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Gurus. Mavens. Ninjas. Rockstars. No doubt you've seen some of these job titles on LinkedIn or Twitter profiles.
B.L. Ochman at Advertising Age even did some calculations using FollowerWonk to show the meteoric growth of such titles over the past few years. We now have roughly 181,000 social media folks calling themselves everything from social media freaks to social media warriors. There are even a few "whores" out there.
But is it time to put such "fluffy" job titles out to pasture?
Patricio Robles at Econsultancy is one who believes that you should avoid job titles like those already mentioned, as well as job titles in which you tout yourself as an evangelist, expert, genius, or wizard, among others. And many seem to agree.
The post spawned some great comments, such as "There's a big difference from showing some personality and being a pompous knob!" and "These job titles are pretty useful, they help identify people not to work with."
What do you think? Is it OK to call yourself a rockstar, or is it time those who work in search and social media to abandon such self-appointed job titles?
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Everything We Know About The PlayStation 4
We gather all the confirmed details on Sony's newly announced console into one place.
Sony had lots of information to share about the new console, and we had lots of stories that covered all the topics. Click into the stories below to learn more about the next generation console.
PlayStation 4 Announced With Release Window
"Sony's press conference is happening right now, and the first big piece of news is that it will in fact be called the PlayStation 4. The PlayStation 4 is coming this holiday season."
"Early rumors suggested the new DualShock would feature a "share" button that gives players quick access to their social networks. Sony not only confirmed the share button, but revealed that it taps into much deeper social features than we initially thought."
Support For Free-To-Play And Episodic Gaming
"Perhaps with native support and a larger hard drive, the PlayStation 4 will see free-to-play grow exponentially in the same way it has on PC. Sony has yet to address the possibility of encouraging the wealth of alternative price points that has helped indie games of all stripes flourish on PC digital download services, but that's another possible upside to Sony's move beyond the $60 boxed products that currently dominate the console landscape."
Introducing The Stereo Camera and Built-In Move Camera
"The PlayStation 4's stereo camera peripheral works with the PlayStation controller, which features a sensor on the back which can be sensed by the camera array."
"Lead system architect Mark Cerny says the PS4 features a supercharged PC architecture with a x86 architecture CPU, an enhanced PC GPU, and 8GB of GDDR5 system memory as well as a local hard drive."
"Sony's goal is to use its prediction software to study your gaming habits and seed your console with downloads it thinks you might like for a truly instant play experience. In addition, the company should be able to use its predictive data to serve players personalized news and content."
Instant Game Starts And Remote Play
"Gaikai CEO David Perry revealed how the enhanced PlayStation Network will change the way you play games. The benefits include instantly playing demos of games without downloading anything, spectating any friends' game, and remotely taking over control for them."
No Backwards Compatibility, But Old Games Available In The Cloud
"While Perry said PS3 games are 'not natively supported,' that doesn't mean the extensive history of PlayStation games won't be available to users. He did not mention specifics, but Perry claims the system's cloud service will allow users access to a wide array of past PlayStation titles at a later date."
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17 thoughts on "Sour Cream Coffee Cake Bundt"
What are some good bundt cake recipes?
My kids had an idea to make bundt cakes for teachers this year. We dont want to make all of them the same so we are looking for different ideas. They want the ones with glaze on top. Those make the best looking cakes according to my kids. Something pretty simple so that my children, ages 13, 11, and 8 can get in the kitchen and help me make. Also, what is the best way to gift this without going and buying a load of plastic cake plates.
I'm making a coffee cake that uses a Bisquick type cake for it base that is usually dry after baking.?
What I need to know is if I added a package of vanilla instant pudding mix to the batter would the coffee cake be moist instead of dry? Thanks for any and all answers.
I have always thought that the coffee cakes and some of the other recipes using Bisquick type mix are often very dry. I have pretty much stopped using them for that reason.
But you might want to try adding yogurt or sour cream rather than water to the recipe. If you have neither use milk. The added dairy may give a little more moisture. Adding some diced apple, peaches or other fruit will make it moister as well.
I think the coffee cakes using a cake mix turn out much better if you are going to use a mix.
I start with a yellow cake mix then make a streusel type topping. I put some of the topping in the bottom of a well greased bundt pan then add some of the cake batter then more of the streusel then the rest of the batter.
Adding some apples to the batter give a great flavor.
Here is an official cake mix coffee cake recipe if you would like it.
Cinnamon Brunch Cake
1/2 Cup packed brown sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
3/4 Cup finely chopped almonds
1 package white cake mix
1 package (4 serving size) vanilla instant pudding mix
4 eggs
3/4 Cup vegetable oil
3/4 Cup water
1 tsp almond extract
Pre heat oven 350 degrees F. (180 C)
Grease a 10 inch Bundt pan
Combine brown sugar and cinnamon, set aside for filling. Sprinkle almonds evenly in the bottom of the pan.
In a large mixer bowl combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, water and almond extract. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Spread 1/3 of the batter over the nuts in the pan. Sprinkle half the cinnamon sugar mixture over the batter, spread another 1/3 batter on top, sprinkle with the rest of the sugar mixture then the rest of the batter.
Bake for 45 to 55 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.
Cool for 25 minutes in pan on wire rack, then remove cake.
1 Cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 to 2 Tb milk.
Combine and stir until smooth.
Drizzle glaze over cooled cake.
You can use any type of nut you like if you use pecans or walnuts replace almond extract with vanilla extract.
What can you top sour cream cake with?
I'm going to make a sour cream bundt cake with streusel in the middle. Should I just top it off with more streusel, or would a glaze be more appropriate? The recipe does not mention any topping, and I am only accustomed to baking whole cakes with icing, but the bundt cakes that I have tried always had a glaze.
