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Toyota President Seeks End to Turmoil With Global Revamp
Toyota Motor Corp. (7203) President Akio Toyoda cleared out the remnants of top management inherited when he took the helm in 2009 in a revamp to restore the fortunes of the world's biggest carmaker after years of turmoil.
Toyota yesterday announced the retirement of the only three executive vice presidents not appointed by Toyoda and laid out a new, more clearly defined corporate structure with a greater focus on emerging markets. Three outside directors will join the board for the first time, including former General Motors Co. (GM) Vice President Mark Hogan, who's known Toyoda since they worked at a U.S. joint venture more than a decade ago.
"It's been a gradual, steady process and this is just part of the change that's in his mind," said Edwin Merner, president of Atlantis Investment Research Corp. in Tokyo, which manages about $300 million in assets. "It's good for Toyota."
The shakeup marks a turning point for Toyoda, 56, who took over after Toyota's first annual loss in almost six decades and whose efforts to remold the company his grandfather founded have been hobbled by mishaps and disasters. Although Toyota outsells all other carmakers, it's facing increased competition in the U.S. and has been losing out to GM and Volkswagen AG (VOW) in China, the world's biggest car market.
Losing Ground
Toyota (7203)'s introduction of a system to hire outside directors and its appointment of a director, including a foreigner, signals a change in the governance of Japanese companies, Kengo Nishiyama, senior strategist at Nomura Holdings Inc. said in an e-mailed statement. Toyota's move to hire outside directors may prompt other Japanese companies to follow suit, he said.
Toyota rose 0.3 percent to 4,845 yen as of the 11:30 a.m. trading break in Tokyo. While the stock has gained 58 percent since October, the advance has been on the tail of a slide in the yen that has boosted the value of earnings from overseas.
Before Toyota's yen-fueled rally, the shares had slid about 15 percent under Toyoda's reign and net income was a sixth of the level in the year before the company booked its record loss in fiscal 2009. Japan's biggest manufacturer remains the giant among global carmakers by market value, yet its revenue in 2012 was less than Volkswagen's. Five years ago, Toyota was more than $50 billion ahead.
Toyoda's shakeup has been a while coming.
'Bigger Picture'
After taking over as president in the midst of a U.S. recession and slumping sales, he was thrust into the first of many crises with the humbling recall of millions of vehicles starting in 2009 and a grilling the following year by U.S. lawmakers over safety. By March 2011, Toyoda was able to take stock, laying out a vision for the future and seeking to draw a line under the past. Just two days later, Japan was hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami that played havoc with supply chains, followed months after by flooding in Thailand, the carmaker's southeast Asian manufacturing hub.
"After the reshuffle, Akio's burden should be reduced and he should be able to have more time to concentrate on the bigger picture," said Takeshi Miyao, an analyst for Carnorama Japan in Tokyo. "Toyota's new management is impressive in the sense that the roles for each executive are clearly defined."
Key to the plan's success will be Yasumori Ihara, who was named executive vice president in charge of emerging markets. Ihara, 61, who was rehired by Toyota when Toyoda was named president in 2009, has the challenge of reversing the company's declining sales in China, the world's largest automobile market.
Territorial Dispute
Though Toyota outsold all other carmakers worldwide last year, it trailed behind GM, Volkswagen, Nissan Motor Co. (7201) and South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. in China.
Toyota's struggles were compounded in September as Chinese consumers shunned Japanese cars because of a territorial dispute between Asia's two biggest economies. The wave of anti-Japan sentiment led Toyota (7203), which previously counted on China becoming its third million-unit market in 2012, to push back that goal until after this year.
While the demonstrations have since subsided, Toyota sales in the country fell this year while GM's gained.
Toyota may also need help in the U.S., where the company saw sales of its Camry, the most popular car in the country, drop the most in 16 months in February.
GM Veteran
Toyoda turned to old colleague and GM veteran Hogan, 61, naming him to the company's board -- the first foreign director since 2007. Hogan's ties to Toyoda stretch back more than decade, when both worked at the now-defunct Toyota-GM joint venture plant in California called New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. in 1987.
"I have lots of memories from that time," Toyoda said.
After leaving GM, Hogan spent three years as president of Canadian auto-parts maker Magna International Inc. (MG) from 2004. He became an overseas adviser for Toyota in 2011 after the Japanese company recalled more than 10 million vehicles worldwide in 2009 and 2010 for defects associated with unintended acceleration.
Both were members of the NUMMI plant's board from 1997 to 2002, and Hogan has been a member of both Toyota's North American and international advisory committees, according to Julie Hamp, Toyota's chief communications officer for North America. Hogan, who didn't return a call seeking comment, has known Toyoda for more than 25 years, according to Hamp.
'Unlocks Potential'
Hogan is "a perfect candidate," said Jim Press, Toyota's first non-Japanese board member and former U.S. chief.
His addition to the board and elevation of Jim Lentz, Mark Templin, Steve St. Angelo and Didier Leroy as chief executive for Europe "is absolutely what's needed to be more flexible and dynamic," Press said in a phone interview. "This unlocks the potential that's there in the company. I've always said Akio was the guy to do it."
Press, president of RLJ McClarty Landers Automotive's international unit, resigned as president of Toyota's North American unit in 2007 to be vice chairman and president of the former Chrysler LLC.
Hogan's recruitment is the most interesting personnel change this year because Toyota is signaling the company will become more global in its decision making, said Ashvin Chotai, managing director of Intelligence Automotive Asia in London.
"Mark had extensive dealings with Japanese automakers and will add additional different international perspective to the board discussions," Chotai said.
Aside from Hogan, Toyoda brought in Ikuo Uno, executive adviser at Nippon Life Insurance Co (0001)., and Haruhiko Kato, president of the Japan Securities Depository Center, as outside directors.
'Father of Prius'
"The appointment of outside board members shows Toyota has opened up more and become fully global," outgoing Chairman Fujio Cho, 76, told reporters yesterday in Tokyo.
Cho will be succeeded by current Vice Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada, whom Toyoda referred to as the "father of the Prius" for his past work in developing the world's best-selling gasoline-electric car. Uchiyamada, 66, who holds an applied physics degree from Nagoya University, became vice chairman in June 2012.
Toyoda's nomination of four executives as directors will mean only two board members pre-date his ascension to president. Shareholders vote on the changes later this year.
Four Divisions
The overhaul of Toyoda's top lieutenants is part of a broader realignment of the company's main automotive business, which will be divided into four units, Toyota said. One division will focus on the Lexus luxury brand, another on mature markets, Ihara spearheads the third and a fourth deals with components.
Satoshi Ozawa, 63, who in 2010 was the first person Toyoda promoted to executive vice president, will oversee developed markets in North America and Europe. Masamoto Maekawa, 63, who was rehired alongside Ihara in 2009 and promoted to vice president last year, will run Japan.
Mitsuhisa Kato, also promoted last year, will continue to lead research and development. Seiichi Sudo, elevated this year, will take charge of the newly created unit that will develop parts ranging from engines to transmissions.
Among the six executives promoted this year to senior managing officer -- the level below executive vice president in Toyota's hierarchy -- Lentz will oversee North American operations as the region's chief executive officer. He was previously the U.S. sales chief.
Lexus International
Templin, head of U.S. Lexus operations and the luxury brand's global marketing and product planning, was promoted at the new Lexus International division to manage global operations. He becomes the first non-Japanese executive to manage a division from Toyota (7203)'s headquarters in Japan, the company said.
St. Angelo, head of North American manufacturing and engineering, will be Toyota's chief executive officer for Latin America and the Caribbean region, the company said. St. Angelo, like Hogan, was also a GM manager who worked at the New United Motor venture.
Johan van Zyl, head of operations for Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, will focus on solely managing the African operations.
Atsushi Niimi, 65, the executive vice president who managed production and dealt with supply-chain disruptions after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, will retire. Shinichi Sasaki, 66, who was in charge of quality control during Toyota's recalls, and Yukitoshi Funo, 66, who ran Toyota's Asian business outside of Japan will also leave.
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This is aimed at cutting the huge cost of building 3G networks in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands.
One deal signed by mmO2, or BT Cellnet as it was then, was a £550m contract with Northern Telecom of Canada (Nortel) for the major computer and radio equipment for the 3G network in Britain.
Efforts to reduce 3G costs will be welcomed by mm02 investors, who regard the £4bn paid for its British licence as a waste of money. On top of that, mm02 will have to spend up to £3bn to build the whole network, including systems upgrades and new masts.
