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by Lisa McCarthy
April is financial literacy month! Financially literacy is one of the most important life lessons that you can teach your children, but my child is only four. It's not time to start talking about money yet is it? The answer is yes. Three to four years of age is the perfect time to start children on their road to being personally, financially responsible. Okay, so I hear you laughing -- but please read on.
Financial literacy is not what you think. As I go around doing book signings and events for my latest children's book, "The Money Tree," I find that most parents really don't get what financial literacy is all about. They think financial literacy is about teaching kids how to write a check, balance a budget or invest money. But that is just a small part of what financial literacy is really all about. In this instance, three or four-years-old is a little young to start these lessons.
Financial literacy for young children is teaching them about the role money plays in our lives. It is about teaching them to form a good healthy attitude about money and one they will probably carry with them most of their lives. At a young age, it is really about the basics: you need to work to make money; you need to save it and spend it wisely.
So how do you explain that to four, five or six-year-olds? It's really simple. As parents it's really a game of show and tell. Every day things can turn into a money lesson. For example, trips to the store, a bank, saving for a family vacation and even a meltdown over a toy they want in a store are all perfect opportunities to discuss, explain and show them the basics.
We are not talking Math 101-- we are talking about discussing how money is made, showing them how you spend it wisely, and what you are going to cut back in order to save for that great summer vacation.
Numerous studies have shown that most children, who have a good healthy attitude about money and material things, grow into financially responsible adults. Isn't that what we all really want for our children?
When I started writing children's books about money, it was for a selfish reason. I had a child who I realized at four years old really did believe that money grew on trees. I was raising an entitled child, and I knew that this was not the adult I wanted her to become. But she was so cute, and like most parents, I wanted to give her the world.
Her first major temper tantrum in a store over a toy I would not buy changed all that. It made me re-evaluate what I was teaching her about how you get things. So we started talking about wants vs. needs, what things costs and how to save money. I showed her in everyday life just what that meant. Trips to the grocery store turn into adventures in how to save and spend wisely. An old water bottle turned into a bank to save for something she really wanted.
Over the years, these small lessons became a part of our life. Raising a money-smart kid became natural in our conversations and routine. The really cool thing about it was not only was she becoming money-smart, I was becoming a money-smart parent, too! Like most parents, you have those special "ah ha" moments that bring a tear to your eye and a smile to the face. I had one a few weeks ago.
We were in the car discussing a friend of hers who got an iPhone. My daughter, who's now 11, looked at me and said, "You know Mom, getting something you love, like my puppy and my bunny, is really better than getting a thing like an iPhone." And that's when I smiled and knew -- I was not only raising a money-smart kid, but a wise one too.
Lisa Laughton McCarthy is a mom with a passion! As the founder of MoneySmartKidz and author of "The Money Tree," Lisa, takes delight in finding fun creative ways to help show young children the value of financial independence! Her first book "The Money Tree," with its eye catching illustrations, is the answer to every parent who wants to give their child a head start on the road to financial independence.
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Pretty interesting thread about financial literacy. Some moms and dads teach personal finances to their children at home. However, most do not. And only a handful of states require personal finance education in high schools at this time. So where do most children find out about cash? Generally, the evidence indicates, they learn about it by themselves in real-life trials by fire. Yet, those who do start their financial lives with a solid foundation of personal finance info are generally more successful throughout their economic lives.
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Newton Has a Blast at Auburn CBB Game
February 7th, 2013| by Lost Lettermen
Cam Newton blew through Auburn so quickly en route to leading the Tigers to the 2010 national title and winning the Heisman Trophy that he never got to truly have the typical college experience. If his appearance at Wednesday night's Alabama-Auburn basketball game is any indication, he's making up for lost time.
Back on The Plains to take classes toward his degree, Newton was in the student section at Auburn Arena cheering on the Tigers. He even got to hold and use the cheerleaders' megaphone. Later, he sat courtside and hammed it up with his former offensive coordinator and new Auburn football coach Gus Malzahn.
And from a social perspective, Newton isn't letting his standing as an NFL quarterback interfere with his ability to function as a normal college student.
Just talked to Cam Newton!!! I asked him to formal and then he asked me when formal was!!! #freakingout
— Rachel Fisher (@rachann21) February 7, 2013
Yup, just a typical college student. Although we have to ask: What is up with that sweater? Cam Newton profile
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A Gilmanton man suffered serious injuries when a tree fell on top of him on Monday afternoon.
The 44-year-old was pulling a tree with his truck, and when he stepped outside to check on it the tree fell on him.
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Soung-Chul Cha
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma - Research, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
|Konkuk University,, Seoul,, Korea, Republic of, PHD, PhD
Postgraduate Training
|Visiting Fellow, NIH/NCI, Frederick, MD
|Visiting Fellow, Department of Agriculture, Phytonutrients Laboratory, ARS, BHNRC, Beltsville, MD
|Visiting Fellow, NIH/NCI, Frederick, MD
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
|Cha, Kang H, Lee SY, Park GJ, Lee HH. Expression of the HSV 1(F) glycoprotein B gene in insect cells infected by HcNPV recombinant. J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 10:355-362, 2000.
|Kang, Cha SC, Han YJ, Park IH, Lee MJ, Byun SM, Lee HH. High level production of glycoprotein h of HSV-1 (F) using HcNPV vector system. J. Biochem Mol Biol 33(6):483-492, 2000.
|Choi, Oh JS, Kang ES, Won NH, Cha SC, Lee HH. Analysis of amino acid compositions of beta endotoxin crystals of B. thuringiensis isolates by high performance liquid chromatography. Journal of Basic Sciences 24:81-88, 1999.
|Cha. Cloning of glycoprotein genes and development of recombinant DNA vaccine against Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1. Doctoral Thesis. Konkuk University, 1999.
|Cha, Uh hu, Cho JK, Lee JK, Chang DJ, Kim SY, Lee HH. Development of zosteriforms in skin and vagina of mice inoculated with Herpes simplex virus strain McKrae. J. Kor. Soc. Virology 29:283-288, 1999.
|Lee, Moon, ES, Lee, ST, Hwang, SH, Cha, SC, Yoo, KH. Construction of a Baxulovirus Hyphantria cunea NPV insecticide containing the insecticidal protein gene of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Kurstake HD1. J microbiol Biotechnol. 8(6):685-691, 1998.
|Park, Lee, KK, Kang, BJ, Cha, SC, Lee, HH. Expression of bovine growth hormone gene in a Baculovirus Hyphantria cunea nuclear polyhedrosis virus. . J Korean Soc Virol. 23(2):129-138, 1998.
|Hwang, Yoo, KH, Moon, ES, Cha, SC, Lee, H-H. Overexpression of insecticidal protein gene of Bacillus thuringiensis var. Kurstaki HD1. J microbiol. 36(4):289-295, 1998.
