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MASSACHUSETTS A member of the state board that approves Notary appointments has been fined $8,000 for falsifying an endorsement from Governor Deval Patrick.
Kelly Timilty of Dedham recently was running for her eighth term on the Governors Council when her campaign staff neglected to get Patricks consent before it mailed a flier to voters that included a photo of Timilty with Patrick along with text purporting to be a letter by Patrick supporting Timilty according to state Attorney General Martha Coakley. The flier included a reproduction of Patricks signature copied from another document.
The Governors Council is an elected body that approves gubernatorial appointments of judges, justices of the peace and Notaries Public, among other duties.
Under the terms of an agreement worked out with the Attorney Generals office, Timilty acknowledged the mistake, agreed to pay the fine and promised to adopt tougher controls for the use of endorsements in future campaign materials. Among the recordkeeping provisions: the campaign committee must first obtain an endorsers express consent in writing.


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Mac – Meet Me At The Hotel Lyrics
[In The Background]
I hope your all 'bout it, don't be playin' no games
Nigga tryin' to do something, for real
You can meet me at the hotel S.A.P
I Hope you got your girls cus I got my dawgs with me (4x)
Now IM gon' be in room 7-3-0 cus IM a Leo
I like 'Emm black brown and Creole, you know my stee lo
Soon as we touch down in your town, peep it
My first question, is were dem gimps at, ain't no secret
We some G's and we like to get pleased, with no beginners
When you finished with me, my nigga forty got winners
Big swolls, he fresh off parole, he like 'Emm slim with gold
Big Herb he like thick with a mini-skirts
I got my camouflaged drawz, and my rubbers
Make sure you bring a extra gimp for my lil' brother, it's goin' down
I know you got your soldier shit on
Cus you been talkin' you bout it on that phone, you heard me
[Hook 4x]
So you saw me on stage, girl you in a rage
Tryin' to turn tha page, before I put you in this gimp cage
What's you age, 21, HELL YAH
Tell ya moms' to watch your son, tell your man tonight that you can't
I'm a virgo don't pass me, they say I'm nasty
Come to room 19, lets break my wet dream
My fuck spot, ask them hoes in Augusta how to serve rock (ha ha ha)
Were's your whole fleet, it's Mr. Magic, tha Casanova
Known for my smooth way for askin' you bitches over
Would you like some Dom Perignon, while I'm smokin' my ?cong?
Cus I'm thinkin' of takin' the pussy home baby
I ain't trippin', fuck I trick on the sleek
Just a flash of my ?C-Nose? And your ready to get bent
This experiment, I wanna see how loud you can scream
I fill your biggest dreams in room 8-16
[Hook 4x]
[Mia X]
It's goin' down room 7-3-0, at 7:30
I play the game boy, low-down and dirty, you heard me
This nigga told me to bring my girls, but I ain't got no friends
Instead my head I'm goin' solo for dough though and jackin' ends
He think he gettin nasty, he gon' be assed out
?? ?? Beat it real quickly then he pass out
I gets my shine on diamond studded pussy decor
And rhyme bitch ass line go fuck a storm door
Now baby girl, I got a 8:30 flight
So uhh, if this is goin' down, it's gotta happen tonight
And baby doll, don't fight (don't fight) it's kinda tight
Look, you know what I like, AIGHT
I'm a soldier, you probly knew that, so were your crew at
Me and my niggas wanna see how yall hoes do that
I'm tryin' to do something, he tryin' to
Were they at boo, say you, you tryin' to do something too?
Let's get it on we wanna bone
Got a case of Dom Perignon
And a half a zone
So lets get it on (4x)
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Neon Museum: Where Old Vegas meets New Vegas
The Neon Museum in Las Vegas collects signs with gas-filled tubes, signs with patchworks of light bulbs and signs that are just plain old logos. But all figure prominently in the past of the city that has long been associated with glamorous, flashing lights from the Strip to downtown. The museum opens to the public Saturday with tours of the new visitor center (the old La Concha Motel lobby) and more than 100 vintage Vegas signs in an area known as the Boneyard. -- Mary Forgione
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BEDFORD, Texas — Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford has been designated as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission.
"Every member of our team has worked diligently to receive this prestigious designation," said hospital president Deborah Paganelli, FACHE. "Morning or evening, weekdays or weekends, patients with signs of a stroke can expect to receive the same leading-edge stroke intervention and care for which we are being recognized by The Joint Commission."
