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Charles Town: Dance to Bristol dazzling in Sugar Maple
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. - In a dominating performance that may have been a career best, Dance to Bristol romped to a nine-length victory in Saturday night's $200,000 Sugar Maple Stakes at Charles Town.
Holiday Soiree finished second, 2 3/4 lengths ahead of Bayonne. Kalambaka Queen, Katie Get Excited, and Dangerous Vixen completed the order of finish.
The complexion of the Sugar Maple changed when Book Review, the even-money morning-line favorite, was scratched after getting a temperature upon her arrival from Southern California.
It was the sixth victory from 14 career starts for Dance to Bristol, a 4-year-old daughter of Speightstown trained by Ollie Figgins III, but by far her most dominant.
"She was better than ever," winning rider Xavier Perez said. "Ollie's been working hard with her. She's been working well in the morning. When I got on her in the paddock I knew she was a different horse tonight than the time before. She let me know as soon as we hit the track. She was bouncing."
Though speed had been dominant throughout most of the night at Charles Town, Perez let Dance to Bristol sit third, three wide around the first turn.
Perez kept Dance to Bristol within two lengths of pacesetting Dangerous Vixen and he followed Kendrick Carmouche when he moved on his filly, the co-favorite Holiday Soiree.
In a flash, Dance to Bristol blew past Holiday Soiree and was the easiest kind of winner. She covered seven furlongs in 1:23.78 and returned $4.60.
"We sat off the pace comfortable. When we got to the three-eighths pole, when my trainer told me to let her go, I just let roll and she did an amazing job," Perez said. "She just ran off like she was running by herself."
Noting the speed-favoring nature of Charles Town, Figgins did ask Perez to keep Dance to Bristol relatively close to the pace.
"That's why we kind of pushed it," Figgins said. "Usually, we let her break and get comfortable. We told him to get as close as we could without absolutely flat-out asking her."
Asked if that was Dance to Bristol's best race, Figgins said, "Might be."
Figgins said he would point Dance to Bristol to the $100,000 Skipat Stakes at Pimlico on May 17.


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Now in its 25th year, Wiltshire charity Splash has grown considerably from its humble beginning of one PC working with young people in Chippenham.
In 1995 Splash became a registered charity, governed by an independent board of trustees, and supported by Wiltshire Police.
The charity now employs five members of staff who are based at Melksham Police Station.
Around 300 vulnerable, young people a year now benefit from the free activities during school holidays - a time when young people are often drawn into trouble.
Splash projects work to increase young people's self confidence, self esteem and social skills and reduce anti-social behaviour – improving not only their wellbeing, but the wellbeing of the communities they live in.
Referrals come through police, schools, social services and other organisations and charities working with troubled young people.
The charity is mainly self funded and with a recent grant from the Police and Crime Commissioner's Innovation Fund, is growing its scope in area and number of young people involved.
Splash is delighted to have the support from two police officers who are raising money for the charity with two challenging physical events.
PC Stuart Welch is taking part in Ride 24 in June and will be cycling 310 miles in 24 hours and PC Geoff Goodway will be running 33 miles across Salisbury Plain in the new Imber Ultra Race on Sunday 9 March.
PC Goodway, who works in the Neighbourhood Tasking Team, said: "I am humbled to be representing Splash – it only took a short chat with the team to make me realise I wanted to get involved and help them raise much needed funds for the great work they do."
Having never before run 33 miles, a very short training period is certainly going to prove a challenge, but he is determined to do it.
PC Welch has recently moved to a Wiltshire Neighbourhood Policing Team and found out about Splash through the police network before he arrived.
As well as the massive Ride 24 challenge in June, he is launching his event at Tescos in Trowbridge on Friday 14 March – cycling as many miles as possible in seven hours.
PC Welch said: "Fitness is a big passion of mine and I believe that giving young people the opportunity to become involved in leisure activities will help them focus and channel their outlook on life."
You can support Splash's work with troubled young people in Wiltshire by sponsoring: PC Welch at www.justgiving.com/StuWelch-24hours4splash or PC Goodway at www.justgiving.com/Geoff-Goodway2508
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Alex Felt has been a sparkplug and team player for three years on the powerful Elk gymnastics team, on which she and several other solid performers are overshadowed by some superstars.
But now Felt is now able cap off her career as a state qualifier herself, after a stellar Section 7AA meet hosted by ERHS last weekend.
Felt was runner-up floor exercise with 9.375 and placed fourth all-around with 36.375, both personal-bests. She just missed on beam, tying for fourth with 9.325 but losing out on a tiebreaker. She was sixth on bars and 12th in vault.
"This means a lot. A lot. I've wanted to go to state for a long time. I just missed last year on floor," said Felt.
Coach Jenn Bartlett was delighted to see it all pay off for Felt, who'll compete at state Saturday evening at the U of M.
"She gets the team riled up with her personality. She is very focused," said Bartlett. "She's one of the top 25 students in the class."
Bartlett assessed: "Alex is very strong on bars with a clear-hip circle, handstand, two giant swings and a double back flip dismount. She is poised on the beam with a great jumping series. Her floor has a unique look with her choreography, presence and tumbling ability. She has a strong vault, a handspring full (twist)."
Felt competed with Twin Cities Twisters before joining the high school team in 10th grade. Her twin brother, Branden, is a team manager.
Asked what she likes about gymnastics, her lone sport, Felt related: "I like the teamwork in gymnastics, and I like setting goals for myself." She regards bars as her favorite event.
Felt was part of an Elk River-Zimmerman-Rogers co-op that won conference titles all three seasons and 25 consecutive dual meets. Never afraid to speak her mind, Felt has mixed emotions about that. "It's been awesome," she said. "But it's annoying that a lot of people in school don't even know we have a gymnastics team … and we've gone unbeaten the last three years."
The 5-foot-2 athlete has been a gymnast since age five. She briefly tried diving and track but didn't enjoy them. The state meet will be her last fling with gymnastics.
"That's sad," she said, "but my body is little broken down."
Her next pursuit, Felt said, will be a career in forensic science.
The Felt scorecard
Personal file – Age: 17 … Parents: Sonya and Eric Swenson; brothers Branden, 17, and Ricky, 20 … Sport: gymnastics …. Other activities: formerly in DECA, diving, and track … Academics: 3.93 GPA … College: currently PSEO at St. Cloud State; plans to attend Colorado Springs State … Ambition: forensic science
Favorite stuff – Class: ninth-grade science with Mr. Niziolek … TV show: "Criminal Minds" … Movie: "The Goonies" … Reading: murder mysteries …. Food: pasta … Drink: Dr. Pepper, and Vanilla Frappuccini … Place she'd like to visit: Mexico


