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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Brian Wilson delivered a succinct message Sunday to anyone still concerned about his right elbow: Stop worrying.
The Giants closer made a seamless spring training debut, throwing an efficient nine-pitch scoreless inning during the club's 7-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
Making Wilson's sparkling start all the more notable was the fact that Buster Posey was his catcher, and both finished on an simultaneous up note in the fourth inning. Posey gunned down would-be base-stealer Carlos Peguero at second base on the pitch Wilson threw to strike out Vinnie Catricala.
"I like to see Buster back behind the dish, throwing people out, although the ideal situation is not to have a guy on, but I'll take it," said Wilson. "It's been a long time since I've thrown to him, so it was kind of a nice little reunion, with good results."
Wilson was slated to throw approximately 25 pitches but wasn't disappointed that it turned out to be 16 less.
"I don't think it matters how many pitches I throw as long as they're all executed and thrown with conviction," he said. "I had nine pitches today, but there was more intensity than a live B.P., and I got my three outs."
Wilson will throw another inning Wednesday with the goal of making approximately 10 appearances before opening day. Whatever it turns out to be, he stresses that he is 100 percent healthy and there should be no concern about the elbow strain that limited him to just two appearances after Aug. 15. He was shut down permanently after a 10-pitch outing Sept. 21.
"I was confident about it last year when I was put on the shelf," he said. "It was just a precautionary measure. I tried telling everybody it's not a big deal, but people obviously want to see some action rather than just be told. So that's what I'm doing right now. I know it's still going to be on people's mind. It's just one inning. We'll see how the next nine go."
Manager Bruce Bochy said he saw what he needed to see from Wilson.
"He was pretty proud of himself about those nine pitches," Bochy said.
"It's just nice to have some different situations," he said. "As much as I want every inning to be 1-2-3, I think for my own sake, it's good to have a little bit longer innings just to test it a little bit."
Posey said he was happy with the way his ankle felt after his longer stint and said the plan will be to catch four more innings Tuesday. If there was a notable improvement in this latest outing, he said it was his running to first base on two ground outs.
"I felt more comfortable getting out of the box today than I did a couple of days ago," he said.
As for his peg that nailed Peguero to end the fourth, he said it wasn't a major deal.
"That part feels normal, like it did before I was injured," he said.
Even though he went 0 for 2 -- his follow-up to facing Cincinnati's Aroldis Chapman was to get Seattle ace Felix Hernandez -- Posey said he felt good at the plate and that he's seeing the ball well.
"We'll check on him (Monday) to see how he came through it, but he looked comfortable and made a great throw," Bochy said. "It was a good day for him to go four innings. It looks like he's over the hump."
Bochy said the hope is to get Vogelsong three spring outings and at least get him up to five innings before the season starts. If necessary, his turn could be skipped because the club won't need a fifth starter until April 14.
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Achieve Compliance Objectives with Microsoft Dynamics GP
Hi all
I was following a question in the community about compliance standards in Dynamics GP, and there was a response from Tirumal Boppanna, who is the forum moderator from Microsoft.
Note that you need to be a Certified (or) Gold Certified Partner to access this forum.
I have decided to post an extract of his response in this article for the purpose of the community.
"SAS No. 70 is the authoritative guidance that allows service organizations to disclose their control activities and processes to their customers and their customers' auditors in a uniform reporting format. A SAS 70 examination signifies that a service organization has had its control objectives and control activities examined by an independent accounting and auditing firm. A formal report including the auditor's opinion ("Service Auditor's Report") is issued to the service organization at the conclusion of a SAS 70 examination.
SAS 70 is a certification of financial services not software. For example ADP needs to provide SAS 70 certification to customers that it provides payroll services, so that customer has a guarantee there are proper controls and compliance around that service. It's not a requirement nor is there a certification (that I'm aware of) that would provide our software with a similar certification.
This kind of certification needs to be done through internal controls and compliance processes and testing, and we do not nor can we "certify" that the software is being used in a manner that ensures internal controls and compliance.
So, SAS 70 certification is really up to the businesses themselves – those that are using our software. With our software, we are helping to enable businesses to become certified or compliant, versus developing our software to achieve certification or compliance. We are confident that Microsoft Dynamics GP falls in line with this.
We do have a Compliance white paper that is attached to this mail – it does not specifically call out SAS 70, but it does address the premise above, as well as some of our software development strategy to help enable companies to achieve compliance."
He has also provided a link to a white paper which focuses on how to achieve compliance objectives with Dynamics GP 10 (which is also applicable for Dynamics GP 2010). The link is provided below.
Help Achieve Compliance Objectives with Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0
Note that you need to have access to Partnersource to download this document.
Hope this throws some light into how to achieve compliance objectives with Dynamics GP, to the community. Thanks Boppanna for his response.
Until next post…
November 24, 2010 · veeyeskay · No Comments
Tags: Compliance, Dynamics GP, Partnersource, SAS 70 · Posted in: Dynamics, General Topics, Great Plains Total Views: 1,352
Enhancements to the Blog
Hi all
In view of enhancing the blog, I have upgraded the blog theme (Comfy Pro) to the latest version with the following enhancements.
- Nicer font and styles
- Optimization of Javascript Calls
- Improved page loading time and overall performance
- Added Tweet this button to blog posts
- Added Twitter integration to display latest tweets
- Added configurable Facebook Like box
Apart from the look and feel of the blog, I have also added a new section in my blog called "Blogs I Follow" which is available in the menu as shown below.
This menu provides details of many popular blogs by the community for Dynamics.
The interesting part is that clicking on these links does not open the actual website, but opens a cached section inside this blog itself. I have enabled indexing of the articles from the other blogs which can be viewed from this blog itself, and each article has a link which tracks back to the original post. The advantage is that we can search on other blog articles in one place.
Click on the Continue reading link to read more information about this article which has been cached, as shown below. There are trackbacks within the article view, which links back to the original article.
Since there are many blogs around the community, I am just grouping the blogs into sub sections like Blogsphere – I, Blogsphere – II etc, just for the purpose of making the menus look a lot neater. :) This indexing works based on the concept of RSS feeds and this is automatically scheduled to update frequently, so that any blog articles posted in any of these blogs are cached back automatically into this blog.
Right now, the indexing only includes recent posts and all posts going forward. However, I am working on caching all existing posts in all these blogs as well. Will keep you updated as that target is achieved as well. In the mean time, please take a look and let me know any blogs which is missing in that list (which I am sure is the case), so that I can add them here as well.
Note: Based on a valid point mentioned by Vaidy, I have ensured that going forward the syndicate will only post an extract of the main article in my blog and with a link to the original article. This will ensure that there are hits to the original article through the referring syndicate in this blog. Thanks for the valuable comment Vaidy.
Keep watching for more updates…
Until next post…
November 19, 2010 · veeyeskay · No Comments
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Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)
Hi all
To my utmost surprise, I found out yesterday that I have been awarded with the Microsoft® Most Valuable Professional Award for Dynamics GP. This is the first time I am receiving this award and it is definitely a very happy moment…
As a matter of fact, I pinch myself even now, to know if its reality, and it is. Take a look at the current list of Dynamics GP MVP's to find out more about all of us.