Every 45 seconds someone in the United States suffers a stroke. According to the American Heart Association stroke is the third largest cause of death, ranking behind heart disease and all forms of cancer.
Strokes happen when blood flow to the brain stops. Within minutes, brain cells can begin to die if proper treatment isn't taken. The person might experience sudden confusion or have a severe headache. They might have sudden numbness or weakness of the face, difficulty walking or trouble speaking. If you suspect that someone is having a stroke there are a few steps to follow in preventing further damage.
According to the National Stroke Association, individuals can check to see if a loved one is experiencing stroke-like symptoms using the pneumonic device of acting FAST:
"We have improved protocols in place for the use of TPA, an important medicine for immediate treatment of stroke," said James Barry, M.D. a neurologist on the medical staff at Texas Health HEB. "If stroke victims can be brought to an ER in a prompt fashion we can employ this highly effective therapy. Time is of the essence in saving the brain."
Treatment options are impacted by the amount of time that has elapsed since symptoms began.
While some risk factors for stroke are beyond your control, like heredity, those resulting from lifestyle or environment can be modified with the help of a healthcare professional. The best way to lower the risk for stroke is to treat and manage related health problems. According to the American Heart Association, some manageable risk factors include:
For more information, visit stroke.org or americanheart.org.
About Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-BedfordTexas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford is a 284-bed, acute-care facility serving Northeast Tarrant County since 1973. The hospital's services include outpatient surgery, women's services, a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a dedicated oncology care unit, cardiac rehabilitation and psychiatric and addiction treatment. Texas Health HEB is an affiliate of the faith-based, nonprofit Texas Health Resources system. For more information, call 1-877-THR-WELL, or visit TexasHealth.org/HEB.
About Texas Health ResourcesTexas Health Resources is one of the largest faith-based, nonprofit health care delivery systems in the United States and the largest in North Texas in terms of patients served. Texas Health's system of 14 hospitals includes Texas Health Harris Methodist, Texas Health Arlington Memorial, and Texas Health Presbyterian, and an organization for medical research and education. Texas Health Organization for Physicians and Texas Health Physicians Group provide a variety of models for engagement with physicians. Texas Health Partners is a joint venture development and management company owned by Texas Health Resources. Texas Health MedSynergies is a joint venture that offers physicians a range of office management and other business services to support their practices. Texas Health is a corporate member or partner in six additional hospitals and surgery centers. For more information, call 1-877-THR-WELL, or visit TexasHealth.org.


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The PC gaming community is one that thrives upon innovation, customization, and comfort when it comes to hardware and accessories. Outside of keyboards, there may not be a more important device that needs to be reliable than your mouse. I have found that, while many PC titles, especially MMOs, require the ability for firing off macros that do multiple functions at once time, sometimes a gamer just needs a good, simple mouse to handle his or her needs.
has realized that the most complicated mouse isn't always the best choice, and created the
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Having been used to larger gaming mice due to having a bit larger than normal hand size, the smaller
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is really a no-frills mouse that gets the job done. There is still access to the ROCCAT Driver and Macro Manager, considering that the standard two side buttons on the left side are for use with
and macro programming. It doesn't take very long to program the buttons, as expected, so whether it's for a quick change in use for an MMO, casual gaming, or even as a hotkey for a Ventrilo or TeamSpeek server, any gamer can find a use for the side buttons due to the simple placement.
In comparison to the
Kone [+]
mouse, there are only a couple of buttons taken away, mainly the DPI quick functions, which can be seen as either positive or negative. I found myself trying to hit a button that wasn't there since I use a different DPI setting for casual computer use in comparison to playing a game, so I found it just slightly frustrating to go into the macro manager to change things up, though the side buttons can be programmed for this feature if necessary. However, this is knit-picking. The mouse functions exceptionally in both aspects of use without any real need for a pad for the laser. The scroll wheel responds as expected, with no jumps, double scrolls, or lack of performance when going through websites, documents, or anything else require scrolling, which is always a necessary piece of equipment for a gamer or PC user.
Customization is not an issue for the
, of course. The light system, similar to the programming of the
Kone [+]
, can be changed to do whatever a gamer wants with it, whether it's to fix it to one color, flash to multiple colors, or even fade in and out. Of course, it's just for show. The lighting really does not do anything other than give the mouse personality, but it's never a bad thing to have a mouse that draws attention to it, whether it's complex or simple. The nice part of it is that the mouse can react to button presses, scrolling, macros, etc.
