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First, following the owners' meeting, the N.F.L. announced that the Jacksonville Jaguars, Atlanta Falcons and the Oakland Raiders will each be making a trip to London next season, where they will each play one home game at Wembley Stadium. Those three games are one game more than the number played this year.
"Our fans in the U.K. have continued to demonstrate that they love football and want more," N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a written statement in the Washington Post. "Both of this year's games in London sold out quickly. The fan enthusiasm for our sport continues to grow. By playing two games in the U.K. this year, we are creating more fans. We hope that with three games in London next year, we will attract even more people to our game."
So far, the N.F.L. played one game in London in each of the last six seasons. This year there are two. Next year there are three. It's hard not to speculate how many years it's going to take the N.F.L. to install a team permanently in London. Should we U.S.-based fans care? Hell, I'm game. I don't have to make that horrible trip with the team. These players make millions, they can deal with the jet lag and having to play football at the same time. I think it's an experiment worth trying. The real experiment is whether or not U.K. fans like American football enough to support it.
As one London resident told me at a sports book in Vegas a few years ago, the sport would grow like wildfire there. If they had a team, they would embrace a team fully. I admit I was surprised to see hear this as I had always been told the U.K. is a soccer loving country, not an American football-loving country. But again, this was a guy hanging out in one of the Strip's sleazier sports books frantically watching American football. Take his comment with a grain of salt.
If a team were to move to London, who would it be? The Jaguars played there this year already (and are scheduled for a home game next year). I think the London Jaguars has a ring to it.
The stepping-it-up in London, a little bit every year, makes me wonder about taking the N.F.L. to other countries? As Dan Patrick suggested recently, how about Mexico? I would love to see how a couple games a year would go over there. I think that country would embrace the sport. Why not give it a try? The flight is a hell of a lot shorter for most teams.
Of course, while the owners want to expand their sport around the country, they also want to expand the most popular TV show related to football. Yes, the owners agreed to make it mandatory for a team each year to participate in HBO's Hard Knocks.
The newly passed N.F.L resolution would require teams to appear on the HBO program, if asked. According to the Post, the first step in the process to choosing a Hard Knocks team each year would be to ask for a volunteer. If there is none (no smart coach should volunteer for this), the league would then create a pool of teams that would be required to open their doors to HBO cameras, if selected.
The teams exempt from a mandatory appearance, according to the story, are those teams with new head coaches, teams that reached the playoffs in either of the previous two seasons and those that have appeared on the show within a 10-year span.
"So if you don't want to be on the show," one league official told the Post, "Make the playoffs."
While 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh said he hasn't been tempted to do the behind-the-scenes reality show in its three years, he admits to loving it, pronouncing it "quite entertaining."
With that in mind, he told reporters, if the N.F.L. did require his team to take some Hard Knocks, they would do it without kicking and screaming.
"There's going to be teams that are going to be on Hard Knocks, and that seems like a popular thing and something people want to see," Harbaugh said. "So I don't see it going away. You could stamp your feet and say I don't want to do it, but I don't know how productive that is for anybody concerned."
For me, I love Hard Knocks. I've said it time and time again. There is no better reality show than seeing an N.F.L training camp from the inside. So any way to force teams into doing the show is good for me. And there would be nothing more I would like to see on that show than the New England Patriots. I would love to see (and seethe at) Tom Brady's attitude behind the scenes. And Patriots coach Bill Belichick's, for that matter. Just knowing the hatred Belichick would have for those poor cameramen in the locker room and at team meetings would be worth my time.
As if I didn't need another reason to root against the Patriots, now I have one. With a couple of years missing the playoffs, you know they'll be a top candidate for Hard Knocks. Seeing Belichick in his quiet say-nothing attitude while Tom Brady picks out a beautiful brown turtleneck for his press conference would be TV gold.
I am now a huge Miami Dolphins fan with hopes of keeping the Patriots out of the playoffs. As if I needed another reason to glue myself to the TV on Sundays, the N.F.L seems to know what we want. More games, more teams, more reality TV. The N.F.L. is a drug we can't say no to, and the drug keeps getting stronger and stronger.


