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Nokia still has a lot of cash, but does it have the drive to get out of this slump?
Nokia Oyj. (
) took way too long to release its first Windows Phones. But the results -- like the
Lumia 900 LTE
-- looked distinctive, lending hope that the phonemaker's approach was merely meticulousness, not sloth. Initial sales of the Lumia 900
looked promising
I. Nokia's Recovery Stalls in Q2
But the wheels
fell off
the train somewhat in the last quarter.
Sales stalled
to 600,000 units in the U.S., including 330,000 Lumia 900s. That's down 60 percent in unit sales since last year. And it's way off the roughly 6 million units Nokia moved per quarter in 2006.
One factor slowing sales may be the recent announcement that there will be
no full upgrade path
for Windows Phone 7 devices to Windows Phone 8.
Revenue wasn't quite so bad for the North American region, as the higher revenue from the Lumia 900 and other models offset lower sales. But globally the financials were quite bad as well. Writes Nokia, "All regions showed a significant year-on-year decline in the second quarter 2012 except for North America where the sharp decline in sales of Symbian devices was more than offset by sales of our Lumia devices."
Globally, Nokia sold 4 million Lumia Windows Phones. That means that roughly 40 percent of Nokia's 10.2 million smartphones sold are Windows Phones. The rest are the soon-to-be defunct Symbian.
Nokia's stylish Lumia Windows Phones have been unable to right Nokia's ship, thus far.
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Those numbers reflect on
just how lackadaisical
Nokia's transition pace remains. It's been nearly a year and a half since Nokia announced that it would be
moving entirely to Windows Phone
. A year and a half later it's not even halfway there.
Overall feature phone sales did manage to grow slightly jumping from 71.8 million units last year to 73.5 million units. Still, Nokia now
trails Samsung
Electronics Comp., Ltd. (
) in feature phone sales.
Losses for the quarter tucked in at €826M ($1.01B USD) on revenue of €7.52B ($9.22B USD). Sales were down nearly 20 percent since last year, while the loss almost doubled. Nokia has
committed to big layoffs
to try to offset the sinking sales.
money losses mounting
and the Windows Phone transition
far from over
, all three major credit agencies
have downgraded
credit to "junk" status
. Nokia is only fortunate that it is sitting on a pile of cash -- €3.5B ($4.29B USD), to be precise. That's slightly more of a cushion than some struggling rivals like Research in Motion, Ltd. (
) have.
All of this is the same old story for Nokia and none of it is terribly surprising. The company is still lingering around, but the concern is that after
a couple of intriguing device announcements
, it seems back to its old ways, continuing its slow slide down the hill.
II. Nokia
Released iPhone, iPad Look-Alikes in 2000
About the most interesting thing to come out of the earnings hoopla was
a report
The Wall Street Journal
, which released details of an iPhone and iPad-like device developed by Nokia researchers in the 1990s, but never released. The smartphone had a color touch-screen at a time when most phones were keyboard-driven units with tiny black-and-white pixel displays. And most notably it had a single round button beneath the touch-screen -- just like the iPhone.
Nokia reportedly was testing a device nearly identical to the iPhone, seven years before Apple. [Source:
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Likewise Nokia had a tablet computer that was built around a large touch screen and a wireless connection. Unlike many other Windows tablets of the time it lacked buttons.
Nokia may deserve some credit for conceiving the iPad and iPhone designs over seven years before the original iPhone, but it has no profits to show for that creativity. About the only positive value to come from the innovation was a $6B USD trove of patented ideas, most of which Nokia never succeeded in bringing to market.
Comments CEO Stephen Elop, "If only they had been landed in products. I think Nokia would have been in a different place."
Instead he's left to ponder
selling some of those memories
of past innovation squandered to try to stay afloat. Nokia is also actively suing rivals to try to generate revenue.
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Adventures In, um, ah, Autobiography: Nature Theater of Oklahoma's "Life and Times"
Nature Theater of Oklahoma is a New York-based performance group whose recent "Life and Times Episodes 1-4" at The Public Theater was called "a masterpiece," and "a phenomenal experience" by The New Yorker. In The New York Times, Charles Isherwood called the piece "ambitious, brilliantly executed...one of the most unforgettable adventures of my theater-going experience."
"Life and Times Episodes 1-4" runs 10 hours, and is just a portion of the planned ten-episode presentation of the first-person life story of Kristin Worrall, a member of the ensemble. Kristin hasn't lived a particularly extraordinary life, but Nature Theater of Oklahoma has found extraordinary ways to perform her story. Using a script that's a verbatim transcription of Kristin talking on the phone, complete with ums and ahs and other hesitations of natural speech, each Episode utilizes and confounds different theatrical traditions. According to their mission statement, OK Theater (as they refer to themselves) hopes that "through extreme formal manipulation, and superhuman effort, we affect in our work a shift in the perception of reality that extends beyond the site of performance and into the world in which we live."
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Introduction with co-directors Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper
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Re: best book to quickly master all Mathematica functions, and commands
In article <gejj2e$2ku$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
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> I agree with Mr. Osterhoudt; Mathematica Navigator is a good book...clear
> and nice-looking (if I'm going to spend a lot of time looking at a book, it
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> http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/MathSource/1847/
> This is an introductory programming course for mathematica,
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I have a 4-year old male cat that loves to suck my ear lobe. Is it "normal"?
