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Update: This blog has been updated with a few (mostly typo!) fixes for those of you who weren't able to join us on Thursday or are just looking to brush up on what went down. Look forward to pages and pages of great content that came out of yesterday's amazing gathering in the weeks ahead!
I'll be live-blogging today's inaugural Forbes Woman Summit: Power Redefined. We're at 583 Park Avenue with some of the most influential women in business, media, politics and philanthropy–Tory Burch to Janet Napolitano, Anne Sweeney to Donna Karan. These women have come together today not to solve women's problems–but to solve the world's problems. I'll be updating this blog throughout the day, so keep refreshing. You'll find the most current content at the bottom of the page.
The hashtag for today's festivities is #RedefinePower. Use it liberally and follow @Forbes staffers on the ground @Clare_OC, @CarolineLHoward, @DorothyAtForbes, @Kate_Pierce, @JacquelynVSmith, @Erin_Carlyle @VannaMLe and @Jane4Forbes. Oh–and me! @meg_casserly.
8:30 The room is filling up. Playing spot the Power Woman as our guests take their seats.
8:37 And we're off! Lourds Lane, creator of the Broadway musical Chix 6 and founder of The Lightning Girl Foundation plays an original song she created for today's event. "I don't know how to raise the stakes/ When power gives, and power takes/To change my world, to change my mind/ to make a change.
Lane shares a story of a troubled childhood and home. She found solace in music–and became a child prodigy on the violin. At seven years old her life changed. In the middle of an orchestral performance, she left the stage and played in the audience. "I felt powerful for the first time. It wasn't about rules anymore, and it wasn't about taking refuge in music. It was about everyone in that auditorium. It was about pouring out joy. This was the happiest moment of my life. My name is Lourds Lane and I'm redefining power."
8:43 Four Redefining Power Spotlights on being "the first."
8:47 Moira Forbes, welcomes the crowd. "I'm so honored you all joined us today. I'm proud to say that a commitment to women is nothing new to Forbes." In fact, B.C. Forbes ran a feature on women in the workplace in the very first issue of Forbes in 1917, before women in the country had the right to vote.
A quote written by B.C Forbes in that issue: "These pages in Forbes magazine are open to women in business. Forbes believes women's achievement are wise and of interest and they should be reported by her, not about her. ..This is in recognition of the economic importance of women's ideas. Articles by businesswomen will appear in the general pages of Forbes to inform the decisions of the executives who will read them… Every aspiring businesswoman should read Forbes Magazine. It will be the best investment she's ever made.
Moira Forbes shares her own early business aspirations. She asked for an intercom system and a toy cash register as a little girl. "I would steal things from my mother's closet and sell them at a profit, I'm sure she enjoyed that."
8:56 "This is a women's conference that's not about women's issues, it's about the next generation of young leaders coming together with established women to solve the world's problem." Each table of the summit has been arranged with leaders in similar industries and segments of different generations.
Forbes encourages the audience to get active on Twitter using the hashtag #redefinepower. Collectively the networks of the women in the room can reach more than five million people.
9:00 Oprah Winfrey welcomes the audience in a video she prepared. "I'm so disappointed I won't be there today with some of my great friends… For me real power is aligning who you are–your personality–with what you were meant to do–your purpose and your calling. How women define their power through their purpose is the purpose of this summit. That's authentic power. That is what we as woman are seeking: authentic power and aligning that with what we do. It is my hope that this kind of collaboration today is just the beginning of a longer movement to take action. Because very often that is exactly how change starts. And change the world."
9:05 Tory Burch joins Moira Forbes on the stage in a slim black suited skirt. "I'm honored to be here and thrilled to promote entrepreneurship and women."
9:06 Burch talks about the first phonecall her team received from Oprah Winfrey's team to be the "next big thing."
9:07 Forbes asks about Burch's parents early derision that she was going into business. "they told me to thicken my skin," Burch says. "When i decided to start this company I didn't talk about it much. I wanted the products to speak for themselves. I did hear–and tried not to listen–to a lot of negativity… Creating this company was an incredible experience. The negativity and the noise was really just a sidebar."
9:08 Burch says being entrepreneurial isn't for everyone. "People need to realize that. It's a learning curve and I'm still learning everyday!" Burch says she grew up a tomboy–and didn't get interested in design until college.
9:10 Forbes asks Burch about what it's like to "be" your brand. Quotes Anna Wintour on how Burch has been smart to brand her products around herself. Burch laughs, deflects. "It's really how do you design great looking clothing that didn't cost a fortune." when Forbes asks how she would describe the brand she says she isn't into the word "lifestyle." "It's about being passionate, being kind. It's about our company culture. We say we want to create creativity. That's something I'm really proud of."
Burch tells Forbes that her business is inspired by her parents. "My father actually designed every piece in his own closet." She talks about the challenge and blessing of being both designer and CEO–"we haven't had a creative director for years and I think that's brought the team much closer together."
9:14 On her most successful setback: "when you have an employee in the wrong position. That's hard to come to terms with."
Burch talks about her own mentors. She's had many, Eric Schmidt has been an enormous mentor. Mentors come in all forms to Burch–she names her brother, nine years older who is President of Tory Burch. "He's been mentoring me my whole life."
9:17 Burch originally didn't want to user her own name on the brand. "In the beginning I had 10 names and we couldn't get any of them. Friend "Kenny Jay Lane, "a jewelry designer changed her mind. But she says there are privacy issues that have come with making her self her brand. "Still my children are off limits, my personal life is off limits. But Twitter and so much marketing is about being authentic," she says. Using her name then, has been both a blessing and a curse.
9:21 Burch says she started her business with starting a foundation in mind. "I knew it would be about women and children and how best I could help to contribute," Burch says. She'd seen so many women take time off to have children and to struggle to get back in–she herself didn't start her business until her family had grown. Her foundation invests in women building small businesses. "Women repay their loans. This is about an investment, it's not a charity."
9:25 Best advice for en entrepreneur? "Buckle up." Tomorrow is Burch's 25th anniversary of graduating Penn and says she's doing a lot of reflecting. "Looking at every challenge as a learning experience is something you can only learn along the way.
How does Burch define power? "Power is the ability to create change," she says. The ability to give back, both through her foundation or by initiatives like the one they enacted after the Japan earthquake. They put a message on the Tory Burch site, she says, and within days were able to send off a hefty check to the Red Cross. Overall, Burch's business, she says, is a way to make a difference in the world. "Of anything," she says, "I hope I'm remembered as a good person."
9:30 Video on "What is Girl Power?" Young girls are interviewed on power. "Girl power is being independent of anything, especially men." "girl power means having confidence and believing in yourself and others." "Girls can do whatever they want. Boys think they're so cool. But girls are smarter than boys. Girls keep trying until they do it but boys just give up." "Girl power is strength and hope and stuff like that." "It's better than boy power!"
9:33 Panel "Health Revolution: Innovation Prescriptions for Change" moderated by Inside Edition anchor Deborah Norville. Guests are Yael Cohen, founder and CEO of F*** Cancer, Donna Karan, fashion designer and founder Urban Zen and token guy Hamdi Ulukaya, founder and CEO of Chobani yogurt.
Donna Karan says that at a certain point in her career, she couldn't just dress people, she needed to address their insides. First she took on AIDS awareness, then ovarian cancer and other causes. She lost many people in her life to cancer and said what she realized about the healthcare process–"where are the people in healthcare? where is the compassion?" She felt that there was a missing person in healthcare. The person who could give care for the doctors and the nurses Urban Zen is a community of caregivers, yoga instructors and allied health professionals who work with doctors and nurses on integrated therapies.
What is that? "Someone who can take care of the nurse, the doctor, the patient and their loved ones at once."
Yael Cohen, who freely uses the "F-word" (in a way I'm not at liberty to) talks about her organization, F*** Cancer which has a goal of connecting Millennials with their parents about early stage cancer detection. "We use technology, celebrity and wit to make something that's not sexy as sexy as it can be." Using the F-word to fight the C-word. Not a bad cause.
9:40 Chobani founder Ulakuya takes the time to wish everyone a Happy Mother's Day which gets a laugh from the (mostly, entirely) female audience. He sees his main struggle as being getting a good, healthy products into the grocery stores in food deserts. "You see the product in New York City but drive 50 miles and you won't." It's shameful what happens in supermarkets, he says. Behemoth brands dominate the shelves and aren't necessarily as healthy as they should be. "People are aware about the need to eat healthy," he says. "But what we're lacking is accessibility." People are looking for healthy options but not finding them. "The list of ingredients are so long! I know my English isn't great but I can't read them!"