|Lee, Chang, JH, Chung, HK, Cha, SC. Recombination and expression of VP1 gene of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus DRT strain in a Baculovirus Hyphantria cunea nuclear polyhedrosis virus. . J Korean Soc Virol. 27(2):239-255, 1997.
|Kang, Park, KJ, Cha, SC, Kim, SY, Yang, KS, Kim, NJ, Lee, H-H. Cloning of thymidine kinase gene of Herpes simplex virus type-1. . J Korean Soc Virol. 26(1):121-129, 1996.
|Lee, Leau, JS, Chung, HK, Hong, YK, Cha, SC. Cloning of VP3 gene of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus DRT strain. . J Life Science (Konkuk University) 3:159-173, 1996.
|Cha, Park, SA,, Chang, JH, Lee, H-H:. Nucleotide sequence analyses of p10 gene and its promoter of Hyphantria cunea nuclear polyhedrosis virus. . J. Korean Soc Virol. 26(1):131-137, 1996.
|Cha, Park, S-A, Chang, H-K, Park, K-J, Kim, SH, Lee, H-H. Cloning of p10 gene of Hyphantria cunea nuclear polyhedrosis virus and its expression Escherichia col. . J. Korean Soc Virol. 25(1):9-22, 1995.
|Lee, Cha, SC, Hung, HK, Lee, H-H. Full-length cDNA construction and expression of VP1 gene from infectious pancreatic necrosis virus DRT strain. . J. Korean Soc Virol. 25(2):111-118, 1995.
|Lee, Min, BH, Chung, HK, Lee, KK, Park, JK, Cha, SC. Genomic structure and nucleotide sequence of the polyhedrin gene of Hyphantria cunea nuclear polyhedrosis virus. . Mol Cells. 2:303-308, 1992.
|6. Soung-Chul Cha. Hong Qin, Weiguo Wu, Shibichakravarthy Kannan, Juliana Ong, Jinsong Wei, Dan Gold, Larry W Kwak, Sattva S Neelapu. Human B-cell lymphoma antigen receptors recognize vimentin: implications for lymphomagenesis. AACR 100th Annual Meeting, 2009.
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The Best Outdoor Drinks to Sip in the Summertime
Micheladas in progress. (Credit: Ture Lillegraven)
Happy Memorial Day! We're hoping you're on your way to a wonderful weekend, full of good fun, good food, and especially, good booze. We're sure you have your own go-to outdoor beverage, but just in case you need some alfresco drink inspiration, we asked our staff what they're sipping when relaxing in the great outdoors. Their answers below, and make sure to tell us yours in the comments.
Cold vinho verde, straight from the bottle. —Amiel Stanek, Assistant to the Editor in Chief
Tarragon , crushed ginger, lemon juice, splash of cranberry… 100% juice. ALL DAY EVERY DAY —Brad Leone, Contributor, Test Kitchen
I'll be channeling beachy weather with Bermuda's own Dark and Stormy's, ideally made with Gosling rum, Fever Tree ginger beer, and a fat wedge of lime. –Carla Lalli Music, Food and Features Editor
Bourbon + Aperol + Soda. —Matt Novak, Contributor
Chilly Provencal-style rose. Mineraly, crisp, very pale blush color. Yum. —Julia Bainbridge, BonAppetit.com Contributor
Aperol on the rocks, with a splash of prosecco if there's any open. —Christine Muhlke, Executive Editor
Boozy: Cointreau Fizz is the official name, but it's basically Cointreau, fresh lime juice, and club soda. Non-boozy: Iced hibiscus tea with lemon. —Joanna Sciarrino, Assistant Editor
A low-alcohol Riesling from the Mosel, or Lillet on ice. —Chris Morocco, Associate Food Editor
Ice. Cold. Beer. —Dawn Perry, Senior Food Editor
Mexi-style. Michelada: ice, lager, a small limes with of juice. –Scott DeSimon, Special Projects Editor
All summer I'm getting down on Palomas, cheladas (just salt and lime–no funny business) and, yes, beer on ice. I also will grab some Lillet (rose, if you please), Campari, white wine and sparking water for a spritz. —Alison Roman, Assistant Food Editor
The coldest possible (without starting to freeze) tall boy of Budweiser in a Stevie P/World's Best Ever koozie. —Mike Ley, Deputy Art Director
The El Diablo: Combine 1 1/2 oz. tequila, 1/2 oz. Creme de Cassis, 1/2 oz. fresh lime juice, and shake. Fine-strain into an ice-filled Collins glass, top with 2-3 oz. ginger beer and garnish. —Alex Pollack, Photo Director
Pastis. Hot summer day. Love. —Patrick Janelle, Contributor
Lillet rose, big fat slice of orange. —Danielle Walsh, BonAppetit.com Contributor
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Wikipedia Fundraising Ends – Celebrates A Decade Of Existence
Wikipedia has just ended their month and a half long fundraising efforts. The website now has a massive 'Thank You' banner noting that this was "shortest fundraiser" the organization has ever had.
What's more, 2011 is also the tenth year since Jimmy Wales started Wikipedia as a community project. The website is now the fifth most visited website on the internet and though its traffic rivals those from the likes of Google and Facebook, the not-for-profit group only has close to 50 people on its payroll.
Jimmy Wales has listed out some interesting statistics about the latest fundraiser
- Over 500,000 donations to the Wikimedia Foundation.
- Almost 130,000 donations to the local Wikimedia chapters world-wide.
- Two of the largest fundraising days in Wikipedia history.
- Average donation size: about $22.
Though Wikipedia may no longer be actively seeking donations from its website visitors, interested people may still make their donations by visiting this link.


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Why I'm Not Stopped by Border Patrol
Midnight. 80 degrees. Palm trees, illuminated by the airport lights, lining the street. My dream was now a reality. Germany to Miami. I did it. I moved to America!
When I was 12, my family vacationed in upstate New York. From then on, I knew I wanted to live in America. When other children dreamed of becoming policemen, rock singers, and cowboys, my perpetual childhood dream was to become an American. I devoured books by German author Karl May, about an Apache warrior named Winnetou. His pride and honor started my fascination with this country.
I was 16 when I finished school in Germany, 17 when I finished school as an exchange student, and was 20 when I moved to Miami. I fell madly in love and we moved to Los Angeles. After some time, we moved to Detroit and got married. Then we broke up.
The breakup forced a brief pause as I unwillingly moved back to Germany to reset my visa. Before I left Detroit, I had set up an interview with another freight forwarder in Hamburg, under the condition that they would send me back to the U.S. I never, ever gave up on America — it was never, ever a consideration. Within ten days of arriving in Hamburg, I was at my new job at the German Freight Forwarder. Ten months later, I was back to my America — assigned to Houston.
