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The marketplace gives consumers access to more than 300 products created using a 3-D printer.
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Promote your mobile program to combat showrooming.
My colleague Sylvia came up to me excitedly in the hallway, a booklet in hand, saying, "Bill, you gotta see this. Mobile commerce is on the cover."
What she presented me with was a promotional booklet from Costco, its "Autumn Online-Only Offers" catalog. And sure enough, on the bottom of the cover (as you can see in the picture on the right) is a promotion for Costco's mobile app that reads: "Download your free app today and enjoy everything Costco on-the-go!" A picture of two smartphones with the app onscreen accompanies the text along with a QR code that when snapped leads you to the app download page.
Costco, No. 22 in the Internet Retailer Mobile 400, is doing something many more retailers should be doing: it's promoting the fact that it has a mobile commerce program. So many retailers build wonderful mobile apps and m-commerce sites then do little to let shoppers know these mobile shopping tools exist. Smartphone owners love mobile sites and apps, you want them to know these things exist.
And they'll use them. Four of every five U.S. adult smartphone users, 85.9 million in total, accessed retail content on their device in July 2012 either through a mobile commerce site or mobile app, web and mobile measurement firm comScore Inc. finds.
There's a big benefit to having your mobile presence in the hands of in-store shoppers. PriceGrabber asked 2,469 mobile shoppers how they plan to use their mobile devices during the 2012 holiday shopping season. 70% will check prices on their phones before making a store purchase, a tactic known as showrooming. If you're a store retailer, you don't want them opening up the Amazon.com app while in your store. Post signs at entrances and in high-traffic areas urging shoppers to download your mobile app to receive special discounts and offers. You've got to be the one in-store shoppers turn to for more information on products and the best deals. Smartphones are research tools, and you should be the one providing the information.
When it comes to showrooming, 85% of consumers that said they used a retailer's own mobile app to help them shop in a store made a purchase on that shopping trip versus 71% who said they made a purchase when they used shopping apps operated by another company, according to Deloitte. Further, 61% of smartphone owners who use their devices to shop have done so in a store, the study finds. The Deloitte research indicates consumers' in-store mobile activities are contributing to, not taking away from, in-store sales, and that smartphone shoppers are 14% more likely to convert and make a purchase in the store than non-smartphone users. This means that mobile is an important tool for retailers to drive incremental in-store sales, Deloitte says.
If you have an m-commerce site or mobile app, you should be promoting it on the home page of your e-commerce site, you should be promoting it in stores if you have them, and you should be promoting it on printed materials, like Costco. 1-800-Contacts is promoting its new iPhone app as the main image on its Facebook page. Walgreens even has some of their cashiers wearing T-shirts encouraging customers to download its app.
Let people know you've gone mobile. Show off. You're in the vanguard. The easier you make it for your customers to know you've gone mobile, the more likely they are to use the channel. And the more mobile sales, and mobile-facilitated store sales, you'll receive.
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Number of animals being transported:1
Breeds, weight, age: Mini Poodle, Bentley, age 3, 15 lbs
Health Condition: Excellent
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Vaccinations: UTD
Health Certificate: yes
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Special needs: very scared, not doing well in shelter, afraid, won't let crazy shelter people handle him.
Name of Sending Rescue/Parties: Pilot Eva is driving to the shelter to pick up Bentley tomorrow and her daughter will bring him to KBED Saturday morning.
Name of Receiving Rescue/Parties: Poodle Rescue of Vermont 802 497 4144
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Parker County Pets Alive is hoping county residents "Have a Heart for Homeless Pets" during this Valentine's season.
The organization is sponsoring its second annual food drive through Feb. 28, according to PCPA President LeeAnn Adams. Last year, almost 1,000 pounds of food was raised and donated to Center of Hope.
This year, all food and pet supplies raised will be donated to the Weatherford/Parker County Animal Shelter and go directly to animals in need, Adams said. A number of businesses are helping out this year in taking donations, some offering special deals to customers who make donations at their businesses.
"People want to support the drive," Adams said. "Why not support someone who supports the community?"
Some of the businesses offering customer deals with a donation include:
• Wright Chiropractic is offering a free consultation and exam for new patients and a 15-minute aqua massage for existing patients with a donation.
• Doss Heritage and Cultural Center is offering free admission with a donation.
• Dog Day Afternoon Spa is offering a pound for pound match for all donations at their business.
• Dillard Feed and Seed will also match all donation purchases.
Other businesses accepting donations include Teskey's, Brookshire's in Weatherford, Fido & Friends, All About Rehab and Hair Saloon.
PCPA is coming off a successful volunteer fair for both the shelter and the three-person organization last week. Adams said the shelter itself needs volunteers for all types of positions, including filing and other administrative duties, walking and grooming animals and also transportation to and from foster homes or area shelters. Adams said two deaf puppies were recently transported to Ohio by someone who was heading north.
Pets Alive, on the other hand, can use help with marketing and advertising the organization, Adams said. Anyone willing to help at the shelter can stop by the location, 403 Hickory Drive, in Weatherford, or by calling 817-598-4111.
Anyone wishing to offer services for Pets Alive can contact Adams herself by messaging the group's Facebook page.


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Why I Abominate the Prosperity Gospel
by Tony Reinke and John Piper
In episode 231, Pastor John talks about his abomination for the Prosperity Gospel
Why I Abominate the Prosperity Gospel
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John Piper explains why the so-called "prosperity gospel" is not the gospel.
Can a True Believer Be Fooled Into Believing the Prosperity Gospel?
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John Piper says that being doctrinally amiss doesn't automatically make you an unbeliever.
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Senior Christy Belk, a four-year starter for the Fight'n Maidens, scored her first varsity goal in Jacksonville's 3-0 shutout over Center Tuesday night at Roughrider Stadium.
The Maidens (7-10-1, 4-1 in district) got all of their goals in the opening period before coasting home with the win.Kelly Crosby put the JHS girls on the board first by booting a volley shot into the net, with Kennison Chambless getting the assist on the play.
Jacksonville's second score came on an unassisted goal by freshman Lindsey Green.
Green also was credited with the assist on Belk's goal.
The Maidens trail Nacogdoches by two points for first place in the league standings at the half-way point.
The Lady Dragons will invade the Tomato Bowl for a 7 p.m. match on Friday against Jacksonville.
"This will be a big match for us and should go along way in determining the district champion," Maidens' head coach Kiff Wiemers said.
NOTES — The Maidens also blanked Lufkin Hudson (2-0) on Friday at Tomato Bowl...Jasmin Rodriquez and Alayna Jeffcoat scored for the Maidens, with Green getting an assist...In junior varsity action, the Maiden sub-varsity earned a 2-0 win over the Lady 'Riders Tuesday...Birdie Guitan and Kayla Santana each had a goal and an assist for Jacksonville.


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Earn college credit in just a few weeks during Lone Star College-Montgomerys winter mini-mester session, which begins December 16.
These three- or four-week classes take place Monday-Friday until January 5 or January 12, depending on the course, and many are even offered online, allowing students to complete coursework from home. Most mini-mester classes are transferrable and cost just a fraction of the tuition at a four-year university. Tuition and fees for a three-credit-hour course total just $200 for students who reside in the Lone Star College System service area.
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Participate in hands-on demonstrations or watch amazing science feats at one of two identical on-stage science performances. See a fire tornado, exciting chemical reactions and more.
This free event takes place in the Student Union building at 101 College Parkway. The one-hour shows of science feats take place from 6-7 p.m. or 7:30-8:30 p.m. in the Robert E. Kauffman Theater in the Pascal Center for Performing Arts. Participate in interactive science activities and see science demonstrations in the dining hall from 6:30-8 p.m.
