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Should Infosys hire an external CEO?
Mint reports, some directors on Infosys board want the search for its next CEO "to include external candidates because the company's current management is struggling to regain its past glory."
So far, top Indian IT companies have shown preference for internal candidates. N Chandarasekaran, who took over from S Ramadorai, is a TCS veteran who started his career there. Francisco D'Souza's story is no different. He was hired by Dun & Bradstreet from Carnegie Mellon, when Cognizant was its IT arm. The joke about Infosys is that it not only prefers internal candidates, but it wants them to be from the close circle of founders.
In someways having an internal candidate is good. An insider typically understands the culture and knows his/her way around. It says something nice about the company – developing future leaders and having a good long term succession plan are good management practices. In fact, some studies suggest that, in general, internal candidates outperform external candidates. A 2009 study by James S. Ang of Florida State University and Gregory Leo Nagel of Middle Tennessee State Universitym which looked at CEO transitions in a 30 year period concluded that "in large firms, internal hires provide significantly higher median performance, equal chance of the highest performance, and lesser chance of low performance….. In the aggregate, internally promoted CEOs are associated with at least 25.4% greater total financial performance than external hires"
So, should Infy stick to internal candidates? The answer is 'No'.
The question to ask about Infosys is not whether internal CEOs, in general, are better than external CEOs, but whether internal CEOs are better than external CEOs for a company that is underperforming?
A study by Ayşe Karaevli of Sabancı University and Edward J. Zajac of Kellog says external candidates tend to do well in companies with a recent history of poor performance. "In these circumstances, it is common for the board to replace a CEO in order to stimulate change. Outsider CEOs — with the fresh knowledge and perspective that they typically bring to the company — can usually make that change more easily. Poor performance is also likely to make it easier for the new outsider CEO to overcome internal resistance to change initiatives," they wrote.
Some were surprised that Saturday's post on Infosys sounded so positive when the numbers clearly say Infosys is struggling. The piece was not about the performance of the company, but about signs of change in the management commentary. And I argued there are positive changes. The big question is whether Infy's management will take these initial statements and steps to their logical conclusion. Here are three things to look for: a. clarity on guidance b. more acquisitions and partnerships c. status of the innovation fund, and similar initiatives. (As of employee dissatisfaction – it's to a large extent tied to the performance of the company, one of the points that Phil Rosenzweig makes in his superb book The Halo Effect: … and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers.)
Now, an external candidate, free from any baggage, would push such steps forward faster. The question before the present management is whether they would demonstrate that quality in the coming quarters.
Zynga's Mark Pincus on mobile
If there was one big message from Zynga CEO Mark Pincus during his visit to India last Wednesday, it was that its future is in mobile. Zynga is of course best known for its facebook game Farmville. It has since been trying to carve an identity for itself separate from Facebook. But, as it is for Facebook, its success depends on how well it can make people play Zynga games on mobile devices. Pincus believes the answer is in making the games more social. It's slowly making some inroads into that space. WSJ reports that one of its iPhone games "What's The Phrase," has hit the top 10 on App stores after a long time.
Bitcoin: stories you shouldn't miss
Bitcoin got more attention when its value plunged in a very short time, than it got when its value went up in a short time, which says something about our fascination with falls and failures. Here are a few pieces on Bitcoin I found interesting
Never Mind Facebook; Winklevoss Twins Rule in Digital Money | Dealbook
The Winklevosses say this week's tumult is just growing pains for a digital currency that they believe will become a sort of gold for the technorati. "People say it's a Ponzi scheme, it's a bubble," said Cameron Winklevoss. "People really don't want to take it seriously. At some point that narrative will shift to 'virtual currencies are here to stay.' We're in the early days." More
How Do You Order A Beer With Bitcoins? | Popular Science
The Bitcoiners want to be ready for the future, however unlikely it is that Bitcoins will actually be used in it. Without physical currency, there's no real reason to round off your bill to the tenth or hundredth place, and as Bitcoins rise in value (they hit $400 this week for a brief moment, then plummeted), fractional Bitcoins become more and more everyday. More
Unfazed By Bitcoin's Wild Swings And Mysterious Origins, Silicon Valley VCs Place Their Bets | Techcrunch
"My feeling is that Bitcoin has moved away from nerdy tech types and is now attracting more of the finance and Wall Street types," said Jered Kenna, who just re-launched TradeHill, a Bitcoin exchange targeted at accredited investors and high-net worth individuals. After launching a few weeks ago, he says he's had investors open accounts and individually send in more than $1 million to buy Bitcoin. More
Virtual Bitcoin Mining Is a Real-World Environmental Disaster | Bloomberg
Blockchain.info, a site that tracks data on Bitcoin mining, estimates that in just the last 24 hours, miners used about $147,000 of electricity just to run their hardware, assuming an average price of 15 cents per kilowatt hour (a little higher than the U.S. average, lower than some high cost areas like California). That, of course, is in addition to the money devoted to buying and building the mining rigs. The site estimates the profits from the day of mining at about $681,000, based on the current value of Bitcoins. So mining, at least for the moment, is a lucrative business. More
Also of interest:
- Ahead of the curve: but bendable screens still seek breakthrough | Reuters
- Hawking: Mankind has 1,000 years to escape Earth | RT
- You Lookin' at Me? Reflections on Google Glass | AllThingsD


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Life on Earth got you down? Thinking you'd like to pick up and move to another planet? I've got bad news for you. Without protection, there's no place in the entire Solar System that wouldn't kill you in few seconds.
You're looking at scorching temperatures, poisonous atmospheres, crushing gravity, bone chilling cold, a complete lack of oxygen, killer radiation, and more.
The entire Solar System is hostile to life as we know it.
If we had to choose from a range of terrible options, what would be the most Earthlike place in the Solar System?
We would want a world that has a similar gravity, similar atmospheric pressure and composition, protection from radiation, and a comfortable temperature. Just like the Earth.
Let's look at a few candidates:
While we're suggesting moons, how about Titan, Saturn's largest Moon?
It's only 15% of Earth's gravity, and the temperatures dip down to minus -179 degrees C; cold enough that it rains liquid methane. Even though the atmosphere is unbreathable, the good news is that the pressure is only a little higher than Earth's. Which means you wouldn't need a pressurized spacesuit, just a really, really warm coat.How about Mars, the target of so many colonization plans and sci fi adventures?
The gravity of Mars is only 38% the gravity of Earth; and we don't know what effect a long stay in this gravity would have on the human body. The atmosphere is poisonous carbon dioxide, and the pressure is less than 1% of sea level on Earth. So, you'd better pack a spacesuit. The temperatures can rise as high as a comfortable 35 degrees C, but then plunge down to -143 degrees C at the poles. One big problem with Mars is a total lack of magnetosphere. Radiation from space would be a constant hazard for anyone on the surface of the planet.Perhaps another planet? How about Venus?
