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Smart processes become more critical for information workers – sometimes called iworkers -- every day. In fact, processes matter as much if not more than strategies and metrics that are often tracked by Wall Street. When discounted, a lack of process actually makes executing strategies more difficult. However, when processes and strategy intersect, everyone wins.
For instance, research firm Gallup recently analyzed nearly 200 studies spanning 152 organizations and 44 industries in 26 countries. The results showed an uplift of every business performance number if people felt engaged through good processes. Profitability was up 16%, productivity was up 18%, quality was up 60%, and customer loyalty rose 12%, among other findings.
It's very clear from this research that when solid workflows are in place, organizations can accelerate results and focus on what matters, becoming faster, more fluid, and nimble. Yet, according to best-selling author of Social Era Rules Nilofer Merchant, there are several misconceptions that are holding most businesses back – some of which are still taught by top business schools and managers.
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COLUMBUS: Ohio State and Boston College have scheduled a home-and-home football series for the 2020 and 2021 seasons.
The games are scheduled to be played Sept. 19, 2020, in Columbus, and Sept. 18, 2021, in Chestnut Hill. Each year Ohio State plays Oregon a week earlier.
The Buckeyes have won all three previous meetings with Boston College: 34-29 in 1989 at Ohio Stadium; 31-10 in 1990 at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill; and 38-6 in the 1995 Kickoff Classic in East Rutherford, N.J.
Ohio State also announced a change to a previously revealed series with North Carolina. The game set for Sept. 5, 2015, has been moved to Sept. 22, 2018, at Ohio Stadium. There is no change to the game set for Sept. 23, 2017, in Chapel Hill, N.C.To read more or comment...
COLUMBUS: Nine games and as many wins into his first season at Ohio State, Urban Meyer believes he might have something special going.
His sixth-ranked Buckeyes have won close games and routs, relied on their defense and on quarterback Braxton Miller, and have had no-names make big plays. Through it all, despite being within a whisper of losing, they've persevered.
The best reason, according to Meyer, is that they've come together, played as a team and the seniors and coaches have refused to let them slip.
After a game this week against struggling Illinois, the Buckeyes have a bye week, then a big road test at Wisconsin and the annual season-ending showdown with rival Michigan.
Despite a bowl ban, there's a lot left to accomplish.To read more or comment...
Ohio State is rated fourth in the Associated Press preseason college basketball poll.
The Buckeyes are one of three Big Ten teams ranked in the top five, along with Indiana (No. 1) and Michigan (No. 5). Michigan State (No. 14) and Wisconsin (No. 23) are the other Big Ten teams in the top 25.
Ohio State is also rated fourth in the preseason USA Today coaches poll.To read more or comment...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa.: The Big Ten won't hand out a championship trophy to the winner of the Ohio State-Penn State game Saturday night, so bragging rights will have to do.
The ninth-ranked Buckeyes and surging Nittany Lions just might be the class of the conference at midseason, but neither team can win the league title or play in the postseason because of NCAA sanctions.
Saturday's meeting then, has turned into a virtual midseason bowl game, complete with a national television audience and plenty of hype. About 107,000 rowdy fans are expected to pack Beaver Stadium, which would be the first sellout of the season.
Welcome to the "Ineligi-Bowl."
"We only get the chance to lay it on the line 12 times, 12 Saturdays. So every game for us is a very, very big game," Penn State coach Bill O'Brien said. "And we're playing probably the best team in the Big Ten this week, with a great head coach in Urban Meyer."To read more or comment...
When Ohio State plays Penn State on Saturday, the Buckeyes will again be without running back Jordan Hall.
The senior may even be out for the rest of the season with a knee injury. Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer said Wednesday that Hall, who hasn't played since Sept. 29, could redshirt.
Hall has had an injury-plagued year. Over the summer, he required tendon surgery in his foot after stepping on a piece of glass. Despite a partially torn knee ligament, Hall played against California and UAB. He had six carries for 26 yards and a touchdown against Michigan State, but left the game due to knee problems.
On the season, Hall has 40 carries for 218 yards and a touchdown. He also has three receptions for 31 yards.To read more or comment...
COLUMBUS: A Columbus sports talk-show host who was suspended after he tweeted he wished ESPN's Desmond Howard would get fired or die has been dismissed by his station.
WBNS 97.1 The Fan, an ESPN affiliate and the flagship station for Ohio State athletics, posted a message on Twitter on Wednesday which said, "Scott Torgerson is no longer employed by our company as of today. We appreciate his contributions and wish him well in his future endeavors.To read more or comment...
