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My name is Lindsay Knauf and I have been a resident of Newtown since the age of 7. My brother is a teacher at the high school, my parents still live in the house that I grew up in and my own son is now starting his education in Newtown over at daycare in town.
My ties are tight to this community and my heart, like so many, is broken over the events of December 14th. I've decided that I need to do something to help and this is how I am choosing to do it.
I am committing to running 26 different events in 2013. One run to honor one life that we lost. I will wear a shirt bearing the name of one single victim at each race so that those around me are reminded of the wonderful and precious people that we are now missing in our town.
I will be collecting donations for the endeavour, but I will not be taking a single cent for race entry fees, clothing, shoes, socks, etc. All proceeds will go directly to The United Way Sandy Hook Support Fund.I have set up a blog if anyone would like to follow me on this journey.
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John's Pass is welcoming a store known from another waterside shopping location into the midst.
DD Collectibles has moved from the St. Petersburg Pier into the vacant area next to Mennas Landing Snack Shack.
The grand opening of the new location of DD Collectibles was on December 1. During the event, they had raffles, live music, and other promotions.
DD Collectibles joins the Pier Aquarium in relocating from the Pier to John's Pass.
The shop decided to move earlier this year in order to ensure that it could secure a good retail spot after the Pier closes down, according to Tampabay.com
DD Collectibles specializes in unique music memorbilia and historical Floridian pieces.
You can visit DD Collectibles at their new location at 111 Boardwalk Place, Madeira Beach.


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ANDERSON—After the Riverfield Major Softball All-Star team got its first-game jitters out of the way during a 9-7 loss Thursday to South Bend Southeast, manager Seth Kelley's team came back in dominating fashion Friday, shutting out Southport 14-0 in the Indiana State Little League Softball Tournament.
Kelley said leading up to the tournament, he was a bit nervous as to how his girls would react to not having played a game since their District 6 title in early June and being a favorite coming into the tournament.
Riverfield kept its momentum going at the plate from Thursday, but Kelley said the biggest difference he saw was in his team's defensive effort all around the diamond.
"We made the routine plays, and we played with a little more swagger today, a little bit more confidence," Kelley said. "I don't think we were tight. It's the second day in, and everybody just played the game like they're supposed to. We just played ball like we can, and when they put the ball in play, we did something with it."
Kelley's team stormed out to nine runs in the first inning – putting up more than they scored during their first-game loss – and from there, Kelley said it was an all-around team effort.
Riverfield connected with 17 hits and four extra-base hits in what Kelley described as the best hitting day he had seen his team have in quite some time.
Although he added that hitting has traditionally been his team's strength. If his players can field the ball every game like they did Friday, he said, they'll be almost unstoppable.
"If you out-hit a team, and you play defense, there's no way they can beat you," Kelley said. "It's a team effort. Everybody hit the ball, and when you have 14 hits, that means everybody hit the ball and multiple times. It was just a good team effort today."
And against a team from Bedford today at 2 p.m. in Lebanon, Kelley said he expects a very similar result.
With the pressure of trying not to lose off his team's back, Kelley said he feels like Riverfield can play with a much better rhythm and continue its dominance en route to the semi-finals, held next week. He said he still feels a 3-1 record, which would all but seal a spot in the semis, is certainly in reach.
"We got those first game jitters out, realizing the only thing we can do is get better from here," Kelley said. "I expect to win, and I think it'll be in a dominant fashion. That's how I expect us to play, and we'll continue to get better throughout the tournament.
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Cambridge, Mass. - April 22, 2013 - Connie Nielsen registered a game-high five points, including four goals, to power the Springfield College women's lacrosse team to an 11-7 victory at MIT in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) regular-season finale.
With the win, Springfield (9-7, 4-2 NEWMAC) earns a bye as the No. 3 seed and will square off with No. 2 Mount Holyoke College in the conference tournament semifinals on Saturday, April 27 at top-seeded Wheaton College.
The first 15 minutes of the game was a defensive battle as both sides were plagued with turnovers while Springfield saw MIT freshman goalie Paige Kennedy stop three of its six shots. On their third shot of the game, the Engineers ended the stalemate as Kira Schott converted a free-position attempt at the 15:09 mark. The Pride responded with a solo effort by Nielsen just over a minute later who then found sophomore Michelle Dorsey as she slashed through the eight-meter arc to the cage.
Nielsen extended the visitors' lead to 3-1 with another unassisted marker but senior Meghan Wright connected on a feed from sophomore Emma Kane to keep MIT within striking distance. Springfield then gained some breathing room courtesy of strikes by Nielsen and junior Kelly Gallo to enter halftime ahead, 5-2. The Pride doubled its advantage during the first six minutes of the second stanza on goals from Nielsen, Gallo, and senior Meghan Flanagan, the last coming on a free-position attempt. The Engineers ended their scoring drought with two strikes from Schott; however, Springfield reestablished its six-goal cushion (10-4) midway through the half with another Flanagan free-position marker and an unassisted effort by Dorsey.
Despite the deficit, the Cardinal and Gray continued to attack as Wright recorded back-to-back goals in a two-minute span while Schott brought it within three (10-7) with 5:10 left to play. MIT won the ensuing draw but a turnover allowed the Pride to take some time off the clock until Dorsey found the back of the net with 2:23 to go. The Engineers came away with the next draw which resulted in a shot from Wright that was stopped point-blank by freshman Carley Elkin with 1:34 remaining. Springfield successfully cleared the ball and maintained possession as the final horn sounded.