On the surface, it's right out of the running. The temperature is an oven-like 462 degrees C, with a surface pressure 92 times more than Earth. The atmosphere is almost entirely carbon dioxide, with clouds of sulphuric acid. On the plus side, it has gravity roughly similar to Earth, and a thick atmosphere that would protect you from radiation.
Unfortunately, you'd die faster on the surface of Venus than almost anywhere else in the Solar System.
But… there is a place on Venus that's downright lovely.
Up in the clouds.
Amazingly, if you rise up through the clouds of Venus to an altitude of 50-60 kilometers, the atmospheric pressure and temperature are the same as on Earth. The atmosphere would still be toxic carbon dioxide, but breathable air would be a "lifting gas" on Venus. You could float around the skies of Venus in a balloon made of breathable air. Stand out on the deck of your Venusian sky city in shorts and a T-shirt, soaking up the sunlight in regular Earth gravity.
Sounds idyllic, right?
So, opinions will vary. Some think Mars is the most Earthlike place in the Solar System, but in my opinion, the clouds of Venus are the place to go.
I'll see you there.
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I rated this a 2, not because it's a terrible product, but it just did not work for me. I used for 8 weeks and noticed no difference in my lash length or thickness. I will say that the company is very open to consumer comments and processed my refund within days, so I suppose if you can fork over the $150 to at least try it, you don't have much to lose.
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I purchased revitalash based on all the great reviews here (I purchased the original version on ebay, since I didn't know if the newer version would have the same effect everyone raved about). I usually don't wear makeup (especially mascara) unless I am going somewhere special, so I wanted my eyelashes to look longer without the hastle of daily mascara. I had been using it for about 6 weeks, and thought my lashes were getting longer, but it was subjective and nobody noticed but me. Well, my sister just got married and she had our makeup professionally done. When the makeup artist applied mascara to my eyelashes she was amazed at how long my lashes were - she had everyone in the room gather round to look at my eyelashes. I told them I was using revitalash and every girl there said they were going to go buy it based on how my lashes looked. When I looked in the mirror, my lashes were practically touching my eyebrow! My lashes never looked that crazy long any other time I put mascara on in the past. Since I don't usually wear makeup, I thought I looked like a clown, but everyone told me they were beautiful. When my mom came in she looked shocked and asked me if I was wearing fake eyelashes. I am now thinking of wearing mascara every day to show off my super long lashes! The product is expensive, but so worth it if you want longer lashes. The only down side for me is that long eyelashes have started growing out of the inside corner of my eye (I guess I was too liberal with the application), so I've had to pluck these which hurt! I'll just try to stay away from the inside corner of my eye when applying this product.
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I had fabulous results when I began using Revitalash. I received compliments all the time about how long my lashes were. I then started hearing about problems with one of the ingredients (used the original version) and discontinued using it once the bottle was empty. Then my lashes started falling out. I'm so sick about it. I have no lashes in the middle of both of my eyes. They are completely bald! It has been this way for about 3 months with no signs of growth. I had decent lashes before I used this product with no bald spots. I'm afraid my lashes will never grow back.
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I received this product on June 7....it is now August 7....didn't plan it but the exact two month mark happens to be the date of my review.
When I was younger I had long but fairly fine downward pointing lashes....with these weird feathery ends that always looked like little hooks after applying all kinds of mascara from low end to high end. I've been a slave to my lash curler for ( I hate to admit it, 30 years), only to have the curl "fall" even with waterproof mascara. My biggest issue of the last 4 years has been the fact that my lashes on my right eye only have been very sparse with bald spots --- like noticeable gaps. I tight lines to try and hide the lack of lashes. Somehow I tripped on this product, read the reviews here and took the plunge for $130 CDN....as a last ditched attempt at having the lashes on both eyes match. Tying to be smart, I used the product FAITHFULLY everyday on my lower lash line on both eyes and only the upper line of the eye with the gaps. It took about 4 weeks for me to notice that my lower lashes were longer...somewhat darker and just "better". My sparse lash line was not filling in but among the lashes that were still there some really long ones (about 4) appeared. Let me say that these succors stand out. Oddly, the same thing was happening on the other eye. I figure it was because when I blink after applying the product on the lower lash line it gets into the upper lash line. I don't go sparingly on the application. So these long lovely lashes start appearing. Two more weeks pass and I get the "little" sprouts that other reviewers have talked about. Some even in the one bald spot. Still, one spot looks naked. At this point I think to myself that the improvement is enough that I would buy this again even with the hefty price tag. So here we are on August 7 and I see lots of sprouts all along my right eye. So both eyes still don't match but at least I can sort of improvise with mascara. Also, curl seems to be holding better. Best of all, my husband and two close friends have commented on how nice my lashes look. That pretty well seals the deal. The price tag is hefty BUT to me it's a small price to pay to once again make my eyes "pop". I am using less eye shadow and I certainly can live without some of the expensive wrinkle creams that I've been buying to get nice lashes again. Bottom line....worth every penny. LOVE Revitalash. I love it so much that I'm worried it might be discontinued or something....I will be ordering two more tubes next week. BTW, I think one tube will last 9 months....to me, it's a small price to pay for big lashes. I will update as time goes on. It's worth a try if you worship lashes.
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I bought this on ebay (sealed) so the price didn't hurt as bad as it could have. I went into this skeptical, but after using it for about 2 months I honestly have to say that my lashes are longer. I have to say that I have relatively good lashes to start with, (I always got complimented on them when I was younger) but as I've aged I've noticed that they started getting shorter and a little more sparse. So I bought this and now they are back to their long self. I wear contact lenses normally but on the rare occasion I put my glasses on, my lashes definitely scrape the lenses. (i'm not complaining though)
I will buy it again.
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This product is my dream come true. It really works. All my life I always admired all the lucky gals that had the nice long lashes. I am chinese with really really short thin hardly noticeable lashes, but not anymore!!! I have been using this product for over 1 year now and my lashes are 100 percent longer and thicker than they used to be. Now when I put on mascara, people always think I have fake eyelashes on. I still can't believe what I see when I put on my makeup. Please do yourself a favor and try it without cheating. Use it religiously every night and have patience. It will work. I had to wait like 3 months before I noticed any real difference. Also, you can not be cheap with the product. Make sure you use enough of it to cover your lashline. I think that is why it took so long for me to see results. Trust me, you can thank me later.
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It actually works! I didn't have ridiculously high expectations for this product, and that's probably why I'm satisfied with it. I didn't expect some miracle potion that would give me eyelashes lush enough to clean windows with, but that said, it's made my lashes noticably longer (to me, at least) and slightly thicker. I still wear false eyelashes daily, but I like how my now longer lashes blend in better with the false ones.