It does bear stressing that this mouse is not really designed to be for those who need a lot of performance or features from their mouse, The Savu is a hybrid mouse, aimed at those who are will be playing gaming as well as doing general office and internet work. There are gaming mice that have much higher DPI settings, though everyone is different when it comes to these needs. 4000 DPI is still a fairly high setting, but I did find that I was wanting more when playing an FPS title such as
Battlefield 3
from time to time, but the lower settings of even 1600 was enough to play
Guild Wars 2
with, though I did prefer the 4000 DPI setting with many of my tests with the
. I also feel as though that having the mouse wheel without horizontal clicking/scrolling takes away from it just a bit. Of course, that's what
is for.
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In a recent tirade, letter writer Leon Anderson talks about facts and rhetoric and then continues to spew untruths and write about the same old stuff he always writes about. Can you say rhetoric?
He lumps me in with other writers and labels me a liberal. If supporting the death penalty, concealed carry and gun owners' rights and opposing illegal aliens is liberal, then I am guilty. If being in favor of voter ID requirements to vote and believing that welfare recipients should be required to be tested for drugs and pass the test before receiving any benefits is "liberal", then lock me up.
Anderson also implies that I think I am better than him and I am "the only portrayer of wisdom and truth." This is not even close to the way I feel. I have always backed equal rights and the concept that everyone should be treated the same.
Anderson loves to talk about facts but continues to use half-truths and misconceptions to explain his opinions. And as far as rhetoric goes, he continues to name the same writers he disagrees with on any subject in every letter he writes.
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by Suzanne Curtiss '14
It's a common word with extraordinary power for new Kalamazoo College Assistant Professor of Economics and Business Amy MacMillan. She hopes her work will help make passion a guiding principle for her K students.
It was her "passion" for marketing that sparked MacMillan's 15-year business career, or as she prefers, journey. Much like life, her journey through the corporate world was not a straight line.
"To some people it doesn't make sense," she said.
A beneficiary of a liberal arts education herself, the English major graduated from Colgate University. With only one business class under her belt, accounting, MacMillan moved on to the financial management program at General Electric. Although she completed the two year program and learned valuable skills, she realized that finance was not her passion.
"My heart wasn't in it," she said. "I tried to turn everything into a marketing assignment."
From there, MacMillan enrolled at Harvard Business School and later secured an internship with Procter & Gamble in brand management for Folgers coffee. After graduate school she went on to work with the company as a brand assistant for Citrus Hill orange juice.
Two years later she joined the Sara Lee Corporation, where she worked for 13 years "in the U.S. and internationally, in every combination of full-time and part-time, balancing mom-hood with career-hood," she said.
At Sara Lee she gained an extensive background in general business management and strategy, marketing strategy, global branding, new product development, advertising and promotion, team leadership and motivation, and profit/loss accountability.
"I absolutely love new product development," she said. "It's great to come up with an idea. The real challenge is trying to share ownership of the idea with a team and motivate them to want to make that product happen and bring it to market."
MacMillan believes the process of new product development to be "a lot like birthing a baby."
"Your advertisement is like the birth announcement," she laughed. "You send it out and hope everyone likes your baby."
During her journey, they often did. One of her many jobs at Sara Lee included product manager of KIWI shoe care, and in that position she conceived a breakthrough new product idea for women's shoes. MacMillan and her team achieved record incremental sales growth.
Marketing excites MacMillan because it's largely people-oriented.
"You can't just sit alone in your office," she said. "Marketing is about sharing ideas, working with other people, and learning from your team."
MacMillan is also drawn to other team activities, including sports. She has coached girl's soccer for a number of years, and "I manage to injure myself in a variety of sports all the time," she added. (In fact, at the time of our interview she had just completed an early morning swim, part of training for her new sports interest, sprint triathlons.)
"I adore things that try to bring out the best in people," she said.
Therefore, it is no surprise that when her family came to Kalamazoo she stumbled upon a career that she "loves wholeheartedly."
MacMillan became an adjunct assistant professor and instructor of marketing at Western Michigan University's Haworth College of Business and taught there for seven years.
"My students always laugh at me because I cannot wait to get into the classroom each day," she said. "I get excited thinking about all the things we're going to do."
MacMillan plans to bring this same enthusiasm to K, and she's eager to return to her liberal arts roots.
She remembers the comfort she felt when she first set foot on K's campus in 2003 for the Boys' 18 & 16 National Tennis Championships.