9:48 Cohen says health is about micro-changes. "If you go overboard at some point you're going to break and eat a box of cookies." It's not sustainable. F*** Cancer focuses on small changes in our lives that we can take control of.
9:49 Karan says we need to get teachers to learn healthy living. "If they learn it, then our children will. It's not just about doing the work, it's how we do the work. She excuses herself to get eccentric for a moment. "Everyone close your eyes–and take a breath." the audience stills "How often do we do that?"
9:52 Ulukaya keeps it real–and on message. "Listen if you can do yoga, cool. If you can meditate, cool. But the biggest change and the most realistic is thinking about the food you put in your body." Ulukaya commends Bloomberg's soda ban. "Listen, you can't control what people do, but you can create awareness."
9:56 The panelists agree that for the first time ever, the power is in the hands of consumers to demand healthy foods. "Tell them you're not going to put carcinogens in your body," Cohen says. "Tell them you won't feed your children preservatives." Ulukaya nods. The market will respond. Karan says "If there's a demand, there's a supply and the ship will sail. We are the people of change. We can point our fingers at the government but they're so overwhelmed right now. It has to happen on the grassroots level. It starts with us." Ulukaya says it's up to the consumers to challenge supermarkets "one aisle at a time."
Ulukaya says that a part of the problem is supply. "A lot of food startups are not getting the love right now in the way tech startups are." "Love in the way of funding?" "Yes." Chobani he says started with four people and an SBA loan and became a billion dollar business in five years. "Making things right and healthy doesn't mean it's not profitable." (Audience applauds).
10:05 Question from the audience, DBL Ventures who says she invested in a health food startup that brought healthy lunches to California schools. "The problem is our government funds white flour, corn, modified products." For profitability, food cost is an issue. What can be done?
Donna Karan talks about healthy gardens at schools, skirting the question. Ulukaya jumps in on the challenge of bringing healthy foods and exercise to schools. The food is terrible, and the cost is subsidized by the government–it's a major challenge. "Something healthy and better is not being provided because it's 10 cents more." Again, he says the change has to start with the kids–and making bringing lunch to school "cool."
Cohen says her organization focuses on youth. "your kids are teaching you," she says. "Traditionally parents care for their kids then later we take care of you. But all of a sudden that switch is taking place earlier–we teach them how to use a smartphone or what a Kardashian is. It's also happening with what we put in our bodies. Our access to information has defined our generation. A 13-year old with a Twitter account in Kansas has the same reach as Martin Luther King. Why aren't we using that?"
10:12 Karan last thoughts: "As executives we need to look at conscious consumerism. It's what we eat, what we think and what we do. it's about being conscious and creating a community of change."
Ulukaya's last thoughts: "The issue's big and it's serious but there are a lot of awesome people doing great stuff. We are seeing signs of things getting better; we just need to be on it from every angle. But when this shift happens things are going to happen so fast. I'm more optimistic than ever."
There's a 15 minute break in the schedule. See you soon!
10:34 Aaaand we're back. Video on leadership. Cathie Black: "women haven't been as open to risk as men. My boss used to say you can make a big mistake, you can make a bad mistake. But don't make a big, bad mistake." Meg Whitman: "You've got to have a bias for action. You know what the hockey coaches say: "You will miss every shot you don't take."
Panel: "Leadership Lens: New Dynamics of Connectivity" with Susan Wojcicki, Anne Sweeney, Kathryn Minshew and Gayle King" Moderated by Wenda Harris Millard
10:38 Millard teases Wojcicki for leaving her Google Glass at home. "I'll have to go back and get them."
"How do you define personal connection?"
King says she joked with Oprah that she shouldn't be on this panel that she was so technically challenged and Oprah said that's exactly why you should. "I recently tweeted that I was so technically challenged I was proud I had programmed my VCR. Man, people are MEAN on Twitter!" For King, personal connectivity is about the personal. "for me face to face is my idea of personal connection."
Minshew says that while face to face is her "favorite," for many people technology has made it possible for people to make a personal connection with women who inspires you–who you wouldn't ever have the opportunity to meet. "We're only starting to see the beginning of how that changes the way people view their personal opportunities and projection."
10:43 Wojcicki: "I also love face to face but the twist I'd add is the ability to connect with people with whom you share a common interest–a support group etc.–you might have a shared interest but int he past it would be hard to connect." Now, she says, we're able to make very personal connections with people we've never met based on things we really care about. And that's very powerful.
10:45 Anne Sweeney on authenticity: "you can tell a faker on Twitter right away. You can tell when it's not their 140 characters. The best piece of advice we got [at Disney] was that Twitter wasn't a place to sell."
King says it's easy to appear inauthentic through technology because people can't sense your tone or your body language. "that's like the Catfish moment." (She originally thought Manti Teo was guilty, now she's not so sure). But it's easy to be a faker online. "It worries me that things can get lost in translation."
Minshew says it's easy to see and feel authenticity online. "I think that there's a real difference between people and brands that portray themselves authentically online." In the past when a person had a good interaction with a brand or a company, they could tell their friends and neighbors. Now social media gives a megaphone to that person."
10:50 Minshew says so many entrepreneurs talk about their ideas like "Athena, with ideas splitting out of their heads." For her, her first venture was a failure, and personally and professionally painful. She's found that vulnerability–and exposing that vulnerability–is her best weapon at staying authentic. "And also to inspire other women that they can do it–that they don't always need to get it right."
10:53 Wojcicki tells the story of her 11-year-old son making a video about surviving in the wilderness-from his bedroom. Making videos and connecting with people is easier than ever, she says. "He had thousands of views." "We recently did a video chat with President Obama and a woman asked why her husband hadn't gotten a job–and Obama answered 'Why don't you send me your resume and we'll see!'" A perfect illustration of Minshew's earlier comment on technology creating personal connections between people who otherwise would never meet.
11:07 Wojcicki says we need to disconnect sometimes — and that's especially important for kids. "Parents and caregivers have always struggled with technology," Sweeney adds. She says parents tend to have trouble getting their children to disconnect, and it's becoming increasingly difficult with all the devices they have access to today.
11:17 Maggie Doyne takes the stage to share her journey. Says she was a typical soccer-playing girl in high school, and before going to college she decided to take a year to travel and figure out her life. About 20,000 miles later, she found herself in the Himalayas.
After meeting and interacting with orphans, she called her parents to tell them she wanted to start a children's home with the money she had saved from babysitting as a teen. And she did just that.
"We don't need make-overs. We need to make the world better!" Her emotional and passionate talk gets a standing ovation.
Panel: "Visionary Builders: Investing Your 'Power Capita' for The Highest Return" with Kathy Eldon, Helene D. Gayle, Lauren Bush Lauren, and Inezita Gay. Moderated by Denise Restauri.
11:25 Restauri starts by saying, "Maggie has moved my world." She says everyone has the ability–or "power capital"–to change the world, but we don't always use that power in the best way possible.
11:44 Restauri asks Eldon for her "visionary" moment. Eldon talks about a low moment after hearing about a photojournalist killed in action. "I started talking about journalists at risk and the fact that people telling stories that matter are put at risk around the world." The more people she talked to about what troubled her, the more she began to realize her power. "It's the power of the message."
She talks about her mentor, Eva Haller, who at 87 encouraged her to form a foundation that funds projects like on that teaches young people to use video to tell stories about their lives and the things that matter to them. "There are hundreds of barefoot children in villages telling their stories through video." Then she talks about her own mentee, who's wearing ripped jeans ("It's Forbes for God's sake," she chided). She mentions the "Living on One" movement where people learn about microfinance by trying to live on a dollar a day.
"The voice I'm still hearing in my head is that we all have to be heard–we all have to come together to be heard, and enable as many voices to be heard. It's not about individuals it's about collaborative efforts."
11:53 The panel is opened to questions from the audience. "Many of us attend conferences like this when the excitement is there but then you leave and it's like "Oh well." How can we in this room do something?
(Applause… then crickets… I guess that one remains to be seen)
Comment from Livia Firth (Colin's wife who works in fashion, looking at conditions in the developing world). She wonders how we can empower women through fashion in the developing world? She encourages women to change the world through their wardrobe. "Ask yourself what you're wearing, who made it? You can change lives."
Lunchbreak! See you in an hour!
1:34 Video: Tammy Tibbetts of She's The First asks the attendees of today's events what they were "the first" at. From graduating college to building businesses, there are hundreds of firsts in the room.
1:37 Steve Forbes on his daughters. Our first two were twins–we didn't know until they were going to be twins until they were born. "The doctor says this baby is too small–there must be another!" He's the father of five daughters–and decides to embarrass Moira Forbes. "when she was a youngster she had a fscination with cash registers. No surprise she had a little store and one day her grandfather came by. Being a good grandfather he bought some things and complained about the price. Moira without missing a beat: "But grandpa, this is a high rent district."