You can make a caramel glaze or a plain powdered sugar & milk glaze even a chocolate glaze would be nice let it trickle down the sides then chop up some walnuts and sprinkle over the top makes a beautiful presentation If you prefer it to be more plain just dust the top with powdered sugar EasyCaramel Glaze ~ 1cup brown sugar 1 stick butter 1/2 cup evaporated milk ~ mix together in pan bring to boil and let boil gently for 21/2 minutes till completely dissolved Let cool slightly then spoon warm glaze over cake ~Easy Chocolate glaze 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 3 Tablespoon butter 1 teaspoon light corn syrup 1/4 teaspoon vanilla can use double boiler or place in microwave about 15 to 20 seconds to melt dribble warm glaze over cake.. If deciding to go with the plain glaze, use cold coffee instead of water to mix with powdered sugar,adding coffee about 1/2 teaspoon at a time until desired consistency,gives it a little color and alot more flavor****EDIT*** the glazes will set up if left in a bowl they are not sauces ,,,Glazes are meant to drizzle over cakes ,then they set up
coffee cake recipe question?
a lot of the recipes i have found for coffee cake use sour cream.
i am a little ify about that, does the sour cream give it a weird taste
or what? doesnt it taste funny?
It depends what kind of coffee cake it is.
If you don't like the idea of having sour cream in your coffee cake, just keep searching for a coffee cake that does not require any sour cream.
Here are a few cakes that you make like to try baking:
Blueberry Coffee Cake
1 cup packed brown sugar
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup butter
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup milk
1 cup fresh blueberries
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar for dusting
Heat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat a Bundt pan well with cooking spray.
Make the streusel topping: Mix 1 brown cup sugar, 2/3 cup flour, and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Cut in 1/2 cup butter or margarine; topping mixture will be crumbly. Set aside.
For the cake: Beat 1/2 cup butter or margarine in large bowl until creamy; add 1 cup white sugar, and beat until fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Whisk together 2 cups flour, baking powder, and salt; add alternately with the milk to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
Spread half the batter in the prepared pan. Cover with berries, and add remaining batter by tablespoons. Cover with streusel topping.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 55 to 60 minutes, until deep golden brown. Remove pan to wire rack to cool. Invert onto a plate after cake has cooled, and dust with confectioners' sugar.
Apple Coffe Cake
Ingredients for Filling:
1/3 cup sugar
1 Tablespoon cinnamon
3 apples, peeled, cored & thinly sliced
Ingredients for Cake:
4 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
5 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup orange juice
1 teaspoon vanilla
confectioners sugar for dusting
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a ring cake pan.
Toss sugar, cinnamon, and apples. Set aside.
In a bowl with an electric mixer, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add eggs, oil, orange juice, and vanilla; beat at low speed for 1 minute. Spoon 1/3 of batter into pan. Add 1/2 the apple mixture. Add another third of the batter, layer the rest of the apples, and top with remaining batter.
Bake at 350 degrees for 65 to 70 minutes. Let cool before removing from pan. A long, thin knife or spatula may be needed to pull cake from sides of pan.
(by the way, a coffe cake with sour cream is good. You don't really taste it at all, it is just for softening and such…)
Good luck!
I am looking for a mocha bundt cake recipe?
It's delicious, I know you use a box of yellow cake mix, chocolate pudding, coffee, sour cream, eggs, and I think butter. The recipe was given to me years ago and it was photo copied from a book. Does ANYONE have this recipe??
Sorry, sounds good but it did not have any liquor, or liquer, in it.
Thanks Madeline…but that not it. It was yellow cake mix, no chocolate chips and the coffee was brewed (cold).
1 pkg. white cake mix
1 (3 3/4 oz.) pkg. instant chocolate pudding mix
4 eggs
1 c. oil
2/3 c. vodka
1/3 c. coffee liqueur
1/4 c. water
1/4 c. coffee liqueur
1/4 c. powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour bundt cake pan, shaking out excess.
Combine first 7 ingredients in large bowl and beat thoroughly. Pour into pan. Bake until tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 50-60 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes in pan, then invert onto rack.
Blend 1/4 cup coffee liqueur with powdered sugar in small bowl until smooth. Drizzle evenly over warm cake.
My recipe calls for a tube pan I don't have one can I use a cake pan?
I want to make a sour cream coffee cake for my hubby for breakfast but I don't have a tube or bunt pan and really don't want to spend the money for just one meal. Any suggestions?
you can use the pan you have but it will change the baking time. So keep an eye on it and test it for doneness. It will probably take more time because the center of the bundt pan makes it cook evenly quickly. If you like the way it comes out in the flat pan, look around at your tag sales and thrifts for a pan. It won't be expensive and the product looks nifty. I even cook refrigerator biscuits in the bundt and they cook so pretty.
Which is the best pan for coffee cake?
I want to try a recipe for a sour cream coffee cake that I found on allrecipes. The original recipe says to bake it in a 9x13pan, but all the reviews say to use a 9×9. I don't have a 9×9 pan, should I use a dark metal 9in round or not risk it and use the 9×13 glass?
If I had a bundt pan, I'd use it. If I had a springform pan, I'd use it. BUT I DON'T HAVE THESE!
I'd use a bundt pan.
How to make a cake taste like a bakery cake?
I love baking cakes but I can not figure out how to make my cakes taste like a bakery cake. I use to work at a grocery store and they just pulled box mixes off the shelf but they taste so different and so much better than mine? Does anyone know how to make box or even scratch cakes taste like a bakery cake???
Check out this site because it has 15 pages with tons of recipes to boost a regular cake mix recipe.
Below is a partial list of the many cakes that can be made using a cake mix as a base. Check out the site to be able to click on it and see the recipes in full or select completely different recipes.
1-2-3 Toffee Cake
7-Up Cake
Alabama Mud Cake
Almond Butter Loaves
Almond Gooey Butter Cake
Almond Joy Cake
Almond Joy Sheet Cake I
Almond Joy Sheet Cake II
Almond-Cherry Coffee Cake
Aloha Bundt Cake
Aloha Cake
Always Moist Pound Cake
Amaretto Cake
Amaretto Cream Cake
Amaretto Custard Cake
Amaretto-Almond Cake
Amish Graham Streusel Cake
Apple Cinnamon Cake
Apple Cobbler Dump Cake
Apple Cream Cake
Apple Crunch
Apple Kuchen
Apple Pie Coffee Cake
Apple Raisin Snack Cake
Apple Sour Cream Cake
Apple Spice Custard Cake
Apple Spice Dump Cake
Applesauce Cake with Butter-Rum Glaze
Applesauce Spice Cake
Apricot Almond Toffee Cake
Apricot Nectar Cream Cheese Cake
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The Devils started off very slow and did not register a shot until about the halfway mark of the first period. At that point the visiting Boston Bruins already had almost 10.