Actually, he has been doing that in a daily basis (!!) since he was 4-months old. I was wondering if I should discourage this type of behavior and also if this can be considered normal in a adult male cat.
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im no expert but maybe its just something unique to your cat and he finds it to be fun. one of mine loves to play with and chew on long hair. i suppose hair moveing looks fun or looks like a toy or something. my children think its really funny. he purrs, chews, and swats at my hair almost everyday but i try to distract him with something else like a real toy or other things i know he likes.
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McGinnity says her tattoo, which combines a quote from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream and the four images from the book series' covers, "represents love, respect, family, and friends and that if you try and love hard enough, you can succeed in life and love." McGinnity added, "My tattoo is big bold and beautiful just like the Twilight empire and Edward Cullen. Team Edward all the way!" Courtesy of Shawna JimenezForever Is Never EnoughShawna Jimenez got her tattoo about three months ago, after being inspired the first time she saw the Breaking Dawn trailer and heard Edward say to Bella, "No measure of time with you will be long enough, but we'll start with forever." "The words hit me right in the heart," Jimenez says. "It is the exact way I feel about my husband, Christian. I could not imagine my world without him in it and I want to spend forever with him." The Californian loves Twilight for the same reasons she thinks everyone would: "The Twilight Saga to me is everyone's dream whirlwind romance where you should get that amazing feeling that you can't live in a world without that special someone and wouldn't want to either." Megan MoranBeing BellaFresh to the Twilight tattoo scene, Megan Moran got inked this week in San Diego. "The story has become such a large part of my life and was what would make me smile when I was going through a really hard deployment when my husband was sent out," Moran explained her connection to Twilight. Her tattoo, which is on her upper arm, includes a quote from Bella from the first book of the saga: "Without the dark, we'd never see the stars." "That phrase just struck so close to home for me and reminded me that even in the darkest times, only then do we really see the brighter things in life," Moran, whose husband calls her Vampire Bella, added. Of the design, she said, "The chess piece is to me the symbol of the strong woman that Bella had become, and the woman I am as well." Courtesy of Brittany BurgosTattoo for Mom: Twilight StyleBrittany Burgos got a tattoo on her shoulder, which reads, "For the first time [in almost a century,] I felt hope," in March of 2010, just before her mother's birthday. "I got it because in 2009, my mom had not one, but two cancer scares," says Burgos, who was inspired while reading Eclipse. "When I read the quote, it reminded me of my mom. She was so full of hope that she was going to be okay and I wanted to get the tattoo to remind myself to never lose hope, no matter what the circumstances." Burgos first picked up Twilight in 2008 and read all four books in the span of one week. "I didn't fall in love with the books because of the love story," she explains. "I fell in love with them because they reminded me that absolutely anything is possible." For Twi-Hards OnlyAussie Hayley runs the Twilight Inspired Tattoos blog as hobby and she loves it. "The response I have received from people emailing me their tattoos has been wonderful," the mom of two explains. "Almost all of the tattoos on my blog, over 300 of them, mean something other than Twilight to the owner… Mine relate to my children and husband… Mine are subtle; you wouldn't know they were 'twi-tatts' unless you were a fellow Twi yourself. This was important to me." Hayley has two Twilight tattoos. The first, on her lower back, was done after Eclipse, the film franchise's third installment. It's the quote, "Plus Que Ma Propre Vie," which translates to "More than my own life." Hayley explained, "I have two daughters. This is for them, as much as it is for Twilight." Her second tattoo is a quote from the Breaking Dawn: Part 1 trailer. The words, "No measure of time with you will be long enough, but we'll start with forever," are written down the side of her body. "This not only symbolizes my love for the series, but for my husband," Hayley explained. "It's perfect." Courtesy of Teresa WelbournTaylor ApprovedTeresa Welbourn has not one, but two Twilight tattoos and is working on a third. First, she got the Cullen Crest with the quote "Be Safe" beneath it on her right forearm. On her left forearm, Welbourn got inked with the wolf pack symbol, which Jacob and his fellow werewolves wear in the films. Beneath it is "Kwop Kilawtley," which means "I love you," as Taylor Lautner, who plays Jacob in the franchise, told her. "I got Taylor to sign my wolf pack tattoo when me and my daughters met him and Kristen [Stewart] in Sydney," Welbourn says. "I was just going to get a photo with him when I thought, 'Hey! Why not get my tattoo signed?'" The Twi-hard asked Lautner to sign and he obliged, asking if her ink was real. When she said yes, he said, "Oh my god. That is so cool!" The following day, Welbourn went and got his signature tattooed on her arm, beneath the wolf pack tattoo. When Robert Pattinson came to town for Water for Elephants, the Aussie tried to get him to sign near the Cullen Crest. "Some girl grabbed him and was taken away by security so I missed out on the signature," Welbourn says. "But hopefully I'll get it one day." In the meanwhile, she's staying occupied with a tattoo in progress of the Twilight book covers on the bottom half of her left leg, which should be done in the next month. "I love Twilight and I love my tattoos," Welbourn adds. "I would never regret getting them and they are so special to me." Courtesy of Bobbi SicajuTattoos Before "I