Wright finished with a hat-trick as Kane earned a pair of assists. Senior Laura Wacker led the way with four draw controls, followed by three from both Schott and freshman Isabella DiDio. Senior Molly McShane posted three groundballs while Kennedy totaled six saves and four groundballs.
Dorsey notched a hat-trick for the Pride and added two draw controls as Flanagan racked up two goals, three groundballs, and two draw controls. Gallo tacked on two goals while junior Kerstin Lindrooth earned an assist on one of Nielsen's markers. Gallo chipped in two goals as sophomore Ellie Getchell collected five groundballs. In net, junior Anne Versprille generated four saves and five groundballs in the first 49 minutes of action while Elkin closed out the game with three stops.


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Brundage Mountain Resort near McCall will open Friday with limited terrain and discounted lift tickets. The resort reported snow depths ranging from 12 inches at the base to 28 inches at the summit on Wednesday with more snow expected.
Brundage plans to operate the Easy Street Lift, the Blue Bird Quad and the Centennial Triple Chair.
Skiers and boarders can get a discounted $36 all-mountain lift ticket on opening day or purchase a $15 ticket for Easy Street only.
Favorable temperatures this week have consolidated our snow base nicely, so we have just what we need to start running Friday, said resort spokesperson, April Whitney. Were also seeing encouraging signs in the forecast, which leads us to believe we may be able to open more terrain very soon.
The National Weather Service is predicting 5 to 11 inches by Saturday.
Brundage will announce the opening of additional terrain and lift operations as conditions change.
Brundage Mountain managers say early season conditions exist, so off-trail skiing and boarding are not advised, and visitors need to obey closures and markings for their own safety.
People are also encouraged to check the grooming report daily for changes to normal grooming patterns.
The opening date is later than usual for Brundage, which relies solely on natural snow. Last years opener was Dec. 14.
Brundages opening announcement leaves Soldier Mountain Resort as the only Southwest/Central Idaho ski resort waiting to open. Soldier was reporting 5 inches at the base on Wednesday. It has not announced an opening date.
Sun Valley, Bogus Basin and Tamarack are all open, but terrain open for skiing is limited due to low snowfall.
Brundage Mountains annual holiday party is set for Saturday.
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Every company's greatest assets are its customers, because without customers there is no company.
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One common misunderstanding, even among savvy management thinkers, is that if you take care of employees, they will deploy their efforts for the good of customers. The view is reflected in the title of Vineet Nayar's otherwise wonderful book, Employees First, Customers Second. In it, Nayar explains how he took steps to invert the traditional management pyramid so that the managers are focused on enabling the employees to serve customers better. However if customers ever come second, then the firm is doomed.
As Ranjay Gulati points out in his book, Reorganize for Resilience: Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business (HBP, 2010), focusing everyone in the organization on delivering additional value to customers is what gives a firm resilience in today's chaotic marketplace.
Those who argue that employees must come first assume that if managers get out of the way, employees will automatically respond to customers. Sadly, the record shows otherwise.
The point is illustrated brilliantly in this morning's OpEd piece in the New York Times by Greg Smith, who was until today a executive director at Goldman Sachs and head of the firm's US equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
As executive director, Smith advised large hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds with a total asset base of more than a trillion dollars. Smith is resigning today because he couldn't stand working for a firm that focused solely on making money off the customers rather than for the customers.
Goldman Sachs, he writes, "used to about ideas, setting an example and doing the right thing." Today, it's all about making money often at the expense of customers. He explains the "three quick ways to become a leader" in today's Goldman Sachs:
a) Execute on the firm's "axes," which is Goldman-speak for persuading your clients to invest in the stocks or other products that we are trying to get rid of because they are not seen as having a lot of potential profit.
b) "Hunt Elephants." In English: get your clients — some of whom are sophisticated, and some of whom aren't — to trade whatever will bring the biggest profit to Goldman. Call me old-fashioned, but I don't like selling my clients a product that is wrong for them.
c) Find yourself sitting in a seat where your job is to trade any illiquid, opaque product with a three-letter acronym.
Today, many of these leaders display a Goldman Sachs culture quotient of exactly zero percent. I attend derivatives sales meetings where not one single minute is spent asking questions about how we can help clients. It's purely about how we can make the most possible money off of them.
These aren't the ramblings of a surly tent-dweller from the Occupy Wall Street Movement. These are the considered reflections of an executive director of Goldman Sachs who worked there for twelve years.
Goldman Sachs still has customers because the firm is living off its former reputation. As news spreads of how customers are treated, and they learn that they are regarded derisively as "muppets", how many will want to have Goldman Sachs manage their money?
As I have pointed out in earlier articles, if employees are left to their own devices, they often pursue their own interests to the neglect of customers. When the leadership of the firm encourages such behavior, and focuses on maximizing shareholder value, the firm is on the path to disaster.
So empowering employees is important but we should not delude ourselves that it's enough. Even more important than empowering employees is to ensure that everyone in the organization is always centrally focused on delivering value to customers.
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Why are people still investing with the scam artists at GS? Scam artists sounds like a harsh characterization–what else would you call people who sell customers one investment, then makes bets against your making money on that same investment? They've admitted it publicly, yet for some reason, they still have a 'reputation' that causes investors to trust them. The best thing that could happen to GS and indeed the entire industry is for all of their customers to jump ship, and the company is liquidated, similar to what happen to Arthur Andersen. If you are investing with GS even after knowing all the underhanded, devious things they have done in the past that are counter to their customers' interests, then YOU are enabling the scam artists.
You could not ask for a better example on how management has lost it's way in big corporations. Good to know that someone has the guts to speak out.