Ohio State and Oregon have agreed to a home-and-home series with games to be played in 2020 in Eugene, Ore., and in 2021 in Ohio Stadium.
The Buckeyes and the Ducks have met eight times, including in the 2010 Rose Bowl game, a 26-17 Ohio State win. The first meeting between the teams came in the 1958 Rose Bowl, a 10-7 Ohio State win. All six meetings between those Rose Bowl games were Ohio State wins.To read more or comment...
The Ohio State band is on quite the string of viral productions. At halftime this week, the band made all sorts of alien shapes and had that alien dance. The reason why is a little odd, but it's still neat to watch.
To read more or comment...
Ohio State coach Urban Meyer says star quarterback Braxton Miller has a sore neck yet is expected to return to practice Tuesday.
Miller lay motionless for several minutes after being thrown to the turf by Purdue defensive back Josh Johnson late in the third quarter of the ninth-ranked Buckeyes' dramatic 29-22 overtime win on Saturday. He was carted to the locker room and then taken to the hospital where he was treated and released.To read more or comment...
COLUMBUS: Neither Ohio State's Urban Meyer nor Purdue's Danny Hope can trust their defenses these days.
As a result, no one has any idea what's going to happen when the teams meet on Saturday at Ohio Stadium.
Meyer, proponent of the high-scoring, devil-may-care spread offense, is not happy when his team is forced to outscore an opponent.
"Oh, we can't have that. That's not going to happen," he said. "Do we want to win 48-47? We want to win, but no, Ohio State is going to be a defensive school. Absolutely."To read more or comment...
According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Vanderbilt has opted out of its 2013 game against Ohio State.
Peculiarly enough, the notice came via a snail mail letter. Not a fax, phone call or even text. An old-fashioned stamp-and-envelope package.
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith told the PD that OSU won't schedule a BCS team. Smith told reporter Doug Lesmerises that it will still be a home game but the school will have to pay the opponent more money. The school was scheduled to pay Vanderbilt $1.2 million.To read more or comment...
Here is a video of Brutus and the Ohio State spirit squad dancing to "Gangnam Style."
Someone make this madness stop.To read more or comment...
COLUMBUS: A Columbus sports talk-show host who tweeted he wished ESPN's Desmond Howard would get fired or die has been suspended by his station.
Dave Van Stone, president and general manager of WBNS 97.1 The Fan, confirmed Tuesday that Scott Torgerson has been suspended indefinitely for the tweet. WBNS is an ESPN affiliate and the flagship station for Ohio State athletics.
Torgerson tweeted over the weekend that he wished Howard, a former Heisman Trophy winner at Ohio State's chief rival Michigan, would get fired or die so Torgerson could again watch ESPN's College GameDay.
Kirk Herbstreit, a former Ohio State player who is a college football analyst on ESPN with Howard, blasted Torgerson during his own WBNS program. Herbstreit said the tweet was "disgusting and very sad" and "crossed a line."To read more or comment...
Zach Boren is a senior who's spent his entire career at Ohio State playing fullback.
No more.
Pressed for linebackers because of an injury to starter Etienne Sabino (broken leg), Boren showed up at that position on Saturday in the 52-49 victory over Indiana. And played well.
The Buckeyes only used two linebackers for most of the first half because Indiana was passing so much that an extra, or nickel, back was needed more than a third linebacker.Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS: Urban Meyer may not know the brutal details of all those previous Ohio State-Indiana games.
Really, there's no need to.
With a first-year coach at Ohio State, a second-year coach at Indiana and new-school approaches in both places, there will be a new evolution to this series Saturday night.
"Everybody's trying to get an advantage and this (hurry-up offense) is an advantage if you know what you're doing," said Meyer, the Buckeyes coach. "I have a coaching staff, a guy that's done that a lot. I didn't have a big background in that hurry-up. We ran the spread, but we were not a hurry-up team, so this hurry-up is kind of new to me."
The goal, of course, is to run more plays than the other team and score points by the dozens.To read more or comment...
There are very few places in America where a pizza order by a football coach's wife would make it to TV and become a mini-controversy that would require the school issuing a statement.
Welcome to THE Ohio State University.
It all began with the wife of defensive assistant (and last year's interim head coach) Luke Fickell phoning a local pizza parlor to call in an order. The kid who took the call took down her name and made a crack about how Ohio State's defense needed to improve. Somehow, the shop's manager heard about the comment and fired the kid who made the crack.To read more or comment...