Do's"Bobbie Sicaju and her fiancé decided to get their first tattoos together for their sixth anniversary in May 2010. "Since we have been together our motto had always been, 'True love last forever,'" she explains. After reading Eclipse and seeing what Edward said to Bella when he was proposing—"I promise to love you forever. Every single day of forever"—Sicaju decided that was what she wanted to get inked on her side. "It just was like how we felt about each other times 1,000," she explained. Courtesy of Rochelle AngevineKeep on Truckin'Rochelle Angevine considers all things Twilight to be her hobby. "I don't sew or quilt or scrapbook," she explains. "I Twilight!" She says her friends and family are very supportive of her admitted obsession— Angevine has a Facebook group called Montana Twilighters, where she posts pictures of her Twilight room and all of her Twilight collections, and another called Bella Truck Project, where she documents refurbishing a 1963 Chevy pickup truck with her husband to look just like Bella's in the film franchise. Angevine, whose license plate reads "TWILIGHT MOM," also vacations in Forks, Washington, where the story is set. "I am completely and utterly obsessed with everything Twilight and Forks," she admits. While she was there last summer, Angevine got a tattoo— "Be Safe," a quote from the first book— which is what she always tells her children. The ink includes a star for each of them. Courtesy of Sandy WillieCovered in TwilightSandy Willie has an entire sleeve of Twilight tattoos, a project that was completed in October 2009—just in time for the release of New Moon. After reading all four books in five days, the mother of three said she was "in love" and knew she wanted to ink something on her skin. Willie searched for the tattoos of other Twi-hards and knew she wanted one big enough to see all the beauty and the detail. Her tattoo artist, Maria Tolo, drew up the design, which includes a combination of the Twilight and Breaking Dawn covers and "Believe" tattooed in Edward Cullen's handwriting. After converting her then-11-year-old daughter into a Twilight fan, Willie also insisted her husband, who is in the U.S. Army, read the series that inspired her devotion. Daughter Aeris loves her mom's tattoos: "She brags about it to all her friends," Willie says. "When we're out on the soccer fields she's always wanting me to show them my tattoo or I'll hear her say, 'See? I told you my mom has a Twilight tattoo.'" The preteen fan still has a few more years before she can head to a parlor, but her mom says "she thinks she might get one once she's old enough." Courtesy of Rachel SchroerInspirationFor Rachel Schroer, the meaning of her "Be safe" tattoo goes far deeper than adoration for Edward and Bella's immortal romance. When she was 11, Schroer was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), which results in infertility. Heartbroken by the idea that she may never have a child—"the one thing I wanted most in this world"—Schroer was moved when Edward and Bella were blessed with their daughter Renesme in Breaking Dawn, even though they were not supposed to be able to have children either. "I know this is all a story, that it's not real, but I want the opportunity. I want the opportunity to do anything for my child," says Schroer. "My tattoo is the best medicine I've ever had. Every time I look at it, it gives me hope that one day I will be a mom, one way or another."Courtesy of Liz MaslenThe Cullen CrestSomehow, Liz Maslen had avoided the Twilight hype until a group of coworkers coerced her into checking out the movie. "It immediately captured my imagination and I was caught up in the story," she says, and eventually saw the film 14 times in the theater. Maslen decided she wanted a Twilight tattoo and opted for the Cullen crest and a line from the third book, Eclipse, because of the romance it conjures up: "Look after my heart. I've left it with you," (in Edward's handwriting, of course). "I guess deep down, all the girls and women around the world want to be Bella," Maslen says. "We all want our Edward and we dream of being wanted by someone so obviously out of our league." For Maslen, her tattoo means Edward might be out there. "I'm not delusional, I don't expect to meet my very own vampire. It's the idea of it that inspires me," she says. And this fan has no regrets, saying, "It was worth every minute of the three-and-half hour ordeal to get it!" Courtesy of Karla Dela CruzRobsessedKarla Dela Cruz is admittedly a Robert Pattinson fanatic. "Obsessed is an understatement— in a non-stalkerish way," she says. She has cut-outs of the Twilight leading man in her room, as well as many items of memorabilia worship—"just about anything and everything R. Pattz-related," Dela Cruz explains. But her most prized possession is his signature inscribed on her arm, a present she gave herself for her 23rd birthday. "I have adored his autograph and spent so much time researching it," she said. "It's still fresh to me and I love it more than words can describe. I have no regrets. And I must emphasize the 'no.'"Courtesy of Michele Bonner-NovakLove in LatinUpon reading the fourth book in the Twilight saga, Breaking Dawn, Michele Bonner-Novak fell in love with the idea of the symbolic gift Edward gave to his daughter Renesme. She had always wanted a tattoo, but could never decide on a design and wanted to be 100 percent sure. "After reading the whole part about the locket, I literally put the book down. It really got to me," she says. "My husband and I have been trying to conceive for quite some time without any luck. The meaning behind the locket in the book really touched me. I hope to one day feel and experience what the characters in the book felt." The date on her tattoo is the day she was married, and she says she loves her husband "more than my own life," alluding to the Latin phrase now inked on her body. Though her husband was hesitant about the tattoo, Bonner-Novak says he was "100 percent supportive" and wound up being fond of the finished product. "I think he was a little