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Here are the questions I asked Novatwit on another thread when he was trying this unequal meme:
Have you been denied the right to vote? Have you beed turned away from a restraunt?
Have you been made to sit at the back of a bus? Have you been told that a lunch counter is "straights only?"
Has there been a seperate water fountain for gays at any place you've been to lately?
Are there signs in the town where you live warning gays to "get out of town by sundown"?
Homosexuals have been denied education, employment, and housing.
Homosexuals have been (and are still) a target of discrimination and violence.
Homosexuals have been extorted by the police as individuals and businesses.
Homosexuals have been (and still are) targeted by the police for selective enforcement and with intimidation tactics.
Homosexuals continue to be treated differently and unequally under the laws of the federal, state, and local governments in regards to marriage, taxes, and benefits.
The fact that the gay rights movement has been successful in reducing some of these things is not evidence that they never existed or that the kind of people who practiced and promoted these violations would not gladly return to the good old days that they openly and unapologetically lament in their passing.
Nobody turned fire hoses on Orientals and Jews either - but that doesn't mean there weren't civil rights violations there. Where did the Constitution say that Jews and Orientals had a right to buy a house in Chevy Chase? It doesn't. It says that they have a right to equal protection under the law.
All of which can be taken care of with civil unions. But you already know that. This isn't about being able to marry......it never was...it's about tearing down the foundations of this country and forcing people to accept your alternate lifestyle as normal...something that hasn't happened yet.Homosexuals continue to be treated differently and unequally under the laws of the federal, state, and local governments in regards to marriage, taxes, and benefits.
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Legend has it that a renowned British wine taster was once presented with a flight of wines while wearing a blindfold. He nailed each wine, correctly identifying the grape and the region in which it was grown. Toward the end of the challenge was a glass of water. Upon smelling and sampling it, the taster expressed bewilderment. "I have no idea what this is," he exclaimed, "but I can assure you it's something I've never had before!"
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The average age of scientists went from 45.6 years to 45.7 years, and for engineers from 43.2 years to 43.9 years. "Although the change seems minimal over the past two years, it reverses the trend over the past decade, when we had been driving the average age down," she says.
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Have you seen My Child is a Monkey?
This hour-long National Geographic documentary aired in 2010, so hopefully you have witnessed the spectacle by now. But for those of you who haven't, keep reading this column. Then search National Geographic on your DVR for when the next time it's showing. You won't be sorry.
My Child is a Monkey sheds a shocking light on a growing phenomenon across the U.S. as more and more women become known as "monkey moms." I guess you could be called worse, but after watching this special, I'm not so sure.
The documentary follows families who adopt baby monkeys as surrogate children and raise them as if they are humans. The problem is, though, they aren't humans. They are wild animals. Do we really need to make that clear?
The narrator (the fabulous Emily Deschanel) begins with an unsettling statement: "Imagine looking after a toddler for the next 40 years." Umm, no. I can't imagine it. I take care of my three-year-old nephew for 20 minutes and I'm ready to place him directly back into my sister's arms. I don't even want to raise a human infant for longer than seven days.
My Child is a Monkey takes us through the lives of several different families who have adopted monkeys as their own. Experts interject throughout the special to rebut whatever the family is doing to their so-called "child."
First we meet a couple who lives in Virginia. They already have two little girls, and the wife is pregnant. Their story amazes me, only because I can't believe they are so naïve. The husband tells the camera that he has always wanted a pet monkey, so he and his wife decided to adopt one. Instead of spending the $5,000 to $8,000 (I could buy a jet ski with that money) on a "monkey baby," they settle for what they CAN afford: an eight-year-old adult male capuchin monkey, who costs only $500. The husband even admits that the ad for the monkey stated that he has had FOUR previous owners and is a "breeder monkey, not for pet." So you decided to adopt him anyway? Great idea.