It was just a matter of time before the Bruins would capitalize on one of their many opportunities, they did so at 14:33. Patrice Bergeron beat Martin Brodeur on a breakaway to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead.
Patrik Elias tied the game up during a 5-on-3 power play 29-seconds into the second period, but that did not last long.
Brad Marchand scored a shorthanded goal less than a minute later on another defensive breakdown. The wheels fell off from there.
Fifty-nine seconds later, Jarome Iginla scored the third Bruins goal on another breakaway. Chris Kelly would add the fourth Bruins goal in the third period. Brodeur was not given much help by his defense in this game.
The Devils added their second goal when Travis Zajac beat Bruins goaltender Chad Johnson at 9:13 in the third period. At that point the Devils were done and had no chance at a comeback. The stadium was silent and the players looked like they were not even trying.
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Isn't it a wonderful world when a young Polish designer who lives outside of Warsaw can suddenly find herself a design blog darling? I heard about Zuzia Kozerska and her beautiful, engraved baking pins via This Is Colossal and was even more enchanted after clicking through to Zuzia's Esty page. A baker and a designer, she wanted to make pastries that were fun and delicious without spending an entire weekend slaving over them. Using a laser engraver (take that Star Wars fans!) Zuzia discovered a way to engrave wooden rolling pins with whimsical patterns, like cats, robots, dinosaurs and even charming Polish phrases (like "sto lat" — a birthday greeting which means 100 years). "It all started with my niece birthday, she is absolutely nuts about cats!" says Zuzia on Etsy. "I knew without any hesitations what would be the first pattern I would make." Made from locally harvested beech wood, the pins cost about $42 plus $13 shipping from Poland. They arrive in a carefully wrapped box with local postage stamps to show off their country origin. Without a doubt, this is going on my holiday gift list — I do have some Polish bakers in my family!
valentine's gift idea: a cup of love from catherine's table
If you're one of those people who wishes you had time to make a homemade valentine for your sweetie, but life (and your schedule) have other plans, consider the Cup of Love from Catherine's Table. Each piece is made with care by potters Noelle VanHendrick and Eric Hendrick of Zpots Studio Pottery. With a unique texture and carefully molded to feel good in your hand, these little beauties were clearly made with love.. and the handwritten font gets an A+ from us on design. Use them for hot toddies or to hold a bouquet of flowers on a breakfast tray. $32 at Catherine's Table.
having a party? tin parade's table banners tell guests where to nosh
We love creating "stations" when we entertain, setting aside different areas for drinks or sweets or savories. But it's not always easy directing your guests and make sure things don't get all mixed up through the night. That's why we instantly fell for these clever table banners by Tin Parade. Not only do they help direct guests where to go, they also are elegant with a touch of attitude. Practical and pretty — what more could a hostess want? We especially love the "I do" one above, that would help any wedding-planning-bride turn a picnic table into something worthy of hors d'oeuvres. Click here to see all of Tin Parade's table banners, $39 each.
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There are lot of things I love about the fall: the humidity all but disappears, I start drinking apple cider and tea in large quantities, and it's finally hoodie weather again. Come to think of it, all the things I love about the fall could be summed up in one word: cozy. Things get cozier in the fall. Add Pendleton's National Parks blankets to that list.
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The opening hours of the University Library are always adapted to the vacations in September.
Monday 01 September till Friday 12 September: open from 07.30 - 15.00 hrs
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The latest publication of drs. Julian With "Kritieken, het schoonmaakmiddel van de geest" is for sale at the Library University of Suriname (UB).
For a copy, drop in today because of limited stock.
Where? The Dictatenverkoopcentrale (DVC), Library
Price? SRD 65
The Library of the Anton de Kom University of Suriname will organize an exhibition on 7 April 2014 to celebrate World Health Day.
The theme is Vector Borne Diseases.
Because of the Easter holidays the opening hours of the University Library have been modified. The Central Library and the department Medical Information will be CLOSED from:
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This open access journal guide is a handy tool for students opting to access information using online databases rather than bound volumes of academic journals and research reports, and provides practical information on most reputable open-access journal websites, as well as paid subscription databases that are still widely used by traditional college students.
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The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL), provides access to current research in agriculture and life sciences, and is a full-text, searchable library (database) of over 275 specialized (scientific) and high-quality, peer-reviewed journals, critical to research and education.
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In a state struggling to stabilize a terrible economy, passing a bill to allow patrons to carry guns into Ohio's drinking establishments is a priority to Governor Kasich. This, and declaring the Dallas Mavericks "honorary" Ohioans for beating LeBron James' Miami Heat in the NBA Finals.
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Tour various locations in Jamestown such as the school that Louis L'Amour received all of his formal education, the library where he nurtured his love of the written word, and more. Maps are available at the Tourism Information Center at 404 Louis L'Amour Lane (right outside the gates to the Frontier Village).


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Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies: This resource covers a range of papers tabled before both the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council including: Reports from Government Departments; Select Committee Inquiries into a variety of matters; Civil Service Lists which include government employees; and Government Tenders, accepted and rejected. The purpose of this index is to gain access to the many instances in which the 'ORDINARY' person is referred to in government papers. In a very few cases, the information provided is little more than name, date, and district, however a careful reading of the source document may fill in pertinent details. In many cases, the information is more detailed and provides valuable leads to other material, however it must be remembered that the references are to government business, not church or private business matters.
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They got their old name back, now the Charlotte Hornets are looking to add a new star.
Coming off their first playoff appearance since the 2009-10 season, Michael Jordan is looking to add a big time free agent and New York Knicks superstar Carmelo Anthony could be his top target.
