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In an effort to get more organized in the New Year (and have a place to display the workout tips, recipes, shopping lists, and inspirations of my 2k13 resolutions), I set out to make a personalized, four-panel corkboard this week. I can't promise I'll keep every resolution, but at least I have a decorative and practical way to remind me that a girl can try!
What you'll need:
• Corkboard
• Box cutter
• Ruler
• Paintbrush
• Acrylic paint in the color of your choice
• Stamp
• Adhesive mounting strips
• Adornments (optional)
• Push pins
How to do it:
1. Cut the cork into equal-sized squares using a ruler and box cutter.
2. Using a paintbrush, lightly coat the stamp with paint (note that too much paint can cause a smudge).
3. Create a repeating pattern on the cork squares, re-coating with paint before each stamp.
4. Once the paint dries, stick your corkboards to the wall using the adhesive mounting strips (you may want to use the removable type if you live in an apartment).
5. Get creative and add any adornments, like ribbon or even earrings.
6. Use the push pins to hang reminders, recipes, photos, or inspirations.
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The year was 1987, and the book was Graham Watson's "Kings of the Road". It was pre-Internet and pre-cable TV. For race coverage you could call VeloNews' $0.95/min 1-900 number to get that day's Tour de France results, and if you were feeling really spendy you could part with another dollar per day to buy the Nationwide edition of the New York Times and see a black & white photo of Jean Paul Van Poppel or Charley Mottet alongside Samuel Abt's 2-paragraph summary of the previous day's Tour stage. Information -- be it factual, or visual -- was scarcer than scarce.
Reading "Kings of the Road" -- Graham Watson's photographic retrospective of the mid-80's era in the professional peloton -- was a spiritual/sexual experience. Nowhere else could you see the heroes of the day -- Eric Vanderaerden, Sean Kelly, Greg LeMond, et al -- in the medium they deserved: Full-color glossy photos, well-written narrative, hardback cover. Think about it: Color photos of Euro-Dog bike racing simply didn't exist in the US. If you got Paris-Roubaix results within a week of the finish, it was the forbidden delight of insider information. "Kings of the Road" presented the suffering and the majesty of our beautiful sport like never before. We spent countless dozens of hours in our youth dissecting every photograph again and again, stoking our passion for bike racing. Watson's book was a landmark achievement by any standard.
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The master's program in Equity and Diversity in Education (EDE) offers advanced study on use of inclusive methods to serve diverse learners in the classroom and beyond. This program allows educators and those in related fields to enhance their knowledge, skills, and dispositions to work more effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds. Multiple dimensions of human diversity are addressed through the program's course work, with special attention to gender, race/ethnicity, national origin, language, social class, and exceptionality.
Program course work, which consists of 32 credits, is intended for practicing educators and others who work with diverse learners, especially in education/training-oriented positions. Please note that a teaching license is neither required to enter this program nor granted by earning a degree in this program.
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Now it makes sense: Dinara Safina was waiting until Toronto to hide her face in shame.
The world's top lady baller and defending champ was stunned (as we were) by Frenchie Aravane Rezai 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the tourney's second round (her opening round match) after cracking 17 double faults. Yes, that's right - 17 DF's for a World No. 1. Embarrah.
Now Dinara doesn't have a shoulder injury that we know of so there goes that excuse - right Shrieka? I'm guessing all the pressure of defending the huge amount of points she accumulated last summer has gotten to her noggin. Her toss is way too high and you can actually see her thinking about her serve while serving as well. The kiss of death I say.
In fact, coach Zeljko Krajan was so moved by his charge's performance that he moved himself right out of the baller box. Well, at least he wasn't able to berate her during their friendly and relaxed on-court coaching moments.
There goes our entertainment. Boo hoo.
UPDATE: An explanation for the loss straight from the horse's mouth -
"It's so much. Ball toss disaster. I don't move my legs. I'm jumping backwards instead of jumping forwards. I'm kicking it too much instead of hitting it more. I drop my head. I don't hold the left arm.
I know this all, and I'm still so stupid that I'm continuing to do it.
It's my brain. I know exactly what I have to do, but if I'm not using my brain, I'm not doing the things my coach is telling me. Too disappointed with myself."
I think you're using your brain too much and not just playing the game you KNOW how to play.
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I admit I have bought into the hype of Nealy. But was anyone else ****** at his behavior on the field. I couldn't tell if it was just frustration with the offense or if he was being a selfish jerk. I understand the frustration but I still don't think it warrants a TT by freshman trying to get playing time.
Nealy was showing emotion. He wants to play and his offense wouldn't let him.
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Nothing wrong with having a guy that wants to win....
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He was basically doing the same thing that I was doing from my couch.
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No its about time someone shows on the offense that they care.
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I liked it, it seemed like he was ****** that a qb couldn't throw a ball 10 yds.
Couldn't disagree more.
I loved the emotion Nealy expressed. I'd be concerned if he didn't show anything after that inept performance by the offense.
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You know what I have a problem with? None of the upperclassmen will show any sort of emotion or let anyone have it but our redshirt freshman RB is.
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You're right. He shouldn't care and should give up.
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I loved his reaction to the under thrown pass.
Showing emotion isn't a bad thing.
I think he was frustrated just like the rest of the team was. Somebody was going to blow a gasket sooner or later. Let's not blow it out of proportion.
My favorite part was the screen Steele threw him and it hit the turf like 3 yards before Nealy and he just wound up and punched the ball away. It's like, get those crap throws out of here and let's play some damn football.
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Nothing wrong with having a guy that wants to win....
Well yeah obviously but his little childish rant in the 4th quarter was just stupid. It was Steele's second play for crying out loud and it's not like Nealy had a ton of room to run anyway. I didn't see him ******** at Barnett for missing like 15 passes terribly. Friggin shut up and play, and don't hype out like a little kid because a bad pass was thrown your way. The next pass wasn't good either but Nealy fumbled it around like a girl and eventually dropped it. I suppose Steele should have lashed out on him.
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This isn't pee wee football. Sometimes players get into altercations and tell each other to F off. Showing emotion happens. If all that happened was what we saw on the field, then it's a complete non-issue.
My only problem with it is that it throws your teammate under the bus and that isn't cool. Showing emotion does NOT constitute someone caring or being passionate. There are some cases the person is flat out being an *** hole and others they're truly passionate. Unfortunately very few players on Iowa State's offense play with anything resembling passion, whether they're half-assing blocks, blitz pickup, etc.
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Terra, a student at Leech Lake Tribal College (LLTC) in Minnesota, was selected as a Student Ambassador for NASA. A liberal education major with an emphasis in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math), she was recognized as one of NASA's highest-performing interns. Terra represented NASA at education and outreach events at schools and universities to inspire other students to pursue STEM careers. Terra was the only student from a Minnesota college or university to receive this honor for 2011.
Terra worked with the space agency in 2010 for 10 weeks, where she learned to use technologies that allowed her to work with the Leech Lake Heritage Sites program, mapping and recording burial sites to protect them from future construction and development.
Terra is the daughter of the former LLTC president Dr. Leah Carpenter and says that growing up around the college was a big help in terms of her incentive to go to college. She credits the college's science faculty for giving her the self-confidence to apply for the internship.