"I'm Steve Forbes and my five daughters are redefining power."
1:42 Call To Action: Who's Setting The Political Agenda? Beth Brooke, Janet Napolitano and Kristen Soltis Anderson, Moderated by Moira Forbes
Forbes thanks Napolitano for her handling of the Boston Marathon tragedy. How does she manage new and emerging threats?
Napolitano answers that its about minimizing risks and maximizing resilience. Her department is240,000 strong and defines her missions as counter-terrorism, border patrol, immigration reform, cyber security (the fastest-growing area) and disaster response. She mentions Hurrican Sandy–which covered an area the size of Western Europe. "In terms of leadership the thing is to keep your eye on long-term vision while dealing with the crisis du jour."
1:47 Question for Beth Brooke, Ernst and Young's policy head. "How are business leaders wielding power differently today in DC than they were a decade ago?"
Brooke says that the Enron era caused everyone to disengage in terms of public private sector cooperation. It's hard for the two sides to work together and it takes a lot of effort. "But I see a lot of that effort today." She says that she sees that politicians need air cover–and so CEOs are able to raise issues and speak out in a way that politicians can't without being thrown out of office. "In many ways the private sector does the air cover politicians need."
1:51 Forbes: How is social media impacting policy? What is the Millennial generation looking for from politicians?
Anderson, a Republican, found that she was in the minority after the last election and now has thrown herself into redefining and rebranding the Republican party. "How do we become the cool party again" seems to be the question she hears a lot from RNC leaders. Anderson says that isn't the answer–but that the Republican rebranding needs to be around "intelligence," "caring" and "hard-working" values.
Anderson says for Millennials and polticis, social media is a game-changer. "When your supporters who are young see a message on Facebook and share it, it gets their 'Good Housekeeping' seal of approval," she says. "It gives the message that extra layer of credibility."
1:58 Forbes to Brooke– "How can leaders in more prominent positions use their platforms to be change agents?"
Brooke says everyone in the room has a platform. It's a matter of what it is, how you can use it, and that's where change comes from. "No one of us is as good as all of us." Brooke was just in Singapore traveling for an Ernst & Young event. Brooke came out as a gay woman a year ago in Singapore and was told by handlers not to talk about that issue in Singapore. Still, she met with a LGBT leader in Singapore but when she met with another business leader Brooke asked about the issue. The leader told Brooke that she had been told not to ask her about it. (Quite the opposite). It turned into the issue of the evening–hours worth of conversation. "So I left Singapore and that issue has changed in that group of people. And that's the power of the platform."
2:03 Forbes to Napolitano–How have you used your platform for change?
Napolitano talks about her first run for office and adviser asked her "Janet, do you intend to run as a woman?" (Audience laughs. "You can't make this stuff up." Napolitano says she knew he was talking about issues and yet there were "women's" issues–such as a backlog of child custody cases to tackle in her first year as Attorney General of Arizona. "Would a male attorney general have made that a priority?" she asks. "I don't know."
As governor she instituted a state tax on cigarettes with the proceeds going to early childhood education. "Now I'm in this job… and it's a little different!" Napolitano says her new challenges are to tackle her core issues with "caring, "intelligence" and (asks Anderson for a prompt) "Oh yeah, hard-working."
2:10 Forbes says "speed question:" "Can each of you comment on the most underutilized tool for individual constituents to become change agents?"
Brooke: "The most underutilized research are our female legislators. We have 20 women senators and they actually do work across the aisle beautifully."
Napolitano: "Run for office. There are frustrations and it's hard, but run. Take the risk and run."
Anderson: "There's power in listening. When folks are trying to influence, listening is this underutilized tool. Women in particular are very good about that and that's something we can leverage."
Brooke: "The one thing about women in running is the thing is–you have to ask them to run. So ask them again and again and again. Even if they say no.
2:20 The Cadillac Award For Excellence In Leadership to Birchbox's Katia Beauchamp & Hayley Barna
2:22 Video on Leadership featuring Carly Fiorina: "Without leadership no problem is solvable and with leadership nothing is impossible." She encourages women to forget the trappings of power and changing the order of things and making an impact one person at a time.
2:24 Panel "From Think-Tank To Do-Tank" with Miki Agrawal, Radha Agrawal, Alexis McClay and Kym McClay moderated by Craig Hatkoff and Perri Peltz
The session begins with a conversation between Hatkoff and Peltz on disruptive technology. What is, it, what's the future? (Interestingly the video shown during this time all of the disruptor profiled are men. Not a single woman. Weird?) Hatkoff predicts 3-D printing as the wave of the future. Also "finding the next Justin Bieber." Also Gangnam Style.
I'm lost.
2:41 Still Lost.
2:41 The panelists finally take the stage. Finally! THINX is an underwear that's absorbent for women when they have their period. Leak and stain-resistant underwear as disruptor? I'll keep my eye on the market. They do give a part of their proceeds to girls in the developing world who are skipping school each month because of inadequate feminine products, which is very cool.
2:46 This just in–the four panelists on the stage (The Clays and the Agrawals) are in fact two sets of identical twins.
Miki Agrawal asks the audience who has ever had an "embarrassing moment" and the entire audience raises their hands–it seems their market just might be bigger than even I thought. "We're not just creating a product," she says. "We've created a movement."
2:28 The McClay twins own a Los Angeles-based apparel company and lended their support to the cause of THINX. "We're targeting the youth who do have an enlightened viewpoint on this topic," Kym says. "Infusing it with popculture to making it cool."
2:51 How does this disrupt shame? Women in some countries can't even sleep in their homes because one week out of each month is rife with shame. It's about reeducation and making it clear to the women of the world that this is natural, not shameful.
2:52 New panelists on the stage. Director and artistKenzo Digital and a recording artist Julia Libani who he discovered online after he saw a video she's made using just her iPhone.
Libani shares a story of drug addiction, self mutilation and depression in her youth. She found music as an outlet to express herself without being judged. "I want to be on stage and sing my heart out and be the big sister for other girls that I never had."
2:55 Video on Kenzo, production designer and director of responsible for Beyonce Knowles amazing UN performance
Peltz asks what it was that Kenzo saw in Libani? Kenzo: "what drew me to her are that as an artist I like to infuse pop culture and technology. Obvously she has a beautiful voice, but she has a real courage and honesty to her story." Peltz asks Libani what it felt like to get a call from Kenzo. Libani: "Well I'm graduating college this weekend, so you can only imagine…" (laughs).
We're breaking for a bit… See you in 15!
3:40pm Panel STEM: Dismantling the Silos with Leslie Dewan, Susan Hockfield, Ellen Kullman and Cori Lathan moderated by Anna Maria Chavez.
3:43pm Moderator Chavez, CEO of Girls Scouts USA, calls Dr. Dewan, chief scientist at Transatomic Power, and and Dr. Hockfield the "MIT Mafia" given their respective backgrounds. Dr. Hockfield, MIT's President Emerita, says funding agencies in Washington don't really have the mechanism to recognize cross-disciplinary projects. "I have to tell you, it was a little bit like putting a flame to kerosene," she says of suggesting cross-disciplinary work across MIT departments.
3:36pm Ellen Kullman, CEO of DuPont talks about her time as a Girl Scout, after moderator Chavez notes that the Girl Scouts Of America now has a badge for Nanotechnology. "I think we steer too many kids about from science and math," she says. "It's hard. Well, what's hard?! Get over it!" Adds that she has two sons in engineering school. Says we must kindle interest in STEM in grade school and middle school.
3:50pm Dr. Cori Lathan "never said she wanted to be an engineer." "I became an engineer because of the things I wanted to do," she says, adding that she wanted to help astronauts live and work in space. Her degree was in neuroscience. "This whole field emerged called biomedical engineering." She added that biomedical engineering is a field that seems especially popular with women. It solves real problems.
"When your daughter says, 'gee, I wish I had a robot who could bring me dinner,' tell her to invent it!" Lathan says.
3:55pm Chavez says growth in STEM jobs has been three times as great over the next 10 years versus other occupations. Salaries are also attractive. "But, girls are opting out, sometimes as early as 4th grade." How can we encourage kids to embrace STEM?
Kullman says that the research shows most kids believe engineers drive trains. "There's a branding issue," she says.
Hockfield says we need "less push, more pull." She said the US is behind most of the developed world in education. She called our situation an "ambition deficit."
She said that a lot of MIT graduates "come down to Wall St." What can she do to encourage grads to stay in engineering? They're offered $80k a year to be an engineer and $160k to be an investment banker. "That's a difficult choice," she said, adding that many engineering grads come from families without many resources.