surprised about how much he did like it," she says.Courtesy of Megan StacyBirthday GiftMegan Stacy repeatedly read the Twilight series. "I love absolutely nothing more," she says of Stephanie Meyers' books. She had wanted a tattoo "forever," and planned what she would get permanently etched on her body long before her 18th birthday. Since New Moon is her favorite book in the series, Stacy decided on a quote about Jacob Black, who is able to transform into a werewolf. Stacy says the shape-shifter is the funniest character and decided to honor him with a "Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?" etching on her calf. Courtesy of Theresa HayesDueling InkUnlike most Twi-hards, Theresa Hayes straddles the line on both Team Edward and Team Jacob, both of Bella's lovers in the saga. The Jacob fan in Hayes decided to tattoo on her inner arm the quote that stood out to her the most: "There are no rules that can bind you when you find your other half" surrounded by a design of red wounds. Hayes says she found the werewolf character's personality the most relatable. But to satisfy her Twilight devotion to the series' vegetarian vampire, on her other arm is a heart with wings between the words, "Look after my heart. I left it with you," which Edward utters to Bella in the saga's third book, Eclipse.Courtesy of Helen ToddHip MomBritish mom Helen Todd was a devoted fan of the Twilight saga, but became inspired to ink a reference to the series upon reading the fourth and final novel, Breaking Dawn. The feather is a reference to the scene in the saga's ultimate episode when (spoiler alert!) Bella wakes up covered in feathers while honeymooning with Edward, and the quote written below is a popular one amongst Twi-hards. "Plus que ma proper vie," meaning "More than my own life," is engraved on the locket Edward gives to his daughter Renesme. "As a mother, it is a perfect representation of how I feel about my own children," Todd says. Courtesy of Mandy TeixeiraImmortality" Twilight is forever," says Mandy Teixeira of her devotion to the saga. "Everyone will know the story no matter what and I just wanted that piece with me always." She already has a Harry Potter tattoo and since she says Twilight is equally as important to her, she decided to get a tattoo dedicated to the movie after the first film came out in her home country of Brazil. Bella was someone Teixeira could relate to. "Knowing that someone, even a fictional character, is like you," she explains, "you know that you are not alone." Because the second chapter in the series New Moon forged a bond between Teixeira and her sister, they decided to get matching "Be safe" tattoos. Courtesy of Ashley JamesThe Lion & the LambAshley James read all four books of the Twilight saga five times before realizing she wanted to make her devotion permanent. "I realized how much I loved these books, so what better way to show that than by getting a tattoo?" James says. After two months of developing an idea and collecting the necessary funds, James went to Key West to show her undying Twilight loyalty. "I wanted to figure out how to incorporate all of the books into one tattoo," she explains of the design, which was created after she showed the four book covers to her artist. To complete the unique design, she added her favorite phrase from the series, "And so the lion fell in love with the lamb." Courtesy of Allie SanfilippoBFFsAllie Sanfilippo and Joshua Bastian Cole met in North Carolina and instantly became best friends after bonding over Harry Potter. Later, when Sanfilippo began reading Twilight, to "fill the gap of loss" she felt upon finishing J.K. Rowling's wizard series, she got Cole hooked too. The pair was particularly fond of the quote from the first book, which referenced Bella and Edward: "And so the lion fell in love with the lamb. What a stupid lamb. What a sick, masochistic lion." They decided to get Twilight-inspired tattoos when Cole made the decision to move to New York. The apple was an homage to the cover of the first book in the Twilight series, signifying the idea of forbidden fruit. But Sanfilippo notes its double meaning—the friends were inked just a few days before Cole left for "The Big Apple."


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Woods said over 2 years ago that she would not run againInteresting that Engram throws in the towel right after Woods says she will not run again. Probably just a coincidence.
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#27 Jan 17, 2013
I read it and stupid was responding to the person that was running down Lewisburg and trash talking Lewisburg with every word that they typed, sort of like you. Some of us here in Lewisburg are tired of people putting down and talking about the city in a negative way and I guess that is why stupid is as stupid does wrote what he did. If you are always attacking Lewisburg then I guess there are people here in Lewisburg and I am one of them that are going to attack back. I too noticed dr. no that all your posts have the city of murfreesboro on it. I guess you do not like lewisburg also because you like to down this city as well and take up for people who do it. One last thing did you notice the title of that original post, "Lewisburg Sucks". Some of us from Lewisburg are tired of outsiders running us down.
#28 Jan 17, 2013
Must be a connection did Pulaski news report he went to the Mayor's home to turn in his resignation?
U should read the web report?
Just wonder will the Lewisburg City Mayor and Council now vote to pay him to, move, keep his mouth shut like have others may have been paid in the past?
#29 Jan 17, 2013
I see others are seeing the truth. Right you are those pubic officials, elected to protect the public interests, who know things are being done wrong and do nothing are more responsible than the ones committing the crimes!
Does it seem Has this Mayor and City Council, even some on the public boards have become not public servants, to protect the people but, have they formed a game of cover up, corrucption to protect themselves?