When they moved me to Atlanta, I remarried. He was a contractor, and I quit my freight job so we could renovate houses together. Unfortunately, the relationship didn't work out. I thought I didn't need to worry about the visa situation because I was married to a U.S. citizen. Had our relationship worked out, I would have been on track for a temporary green card. I was single again, so I was in violation of my H1B visa — and of the five companies in Atlanta that I could have worked at, none of them had job openings.
I found a glimmer of hope — maybe I could switch to an entrepreneur visa. I quickly found an attorney to take my case, but later found out that he never filed anything.


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How could this happen to innocent children in an upper middle-class community, that, by most reports, never had a problem with serious crime or violence?
Why did Adam Lanza do what he did? According to one news report, his mother had told at least one friend she felt she was losing her son. Yet he apparently never received mental or medical care that may have helped him and helped avoid this unspeakable tragedy. What about the guns he used? They were obtained legally by his mother, yet he used them on her then turned them on 26 innocent people --- including 20 precious children that had their entire lives ahead of them.
All valid questions with no easy answers.
Tragic events like this have been happening far too frequently: Columbine and Aurora, Colo.; Sandy Hook, Conn.; Virginia Tech; Clackamas Town Center in Oregon; the Tucson, Ariz. supermarket where U.S. Rep Gabrielle Giffords and others were shot. There was even a shooting last week at St. Vincent's Hospital in Birmingham and a suicide in downtown Birmingham's Hugo Black federal courthouse. How can these incidents be stopped? Is it the fault of too many guns or are law enforcement officers stretched too thin or is it a mental health issue?
Joe Songer has been a photojournalist for 35 years. He blogs and produces a video series called "Joe's Outdoor Office" on al.com about the Alabama outdoors. His topics include responsible gun ownership, hunting, fishing and more.
I am a strong advocate of the First and Second Amendments. Our country was built on both. My profession as a journalist of 35 years depends on the First Amendment. Our security, personal and otherwise, depends on the Second Amendment. I have owned guns of all kinds most of my life. I grew up in a time and place where guns were respected and used as tools to put food on the table. Hunting as a boy and young adult in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama was just as important as baseball, riding bikes and building tree houses. There was always a loaded gun in my in-laws home, just in case. Today, in my home, the same is true.
The U.S. Supreme Court in two landmark decisions upheld the right granted by the Second Amendment for private citizens to own firearms. District of Columbia v. Heller in 2008 and McDonald v. Chicago in 2010 spelled out the right of private gun ownership for all states and districts of the United States.
I grew up in a house full of boys and we all knew how to use a firearm. My wife and I raised two girls and both know how to handle a shotgun, rifle or pistol. My grandchildren will also learn how to safely handle a weapon when they are responsible enough to do so. The question that has been burning in my mind since last Friday is this: If there were someone authorized to have access to an on-campus firearm at Sandy Hook Elementary when Adam Lanza started to shoot his way into that school, could lives have been saved? My answer is yes and here's why:
Lanza knew that the school was a gun-free zone. No one could fight back. Those teachers and students didn't have a chance to defend themselves. What if a police officer, security guard or even a parent with a concealed carry permit had been assigned to the school? I think the outcome would have been different. I believe the loss of life would have been drastically reduced. I believe Lanza would have been stopped before he slaughtered 20 children and 6 teachers.
The same scenario has played out all over this country. Columbine High School is a gun-free zone. Sandy Hook Elementary has a "no guns allowed" policy. The Clackamas mall in Oregon posted stickers on all doors several years ago prohibiting firearms on the property, according to one report. Virginia Tech, like Sandy Hook Elementary, is a school where guns are prohibited. All of these places are "soft targets" where people with ill intent know they will not meet any resistance until they carry out their plan. At Sandy Hook Elementary, witnesses stated Lanza didn't shoot himself until he heard the police.
Just think about the places where these terrible incidents have occurred over the years. Schools and universities, theaters, post office facilities, shopping malls. All places where guns are supposed to be prohibited. Places where bad guys know people are unlikely to be equipped to stop them. This year alone, according to a Washington Post report, at least 14 mass shootings have taken place. Most of the killings occurred in places where law-abiding citizens are not allowed to carry guns.
On the flipside, there are places in this country where owning a firearm is the law. Kennesaw, Ga., passed a law in 1982 that requires all home owners to purchase or have in their home a firearm of their choice. The ordinance states the gun law is needed to "protect the safety, security and general welfare of the city and its inhabitants." Since 1982, the crime rate has decreased drastically. The law has been in force for 30 years and the town has been nicknamed "Gun Town U.S.A." Its crimes rates are among the lowest in the Atlanta metro area, one of the town's officers told the Reuters news service.
Does this mean everyone should go out and buy a gun? No. Many of us don't want the responsibility of owning or carrying a firearm. But that doesn't mean our laws should restrict the rights of those who do. Anyone who owns a firearm should seek proper training, own it legally and store it safely. Maybe more guns owned and carried by properly trained, responsible citizens is one of the answers. Outlawing guns isn't the answer. The old saying goes, and I believe it's true, "If you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns."
Lanza's mother had legally purchased her firearms. The killer stole his weapons from his mom. I legally own weapons exactly like or very similar to the ones used. (Guns don't kill people. Killers do. My weapons have never caused another human being any harm.) None of the guns Lanza used was an automatic weapon. The AR-15 and the Glock 10 mm are semi-automatic weapons: One pull of the trigger, one shot fired. They work exactly like a semi-automatic hunting rifle or shotgun. Millions of semi-automatic firearms have been manufactured since the early 1900s. The AR-15 is the most popular rifle sold in this country, according to CBS News, and is used for hunting, plinking, target practice and gun competitions. It is easy to use.
In the wrong hands, guns are dangerous and lethal. So are knives, arrows, baseball bats, vehicles and bombs made of ammonia nitrate and diesel fuel. If a sick, deranged individual wants to kill, they will find a way to accomplish their twisted goal.
I don't have all of the answers and don't pretend to. All I know is we need to protect the children of this country from sick, deranged people who want to bring harm and sadness to families and our country.
I suggest bulletproof glass on all first floor doors and windows in all schools. Locked doors, metal detectors, armed police and security guards at all schools. All of this costs money and manpower.
Here's another suggestion: Train school personnel to use a firearm and have a shotgun or AR-15 in the office loaded and secured. The office personnel at Sandy Hook Elementary heard the shots and and glass breaking but had no means to stop the invasion. A 12-gauge shotgun in the hands of a trained person would have saved lives.
I believe this is a healthcare issue also. Many of these people exhibit unusual behavior before carrying out their deadly deeds. We all have a responsibility to be aware of those around us and get people help when they need it. Mental health is treated differently in this country than medical health. Some people and their family members won't get help because it costs too much and isn't fully covered by most health insurance plans. Maybe if Lanza and the other killers could have received mental health care, none of these terrible things would have happened.
The conversation has begun. We all want answers. Laws to ban guns are being talked about all over this country. I hope we find a solution that works and doesn't divide our country further.