Terra plans to attend the University of Washington after graduation from Leech Lake Tribal College to pursue a bachelor's degree in political science and environmental science and a minor in American Indian Studies.
Terra says, "With new challenges, I know there is uncertainty, however I believe that I will conquer those challenges and help others to thrive and prosper, too. As a motivated Native American student I also want to serve as a positive role model for my fellow tribal college students so they can envision themselves as a strong and engaged leader. I want to help my peers and get them excited about science, technology, engineering, and math, and inspire them to become better students and role models. I want to lead the way to show other Native American students how they can succeed in college and how to become a success."


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ROB MAADDI, AP Pro Football Writer
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Internet star Lil Terrio danced with cheerleaders, an Austrian man dressed as Mozart, another guy wore a Waldo costume and Nickelodeon's Pick Boy was in the house.
Welcome to Media Day, the annual Super Bowl circus.
It seems fitting this event was held at a hockey rink, of all places, because there's nothing ordinary about it.
Thousands of journalists, pseudo-journalists and other credentialed "media" from all over the world gathered at the home of the NHL's New Jersey Devils on Tuesday to meet the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks.
Strange questions were the norm instead of football ones.
A man asked Seahawks center Max Unger if he could touch his long, scruffy beard. He said yes. A woman asked Seahawks defensive lineman Brandon Mebane for a kiss. He said no.
(Reuters) – There are many roads that lead to the Super Bowl but few are as bumpy as the one traveled by Denver Broncos linebacker Paris Lenon, who has survived two failed leagues and a team that set the standard for NFL failure.
The only NFL player left from the defunct XFL, Lenon has taken on a bit of a "Last of the Mohicans" notoriety in the buildup to Sunday's Super Bowl where the Broncos will take on the Seattle Seahawks at a frigid MetLife Stadium.
"I don't think it sunk in to the point at all," Lenon told reporters. "I think you have to appreciate every year you're in this league and not to make light of this situation at all, but first of all, you appreciate the position that you are in being a professional athlete.
"This is an added bonus to be in the biggest game."
The 36-year-old's path to the NFL's championship game reads more like a Super Bowl odyssey than a road map, an epic journey that has spanned continents and forgotten leagues.
From working in a mailroom at the U.S. Postal Service, to NFL Europe, the XFL and eight NFL teams over 14 seasons, the undrafted Lenon has paid his dues.
The brainchild of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) impresario Vince McMahon, the XFL had a brief but colorful one-year run before disappearing as quickly as it had appeared.
The Amsterdam Admirals and NFL Europe are also now part of the gridiron graveyard but Lenon's career lives on.
"I've been hearing a lot of that (being the last XFLer)," smiled Lenon. "I think it's a cool story, but other than that, I don't really think about it that much."
Days away from playing for football's ultimate prize, Lenon was once considered the NFL's ultimate loser, part of a Detroit Lions team that went the entire 2008 regular season without winning a game.
Lenon started all 16 games for the Lions in that dreadful campaign and says he is better for the experience.
"When you go through difficult situations it makes you stronger," said Lenon. "If you can withstand tough times it will make you a better person.
"It's very frustrating to not have success. We're in this game to win. Anybody who is playing a sport, you are in it to be a winner.
"If you are a professional, then you are going about your day and your job to the best of your ability regardless of the situation.
"That's the way I approached it and that's the way I have always been."
If misery really does love company, Lenon has had plenty.
Teammate center Manny Ramirez, Seattle Seahawks defensive end Cliff Avril and Lenon all share a special bond having suffered through the winless Lions season together.
"That's the first thing I thought about (going 0-16)," said Avril, one of the NFL's top pass rushers. "I learned that I never want to go 0-16 again.
"I learned that, me personally, I have to keep working hard and not be the reason why we are losing.
Rookie year I didn't win any games, and then five, six years later I'm at the big show and hopefully about to win it."
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NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – Percy Harvin has one last chance this season to make the Seattle Seahawks smile about their $67 million investment in him as the receiver proclaimed himself ready to go for Sunday's Super Bowl.
Harvin, who missed the bulk of the season recovering from hip surgery and the NFC title game with a concussion, has played briefly in two games since signing with the Seahawks after four seasons as a big-play threat with the Minnesota Vikings.
He and the Seahawks are hoping his first breakout game for Seattle comes on Sunday in the NFL title game against the Denver Broncos at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
"I feel great. I'm feeling fine. I feel normal," Harvin said during the indoor Media Day at the Prudential Center where players and reporters escaped the 18 Fahrenheit (-8 Celsius) bitter cold.
Geared up to play in his first Super Bowl, Harvin said: "It's an awesome feeling. It's a blessing to even be here and healthy and able to play. I can only say that I'm blessed and just ready for this opportunity."
Harvin said he felt he certainly could contribute.
"I'm always confident. Anytime I'm on the field, I feel like I can make a play," he said. "To that degree, I'm not worried at all. As long as I'm on the field, I am going to make a play."
After four successive seasons with at least one kickoff return for a touchdown, and receptions for 50-plus yards in each of his first three seasons and a 45-yard catch last year, Harvin missed the first 10 games recovering from hip surgery.
After aggravating his hip in his first game back, he was sidelined again until the second-round of the playoffs against the Saints, in which he suffered a concussion.
"It was definitely a trying year for me. I had ups and downs," he said. "It was frustrating for a lot of people – me, my teammates, the front office, but we all stuck together and hopefully in this game it will all pay off."
Harvin sees himself having an impact in the return game as well as receiving and running the ball.
"In the special teams game I can really be a factor during the game, just being another threat on the team. The four of us wide receivers on the field plus (running back) Marshawn Lynch is going to be pick your poison."
The speedster said his legs might even be fresher considering the light workload this season.
"A lot of different people were coming to me giving me different scenarios and that is one of the topics we talked about," he said.
"It's just a blessing to be able to play the game with not a lot of contact and wear and tear on my legs. I'm feeling really good about that, so we'll see how it plays out."


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ATLANTA, Ga. -- The Bibb County Sheriff's Office released, on Friday, the 9-1-1 call from a man claiming, falsely, that he murdered his wife.
During the call, the man gave the address of a conservative, political blogger, Erick Erickson, as if it were his address, and hung up.
Deputies showed up at Erickson's home, only to find out that everyone was fine. The call was a hoax, from someone who doesn't live there.
The caller was "SWAT-ing," trying to get law enforcement, possibly including the SWAT team, to show up at a target's house with guns drawn.
It's not the first time it's happened.
The targets of the pranks -- conservative bloggers.
Imagine Erickson's surprise, a week ago Sunday, May 27, when Sheriff's deputies showed up at his home in Bibb County thinking he had just murdered his wife.
Erickson is editor-in-chief of RedState.com, and he hosts a political talk show week nights on WSB Radio in Atlanta.
Deputies immediately responded to the 9-1-1 caller's "confession" in the brief call, which was received at 8:21 pm.
The 9-1-1 recording was released Friday.
9-1-1 Dispatcher: "Bibb County Sheriff's Department."