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Two years ago Jeremy Lin was a rising star on the New York Knicks. He then signed a free agent contract with the Houston Rockets, where he became the starting point guard and later moved to the sixth man position. Omer Asik was the starting center when Lin arrived in Houston. However, Asik was displaced by the signing of Dwight Howard. Now the Knicks are trying to put a package together to trade for both of them.
It's February 13. The trade deadline is February 20. This is prime-time rumor mill time. Some rumors that come out are more legitimate than others. Some are just ridiculous. Others, like this, has some truth to them. However, something to keep in mind is that just because one team desires to acquire players and one team desires to trade their assets doesn't always make them a match.
Rockets GM Daryl Morey has asked a lot for Asik all season long. He should. He's in a position of power with a skilled big man who is under control for another two seasons after this one is over. He also shouldn't let Lin go cheaply. It could save Houston a lot of money to trade Asik and Lin but they're also impact players on their roster. That's not something you give away without compensation.
Asik want out of Houston. He believes he's on the verge of becoming and All-Star center and shouldn't have to sit behind Howard or shift to power forward to play beside him. The biggest obstacle of trading him is finding a team willing to pay him the $14,898,938.
There's little doubt that the Knicks would love to bring Asik to New York. He's four years younger than Tyson Chandler who projects as a relatively even scorer as Chandler but a better rebounder Per-36.
However, at 7'0", 230 pounds he has a better, wider frame than Chandler with a solid lower body and a 7'2" wingspan. Asik plays with a great motor, is a serious player with fairly nice athleticism. He finishes nicely around the rim, has a developing mid-range game and is an active defender.
Lin has played well for Houston. but his and James Harden's skill sets work better separately so Lin has found himself coming off the bench. There's little doubt that he'd prefer to be a starter. Clearly he'd be an upgrade to Raymond Felton. However, Lin is also scheduled to make $14,898,938 next season.
Probably the biggest problem is the Knicks lack of trade assets. The fact that Asik and Lin both make so much next season shouldn't worry the Knicks. They are over the cap anyway so going further over shouldn't matter. The fact that both of their contracts end after next season is also attractive. The Knicks could always re-sign them but it allows them to go in another direction in the 2015 free agent market if they decide.
Lauren Moranor of Sports World Report passed on word that David Thrope of ESPN thinks the Knicks could be a match in trade with the Rockets.
ESPN's David Thrope suggests the Knicks could be the team that makes the last minute offer on Asik to take him off the Rockets' hands. The team has been searching for depth in the front court as several injuries have plagued the team in recent weeks. With Amar'e Stoudemire, Kenyon Martin and Metta World Peace in and out of the lineup, Asik would be a welcomed presence.
The issue for the Knicks is putting together a worthy package considering they have very few assets they can afford to part with. Thorpe suggests Tim Hardaway Jr. would be a lock to get traded for the center. The reporter also notes that Tyson Chandler could be included if another player like Jeremy Lin was included.
What do the Knicks have to offer? Unfortunately the have almost no draft picks to offer. Talent? Well Tim Hardaway Jr. would almost have to be any swap with Houston. Iman Shumpert is likely to be another popular target.
A package of Hardaway Jr., Shumpert, Felton and Chandler works money-wise. Would the Knicks be willing to trade their two best young options in order to make this trade happen?
Would Houston even deem that enough? Knowing the Knicks they'd likely end up giving Houston a future first round pick or two as well. Are they worth it? That question can only be answered with a yes if acquiring Asik and Lin would make Carmelo Anthony happy and the Knicks intend on keeping them in New York beyond their contracts.
If their acquisitions didn't make Anthony happy they'd remain in trouble of losing him after he opts-out this off-season. Remember, Anthony didn't seem so happy with Lin when he was here. They'd also only be clearing up $9,743,211 (Felton's $4,540,000 — Hardaway Jr.'s $1,304,520 Team Option — Shumpert's $3,898,691 Qualifying Offer).
Sure, clearing up approximately $10 million would help the Knicks re-build with or without Anthony. However, given the chance New York would likely love to have Hardaway Jr. and Shumpert as part of that future. So they'd have to decide if clearing up that money would be worth going forward without their two best young players.
It's an interesting dilemma the Knicks find themselves in. Asik is an upgrade to Chandler. Lin would be an upgrade to Felton. However, Hardaway Jr. is a sharp-shooter with a bright future and Shumpert is the Knicks best perimeter defender.
On top of that, there's just no telling if that's enough. The Houston Rockets are asking for a lot more around the league and unless they are willing to settle for the chance to shed those large contracts they could very well laugh this offer off.
The truth is, the Knicks don't have the overwhelming pieces to pull big trades off. They've sent too many draft picks away and they've collected too many undesirable contracts. This trade would come down to Houston's desire to shed salary next season.
However, with Chandler scheduled to make $14,596,888 next season they'd only be saving $6,829,235 next season and would be taking on an additional $9,743,211 in the 2015-16 season. That just doesn't seem like much of a deal for them.
In the end, Asik and Lin would help New York but they wouldn't make the Knicks contenders and it's very unlikely that they have enough trade assets to acquire them from Houston anyway. Don't start digging out your old Linsanity jerseys or ordering custom Asik jerseys from the NBA store online.
This is just another one of those rumors that happen this time of year. Very little traction, lots of one-sided desire and more talk than action. Don't hold your breath. This probably isn't happening.
Just because the Super Bowl left NY/NJ it doesn't mean the NFL action is over. Come see the Gridiron Glory: The Best of the Pro Football Hall of Fame at Liberty Science Center see jerseys worn by legends, make the tough call under the hood, try on equipment and get immersed into football like never before.Tags: Basketball, Carmelo Anthony, Linsanity, NBA, New York, New York Knicks, Raymond Felton, Tyson Chandler


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One waterfowl species that is characteristic of winter in the Mid-Atlantic region is the lesser scaup. Like the greater scaup of the same genus, the lesser scaup is a species of bays and open water. Unlike mallards and other dabbling ducks, scaup do not tip over to find food underwater. Rather they dive for short periods of time to snatch aquatic invertebrates and plants.
Lesser scaup and greater scaup can be difficult to separate. The best way to identify the two is by the shape of the head and bill. Lesser scaup have a peaked crown at the back of their heads, while greater scaup have a more rounded head. Greater scaup also have a wider bill with a bigger nail. Some sources suggest that lesser scaup have duller, grayer colors, and more purplish heads; greater scaup have brighter colors and greener heads. The field marks based on coloration are generally less reliable, as colors can appear differently under different light conditions.
Large flocks of scaup congregate on the Potomac River and in the Washington Channel during January and February.
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Last Night, the CPRG met up for a poker night. We got a great turnout. 15 people bought in for ten bucks, and we played a NL freezeout. We had most of the members of the CPRG, a few people from Biotools, and a special guest: Bryce Paradis. Bryce is an amazing heads-up limit player who made 2.6 million dollars last year playing his game of choice. While he might've run hot at times, his profit graph is a beautiful exponential curve. It's been really cool to meet him and chat about poker related things. I did pretty well in the tournament, although I got shortstacked before the tables merged, and when they did I had to get lucky to double up a couple of times. I doubled through Bryce when my K9 rivered a pair against his AQ. Sorry, Bryce. Once I doubled up a couple times I managed to last until we passed the bubble. A few hands after everyone made the money, I got down to just 2K in chips with the blinds being 500/1000 and I had to post the big blind. The button called, and so did the small blind so I pushed my T9. The flop came QJJ, but I couldn't hit my straight against Duane's top pair of queens. Oh well, that's how it goes.
It was a great night, and I'm glad we got such a great turnout.