It is such a honor to be recognized in this program, and I would definitely like to thank all of you folks for your support without which I would not have reached this far. I express my sincere thanks to my mentors David Musgrave and Mariano Gomez who have largely inspired me in blogging and newsgroup work. I would also like to thank Mariano for his wonderful gesture in putting up this article Welcome aboard Dynamics GP MVP Sivakumar Venkataraman! on his blog, immediately on knowing this.
Of course, now the most important part is that I need to continue doing what I have been doing all this while and I will put in my best efforts on that going forward.
Thanks to all. Until next post…
October 3, 2010 · veeyeskay · 13 Comments
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A Collaboration WAVE From Google
With the close of the year round the corner, it stills fresh as the first day of the year when we welcomed it. Time really flies… as many say and experience. I have decided to post an interesting article which I came across recently, and wanted to share it with you folks…
As we are aware of, Google has been developing some really cool tools and widgets like Google Docs, Google Maps with Latitude, Google Voice, Google Mail (of course), Google Groups and tons of other apps for the benefits of its user community. The next on course to be launched is what is called "GOOGLE WAVE". Lets have a sneak peek into this in this article.
Google Wave is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. A wave can be both a conversation and a document where people can discuss and work together using richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.
A wave is equal parts conversation and document. People can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.
A wave is shared. Any participant can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any point in the process. Then playback lets anyone rewind the wave to see who said what and when.
A wave is live. With live transmission as you type, participants on a wave can have faster conversations, see edits and interact with extensions in real-time.
Some key functionalities of wave are:
Organizing Events
Keep a single copy of ideas, suggested itinerary, menu and RSVPs, rather than using many different tools. Use gadgets to add weather, maps and more to the event.
Group Projects
Collaboratively work in real time to draft content, discuss and solicit feedback all in one place rather than sending email attachments and creating multiple copies that get out of sync.
Photo Sharing
Drag and drop photos from your desktop into a wave. Share with others. Use the slideshow viewer. Everyone on the wave can add their photos, too. It is easy to make a group photo album in Google Wave.
Meeting Notes
Prepare a meeting agenda together, share the burden of taking notes and record decisions so you all leave on the same page. Team members can follow the minutes in real time, or review the history using Playback.
Bring lots of people into a wave to brainstorm – live concurrent editing makes the quantity of ideas grow quickly! It is easy to add rich content like videos, images, URLs or even links to other waves. Discuss and then work together to distill down to the good ideas.
Interactive Games
Add a gadget to a wave to play live interactive games with your friends (we're hooked on Sudoku!). See everyone's moves as they make them in a fast-paced game or take a break and come back later.
Check out the featured extensions.
You can take a sneak peek of this wonderful product, to be launched sometime soon, in the you tube video below.
Registration to this developer version is based on an invite. To request one to have a look at this and have a hands on the product, go to https://services.google.com/fb/forms/wavesignup/.
Expect a lot more interesting articles coming up in the following days and I hope the following year will definitely be a turn in the tide and fortunes of many who have had a tough year…
Happy holidays folks…
Until next post…
December 23, 2009 · veeyeskay · No Comments
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Microsoft's Ballmer outlines his seven big bets for 2009
Extract from a ZDNet Article
For the past few Februaries, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer makes the trek to Wall Street to provide analysts with an annual "Strategic Update" overview, in which he covers the areas where Microsoft plans to invest and why.
This year, during his February 24 update, Ballmer was more about circling the wagons than staking out new, far-flung territories Microsoft planned to conquer in the next 10 years.
(Here is the list of Ballmer's strategic bets he outlined in 2007; here's Ballmer's list from 2008.)
On Tuesday during his hour-plus presentation (which I listened to via a Webcast), Ballmer outlined seven areas "where we invest serious money." He told Wall Streeters that Microsoft planned to engage in careful cash management; to maintain "right-size enterprise overhead"; and to put about three percent of its spending into research and incubation projects in the coming year.
Ballmer emphasized that he believed "the economy will be relatively weak for a relatively long period of time" and was adjusting his investment priorities to reflect this fact.
Ballmer's list of seven investment areas for the coming year:
1. Windows — Netbooks are the lone bright spot in the PC market. Microsoft needs to think through how it will handle SKU pricing with Windows 7 for netbooks, Ballmer acknowledged. While business PC sales are "the most impacted" part of the business due to the economy, it's still where Microsoft is having a lot of success upselling customers and convincing them to "attach" other Microsoft products. Ballmer called out Internet Explorer as an area where the company is losing market to its competitors, specifically Firefox. "Browsers are not commodities," Ballmer said. "There's a lot of work we need to do" to gain market share, he acknowledged. (Microsoft is expected to release IE 8 to the Web in March.)
2. Mobile — Windows Mobile operating systems and gaming/Zune entertainment services — not a combined hardware/software platform like the iPhone — is where Microsoft is investing, Ballmer reiterated.
3. Desktop productivity — This is Microsoft's most profitable business — Office, SharePoint and ERP/CRM products and services — area at present.No Office 14 until 2010, but higher-priced client-access licenses and strong "attach sales" of other Microsoft products are keeping the business strong.
4. Server and tools — Ballmer cited the high percentage of annuity licensing deals as insulating the S&T business a bit from the IT spending slowdown. Ballmer cited new growth areas as its "Online" family of Microsoft-hosted services (like Exchange Online and SharePoint Online); the still-unrealized goal of getting more server customers to attach systems-management software; and new, soon-to-be-released Microsoft wares in the security-management, authentication, conferencing and collaboration space.
5. Enterprise software — This is the segment that includes Microsoft's SQL Server database and middleware. Oracle is Microsoft's biggest competitor here and Microsoft's primary strategy is to take market share by finding a way to beat Oracle's higher prices and contract lock-ins, Ballmer said.
6. Search and advertising — No new hints about what Microsoft is going to do, other than not throw in the towel. Ballmer talked up Cash Back; new deals with search distributors like Dell and Verizon Wireless; and better search and advertising algorithms as the keys to its strategy. Ballmer said he'd still like to figure out some way for Microsoft and Yahoo to "pool their resources" to take on Google, but pooh-poohed (for the umpteenth time) any talk of an acquisition. He admitted Microsoft still has about 3 to 4 percent of the global search share and that share is "the leading indicator" of progress in this market. "I don't want to be a Jerry Yang in this market," Ballmer quipped, referring to Yahoo's former CEO. I know "how shareholders can get frustrate by leaders who aren't serious about performance," Ballmer added.
7. Entertainment and TV — It's not just about Xbox here, Ballmer told analysts. "The real opportunity is a device next to or in every TV set," whether that device is a PC, a gaming console, a set-top box, or a new appliance device. Microsoft's strategy is to bring its gaming, entertainment and other servics to the PC, phone and TV.
In previous years, these Strategic Updates weren't so much a reiteration of where Microsoft is putting its money today as where it planned to invest over the coming 10 years. It's clear — and not surprising — that the economic downturn is definitely putting a damper on Microsoft's blue-sky spending plans. Ballmer's acknowledgment, made multiple times today, that many investors want Microsoft to get out of search and advertising, was interesting — as was his justification that "once you get out you can't get back in" for not abandoning the market owned by Google.
Do you think Ballmer has his priorities in line? Or is he leading Microsoft astray in one (or more) areas?
