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About us
Today, Datalogix helps over 50% of the top 100 advertisers and over 90% of the top 50 digital media and ad tech companies succeed by connecting their media to the world's largest platform of 1:1 offline purchasing data. Only Datalogix leverages over $1 trillion in consumer spending to address and measure the effectiveness of digital advertising across all key verticals, including Retail, CPG, Automotive, Telecom and Financial Services.
In the past two years, Datalogix has created some of the industry's biggest advancements in digital targeting and measurement and is recognized as the industry standard for accuracy and accountability. In this time, we've doubled revenues and our team and expect to do the same in the next two years, creating unparalleled opportunities for DLXers. Yet even in the face of this sustained hyper-growth, we've managed to stamp out bureaucracy and preserve the energy, creativity, nimbleness, individual empowerment and fun of an emerging company. We are based in Colorado and have offices in NYC, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco and London.
Job Description
You're passionate about identifying practical business opportunities, turning them into actionable strategic plans to execute upon. You have a track record of doing so in the past. This position is a mix of BD, Sales, Account Management and Product - perfect for someone looking to take the next big leap in their career with a boost in experience and expertise. This critical role reports to the DLX Platform, Head of Client Solutions and works closely with other members of the Platform account management and biz dev team.
DLX data is fully integrated with virtually every major media company, including publishers, portals, exchanges, ad networks, DSPs, DMPs and Agency Trading Desks ("Channel Partners"). Our Account Executive will work to develop these existing Channel Partner relationships and identify strategic growth opportunities that drive revenue for both sides by understanding the channel partner's business and creating custom data solutions.
This is not a digital media sales position but an opportunity to interface with all parts of the digital ad-tech ecosystem, acting as the primary evangelist for products and services available via the DLX Platform which include our best in class data targeting and offline measurement solutions.
- Relationship Management: Establish, nurture, and strengthen partner relationships such that trust, transparency, communication, and collaboration is continually increasing between both DLX and each Channel Partner. Move beyond vendor-buyer relationship to a truly strategic partnership, working with Channel Partners GTM teams to set up and execute collaborative account planning and co-pitch sessions.
- Strategic Client Solutions: With a thorough understanding of each Channel Partner's business model, strengths, challenges, and needs, identify areas in which DLX can help them drive revenue and meet goals with custom solutions.
- Revenue Growth: Ensure that strong relationships and custom solutions are specifically driving increased revenue through the DLX Platform. Develop and execute account plans with a focus on those products and strategies that will be of most significant impact to growth.
- Internal Liaising: Work with Platform Account Managers, Product, and Solutions to turn new opportunities into tangible realities to be executed upon. Work with direct-to-advertiser teams in each DLX vertical to strategically route individual campaign opportunities through the ecosystem of Platform Channel Partners.
- Product Development: Actively communicate how our offerings are being received and used by Channel Partners (and their clients) to our Product team. Collaborate with DLX Product and Solutions teams to improve ease of use, effectiveness, and overall value of these offerings for driving increased adoption.
- Evangelism and Training: Educate all players within the ecosystem on the difference in use and value between offline purchase- and activity-based targeting and measurement versus online behavioral targeting and front-end metric measurement. Work with key contacts within each department of Channel Partner organizations (sales, planning, ops, research/analytics) to ensure they have a clear understanding of DLX products and services, appropriate use cases for each, value proposition, etc.
Skills & Qualifications
- 5-7 years successfully implementing strategic solutions within the digital advertising space
- Strategic account management and solutions selling, versus simply media sales and planning
- Demonstrated track record of establishing and developing revenue-rich relationships
- Data, consultancy, analytics, display and video experience preferred.
- In-depth knowledge of online advertising processes and techniques.