Be careful about the application though because if you're sloppy with putting it on you may end up with the stray eyelash sprouting out a bit north of the upper lashline here and there. Also, check eBay for cheaper (and new and unopened) tubes.
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Began using this product (faithfully every night) on both upper & lower lashes on March 6th. As of May 8th I backed down to every other day now it's 2-3 times a week. Results: notable growth by May, some lash loss but nothing extraordinary. I still have probaby 1/2 a tube left & my lashes are quite long & noticable.(Especially when wearing mascara). I first noticed my bottom lashes at about 6 wks then the toplashes at about 8 wks. Overall I'd say it works for me, but agree with others that the product is overpriced.
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UPDATE MAY 02/09: after 14 full months using this product I can tell that I am a satisfied customer, my lashes are long (but not crazy long) and definitively I have more than before... I am still in my first tube....I bought Talika to try after the good reviews in this site, and tonight I will start using revitalash on my left eye and talika on the right..I will give the products enough time to work (3months) and will update when I am done with this experiment.
I posted some before/after pictures in my profile.
I did tons of research before purchasing this product, but finally I paid a lower price on a well known auction site.....I started exactly using it on March 3rd '08, and after 4 months I started to see the results. My lashes are longer, but not thicker. Each day I can see a bit of difference. Definitive I think is overpriced. I am using it only on my upper lashes, so I have a lot of product left to use, and if I pay $90 every 12 months is not that bad, it's like $7.50 each month....for a person that have no eyelashes (like me) I recommend to give it a try.
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I was really skeptical about this product at first, but I was able to get it for cheap (relatively) since I had a friend that worked in the skin clinic where it is sold. It took a good 3 months before I saw much of a difference, and the first place I noticed it was my lower lashes. I have been using revitalash now for about 6 months (still on my first tube) 1-2 x per day depending if I can remember to do twice. My eyelashes are definitely longer, but not any thicker. There are also some new baby lashes in places where there weren't any before. I think that this product keeps your lashes from falling out, so they therefore keep growing. Again, I wish it made my lashes thicker as well. I gave 4 lippies since this product if so expensive, but I will buy it again when I run out.
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With snow on the ground, it's difficult to think about golf in Western Canada. But soon the tournament season will be upon us. So now is a good time to think about how to leverage marketing investments at charity or major corporate tournaments this season.
Up to now, not much has changed at golf tournaments. Sponsor or supplier recognition remains pretty traditional – a few signs or banners around the club house, a sign at the hole you sponsor and maybe some golf promotional items like golf balls. These meet basic needs but don't offer anything new to the sponsor.
But there is a new option worth considering – both for courses selling tournament packages and for sponsors of small or large tournaments. Advances in graphic decal materials make it very practical to place decals on paved cart paths at a very low cost. Placement options are numerous including:
- Directional signage placed on cart paths directing golfers to starting locations such as the 1st or 10th hole or between holes. A course we spoke with has a hole that takes a five minute drive to reach. This situation offers an opportunity to use cart path graphics to highlight points of interest, offer sponsors unique recognition or promote features of their adjacent recreation property development. Cart path graphics provide major sponsors the opportunity to have both brand and product images located in strategic locations on the course.
- Unique hole signage to provide detailed graphics for hole descriptions or sponsor branding. As well, easily can add interactive elements including scan to win or text to win contests for tournament participants.
- Visible entrance signage into the course parking area, around the club house or cart areas.
Cart path signage offers many advantages over traditional signage or banners including:
- Guarantee content will be seen;
- It won't blow away – important with the strong winds we experience;
- It doesn't obstruct views on the course
- It offers a wider range of size and shape options
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Chemical Weapons from Saudi Arabia?
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September 1, 2013
I linked to a video suggesting chemicals going to rebels from Saudi Arabia. There also were scattered reports of rebels having chemical agents. Now there is a report saying that the gas event in Syria arose from a Saudi shipment of chemical weapons to an al Qaeda linked group. This contradicts the U.S. intelligence report of Syrian government activity.
The article is credible. One of the reporters is an AP correspondent, even though the article is not an AP report. Another report says that rebels admitted this to the reporter. Here is a similar report. There is also an interview with an anonymous member of the Libyan Defense Ministry.
His comments explain the motivation of the Saudi Prince Bandar in alledgedly shipping the chemicals, suggest that the nerve gas came from Israel, and point to Saudi Arabia's support of al Qaeda and Chechnyan terrorists. Solid information in all these matters is hard to come by.
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TRAINING PROGRAM Deadline Extended to 9/5! Register now
Help local PTAs promote Healthy Lifestyles for Students, Families and Community - Run or Walk the PTA 5K!
The 16th District PTA makes this event available to all PTAs and PTSAs in Fayette County as a way to promote Healthy Lifestyles, raise some funds, and get together as a school community. Sponsors, this is a great way to gain exposure to most schools all at the same time! Help PTA with its mission of making every child's potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Putnam County has its first paid firefighters.
According to the Cookeville Herald-Citizen, five full time and five part-time firefighters began shifts on Friday.
Prior to this month, the county of about 62,000 residents depended on volunteer firefighters. The major city and county seat of Cookeville has a city fire department.
County Fire Chief Daryl Blair says the paid employees had been trained as volunteers, so they were ready to take on the new jobs.
The firefighters are stationed in Cookeville, which Blair says provides the best overall response time anywhere in the county.
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LEGAL TENDER CASESAnnotate this Case
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78 U.S. 682 (Wall.)
December Term, 1870
In these cases (Knox v. Lee and Parker v. Davis), two questions were some time since directed to be argued, namely: 1st. Is the act of Congress known as the Legal Tender Act constitutional as to contracts made before its passage? 2d. Is it valid as applicable to transactions since its passage?
The questions were accordingly argued by Mr. Akerman, Attorney- General, in the affirmative, and by Mr. Clarkson N. Potter on the other side; and, having been considered by THE COURT, both were adjudged in the affirmative, and judgments entered accordingly.
The CHIEF JUSTICE, with Associate Justices NELSON, CLIFFORD, and FIELD, dissented from the majority of the court, upon both propositions and the result, holding that the act of Congress, so far as applicable to contracts made before its passage, was repugnant to the Constitution and void; and also, that it was repugnant to the Constitution and void, so far as applicable to contracts made since its passage.
No opinion of the court nor any reasons for dissent were now given. It was stated, however, that they would be read hereafter, before the close of the term. The case, along with a few others crowded for want of space from this volume, will be reported in a subsequent one.[ Legal Tender Cases 78 U.S. 682 (1870)
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Boom. Jed wrecked it.
Good stuff. Also, the guy's hair looks like Wolverine's these days. Can't argue with that. With all the records and what-not this year, Jed's performance was lost in the shuffle. Good to see him get some love, even if it's only from Pro Football Focus and Rotoworld.