Caller: "Yes, I'd like to turn myself in...."
The dispatcher started to tell the caller how and where he could turn himself in, but the caller responded, "I can't come down there, right now."
And before the dispatcher could ask why the caller wanted to turn himself in, the caller suddenly said, "I just shot my wife, so.... I don't think I could come down there.... She's dead, now.... I'm looking at her.... I'm going to shoot someone else, soon." The caller had given Erickson's address before hanging up.
"It's surreal to hear someone calmly pretending to be me, saying they've shot my wife," Erickson told CNN's Don Lemon during an interview from CNN studios in Atlanta that was telecast Friday afternoon.
Erickson told Lemon that this was at least the third time someone had targeted conservative bloggers, across the country, by "SWAT-ing" them -- calling 9-1-1 to report bogus crimes in order to get SWAT teams to storm the targets' homes.
"The police showed up and came into the driveway, blue lights flashing," Erickson said.
It wasn't the SWAT team, this time, that showed up at Erikson's home, according to the incident report from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office. But in the moments before the responding deputies realized that the call was a hoax, Erickson said, the situation was potentially dangerous for him and his family.
One of the deputies, he said, "comes up the driveway with his hand on his gun as my three-year-old is in the driveway, keeps his distance behind the trunk of the first police car and, we've come to find out, now -- last night -- there were actually police surrounding the house as they were investigating."
Erickson is praising the Bibb County Sheriff's deputies for the way they handled the call and how they responded. And he said he is glad that, this week, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, (R) GA, wrote Attorney General Eric Holder, asking him to investigate the "SWAT-ing" calls as attacks on those who are exercising free speech.
"Threats and intimidation have no place in our national political discourse," Chambliss wrote. He asked Holder to respond by the end of the month.
In Erickson's case, the Bibb County Sheriff's Office is already investigating, trying to track the source of the hoax 9-1-1 call.
"This happens in third-world plutocracies and banana republics," Erickson said. "This is the United States. It shouldn't happen here."
Erickson said one common thread of the three "SWAT-ing" calls -- the three of which he is aware -- is that all three people targeted by the calls had written critically about a convicted felon named Brett Kimberlin. Kimberlin currently raises money for liberal causes, and Erickson described him in one of his blogs as "a low-level Democratic activist," and called him the Speedway Bomber "turned left-wing activist."
"I don't actually think it's [Kimberlin]" on the 9-1-1 calls, Erickson told CNN's Lemon. "It's the same voice on all the 9-1-1 calls," Erickson believes. "Someone who, I guess, likes him decided to do it."
"I had never even heard of Erick Erickson until a couple of days ago," FoxNews.com quotes Kimberlin as saying. "I have nothing to do with the SWAT-ing of anybody."
CNN's Lemon asked Erickson, "Do you think it's a bit premature to start claiming it's some sort of liberal plot against conservatives?"
"I don't think so," Erickson said, "in that these are the three public ones, but there are other incidents following similar patterns" of harassment against conservative bloggers, incidents that are not receiving as much publicity.


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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
|Release Date: December 01, 1989
|Running Time: 97 mins.
|MPAA Rating: PG 13
|Box Office: $69,955,381.00
|Genre: Comedy, Holiday, Sequel
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Summary:Third in the "National Lampoon" series about the Griswold family. In this sequel, the Griswolds must deal with a holiday with their in-laws.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — If Justin Bieber gets booted from the U.S. for his alleged misdeeds, it won't be because the White House made the move.
Nearly 275,000 people signed an Internet petition calling the Canadian-born teen idol reckless and asking President Barack Obama to revoke The Beeb's green card.
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The number of online petitioners is far more than what's needed to produce an official response through the White House's "We the People" program.
But the White House says it won't comment on the issue. There is a provision in the program that lets the White House decline to address certain petitions.
Bieber heads to trial in his drunken drag racing case next month.


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Le Mars Fire Department Respond To Three Calls On Tuesday
(Le Mars) -- The Le Mars Fire Department had to respond to three calls last evening. The first and second calls were close to being the same time. At nearly 4:30 p.m. yesterday the fire department responded to a spill that was reported at the north plant of Wells. Fire officials were on the scene for about 25 minutes. At about the time the fire department were returning back home, a second call came in at about 4:50 p.m. requiring their services at Cleveland Park to extinguish a small fire. Fire officials were at that scene for nearly 15 minutes. The fire department was later dispatched to the residence located at 424 Lee Drive at about 7:30 last evening to help ventilate smoke from the home's basement. No word as to how much damage there was as a result from that call.
Plymouth County 4-H Recognizes Leaders, Alumni, and Members
(Le Mars) -- Plymouth County 4-H organization held its annual awards program on Sunday evening. Several county 4-H members were recognized for their achievements during this past year. Some special adult awards were also given. 4-H leader of the year was awarded to Phil and Gail Schoenrock of the Lincoln Toppers, 4-H alumni was given to Brett McNaughton of rural Kingsley, and John Ahlers was recognized as the Honorary 4-H member. ICON Ag and Turf was presented the Partner in 4-H. Leaders were honored for their years of service. Becky Beitelspacher, Tyler Dimig, Karen Bogenreif, Gary Larson, Brian Collins and Kris Collins received the Silver Clover pin for five years of service. Denise Anthony, and Brenda Phelan received the Pearl pin for 15 years of service. Julie Beitelspacher, JoAnn Casper, Jennifer Linton, and Gail Schoenrock received the Diamond clover pin for 20 years of service. Linda Beitelspacher received the Ruby pin for 30 years of service to 4-H.
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Dispute Medicare's Claim of Overcharging
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is disputing a federal audit's finding that it should repay more than $550,000 for accidentally overbilling Medicare for a
common cancer drug.
The Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report Tuesday concluding that billing errors caused UIHC to receive $826,000 more from Medicare
in 2009 and 2010 than it was eligible.
The amount questioned is a tiny fraction of the $659 million that UIHC received from Medicare in those years for nearly 547,000 claims.
The hospital's response agrees that errors caused overbilling totaling about $271,000. But it is challenging a finding that seeks the repayment of $555,000 more, saying it accurately billed for
Lupron injections based on the federal guidance available at the time.
Iowa State Names New Foundation Director
AMES, Iowa (AP) - A fundraiser for the University of Arizona has been named president of the Iowa State University Foundation.
Roger Neuhaus will oversee the foundation, which is a private, nonprofit corporation that solicits and manages gifts and grants that benefit Iowa State University.
At Arizona, he was the senior executive in charge of fundraising for the university's foundation.
Neuhaus has held fundraising positions at Verde Valley Medical Center in northern Arizona, The Finley Hospital and Loras College, both in Dubuque; and Southern Illinois University in Carbondale,
Neuhaus, a Dubuque native, begins at Iowa State on Jan. 23.
The foundation manages an endowment of about $480 million and administers about 5,000 gift accounts.
The organization is governed by an 18-member board.
Three Northern Iowa Men Arrested For Numerous Charges
GARNER, Iowa (AP) - Three north-central Iowa men are in jail on numerous charges including burglary and ongoing criminal conduct.
Hancock County Sheriff Scott Dodd says the arrest of the three men from Klemme is the result of a two-year investigation.