3:58pm Dewan knew early on that she wanted to be a doctor, and to be in engineering. Chavez asks what convinced her. Dewan says she went to an all girls' school with an excellent science faculty, including a teacher who went to MIT. "That is the path for me," she says she knew at the time. "That was the crystallizing moment – having such a clear mentor," she says. "The way she led science classes at the middle school level, there was always this very strong focus on 'what problems can you solve with this?'"
4:01pm Hockfield praises online courses like the Khan Academy. "These resources are available everywhere," she says. "This is an exciting time. If you want to do it."
Kullman changes tack and starts discussing how science solves problems in our world that have come about due to increases in population. Lathan adds that she works with a program that brings college students to rural hospitals in developing countries. When these young Americans notice that even the light fixtures don't work properly in these facilities, "it's life-changing."
4:06pm Dewan tells how robotics is "viscerally appealing" and a great way to keep kids interested in science. They can apply relatively low-level math, she says, and create "things that move."
4:08pm Chavez opens it to the floor. One of Forbes' favorite young entrepreneurs, 24-year-old Veronika Scott, starts the discussion. She runs a nonprofit that helps homeless women in Detroit by paying them to make sleeping bag blankets for others sleeping on the streets. She asks how we engage mothers to help their children create a better future through STEM. "It's about creating those stories about wonderful applications of science," says Kullman. "It's an economically a viable profession."
4:11pm A delegate of color asks about how to interest underserved minority students in STEM. "There has to be an enormous amount of outreach," says Hockfield. "Cultures are still changing. Happily, in science, facts matter. You can be measured based on your performance and not your phenotype."
4:13pm Questions have come in from the Cadillac Twitter Chat. "Would you rather be President of the US or CEO of Apple?" The audience reacts. One woman yells out that "gun control" should be the first issue for the new female President. Another chimes in with "equal pay".
4:15pm Kullman has the audience laughing and applauding by asking how relevant those volcanos we all made in 3rd grade are to our lives. She advocates teaching science in more applicable ways.
4:18pm Dani Johnson, homeless woman turned multi-millionaire, stands up and gives an impassioned speech, saying we need to reach out to young girls from disadvantaged backgrounds (she is half Nicaraguan) in terms of education, but that it starts in the home. How do we reach kids with troubled home lives?
4:20pm Chavez says we're currently investing more federal money on animals than on young girls. "It's true!" Johnson shouts.
4:22pm Hockfield notes our "ambition deficit" once more, and name-checks excellent documentary Miss Representation, about how today's society isn't serving our girls.
4:24pm One audience member says we should flip the model in science curricula, teaching practice before theory. Another says she shops for her five-year-old daughter, and is pointed towards nail polish rather than science kids. She urges parents to ask retailers, "why does it matter?"
4:25pm Kullman and Hockfield finish by saying we need to "ask them why" — asking little girls to help solve problems in STEM fields on their own.
4:26 Video on girls asking "What do you want to be when you grow up? (teacher, commercial artist, the boss–at FORBES are among the winners)
4:27 Forbes Leadership Award (and Happy 83rd Birthday!) To Eva Heller
4:30 The Big Ask– with Ruma Bose, Ping Fu, Badr Jafar and Mandy Moore moderated by Meredith Kopit Levien
(video intro, montage of media clips in asking, from Pretty in Pink, to JFK's legendary speech)
4:37 Every movement begins with an ask. Levien says that the closing panel is meant to move the audience to action. "How do we use this personal power we've been redefining to ask ourselves and one another to arrive at the change that needs to happen in the world?"
Levien recounts a story of setting the FORBES tentpole agenda for 2013–and as one of the only women in the room Levien asked that one of those events be about women for the first time. "I'm grateful to everyone in this room who's made that happen."
Intros Mandy Moore as an actress, singer and songwriter–but also as a woman who has used that platform as an ambassador for PSI (women and children's health in the developing world). She was honored by the UN in 2011 as one of the world's most influential anti-malarial champions.
4:42 Intros Ping Fu, who runs 3d systems–and also geomagic. She also wrote a book called "Bend, Not Break" aboud her business and personal resilience.
Ruma is a partner at the Innovators Fund. She's best known at Forbes for her book called "Mother Theresa, CEO" applying business to philanthropy and philanthropy to business. Token man on the panel: Bard is CEO of Crescent Enterprises who was born and raised in the UAE. Founded the Pearl Initiative that brings transparency in business to the Arab world.
4:45 Levien asks the panel what inspires them to do the work they do. Moore credits her music career for allowing her to travel. In 2009 was introduced to PSI, Population Services International. "I was at a place in my life where I wanted to use my platform for good and I was struck by their 'get it done' attitude." Calls them "the biggest non-profit you've never heard of."
It was a trip to South Sudan that made it concrete, and Moore joined the team. PSI she says is the world's biggest distributor of mosquito nets. She describes her time in villages where a grandmother is sitting on the floor of her home with her grandson talking about how for the first time she'll sleep through the night knowing he's safe from mosquitos thanks to a $10 net.
"I'm excited about exciting solutions to complex health problems.
4:48 Ping Fu says her cause is to inspire schools and students to be great thinkers. She's inspired by her childhood in China during the Cultural Revolution. "My dream was to be an astronaut," she says. Her father was an engineer, but Fu studied Chinese literature.
"My journey into science has always been 'what is the end game?'" she says. "It's not always about science it's about solving problems of the future." Humans have been "makers" for thousands and thousands of years, she says. It's only recently that we became obsessed with critical thinking and stamped out the "maker" in everyone. We need to get back to that–and that's what inspires her.
4:51 Bose talks about the year she spent with Mother Theresa. "By the time Mother Theresa passed away she had over 600 missions with over a million people working for her," she says. "She was a PR genius and a marketing machine." When you look at that, that's executive excellence as it applies to humanity. What I was inspired was her ability to create leaders around her.
When Bose arrived in Calcutta she worked as a volunteer in a home for the dying. "We bathed them and tried to give them peace." Bose had a lipstick and took it out one day and put it on the lips of a dying woman. "When i put the lipstick on her I got a mirror. She got up, looked at me and said thank you," Bose says. "And then she died." The level of joy and devastation, she says, gave her the courage to face her fear in all things. "It gave me the confidence to keep on working every day for the rest of my time there," she says. "But also how to apply humanity to everything I do."
4:57 Bada Jafar talks about the "youth bulge" that he believes has caused the Arab Spring. "To have to create 150 million obs over the next 50 years would be more than we crated over the last century," he says. To maintain stasis in the region is a daunting task. As he puts it, "an idle mind is the devil's workshop." His focus is on creating jobs through entrepreneurship.
"This isn't just an Arab problem," he says. A quarter of the world's youth population are in need of jobs. "Creating these jobs is an exercise in futility without investing in entrepreneurship." How is he inspired? By a thesis titled "How Can We Educate For Peace?"
5:01 The four panelists were paired and challenged to create a real change. Bose and Jafar teamed up on entrepreneurship education. "Can we develop curriculum that we deploy on line–we call id 'pracademic'– in which people can learn to start a business online." It's a three week old idea, she says. But the goal is to educate 1 million people in 50 countries in the next five years."
5:04 Mandy Moore says her ask is to bring a pediatric dose of ammoxicilin to the developing world. It seems she and Ping didn't work well together. Ping has her own ask–to sponsor schools to bring her own product into their school (a 3d printer). Given the self-serving nature, I'm not shocked Moore wasn't into the collaboration. Ping jokes she can give a portion of her proceeds to "save the children."
"If we can do this before Christmas we can save the children for three years. All it takes to save children," she says, "Is children."
5:08 Levien asks the panel what makes it hard to ask things of people? Jafar says it's fear of rejection–"not just of the idea, because our subconscious makes it personal, so it seems they're saying no to you." It's critical when you're asking, he says, to remove yourself from the equation. Selfless asking. Just as selfless giving is the most powerful way to give, he says, selfless asking is the best way to get. "To know how to get, you've got to know how to give."
5:10 Lourds Lane back onstage! "I'll use my voice, I'll lead the way/ The power's mine, I choose today/ I am the world, now is the time/ I am the change." She tells a story of how young elephants are taught not to roam (tied to a stake from a young age–and by the time they grow up they lose interest in going anywhere. They've lost the will to roam). How can we teach ourselves to break free of complacency?
"Look around," she says. "We are all well aware that this room is full of powerful women and big ideas. Some of us here are already changing the world and would love a little help from you. Or you. And why not you?"
5:20 Video: Little girls on how you would change the world? "Stop hungry people," "I would just like peace for everywhere," "I would want everybody to be friends," "I want to help girls who cut themselves," "I would change it not to pollute the air and put plastic on the ground. And to recycle to make a place of a better world."