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Robert Pickton is charged with killing 26 women, but is being tried first for the murders of six whose remains were found on his Vancouver pig farm.
Closing arguments in the 10-month trial are under way and the jury is due to begin its deliberations next week.
Mr Pickton has pleaded not guilty and the defence wrapped up on Thursday.
The prosecution began its closing arguments by attacking defence claims that other suspects in the case had been overlooked and that forensic evidence found on Mr Pickton's property did not prove he was the killer.
"Could you accept that someone else snuck on that farm with a bunch of body parts, bones... all without him knowing it?" lead prosecutor Michael Petrie asked the jury.
"My submission is you are not going to entertain that bizarre theory," he said.
"This case is about the police finding the remains of six dead human beings essentially in the accused's backyard. Common sense will tell you that is not a common event."
The defence in its closing arguments this week said key prosecution witnesses had lied.
Defence lawyer Adrian Brooks said supposedly self-incriminating statements made by Mr Pickton were merely "parroting" of information the police had given him.
He also said Mr Pickton was not intelligent enough to kill so many people and conceal the crimes.
During the trial, the prosecution called 98 witnesses while 30 defence witnesses took the stand.
Most of the women Mr Pickton is accused of murdering were prostitutes and drug addicts who disappeared from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside area over more than a decade.
The current trial deals with the deaths of six women: Sereena Abotsway, Andrea Joesbury, Mona Wilson, Brenda Wolfe, Georgina Papin and Marnie Frey.
A trial date for the other 20 murder charges has not been set.
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Crucial, long-overdue BlackBerry makeover arrives
RIM is hoping its crucial, long-overdue makeover of the Blackberry device bears fruit for the Canadian company.
The maker of the BlackBerry smartphone is promising a speedier device, a superb typing experience and the ability to keep work and personal identities separate on the same phone.
Thorsten Heins, chief executive of Research In Motion Ltd., will show off the first phone with the new BlackBerry 10 system in New York tomorrow. A marketing campaign that includes a Super Bowl ad will accompany the long-anticipated debut. Repeated delays have left the once-pioneering BlackBerry an afterthought in the shadow of Apple's trend-setting iPhone and Google's Android-driven devices.
Now, there's some optimism. Previews of the software have gotten favorable reviews on blogs. Financial analysts are starting to see some slight room for a comeback. RIM's stock has nearly tripled to $16.18 from a nine-year low in September, though it's still nearly 90 percent below its 2008 peak of $147.
Most analysts consider a BlackBerry 10 success to be crucial for the company's long-term viability.
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Encouraging Outcome for Māori Babies
Encouraging Outcome for Māori Babies
Whakawhetu, New Zealand's leading Māori organisation for sudden infant death prevention, welcomes the release of figures showing the number of Māori infant deaths at record lows.
General Manager, Kodi Hapi says that it is encouraging to hear about the low rates of Māori infant mortality, but there is still work to be done to protect our babies from sudden infant death.
Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) is the leading cause of death for children under the age of one. Every year 60 babies die in their sleep. Many of these babies are Māori and most of these deaths were preventable.
"The preventable loss of a single Māori baby is one too many" says Kodi "We should not become complacent; we need to remain focussed on SUDI prevention and continually look for ways to improve."
Many whānau are courageously changing their parental practices and beating their smoking addiction to protect their babies. This has greatly contributed to the outcome and so many more lives can be saved if we continue to stay focussed. We all need to work together so that whānau can make every sleep a safe sleep for their little ones.
"We have taken a multi-pronged approach" says Kodi. "Changes are happening at a policy level, in workforce development and with whānau. There is no one solution to this problem; we need to work strategically together, as a sector."
While the solution may not be simple, the message is simple. Whakawhetu has developed an acronym and song to remind whānau how to protect their baby from SUDI. P E P E is the Māori word for baby and stands for;
1. PLACE baby in their own baby bed, in the same room as a caregiver.
2. ELIMINATE smoking in pregnancy, in the home and in the car
3. POSITION baby on their back to sleep
4. ENCOURAGE mums to breastfeed.
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Despite Gus' tragic fate in the final episode of season 4, Esposito says he has 'a feeling' that he might reprise his role as the drug kingpin of the Southwest in next season.
Another season of "Breaking Bad" ended with another death. After Jesse shot Gale in third season finale, the ultimate episode of season 4 sees [SPOILER ALERT!] Walt getting rid of his enemy, Gus, by setting a bomb strapped to the undercarriage of Hector's wheelchair.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Giancarlo Esposito believed that his character Gus would somehow appear in the upcoming fifth season. "I have a feeling I might be back in Gus' shoes," he gushed. "There are lots of flashbacks on this show. Who knows what's in store for next season? ... In BB, people come back from the dead."
Speaking of when he found out that his character would die in a gracious way, Esposito revealed that creator Vince Gilligan had shared the plan to him after they shot a few episodes of the season. "After we shot a few more shows, Vince called me in and said, 'We're gonna kill Gus, I wanted to let you know. It won't happen till 413'."
He went on detailing, "He gave me a full heads up. I said, 'Well, okay, as long as it's fantastic!' He said, 'It will be! We want to to blow your face off!' We both thought it would be like Gus to survive an explosion for a few seconds - that he would button his jacket, straighten his tie - then just keel over and die. Vince came up with this brilliant way for me to leave - I give him full credit."
Commenting on the scene which features the drug kingpin of the Southwest seemingly surviving the explosion before he falls down, Esposito claimed, "That shows you how tough Gus is. It's a reveal when you see him. You're shocked - and he looks pretty good - until he turns his head. It almost seems to go into the realm of the supernatural."
On how Gus' blown-up face was created, the 53-year-old actor elaborated the process, "I had to sit and have a cast of my head made. They put goop on my head, all over. I had tubes running out of my nose to breathe. Many actors can't deal with the process, it's quite claustrophobic."
"They made a mold of my whole head. Then they created the cratered face mask on the side; I wore makeup in the actual scene, and they digitally matched the head to my face on film. They marked it with a sharpie and digital dots. It took five hours to create that head - it was a due process!"
Esposito additionally revealed he has been talking with Gilligan about directing an episode of "Breaking Bad" fifth season, which was planned to be the last for the series. As for his work outside the AMC show, he is producing and directing a film about reality TV with Jeremy Piven on the lead.


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I noticed Saturday Night Live was a re-run and so decided to see what I could come up with for a comedy clip tonight – though I got a late start looking because I spent my Saturday night in Washington, DC attending the hockey match-up between the only two undefeated NHL teams. (There is now only one, the Capitals, following a 7-1 "routing" of the Detroit Red Wings!)
Tonight, from the end of FNC's Special Report back on Wednesday, October 12, a comedy bit produced by ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live spoofing the anti-capitalist Occupy Wall Street protesters with the opportunity to sponsor a protester via the "International Wall Street Occupier Registry." Afterward, host Bret Baier quips: "Capitalism at work."
Previously: "Saturday Night Funny Video: Making Fun of 'Occupy Wall Street'"
Earlier entries in this "Saturday Night Funny Videos" series, including "Exasperated TV Anchors Upset at Missing Bridge Implosion," "Dog Says 'It's Time for Deodorant,'" "Putin Bags a Tiger While Obama Bags....a Pie," "Putting the Wrong Guest Expert on Air" and "Colbert Ridicules Reid Who Mused Over His Pomegranate Trees."