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I bought this spreader from Bill Hudson a few years ago, and I'd like to restore it this spring. I have never done anything like this. I thought I'd ask for some general advice before I get started in May or so. I am decently handy. I learn quick. I have a nice shop. And I have a neighbor who owns a metal fab business so having parts made won't be a problem. Just looking for a few suggestions.
I assume this will need to be sand-blasted to bare metal? Once blasted, primer and paint? Anything special I need to know about painting bare metal?
Will tires be easy to find for this? Anybody have a good source?
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Randolph, Vermont - January 3, 2012
A shortage of organic milk is causing a spike in prices for consumers and is putting more money in the pockets of some dairy farmers.
About 125 Vermont dairy farmers sell to Organic Valley Cooperative, one of the two big organic processors in Vermont. And right now those processors are racing to keep up with the growing demand for their milk.
According to federal data, the sale of whole organic milk increased about 17 percent nationwide last year. And that increase has prompted processors like Organic Valley to offer a large boost in the prices to farmers.
"Generally it's a good time for organic farmers because the organic marketplace keeps growing," said Regina Beidler, a farmer for Organic Valley. "I know when we started shipping organic milk 12 years ago there was a bit of a perception that this would be a short-lived fad, that organic was something that was not going to stick around, and instead what we've seen is consistent growth-- except for 2008-2009 when the recession hit-- for organic products, so the number of farms that are able to ship their food organically continues to increase."
The Beidlers and other Organic Valley Farmers stand to make over $30 per hundredweight of milk. That's about 30 percent more than the price paid to conventional dairy farmers.
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Combining a pretty bow on the waist in grosgrain ribbon with soft pleats, which are very on trend now ( a trend which doesn't seem to be disappearing for A/W 2011 either), the Colette Skirt will be a staple your wardrobe shouldn't be without this year.
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A few adages I grew up with in life about football and Speed kills is one. Over the past decade, we've seen college football be a place where the phrase "Speed Kills" was shown to the Broncos of Boise State. Not so much on the speed of the players, but in the speed of the game.
UW Offense v. BSU Defense:
From the opening drive, the speed and tempo that the UW offense was going to be the biggest change. We'd heard about "fast break football" all offseason, but what did that really entail and mean? One of the biggest things was in presnap personal/motion. This is the same offense basically, we've just moved the QB presnap to a pistol/shotgun. On almost every snap, you had a running back or a wide receiver coming in motion, offering the defense another wrinkle to have to defend. Will the man in motion get a hand off on a fly-sweep (A play we have gotten away from since Callier ran it quite effectively at times in 2011), or will it just be a ruse?
As the plays continued, the one thing you really saw was that UW does have the speed with Kevin Smith to keep the safeties pinned deeper, opening the flanks and short middle of the field up. Ross and Mickens were both very impressive in their wiggle and ability to make people miss in space. The initial pull wide though of the pre-snap motion showed that Boise was going to have to cover both vertically and horizontally.
The only thing that really stopped the UW offense on Saturday night against Boise was their own errors. Once they started playing a bit cleaner (less penalties) and Boise was starting to get gassed, the offense rolled like it was 2011 again.
By the 3rd quarter, the speed and tempo of the UW offense was starting to be the 12th man on the field for Boise. Runs by 4 different backs (Sankey, Washington, Mickens and Deontae Cooper who after his carries had me weeping)
The final thing to point out is this team is a running, physical team. Early on, 3rd and 3, a very open down to run or pass. UW ran and got 5 out of the gun with Sankey. 4th and 1 (a call I didn't agree with) and we run the ball, stopped on penetration, but still shows that we are a physical team who happens to have a shotgun and pistol in our arsenal.
UW Defense v. BSU Offense
First time on the field for the men in purple was a "sudden change" turnover and this group did what they've done since Justin Wilcox ambled into town with Tosh Lapoi, Peter Sirmon and the rest of the group, they stiffened and held and forced a turnover of their own. Boise likes to running a "fast" tempo, but as the game went on, Boise slowed down as it seems the pace was a bit frenetic for them and steam was lost early.
Things I really noticed on the defense is that UW is deep at LB, short at DT (Hudson was good, not great and that's all I hoped for) and a bit lost early in the secondary. A couple bad fills in the first half from the back four (#13 had a very poor fill near the line that popped for a gain of 8 when it should've been a stop of 1) were fixed at halftime.
I think this defense is still vulnerable over-the-top outside as Peters and Ducre are good, but the safety play of Washington can be suspect (although, fair play to Parker for the pick early coming over the top). Pressure was constant, even without the sack numbers to back it up. On the early interception, Shirley was their to put some heat on and force more a "chuck" than a "pass".
Any time you don't give up a Touchdown at home, no matter the competition, its a good day. A good way to debut the Young Grey Lady that is the home of our passion, UW football. The interview shot of Sarkisian where there are five decks of the stadium in the background definitely lends itself to a feeling of a Thunderdome, which it should be. On Television, it was difficult to tell if the crowd was a factor as the camera doesn't shake, there were few procedure calls and Boise played a fairly clean game.
Offensively, we were a machine and just had much more quality depth across the board. In the third quarter when Boise had to sub their entire second string defense in, that was the game. Mountain West (and other 'mid-major conferences') teams lack the depth that the traditional powers have. They are more apt to grow their talent and have them play as upperclassmen in my opinion. The game plan was such that exploited our better depth and talent in depth.
Defensively, we were tough, strong and got better as the game wore on. A bye week to focus and sharpen up for an Illinois team that scored 42 yesterday. Get out and enjoy the sunshine one last time before we really settle in with some Husky Fever.
Player of the Game: Deontae Cooper - If you have to ask why, you're apt to be served with a severe ration of hatred. That man deserved, earned and was entitled to those carries more than any other running back in UW history. When he popped back up and was able to move after being tackled, it got really dusty in the dark area that is my heart. Thank you Deontae for reminding me about emotion in a game that I sometimes care way too much about.


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February 7, 2012. 9:13 AM:
GSP: Oui allo?
D. White: Georges? Dana here, how are you doing?
GSP: Hi, I'm fine, thanks. What's going on?
D. White: I'm with Lorenzo and Joe here (voices in the background: 'Hi Georges!') and we were thinking about a time frame with which to schedule your fight with Carlos. He said he wants to wait for you. How does November sound? Is it any good you think?
GSP: Actually Dana, I had another idea. Tell Carlos he can be welterweight champion if he wants, he has my blessing as I am renouncing the belt. He deserves it. He earned it. I can always work my way up to another title, I did it twice already. I want something else. Just give me Diaz. That's all I ask.
D. White: What!? Are you kidding me? We can't do that! Diaz lost and the interim champion must fight the champion, that's the whole point of interim titles. That's how it's always been done Georges. You're kidding right?
GSP: Honestly, the fight with Diaz is more important to me at this point in my career than the championship. You owe it to me. And you know the fans still want it.