Home videos show the family's pet monkey scratching the heck out of the husband from the get-go. The pet is brutally attacking him. Yet for some reason I watch this and think, "He kind of deserves it." Especially once you find out that the monkey has been "altered" to try and calm him down.
Many people "alter" their pet monkeys to make life easier for humans. Many have them neutered or have their adult canine teeth removed. Two things completely unnatural for monkeys.
As one expert says brilliantly, "They're trying to change what they are into something else to try to make them into this little human. They aren't little humans. They are wild animals, and they bite."
Federal legislation is now being considered to ban owership of primates. The monkey dad in Virgina says he's against the bill because he wants others to "Enjoy what I'm enjoying right now." Hold. The. Phone. What you're enjoying right now? I don't imagine "enjoyment" as being scratched and beaten up constantly by a wild animal.
Some surprising statistics are stated in the documentary. Although about 20 states have made it illegal to own a pet primate, more than 15,000 Americans still do it. Another sad fact is that many are dumping monkeys when they hit puberty and start to bite. A sanctuary owner says about 70 percent of the monkeys she receives were once pets.
The documentary also follows Justine, a woman about to meet her adoptive monkey baby for the first time. She travels to a breeder's house to pick him up, stating she wants him to be an educational tool for her family. (Ever visit a zoo?) Oh, by the way, she names him George. How original.
The breeder brings the bundle of joy out to Justine, and he is furry and adorable. I thought it was cute that he was holding onto a purple stuffed animal. Then I found out that baby monkeys are given these because they are ripped from their mother's arms and need a replacement. They usually stay with their real mothers for two years, but since they are being taken away at two days, they are given a stuffed animal to help with the pain.
Pet monkeys usually keep these stuffed animals forever and hold them as they rock back and forth. Experts say this behavior would not happen if these monkeys were living in the wild. Being taken away from their mothers at such an early age hurts their development and causes them to be angry adults.
If you aren't angry with humans for doing this to innocent primates, just wait.
The breeder walks Justine over to take a look at George's mother and father. The breeder tells her to leave George behind because she doesn't want to add "insult to injury" to the mother. So basically you are kidnapping this monkey's child, she knows it, she is upset, but you do it anyway so you can make a quick buck. Well, at least you aren't rubbing it in her face. Now THAT would be cruel.
Another interesting tidbit is that humans often misread the facial expressions that monkeys make. What we see as a "smile" is actually a gesture of defense or attack. A great video shows Justine and the breeder laughing over baby George's smile, while he's actually thinking, "I am ready to attack and eat you."
The last woman to make you boil under your skin is Audrey. She has two pet monkeys who she has raised since they were babies. While she has two grown sons, she says she spoils her "girls" and lets them get their own way. "I don't have an identity; I'm just a monkey mom. They're not animals to me; they're like little hairy people," she tells the camera. She admits she adopted them because of "empty nest syndrome."
I don't understand why many of these women continue to act like their "monkids" are just like humans. They are hairy and don't look human. They also can't talk, unless you equate English with the screeching sounds they often make throughout this documentary.
I digress.
Audrey is shown feeding her "girls" human food. When she heads to the vet, the doctor tells her that monkeys should be eating monkey food, not Cheetos. They can be obese, develop diabetes or have heart problems. Wow, maybe they are just like humans!
One of Audrey's monkeys has a glucose level higher than 400. Below 100 is normal. She promises to feed her healthy food but then feeds her monkey spaghetti for dinner. She acts like these pets are her biological children, so you would think she would take the hint that she needs to feed them healthier food or she will lose them. Maybe she's having second thoughts about changing diapers for 40 years.
The documentary ends by saying many in the "monkid" community feel they are being threatened by the laws that will take away their rights to own primates.
Experts feel it is wrong to own a primate and alter them the way humans do.
I think the documentary ends on a great last line. The narrator states, "Although humans and monkeys are all primates, a monkey's natural habitat is worlds away from ours."