5:21 Closing remarks from Moira Forbes. "How inspiring are those young voices?" I hope that the vision they laid out in such sweet and wonderful ways can come true. That is the mission of this conference. I can honestly say I've never been in a room with such dynamic, diverse women who are leaders and can be architects of change in ways I could never imagine."
"Remember that this conversation is not the culmination," she says. "All of the hours and all of the brain power that were put into today canbe harvested in ways we've never realized. They are seeds. They will be planted and have long-lasting reverberation."
She closes with a quote from B.C. Forbes. (Forgive my terrible paraphrase) "Women who've been int he field of business for a decade or longer have a particular responsibility… With this they need to help those who have less experience to see that those opportunities apply to them. women who have reached the highest positions have reached them alone. The fact that they were pioneers alone is the very reason they should help younger women… When this is happens, women become democracy. they need no longer strive for it but extend it to wider and wider spheres of influence.. in ways far beyond anything we can imagine."
Thaaaaank you to everyone who has been keeping up with the #RedefinePower Summit from wherever you are today. It's been fun and I hope we've given you a glimpse into the many amazing conversations. But like Moira said—today is jus tthe beginning. Look out for more great content gleaned form today's events online–and in the upcoming 10th annual Forbes Most Powerful Women issue on stands in early June.


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Azealia may get into twitter spats every other week and throw the words 'cunt' and 'p-ssy' around in her songs but that hasn't stopped her from being a marketable artist to fashion designers and national brands. It seems as though she's scooping up endorsement deals left and right and her debut album isn't even scheduled to hit stores until next year.
Fresh off of a major campaign with Alexander Wang, Azealia has scored a lipstick deal with MAC, just in time for New York Fashion Week's Fashion Night Out. Much like Nicki Minaj, who partnered with MAC to release a limited edition 'Pink Friday' lipstick back in 2010 , Azealia's lipstick, named after her alter ego, "Yung Rapunxel" will hit stores for a limited time only. The shade is Azealia's signature color and is described as being "dark, eggplant purple".
You can snatch up "Yung Rapunxel" for $15 bucks at New York area MAC stores from September 6 (Sept. 5th Online) through 20th.
Sidebar: Earlier this year, Azealia parted ways with Lady Gaga's manager Troy Carter, just a few weeks after signing a management deal with his company. It's unclear who exactly is managing her brand now but her team is definitely on point.

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I was thinking. There are a lot of myths running around out there about fanboys like myself. Perhaps it is time to take a closer look at these myths and shine the glorious light of truth upon them, a.k.a. who says geeks don't have sex. [Read More]
Night of the dretches
Close your eyes and picture this. A musty and dim lit dungeon. Eight companions stride within searching for a group of missing towns folk. In the distance the sound of scraping grows louder. Somewhere a foolish elf sorcerer materializes from his mist form and then all hell breaks loose. Baby, there be Dretches here. [Read More]
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Well, my work day is drawing nigh to an end. Soon I will be off into a magnificent world of fantasy. Because this night is Thursday night. A special night in the Quinn household. (again, get your minds out of the gutter, shhesh, you guys.) I'm talking 20 sided die action. [Read More]
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You're not going to put just any old bottle on your nice new bike; drop the Castelli Water Bottle into the cage before you head out, and hydrate in style.
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I don't want to oversell these. They are water bottles. I do like the fact that they are short enough to be filled at the water fountain. I think the scorpions are cool and it matches my kits. People ask about the scorpion bottle all the time. It's a mud speckled little conversation piece.
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Beware....I ordered 2 of these and they do not look like the picture at all. They're white and have the logo but the bottle is totally different. I am really disappointed. What is picture is what the Pros use....What I received just looked cheap....
The bottle in the picture is an "Elite" bottle branded as castelli. They make bottles for at least a couple of other brands. http://www.elite-it.com/en/products/racing-bottles/corsa-team
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My only complaint is the stickers were a pain to get off. I had to use some acetone to completely remove the goo. You could probably keep them on there, if you're not OCD like myself. I also gave them a bath in the dishwasher prior to use.
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Faith groups urged to support farm workers
Triangle Friends of Farmworkers is urging clergy to find ways of engaging their congregations with information and support of farm workers during March. Jennifer McGovern of TFF spoke at the monthly meeting of Durham Congregations In Action this week at Durham Mennonite Church.
Faith groups that support farm workers include the North Carolina Council of Churches and National Farm Worker Ministry, which recently moved its headquarters to Raleigh. An event will be held next month for local faith groups, "Putting Our Faith into Action: Supporting Farm Workers in NC," to be held the evening March 18 at a yet to be determined location. McGovern also recommended congregations host screenings of "Harvest of Dignity," or watch it as part of a DCIA-developed five-week curriculum on worker justice.
McGovern asked the clergy and faith community members at the meeting to draw a picture of his or her favorite fruit.
"Every single one of those involves some form of farm labor," she said. "DCIA has a wonderful history of caring for the least of these among us."
DCIA members shared their ideas of the challenges farm workers face: childcare, healthcare, language, consistent income, safe housing, restrooms on the job, vulnerability and weather.
McGovern talked about the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, comprised of farm workers themselves, and boycott campaigns including Mt. Olive pickles in North Carolina in the late 1990s. Now the focus is on North Carolina tobacco farm workers, she said, in particular the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company based in Winston-Salem. Reynolds has a lengthy farm labor statement on its website, www.rjrt.com/laborissues.aspx, and notes that farm workers are contracted rather than working directly for the company. The Farm Labor Organizing Committee of the AFL-CIO has led protests at Kangaroo stores in North Carolina, asking the N.C.-based chain to support tobacco farm worker rights.
DCIA will discuss labor again, this time fast food workers, at its May meeting. For information, visit www.dcia.org. National Farm Worker Ministry: www.nfwm.org. Contact Triangle Friends of Farmworkers at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Changes to the NFL's kickoff rules appear to account for a slight decline in the number of concussions reported across the league last season.
That's according to a new study of injury data provided by the NFL Players Association.
Jesse David, senior vice president at Edgeworth Economics, tells The Associated Press that the number of concussions reported on kickoffs decreased by about 43 percent from 2010 to 2011. The resulting slight dropoff in the overall number of reported concussions reverses a trend toward more head injuries in recent years.
There were 266 overall concussions reported last season, a decrease from the 270 reported in 2010. The number of concussions that occurred on kickoffs dropped from 35 in 2010 to 20 in 2011.


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I've always had a soft spot for games in my heart. I mean what kid wouldn't want to pretend to be Sonic, the lightning fast blue hedgehog or Mario, the seemingly ordinary Italian plumber? Yet, to be Sonic in the early 1990s, I had to have the game console Sega Genesis. To be Mario, I had to have Super Nintendo. Even at a young age, I felt overwhelmed and confused. Which system was the best? And, how could I get a good deal on one?
These are the same questions I asked myself again when I heard about the anticipated release of the Xbox One and PS4 set for November 2013. So what should avid gamers and occasional game enthusiasts expect? Supposedly, a better console with improved graphics, memory, and other upgrades. Sadly, this also means that your current system will drop in value; but to those who don't yet own one, it can be quite a bargain. Shall we all say, "Happy birthday to moi?!"
However, before you start making extravagant shopping plans for your next trip to the store or online retailer, you should consider the following:
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There's much that can be said about the PS4 and the Xbox One, but the basic gist here is that the PS4 is the better bargain. Price-wise, it is $100 less than the Xbox One, which will make it more affordable for a wider audience. Last week, Microsoft had announced plans that required Xbox One users be logged in once every 24 hours to be able to play games offline. To those without internet access or a terrible connection, this presented a problem. There were also restrictions on game sharing. Let's face it, some of us don't like to play games by ourselves, and we all love to mooch off our friends instead of dropping $60 for a game we'll only play a few times. With critics and users attacking this decision, Microsoft's president of the interactive entertainment business, Don Mattrick recently released a statement on the Xbox blog saying , "There is no 24 hour connection requirement....There will be no limitations to using and sharing games. It will work just as it does today on Xbox 360." This has helped to settle the two main factors behind why people were against buying the Xbox One.
So, if I'm in love with my Xbox 360, would I upgrade to the pricier Xbox One? If you had asked me this two days ago, I would have said no. But now I'm a bit on the fence. I would be reluctant to buy one mainly because of the higher price, and the fact that the Xbox One requires the Kinect camera to always be plugged in. If you don't care about the cost or potential privacy issues, the Xbox One would be a good choice.
If I was low on cash and needed a new console, would I switch over to the PS4? Yes way!