"The campus felt like home," she said. "It felt like my college experience; like there was a little pocket here in Kalamazoo that welcomed me."
MacMillan credits a liberal arts degree as the "best preparation for challenges in today's changing and complex global world."
The liberal arts provides students with the broad skills of problem solving, communication, the ability to work in teams, as well as the ability to see things from the perspective of other cultures.
She is convinced that these broader skills are the most important to develop, given that the "marketplace changes too quickly to learn very specific skills only," she said. "While those specific skills will eventually become out of date, these broader skills will last forever."
MacMillan has already seen K students put these broader skills
"Liberal arts is the best preparation for challenges..."to use when she guest taught Associate Professor of Economics Patrik Hultberg's marketing class in 2007.
"I was delighted with the discussions that we had in the classroom, the diverse backgrounds of the students, and the way they wanted to push things," she said.
MacMillan has no doubt that K students will keep her on her toes, but says that she welcomes the challenge to teach such bright students and work alongside the motivated faculty members.
She has worked with members of the K community throughout the years and served as a member of the Kalamazoo College Marketing Team in the summer of 2010 to help refine the College's branding.
"I have tremendous respect for College faculty and staff," she said. Especially Kalamazoo College President Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran, she adds, "for her vision for the College and how she's been able to work with so many groups of people to make it possible."
MacMillan will begin the school year by teaching "Principles of Marketing" but is bringing along some "new twists" with her as well.
"Advertising and Promotion" is one of the new classes MacMillan will add to the course catalog and she is "spinning the wheels" to come up with more ideas. She is currently in the "rough stages" of creating a class that would combine gender roles with media.
When asked about what K students can expect from her as a teacher, she smiled. "My students laugh sometimes because I bring bags of props to class," she said. "I'll test things out; sometimes they bomb, and sometimes they're really great."
MacMillan also places a strong emphasis on class participation.
"We retain learning most vividly when we do the hard thinking ourselves," she said. "It's when a student makes an interesting comment, and we want to react to it. Discussion makes learning more memorable."
However, the most important point she stresses is, of course, passion.
MacMillan makes it a priority to motivate students and bring out passion about a topic by trying to make it relevant to the real world. She advises her students to choose a career path for which they have a passion.
"If you are passionate about something you will be successful," she said.
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PHOTOS: This photo series, tagged "Character Study," has a "Hey Mom, look at the photos I found of Dad in the attic!" quality—and we're all over it like ketchup on meatloaf. Courtesy of our friends over at The Underwear Expert, these home-grown shots of Australian Jarrod Scott, photographed by Joseph Lally, infuse Scott's natural '70s porn-star appeal with a casual vibe.
A welcome combo, indeed.
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just want to be clear on one thing, however: the dude IS hawt, he oozes hawt…
it's just not "70s hot".
@MikeE: You are so right. Guys did not look like that in the '70′s "underwear expert" must be confused with his porno:-)
"Underwear expert", we need to inspect your porno.
Very hawt!..Hopefully the online bullying will stop soon…
Pornstache plus speedo….VERY 70′s LOL! I get it!!!
I don't think you can ever reproduce the past. The past isn't just a look, it's a culture. The way men looked back then reflects the contemporary culture of the time. By culture, I mean songs, movies, the fashion designers of the time, the position of homosexuality in society, the role of women, the role of men….etc etc etc. You can't put a mustache on a man and say "oh, this is 70′s".
The unique set of circumstances in the culture of the 70′s cannot be reproduced and, therefore, it's pointless trying to do it.
Another thing I should say is that Speedo-like swimsuits on men were popular back in the 1930′s. Go and look at beach photos from 1930′s America – you'll be surprised as to the number of men who wore Speedo-like swimsuits. By Speedo-like, I mean brief and sexy.
Of course, Speedo did not exist as a brand back then but the cut and size of the swimsuit was very similar to what is considered to be the Speedo today.
Funnily enough, it seems that men in America have gone backwards since that time. Nowadays, most young American men at the beach wear these big, baggy shorts that come to the knees. It suggests that modern American men are afraid of looking sexy at the beach, unlike back in the 1930′s.
If you do a search, you'll find that he did a another series even more provacative. He wears a sock on his hard dick, and has his hands down his pants.
He obviously likes showing off his body, especially his sexy legs.
I don't recall the guys in the 70′s that had mustaches waxing their chest/stomach and trimming their pits.