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TERRE HAUTE — The following individuals were booked into the Vigo County Jail by area law enforcement on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, based on jail records. Charges are recommended by arresting officers but are not final until the Vigo County prosecutor reviews the case and files official charges.
Kimberly D. Brady, 25, 100 block of Gilbert Avenue, Terre Haute. Booked 9:03 a.m. Failure to appear.
Mark A. Porter, 49, 3000 block of North 14 1/2 Street, Terre Haute. Booked 10:29 a.m. Probation violation and failure to appear.
William Blair, 46, 1000 block of North Fourth Street, Terre Haute. Booked 11:12 a.m. Failure to appear.
Brittany M. Garred, 19, 1000 block of North Fourth Street, Terre Haute. Booked 11:55 a.m. Probation violation.
Joshua L. Sharp, 27, 1600 block of South Ninth Street, Terre Haute. Booked 12:04 p.m. Burglary.
Joshua T. Prouse, 21, 400 block of South 15th Street, Terre Haute. Booked 12:45 p.m. Criminal mischief.
Brittany Akers, 19, 4000 block of East Markle Avenue, Terre Haute. Booked 2:06 p.m. Failure to appear.
Danieal L. McKinley, 40, 1900 block of Seventh Avenue, Terre Haute. Booked 2:29 p.m. Court order.
Charles W. Keller Jr., 32, 2600 block of South Hickson Road, Montezuma. Booked 3:11 p.m. Court order.
Michael S. Collier, 18, 3000 block of North Sixth Street, Terre Haute. Booked 6:04 p.m. Criminal mischief, resisting law enforcement and residential entry.
Brenton E. Barnhill, 29, 100 block of South 14th Street, Terre Haute. Booked 7:47 p.m. Failure to appear.
Shawn V. Rogers, 37, 400 block of East Margaret Drive, Terre Haute. Booked 9:10 p.m. Receiving stolen property.
Robert M. Crawford, 28, 5400 block of Village Spring Court, Terre Haute. Booked 9:43 p.m. Driving while suspended and failure to appear.
Gordon W. Waltermire, 56, 100 block of Barton Avenue, Terre Haute. Booked 10:27 p.m. Invasion of privacy.
Cynthia S. Schumacher, 50, 300 block of South Fourth Street, Terre Haute. Booked 11:04 p.m. Public intoxication.
Joshua L. Wilson, 19, 1300 block of Maple Avenue, Terre Haute. Booked 11:57 p.m. Operating while intoxicated, driver never licensed, minor consuming and battery.
Michelle Houston, 45, 11800 block of South Sullivan Place, Terre Haute. Booked 12:03 a.m. Failure to appear.
Desirae E. Weaver, 25, 2300 block of Spruce Street, Terre Haute. Booked 12:24 a.m. Battery, public intoxication, disorderly conduct, false reporting and fraud.
Brian K. Oneal, 46, 11800 block of South Sullivan Place, Terre Haute. Booked 12:43 a.m. Intimidation, criminal recklessness, pointing a firearm and battery-aggravated.
Caleb R. Tilford, 22, 8100 block of North Debbie Street, Terre Haute. Booked 2:29 a.m. Operating while intoxicated.
Tyler Sharp, 18, 4500 block of Gaslight Place, Terre Haute. Booked 2:56 a.m. Maintaining a common nuisance.
Anthony Lynn-Morris, 18, 3200 block of East Sycamore Avenue, Terre Haute. Booked 2:56 a.m. Maintaining a common nuisance.
David A. Wallace, 18, 4500 block of South Gaslight Place, Terre Haute. Booked 3:12 a.m. Maintaining a common nuisance and possession of marijuana/hash.
John I. Lenhart, 30, 4500 block of South Gaslight Place, Terre Haute. Booked 3:14 a.m. Maintaining a common nuisance.
Gregory Hohenstein, 20, 2700 block of Phylbeck Avenue, Terre Haute. Booked 3:25 a.m. False reporting/informing, resisting law enforcement, failure to appear and probation violation.
Michael J. Simonson, 19, 2700 block of Phylbeck Avenue, Terre Haute. Booked 3:29 a.m. Assisting a criminal.
Bobbie R. Mituski, 22, 1900 block of Seventh Avenue, Universal. Booked 3:40 a.m. Operating while intoxicated and driving while suspended.
James R. Shadow III, 33, 4600 block of North Pierson Street, Terre Haute. Booked 4:37 a.m. Operating while intoxicated.
Jordyn R. Brown, 26, 300 block of West Logan Street, Brazil. Booked 5:02 a.m. Operating while intoxicated.
Lonnie Fuller, 47, 3400 block of East Wabash Avenue, Terre Haute. Booked 11:36 a.m. Failure to appear.
Ronnie L. McCullough, 50, 3300 block of North 11th Street, Terre Haute. Booked 2:06 p.m. Battery.
Brandy Flowers, 34, 4200 block of North 15th Street, Rosedale. Booked 6:45 p.m. Criminal conversion and criminal trespassing.
Richard L. Mason, 52, 1400 block of South Seventh Street, Terre Haute. Booked 6:51 p.m. Battery-domestic, disorderly conduct and resisting law enforcement.
Charles W. Mount, 33, 1400 block of South 21st Street, Terre Haute. Booked 8:57 p.m. Invasion of privacy.
Edwin A. Goings, 60, 1900 block of Poplar Street, Terre Haute. Booked 9:46 p.m. Invasion of privacy.
Heath A. Dalton, 25, 4600 block of South Country Road 500 West, Cory. Booked 10:43 p.m. Operating while intoxicated.
Bradley R. Brossman, 24, 800 block of West Paris Avenue, West Terre Haute. Booked 11:25 p.m. Operating while intoxicated.
James T. Oeffler, 52, 3700 block of East Oakwood Avenue, Terre Haute. Booked 12:15 a.m. Dealing methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine (two counts), possession of marijuana/hash and operating while intoxicated.
Daniel E. Isbell, 3, 1700 block of Garfield Avenue, Terre Haute. Booked 12:56 a.m. Failure to appear (two counts) and possession of sawed-off shotgun.
Jimmie F. Corby, 60, 4400 block of Hulman Street, Terre Haute. Booked 1:37 a.m. Operating while intoxicated.
Carl L. Wiegand, 27, 300 block of North 23rd Street, Terre Haute. Booked 2:09 a.m. Habitual traffic violator and false reporting.
Ted R. Branson, 64, 9200 block of North Private Road 375 West, Brazil. Booked 2:26 a.m. Operating while intoxicated.
Cindy L. Cooper, 56, 1100 block of South Leslie Place, West Terre Haute. Booked 3:04 a.m. Possession of methamphetamine (two counts).
Heather Hellums, 40, 2000 block of South Ninth Street, Terre Haute. Booked 4:24 a.m. Operating while intoxicated and driving while suspended.
Jeff Grady, 51, 600 block of Ash Street, Terre Haute. Booked 7:31 a.m. Failure to appear.
James R. Lundy, 38, 1900 block of North Eighth Street, Terre Haute. Booked 10:09 a.m. Court order.
Sidney W. Moore, 53, 600 block of South 15th Street, Terre Haute. Booked 10:42 a.m. Invasion of privacy.
John C. Foradori, 28, 300 block of North 15th Street, Terre Haute. Booked 11 a.m. Court order (two counts).
Robert J. Busiere, 34, 6100 block of West Evans Drive, Terre Haute. Booked 2:06 p.m. Court order (two counts).
Jeremy R. Gilbert, 34, 10400 block of Hope Lane, Poland. Booked 5:49 p.m. Criminal recklessness.
Wesley D. Puckett, 32, 900 block of Indiana 46, Nashville. Booked 6:05 p.m. Driving while suspended and possession of paraphernalia.
Tina K. Wycoff, 41, 2500 block of West Cooper Avenue, West Terre Haute. Booked 6:53 p.m. Possession of methamphetamine (two counts).
