United Nations, he called for Palestinian statehood within a year, declaring that Israel should retreat behind the pre-1967 borders. Those boundaries were established after Israel was forced to defend itself against numerically superior Arab forces determined to destroy the Jewish state.
It was the Obama administration�s misguided foreign policy that prepared the ground for the ominous Arab Spring which, in turn, spawned pro-Muslim governments and eventually led to anti-Western violence. It was all too predictable. I commented in a column, titled �Beware of Arab Spring,� that appeared a year ago: �How realistic is it to believe that, say, the Egyptian military is willing to give up power, the so-called rebels can produce democracy, the next regime in Libya will be less oppressive than the previous one or, for that matter, the rule of dictators will not be replaced by something even more sinister � such as the rule of militant Islam?�
Ostensibly, the current wave of anti-American hostilities was caused by a crudely made amateur video that denigrates Muslims and the Prophet Mohammed. A reality check is in order. Militant Islam has a long history of senseless violence that erupts at perceived grievances. British-Indian author Salman Rushdie spent years in hiding under a �fatwa� (death sentence) for his �blasphemous� novel, �The Satanic Verses.� In 2004, Theo van Gogh, a Dutch film director and producer, was assassinated for offending Muslims. A dozen drawings by Danish cartoonists in 2005, depicting the prophet, led to riots, bombing of the Danish embassy in Pakistan, and some 100 deaths. Alleged desecration of the Quran triggered mob violence time and again.
Violence in the name of Islam struck closer to home in 2009, when Major Nidal Hassan � shouting �Allah is great!� � killed 13 people, and wounded 31, at an Army base in Fort Hood, Texas. His trial has been repeatedly delayed because he has refused to shave a beard he has grown for religious reasons.
In 1979, demonstrators invaded the U. S. embassy in Tehran, took dozens of Americans hostage and held them for 444 days. It is widely believed that the crisis was responsible for bringing down the administration of Jimmy Carter, whose weak and touchy-feely foreign policy has been compared with that of President Obama. The hostages were released in January 1981, in the early days of Ronald Reagan who made a strong America the centerpiece of his presidency.
Rather than enhancing respect for the United States around the world, President Obama has eroded it. The devastation of our consulate in Benghazi, and the killing of the American ambassador, was a blatant attack on the United States, comparable to the hostage crisis in Tehran. Jimmy Carter paid the price for weakness in the White House. So should Barack Obama.
Robert Z. Nemeth�s column appears regularly in the Sunday Telegram.