February 26, 2009 · veeyeskay · No Comments
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New Year Wishes – Welcoming 2009!!!
2008 has been a an interesting one for me with lots of activities, and I hope it was indeed the same for all of you as well. Of course, towards the fag end of the year, there was a stagnation on the activities because of the economic pull back in many parts of the world.
An interesting target that I had achieved during this year was in co-ordinating with David Musgrave and Mariano Gomez in migrating the Yahoo Groups in the name "GP_eEnterprise" into Google Groups with a change in the name to "Dynamics GP" on July 7, 2008.
It was indeed a wonderful feeling to co-ordinate with the two pillars with tons of GP expertise, in getting this done, and thanks to them, for standing by my side, lending me all the support in moving the groups. Also thanks to all the supporters of this decision, and for the ones who felt against this, I am sure you would have realized by now the potential of the new groups. If not, I am sure you would feel the same, in the days to come in 2009.
It is a heartening feeling to see close to 550 members registered in this group in the last 6 months, and it was indeed a notable achievement, just for the the fact that Yahoo Groups has been dominating this domain for quite some time.
I hope we will see much better beginnings in 2009 and believe the new change in the administration in United States would sure make this happen, during the course of the year.
And of course, I hope to publish a lot more of interesting articles and share my experiences with GP and other Dynamics technologies in the days to come and make this blog an interesting pool of information.
Till then, wishing you all a WARM, HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2009!!!
December 31, 2008 · veeyeskay · No Comments
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Foreign Language Requirement
In addition to University Core Curriculum requirements, any student who was admitted with a foreign language deficiency must successfully complete two semesters of sequential instruction in one foreign language prior to graduation.
Please note there are additional requirements for foreign language as a student in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Yes, there are two (2) Foreign Language Requirements:
Everyone at the University must fulfill the University FLENT/FLEX Foreign Language requirement. You probably took two years of a modern language in high school. If these courses were on your high school transcript, it would/should have been entered on in the FIU system and the Flent/Flex foreign language portion of the SASS will say "OK."
If the SASS still says "NO" and you have completed two years of a foreign language in high school, you need to check with an advisor to see what is missing.
Some academic units do not require anything in addition to the University's foreign language requirement. However the College of Arts & Sciences does require something in addition to high school credits.
There is ALSO a College of Arts and Sciences Foreign Language Requirement. Remember that Academic Units sometimes have requirements in addition to those set by the University. The big difference between the two language requirements is that two years of ordinary high school foreign language satisfies the University Foreign Language Requirement, but ordinary high school DOES NOT satisfy the College of Arts and Sciences Foreign Language Requirement.
The College's requirement is a competency requirement, not a credits requirement. That is to say the student must demonstrate competency at or exceeding that of someone passing a second semester college level foreign language course. This proficiency can be met by receiving credit for the second semester of a foreign language or higher (e.g., SPN 1131 or higher). Check with an advisor in the Department of Modern Languages as to the best way for you to meet this requirement.
The good news is that any course work which satisfies the College's Foreign Language Requirement will also satisfy the University's Foreign Language Requirement.
Please note:
There are other options to fulfilling the College of Arts and Sciences language requirements. Some students opt for taking alternative exams and receiving acceptable scores in:
- The AP exam (with a minimum score of 4)
- The CLEP exam (with a minimum score of 63)
- The SAT II exam (with a minimum score of 699)
For more information on the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) designed to measure knowledge in certain subject areas of general education, including language, please contact the University Testing Center at (305) 348-2840 or go to http://testing.fiu.edu.


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Big Yellow Butterfly
For busy moms and dads and their kids -- and anyone who loves a good story! Check in here for reviews of wonderful children's books, both classic and new -- stories that will brighten your child's day, awaken her imagination, or soothe him to sleep at bedtime. Each child is like a sponge, absorbing all that he hears and sees. Does it matter which books you choose to read to her? Yes -- choose wisely -- it makes all the difference in the world!
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
James Herriot's Treasury for Children: Warm and Joyful Tales by the Author of All Creatures Great and Small
Back in the groovy 70's, America fell in love with the warm and wonderful stories of James Herriot, recounting his life as a veterinarian, for farmer's animals and family pets in the English countryside. This collection is tailored for children, and all kids love animals. The writing is engaging, the stories are fascinating, and the message is always caring and sensitive. In addition, the book includes numerous beautifully executed illustrations. A great gift.
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Monday, September 3, 2012
The Blueberry Pie Elf, by Jane Thayer
This little story is a classic in the best sense of the word – a tale that will never go out of style, that is fresh with each reading! The hero is a little elf, pointy cap and shoes and all, who loves pie – but not just any kind of pie – blueberry pie! And he lives with a young family, as everyone knows all good elves do, as the bringer of good luck and protection. But he has a problem – his family keeps making the wrong flavor pie!
He determines to let his adopted family know that he needs a blueberry pie – somehow, someway. But how can he tell them? Because elves are invisible and undetectable. As Woolley describes it, "No one can see an elf, or hear an elf, or feel an elf." So what's an elf to do?
Well, he starts by doing a few chores around the house, like making the beds – a tough task for a little guy – but still, no one notices. He keeps on trying, until at last he finds a way!
Well, he starts by doing a few chores around the house, like making the beds – a tough task for a little guy – but still, no one notices. He keeps on trying, until at last he finds a way!
The story delivers its simple message in a light, fun, oh so cute way! Your child can identify easily with the plight of the little guy – because isn't that how a child feels, too, so often? Unheard, unnoticed, and in dire need of a kind, listening ear, to provide for an oh-so-important need?
Out of print for many years, Purple House Press brought back the pie-loving elf in 2008. Enjoy!
For reading to ages 3 or 4 and up; reading level, advanced first grade and up.
For reading to ages 3 or 4 and up; reading level, advanced first grade and up.
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Friday, August 31, 2012
Big Yellow Butterfly, story & art by N.W.H. Shuman
"Welcome to my world!" A tiny new butterfly awakens inside her cocoon, to hear birds chirping, and see bright spring sunlight flooding thru the paper-thin walls of her winter bed. Time to get up and out, to stretch -- but what is this? Wings instead of legs? Take a fanciful journey into the magical world of butterflies in this beautifully illustrated storybook, for children of all ages.
We all love butterflies, but we often forget that these dear, fragile, little creatures are brave, too -- they have lived as lowly worms, they have listened to Mother Nature's kind words: "rest and trust and seek transformation." They have awakened in the dark, and strived against great odds to break free of the familiar chrysalis -- to fly up and away, into sunshine and blue skies!
I hope you enjoy my first book, Big Yellow Butterfly, just released and available online at Amazon, or by ISBN order at your nearest bookstore.
Can be read to ages 5 and up; reading level, advanced second grade and up.
Can be read to ages 5 and up; reading level, advanced second grade and up.
Learn more at https://www.createspace.com/3956217.
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Working Moms Multitask More and Have Worse Time Doing So Than Dads
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Newswise — WASHINGTON, DC, November 28, 2011 — Not only are working mothers multitasking more frequently than working fathers, but their multitasking experience is more negative as well, according to a new study in the December issue of the American Sociological Review.
"Gender differences in multitasking are not only a matter of quantity but, more importantly, quality," said Shira Offer, the lead author of the study and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. "Our findings provide support for the popular notion that women are the ultimate multitaskers and suggest that the emotional experience of multitasking is very different for mothers and fathers."