- A strong understanding of the agency space is highly preferred.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and strategic thinking skills
- Solid verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills with a senior presence
- Demonstrated ability to self-motivate, work in teams and be flexible within a dynamic environment
- BA/BS degree required
Our Benefits
We offer competitive compensation, incentive and bonus plans with unlimited upside, and stock options for all DLX employees. Our benefits include quality medical, dental, flexible spending, and life insurance, effective the day you join the team, and a 401k plan. We also provide DLX Recharge, our unique and flexible no-tracking time off philosophy that allows us to take time off when we need it to "recharge".
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Sean J. Kennedy and his Quartet (SJK4) have done it again! They have taken a mixture of the old and the new and through creative arrangements and just some down-right fine playing, have delivered yet another solid piece of work. Queen Anne's Revenge is a collection of excellent compositions, arrangements and collaborations by the Sean J. Kennedy Quartet with some very special guest musicians brought in to add texture and color to the collection.
My first reaction to the opening cut "Priceless" was this is not going to be just another SJK4 collection of works aimed at finding a place for them to make their sound. They were pushing it, right from the opening bar. I loved Erin Stroup's composition and the soloing that he laid down was the hook that kept me on the line for the rest of the CD.
Solid jazz playing and collaboration by the four members of SJK4 makes this CD a Jazz must have among the contemporary works that available. There are two songs treated especially well, "Theme from the Munsters" and "Cookin' at the Continental." Coming from opposite ends of the spectrum, it goes to show you the versatility of SJK4. The Munsters theme was a treat, that old familiar groove, with a new twist, it is addictive! The Horace Silver standard, on the other hand, right from the vault of premium jazz music, gives the band a piece to stretch it out on and really wail, old school style and wail they do. It is fun to hear a band take two distinctly different genres and sew them up into one tidy package of great entertainment.
A pleasant surprise for me was a re-work of "Boogaloo Sub," this 12-bar blues piece is at the top of my Most Played list on my iPOD. The song is from SJK4's debut album Road to Wailea. I can't get through a session of listening without revisiting the "Sub Song," and the new version is everything the old one was and more.
For a real treat check out "Candy Sticks at the Palm Court," a Kennedy composition that is just as relaxed as a jazz song can get. It paints a picture of a cool Sunday brunch at any sea-side luxury hotel, the mood of a warm sunny morning, and everything going right, for the band, and you!
The track "Wipe My Cry," is as personal as any composition I have ever heard, Kennedy takes you inside his angst of fatherhood, and shares the rollercoaster of emotions that accompanies that hardest of jobs. Music is a channel for the soul to deal with conflict, Kennedy and the band resovle that conflict beautifully in this piece.
Prepare yourself for track 8 it takes off at one-hundred miles an hour and never slows down!! This modal piece inspired by Coltrane's "Impressions," left an impression on me! Great sax work and the rhythm section is tight and pushes hard. Great solo turns by all involved.
"Steng, Stang, Stung" while reputedly written as a reminder of a fopar Sean was guilty of, he is not guilty of screwing up this composition! This piece is what the SJK4 is all about to me. Solid, in the pocket execution of creative new pieces of jazz for everybody.
Another favorite of mine is Erin Stroup's composition "Sweetie Pie." It is a New Orleans second-line groove that demonstrates the bands command of all the classical forms. This song swings and does not mind getting down there in the steamy heat of NOLA for some fun and games. If you can sit still for this one, have them pull the respirator out!
The title song "Queen Anne's Revenge" is the only song that I had to listen to more than once to get a taste for. The composition is complex, the number of guests and extra instruments tells me it is a studio song not to be heard by the quartet themselves. It is unique, and creative, and well, different. I commend Kennedy for exploring the topic, and he captures the chaos of the pirate's life well. A new dimension for Sean and the band, perhaps illuminating the future of the band.