Thirty-year-old Christopher Bachman is charged with arson, 26 counts of burglary, carrying weapons and theft. Also in custody is 25-year-old Nicholas Wayne Ulrich, who is charged with burglary, possession of a firearm by a felon, theft, and possession of methamphetamine.
The third man facing charges is 22-year-old Mark Gouge, II, who is facing drug possession and burglary charges.
The men are in custody on $25,000 cash bond. They are expected to appear in court on Wednesday.
Attorneys have not yet been assigned to them.
Six Iowa Teenagers Charged For Sexting On Phone
INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) - Six northeast Iowa teenagers have been charged with misdemeanors stemming from distribution of an obscene photo taken by a fellow student.
The case began with a teen girl taking her own picture with a cellphone and sending it to a teenage boy at Independence Junior/Senior High School in Independence. He forwarded it to
several friends, who sent it on to several others.
Buchanan County Attorney Shawn Harden says a student who received the forwarded photo reported it to his parents, who then contacted the school. The school reported it to law enforcement
The Des Moines Register reports the six students were arrested last week and soon released to their parents.
Iowa law bars using a phone to send obscene material to a minor.
Will Next Year's State Fair Have Deep Fried Twinkies?
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The fate of deep-fried Twinkies on a stick may be tied to the financial future - if any - of Hostess Brands.
On Wednesday a judge in New York could decide whether the bankrupt company can shutter its operations.
The decision matters greatly to Larry Fyfe, the concessionaire who introduced deep-fried Twinkies to the Iowa State Fair in 2003, a year after the concoction debuted at the Texas State Fair.
Fyfe told The Des Moines Register (http://dmreg.co/Qa2Cst ) that he sells up to 7,000 of them each year.
Fyfe says he hopes another company will acquire the Hostess product lines. He says using a knockoff cream-filled spongecake "would not be one of my first choices."
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Dart Short-Block Crate Motor - Halfway ThereWritten by on November 2, 2009 Contributors: Johnny Hunkins Dart's SHP Short-Block Crate Motor Has You Well On Your Way.
Just about any engine builder, whether a pro or a backyard hobbyist, looks at the completion of the short-block as a milestone in a performance engine build. Getting to this point in the process generally means that the grunt work is done, and the build shifts to dressing out the rest of the engine with a selection of high-performance parts. Getting over the hurdle of a completed short-block is almost always time consuming and sometimes frustrating. You might start by finding a good core, and unless you own a machine shop, the search will begin for a competent machinist who can do the work on time and at a fair price. All of the internal rotating assembly components must be reconditioned or sourced new, with everything sized and compatible with the rest of the parts going into the bottom end. With plenty of running around, phone time, and good planning, at the end you will have everything machined, balanced, and ready to assemble.
Short-block assemblies are nothing new, in fact remanufactured short-blocks have been around as a time-saver in the service industry for decades. The advantages are clear, offering a shortcut at getting the job done, which always pays when time is money. Dart has taken the concept to a new level with the Sportsman High Performance (SHP) short-block assemblies. Far from a re-man, this is a custom high-performance short-block built with all new parts, using Dart's excellent SHP cylinder block casting as the foundation. Instead of decades-old production-based pig iron, the Dart block is designed from the get-go as a high-performance unit, providing a level of beef you just won't get no matter what mix of time, effort, and parts you put in a stock block.
The Block
Dart has long been in the business of producing high-performance race engine blocks, both in cast iron and aluminum. The SHP block builds on that experience, by taking some of the best features of the race blocks, and casting them right into a block designed specifically for high-performance street and strip applications. You'll find features like revised oil system galleries to provide priority-main oiling, giving the critical main bearings a dedicated front-line oil supply. The block has metal in all the right places, with filled pan rails, stout main webbing, and siamesed cylinder walls that are more than thick enough to take the punishment. The block has revised water jackets for improved cooling, with the outer block wall scalloped to provide greater coolant circulation around the cylinders. Race engine-style four-bolt splayed main caps secure the crank with far greater integrity than any production block arrangement. Inside, the crankcase casting comes clearanced for a 3.750-inch stroke, saving the cost or effort of custom relieving a stock block for stroker crank clearance.
The block is set up with features to allow for the most popular engine configurations, with the lifter bosses and valley designed to accept a factory-style hydraulic roller camshaft and spider assembly. The front of the block has provisions for a camshaft thrust plate as used in late-model OEM Chevy small-blocks, eliminating the need for a thrust button in roller cam applications using the late model-style small-nose cam core. The block is configured with standard Chevy starter provisions, motor mounts, oil filter boss, and clutch pivot bosses for manual trans applications. The OEM-style fuel pump boss it there for a mechanical fuel pump, and the block maintains the traditional two-piece early-style crank seal.
Making The Short
With a block like the SHP, Dart definitely has the goods, and the bare block is available fully precision machined and ready for assembly. Taking the SHP concept one step further are the short-block assemblies from Dart. Here you have the SHP block already filled with a balanced high-performance rotating assembly, ready to go. There are several options on just how to have your short-block built, with assemblies available at a 4.125x3.480-inch bore and stroke for a 372ci version, or the 400-cube version at 4.125x3.75 inches. The basic assemblies come standard with a cast steel crank, I-beam rods, and hypereutectic pistons. From there, upgrade options can step up the basic short-block with forged pistons, H-beam rods, and a forged crank, at extra cost. With the SHP program, you can order your short-block with the options deemed necessary to meet your requirements, and rest assured that with Dart's name on the crate, the assembly is built with the quality parts and machining needed to go the distance.
We liked the idea of taking the fast track to a high-performance street engine, and ordered up a 400-cube SHP short-block upgraded to the fully forged internals ($4,695). We had the engine shipped to Andy Mitchell's Outlaw Racing where we thoroughly scrutinized what the package has to offer. Our plans in the next month or two (deadlines permitting) are to use the SHP crate to build a solid street performer, one that makes the number in a reliable and driveable combination, but has the added beef to utilize a moderate shot of nitrous without having to worry. With the Dart short-block, our engine build was halfway done by the time we opened the box!