As a parent, grandfather and American I pray for those whose lives have been devastated and hope they can find peace.


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PayPal users beware, there is a new email scam going around by cyber criminals who are intent on getting your PayPal money. The scam circulated in an email, and we got on here at one of our work email addresses, that has never had a PayPal account.
In the email, it tells you that your account will close soon if you don't update your account soon and urged you to log into your account using the link provided.
Here are all the WRONG things about this:
1- The email does not address you by name, just "Member". PayPal will address you by name when they are contacting you.
2- Grammar, spelling and punctuation are incorrect, but is not obviously noticeable, so read it carefully.
3- The email asks that you do not reply to it since they can't open inquiries to that address.
4- The address it was sent from is "firstname.lastname@example.com".
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TUPELO – North Lee County Water Association's board president brings a less than pleasant history with the city of Tupelo as detailed negotiations begin this week related to providing water service to annexed areas.
Terry Anderson, board president, filed a lawsuit against the Tupelo Regional Airport Authority after his termination as airport executive director in 2009, claiming age discrimination and violation of his First Amendment rights.
Four-member negotiation teams with North Lee water association and the city of Tupelo will likely meet Thursday to discuss the city's desire to provide water service to areas annexed in 2012, territory served now by the rural water association.
Anderson currently waits for the 5th U.S. District Court of Appeals in New Orleans to rule on his appeal after a U.S. district judge in Mississippi said Anderson did not prove his claims.
Anderson, 68, makes the distinction between the city and the city's airport authority when discussing his lawsuit. However, he chuckled Thursday when asked about his position negotiating with the city and his lawsuit appeal.
"It's not nearly as strange as I expected because the administration is different," he said.
As Anderson discussed the worst-case scenario for the water association related to possible outcomes with the city, he mentioned North Lee losing all customers in territory annexed by Tupelo and receiving no compensation in return. He acknowledges this as improbable but doesn't rule it out.
He later sounded skeptical that Tupelo officials would enter negotiations willing to provide North Lee what it requires to agree with the city's wishes.
"I'm not so sure North Lee is getting a fair shake in this," he said. "But maybe we are. For this to work, both sides needs to see each other's perspective."


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Charlestons Broad Street one of the oldest paths in the city has been named a Top 10 Great Street for 2012 by the American Planning Association.
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Broad joins Duval Street in Key West, Fla.; Fifth Avenue in New York; Shaker Boulevard in Cleveland; and Grant Street in Pittsburgh, among others, on this years Top 10 list.
APA singled out the 12 blocks of Broad Street for its charm, architectural heritage and diversity of uses, plus its walkability.
They also noted the route has survived a British invasion, Civil War, a killer earthquake, fires, tornadoes and hurricanes.
Jeff Soule, director of outreach at APA, said much of the outward charm of Broad Street is that it has kept its identity under the pressure of growth over the decades partly because of the citys early historic zoning ordinance protection and the 1931 creation of the Board of Architectural Review.
Today the route is a mix of law offices, galleries, eateries, offices, churches, homes, inns and historic sites.


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Mohammad Shafia may be serving a life sentence in prison for killing three of his children and his first wife, but he remains the family patriarch in every regard, still wielding influence on family finances and his children's welfare from his jail cell, multiple sources say.
While in detention, Mr. Shafia, an Afghan-Canadian businessman, found a proxy in his wife's cousin, who has not only provided his three youngest children with food and shelter, but for a period also helped manage the family's biggest real estate holding: a strip mall in Laval that was put up for sale a year ago.
Mr. Shafia's 18-year-old son has been groomed by his father to be the new family patriarch, the cousin said, and is acting as intermediary in the sale. Mr. Shafia wants $2.4-million, and recently received an offer of $2.25-million.
"[Tuesday]night the agent called me, and when I talked with [the son] [the son]talked with father, he told him, 'No.' He asked more – $150,000 more," said the cousin. "Nobody will buy this one at this price because now the people know this guy's a criminal."
The cousin will be referred to as Nasir to protect the remaining Shafia children, who were under 18 at the time of the murders and cannot be identified under a life-long publication ban.
Nasir's is the second home the children have lived in since their parents and older brother, Hamed, were arrested in 2009 after the drowning deaths of daughters Zainab, Sahar and Geeti – aged 19, 17 and 13 respectively – and Mr. Shafia's first wife, Rona Amir Mohammad, 53. On Sunday, Mr. Shafia, his wife Tooba Yahya Mohammad, 41, and Hamed, 21, were convicted on four counts each of first-degree murder.
The children – now 19, 18 and 11 – were taken from their home by the child services agency Le Centre jeunesse de Montréal.
They were initially put in the care of another one of Ms. Yahya's relatives, according to Reza Hyderi, a cousin living in Montreal. But Mr. Shafia did not get along well with this relative, Mr. Hyderi said, and requested they move in with Nasir's family. Ms. Yahya pleaded with Nasir from the Quinte Detention Centre in Napanee, Ont., to look after them.
"She asked me too many times. I said, 'Leave [them]in the [child services]' " said Nasir. But he relented, and the children moved in with his family of four in late 2010. The stress of caring for them drove a wedge in his marriage, he said. Four months ago, he split with his wife and now lives in an apartment. Although the two eldest children are adults, they still live in Nasir's house with their 11-year-old sister under the care of Nasir's wife.
Gérald Savoie, adviser to the executive director of Batshaw Youth and Family Centres, which serves Montreal's English-speaking community and several times took a role in the Shafia case, said parents retain influence over what happens to their kids after a criminal conviction. However, child-care authorities can apply to the Child Youth Court, for example, to strip them of any say in the placement of a child or other decisions, including visiting the parents in jail.
Queen's University law professor Nick Bala said the Shafias' situation is extremely rare.
"Presumptively, parents have the right to appoint a guardian ... for their children if they are unable to care for them ... whether it's because of being in jail, illness or leaving the country. It's a similar issue with property," he said. "But child-welfare authorities also have the responsibility to ensure that the person who's caring for the child is appropriate."
The Shafia case has been examined closely by Batshaw, but Mr. Savoie is unaware of any application to remove the parents' authority over the children.
"To my knowledge, no ... we're still processing, reviewing, debriefing," he said. "We have to be able to demonstrate that any form of contact with the parent would be detrimental to the child."
Fifteen months ago, Nasir said Mr. Shafia not only asked him to look after the children, but also the strip mall in Laval. Mr. Shafia bought it in 2008 for $2-million with a $1.6-million cash down payment.
It appears to be the last remaining vestige of a once-thriving range of businesses under Mr. Shafia's control. Gestion Amanat Inc., a company that imported clothing, accessories, household goods and construction materials from China, stopped operations after Mr. Shafia's arrest. The same is true for a lucrative used-car sales business Mr. Shafia had in Dubai, Nasir said.