How about PS3 vs. PS4? If you leisurely play games and want to get a new system soon, the PS3 is the best option. It will be less expensive when the PS4 comes out, and it's been on the market for years, so you'll have an arsenal of game selections to choose from. Since the PS4 is new, game offerings will be limited. You'll have to wait if you want a variety of titles to play. Also, the PS3 currently has a large online gaming community. If you're interested in playing with a variety of users, the PS3 is the best bet for now. On the other hand, if you're a hardcore gamer, you most likely already have the PS3. So it's natural to want to upgrade for a better processor (CPU: 3.2 GHz Cell Broadband Engine vs. CPU: 8-core X86 AMD Jaguar), memory (256MB XDR Main RAM vs. 8GB GDDR5 RAM), among other things. If you want to play a specific or exclusive game that's only available for a certain console, your choice of systems will be dependent on the game. Purchasing PC games may be another option to consider.
Now to the real question, how do you go about getting a good bargain on these overpriced game consoles?
The Christmas holiday season or Black Friday are great times to buy game consoles, particularly game console bundles (which usually includes the game console, extra games, and accessories). For example, during the 2012 holiday season, Microsoft discounted Xbox 360 holiday bundles by $50. During Black Friday 2012, some merchants discounted their game consoles for up to 40% off. The Microsoft Xbox 360 4GB Kinect Bundle was sold for $200 at Target (currently being sold for $289 at Amazon). At around the same time, The Ultimate PS3 Value Bundle, which included the 350GB PS3, a set of game collections, and a 30-day PlayStation Plus trial membership was sold for $199.99. (Currently, the console alone is $269.99 at Amazon.) This year, early leaks tell us that the PS4 will be released on 11/26, three days before Black Friday - a move that is absolutely not mere coincidence.
Another good time to get a game console is when a new console debuts. With the upcoming release of the PS4 and Xbox One, prices for the PS3 and Xbox 360 will start decreasing a little prior to and more so after the the new consoles come out. In fact, prices have already fallen since May. The Xbox 360 was discounted by $20 (dropping from $200 to $180) and the PS2 was marked down to $180 as well. Industry analyst Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities has been predicting the PS2 and Xbox 360 will be lowered by at least $50 with the debut of the PS4 and Xbox One. Merchants have to clear out their inventory to make way for the latest and hottest selling items. They don't need old systems sitting around collecting dust.
Go the used route. You can buy used and new consoles on Amazon or eBay for a discounted price. GameStop also sells refurbished consoles and will offer you store credit if you choose to trade in any of your older games and consoles. Currently, you can get 10% more in-store credit on trade-ins on purchases when you sign up for a PowerUp Rewards PRO membership for $14.99. If you sign up for the FREE PowerUp Rewards membership, you'll get 20 points per dollar spent on pre-owned or traded-in games, accessories, and consoles. GameStop also provides a full refund on pre-owned merchandise within the last 7 days the item was purchased or an exchange for the same item within 30 days. Another option is trying other stores that sell used goods around your neighborhood, such as Half Price Books, which sells pre-owned games and consoles on top of the books they normally carry. Selection varies by stores.
Just wait. That's right, you'll have to be patient. Usually game console prices start dropping after being on the market for 2-3 years. But what if you want that new game that just came out? You'll need the new Xbox One instead of the Xbox 360 for that right? Not exactly. For a short period of time, several new games will also be released for your "older" system.
If you really want to save money without all the hassle, use common sense. You don't have to wait for years to get the best bargain, just don't pre-order or buy the newest game console, Xbox One or PS4 during their respective launch dates. It's like buying clothes at regular price when you know it will be on sale in a few months. Trust me, you don't want to be the one kicking yourself when your friend gets the same console and maybe some free games for a cheaper price months later. That's never fun.
So what if you DON'T want to wait and would like to get your PS4 or Xbox One the first day it comes out? Fear not, all is not a lost cause! Check out the post, "The Best Place to Pre-Order Your PS4 and Xbox One" for a list of top merchants and the deals they are offering.
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- The Change-Up
- Production year: 2011
- Country: USA
- Cert (UK): 15
- Runtime: 112 mins
- Directors: David Dobkin
- Cast: Alan Arkin, Andrea Moore, Dax Griffin, Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Mircea Monroe, Olivia Wilde, Ryan Reynolds, Sydney Rouviere
This feeble life-swap comedy stars Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds as lifelong friends in Atlanta, Georgia, one a successful, happily married lawyer and family man, the other a womanising slacker. They accidentally switch bodies while drunkenly urinating together one night into a magical fountain and must play each other until the dismantled pool has been located. This involves one managing a complex legal merger and the other acting in a porn movie. Like the copious pooh that his baby son squirts into Bateman's mouth during a nappy change, it leaves a bad taste in the mouth.


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Gay Games Celebrates 30 Years of Sports and Equality
The Federation of Gay Games marked its 30th anniversary in West Hollywood with a weekend-long celebration that included sports exhibitions, a brunch and an awards ceremony honoring those who have helped LGBT athletes achieve equality. In addition to athletes, supporters and community members, the West Hollywood City Council was in attendance, with Mayor Jeffrey Prang presenting them with a commendation.
"There is no better place that combines professional, collegiate, scholastic and community sports in a way that they do," said Officer of Ceremonies Shamey Cramer, who organized the event and called it a resounding success. "Our mission is to use sports and culture to address the issues of homophobia all around the globe."
Every four years since 1982, the Gay Games has celebrated sports in the LGBT community, which is often neglected by professional and mainstream groups involved with physical competition. Recent successes include the Pride House during the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
"This past summer, we were part of a consortium of about seven groups that hosted Pride House, held during the second week of Olympics," Cramer explained.
While it was open, several closeted athletes proudly came out to the world press by visiting the location. Ji Wallace, a Gay Games ambassador, took the time to come out as HIV-positive.
"We couldn't have a better ambassador, an international role model for the benefit of sports for those with compromised immune systems," said Cramer, who is also open about his HIV-positive status.
At the awards ceremony for the 30th anniversary, Cyd Zeigler, co-founder of OutSports.com, received the Legacy Award for Media. Cramer said that Zeigler was given the award for his barefaced approach to LGBT sports journalism. Around 2000, no reporters were talking about LGBT athletes, Zeigler explained, so he, along with Jim Buzinski, founded OutSports.com.
"It's a pretty special event," Zeigler said of the Gay Games. "It has the most number of participants in any sporting event in the world. And to see all those LGBT athletes and straight allies; I think the reason it's lasted is that it's just so special."
Commenting on how journalists handle LGBT athletes and homophobia, Zeigler stressed, that he would like to see more reporters asking athletes how they feel about this issue.
There are a few reasons why they're not doing it now, he explained. First, there's a lack of desire to ask the hard questions. When athletes are confronted with personal or aggressive questions they tend to avoid direct responses. Second, many sports journalists believe that this issue isn't related to sports.
"You better be ready to write about this issue," Zeigler advises sports journalists, noting that more and more athletes are coming out, and allies are voicing their concerns about teammates being attacked verbally. "Whether you like it or not, you need to write about these issues."


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Students complete the associates degree requirements and pre-engineering courses at one of the thirteen UW Colleges campuses or through UW Colleges Online. While working towards an associate of arts or science degree, students begin taking the UW-Platteville engineering courses by distance technology or in a face-to-face classroom depending on the student's location.
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The UW-Platteville engineering courses offered through distance technology are recorded during live classes and then made available via UW-Platteville's online course management system, Desire 2 Learn. Collaborative Engineering Program students watch the recorded lectures via high-speed Internet at their convenience but must adhere to the course syllabus (i.e. homework assignments, exam dates). For courses with lab components a lab manager travels to the various UW Colleges campuses to facilitate the labs.
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Pub fire update: The Bridge, Gamston, gutted after severe blaze
Posted: December 08, 2013|
A GAMSTON pub has been left severely damaged after a major blaze, according to a senior firefighter.
The fire broke out at The Bridge pub in Radcliffe Road at around 2.45pm on Saturday.
A total of eight fire engines from different parts of Nottingham and Notts were called out to tackle the blaze at the pub, which is near the A52 Gamston Island.
Matt Reavill, station manager at Notts Fire and Rescue Service's Bestwood Lodge headquarters, said: "The pub was in use at the time and it was just after lunchtime. There was an evacuation and all persons got out safely.
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"I could see flames coming out of the roof as we arrived. We very quickly realised it had the potential to be quite a severe fire.
"There has been a fire towards the back of the building which has caused severe damage, and at one point it burnt through the roof and there was a significant flames and a plume of smoke."
Police closed Radcliffe Road heading towards Nottingham while the fire was being extinguished.
Firefighters began scaling back the operation at 6pm, continue to damp down the building overnight into Sunday as a precaution.