Regardless, yum yum!


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The accolades keep rolling in for Bishop Moore's girls volleyball team.
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MaxPreps writer and ranking composer Tom Mauldin placed the Hornets as his No. 1 team on Oct. 2 and Bishop Moore never left the top spot after that.
Below is an excerpt from Mauldin's final ratings, explaining why he declared Bishop Moore the 'mythical national champions.':
"In finishing the season 32-0, the Hornets won 86 of their 97 games on the season and defeated Florida state champions in three divisions – 3A (20-7 First Academy, Orlando), 5A (26-5 Jensen Beach), and 7A (Venice, 31-3) plus 8A runner-up Winter Park (26-6). The Hornets also beat Georgia 6A state champion Walton (34-7) and Kentucky big school runner-up Mercy (Louisville). The latter lost the Kentucky state finals to No. 5 Assumption (Louisville), 3-2.
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It's uncanny to think that 2 years have gone by since I started Beyond Fabric solely as a means to express my opinion on a variety of subjects. For those of you who don't know by now, the blog exceeded my expectations in every possible way, allowing me to change my line of work from civil engineering to fashion, my underlying passion. I can't be grateful enough by everything it's granted me so far and none of it would be possible without all of you who follow and support my work.
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, is located on property owned in part by the City of New York, and its operation is made possible in part by public funds provided through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
The generosity of BBG's members, trustees, and visitors, as well as that of corporate, foundation, government, and individual donors, underwrites the Garden's programs and activities. We extend special thanks for their support to the following elected officials and government bodies:
- Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz
- Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council
- Brooklyn Delegation of the New York State Assembly
- Brooklyn Delegation of the New York State Senate
- Institute of Museum and Library Services
- Metropolitan New York Library Council
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Science Foundation
- New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
- New York State Biodiversity Research Institute
- New York State Council on the Arts
- New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
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We extend special thanks to the following foundation donors whose support has made a real difference in the Garden's ability to strengthen and expand its programs:
Leadership Support
- The Achelis Foundation
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- Helen V. Froehlich Foundation
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- Henry and Lucy Moses Fund
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The best chicken salad ever.
Author Notes: No great story here - just a fortunate experiment
via http://chezsasha.com/2012/02/17/the-best-chicken-salad-ever/ - Alexandra Shytsman
Serves 4
- 1 large boiled chicken breast
- 1/2 cup finely chopped apple (like Gala or Pink Lady)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon finely diced white onion
- 3/4 teaspoons yellow curry powder
- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro, for garnish
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- In a small bowl, toss apples in lemon juice.
- In a larger bowl, combine chicken, onion, curry, mayo and apples. Stir to combine and season with salt and pepper.
- Serve with toast, in a sandwich/wrap, or refrigerate in airtight container for up to three days.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Mayonnaise-Based Salad
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Very nice, have had curried chicken salad and they always add raisins, really love that you use apple.


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Us-advocacy: How women can reap financial rewards while avoiding gendered backlash in negotiations
Emily T. Amanatullah, Assistant Professor, Department of Management
Syeda-Fatima Javaid (Fatima), Undergraduate Research Assistant
The project explores the unique constraints faced by women seeking to achieve success and advancement in a masculine business world and how these constraints can be attenuated. Past research shows that women who adopt more masculine negotiation styles (using assertive, value-claiming tactics, for example) suffer negative social sanctions for violating gendered expectations.
Women who negotiate on behalf of others are not punished for negotiating assertively because these behaviors are are communal and other-directed, and seen as consistent with gendered expectations. This research explores the unique context of us-advocacy as a potential opportunity for women to successfully reap financial rewards for themselves while avoiding gender backlash by negotiating for a group to which they belong.
Outsourcing and the emergence of professional service industries: The case of advertising in the United States
Y. Sekou Bermiss, Assistant Professor, Department of Management
Mary Beth Williams, Undergraduate Research Assistant
The emergence of professional service industries often conflicts with transaction cost theories of economic organization. While professional tasks are ideal candidates for internalization--due to high measuring and monitoring costs--they are frequently outsourced, and become the impetus for the emergence of a nascent professional services industry. We look to the role of discourse on institutionalized practices. In particular, we argue that changes in discourse alter market actors' perceptions of transaction value, which redraws the boundary lines of the firms. We analyze public and private discourse about the perceptions of outsourcing advertising services from the emergence period of the modern advertising industry (1880-1920). We investigate how early advertising agents framed their arguments to get advertisers to purchase their creative services, and how this framing changed as outsourcing became a more institutionalized practice. Our research takes the insights of discourse and framing and applies them to directly to the economics of organizational structure. We emphasize the role that discourse plays in changing market actors' perceptions of transaction value and thus their propensity to outsource internal functions.
