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We had a very exciting day at the office in December. FirstRain India celebrated a group of employees who have been with FirsRain for over seven years! Each employee was honored for their commitment and hard work with a bouquet of flowers and a special lunch.
The event was a complete surprise to most of the team. On December 19th, around lunchtime, Chitra, our HR Manager announced a list of people who each were given a bouquet of flowers from Aparna Gupta, our India MD. The rest of the team really had no idea why they were receiving flowers until we suddenly looked around and realized who was being recognized. All of the people called out, had been at FirstRain the longest.
The lunch was very special, full of memories and nostalgia. We went through the hard times and the good times, but most importantly—the fun we have had through the journey of building FirstRain to what it is today. Interestingly enough, the majority of the recognized joined FirstRain as single people and now most are married with kids! They have been through many different roles, working with different managers throughout the company and truly have grown over the years.In the midst of our tight work schedules, releasing deliverables, promising product outlook and anticipation of FirstRain becoming REALLY successful, this came up as a great surprise. Congratulations to all of you for being a part of the core team of FirstRain and thanks a ton FirstRain for making us feel special!
Help nominate FirstRain and Penny for the 6th annual Crunchies Awards! The award ceremony recognizes the most captivating startups, internet and technology innovations of the year. It's co-hosted by GigaOm, VentureBeat and TechCrunch.
The ceremony will take place January 31, 2013 at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. You can vote for FirstRain in the "Sexiest Enterprise Startup" and "Best Content Discovery Application" categories. You can also vote for Penny in the "CEO of the Year" category.You may vote once a day until the cut off date, December 6th. Spread the word to your colleagues, families and friends! Vote here to nominate FirstRain for the Sexiest Enterprise Startup! Vote here to nominate FirstRain for the Best Content Discovery Application! Vote here to nominate Penny for CEO of the Year!
The past few weeks have been extremely busy and exciting as we prepare for Dreamforce, which is now only a week away! But today, I have some other exciting news to share, the launch of our new solution—the FirstRain Performinator!
Performinator is our newest solution for delivering strategically tuned customer intelligence for major account sales and marketing teams right into their existing CRM, social enterprise platforms, smartphones and tablets. Performinator helps your entire team of sales and marketing pros understand their customers' business as well as your superstars do. And for the thousands of early-adopter users who are already getting FirstRain Performinator today, it's the 'carrot' that gets your people engaged in and drives value from your CRM and platform investments. Don't YOU want to 'Be the Carrot'?
Most sales and marketing teams don't have the time to gather the deep knowledge of their customers and end-markets that's needed to really challenge their customers, uncover opportunity and spot risks. FirstRain already delivers the right intelligence to help solve this challenge, but with Performinator we make it so easy, and so well-tuned to your customer markets that each of your users are transformed (no phone booth required) into your company's go-to experts on your most significant customers.
In fact, at Dreamforce next week, leaders from GE Capital and FirstRain will be discussing the new solution and how they are embracing the carrot. If you're interested in attending the session and learning more about Performinator, you can do so here.
Superman may use his super powers to fly, but Performinator uses its powers to transform your sales and marketing teams!
Next week SLA (Special Library Association) is hosting their annual conference in Chicago and FirstRain will be in attendance. Daniela, our Director of Business Development, MLIS, a long time member of SLA and champion of information professionals in the Enterprise will be attending and is looking forward to catching up with many of you there!
In addition to learning more about new trends and how information professionals are ensuring that they are "'future ready' by exchanging ideas and connecting with thousands of fellow information professionals", Daniela will be looking to meet up with information professionals who are currently working or are trying to get involved in Enterprise Social Business projects incorporating social enterprise software like Salesforce.com/Chatter, Yammer, SharePoint, Jive, IBM Connections, Tibco, Cisco Webex Social and others.The role of the information professional is often an important one in these enterprise projects, and Daniela (who works directly with these vendors as FirstRain partners, and with the enterprise customers deploying these solutions) would like to see more information professionals involved and driving these projects.
SLA2012 is located at the McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois from July 15th-July 18, 2012. For more information on SLA2012 please visit their website. If you are interested in touching base with Daniela please send her an email firstname.lastname@example.com or via twitter @danielabarbosa.
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Going home a winner!At FirstRain India we like to host numerous events that every Rainmaker can particiate in. We divide everyone into event teams (a lottery system) comprising folks from different departments, getting together to participate in fun, as well as competitive events, throughout the year. This allows people from different departments to come together and team up to excel in an entirely different setting. The events range from quiz competitions to ramp walks to decorate your bay and the events culminate with a prize trophy to the winning team at the annual offsite event. The new teams were created this summer and the first task assigned to them was to create a name, logo and punch line for their team. Finally, June ended with a small party in our cafeteria for all the employees who had June birthdays. All the June birthdays gathered around the cake (including myself) and so a case for me of have your cake and eat it too!


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A Purple UmbrellaA little girl stood
On a rainy street,
Safe beneath her umbrella.
She wandered the city,
One end to another,
Searching within the storm.