Flavors Of SHP
Dart offers several versions of the Sportsman High Performance short-block crate engine. Not only can you choose your pistons (hypereutectic or forged), but you have a choice of connecting rods (I-beam or stronger H-beam forgings), and crankshafts (cast steel or forged 4340). That's a level of choice that's unheard of for a crate motor; think of it as getting a custom handbuilt short-block at a bargain price. The price range listed here would be for hypereutectic pistons, I-beam rod, and a cast crank at the low end of the scale, to a forged piston, H-beam rod, and a forged crank at the top end of the range. (All small-block Fords come with forged pistons.) Keep in mind that you can mix and match if you want, so it's possible to get, as an example, a 454 big-block Chevy with a forged piston, H-beam rods, and a cast crank if you so desire.
|Small-block Chevy, 372 ci
|$2,975 - $4,275
|Small-block Chevy, 400 ci
|$3,395 - $4,695
|Big-block Chevy, 454 ci
|$4,246 - $5,546
|Small-block Ford, 347 ci
|$3,475 - $4,350
|Small-block Ford, 363 ci
|$3,939 - $4,814
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Besides the greatly enhanced strength, you'll find the SHP block has all of the provisions required for most typical street applications, such as a functional and fully machined fuel pump boss for a mechanical fuel pump.A feature we really like is the fact that the engine is balanced as a neutral assembly, so the offset-balanced dampers and flywheels are not required. Not only is this arrangement better from a mechanical balance standpoint, but it simplifies the engine installation.We found the piston's deck to be at -.030 inch with the flat-top pistons, which will provide a compression ratio in the 10:1 range with a set of 72cc heads, or 11:1 with 64cc heads. We plan on assembling our long-block with Dart's Pro 1 64cc head (200cc runner volume), which will put us right at the limit for pump gas.The Dart SHP block comes with siamesed cylinder walls with cylinder bore thickness you can only dream of with a stock block. Dart claims a minimum of .230-inch wall thickness at a 4.165-inch bore size (+.040). This cutaway cross section of the block illustrates the extra meat.Unlike a production block, the SHP block is plumbed for priority main oiling, which means the main bearings receive oil before the less critically loaded cam bearings. This cutaway shows the main gallery (right) and the oil pathway down to the mains and back up to the cam.To aid cooling, the block's water jackets are ballooned around the cylinder walls (cylinder bulge), adding critical capacity where it is needed most on a big-bore small-block. Note the OEM-style motor mounting bosses, and the clutch pivot bolt bosses included on the block.Downstairs, you'll find splayed four-bolt ductile-iron main caps, and a much more rigid block structure. The block comes with a production-style oil filter boss and a right-side dipstick location.At the rear cap, we see that the block is configured for a two-piece rear main seal arrangement, making the block compatible with the more commonly available early style crankshafts. Oil pump mounting on the rear cap is conventional Chevy.
Mounted to our rods are a set of Mahle forged pistons, another upgrade. The pistons feature a coated crown and skirts, and of course, the pins are floating.The upgraded ring package that complements our pistons are Hastings in a 1.5/1.5/3mm moly top package. The relatively thin ring cross section reduces drag, and improves power output.The modern skirt design of the Mahle piston results in a stable and strong internal geometry, and a much reduced piston pin length. The short pin reduces the reciprocating weight considerably.Since the SHP block is designed from the start for high performance, the block is cast with clearance for up to 3.750-inch strokes using steel rods, without requiring additional grinding.One thing we will really appreciate when the time comes to bolt the Dart top-end kit to our SHP short-block assembly is the blind cylinder head fastener holes in the decks. Production blocks go into the water jacket here, requiring sealant. With the blind holes, this potential seepage path is eliminated.We'll be bolting the whole thing together using a Dart top-end kit ($1,849) consisting of Pro 1 cylinder heads (200cc runners, 64cc chambers, 2.02/160-inch valves) and Dart's dual-plane air-gap-style intake. The Dart top-end kit comes with assembled heads, intake, fasteners, gaskets, spark plugs, and valve covers. You can build up your SHP short-block (or any other short-block) on a budget with Dart's formula; kits start at $1,639 for Iron Eagle heads, and go up to $3,378 for CNC-ported Pro 1 aluminum heads and a single-plane intake.


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I am not sure this is even a Zimbra problem but thought I'd ask for some advice.
The Boss is moaning at me about his Email!
Only one other employee has had this issue and both of them are using Outlook 2003 SBE with SP2 in XP Pro with SP4, we are running Zimbra 4.5.9 NE on CentOS4. We are also using Panda Antivirus on each PC which also protects Outlook. We have other Outlook Users who have not had this error.
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Since I entered this post, I have talked to the author and the best place to get his book and e-book(in PDF format) is at his website, Birren Design. Both Amazon and the publisher have older versions and don't include the Lunar section.
From the publisher's description:
Pocket-size astronomy field guide features northern deep-sky objects to Magnitude 10 for telescope and binocular observation. All known galaxies, clusters and nebulae were painstakingly culled from every major catalog, organized and cross-referenced for ease of use at the viewing site. Object-oriented maps include special symbols to aid in finding and identifying the objects, stars, double stars, and asterisms. Simple enough for the beginner yet detailed for the advanced.
A Kindle version is available at Amazon but the printed version is currently out of stock. See the Amazon site for info and a preview of the Kindle version.
The book is a small, spiral bound book very handy for use at the telescope. It can also be purchased from the publisher, Trafford Publishing as Objects in the Heavens


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US drama starring Emily VanCamp as Emily Thorne, who continues to pursue her affluent enemies in the Hamptons using an assumed identity to gain revenge on those responsible for wrecking her childhood
Series 3 Summary
The third series of the tense US drama sees a long-lost member of the Grayson family emerge, Emily's wedding day on the horizon, and a familiar but unexpected visitor return to the Hamptons.
Episode 1 - Fear
Emily's vengeful course is renewed but she finds that her plans are subject to an unexpected deadline. The return of Victoria Grayson's long-lost son brings complications to her powerful family.
Episode 2 - Sin
Emily's search for vengeance takes her into uncharted, sacred terrain when she targets former Grayson Global executive Paul Whitley, who is now a clergyman
Episode 3 - Confession
Emily enlists Father Paul to persuade Conrad to confess his sins. Nolan throws a housewarming party for the local elite. Patrick moves into Grayson Manor.
Episode 4 - Mercy
When Emily's plan to get Conrad to confess comes to nothing, she turns to an unlikely source for more information. Meanwhile, Nolan decides to covertly investigate Patrick's background.
Episode 5 - Control
Emily gets a shock at the magazine launch party when an alienated Daniel makes a startling statement. As her complex plan unravels, she is forced to make herself vulnerable in order to regain control.
Episode 6 - Dissolution
Emily takes drastic action when Conrad attempts to sell Grayson Manor, but problems mount for her as Daniel's attention is distracted by a face from the past
Episode 7 - Resurgence
Conrad hires Bizzy Preston, a famous party-girl who is now a PR mastermind, to rehabilitate the Grayson family's image
Episode 8 - Secrecy
Victoria throws Emily a bridal shower that neither of them will forget in a hurry. Conrad tells Margaux he won't allow her to publish his memoirs. Jack is angered by some surprising news about Aiden.
Episode 9 - Surrender
After Emily's shock news, Daniel is torn between his loyalty to his fiancée and his feelings for Sara. As the wedding of the year approaches, Emily puts the finishing touches to her final takedown...
Episode 10 - Exodus
The wedding day of the year finally arrives, and Emily's master plan is poised to go off without a hitch as Patrick convinces Victoria that she should attend the ceremony after all
Episode 11 - Homecoming
As allies and enemies scramble to find out what happened on Emily's wedding night, the Graysons close ranks to protect their own, but with everybody a suspect, they'll soon tear each other apart
Episode 12 - Endurance
Physically and mentally broken, Emily's memory has returned, but has she lost her taste for vengeance?
Episode 13 - Hatred
With tension between Emily and Daniel at an all-time high, Emily makes it clear that she is not giving up, despite Daniel's affection for Sara
Episode 14 - Payback
Emily's mysterious blackouts threaten everything she holds dear. A fire wrecks the art gallery, and Daniel throws Charlotte a birthday party.