Well Steve, this is not a one-off. I don't know if you have seen this new blog from James Whittaker who left Google: "The Google I was passionate about was a technology company that empowered its employees to innovate. The Google I left was an advertising company with a single corporate-mandated focus." – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jw_on_tech/archive/2012/03/13/why-i-left-google.aspx
I hope Google doesn't lose it's way too…I really don't.
You are right, maximizing shareholder value is a dangerous, and often disastrous, goal that leads to unethical behavior and a loss of trust. In today's age of instantaneous communication and transparency, this concept is more important than ever before for leaders to understand. Look forward to reading more of your articles.
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Is the delineation of employees and customers and attempting to establish a hierarchy between them, in itself antithetical and contrary to the fundamental principles of stakeholder value?
Employees, having been subordinated by institutional shareholders no longer invest both their labour and surplus profit back into the 'Firm' separating them from customers as opposed to joining them. If employees are to empathise with customers we should perhaps encourage them to become customers


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Ok, the election is over. Like it or not. Fellow entrepreneurs… it's time to get back to work and create those jobs we are supposed to be so good at creating. No excuses, we need results. – Ken
Inside sales has been the high-growth area of sales and lead generation since the market crash of 2008 when companies scaled back travel and high cost positions in favor of a new generation of sales people, a high velocity business model, and leveraged affordable technology that companies rent instead of buy.
In fact, the inside sales industry has proven to be counter-recessionary, growing more when the economy struggles. Research done in conjunction with Dr. James Oldroyd and infoUSA has shown that inside sales is growing at a rate that is 15 times greater than the traditional outside sales model.
Inside sales is where the jobs are.
And where they will be for the foreseeable future.
Inside sales is far more efficient and more effective at creating revenue in small and mid-size businesses over the phone and through the internet. But now even large, enterprise-class businesses have crossed the Geoffrey Moore chasm to bet on inside sales in greater numbers than ever before.
The membership of The American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP) boasts companies like IBM, ADP, 3M, Abbot, Cisco, Dupont, EMC, FedEx, Hershey, HON Company, Level 3, LexisNexis, McGraw-Hill, McKesson, Oracle, Pfizer, and salesforce.com to mention a few.
Inside sales is where the growth is, and the cost isn't.
Those who bet their jobs a few years ago on inside sales, remote sales, virtual sales, or sales in the cloud, still have their jobs. And they are hiring.
And they are getting promoted.
I started the inside sales department at Franklin Quest, before they merged with Stephen R. Covey's Covey Leadership company and became FranklinCovey. We were the fastest growing department for four straight years at what was then the second fastest growing company in all of America.
That was 1993 through 1997.
The name 'inside sales' was just starting to be used instead of telesales or worst of all, telemarketing.We all thought 'tele' was a four letter word.
I think it still is.
Inside sales is not telemarketing.
Telemarketing is that annoying call at dinner time that makes you say "no" seven times before hanging up. The 'Do-not-call' legislation has curbed much of this abuse from companies still using a predictive dialer technology that is nearly forty years old. Telemarketing is single call, scripted, high pressure, lower ticket sales items, small business to consumer sales.
Inside sales is professional sales done remotely. It is multi-call, strategic, professional, higher ticket sales items, and mostly business to business (B2B) or larger business to consumer (B2C.)
The inside sales prodigies are becoming much like Tony Stark, encased in his Ironman suit, with superhuman speed, strength, and a heads-up display. Notice the young, scrappy, tech-savvy, Gen-X or Millennial sitting at the controls.
They do eight hours of work in 2 hours. Then they go home at night and have a life.
Fishbowl is excited to partner with Inside Sales and soar in 2013. Great things come from great partnerships. Thank you for another great Forbes contribution.
Mary, I thought this was a great article and then saw your comment. I actually reached out to fishbowl twice in the last months and got no response. So, it happens everywhere.
It's true, sales will always be the recession proof industry, and great salespeople will always be in demand. Your strategies are helping build more of them. Great article, Ken!
Ken, "Bingo"…you hit the 'nail on the head' again with a great article. My motto when it has come to selling as always been, "Pleasantly Persistent"!! :) Having and utilizing our own InsideSales tools has made it possible to maintain this motto.
Again, great article and I'm always amazed at your gift and skill of putting things in perspective when it comes to your Forbes articles. Keep up the Great Work.
I'm intrigued by this contact ratio metric, but I'm curious how you'd go about calculating it?
I can get to how many leads each rep is currently working and how many connects they've had a in a day/week/month. Is that what you're doing or is it something else?
Fantastic piece. You are so spot on about the inside sales superstars getting promoted quickly. The guys at memoryBlue just published something on overcoming sales typecasting and how the real superstars jump from pure lead gen to inside sales closing roles, some more fodder for your next article:


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LAKEWOOD, Wash. - The KING 5 Investigators have found that as far back as 2007, IT staff members at the Washington Military Department complained about state workers' personal use of government computers. The IT specialists believed employees of the agency kept so much personal data on state computers that it jeopardized state business and wasted tax dollars spent to fix computer problems associated with the personal use.
The problems center on the Military Department's Emergency Management Division, located at Camp Murray in Lakewood. This portion of the agency is responsible for coordinating resources in emergencies such as the Nisqually earthquake, tsunami warnings and dangerous snowstorms.
Internal emails obtained by KING 5 News show that for at least 5 years, IT staff asked their managers to put a stop to the misuse of computers. They complained the volume of personal data on state equipment contributed greatly to hard drive failures, servers filling up and the introduction of viruses into the system.
By 2010 the problem got worse. An assistant director wrote some staff had "huge amounts" of files that have "nothing to do with work" and to "clear the stuff off their computers" right away.