In terms of quantity, the study found that working mothers spend about 10 more hours per week multitasking than do working fathers, 48.3 hours per week for moms compared to 38.9 for dads.
"This suggests that working mothers are doing two activities at once more than two-fifths of the time they are awake, while working fathers are multitasking more than a third of their waking hours," said study coauthor Barbara Schneider, the John A. Hannah Chair and University Distinguished Professor in the College of Education and Department of Sociology at Michigan State University.
But the authors said an even bigger issue than the time discrepancy is the difference in the way multitasking makes working mothers and fathers feel. "There is a considerable disparity in the quality of the multitasking experience for working moms and dads," Offer said. "For mothers, multitasking is—on the whole—a negative experience, whereas it is not for fathers. Only mothers report negative emotions and feeling stressed and conflicted when they multitask at home and in public settings. By contrast, multitasking in these contexts is a positive experience for fathers."
The Offer-Schneider study relies on data from the 500 Family Study, a multi-method investigation of how middle-class families balance family and work experiences. The 500 Family Study collected comprehensive information from 1999 to 2000 on families living in eight urban and suburban communities across the United States. Most parents in the 500 Family Study are highly educated, employed in professional occupations, and work, on average, longer hours and report higher earnings than do middle-class families in other nationally representative samples. Although the 500 Family Study is not a representative sample of families in the United States, it reflects one of the most time pressured segments of the population. The Offer-Schneider study uses a subsample of 368 mothers and 241 fathers in dual-earner families from the 500 Family Study.
According to Offer and Schneider, their study shows that at least some of the difference in the way multitasking makes working mothers and fathers feel is related to the types of activities they perform.
"When they multitask at home, for example, mothers are more likely than fathers to engage in housework or childcare activities, which are usually labor intensive efforts," Offer said. "Fathers, by contrast, tend to engage in other types of activities when they multitask at home, such as talking to a third person or engaging in self-care. These are less burdensome experiences."
The study found that among working mothers, 52.7 percent of all multitasking episodes at home involve housework, compared to 42.2 percent among working fathers. Additionally, 35.5 percent of all multitasking episodes at home involve childcare for mothers versus 27.9 for fathers.
The authors also believe that multitasking—particularly at home and in public—is a more negative experience for working mothers than for fathers because mothers' activities are more susceptible to outside scrutiny.
"At home and in public are the environments in which most household- and childcare-related tasks take place, and mothers' activities in these settings are highly visible to other people," Schneider said. "Therefore, their ability to fulfill their role as good mothers can be easily judged and criticized when they multitask in these contexts, making it a more stressful and negative experience for them than for fathers."
Working fathers don't typically face these types of pressures, the authors said. "Although they are also expected to be involved in their children's lives and do household chores, fathers are still considered to be the family's major provider," Offer said. "As a result, fathers face less normative pressures and are under less scrutiny when they perform and multitask at home and in public."
So, what can be done to improve the situation for mothers? It's pretty simple—fathers need to step up.
"The key to mothers' emotional well-being is to be found in the behavior of fathers," Offer said. "I think that in order to reduce mothers' likelihood of multitasking and to make their experience of multitasking less negative, fathers' share of housework and childcare has to further increase."
Policymakers and employers can help facilitate this, the authors said. "Policymakers and employers should think about how to alter current workplace cultures, which constitute serious obstacles when it comes to getting fathers more involved in their families and homes," Offer said.
"For example, I think that fathers should have more opportunities to leave work early or start work late, so they can participate in important family routines; to take time off for family events; and to limit the amount of work they bring home, so they can pay undivided attention to their children and spouse during the evening hours and on weekends. The goal is to initiate a process that will alter fathers' personal preferences and priorities and eventually lead to more egalitarian norms regarding mothers' and fathers' parenting roles."
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The American Sociological Association (www.asanet.org), founded in 1905, is a non-profit membership association dedicated to serving sociologists in their work, advancing sociology as a science and profession, and promoting the contributions to and use of sociology by society. The American Sociological Review is the ASA's flagship journal.
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Shira Offer and Barbara Schneider
Revisiting the Gender Gap in Time-Use Patterns: Multitasking and Well-Being among Mothers and Fathers in Dual-Earner Families
American Sociological Review December 2011 76: 809-833, doi:10.1177/0003122411425170 [fee]
Revisiting the Gender Gap in Time-Use Patterns: Multitasking and Well-Being among Mothers and Fathers in Dual-Earner Families
American Sociological Review December 2011 76: 809-833, doi:10.1177/0003122411425170 [fee]
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I think I got the pic of what you're talking about.
Take a look at www.repubblica.it. If you click on any of the news listed there, you will receive an advertising page that also allows you to go straight to the news (vai all'articolo).
Also a few greeting cards websites uses them before directing you to the card itself. Usually there is also an area with your email address already in it, and if you accidentally press "OK" you'll get the advertising straight to your webmail...FOREVER.
Finally, a very good use of this tool is that used by Yahoo.Inc to help users become familiar with the new version of Yahoo Mail. At the first use of the Beta version, the user gets a white page with a few hints on where are the emails and how to get around to get started. The cool thing is that it's fast, non obstructive and clear.
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Data: Mercoledì 29 ottobre 2008, 05:59
There's been a lovely discussion on T&Cs this week [1]. This got me
about solutions for interstitial pages.
By interstitial pages I mean the kind that are presented to the user during
a goal-based flow [2]; for instance, logging into your online banking and
before you see the account summary. During these pages (which often provide
security or legal assurances) it's often considered a worthwhile exercise
marketers (though generally not by Ix/IA/Ux people) to place cross-sell
Can anyone provide examples, screen grabs or otherwise of this kind of page
cross-selling. I'm looking for better ways of not interrupting the
flow but still making the advertising seem be noticeable and pertinent.
- Insisting the user sees it
- Make adding this product/service seem like the default action
- Execution: text-based link, static image or flash banner
Much obliged,
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Published: Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 7:49 p.m.
The 19th annual Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive kicks off Monday in the Ferguson Plaza, Reese Phifer and Lloyd Hall.
Hosted by the University of Alabama Community Service Center, the kickoff will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will include music and free food and the opportunity to vote in a pie-throwing contest.
UA students, faculty and staff will be able to make donations in the pie-throwing contestants' jars. The contestant with the most donations will return to Ferguson Plaza at noon Wednesday and have a pie thrown in his or her face by the person who made the highest donation at Monday's event.
An additional fundraiser will take place at TCBY from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday as part of the event.
All the money raised will go to the West Alabama Food Bank.
Contestants competing for donations include Shane Sharpe, UA Honors College dean; UA football player Cody Mandell; Alabama celebrity Jack "The Face" Blankenship.
Beat Auburn Beat Hunger is an annual food drive that began in 1994 and has since helped collect almost 3 million pounds of food.
During the weeks leading up to the Iron Bowl, students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members "fight" hunger and poverty in West Alabama by challenging Auburn University and the Food Bank of East Alabama to see who can collect more nonperishable food to help needy Alabama families have a happier and healthier holiday season.
The food bank is accepting all nonperishable food items, and collection barrels will be placed at locations on campus and around Tuscaloosa. Monetary donations will be accepted at various Bama Dining locations, by texting BAMA to 27722, and online at beatauburnbeathunger.ua.edu.