Anthony has made it know he wants to win and in this scenario would have to take less money to head to Charlotte but sadly some of this speculation makes sense.
Melo has an endorsement deal with Jordan's shoe company and sadly the Hornets are in much better shape to win in the Eastern Conference than the Knicks are right now.
Add Anthony to a group that already includes Al Jefferson and Kemba Walker and that is a legitimate "Big Three," one of the better trios in all of the NBA to be exact.
Rick Bonnell and Ben Weinrib of The Charlotte Observer wrote about the idea:
He has an early termination option that could make him unrestricted this summer. The questions abound: Would he want to be in Charlotte, particularly considering he'd take a significant pay cut by not re-signing with the New York Knicks? And Clifford's occasional concerns that the ball "sticks" (doesn't move quickly enough) could only multiply with Melo around…
…Anthony supplies shooting the Hornets need and also supplies offense that the Hornets haven't seen at small forward. He, Walker, and Jefferson all need the ball a lot, so it would be interesting to see how that trio would split touches.
At the end of the day while I like the idea of seeing Anthony, Walker and Jefferson on the same team, it is all a pipe dream.
Over the course of the next couple of months, teams are going to come out of nowhere and suddenly be linked to Anthony, but at the end of the day if he were to leave the Big Apple it would be for a team in a major market that he feels could contend for a championship as early as next season.
While the Hornets are in much better shape than the Knicks, they don't exactly qualify.
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India CIOs need to focus on aligning with biz outcomes
Summary: IT leaders should map existing projects to their company's targets and better demonstrate how their investments are paying dividends in order to get funding support and avoid cuts, say panelists at ZDNet's TechBizz in Mumbai.
MUMBAI, INDIA--Technology for technology's sake is not something that's being appreciated, so IT leaders will have to step up to demonstrate the business value their investments are bringing the company, said panelists at ZDNet's TechBizz dialogue.
"I've seen many IT heads, they come to the meeting they start talking about the Java, Java beans, and the dot-net," noted Raghupathi C.N., head for India at Infosys. "The CEO goes 'that's not what I want to hear'. He wants to know 'how much money did I give you and how much money am I going to get in return at the end of the day?'"
Echoing his views, Manish Bahl, country manager for India at Forrester Research, said the first step should be define the business outcomes desired such as an increase in sales, revenue or customer satisfaction. The next stage will be to map existing and planned projects against those desired outcomes.
"Once you do that, you can easily prioritize projects delivering greatest business outcomes, and that way it will be a lot easier for IT organizations and CIOS to get a buy-in from stakeholders in terms of project funding, project priorities and be a true business leader for the organization," said Bahl.
Yagnesh Parikh, CTO at ICICI Securities, added it is critical for the CIO to figure out how to align the department with the business. "How do you start thinking that you are no more on a support role but a value add role, that's where you create value," elaborated Parikh.
Bahl noted the core issue was how to align IT with business changes, amid a fast changing landscape. "It's about the core business technology for the entire organization CIOs need to develop so that they can have a single business technology in place. The CIO can then take the lead in executing the technology portion of it," he explained.
Drawing value through analytics
One way companies are increasingly looking at to deliver value add and demonstrate results is through analytics.
Venkatesh Babu S, head of management information systems at Cafe Coffee Day said a key project for his company will be looking at deriving more value from business analytics. "That's going to be a key factor. Going forward, what are the analytics that we are going to publish and what actions have been taken to enable the business," he said.
Raghupathi pointed out social media analytics would be a "big thing" for India based on the level of concerns he has heard from senior management customers.
Sharing his view, Mihir Karkare, vice president of Social Wavelength, said: "We are actually seeing this trend mature as we speak. So we are looking at companies mining conversations that are happening about them and their products over social media."
"Social media is like eavesdropping on what customers are saying about you it's not like a survey that's biased. We're seeing a lot of companies listen to these conversations and try to derive actionable intelligence from these conversations," Karkare added.
A complete video recording of the event is also available or read our report covering other key points from the TechBizz dialogue. The Mumbai edition concluded the discussion series which kicked off in Singapore, and was also held in Australia.
TechBizz India panelists:
- Venkatesh Babu S, head of MIS, Cafe Coffee Day
- Manish Bahl, country manager for India, Forrester
- Yagnesh Parikh, CTO, ICICI Securities
- Raghupathi C.N., head for India, Infosys
- Mihir Karkare, vice president, Social Wavelength
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Due to Ross Detwiler's injury, AA pitcher Nathan Karns will make his MLB debut Tuesday against the Baltimore Orioles. To make room for him on the 25-man roster, LHP Xavier Cedeno, called up yesterday, will return to AAA.
Karns was drafted in the 12th round in the 2009 MLB Draft out of Texas Tech. A shoulder injury caused him to miss all of the 2010 season and part of 2011, but he was named the Nationals' 2012 Minor League Pitcher of the Year after compiling a 2.17 ERA at A and High A. Baseball America ranked him as the Nats' #5 prospect, despite the fact that he is a year older than Stephen Strasburg. Now, with an 8.76 ERA in his last three starts and 4.60 overall in nine starts at AA Harrisburg, the Nationals are calling on Karns to face another pitcher who was in AA until recently, Baltimore's Kevin Gausman.
Karns was added to the Nats' 40-man roster this past offseason in order to protect him from the Rule 5 draft, which meant he also got an invite to Major League Spring Training. He impressed there, allowing one run in three outings and leaving the Nationals with the impression that he would be one of their first choices if they had to dip into the minors for a starting pitcher. A major component of the decision may have been pitching availability. Karns was scheduled to start on Tuesday anyway, while AAA starter and ex-Major Leaguer Ross Ohlendorf pitched recently and was therefore unavailable. Whether or not Karns was their top choice regardless of availability, it is clear the team thinks highly of him. Davey Johnson described his arm as "great", and Kurt Suzuki, who caught him in Spring Training, called it "big-time."
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With asteroids hurtling through the atmosphere, this marks the first time in 2014 that Earth is pummeled by space rock. No evidence yet of Klendathu origins or top-secret NASA intervention.