Episode 15 - Struggle
As Emily's blackouts lead her into increasingly violent, unpredictable behaviour, her only hope lies with the person she betrayed most
Episode 16 - Disgrace
The notorious Pascal LeMarchal's unexpected visit makes waves in the Hamptons as the social elite prepare for the first night of the opera
Episode 17 - Addiction
Emily uses her newly single status to unravel a mystery from the past when she throws a charity casino night for the elite of the Hamptons. Pascal attempts to make up for lost time.
Episode 18 - Blood
Emily and Aiden uncover some long-buried family secrets while they are investigating Pascal. Charlotte starts to wonder whether Jack can be trusted, while Daniel manages to get closer to Margaux.
Episode 19 - Allegiance
As Emily learns the identity of a key conspirator against her father, Victoria sets a trap she knows Emily won't be able to resist
Episode 20 - Revolution
As the Graysons slowly gain the upper hand, Emily is forced to adopt a new identity in her efforts to expose them
Episode 21 - Impetus
Dire circumstances lead Emily to take extreme measures against both the Graysons and those closest to her, leaving Jack shocked at her tactics
Episode 22 - Execution
Nothing is off limits as Emily and Victoria are dead set on destroying each other. Lives will be lost, freedom forfeited and fates altered, but who will rise victorious?


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Types of Birth Settings
Birth settings and health care providers usually go hand in hand. For example, if you choose a midwife you can probably give birth in a hospital, an out-of-hospital birth center, or at home since midwives practice in all of these settings. If you choose a physician as your health care provider, you will most likely give birth in a hospital. Considering your options now will also help you figure out the type of information you'll need along the way. Be sure to check with your insurance company to see if there are any restrictions in your coverage.
Hospital BirthThe hospital is the most common site for birth in the U.S. Care in hospitals is usually led by physicians, and often reflects the medical model of care with set standards. In hospitals, various interventions and technology may be used routinely. A hospital is best equipped to diagnose and treat women and newborns with serious complications or at high risk of developing such complications.
Not all hospitals are alike and can vary widely in a variety of ways, including: rates of using tests, procedures, and surgery, policies and restrictions, whether or not midwifery care is available, whether they are a "Level 3" hospital with specialized care for very sick newborns, and whether or not emergency and anesthesia services are available 24 hours a day. Because of this variation, if you choose to give birth in a hospital, you should choose the one that best meets your needs from among those available to you.
Birth in an Out-of-Hospital Birth CenterOut-of-hospital birth centers aren't available in all areas of the U.S. Nonetheless, an out-of-hospital birth center can be a good choice for healthy women who want more personalized care than in hospitals, yet may not feel comfortable with having a home birth. Care in birth centers is usually provided by midwives and often reflects the midwifery model of care, which supports birth as a normal process. Birth centers provide individualized care in response to your needs and preferences, and avoid the routine use of interventions. Mothers and babies are usually discharged from birth centers within twelve hours after birth. Birth centers do not offer all types of care such as epidurals to manage labor pain. In the rare instance of an emergency requiring hospital care, transfer to a hospital would be necessary. Birth centers can vary in a number of ways, including: rates of using tests and procedures such as episiotomies or transporting to the hospital for a cesarean, policies and restrictions, and the kinds of back-up hospital and physician care. A "birth center" located within a hospital does not necessarily offer the same type of care as an out-of-hospital birth center. Although the birth center in a hospital may look more home-like than the rest of the hospital, patterns of care may more closely resemble routine hospital practices than care in out-of-hospital birth centers. If you are considering an in-hospital birth center, be sure to ask about its philosophy of care, policies and procedures, rates of interventions, etc., and learn all you can about the kind of care that is offered before making your decision.
Home BirthA small proportion of women in the U.S. give birth at home. Home birth shares many qualities with out-of-hospital birth centers. Most home birth health care providers are midwives offering the midwifery model of care. Birth in your own home means that you are more likely to receive individualized care based on your needs and preferences, as well as continuous physical, emotional, and informational support throughout labor and birth. As in birth centers, certain types of care are not available at a home birth such as pain medications, and in an emergency, hospital transfer may be necessary. Not all providers of home birth services are alike. They can vary in a number of ways, including: education, experience, credentials, rates of using tests and procedures, and access to physician back-up care and hospitals should transfer be necessary.
Keep in mind that no birth is risk-free, regardless of the type of health care provider or birth setting you select. Although it's unlikely that something will go wrong, it's always good to be prepared for the unexpected and feel comfortable with the way complications will be handled. Knowing that you can trust your health care provider and birth setting is the best place to start.
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CARROLLTON, Ga. -- After encountering 40 foot flames taking over an entire building Sunday morning, Carroll County firefighters were able to hold the damage at the West Georgia Flea Market to a single building. No one was hurt, but an estimated 20% of the available space at the market was lost.
The market's owner said around 40 vendors probably lost their booths, many packed with items that were to go on sale Sunday morning.
"I lost my money in the stock market, this is all I had," said an 80-year-old man who had a booth but asked not to be identified by name. "I'm on social security. I'll have to start all over again."
Some of the affected vendors sold goods at the flea market as a weekend hobby, while others depended on it for a living, or at least as a welcome crutch in a tough economy. As they stood watching the smoking remains of the steel structure, many realized they didn't have insurance for their personal property and weren't likely to be covered by the facility.
"Our stomachs are in knots; everything we've got is in this building," said Melanie Munsey.
The fire started at around 4 a.m., and was extinguished a few hours later. Investigators said it would take a week before they determine the cause of the fire.
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CARROLLTON, Ga. -- Fire destroyed one of the buildings at the West Georgia Flea Market near Carrollton early Sunday morning.
"I know that building on the hill that's completely gone had several vendors in it," said Carroll County Fire Chief Tracy Smith. "Everything from household goods to produce was in that particular building."
The 911 calls began coming in around 4:30 a.m.
When the first engine company arrived on the scene, flames were shooting 30 to 40 feet in the air.
"Our main focus was getting to the other side of the fire to stop it from spreading further," Chief Smith said.
Chief Smith said 20 percent of the entire complex has been damaged. He said the cause of the fire is under investigation.
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A rock supergroup featuring Dave Grohl, Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age and Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham will close the Grammy Awards on Sunday.
The all-star get together will mark both Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age's first performance appearance at the Grammys.
The supergroup will be joined by Daft Punk, Stevie Wonder, Pharrell and Nile Rodgers, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Z and Beyoncé, and Robin Thicke and Chicago, among others, on the line-up.
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This is the ad-free version of History Eraser ($1.49).
As we used our Android we start to generate logs all around: call logs, sms logs, search history, app cache files, among others. Although those logs doesn't suppose a huge part of the memory usage, they can influence our phone's performance. History Eraser's aim is to help you to clean fast and easy all these logs. Let's zoom on it:
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After the murders of five people in Pitt County recently, Thursday night's monthly celebration of life ceremony for victims of violence held an even more powerful meaning.