The Beat Auburn Beat Hunger campaign will continue through Nov. 16.
Last year, UA handed Auburn the most lopsided loss in the history of the Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive.
UA has won the annual charity competition eight times, compared with Auburn's 10.
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By Will Greenlee
Posted June 14, 2011 at 10:37 a.m., updated June 14, 2011 at 10:48 a.m.
FORT PIERCE — A 32-year-old woman accused of having a months-long sexual relationship with a teen boy was arrested on a felony charge, according to records released Tuesday.
Berea Lonise Standifer, of the 900 block of North 20th Street in Fort Pierce, was arrested Monday on a sexual activity with a minor charge following the incidents the teen boy said began in February 2010.
The boy, who was 16 or 17 at the time, told St. Lucie County Sheriff's investigators he met Standifer through a mutual friend on Feb. 2, 2010, and had sex. The teen boy said that after the encounter with Standifer, he was leaving her home when she "told him he was not going to have sex with her and just leave her like that."
The teen boy agreed to stay the evening, saying he "basically lived" at Standifer's home and had a "continuous consensual sexual relationship" with her until April 7, 2010. The teen boy has been incarcerated from that date until at least May, though the circumstances of his arrest weren't immediately clear Tuesday.
The teen boy said his mother was aware of the relationship. The teen boy said he's upset because he was arrested and Standifer broke up with him. He said he wants her prosecuted.
Standifer said she met the teen boy around Christmas in 2009. She said the relationship was sexual and that he told her he was 18.
She said she didn't know how old he was until he got arrested and went to a juvenile detention facility.
Standifer said the teen boy's mother was aware of the relationship and told her, "Maybe an older woman will be good for him."
Standifer said she spent a week in March 2010 at the teen boy's mother's home when the teen boy was on house arrest "carrying on a consensual sexual relationship while his mother was in the residence."
Standifer said she suspects the teen boy wants her prosecuted because she called off the relationship.
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Tawra Kellam has been kind enough to provide us with a Guest Post today!
Users of SNAP or WIC, take note! If you have food from Angel Food Ministries or Farmers Market coupons; food commodities or things from a food pantry…even if you just want to stretch every food dollar in your food budget…you can appreciate these clever ideas. EVEN IF you do not have little people in your home any more, you will enjoy reading what Tawra has sent to us about observing the Easter Holiday:
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Got any inexpensive ideas for Easter gifts for the kids? Also, do you have any ideas that would focus on the real meaning of Easter and not just bunnies and eggs?
Easter is a great time of the year to celebrate, especially if you have the hope that comes from Jesus Christ and His resurrection. Here are some ideas for Easter gifts. Try some of them and if the creative juices start flowing, make up some of your own!
If you don't have Easter baskets, you can also use:
- Plain wicker baskets
- Baskets spray painted an Easter color
- A cute straw hat
- A pail for the sandbox
- A bowl wrapped in tissue paper
- Paper sacks that the kids decorate. Cut out pictures from magazines or use stickers. Glue or stick them on and then paint or color around them.
- Any sort of plastic storage container. These often can be used later for storage.
- For a "family" Easter basket, set a nice plate on the table with Easter grass and goodies arranged on the plate or platter. This is great when you have older kids.
Fillers for Easter Baskets:
- Buy candy after Valentine's Day at half price and keep to fill Easter baskets.
- Make Easter cookies in the shapes of bunnies, eggs, crosses or any other Easter shape that comes to mind and decorate.
- Popcorn Balls or Rice Krispie Treats colored in pastel colors.
- String Froot Loops onto yarn and tie to make a necklace.
- Don't fill baskets. Instead put jelly beans and candy in plastic eggs so the kids can fill their own baskets. You can also put nickels, dimes, toy soldiers, bugs, stickers, barrettes or hair ribbons in the eggs. Hide them outside or in the house if you live in a climate where it's usually cold on Easter.
- Make coupons for getting out of chores, staying up late one night, having a friend over for a sleep over or a special dinner that they like.
- Include like new books purchased at garage sales or thrift stores.
- Homemade slime, play dough, sidewalk chalk, bubbles or the ingredients for crystal gardens.
- Wacky crayons- Crayon pieces melted together in a muffin tin to make a "big" crayon.
- Flower seeds that the kids can grow
- Mini-stuffed animals purchased at garage sales or on clearance the year before.
- Paper dolls or coloring books. There are many available on the Internet that you can print yourself.
- For teenagers, put these items in baskets: lotions, soaps, suntan lotions, fingernail polish, movie tickets, tickets for getting out of a chore, ticket for $5 worth of car gas, clothes purchased on clearance and of course lots of candy!
- Leave a trail of jelly beans or candy kisses from their rooms to their Easter baskets.
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Put some Hershey Kisses or chocolate chips in a plastic bag and attach the following poem:
This cute little bunny has hopped all day
Been delivering baskets for the holiday.
His paws are so tired and his little nose itches.
He left you something special-something to fill all your wishes.
These cute little hugs and Easter kisses.
- Put 1 Pound Jelly Beans into a bag and attach this poem:RED is for the blood He gave.
GREEN is for the grass He made.
YELLOW is for the sun so bright.
ORANGE is for the edge of night.
BLACK is for the sins we made.
WHITE is for the grace he gave.
PURPLE is for His hour of sorrow.
PINK is for our new tomorrow.
A bag full of jelly beans colorful and sweet,
Is a prayer, is a promise, is a special treat.
- Easter Carrot TreatsBuy disposable plastic decorating bags and fill them with orange jellybeans or cheese balls. Then stick some green Easter grass in the top of the bag (leave some hanging out) and secure the bag with a rubber band and then ribbon so that it resembles a carrot.
Jill Cooper and Tawra Kellam are frugal living experts and the authors of the Dining On A Dime Cookbook. Dining On A Dime will help you save money on groceries and get out of debt, by cooking quick and simple homemade meals. For free tips & recipes visit Living on a Dime!" ~Tawra Kellam
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Fremont Police Department seeks the public's help to locate a wanted man, Lawrence Nero, who has a $1 million warrant that was issued in connection with a residential burglary that occurred in Fremont on Meyer Court on March 1, police said.
Shortly after the burglary, Nero led officers on a vehicle pursuit in the area of Paseo Padre Parkway and Isherwood Drive. During the pursuit, he dumped an unregistered maroon Buick Regal and ran from police jumping fences on Fairfax Court, police said.
After an extensive search, police were not able to locate Nero.
When the vehicle was searched, additional property was recovered from a residential burglary that occurred on Feb. 25 in Fremont on the 35000 block of Armour Way.
On March 5, Nero was again spotted in Fremont and positively identified in a residential burglary that occurred on the 43800 block of Moray Street, police said.
In most of the cases, the suspect first rings the front door bell and when he believes no one to be home, he jumps the fence and proceeds to gain entry into the back of the house. Witnesses reported that Nero no longer had facial hair and was wearing orange shoes. He is described as African American, in his mid-20s, about 5 feet, 10 inches tall, with short hair and a beard, a muscular build, wearing a dark blue sweatshirt and blue jeans or sweat pants, police said.