Carl L. Wiegand, 27, 300 block of North 23rd Street, Terre Haute. Booked 2:17 a.m. Burglary.
James Howard, 22, 7800 block of North Meneely Street, Terre Haute. Booked 3:22 a.m. Failure to appear.
Under the law, criminal charges are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.


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MV Transportation Inc. runs the subsidized Redi Wheels and Redi Coast curb-to-curb services in San Mateo County.…More
Residents with disabilities (or other reasons why they can't use public transportation) and low incomes can apply for the service. The application process, done by Samtrans, proves rider eligibility and provides them with registration cards. Registered users can make reservations up to seven days in advance.
Redi Coast serves the coastal area from Montara to Pescadero; Redi Wheels handles Palo Alto and South San Francisco. Transfers to other counties can be arranged.


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PatchCast: Peekskill Taxi Drivers Fight Proposed Insurance Mandate; Pelham Schools Unveil Spending Proposal
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michaelkane February 28, 2012 at 05:05 PM
I do not think 100000/300000 liability is to much in today's world. I know some who have that on their personal cars.
John Anderson February 28, 2012 at 08:17 PM
No one talks actual numbers. Fleet operators would pay an additional $2,500- $3,000 per car per year, for an additional policy through American transit or Global on top of their regular policy which is probably $4,500 -$5,000 per car, for a total of (on the high side) $8,000. This increase would cost a fleet operator about $8 more per day, per car. New York city taxis pay about $10,000 per year. Owner operators (persons who drive and own the taxi) can get 100K/300K policy for about $3,500 per year through Novello. Middletown has the same type of law and there are more than enough taxis doing plenty of calls. I'm sure the average peekskill taxi does more than 8 local calls per day, so adding 50 cents to each call would help cover the increase, or perhaps making the $1 fee for each additional passenger $2. The drivers could also add a dollar or two to their out of town trips, peekskill does not regulate those calls. Peekskill also needs to make a "company" show proof of at least 10 cars operating within the company and a signed commercial property (office) lease, enough with these guys trying to dispatch from their cars on a cell phone, it's dangerous and inconvenient for customers. Pass the law Peekskill, they won't go out of business. As a mater of fact, it will get some people off the road who should not be operating a taxi to begin with. Would residents rather be underinsured and get a taxi in 5 minutes, or be insured and wait 15 minutes. I think the latter.
John Anderson February 28, 2012 at 08:19 PM
Also, if Peeksill does not do something AND a person is hurt in a taxi, they might be able to go after the City for not staying up to date with their laws and this much needed requirement.
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This week's "My Turn" column is by the Rev. Ken Baldwin, a retired pastor from the United Presbyterian Church and the United Methodist Church. A lot happened in the early 1920s _ the Teapot Dome scandal, the founding of our Oneonta Rotary Club and Yours Truly first saw the light of day.
My Turn: Making Main Street Oneonta the best that it can be
THIS WEEK'S "My Turn" column is by Rachel Lutz Jessup. Jessup is the assistant branch manager at the NBT branch on Wall Street, and the president of Main Street Oneonta.
My Turn: Heres a run-down of all the Elks Lodge does
This week's "My Turn" column is by Oneonta Elks Lodge 1312 Acting Exalted Ruler Christine Gyure. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Oneonta Lodge 1312 has a belief in charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity. As Elks, we believe laughter is better than tears, and a kind word more powerful than a frown.
My Turn: Hunters Helping the Hungry is a self-serving endeavor
This week's "My Turn" column is by non-hunter David Irving.
My Turn: What's the secret to weight loss?
This week's "My turn" column is by Juliana Hanbridge, registered dietitian and owner of Curves of Cooperstown.
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My Turn: Tough financial times will make our community more important to us
This week's "My turn" is by new Oneonta Mayor Richard Miller. On Jan. 1, I was sworn in as mayor. Since the election in early November, I have been meeting with members of the Common Council, the administration and the mayor, as well as attending as many commission and committee meetings as possible.
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My Turn: Bassett and Fox's new task is to adapt
This week's "My turn" column is by Dr. William Streck, president and chief executive officer of Basset Healthcare. The decisions by the boards of A.O. Fox Hospital and Bassett Healthcare to forge a new relationship with Fox as a Bassett affiliate are very timely ones.
- Monday, December 21, 2009
My Turn: Fire chief was never 'off duty'
This week's "My turn" column is by Maggie Barnes, wife of retiring Oneonta Fire Chief Robert Barnes.
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My Turn: Executive Service Corps helps area businesses
This week's "My turn" column is by Douglas Fielder, secretary of the Board of Directors of Executive Service Corps of Otsego and Delaware counties.
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My Turn: Don't be fooled by 'lipstick' health care
This week's "My turn" column is by Stuart Anderson. Washington is up to its old tricks, putting lipstick on a pig and calling it reform. The Senate's discussing a public option that states can opt out of, so people who really need that public option may have to move to another state to get it.
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My Turn: You can get by with a little help from FSA
This week's "My turn" is by Deborah Chicorelli, president of the Family Service Association Board of Directors. This year marks the 100th anniversary of The Family Service Association (FSA). One hundred years of helping area residents and families meet their needs.
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I write about radical management, leadership, innovation & narrative
On Saturday, David Segal at the New York Times had an interesting article on working conditions in Apple's hugely profitable retail stores. The article itself, and the many of the comments that it provoked, couldn't seem to decide whether working at Apple was hell or heaven.
At one point the article seems to argue that Apple [AAPL] is an exploitative hell: it richly compensates its C-suite, while offering stressful low-paying jobs and disposes of its employees after a short time, once they are burnt out:
Worldwide, its stores sold $16 billion in merchandise. But most of Apple's employees enjoyed little of that wealth… About 30,000 of the 43,000 Apple employees in this country work in Apple Stores, as members of the service economy, and many of them earn about $25,000 a year. They work inside the world's fastest growing industry, for the most valuable company, run by one of the country's most richly compensated chief executives, Tim Cook. Last year, he received stock grants, which vest over a 10-year period, that at today's share price would be worth more than $570 million…
"In the service sector, companies provide a little bit of training and hope their employees leave after a few years," says Arne L. Kalleberg, a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina.
Last year, during his best three-month stretch, Jordan Golson sold about $750,000 worth of computers and gadgets at the Apple Store in Salem, N.H. It was a performance that might have called for a bottle of Champagne — if that were a luxury Mr. Golson could have afforded. "I was earning $11.25 an hour," he said. "Part of me was thinking, 'This is great. I'm an Apple fan, the store is doing really well.' But when you look at the amount of money the company is making and then you look at your paycheck, it's kind of tough."
Yet the article also notes that Apple's working conditions are better than its competitors.
By the standards of retailing, Apple offers above average pay — well above the minimum wage of $7.25 and better than the Gap, though slightly less than Lululemon, the yoga and athletic apparel chain, where sales staff earn about $12 an hour. The company also offers very good benefits for a retailer, including health care, 401(k) contributions and the chance to buy company stock, as well as Apple products, at a discount.
And despite everything, Apple is a fun place to work. 9to5Mac.com has assembled an interesting cross section of Apple workers who regret the low pay but recognize the value of having worked there:
#1 "It's been a hell of a ride. I wouldn't trade it for any other retail job. I've had an overall good experience so far, but I've been left wanting more. I have learned some valuable people skills and met the most incredible people (both customers and coworkers). My pay isn't great, compared to other retail jobs in the area (according to glassdoor). We should definitely be paid more than what we are now.
#2 "My first year at Apple has been a great experience for me. The way things have been done this first year is like no other. From having fun activities with colleagues as meetings to just overall having fun coming to work… My Apple Retail experience is fun, challenging, and emotionally and mentally rewarding; I've been here a few years now, so this isn't just honeymoon talk.