"He's always here somewhere,"
She said to herself,
As lightning split horizons.
She had long black hair
And dark blue eyes;
Red skirt, red coat, black boots.
Her purple umbrella
Lay light in her hand,
As she walked with patient purpose.
The city held no traces
Of whom she meant to find;
And so she popped
From here to there,
To walk upon the moors.
Through the heath, she wandered
The same as before,
And found him by a cliff.
He sat there dangling
His feet from the edge,
Staring straight ahead;
Not brooding, nor sulking,
But simply lost in thought.
A man dressed in black,
His head all uncovered;
The rain fell on his hair,
But he didn't care.
The girl came up beside him,
Her umbrella held as always.
"I have no ideas,"
She confessed to the man.
"I don't know what to write,
Though I know I surely must."
"Because I asked you?"
He asked, staring forwa
Rise AgainI will rise again,
Overcome this blade
That hangs above my head.
I will stay in the dark,
But wrap it around me,
My shield against the sun.
I am no puppet
To be tugged by your hands.
I am no shadow
To drag at your feet.
I am a pheonix,
Wings and all,
Destined to rise again.
I will pull myself
From this endless abyss.
I will conquer time itself.
I will prove my worth,
Convince myself,
And turn my vision forward.
I will not be knelt;
I will rise again.
MeltdownI've strayed toward a meltdown
More times than I can count.
Questioning my sanity,
Despising all I see...
Wearing down
Beneath the pressure
Of perceptions and expectations.
You returned to my life
When I needed you most,
Providing the gift
Of someone to talk to.
And then you showed me
A place I could go
Where acceptance was natural
And friends could be found.
You're the only MeltDown
I don't mind meeting.
In fact, without you,
I might be dead today;
Or tomorrow, or later,
Sometime soon enough.
A knife, a pill,
I'm not quite sure;
Whatever it was,
You made it go away.
I'm happy to live now,
Pleased and proud.
We don't talk today
Like we did for a while...
But I think of you often,
And thank you in my heart.
For now, we're both busy,
But once the stress lessens,
I hope we can talk like before.
Of course I know
That everything changes,
And life moves on unhindered.
But you're part of my life,
A wonderful friend,
Someone I trust and care for.
Like I told you once,
I want the best for you,
StarstruckStarstruck girl, a light in my eyes
They've never seen before.
Starlight, starless
When you don't scale my sky.
A jump, a leap, a fall so far,
But then you pick me up.
You taught me something,
You made me learn.
Why regret
How we were born,
When it makes us so much stronger?
We have so much more
To offer this world
Than the average boy or girl.
They reject us, or accept us,
And never understand...
But I don't care.
I don't mind anymore.
I like who I am,
I'm proud to be me.
There are things I'll change,
But I'm glad to be different.
I don't resent my birth.
We share this fate,
And I realize now
How much that really means.
Unique, not abnormal;
Gifted, not deprived;
Blessed, not cursed;
Worthy, not worthless.
We are who we are,
And I like who we are.
You made me see that,
And see who I am.
I knew it was there,
Somewhere beneath...
But you opened my eyes
And set me free.
Starstruck now, unsure how
To tell you what I feel.
My tongue and typing
Become so clumsy
When I cross your path these
Drown My Mouth in Doubts and DreamsCats can be cruel,
But I've broke a heart.
I scatter glass casements
To shatter – neglect.
Oceans abandon,
So further I float.
Drifting, deluded;
I show no respect.
At the cost of curing every cold,
I attend my own disease.
I might have mended every mold,
But instead I let them freeze.
Do you miss her at all,
Do you ever at all?
How can I miss her
When she didn't exist?
Only an image, echoing out
Ahead of the noise we know –
A sound so shrill and sheer and
Shallow, when all I wanted then and there
Was to drown my mouth in doubts and dreams.
We never knew
Each other well.
The Apple I Offer
I know that I'm nothing compared to these girls
With their skin and their lips and their shadowy curls,
And I hardly seem to know how anything works,
And I worry that someday my body will burst
Into something so ugly, so vapid and vile
But lacking a reason, it's only denial
Built upon structures I don't understand
Yet I know what I'm not, and I know what I am.
I'm silly, I'm stupid, I'm socially stunted,
I'll never match up to the girl you wanted,
And sometimes I feel that I've somehow been shunted
In the role of a lifetime, a part I can't play,
A truth that I distance, a word I can't say,
And I pretend to be things besides me for a day,
But I always swing round to the start,
Still ironing out my metallic heart.
I'm bad at expressing,
Even worse at explaining,
But I'll try my best to pour the glass
So maybe you'll see what I'm trying to ask
When the liquid goes rushing across floorboards of ice,
Freezing in place with intent to entice.
I wish you'd weave words for me the way you do oth
Birth and RebirthAnd so she dies,
In that moment,
When all becomes dust,
And she becomes dust,
And all that she knew is gone...
Or is she being selfish,
Stubborn and resistant...
To change, what she loves,
Claims to embrace,
Asks for in her own life...