The first may be 10 years from now, Ohio State has scheduled a home-and-home two-game series with the University of Texas.
According to Bruce Feldman of CBS Sports, the two storied college football programs will play each other in 2022 and 2023. The first game will be played on Sept. 17, 2022 at Texas Stadium. Texas will play at Ohio Stadium on Sept. 16, 2023.
The two schools last played each other in the 2009 Fiesta Bowl. The game, a 24-21 Texas win, was decided in the final minutes. Ohio State has played Texas just three times. They had a home-and-home in 2005 and 2006. Texas leads the all-time series 2-1.
Ohio State Athletic Director Gene Smith told the Associated Press that playing a team like Texas "creates remarkable experiences for our players and fans."
Earlier this month Ohio State announced a home-and-home series with TCU. Thereave been reports that Ohio State is trying to increase the quality on non-conference opponents.To read more or comment...
Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller isn't the only Buckeye taking home award honors this week.
Defensive end John Simon has been named the Lott IMPACT Player of the Week and the Bednarik National Player of the Week.
Against Nebraska on Saturday, Simon had five tackles for loss, two sacks and a forced fumble.
On Monday, Miller was named the Davey O'Brien Quarterback of the Week.To read more or comment...
Ohio State's marching band had quite the performance Saturday at halftime of the Nebraska game.
The Best Damn Band in the Land paid tribute to video games, playing the themes to Super Mario Bros., the Legend of Zelda, Pokemon, Halo and others. They were accompanied by symbols from each of the games to the crowd's delight.
The six-minute mark with the horse is particularly impressive. The band even managed to knock rival Michigan in the video. At the 7:30 mark, a castle formed like at the end of Mario Bros. level. As a Michigan flag is lowered, and Ohio State one raises and fireworks go off.To read more or comment...
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FORT WORTH, Texas - After a sensational performance that included 186 rushing yards and 127 passing yards, Ohio State's Braxton Miller has been named the Davey O'Brien Quarterback of the Week. Miller played an integral role in the Buckeyes' 63-38 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
While leading his team to their most points scored in a conference game since 1983, the Ohio native was outstanding, rushing for 15 or more yards five times, including big gains of 31 and 72 yards. Miller is now second in the Big Ten with 763 rushing yards and has rushed for over 100 yards in four of his first six games.
"Having someone like Braxton making a big play got the crowd back into it," Ohio State wide receiver Corey Brown said. "He got us into the game along with the crowd and gave us confidence we would be able to score."
Ohio State will look to stay perfect as they head to Memorial Stadium next Saturday to face the Indiana Hoosier.To read more or comment...
Ohio State freshman quarterback Cardale Jones doesn't seem to like going to school and he wants you to know about it.
This morning, Jones fired off this tweet (via Deadspin) before feeling the backlash shutting down his Twitter account:
"Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play FOOTBALL, we ain't come to play SCHOOL, classes are POINTLESS."
Now would be a good time to remind everyone that Jones is on a full scholarship at Ohio State. According to the university, the average annual tuition with room and board for a student from Ohio is just more than $20,000. Jones played high school football at Cleveland-Glenville.
Really, the strangest part about all this is that Jones dropped this opinion on a Friday. What self-respecting college student schedules classes on a Friday?To read more or comment...
EAST LANSING, Mich.: The Big Ten has determined that a Michigan State player did not violate the conference's conduct policy after Ohio State sent in film that appeared to show him trying to gouge the eyes of a Buckeyes player.
In a statement, Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis said the Big Ten determined that MSU offensive lineman Jack Allen didn't violate the conference's sportsmanlike conduct policy.
A video Ohio State sent to the Big Ten appeared to show Allen trying to get his gloved hand inside the facemask of Ohio State defensive lineman Johnathan Hankins during Saturday's Ohio State victory in East Lansing. At the same time, Hankins was trying to get his hands inside Allen's facemask.
Hollis concluded that Allen's actions "weren't a football play" but also it was not an eye-gouging incident.To read more or comment...
Petros Papadakispapadakis of Fox Sports picks the winner of this weekend's Ohio State/Nebraska game.To read more or comment...
COLUMBUS: Whether his coaches call him Corey or call him Philly, all that matters to Ohio State's Corey Brown is that they just keep calling his number.
Brown, dubbed "Philly" because of his hometown to differentiate him from defensive back Corey "Pittsburgh" Brown, has suddenly become the long-awaited go-to guy at wide-receiver for the Buckeyes.