#3: I've met the most impactful people of my life while working for Apple and formed many on going friendships. Apple provides its employees with many life skills that can be used anywhere. One of the trainings I've attended was on par with a Master's level Communication course. From dealing with escalated issues, facilitating group trainings, and everything in between, Apple provided skills I continue to use daily.
Since Apple is notable for its successful adoption of aspects of radical management, it's useful to put these different viewpoints in perspective.
Radical management is a management framework of principles and practices. No organization is perfectly implementing all of the principles and practices. Some organizations are implementing some of them and prospering. Many traditional organizations are implementing few, if any, of the principles and practices and are struggling.
In the case of Apple, the big plus is how well it is implementing the most important principle:
The goal of the firm is to delight its customers.
Making money is the result of achieving that goal, not the goal itself. Apple has shown how incredibly profitable it can be to devote a whole organization to that goal.
Apple has often done a good job in its retail stores of enabling self-organizing teams of workers, coordinating work with Agile methods and systematically tracking whether customers and employees are delighted.
When a firm delights its customers, it can make many other mistakes and still be extremely successful. One principle that Apple's former CEO Steve Jobs consistently flouted include:
Communicate with your employees as adults.
Steve Jobs often treated his staff abominably, berating them publicly and acting in a sublimely dictatorial fashion. Yet many of his staff forgave him for his bad behavior because he was usually doing it in a good cause: deliver a better experience for the customer. His ferocious determination to look at the world through the eyes of the customer was something his employees could respect, even if the communication style was regrettable.
Another important practice of radical management is to compensate your employees in a way that is perceived as fair. What is fair in any particular case will depend on the circumstances. What does seem unfair both to outsiders and to many Apple's employees is that Apple is paying its CEO the maximum that it can get away with, while paying its retail employees the minimum that it can get away with. Clearly, Tim Cook would stay with Apple for compensation much less than $570 million, while clearly many employees leave because of the low compensation.
For the last ten years, Apple has taken advantage of the strong demand for its jobs, particularly in today's weak economy when Apple is seen as a "cool" place to work: it has no difficulty replacing those workers that it disposes of. It has apparently made a tactical decision that the costs of selecting and training new workers is worth the turnover rate that its low pay generates.
Whether this will prove to be wise in the long term remains to be seen. Over the long haul, the advantages of a steady committed workforce should generally outweigh any short-term gains that can be made by pushing workers hard, paying them little and disposing of them when they burn out.
Some deviations from the principles of customer delight are already appearing. Since around 2005, Apple has started recruiting managers from stores like the Gap and Banana Republic. Employees complain about the gradual "Gapification of Apple."
In recent years, the level of unhappiness at some stores was captured by an employee satisfaction survey known in the company as NetPromoter for Our People. It's a variation of a questionnaire that Apple has long given to customers, and the key question asks employees to rate, on a scale of one to 10, "How likely are you to recommend working at your Apple Retail Store to an interested friend or family member?" Anyone who offers a nine or 10 is considered a "promoter." Anyone who offers a seven or below is considered a "detractor."
Kevin Timmer said the internal survey results last year at the Grand Rapids store were loaded with fives and sixes.
"We discussed it in a monthly meeting and our manager had tears in her eyes," Mr. Timmer recalled. "She said something about how humbling these results were, that they want to fix any problems, that her door is always open, and so on."
Similar figures were found in Chicago.
Although there are no commissions for sales, employees report that there are implicit pressures to sell stuff that customers don't really want. As one commentator noted, "The only way to move up in Apple retail is to do well selling "attachments" (AppleCare, One to One). Managers are fixated on attachment rates for individuals and the store, which resulted in specialists selling them at inappropriate times just to keep management happy."
And one former Apple worker, "Gabe" commented:
I remember being part of a team that opened a store in 2003. I was surrounded by lots of really smart and talented people. The managers realized this and let us do our thing and we ended up being one of the most successful stores in the country. Around 2005 things started to change when, as the author mentions, the store started to get gapified. New managers came in who where not used to handling retail employees who had college degrees and lots of skill. Needless to say, it didn't go well.
Because Apple delights its customers so successfully, it is extremely profitable and can easily afford to offer its workers more, either in pay or in stock. Apple itself seems to recognize this:
Even Apple, it seems, has recently decided it needs to pay its workers more. Last week, four months after The New York Times first began inquiring about the wages of its store employees, the company started to inform some staff members that they would receive substantial raises. An Apple spokesman confirmed the raises but would not discuss their size, timing or impetus, nor who would earn them.
What is at stake is Apple's long-term future. If Tim Cook berates his employees as Steve Jobs did, pays them less than they deserve, recruits traditional managers who don't practice the Apple way, allows managers to push products and services that customers don't really want, and fails to rectify abuses in its supply chain in China, these shortfalls will eventually end up causing a drag on Apple's performance. Apple would do well to rectify them now, before they fester and become permanent cultural flaws.
And read also:
Is delighting the customer profitable?
Apple's retail stores are more than magic
How Apple listens to its customers
Why Steve Jobs is hard to replace
Five big surprises of radical management
Steve Denning's most recent book is: The Leader's Guide to Radical Management (Jossey-Bass, 2010).
Follow Steve Denning on Twitter @stevedenning
Any way you look at it, Apple employees are simply not getting their fare share of the company's profits. Apple asks their employees to know and do above and beyond what most retailers ask, and the NYT just showed we can get a bigger percentage of profits selling yoga pants. Apple employees deserve better. Just 1% commission would completely transform our paychecks, and the only way the company will give us what we deserve is if Apple workers come together.
Get connected to other Apple employees who want to see change by "Liking" the Retail Action Project on Facebook (www.facebook.com/retailactionproject), calling us at646.490.5925, or emailing us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
I really appreciate the work you put in on this piece. I am studying the internal communications aspect for Apple and I also would like to know what the typical Apple employee thinks about the company's contracts with Foxconn. Does it bother the retail employee that the products that they are selling are being manufactured in Chinese factories that have been noted for rampant abuse and dismal working conditions? We've seen Foxconn employees first getting very sick, then many committing suicide and most recently a full-out revolt and riot in one of these factories. I am aware that the working conditions for the Chinese laborer have never been that great and that Apple seeks to help improve that but does it weigh on the Apple retail employee when they sell another iPad?
I will play devils advocate because I feel it is so desperately required here. As a Masters student in the UK, I am paid £5.90 ($9.16) an hour at my current workplace in a (200 store strong) large clothing re-seller chain. We are similar to 'Gap' on the surface (but we don't manufacture much) but quite a bit more upmarket and we suffer from much the same problems as are mentioned above. Management has a fixation on conversion rates, and attachments in the form of customer satisfaction surveys and 'accessories' like shoelaces and football pumps. The major difference is that we mainly sell product that can easily be purchased online for cheaper and we are aware that our customers are here because they desire the added value that being able to see and try clothes brings.
Now to the point. Apple products sell on recommendation most of the time. At the price point an Apple product has, most people will never walk in and buy on a whim. They already know that they want a Mac when they enter, and most of the time know it down to the model and spec as Macs don't really overlap price points. That means employees have to do a lot less 'hard sell' and a lot more advisory work, making their jobs a lot easier. Apple stores also have a hell of a lot less items on the shop floor than a Best Buy of the same size let alone a clothing store where even every hung item picked up by a customer must be refolded the same day so that the arms don't crease, so there's a lot less maintenance work that needs doing and things like sale ticketing, short term sale display changes, stock replenishment and merchandising don't happen nearly as often if at all.