D. White: You're serious? Don't be difficult now Georges, you've always been a company man, you don't get to choose your fights like that, you never did, don't start now. Carlos wants to fight you. Plus, don't you think he earned the right to fight you?
GSP: He did. That's why I say let him be the undisputed champion. If he stays champion, he'll see me soon enough don't you worry. Talk to him, make him defend his title like I did every time I became champion. There are plenty of contenders out there.
D. White: He's not gonna like that you know. What's to stop him from saying you're ducking him? That you're running away from him? That you're scared of him? It's not gonna look good Georges, people are gonna put you down all over the internet for refusing to face the interim title holder. I'm not sure you've thought all of this through.
GSP: Putting me down on the internet? Come on Dana! That's never gonna change. What else is new? I have already been crucified on a daily basis ever since that Hardy fight. Have you ever checked out that website called MMA Mania? It's a very influential one and I get murdered there many times each day. Crushing Diaz is just what I need to make fools out of them. It won't shut all the haters up but smashing Diaz ought to make them look a bit stupider in their hating of me. I just know I can obliterate that guy. I know it. Trust me Dana.
D. White: Does your manager know about this? Being the champion means a lot in our salary structure, you know that. Giving the belt away is a big fucking deal Georges.
GSP: At this point in my career, it makes perfect sense to do just that.
D. White: How Georges? How is your not fighting for the belt any good for your career at this point?
GSP: Two reasons. One, we've come too far into this fight to not do it. Too many things have been said. I don't care if I have to do it in Strikeforce, in Bamma, or in Japan, in the UFC middleweight division or even in boxing, I'll chase him everywhere he goes.There are some words that need to be eaten in the most painful way possible. It's like that. I have a score to settle.
The second reason is that such an event would sell more PPVs than anyone I've ever been on. I'm talking bigger than UFC 94 Dana, bigger than UFC 100! Surely, I'm not the only one who can see it?
D. White: Why do you think we tried so hard to make that fight? We know that. We've wanted that fight as much as you Georges but things have changed now, he lost.
GSP: Talk to Carlos, make him understand. He's a reasonable guy. Offer a compensation.
D. White: Let me see what I can do, maybe we can work something out and still have you fight the champion. It's your belt Carlos wants, he's gonna be pissed, I can tell you right now. Alright, thanks for your time Georges, I'll see what can be done.
February 7, 2012. 9:21 AM:
Carlos Condit: Hello?
D.White: Hey Carlos how are you doing? Dana here.
Carlos Condit: I'm alright, it's just these fucking haters on the internet, I just coming from MMA Mania and it's really pissing me off believe me! But other than that I feel great. What's up?
D. White: I got a bad news and a good news, which one do you want?
Carlos Condit: Whatever. Shoot.
D. White: GSP is renouncing the belt, no joke, and wants to fight Nick for his return fight.
Carlos Condit: What!!? He can't do that! He's the champ and I'm interim champ. This is bullshit! (loud smashing sound in the background) Who wants to be welterweight champion without fighting GSP? Huh? I'll never get the respect that comes with being champion and you know that Dana. The whole point was for me to fight him. That is exactly what I have been after since day one. This is such bullshit! (Background noise: very loud smashing sound in the background) You guys can't do that to me. It's unfair! I defeated Diaz already you know that, right!?
D. White: He wants to fight Diaz and no one else. I can't force him to fight you you know, the guy is talking about boxing it out with Diaz for God's sake! They contractually can't do that but I feel they just might try to do it anyway. I can't have that. I gotta do something.
Carlos Condit: It's unfair and you know it Dana. I can't believe you're asking me that. And what's the good news?
D. White: There is a way out of this. I'm doubling your next purse, you fight Diaz again and if you silence all the critics, win decisively, I'll give you GSP, but you gotta make it clear and leave no doubt that you're better than Diaz. In other words, GSP will agree to fight you if you put Diaz out of the equation. If you do that, I'm pretty sure everyone will lose interest and Georges will forget about Diaz. You get that?
Carlos Condit: This is not right Dana. Double purse you said? (long silence) ...Can you make it look as if I'm the one asking for it though?
D. White: You got it Carlos, thank you, I won't forget this.
February 7, 2012. 9:26 AM:
Nick Diaz: Yes?
D. White: Nick?
Nick Diaz: Huh? Who is this? (loud music in the background, then stops)
D. White: This is Dana.
Nick Diaz: Hi, ... what's up?
D. White: How are you?
Nick Diaz: I'm awright,... you know... (whisperings - inaudible) ...What is it about?
D. White: I got a question for you, just listen.
Nick Diaz: ...
D. White: How would you like to rematch Carlos?
Nick Diaz: What? ... Of course I would, I said so already, he didn't win that fuckin fight (inaudible shouts in the background + heavy coughing)...Why do you ask Dana?
D. White: Carlos is up for it.
Nick Diaz: ...(silence)
D. White: Nick you still there?
Nick Diaz: ...(silence)
D. White: (speaking to someone else in the room:) I think he hung up Lorenzo, I kid you not.
D.White: Hello Nick?
Nick Diaz: Yeah yeah I'm here. Listen,...huh... I have to talk to Cesar first you know... but huh...yeah I want that rematch. I've already said so are you kidding? Tell him he better bring it this time though. I ain't got time for this shit you know. I don't want to fight the same scared little bitch all over again. You get me?
D. White: I do and I like it! Get ready, winner of this one gets GSP. Second chance is there. We'll announce it later this week. I think the fans will be pleasantly surprised. Or at least, surprised.
February 7, 2012. 9:33 AM:
D. White: Georges? There's a slight change of plans but I think you're gonna like it. It goes like this: You take all the time you want to fully recover then you get the winner of Diaz-Condit, part 2. I have both Diaz and Carlos on board but you must accept to fight the winner. What do you think?
GSP: A rematch!? Tabarnac! Carlos agreed to that? Jesus! Do it then! This is great! If Condit wins and Diaz loses again, I'll fight Carlos. I can't fight a 2 time loser. This can work, I can live with that.
February 9, 2012. 12:01 AM:
D. White: Georges, me again. News is Diaz tested positive for cannabis. It's about to be made public.
GSP: Really? Again? I don't believe this! What's wrong with this guy? You know what? I don't care. He'll probably get something like a 12 month suspension and that's all the time I need and more. Have Condit defend his title, Diaz is still mine when I return. It shouldn't matter because I can't fight this year no matter what. Stay on track Dana, we have to make it happen.
D.White: I'm beginning to think this might not be such a great idea. He's unreliable, I can't promise anything at this point. Lorenzo is pretty pissed right now, I don't know If we can still make that fight happen. First, I'd need to find a worthy contender for the belt. Maybe If Ellenberger finishes Sanchez, I could have Carlos defend the belt against him then have the winner wait for the winner between you and Diaz. I don't know Georges, we'll see what happens. No promises. it's getting complicated.