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Chile Unemployment Rate Declines To 6.2%
Chile's unemployment rate dropped to 6.2% for the September-November period, according to the National Statistics Institute.
Economists were expecting unemployment rate at 6.6%. Chile's unemployment rate was 7.1% for the September to November period last year.
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Check out this great You Tube video of Jack Hartmann's song "Show Me the Money." I found it from Melayne Marchese at Under the Big Top.
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I love integrating creative experiences & literature connections into my math lessons, so this song on YouTube is a great supplement!


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Based on management's comments, the company's near- to medium-term outlook will be, to a large extent, dependent on the strength of Australian retail and wholesale markets.
A global oversupply of salmon resulted in reduced export prices, and this was evident in the 42 per cent fall in revenues from that market in 2011-12.
However, Tassal's focus on Australia as its target market paid dividends as revenues from wholesale and retail distribution rose by 28.7 per cent and 20 per cent, respectively.
The company has established strong relationships with the large retail chains, which should work in its favour as consumer purchase preferences are largely influenced by product quality.
In the past few years, Tassal has invested heavily in developing and improving its hatchery, marine and processing facilities.
It is starting to reap the benefits of these initiatives as was evidenced in the substantial increase in operating cash flow from $41.5 million in 2010-11 to $50.4 million.
Of further significance was the reduction in debt with gearing reined in from 31.8 per cent to 25.6 per cent.
The company now has a strong financial and operational growth platform moving into 2012-13, and while external factors such as weather conditions and commodity prices can pose problems, it is now better equipped to handle challenging conditions.
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Sunday, 30 December 2012
All I Want In 2013 Is To Be Understood........
My "Monster" - Clinical Depression - means that my responses or reactions or actions can sometimes swing from one extreme to the other.
A blogger I look up to is no longer answering my emails. This blogger is someone I respect immensely and - along with Brenton at Aussielicious - got me inspired to build my own blog. But unfortunately he appears to have - I am guessing here - found my extreme swings and somewhat "quirky" ways difficult to deal with.
And as someone that he has no real link to or interest in, I feel he has simply washed his hands of me. I don't think there is any malice in his decision, but as busy as he is these days, I simply believe has come to the conclusion that he just doesn't have the time or energy for it. Again, which I can understand.
What saddens me though, is that I both like and respect this person immensely. I flippantly attempted to throw myself at him in a professional way, and it could have been misinterpreted in several different ways - one of them being that it may have been seen as me attempting to take advantage of his new situation.
This got me thinking......... I have been described by people as being "hard to keep up with". And I am. I have been told that I can come across as having one set of intentions, when actually my intent is completely different. The Monster can take me from wo to yay to "I want to go postal and take you all with me" all in one day....... sometimes all in one hour.
I'm a naturally effusive guy and can often be misinterpreted as being sycophantic or kiss-arse.
I speak my mind and will do so bluntly and with less eloquence and more cussing than I normally would and yes, sometimes I do tend to overreact. Again, in hindsight, I wish I hadn't but it is often difficult to stop the Monster from egging me on.
Not that I say any of the above to try to give myself free license to do or say anything and blame it on the Monster, more to show that the Monster DOES have an influence over me. Sometimes more. Sometimes less.
So here is my New Year Challenge to All of You......
Look beyond the obvious. Try to see me as something else than a blogger who "appears" to be all over the place. Ask me if you need to understand something or if I say something that you believe to be inappropriate or over the top.
I'm quirky. Cooky. And sometimes altogether ooky.
But I am also honest, loyal and will never lie to you.
After a year of being misunderstood by many, maybe now I can have a year where people really do see inside the bubble of the Monster and are able to distinguish between HIM and ME.
I am worth the effort. Just as I try to make the effort with others.
Because I/We should try :) - through the trying we often happen upon wondrous things we never expected to happen upon.
May 2013 bring you all health, happiness and hope.
Thank you so much for visiting throughout 2012.
My blessings and my prayers.
Posted by Damien at 12/30/2012 01:24:00 am
Labels: About Me, depression
3 comments:
- Victor said...
I enjoy visiting. All the best for the year ahead, Damien.
- Sun Dec 30, 05:55:00 pm
- Wonder Man said...
I love your blog and style. Keep doing you
- Mon Dec 31, 02:56:00 pm
- Damien said...
Thanks to you both.
- Tue Jan 01, 11:23:00 am
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Panda Announces Protection for Internet Transactions
Panda Security today announced that its new Panda Security for Internet Transactions protects sensitive transactions online using "Collective Intelligence." Banks and e-commerce sites can license the service from Panda and make it available to customers.
By quickly scanning for active malicious software during the login and authentication process, PSIT eliminates the possibility that a keylogger, Trojan, or other malicious program might intercept sensitive financial information. Panda General Manager Gary Leibowitz explained, "We detected a need for an additional layer of protection to deal with new types of threats. We're seeing a quarter to a third of new malware directed toward financial institutions, e-commerce, and B2C transactions (PSIT) provides a solution for dealing with online fraud in financial transactions."
PSIT relies on the same Collective Intelligence technology used by Panda's online NanoScan and TotalScan services. NanoScan makes a quick scan to detect malware that's actually running; TotalScan examines the entire system. Both identify malware using Panda's database "in the cloud." Where NanoScan takes about a minute, PSIT cuts that time down to three seconds by concentrating only on active threats to the transaction. Use of the service requires a tiny (200K) one-time download of an ActiveX control or FireFox plug-in; there's no need to download and update a local database of signatures.
Ryan Sherstobitoff, Panda's Chief Corporate Evangelist, explained the origins of Collective Intelligence. "Starting about a year and a half ago the volume of emerging new threats increased hugely. We developed a system capable of giving us greater vision into the threat landscape. The traditional security model required engineers to analyze samples and develop signatures and remediation techniques. We switched to automation of the entire process, from sample collection to remediation."
He went on to point out that each scan by NanoScan, TotalScan, or a locally installed Panda security product feeds into the analysis process; that's what makes it Collective Intelligence.
Modern malware attacks are often highly focused on a particular bank Web site or other commerce site, with an aim to financial gain. In conjunction with PSIT Panda will offer a Targeted Attack Alert Service (TAAS). If Panda detects an attack targeted at a TAAS subscriber they'll quickly supply the subscriber with a full forensic report including reverse engineering of the threat to determine its attack points and purpose, along with all available information about the attacker. This allows the targeted institution to bolster any vulnerable areas and also go after the perpetrators.
"The speed and transparency of this new business solution will be key elements to its success," said Leibowitz. "If it becomes too cumbersome, banks would prefer the losses from fraud over troubling their customers with an awkward process. Collective Intelligence is at the core of these benefits and will continue to serve as the backbone for all Panda Security products in the future, enabling maximum protection with limited resource consumption."
Sherstobitoff confirmed that Panda sees Collective Intelligence as the future of security. Panda's strategy is to concentrate on scans that are lightweight yet seriously in-depth. Without going into detail he promised "there's a lot more on the way".
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Now you don't have to wonder if someone is stealing your information. Just stamp/roll your ID away and recycle. Eliminates shredding items that only require stamping/rolling your ID away.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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This is so great to use to cover my I.D. The only thing lacking are refills. I've been using this product for over a year
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The stamp works really well and I've just ordered a second one. I found the tape difficult to use.
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I use this almost daily on mail, prescription bottles, delivery boxes, etc., and I find it to work perfectly as stated. On glossy paper the stamp takes a bit longer to dry, but I don't find that to be a problem. I have confidence in it and really like that I can dispose of my mail, bills and labels securely. My son wants one as well now that he has seen it in action.
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Brought to you by Clean Water Action, The Lunchbox Project gathers the masses in a flash-mob style event to purchase meals in their own reusable containers in a way that attracts attention and inspires others to do the same. This is our last event of the summer- You won't want to miss it!
Inspiring speakers: Susan Freinkel- Author: Plastic: A Toxic Love Story, Miriam Gordon- Clean Water Action, Brendan Moriarty- Creator of The Lunchbox Project, Dylan Cardiff- Ecology Center and Megan Kirkaldie- ECOlunchboxes.
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Andover Homemakers' Club
DESPITE the very hot weather there was a good attendance at St Ann's for the July meeting of Andover Homemakers' Club, which took the form of a jewellery demonstration.
Jacky Hutchins was pleased to welcome two new members, Maureen (Mo) Welton, and Geri Underhill, who was also their speaker. In addition she also thanked Deci Watson and Vi Hill for their offers of help, and renewed her appeal for further committee members.
Business followed the singing of the National Anthem, with Jacky reviewing the very successful 'May Tea' — despite the rain — and the June visit to Bournemouth in glorious sunshine. A further outing was planned for 30 September, leaving St Anns at 9am, travelling to Lepe Country Park and Romsey. Cost £5 for members and £10 for guests.
Barbara Adams, Audrey Cane, Jan Appleton and Joan Hunt were celebrating birthdays in July and August, with an 80th birthday for Martina Walker, so cards were distributed, following which the raffle was drawn, and Geri Underhill introduced.
Having studied 'Art and Design', and been awarded a 'Triple Distinction in Design Craft', Geri showed some of her work and the different styles of jewellery and materials she worked with, before distributing materials for making either a pair of earrings or a key ring, with a huge variety of beads, metals and so on to choose from. There was a great deal of concentration as, assisted by Geri, the items took shape — (the chairman being particularly proud of her efforts!) and Brenda Daykin gave a vote of thanks for a very different and interesting afternoon.
The competition, for the prettiest pair of earrings, was won by Prim Eglington, with runner up Jan Appleton, and in joint 3rd place, Janet Rickwood and Jacky Hutchins, and the meeting closed as usual with tea and biscuits.
There being no meeting in August, the next meeting of the club will be at St Ann's on 16 September, when Chris Surtell is to talk on Portals, the banknote printers, and the competition is for the most interesting paperweight. Guests and new members always welcome. Contact Jacky Hutchins on 01264 323520.