So an Apple shop floor assistant does a lot less work than most if not all stores on the high street of the same size but already gets paid more for it. To me that's not wrong, but the core problem is that high street employees get paid far too little, not that Apple pays too much. Working as a shop assistant is easily more work than a typist of the old era had to do, and every high street store has faced Gapification due to the pressures created by the internet, putting these bottom tier staff under ever more pressure for ever less pay. Apple employs 70k staff, and Tim Cooks bonus is equal to giving every employee $7300 today. That means Apple could reasonably pay them double what it does with no noticeable loss but it doesn't because it's already above average when put next to all the other major retailers on the high street.
how can I be a part of Apple?
It is NOT just Apple. ALL US corporations pay over 60% of there employees way little. Remember the median income in the US is less today then it was 20 years ago and you don'e need to look at statistics to know that the COSTs of food, gas , housing and jet about every thing is higher to day then it was 20 years ago. Only the pay of the upper executives has increased at all. and in many cases substantially. Now this is on Forbes so your target market is pretty much directly to blame for this trend. We have a system that puts corporate profit and increased share holder value over long term growth of the economy and the majority of people's ability meet their everyday needs. JUST because the market allows it does not make it OK. We ask a workers living in the US to compete with a workers in india. And don't even get me started on this supposed Skills gap argument that gets brought up every time you even mention why companies are asked why they move production overseas.
Graduate Schools' Engineering Tuition Rates are join up every year while state budgets are cutting Tuition assistance. Even for a instate resident UC berkley would coast you around $17K a year to get a engineering degree. while a Private school like MIT education closer to 40K/ year. and even technical schools just offering education in trades want 20K a year. Yet the pay for these fields has stagnated or even dropped (if you use adjusted dollars) in the past 20 years.


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---- — When Traverse City failed to adjust tax assessments for the Radio Centre building during the recent economic downturn, the property owners appealed to the state and won. Now, the city and Grand Traverse County have to fork over $180,000 in back taxes.
That's not all. More than $1 million in state grants and tax credits — all taxpayer dollars — were poured into the Radio Centre project during construction. The state awarded a brownfield grant of $661,800 in 1999 that helped spur development of the city's adjacent $8.3 million Larry C. Hardy parking deck; and Radio Centre developers got $491,000 in credit over 10 years toward the now-defunct Michigan Business Tax.
Property taxes generated by Radio Centre that are captured by the county and the Downtown Development Authority are used to help pay parking deck bonds. The lower Radio Centre assessment means the DDA ($90,000) and the county will have to refund more than $180,000. The county also won't be able to pay the parking deck fund an estimated $115,000 this year.
Officials said public incentives aren't factored in when property assessments are determined. But the city has taken steps to block developers from seeking reduced assessments on projects tied to city and county development agreements.
The Hagerty insurance building expansion and the planned Hotel Indigo in the downtown's Warehouse District both include provisions to prevent property owners from seeking assessment reductions. The same thing should have been done with the Radio Centre project.
Without such a clause in place, Radio Centre owner Ross Biederman was certainly within his rights to seek a tax refund. More disappointing, perhaps, is that the city's own estimate of Radio Centre's taxable value differed so much from the state's, which ultimately led to the big payback.
The city put the building's value at more than $3.88 million three years ago and increased it to nearly $3.98 million for this year; but city Assessor Deb Chavez, city Attorney Lauren Trible-Laucht and city Manager Ben Bifoss didn't contest the state's lower figures. An agreement signed off on by the Tax Tribunal and the city dropped the taxable value from $3 million in 2009 to $2,567,500 this year. That puts the property's estimated true cash value at $6 million for 2009 and $5.2 million this year.
If city officials believed their valuations, why didn't they fight? They later agreed to new numbers, but not until it got to the Tax Tribunal.
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I didn't know quads and triple axels were performed by Junior Ladies these days. Good to know.
I didn't know quads and triple axels were performed by Junior Ladies these days. Good to know.
"or" or "and". If I meant junior ladies, I would have written that. And yes, there are ladies out there who do a Triple Axel. And junior men who have the same jump content as, well, every man these days.
Also, at what point did my post come over as a very serious analysis of anything? It was a joke, for heaven's sake!
(not the most intricate steps, but still...)
Watching lots and lots of crossovers, no matter how well done they are, does nothing to make the program interesting and that should be reflected in the mark.
Well seeing you obviously have a clear idea about what transitions are, would you care to educate the rest of us? Because it seems you know more about it than a judge of many years experience. Or maybe you could become a judge and teach the rest of us a thing or two about it because heavens know we need a lot more judges involved in the sport (you don't get paid of course).
When you are up to your arse in alligators it is difficult to remember you were only meant to be draining the swamp.
Back to Brian... IMHO he is a great jumper, a good (not great) spinner, his footwork and edge quality I would say is only average, and his speed is great. His choreographic style is not too much to my liking but it beats blowing kisses at the judges, gyrating his hips and gesturing that he is number 1 (while skating like number two's). Brian will go down as one of the best there has been, as will Plush.
How condescending of you to feel the need to link me to a dictionary.
I am a native english speaker, and, yes, I know the meaning of "and/or."
You wrote "junior/ladies," which, I suppose can be taken in a number of different ways. It could mean juniors (men and ladies) or ladies (senior and junior). You need to clarify your posts before scolding others for misinterpreting them.
So it's like he couldn't learn anything from quad-ful or quad-less skating.I didnt watch the competition. When I finished my program, I just wanted to go back to the hotel, so I cant say anything about it.
"The team doesn't get automatic capacity because management is mad" -- Greg Smith, agile guy
Who can predict how many quads, triples, spins, etc, will have the 2014 Olympic Champion, or the 2018 Olympic Champion or the 2022 Olympic Champion, etc,etc,etc. Did Yagudin decide in 2002 that the next Oly Champ. will win with two quads, or Plushenko in 2006 that the next will win with a 4+3+2 combo? I don´t understand why is Evan so special. FS is changing constanly! But your story was funny, even very silly.
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Congrats to the interview, Titi! Good one!
"Perhaps,...," pardon me, Ms.. "one of the most (if not numero uno) controversial skaters as well" Are you sure? Right here on FSU, it might be the truth, but elsewhere, I don't know. Anyway, for any personality in any circles, being able to attract world's attention at any time is already a big achievement in another sense. We, the superfans of Evgeni Plushenko's, do not mind at all the controversy here on a daily basis, and neither does Evgeni, I firmly believe. My only regret is that the newly crowned Olympic champion might feel lonely as well as hurt, for most people' attention is still focused on the silver medalist instead of on the deserved gold medalist.
As for Evgeni' s behavior after the Vancouver Games, he said/did nothing wrong about the indisputable fact: the quadless Olympic champion in mens singles skating is a big slap in the face of the corrupted COP system as well as a permanent standing joke in the figure skating history. Like every poster speaking your mind here every day, Evgeni Plushenko is entitled to express his heartfelt views on the figure skating and its scoring system, for he has been into his beloved profession for more than 20 years. He did not disgrace his name but simply tell the truth that his rivals/haters find hard to swallow. To demand a false gentlemanly statement from Plushenko on the figure skating is always hard.
BTW, it is not Plushenko but a Canadian pairs who "whined to the media about how they were robbed of the gold medals" after the competitions in Salt Lake City.
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I seriously have no idea what you are trying to get at. Did you miss the point that even Plushenko himself knows and admits that he doesn't have transitions? Why are you trying to defend him against that?? Are you trying to tell us that a skater of Plushenko's level doesn't do transitions because they truly don't know what transitions are, since the criteria don't spell it out clearly enough for them, and therefore they should not be criticized or marked low. Like, seriously?
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I remember that a few years ago some of Joubert´s fans were complainng that Plushenko treats so bad poor Bjou and Bjou was suffering, etc, etc. Joubert seems very angry with Plushenko indeed, that´s why he never performed in Plushenko´s shows and never said that Plushenko was a nice guy!!!! FUUUUU!!!