A person familiar with the negotiations to sell the mall said that Mr. Shafia is seeking his full asking price of $2.4-million. He has received 10 offers, all below asking.
"He rejected them," the person said.
For his help with the family business and care for the children, Nasir said he hasn't seen a penny from the Shafias.
He has power of attorney over one bank account, which had a balance of $98,000 when he last checked late in 2011, but he can make only deposits. To pay a bill, he writes a cheque and sends it to Mr. Shafia in jail, who signs and returns it.
Mr. Shafia had promised him $22,500 for playing manager and superintendent at the strip mall, he said. He once wrote a cheque for that amount to himself and sent it to Mr. Shafia. He didn't sign it.
Patrick McCann, lawyer for son Hamed, said there are no legal restrictions on the money and property of convicted criminals.
"There's no law that I'm aware of that strips a person of their assets if they're convicted of a crime," he said. Often in these types of cases, "the children would have some claim, probably," he added.
Last week, the son, who Nasir said dropped out of high school, effectively took over all family finances. Nasir arrived at the Laval strip mall's administrative office and found the locks had been changed.
Since turning 18 in December, the son now also has control of all the family bank accounts.
Police wiretaps from July 22, 2009 – hours before the Shafias were charged – captured the son, then only 15, warning his big brother Hamed not to do anything rash, as he believed it would put the family's wealth in jeopardy.
"Everything will be gone if you guys do something," he said. "Everything you're talking about. The case of money isn't up now, but still I'm saying [to]you the building is gone, everything is gone from my hand – that all goes to charity, to the government."
During the trial, the Crown said the Shafias pondered before the murders were committed what would happen to their fortune if they were imprisoned. In June, 2009, when Mr. Shafia and his son were in Dubai (where the murder plot is believed to have been hatched), a Google search was done on Hamed's laptop: "Can a prisoner have control over their real estate."
All three children have been deeply affected by their parents' actions, but in different ways, Nasir said.
The 19-year-old daughter stopped attending school because she was concerned classmates would link her surname with her family's grisly actions, he said. The 11-year-old is too young to understand what has happened.
"These two girls are the victims, you know? It's not easy for them. Both of them, their life is finished," Nasir said.
When Mr. Shafia collect-called Nasir's house four times a month throughout the past 15 months, it was only to inquire about the mall, Nasir said.
"[His older daughter]asked me, 'What he say? What he say?' " he recalled. "It's just for the business. The father is not thinking about the children."
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I met Eva this year as part of EILI, an entertainment leadership group through The Jewish Federation. She's tall, has dark hair, and is stacked like the House of Pancakes. A ditzy actress, I told myself. Our first weekend together was at a retreat in Ojai. We heard lectures, discussions and got to know our group. Eva seemed guarded when I met her. Yet when it was time to share personal stories, Eva had no problem digging in deep and sharing with the group. She was honest and real, and she surprised me. She wasn't guarded. She wasn't ditzy. And it turns out she's never acted a day in her life. She's an attorney for a mini-major movie studio.
When we sat down to do this interview, Eva was so honest and open that I didn't know what I'd be able to use from our 90 minutes together. She didn't try to make herself look good — she just spoke as plainly as she could about her life, her relationships and where they took a wrong turn. So I took a few facts about her life, put them together to create a simple profile and avoided injecting any opinions of her that could potentially get me in trouble with someone I'd be working so closely with for a year. But when I finished writing it, I realized I was too cold and impersonal. Luckily I had time to fix it before it went to print.
Eva grew up in Whittier, Calif. Her mom's a mix of Mexican, Spanish and Norwegian and converted to Judaism before Eva's parents were married. Her father's an Ashkenazi Jew. She was a nerdy loner in high school, but found her way in college. After graduating from UC Riverside, she went directly into law school before becoming an independent contractor at the studio. "I love it. I love the people. I passionately care about my co-workers. My department is mostly all females, and you think that'd be a horrible thing, but it's great. Would I want to work anywhere else? No."
She had her first serious relationship at 21 and has had one other relationship since. When I ask her what her requirements in a man are, her responses are comical — he has to have a car and a cell phone. "Ultimately, I want him to have a career — not a job; something that he's actually passionate about. I'd prefer that he make more money than me — at least in the long run — because I don't want that to be a potential point of contention down the road. I think most men end up resenting the woman if they make more than them. I want him to be the man in the relationship. In general, I like a guy who's confident. I like a good smile, good teeth, a playful sense of humor. Someone who can hold his own in a conversation.
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The night of our interview she stops me as I'm about to shut down the computer. "You should put a disclaimer — I do talk a lot." When I ask her what she likes to talk about, she says, "Everything. Literally everything. My ex-boyfriend's friend even said, 'She doesn't shut up.' "
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Laundry adventures leave empty pockets
What happens in the washing machine, doesn't stay in the washing machine.
It carries over to the dryer and that's when the bad news really hits home, an entire load of laundry ruined by. ...
Well, folks, take your pick. I have seen it all during the years of raising children from toddler to teens.
I have washed Krazy Glue, ketchup packets, and pocket change in every denomination, including Canadian quarters. I have washed tampons, love notes and hair ties in every color of the rainbow. I have washed car keys, coffee creamer packets and twist-off bottle caps.
Before I lay the blame entirely on my children, I will cop to a few transgressions.
I am notorious for leaving red pens in work pants. Red pens, when washed and dried, result in T-shirts and white socks with a bad case of measles.
I have also, on occasion, left earphones in my workout shorts. To avoid boredom on the cross trainer at the gym, I listen to music. Unfortunately, I tend to stuff the earphones into my shorts pocket and forget about them.
So, the earphones wind up wrapped around the agitator, making me agitated as I yank like a Tug of War world champion. I think it's easier to cut an umbilical cord than these stupid things when they latch on beneath the agitator.
My kids have left their share of earphones and pens in the laundry, too, but they go above and beyond the call of do-not-do-that duty. Some of their laundry gaffes are so glaring, they'd convince Heloise to give up and retire to Florida.
They chew gum, for instance. It's no fun trying to remove gum from the inside of a dryer. Or Gummy Bears, for that matter.
My son tends to leave lighters in his pockets. I have a complete collection of drowned lighters -- red, black, white, paisley.
You know what wash water looks like when a load of laundry has hidden Hershey's kisses? A load of something else, that's what. Guess what you get when a pair of jeans hits the dryer with an iPod? A DryPod that only plays "The Sound of Silence."
I know what you're thinking. "Dave, why don't you check pockets before you swoop up clothes and stuff them into the washer like a dead body in a steamer trunk?"
Sometimes, I do. But usually I'm multi-tasking. "I'll start a load real fast during the commercial." "I'll run down and switch loads while the steak is cooking."
Who has time to sweep for pocket land mines when you're multi-tasking? But I can't afford to ruin any more clothes. I know I must change my ways.
Heloise, how much do you charge to do laundry?