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North Georgia is starting to be recognized nationally for their current streak of winning 14 of their last 16 games dating back to an 11-2 victory on April 1, against Anderson University. Since that win, the Saints have seen winning streaks of nine and five games and after receiving 12 votes in last week's poll jump into the mix at #24.
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Aleksandra Bouquillon, born in 1976 in Warsaw, Poland, has spent almost half of her life in France. She got interested in visual arts quite late, too late to be able to follow the classical cycle of artistic education, as she was past the scholarship age to enter the Beaux Arts school in France. However, she has not given up and has continued her own research as a self-taught painter. As a result of continuous research and improving of her painting techniques, using almost only the painting knives,she found her own original style, which is still subject to continuous evolution process. Deliberately, her choice was not to interact directly with the "here and now",the time and space coordinates. As an alternative she is proposing a kind of parallel realities, which she calls "abstract landscapes". Some of them might look familiar as they are connected to the traditional ways of perception, other are completely abstracted from the realistic vision of the world. She is targeting to reach people`s universal senses and emotions which are independent from the geographical, social or political conditions. In continuous search for the powerful and fresh means of painting expression she tries to avoid the "already said and seenâ€. For this reason she sometimes describes herself as an outsider by choice. She also escapes any classification. Her work might be described as located in between of reality and imaginary, or between the abstract and the figurative. The final choice is left to the Spectator whom she considers the equal partner, having the full right to his/her own lecture of a piece of art. There should be not one but many ways to read the painting, and this freedom should always be left to the viewer. Currently works in Italy/ Poland. Her works are in private collections in Poland, France, Italy, UK, Spain, Norway, Switzerland, Poland, Tcheque Republic, Greece, USA. Main influences : François Dufrêne, Jacques Villegle, Simon Hantai, Max Ernst


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January 27, 2013
Some Virginia Republican lawmakers are trying to change the state's winner-takes-all method of apportioning presidential electoral votes.
The decision is being met with opposition from both sides of the political aisle.
"The Republicans are trying to gain leverage through the legislative process in a way that they couldn't do through the ballot box," said Del. David Toscano (D-57th District). "They didn't like the rule, so now they are going to try to change the rules so that they can change the results in the future."
The bill seeks to hand out electoral votes according to which candidate won each congressional district, instead of giving all the electoral votes to the popular vote winner.
"This is a way that you violate the principle of one person, one vote, and you totally change the rules of the game to advantage the republicans," said Toscano.
Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus and other Republican leaders have expressed support for the idea.
Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell, though, does not support the bill. A spokesman for McDonnell says the governor "believes Virginia's system works just fine."
Hypothetically, if this law was in place last year, Mitt Romney would have won nine electoral votes in November, and Barack Obama would have won four. Toscano says it could have change the vote dramatically.
The bill still needs to pass the full Senate and the House.
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RET 2007: Christina Levyssohn-Silva
Intern: Christina Levyssohn-Silva
Mentor: Thomas Feil
Faculty: Jim Allen
Curriculum Overview:
Based on my participation in Jim Allen's UCSB research group, which examines energy absorption by proteins, this curriculum will act as a culminating activity that summarizes the middle school energy transfer standards. The focus concepts that will be addressed in the curriculum are heat conduction and convection, and the radiation of solar energy. The students will address these standards through a set of guided and inquiry based labs during which they build simple solar ovens. A nanotechnology theme will be incorporated throughout the curriculum in order to provide students with the opportunity to learn and get excited about front-of-the-line research and the future of science. The science of cooking will be used as a vehicle to relate energy transfer to the nanotechnology research on proteins that I participated in. Students will learn how heat energy absorption alters molecular structures enabling us to cook foods.