The company has confirmed that it is reviewing contracts with suppliers. An industry source said Nokia, Ericsson and Nortel have been asked to bid again on deals struck at the height of the telecoms and internet bubble, even though this could lead to a legal battle. An mmO2 spokesman denied that the intention was to delay introducing the 3G system. 'We are still on target,' he said. 'We do not have to start rolling out our network until six months before launch, which should be some time next year.'
Did mmO2 sign a contract with Nortel? 'The announcement made on 22 May, 2000, refers to an agreement,' he said. But Nortel insists it has a contract. 'It was signed on 19 September, 2000,' said a spokesman.
Mobile operators have been trying to cut the cost of the new networks. MmO2 boss Peter Erskine and Vodafone chief executive Sir Chris Gent have expressed worries about the availability of equipment.
Erskine said last December that he did not think there would be supplies of 3G mobile handsets until mid-2003. But a source at one of the big European makers said: 'There will be big numbers of handsets when someone puts in big orders. There is no problem at this end.'
Analysts said mmO2's move was smart. 'Mobile operators signed deals before the world worked out that paying £4bn for a piece of paper might not be too bright,' one said. 'Since then, equipment suppliers have hit a wall and are desperate to hold on to business, and interest rates have plunged.'
One possible motive for mmO2 renegotiating contracts is to force a better 'vendor financing', a corporate version of a hire purchase deal.
But suppliers could take legal action to enforce contracts. Nokia said it had signed a contract with mmO2's German subsidiary, Viag, for a £246m 3G system. 'We have a deal,' it said.
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Online Extra: Where Are the Business Courses?
By Suzanne McGee
Those who spend long years and heaps of money learning their professions, such as doctors and architects, often find that their training has omitted one important point: how to become an entrepreneur. While in school, most of these budding professionals probably don't see themselves as businesspeople. But by mid-career, many find themselves owning or managing enterprises.
The American Institute of Architects says about 31% of its members are sole practitioners. An additional 29% work in firms with 2 to 4 employees, and about 75% in firms with 9 or fewer. The American Medical Association estimates that 30% of physicians are in practices with 10 or fewer members, and that 11% are in practices of just three or four doctors.
You'd think those numbers would give deans and administrators pause. After all, if chances are high that a large portion of the student body is going to end up owning a business, shouldn't a little background in entrepreneurship be part of the training? Many professionals, such as architect Elizabeth Murphy, think so.
"In architecture school, you were offered a business course that revolved around contracts, but heaven forbid that you be taught to market yourself or the business. That was seen as something almost undignified," says Murphy, who with architect Lauren Burge is the majority owner of Chambers Murphy & Burge, an Akron (Ohio)-based restoration architecture firm. Murphy says she tried to get into marketing classes while she was in college, but they were always full.
Most schools don't see a problem. Deans point out that graduate school curriculums are already jam-packed. Who in their right mind would add more coursework to already overburdened medical students? Says Jay Chatterjee, a professor of architecture and dean emeritus at the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, & Planning: "These are intense programs as they stand. If we added something more, it would have to replace another program -- and then the question becomes what can we cut?"
But some schools are starting to respond. At Kent State University in Ohio, offerings in the architecture program have been expanded to include seminars and workshops on office and financial management, leadership and ethics, and real estate development. "We were seeing young architects tell us three or four years after they finish their education that they wish they had a basic business knowledge beyond just how to word a contract with a client," says James E. Dalton, interim dean of the school's College of Architecture & the Environment. Kent State is also launching a joint MBA/M. Arch. program -- 15 years after the proposal was first raised.
At Harvard, a joint MD/MBA program began in September. In one third-year seminar, students gather weekly to discuss the management issues and decisions they witness in their hospital work. Says Stan Finkelstein, director of the joint degree program and a faculty member of the Harvard MIT Division of Health, Sciences & Technology in Cambridge, Mass.: "We had about 30 people who wanted to get into the class this year, but we were limited to 17."
That in itself may be encouraging, as most students -- unlike Murphy -- don't realize how important business issues will soon become. Chatterjee says that given the choice of an elective architecture course or an elective business course, most students opt for the former. He says his college's cooperative education plan, in which students get credit for working in the field, is one of only a handful of efforts to introduce students to the business realities of life in an architectural practice. But the vast majority of professionals still learn the business of their profession the way Murphy is: on the fly.
McGee is a freelance writer in New York


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Pippa's Plodding Publishing PremiereBy
Poor Pippa. Ms. Middleton may be related to royalty, but her new event-planning book, Celebrate, has garnered lackluster reviews and sold only 2,000 copies in its first week—far fewer than expected. It's a disappointing debut for a project that publisher Penguin Books had bet big on, with an advance of about $600,000. Bloomberg Businessweek spoke with top party planners about what went wrong.
Jes Gordon, celebrity party planner and mentor on Bravo's Rocco's Dinner Party: "Pippa should have started out with a blog and gotten a following for her work. She doesn't have the notches on her belt. You've got to build a history and build a following. There are a lot of young girls who want to be event planners. They call me and say, 'I got my certificate from event-planning school, I am ready to go.' And I am like, 'Yeah, but how many events have you done?' They say, 'Well, I did something for my sorority.' I'm like, 'Dude, you don't have the history. You don't have the experience.' Pippa to the world is not an entertaining expert because we have not seen what she has done."
Mindy Weiss, event planner for such celebrities as Fergie, Katy Perry, and Jennifer Lopez: "My book, The Wedding Book, has sold around 153,000 copies. It took almost five years to write, but the publisher felt it really had to be my voice. You have to be in the world of event planning to really prove yourself. You can't fool a bride. You have to be believable and know what people want to know. Pippa may have been better doing a style book because people really respect her style."
David Tutera, celebrity party planner and host of WE tv's My Fair Wedding: "I've written seven books on entertaining and am working on two more, including one on wedding planning for same-sex couples. At the end of the day, I am not a celebrity; I am an expert at something that I do. I've been designing and producing events all over the world for 26 years. If her parents are in the business, the parents should write the book. Publishing is a challenging industry. For her to sell 2,000 the first week … that [will] just decline each week. And I did not like her white dress for the wedding—she upstaged her sister. I thought that was completely out of line!"


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Decatur Dorsey (1836–July 11, 1891) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of the Crater. Born into slavery, Dorsey enlisted in the United States Colored Troops and served through the last year of the war.
Dorsey was born a slave in 1836 in Howard County, Maryland. He worked as a laborer before enlisting in the Union Army from Baltimore on March 22, 1864, at age twenty-five. He joined Company B of the 39th United States Colored Infantry Regiment as a private, but was promoted to corporal less than two months later, on May 17.
On July 30, 1864, Dorsey took part in the Battle of the Crater in Petersburg, Virginia. With the Siege of Petersburg at a stalemate, Union forces hoped to break the city's defenses by detonating explosives in a tunnel dug beneath the Confederate lines and charging the enemy positions in the aftermath of the explosion. The blast blew a huge crater in the Confederate defenses, and white Union soldiers rushed in to attack. Men who entered the crater became trapped as the Confederates regrouped and began firing down at them.
Dorsey's division, which had been held in reserve, was then ordered to reinforce the attack. Dorsey, serving as the 39th Regiment's color bearer, moved ahead of his unit during the advance and planted the flag on the Confederate fortifications. When the regiment was forced to pull back, he retrieved the flag and rallied his fellow soldiers for a second attack. In this second assault, the men of the 39th breached the Confederate works and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the defenders. They captured two hundred prisoners and two flags before being pushed back again and ordered to withdraw.
Dorsey was promoted to sergeant on August 1, two days after the battle, and again to first sergeant on January 1, 1865. He was awarded the Medal of Honor on November 8, 1865,[2] for his actions at the Battle of the Crater and was discharged from the Army a month later, on December 4, while in Wilmington, North Carolina. After the war he married and lived in Hoboken, New Jersey.He died there on July 11, 1891 at the approximate age of fifty-five. He was buried at Flower Hill Cemetery in North Bergen, New Jersey.
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Planted his colors on the Confederate works in advance of his regiment, and when the regiment was driven back to the Union works he carried the colors there and bravely rallied the men
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July 11, 1891
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Fashion Tech Startups Hit The Runway At Fashion Week
Conde Nast and Decoded Fashion partnered to bring the most innovative style and retail apps to the New York catwalks.