As a result, Mr Reavill said the cause of the fire was still unknown at this stage.
It was thought, however, that the fire had been towards the back of the building on the ground floor, before spreading to living accommodation on the first floor and into the roof.
Among the crews called to the incident were firefighters from West Bridgford, Central, Carlton and Mansfield fire station.
An aerial ladder platform from Mansfield was also used to tackle flames from above.
Notts Police said there were no reports of any injuries.
Staff for East Midlands Ambulance Service were also on standby for the firefighters as a precaution but weren't required.
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Ronaldo was sent off in Real's 1-1 draw with Athletic Bilbao for his reaction to a push from Carlos Gurpegi and a confrontation with Ander Iturraspe in the 75th minute of the Primera Division match.
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Geldservice Nederland B.V. Chooses Fiserv Cash and Logistics Technology Platform
Monday, December 17, 2012
Geldservice Nederland B.V. Chooses Fiserv Cash and Logistics Technology Platform04:00 EST Monday, December 17, 2012 BROOKFIELD, Wis. (Business Wire) -- Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that Geldservice Nederland B.V. (GSN) has selected Fiserv for its cash and logistics technology platform. Founded in 2011, GSN ensures that the cash for the three major banks in the Netherlands is counted and distributed efficiently, accurately and securely, and that self-service device availability is maximized. GSN has selected a suite of Cash and Logistic Solutions from Fiserv including Integrated Currency Manager™, Device Manager™, Performance View™ and MatchPoint®. The suite of solutions will enable GSN to optimize currency supply chain management for its clients, including robust capabilities for cash management, incident and event management for self-service devices such as ATMs and in-branch deposit and cash recycling machines, vendor management and business analytics. "By selecting Fiserv, we can offer our customers best-in-class currency supply chain management solutions," said Barend Mutsaers, Head of Logistics, Geldservice Nederland B.V. "The Fiserv technology platform can provide our customers with many benefits including reduced operational costs, reduced cost of cash, guaranteed service levels for supply of cash to consumers and improved business strategy and decision-making using industry leading business analytics." "Geldservice Nederland chose Fiserv to be its long-term cash and logistics partner because they trust Fiserv to deliver an industry leading technology platform that will automate the communications within its cash cycle," said David McLaren, business development director - EMEA, Cash and Logistics, Fiserv. "In addition, the platform can create cost savings by consolidating vendor services that can lead to improved customer satisfaction through improved availability of self-service devices such as ATMs and in-branch deposit and cash recycling machines." Fiserv offers a comprehensive and integrated set of solutions and consulting services to help financial institutions, retailers and service providers manage currency and other value based assets. With solutions for currency forecasting, device management, deposit management, enterprise track and trace, and deposit reclassification, Fiserv solutions help reduce costs and optimize efficiencies. Additional Resources: Currency Supply Chain Management Solutions from Fiserv - http://www.fiserv.com/insights-optimization/currency-supply-chain.htm Geldservice Nederland B.V. - http://geldservicenederland.net/ About Geldservice Nederland (GSN) Geldservice Nederland B.V. serves the major banks in The Netherlands and is the provider of cash counting, handling and logistics, including the maintenance of cash devices. For more information, visit www.geldservicenederland.net. About Fiserv Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV) is a leading global technology provider serving the financial services industry, driving innovation in payments, processing services, risk and compliance, customer and channel management, and business insights and optimization. For more information, visit www.fiserv.com. FISV-G Media Relations:Julie NixonSenior PR ManagerFiserv, Inc.+1 firstname.lastname@example.com Contact:Wade ColemanDirector, Public RelationsFiserv, Inc.+1 email@example.com


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Sweden is gearing up to celebrate Greta Garbo's 100th birthday, despite her passing away 15 years ago. Meanwhile, we here at Best Week Ever would like to wish Louis XIV a happy 367th birthday today!
Adraiaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnn!!!!! Rocky to lose his wife in Rocky VI. It's expected to be his biggest loss since he lost his dignity in Rocky V.
Nicole Kidman has been named the richest young Australian celebrity. Paul Hogan scrambles to make Crocodile Dundee 4.
Some guy has broken the Guinness record by watching TV for almost 70 hours. Those Laguna Beach marathons have a way of sucking you in, don't they?
Nintendo has unveiled their revolutionary one-handed controller. Now that gamers have a free hand, Tomb Raider sales are expected to skyrocket.
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It's been said many times and many ways, but the ULI repeated it in a report released in November 2011:
Overwhelmingly, bright-light urban environments attract the exploding number of career-building, Boomer offspring known as Generation Y. After rooming in college dorms, these 20-somethings on tight budgets prefer places to congregate with friends—in parks, bar scenes, restaurant clusters, and building common areas—and can tolerate smaller living spaces.
Somehow this desire has led to an idea that all Gen Y Millennials and other urban dwellers are against home ownership, and GOP candidate Newt Gingrich recently fell pray to this speculation. He said in a recent speech at the National Association of Home Builders:
Those who, you know, live in high-rise apartment buildings writing for fancy newspapers in the middle of town after they ride the metro, who don't understand that for most Americans the ability to buy a home, to have their own property, to have a sense of belonging is one of the greatest achievements of their life, and it makes them feel like they are good solid citizens.
This statement is unbelievably biased. It does not take into account the many surveys that more people want to live in urban areas and still want their own home. Gingrich's statement is a stark generalization that walkability and public transit are mutually exclusive from home ownership.
However, the options for a homeowner in urban areas are often limited and expensive. The most desirable neighborhoods are often historic districts. These mature communities already have public transit, restaurants and stores and community activities that urbanites require. As a result, most of the homes in these areas are older and not always well maintained, and there is little room for new condos or townhouses to be built. New developments built to the standards of the historic patterns are often expensive, and Andres Duany himself noted that Millenials can not afford to buy in his New Urbanist developments. Due to these reasons, Millennials are buying homes later. They have to save more for a down payment for a 1,000 sf, one bedroom condo in their dream neighborhood rather than buying a 4,000 sf, 4 bedroom McMansion an hour away from their downtown office.
These changing priorities for buyers should be a clue to developers and designers as suburban communities begin to densify to support new public transit. Homes should be designed with affordability in mind, and urbanites accept a smaller place for the reduced cost. The recovery efforts are going to continue through 2012, and I believe that new, smaller units will be the key to allowing these urbanites to continue the American Dream in a new, different perspective than the historical house with a yard and a white picket fence – myself included.


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Dice onions
Peel and chop garlic
Saute onions and garlic in olive oil on med-high heat. When onions start to soften, add chili powder and cumin
Add broth and water
Turn heat up and let simmer for 15 mins
Turn down heat
Take an immersion blender and blend right into the pot of soup. This willliquify some of the beans making a thicker/creamy texture and will leave some beans in tact. If you do not have an immersion blender, please do not let this stop you from making this recipe! Simply take half of the soup and blend it in an actual blender or food processor and place back with remaining soup.
Scoop a cup of rice into your serving bowl. (I just used a simple minute rice here)
Pour soup over top and garnish with fresh cilantro! ( I had 2 helpings of this, which is NOT typical- it was THAT good!)
- 2 cans of seasoned black beans (drained, not rinsed)
- 1 can chicken broth
- 1½ cups water
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 2 cloves of garlic minced
- 2 tsp chili powder
- ¼ tsp cumin
- White Rice (I used minute rice, follow instructions on box for 4 people)
- In a large pot saute onions and garlic in olive oil until soft.
- Add chili powder and cumin and stir.
- Add remaining ingredients and let simmer for 15 mins.
- Take an immersion blender right into the pot so that some beans are blended and some remain in tact.
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The Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority has been awarded a more than $350,000 grant to fund a drainage project at Marquette Park in Gary. The initiative is expected to wrap up in November and employ a small number of workers.
January 29, 2013
News Release
GARY, Ind. - The Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority (RDA) has received a $351,073 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for stormwater management around the Marquette Park lagoon.
The lagoon is currently the site of a $1 million EPA dredging project that is removing decades of accumulated sediment. The RDA is partnering with the City of Gary and the Student Conservation Association (SCA) to create a conservation corps to implement green stormwater best management practices in the Marquette Park Lagoon watershed.
"Many of the projects made possible by this grant are green infrastructure projects that will be constructed by conservation corps workers," said Susan Hedman, EPA Region 5 Administrator and Great Lakes National Program Manager. "Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding will be used to put people to work improving storm water management in Gary - near Marquette Park."