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The Artist has been adjudged the Best Picture at the 84th Academy Awards. Along with The Artist, there were around eight other movies like The Descendants, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life, War Horse in the race for Best Motion Picture of the Year in Oscar awards 2012.
The Artist, which is directed by Michel Hazanavicius, is a romantic comedy drama film. The story takes place in Hollywood between 1927 and 1932, and focuses on the relationship of an older silent film star and a rising young actress, as silent cinema falls out of fashion and is replaced by the talkies. Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo have played the lead roles in the film.
Thomas Langmann produced movie has already won several honours at different award events. To name a few, The Artist has bagged seven coveted awards at the 65th British Academy Film Awards BAFTA. It was also nominated for six Golden Globes and won three of them. Now, the Oscars is the biggest recognition that is coming its way.
The Artist was nominated in ten major categories at the 84th Academy Awards. But the movie is successful in bagging five coveted awards in categories like Best Picture (Thomas Langmann), Best Director (Michel Hazanavicius), Best Actor (Jean Dujardin), Best Costume Design (Mark Bridges) and Best Original Score (Ludovic Bource).


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[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-2109?page=comments#action_12458313 ] Rick Hillegas commented on DERBY-2109: -------------------------------------- Thanks for your comments, Øystein. A couple responses follow: 1) Dynamically changing the policy file. The policy file can be dynamically reloaded after you edit it and without restarting the VM. Some code has to call java.security.Policy.getPolicy().refresh(). This requires granting that code the following permission: java.security.SecurityPermission "getPolicy" Thanks for broaching this topic. We could always reload the policy file just before checking for a system privilege and then advise the user to grant derby.jar the above permission. 2) Unfamiliar api. Oracle, DB2, Postgres, and MySQL all handle system privileges in different ways. Picking one of these models would still result in an api that's unfamiliar to many people. That said, these databases do tend to use GRANT/REVOKE for system privileges, albeit each in its own peculiar fashion. I agree that GRANT/REVOKE is an easier model to learn than Java Security. I think however, that the complexity of Java Security is borne by the derby-dev developer, not by the customer. Creating a policy file is very easy and our user documentation gives simple examples which the naive user can just crib. With adequate user documentation, I think this approach would be straightforward for the customer. 3) Plugin scope. I think that you and Dan agree that "plugin" is a database-specific, not a system-wide privilege. My first reaction (still recorded in the description block for this JIRA) also listed "plugin" as a database-wide privilege. I can argue the issue both ways. On the one hand, the "plugin" power potentially gives the user the ability to expose/exploit code which has system-wide effects. On the other hand, the affected objects (jars, functions, procedures) are all scoped to the database level. I am happy to treat "plugin" as a database-specific privilege. 4) Appendix A issue. I believe that Dag answered this one. Thanks, Dag! 5) My imagination deficit. As I said to David, I will reword these sentences. 6) User management and role migration. I suspect that the introduction of SQL roles will help address your concerns about database-specific privileges: we should be able to introduce a DB_OWNER role. In addition, as the spec notes, a follow-on usability feature could introduce the power to change the owner of a database. I think we're in better shape for system-wide privileges managed by Java security. Here the system administrator can edit the policy file as necessary. 7) Granularity of system-wide privileges. I see no problem in starting out lumping all the database-specific privileges together and letting the database owner hoard them. They are all privileges which a database owner would want. The two system-wide privileges belong to different roles: shutdownEngine belongs to the system administrator and createDatabase belongs to the various database owners. That is the motivation for the granularity of system-wide privileges. > System privileges > ----------------- > > Key: DERBY-2109 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-2109 > Project: Derby > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Security > Affects Versions: 10.3.0.0 > Reporter: Rick Hillegas > Fix For: 10.3.0.0 > > Attachments: systemPrivs.html > > > Add mechanisms for controlling system-level privileges in Derby. See the related email discussion at http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.db.derby.devel/33151. > The 10.2 GRANT/REVOKE work was a big step forward in making Derby more secure in a client/server configuration. I'd like to plug more client/server security holes in 10.3. In particular, I'd like to focus on authorization issues which the ANSI spec doesn't address. > Here are the important issues which came out of the email discussion. > Missing privileges that are above the level of a single database: > - Create Database > - Shutdown all databases > - Shutdown System > Missing privileges specific to a particular database: > - Shutdown that Database > - Encrypt that database > - Upgrade database > - Create (in that Database) Java Plugins (currently Functions/Procedures, but someday Aggregates and VTIs) > Note that 10.2 gave us GRANT/REVOKE control over the following database-specific issues, via granting execute privilege to system procedures: > Jar Handling > Backup Routines > Admin Routines > Import/Export > Property Handling > Check Table > In addition, since 10.0, the privilege of connecting to a database has been controlled by two properties (derby.database.fullAccessUsers and derby.database.defaultConnectionMode) as described in the security section of the Developer's Guide (see http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/10.2/devguide/cdevcsecure865818.html). -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
U.S. chain store sales in October increased 2.1 percent on a same-store basis compared with the same period last year, representing the strongest reading since July 2008, when sales increased 3.3 percent, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).