Previous Learning:
Prior to this lesson series, the students will have learned the basics of temperature and heat. They will have learned that temperature is a measure of the kinetic energy of molecules and will be able to measure temperature on the Celsius scale. After gaining an understanding of temperature, students will have learned that heat is a transfer of energy and that heat flows from warm to cool objects until they reach equilibrium. They will have learned the terms conduction, convection, and radiation during this sub-unit. Students will have been taught about how heat changes physical states of matter, as well as how chemical changes can occur with the addition of thermal energy. The students will have, further, been introduced to various types of heating technology, such as solar heating in homes. This curriculum will act as a culminating activity to the heat energy unit and will lead into lessons on the greenhouse effect.
Preparatory Guide Organization:
This curriculum is divided into three sections: a guided solar oven lab, an inquiry-based solar oven lab, and a follow-up activity focused on the science of cooking, incorporating into the lessons a nanoscale theme. In the following teacher's preparatory guide, you will find a section for each segment of the curriculum. The guide includes instructions, guiding questions, and student worksheets with answer keys.
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Solar Oven
- Lesson 1, Teacher's Preparatory Guide
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- Lesson 2, Teacher's Preparatory Guide
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St. Kate's accounting major combines a solid grounding in the theories and practices of accounting, with general business courses, such as business law.
Below is a sample academic plan. You can work with an advisor to tailor the courses to your interest.
CORE 1000: The Reflective Woman*
MGMT 2400: Principles of Management
HIST: History course*
LANG/LIT: Foreign language or literature course*
MATH 1070: Finite Mathematics
WOST/CRST: Women's studies or critical studies course*
ACCT 2110: Financial Accounting
LANG/ART: Foreign language or fine arts course*
ECON 2250: Statistics
ACCT 2130: Managerial Accounting
PHIL/THEO: Philosophy or theology course*
LANG/LIT: Foreign language or literature course*
ECON 2610: Principles of Microeconomics
ACCT 3210: Financial Management
EXSS: Exercise and sport science course*
PHIL/THEO: Philosophy or theology course*
PHIL/THEO: Philosophy or theology course*
ECON 2620: Macroeconomics
ACCT 3110: Intermediate Accounting I
Laboratory science course*
PSYC 1001 or SOCI 1000: Social science elective*
ACCT 3120: Intermediate Accounting II
BUSI 3650: Business Law
Liberal arts course
CORE 3990: Global Search for Justice*
EXSS: Exercise and sport science course*
ACCT 3150: Income Tax
ACCT 4130: Auditing
MATH/ECON/CSCI/INFM or COMM: Additional course
ACCT 4120: Cost Accounting
Liberal arts course
Liberal arts course
* Denotes course is part of liberal arts and sciences core requirements (for all majors).
For detailed course descriptions, visit the courses page.
Financial economics minor
Accounting majors can complete a financial economics minor with just two additional courses. ECON 3350: Money and Banking and ECON 3650: Investment Theories or ECON 3460: Global Financial Issues are recommended.
Relevant electives
Electives relevant to the accounting major include:
- ACCT 4100: Advanced Accounting
- ACCT 4754: Accounting Practicum
- ACCT 4994: Topics
- ECON 3350: Money and Banking
- ECON 3500: Managerial Economics
- SALE 3700: Financial Services Sales
Business portfolio
All majors are required to complete a business portfolio. In the portfolio you will integrate the life skills and knowledge you bring with you and the knowledge, skills and values learned through courses and field experiences in the program. The portfolio is cumulative in nature; most aspects are completed as part of course work.
Writing requirements
Accounting majors satisfy the Writing Requirement for Majors by completing ACCT 3120: Intermediate Accounting II. You complete the Liberal Arts and Sciences Core Writing Requirement with three other writing-intensive courses (CORE 1000: The Reflective Woman and CORE 3990: Global Search for Justice, and any other writing-intensive course in the Business Administration Department or another department).


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When images of Lukyanova first began circulating in 2012, some news outlets called her a fake. But since then, she's done a number of interviews and has been the subject of a short documentary. In a world overrun with airbrushed images, stick-thin models, a multibillion-dollar cosmetic surgery industry, and distorted ideas about what real women should look like, Human Barbie has touched a cultural nerve.