While you were sleeping off some poor New Years Eve celebration choices on the morning of January 1, far more alert minds at the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Ariz., began tracking an asteroid some 7 to 10 feet (2 to 3 meters) in size on an impact trajectory with Earth.
Dubbed 2014 AA, this first asteroid discovery of 2014 entered Earth's atmosphere January 1 at 11:02 p.m. EST over the mid-Atlantic Ocean (approximately 11.7 degrees north latitude, 319.7 degrees latitude) and probably broke up.
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It is unlikely asteroid 2014 AA would have survived atmospheric entry intact, as it was comparable in size to asteroid 2008 TC3, which was about 7 to 10 feet (2 to 3 meters) in size. 2008 TC3 completely broke up over northern Sudan in October 2008. Asteroid 2008 TC3 is the only other example of an object discovered just prior to hitting Earth. So far, there have been a few weak signals collected from infrasound stations in that region of the world that are being analyzed to see if they could be correlated to the atmospheric entry of 2014 AA.
The high-precision astrometry data and rapid follow-up observations provided by the Catalina Sky Survey team made it possible for orbit analysts from NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., to determine possible Earth impact locations. Before that, and based upon the Catalina Sky Survey observations, Steve Chesley of JPL produced a plot of the possible impact locations for asteroid 2014 AA.
While it would be nice to think some Harry Stamper-like hero and a motley crew of roughnecks were responsible for the demise of 2014 AA, the space rock's mysterious high-altitude disintegration smacks of shoddy work by giant bugs bent on exterminating mankind. Sadly, we'll never know the truth.


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The 2012 Capitol Christmas Tree is seen after U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) lit it up with Ryan Shuster, a senior at Discovery Canyon Campus in Colorado Spring, Colorado, December 4, 2012 at the West Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. The year's tree is a 65-foot Engelmann spruce from the Blanco Ranger District of the White River National Forest in Colorado.
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There is a temporary exemption from UK Corporation Tax and UK Income Tax for certain non-resident companies that engage in Games-related activities or provide services for the delivery of the London 2012 Games.
The presence of their employees in the UK during the official accreditation period, will be ignored when considering whether a non-resident company has been in a place in the UK long enough to create a permanent establishment for UK taxation purposes. For those providing timing, scoring, and on-venue result services, the period ignored is 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2012.
The non-resident company may still have to pay tax on the income or gains in question in its home country, particularly if that state does not exempt the profits of a foreign permanent establishment of the company.
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If you are a non-resident company that employs accredited non-residents temporarily in the UK to perform an official function at the London 2012 Games,
You employ London 2012 Partner workers to enable a London 2012 Partner to provide services specifically for the purpose of delivering the Games
You will qualify for this exemption.
For the purpose of this exemption, an accredited individual is a non-resident employee that meets the following criteria:
You hold an Olympic Identity & Accreditation Card or a Paralympic Identity & Accreditation Card as issued and validated by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited (LOCOG).
that accreditation card has been granted to you in relation to your official function at the Games as either:
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(f) a technical official (including judges, referees and classifiers).
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Definition of official functions for the London 2012 Games
For the purpose of this exemption a London 2012 Partner is an organisation (known as a Commercial Delivery Partner) that is supplying services to LOCOG in return for the right to market and advertise themselves or their products for commercial purposes by reference to their association with the Games. It includes a company connected with the Commercial Delivery Partner.
For the purpose of this exemption a 2012 Partner worker is:
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a resident or non-resident that is
When considering if a non-resident company is chargeable to UK Corporation Tax HMRC consider whether it is trading in the UK through a 'permanent establishment'.
A permanent establishment in the UK exists when business is carried on from a distinct fixed place (for example an office, or a studio) for a minimum of 6 months.
If your business is non-resident in the UK and you are in the UK temporarily for a period of less than six months, you will not have a permanent establishment here and do not have to pay UK Corporation Tax.
Find out more about permanent establishment in the HMRC International Tax Manual
For tax purposes, HMRC will ignore the presence in the period 30th March - 8th November 2012 of employees of non-UK resident companies that carry out an official function or work for a London 2012 Partner and fall within the categories outlined above. This means the non-resident companies will not be seen as having a permanent establishment for UK tax.
In the case of London 2012 Partners and their direct contractors that provide timing, scoring or on-venue result services it does not matter whether the employees are resident or non-resident. The period that is disregarded for the purpose of determining whether those companies have a permanent establishment runs from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2012. This is because the period of preparation prior to the Games requires them to be present much longer than other London 2012 Partners.
This means the employer (the non-resident company) will not have to pay UK Corporation Tax on income it earns from carrying out the official function or functions for which its employees received accreditation, or for providing the services for the delivery of the Games.
Similarly, income received by a non-resident company for carrying out the activities that are disregarded for permanent establishment purposes in the period 30 March to 8 November 2012 is also exempt from Income Tax even when there is no double taxation agreement in place between the territory in which it is resident and the UK.
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If a non-resident company carries on both Games-related and non-Games related activities at the same location only the Games - related activities are ignored for the purpose of determining whether there is a permanent establishment. Therefore, the exemption from permanent establishment may not apply if the non-resident company would otherwise have a permanent establishment at that location, for example, because its employees are present there and carrying on non-Games related activities for more than 6 months; in that case all of the income earned by that permanent establishment will be within the charge to corporation tax.
If you have an enquiry that concerns the exemption for businesses (permanent establishment) that your adviser has not been able to answer you can contact HMRC on Tel. 020 7147 2655.
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McKibben: Time to act on climateBy DAVE GRAM
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Writer and environmental activist Bill McKibben speaks to the Legislature on Wednesday in Montpelier.MONTPELIER Writer and environmental activist Bill McKibben gave Vermont lawmakers a dire warning about climate change Wednesday, calling it the biggest challenge by far that humans have ever faced, and calling for steps including a big new effort to save energy by insulating thousands of homes in the state.
Speaking to a joint session of the House and Senate at the invitation of House Speaker Shap Smith, the Ripton resident and scholar in residence at Middlebury College called on lawmakers to take immediate steps to address climate change, and on society to make broader and longer-term changes in its use of energy.