Clemens Sialm, Associate Professor, Department of Finance
During the recent financial crises equity valuations declined significantly. Several institutional investors (especially hedge funds) were forced to de-lever their positions and liquidate risky assets. On the other hand, household investors also became less willing to bear risk due to the higher volatility in equity markets. This research project asks which investors stepped in during the financial crisis, and acquired additional risky financial assets. Additional analyses will also investigate whether these aggregate outflows and inflows by different investor classes had an impact on asset prices.
Raj Srinivasan, Associate Professor, Department of Marketing
Rohit Bachal, Undergraduate Research Assistant
A few companies offer products with very superior design. Most don't. The authors propose that design orientation, which consists of design sensibility (sensing the importance of the three design elements: functionality, aesthetics, and brand meaning in products) and design infusion (the ability to achieve integration), account for differences in the design of products across companies. They develop hypotheses of 1) the effects of a firm's design orientation, along with its market orientation and willingness to cannibalize new product performance and 2) the organizational antecedents of design orientation. The authors use data from senior marketing executives in 252 U.S. firms in the goods sector to develop and validate the design orientation construct and test the hypotheses. The findings indicate that design orientation (and market orientation) independently increases new product performance. However, market orientation weakens the positive effect of design orientation on new product performance. They appear to be strategic substitutes to achieve superior new product performance. Willingness to cannibalize and design orientation increases new product performance. This suggests they're strategic complements. Organizations can develop design orientation if their top management advocates the importance of product design and empowers designers.
Jaime Schmidt, Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting
Tayseer Zaidan, Undergraduate Research Assistant
The project investigates whether the existence and timing of material internal control weakness (MW) disclosures are associated with the initiation and resolution of restatement-related litigation. Regulators express concern that companies are not disclosing all MWs, so we explore the extent litigation risk may improve MW disclosure behavior. Examining MW and restatement disclosures from 2003-2011, we find that a MW disclosure that relates to the misstated time period increases the likelihood that a company will experience restatement-related litigation relative to firms that do not disclose a MW. Among firms that do disclose a MW, litigation is more likely if the MW disclosure is untimely (i.e., after the restatement disclosure). Our findings suggest that litigation risk is lowest for firms that are able to avoid a MW disclosure altogether, but if MW disclosure is unavoidable, then timely MW disclosure is the firm's best disclosure strategy.
Voice flows to and around leaders: Is more always better for unit performance?
Ethan Burris, Associate Professor, Department of Management
Milu Thomas, Undergraduate Research Assistant
In two studies, we develop and test theory about the relationship between voice and unit performance by accounting for where voice is flowing. Results from a qualitative study suggest that voice to targets at different formal power levels (peer or superior) and locations in the organization (inside or outside a focal unit) differs systematically in terms of its instrumentality for generating substantive action to address issues raised to a unit's benefit, and in the likely information value of the ideas expressed. We then theorize how distinct voice flows should be differentially related to unit performance based on these core characteristics and test our hypotheses using time-lagged field data from 801 employees and their managers in 93 units across nine North American financial service organizations. Results demonstrate that voice flows are positively related to unit effectiveness when they are targeted at the focal leader of that unit – whether from that leader's own subordinates or those in other units – and negatively related to unit effectiveness when they are targeted at coworkers. Together, these studies provide a framework for simultaneously studying the nature and impact of multiple voice flows, some along formal reporting lines and others that reflect an informal communication structure within organizations. This research demonstrates that understanding the potential performance benefits and costs of voice for leaders and their units requires both consideration of the rich and complex nature of this phenomenon and attention to the structure of multiple voice flows rather than an undifferentiated volume of voice.
Cross-Understanding and Shared Mental Models in Group Cognition
Kyle Lewis, Associate Professor, Department of Management
Mark Bayer, Doctoral Student, Department of Management
Mayra Chapa, Undergraduate Research Assistant
More and more, firms are utilizing work groups to accomplish important tasks. This practice is based on the belief that groups of people can produce superior decisions, products, and ideas that add value for firms, due primarily to the quantity and variety of knowledge that exists in a collective. In the group cognition literature, shared mental model theory holds that groups will experience better coordination and performance if their task-relevant structured knowledge sets, or mental models, are very similar across members. It could be that instead of mental model similarity, cross-member understanding of mental models could also lead to effective coordination and group performance.