Should those types be in jail and turn the small times crooks out?
#30 Jan 17, 2013
the thing is , it is you local dummies who run folks off from here who move here, yes there is a standared of treating folks from not like shit.....but think mr local , while your fighting back just remember we came to bring our money and jobs here, when we move my husband will also be moving his company that employs over 20 folks here in this town, i now understand why my husband has been miserable for the last 3 yrs here, after our first yr here we sent our kids back home til we could move that is what we think of this town, and you locals make us feel that way.....so you fight back ,and when you wake up one day and what little is left here is gone then just think how nice it will be for you and your locals to have this dead town to you self and you can waste away here in this waste land
#31 Jan 17, 2013
Trusted in this Town, you got to be kidding, are there more crooks managing the local government, than in jail? What does the Mayor and City Council want a city manager or cover up crook to allow all the dirty work done?
#32 Jan 17, 2013
Three city managers in three years, speaks for itself!
#33 Jan 17, 2013
In other words you are an unfit mother who pawned your children off on someone else to raise. As you can most likely tell your morales as less than perfect so casting stones when you live in a glass house isn't always a wise decision.
Please gather your belongings and your husband because you are...the weakest link. Good Bye
#34 Jan 17, 2013
the weakest link....hahahaha now that thur is funnyyy aint never heard that one
#35 Jan 17, 2013
Under one Mayor that thinks she knows it all and did this last city manager go to her to resign? Why not the City Council men themselves?
Wonder if big problems came up and about too come out? Like the Lewisburg Electric Company over charging the city hundreds of thousands of dollars for street lights?
What is next?
#36 Jan 18, 2013
Wonder if the Mayor left town right after the city manager handed her his resination?
Just asking Does any know if He was run out of Lewisburg, maybe threatened! something like some might think what happen to the prescher they found floating in Rock Creek?
#37 Jan 18, 2013
I'd tread lightly of I were you accusing others of murder. You do know your identity can be obtained I hope. It's one thing to speak an opinion but quite another to accuse.
#38 Jan 18, 2013
Do U want to read into posts things that are not there for
Know one is accusing any of murder or even threats, just asking if the man was threatened!
Was the preacher stopped in the middle of his surmon, was the preacher told to take a walk, what really happened?
So was the City Manager Stopped or did he just up and leave? All that sure sounds fishie if U ask me!
#39 Jan 18, 2013
Where do U even see murder in that post, do u have murder on your mind do u accuse others of accusing, others of murder?
Do lots of people think murder did happened or the city manager was run out of town by threats?
For do professional people really up and just leave in the manner that has been reported?
#40 Jan 18, 2013
Wonder if He got out while the getting was good? Was He threatened in any way?
For do professional people just up and resign the way it was reported?
Does it seem no one knows nothing, Really? Will the Taxpayers be asked to paid his moving expences or compusation?
#41 Jan 18, 2013
Does any who own those Condos city officials stay at do business with the city of Lewisburg?
Is that one of the perks of being Mayor or city officials, also like does the Mayor get paid Mayor and city manager's salvary while there is no city manager?
Was there a past Lewisburg City Mayor who got himself appointed City Manager and did he draw both Mayor and City Manager salvary at the same time?
#42 Jan 18, 2013
I'm not so sure you can erase or twist your first post. I'll leave that to the authorities however tread carefully in the future because often those you are speaking badly of have family who doesn't appreciate slander.
#43 Jan 18, 2013
And then there is you. The idiot who has been around forever who can't form a comprehensive sentence. Ask yourself those same old ignorant questions you cowardly idiot. Changing screen names doesn't hide the fact you have never posted an intelligent post in the 3 or more years you have been posting on topix. As always, your post will be ignored completely.
#44 Jan 18, 2013
#36 do u see any mention of murder for u were the first to mention murder so who slandered who accusing people of things not even in the that post!
#45 Jan 18, 2013
no, mayor does not get city manager pay while covering that position.
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Canada to tell G20 austerity and growth both possible
By Randall Palmer
MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will preach the benefits of austerity to world leaders when they gather in Mexico next week, arguing that tight budgets and healthy economic growth are both possible.
In a speech on Monday, Harper came down firmly on the side of Germany, which has emphasized the need for fiscal discipline as opposed to economic stimulus measures.
But as he seeks to gain influence ahead of the June 18-19 summit of the Group of 20 advanced and emerging nations, he framed the austerity-versus-growth debate as a "false choice".
"This will be Canada's message at the G20 summit: economic growth and fiscal discipline are not mutually exclusive; they go hand in hand," Harper said in the prepared text of his speech to a business audience in Montreal.
There is a growing push in the euro zone, led by newly elected French President Francois Hollande, to do more to stimulate growth and not just focus on reducing deficits. Harper met with Hollande in Paris last week.
Germany, the European Union's paymaster, has taken a hard line in favor of tough fiscal targets over the past several years, but it has recently softened its tone and agreed to allow Spain more time to cut its deficit as Madrid battles a deep banking crisis.
In the United States, President Barack Obama talks about the need to stimulate the faltering economy but has few options due to opposition from the Republic majority in the House of Representatives.