New York-based fashion tech event series Decoded Fashion partnered with magazine publisher Condé Nast to hold the first fashion and tech hackathon held at New York's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Decoded Fashion founders Liz Bacelar and Stephanie Winston Wolkoff created their company to bring emerging technology to fashion industry. About their mission, Liz Bacelar said,
The goal is to educate technology creators on the needs of the fashion industry, while showing to fashion leaders the limitless possibilities of tech.
To spark further interdisciplinary innovation, this fashion hackathon brought together top engineers, graphic designers, and entrepreneurs and gave them 24 hours to create a startup concept that supports and advances the fashion industry or alleviates a problem in the industry. During a discussion about the benefits, challenges, and future developments of tech in fashion, Uri Minkoff, Founder & CEO, Rebecca Minkoff, summed up the role of technology in fashion,
The (fashion) brands that embrace emerging platforms and emerging technologies will win.
Purveyor of style and traditional media behemoth, Conde Nast has successfully found a foothold online and on mobile devices. With an entrepreneurial spirit, Conde Nast has invested in 18 startups in the past two years. Given Conde Nast's fashion pedigree and desire to be on the cutting edge of technology, the partnership with Decoded Fashion seemed natural. Drew Schutte, Chief Integration Officer at Conde Nast on the Fashion Hackathon:
As technology continues to shape the fashion industry, it is our mission to proactively seek out the next game-changer for brands. Through the Fashion Hackathon, we're excited to support new, innovative concepts and play an active role in the creation of new apps from start to finish.
Traditionally dominated by men, the first fashion hackathon had a high proportion of female participants, with 40% of the over 500 developers and designers being women. In her opening remarks, Liz Bacelar, Founder of Decoded Fashion, proudly highlighted the diversity of race, gender, and thought of participants at the event, saying that the diverse backgrounds and perceptions of the participants produced truly rich and innovative app and business ideas.
Besides the diversity of gender and race, participants' occupational backgrounds varied greatly, with engineers and designers coming from major brands, including Nicole Miller, ESPN, New York Times, and Conde Nast, as well as startups including Refinery 29, Spotify, Consignd, Plum Perfect, and Refashioner. There were also a number of students, coming from Columbia University, Saint Peter's University, New York University, Pratt Institute and other non-technical hackers of various disciplines.
The startups were judged on technical achievement, user interface, and their ability to further the fashion industry. During the hackathon weekend, 78 apps were created and 32 of those apps were selected to present at the semi-finals. The top five teams had the opportunity to present their concept on the world's top fashion stage – the runway at Fashion Week to an audience of 500 fashion insiders, including tech founders, members of leading fashion brands, and retail executives. The winner, SWATCHit, was selected by top Fashion judges, and will receive $10,000 and the chance to have its app launched by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). Besides the prize money, the finalists won exposure to the fashion industry's top brass.
The teams were asked to brainstorm and innovate around a few common themes relevant to fashion and retail. Select themes are outlined below along with a few startups that presented at the semi-finals:
E-Commerce—enable retailers large and small to create easy, intuitive online shopping experience for consumers.
- Coveted – "Purchasing at the point of inspiration," this app that allows one click, universal check out through Tumblr. Users can click on an image and buy the products shown in the image. While it's easy to buy, it is also easy for sellers to setup shop in the app, not taking longer than a minute to create a shop and load inventory.
Production and Design Process—making production communication easier and manufacturing more cost efficient.
- SWATCHit – This app should prove disruptive to the global outsourcing market, since it allows streamlined communication between artisans anywhere in the world and fashion designers in developed countries. This simple app can be used over SMS for people in rural areas who do not have access to computers or smartphones. The app is based on a yes/no question premise to allow quick, clear, cost-efficient communication.
Information Technology—creating tools to track customer engagement, conversion, sales, and connect online sales to fulfillment.
- Avant-garde – Based on analysis of consumers' social media habits, this app allows brands to send perfectly targeted emails to customers based on the designer's clothing items they are most likely to purchase. Avant-garde's advanced image algorithms analyze the product a designer or retailer wants to sell and then analyzes real-time images from the social media platforms like Pinterest, Tumblr, and Instagram to pair the items to be sold with users who have shown similar taste and style.
- Fashion Dashboard – An analytics dashboard for brands, this app allows comparisons between different brands' social graphs, including comparing physical store metrics, marketing campaigns, online and social brand metrics, and online consumer sentiment.
Emerging Tech—using technology to inspire interest, pair digital and real world retail, and augment the shopping experience.
- 42 – A geo-location retail dashboard, this app marries online data with real world happenings. The app allows retailers to interact with shoppers in-store and record their purchases and items they looked at and did not purchase. Later, when the items are on sale, the retailers are able to contact consumers with targeted emails about the items they were interested in, but did not buy. Immediately available, the app is used on mobile devices and does not require stores to invest time or money in hardware to put the system in place.
- Fashion Explorer – Gamified window-shopping, this fast, gut reaction app has users flip through product images to discover and collect new inspiring items. While flipping through the products, users select to keep the image or discard the product, before moving onto viewing the next product. With this app, product discovery can be done anywhere and in any free moment.
- Re:tale GPS – Using Kinect technology, this app monitors foot traffic and records who goes into physical store locations. This app enables businesses to quantify the success and efficiency of store window displays and their conversion from window shoppers into in-store shoppers.
Curation— helping consumers figure out their personal style, create looks, plan and manage their closets or providing them with personalized recommendations.
- Mannequin – Inspired by fashion plates from the 80's, this app allows users to get inspiration on what to wear by shaking their smartphone. Users can upload their closet and outfits for others to browse, explore other users' closets, swipe to find new outfit combinations, and click to buy items they do not already own.
Jump-starting the fashion technology conversation, the Decoded Fashion Hackathon sparked innovation and produced over 70 new fashion tech apps over the course of one weekend. Speaking with psfk, Liz Bacelor, Founder of Decoded Fashion spoke about the future of fashion technology:
Where do you see the future of fashion technology in a year? 5 years?
Two trends I'm seeing that are quite interesting and growing very rapidly, it's 3-D printing and visual searches. 3-D printing, we know that in the past 10 years it's been used for machine parts, for airplanes, and now in the past couple years it became jewelry, metal. We see keys, we see rings being printed. In fashion, what's happening now, it's fabrics. And I think they're going to go to hardware – the buttons, the zippers, and consequently more and more of this manufacturing comes back to the U.S., because it's very complex manufacturing.
Another innovation that could alter fashion and retail is augmented reality, as a powerful sales tool and not just a marketing stunt. So, AR-enabled catalogues would allow consumers to visualize items such as handbags and shoes in 3-D and give them a 360 view of any item, which will increases sales.
From sentiment at the event, do you think brands are starting to see and accept the importance of technology to their companies and their consumers?
I do think they're starting to realize the importance of technology. However, the struggle is also for technology to understand and try to tackle the pain points of the fashion industry, and for the fashion industry to understand the need for technology to accelerate their business. The Decoded Fashion Forum was a first step in that direction. The conversation needs to continue to evolve – it's a process in which we want to serve as catalysts!


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Merck Gains on Plans to Continue With Cholesterol Study
Merck & Co. (MRK) jumped the most since July after saying it will continue a closely-watched study of its cholesterol lowering drug Vytorin, easing investor concern that the drug may pose a risk to patients.
Merck rose 3.2 percent to $45.04 at 4 p.m. New York time for its biggest gain since July 27. The research, called IMPROVE-IT, is projected to continue until September 2014, the Whitehouse Station, New Jersey-based company said in a statement today.
Vytorin, with $1.7 billion in sales last year, combines the generic cholesterol drug simvastatin with Merck's cholesterol drug Zetia, which generated $2.6 billion in revenue. Investors have been awaiting results of the study after researchers found in 2008 that Vytorin may not provide heart benefits over simvastatin, which is sold for a fraction of the price. That finding slashed sales of Vytorin and Zetia as doctors started prescribing lower-cost generic cholesterol medicines instead.
The announcement "suggests no safety issues," said Mark Schoenebaum, an analyst with ISI Group in New York, in a note to clients. "If Zetia, Vytorin were unsafe, would you be comfortable waiting another 18 months to look at the data?"
Merck hasn't seen trial results and no more reviews are planned, the drugmaker said. Under the current time frame, results won't be available until about two years before Zetia's patent expires, limiting the amount of sales Merck stands to lose if the final outcome is negative, Schoenebaum said.