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Apple boldly advertises the slogan "It just works", but Apple has its share of issues just like any other tech company. Among the recent problems included Mac display issues (which have been ongoing for over a year) and iPhone signal issues (also a year old problem).
Now another familiar problem has been reported. Apple's hot new iPhone is not just getting hot figuratively, it's getting hot literally. Reports of Apple's handsets turning toasty and colorizing from white to a toasty brown or rosy pink have been widely reported.
Reportedly, the phones are more likely to overheat when playing games or using the GPS. The iPhone 3G S packs a much faster CPU and graphics processor than its predecessor, a likely source of the heating issues. However, Apple thus far has denied the reports and refused to comment that there is a problem with the handsets.
Melissa J. Perenson of PC World is among those whose iPhone 3G S is overheating. She writes, "And at some point, I became aware the handset had become very hot. Very, very hot — not just on the back, but the entire length of the front face, too. I was using a game, and then later the Web browser for reading the news about Michael Jackson, all over a Wi-Fi connection while plugged in. And in those circumstances, well…toasty doesn't even describe how surprisingly hot it got. It was too hot to even put the phone against my face. No discoloration to report, though; I have the black handset, and didn't see any effects."
OS power management also may be to blame. Reportedly, iPhones and iPod touches upgraded to the new OS v3.0 have also been heating up. Writes Wired.com's Charlie Sorrel, "To add to the confusion, I have noticed my 2G iPod Touch getting a lot hotter than usual since updating to the v3.0 software. This happens while web browsing, and the battery is draining fast, too. I have no idea if this is related, but if it is it could point at some bad power-management software in OS 3.0."
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quote: all your whining does nothing to growing Apple market share, you can suck MS dick all you want but people will still buy quality Apple stuff no matter what you zealots preach here
quote: all while you poor souls keep crying about your puny little welfare checks hahahaha :)))
quote: ports will eventually open as the user installs programs and activates services
quote: firewall is also meant to prevent unauthorised traffic going out
quote: in a public place you do not want your system to be discovered by other machines even if all ports are closed
quote: the average mac idiot like yourself has no clue about security so it is best to prevent than to cure
quote: i will not even discuss the autologin because honestly
quote: why my mac pro got too hot to touch underneath and extremely uncomfortable to type on while installing windows 7?
quote: explain why the edges of the body are so sharp that they leave dents on my wrists when i type?
quote: why i cannot customise the interface on the so called "most advanced OS in the world"?
quote: why don't i have sound themes to select from apart from a single sound for warning dialogs?
quote: why are they forcing the user to do firmware flash for a simple driver update?
quote: why has safari crashed more times than IE has crashed in a whole month?
quote: why is the sound muffled and why do the speakers rattle and buzz?
quote: why is the camera quality just as bad as my 3 year old acer?
quote: closed ports do not receive emails or html you fuckwit
quote: windows firewalls block both ways traffic which is why it asks every time something tries to transmit
quote: ping of death and other variants?
quote: i want to be able to select between performance or battery life
quote: because honestly you're dumb beyong repair :) I have autologin on all of my Vista notebooks, and I can turn it off or on any time I want, same as with OS X. you keep crying dumbo :)) it's soo funny :)))
quote: Ask MS, not me :P I haven't wrote any Win7 code, fortunately :)))
quote: why can't you click change your Lexus's color either? huh? why there is no damn button for changing color on your Lexus??!! AAAhhh BLASPHEMY!!! I PAID $$$$$$ FOR MY LEXUS AND I WANT COLOR CHANGE BUTTON NOOOWWWWW!!! hahahaha what a clown :)))
quote: and why the heck can't I change the sound of my Lexus engine either?? BLASPHEMY AGAIN, damn ya Jobs, your Lexus sucks, I can't freakin change the engine sound :)))) hahaaa
quote: why my Gateway was overheating and shutting itself down when my PowerMac was working months without a single reboot?
quote: Why Gateway's battery sticks out of the back like an ugly piece of excreta while providing 25% of the batterly life of a MacBook Pro with battery NOT sticking out ugly like that?
quote: Why is my Alienware trackpad so jerky, non-smooth, and much harder to scroll up and down sometimes, compared to MacBooks I used at work?
quote: he makes unfounded and misinformed comments about windows
quote: If you set a password on Vista it will not automatically log you in when you switch the computer on without the need for this password, whereas OSX will.
quote: MacBook becoming extremely hot under CPU intensive tasks as a result of inadequate cooling
quote: never giving a straight forward answer
quote: Does not affect me and most people - usually users put their notebooks to sleep instead of turning them off :P
quote: Nothing new here, my Alienware also becomes very hot when I play Clear Sky on it, so what? :)
quote: My questions are the answers
quote: If you don't like something about this particular Mac - there you go, there are dozens of things I don't like about this or that instance of Windows. So what? :)
quote: You can't make any point trying to say "Mac is worse" because I have many examples when Windows is worse
quote: So you're right, repeating "mac sucks" the way idiot fsardis does it here like a robot will get us nowhere because I will find counterpoints to every stupid accusation he tries to make.
quote: If you do not alter this setting then you will be required to enter your password on wake
quote: MacBook has superior cooling, yet it still becomes very hot, just like any other notebook
quote: when these drawbacks are made out to be something superior towards their PC counterparts
quote: something that is spouted as an all-round superior product through arrogant marketing shouldn't be "worse" by any persons' standpoint, should it?
quote: "Mac sucks" is an opinion, it's not meant to go anywhere
quote: Well, so Apple traded security for comfort, which seems like a smart move for them.
quote: Their OS designers usually do much better job than MS's.
quote: MacBook's cooling is better not because of the lower temperatures, but because of lack of stupid air vents at the bottom.
quote: What Mac's drawback exactly is "superior" to PC? Be more explicit please.
quote: It could if the person is outside of the marrket segment that is targeted by the ads, which is clearly the case with fsardis.
quote: I would consider comfort as knowing your system is secure
quote: overall they do very well to accomodate for everyone in that particular market
quote: With the MacBook, having no vents on the bottom and being on a flat surface, heat will just remain at the bottom as it's impossible that all heat will be extracted from the rear/side exhausts
quote: People that have common sense will use their notebook on a hard flat surface as often as possible
quote: OSX being "the most advanced OS in the world"
quote: for Apple to win, Microsoft had to lose. Apple had forgotten themselves
quote: Ah, that's why everybody here tells me to turn UAC off and STFU at last. Hehe, how simple actually :)
quote: I believe it only when I see MS market share growing, not falling like now.
quote: Heat will not just remain at the bottom because there are heat sinks on the hot chips that carry heat away through heat pipes and airflow caused by fans blowing.
quote: Not true, people put them everywhere including soft surfaces like their laps, where problems start to appear when their legs cover those damn air intakes.