Researcher and artist Nickolay Lamm said that discounting Lukyanova as a freak or curiosity because she's so outrageous is a mistake and believes that she's emblematic of what can happen when girls internalize idealized proportions, like those of Barbie dolls. "Young women who are healthy and fit, say 'I need to lose some weight,'" he said. "Who are they comparing themselves to?"
Lamm has created a number of viral art projects that address Barbie and other fashion dolls and their impact on the body images of girls and young women. He's airbrushed the makeup off of dolls, created diagrams of what women would look like with Barbie's measurements, and designed a Barbie with natural proportions. "She is so extreme that people think she's a crazy weirdo and don't look at the bigger, much more silent problem of young girls trying to achieve an impossible ideal."
Lukyanova's anime-like appearance has even spawned other saucer-eyed, wasp-waisted copycats such as Anastasiya Shpagina (who reportedly is also her best friend), KotaKoti, and Angelica Kenova. Everything she does seems to be focused on grabbing attention, so it's not all that surprising that the (unconfirmed) 24-year-old managed to capture a little more of the media spotlight throughout the year, thanks to her bizarre, bold, and baffling claims. Here, a sampling of her most interesting of 2013.
She time-travels and communes with aliens. Lukyanova, who describes herself as a New Age guru, told the Daily Beast in August that she started having out-of-body experiences as a child and now visits with people from other civilizations. She can also travel to other planets and communicates with aliens using light (though she doesn't explain the mechanics of this extraordinary feat).
More on Yahoo: 'Crazy Obsession': The Singaporean Man with 6000 Barbie Dolls
She's married (but not necessarily to a human). Although Lukyanova says she's known her husband for 10 years, and he is a friend of her father's, when asked in the same interview if he is human, she pointedly says she doesn't want to discuss that.
More on Yahoo: Lady Gaga Unveils Dolls in Her Flamboyant Likeness
She's not a fan of "Real-Life Ken." Lukyanova might have found a soulmate in Justin Jedlica, whom she met for a photo shoot in early 2013, but soured on him when he blabbed that she'd achieved her appearance through plastic surgery. While Jedlica freely admits that he's had more than 90 procedures, Lukyanova cops to having had breast implants but no other cosmetic procedures. She swears that her CGI appearance is a result of diet, exercise, makeup, and colored contact lenses. She also claims that younger images of herself looking more natural were "Photoshopped."
She's a "professional mountain climber." In an English-language interview with V magazine in January, Lukyanova said she spends weeks scaling the Himalayas. Does she race back home through time and space to keep up with her daily beauty routine?
She's also a self-styled opera singer. Lukyanova's early videos were mainly makeup tutorials and odd, disjointed posing sessions, reminiscent of a string of animated Paris Hilton selfies, but lately, she's been frequently posting clips to YouTube of herself singing original compositions under her spiritual name, "Amatue." Viewer reaction has been mixed. One YouTube commenter described her voice as being like a "siren," another asked if there were "dolphins birthing nearby."
She aspires to live only on air. She told a reporter for the Independent who tracked her down in the Ukrainian city of Odessa, "In recent weeks I have not been hungry at all; I'm hoping it's the final stage before I can subsist on air and light alone."
While Lukayanova's goal may be to become as doll-like as humanly possible, Lamm's new project tackles the opposite task: to produce a commercially available doll that's as human-like as possible. Imagine that.
Also on Shine:
Jennifer Lopez's Barbie Doll is not so Bootylicious
Barbie's Got More Expensive Accessories Than You


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Reprinted in full from Information Today NewsBreaks, by Paula Hane. Flat World Knowledge, a publisher of free and open college textbooks for students, announced the release of a new platform called MIYO (Make It Your Own). The fully-automated system gives professors greater control over textbook content, and the ability, with one click, to make their […]
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CFOs are all too familiar with the experience: someone at the company has a Big Idea for an innovative new product or service, or has identified the next great growth opportunity. Money is earmarked and a project is launched with great fanfare. But two years later, what looked dazzling in a PowerPoint deck now looks ill-conceived if not completely doomed. Yet ego, corporate politics, and a desire to recoup some kind of return on investment almost guarantees that good money will be thrown after bad.