That didn't happen. Last year, six months after the deadline, the IT manager wrote it was still a "massive problem". He also sent an email to his IT staff to say upper managers weren't acting to stop the abuse.
"You are correct that without management's support this problem will never be resolved and that is why I continue to approach my supervisor and those supervisors responsible for violators," wrote Dennis Trout, IT Operations Branch Manager. "Once I have reported it to the first line supervisor and my supervisor, the ball is literally out of my court or hands."
Within the 300-person agency, KING 5 was able to obtain 2010 and 2011 computer records for 90 random employees. Of the 90, the reporters found 70 of them in violation of state ethics laws regarding the use of state equipment. That's nearly 80 percent of the people investigated in violation.
All state employees receive training on state ethics laws related to the use of state equipment and resources.
"It's a state resource and if your server fails your basic business and information is jeopardized (and that's) not acceptable," said Rep. Sam Hunt (D-Olympia), Chair of the House State Government and Tribal Affairs Committee. This committee is responsible for considering legislation related to ethics in government. "My first reaction is, where's the common sense? As a state employee you should know what is right and what is wrong."
The Military Department's Director of Public Affairs, Rick Patterson, canceled a scheduled in-person interview with KING 5 and video opportunity. Patterson said that wouldn't add value to the report. Instead, he issued a written statement. "The violations discovered during (internal computer) audits are being corrected and policies covering computer use are undergoing routine annual review," wrote Patterson. "The reviews found that nearly 100 employees had, to some degree, violated the agency policy on the use of the Internet, Electronic Mail and Computer Systems. Though a small number were found to have been saving files for some time and to have accumulated significant volumes of material, most of the discoveries were determined to be 'de minimus' (insignificant) in scale."
KING 5 found it wasn't just the storage of data that was problematic. State law allows for limited, infrequent use of phones and computers for quick calls and messages. But the records show many employees were also breaking ethics laws by conducting personal business on government equipment, on government time. The conclusions were drawn by analyzing one thousand pages of computer records, internal emails, videos, and interviewing seven current and former Military Department employees.
In the analysis and reporting, KING found:
• An employee working on a farm business
• An employee working on wine business
• An employee working on a complete home remodel
• An employee working on a degree from Pierce College. Three years worth of schoolwork was stored on her computer which included lab assignments, Spanish homework and transcripts. The employee was observed on several occasions doing school work on the job as well as asking for homework help from co-workers
• Dozens of employees storing personal financial records such as household budgets, tax filings, stock trade spreadsheets, property assessments, banking documents, and loan applications.
• Employees with complete music and photo libraries.
• Employees playing video games at work, including Facebook's Farmville, solitaire, and simulated hunting games.
• An employee, Search and Rescue Coordinator Chris Long, with 4,660 "favorite" websites bookmarked on his work computer at one point. Computer experts report the average number of bookmarked sites is 50 to 100. The majority of Long's sites were not work-related. They included forums about pistols, rifles, ammunition, warfare tactics, German and Israeli military history, and conservative political opinion sites. Long told KING 5 News he looked at the sites during his work breaks. But sources tell the reporters they observed him spending hours on these sites during work hours. The KING 5 Investigators have also obtained four videos of the Long, on the job, surfing sites unrelated to work, including a military tactics message board.
"That would cause me to go, 'How much time do you have to have 4,000 sites? (To spend the time to) put them on (the computer) and how much time do you have to follow 4,000? You're here to do a job, not to build an Internet library,'" said Hunt.
KING 5 News obtained an email written by an IT staff member a year ago which expressed frustration with employees violating IT policies by wasting time at work on personal business and hobbies and managers ignoring the abuse.
"Many users are on Facebook most of the day, play Farmville, watch Mariners and Seahawk games, stream music and surf YouTube," wrote IT specialist Edward Toft. "IT staff are tired of reporting violations to IT management and nothing happening."
When asked if workers found to be conducting personal business on government time were able to finish their work assignments, Patterson said managers had not noticed a lack of productivity.
"In the scale of the agency's mission, this is not a significant event that impeded work product. Poor judgment was exercised by a small number of people who engaged in activities such as playing computer games at work, but overall we have a great group of employees who believe in the important work they are doing for the state," said Patterson.
By telephone, Patterson did admit the agency dragged its feet in addressing the misuse.
"Yes, we made a mistake in taking too long to get it under control but we've learned a lesson," said Patterson. "Supervisors were telling managers to enforce the policies but managers weren't reporting back." Patterson said about a dozen people have received verbal reprimands and they're planning expanded computer audits to ascertain the current extent of equipment misuse, if any.
The KING 5 Investigators have also learned the State Auditor's Office is investigating the Military Department for improper use of state equipment. That report is expected to be made public soon.
"We try to draw a fairly bright line on what's ethical and what's not and what's proper use of resources and what's improper use. And at all times I think state employees should follow that," said Hunt. "The basic thing is these are state resources and we should treat them as such."


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FRANKFORT — The House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday passed Senate Bill 50 to provide a "framework" for the cultivation of hemp after days of pressure on the committee chairman, Tom McKee, D-Cynthiana.
But House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, seems in no mood to bring the bill to the floor for a vote.
The bill, sponsored by Sen. Paul Hornback, R-Shelbyville, and pushed by Republican Agriculture Commissioner James Comer, would set up regulations for growing industrial hemp if the federal government legalizes the product.
It easily passed the Senate but isn't supported by Stumbo, who says current law already positions Kentucky to move immediately if the federal government relaxes or ends its ban on growing hemp.
Last week McKee denied a vote on the bill in his committee, instead planning to offer a committee substitute to SB 50 for a vote.