Harper said his Conservative government's approach should be a model for the rest of the world, portraying it as a balance between fiscal discipline and growth-boosting measures such as free trade agreements and changes to employment insurance, pensions and immigration policy. Continued...


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Accenture's Smart Global Philanthropy
Over the past year, Accenture (ACN) has quietly aligned much of its corporate citizenship around its Skills to Succeed initiative, in which Accenture teams with strategic partners around the globe to educate people and make them ready for the job market. On Sept. 14, Accenture announced that by 2015, it will have equipped 250,000 people worldwide with the skills needed to get jobs or start businesses. Adrian Lajtha, Accenture's London-based chief leadership officer, recently spoke with Bloomberg Businessweek's Management Editor Patricia O'Connell about Skills to Succeed. Edited excerpts of their conversation follow.
Are all of these Skills to Succeed initiatives done with another group—an NGO, or nonprofit?
In almost every instance where we are seeking to make a sustainable difference, we will work with partner organizations to make that happen. All the things around Skills to Succeed come out of Accenture time. It's real dollars and the pro bono time and skills of our people, rather than just their good will at weekends and things like that.
Accenture has had a long tradition of corporate philanthropy and encouraging employees to give back. So why formalize it with Skills to Succeed?
Our chief executive officer, Bill Green, will tell you that Skills to Succeed reflects our core values, our culture, and our character. Developing skills to help people get jobs, build businesses, and improve their communities is a Top 3 issue with most of the people that he deals with—the clients we have around the world. We needed to build on what was a reasonably longstanding tradition we've had around what I would describe as smart philanthropy. But I wouldn't have necessarily described it as a focused corporate citizenship program.
We strongly believed that goodness rests with what you're about as a company. So we sat down about 18 months ago to think hard about what might be a good focus for us that would resonate on a global basis. That's where Skills to Succeed was born.
You've set the rather ambitious goal of training 250,000 people by 2015.
We wanted to make sure we had something we believe was realistic but that stretched us. And we wanted something that fundamentally expressed Skills to Succeed in terms of the outcome.
Even though you will measure the success of this program by the number of people trained, you must have some sense of what the cost will be.
The figure will be of the order of $100 million over the next three years toward this cause. That is part cash and part pro bono contributions of our employees time and skills. For a company like us, that is substantive. If it needs more money, if it needs more time, that's fine.
What matters more is the 250,000 [people]. All my energies and the energies of the team are focused on: How do we actually deliver to that 250,000?
Do you have a goal for how many Accenture employees you would like to see involved?
We don't. We may over time have targets for the numbers of people involved, but the primary concern is: Do we think we can actually touch 250,000 people? If we can do that with relatively little disruption to the mothership and its day-to-day purpose, wow—how much the better.
What are the kinds of skills you're going to be teaching people?
Skills in employment-readiness, business-building, market-building. One of our sweetest spots is where business and technology skills come together.
Could we talk a little bit about one of the programs you've had success with?
In Brazil there is a huge problem around youth unemployment in spite of the extraordinary state of the Brazilian economy, particularly around the big cities. We identified two local agencies, Rede Cidada and CDI [the Committee for the Democratization of Information] to establish Conexao [the local membership organization of Youth Business International]. We are working with them—training people out of this spectacular area of disadvantage—in the rudiments of technology, right the way through to commercially ready technology skills, through to new-business startup.
It's a complete runaway success. Some 13,500 young people have been trained; 3,500 are already hired; 124 enterprises are now supported; and a number of Accenture people have been involved on a pro bono basis since late 2007.
The success there was one of the things that informed us that we can make a difference with Skills to Succeed. We've established a relationship with Youth Business International. You can start to see how a global organization like Accenture is very, very well-placed to match the ambitions of a global networked organization like YBI, or indeed like Junior Achievement.
How do you decide whom to partner with, or what initiatives deserve attention?
There is an internal governance group, the Corporate Citizenship Council, made up of some passionate leaders around the world, with 25 members—15 of whom are voting members.
When considering a potential partner organization, we will put together a proposal for how Accenture can work with it. We have several considerations. No. 1, is it something that is going to make a real difference in measurable outcome? Will we get bang for the buck in terms of the numbers of people affected? Can we measure that?
No. 2, does it actually harness the best energies of Accenture? If it's just about giving money, that makes us a little bit nervous because we worry about whether that's creating a sustainable end game for the [target] organization. And sustainability of that organization's efforts is crucial because we aren't going to be there forever with all of them.
The third one is: Can we see an opportunity for that to grow across the borders? Is there a way either that the entity we are working with in a given location can make a difference more broadly or is there something we can build that becomes an asset we can scale elsewhere?
Have there been any failures?
We've had lots of learning along the way, as indeed have some of our partner organizations.
Will Skills to Succeed replace all your corporate citizenship?
I hope that over time we'll be able to say it's pretty much all that we do. We are quite disciplined about what really fits. When our people realized that Skills to Succeed is the main game, they made a number of arguments for how XYZ fits into it. In some cases we're saying yes. In others we're saying: I really don't think so.
There is a lot of data about how important a company's values and its corporate social responsibility commitment are to Gen Y. How do you engage those employees who frankly have busier, more-developed lives?
First, there is our legacy. This generation of senior executives grew up in a world where this was the right thing to do.