"I just like the position I'm in right now, basically doing a little bit of everything," he said. "It's obviously a perfect position, being able to get some carries, being able to do the screen passes and also getting some downfield throws."
His name might not be distinctive but his numbers are.To read more or comment...
Ohio State has scheduled a home-and-home series with TCU beginning in 2018.
Unless the schools first meet in a bowl game, they'll be playing each other in football for the first time since 1973.
According to a press release, the first game will be on Sept. 15, 2018 when the Buckeyes travel to Fort Worth and Amon Carter Stadium. The Horned Frogs will be at Ohio Stadium on Sept. 21, 2019.To read more or comment...
The fallout from Ohio State's 17-16 win over Michigan State on Saturday continues.
After Saturday's game, Michigan State defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi alleged that Ohio State sent in doctored game tape. It was an issue that was reportedly settled by the two schools' athletic directors.
Now it's Urban Meyer pointing the finger.
The first-year Ohio State claims Michigan State guard Jack Allen intentionally tried to gouge the eyes of Buckeyes defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins. Here's the video:To read more or comment...
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The spread offense Urban Meyer used at his previous coaching stops isn't totally clicking right now at Ohio State.
The Buckeyes are winning anyway.To read more or comment...


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Fixing The Insurance Industry's Multi-Billion Dollar Churn Problem
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During Kathy's publishing and media career, in addition to financial services technology she also has covered the real estate and retailing industries. She is a graduate of Carleton College.
Ellen most recently served the technology sales enablement role, writing research and providing advisory on how technology vendors sell and market their solution value to industry buyers, with a particular focus on the insurance, banking, and securities industries.
Ellen brings nearly 20 years of experience in delivering technical and professional services to clients in a variety of industries and markets. She joined Forrester from ThruPoint, a New York-based professional services firm, where she was a principal consultant focusing on IT service business strategy to Global 100 clients in securities, banking, and insurance; telecommunications; and media and entertainment. Before joining ThruPoint, Ellen was a director and principal analyst for Gartner, following the infrastructure services market, including consulting, support, and managed services. Prior to her Gartner experience, Ellen spent seven years in a variety of sales enablement and support roles at the former Cabletron Systems, including strategic bid and proposal management; inclusion on approved vendor lists for corporate and global accounts; and master sales and GSA contract management.
Ellen has presented on vertical industry and role-based marketing in a variety of Forrester and client events. She has been cited in a number of publications, including Forbes, Fast Company, The Wall Street Journal, Best's Review, Insurance & Technology, and American Banker.
Ellen received a B.S. in economics from Southern New Hampshire University.
A harsh reality for insurance executives is that your most likely defector in the coming year happens to be the one you most want to keep: those long-time—and profitable—customers. But in today's digital financial services environment, shaped by consumerization, personalization and expectations of real-time interactions, policyholders will bolt if they don't feel that their insurers value their business.
That customer value is defined and promoted in all the different ways that insurers and agents engage and communicate with their customers. That happens across an expanding mix of channels, with mobile and social media interactions becoming increasingly important. Failure to take advantage of these multi-channel opportunities with a consistent, compliant and customized approach to communications, is a key contributor to the dreaded churn problem.
In this free, one-hour webinar, Insurance & Technology, Thunderhead.com and a guest speaker from Forrester Research, Inc. will look at how simple changes in communication and engagement strategies can drive long-term impact on insurers' retention strategies.
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"Ace Knute (pronounced Ka-nute) Johnson has arrived! Mom and baby are doing great," her rep told Us Weekly. "Jessica, Eric, and Maxwell are thrilled to welcome the new addition to their family."
The couple is already proud parents to daughter Maxwell, who celebrated her first birthday on May 1.
Simpson, 32, let it slip during an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in March that she was having a son. When discussing how her first pregnancy was easy in comparison to the second time around, she said: "The crazy thing is I never knew a wiener could make me nauseous!"
Realizing her gaffe, a flustered Simpson cracked, "Well, I guess I just told the world that I'm having a boy!" She added that her announcement was unplanned.
Also unplanned? The second pregnancy, which threw a wrench in Simpson and Johnson's wedding plans — the couple began dating in May 2010 and got engaged in November that same year.
"We've had two different wedding dates, but he keeps knocking me up. We're doing it backwards," Simpson explained on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" in January. "I'll just keep my legs crossed, I guess, this time. Apparently it was part of God's plan for my life."
Sources tell omg! that Simpson and Johnson "won't wait too long" to tie the knot now that she has given birth to little Ace.
"Jessica can't wait to be Eric's wife," our source says.