He began that meeting saying SB 50 had been scheduled "for discussion only." But when Rep. Jim DeCesare, R-Bowling Green, moved for a vote on the original bill, McKee recessed the meeting and subsequently adjourned the committee when it reconvened on the House floor that afternoon.
Supporters of the bill reacted angrily, accusing McKee of obstructionism and playing politics, and apparently mobilized farmers in McKee's district to call him in support of the bill.
So Wednesday, the committee again took up the bill, but not before McKee made a five-minute speech about the legislative process and again declaring last week's motion was out of order.
"I did not refuse to allow a vote that was in order," McKee said. "I'd announced plainly (the bill) was for discussion only and that means no vote would be taken at that time."
McKee reviewed his history of supporting hemp as an alternative agriculture product while several other committee members decried how McKee had been characterized in the fight over hemp.
"If industrial hemp can offer new opportunities for our farmers and create thousands of jobs for our economy (both claims of hemp supporters), then this committee is ready to vote on that proposed legislation," McKee said. "So a motion on Senate Bill 50 is in order."
The bill easily passed, with only Republican Tommy Turner of Somerset voting no. Several Democrats who voted for the bill, however, qualified their votes by saying they hoped Comer and Hornback would agree to work with law enforcement to address some of their concerns about the difficulty in distinguishing hemp from marijuana.
Some spoke in defense of McKee.
"The chairman of this committee has been bedeviled, but he's a good man," said Rep. Terry Mills, D-Lebanon. He also described the "passion" about the issue on both sides and urged all to "remain calm."
"This is my 13th year up here," said Rep. Mike Denham, D-Maysville. "Tom McKee is one of the most honorable and fair people down here."
Turner said he voted no because his concerns about law enforcement questions hadn't been adequately answered. He said those concerns weren't overcome by the overwhelming support of the bill by members of his party.
"In the end, I've got to do what Tommy Turner thinks is the right thing to do," Turner said.
Afterward, Comer said he "is very excited about what the committee did and we look forward to getting a fair vote on the House floor in the next couple of days."
Stumbo said that's unlikely.
"I doubt it will go to the House floor," Stumbo said. "It's got a lot of problems."
Stumbo said since the bill charges a fee, SB 50 might be out of order because revenue bills must begin in the House.
He again questioned the claims by Comer and others about its economic benefits and said the bill would actually add a layer of bureaucracy since he believes current law allows Kentucky to move immediately if the federal govern
Comer predicted as many as 80 votes for the bill — if it gets a vote. Only four days remain in the 30-day session.
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2011-12: Posted personal bests in the 500m (1:06.38), 800m (1:54.89), 1000m (2:35.45) and mile run (4:32.97)… earned seven top five finishes… took fourth place in the mile and fifth place in the 800m in his first collegiate event at the Appalachian Indoor (Dec. 3-4)… won his first collegiate event in the Atlantic Sun Championships (Feb. 18-19), taking the gold with his personal best time in the 800m… was part of ETSU's 4000m DMR and 4x400m relay teams which each took third place in the A-Sun Championships... set new personal bests in the 800m (1:52.53) and 1500m (4:06.18) during the outdoor season... combined for seven top five performances, including a fourth place finish in the 800m and a gold medal performance in the 4x400m relay in the Atlantic Sun Championships (April 15-16)… earned his new personal mark in the 800m with a second place finish at the Charlotte Invitational (April 23).
Prior to ETSU: Was a four-year track and field letterwinner at Morristown West High School under coach Raymond Farmer… also earned three letters in cross country with Farmer.
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CLAYTON — It took a little jolt to bring Clevelands volleyball team back to reality Thursday afternoon.
But once they did, the Rams made quick work of visiting Smithfield-Selma, 3-1, in a Two Rivers 3A Conference match.
That jolt of reality came in the form of a 25-22 victory by the Spartans in the second game of the 25-12, 22-25, 25-12 25-13 triumph by the Rams.
The win enabled Cleveland to return to the .500 mark in Two Rivers Conference play, improving to 3-3, while climbing to 5-8 overall.
The Spartans were left still in search of their first conference victory, slipping to 0-6 in league action and 5-11 overall.
Having swept the Spartans in the previous meeting this season, the Rams combined strong efforts from their front line and service game, cruising to the 25-12 first set win.
Included in the effort were nine kills and five aces, scattered throughout the Cleveland lineup, while the back line defense held serve with eight digs.
The service game caught the Spartans off-balance In the opening minutes of the match, and put Smithfield-Selma in an early 6-0 hole.
The Spartans trimmed the deficit to 9-6, only to see Clevelands Courtney Morris deliver a pair of kills and an assist on another by Brittany Bucklin to push the margin to 14-6.
Walli Driggers added five service points moments later, including three aces, as Cleveland built a 21-9 lead.
But as easy as the first set was for the Rams, the second set, while not a nightmare, brought them back to reality.
We came in with the attitude, we're going to win this game, said Cleveland coach Megan Norris. Then we started having problems with communication we just weren't talking to each other the entire game.
And while the Rams werent communicating, the Spartans were particularly on defense coming up with 17 digs in the set to rally from an early 4-1 deficit.
Tyler Hamilton led the way defensively with four digs in the set; Rachel Moore and Morgan Eatmon added three each while Kaitlyn Rabil and Heather Rabil both contributed a pair.
The defensive efforts of that group allowed the Spartans to play the Rams on even terms before a 4-0 run behind the serve of Holly Rabil enabled Smithfield-Selma to claim a 20-15 margin and hold on for the set victory.
The girls kind of fired themselves up in that set, said Spartans coach Chase Crocker. They played like they had a little chip on their shoulders. It was something we were lacking in the first set.