Cross-understanding is a group-level compositional construct that reflects the extent to which group members have an accurate understanding of each others' task-relevant mental models. The viewpoint focuses not on whether group members' mental models are similar or different, but rather on how well members understand each others' mental models. Cross-understanding is theorized to have beneficial effects on group learning and product quality via three mechanisms: 1) enhanced communication and comprehension; 2) increased mental model elaboration and usefulness; and 3) improved inter-member anticipation and coordination.
Julie R. Irwin, Professor, Department of Marketing
Sunaina K. Chugani, Marketing Doctoral Candidate
Research on general happiness has shown that significantly positive life events tend to maintain their positivity for longer periods of time when they involve social interactions. We examine a more common situation in the domain of product consumption, i.e., the presence of others during consumption, and test whether hedonic adaptation to products is moderated by public contexts. By tracking happiness with products over time, we show that both the presence of others and simply being aware of others (either chronically or via a prime) slows down adaptation to products. We provide evidence that the primary driver of this effect is consumers imputing that the "social audience" views their product favorably, and this sense helps maintain initial product happiness level over time. In fact, when consumers are instructed that the social audience does not approve of a product, adaptation to that product is not slowed by the presence of others.
Susan Broniarczyk, Professor,Department of Marketing
Szu-chi Huang, PhD student, Department of Marketing
Kaavya Bector, Undergraduate Research Assistant
This research explores the factor of social interactions at initial versus advanced stages of goal pursuit. We propose that when people first start pursuing a goal, they are more likely to treat others pursuing the same goal as "friends." This enhances the perceived attainability of the goal. However, when people approach the end point of the pursuit, they conversely treat others pursuing the same goal as "foes," and seek to win the alleged "competition" by attaining the goal sooner than others, because the feeling of winning adds to the perceived value of goal attainment. Interview data from a weight-loss and a quit-smoking program provide preliminary support for our hypothesis. Two lab experiments have allowed us to monitor how people's perceived closeness with each other changed throughout the pursuit, as well as how their interaction frequency and information sharing behaviors evolved. We are currently in the process of collecting longitudinal data among a student population, and designing a field experiment with a local sports company.
Influence of psychological closure, psychological distance, and abstraction on consumer behavior
Andrew D. Gershoff, Associate Professor, Department of Marketing
Jae-Eun Namkoong, PhD student, Department of Marketing
This research includes a series of projects that explore the role of psychological closure on a wide range of consumer judgments, decisions, and emotional experiences. We test that closure on a negative consumer experience, such as a product failure, makes people feel the experience happened further in the past and is less likely to happen again. This increased psychological distance has implications for brand evaluation, product repurchase, and insurance purchase. We have also shown that when given a sense of closure on a learning experience (learning about a product or product category), people think about the learning experience in an abstract manner, leading them to feel more knowledgeable about the learned topic. We also investigate people's tendency to desire proper endings (and hence, the feeling of closure) during consumption, which leads them to consume quantities that may be perceived as completing units or patterns.
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Medina Journal-Register
Medina Journal-Register — Workers at Orchard Manor Nursing Home will vote on whether to join CSEA 10 days from now.
However, according to a CSEA spokesperson, management at Orchard Manor has been using fear tactics to swing the vote.
"A lot of people are being threatened, and that will sway how they vote," said Jill Asencio, communications specialist at CSEA. "That's the horrible part of all this."
After Orchard Manor was sold in the past year, workers started to notice changes at the home, Asencio said.
"They approached us in May," she said. "They said things started to change for them and for residents, as well, this past January."
Asensio said the workers decided it would serve them better to unionize. In recent weeks, Asensio said some "fishy people" have been spotted at the nursing home.
"They are claiming to be from human resources, but we've identified a couple of them from a union-busting firm," Asensio said. "They were hired by the parent company to do this."
The "this" Asensio was referring to includes threats to employment, changes in hours worked, and embarrassment.
Asensio said the union busters are being paid between $200 and $300 per hour, which flies contradictory to what the nursing home should spend its money on.
"It's obvious the management of the nursing home is not making decisions with regards to what's best for the residents," she said.
Some of the most vocal pro-union voices include those of Christina Penna and Pam Frasier. Both have been intimidated in some way, Asensio said.