Rita Gunther McGrath, professor of business strategy at Columbia University, says there is a better way. In fact, she co-wrote the book on it (Discovery-Driven Growth: A Breakthrough Process to Reduce Risk and Seize Opportunity, Harvard Business Press, 2009). Her basic message sounds simple enough: innovative growth can be attained by establishing and systematically testing project assumptions at progressively more challenging checkpoints, learning from the outcomes, and changing direction as appropriate. "If the results live up to your assumptions, you release more funds until you get to the next checkpoint," McGrath says. "If they don't, you alter the project or kill it. The important thing is that you're embedding learning into the planning process."
When McGrath explained the approach at CFO's Core Concerns conference in Baltimore this summer, "it resonated with me," says Gregg Olson, senior vice president and CFO of Trail Blazers Inc., which owns the Portland Trail Blazers NBA basketball team and the team's related merchandising enterprises. "We had just launched this new product — live, online streaming of our games — and had made certain financial assumptions. Unfortunately, we had no template to test the accuracy or efficacy of these assumptions. Her methodology would have given us more confidence around pricing."
Olson is far from alone among CFOs seeking a more systematic way to fund growth strategies. Many companies are knee deep in cash and equity capital (see "Time to Get Off Your Cash?" July/August) and would like to put it to work. But in a new, more risk-averse climate, the fear of failure is palpable. McGrath presents an alternative — "fail fast and fail cheap."
"If you fail fast you can take the risk of failing more," agrees Brian Kimmel, CFO of the National Association of Convenience Stores. "By establishing assumptions and then checking them along the way to see if they're right or wrong, you can kill the project before it breaks the bank. You've now preserved capital for the next growth initiative."
That's not how traditional ventures are funded. "Once a project acquires a life of its own, people are afraid to kill it," says Kimmel. "They've got too much skin in the game."
Or, these days, too little. "CFOs are balking at proposals that might, in fact, drive growth, because they don't see enough evidence that the idea will work," says Kevin Bolen, a partner at Innosight, a consulting firm that leverages McGrath's ideas in engagements. "But if someone says, 'Can I have $10,000 to test these assumptions I have about this interesting idea?' a great project that otherwise might not get funded gets off the ground." (As one example, see "And One that Worked" at the end of this article.)


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5 Low Tech Items for Everyday Problems
1. Silo For Good Measure
While still in the prototype stage, this smart product both acts as reusable storage container for dry goods and measures out a perfect serving every time you pour. From Quirky.
2. Joseph Joseph & Morph's Double Dish
Designed with a nested collection bowl this dish is prefect for containing olive pits and nut shells conveniently while keeping them out of sight. $18 from A+R Store.
3. Go Clean Gym Gear
Created specifically for traveling with gym clothes, this compact bag locks odor and moisture in, is compartmentalized for both clothing and shoes and comes with shoulder straps so you can grab it out of your suitcase and take it directly to the gym. $30 from Flight 001.
4. Parmesan Cheese Pencil
While no longer available this limited run of cheese "Pencils" had a spice filled center and came with a sharpener to create shavings perfect for topping your favorite dish. Via LikeCool.
5. Snap Hang
If you're looking for a smart alternative to framing your artwork, Snap Hang is a sophisticated looking wall mounting system that conceals magnets sturdy enough to hold up Plexiglas inside a simple wood bar. $66 from Magnetic Grain.
*While some of these products are available to purchase others are still in the prototype stage.
(Images: as linked above)
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The olive dish is brilliant!
This thing is a pretty great solution to the "which sponge is for the dishes and which for the counter?" dilemma.
I am so not ready for that parmesan pencil.
Well, the Silo might have been worth considering if it had more measuring options. Only 1 cup and 1/2 cup? Not for me.