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As an old-style socialist, I recognise a lot of truth in Terry Eagleton's suggestion that football is a setback to radical change (Signed to Solidarity FC, 16 June). It is true that the sport enables the working masses to show a form of solidarity that can only by definition be expressed in segregated groups about a sport that is, in the final analysis, purely illusory. Taking all this into account, Eagleton misses one essential point about football though ... it's bloody great!
Tim Matthews
Luton, Bedfordshire
• Simon Hattenstone's roll-call of literary goalkeepers (Who would be a goalkeeper? G2, 15 June) fails to mention Arthur Conan Doyle, who played in goal for Portsmouth Association Football Club (a predecessor of Portsmouth FC), in between practising as a GP in Southsea and trying his hand at scribbling short stories.
Harry D Watson
• Your article refers to "the British public" forgiving the error by Robert Green. This is another example of the interchangeability of the terms "British" and "English". The truth is that the Scots, in accordance with their "anybody but England" policy, would be even more ecstatic at this costly fumble than the most rabid of US soccer fans.
David Pemberton
Hulme, Cheshire
• Simon Hattenstone's article reminded me of my 45 minutes as Maryhill primary school's goalkeeper. I was moved out from the goal after helping us to go 11-0 down to the local Catholic primary school by half-time, an important match for Glasgow schoolchildren in the 70s. Presumably I was unhappy out of the limelight once I was put in defence, so scored an own goal with a great header to help St Mary's win 21-0 in the end. The opprobrium Robert Green has endured is mild.
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Sire Mutakddim Dies in Argentina
Former Central Kentucky stallion Mutakddim, sire of six champions and more than 100 stakes winners, has died at Haras La Quebrada in Argentina.
Former Central Kentucky stallion Mutakddim, sire of six champions and more than 100 stakes winners, has died at Haras La Quebrada in Argentina.
Robert Abbo Racing Stable's Immortal Eyes, who just missed winning last year's Maryland Sprint Handicap (gr. III) after rating a bit early, will try again when the six-furlong event is held May 19 at Pimlico Race Course.
Millionaire gelding wins a tight one over Immortal Eyes and Ben's Cat.
Returned to the stakes calendar at Laurel Park after a one-year hiatus, the $150,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash drew a field of 10, led by two-time grade III winner Ravalo.
Third in the Remington Sprint Cup in 2009, Ravalo made his return to Oklahoma City a winning one when he prevailed by a half-length over favored Captain Cherokee in the $200,000 event at Remington Park Aug. 20.
Smiling Tiger, making his first appearance under the Twin Spires since finishing third in last fall's Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), is the mild favorite in the $300,000 Churchill Downs Stakes (gr. II) May 7.
Under a patient ride from Joel Rosario, odds-on choice Smiling Tiger rolled to a 2 1/2-length victory in the $200,000 Count Fleet Handicap (gr. III) at Oaklawn Park April 14.
Amazombie, closing with abandon on the far outside for jockey Mike Smith, nipped Captain Cherokee by a head in a terrific finish to the $150,000 Potrero Grande Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita Park April 3.
There are some classy horses making their comebacks in the $150,000 Potrero Grande Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita April 3, including Crown of Thorns, M One Rifle, and Atta Boy Roy.
There were some relieved smiles in Santa Anita's winner's circle after favored Smiling Tiger overcame a bad stumble at the start to capture the $150,000 San Carlos Handicap (gr. II) by a desperate head in the rain Feb. 19
A disappointment in last month's Palos Verdes Stakes (gr. II), two-time grade I winner Smiling Tiger will get a new jockey for the $150,000 San Carlos Handicap (gr. II) at Santa Anita Feb. 19 when Joel Rosario takes over.
Trainer Bob Baffert continued his domination of the young 2011 Santa Anita meet when Euroears scored an easy front-running 2 1/4-length upset in the $150,000 Palos Verdes Stakes (gr. II) Jan. 22.
Smiling Tiger, who won a pair of grade I races and became a finalist as the nation's top sprinter, kicks off his 4-year-old campaign in the $150,000 Palos Verdes Stakes (gr. II) Jan. 22 at Santa Anita.
Stalking Ravalo took advantage of a hot pace to register a head victory over Signature Red at odds of 7-1 in the $150,783 Kennedy Road Stakes (Can-III) Nov. 20 at Woodbine.
Field Commission, back in the winner's circle three weeks ago after returning to Woodbine's Polytrack, is among a tough group of sprinters entered for the $150,000 Kennedy Road Stakes (Can-III) Nov. 20.
Headache charged home late to capture the $138,000 Claiming Crown Jewel at Canterbury Park July 24, giving owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey, trainer Mike Maker and jockey Julien Leparoux back-to-back wins in the main events.
Washington-bred ridgling Atta Boy Roy, who pulled a 10-1 upset in the Churchill Downs Stakes (gr. II) earlier this month, goes for another win under the Twin Spires May 29 in the $100,000 Aristides Stakes (gr. III).
Taqarub, a son of Aldebaran, goes wire to wire in the six-furlong Maryland Sprint Handicap at Pimlico on the Preakness Day undercard.
Together Indy rallied under Kent Desormeaux to win the seven-furlong Commonwealth Stakes (gr. II) by a length at Keeneland April 10, capturing his first graded race in his synthetic track debut for trainer George Weaver.
Trainer Michael Trombetta aims for a repeat victory April 10 in Keeneland's Commonwealth Stakes (gr. II) with a pair of entrants in the $250,000 event, Congressional Page and Not for Silver.
Godolphin's big year continued Oct. 24 when odds-on choice Vineyard Haven burst through along the inside in deep stretch to capture the $300,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (gr. I) over a sloppy track at Laurel Park.
Three-year-old Vineyard Haven, winner of Saratoga's King's Bishop Stakes (gr. I) before being disqualified in his only start in the past eight months, faces older horses for the first time in the $300,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (gr. I) at Laurel Park Oct. 24.
Greeley's Conquest opened a three-length lead in the stretch and held on to win the $200,000 Remington Park Sprint Cup on the night of Aug. 22 at the Oklahoma City track.
Graded stakes winners Sing Baby Sing and Ravalo head a field of eight entered for the $200,000 Remington Park Sprint Cup Aug. 22 at the Oklahoma City racetrack
Lindy Redding's speedy Ravalo employed a stalking trip to gamely win the $100,000 Maryland Sprint Handicap (gr. III) at Pimlico Race Course May 16.
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How to send email from Excel Macro from Outlook
This is continuation of my Previous Article you learnt How to Send Email From Excel VBA, using Gmail and Yahoo Email Account.
In my Previous Article, How to send email from Excel Macro, as you saw how to send email by Excel VBA from Gmail or Yahoo In this article you are going to learn how to send an email automatically by Excel VBA from my Outlook. Here in this you need to make sure that you have Outlook installed in your system where your excel macro is running. Also for sending email your Outlook must be configured already.
Before we get in to the code details, we need to add Microsoft Outlook 12.0 Object Librar reference in your Excel.
If you have not added this Reference then you need to create Outlook Objects run-time.
Sub SendEmailUsingOutlook() Dim OlApp As New Outlook.Application Dim myNameSp As Outlook.Namespace Dim myInbox As Outlook.MAPIFolder Dim myExplorer As Outlook.Explorer Dim NewMail As Outlook.MailItem Dim OutOpen As Boolean ' Check to see if there's an explorer window open ' If not then open up a new one OutOpen = True Set myExplorer = OlApp.ActiveExplorer If TypeName(myExplorer) = "Nothing" Then OutOpen = False Set myNameSp = OlApp.GetNamespace("MAPI") Set myInbox = myNameSp.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox) Set myExplorer = myInbox.GetExplorer End If ' If you don't to display your outlook while sending email then comment the below statement 'otherwise you can un-comment 'myExplorer.Display ' Create a new mail message item. Set NewMail = OlApp.CreateItem(olMailItem) With NewMail '.Display ' You don't have to show the e-mail to send it .Display .Subject = "Happy New Year" .To = "email@example.com" .Body = "Wishing you happy New Year" .Attachments.Add ("C:\log.txt") End With NewMail.Send If Not OutOpen Then OlApp.Quit 'Release memory. Set OlApp = Nothing Set myNameSp = Nothing Set myInbox = Nothing Set myExplorer = Nothing Set NewMail = Nothing End Sub
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My name is Vishwamitra Mishra. Friends Call me Vishwa. This blog is authored by me. I am an Excel Geek. Well, this blog talks a lot about my passion in Excels & Macros so I'll not talk about it :) I am very much passionate about traveling & quite recently discovered that I am a good photographer too..:P
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16 Responses to "How to send email from Excel Macro from Outlook"
I have a excel macro which sends mail using Outlook. I have configured 2 email accounts (say emailid 1 & email id 2) in outlook for two specific purposes. Whenever I run the macro, all the mails are sent through default email id (say email id 1). Is it possible to send mails using emailid 2.