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Been before so skipped the tours but made it to the Grand Bazaar (again), and then to Hamdi for a fabulous lunch (as always), and then to the spice markets nearby. Wonderful.
Only negative thing is that the taxi drivers really try to rip you off. One driver charged us 25 euros to get from port to Grand Bazaar. Next one tried to charge us 135 euros to get from the Hamdi Restaurant (which is very close to the port) back to the port. We argued and threw 25 euros at him & told him that was all he would get from us, and we exited the taxi and walked about a half mile to the ship (which is where he dropped us off).....nasty guy.
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As apologies go, it wasn't the best. Just a single day after Barack Obama announced his support for same-sex marriages, the Washington Post broke the story that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney had orchestrated the homophobic bullying of John Lauber, a fellow pupil at Cranbrook School, when the two were students at the private academy in the early 1960s. The revelation has caused widespread outrage, and was seized upon by the Democrats who branded Romney's behaviour as "vicious". For his part, Romney told the press that he had no recollection of the offences, and offered his meagre apology in a radio interview last week.
Romney's uneasy and awkward apology could not help but make me think of John Terry, and his own poor handling of his dismissal for his needless and violent attack on Alexis Sanchez at the Nou Camp three weeks ago. Initially Terry alleged "Sanchez was darting in behind me" and "I was trying to protect myself", before video evidence exposed his comments as utter fabrication. The Chelsea defender later apologised for his actions, but with the impending court case over Terry's alleged racial abuse of Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand looming large in the public eye, the incident did little for his reputation. Though Terry will remain innocent until proven guilty, he has so far defended himself with an authenticity every bit as feeble as Romney's.
Into this dreadful situation Roy Hodgson now wades, tasked with choosing between Terry and Rio Ferdinand, brother of Anton and, as much of the sporting press have been quick to point out, no saint himself, for a place in England's twenty-three man squad for this summer's European Championships. Ferdinand's own misdemeanours extend to driving and drink-driving offences, an infamous Radio One interview in 2006 that saw him accused of making homophobic comments, and the eight month ban he received for missing a drugs test in 2003. Hodgson is not so much caught between a rock and a hard place, as he is between the red devil and the deep blue Chelsea.
As the dust settles on Hodgson's appointment it has become clear that this decision is perhaps the biggest test he will face in the role. Yet to speak to either player, whether Hodgson elects to bring Terry, Ferdinand or both could well be the pivot on which his entire tenure is judged. The choice between their respective playing styles could well give us an indication of the direction Hodgson plans to try and steer England in. The selection could also reveal Hodgson's and even the Football Association's own insight into the severity of Terry's legal situation.
There is, of course, a strong case to be made for the inclusion of neither, both ethically and for purely footballing reasons. With Ferdinand's on going injury concerns, and Terry's own form nose diving since his expulsion in the Champions League semi-final, neither of the established defensive pair have had a year as impressive as that of Joleon Lescott, who could – and should – complete a title winning campaign tomorrow afternoon. Lescott currently ranks as the second best defender this season in the Premier League's official Player Performance Index, behind only Patrice Evra. Lescott's defensive partner Vincent Kompany, who was yesterday chosen as the Premier League Player of Year, ranks one place below the Englishman.
Amongst the likely candidates for a place in the squad, Joleon Lescott also has the highest tackle success percentage in the league, and impressed when he last started for England in the 1-0 win over reigning World and European champions Spain last November. Lescott's partner in the heart of the defence that day was Everton's Phil Jagielka, who performed equally well and has had another solid season at Everton. Jagielka's ability on the ball might make him the stand-out choice to partner the more physical Lescott, whilst Gary Cahill possess similar qualities to Terry, and performed admirably since being introduced into the Chelsea side by caretaker manager Roberto Di Matteo. The versatility of Phil Jones and Micah Richards also makes them attractive options, whilst injury or fitness concerns will see Chris Smalling, Michael Dawson and Ledley King all miss out.
Should Hodgson elect to leave both Terry and Ferdinand at home then it could signal the end of their international careers. Whilst both have, at times, distinguished themselves on the international stage, they both appear to be in decline, and the ill feeling between the two threatens to overshadow England's preparations for Euro 2012. Hodgson has the experience to know that he is unlikely to gain anything should he try and force the two to reconcile, and will perhaps want to avoid any such distraction, knowing that the likelihood is that things could well descend into a Chisora/Haye-esque PR catastrophe, such is the size of the egos involved.
It is only sensible to reserve judgement of Terry until after the resolution of legal proceedings, and Ferdinand should not be criticised for defending his brother. But the situation is one that benefits nobody involved. The ludicrous decision to move Terry's trial back to July has not helped. The matter should already have been resolved. Either Terry is guilty and therefore clearly should not be representing his country, or he is acquitted and free to be selected should Hodgson deem him up to scratch. Then the onus would be on Ferdinand to decide whether or not he wants to be involved, with his injury record offering him, or Hodgson, the option of an excuse for leaving him out. Not an ideal scenario sure, but far more palatable than the situation we are in now.
With the squad set to be announced on Wednesday we don't have long to wait for Hodgson's decision. Whatever choice he makes, there is no hiding from the fact that this is a dramatically tumultuous time for England. Hodgson, with his decades of experience and no nonsense attitude, may well be the right man to steady the ship, but he still has decide who to cast overboard.


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Episode LAST! Goodbye, Farewell, Adios
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And… we're out.
Some sound clips, some memories, and some great times. A long farewell tonight but it's worth it. To all of our listeners, a heartfelt thanks from all of us. We've had a great time, enjoyed offering the show, but now it's time to say goodbye.
A fond farewell to the friends of our show like Sorry for Your Luck, Liam, Grammar Nazi, Brian, Jason, Jayda, Ivan, and Ted. Our success was due, in no small part, to your input.
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Did Your Early School Days Influence Your Photography? Episode 70
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We're back, baby! And talking school… OLD school. No, not that "old school" but rather the school that we used to go to. From Kindergarten through the 12th grade, all three of us had experiences that, in one way or another, shaped our photography later in life.
Did you have a nasty teacher? Or a great one? Listen to the show and see how seemingly unrelated experiences taught each one of us some of our most valuable pieces of knowledge in photography. From learning about the importance of layering a scene to being told (in a roundabout kind of way) that art and creativity take a backseat to the other classes like math and English, each of the guys recall memories from their school days.
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How Important is Knowing Photo History? Episode 68
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The guys discuss how important it is to know the history of photography. Is it important to know the history of our craft? As you listen to today's show, you'll realize that it depends on who you ask. A lot of different opinions in this show.
Is art a living thing? Does it matter if you never pay attention to other photographers? Can your art progress in a vacuum?
That's the topic for today – whether or not it's important for our own photography to study the photographers who have come before us.
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Go Forth and Sin Boldly – Episode 67
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It's a short show today and will be for the next one or two episodes. We've been doing this for two and a half years now and we're feeling the need to revamp the show's format. So, for the next couple of episodes we're going to have one short topic until we find our new voice.
Today, as we kick off our "introspection tour," our topic is the photographic sin. What sin (or sins) have you been guilty of in your photography? Also, what photographic sins are you just sick and tired of seeing other people make? For us, it runs the gamut from not shooting enough to Photoshop actions to selective coloring/desaturation.