I like the silo. It would be good for things like oatmeal - or even cold cereal if you're one of those people that measures it before putting it in the bowl.
That parmesan cheese pencil is just weird. Not surprised it's no longer available.
The cheese pencils cracked me up! Don't know how I would feel about actually using them, but the idea is hilarious. Some of the other stuff is so good though! The silo and the double dish especially.
I might craft myself a double dish for an upcoming party. I rarely need one but I like the idea -- would work to stash used toothpicks from appetizers, too, if the central dish were suitable for them... I could see foil caterer's pans as the exterior dish...
I like the silo, too, if it would work for my granola. I'm trying to lose a few pounds, and I suspect my portion control at breakfast leaves something to be desired! Serving myself an actual appropriate "serving" would be great, but I'm unlikely to get out a measuring cup.
I don't mind seeing prototype or interesting has-been designs. It's interesting to see different approaches, and maybe reaction in the blog to prototypes will help get a new product produced.


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With the issue of same-sex marriage argued before the Supreme Court and raging elsewhere in America, a question:
Is it possible to be a traditional Christian or Muslim or Orthodox Jew — and hold to one's faith on what constitutes marriage — and not be considered a bigot?
And is faith now a problem to be overcome, first marginalized by the state and then contained, so as not to get in the way of great changes to come?
The issue of same-sex unions is by nature contentious and divisive. It is not merely about equal protection under the law, but redefining the foundation of our culture, which is the family itself.
It's not my intention to add to the anger and the noise. If you've followed the news of the crowds outside the Supreme Court this week, and watched those vicious little boxes within boxes on cable TV, with angry people barking at each other, you'll get plenty of noise.
I'm not angry. Yet I am struggling. And I've been silent on the subject for some time, trying to figure it out.
I'm not opposed to same-sex unions. Americans have the right to equal protection under the law, and same-sex couples should be able to expect the same tax benefits and other considerations allowed to those of us who are now being called, in some quarters, "opposite-sex couples."
As far as I'm concerned, Americans have the right to do as they please as long as they don't infringe upon the rights of others. America is all about liberty and freedom.
But this all comes now during the season of Lent, a time of fasting and prayer, when Christians are compelled to confront the obligations of their faith.
And while I hear the new moral arguments, about equal rights and equal protection, I've read little about the religious freedom aspects and what the Supreme Court's ruling might mean for houses of traditional worship.
All I'm asking is that in the rush to establish new rights, that tolerance for religious freedom be considered as well.
The federal government has already told religious institutions that run hospitals that they must provide contraceptives to their employees, even if it runs counter to their beliefs. So now, if the government ultimately compels us to describe same-sex unions as marriage, what's next?
For centuries now, churches have allowed the state (and by this I mean the government) to license marriage ceremonies. It follows then that what is happening in America at present was inevitable long ago.
To speak of faith in this context is to invite the charge of bigotry — if not outright, at least by comparison to angry fire-and-brimstone preachers who seem to use the Bible as a lash. Some wield the Old Testament like a cudgel, and avoid the New Testament, in which Christ asked us to refrain from judging and to love our neighbor.
No one with half a brain wants to be thought of as a bigot. But that's what I and others risk as members of a distinct and irritating minority — as traditional Christians in journalism.
It is a world of language and political symbolism, a world where ideas are often framed so that they may lead to inexorable conclusions favored by the dominant culture. In this media world, I sometimes wonder whether the word "sin" has been outlawed by the high priests of journalism for fear of offending one group or another. And I'd rather not ask.
Now that the debate has been framed, if I hold to my faith and resist applauding the changes, I'm easily cast as some drooling white cartoon bigot of the Jim Crow era, denying black Americans the right to sit at a lunch counter and have a meal with the white folks.
It's a cheap construction, yes, thoughtless, yet widely accepted in the news media and therefore effective.
What is also clear is that, given demographic shifts and attitudes, particularly by young people regarding sexuality and family, traditional Christianity is no longer the dominant culture.
It is the counterculture, fast becoming a minority view.


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