Actually, much of what we did in the corporate citizenship space was dominated by the senior end of the company and our younger employees always participated by painting schools or building things—you know, giving back to the community.
And if a commitment to philanthropy is part of the expectation of the next generation, if we want the world's best talents to join us and stay with us for the longer term, there's a very clear business case for why the older folks should engage.
It's a top-table issue for us; the executive committee as a whole is completely engaged in this. I think our young folks see that when they see our CEO and me talking about it. It isn't hard to get anybody on board with it. What's hard it is that everybody is in a hurry to make progress quicker and what we need to do is make sure we do it ambitiously, rapidly, but also thoughtfully.
How much of your time does this take up?
In the past year this has probably been at least 50 percent of it. This is a big new endeavor for us and like with any big change, it tends to consume you. For now and probably the next year, corporate citizenship is still going to be the thing that is glowing the hottest.
Are there other companies that you think are doing this kind of thing really well?
Marks & Spencer here in the U.K. had this all-consuming CEO-led project called Plan A that is aimed at having the company become the world's most sustainable retailer. It's called Plan A because their answer is: "There is no Plan B."
We liked what Goldman Sachs (GS) was doing with 10,000 Women. What I liked about that was, they defined it as an outcome. You look at things like an announcement of a $50 million contribution, or one million hours of volunteering. That sounds like a lot, but for what aim? What is the outcome? If it's 10,000 flowers blooming, it's wonderful and it's energetic, but it's not clear to me that it will make a sustainable difference and that it's durable for the company. That's the resonance that we want to have for Accenture.


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Giants still working to re-sign RHP Matt Cain
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants are committed to keeping All-Star right-hander Matt Cain in their talented rotation beyond 2012, and CEO and president Larry Baer said Thursday that serious conversations are ongoing with the pitcher's representatives.
"We're earnestly working with his agents," Baer said, speaking after a media open house at AT&T Park to unveil the ballpark's changes, promotions and new food items for this year. "It wouldn't be good to forecast it. All I know is there are discussions, and the discussions have been continuing."
Cain said at the start of spring training last month he hoped to have the situation resolved one way or the other by opening day April 6 at Arizona. Baer said San Francisco is negotiating a deal that works for both sides — and that something still could be accomplished in Cain's ideal timeframe.
"Look, Matt's with us for the 2012 season, so anything's possible. I think that we're kind of in lockstep in that let's see if we can get something done before the season," Baer said. "That's kind of been the lockstep approach. The two sides are in agreement, 'Let's see if we can.' I don't think anybody's thinking about if we don't. We're all thinking, 'Let's see what we can get done before opening day.' We're not at opening day yet."
The 27-year-old Cain went 12-11 last season with a 2.88 ERA, reaching 200 innings for the fifth straight season. He also didn't allow an earned run during the entire 2010 postseason, when the Giants pulled off an improbable World Series championship.
Cain, represented by CAA Sports, is expected to seek a five-year contract worth more than $100 million, and Baer said he isn't against making a long-term offer.
Cain hasn't named his price tag or the number of years he would like, other than to say he wants "fair value," and several other top pitchers around the majors have signed similar five-year contracts — Phillies ace Cliff Lee ($120 million), the Angels' C.J. Wilson ($77.5 million) and Jered Weaver of the Angels ($85 million). And Weaver's deal was considered a hometown discount.
While reports have indicated the parties were far off, that's not necessarily the case. For those who believe the Giants might be wary of a mega deal for a pitcher considering the $126 million, seven-year deal they gave Barry Zito ahead of the 2007 season, Baer doesn't compare the two cases.
Giants general manager Brian Sabean has said for years his priority is to keep his pitching staff intact for the long haul — and that hasn't changed. Two-time NL Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum reached a $40.5 million, two-year deal in late January.
"What I'm willing to say is that we're working very hard with them, we're listening and they're listening," Baer said. "That's where we are. We're just continuing the process."
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Sounds of 2008: A work horse retires
This afternoon, we revisit the retirement of a work horse at the Vermont Air National Guard.
An F-16-c fighter jet nicknamed the Lethal Lady flew a final mission in November. The Lethal Lady was the longest-flying jet of its kind in the U.S.
Colonel T.J. Jackman was at the controls when the plane landed for the final time after 7,205 flying hours.
(Jackman) "She's an incredible bird. We've been through some pretty tough situations together over the years, several times in Iraq. She's never let me down; she's never let anyone down on the ground. So it was very bittersweet. I actually sat there and paused for a bit when we shut down because I realized that's the last time I'm going to get to fly her."
(Host) Parts from the plane will be used to repair other F-16s owned by the Vermont Air Guard. The rest of the jet was destined for scrap. But after an outcry, the Guard decided the plane will be put on permanent display in Vermont.
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Did you know that more Americans have Facebook accounts than have passports? A fun new infographic from social travel platform Tripl that illustrates the ways in which social media is impacting the travel industry reveals this and other interesting facts. The infographic, 'The Social Travel Revolution', is chock-full of statistics about travel and the social media arena.