The vigil marked the 32nd month for 'Citizens United Against Violence' to meet at the Pitt County Courthouse to remember those who lost their lives to violence in Pitt County. With the recent triple murder in Farmville and double murder in Greenville, organizers say they hope the community and victims' families will receive some closure from the group's monthly events.
Strangers prayed for the recent murder victims and they lit candles for those families to light a way for hope- that their questions can be answered and their hearts won't be hardened by these murders.
Retired Greenville Police Captain C.J. Hardy is president of Citizens United Against Violence and says it's in devastating times that the victims' families need to know the community is on their side. Hardy says, "It unites us with that family, and the family feels that they are not grieving alone. Anytime there is a loss of life involving a crime it affects the whole community, and we try to reflect that to the family by putting this event on for them."
Board member Johann Bleicher says he knows that the ceremonies won't stop the family's pain, but he hopes it will offer them the support they need to try to move forward.
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I support this proposal. It's logical and straightforward. -- Steve Kelley, CC:DA, Oct. 3, 2012
I disagree with this proposal, which seems to be rooted in the requirements of creating a unique access point rather than the other user tasks (i.e., find, identify, contextualize). Within the archival community, the ISAAR(CPF) standard has identified dates to be an essential element of for describing corporate bodies, persons, and families. As it is, the core element requirements in RDA 0.6.4 only call for recording the information if it is "readily ascertainable". Making dates of establishment and termination not core seems to be unnecessary reduction in descriptive requirements. -- Cory Nimer, Society of American Archivists, Oct. 3, 2012
The date associated with a corporate body will still be core, and this date should always fall between the dates of establishment and termination, so I don't see why dates of establishment and termination should be required, unless needed to distinguish the corporate body from another. Yes, RDA 0.6.4 calls for recording the information if it is "readily ascertainable," but it's often the case that the establishment and termination dates of a conference are readily ascertainable, and the name of the conference is unique. The current rules require creating a complicated access point, including dates of establishment and termination, when the date associated with the corporate body is already core. -- Steve Kelley, CC:DA, Oct. 5, 2012
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Columbia, SC (WLTX) - Columbia police are searching for a man they say exposed himself to two women.
Officers say around 1 p.m. Sunday, two women were walking in the 400 block of Pickens Street, which is near the USC campus. According to police, a man came out of the wood line with his pants around his ankles and began fondling himself.
The women say the man covered his face with his hands. He ran from the scene when one of them yelled.
Anyone with information should call Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC, or e-mail a tip in to Crimestoppers of the Midlands. You can also text information in by texting "TIPSC" plus your message to CRIMES (274637). Either way you choose, your identity will remain anonymous, and you could be eligible for a cash reward.


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Uniondale, NY (Sports Network) - The New York Islanders' first home playoff
win in 11 years couldn't have come at a better time.
John Tavares scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period to lift
the Islanders over the Pittsburgh Penguins, 6-4, in Game 4 of their Eastern
Conference quarterfinal series.
Not only did the Islanders tie this series at 2-2, but they posted their first
playoff win at Nassau Coliseum since a 5-3 victory over the Toronto Maple
Leafs in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals on April 28, 2002. In
the process, New York snapped a seven-game home playoff losing streak.
Mark Streit had two goals and an assist for the Islanders, who bounced back
from a 5-4 overtime loss in Sunday's Game 3. Casey Cizikas added a goal and
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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Jonathan Quick stopped 23 shots, while
Dustin Brown tallied in the first minute of regulation to help the Los Angeles
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Jeff Carter, Trevor Lewis and Anze Kopitar also lit the lamp for the Kings,
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Global Salaries Will Climb, but Only Modestly in North America: Study
The slight increase in North America is not surprising, according to Hay Group analysts, because the U.S. economy is only expected to grow 2.1 percent in 2013.
Salaries in North America will rise a modest 2.9 percent in 2013, the lowest of any global region, according to a new salary study from Hay Group, a global management consultancy. Europe is not far behind at 3.3 percent.
In emerging and high-growth markets, Latin America is expected to be the most generous, with a 9 percent average increase in pay. While average salaries in many parts of the world remain much lower than in the U.S., compensation is noticeably rising in some spots, including India (10.5 percent), China (9.5 percent), Russia (9 percent), and Brazil (5.5 percent), according to the report released Dec. 10.
In Latin America, Venezuela is expected to see the highest pay increases (29 percent), followed by Argentina (24.5 percent).
However, the pay increases need to be taken in context, says Iain Fitzpatrick, a global pay category manager for Hay Group, with worldwide headquarters in Philadelphia. Argentina and Venezuela, for example, "are two countries where you're seeing the highest levels of inflation," Fitzpatrick said, noting that inflation rates in those countries could be as high as 20 to 25 percent.
The slight increase in North America is not surprising, according to Hay Group analysts, because the U.S. economy is only expected to grow 2.1 percent in 2013. Fitzpatrick said that North America's salary increases have hovered around the same level for the last several years. However, salary growth in North America is still expected to outpace inflation, which is predicted to increase 2.6 percent.
Hay Group's research is based on the salary expectations of more than 20,000 reward specialists in 69 organizations worldwide, representing 14 million employees.
Given that salary hikes will be modest in North America, employers need to focus more than ever on factors beyond salaries to attract and retain employees, Fitzpatrick said.
"As it's often said, people leave bosses, not jobs," Fitzpatrick said. "Companies really need to be focusing on making sure there's a positive environment in which employees can endure and develop. ... The best companies to work for will be doing a better job of communicating and will be doing a better job of developing their people. Therefore, they will have a much stronger employee value proposition."
One simple thing that many companies don't do well is communicating about their rewards, Fitzpatrick said. Instead, many companies leave employees in the dark about what's expected of them and how they can earn top salaries, bonuses and perks from their employers.
Recent Hay Group research has found that 82 percent of what it defines as "the world's most admired companies" take specific steps to communicate rewards to their employees. However, only 50 percent of all companies do so, Fitzpatrick said.
"Clearly, the evidence is there that it's a positive thing to do," he said. "For a minimal cost, companies could do a lot more with communicating their rewards."
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Joe continues yesterday's discussion about Event Elephant. Jenny is from the Dungarvan and West Waterford Chamber. She ran an event in May 2012 using Event Elephant. They are still owed €9,300. Liz was treasurer of the Irish Association of Barbershop Singers. They ran events over a number of years with Event Elephant and they are still owed €5,500 for the most recent one. Joe talks to both women and others.
Karen has 3 daughters. Both her 10 year old and 4 year old have a rare organic genetic brain disorder. Her 10 year old daughter is prone to severe mood swings and violent outbursts. It's pushing the family to breaking point and she is struggling to get help.
Damien recently received a very distressing letter from EBS, his mortgage provider. He tells Joe why it upset him so much.
Barry Kennerk is Temple Street Hospitals resident historian. He tells Joe about his search for former patients and staff to include their stories in a book he is publishing.


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Not Going to IBM Vision 2012? Better "Think Twice."
Timothy Powers 270003F3FN firstname.lastname@example.com | | Tags:  xbrl predictive-analytics governance decision-management risk grc business-analytics performance-management fraud compliance openpages clarity cognos analytics | 0 Comments | 4,290 Visits
Do you really understand the reasons you make decisions?