February 15, 2012. 11:01 PM on MMA Mania:
Jake Ellenberger defeats Diego Sanchez via first round TKO and asks for title shot
Carlos Condit: Hello?
D. White: Carlos, Dana, same terms, same everything except you fight Jake Ellenberger. Are you still on board?
Carlos Condit: Same terms? I'm in.
February 16, 2012. 2:37 PM on MMA Mania:
Carlos Condit agrees to rematch with Jake Ellenberger for the UFC welterweight championship.
And that my friends is how Nick Diaz and Jake Ellenberger both earned a title shot. (one title being the real fucking deal, the other make believe). Not everyone was happy but everyone made tons of money.


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Taylor Shelton seems the ideal 17-year-old high school senior.
She is involved with healthy extracurricular activities, volunteers with her little sister's , and exudes positivity.
Shelton gives a lot of credit for her personal growth to holding the title of Miss Teen Santee.
"During my year as , I have learned how to be a more responsible young woman, and I have to be a role model for many younger children," said Shelton, who turns 18 in May.
Shelton was a junior when she won her title.
"I am very excited to be graduating this June with the rest of my senior class, most of which I have gone to school with since ," said Shelton. Born in San Diego, she grew up in Santee until her family recently moved to Lakeside.
In addition to being a role model to young girls, Shelton has also learned the true value or community.
"After winning a pageant, things always change a little bit," said Shelton. "Since I have won, I've gotten my first job at , where I work the front ticket booth. I have been even more active in the community, going to events. I have met so many wonderful people who support me and have helped me throughout my year."
Shelton said she wants to attend for two years and then transfer to University of California Santa Barbara. "I plan to major in child development and psychology," she said. "I love working with children."
As with most teens, Shelton's future plans have changed since she ran for the pageant last year. Back then, she wanted to go into early education; she has since changed it to child therapy. "The reason for that is I think helping children with issues they are having is something I would like even more than I would as being a teacher," Shelton said.
Shelton doesn't cheer at even though she was on the cheerleading squad at in her sophomore year before she transferred the following year. Lest you think it's something from Bring It On 3 – the one in which Hayden Paniettere swears she won't cheer for another squad after transferring schools – Shelton's decision is more attributable to the fact she's almost too busy to add something more to her plate. As a member of a competitive all-star cheer team in Alpine called the Rocket Cheer All-Stars, Shelton still gets to flex her cheer muscles.
Shelton has the kind of resolve to succeed in many areas in life. Not one to give up on a goal, Shelton ran in the Miss Teen Santee Pageant three times before she won. Shelton enjoys pageantry– she admits being a fan of the national events.
"I absolutely love watching the Miss USA and Miss America pageants," Shelton said. "I love watching all of the amazing and beautiful talented women that represent our states and seeing who will become the new Miss USA or Miss America."
Since becoming Miss Teen Santee, Shelton hasn't gone on to any of the larger pageants. She is, however, running in the Miss Teen California-World Pageant in April. "I'm excited to be training for that upcoming pageant," she said.
The adage, "Time flies when you're having fun," accurately describes Shelton's reign, which comes to an end , when a new Miss Teen Santee is crowned. "The advice I give to the next Miss Teen Santee is 'Be yourself, have fun, and take advantage of your year – it goes by so quickly. If there is something you want to do for the city, go for it. It will be the best year of your life."


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A lawsuit is brewing in California over a state budget package that takes $2.05 billion from redevelopment agencies in the next two years.
On Aug. 27, ceremonial shovels hit the dirt at Lafitte Street in New Orleans, as the redevelopment of the Lafitte public housing complex got under way.
COLUMBUS, OHIO The Wallick Cos. and Stern-Hendy Properties have merged, creating the state's largest owner and manager of affordable housing.
CHICAGO— For Valerie Jarrett, redeveloping public housing is more than a federal mandate. It's a personal mission to show that an idea championed by her grandfather was right after all.
Tampa, Fla.—Education is supposed to be a recession proof industry—but tell that to the administrators at the University of South Florida.
KALAMAZOO, MICH. A nonprofit group has renovated two apartments located here and in nearby Portage for specialneeds residents
KALAMAZOO, MICH.- A nonprofit group has renovated two apartments located here and in nearby Portage for specialneeds residents.
For many Midwest cities, the recent foreclosure crisis has made an already bad situation much worse.
AKRON, OHIO -- Tax-exempt bond financing has helped the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority (AMHA) jump-start an ambitious 221-unit development on the city's west side.
NEW ORLEANS — Two-and-a-half years after Hurricane Katrina, many who called New Orleans home continue to live in trailers tainted by formaldehyde or with relatives in California or in apartments in Houston or in dark cracks where they have slipped unknown into the American landscape.
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So, Furrer is doing these BlogPolls (yea, the one word thing is ridiculous and stupid) every week. Now, it's time for the BlogTroll (yea, take that, 'BlogPoll'). And you got to pay the BlogTroll to get into that...okay never mind. *Always Sunny fans high five for that one* In all honesty, enjoy and don't take anything too seriously. This will hopefully be a weekly sighting until Furrer dismisses me from the blog.
**The links are there for your viewing pleasure, they aren't links to some stat page. Those links are the worst. (Teaser: One of them is a stat page.)
1- LSU- the Bayou Bengals move up because they played a team that fumbled the ball repeatedly from the Pac # rather than other teams that played teams that fumbled the ball repeatedly from terrible conferences. They assaulted the season-opening polls. Word choice intended.
2- Boise State- Throttled (mediocre) UGA. Peterson not only signed off on another year of Smurf Turf title game aspirations, he also signed Richt's pink slip before leaving the Georgia Dome.
3- Bama- Week two match-up in Happy Valley awaits, it will be refreshing to see some boring uniforms after the Oregon/Georgia/Maryland fiasco.
4- Oklahoma- Not really sure why they dropped aside from the fact that they did.
5- Florida State- Actually am pretty sure why Boomer dropped, this makes it easier to type out their match-up with the Noles around the bend. What, did you think Furrer wasn't lazy?
6- South Carolina- Spurrier wanted to start Wuerffel but Ol' Danny wasn't around so he went with some guy. No one knows a reason, but no one dares question Garcia leading the way for a billionty points and a comeback victory. More scoring in that game than there will be all NFL season in Charlotte.
7- Wisconsin- What a terrible opening game. UNLV looks like they were hit by Tarkanian-related sanctions.
8- Stanford- Played. Won. The 'Official Andrew Luck Injury/Terrible Decision to Return Watch' continues.
9- A&M- Possibly leaving the Big 12 for the SEC and having the opposition kick an onside kick three yards in one week is pretty much playing your cards right.