Penna, a part-time LPN, said CSEA was originally contacted to help bring job security to the employees at the nursing home.
"We wanted to have a voice," she said. "We had meetings, and we wanted to be fair by having a campaign to unionize.
"Now, though, we have a consulting firm in the building and we feel we're being harassed and intimidated," Penna said.
Penna said "being able to sit at the negotiating table" to have a respectful discussion with upper management and ownership would help improve the atmosphere at Orchard Manor. The current mood at the place, she said, is not a happy one.
"We want to come to work as employees here with a smile on our face because we love our job," she said, noting how that has not been the case in recent months.
"We've had quite a few employees leave," she added. Some left voluntarily, and some saw their employment terminated. Penna said several long-time employees were among those no longer working at Orchard Manor.
The leadership regime change has left the nursing home employees with few people to turn to should any issues need to be raised.
"We have nowhere to go because all of management has been replaced," Penna said.
"We were a family and our family has been broken," she added. "We want a voice and we want to repair the cracks in the foundation of our family."
Frasier agreed.
"We're there to do a job, and we all feel we're being intimidated," she said. "We're there to take care of the residents, but all management seems to worry about is whether we form a union."
Frasier said the anti-union company hired by Orchard Manor's parent company has left employees feeling "uncomfortable" in the work place. She said some of the so-called "union-busters" have put up anti-union posters and removed pro-union posters. They have walked around the building, both inside and outside, Frasier said, making residents uncomfortable and making attempts to intimidate workers at odd hours.
"I came in to work a shift the other day at 1 a.m. and there was one of them following some girls who were on an 11 to 7 shift," Frasier said. "He started talking union stuff but they were the only two girls on staff in that area at that time so they were nice and told him they didn't have time for him."
Frasier said having the anti-union people in the building is a "foolish" way to spend the nursing home's money.
"A lot of people feel this way," she said. "We need equipment and supplies, but they seem to care more about bully tactics than about residential care."
"More staffing means better care for our residents," Frasier said. "Right now we all feel that we don't get to do what we're supposed to do, and we feel guilty because we're rushed."
Some of that rushed feeling has come from spending time in meetings, only one of which Frasier said she has been invited to attend.
"My first and only meeting I was there an hour and 20 minutes ... and a person with me said how we feel the residents are part of our family," she said. "The guy leading the meeting looked at her and said she shouldn't think that way, but she stuck up for herself."
Frasier said that the meetings are meant to weed out pro-union employees. "Then they either make them quit or do something to get suspended," she said.
Asensio said the practices currently employed by the nursing home are illegal. According to the Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act, "... employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid protection." It further states that "it shall be unfair labor practice for an employer 'to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in Section 7.' "
Asensio said CSEA is not surprised by the reports coming from employees at Orchard Manor.
"This is classic union busting," she said. "But the simple fact that it's happening is outrageous."
She added, "The unfortunate thing with union busting issues is that a lot of people vote out of fear because they are being threatened, and that's horrible because it will sway how they vote."
Administration at Orchard Manor was not available for comment over the weekend.


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Urban health expert LeConte Dill, a fellow at the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Atlanta's Morehouse School of Medicine, says many poor neighborhoods are so-called "food deserts.'' They have an array of fast food restaurants but no full-service grocery stores. And high-calorie food can be less expensive and more convenient.
Dr. Harry Heiman, health policy director at the Satcher Health Leadership Institute, says that "people who have food insecurity tend to overeat more often when they have access [to food], and tend to end more high-calorie foods.''
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I think the function is labeled as >= 5.1.0 in this documentation because it's possible to get the Date::Time class installed in 5.1 if you're compiling from scratch (or it's a documentation error).
I just spent a bunch of time trying to get it to work in 5.1 (installing timezonedb manually because the default PECL runs out of memory, etc.), but have decided to use a manually generated list instead. The actual timezone support seems to work fine in 5.1.


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Detail of the Last Judgment Tympanum (1107-1125) over the west door. Depicted in the upper level is the weighing of souls by St. Michael the Archangel, with interference by the Devil (the scales are missing), flanked by the resurrection of the righteous and some punishments of the damned. The lower level shows the gates to heaven and hell, attended by angels and demons. Note that the door to hell is less ornate and has no keyholes! The Latin inscription that runs along the bottom reads in full: "O sinners, if you do not mend your ways, know that you will suffer a dreadful fate."
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