McKibben said even big steps taken now may not be enough to reverse the damage already done and avert catastrophe. Already, human beings have warmed the planet about 1 degree Celsius, and half the Arctic ice Neil Armstrong saw from the Moon in 1969 is gone, McKibben said.
He said that even if we do everything right, we are going to come right up to the 2 degree red line that the worlds governments have declared is the absolute and final red line for climate chaos. We shouldnt go there, obviously. If one degree melts the Arctic, were fools to find out what 2 degrees will do.
McKibbens book The End of Nature, written in 1989, was among the earliest books for a general audience on what was then called the greenhouse effect the phenomenon in which excess carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere traps heat from the sun on the Earth, with less of it radiating out into space.
In his speech in the House chamber, McKibben made three key recommendations on matters now getting the attention of lawmakers:
He said the state should adopt a new thermal efficiency program, modeled on an electrical efficiency program launched a decade ago that has won international acclaim for holding down Vermonts power demand. Thermal efficiency refers to the energy used to heat buildings, and McKibben said Vermont should move aggressively to promote insulation and weather-tightening of its aging housing stock. Its high time Vermont stopped heating the outdoors, he said.
McKibben said the state should block any effort by Canadian energy companies to ship oil extracted from tar sands in the western part of that country through a pipeline that runs across northern Vermont between Montreal and Portland, Maine. Environmental groups have been warning recently that plans to do so are in the works, though the companies that own the pipeline and that are shipping tar sands oil across Canada say thats not true.
He said lawmakers should reject calls for a three-year moratorium on large-scale wind power development in Vermont. Backers of the moratorium object to wind turbines on towers more than 400 feet tall on Vermonts mountain ridges, but McKibben said using wind to replace power generated with fossil fuels could help avert a climate crisis that otherwise will do far greater harm to Vermonts mountain environments.
McKibbens speech capped a day on which three House committees heard from a range of farm and business representatives on the likely impacts of climate change on their enterprises and what should be done about it.
In response to questions after his talk, McKibben said he did not see nuclear power, whose backers point to its low carbon emissions, as a practical solution, given a lack of public acceptance in a post-Fukushima age.
His remarks were greeted with some skepticism by the head of the Republican minority in the Vermont House. Minority Leader Don Turner of Milton issued a statement saying Vermonters cant afford a tax increase to pay for thermal efficiency efforts, and he criticized McKibben for declining to embrace nuclear power.MORE IN Vermont NewsMONTPELIER A court has determined that the Republican Governors Association violated campaign... Full StoryMONTPELIER Vermont has tied for third place in the 2014 energy efficiency scorecard put out by... Full StoryBURLINGTON — A part-time snowplow driver was convicted Wednesday of luring a prep-school... Full Story
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Pres. Obama's was sworn in ceremonially Monday; but his second term really began Sunday. The president, under regularly scheduled conditions, takes office at noon on Jan. 20 after an election. In modern times this produces a chart with Taurus rising, Aquarius Sun and Capricorn on the midheaven for every presidential term. We can study these charts long into the future, but let's look at Sunday's chart.
Note that there were two inaugurations this year — a private one Sunday and a public one on Monday, which is also Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Obama was also sworn in twice the last time around. After flubbing the oath of office, Chief Justice John Roberts came over to the White House later that night and swore in Obama a second time. Obama will be tied for the record number of times a president has taken the oath of office, second only to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who served four terms.
The Aquarius Sun and Mercury are high up in the chart, presenting the image of friendly populism. However, Capricorn actually rules the midheaven, so it's really more problematic than that. There are two presidencies — the friendly Aquarian one that we see as its public face, and then the real agenda going on behind the scenes, indicated by Capricorn.
With Capricorn on the midheaven — that is, the 10th house, which is about the presidency — the ruler of the issue is Saturn in Scorpio. Saturn is placed on the relationship angle; this looks like more obstruction. As usual in these years of our history, the issue seems to be religious, with Saturn in Scorpio and Pluto in Capricorn in one another's signs. There remains a titanic struggle between government bureaucrats and the American Taliban.
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Richard Jefferson believes that biotechnology can be used to benefit the poor and disenfranchised, but only if the R&D process is democratized so that everyone has access to critical scientific tools and technologies.
20UNDER40: Re-Inventing the Arts and Arts Education for the 21st Century Edited by Edward P. Clapp
Organizations such as Goodwill Industries and the Camp Fire Girls of America have endured for more than 100 years. The key to their survival is change, not more of the same, their leaders told a business school audience.
For the movers and shakers of this world who could use some practical, cost-effective solutions for encouraging donations, volunteerism, social activism, and other responsible, caring, and pro-social behaviors, Frank Flynn [25] reviews the latest findings. To receive Flynn's highlights, sign up for the quarterly prosocial highlight.
The Tahirih Justice Center multiplies its impact by creatively using pro bono attorneys.
What inspires people to act selflessly, help others, and make personal sacrifices? Unusual acts of kindness—like giving something away to someone you don't even know and getting nothing in return—happens numerous times every day, in the form of blood donation, providing online reviews, and so on. In each case, someone provides a useful good, service, or bit of advice free of charge. In academic circles, this type of giving is referred as "generalized exchange." Generalized exchange stands in contrast to "direct exchange," in which payments are made or reciprocity is expected. Professor Frank Flynn and colleagues, Robb Willer and Sonya Zak, looked at these unusual acts of kindness and examined whether generalized exchange systems can create more solidarity than direct exchange systems.
Recycling programs abound, but people are often lackadaisical about putting plastic, paper, glass, and metal into those bins. How can we get more people to recycle? An intervention recently conducted in Canada is pointing the way, and the message is all about ... well, the messaging.
Stanford GSB researchers find that how people respond to mistakes can be a "clue to who they are."
GSB Marketing Professor Jennifer Aaker says social media can help for-profits, nonprofits, and government organizations address a deficit of trust in our current culture.
As Japan shifts from disaster relief to rebuilding, GSB alumni see opportunities for change and renewal.