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Top Rank CEO Bob Arum on Wednesday announced the signing of Zou Shiming, a Chinese, two-time Olympic gold medalist and three-time world amateur champion.
"Zou is an incredible talent who is beloved in the People's Republic of China," said Arum at a press conference from the Four Seasons Hotel in Bejing.
"We at Top Rank will make every effort to make certain that he has a spectacular career as a professional boxer. We are extremely grateful to the Sands China Ltd. for its great cooperation in this venture to launch the professional career of this great young athlete."
Shiming also earned an Olympic bronze medal in 2004, making him his nation's first Olympic medalist in boxing as well as its first boxing Gold medalist in the World Amateur Championships and the Olympics.
Known for extraordinary speed and superb footwork that was honed through years of martial arts training, Shiming has dazzled many an opponent.
Shiming, who lists his heroes as Muhammad Ali and Jackie Chan, is scheduled to make his professional debut on April 6 at the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel in Macau.
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The Kuyahoora Valley has its own radio station and program director Heidi Haines wants make sure local residents know they can tune in.
"We're a local Christian radio station and our focus is on the Kuyahoora Valley," said Haines.
The station's tower is in Newport and the signal for 101.1 FM WGLU-LP - the LP stands for low power - is strongest in Kuyahoora Valley communities. It can be heard in other areas though.
In the winter and fall, when the leaves are off the trees, the signal travels further, according to Haines.
"You can sometimes hear it in Whitesboro or at the top of Vickerman Hill," she said. "Many people are not aware of us."
WGLU-LP is operated by West Canada Christian Resources, a 501-C-3 non-profit corporation incorporated in 2001, and is on the air 24 hours a day, seven days a week, although it does not have DJs on the air all of those hours.
The station originally went on the air in 2001 as WKUY-LP with Christian and other programming. The station went silent when the building where its studio was located was sold.
The Federal Communications Commission allows a station to go silent for up to a year without losing its license to operate, Haines said. A new location was found in Barneveld. Haines credited Ted and Cheryl Foss, of West Canada Christian Resources, for the work they did to rebuild the studio in the new location.
"Within 11 months we were back on the air," she said, adding its signal was boosted from 27 watts to 100 watts, the current limit for a low-power station. FCC regulations require the station's studio to be located within 10 miles of its tower and WGLU-LP's tower is 9.4 miles from the studio.
When the station came back on the air Sept. 10, 2012, WCCR decided to change its call letters — "God is the glue that holds us together," said Haines — and its focus to make it a local Christian station. Haines is the only paid staff member with a couple of volunteers offering additional local programming.
"Our vision is 'Uniting believers, sharing God's love,'" said Haines.
"We mostly have music with short Christian teachings," she said.
The effort is a multi-denominational one with a number of local churches and clergy involved. There are also national programs such as "Quick Word from Beth Moore" and "Life on the Edge."
In addition to her "Rise and Shine" program from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m., Haines is working on an "Out and About in the Community" program.
"We'd like to be radio with legs," she said, noting the station is planning a remote broadcast from the West Canada Valley arts and crafts fair.
Page 2 of 2 - The station is open to ideas from people who have something to share, whether a talent for writing, speaking or music or other talents. The station has featured several local musicians.
"That's what makes us different," said Haines. "We know we can't compete with (national Christian radio networks) K-LOVE and AIR1, but we can offer something local.
She hopes people will begin to turn to the station to hear about community events and announcements about local concerns.
"We hope down the road we can grow and be something the community looks to," she said.
Haines did a short stint on WKUY-LP in 2004, worked in radio in Washington, D.C., for a time and came back to the area in 2008.
For more information, visit the station's website or Facebook page.
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Vin de France is the lowest level of three in the overhauled wine classification system of France, under the intermediate category Indication Géographique Protégée (IGP) and the highest category Appellation d'Origine Protégée (AOP). Unlike Vin de France, IGP and AOP wines indicate the wine's geographical origin within France. This system of three levels replaces the former system of four levels - Vin de Table, Vin de Pays, Vin Délimité de Qualité Supérieure (VDQS), Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) - and will be fully introduced by 2012.


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Billy Currington celebrated the success of his No. 1 single, "Let Me Down Easy," at a party at the BMI offices in Nashville, Tuesday (May 31). Joining Billy on his big day were the song's three co-writers, Marty Dodson, Jennifer Hanson and Mark Nesler.
Before the party Billy talked about the song, his current tour with Kenny Chesney and future plans. Billy noted that he "definitely believed" in "Let Me Down Easy" after the first time he heard it. "It had that soulful vibe that I love," he said. "I enjoy singing those [soulful] kinds of songs."
Billy also added that the tour with Kenny, which plays mainly large venues and high-capacity stadiums, is exceeding his expectations. "This is the best tour I've ever been on," he said. "The amount of people that we get to play for every night, I am really enjoying that." Billy said that he looks forward to more headlining tours of his own and is also working on a new album.
During the party, guests dined on a variety of chicken legs, biscuits, chips and other snacks. Billy and the writers received plaques and congratulations from Billy's record label, the Country Music Association and Country Radio Broadcasters.
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Soft Inflation Data Likely to Keep BOC Rate Hikes at Bay
By Karen Johnson
Canada's softer-than-expected inflation data are cementing market perceptions that the Bank of Canada will keep its foot off the gas and hold interest rates at near-record lows, likely until next year.
Canada's total consumer price index – the gauge of inflationary pressures on the broadest measure of goods – climbed just 0.8% on a year-over-year basis, falling outside the 1%-3% window of the Bank of Canada's inflation-targeting mandate for the second-straight month. Economists widely expected a 1.2% increase.
The weak inflation result sent the Canadian dollar lower early Friday, amid expectations that the inflation-targeting Bank of Canada is likely still a long way from its next rate increase. Currencies thrive on higher interest rates, as investors seek to grab added yield from a country's assets.
The Bank of Canada, in its quarterly assessment of the economy on Wednesday, acknowledged that inflation had been muted in Canada. It said total inflation is likely to linger around 1% before gradually rising to the 2% midpoint of the target range in the second half of next year. The central bank also said interest-rate increases were "less imminent" than previously anticipated, as economic activity has slowed.
As recently as a week ago, half of the primary securities dealers in Canada were forecasting the next rate increase could come this year. But dovish signals from the Bank of Canada this week, capped by a second-straight 0.8% inflation rise, will likely have several of those economists rethinking their views.
The inflation report "pounds home the rather obvious point that the BOC is going nowhere fast," said Douglas Porter, deputy chief economist at BMO Capital Markets.
Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney has said, as recently as two days ago, that the direction for the central bank's 1% policy rate is clear. It's going up, not down. It's the timing that remains unclear.


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NEW BEDFORD — A 51-year-old man was assaulted in the street by an unknown person on Friday evening.
At 8 p.m., the victim was approached by a male white teen and assaulted near 1359 Acushnet Ave. He sustained minor injuries and refused treatment, according to Detective Lt. John Chaves.
Eyewitnesses told police another male white teen and a female white teen stood nearby and "appeared to be involved." Chaves said police are not sure if this was a robbery attempt, as nothing was taken from the victim.
The suspects were not found. The male suspects were wearing black hoodies and the female suspect was wearing a sweatshirt with "PINK" printed on it.