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Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Rep. JOHN CONYERS (D, MI-14):This bill expands existing Federal hate crimes law to groups who are well-known targets for bias-based violence--they are sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and disability. These crimes of violence are directed not just at those who are directly attacked; they are targeting the entire group with the threat of violence.
Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. LAMAR SMITH (R, TX-21): Every year thousands of violent crimes are committed out of hate, but just as many violent crimes, if not more, are motivated by something other than hate--greed, jealousy, desperation or revenge, just to name a few. An individual's motivation for committing a violent crime is usually complex and often speculative. Every violent crime is deplorable, regardless of its motivation. That's why all violent crimes should be vigorously prosecuted. Unfortunately, this bill undermines one of the most basic principles of our criminal justice system--equal justice for all. Under this bill, justice will no longer be equal. Justice will now depend on the race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or other protected status of the victim. It will allow different penalties to be imposed for the same crime. This is the real injustice.
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Drugs found where 2 Died on 'Captain Phillips' ship
(NEWSER) – Drugs and drug paraphernalia were found in the cabin where two former Navy SEALs were found deadon the ship made famous by a pirate hijacking, police in the Seychelles say. It's not clear what type of drug was involved, and while autopsy results are still pending, there is suspicion the pair died from overdoses, reports the New York Daily News. Both men were security contractors on the Maersk Alabama container ship, which was portrayed in the move Captain Phillips.
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Woman Live-Tweets Crash That Killed Her Husband
(NEWSER) – Beneath Caran Johnson's Twitter handle sits this now-eerie description: "Tweeting the crazy things that happen in the 'Couve." The Vancouver, Washington-area resident tweets as @ScanCouver, an account that KATUreports she uses in part to cover traffic alerts and 911 calls in the area. Yesterday afternoon started out no different, with Johnson retweeting a local paper's tweets about an accident on I-205. When the Columbian tweeted that a fatality was confirmed, the mother of two replied "omg that is so horrible!!!" then went on to admonish two cars that "went around officer blocking onramp to I205S. lame-o's!" (The Columbian reports that Johnson often listened in on emergency scanner traffic using a computer app, and had been listening to scanners since college.)
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Video: Screaming goats that sound like humans
The first human-sounding goat in this video is a little uncomfortable to sit through, but try to keep a straight face the rest of the way.
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Dogs cross species barrier, help cheetahs survive
LOS ANGELES: It may sound like a West Side Story-style love story, but some dogs love big cats.
Cheetahs are the fastest mammals in the world, but they also are the world's biggest scaredy-cats — so much so that they don't breed easily and are in danger of going extinct.
Some zoos are introducing dogs to calm the skittish cats and bring attention to their plight. They're pairing "companion dogs" with some cheetahs to serve as playmates and to provide the cats with guidance.
"It's a love story of one species helping another species survive," said Jack Grisham, vice president of animal collections at the St. Louis Zoo and species survival plan coordinator for cheetahs in North America.
Or, to quote Stephen Stills, it's a matter of loving the one you're with, he said.To read more or comment...
Best in Show: Banana Joe wins Westminster
NEW YORK: Banana Joe didn't monkey around this time.
The little affenpinscher with the bouncy step and shiny black coat walked off as America's top dog Tuesday night, winning best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club.To read more or comment...
Westminster dog show opens, and Banana Joe is back
NEW YORK: The Westminster Kennel Club dog show has begun, and a familiar face is an early winner again.
There are 2,721 dogs entered in America's most prestigious pooch event. The 137th Westminster features dogs in 187 breeds and varieties.To read more or comment...
Area pet news briefs
• Congratulations to Keating — The yellow Lab was fostered by Norton couple Terry and Carol Hamilton while he was on his road to becoming a Guiding Eyes for the Blind dog. The Hamiltons recently attended Keating's graduation in New York and met his new partner, the woman he will be assisting as a newly appointed guide dog.
• My Furry Valentine — The Portage Animal Protective League's adoption event will be held Feb. 15-16 at the agency at 8122 Infirmary Road, Ravenna. Adopters will receive a $14 discount on cats, which are regularly $50, and dogs, normally $150. All adopted dogs and cats are fully vaccinated, spayed or neutered, checked for appropriate diseases and free of fleas and worms. Many are microchipped and have been treated for other medical issues.To read more or comment...
Portage APL hosting Valentine's adoption drive
To help celebrate the Valentine's holiday, the Portage APL is lowering adoption prices by $14 on Feb. 15 and 16.