quote: If Windows were really modern slick OS with no-nonsense design, we'd see registry dead many years ago, we'd see same simple drag-n-drop install/uninstall proceduses as in OS X, we'd see application bundles like in OS X, we'd see normal and not braindead network stack like in OS X, that doesn't throttle your transfers when you wanna listen some audio, we'd see UAC that doesn't pester user with same questions twice in a row (do you want to delete this file? yes! are you REALLY sure now? YES FUCK IT YEEESSS!!!!!!!!!!!!).
quote: See, when Apple realized in late 90s (when Jobs came back) that they have to really battle MS to survive, as well as find new growth markets (PMP and smartphones for now) - this is where their luck was turned 180 degrees
quote: It's only convenient because it's Apple
quote: Leaving your notebook on a soft surface will have the exact same effect regardless of whether it's a PC notebook or a MacBook, or whether it has bottom vents or not
quote: they would simply be a clone of OSX
quote: make all current software obsolete with the removal of the registry
quote: Let's see if Apple can support all of the different hardware configurations as well as providing functionality for an 800% rise in consumers
quote: Battling with Microsoft is putting something on the market that the consumers recognise as superior through their own experience, not through arrogant, petty and false marketing
quote: MS one is a heavily exploited security hole (conficker - rings any bells?) while Apple one is not.
quote: Wrong, because on MacBook there are no bottom air intake vents to block. When I block bottom incoming airflow vents on a PC while MacBook still gets its cool air through a keyboard intake - who's gonna win then? PC that has no air intake (blocked at the bottom) or MacBook with normal air intake unaffected by soft surface at the bottom ? Easy question, eh? ;)
quote: Is being a clone of a most advanced OS a necesarily bad thing? Whole undeground kingdom of clonemakers is making fortunes off the established brands, you know all these Soni, Adibas and other "chinese clones" - so why MS can't get rich the same way too? After all they cloned OS X dock, I liked it actually, but why not go further? I want my drag drop installers, I want my portable application bundles, I want my XML config files instead of MS-DOS registry. Just wait till MS clones this stuff too, it's a matter of time.
quote: They won't and they shouldn't, 'cause consumers buy PCs not because there are 1000000000 million configurations of them. I'm glad that Apple stays away from the idiocy of 1000s of the same parts but with different logos on them. We need the alternative to that to have a healthy competition between these business models (Apple and open PC).
quote: every PC OEM has ads, so marketing is not a real argument here. There's no principal difference between Apple ads and any other PC OEM ad, so tell your fairy tales to someone else please.


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The Penn State Behrend men's and women's soccer teams along with its women's volleyball team will enter their respective seasons as favorites to win Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference titles.
AMCC officials released their preseason polls in those sports Tuesday.
The conference's coaches in women's soccer voted for Behrend to claim its fourth consecutive title and 10th overall. Its men's soccer team is favored to win it all after finishing second to Medaille in the 2013 regular season.
Also seeking to repeat as the AMCC champion is the women's volleyball team at Behrend. The Lions were voted first over Franciscan, last season's runner-up.
Behrend's soccer teams will each open by hosting the Herb Lauffer Memorial Tournament the weekend of Aug. 29. Its women's volleyball team also returns to action that weekend at the St. Vincent Tournament in Latrobe.


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Accelerating MATLAB with GPU Computing
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Beyond simulation and algorithm development, many developers increasingly use MATLAB even for product deployment in computationally heavy fields. This often demands that MATLAB codes run faster by leveraging the distributed parallelism of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). While MATLAB successfully provides high-level functions as a simulation tool for rapid prototyping, the underlying details and knowledge needed for utilizing GPUs make MATLAB users hesitate to step into it. Accelerating MATLAB with GPUs offers a primer on bridging this gap.
Starting with the basics, setting up MATLAB for CUDA (in Windows, Linux and Mac OS X) and profiling, it then guides users through advanced topics such as CUDA libraries. The authors share their experience developing algorithms using MATLAB, C++ and GPUs for huge datasets, modifying MATLAB codes to better utilize the computational power of GPUs, and integrating them into commercial software products. Throughout the book, they demonstrate many example codes that can be used as templates of C-MEX and CUDA codes for readers' projects. Download example codes from the publisher's website: http://booksite.elsevier.com/9780124080805/
Graduate students and researchers in a variety of fields, who need huge data processing without losing the many benefits of Matlab.
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1. Accelerating MATLAB without GPU
1.1 Chapter Objectives
1.2 Vectorization
1.3 Preallocation
1.4 For-Loop
1.5 Consider a Sparse Matrix Form
1.6 Miscellaneous Tips
1.7 Examples
2. Configurations for MATLAB and CUDA
2.1 Chapter Objectives
2.2 MATLAB Configuration for c-mex Programming
2.3 "Hello, mex!" using C-MEX
2.4 CUDA Configuration for MATLAB
2.5 Example: Simple Vector Addition Using CUDA
2.6 Example with Image Convolution
2.7 Summary
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4.3 Logical Programming Model
4.4 Tidbits of GPU
4.5 Analyzing Our First Naïve Approach
5. MATLAB and Parallel Computing Toolbox
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5.3 GPU Processing for Non-Built-in MATLAB Functions
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6. Using CUDA-Accelerated Libraries
6.1 Chapter Objectives
6.4 Thrust
7. Example in Computer Graphics
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7.3 Implementation in MATLAB
7.4 Implementation in c-mex
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Today, the SEC filed rare enforcement actions against Office Depot, Inc. and two executives alleging violations of its fair disclosure regulations ("Reg FD"). The SEC alleges that the defendants selectively conveyed to analysts and institutional investors that the company would not meet analysts' earnings estimates.
According to the SEC, near the end of Office Depot's second quarter for 2007, CEO Stephen A. Odland and then-CFO Patricia A. McKay made a series of one-on-one calls to analysts. The company did not directly state that it would not meet analysts' expectations, but the SEC claims that the message was "signaled" in various ways such as references to recent public statements of other companies about the impact of the slowing economy on their earnings, and to Office Depot's prior cautionary public statements. Analysts allegedly got the hint, and promptly lowered their estimates for the period.
All of the defendants have agreed to settle. Office Depot will pay a $1 million penalty, and Odland and McKay will pay $50,000 each.
The SEC has brought at least one other case under Reg FD in 2010. In March 2010, the SEC filed a Reg FD case against Presstek, Inc. and its former CEO, Edward J. Marino.


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Hi Friends,
How was your weekend? What did you do?
Did you know that today (Monday) is Sadie's (and Daddy's!) Birthday Month!? And you know what that means … Train Wreck Mommy turned frantic. Train Wreck Mommy is trying to frantically prepare for Sadie's arrival so we are going to focus on preparing for a new one this week on our blogs!
If you have kiddos, how did you prepare for new ones?
One example: I think Train Wreck Mommy washed about 1,000 loads of laundry this weekend. How many clothes does my Super Baby Sister need? She can have as much as she wants – love you, Sadie!