But that chip fell off their shoulders, and the Rams began communicating as a team again, using runs of 6-0 behind Morris and 5-0 behind Driggers in turning the pivotal third set from an 8-7 nailbiter to a 19-9 laugher despite another stellar defensive effort by the Spartans.
The girls said they had had a let-down, Norris said. They thought they already had it won - but they came back and did so.
The Spartans didnt have an answer for Bucklin and Mariana Roe.
The duo made life miserable at the net for the Spartans, combining for 10 kills and six blocks in the final two games, while forcing Smithfield-Selma to alter its attack and defend patterns.
We tried to make a few adjustments, but that didn't work out, Crocker said. And when it looked like we had made adjustments, they put the ball somewhere else they did a great job of hitting.
The decisive fourth set was almost a carbon-copy of the third.
The Rams jumped to a 5-1 lead, only to see the Spartans charge within 12-7 and gain confidence.
That confidence was broken by Morris, who delivered a 5-0 run, Driggers, a 4-0 spurt, and Bucklin, who dropped a pair of aces in a 3-0 run which built a 24-13 lead.
They had a girl who would hit too well on our strong side, Crocker said, "And they went cross-court a lot.
We couldn't do anything with that kind of attack - it hurt quite a bit.
Norris saw this victory as a possible springboard for the Rams.
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A stay at The Roger places you in the heart of New York, walking distance from Empire State Building and Madison Square Park.
This 4-star hotel is close to Macy's and Grand Central Terminal.
Make yourself at home in one of the 190 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars. Your room comes with a pillowtop bed. Premium TV channels and video-game consoles are provided for your entertainment, while wireless Internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected. Bathrooms have designer toiletries and hair dryers.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as a fitness center, or other amenities including wireless Internet access (surcharge) and concierge services.
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, or stay in and take advantage of 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
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The Roger has a fitness center with cardio machines and free weights open 24-hours per day. A computer in the lobby provides high-speed Internet access. High-speed wireless Internet access in public areas is also available (surcharge).
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Mezzanine Lounge - Lunch and dinner menu of small plates, with choices such as steak au poivre, chicken satay, baked fries, beef carpaccio, pasta Bolognese, potato-crusted salmon, as well as salads, sandwiches, burgers, and desserts. Artisanal cheeses. Bar service early afternoon to late night.
Gourmet Breakfast Pantry - Mezzanine room serving European-style cold breakfast buffet of pastries, meats, cheeses, fruit, smoked salmon, coffee, and tea daily for $12.95 (subject to change).
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TJ McCue, Contributor
I write about makers and inventors and creators.
The Facebook IPO promises to be insane. People will buy. Employees will go beyond paper wealth. Small, tiny public shareholders and investors will get rich. It is the American way. Pundits, critics, and analysts far smarter than me have claimed it's a fad. Facebook is a fad.
I'm not a Facebook fan, not really, but I use it. I'm on it for business reasons mostly, but I'm on it. No matter what – it isn't a fad, at least not technically — it's been around too long. There are times that I think a bunch of juvenile delinquents are running the show at the Big F. There are times that I wish it would simply go away. But I don't think that's going to happen. I also don't think its stock price is going to soar, then plummet. As much as the social network can drive me batty with its privacy changes and apparent arrogance and indifference to customers, I'm going to go out on a limb here and state that I don't believe they are going to fail. Not in the short term or medium term, anyway.
The "Facebook fad" proponents appear to have come out of the woodwork and want to predict the coming demise of Facebook as soon as it goes public. I almost agreed with them. One of the big reasons they cite is that the advertising platform is not as profitable as Google when it went public in 2004 (and pick any year to compare). I can't think of anything better to say than, "so what." Facebook and Google are frequently compared and they are often touted as arch rivals, but I really don't get it – Microsoft and Apple have both grown, despite the rivalries. They've even helped each other, inadvertently and advertently (what a rarely used word). It's a big market place, in a big world, and Google certainly hasn't done an amazing job in social.
Back to the big reasons for its coming fad-ulous future: Useless ads, lack of Google-level profitability, and they don't get mobile.
Useless ads
I use Google Gmail and I noticed a long time ago, and from time to time, that there are these gnats on the right side of the page, in the right column. Loads of them. Oh, those are ads appearing in my inbox — very similar to what Facebook ads look like. I've never clicked on one, but someone must be or wouldn't Google replace them with something else that was more useful and profitable? I think we should give Facebook some time to grow a little and grow with the social savvy of its user base.
Google Profits Compared to Facebook Profits
Yawn. I'm sorry. It doesn't doom them to fad status because they don't mirror precisely the Google Wave (no pun intended; I'm a huge Google fan). I think I even own a few shares, maybe 10, – yes, that's a disclosure.
Facebook Don't Get Mobile
I know that's poor English. Maybe I should have said "Facebook Can't Has Cheezburger" instead. They acquired Instapaper; I mean Instagram. If anything was a fad, I'd lean toward the saying it was the no-revenue photo app, even though I think it's cool. Every year, for the last 4-5 years has been the "year of mobile" and small business and big business had better jump on board yesterday. Come on. Mobile, like social, is still in its infancy. As Eric Jackson wrote this week, maybe the whole social graph thing – is still in 1.0 status. Watch your friends on Facebook in that live chat column area and see how many have mobile enabled. Of my small 450+ friends on Facebook, a fair number of them have mobile enabled even though Facebook doesn't get it. They have time.
Some more back of the envelope commentary on next page, PLUS some gallery photos of women protesting before the IPO.
Gee, I'd really like to do that, buy some facebook ….