Cat adoption prices are regularly $50 and dogs are $150. For the event, dubbed "My Furry Valentine," each animal will go home with a new pet bed.
"Valentine's Day celebrates love. THeese discarded, abused and homeless animals want ove so badly and deserve it," Portage APL executive director Chalan Lowry said in a release.
Dogs and cats up for adtop are up to date on vaccines and are spayed or neutered. For more information on the Portage APL, call 330-296-4022.To read more or comment...
Human-faced dog an online sensation
One of the biggest trending stories online today is that of Tonik, a poodle/Shih Tzu mix from Kentucky up for adoption.
The story isn't incredibly unique. Tonik was saved from a kill shelter and is now up for adoption. It's the dog appearance, first brought to light by Gawker, that is garnering headlines.
The dog's face strongly resembles a human, and may be a contender to knock Grumpy Cat from Internet pet meme supremacy.To read more or comment...
Budweiser Clydesdale ad tops among Super Bowl commercials
According to the USA Today Ad Meter, there was no more popular Super Bowl ad than the Budweiser commercial, "Brotherhood," featuring the company's famous Clydesdale horses.
Just what makes it such a good commercial? The story of a young horse reuniting with its owner after going pro as a deliverer of beer? Is it simply an allegory for the dependability the Budweiser brand? The perfect use of Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide?" It's probably so good because it's all of those things.
Good thing for Anheuser-Busch. Of the six Super Bowl commercials the company had, three were rated by Ad Meter among the game's five worst commercials.To read more or comment...
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WATCH: Michael Jackson's alleged son B. Howard speaks out in video
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A young musician who has supposedly been revealed as Michael Jackson's long-lost son, has released a video speaking for himself. B. Howard is distancing himself from the rumors in a video posted on his Facebook page.
Howard posted the video just before a Thursday press conference that streamed on the website FilmOn.com. The site claims to have obtained the results of a paternity test that prove Howard is the late singer's son.
In a statement released by his manager, Howard explains that he had agreed to participate in a documentary with FilmOn.com and was asked to hand over a sample of his DNA. The company says it bought a 30-year-old dental impression of Michael's on auction. That gave them access to the late superstar's DNA in order to run a test -- which came out positive. Howard says he "never expected it to be used in this manner," and reiterates that he has no intention of pursuing the family's estate.
Howard is said to be the result of Michael's affair with a singer named Miki Howard, who was a client of his Michael's father Joe. In the early 80's Miki was known by "Billie," and has been rumored to be the inspiration behind Jackson's hit "Bille Jean."


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Lindsey Graham's Tea Party Opponents Are Emerging
Watch out, Lindsey Graham: the Tea Party says that you are next.
According to sources in South Carolina and within the Tea Party, at least two serious challenges to Graham are expected to emerge in the next few weeks. Dustin Stockton, a leading conservative activist and head of Western PAC, told The Daily Beast that he is headed to South Carolina next month to help build a ground game for the 2014 primary.
Knocking off Graham, said Stockton, who helped defeat establishment candidates in Alaska and Nevada in 2010, was this year's top Tea Party priority.
"The Lindsey Graham wing of the party," he said, stands for "saying one thing and doing another, creating backroom deals, getting elected, and not doing anything."
Richard Cash, a businessman and former South Carolina congressional candidate, announced his candidacy in April.
But Tea Party types are looking to coalesce around either Lee Bright, a Spartanburg state senator, or Nancy Mace, a public-relations executive.
Bright told The Daily Beast that he is looking to make an announcement in the coming weeks.
"My voting record in the state Senate is very similar to what Jim DeMint did in the U.S. Senate," he said, referring to the hard-right former senator who resigned this year to lead the Heritage Foundation. "It is more of a match with conservative values in South Carolina. I just don't think Graham is in touch with the people of South Carolina. He is more enamored of the national media than he is doing what South Carolinians would like to see him do."
Nationally, Graham has been a frequent target of conservative ire for being willing to make deals with Democrats. And he has done nothing to endear himself to the right with his recent efforts to pass immigration reform and his outspoken criticism of Rand Paul's filibuster on the use of drones.
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Rebel Wilson says she got in trouble for joke comparing One Direction to what?!
Rebel Wilson had an uncomfortable interaction with One Direction at last summer's Teen Choice Awards — prompting her to tell a less-than-flattering joke about them on stage.
Unfortunately, she bombed and got censored.
The actress recounted her experience on Tuesday's "Conan," explaining that she'd gone to One Direction's dressing room before the show to take a picture with the boy band — only to be greeted with indifference.