Please tell me how to add voting buttons while sending Email from excel VBA.
Hi Vishwamitra,
I want to know small coding to send simple email, can you help me on this,
Email should be like,
Hi ZZZZZZZZ,
Could you please provide us the payment balances of XXXXXXX to be updated in Non-Netting Website for the month of Dec'14.
Please provide us the details ASAP as we need to work with other restricted entities as well and update the same within XXXXXXXX.
Sathish E
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is there any macro to copy the any selected range data from excell and email
Hi Vishwamitra,
Your code gives me the type mismatch error. can you help with this?
I am getting this error in
" Set NewMail = OlApp.CreateItem(olMailItem)"
Please help.
THanks again for writing such a nice blog.
how can i forces the Language to be Hebrew or make the body Alignment = right
I have ahopefully quick question.
How do you use an email adress, from a cell? or example if I have an email in excell i cell A1, how can that be inserted?
Hi ,
Can i have any video reference ..how does this works ..i tried but it dint work
My requirement is i have excel where it get automatic updates from SQL Data Base …now we have to send this excel every day to Group Mails..sometimes we miss to send … with out our manual work …how to automate to send this excel sheet
Hi Vishwa… i tried tis macro…but my mail s getting stored in outbox… and the mail is not sent. why is it so?
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Seeing the 2007 M5's come out with a manual transmission is like seeing people actually buy M6's. What's the point? But I guess old habits die hard.
In the case of the M6, if I wanted a BMW coupe with no legroom in the back, I'd get an M3 rather than packing on the extra pounds of a bloated 6 chassis. Sure the M6 will smoke my "old" M3 off the line, but ahhh the handling of the M3, surgical ... and if you want more powerful coupe, then just wait for the new M3 ... I'm sure it'll smoke too. In other words, if you want a big car the M5 just makes sense. (Sorry y'all have to listen to me ... I saw 3 M6's today in San Francisco and I can't just walk up to the owners and start cr*! with them so you get to hear my gripes). Oh, and I think my M3 even had more room in the backseat than the M6.
In the case of the manual transmission, I've had my Interlagos Blue Metallic M5 for a few months now and can honestly say that neither I nor anyone I know work a manual transmission faster. Sure, I'm no pro, but I have friends who are and my blue beasty has made a believer out of all of them. I've been driving a manual transmission for 15+ years and I can relate ... I was reluctant at first too. And it's not like the dealers let you hammer the transmission on a test drive the cars beforehand. So, find a friend with one and have him/her take you for a ride. You'll know right away. Besides, the car accelerates so quickly that I'd feel safer knowing that all you maniacs around me have both hands on the wheel
... And if having a clutch pedal is so superior, then why have Ferrari and the F1 cars all moved over? Don't you think it's in their interest to pack the best performance into their cars too?
Sure the last gen SMG that they put in the e46 m3 wasn't a superb transmission as is the one in the M5. But it wasn't built from the ground up for the engine either ... I read the SMG controller was just a bolt-on to the existing manual transmission platform. Besides this, do you think that BMW put as much engineering into this new 6-speed as they did into the SMG? Where's the transmission coming from anyway? I even believe that, albeit not very graceful, the e46's SMG still shifted faster than humanly possible. I may be wrong. Go try and race one sometime and let me know.
I'm delighted with my SMG. If transmissions keep getting better like this, then I'll probably never go back to a clutch pedal. Oh, and I think I've only used the D program twice. I'm still a shifter. And, if those of you are wondering about the 2005 M3 in my profile ... It's a manual.
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I had a great time with the E46 M3 SMG before the car got crashed and totalled by the dealer, and if SMG II was any indication, the SMG III in the M5 is most certainly a good tranny.
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When folks continue to compare an M5/6 to an M3, it just really shows their ignorance and lack of understanding.
You cannot compare a consumer level track car to high performance luxury sedans and coupes. They are destined for totally different markets/customers.
Not sure why there is so much hatred towards those with M5/6's. I am sure there is some jealousy and income levels that must be dealt with.
The good news is, if you don't want an M5/6, you don't have to buy one. But please, don't bore us with rediculous comparisons.
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It also seems the HUD might be a bit awkward with a manual instead of an SMG, at least if you use the M mode (which I also wish had shift level, dsc, and power mode icons).
Yep, SMG with DSC off, now that is an insane experience huh!! Roast tires in 2nd at 60, and chirp going into 3rd. Sadly, some roads out here in SF are so bad and the power in the M5 is so magnificent that when I turn off the DSC the tires never truly grip under heavy acceleration. MDM does fine under these circumstances, but DSC-off feels so much more direct that I turn it off whenever road conditions allow. So, this will be a missed feature if it's, indeed, true that it won't be present in the manual versions of the car.
Like a previous reader had commented, I think I had also read that BMW acknowledged that the performance of the M5/M6's will be diminished with the manual transmission, and they are mainly taking the action to placate US consumers. At about the same time I had read that BMW was planning to only release e90 M's in a SMG. At the time I was disappointed. That is, until I took delivery of my e60 M5.
I bet the manuals will still be insanely pleasurable though!! It's an M after all.
Traded my e36 M3 for the e60 M5. I can't say that I don't miss the footpedal( I know because there's an involuntary movement in my left leg at redline), but this car is married at a very deep level to the SMG.
Yeah I drove a manual with a clutch pedal the other day too ... and I did kind of miss it actually. It's been a while since I'd driven one too.
Under hard acceleration in the M5 I'm glad I have the SMG. I'm thinking about getting a 2007 GT3 when they come out though, and they are only offered in pure Manual this year, so it'll be interesting to see which one I ultimately prefer.
I'm quite happy still with the SMG in the M5 though, and think I'd order it again if I was getting another one. Though I do love the Interlagos Blue, I think I'd probably get a dark grey if they made one. They have silver gray but I'm looking for something between that and Black. Looks like Stratus Gray will be released for the M6 for 2007, but I didn't see it on the list for the M5.
fboros, have you gotten it past the break-in yet? What do you think?
Well, I've got 25,000 miles now, and I'm getting my clutch and tranny replaced. The car stranded me in the middle of a 6 lane road on a Saturday night. I've driven manual tranny german cars for over 25 years, and until now, I've never had one single problem with the transmission.
Well, I love the SMG. That's saying a lot, since it stranded me for 2 hours on a Saturday night, and I won't have my car back for a week or so. You probably were expecting a rant, but I have to say that after about 25,000 miles in the M5, I wouldn't take anything else.
When I first got my M5, I test drove a 997S on some very twisty roads, then took the same route in the M5. I was very dissapointed in the M5 in terms of the 'connection to the road'. Two weeks ago I took the same test drive in a Cayman, and my modified (H&R springs and spacers) M5.
I was astounded at how much faster I was in the M5. I was hitting 75 mph in the Cayman in spots I was over 100 mph in the M5. I kept tapping the non-existant paddles on the Cayman to shift - I had gotten used to the effortless shifting of the M5. The end result was that I had more fun in the M5, because I could really thow the car around, and didn't have to worry as much about heel and toe braking and rev matching.
So, the SMG has it's problems, and will shortly be replaced with a DSG type tranny for smoothness (the SMG is awful in that respect). But paddle shifting is here to stay, and once you warm up to it, you can concentrate more on what the car is doing on the road, as opposed to what your feet are doing on the pedals. A big two thumbs up from a manual diehard!
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Aksarben Development
This March Dicon will start constructing a hotel and retail center in Aksarben on 72nd and Poppleton Ave. This development will include a 102- room Hampton Inn and a two-story Aksarben Center.
With the collaboration of the ACCESS Commercial development team and MH Hospitality, Dicon will start vertical construction of the Aksarben Center and Hampton Inn within the next 60 days.
Darren Hicks, Principal of the development team said, "We are extremely excited to bring the Hampton Inn on line for 2015, and believe we have a durable competitive advantage by matching the Hampton Inn brand with this location."
This project will be located on 72nd street and Poppleton Ave, one block south of Pacific Street.