I look forward to their next effort. Kennedy and the band take some new compositions, arrangements and interpretations of time honored standards and deliver a great new CD to keep the SJK4 band at the top of my playlist. I am a fan, plain and simple. I looked forward to their second work, and was not disappointed. Believe me, if you hear it, you will not be disappointed either. I can only imagine that their live shows as the quartet have evolved into some tight and kickin' sessions. For those lucky enough to be in the Philly area to catch this band, good for you, for the rest of us, we will have to depend on CDBaby for our fix!

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Stop and think about the computer you're carrying around with you right now. Not your laptop, your phone. Actually, maybe calling it a computer is selling it a bit short.
Check this out:
The picture is from here, and it raises several important innovation points:
- Your market is never stable. Did phone makers think they were in the camera business in 1993? What about camera makers? We've seen an incredible collapse in categories as many different industries become increasingly IT-based. When something like this is happening, you need to be thinking about your business model. As your market changes, it opens up new opportunities for collaboration and value creation, as well as new threats. There is a pretty good chance that your business model will need to change as the boundaries of your market shift.
- We're all in the knowledge business now. The control room for a mine looks identical to the control room for a space shuttle launch. Construction companies now are more concerned with getting the right data to the right people at the right time than they are with traditional logistics. Again, this means that you need to be thinking about your business model. It's getting increasingly difficult to build a competitive advantage based on keeping your customers ignorant (think of the way cars were sold pre-2000 or so). Even if you're making stuff, knowledge flows are really important.
- It's pretty cool! I don't know about you, but I think it's pretty cool to have all that capability packed into one device. Yes, it has downsides. It's dumb to be checking email right when you wake up like I nearly always do. But that's also part of figuring out the best way to use new tools – do dumb stuff until you find the best applications. Even though some say that we've run out of big ideas, I think that we live in pretty amazing times.
The transition from brick-sized handsets to palm-sized supercomputers would have been unimaginable for most of us in 1993. On the other hand, as William Gibson said, the future is already here, it's just not evenly distributed.
So what ideas that will be transformational by 2033 are here already? What impact will these ideas have on the business that you're in right now?
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Cellulite is the bane of women everywhere. Caused by the irregular tightening of connective fibers between the muscle and skin, cellulite mars the rump and thighs with uneven dimples and bulges, as if a layer of cottage cheese lies just below the skin. Cosmetic creams and lotions can make the skin look smoother by inducing swelling to mask the dimples, but there is no lasting solution.
In the parlance of drug discovery, that creates an unmet need and a potentially lucrative market, given the millions of dollars women spend on marginally effective remedies each year. Men are seldom affected by the cosmetic condition.
Sensing opportunity, San Diego-based Halozyme Therapeutics (NASDAQ: HALO) is working on a treatment that attacks cellulite at its source. The experimental remedy is an enzyme—recombinant human lysosomal proteinase—that digests collagen, the main protein of connective tissue.
When injected into a dimple, the enzyme "snips" the connective fibers tugging on the skin. Once the fibers are snipped, the dimple is released and the contour of the skin is smoother.
Although the enzyme isn't ready for human tests, it has shown promise in animal studies, CFO Kurt Gustafson says. "We have the smoothest, most beautiful looking pigs you have ever seen," he told me recently. One worry, of course, is that Halozyme's enzyme will destroy more collagen than necessary and the skin will become flaccid as it loses its connectivity to underlying tissue. Halozyme addresses this problem by leveraging the enzyme's inherent affinity for acidic environments.
Lysomal proteinase is normally found in lysosomes, digestive structures within cells. The pH inside lysosomes is 5-6, more acidic than the normal body pH of around 7. The enzyme is very sensitive to pH and is active only at the levels found in lysosomes.
Gustafson said the enzyme could be administered in the following manner: Before injecting the enzyme, a physician would increase the acidity of the target area by administering an anesthetic such as lidocaine, which has a pH of about 5. As the anesthetic wore off and the pH returned to normal, the enzyme would stop working-a process that takes about 20 minutes. At that point, the enzyme becomes an inactive protein in the body.