What is wrong with her?
What is wrong...?
Your OnlyI could slip and cry,
And scrape my knee
I could steal the stars,
And crown you king
I could shape the world,
And make it bleed
But I won't be your only
I could stroke the sand,
And soothe the sea
I could scale the sky,
And make you free
I could turn the time,
And fill your need
But I won't be your only
I could be your light,
And bring you warmth
I could sing all night,
And wander north
I could give my life,
For what that's worth
But I won't be your only
I can never be
Your only one
He came againHe came again last night,
after a long time.
His eyes were scanning around for her,
but she wasn't here.
He found another girl,
a girl it seems he liked a lot,
but in his eyes...
He treated her, I mean last night's girl,
almost like she was her,
He also didn't want
make this new girl,
or anyone else think,
that now he would love her,
so...his eyes...
He was a little typical,
though he needed company so much.
Once upon a time,
When I was young,
I believed our world is nice.
When I was young...
I thought I was the faulty one,
A parasite, a virus,
so sick and so hideous
I was asking so much,
always more than my lunch
"All these goodies, not enough?
What is more you need to laugh?"
When I was young,
I believed our world is nice
I felt, I was the broken one...
So I was shy, very shy
When I should and when I shouldn't...
I was so silly, stupid!
I thought I'm asking so much!
More than I need for lunch!
And if it happened to need more,
I would never ask it for.
But now I've grown so much,
little shame for my lunch,
Some they say, no shame at all,
that I'm out of control.
But now I've grown so much...
I always ask it for!
There's no shame, No more!
He was no easy boy
She was no human flesh
He used to dream so hard
It was no easy life
But then he turned around
And saw her perfect face
He didn't wonder how
He didn't think behind
But then he traced the past
It made him think for nights
He wouldn't speak too much
But that was not so weird
He always was alone
Nobody ever asked
He tried to kill his dream
In Love with Cyborgia!
He grew enough to kill
Believe it couldn't be
But they would met again
His dream had never died
He reached to say a word
She turned her back again
She was no human flesh
But had a girly soul
She needed to be loved
But never wanted him
She couldn't find one
And he was watching still
She started walk around
A secret no one found
As he would never speak
In Love with Cyborgia!
But then a night came through
Far from a distant truth
She had to find a place
And make a great escape
And now he was alone
With not a little eye
Awaiting in the dark
He's fading into sad
In Love with Cyborgia!
And now time has passed
Spare a smile for my eyes
Spare some words for my presence
Spare some time cause I need it
Share your dance with my fire
Share your flesh with my touch
Share your spell with my dirt
Share my thirst with your laugh
Share my truth with your eyes
Share your beauty with me
Share your name again
Spare your smile, I need it
Spare your touch for my cold
Spare a truth for my pain
Share my hands with yours.
Spare your smile again
Spare some words to surprise me
Spare your hog for my desert
Spare a lie for my hope
Spare some time cause I need it
Share your dance with my fire
Share this little... I won't hurt you
Share my truth with your eyes
Spare me, I'm not worthy.
To Mistiko Tou MartiΤο Μυστικό Του Μάρτη
Πες μου παππού για τον τρελό,
που μόνος του μιλούσε,
Πες μου παππού για τον τρελό,
πώς πέθανε, πώς ζούσε;
"Δεν έχω λέξη να σου πώ,
τους μύθους μην πιστεύεις,
Τόσο δα παιδ
Ακόμα μόνος του΄
περιπλανιέται εδώ και εκεί,
μα πάντα επιστρέφει,
αλλού δε βρίσκει καταφύγιο.
Αδύναμος πια,
τόσο αδύναμος που κανείς δεν τον πιστεύει.
Ακολουθεί τα περιστ&
I can love you or just buy you,
Whatever; I'll Love You.
You can love me or reject me,
You can feel me or just trick me,
You can hug me or seduce me,
You can heal me or just leave me,
You can save me or forget me,
I Will Love You Even If...
I Will Love You Forever, Whatever.
Over the mountain,
into the night,
alone he is standing,
he'll finally fight
Free from the future,
no Love and no Hope,
there's no surrender,
no fear to stop
No more in the shade,
his life and his will,
the flash of the blade,
the sound of the steel.
A war with no battle,
defeated was born,
the song in the cradle
the mourning of Norn
An enemy hidden,
an unholy ghost,
the challenge forbidden,
the pride was lost
A life in damnation,
in fear and in pain,
no sign of salvation,
just hoping in vain
Condemned to be lonely,
not ever be loved,
no woman, no story,
no talisman hold
But then came a day
that flame didn't burn,
no Hope to his pray,
no sign to return
He woke up next morning,
but nothing to pack,
Ηe gave no warning,
Ηe asked not for luck
He ended his serving,
all sins have been payed,
His book no more pending,
all acts have been played
He was no warrior,
but no need to learn,
one fight for honour
and no more to earn.
On the other sideOn the other side,
people thinks I'm crazy,
but for the wrong reason.