 "Further evidence of retail recovery continues to unfold as October comparable-store sales have outperformed the year-to-date reading in every category," Michael P. Niemira, ICSC chief economist and director of research, said in a media release. "The improvement in the stock market has had a significant impact on the affluent shopper's willingness to spend as the luxury market has shown its first positive reading since May 2008."

 Department store sales fell by 1.1 percent in October to follow a 2.3 percent decline from the previous month. Average monthly sales for the category total a negative 7.8 percent.

 In the four-week October period, comparable revenues in the Specialty Retail Stores segment, which includes Neiman Marcus Stores and Bergdorf Goodman, decreased 6.2 percent. The merchandise categories in the Specialty Retail Stores segment that performed the strongest included women's fine apparel and shoes and men's clothing.

 Things continued to look bright in the discount, drug and wholesale store sectors in October. Discount stores posted an overall increase of 2.5 percent (excluding Wal-Mart, which reports its data on a quarterly basis). This marks the category's second consecutive month of gain and follows a 0.5 percent increase in September.

 Target reported 2.8 percent growth in net retail sales for the four weeks ending Oct. 31 to total $4,541 million; however comparable store sales fell slightly (0.1 percent). Overall, the company has seen 1.4 percent growth during the third quarter of 2009, but represents a year-to-date loss of 0.3 percent.

 Drug store sales increased at 3.4 percent, similar to the 3.7 percent uptick experience the previous month. The category has shown growth since March 2009, although those amounts fluctuated greatly from month to month.

 Walgreen's showed significant increase (9.4 percent) in October, with sales totaling $5,650,600,000, Sales and front-end sales at comparable stores also grew, 4.9 percent and 4.7 percent respectively. The company is up 7.6 percent, or $53,278,662,000, year-to-date from totals in 2008.

 Rite Aid, on the other hand, posted a 0.5 percent decrease, due to front-end sales dropping 2.7 percent. Overall pharmacy sales increased 0.5 percent, while comparable pharmacy sales increased 1.8 percent year-over-year. Year-to-date, Rite Aid sales decreased by 0.3 percent overall, attributed to a 1.1 percent increase in same-store pharmacy sales and a 3.1 percent dip in front-end sales.

 Wholesale clubs posted the greatest gains at 4.3 percent. This marks the sector's third consecutive month of gain and a significant increase over previous months (0.8 percent in September and 1 percent in August). The year-to-date monthly average is still down 2.7 percent overall, however 1.9 percent gains are shown when fuel sales were excluded.

 Costco same store sales grew to $12.58 billion during its nine-week reporting period ending Oct. 31, reporting gains of 5 percent. Net sales grew 7 percent year-over-year, or $5.68 billion, during the four weeks ending Oct 31. Comparable domestic sales for the four-weeks grew 2 percent domestically and 17 percent internationally, while comparable sales totaled 3 percent and 7 percent respectfully. (Positive impact from foreign exchange and negative impact from gasoline deflation was excluded.)

 Sales at BJ's Wholesale Club grew 3.5 percent to total $764.7 billion. Comparable sales (1.1 percent) also grew despite negative impact from fuel sales of 4.8 percent. Merchandise sales at comparable stores rose 3.7 percent. These totals are still much lower than growth seen in October 2008. Year-over-year comparable sales for the same period were up 10.2 percent and fuel sales contributed 3.6 percent to that gain.

 Looking ahead, the ICSC expects U.S. chain same-store sales for November will increase 5 percent to 8 percent compared with November 2008. In addition, ICSC Research projects U.S. holiday sales for the November-December 2009 period will increase by approximately 1 percent based on either GAFO store sales or the ICSC's tally of major chain store sales. Shopping center sales are expected to increase by 1.8 percent this holiday season.


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The Taylor Gang rapper shows off his extravagant lifestyle in the clip and why he's the 'only n*gga in first class.'
Hip-hop recording artist Wiz Khalifa unveils the cinematic music video for "Paperbond", a track off his sophomore album "O.N.I.F.C.". Through the four-and-a-half minute clip, the Taylor Gang rapper shows fans the fruits of his labor as captured on film by director Frank Paladino.
Featuring a lot of scenic, wide aerial shots, Khalifa takes fans through what goes on in the good life of a rap superstar, like shopping for that vintage car or dropping a bagful of cash in the local bank. As the 25-year-old artist would describe it, it's just another day in the life of the "only n*gga in first class," he would call himself just before he hops onto his helicopter.
Even before he takes fans on the tour through his lavish lifestyle, Khalifa describes the state of his finances with a very confident, "I got enough weed to last me for the rest of my motherf***in' life/ Ain't gon' ever run out." He then goes on to divulge his bottle-popping, cigar-smoking, plane-riding adventures, name-dropping high-end brands such as Gucci, Gianni Versace and Roberto Cavalli all over the place.
"Paperbond" is the latest single to be released from "O.N.I.F.C.", after "Work Hard, Play Hard" and "Remember You" which both performed well commercially. He is currently working on a new album set to be released this year and intends to come out in a movie with his "Telescope" collaborator 50 Cent.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Police are investigating after several iPads, iPhones and other electronics were stolen Thursday from a store in Daytona Beach.
According to Daytona Beach police, the suspect appeared to have entered the AT&T store, located at 1500 Beville Road, with a small child and asked to use the restroom in order to change the child's diaper.
After the man and child left the store, police said an employee noticed the storage room was open and numerous electronic devices were missing.
Authorities said the storage room is adjacent to the restroom.
At this point, store representatives are conducting an inventory to determine their exact loss.
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New York -- Battered, and bruised, his moon face swollen, Tony Galento is pictured in his dressing room after waging an unsuccessful fight for Joe Louis' heavyweight title. Tony was in such bad shape in the fourth round of the scheduled 15 round go that referee Arthur Donovan stepped in and stopped the slaughter. But, and Tony's grandchildren will hear the tale, not before he had the brown bomber, the super champion, the amber assassin, etc., down on the deck. Galento's Special, that long looping left of his, floored the champion for the count of two in the third round. (1939)