Gustafson said this procedure would allow the enzyme to target cellulite and minimize unwanted affects on other tissue. "By making it conditionally active, we can make it very safe," he said.
Halozyme developed the enzyme, known as HTI-501, entirely in-house, so if it is successful in people-a big if at this point-the enzyme could be a very profitable product for the 12-year-old company.
Halozyme had expected to begin human tests of its enzyme in 2009 but the company delayed those studies in order to evaluate a second enzyme, matrix metalloproteinase 1, which also snips collagen but is activated by temperature. This enzyme would be injected at room temperature, its active state, and then would become deactivated by the higher temperature within the body.
In theory, "you could cool the area you are treating with an ice pack ahead of the injection and keep it cool for as long as you want the [enzyme] to degrade the collagen," spokesman Robert Uhl tells me. He says the company is in the process of determining which enzyme looks best for various conditions, including cellulite, fibrosis and scarring, and which to move forward.
Gustafson said he couldn't put date on when the company would begin human studies. "We are working to get the right formulation and have that put in place this year," he said.
Clearly, the cellulite program is at an early stage compared to Halozyme's programs in diabetes and cancer; important questions about safety and efficacy need to be answered. But if the cellulite shots work as well in people as they seem to in pigs, Halozyme may have a hit on its hands. This is a story we'll be tracking.


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The Comic Speculator is a blog written by WorthPoint Comic Book "Worthologist" Matt Baum that takes a look at each week's hot new comics and back issues and the comic market place in general. Prices discussed here are taken from the Overstreet Guide to Comics (OVST), Comicspriceguide.com (CPG) and current online auction sales. Sales numbers and rankings are courtesy of ICV2.com. The codes under the prices of new titles discussed are Diamond Comics order codes that can be used to help your local comic retailer in ordering the issues discussed.
It's time to once again take a look at the fast-paced, action-packed world of back-issue comics.
These could be the hot back issues of the future, so pay attention and buy now or pay way too much for them later. The sell-outs discussed here are at the distributor level, meaning there may be copies still available at your local comic shop. If they are still there, then go buy 'em!
It's not often I discuss Bluewater comics, but it did announce two sell outs this week.
Both Female Force: Ann Rice and Political Power: Arnold Schwarzenegger have sold out at Diamond Comics. As of yet there's no plans for second-printings of either, but the good news here is that neither of the people starring in these unauthorized comic autobiographies are planning on suing Bluewater. If you hadn't heard; here's the story on Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber vs. Bluewater. Enjoy your Bluewater comics while you can, because it may suffer a similar fate to Revolutionary comics, which also printed unauthorized biographies of rock stars. Click here for the story of their grisly demise.
Two more sell outs from Image this week and both are blowing up on eBay as you read this:
Morning Glories #2 sold out before the comic even hit the shelves. How does that work, you might ask? Basically, retailers saw how quickly issue #1 sold out so they immediately raised their orders on issue #2 before it shipped. Boom, instant sellout. Look for a second-printing to ship on Sept. 29.
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Image comics also reported that the first-print-run of Skull Kickers #1 has sold out before it even shipped. Watch for retailers to leap on this one, hoping to make up for that Morning Glories money they missed out on. This could be interesting to watch. I'm predicting one of two things happens: either fans and retailers horde the issues or flood eBay with overpriced issue #1s for a series that may or not be successful. We'll see if speculators can manufacture a runaway hit here. Watch for the first printing to ship this Wednesday, Sept. 20 and second-printings to ship on Oct. 13.
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It's over. The Comicconnect.com Auction for the Action Comics #1 CGC graded at 5.0, that is reportedly going to save a family's home from foreclosure (I admit I recycled that sentence, yet again) ended on Sept. 20 for $436,000. The family that owned the comic is not commenting on the sale as of yet, but I would guess they're happy.