Neal Keny-Guyer believes that wars, earthquakes, and other disasters create opportunities for Mercy Corps to help change society for the better.
Philanthropedia cofounder Deyan Vitanov wants to make it easier for donors to see the impact of the organizations they fund. That's why he has created a new tool that bases its recommendations on the opinions of over 1,000 experts.
Social innovators are usually motivated by their personal values, yet they don't always act on them, because they are afraid it might lead to conflict. Even when they do act, it often ends badly. To remedy this, social innovators can learn how to articulate their values consistently and act on them in a way that is likely to lead to good outcomes.
The Innocence Network, an international collaboration of pro bono legal and investigative organizations, grows rapidly and flexibly.
Funders, nonprofit executives, and policymakers are very enthusiastic about measuring social value. Alas, they cannot agree on what it is or how to assess it. Their main obstacle is assuming that social value is objective, fixed, and stable. When people approach social value as subjective, malleable, and variable, they create better metrics to capture it.
The author suggests that nonprofits seek lobbying help from corporations that are limited in the cash they can offer.
Nonprofits should focus inward and get their organization's fundraising strategies in order before they go "rush[ing] to grab a piece of the government's financial bailout package."
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While being competitive at the base of the pyramid it is important to not lose focus on your customer, or client. The remedy may be cooperation between organizations.
Giving things away for the prize people are willing to pay sounds like corporate suicide. In this audio lecture sponsored by the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford, Leif Nelson shows it's a pathway to corporate citizenship, increased revenue, and an enhanced company image. He walks us through field experiments he conducted at major theme parks manipulating various aspects of the purchasing experience for souvenir action photos.
How do you view a nonprofit? A for-profit? A dot-org? Or a dot-com? Judgments of warmth and competence drive consumer behaviors such as the likeliness to visit a website or willingness to buy a product from an organization. Understanding consumer stereotypes plays a significant role in how nonprofits and corporations do business. In this Stanford Center for Social Innovation sponsored audio lecture, marketing professor Jennifer Aaker examines the implications stereotypes have on firms.
David La Piana has been recognized as a leading expert on nonprofit management and governance. In this audio lecture sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, La Piana presents a continuum of partnership options ranging from strategic alliance to joint ventures to full-scale mergers, all to which falls under a term he has coined as strategic restructuring. Nonprofit management leaders are finding strategic restructuring as a way to respond to the current economic conditions.
Professor Sutton discusses a challenge that determines every organization's success: scaling up farther, faster, and more effectively as a program or an organization creates a larger footprint.
Inequalities between socially marginalized and non-marginalized groups have led to poorer school and health outcomes for African Americans, Latino Americans, and other non-Asian ethnic minorities. Although many structural factors contribute to these inequalities, this study examines one psychological factor: concern about social belonging — a sense of having positive relationships with others.
The investigation into what messaging motivates people to vote and the effectiveness of facilitating a voting plan during a presidential election.
Most observers agree that human consumption is on a crash course with the environment. Although recycling programs have been implemented in many cities around the world, people often do not participate as often as they could. This research examines the effectiveness of messages that highlight the negative consequences of not recycling (loss frames) versus those that emphasize the positive consequences of recycling (gain frames) in influencing people's behavior.
Identifying effective obesity treatment is both a clinical challenge and a public health priority. Can monetary incentives stimulate weight loss? Leslie John presents a study that examines different economic incentives for weight loss during a 16 week intervention.
A vicious cycle is leaving nonprofits so hungry for decent infrastructure that they can barely function as organizations -- let alone serve their beneficiaries. In this audio lecture, Ann Goggins Gregory and Don Howard of The Bridgespan Group, a leading nonprofit management consulting firm, unveil the forces that deprive organizations of much-needed overhead funding. They then reveal what grantees can do to break out of this nonprofit starvation cycle, so that they can focus on the work ahead.
Many nonprofit leaders today are on the brink of burnout. Their responsibilities are mounting and their resources are dwindling. In this audio lecture, Katherine Fulton, president of the Monitor Institute, advises nonprofit professionals to slow down, in order to assess the challenges ahead. She offers five leadership tips that enable nonprofit managers to go back to fundamentals, so that they can thrive in an uncertain world.
Commissioned by KaBOOM! and authored by Katherine Fulton and alumna Heather McLeod Grant of the Monitor Institute, this case study looks at the challenges KaBOOM! faced and lessons the organization learned while pioneering an online strategy to scale its impact. This strategy involves giving away the nonprofit model online for free to empower others to act on KaBoom's behalf.
This case provides an overview of the nonprofit organization PATH and its Safe Water Project—a five-year effort launched in late 2006 with $17 million in funding from the global development unit of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
This case provides an overview of the nonprofit organization PATH and its Safe Water Project—a five-year effort launched in late 2006 with $17 million in funding from the global development unit of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. One of the team's primary objectives was to investigate sales and distribution challenges in this space. By conducting a portfolio of field-based pilots, the team hoped to test different models for improving customer access to these safe water products in an effort to identify scalable, sustainable, and replicable solutions. Although specific results varied across the pilots, which spanned India, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Kenya, they collectively gave rise to series of important sales and distribution insights.
This case provides an overview of the nonprofit organization PATH and its Safe Water Project. One of the key objectives of this effort was to explore how the private sector could help make HWTS products more affordable. By conducting a portfolio of field-based pilots in collaboration with commercial partners, the PATH team sought to better understand the effect of different pricing, consumer financing, and subsidy models on demand within low-income population in developing countries.
This case provides an overview of the nonprofit organization PATH and its Safe Water Project—a five-year effort launched in late 2006 with $17 million in funding from the global development unit of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The purpose of the grant was to evaluate to what extent market-based approaches could help accelerate the widespread adoption and sustained use of household water treatment and safe storage products by low-income populations.
In 2007 a group of eight friends wanted to give. With so many charities out there, the friends wanted dot know which ones were doing the most good. This case covered the history of GiveWEll—a nonprofit dedicated to bringing greater and transparency to the world of philanthropy—and the evolution of its research methodology and philosophy for identifying outstanding charities.