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World-class companies are using benchmarking to turn a traditional white elephant into the business equivalent of Tony the Tiger. Here in a nutshell are their best practices to help you overhaul your process.
When it comes to launching a successful benchmark program in the lean-and-mean 1990s, companies of all sizes first look at essential finance functions that contain the most fat. Duplicity of procedures, mounds of unnecessary paperwork and error-prone internal processes are out. Improved time management, the implementation of electronic data systems and increased cost awareness are in.
Typically, the accounts payable process represents the greatest opportunity for improvement in the accounting function. In fact, many benchmark experts consider accounts payable to be a natural focal point for novice benchmark teams. The stakes are high: The average company processes 190,000 vendor invoices per $1 billion of revenue, pays each employee $36,705 per year in salary and benefits, and uses systems that are at least six years old.
And just how worthwhile has the process been? The average company that has benchmarked accounts payable has seen costs decline 24 percent and productivity increase 16 percent, according to The Hackett Group, an Ohio-based benchmark consulting firm. These companies have taken a quantum leap in several categories and contributed greatly to their organization's long-term success. The average billion-dollar company can save $360,000 annually by moving from average to first-quartile performance, according to a 1994 study performed by The Hackett Group.
In benchmarking the accounts payable process, you're trying to find the best practices that offer quicker and fewer steps with less effort and less cost, says Hackett Group VP Mark Krueger.
The typical accounts payable process is very labor intensive and paper intensive. As a result, it's common for most companies to focus on minimizing small transactions when benchmarking accounts payable. The average billion-dollar company has more than 18.5 people involved in the accounts payable process. But the same size company that has benchmarked the process and is considered best in class has three people performing the same process.
That's an incredible difference, Krueger says. The average company also processes 11,100 invoices per person per year. But the best in class processes an average of 54,900 invoices per person per year. By benchmarking this process, a company can make tremendous strides in time management and cost efficiency.
More importantly, many companies have been able to redirect a portion of these resources to higher value-added decision-making. For every dollar of cost savings that is realized, finance in such companies is generating three to five times the value and playing a major role in accelerating the corporation's profit-improvement process. Benchmarking is the starting point of capturing these benefits. It's a wake-up call for radical change. And if you're not driving radical change in your finance organization, your peers — or worse, your competitors — are passing you by.
Virtually every client we've worked with in the finance area has worked on accounts payable, Krueger says. We've helped approximately 45 of the top Fortune 500 companies redesign their accounts payable process.
When benchmarking accounts payable, companies must perform an external comparison to learn how other companies have successfully implemented new methods. Selecting benchmarking partners can be a direct person-to-person approach, aided by leads on best practices companies from trade journals, professional associations, magazine articles and benchmarking databases, or you may choose to hire a benchmarking consultant.
Maximizing Work Drivers
After making an external comparison of your accounts payable process to the processes of other companies, the next step in the benchmark process is determining how your company can positively impact four principal work drivers — the volume of transactions, the nominal value of transactions, who is performing the data entry and what type of matching process is being used.
One way to impact several work drivers is through the introduction of a procurement or purchasing card. This can eliminate 30 percent to 40 percent of the typical company's small-dollar invoices. Reducing the volume of transactions can be accomplished by consolidating invoices or through a purchasing card at the department level. Because it offers guaranteed payment, the procurement card is an option that has grown in popularity among some vendors, especially those involved in retail operations. Service-related companies, however, have been less willing to use them.
Walt Hazelton, event coordinator at San Francisco-based Gunn Partners, a consulting and research firm, explains how the cards work: Typically, employees are given charge cards for small purchases, commonly limited to $1,000 per transaction. An employee makes a purchase, pays for the purchase with the charge card, notes the purchase on the charge card log, and attaches the receipt to the log. Each month, the employee receives a statement of their charges from the credit card company for verification. The reconciliation can be as easy as a total dollar invoice match. Then a single monthly invoice is given to accounts payable to pay. The invoices provide the detail by account for booking to the general ledger.
Avoiding the Pitfalls
There are certain pitfalls to avoid, such as making sure the use of a procurement card doesn't duplicate previous efforts. After all, 50 percent of the transactions at a typical company can reflect 10 percent of the purchases. Those involved in the process have to overcome the tendency to take every step to the most minute level of detail.
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We've actually seen some companies try to mimic their current accounting system process with the procurement card so they gain absolutely nothing. In fact, it's probably an extra step in the process, Krueger says. The major pitfall is attempting to maintain the same invoice coding scheme you have when you're booking each transaction as a separate invoice.
While there are pros and cons involved, the bottom line on procurement cards is that you should consider one for your company's accounts payable department, regardless of your company's size.
That's something anybody can do, Krueger says. And many of the larger companies are getting an electronic interface into their AP process through their vendor. Whether you're big or small, you can use pay-on-receipt. Some smaller companies can even do Electronic Fund Transfers (EFT) through Quicken or via the Internet.
Reaping the Benefits
Many companies that have benchmarked the accounts payable process have come to these conclusions:
- End multiple approvals. Accounting department personnel do not have to verify whether a specific transaction has multiple approval signatures. From the operations standpoint, manpower is not wasted in additional approval cycles. Accounting software with built-in workflow functionality (see Workflow in Accounting Software on page 61) can be instrumental in streamlining the approval process. Perhaps the most interesting benefit of eliminating multiple approvals is that it shortens the cycle time for processing invoices, thereby reducing the tendency for companies to miss payment discounts because of invoices that are being routed all around the company.
- Raise limit for checks requiring duplicate signatures. In many companies that have multiple signatures today, one may be automated and the other may tend to be a manual signature. This eliminates the process of having highly paid finance people sign checks manually. I've been around the world on this and it's amazing — I've seen examples where Controllers spend the better part of an hour a day signing checks, Krueger says. I ask, 'Why are you doing this?' And they say, 'Because corporate or internal audit has told me we have to.' And, for the most part, they're not comparing anything. They're just signing checks. They'd be better off endorsing checks instead of signing them.
- Eliminate routing of invoices that have been matched (three-way). Many companies follow a familiar pattern. They take a purchase order and a receiver and match them together. Then, when the invoice comes in, they send that same package all over again. A question to ask while benchmarking your internal accounts payable process: If the purchase order has been approved and the receiver has been approved, then why are we sending it back again for another signature?
- Automate signature blocks applied to checks. This is similar to raising the limit for checks requiring duplicate signatures in that instead of having manual check signing, you would have an automatic check signer. This method has worked exceptionally well in companies that may have had small volumes, but have grown quickly.
- Avoid multiple copies and files. Krueger offers the following suggestion for companies searching for the life preserver that can prevent them from drowning in a sea of paperwork. I'm working with a client right now who makes photocopies of their invoices and stores the photocopies in purchasing and the local accounts payable department before sending the original to the corporate paying office and then filing copies of that invoice. The point here is eliminating multiple places for filing the invoices. Either capture the information electronically in your purchasing agent system, or use some sort of image scanning device.
- Establish an automated link with a bank. This allows the accounts payable department, which has been issuing manual checks, to initiate an electronic file from its computer system to a bank's computer system with the information for paying vendors electronically. According to Hazelton, although electronic funds transfer (EFT) doesn't save a company that much money, the efficiency is a big benefit. Hazelton said that even most small banks find setting up EFTs easy to do.
- Reimburse sundry items through expense reports. The big benefit there is that you're eliminating another small-value transaction and you're consolidating that around the employee, Krueger says.
- Discourage manual checks. A lot of companies have taken a step toward eliminating checks through EFT. This eliminates paper cost — an important consideration since checks ultimately can cost between 40 cents to 50 cents each — and postage. And that doesn't even cover the time, cost and frustration level when checks are lost in the mail. Although only about 15 percent of U.S. companies have strong EFT programs, 85 percent of western European companies have adopted the EFT process for accounts payable, Krueger says. He adds that many companies today still do a manual check at the whim of whoever is requesting it. I've actually seen someone do this. Because it was not during the regular schedule, they could not enter it into the computer system and get an automated computer-printed check, Krueger says. Instead, they went over to a typewriter and typed it up. And then, on the day they were going to run the check, they'd enter that information again through the computer system to record the fact that it was actually paid and they put a special manual check number on it.
No matter which of the above guidelines might suit your company, keep in mind that several common threads exist among best-practice companies in the accounts payable process. Many utilize purchase orders for large-dollar purchases and a procurement card for small-dollar purchases. They also utilize on-line systems for requisition by end-users and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) for purchase-order submission. Best-practice companies also tend to use pay on receipt, ad hoc reporting, and integrated systems for purchasing, payables, receiving and general ledger.
If nothing else, pledge to challenge your company's current practices in the accounts payable process. That's what benchmarking is all about.