On the broadcast, Wilson joked, "Wow, isn't it funny there's a band called One Direction, 'cause that's also the name I give my a**hole."
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Mark Simmonds - Senior product marketing manager - works in the IBM Software Group Information Management division focused on Information Governance and Big Data for the System z® portfolio. He has 16 years IBM service in Information Management, WebSphere and spent 3 years as an IBM systems architect responsible for infrastructure design and corporate technical architecture in large financial institutions. Prior to joining IBM he was head of Information and IT for an organization in the National Health Services (Wales, UK). He has a number of author recognition awards, written articles for technical journals and business magazines and is a recognized thought leader on Information Governance and SOA.
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Peter Mandel is a Product Line Manager for Guardium with a focus on Data Protection and Data Governance. Mr. Mandel joined IBM at the Silicon Valley Laboratory where he held a wide variety of development and technical strategy roles related to IBM's database and data management portfolio of products. He has launched development initiatives across a broad range of data management technologies including content management systems, video servers, spatial database, and media asset management systems. Most recently he led new initiatives in enterprise search and text analytics in the IBM Research Division and IBM Software Group.
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White House Official Fired for Tweeting Under Fake Name
A White House national security official was fired last week after being caught as the mystery Tweeter who has been tormenting the foreign policy community with insulting comments and revealing internal Obama administration information for over two years.
Jofi Joseph, a director in the non-proliferation section of the National Security Staff at the White House, has been surreptitiously tweeting under the moniker @natsecwonk, a Twitter feed famous inside Washington policy circles since it began in February, 2011 until it was shut down last week. Two administration officials confirmed that the mystery tweeter was Joseph, who has also worked at the State Department and on Capitol Hill for Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Joe Biden. Until recently, he was part of the administration's team working on negotiations with Iran.
During his time tweeting under the @natsecwonk name, Joseph openly criticized the policies of his White House bosses and often insulted their intellect and appearance. At different times, he insulted or criticized several top White House and State Department officials, including former National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, Secretary of State John Kerry, and many many others.
The Daily Beast saved a long record of @natsecwonk's tweets prior to the shutting down of his Twitter feed.
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PHOTO: Lady Gaga mourns death of dog Alice
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Lady Gaga is mourning the loss of her beloved family dog Alice.
"My puppy Alice died. We had to put her down, cancer ate away at a little angel. My daddy is so sad, we all are, lost a member of our family," tweeted the pop star on Tuesday.
She added, "I love being an entertainer but it is so painful sometimes to be away from home 17 years she held on, so many memories. Nothing beats family."
Gaga then wrote, "I remember her laying my bed, she knew when I was sad, or when I was sick. I should have been there. I just pray Alice found her wonderland."
As it happens, Gaga wore black while leaving her hotel in London on Wednesday (see right).
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Sign Language interpreter at Mandela service A FAKE!
While millions watched President Obama spek at the memorial service of Nelson Mandela and we captivated by his words, many watched in horror.
Deaf people watching the Nelson Mandela memorial were shocked by a "fake" sign language interpreter on stage whose gestures were unintelligible.
Hundreds of people took to social media to express their anger at the interpreter's gestures, and several deaf groups confirmed his motions did not reflect the comments being made to honor Mandela
Paul Breckell, chief executive of the U.K.-based charity Action on Hearing Loss, told NBC News: "We are shocked by the quality of sign language interpretation at Nelson Mandela's memorial — if it could be called interpretation at all."
He added that "the limited number of signs, the amount of repetition, lack of facial expressions and huge gaps in translation meant that deaf or hard of hearing people across the world were completely excluded from one of the biggest events in recent history."
Among the first to express their dissatisfaction was Wilma Newhoudt-Druchen, the first deaf woman to be elected to the South African parliament, who tweeted that the signing was "rubbish," adding: "He cannot sign. Please get him off."
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Daft Punk get lucky on the cover of 'WSJ Magazine' with Gisele Bundchen
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The Daft Punk robots are gracing this month's cover of the "Wall Street Journal Magazine" along with Gisele Bundchen, but weren't the only guys who got to spend time with the super model.
Photographer Terry Richardson had a little fun by dressing up the dance music duo's kids in their signature suit-and-helmet get-ups and posing as stand-ins with Gisele.
The photo shoot was part of Daft Punk's inclusion in the magazine's latest "Innovators Issue."
Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo also made a rare public appearance in New York City Wednesday night for the "Wall Street Journal Magazine's" annual Innovator Awards, where "Get Lucky" co-star Pharrell Williams presented them with this year's Entertainment Innovator honor.