These people also exist on your side,
around you,
you play with them,
probably you know,
but even if you do a mistake
...or if you don't...
your family will support you
and your choice,
one way or another.
On this side,
around me,
no one will support me
or my choice,
actually you.
This makes it even worst...
They will blame you
...and you know... I love you.
This makes it even worst...
As Bards May SingA princess each
From two opposing kingdoms
Met and fell in love.
The wrath of kings
And the scorn of queens
Were not enough to sway them.
Their love was such
As bards may sing--
Crossed by stars,
And doomed by blood.
Together by chance,
Apart by design,
They contrived communication.
Love letters sent
By messenger birds,
Or carried by loyal friends.
But few friends had they,
And eventual betrayal
Would crush their hoping hearts.
With war on the plains,
The two kings decided
To lock their daughters away.
A tower and a dungeon,
Two separate realms of pain,
Cut the princess pair in half,
No sight nor sound of either.
One princess bound in chains,
The other pacing rooms,
The first killed by disease,
The second marked by grief.
She spent many a year
High above in that tower,
Watching the kingdoms clash.
Her hair grew grey,
And her teeth rotted black,
But still she wished to live.
To remember her princess,
Her true love and other,
Was what she lived to do.
In death she would lose
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DALLAS—The wheels are spinning at the Jewish Community Center in Dallas..
"Dig a little deeper," Spin instructor Ben Williams chirped to encourage the class. "Go a little harder."
Williams pushed the class hard but when it comes to their Thanksgiving dinner plans he gets softer.
He encourages them to dig in.
"Tomorrow is turkey day, come completely unhinged at the dinner table baby," Williams said. "Get completely unhinged."
The message comes with a side-order of common sense. The unhinged message is only for those who currently exercise and have healthy diets.
"If you've worked hard all year long and you've watched what you've eaten throughout the year it doesn't matter where you started you know everyday that you've gone to the gym those are your small victories and those small victories need to be or should be rewarded," Williams said.
Student Jill Sedacca said she'll take his advice.
"When you're working out all the time you don't feel as guilty eating what you want to because you know you're going to go to the gym and you're going to work it off the next day and the next day and the next day." Jill said.
Jill is right about the next day and the next day part--Janalou Phelan is a registered dietician at Texas Health Dallas and said many people make the same common mistake about their Thanksgiving meal.
"People think that sometimes a 30- minute walk around the block is going to do it," Phelan said. "And while that's good and we encourage that it's hardly going to scratch the surface of the extra calories that you're going to eat in that meal."
And how many calories is Phelan talking about?
"An average of about 3,500 calories is what you're Thanksgiving meal will be from appetizers, drinks, the meal itself plus deserts," Phelan added. "That's going through the line once."
Which means Jill will have to go to spin class 7 times and burn 500 calories an hour--but you know what?
She feels she earned it.
"You remember all the working out that you've done and every step you've taken when you're taking those bites," Jill said.


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The Vanderbilt lacrosse team has found a new conference home. Beginning with the 2015 season, the Commodores will compete in the BIG EAST Conference. Vanderbilt and Florida will be new members of the BIG EAST, joining Cincinnati, Connecticut, Georgetown, Marquette, Temple and Villanova. "We are excited to announce our affiliate membership with the BIG EAST," coach Cathy Swezey said. "It is a conference with great tradition and highly competitive lacrosse. We look forward to the new challenges we will face and to the new rivalries." Vanderbilt moves over from the American Lacrosse Conference, which dissolved in May after 13 years. Florida, the only other school in the Southeastern Conference to have women's lacrosse, will be a familiar foe for the Commodores as the Gators spent the last five years in the ALC. "We're excited to welcome Florida and Vanderbilt as affiliate members of the BIG EAST Conference," said Chris Schneider, BIG EAST Associate Commissioner for Olympic Sports. "Both programs have proven histories of success and will reinforce the strength and high level of play BIG EAST women's lacrosse is known for." Marquette and Villanova will be new opponents for the Commodores. Vanderbilt is 3-0 against Cincinnati, 2-1 versus Connecticut, 2-4 against Florida, 0-6 against Georgetown and 0-1 versus Temple. Both Florida and Georgetown made the NCAA Tournament last year. Florida won the ALC regular-season and tournament titles and reached the Elite Eight. Georgetown advanced to the second round. Vanderbilt will begin its 20th season as a lacrosse program in 2015. Swezey has guided the Commodores for 17 of those years, accumulating 137 wins, two conference championships, six NCAA Tournament appearances and a trip to the 2004 NCAA Final Four.
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Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1261z1.html 2012-08-16T08:00:00Z 2012-08-16T08:00:00Z This summary of the external evaluation of Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission activities looks at program implementation and changes in health outcomes associated with seven health-related programs funded by the Master Settlement Agreement over the past decade. Motives for Smoking in Movies Affect Future Smoking Risk in Middle School Students http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100256.html 2012-06-01T09:00:00Z 2012-06-01T09:00:00Z Exposure to movies that portray motivations for smoking places adolescents at particular risk for future smoking. 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Which way to Newark?