The development includes a four-story, 102-room Hampton Inn and a two-story mixed use building. The Center's retail tenants will include a Starbucks, Jersey Mike's and Radioshack. The second floor of the building will consist of 12,000 square feet of office space.
"We are very excited to be working with long time clients Access and MH again on what is sure to be a very successful project," said Royce Maynard, President of Dicon.
To read the article in the Omaha World Herald click here.
CO2 Omaha Honored for Design
Dicon is proud to have built the CO2 Omaha apartments which was recently awarded the 2013 AIA Nebraska Honor Award. This was a complex project, with sophisticated architectural structure as well as the intricacies that come with LEED projects (certification pending). Our congratulations goes out to the architecture firm, RDG Planning and Design, and the owner, CO2 Properties. It was a pleasure helping you create this Omaha landmark.
CO2 Omaha is a 35,700 S.F. 4 story, 9 unit apartment building with underground parking. The first floor of the building also includes Echo Coffee Shop and a community room. There are five-one bedroom and three-two bedroom apartments in addition to the penthouse which occupies the entire 4th floor. See more pictures of C02 here.
Jury Comments: A compositionally dynamic scheme with well integrated relationships between building and site. The building exhibits urban fortitude and acts as a good model for dense residential development.
Read more about this architectural award here.
Eric Sorensen joins Dicon
Dicon would like to announce that Eric Sorensen has joined Dicon as the Director of Operations to better serve our growing client base. Eric will manage the day-to-day operations of all construction projects by providing direction, leadership and guidance to all construction staff including Project Managers and Superintendents.
He will be bringing us 15 years of experience and knowledge in contracting work. Well rounded, with expertise as a superintendent, estimator, project manager, project developer, construction manager and business developer, Eric is an excellent new asset to our team. He holds an ASHE Healthcare Construction Certificate, a Master Plumbing License, a Medical Gas Systems Installer Certification as well as an HVAC/Refrigeration Certification.
Downtown Barker Building Welcomes New Residents
Open House: Celebrate the start of construction at The District
Join the developers and dignitaries as we celebrate the start of construction at The District, a new mixed-use building that will renovate and expand the old Lerner Shops. When The District opens in summer 2014, it will change the face of historic 16th Street.
New Client Welcome – Student Transportation of America
We're excited to welcome new client Student Transportation of America to the Dicon team! Student transportation of America (STA) is North America's third-largest and most progressive provider of school bus transportation services, operating more than 9,000 vehicles in over 200 school districts. $25 million contract was won by STA in February to serve Omaha Public and Millard Public Schools. More than 500 local drivers have been hired and STA is rolling out a new fleet of eco-friendly buses that run on liquid propane gas for the districts.
Dicon was hired to perform design-build services for an 8.5 acre bus maintenance facility. The maintenance building will house dispatch, office functions, and driver amenities as well as standard bus maintenance functions. This facility will be located at 6162 Abbot drive and will service 200-225 school buses.
Student Transportation of America Website
Please join us and local/state officials for the STA Open House this evening from 4:00-7:00 pm with the official ribbon cutting at 6:00 pm. The open house will be at STA's main Omaha office on 5402 L Street.
Employee Spotlight: Dawn McPherson
Employee Spotlight interview: Dawn McPherson – Accounting Manager
When did you start your Dicon career? March 13, 2007
What do you do – in your own words? Accounting, payroll, human resources, and a LOT of miscellaneous items for the office.
Favorite part of working here? Without a doubt, all the people that I work with, Dicon employees, as well as subcontractors.
Are you originally from Omaha? If not, how did you end up here and why did you stay? I was born and raised in Council Bluffs, Iowa and moved here to Omaha when I got married. I think that in itself explains why I stayed.
Do you have any hobbies? Concerts, I love my concerts!
What's your favorite local restaurant? I have pretty simple taste. Applebee's or Olive Garden are top choices for me.
Who's your team (ie: baseball/football)? If I had to choose a team it would be the Green Bay Packers, but I would much rather go to an NHRA drag race.
How do you like to spend your free time? I love spending time with my grandchildren!
Tell us about your family? Kenny and I have been married for 18 years. Collectively we have 4 children, 8 grandchildren, and our baby Bella – our Pomeranian. We also have an inherited cat, Taz, from my mother.
If you could have ONE superpower – what would it be and why? The ability to time travel – it would be great to go back and see loved ones that are now gone and hopefully erase a few mistakes along the way – and possibly be able to see what the future holds!
Thanks for sharing Dawn!!
Omaha to get 4 new Discount Tire stores
A Discount Tire store going up near 144th Street and West Center Road. The company is planning to open four new stores in Omaha by the end of the year. Read the complete article here.
2013 Safest Company
"Dicon Corporation has achieved the Safest Company Award for 2009-2013," said Chuck Downey, President/CEO of the National Safety Council, Greater Omaha Chapter. "They have undergone an extensive review by the Chapter's Safest Companies Committee made up of safety professionals representing a broad variety of industries and safety disciplines. Taken into consideration in designation of the award were the performance, results and achievements of Dicon Corporations workplace safety program."
"We take safety very seriously at Dicon" said Royce Maynard, President of Dicon Corporation. "This award symbolizes our employee's hard work and dedication in maintaining Dicon as one of the safest companies to work for in Omaha. We have increased our standing with the Safety Council award each year and are very proud of our employees".
About the National Safety Council, Greater Omaha Chapter
Founded in 1924, the National Safety Council, Greater Omaha Chapter is a private non-profit, community based organization that promotes safety and health by providing programs, resource services and education to individuals and organizations to prevent both the personal and economic loss associated with injuries, accidents and health hazards wherever they exist. Under the leadership of the National Safety Council, Greater Omaha Chapter, the greater Omaha metro area was recently designated a safe community by the United Nation's World Health Organization.
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Assistant Marketing Director
Employee Spotlight: Cade Pearson
Here's another Employee Spotlight interview: Cade Pearson – Chief Estimator
When did you start your Dicon career? November 2012.
What do you do – in your own words? I oversee all estimates and budgets for the company.
Favorite part of working here? We have a great culture of talented and hardworking individuals that also know how to enjoy life.
Are you originally from Omaha? If not, how did you end up here and why did you stay? Not originally from Omaha. My wife, who is an Omaha native likes to say that I am the one that drug her back to Omaha. We have stayed because Omaha is a great place to live and seems to have a group for every interest.
Do you have any hobbies? Current hobbies are any type of endurance sporting events especially ultra marathons.
What's your favorite local restaurant? I am recently addicted to the Localmotive food truck. Great locally sourced ingredients out of a greasy restaurant on wheels. What could be better?
Who's your team (ie: baseball/football)? Oklahoma State Cowboys – hope to see the baseball team make it back to Omaha this year.
How do you like to spend your free time? I don't really have free time because I am always swimming, biking, or running. Sometimes I feel like Forrest Gump. When I do get away, I really enjoy fishing. Seems to be a sad pattern here!
Tell us about your family? We have a huge family. My wife Molly. Dogs – Tuff, Logan, Madeline, D'Weasel. Cats – Smooties, Truman, Brownie, Mittens. Horses – Ibn, Smurf, and Isenhauer.
If you could have ONE superpower – what would it be and why? I would love to be able to bust through walls like they were not there. Why – to get to the other side!
Thanks for sharing Cade!
Justine Petsch – [email protected]
Assistant Marketing Director
CO2 Omaha Completion!
We're proud to announce the completion of CO2 Omaha!
CO2 Omaha is a 35,700 S.F. 4story, 9 unit apartment building with underground parking. The first floor of the building also includes Echo Coffee Shop (open to the public) and a community room. There are five-one bedroom and three-two bedroom apartments in addition to the penthouse which occupies the entire 4th floor.
For historical building progress photos – please visit us on facebook!
Inquiries contact: Justine – [email protected]
Dicon Attends Big Omaha
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend one of our city's most influential events – Big Omaha. A two-day technology and entrepreneur conference dedicated to inspiring innovators. 2013 marked Big Omaha's five year anniversary with over 600 attendees from all over the country and filled the recently renovated KANEKO for the event.
Big Omaha 2013:
Event creators Jeff Slobotski and Dusty Davidson are also Co-Founders of Silicon Prairie News, a local Omaha start-up. They collaborated together to bring in individual participants as well as talented speakers. For me personally, one of the biggest benefits was the ability to network with others in the region and nationally during this event. It was an amazing collection of people who were attracted to the energy from this incredible experience.