On Sept. 13 a copy of Batman #1 (DC; 1940) CGC graded in 8.0 condition (restored) sold for $13,432.80 with two bids. According to the seller, the comic was restored by Fantasy Masterpieces and restoration included, color touch, pieces added, tear seals, cover cleaning, interior lightening and spine reinforcement. Even with the restoration this is a great price for a Batman #1 in 8.0 condition.
Pegigreecomics.com's August-September Grand Auction ended on Sept. 9 without any record setting results but some serious numbers on some incredible Silver-Age comics. Click here to check out the results. The star of the auction was a copy of Avengers #1 (Marvel; 1963) CGC graded in 9.2 condition that sold for $35,500. The CGC Census lists five Avengers #1's in 9.2 condition, six in 9.4 condition and two in 9.6 condition, making this comic the ninth-highest-graded copy in existence. Other highlights included an Amazing Spider-Man #40 (Marvel; 1966) in CGC 9.8 condition that sold for $30,000 and a copy of Green Lantern #76 (DC; 1970) in CGC 9.6 condition that sold for $25,000.
Two weeks ago I wrote a little blurb about a Star Wars #1 (Marvel; 1977) 35-cent variant selling on eBay for more than $1,800 and how rare and sought-after these variants can be. Well, someone was paying attention (not necessarily to my blog mind you), because seven auctions for Star Wars 35-cent variants ended this past week. The highest selling copy, a CGC graded copy in 9.0 condition, sold for $5,000. The only real action here seems to be on slabbed copies of this issue. There were several auctions for loose, ungraded copies that sold for less than $5. Obviously, condition was a factor, but it might not be a bad idea to start looking for Star Wars #1's regular or 35 variants in good condition to have graded. Especially when copies are going for as high as five grand.
It's been a while since anyone asked me about the Marvel GI Joe comics series of the 1980s, but the stock answer is "the only ones worth anything are #1, #21(silent issue starring Snake Eyes, first appearance of Storm Shadow), and #155 (final issue)". I may have to rethink this statement after seeing an incomplete, but pretty solid, run of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero sell for $399 on Sept. 11 on eBay. The lot was only missing a few issues from the complete run and included G.I. Joe Versus Transformers, the Order of Battle Mini-series, G.I. Joe Yearbook series and the first six Special Missions issues. All in very nice condition according to the seller who, with a 100-percent feedback rating, seems like a credible fellow. The more I look at this auction, the less shocked I am at the final price. $400 might seem like a lot for Marvel G.I. Joe but considering that recently I've seen issue #155 sell by itself for $330 (in CGC 9.8 condition) and $102 loose, this buyer may have gotten a pretty smooth deal here.
Buy or sell? Every week I get asked "what's hot in comics these days?" Well, here're a few comics that are either moving right now or just begging to be added to your collection:
Sell: Morning Glories #2: Image. Morning Glories #1 first-printings are still selling for $40 and up online and in comic shops everywhere. Issue #2 is a different story. Retailers who paid attention had a chance to up their orders on the issue to keep up with demand, which caused a sellout the same day the comic shipped. Predictably, prices started out high, around $15 online, but seem to have settled around the $12 mark. If you're looking to squeeze some fan boy for his lunch money on this one, do it now before the next big buzz comic hits.
BUY: Swamp Thing: With rumors of the Alec Holland's return to the regular DCU, sellers have flooded the market with Swamp Thing comics, most of which are selling for a steal. I've been watching complete runs of the Alan Moore Swamp Thing selling for less than $150. Even the first appearance of Swamp Thing in House of Secrets (DC, 1971) is selling for less than $150 in VF condition. Even more shocking, on Monday, Sept. 20, a copy of Swamp Thing #37 (DC, 1982, first appearance of John Constantine) sold for $145. If you're a Swamp Thing nerd like me, then you better start shopping before others notice how undervalued these comics are.