I was walking up 6th Avenue around 26th street last night, talking to a friend on my cellphone. A guy pulled over in a black SUV, rolled down the window and called out, "Hey, excuse me, can you tell me, … Continue reading
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What would Alice do?
Today was a day for me to spend some time with my family, so I'm short a post. But reflecting on Barack Obama's speech on Monday night reminded me of the open-ended hope so many felt when he was elected … Continue reading
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By all reports, one of the most celebrated talks at this year's TED conference was by Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love. Elizabeth starts with a compelling question she gets asked a lot lately, "Aren't you afraid you're never … Continue reading
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How we say 'thanks'
Though I'm not plugged in to popular culture, I do try to catch the Oscars. Like the Superbowl and the Olympics, it is a chance for the whole world to tune in and dream of a simpler world full of … Continue reading
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Ira Glass, host of the NPR show This American Life, has a new twist on getting people to give to NPR. As part of NPR's funding drive, Ira is calling people on the phone and having them "turn in" family … Continue reading
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Sooner or later, you have to choose. Are you going to work for change or just complain? Funny thing is, once you start working for change, you usually don't have much time left to complain. There's just so darn much … Continue reading
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Purchasing power parity and relative price variability : Evidence from the 1970s
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Atlanta Hawks guard Jeff Teague was named Player of the Week in the NBA's eastern conference Monday.
Teague averaged 20.3 points, 5.8 assists, two rebounds and 1.8 steals during the week of April 7 through April 13, according to a news release from the Hawks.
This is the first time the guard has won Player of the Week in his entire career. He is the second Hawk player to win the award this season, after Paul Millsap won the honor back in January, and the 14th overall Hawk player to receive the honor.
In the same week, the Hawks also clinched a playoff spot for the seventh straight season.
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Graduates from St. Martinville, La., graduating class of 1973 sent out invitations for a class reunion party for "white graduates only."
According to reports, the group decided it would allow for black people to attend the reunion, and the football game in an act of non-segregation but only white people could attend the reunion's after party.
Liza Chance, an organizer of the event said in a recent interview that the group changed their mind and will now have a conjoined party.
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HELENA — Lawrence VanDyke is back on the ballot for Supreme Court justice, but he starts out at a big disadvantage in campaign fundraising in his race against Justice Mike Wheat.
VanDyke back on ballot for Montana Supreme Court
HELENA—In a 4-3 decision on Tuesday, the Montana Supreme Court overturned a lower-court ruling and put Lawrence VanDyke back on the November ballot as a candidate for Supreme Court justice.
Court to VanDyke: McGrath, Wheat already recused selves
HELENA — The Montana Supreme Court ruled as moot on Wednesday a motion by Lawrence VanDyke to recuse Chief Justice Mike McGrath and Justice Mike Wheat from hearing his appeal of a District Court decision removing him as a justice candidate on the ballot.
Judge orders Supreme Court candidate off the ballot
HELENA — A district judge on Friday ordered the name of Supreme Court justice candidate Lawrence VanDyke removed from the November ballot because he's ineligible to run.
Judge hears arguments over candidate's eligibility for Supreme Court
HELENA — A state district judge heard arguments Wednesday on whether to remove Lawrence VanDyke from the 2014 ballot as a candidate for Supreme Court in a dispute over his eligibility.
Judge hears arguments over candidate's eligibility for Supreme Court
HELENA — A state district judge heard arguments Wednesday on whether to remove Lawrence VanDyke from the 2014 ballot as a candidate for Supreme Court in a dispute over his eligibility.
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HELENA — Supreme Court candidate Lawrence VanDyke on Friday asked the state Supreme Court to take jurisdiction of a lawsuit filed in a lower court challenging his eligibility to run for justice on the high court.
Lawsuit seeks to remove Montana Supreme Court candidate
HELENA — A lawsuit by five delegates to Montana's 1972 Constitutional Convention seeks to remove state Solicitor General Lawrence VanDyke as a state Supreme Court candidate.
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HELENA — Lawrence VanDyke, state solicitor general for Attorney General Tim Fox, said he is running to be a justice on the Montana Supreme Court because he believes he has a different legal background than the other justices.
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If your relationship with your cable provider is driving you mad like this man, brace yourself. It's only going to get worse.
The average monthly cable TV bill is rising 6% a year. It's projected to hit $123 a month next year and top $200 by 2020, according to market research group NPD. To be fair, part of the surge is because the cost cable providers pay to license shows is getting steeper. But the near-monopoly that cable TV companies have in many places is to blame, too.
Most areas have just one or two pay-TV providers. And even if you're lucky enough to have more choice, that will probably change if the Time Warner Cable-Comcast and AT&T-DirecTV deals are approved. And less choice means that the providers that remain don't have to go above and beyond on customer service. As if they did already.
Can't live without your favorite programs but fed up with the bill? Here are four moves you can make to cut the cost—and not all require you to cut the cord.