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At Christmastime we are always looking for surprises. This cookie recipe has a surprise in it. I don't remember where I got this recipe. I enjoy making these all through the year.
My granddaughters make them now. I have fun changing what I put inside. At Christmas, I use red and green cherries. You can also use candy. There just has to be a surprise inside.
Cookie Kiss Surprise
1 - 9 oz. bag of kisses or kisses with almonds
2 sticks butter, softened
1⁄3 cup sugar
1⁄3 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
1 cup chocolate chips
• In a large bowl beat butter, sugar and vanilla. Add flour and blend until smooth. Mold scant tablespoon full of dough around each kiss. Cover completely.
• Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 10-20 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool slightly, remove, melt chocolate chips and drizzle over cookies. About four dozen.
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PLATTSBURGH — September's First Weekend — this Friday and Saturday — features a free concert by local band Lucid, among other offerings.
At a recent meeting of the Plattsburgh Downtown Association, Tim McCormick of McCormick and Deon said the city has agreed to close off City Hall Place from 2 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday as First Weekend events take place, including the Lucid concert in Trinity Park from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
There will be no Art Walk this time, he said, but downtown visitors can expect live music, family activities, art receptions, street performers, demonstrations and other attractions.
There is no First Weekends event scheduled for October, but plans are under way to hold them in November and December.
Plans for a Christmas tree lighting are being explored for the December event.
Meanwhile, the Downtown Association continues to explore creation of a map of downtown attractions and businesses.
At a recent meeting, Susan Coonrod of Plattsburgh Yarn and Gifts provided two samples she had obtained: one a hand-drawn caricature-type map and the other a more formal depiction of city streets.
Champlain Wine Company co-owner Colin Read, president of the Downtown Association, said it makes sense to focus on what attracts visitors to downtown, such as restaurants, retailers and historical sites, on the front of the maps. The back could then contain a listing of anyone else who wants to be included, perhaps by category.
There needs to be some limit on how many destinations are marked on the front of the map, he said, and association members should be in charge of making those decisions.
The members agreed that they should charge not more than $100 for a listing. If some entity underwrites the cost of the maps, the association could use the money for additional activities.
Read said they would send out an email to gauge interest, but anyone else interested in a listing should contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Association Secretary Mary Gillen of Paychex said the focus should be on downtown businesses, as it is intended to be a walking map. Joshua Kretser of pod studio suggested the listings on the back include local taxi companies.
The consensus was that the hand-drawn version was preferable. Association members said they would like to have both a flier-sized map for distribution to visitors and a placemat-sized map for restaurants.
Coonrod said she would get back to the two designers and ask for another sample.
The members agreed to have the association become a member of the Lake City Local Development Corp. Read encouraged the business owners to also join that organization.
He said the association will need to create some form of nonprofit organization at some point in the future. That would include a membership fee.
Those at the meeting chose to return to the name Plattsburgh Downtown Association.
The next meeting is scheduled for 7 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, at the Press-Republican, 170 Margaret St.
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Cheers: To Ellie Rees, the newest member of Northumberland Borough Council. Rees stepped up to fill a vacancy on the council at a time when we see more empty spaces on ballots than actual candidates. Already on the ballot for November, Rees assumed the role to "give back to a community where I have lived for 37 years." It is a response too few people take today, where more often than not people point fingers rather than stand up and try to make a difference.
Cheers: To Mel Purdy. For her tireless service to the Sunbury River Festival over the last two years. Purdy, a tri-chair of the annual event along with Slade Shreck and Mark Lawrence, announced that she will be stepping down from the chairmanship. Shreck rightfully called it "a huge loss," noting that "she will be greatly missed."
Cheers: To Union County Sheriff Donald Ritter and his staff. The county held its first concealed carry class this week to help gun owners learn how to properly use their weapons. Ritter and deputy Jared Mowen instructed class members on the proper handling of firearms, the pros and cons of various holsters and why a clean gun is important. Twenty-five Valley residents took the class and the response has been so great more classes have been scheduled. With applications for gun permits sky-rocketing across the Valley, classes like this ensure gun owners get the education they need.
Jeers: To vandals who tried to ruin the first week of school for students in Milton. Just days before the new school year was to start, perpetrators broke into the White Deer Elementary School, according to school officials, who did not release the extent of the damages. The investigation into the incident continues, but district officials were able to get the school ready for the start of classes on Thursday.
Cheers: To incoming freshmen at Susquehanna University. Many of them spent part of their first weekend as college students volunteering in the Valley. Up to a dozen new Crusaders spent time cleaning up Northumberland at Splashland and at the site of the soon-to-be dog park. College students aren't always recognized for their community-service projects, but many of them take part in activities similar to this that don't get noticed.
Cheers: To the Danville Business Alliance, for celebrating the addition of its 100th member thanks to Zing Productions and The Music Box signing on. A collaborative nonprofit, Zing Productions and The Music Box hope to bring the performing arts to the Danville residents through classes, recitals and concerts, according to DBA Executive Director Jim Wilson.


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Pat Fitzmaurice is addicted to competitive cooking shows ("Top Chef," "Chopped," Hell's Kitchen," etc.), and he also loves to eat. Since he isn't much of a cook, he's channeling his chef obsession into Fitz's Four-Course Fantasy Feast, a regular column featuring an appetizer, salad, entrée and dessert. Bon appétit.
Appetizer: Firecracker shrimp
This spicy starter has a nice kick to it. And speaking of kick, let's begin this week's feast with a few quick notes about kickers, the forgotten men of fantasy football.
There were a couple of significant placekicker injuries last week, which is why we saw Wes Welker and, more comically, Ndamukong Suh attempting extra points in Week Nine.
The Patriots have put Stephen Gostkowski on injured reserve with a torn quad muscle. His replacement is Shayne Graham, a reliable point producer for the Bengals over much of the past decade. I like Graham's fantasy prospects the rest of the way and recommend him to any Gostkowski owner or anyone else in need of a kicker. The Patriots will put up some points, and yet the Pats don't have quite as much firepower as they've had in recent years, and they're no longer as proficient at ringing up touchdowns once they get into the red zone. It's not hard to envision Graham being a top-five kicker from this point on. That said, it might not be a bad idea to keep Graham on the bench this week. The Patriots play a road game against the stingy Steelers, and not only is the Pittsburgh defense tough, but Heinz Field has always been a tough place for kickers to ply their trade.
Detroit's Jason Hanson will be out for a few weeks after he sprained a knee ligament when he was fallen upon by massive Jets DE Trevor Pryce. Until now, Hanson had missed only one game since entering the NFL back in the Jurassic period (1992, to be exact). The Lions have been surprisingly frisky this season, so Hanson was on pace for a 110-point season. Hanson's temporary replacement is Dave Rayner. When Rayner was kicking for the Packers in '06 and the Chiefs in '07, he was 41-of-57 on FG attempts, a poor rate. But the Lions have favorable matchups coming up, visiting Buffalo this week and Dallas in Week 11. Rayner's accuracy may be suspect, but he could be a reasonable stopgap for the next two weeks.
One last kicker-related item: Ryan Succop is reasonably reliable, and the proficiency of the Chiefs' offense has been a pleasant surprise, but I wouldn't want Succop in my starting lineup at any point this season. Why? Because Chiefs head coach Todd Haley loves to go for it on fourth down. He isn't one to settle for three points when the Chiefs are in enemy territory and facing 4th-and-short. And personally, I'm on board with that philosophy. But if Succop is on your team, there's a good chance you feel otherwise.
Salad: Mediterranean rice salad
If you've been holding on to Sidney Rice all season, the payoff is just around the corner. Rice is set to return from a hip injury that's kept him out of action all season, and he's expected to take the field against the Bears in Chicago this Sunday.