Sometimes the mind wants to unconsciously push us into a certain decision when there's a better way to think about it.
That's the premise of the book, Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition, written by Michael Mauboussin, Chief Investment Strategist at Legg Mason Capital Management and a keynote speaker at IBM's upcoming Vision 2012 conference in Orlando, May 14-17.
Vision is IBM's global conference for finance and risk professionals to help improve planning, budgeting and forecasting, identify and mitigate risk, and meet the demanding requirements of XBRL, IFRS, Basel II and Solvency II with greater confidence.
I talked to Mauboussin about his book, making data-driven decisions, some common pitfalls as decision makers, and his upcoming talk at Vision.
"What's very exciting is that in the last half dozen years, we've had a real influx of data, and we're now just learning how to tap that data for the benefit of better decision making," said Mauboussin. "Now we can create a better intersection between value creation and making decisions."
The problem however, according to Mauboussin, is that we still have the same cognitive makeup and the propensity to make common mistakes.
"We often think about our own decision making as being objective and fact based and rationale. And we tend to underestimate systematically how important the social context is for our decision making," said Mauboussin.
To illustrate this point he told an interesting story from his book.
Researchers went into the wine section of a supermarket and set up French and German wines next to each other that were roughly matched in price and quality. Over a two week period they alternated playing distinctively French and distinctively German music to see if it would have any influence on purchase decisions.
Surprisingly, they found when French music played people bought French wine 77 percent of the time, and German wine 73 percent of the time when German music played. When asked if music affected their selections, the consumers unanimously said no.
"This basic experiment can be extrapolated to a lot of organizational settings where we think of ourselves as trying to be conscious and mindful as we make decisions. But indeed what is going on around us can be deeply influential to our decisions," said Mauboussin.
So what do we do?
According to Mauboussin, integrate more data into quality decisions. However, there is still a tension between the intuitive, go by the seat of the pants experience group versus the analytically-minded group.
"Either extreme is not going to work but a blend between the two is right way," said Mauboussin.
Read the rest of the interview with Michael Mauboussin on the Business Analytics Blog here.
For more information:
· Register here for the upcoming Vision 2012 conference
· Download the Vision conference guide for background on keynotes, elective sessions, demos & workshops
· Read a previous blog post on minimizing risk and improving performance
IBM Enhances Risk-Aware Decision Making & Policy Management with New OpenPages Platform Release
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By Gordon Burnes, Worldwide Marketing, IBM Risk Analytics
A key theme at Vision 2012, IBM's three-day user conference for Finance and Risk professionals, is how organizations can leverage enterprise risk information to make better decisions while balancing the demands for risk oversight and regulatory compliance.
The current complex and dynamic regulatory environment is a particular challenge for risk and compliance directors. For instance, while organizations covered by Dodd-Frank must respond to current regulatory reporting requirements, less than a third of the associated rule-making has been finished.
So, risk and compliance professionals must put in place an approach to meet regulatory requirements that can easily adapt over time as regulations evolve, and this approach includes the capability to adapt internal policies to keep pace with the evolving regulatory environment.
During the Risk Analytics Keynote, IBM announced general availability of IBM OpenPages GRC Platform 6.1.
This new solution enhances the ability to make risk-aware business decisions, enables companies to react more quickly to regulatory changes through better policy management, and decreases costs and complexity of compliance.
Leveraging the IBM Cognos business intelligence platform, OpenPages 6.1 delivers interactive reports and dashboards that allow business managers to turn that risk information into insight and insight into better business outcomes.
The new release includes several important enhancements:
· Manages lifecycle of policies from creation, review, approval, attestation, and exception management
· Standardizes policy templates and approval processes across the business
· Allows policies to be structured in a standardized way but presented in narrative form (for editing and review, etc) the way people are used to working with policies
· Formalizes process for employee awareness and training and monitoring of campaigns
· Maps policies to regulatory library and control framework to increase visibility into policy coverage & adherence and make it easier to update policies as regulations change
· Enhanced reporting user interface and framework that empowers business users to explore and analyze risk data using interactive dashboards and reporting for better decision making
In summary, IBM OpenPages 6.1:
· Enables companies to react more quickly to regulatory changes through better policy management
· Enhances the ability to make risk-aware business decisions through easier access to risk and compliance information
· Decreases the cost and complexity of compliance with out-of-the-box configurations for policy management.
For more information:
· Read the Vision 2012 Day One Recap
· Read the blog post from Michael Zerbs, VP of IBM Risk Analytics, "Managing Risk: A Global Challenge that Must be Confronted"
· Download the whitepaper, "Managing Regulatory Change - Learn how Dodd-Frank Impacts Regulatory Compliance"
· Follow @IBMRisk & @IBMCognos on Twitter and/or search #Vision12
For more information:
· Read the Vision 2012 Day One Recap
· Read the blog post from Michael Zerbs, VP of IBM Risk Analytics, "Managing Risk: A Global Challenge that Must be Confronted"
· Download the whitepaper, "Managing Regulatory Change - Learn how Dodd-Frank Impacts Regulatory Compliance"
· Follow @IBMRisk & @IBMCognos on Twitter and/or search #Vision12
Keys to Detecting Management Fraud
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We know the Olympus Corp. suffered a major management fraud. Financial statements were manipulated to hide huge losses, resulting in its stock price dropping like a rock and jeopardizing the company's listing status and indeed existence in its current form. For more on the fraud, you may want to look at my October 15, 2011 blog posting.
Those looking at this fiasco may well be asking why this fraud, which had been going on for more than a decade, wasn't brought to light any sooner – that is, before newly appointed CEO Michael Woodford began to smell a rat. Well, now it's come out that one critical element in detecting and possibly preventing fraud at the highest management levels – which is having an effective whisleblowing process – wasn't in place at Olympus. Sure, they had a process, but now it's reported that the very executives perpetrating the fraud were in charge of the hotline! It's said that the company's internal auditors and other employees wanted the whistleblower system to be run by outside parties, but at least one of the executives alleged to have been driving the fraud objected and won out. According to an independent panel investigating the fraud, the corporate atmosphere was such that the hotline was "significantly disabled." Is it essential to have the hotline outsourced? No. But it is critical that company personnel feel comfortable that their communications will not come back to haunt them, which is said not to be the case at Olympus.
Much has been written about management fraud, and what internal controls are needed to prevent or detect it. But my experience is that it really comes down to four key factors. One is having a culture of integrity and ethical values, with the "right" tone at the top of the organization and open communication channels. Another is a board of directors (and audit committee) that is independent and providing effective oversight. One more is an effective internal audit function. And then there's an effective whistleblower process. Based on what's been reported, Olympus evidently didn't have any of these big four – we don't know much about the functioning of its internal audit function, but now learn that the company is suing the former internal auditor along with two other executives who an independent panel said "orchestrated the scheme." So is it surprising that such a fraud could have existed for so long? In light of its governance, risk management and internal control processes, the answer is "not really."
When we look at the potential of management fraud, it's critical to look at these four elements. If even one is missing, the chance of fraud going undetected increases greatly. And no one should proceed with the odds stacked in favor of bad actors.