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The Housing Boom and Bust
Sintesi dell'editore
This book is designed to unravel the tangled threads of that story. It also attempts to determine whether what is being done to deal with the problem is more likely to make things better or worse.
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Cosa pensano gli ascoltatori di The Housing Boom and Bust
- Adolphe
- 04/08/2009
Inciteful Non partisan blame
I read other reviews of this book before buying. The ones who rated it poorly seemed never to have read the book in its entirety.
Mr Sowell is a gifted communicator. He backs up his view with facts and statistics. He implicates those who deserve blame regardless of political affiliation, or business affiliation. He calls it like he sees it and I concur with the evidenciary findings he brings to light.
13 people found this helpful
- AndyK
- 07/03/2011
Informative, especially for this liberal listener
I was reluctant to hear Sowell due to his right leaning, and my left leaning, politics. But I am very glad I did. His book is very clearly written. While I did not agree with all of his suppositions and conclusions, I found them to be well reasoned and supported. I also found his tone to be far less severe than I feared. He does not treat the left with kid gloves, but he does not employ the hyperbole and theatrics of other current conservative authors. Most important is that I feel much more informed, and curious, about economics and politics as a whole after having listened to this book. Any book that held my attention though out, and inspired me to ask more questions and seek more information, is a 4-5 star listen for me. What makes this one a 5 star listen is the excellent narration by Robertson Dean (who kept reminding me of a serious Elliot Gould).
11 people found this helpful
- Gail
- 20/11/2009
Explains the Bust
Provides a lot of details on how we ended up in this housing trouble. There's a lot more to it than I realized.
5 people found this helpful
- Roy
- 02/06/2009
Right to the Point
Thomas Sowell has his detractors, but this is another of his books well worth reading whatever your point of view. Essentially he sets out to explain how the Housting Boom came about and what the resulting Bust means to the average American. He is best when he describes the affordable housing movement and its ramifications. His point of view may not appeal, but his analysis and presentation can't be faulted.
If you are scratching your head about the current real estate problem - start here.
10 people found this helpful
- Eunice
- 20/07/2009
Dr. Sowell does what the media SHOULD do
Dr. Thomas Sowell is a national treasure, in my estimation. This book gives the origins of the current housing "bust" and recession his usual thorough treatment. His text is clear and concise, his facts well documented, and his logic brilliant. The Washington politicos and the mainstream media have blamed the crisis on Wall Street, but Dr. Sowell digs deeper. This is an extremely important book. We in the voting public need to be educated now more than ever, looking further down the road than tomorrow when making political decisions. Dr. Sowell teaches a long term view of things, and The Housing Boom and Bust is a timely lesson. Very, very highly recommend.
Also recommended by Dr. Sowell: Applied Economics, Black Rednecks and White Liberals, Quest for Cosmic Justice. All excellent.
4 people found this helpful
- joe blower
- 29/12/2009
very good
Another great book by Thomas Sowell.
I have read most of his writings. The clarity of his thoughts and his intelligence is amazing.
Another classic for the 'weekend' economist.
3 people found this helpful
- Tim E. Higgins
- 29/06/2009
Sowell Makes it Clear
In this short (192 pages) explanation of the roots of our current economic situation economist Thomas Sowell cuts through all the obfuscation and spin with a meticulously documented and easily followed narrative. If you are interested in a coherent, step-by-step description of how we got to a world economic order undermined by "toxic assets" then Sowell's book is for you.
7 people found this helpful
- Tom Seest
- 28/05/2009
Comprehensive Overview of the Problem
I read (listened) to the entire book. Not only does it outline in detail the players (in both major political parties) that brought about the problem, Dr. Sowell does an excellent job in outlining the many causes for the boom, and then subsequent bust. He also discusses in detail, options that may, or may not help solve the problem in the long term.
This book is well worth the price of purchase, and well worth the time spent reading (listening) to it.
7 people found this helpful
- James
- 27/01/2010
loved it
as a real estate investor, I feel this is the most accurate depiction of what really caused the boom and bust that I have yet to read
2 people found this helpful
- Amanda
- 17/12/2009
Great book, very simple and concise explanation to the over-inflated housing industry.
2 people found this helpful
- Jas Singh
- 27/09/2019
Oh how I was wrong
I was so very wrong about the reasons for the 2007 financial and housing crash, I've read many Thomas Sowell books and I always leave with hmm so that's the truth of it. Brilliant insights on human made housing bubble.


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Sometimes the simplest of stories convey complex ideas most beautifully. More by I.C. Springman has just a few words on each page, but the illustrations vividly depict the hazards of collecting too much "stuff." The story features a magpie - a crow-like bird that folklore recognizes for its attraction to shiny objects -- and which commonly describes someone who collects odds and ends of little value. (I do believe I am parent to a couple of magpies!)
More begins with "nothing" when a melancholy magpie surveys his nest and realizes it is rather sparce. A mouse kindly offers a glass marble to the magpie, which the bird eagerly accepts. He then adds a red block, and a coin, and then more and more and more... ! (Children will delight in identifying the different objects the bird has collected.) Eventually, the magpie has "lots" which progresses to "plenty" which quickly becomes a bit too much -- until the voracious bird needs to build another nest and another one after that to house all of the trinkets he has acquired. At last all the tiny treasures overwhelm his home and everything comes crashing down around him. With the aid of his mouse friends, the magpie reduces his collection until he is no longer weighed down by the objects of his desire.
Recommended for ages 3 to 9, More is perfect for starting conversations about "needs" versus "wants" and how to determine when enough is enough.


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