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Whatever changes lie ahead for the Sharks after the embarrassment of their first-round playoff exit in Anaheim, they won't involve a new name on the wall outside the general manager's office.
Sharks President Greg Jamison said Tuesday that while he and the ownership group are frustrated with the team's postseason performance, Doug Wilson will continue to lead the hockey department.
"His body of work stands for itself, and our goal is to work together toward that magic goal of the Stanley Cup," Jamison said.
Wilson revamped the Sharks' lineup last summer with the acquisition of key players such as Dan Boyle and Rob Blake. Todd McLellan was hired as coach in the hopes of conquering playoff demons.
The Sharks finished the season as the NHL's best team with 117 points, only to follow that with the earliest end to their postseason dreams since 2001.
Jamison, who also said that an announcement on next season's ticket prices should be coming within the next week, ranked the loss to the Anaheim Ducks in six games very high on the list of franchise disappointments.
"If not at the top, it's very close," he said.
Playoff disappointment has become a San Jose tradition of sorts. The Sharks have won four Pacific Division titles in the past seven seasons yet went as far as the Western Conference finals only once.
But this year it was a team with the NHL's best record losing to an eighth-seeded team that barely squeezed into the playoffs.
Jamison said management will hold the usual postseason conversations at all levels, asking the standard questions: "Where are we? What happened? Where do we go from here? How do we respond and react?"
In a way, players already were doing that on their own Tuesday as a handful of them drifted into the team's practice facility, shock still etched on their faces and a question looming in their minds: What happens next?
"I don't see how there can't be big changes," veteran Jeremy Roenick said. "When you underachieve like we did in the playoffs, there has to be. "... I'm sure there's going to be a lot of closed-door meetings. I don't think anybody should feel safe."
McLellan and his staff also were at the practice facility, but he preferred not to discuss the situation.
"We're just trying to pick up our chins right now," McLellan said. "There's a lot of disappointment."
In the Sharks' locker room immediately after their 4-1 loss Monday, several players were asked if they thought their team should be broken up. Most deferred, saying that was management's decision.
But Blake said he thought the team should be kept intact for another run, and, yes, he would like to be back for it. Blake's one-year, $5 million contract expires June 30.
The real question probably isn't whether changes will come, but how deeply they could cut into the team's core.
Even if Wilson were so inclined, high salaries and no-trade clauses would complicate any effort to regroup without captain Patrick Marleau, top-scoring center Joe Thornton or goalie Evgeni Nabokov.
Roenick, who is pondering retirement at 39, said he thought some players might benefit from a change of scenery.
"When you're in one place for a long time," he said, "it really does get stale. It's hard to stay in one place for a long, long time, especially when you haven't won."
Roenick wasn't the only Shark who thought changes were coming.
"It's safe to say that there won't be the same 25 faces in the locker room," said center Torrey Mitchell, a restricted free agent who hopes to return.
Center Joe Pavelski said it wasn't as if the Sharks were at rock bottom, not after their regular-season success.
"But every team changes every year, whether you finish last or win the cup. There's always new personnel," Pavelski said, offering his view that he hoped the core group remains the same.
Left wing Travis Moen, who was acquired from the Ducks at the trade deadline, becomes an unrestricted free agent July 1 and said he would like to return to the Sharks.
"I've enjoyed playing here. It's a great group of guys," Moen said. "Hopefully it will work out."
While some players were willing to look to the future, others were still stuck in the past and present.
"This is something I didn't expect," Jonathan Cheechoo said. "I figured to be playing a lot longer than this. We really thought we had a special team. And to end the season the way we did, it's not fun."
Left wing Ryane Clowe, who also will become an unrestricted free agent July 1, said he kept his calendar clear for the next few weeks.
"I figured we'd get a late start to our summer," he said. "It's tough."
But Clowe knows what he won't be doing,
"I can tell you," he said, "I'm not going to be watching any more hockey."
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May 5th, 2007 by Dan Meyer
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The key to staying on top of things is to treat everything like it's your first project. Like it's your first day like back when you was an intern. Like that's how you try to treat things like, just stay hungry.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said an agreement on ways to reduce long-term federal budget deficits could remove an impediment to growth, while failure to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff would pose a "substantial threat" to the recovery.
"There's important potential for the economy to strengthen significantly if there's a greater level of security and confidence about where we're going," he said Tuesday to the Economic Club of New York. "A plan for resolving the nation's longer-term budgetary issues without harming the recovery could help make the new year a very good one for the American economy."
Bernanke, 58, identified the threat of $607 billion in automatic tax increases and spending cuts set to take effect next year as one of the impediments to a faster expansion as companies hold back on hiring and investment. The Fed chief repeated his warning a failure to reach an agreement could send the economy "toppling back into recession."
The central bank is buying $40 billion in housing debt each month and has pledged to keep its benchmark interest rate near zero through mid-2015 as it seeks to spur growth and reduce a 7.9 percent jobless rate.
"We're going to do what we can to support ongoing recovery in growth and jobs and create the demand for output, the demand for firms' products that will remove that uncertainty about the future sustainability of the recovery," Bernanke said.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note climbed to 1.67 percent from 1.61 percent as Bernanke's comments suggested that a fiscal deal could remove impediments to growth. Stocks erased losses, with the Standard & Poor's 500 Index advancing 0.1 percent to 1,387.82 at the close of trading in New York after losing as much as 0.7 percent.
"This is probably the most upbeat speech he has given, but it's still guarded optimism," said Harm Bandholz, chief U.S. economist at UniCredit Group in New York. "It's still Bernanke. He has been so cautious about everything throughout the recovery."
Bernanke also said Fed policy will remain accommodative until the recovery is on a firmer footing. "We are not saying that we expect the economy to remain weak until mid-2015," he said. "We want to be sure that the recovery is established before we begin to normalize policy."


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May 07, 2003
Trees and Green Roofs Hold Promise for Urban Energy Savings
Arbor Day was April 25th, and although you might think trees have little to do with energy use, you'd be wrong. In urban areas, the great mass of concrete, steel, asphalt, and other heat-absorbing materials acts as a giant solar collector, typically raising urban temperatures 6 to 8 degrees Fahrenheit above than surrounding areas. This increases the energy used for cooling homes and businesses in urban areas. Trees can save energy by helping to shade and cool cities, reducing this "urban heat island" effect.
Two new studies on urban heat islands in New Jersey show the situation in Newark to be even worse than usual, achieving temperatures as much as 11 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than its suburbs, while Camden yielded a more normal effect of about 6 degrees Fahrenheit. New Jersey aims to start correcting that problem by planting 100,000 new trees in urban and suburban communities. See the press release from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Another approach to cooler cities is the use of so-called "green roofs," which involve planting gardens on the flat rooftops of buildings. Green roofs can help keep the building underneath cool while also helping to reduce urban heat islands. Although more popular in Europe than in the United States, green roofs have sprouted in recent years on Chicago City Hall and a Ford Motor Company assembly plant in Dearborn, Michigan. See the City of Chicago and Ford Motor Company Web sites.
This growing interest in green roofs has led to "Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities," the first North American green roofs infrastructure conference, awards, and trade show, to be held in Chicago on May 29th and 30th. See the conference Web site.
For more information about urban heat islands, see the Heat Island Group on DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Web site.