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Obama pits Republicans against the work ethic
For those of us who believe government can be a positive force in the lives of working Americans, President Barack Obama's State of the Union address was less than heartening. He took one step forward in vowing to use his executive authority to raise the hourly wages of workers employed by companies with federal contracts, but took two steps back in signaling his narrow vision of an activist government. "Tonight, I ask more of America's business leaders to… do what you can to raise your employees' wages," he said.
Indeed, the current crisis, simply put, is that there are more people looking for jobs—good-paying or otherwise—than there are jobs to be had. This leads to what economists call a weakening of "aggregate demand," which means people have less money to spend on products and services that businesses sell, which leads to poor sales and weaker hiring on the part of businesses, which in turn leads to even weaker demand. Most economists have been arguing since 2008 that Congress must flex its fiscal muscle and issue a massive jobs bill in addition to the initial stimulus. That consensus still stands.
In fairness, Obama called on Congress to raise the federal minimum wage and to pass transportation and waterways bills that would ensure work for about 3 million construction workers, but overall, the president was mindful that Washington, especially Congressional Republicans, has no appetite for spending, even if it's on historically nonpartisan matters such as research, infrastructure and education. The Republicans really do believe that free markets can perform better than government despite the plain-to-see fact that it doesn't.
If John Boehner's reaction to Obama's decision to raise the minimum wage of federal-contract workers is any indication, the Republican leadership is taking the bait. The House Speaker said that paying workers more actually hurts them, because wage requirements increases costs for businesses. Aside from the fact this claim has been debunked time and again, Boehner was, in essence, taking a stand against workers. In this climate, that's deadly.
Even so, there were signs of hope that fiscal policy is not completely off the table. I don't mean that Obama hinted at it. Not at all. What I suggest is that the president has settled on a political strategy that could eventually lead to a debate on greater federal stimulus. Of course, debating something isn't the same as acting on it. This president entered the White House under extraordinary circumstances and if he were able to leave office having legitimized a debate over expanded fiscal policy, he will have succeeded in moving the political center away from the right and back to where it belongs: the actual center.
Obama's strategy can be seen in two distinctions he made during his address. First, that he'd explore the limits of his constitutional authority to act when Congress fails to act. This is what most news outfits have been reporting, and this is what most pundits are going to ponder for a while: the legal, political and practical implications of Obama's go-it-alone strategy. But more important is the second distinction, which Slate's William Saletan first pointed out with welcomed clarity: between capitalism and the American work ethic.
"That's the debate ahead," Saletan wrote. "Can the free market be trusted to lift working families out of poverty? If not, should the government step in? Ultimately, do most Americans believe more in capitalism or in labor? Do they see government as a threat to freedom or as an ally of honest work?… For more than 30 years, Republicans prevailed in that debate because people had lost faith in government. But what happens if they lose faith in the economy? When the free market stops serving the work ethic, look out."
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The best Taylor Swift moments at the 2014 Grammys
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(Yahoo!) - At age 24, Taylor Swift is already a seasoned veteran of the awards show trail. And whenever she shows up, she finds a way to make herself the center of attention. At the 2014 Grammys however, Taylor outdid herself, dancing, mugging, and head-banging her way to GIF immortality.
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The highlight of the all-Taylor evening came about 2/3 of the way through her performance of her song, "All Too Well" when, apparently overcome with the emotion of her break-up ballad, the singer suddenly fell backwards and lunged forwards, her hair flying over her head as she treated the world to a decidedly un-Swiftian head-bang.
The union of country and metal was complete, and the internet instantly exploded as a million Tweeters and Tumblrs immediately posted and re-posted the moment.
Here then were the greatest Taylor-iffic moments from Swift's big night.
1. The Head Bang That Shook the World.
2. This tweet!
Backstage at the #GRAMMYs! Watch now @CBS http://t.co/qaxLtGT7Gk with Taylor Swift @taylorswift13 @pauleyp pic.twitter.com/vrPpp3ATee
— The GRAMMYs (@TheGRAMMYs) January 27, 2014
3. Kendrick Lamar gets Taylor moving!
4. Taylor gets her "Surfboardt" and grooves to Beyoncé's "Drunk in Love"
5. Taylor wins best selfie of the night.
And you know... We're on each other's team. #LORDE #CLEANINGUP #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/jRwHkPYfPE
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) January 27, 2014
Also, her reaction to Daft Punk winning Album of the Year over Red.
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Check out her full performance of "All Too Well."