The lagoon is impacted by sedimentation and nutrient runoff from stormwater outflows originating in the Miller neighborhood of Gary. The project will create jobs for unemployed residents in the area while reducing nutrient and sediment loading to the Marquette Park lagoons. It will also support Gary�s green infrastructure stormwater initiative, which offers community engagement opportunities for citizens to participate through workshops, forums and demonstration projects provided by the City of Gary�s Department of Green Urbanism and Gary Storm Water Management District (GSWMD). This project will also be coordinated with Gary's "Vacant to Vibrant" initiative, funded by the Great Lakes Protection Fund, to repurpose lands using green infrastructure. A community kick-off meeting will be held on February 28.
"This project is another way we are leveraging the RDA's $28 million investment in Marquette Park," said Bill Hanna, President and CEO of the RDA. "It will help to ensure that the work we do here today will last to be enjoyed by future generations of Northwest Indiana residents."
The project, scheduled to begin in March and run through November, will employ four graduates of the City of Gary's brownfield training program as well as a supervisor from the Student Conservation Association (SCA), a non-profit group dedicated to the protection and restoration of national parks, marine sanctuaries, cultural landmarks and community green spaces.
The grant is part of the EPA's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI). For more information, visit greatlakesrestoration.us.
About the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority
Established in 2005 through a bipartisan effort including Governor Mitchell E. Daniels, Congressman Peter J. Visclosky, key state legislators, and local elected officials, the RDA is quasi-governmental development entity entrusted to make public investment decisions within a regional framework for supporting catalytic infrastructure projects and inducing private sector investment. Its mission is to be a catalyst for transforming the economy and quality of life for Northwest Indiana. For more information, visit www.rdatransformation.com or www.in.gov/rda
About the Student Conservation Association
The Student Conservation Association helps tomorrow's conservation leaders take action for the planet by providing high school and college students, young veterans and others with hands-on conservation experiences in all 50 states, from urban communities to national parks and forests. Since 1957, SCA has developed new generations of conservation leaders, provided America's youth with green job training and skill building, restored community green spaces, preserved our trails and recreation resources, and engaged millions of Americans in conservation service and outdoor education. SCA is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, DC with offices in Boise, ID, Charlestown, NH, Chicago, IL, Oakland, CA, Pittsburgh, PA, and Seattle, WA. For further information, visit www.thesca.org
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On return, Martin sent in some great shots of the boys and himself on Mount KilimanjaroThis evening they will return to Moshi for their last overnight before leaving for the airport in the morning.. All reports are of a 'healthy & happy' group and we, no doubt not a fraction as much as mom, Joan, await their safe return and further reports of their adventures in Tanzania.
6th January 2011 - Lake Manyara National Park
After a eventful New Year on Kilimanjaro, Martin, James, Alexander & Marcus are enjoying an overnight at Serena Luxury Lodge taking in 2 days Safari in the spectacular Lake Manyara National Park within the Great Rift Valley with its infamous tree climbing lion!
The National Park offers an amazing experience - At the Southern end of the park are hot Sulphur Springs known as Majimoto. Further along the forest the area opens up into woodlands, grassland, swamps and beyond, the soda lake itself. Nestling at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, the park is recognized for its incredible beauty. Wildlife at Lake Manyara is not restricted to birdlife only. Many game animals such as Buffalo, Elephant, Giraffe, Impala,hippo and a great variety of smaller animals also inhabit the park.
Lake Manyara is renown for its tree-climbing lions which spend most of the day spread out along the branches of acacia trees six to seven metres above the ground. The park contains the most pachyderms per km sq. in Tanzania. As you enter the gate, you pass into the lush forest, home to troops of baboons and blue monkeys. Buffalo and hippo lurch in the adjacent Hippo Pool. The vegetation eventually merges into flat topped acacia woodland where, in the heat of the day entire prides of lion can be seen stretched on the branches of these trees - a habit prevalent to Manyara lions.
Along with these amazing tree-climbing lions there are the usual browsers and grazers as well as the curios-looking banded mongoose. Two thirds of the park is dominated by the slightly alkaline lake which is home to a huge variety of waterbirds.
4th January 2011 - 1300hrs Irish time
Family climb Kilimanjaro
Just got a call from Martin, "We all got into the final campsite on accent yesterday at 4pm. With excitement and everything about the summit push last evening, the lads only got a 2-3 hrs sleep before leaving at 11pm for the long summit push. James was sick a few times but had no other AMS symptoms. We got toGillman's Point (5681m) at 7am this morning with all ok apart from Alexander having zero juice left in the tank. The guides helped in the decision for Alexander, who knew he couldn't go any further as he had not enough energy to get him to the summit and back toGillman's Point."
"With a guide holding with Alexander at gilmans, James, Marcus, myself and the remaining guides headed for the summit. After an hour and a half or so we could see the summit sign in the distance, which encouraged us. We got to Uhuru summit (5,895m)at 9.15am, James and Marcus were very excited and got the photos etc. done before heading back down. The guides were brilliant and when we got back here to gilmans, Alexander was asleep which was good he must have been knackered earlier this morning. I sent James and Marcus down ahead and I will wait for Alexander for a while longer before we also head down. Amazing feeling to get there with my sons, they all did extremely well"
Well done lads and hope you all enjoy the fun on the way down. Best of luck on the rest of the trip from all at the expedition office down in Kerry.
If climbing Kilimanjaro is a dream or challenge of yours please view our Africa travel section or contact us for advice on our 2011 and 2012 treks.
Latest Report - 2nd January 2011
The Haydens and their guides acclimatised to 4300m today and are now back to 3720m for the night. Martin reports that the boys are doing well, apart from some adjustments to the food etc., Martin said: "James has some music with him, Marcus is reading and Alexander is getting plenty of stories from dad, they are all sleeping well and eating ok considering, the weather is absolutely amazing providing stunning scenery views, hopefully it will last for the next couple of days"
We expect a push for the summit on the 5th or 6th january, lets see how they get on today, Stay tuned.
Trek Start Report - 31st December 2010
While we celebrate New years here in Ireland, Martin Hayden and his threetrustysons James, Marcus & Alexander are now on Mt. Kilimanjaro,located in Tanzania,and have started their trek. They flew out on the 29th of December to fulfill an ambition to climb the highest mountain in Africa. The climb will take them through five different ecological zones as they ascend toward the5,895m summit over the next eight days. Happy New Year lads - Over the next few days we will endeavour to report as much as possible. They are just finishing day one and these are photos of the start.
Training Begins
Training began back in November when we put them through their paces on Purple mountain beside the gap of dunloe in Kerry. The cold weather had just started 2 days before the lads came down, roads were bad in Meath where the lads are from and tentatively made the journey to the montain lodge in kerry. On arrival we met Con Moriarty, who advised them on the gear they had and also the gear needed for their training and climb in december. Temperatures were low on the evening of the 27th with severe cold conditions forecast as low as minus 10C. Later in the evening wewere joined by camerman Mark Watson who was down to get a feel for mountain filming, he will be editing footage under our direction for the haydens on their return.Following a quick briefing on the plans for the dark start early in the amby guide Tony Nation, we all headed to bed for some rest.
Night climb of Purple Mountain - 28th Nov 2010
We got a little breakfast into us and headed off at 4am. The drive up the gap was surreal and slippy with icy conditions. We adjusted our gear and headed off into the night, which was brigthened at times by the moon. As we got our pace and temperatures regulated we were approaching the glas lake, which was very surreal in total darkness and head torches. We had a break and some banter with lads who were doing just fine. after the gully from the lake we started onto the steep scree section which was tough work as the wind was a lot stronger. Martin got James, Marcus and Alexander to stay close in a line as conditions were now more severe.
At 7.30am we reached the shoulder and made our final push across the summit section to the main cairn in near total whiteout. We had already decided to spend only 3 minutes there as there was no visibility for sunrise although we could see that light was approaching. On our decent toward the central peak heading toward tomies temperatures were very low and wind was strong, with frost forming on our eyebrows, hair and clothing. I would say it was minus 15C windchill approx. At our next stop our water was now slushy and hard to drink, bring out the Hot Drink Tony!! The lads were elated at this stage and we found some snow to bum slid followd by some great icicles!!
On decent we headed into the gap behind the cottages, once we decended below the cloud we got our first glimpses of scenery toward the sea over snow peppered stricin mountain. We stopped to admire the views and our final stop before the road. The boys were holding strong and dad Martin coaxed the final leg down. When we got to the road it was time to do much needed filming as the visibility was good now for the first time all morning.
We got back to the lodge after 10am for a fuller than Irish breakfast with no leftovers.The lads had a great time apart from being wrecked tired and after speaking to Martin a couple of days later theyhad a great time in Kerry and hadn't stopped talking about it. We wish them the best of luck!!
Martin and his boys were featured on RTE's Colm Hayes show on the 23 December, below you will find a link to download the attached podcast.
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