Matt Baum is WorthPoint's comic book Worthologist. If you have any questions about these books or anything else in the comic book world feel free to contact me or post your question below in the "comments" section below. Also, you can follow him on Twitter, where I'm always screaming about something nerd-related. Thanks to all Matt's new followers and keep the comments coming! Want to know what your comics are worth? Join WorthPoint to search its database or use its "Ask A Worthologist" feature. Remember to post the title, issue number and cover price. And finally, a word to the Federal Trade Commission; all the comics discussed here are purchased solely by the writer, who receives no gifts or free merchandise from any publishers, even though he would graciously accept them.
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Common Tourism Policy: A Study On The Implications Of Noumenic Tourism Approach And On The Feasibility Of Implementation In The Eu
This article, focusing on tourism, examines two issues affecting the sector. On the one hand, from a theoretical point of view, a new conceptualization of tourism –noumenic– and its impact on the design of a common tourism policy (CTP). And, on the other hand, through an empirical analysis, interviewing a sample of experts in tourism, the feasibility of implementing it in the European Union. Of their answers indicates that the majority follows the approach phenomenic under that there are emphasized numerous difficulties to implement a CTP. Opposite to this position, the author defends the feasibility of the CTP under a noumenic conception from the tourism.
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Kings Down Colorado 3-2 - Match Report
Los Angeles earned a 3-2 victory over Colorado on Thursday, but needed a shootout to do it at STAPLES Center.
Bettors who backed the Kings were rewarded as -265 favorites at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go PUSH the closing total of 5.
Anze Kopitar potted the shootout winner for Los Angeles. Jeff Carter and Mike Richards each scored for the Kings in the victory. Carter opened the scoring for Los Angeles, finding the back of the net at 5:27 of the first period. The goal was assisted by Mike Richards.
Jonathan Quick turned in a 26-save effort for the Kings.
Paul Stastny and Patrick Bordeleau scored for the Avalanche, finding the net behind Jonathan Quick.
Colorado got a 23-stop effort from Sami Aittokallio in the loss.
On the power play, Los Angeles went 1-for-4, while the Avalanche were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Colorado lost the shots on goal battle to Los Angeles by a margin of 37-28.
Los Angeles looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Ducks. The Avalanche will aim to get back on the winning track vs Vancouver.


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Bandimere Speedway in Colorado is a favorite of NHRA Top Fuel racer.
The drivers on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series circuit will have to deal with racing at an elevation of more than 5,800 feet this weekend at Bandimere Speedway. They will also have to deal with warm temperatures and the rising pressure of each race with the Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship looming. In other words, it's precisely what Top Fuel standout Spencer Massey lives for.
Massey will look to make it two straight wins in Denver and three overall when he kicks off the three-week NHRA Western Swing in his 10,000-horsepower Battery Extender by Schumacher Electric dragster at the 35th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals at Bandimere Speedway.
With a strong recent track record at Denver along with a penchant for running well during the summer months, Massey is locked in heading into one of the most crucial stretches of the season.
"I like racing in the heat and I don't think we fall off much performance-wise," Massey said. "I love the pressure and I love when it gets close to the Countdown. I love these situations and the more pressure the better. The entire team shines in those situations and we can't wait for Denver. I love racing there."
Cruz Pedregon (Funny Car), Allen Johnson (Pro Stock) and Shawn Gann (Pro Stock Motorcycle) were also winners of the 2013 event. The race will once again be televised on ESPN2 and marks the 14th of 24 races during the 2014 season.
It's annually also one of the most difficult races on the NHRA circuit because of the altitude. Massey and his team, along with every other NHRA star, must overhaul everything on their vehicle in order to run well in Denver. That hasn't been a problem in recent seasons for Massey, who also won at Bandimere Speedway in 2011 and was the No. 1 qualifier at the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals in 2012.
With everything that goes into running successfully at Denver, including starting to prepare weeks in advance for the altitude change, Massey knows doing well to kick off the rigorous Western Swing can be a huge boost to his team.