The highlight this year for me was Marc Ecko, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Marc Ecko Enterprises. He shared his ten rules of business, which he created from The Notorious B.I.G.'s song "ten Crack Commandments". Full article link here.
It was one of the most creative presentations I've seen, being entertaining and informative.
Bottom line, this is a great event for our city and should be supported and attended by all our local businesses whether you're a start-up or long-time Omaha company.
Royce Maynard,
Inquiries, contact Justine – [email protected]
Employee Spotlight: Lance Hooper
Here's our first Employee Spotlight interview: Lance Hooper – estimator
When did you start your Dicon career? October 17th, 2011.
What do you do – in your own words? When I'm not busy boosting company moral and guarding the exotic milk fridge, I dabble in putting estimates together.
Favorite part of working here? My favorite part of working for Dicon is the relaxed atmosphere. We know how to get the job done, but have a blast while doing it. The office crew is always up for joking around, even if they don't get it.
Are you originally from Omaha? If not, how did you end up here and why did you stay? Yes, both sides of my family history have been in Omaha since the beginning of time it seems. Having everyone in town is great, but has its obvious cons.
Do you have any hobbies? Since Andy was born October 25th my hobbies have taken a backseat. However, when I do get a chance I do enjoy video games. It's really more of an adult thing these days. I also like to tinker with anything and everything tech related. It's always good to keep up with where technology is going, but it moves fast. Once the weather breaks I love to get out on the golf course and bike ride.
What's your favorite local restaurant? This is always a trick question for me, especially on my birthday when I get to pick. I simply like good food, and Omaha is a great place for exactly that. So really it depends on what I'm in the mood for. I do like BBQ if that counts as an answer.
Who's your team (ie: baseball/football)? UNO Maverick Hockey! It's hard to have a "team" being from Omaha. If we are talking pro sports I'm all over the map. Detroit Lions, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Blackhawks, basketball doesn't count.
How do you like to spend your free time? Refer to tell us about your family.
Tell us about your family? Sara and I have been together for about 9 years. We got married June 18th 2011. It's pretty recent so I haven't forgotten. As previously mentioned our son, Anderson Ryan, was born October 25th, 2012. It is certainly a life change, but we are having a blast.
If you could have ONE superpower – what would it be and why? Right now, that would have to be the ability to duplicate myself like Multiple Man of the XMEN. Then I could be in as many places at once as I wanted, and be that much more productive
Lance & Sara
Anderson (Andy)
Thanks for sharing Lance!
Justine Petsch – [email protected]
Assistant Marketing Director
Website Launch Party
We want to thank all our friends, clients, and partners who helped us launch our new website! It was great to see everyone and network on a Friday afternoon. Doing business in Omaha, is all about relationships and we are thankful for the great network Dicon has built between companies and individuals.
Thank you again for sharing our exciting news and helping us launch our new website! Stop by anytime!
Assistant Marketing Director
Small Businesses + Credit Access
Our president, Royce Maynard, speaking about small businesses and access to credit in a tightening economy.
Dicon Final from Bridget McQuillan on Vimeo.
Welcome to our new BLOG – Constructively Speaking!
Welcome to our new website – designed by Turnpost and our brand new blog! We're excited to share a wide variety of topics with you in the coming months. We want this to be a resource for you as well as an insight to what we do here at Dicon and what sets us apart from the pack.
Our new website features most notably a brand new look! We're excited for this facelift but also you will notice our increased attention to social media, a news feed – featuring articles relevant to Omaha, Dicon, and current projects, also please visit our new project pages highlighting past Dicon work experience. Our new webpage is responsive and mobile friendly – now you can get information on the go with iphone and ipad! We certainly believe you will enjoy these new features and our new look!
We hope you check back often!
Justine J. Petsch
Assistant Marketing Director
Barker Building's Comeback
An open house today will launch the remodeling phase of the 48-apartment Barker Building at 15th and Farnam Streets. Two main commercial tenants – Pickleman's Gourmet Cafe and Alegent Creighton Clinic – are to be announced.
Downtown Omaha building gets new life with Dicon Construction's help
With Dicon's help and old Downtown Omaha building gets a new lease on life, click on the link to read article from the Omaha World Herald. Read Full Article


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If I decide to go with the in-frame lights, I'll let you know and shoot you a couple pictures of the lights I have. I also have the orignial parking brake assembly that I don't have any need for, don't know if you need that also. I'm planning on selling that on Ebay or something.
I'd love to add a tent also, but I have a 30 foot travel trailer and a cabin in the woods up north, so I can't see me using the trailer a whole lot for camping.....although I've made more irresponsible purchases before!!!! :)
Personally I would keep that parking brake... it has been EXTREMELY handy to have, I absolutely LOVE mine. I can park the trailer anywhere and it will not move at ALL. I set the brake and put the jeep in 4 low and drug the tires on the trailer :tonka:
I actually have no reason for a tent on the trailer either... I have a 24' motorhome I need to finish the interior on, I have a brand new HUGE camping on the ground tent. I want it because I want to do some camping off trails, and I am trying to convince the fiancee to move to Colorado with me after we get married, way better then sleeping on rock with the regular tent.
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Top Chef's Lakshmi details struggle with illness
By Ros Krasny
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters Life!) - Cookbook author Padma Lakshmi is hoping to raise awareness and help tens of millions of women who suffer from endometriosis, a painful illness that can cause infertility.
The 39-year-old model and host of reality cooking show "Top Chef," who is pregnant with her first child, has been talking about her two-decade struggle with the disorder, in which tissue that normally lines the uterus migrates to other parts of the body, causing pain and swelling.
At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), she said her decision to go public with her struggle was prompted by a desire to help young women avoid the suffering she has experienced.
"I remember school dances that I didn't go to, mid-terms I failed and family occasions that I missed," she said. "Only now do I realize how much of my life was mangled and distorted by this illness."
Lakshmi has become the driving force behind the Endometriosis Foundation of America, which together with researchers at MIT, is pushing to develop new treatments for the illness.
Linda Griffith, professor of biochemical engineering at MIT and former recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant," has raised $10 million in public and private grants for the new Center for Gynepathology Research to study the illness.
Griffith, who also suffers from endometriosis, which is believed to be a chronic inflammatory condition, said little is known about the illness that affects up to 90 million women worldwide.
Surgery is often required to remove scar tissue that can attach itself to the ovaries, bowels and lining of the abdominal cavity. Continued...


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Former SA champion dies at 51
By Ron Jackson
Former SA junior featherweight and featherweight champion Stanford Ngcebeshe has died at the age of 51. Ngcebeshe, a southpaw known as "Baby Blue," died at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital near Soweto last Tuesday.
He was born in Soweto on December 13 1961 and as an amateur trained at the well-known Dube Boyz Club. As a professional he was guided by Raymond Slack.
Ngcebeshe made his professional debut on March 12 1983 and knocked out Petrus Tshabalala in the third round at the Men's Hostel in Alexandra near Johannesburg. He won seven of his next eight fights before claiming the vacant Transvaal junior featherweight title when he stopped Thozamile Gxabeka in Rustenburg on November 16 1985.
Ngcebeshe suffered his second loss as a professional when he was stopped in the ninth round of a fight against Zweli Ngcongolo in April 1986, failing to take over the SA junior featherweight title.
In a return match on December 20 1987, he stopped Ncongolo in the third round to claim title, which he lost to Ephrahim Lepota three months later. Moving up a division in November 1990, he beat Stanley Mathe in the ninth round to claim the vacant Transvaal featherweight title. On September 1 1991 he won his second national title when he beat Mxhosana Jongilanga in East London in a fight for the vacant featherweight belt. Ngcebeshe retained the title in two defences against Ernest Witbooi, against Lungu Dundu, against Witbooi again and David Afrika. But he lost to England's Billy Hardy at Sun City in October 1994 in a challenge for the Commonwealth featherweight title.
In his last fight, on April 30 1995, at the Rabosotho Hall in Tembisa, he lost the SA featherweight title to Andrew Mathabola, who beat him on a split decision. He finished with a record of 27-10-2, including 11 wins inside the distance.
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Martin Freeman Discusses 'The Hobbit's' 'Good Chemistry' And Playing Bilbo Baggins
Martin Freeman talks with Access about the "good chemistry" between the cast of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey." Also, he discusses filming his first scene and working with co-star Andy Serkis. Plus, Martin tells Access why his "Sherlock" co-star Benedict Cumberbatch wanted the role of Smaug, who appears in the second film of "The Hobbit" trilogy.