You see, a few years ago I put my money in a Mcmansion outside of Vegas … would you just please give me a second mortgage on the property ….
As a creative in a digital ad agency, I've seen the majority of our web work (50%?) move towards development for Facebook. The ability to create any type of application for any type of company to engage current and potential customers blows away any time of interactive Google would allow through it's advertising. With clients willing to pay up to $250k per application, we find our selves developing micro sites to live within the FB framework while they avoid standalone sites all together. This trend is continuing to move forward and will keep getting bigger and bigger.
The question isn't whether Facebook will still be around in 10 years, but whether it is worth 100 billion dollars.
When the writer admits that he is "on it for business reasons mostly", I wonder how much insight he has on average Facebook users' trends and needs (I am myself a facebook user, not for business reasons, mind you). This makes him sound like a tech-writer living in his bubble and disconnected from mainstream consumers.
I agree. The question is not whether or not Facebook is a profitable company. The question is whether it is worth the valuation of a hot company everyone knows about during the first few days as a public company. Will it be worth as much 6 months from now?
That is the billion dollar question.
You have something important and interesting to say; say it without being
"cute" with the English because it detracts from what you're saying and that gets frustrating. Respectfully submitting my opinion: EdJM
Because Facebook will turn out different that AOL and MySpace….
Buying right after an IPO is one of the biggest risks in trading. TERRIBLE ADVICE!!!
Are you so naive not to realise that all the money had already been made before the general public will be able to buy one share.
The IPO is SOLD OUT, every share will be sold by someone that got in on the ground floor. Investors must decide if it is more prudent to see what trajectory the stock takes before leaping.
There are many other safer and better opportunities out there, this is a gamble pure and simple.
Edward, You are probably too young to remember the Palm Computing IPO in March 2000. At the end of the first day, the company had a value a $50 billion. HP bought it a few years ago for $1.2 billion. Who uses a Palm Pilot these days? Who uses MySpace these days?
"Edward" should read "TJ".
Its hard to believe Forbes pays ignorants like you to write about these things. How much money did you lose on FB? Oh, yes, just $10 because you said you only bought one share, and yet you invited people to buy as much a they could. Pathetic


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10 Behaviors That Hurt Your Credit Score
Are you as clueless as most people about what makes a difference?
Do you know the top 10 financial behaviors that can hurt your credit score? It turns out that most people don't – especially parents. According to a new survey by ING Direct, only five parents out of 1,042 could correctly identify the following behaviors as damaging to credit scores.
Parents weren't totally clueless – over 80 percent knew that paying bills late or paying a mortgage late could dink their scores, and seven in 10 correctly named "exceeding a credit limit" as a bad idea. But keeping a small credit card balance and closing old accounts largely flew under the radar.
Parents also tended to incorrectly think that recommended behaviors, such as checking their credit scores and accessing their credit reports, would hurt their scores. But those are just the steps parents – and all consumers – should be taking to make sure their reports are error-free. After all, those credit reports and scores determine how expensive it is to take out loans.
ING Direct says parents have an extra responsibility to educate themselves, since they're setting an example for their children. The bank recommends teaching kids about money as soon as they start asking you to buy things for them. One tip? "Show them your credit card statement and explain that credit cards are not 'free money.' Talk to them about interest rates and why paying off your balance in full is important." (ING's website Planet Orange helps get the conversation going.)
Parents, how do you teach your kids about money?


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Daniel Bice, the Journal Sentinel's watchdog columnist, holds politicians and the powerful accountable
Accuser in Supervisor Lee Holloway case cut it close on deadline
The woman accusing former Milwaukee County Board Chairman Lee Holloway of groping her on his last day in office filed her discrimination complaint as the clock was expiring.
The woman, whose name is redacted from the records, alleges that Holloway groped her on April 13, 2012, his final full day as board chairman. She worked for the county at the time of the incident but was not an employee in Holloway's County Board office.
The county worker filed the complaint with the state on Thursday - 300 days after the alleged incident.
John Dipko, spokesman for the state Department of Workforce Development, said those claiming discrimination have 300 days to file a complaint with the state.
"Generally speaking, the statute of limitations is considered by the Equal Rights Division to be an affirmative defense, so the 300-day deadline wouldn't be considered unless the respondent were to file an objection and argue that the complaint was filed outside of the deadline," Dipko wrote in an email.
"In those instances, the investigator and possibly later an administrative law judge would have to decide."
It is not clear if the county worker contacted Milwaukee police or prosecutors.
Assistant District Attorney Paul Tiffin, who has handled high-profile cases in sensitive crimes in the past, declined comment Wednesday when asked about the matter.
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This is a bogus claim. Holloway is considered among the lowest of the low here - but I would guess this accuser ranks worse.


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With some assistance from the federal government, a Texas-based bioenergy company is getting ready to build a plant in Ada.
Kru Energy officials outlined their plans for the plant during a recent meeting with Pontotoc County Commission Chairman Gary Starns and residents who live near the site. Starns hosted the meeting to address residents' questions about the facility.
Kru Energy has received a $300,000 matching grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development program to build a bioenergy plant on North Monte Vista Street, north of Homer School, said President and CEO Trey Kreuger. He said construction on the $7.8 million, 10-acre plant has not begun yet, but officials hope to have the facility up and running by late fall.
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The Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen), in International Studies and Programs (ISP), draws together the strengths of the program in Women, Gender, and Social Justice (WGSJ) in the College of Arts and Letters (CAL) and the College of Social Science (SSC) and the Gender, Development and Globalization Program (GDG) in ISP. These programs have historically looked at gender in the US and in international contexts, respectively. The new center emphasizes women and gender in a global context, with distinctive new programs promoting teaching, research, and outreach relevant to 21st century concerns.