Downsize. How many of the 700+ channels that you get do you actually watch? A growing number of pay-TV providers are offering pared-down packages. Verizon recently rolled out its Select HD no-sports package that's $15 a month cheaper than its $65 a month standard Prime package. Last year, Time Warner Cable launched Starter TV, a bundle of 20 premium channels plus HBO for $29.99 a month—40% less than its 200-channel, no-HBO option. And Cox Communication's TV Starter is $24.99 a month for 155 channels vs. $49.99 for its Advanced package of 220 channels.
Play hardball. Despite their dominance, pay-TV providers are still loathe to lose customers, says digital media analyst Dan Rayburn. Call the cancellation department to talk with a retention specialist trained to hang on to customers. Ask about promotions or a discount if you're a long-time customer. They'll try hard to keep you, but if they don't give, you can likely get a better deal as a new subscriber if you have a satellite dish or cable competitor where you live.
Go a la carte. Even though the Aero service that delivers low-cost broadcast TV via Internet shut down thanks to the recent Supreme Court ruling, there are still plenty of other lower cost alternatives for those who want to cut the cord, says technology industry analyst Jeff Kagan. Hulu Plus costs just $7.99 a month and shows many current programs the day after they air. If you can wait a season or two to catch up with your favorite shows, Netflix is $7.99 a month (though will go up $1 or $2 for new subscribers). Amazon Prime Instant Video, which comes with Amazon's $99 a year Prime membership, gives you unlimited streaming movies and TV shows.
NetFlix, Hulu and Amazon are also spending millions on high quality original content. In May, Hulu announced that it would be tripling its budget for exclusive programs and launching six new shows this year, including the much-buzzed-about reality show parody Hotwives of Orlando, which premiers tonight.
Get an antenna. Today's antennas aren't the rabbit ears of your parents' generation. An HD antenna for your roof or TV set top will cost you about $30 to $100,and you can get local TV channels for free. You won't get cable programs, but you'll pick up more than 30 broadcast networks (such as ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, FOX). And picture quality is even better than cable, says Kagan.
Gas Prices Hit a High for 2014—but the News Isn't All Bad
Right now, prices at the pump are as expensive as they've been all year. With any luck, though, it'll be all downhill from here.
According to the federal Energy Information Administration, as of Monday, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline reached $3.70. That's 13¢ higher than a year ago at this time, and it matches the previous high thus far in 2014, set in late April.
The bad news, beyond the obvious—you know, having to pay more to fill up and all—is that prices have been creeping upward just at a time the opposite was supposed to happen. The expectation was that gas prices would actually decrease in June, as they have in each of the past three years. The summer forecast from AAA called for a 10¢ to 15¢ per-gallon drop in prices at the pump this month, and predicted that the national average would remain in the vicinity of $3.55 to $3.70 through the summer. We've already hit the high end of the predicted price range long before anticipated—and gas prices have tended to rise toward summer's end in recent years.
That said, prices at the pump aren't exactly spiking. Nationally, the per-gallon price is only up a few pennies compared to a week ago, or even a month ago for that matter. Still, because everybody was expecting a significant decline this month, drivers are justified in feeling like they're paying a lot more than they should to gas up right now. Turmoil in Iraq is being blamed for the persistently high gas prices.
So what's the good news here? While drivers in 41 states and Washington, D.C., are currently paying more for gas than they did at this time last year, a handful of states are starting to see price breaks. According to the gas-pricing monitoring site GasBuddy, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan drivers have all seen a per-gallon price decrease of 9¢ to 12¢ over the past week. And areas that have experienced a gas price hike lately can expect prices to flatten out going forward. "Many areas that saw gains over a nickel should see a calmer, cooler week at the pump," a GasBuddy post on Monday explained. "So far this morning, oil prices are down 55 cents a barrel while gasoline spot prices are generally negative, a good sign for motorists."
What's more, the analysts generally say that it's extremely unlikely the national average will reach $4 per gallon, or even close to $3.90 as happened in September 2012.
Then again, the analysts have been wrong before. Like when they were making predictions just a few weeks ago, for instance.
Spring Is Here! Too Bad You're Still Paying for a Bitterly Cold, Costly Winter
This year's brutal winter wreaked havoc on roads, homes, and most likely, your finances. Here's a look at a few of the groups that got hammered by the harsh weather, and that are likely to bear the costs of the season for quite some time
The brutal winter of 2013-2014 wreaked havoc on roads, homes, and most likely, your finances. It's been a horrendously awful winter for many businesses as well.
There was reason for some to welcome the stormy, bitterly cold weather that descended on much of the nation in early 2014. Supermarkets thrived during the peak (nadir?) days of polar vortex frigidity as shoppers stocked up on staples in anticipation of waiting out the storms, and businesses selling plows and snowblowers understandably made a killing as the snow and ice piled up week after week.
Then there's the rest of us, who will remember the winter that's just passed as one chock full of tire-busting potholes, frozen pipes, roof collapses, and monster heating bills. Restaurants, retailers, car dealerships, delivery services, and other businesses have also suffered. Even some businesses that normally cash in when cold and snow arrive fared poorly because this winter brought just too much, well, winter. Travel Michigan noted that the ski and snowmobile business dipped in recent months because the weather has caused tourists cancel trips. Yes, people have been deciding it's too cold and snowy to go … snowmobiling.