"The altitude makes things so much different," Massey said. "It's so much harder to even breathe and there's so much time and changes you have to make for just this one race. It takes a lot out of everybody, but we have a car that performs well in these conditions. We're out here to win and that's what keeps everyone going. You don't put in all that time and effort to lose."
Massey is also ready to get back to winning after the five-race stretch that followed his back-to-back wins in Atlanta and Topeka netted just two round victories.
That dropped Massey to fifth in points after being as high as third after Topeka, but Massey remains encouraged with how his dragster has performed and is eyeing a return to the top three heading into the Countdown.
"I obviously like going in as the defending champion but the good thing is the car is running extremely well," Massey said. "We've had some bad luck at recent races, but I'm very excited about how the car is running. It's a lot more consistent and it's going down the track. We're excited for the Western Swing and hopefully we can get some momentum going in Denver."
To do so, Massey, who has 16 career victories, will have to get past a talented lineup that includes the red-hot Antron Brown, who has won twice in Denver and won the most recent event in Norwalk. Other challengers include seven-time world champion Tony Schumacher, as well as points leader Doug Kalitta, reigning world champ Shawn Langdon, rising star and former Denver winner J.R. Todd, sophomore-sensation Brittany Force, Steve Torrence, Khalid alBalooshi and rookie Richie Crampton.
But when it comes to unique challenges, Massey, a Texas native, is as prepared as anyone in the class.
"It's usually hot there and the hotter it is the better I do," Massey said. "We have so much data from all these years and whenever you get on a roll at a certain track you try to keep that tune-up the same. The crew knows exactly how to prepare for this race."
Pedregon will look to repeat in Funny Car, but will face multiple challenges from a star-studded field that includes current points leader Robert Hight, six-time Denver winner John Force, who won the most recent event in Norwalk, Courtney Force, two-time season winner Alexis DeJoria, Matt Hagan, Ron Capps, Del Worsham, Jack Beckman, Tommy Johnson Jr. and Tim Wilkerson.
Team Mopar/Magneti Marelli Dodge Dart driver Allen Johnson took the Pro Stock win in Denver last year, giving him five career victories at Bandimere Speedway. His main threats include teammate and reigning champion Jeg Coughlin, points leader Erica Enders-Stevens, who is after her first win in Denver, Vincent Nobile, who is the most recent event winner, Greg Anderson, Jason Line, V Gaines, Dave Connolly, Shane Gray and Chris McGaha.
In Pro Stock Motorcycle, the Screamin' Eagle Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson team of Andrew Hines and Eddie Krawiec sit first and second, respectively, in the points standings and will face strong competition from the likes of reigning world champion Matt Smith, John Hall, Hector Arana Jr., Michael Ray and Scotty Pollacheck.
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Last year, 45 cases were reported in Minnesota, and three people died from the disease. Eighty percent of people infected with West Nile show no symptoms.
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text: Congress Gets More Pressure from the House to Forgive Student Loans in Bankruptcy Posted By Allmand Law Firm, PLLC || 17-Apr-2014 More individuals in the House of Representatives are voicing their opinions on why student loan debt should be forgiven in bankruptcy. In recent months more efforts are being made to provide Congress with more insight on how student loan debt continues to be a huge problem. House Democrat Naomi Jakobsson proposed House Resolution 620 which advocates change of the bankruptcy rules by the government. Under the federal bankruptcy code, student loan debt is a consumer debt not eligible for discharge, unless met by strict circumstances. Jakobbson feels most students that take out student loans do so in good faith. Most people want their population to be educated, but at the same time people cannot help themselves when they fall on hard times. Her resolution recently passed on the floor but sparked debate. House Republican Dennis Reboletti feels people may get the wrong idea about college and assume it is a free ride. He claims he worked two jobs to pay for his education. House Republican David Harris feels student loan debt is being inherited differently than a house or car loan. The bank gets the house when the mortgage isn't paid and the car gets repossessed by the lender. US Senator Elizabeth Warren wasn't happy recently when voicing her opinion at a speech given at Suffolk University Law School. During her speech she blasted government profits on the loans. Warren feels the burden is crushing students. She called for an end to government profits on loan interest, penalties for colleges with high loan default rates, and reinstatement of bankruptcy protection as an option for student borrowers. Reference: http://politics.suntimes.com/article/springfield/house-calls-student-loans-be-forgiven-bankruptcy/thu-04102014-215am http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/04/13/elizabeth-warren-blasts-government-profits-student-loans-quibbles-with-white-house-proposal-speech-suffolk-law/mTreATDFeUkh4fyGc1nBqN/story.html Categories: Student Loans Share This Post: Blog Home


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Egypt's Chief Public Prosecutor Talaat Ibrahim has ordered an investigation in an accusation against the Muslim Brotherhood of receiving 10 billion Egyptian pounds from the United States, asking for the sources of the Brotherhood's money to be revealed.