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GLEE's Chris Colfer to Play Noel Coward in Upcoming Biopic
Screendaily.com reports that GLEE's Chris Colfer is set to star as British playwright, composer and director Noel Coward in an upcoming biopic to be titled NOEL. The project was written by Martin Sherman. Others in talks for the project are Sir Ian McKellen, Vanessa Redgrave and Jonathan Pryce.
The project will follow "the early life and influences of the famously flamboyant British playwright, producer and wit who penned classics including Private Lives and Blithe Spirit and who worked on films including Brief Encounter and In Which We Serve, for which he was Oscar-nominated."
Filming on the project is expected bo get underway in the UK in late summer.
Colfer is best known for his role as Kurt on the long running FOX dramedy series GLEE. He recently wrote and starred in the film Struck by Lightning. He will soon release the third installment of his children's book series The Land of Stories.


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Tuesday, May 13, 2014
A Long Drive Home But a Pretty One
7 comments:
- Patty Woodland said...
What a shame. But you did have a pretty drive.
- May 13, 2014 at 9:30 AM
- Susan said...
Wow! A quart of honey for 8 bucks? That's unheard of! Glad the scenery was nice - and thanks for sharing it.
- May 13, 2014 at 11:13 AM
- Debra She Who Seeks said...
It's probably those crazy Amish kids who ride the reclining bikes. What? Horse and buggy not good enough for you, young whippersnappers?
- May 13, 2014 at 11:18 AM
- Cottage Tails said...
I have a real love for the Amish way of life I think its the appeal to simple living - so always LOVE your Amish posts. Here in NZ sadly they are bringing in cow shed farming - your photo is the first I've seen and man it's sad. The poor cows. A bad move for NZ to farm this way too.
- May 13, 2014 at 11:45 AM
- TARYTERRE said...
Well the trip yielded some wonderful scenery, so that was nice. The honey and asparagus look delicious.
- May 13, 2014 at 12:37 PM
- Camille said...
I know exactly where you traveled. I have in-laws all over that area. We travel down to visit several times a year but spring is such a pretty time to be there. Sorry about the funky pickle festival...could have told you it would be terrible. Ah well, the honey will be tasty!
- May 13, 2014 at 1:43 PM
- Kay said...
You sure did have a fun drive home. What beautiful places you got to see!
- May 20, 2014 at 9:34 PM


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Sagittarius Woman And Taurus Man
Taurus man always requires being in charge in the relationship of the duo. He will like to make all the decisions and would like the woman to follow. But this will be very difficult for the independent minded Sagittarius.
She will require freedom and will not like this type of restrictions. Rigidity of Taurus man is bound to clash quite often with the vacillation of the Sagittarius woman. Yet despite all the differences, the compatibility is not impossible either.
The Taurus Man and Sagittarius Woman combination of earth and fire is odd but understanding and compromise can do the trick for them.
Highly private, relaxed and even keeled, Taurus man may lose patience when tested and has an unhealthy fury. Taurus man does not appreciate interlopers either in work or in relationships. Loyalty and commitment is essential for him in relationship. Sagittarius is open minded, free-spirited and vivacious and is interested in adventures and searching out and exploring things. Initially at least; this matches fine with Taurus man's needs.
Sagittarius woman is incurably optimistic and has quite amazing abilities to come out of difficult and trying situations in a short time span. But at times the outspokenness of Sagittarius may be considered as insensitive by others. However, she can make up the lack of romance and frills by her responsible manners and commitments to Taurus. Sagittarius woman would be drawn into relationships that would bring up new adventures for her.
Taurus man provides her with both specialty feelings and companionship with a good bond of friendship and Sagittarius woman makes a frank and open minded partner for him. At times the stubbornness of Taurus will come on the way of the relationship.
Taurus man is practical and one of the safest choices for Sagittarius woman but may not like the appetite for adventures with the latter. He provides her with the best love in raw form and loads of care to keep her safe from the worries as well as the rough patches of life.
Sagittarius woman will enjoy for most part this attitude but at times may feel too bound by the stern attitude of the Taurus man. Fire can give warmth to cold earth and provide a soft fragrance of love with fumes up from the core. It can fill the life of Taurus man and Sagittarius woman with pleasant affection and feeling of togetherness. Sexual life will be highly exciting and both will enjoy purely physical side of sex as the focus will be undeniably on the physical side of sex. Relationship of Taurus man and Sagittarius woman will not be that smooth but can become so if both exercise caution and restraint in their relationship.
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Prisoners Released by the Obama Administration onto U.S soil.
Not just in this state but fourteen other states. But a high percentage of illegal alien felons and the like from other countries, mostly SOUTH AMERICA where gangs like MS-13, Chapter thirteen, Chicanos ect..these are very dangerous gangs and now people, they could be in your backyard or at your front door.
This is unfathomable but it is happening today.
Don't forget to follow up on Obamas court case this thurday.