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Here's a look at a few of the groups that have gotten hammered by the winter of 2013-2014, and that are likely to bear the costs of the season for quite some time:
By late January, it was clear that the winter was shaping up as an epically bad season for potholes. The mix of heavy precipitation with rapid freeze-thaw cycles has resulted in an inordinately large number of potholes on roads, and dangerous, tire-wrecking conditions have arrived much earlier than usual in the season. Drivers shouldn't expect the pothole plague to disappear anytime soon, as local public works crews have been overwhelmed by requests to fix damaged roads. Cities like Des Moines, Iowa, have received more than 600 calls since December from citizens reporting potholes, for instance, while greater Indianapolis has fielded more than 10,000 pothole service requests this season.
Every day, it seems, there are more reports of potholes causing chaos for drivers—for instance, a huge pothole on I-75 in Detroit this week, which caused traffic to slow to a crawl as two lanes were closed so that crews could do a quick patch job. "It's the worst we've seen it in decades," a West Virginia DOT spokesman, speaking of this winter's potholes and road conditions, told the MetroNews recently. "It's unbelievable."
Last fall, a transportation research group known as TRIP released a report on bumpy roads, indicating that during a normal year, drivers fork over the equivalent of $277 per year due to vehicle repairs, tire wear, and depreciation thanks to potholes and generally poor road conditions. This year, drivers should anticipating paying a lot more than that.
Unusually cold temperatures make for unusually high heating bills. This is especially the case for homes heated by propane, thanks in part to a propane shortage that hit several states early this year. Citing data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, USA Today reported last week that the average homeowner will pay 54% more this year for heating a home with propane. Homes in the Midwest heated by propane will see their bills soar the highest, from an average of $1,333 last year to $2,212 for this season. Homes heated with electricity, natural gas, or coal, meanwhile, are projected to face bills that are 5% to 10% higher than last year.
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Beyond budget-busting heating bills, homeowners around the country have been hit with plenty of other costs related to the brutally cold winter. The list of headaches—and hefty expenses—includes a heaping share of frozen pipes, roof collapses, and ice dams. Oh, and soon, flooded basements are probably inevitable. As one insurance agent told the Detroit News, as spring arrives, "The warmer temperatures will exaggerate and accelerate the melt, and then we're going to have basement issues."
State and Local Governments
Around the nation, many towns have already exhausted the budgets they allocated to clearing and salting roads and fixing potholes. In many cases, local authorities have been forced to use emergency funds to keep roads open and safe. West Virginia, for instance, just announced it was increasing the spring pothole-patching budget to $30 million, up from $18 million.
In recent weeks, states have been scrambling to round up precious road salt to cope with storm after storm. Things were so bad in New Jersey that the transportation department warned the state might be forced to close down major roads—even interstates—because crews didn't have enough salt. Inevitably, the combination of high demand and insufficient supply of salt led to soaring prices; in some cases, the cost of road salt rose by a factor of four. The Washington Times noted that some salt supply companies have seen shippings triple in recent months and net four-quarter earnings rise by as much as 94%.
Abnormally cold weather has caused people to stay inside rather than go out and spend money. That's the basic explanation used by car dealerships, fast food, and other business categories for months of underwhelming sales tallies. The list of businesses blaming Mother Nature for subpar earnings and sales reports also extends to the likes of Federal Express, which said all the storms resulted in it losing $125 million in profits last quarter, and Walmart, which pointed to snow and cold weather as a reason for slumping sales in January and early February.
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Speaking of the world's largest retailer, Walmart just announced a huge lawn and garden sale that plays off homeowner desires to shake off winter. "Given the extreme winter many of our customers experienced, we know they are preparing to restore their gardens and outdoor living spaces," Michelle Gloeckler, senior vice president of home, Walmart U.S., said via press release.
Of course, Walmart also helps the sale, featuring $1.97 bags of mulch, discounts on grills, mowers, and the like, will help the company recover from the brutal winter and kick off a big spring.
The bad news for consumer, homeowner, driver, and retailer alike may be that, despite what the calendar says, winter—meaning cold and snow—hasn't necessarily disappeared. The latest extended forecasts from the National Weather Service, appropriately published in angry CAPS, offers the following predictions for the days and weeks ahead:


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My friend uses Vista Home premium. How can I disable windows media centre? I have tried the method in the link below, and it still starts when a photo SD card is inserted. Is there an easy way to do this? Maybe even a small app.
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When an SD card is inserted is there a box asking what program you want to open it?
Rather than disabling Window Media Centre you need to change the default settings for opening up SD cards.
Start Type: Default in search box Change Auto Play settings Choose Default Programs Click on Programs Click on the file extension you want to highlight it Click the change program The "open with" option panel should be displayed Ok Close
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Thanks for the suggestion, I will try it as a workround next time I see him.