Nuru International was founded as a social venture with the goal to eradicate extreme poverty around the world. This case follows founder and executive director, Jake Harriman, through the multiple HR challenges he must face in building his nonprofit organization.
Embrace was seeking an infusion of funds to support its product - a low cost infant warmer for mothers and babies in developing countries. In parallel, Acumen Fund was continuing to look for organizations with game-changing products and services in need of patient capital on their way to becoming a self-sustaining business. The potential of a financial partnership arose as did other business considerations. This case explores the persepctive of both organizations in their potential collaboration and negotiations.
The Wild Salmon Center was created to provide anglers access to excellent fishing in return for funding research and conservation. The case discusses the Center's efforts to protect the pristine watersheds of the Kamchatka Peninsula by developing ecotourism to raise funds for conservation.
John Goldman established the South Peninsula Jewish Community Teen Foundation in 2003, an innovative program that teaches Bay Area Jewish teens to run their own charitable foundation by developing mission statements, raising money, and distributing funds. As of 2009, the program has scaled to four chapters and raised and distributed $178,321 in funds.
This case details the Tipping Point Community's attempts to quantify and grow its impact on poverty in local communities; while it was raising more than $14 million for organizations, it was still struggling to improve performance and outcomes.
The Rainforest Action Network works to protect the Earth's rainforests and support the rights of their inhabitants. In April 2003, a new executive director began a review of the organization's strategy and mission.
Planned Parenthood is looking for funding to assess the Sand Hill Foundation's Teen Success Program for replication. Those involved in the program hope to more constructively engage stakeholders in the evaluation process, monitor the program's impact, and take action on evaluation results.
TransFair USA, the fair trade labeling arm of the Fair Trade Labeling Organization, faced strategic challenges in 2003. The founder needed to convince uninformed mainstream consumers and skeptical large-scale coffee roasters to buy Fair Trade Certified coffee.
The McKay Foundation played a key role in convening the diverse constituencies that had a stake in the living wage issue. The executive director considered what to focus on next after a city ordinance authorized worker pay increases.
The economy of Bozeman, Mont., has grown rapidly, but concerns have arisen over the development of environmentally sensitive areas, impact on local businesses, and affordability. The Yellowstone Business Partnership could have a role in directing the city's future.
How can a certain kind of behavior actually contributes to inequalities? Specifically, do children's social-class backgrounds affect when and how they seek help in the classroom, thereby teasing out children's own role in educational stratification? We consider how teachers may use such information to correct these dynamics, and thus contribute to more equal access for all children at school.
When it comes to gift giving, most people are simply not paying enough attention to what others want says Professor Frank Flynn. They miss the boat by ignoring direct requests, wrongly assuming that going a different route will be seen as more thoughtful than something the recipient specifically requested.
Self-regulation is the private provision of public goods and private redistribution. This paper examines the scope of self-regulation motivated by altruistic moral preferences that are reciprocal and stronger the closer are citizens in a socioeconomic distance.
To determine whether profit status is associated with differences in hospital days per patient, an outcome that may also be influenced by provider financial goals.
Social pressure plays a major role in determining corporate strategy and performance according to an award-winning paper coauthored by Professor David Baron. The researchers find that social pressure and social performance reinforce each other, greater social pressure is associated with lower financial performance, and financial and social performance are largely unrelated.
This course surveys strategic, governance, and management issues facing a wide range of nonprofit organizations in an era of venture philanthropy and social entrepreneurship. It introduces students to core managerial issues in the nonprofit sector, such as development/fundraising, investment management, performance management and nonprofit finance.
Nonprofit executives dedicate their lives to many of society's most intractable problems, yet are often overstretched and under-resourced. Ken Saxon speaks about founding Courage to Lead to build support and community around nonprofit executive leaders.
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Michael DeLapa is heavily involved in environmental, land use, and energy issues. He has launched several non-profits in the Bay Area as well as the California Fisheries Fund.
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Melissa Bradley, CEO of Tides, explores how partnerships between for-profit and nonprofit organizations--and everything in between--can increase scale and impact. In this audio lecture, recorded at the Stanford Social Innovation Review's 2011 Nonprofit Management Institute, Bradley discusses the current landscape of the social sector, and what scale and impact really mean. She also shares case studies of successful partnerships and the "top ten" lessons we can draw from collaborations.
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Knicks @ 76ers (Game 41): Jan. 26th, 7:00 PM EST
New York Knicks: 26-14 (12-8 on road)
Philadelphia 76ers: 17-25 (11-10 at home)
Head-to-Head: Knicks Lead 2-0
Has anyone taken a look at the upcoming schedule for the Knicks? The next eight games are actually pretty winnable: @PHI, vs. ATL, vs. ORL, vs. MIL, vs. SAC, vs. DET, @ WAS, @ MIN.
Other than the Hawks, it's a fairly "easy" schedule. New York has a pretty good change of running off a few wins.
Well, it starts tonight against the 76ers, a team where we picked off two early season wins against (by pretty much 20 point margins each time). Back then, folks were saying the Knicks lucked out by playing 2 games so early against the 76ers when they didn't have Bynum.
Guess what? They still don't have Bynum, they still are not good.. and they really shouldn't be holding out hope for him either. Still think that was an absolutely terrible trade and I'll say if every single time.
Key Matchup: Felton vs. Holiday. Looks like Felton may give it a go and Kidd may sit because of his back. Will be good to see Felton back. The offense (and defense) misses him. If Felton sits out, then a good matchup is Chandler vs. Hawes.
Over/Under Game: Put your guesses (over or under) in the reply or comment section. Get 5 out of 5 right, I'll put your name/blog in the post game write-up. Pushes (ties) count as wrong.
- Melo Points: 29
- Holiday Assists: 8
- Chandler Rebounds: 8
- Hawes Points: 15
- Felton Assists: 5
I'm in Philly tonight for the game. Never actually been to their arena before, not sure what to expect.
Betting Line: Knicks by 2.5 (O/U 192.0)
Prediction: Knicks 102, 76ers 91
Prediction Record: 25-15
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