According to 'The Social Travel Revolution' infographic, 50% of all Americans socialize with friends and family through Facebook. Only 37% of Americans own a passport. Other highlights from the Tripl infographic include the following:
- 72% of social network users access their social networking sites on a daily basis while traveling (though only 7% use mobile internet while traveling)
- 1 million passengers will board Gogo Wi-Fi flights this year
- 69% of travel companies have seen traffic growth from Facebook
- 46% of travel companies have seen traffic growth from Twitter
- The top 5 airlines have a total of over 2.5 million Facebook fans (Southwest, United Airlines, Lufthansa, American Airlines and Delta Airlines)
Learn more in the infographic below and let us know what you think in the comments. Are you surprised by any of these social media travel statistics? How do you use social media when you travel?
Megan O'Neill is the resident web video enthusiast here at Social Times. Megan covers everything from the latest viral videos to online video news and tips, and has a passion for bizarre, original and revolutionary content and ideas.


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Owens (6-foot-5, 215 pounds), initially set to attend prep school for the 2011-12 school year, signed Monday and heads to college this weekend.
Recruited as a shooting guard/small forward, Owens averaged nearly a double-double (16.5 ppg, 9.7 rpg) last season for Wharton (23-6), which fell to Orlando Dr. Phillips by three points in the 6A region finals.
Owens said he landed on the Mountaineers' radar courtesy of first-year MSM assistant Darryl Bruce, who had recruited Owens while on the Jacksonville University staff.
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Are you fed up with high energy bills?
Helping Ryedale and Scarborough get cheaper energy bills
Ryedale (RDC) and Scarborough Councils (SBC) are supporting a scheme to help you get a better deal on your gas and electricity bills.
To help residents in Ryedale District and Scarborough Borough get a better deal on their energy bills, the council is working with switching partner iChoosr, who run many energy switching schemes across the country.
What are the benefits? The scheme is free to use, without obligation and makes it easy to switch energy provider. Some residents have made savings of up to £264 a year. We use collective purchasing power to try and secure better deals for everyone.
How does the scheme work?
Energy suppliers are invited to bid their lowest tariffs to supply energy to all those signed up for the scheme. Individual offers are sent out and you can then decide whether you want to switch to the new deal (there is no obligation to accept the offer).
Free prize draw
Anyone registering during the registration period will be automatically entered* into a free prize draw. This will be drawn every week throughout the registration period, starting from 22 March and running until 16 May 2016.
It is open to Ryedale District and Scarborough Borough residents. From the people that register that week, someone will be selected at random and they will have a choice of 3 prizes that promote energy efficiency. The prizes include an energy efficient kettle, radiator fan and LED light bulbs. By registering for the collective switch, residents will be automatically entered into the free prize draw.
Terms and conditions apply – see website for details.
*If residents do not wish to be included in this prize draw, they will need to complete the form on the website to opt out.
The prize draw is not open to councillors and employees of Scarborough Borough Council (SBC), Ryedale District Council (RDC) or their families living in the same household, so staff registering for the collective switch will need to opt out of the prize draw.
Step 1: Anyone who pays a household energy bill can register for free. Registration is easy - you just need a recent energy bill or annual statement.
Step 2: After close of registration iChoosr will gather everyone's registrations together and invite energy companies to offer their best prices for energy to everyone in the scheme. iChoosr do this for you. You don't need to do anything.
Step3: You then receive a personalised offer on the new tariff secured by the scheme, based on the information you gave when registering. You will see exactly how much money you could potentially save if you accept the offer.
Step 4: You choose to switch or not. There is no obligation to accept and there are no fees or charges. You simply get a new offer that could potentially save you money on your energy bills.
To register online or find out more please visit Choices4energy.
Please have a recent energy bill close to hand as we will need details on how much energy you use and who you pay your bill to.
How much money might I save by switching?
We can't guarantee you will save money. It will depend on your current energy use and the price you currently pay for your energy. You may also already be on the best value tariff for you. Similar schemes run by other councils have seen yearly savings of between £60 - £200 per household*.
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The council and partners can also help you keep warm and save energy. See our energy saving house below for more simple tips.
Oil Buying Scheme
Ryedale District Council in partnership with Scarborough Borough Council through Choices4Energy is delivering oil-buying co-operatives across the two council areas.
Oil is an expensive source of heating fuel and residents do not have the same facilities to undertake price comparisons as with gas and electricity. Through setting up of oil cooperatives which bulk buy oil in a small geographical area, preferential rates can be achieved, reducing the cost per litre of oil to the householder.
Residents can save up to 10% on their oil heating bills by being part on an oil buying cooperative*. The more members the oil buying cooperatives has, the better the saving that can be achieved.
To find out more information on oil co-operatives please contact:
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Or if you would rather speak to someone, please visit Ryedale District Council at Ryedale House, Old Malton Road, Malton, YO17 7HH or call 01653 600666.
You may be able to benefit from the Warm Home Discount, Winter Fuel Payment and Cold Weather Payment. To find out more visit
*Savings per year calculated by the Energy Saving Trust, approximates dependent on individual circumstances.
The council and our partners can help you keep warm and save energy. If you are over 60, or have a disability, or have a long term illness, or have a child under five, it is particularly important that you have a warm home. If you need help because your home is too cold due to lack of insulation or no/inefficient heating, you'll find advice from the following organisations:
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