The main question remains, however, he really wants to disable WMC. Is there an easy way of disabling it?
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Setting programme defaults isn't really a workaround - it's what you do when you want certain things to be opened by certain programmes - not just sd cards for example. If your friend is concerned that everything is being opened in WMC then he should associate file types with programmes as explained above.
If your friend really wants to disable WMC this article explains how to do it.
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Hubby LOVES snicker doodle cookies so when I saw this recipe on Six Sisters' Stuff I just knew that these would be right up his alley. I wasn't wrong, and the rest of us loved them as well. They were so easy and of course bars take much less time then cookies to make so it was a win-win all around…
Snickerdoodle Bars
1 cup butter-room temperature
2 eggs-room temperature
2 cups packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
2 2/3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
Combine the butter, eggs, brown sugar and vanilla in a stand mix and mix until combined. Add in the dry ingredients and mix well. Spread in the baking dish (the batter will be thick-I used wax paper to pat it down).
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Summertime is here and if the heat has you in search of a refreshing lunch that won't leave you bursting at the seams, then head over to Hub City Diner and order up our dish of the day pick, the grilled shrimp and fried green tomato salad.
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The tomatoes are light and crispy and are complimented with a housemade remoulade dressing. Hub City loads it all on a bed of Romaine lettuce with cucumbers, tomatoes and fresh grilled shrimp for $9.99.
The Diner has been hopping since 1990 and there's no doubt it's the place for an old-fashion feel with friendly local service and food — one bite of the Atomic Q's and a sip of a famous frosty chocolate shake and you'll be hooked on this fun casual dining destination. It's also the place for a fast and tasty breakfast of pancakes, French toast and omelets galore.
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AUG 29 Everyone who cares about Louisiana should take time to peruse this story about coastal loss from Bob Marshall of The Lens. It's not enough to call it a story; it's an interactive experience packed with data and amazing graphics, timelines, history, photos and excellent writing. Set aside some time, because you can't go through this one in a few minutes.
JUN 29 This bizarre story from the Advocate on the shooting of a Baton Rouge television personality reads like the script of a soap opera - but not a good one. The allegations against him include sexual abuse of children, including the alleged shooter, and a sham immigration marriage involving his own daughter. The other side? He was a chaplin for the Sheriff's Office in Baton Rouge and preached in a local church.
AUG 29 Here's a story from CBS News about a killer amoeba found in the water system of St. John the Baptist Parish. The story made all three networks (CBS, ABC, NBC) as well as Fox "News," although they have not yet found out how it is Obama's fault. Seriously, the good news is that so far officials know of no one sickened by the water.
AUG 29 Huffington Post has a blog called Love Letters, which is grandly described as "an anthology of reflections on places the world over." This entry is from LSU Football Coach Les Miles, who, it appears, loves Baton Rouge. (Of course he does; he's a rich straight white man.) And certainly Baton Rouge loves him - unless he loses (ask Curley "Golden Flake" Hallman about that) or leaves (ask Nick Saban).
AUG 29 Blogger Bob Mann comments here upon Governor Bobby Jindal's federal lawsuit about Common Core. Mann calls it a "thinly veiled campaign document" and that might be the nicest thing he says in this post. Most troubling for Jindal and his aspirations, Mann has unearthed what Bobby said just a few years ago when he first decided to shove Common Core down our throats.
AUG 29 Blogger Tom Aswell has several developments here related to the so-called Edmonson amendment. The most entertaining one is possibly Tom's acknowledgement that a State Police official is (allegedly) calling the bloggers covering the story some colorful names. Listen up, cowboy: You really think two veterans like Tom Aswell and CB Forgotston care if you call them idiots?
AUG 29 Gotta love those journalists who write something with the enthusiasm that implies they're the first one to figure something out. Mostly, they're not. This is one of those times; the post on Slate Magazine says that Bobby Jindal's Common Core lawsuit is a political stunt. Well - Duh.
AUG 29 This story by WVLA tells us about a guy who got busted for speeding in Baton Rouge. Who cares? This guy took that infraction to new heights by going 129 miles per hour on Nicholson Drive. Poor fella - he probably has spent so much time sitting in Baton Rouge traffic he just had to cut lose.
AUG 28 As the controversy surrounding the Office of Group Benefits intensifies, blogger Tom Aswell gives us some background on the current problems. The OGB, which handles health insurance for current and retired state employees, is deep in the red since it was privatized by Jindal, and Aswell gives us the skinny: this great plan was designed by ALEC. The company handling it? Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana - a longtime member of ALEC.
AUG 28 Blogger CB Forgotston has a concept for a new reality show: the wives of the "Dork Dynasty." That's the name that some troopers have given to State Police Commander Mike Edmonson and his inner circle. The ladies CB has picked for his cast are not just housewives, however, and the connections here are pretty interesting.
AUG 28 Blogger Ian McGibboney is writing about the strife in Ferguson in this post, and articulating what many people down south are saying. There's a fairy tale about how there's tons of racism in the South, but it's all hunky dory up North. (Really? Look again.)


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