The center's Mission Statement describes its purpose as follows:
The Center for Gender in Global Context is an interdisciplinary center in International Studies and Programs focused on gender, feminist, and women's studies. Its affiliated faculty and students study how women and men from diverse racial, ethnic, national, and sexual backgrounds live in and engage with the world and how processes of global change affect gender relations locally, nationally, and internationally. Working in conjunction with the academic colleges, the center promotes outstanding undergraduate and graduate education, facilitates research and scholarship of the highest caliber, and undertakes innovative outreach and active learning initiatives.
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Abram Brown, Forbes Staff
I write about people who build businesses.
The two Canadian fellows who founded BlackBerry, and then watched their company crash, were always, famously, different. Jim Balsillie, tall and lean, managed the finances. Mike Lazaridis, shorter and stocky, was the geek–having spent a childhood summer reading every science book available at his local library–credited with creating the first smartphones. They were apart even at the company's Waterloo, Canada, headquarters, at which they kept offices in separate buildings.
For a time, their fortunes were among the only things that intertwined the men. They founded the company, then called Research in Motion, in 1984, in southern Ontario province near Toronto. The BlackBerry smartphones delighted the business elite with simple software and easy-to-use keyboards. The company's stock skyrocketed, reaching $230 a share in August 2007. It turned the pair into billionaires. Their fortunes, by FORBES' careful measure, peaked the following spring, when each man was worth more than $3 billion.
By 2012, both fell off our roll of world billionaires. Why? Apple mostly. By then, Apple was shipping tens of millions of iPhones each quarter, and BlackBerry handsets seemed old and inflexible. Later, Google-based Android phones chipped away further at BlackBerry's market share and lackluster innovation attempts limited the company's competitive abilities. The PlayBook tablet, for example, was mostly unimpressive and couldn't wedge its way into a market controlled by Apple and Amazon.com. Result: a long, long fall in share price to a bottom reached only last year of $6.70 a share. The downward spiral cost Lazaridis and Balsillie more than money (both are still centi-millionaires). They stepped down as co-CEOs last year, replaced by a little known company insider. Both continued as directors.
Today, their wealth, and the prospect for replenishing it, is separate too. Balsillie, 52, stepped down from the board a few months after being replaced as CEO. Then, he dumped his entire stake in BlackBerry, a signal to some that the founder had lost confidence in BlackBerry. Balsillie sold 26.9 million shares at $11.80, making $317.5 million. By contrast, Lazaridis, who is only now leaving the board, remains the company's second largest shareholder with 29.7 million shares (5.7% of BlackBerry), a position worth $442 million.
Balsillie's sale makes it quite unlikely he could become a billionaire again, short of founding a new company. Lazaridis, 52, leaves his fortune in the hands of the new CEO, Thorsten Heins. Lazaridis has already been richly rewarded for his patience. BlackBerry stock has doubled in six months, as the company launched its new BB10 operating system. The stock would need to double again, and then some, for him to reach 10-figure status. To be specific, shares need to hit $33.60 for that to happen.
Possible, but seems a difficult feat. Even the most bullish on Wall Street don't have price targets set above $22 a share.
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Wrong. Peter Misek said this could hit over $40 a few months back. Do your research instead of writing a thinly-veiled BBRY-bashing article.
Not yet, but after the Q2 earnings call and the clear success of Z10 and Q10 the stock might be higher than 30$ already
u guys really running out of things to write
sometimes people like to read junks
I'll remind you that no one like a train wreck or accident. Yet, we always slow down to watch them. And "Everyone keeps visiting"?… Really? like who?… Hardly anyone reads Forbes anymore. And when they do, its to correct you on the nonsense you spew out to the unknowing public. These are Q1 profits. For them to show even a hint of profit after losing a million subscribers shows how wrong you have been regarding their future. I'm not so foolish to think the stock would nor will skyrocket after the launch of the Z10. BlackBerry has always been a gradual climb to the top. They never had the lines around the block like Apple. Primarily because most of their sales have been online sales, which somehow you guys never want to report. BlackBerry wont truly prove their profits till beginning of Q3. 6 devices are set to be released this year… 6!… I think they'll be just fine.
Check the news feed, so far Forbes has posted 4 BlackBerry bashing articles today. What the hell is going on at Forbes? Who is giving the orders to smear BlackBerry. I'd be very careful. It doesnt take much to request an media enquiry. Clearly someone has a substantial piece of an Apple.
Poppets on a the Apple string. Just like 90% of the tech media out there.
"If its not Apple, its no good." -iMedia Sheep
i think an enquiry seriously need to be made. first was eric then the rest
I've followed RIMM since the email patent lawsuit, a decade ago, where they owed $400M+ and royalties. I owned it from $112 down to $90 and cashed back out at $120+ before it headed to an all-time high of $147. It NEVER hit $230 cause after the $147 it split and was in the $70′s/$80′s until it went to the $30′s and eventually single digits. As for Balsillie becoming a billionaire, why not? The guy cashed out $300M+ worth and even if he was left with half of that after taxes he'll be a billionaire if given enough time. A quick rule of 72…8% return means his investment doubles every 9yrs. $150M-300M-600M-1.2B(36yrs later). Whether this stock hits $33, I'm doubtful, I'll wait till the FINANCIALS support the BB10 series not the hype that proceeds it. Remember Palm and its Pre…stock went from $6 to $14 on its hype only to be bought out by HP after falling 50%. I certainly don't see $40 as Eric Jackson was hyping, a few months ago.