Other than being frantic … what else did we do? I practiced my GOAL!!! (kicking) skills at SoccerTots. Mommy went to the Houston Galleria to go Maternity / Family photo shoot fashion shopping too (more on that soon! We take our photos with Erin Carlyle this week. And Mommy found our outfits at Motherhood Maternity and babyGap.) Unfortunately our Dewberry Farm visit was delayed until next weekend because of rain, but that just meant I had more time to have some rainy day fun this weekend (see: coloring, practice writing my M's, cooking with Dada).
We also (finally) joined our church, and the Houston Texans went up 4 – 0 (Mommy and Daddy are teaching me FIRST DOWN! – not to be confused with GOAL and TOUCHDOWN). And I enjoyed music class with Mommy.
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JAMESTOWN, N.Y. - D.J. Crumlich contributed three hits and led a late scoring surge while State College Spikes newcomer Eric Wood knocked in three runs, but the Spikes' ninth-inning comeback bid fell just short as the Jamestown Jammers held on to take an 8-7 victory on Friday night at Russell Diethrick Park.
Crumlich doubled in a pair of runs in the ninth inning to trim a three-run deficit to just one and put the tying run on base. However, Jamestown (31-39) reliever Casey McCarthy (1) retired Samuel Gonzalez one batter later to end the game.
State College (32-39) opened up the scoring with single runs in each of the first two innings. Gonzalez singled in a run in the first, while two errors and Wood's RBI groundout gave the Spikes a 2-0 lead in the second.
The Jammers responded with a three-run, four-hit inning in the bottom half of the second against State College starter Clay Holmes, scoring each run with two outs in the frame. The Spikes battled back, though, with Jacob Stallings bringing in a run with a sacrifice fly to tie the game in the third inning and Wood delivering an RBI single in the fourth to give State College a 4-3 lead.
In the sixth inning, the Spikes looked to have added some insurance when Wood tripled off of the leftmost portion of the batter's eye, six feet above the adjacent outfield wall, in center field to score another run.
However, Jamestown plated three more runs in the sixth inning off of Spikes reliever Isaac Sanchez (0-2). Avery Romero's run-scoring single after back-to-back walks to start the frame drew the Jammers within one, and Felix Munoz brought in the tying run by beating out a double-play attempt two batters later. Yeison Hernandez and Juancito Martinez then teamed up for consecutive singles, with Martinez's scoring the go-ahead run.
Another Romero single and an error in the seventh inning gave the Jammers two more runs before State College's ninth-inning scoring burst finished off the scoring.
Wood finished the night, his second in a Spikes uniform, 2-for-4 with his three RBI. Crumlich went 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles. Chris Diaz compiled two hits and scored a pair of runs for State College.
Sanchez took the loss after giving up a total of three hits and two walks in his lone inning on the mound. Holmes yielded three runs on six hits, but did not walk any batters and struck out one to leave the hill with the lead.
Chipper Smith (1-0) gave up the Spikes' sixth-inning run on Wood's RBI triple, and allowed two hits total, but got credit for the win. Smith also struck out one batter. McCarthy struck out seven batters over three innings and yielded two unearned runs on two hits for the save.
Romero went 3-for-4 with a stolen base, two RBI and a run scored for Jamestown. Martinez produced a 2-for-4 evening with a pair of RBI as well.
Saturday, the Spikes finish their 2012 road schedule with a 7:05 p.m. matchup against the Jammers. Right-hander Dovydas Neverauskas (0-0), the first Lithuanian ever to play for the Spikes, will be officially activated tomorrow and will make the start on the mound for State College. Neverauskas, a native of the capital city of Vilnius, got the win in Game 1 of the GCL Championship Series on Tuesday for the GCL Pirates.
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By Charles Firneno
May 12, 2005 | A few years back, a pharmaceutical sales force war raged, as drug companies competed for physician time by saturating the market with sales reps. The customer relationship management (CRM) message away from brand and towards the "customer" resonated with many executives. Accordingly, sales force automation (SFA)/CRM system installations grew, with vendors like Siebel and Dendrite grabbing most of the new business.
Today, with the likes of Pfizer announcing they are restructuring their sales force for the post-saturation model, that war is over. In theory, these conditions should bode well for CRM analytics, which purports to deliver higher returns for fewer sales dollars. Most generic CRM analytics solutions, however, are not suited to the unique "customer" environment drug companies confront, nor do they maximize vital third-party content on which drug companies depend. Solving these problems will determine the winners in the CRM analytics pharma sector.
Inside a pharma company, the term "customer" can refer to patients or doctors, payers or partners. And within each of these groups, the simple question of identification is compounded and permutated. A doctor, for instance, is identified by multiple addresses, license numbers, authorization codes, and payer/network associations. In theory, a drug company CRM system would integrate physician data for the SFA function, but also for development (principal investigators), human resources (sales organization and performance), marketing (programs, research, and analytics), regulatory (sample), and the customer managers (payers). This is rarely the case. Most drug company physician CRM systems link only two or three of these functions.
One would also assume that CRM analytics always begins, or at least resides, within a CRM system, but many drug companies use the customer management modules of their SFA systems as a physician Business Data Warehouse (BW) platform. Because SFA systems are oriented around the sales rep in the field, using a focused SFA system as a platform for analytics can waste time and resources. Also, many of the largest pharma still do not have a single identifier for each physician "customer."
Whatever the BW database, in order to properly capture, cleanse, and validate physician identity information, drug companies commonly use a proprietary database in addition to their in-house master list. Because of the complexity of this process, some vendors consider this kind of basic CRM housekeeping "analytic". Some basic CRM packages can be configured to perform lower analytic functions such as reach and frequency and POA cycle analysis within the BW.
Content is CriticalTo perform analytics, a drug company begins by combining its own master list data, an outside proprietary physician list, with an AMA-type list, where available. "Activity" data captured at the pharmacy, billing, and provider levels are added to the physician identity data. Custom analytic cubes, sometimes using Online Analytic Processors (OLAP) interfaces, are then designed to establish query and reporting parameters. Portals are often also added to deliver content to users both within and outside the enterprise-sometimes even back to physicians. Because they understand both content and technology, hybrid vendors like Dendrite International that offer content, software, and services have an advantage over pure play vendors in the pharmaceutical space.
The mixing of content with technology extends beyond the creation of master lists and into higher analytic functions. So-called RX companies specialize in delivering either higher analytics functionality or identity and activity data, or both. Typical solutions include script data derived from the pharmacy level or the transaction clearinghouse and content linked to customer data.
Although new CRM/SFA implementations have contracted to only a handful per year, growth rates and margins at companies that provide high-value analytics have been very healthy. Some of the large horizontal vendors are currently building the customer identity foundations for large-scale analytics at the top five pharma companies. The next step will require ambidextrous vendors to develop solutions that fit both the customer needs and the available content.
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