But you may want to wait at least a week before sticking Sir Sid into your starting lineup. Weighing in from Death Row, Vikings head coach Brad Childress said it isn't realistic to expect Rice to play 60-70 snaps in his first week back. It may be more like 30-35 plays for Rice in his 2010 debut. It's also worth considering that the Bears have given up only five TD passes all season — the lowest total in the league. Let Rice cool his heels on your bench for another week, rather than banking on him to make the most of limited playing time.
But beyond this week, don't hesitate to start Rice, even against a good Green Bay pass defense in Week 11. Rice is the best deep threat on the Vikings by far, and if he's close to 100 percent healthy, he'll quickly re-establish himself as Brett Favre's favorite downfield target.
Entrée: Monkfish thermidor
Monkfish is sometimes referred to as "poor man's lobster," and in this dish, monkfish gets the full lobster treatment.
In most years, at about at the midpoint of the fantasy season, you could cobble together a team of players who went undrafted in your fantasy league and hypothetically be competitive against other teams in your league. This year, the all-undrafted team might be good enough to win your league. It's been a banner year for the draft-day afterthoughts. I thought it would be fun to assemble this year's all-undrafted team — Team Monkfish, if you will. I'd be willing to put this collection of poor man's lobster up against bona fide fantasy football crustaceans.
QB: Ryan Fitzpatrick — He's thrown 13 TD passes in his six starts, and only once has he thrown for fewer than 220 yards. He's also averaging better than 25 rushing yards per start. The Bills' offense is suddenly respectable, and it's because Fitzpatrick has been so effective as the triggerman. (Backup: Colt McCoy) Note: I'm sure there were some small leagues in which Michael Vick and/or Sam Bradford went undrafted, but I have to assume they were taken in most fantasy drafts.
RB1: Peyton Hillis — The funniest thing about the trade that sent Peyton Hillis from Denver to Cleveland in exchange for Brady Quinn (!) is that the Browns are still going to get more out of the deal. The Broncos also threw in a sixth-round draft pick in 2011 and a conditional draft pick in 2012. At Browns team headquarters, they've run the pants of Broncos GM Brian Xanders up the flagpole, where they now hang just below the Stars and Stripes. Hillis has been an absolute beast this year, with 644 rushing yards, 873 yards from scrimmage and eight TDs in eight games. He's a good bet to make the Pro Bowl this season, and he's the unquestioned MVP of Team Monkfish.
RB2: Brandon Jackson — The former caddie to Ryan Grant has played respectably in the injured Grant's absence, with 653 yards from scrimmage and four TDs, including a pair of scores in the Packers' blowout of Dallas last week. Jackson got off to a sluggish start but has become a steady contributor, averaging 93.2 yards from scrimmage over his last five games. (Backups: LeGarrette Blount, Mike Tolbert, Danny Woodhead)
WR1: Brandon Lloyd — He's enjoying a career renaissance after appearing to be on his way out of the NFL. This journeyman had played for three different teams over the previous three seasons and caught only 36 passes over that span. The 29-year-old Lloyd has never even sniffed a 1,000-yard season before. Now, he leads the NFL in receiving yards by a healthy margin. (Roddy White is his closest pursuer, 82 yards behind.) Lloyd is averaging 20.9 yards per reception and has become the unquestioned go-to guy in a pass-happy Broncos offense.
WR2: Stevie Johnson — In his first two seasons in the NFL, Johnson caught 12 passes for 112 yards. He's been one of the bigger breakout performers of the 2010 season, and he just keeps getting better and better. Last week, Johnson failed to score a TD for the first time since Week Two, but he made up for it (especially in PPR leagues) by ringing up 11 catches for 145 yards. He's had 29 receptions in his last four games, with no fewer than five catches in any of those contests. You could make a reasonable case for Johnson to be the WR1 on Team Monkfish ahead of Lloyd. (Backups: Mike Williams, Tampa Bay; Jordan Shipley; Davone Bess)
TE: Jacob Tamme — Tough call here since Tamme has only been relevant for two games, but among the Team Monkfish candidates at tight end, Tamme appears to have the best fantasy prospects going forward. Peyton Manning's No. 1 tight end is bound to get a lot of action, and with Dallas Clark out for the season, Tamme is the new No. 1. In the two games since the Clark injury, Tamme has caught 17 passes for 172 yards and two TDs. In his two previous NFL seasons he caught six passes for 47 yards. (Backups: Tony Moeaki, Ben Watson)
PK: Sebastian Janikowski — Who could have imagined that the kicker for the perennially hapless Raiders would turn into such a scoring machine? Janko leads the NFL in scoring, and he has a 20-point lead over his closest pursuer, Miami's Dan Carpenter. Jankowski's highest single-season scoring total over the previous five seasons was 97 points. He already has 89 points through only nine games. (Backup: Josh Scobee)
Dessert: Vanilla pudding cake with vanilla-bean ice cream
This is as white as desserts get. White is also the color of surrender, and several NFL teams have already run up the white flag on the season. What does their capitulation mean for fantasy owners? Let's take a look at the three most obvious flag-wavers a team-by-lousy-team basis:
"How 'bout them Cowboys!?!"
Sorry ... as a Packer fan who endured numerous soul-crushing Green Bay losses to Dallas in the '90s, I couldn't resist a dig at my old tormentors.
Even at 1-7, the 'Boys still have a reasonably dangerous passing game. Veteran backup Jon Kitna certainly isn't the equal of injured starter Tony Romo (especially not when it comes to throwing TD passes), but Kitna is capable of rolling up reasonably good yardage totals. Miles Austin is a star-caliber receiver, although he hasn't really clicked with Kitna the way he did with Romo. Rookie Dez Bryant is emerging as a force, and he's meshed well with Kitna. Roy Williams was a teammate of Kitna's in Detroit, but Williams is hit-or-miss as a fantasy contributor regardless of his quarterback. Jason Witten is still one of the NFL's more dependable tight ends. The possible wild card in the Dallas passing game is second-year QB Stephen McGee. It won't be long before Kitna is drawing a pension, so with their playoff aspirations down the drain, the Cowboys may want to audition McGee for a more significant future role. If McGee plays, there will be growing pains, and the fantasy value of Austin, Bryant, Williams and Witten would be threatened.
Dallas hasn't been able to run the ball all season. Marion Barber is a shadow of his former self. Felix Jones is an enigma. The Cowboys aren't likely to give up on Jones just yet, but it's clear that he isn't cut out to be a featured runner. Tashard Choice has been in the doghouse ever since his costly fumble at the end of the first half in a Week One loss to the Redskins. But there are some people (including yours truly) who suspect that Choice is the team's best running back. He may yet be given a chance to prove it.
The first agenda item: determine which rookie QB has the brighter future — Jimmy Clausen or Tony Pike. With Matt Moore out for the season with a torn labrum, the Panthers have plenty of time to figure this out. Clausen slipped to the second round of this year's NFL draft, ostensibly because potential employers weren't wild about his personality. Clausen has had chances to prove himself this season, and as a quarterback ... um, he's got a great personality? Pike was a sixth-round pick who didn't exactly make NFL teams salivate, but he was a winner at the University of Cincinnati. He may be in line for an extended audition in the weeks to come.
Second agenda item: figure out the RB situation. It's a foregone conclusion that DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart won't both be around next season. Williams will be a free agent after this season, and he's been out of action with a foot injury. Stewart has been brilliant at times in his career but hasn't looked quite right this season, and now he's dealing with a concussion. It's hard to tell how the Panthers will divvy up carries once both guys are healthy, but owners of both players have reason to be pessimistic about their fantasy prospects.
Third agenda item: figure out if either David Gettis or Brandon LaFell is a future starter at wide receiver. Neither guy can be counted on for fantasy help the rest of the way.