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I hate you...Just spent $350 there! Now all I need is a charging handle, gas tube for 16" and a buffer and the rifle is done....Great specials spend it while you have it....I still hate you for posting this link.....
update they have the standard LPK on sale for $39 . they still have some a3 uppers for $38 they just ain't on the weekend deal page --lots of good stuff--looks like the free shipping is over--
PSA has $59 blemished lowers, $39 blemished flat-top uppers , $49 LPKs with fancy mag pull stuff, BCGs and a bunch of other stuff on the deal of the day page.
good days if your building an AR---
best prices on AR-15 stuff in a long time--
they still have the $99 blemished lower with the fancy LPK the best deal if you need a lower and LPK going.
i'm going to have to stop visiting damn PSAs website, every fricking time i buy something!--LOL!
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I hate you...Just spent $350 there! Now all I need is a charging handle, gas tube for 16" and a buffer and the rifle is done....Great specials spend it while you have it....I still hate you for posting this link.....
"Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway." - The Duke
yea i know --damn deals all ways come around AFTER you done bought your hardware--
damn midway USA done me the same way-- after i buy a scope elsewhere THEN they send me a $20 off code--LOL
tried to buy the same scope from them a month ago but they said my discount code expired---LOL damn the luck--LOL!
and i kept saying i wasn't going to build no more too! LOL!
the got a hell of a deal on an upper too WITH a vortex red dot and mount!--damn PSA getting all my mad money--
Thanks j, I was needing an LPK. Got one w/ FDE HG.
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Just found the remain 3 parts at Brownells and ordered them. I blame J for spending my money today! LOL Well this will be a new build for me. Most have the uppers already complete. This one will be part by part build. Should be fun.
"Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway." - The Duke
gee thanks I also got sucker in and spent over $100
Sprat and sprat1 are one and the same.
I'll post pictures of the blemished upper when I get it. Not sure what to expect for $39.99 but we will see.
"Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway." - The Duke
Hopefully some more deals like that will be around after Christmas and I'll finally build that 20"-22" bull barrel one, all camo-ed up I've been wanting to build for a while. I originally wanted a 6.8 Lapua or something like that with some better ballistics than a 223 at longer ranges for critters, and don't want another heavy 308 platform again. Got plenty of nice target 308's already for that job.
At this point sense reloading stuff is tough to get right now, reasonably , if at all in some cases, I'll just do the 223/5.56 thingy,, set up specifically for heavier bullets, 1:6,,1:7,, whatever is available in a high quality bull barrel. At least for now anyhow, I can always change it out later if I want. I don't really want to gear up for another caliber at the same time too,, WAY to spend-y right now. Maybe prices will be even better after X-mas. We'll see then.
Sense I'll be painting it,, blems will be a great way to go for that project, as long as it's "cosmetic" blems only. I won't scrimp on a barrel or BCG parts though. Hopefully I can find them as a set in a match grade. There's plenty of other ways to scrimp and still have a tack driver. Used furniture and misc. parts are the ticket too if there going to be painted anyways,, what to hay,,probably only spend half on them that way.
Not building/assembling ,,,many,many before, like some of you guys have,, I'll need to gather all the trinket parts ,that some of you would normally have on hand. That's not real biggie though,, the spring and pin parts packs and most the small trinkets are cheap enough to buy . Plus everything mechanical is shinny new that way,, a better route to go IMO for a very few bucks.
The tube, BCG and trigger will be the biggies.
i have got a few of PSAs blemished uppers --
the only area that the finish wasn't perfect was inside the upper where the BCG goes was slightly discolored. the outside of the uppers were perfect and looked every bit as good as any finished upper.
now who knows what they send this time as it may be a grab bag --but i haven't heard of any of their blems needing a external re-finish (so far)
$39.99 for the uppers and $59/ or $99 for a lower w lpk you can't hardly lose if it ain't even got a finish--LOL !!!
Thanks for posting about the uppers, they still have them and I just ordered two
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David Beckham should be fit for Sunday's opening World Cup clash against Sweden after coming through a rigorous fitness test today.
England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson declared he was delighted with captain Beckham's progress today and confirmed that, if the Manchester United star suffered no setbacks for the rest of the week, he would lead the team out against the Swedes in Saitima.
Eriksson said: "Everything depends on how he does over the next few days but today he did a very good session and, if things go as we think they will, he will start on Sunday." With England's other injury worries - goalkeeper David Seaman, Nicky Butt and Robbie Fowler - also expected to have recovered in time, Eriksson confirmed that his only remaining fitness doubt was Newcastle's Kieron Dyer.
The England coach said Dyer had been making significant progress but that the final decision would be made on his fitness at the end of the week, in time to make a change in accordance with the Fifa deadlines.
There had been serious doubts that Beckham, who fractured a metatarsal bone in his left foot seven weeks ago, would recover from his injury in time but today he went through an exhaustive routine of running, twisting and even taking free-kicks without an apparent reaction.
Eriksson said: "We assessed David this morning and he did everything including free-kicks, corners, shooting, lots of running. Until last week we didn't know who to play on the right. We had a lot of options but we didn't have another Beckham.
"Over the next few days we are going to do a lot of tactical work and anything can happen in a training session but he has to play normal football.
"I am confident he will be able to withstand tackles. Everything looked very good today and we are very optimistic."
Eriksson was more guarded however about the chances of Dyer being fit in time. "He is making good progress," he said, "but if he is not fit then we can change him up to 24 hours before the Sweden game. We have to make a medical report and Fifa have to say 'yes' or 'no'."
Eriksson also confirmed that should Dyer be ruled out he would call up either Blackburn's David Dunn or Leeds' star Alan Smith, both of whom have been on tour with England's Under-21 squad.
In a snap ThisisLondon poll today 73 per cent of voters said Beckham should be risked against Sweden.
VOTE: Should Sven risk Becks?
Beckham's comeback - in pictures
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|Patriots Look Poised For Another Super Bowl Run
|Bruins Trade For Drew Stafford
|Black and Gold Bruins Turn Yellow On Parade Day
|Inconsistency Will Continue For Bruins Unless A Change Is Made
Patriot fans can now rejoice with the news that veteran Vince Wilfork is not going anywhere! The Patriots and Wilfork have finally come to an agreement both sides and the fans can be happy with and could allow Wilfork to retire as a Patriot. The Patriots restructured Wilfork's contract and offered him a 3-year, $22.5 million contract extension according to ESPN.com's Adam Schefter.
His new deal is for one-year, $8 million, with $3 million guaranteed. The Patriots also have the option of bringing back the nose tackle for the 2015 and 2016 seasons for a total of $22.5 million.
Wilfork took to twitter moments before the good news broke, tweeting this message to his fans.
"It's been hard to remain quiet and let things take its course but it has been the best thing to do. Negotiations are never easy especially when you have a 10 year history with a team and more importantly relationships. For those who have supported me I thank you, for those who have called me every name in the book I thank you too. My intentions have never changed 10 years ago my goal was to retire a Patriot and as I sit here typing this I am closer ti achieving my goal. I look forward to getting back to football and helping my team compete and have a chance at winning the Super Bowl."
This comes after a month of public drama from Wilfork. Earlier in the month, after much displeasure with the progress of his negotiations with the team (or lack there of), Wilfork reportedly asked for his release from the team and even went as far as cleaning out his locker to demonstrate his unhappiness with the discussions. This also comes after Patriots owner Robert Kraft said on Monday that he's holding out hope that the two sides can come to some kind of resolution.
Wilfork has been a steady force on the team since being drafted in the first round of the 2004 draft by the Patriots. He is the team's second longest tenured player only behind, surprise surprise, Tom Brady. The five-time Pro Bowler and defensive captain has been a foundation for the Patriots defense, providing a rock in the middle of that run defense. Not only is he a defensive leader, but he is the "ol' g" of the team, providing positive leadership and experience for all the younger players on the team.
Wilfork did the right thing by restructuring his contract. After all, the 32 year-old is coming off season-ending surgery for a torn Achilles that occurred in Week 4 last season and those two factors, age and surgery, probably dropped his stock. He is also staying with a team that just increased its chances of representing the AFC in the Super Bowl with this latest signing.
Now with an elite player to stop the run and one to stop the pass with the recent acquisition of Darrelle Revis, the Patriots defense has elevated itself to an elite level that could rival that of the Seattle Seahawks. With a much improved and now complete defense, there will be less pressure on Brady and the offense to score on every possession to win games. Watch out Arizona, here we come!
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