10- Oklahoma State- If week one is any indication (it's not), the Pokes could score 732 points without Justin 'Mars' Blackmon catching one touchdown.
11- Oregon- Will probably move up steadily during the season seeing as how no SEC West teams are on the slate.
12- Nebraska- They won, right?
13- Arkansas- Beat Missouri State to stay tied among the SEC West leaders at 1-0 out of conference. Woo Pig! Soo- never mind.
14- Mississippi State- Had some players suspended but unless they could only dress four guys they were going to beat the tar out of Memphus. Bravo to also staying atop the SECW.
15- Ohio State- In an interesting twist, the NFL hasn't suspended anyone on the Buckeyes' team yet. More as it develops.
16- Virginia Tech Improved to a .500 win percentage in the last two years when playing against FCS teams.
17- Michigan State- Moved up one spot despite beating Youngstown State by 22 and Tressel wasn't even there to cheat for the Penguins. Ghastly.
18- WVU- They moved up two spots, but deservedly so. They went through a long rain delay with alcohol being served at the stadium and apparently everything was okay. Could have been a dicey situation.
19- Missouri- Man, the Tigers must have really gotten under Furrer's skin. Oh wait, they beat Miami (OH) by just three more points than Maryland beat Miami (FL). That gets under everyone's skin.
20- BYU- Won a game on the road in the SEC. Helped introduce some clarity into that logjam atop the SEC West non-conference records. Alas, they only move to 20 because Houston Nutt was the opposing coach. But they got in the house!
21- Houston- If non-conference games against non-AQ conference teams were NCAA March Madness brackets, then Rick Neuheisel would be out of a…
22- USC- Dropped one spot just because they continue to go for two-point conversions. So, hopefully that one reminds them that they can go for one if they really want to stop looking like idiots.
23- Georgia- Fell six spots after Boise embarrassed them. And you thought at kickoff that nothing could embarrass them more than those jerseys. COLLEGE FOOTBALL PARITY!
24- USF- DA Bulls got in but missed out on the top 23 despite almost making Brian Kelly's head explode numerous times.
25- Air Force- Whatever.
TCU- Robert Griffin III did everything but cure cancer against their usually solid defense. But if he had cured cancer, wouldn't Furrer leave them in due to helping with that problem? Food for thought.
Auburn- At least the fans stayed for that thrilling finish.
SMU- That onside kick. Hopefully that warrants a drop out forever.


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The 15th annual Reno-Tahoe Open is complete with Gary Woodland, who played in the tournament for the first time, winning his second PGA TOUR title. Woodland will collect 300 points and move from No. 116 to No. 54 in the FedExCup standings. He also earned $540,000 with his victory and an invitational into next week's PGA Championship.
Woodland entered the final round of the Reno-Tahoe Open with a seven-point lead over Brendan Steele before adding seven points Sunday for a four-day total of 44, defeating runners-up Jonathan Byrd and Andres Romero by nine points.
He won his first PGA TOUR title at the 2011 Tampa Bay Championship.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (IPS) - As the fourth anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti approaches on Jan. 12, development analysts are decrying an ongoing lack of transparency in U.S. foreign aid to the country, even as those assistance streams are drying up.
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From what is known of U.S. post-earthquake funding to Haiti, it appears that a notably small proportion of money from USAID, the county's main foreign aid arm, is going directly to local Haitian businesses, institutions and organisations.3
"Sixty percent goes to firms operating inside the beltway, disappearing in a black box,†Jake Johnson of the Centre for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), a Washington think tank, told IPS. "That makes it very hard to determine how and when the funds reach the ground.â€
Even though the United States offered three billion dollars in aid for Haiti after the earthquake, less than one percent of the 1.3 billion dollars in obligated USAID funds â€" money designated specifically for Haitian recovery efforts â€" has gone directly to local Haitian groups.
"When so little of the funding reaches Haitians themselves, it takes them out of the decision-making process and ensures that aid programmes are not actually responsive to the needs of people on the ground," Johnson says.
He believes that aid money can often be better utilised in post-emergency situations if donor governments ensure a high level of transparency around those assistance flows, and if they direct as much of these funds as possible towards developing new industries.
A USAID official accounts for these apparent discrepancies by noting that "part of the challenge of making more awards directly to Haitian entities â€" public and private â€" has been that few of them have the internal financial controls in place to ensure compliance with U.S. government terms and conditions.â€
The official told IPS the agency is trying to address this impediment by working directly with Haitian organisations to build their "financial control capabilitiesâ€, as well as to educate them about USAID procurement procedures and provide them with financial services.
"Many USAID-funded partners already work with numerous Haitian NGOs â€" more than 400 â€" through contractor and grantee sub-awards as well as arrangements with local vendors.â€
Half of the data is missing
So if less than one percent of USAID funding has gone to Haitian groups, where has the rest of this money been directed? The lack of funding transparency makes it impossible to know for sure.
"Reports on contractors are not actually done according to the Office of Inspector General for USAID,†says Johnson.
USAID's primary contractors are required to report on their subcontractors' activities, and this data in turn is supposed to be made public. "But this information is nowhere to be found,†Vijaya Ramachandran, a senior fellow with the Centre for Global Development (CGD), a Washington think tank, wrote this week.
The USAID official told IPS that "all reported subcontract and sub-award information is published publicly†through a government website. But Ramachandran asserts that "almost half of the transactions data†are missing important data that identify individual vendors.
Lawmakers have noticed similar problems. Legislation passed the U.S. House of Representatives in mid-December that would require a government audit of U.S. assistance in Haiti. (That bill is currently awaiting a vote in the Senate.)
USAID gave seven of the 10 largest contracts for operations in Haiti to Chemonics International, a for-profit provider that Johnson says is the largest USAID contractor in the world. Chemonics's two largest projects in Haiti include the WINNER Project and the Office of Transitions Initiative, which Johnson describes as "the more political arm of USAIDâ€.
The project was designed to provide aid to countries afflicted by natural disasters or political turmoil, and following the earthquake it immediately provided disaster relief for displaced Haitians.
Nonetheless, the public is unable to ascertain how Chemonics spent the vast majority of its multi-million-dollar contracts in Haiti due to USAID's lack of oversight reports.
"The inspector-general found that Chemonics regularly runs short of its goals and over its budget,†CEPR's Johnson says. "This is typical, but it's become particularly evident in Haiti because of the earthquake.â€
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In addition to development and reconstruction aid, Washington is also seeking to assist Haitian recovery efforts by strengthening the country's garments industry. Doing so, however, has presented a different set of challenges.
Following the earthquake, USAID partnered with the Clinton Foundation, the Inter-American Bank and Sae-A Trading, a Korean textile manufacturer, to construct the Caracol Industrial Park. Although the agency predicted that the complex would create up to 65,000 jobs, media reports suggest that as of last September the park had created fewer than 1,500 jobs.