Buffalo has basically been in white-flag mode since the start of the season, so they'll just keep plugging along with the pleasantly surprising Fitzpatrick-to-Johnson combination as the featured fantasy attraction. The only possible sea change is an increased workload for rookie C.J. Spiller, which would obviously mean a reduced role for Fred Jackson. But don't hold your breath: We've been waiting all season for Spiller's role to increase, and it's been like waiting for Godot.


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Dungannon Swifts are holding a Community Family Funday on Saturday 28 July starting at 12 noon at Stangmore Park, Dungannon.
The Swifts' reserve team will entertain local side Dungannon Rovers at 11am at Stangmore Park, so people are encouraged to come down earlier to watch the match.
Throughout the day there will be a 5-a-side football tournament for under 11's. There are still limited places for this and anyone wishing to enter a team can contact Judith on 07825 270777. Every child taking part will receive a medal and the winning team will be presented with the prestigious Tyrone Cup.
For the competitive adults there will be a Tug of War competition for teams of six, and anyone wishing to enter a team can contact Keith on 07801 447580. Both these competitions are free to enter but places must be booked.
There are many more activities taking place including: Penalty kicks, Bouncy Castles, inflatable Sumo, Rodeo Bull, Bungee Run, Nail Art, Face Painting, Tattoos, Lucky Dip, Guess the Name of the Swifts Mascot Bear, Guess the number of sweets and Throw the Sponge.
There will be BBQ food, Chips, Tuck Shop, and tea and coffee available all day. There will also be music from 12noon (kids disco until 5pm and local band Daybreak will be playing in the Clubhouse in the evening).
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The end of summer and the start of a new school year is an exciting time for most children. But for some, the beginning of school could reveal a dark secret when signs of abuse and neglect these children have suffered over the summer are noticed by teachers, staff and other parents.
Last year, schools were the number one source of reports of child abuse and neglect, according to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, which includes Child Protective Services. Last year, CPS completed 35,100 investigations as a result of reports from school officials.
"Because children are subject to less adult supervision over the summer, it's not uncommon for reports of suspected abuse and neglect to spike at the start of the school year," said Barb Tucker, CASA of Palo Pinto and Parker Counties' executive director.
Many of the children who are confirmed as victims of abuse and/or neglect are removed from their homes and placed into foster care — often far from their friends, families and schools. CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) volunteers are specially screened and trained to speak up for abused and neglected children who, through no fault of their own, end up in the foster care system.
"Being uprooted from their homes and families is scary for these children. The CASA volunteers in Palo Pinto and Parker Counties want to make sure that these children do not get lost in the overburdened foster care system," Tucker added.
"For that reason, we need more people in our community to speak up and make sure these children's voices are heard," Tucker said. "We want to help ensure that their stay in foster care is as short as possible and that they are placed in safe, loving homes quickly so they can begin to heal."
Currently, there are 295 children in the child protection system in Palo Pinto and Parker counties, and just 102 CASA volunteers to advocate for their best interests.


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A deputy commissioner at the New York Taxi & Limousine Commission also says the Hailo hailing app should be approved this week and join just-approved rival app Uber.
After a lawsuit put a yearlong e-hail pilot program on hold, taxi-hailing app startups like Uber, GetTaxi, and Hailo are now given a green light.
We flagged down Caspar Woolley, the co-founder of international taxi app Hailo, to talk taxis, apps, and Uber.
Private-car summoning service launches pilot program allowing taxi customers to use a smartphone app to request a cab. But the app won't accept payments, at least at first.
After foot-dragging by the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, a pilot program that lets users summon a taxi with a smartphone app is becoming a reality.
The private car-summoning service delivers its cab-hailing program to San Francisco after acquiescing to regulatory resistance in New York.
Taxi drivers brought several European cities to a standstill today in protest against controversial e-hailing app Uber. Click through the pictures to see how bad things got.
Taxi drivers will put the brakes on European cities today to protest against e-hailing app Uber, but critics argue the protest is "pointless" and "crazy."
Representatives of the London taxi industry say authorities are "kowtowing to Uber's money" as the e-hailing app heads for a legal showdown in the UK.
With a taxi driver demonstration set to gridlock the city, London's transport authority is turning to the courts to provide a definitive ruling on controversial e-hailing app Uber.


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Bono and the Edge topped an all-star bill at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday night that celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the William J. Clinton Foundation. After brief sets by Usher, Stevie Wonder, Kenny Chesney and Lady Gaga, Bono and the Edge wrapped up the night with a 40-minute, seven-song set that mixed hits with surprise rarities. They opened with 1980s classics "Desire" and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," before firing up the Edge's laptop for the first ever live performance of 2004's "A Man And A Woman." After a special version of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" that they played to honor Clinton's work with the Irish peace process, they brought out a string section to finish out the set with "Staring at the Sun," "One" and "Miss Sarajevo," which featured the Edge on piano.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (September 1, 2007) – The Springfield College field hockey team defeated Rensselaer, 5-1, this morning in the first round of the Zenaty Invitational, hosted by Springfield College on newly renamed and newly resurfaced Stagg Field (formerly known as Benedum Field). In the other first-round contest played this afternoon, Worcester State defeated Western New England College, 2-1, in sudden death overtime.
The tourney is named for Dottie Potter Zenaty, head field hockey coach at Springfield College for a 34-year period. With 377 victories, she is the winningest coach in New England college field hockey history.
Ranked #15 in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III preseason poll, Springfield found itself trailing, 1-0, just 6:44 into the match when RPI junior forward Kerri Clark (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) tallied the first goal. She was assisted by junior forward Sara Stylinski (Southington, Conn.).
But junior forward Jane Kelleher (Chatham, Mass.) scored two goals in a rapid-fire span of 1:42 in the latter stages of the first half to give the Pride a 2-1 edge at the intermission. The first of Kelleher's goals was assisted by senior forward Brittany Veazie (Dexter, Me.), the reigning New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference Player of the Year, with 10:09 remaining in the half. Kelleher's second goal with 7:27 left in the half was unassisted.
The second stanza pretty much belonged to the Pride. The first goal of that half was scored by sophomore forward Allie Baier (Farmington, Conn.), assisted by junior midfielder Allie Eisle (Walton, N.Y.) with 14:20 left. Veazie then took over by scoring the game's final two goals. Her first came with 7:46 left and was unassisted. Her second came with 3:30 left and was assisted by freshman forward Megan Dobson (Longmeadow, Mass.).
Springfield wound up outshooting the Red Hawks of Rensselaer, 27-8. Of RPI's eight shots, seven were credited in the first half. The Pride's senior goalkeeper Emma Kaplan (Ridgefield, Conn.) was credited with six saves, while giving up the lone goal. For RPI, freshman goalkeeper Lauren Fernandes (Orange, Ohio) was credited with 21 saves, of which 14 came in the first half.
In the second game of the day, Worcester State took a 1-0 lead into the half on the strength of an unassisted goal by junior forward Ginelle Blais (Marlboro, Mass.). That score came with 21:53 left in that half.
But WNEC came back to tie matters with 12:16 remaining in the game when senior forward Cori Eggert (Denville, N.J.) tallied. Her goal was also unassisted.
Both teams had opportunities to score at the end of regulation and within the first 10 minutes of the first sudden death overtime. Finally, with 4:50 left in that overtime session, the Lancers scored on a goal by freshman forward Angela Johnson (Ashby, Mass.), again unassisted.
For the Golden Bears of WNEC, senior Emilie Donka (White River Jct., Vt.) was credited with 21 saves in goal, including five in overtime. For WSC, senior goalkeeper Erin MacDonald (Dedham, Mass.) had 16 saves. Worcester State outshot WNEC, 23-17.
Springfield, the tourney's defending champion, will now appear in the championship game Sunday at 1 pm versus Worcester State. The consolation game will take place Sunday at 11 am between WNEC and Rensselaer.


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