Furthermore, although the project's financers gave hundreds of small-scale farmers 3,200 dollars each to vacate their land for the complex, 95 percent of that land today reportedly remains inactive. Meanwhile, Haitian garment factories, including Caracol Park, are said to be openly flaunting minimum wage laws by paying their employees a mere 4.56 dollars a day, rather than the 6.85 dollars per day stipulated by the government.
Other U.S. attempts to bolster the textiles sector have started out more strongly, but been beset by pre-existing measures.
In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, the U.S. Congress passed the Haiti Economic Lift Programme (HELP) Act in the hopes of stimulating the country's economy by boosting apparels exports, long a cornerstone of Haitian industry. Haiti's clothing exports to the U.S. have indeed risen by 25 percent since 2009, creating 30,000 jobs, a number that is expected to double by 2016.
Because Haitian apparel imports into the United States are restricted based on a rule of origin, however, certain types of clothing imports over a certain quota must be produced using U.S. materials. These measures are designed to benefit the U.S. textile industry.
Although the HELP Act partially ameliorated these complex trade restrictions, the quotas and tariffs that the United States places on the Haitian apparel industry continue to inhibit trade-based economic growth.
The CGD's Kimberly Elliot told IPS that U.S. red tape on Haitian imports today consists of a "complex maze of caps and rules of origins. That's unlike the European Union, Canada and Japan, all of which have simplified restrictions on rules of origins for states that the U.N. designates as least-developed countries.â€
She calls the rule of origin a "burden†for Haiti and argues that if U.S. trade restrictions were less complex, post-earthquake Haitian trade would have a greater potential for growth.
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Marc Lépine's Gendercide: The Montreal Massacre
As police came in, Maryse Leclair's father went from one floor to another to assess the situation. Through a window in the third-floor corridor, he saw a young woman lying on a platform, on her back. He stopped. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. It was his daughter. Rushing to her, he realized that she was among those who had been killed. But more horribly, she had been stabbed as well as shot.
On other floors, other police personnel encountered grim scenes of their own. Sylvain Brouillette, one of the first officers to arrive at the scene and not much older than the students, recalled his experience for the Canadian Press. "A few people had blood on their faces. I saw a student jump from a window. Everybody was crying and yelling." Since reports had located several areas of the shooting, he had been prepared for a squad of commando-type shooters.
There had not been a mass killing like this since 1975, when 13 people had died from being herded into a storage room in the Garganttia Nightclub, which was then set on fire. That had supposedly been a contract killing in which innocent people had died, but no one could make any sense of this one.
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Lépine's stated intention of killing feminists as a political statement, and as a way to scare women back to their traditional roles, shocked people around the world. Yet it was not the first such hate-inspired massacre. Like others before it and still to come, it was fueled by a frustration that can build into a hardened anger and a need to blame an outside person. Some psychologists call it a catathymic reaction.


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XBRL – Revolution in the Digital Financial Reporting of the Romanian Organizations
AbstractThe simplification of the transfer of the information from financial statements to the users from different countries, its understanding and correct interpretation before taking decisions require the global unification of the accounting language to optimal fructify the benefits of an efficient and effective communication. Thus, a current concern of the specialists is to develop a universal language for financial reporting, the best achievement to date being represented by the XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language).
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|Preliminary Analysis of Alternatives for the Long-Term Management of Excess Mercury (EPA/600/R-03/048) August 2002
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KINGMAN, Ariz. -- A Kingman man is facing aggravated assault charges accused of spanking his daughter and chopping off her hair as punishment.
Mohave County sheriff's deputies arrested 30-year-old Jason Lloyd Hartwick after responding to a domestic dispute earlier this week.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Trish Carter said Hartwick's wife told deputies she got upset with her husband after learning he had cut her daughter's hair.
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VALDOSTA, GA (WALB) – Police say the victim was in the wrong place at the wrong time when he was shot multiple times outside a Papa Johns Pizza store early Friday morning.
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Faced with yet another YouTube challenge I accepted the mission. The objective: create a 15-second spot (15 EXACTLY per their rules and regulations) that illustrates how much simpler life would be using Microsoft Sync (smart voice recognition software). You've probably seen the commercials….woman holding latte walks purposefully toward glass double doors, calmly says, "door open" and then slams into it, coffee spraying everywhere. Or, the guy who firmly commands, "treadmill on!" and then proceeds to take a running leap for the still stationary machine, nearly decapitating himself in the process. Fun, huh?
So I had to think of something along those lines but of course that hadn't already been done. I brainstormed….I came up with some fairly obvious choices; "computer on!"….."toilet flush!"…..then I found that one of the simplest executions was really most "on strategy" – my "elevator up!" concept. Check it out:
So what I did was I took my Sony Cybershot camera (yes, I'm still using it which will explain why the clarity isn't fabulous), I mounted it on one of the obnoxious oversized planters in my office's "foyer", took a look through the viewfinder and made sure that I was getting the shot I was after. Then it was truly as simple as hitting record because once the camera was rolling I could walk into the picture and have it continue rolling as I got inside the elevator, waited for the doors to close, then quickly press the "door open" button and assume my position of confusion/frustration again at not having moved. You get the picture.
When I was done (and this literally took all of two minutes to film) I imported the footage into Videowave (integrated into Creator 10) and quickly edited out the bits I didn't want – like me hitting "record" on the camera and then scurrying stage left. Right? Left.
I then silenced the native audio because I didn't want that strange humming sound that accompanies poor audio – it's like the lights in a cheap department store. Creepy and depressing. I found this cool instrumental version of the main theme to "GoldenEye" and then (now this is going to sound confusing but it's sooooo not) I imported the unprotected audio into Mixcraft, took EXACTLY the 15 seconds of it that I wanted, then saved it.
Next I overlayed the audio on my 15-second video clip and I had myself a little story going. The best part, I used the narration feature again (remember how perfectly that worked in My Nature Valley?) and I dubbed my "elevator up!" voiceover just as my mouth was saying the words. The narration layers on top of the background music (cool) and doesn't sound weird or thrown in "after the fact" – just more like what you'd expect from a commercial. Ya know? In fact, I'll take this opportunity to show you what my video would have sounded like had I NOT done anything at all to the audio. Check this out:
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So anyhoo, if you were to check out my YouTube channel you'd see I executed on the "toilet flush" concept as well – but I felt my elevator clip was stronger and likely wouldn't be done by many. Toilet humor is far too obvious. But always funny. At 36 I still love a good toilet joke. I digress.
Stay tuned cuz I'm in the throes of wrapping two new video/song compilations: the final anti-smoking pitch and a road trip video that I had wanted to submit to a contest but unfortunately I couldn't finish it in time because I actually had some work (yes, real work – the kind I get paid to do) conflicting and messing up the rest of my life.
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