The prosecutor referred the complaint to the state security prosecution to investigate it.
The two plaintiffs claimed that the United States granted the Brotherhood the money illegally to back its interests in the region.
Mitt Romney, who lost to Obama in November, had made similar accusations during his campaign.
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Why I've Abandoned Quicken, But Not Intuit
Somebody at Intuit must have seen the writing on the wall. Last September, the Mountain View, CA, software company, which has been selling PC-based personal finance programs since 1983 via floppy discs, CD-ROMs, and downloads, paid $170 million to buy a two-year-old Web startup called Mint.com. If you believe, as I do, that almost everyone who uses a computer to manage their personal finances will be doing so using a Web-based service like Mint.com within a few years, then you have to conclude that Intuit got a great bargain.
In essence, Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU), by acquiring the one company that had the potential to destroy its personal finance business, bought that business an indefinite life extension. Imagine how much stronger Microsoft's position would be now if it had bought Google when the search company was two years old, back in 2000, and you begin to get a sense of what I mean.
The move was unexpectedly insightful. Few companies have the wisdom to recognize that they've been superseded, let alone the courage to admit that they aren't competent to reinvent themselves from within. As a result, Intuit, the maker of Quicken and TurboTax, has won back at least one customer, namely me.
I used Quicken for years, probably starting around 1996. At home I have an ancient Dell Inspiron laptop computer, purchased in 2004, that I have kept around far past its point of obsolescence—and long after switching the rest of my life over to my Mac—solely in order to run Quicken. (Until very recently, there wasn't a decent version of Quicken for Mac.) But even that use tailed off around 2008, as I ran into more and more difficulties with the aging version of Quicken that I was running, and as the online alternatives grew more attractive. Finally, in the middle of 2009 or so, I stopped using Quicken altogether.
I haven't missed it in the least, because the combination of Mint.com's free service and my bank's website give me all the information I need about the status of my savings, checking, investment, and credit card accounts. (I use Bank of America, which has pretty good online tools.) But now that Mint is part of Intuit, I'm back in the fold.
I should say up front that I was never an advanced user of Quicken, and neither do I make use of all of the features of Mint. Also, my financial situation isn't very complicated—I'm single with no kids and no mortgage. Mainly, I just need to see all of my updated account balances in one place. I don't care much (though I probably should) about comparing the performance of every fund in my 401(k) to the broader market. Plus, being a natural-born skinflint, I don't need help from software to make sure I'm not spending too much in categories like travel, restaurants, or groceries. Both Quicken and Mint have great tools for doing these things, for people who like them; I just don't use them myself.
Which is why, at a certain point, Quicken just wasn't worth the pain. The problem with the software—and I'm referring now to the 2007 version, so things may have improved since then—was that it still smelled so strongly of 1993 or so, when the Web barely existed and going online meant opening a dial-up connection to a service like AOL. That's exactly what getting the latest account balances from my various financial institutions felt like. All that was missing was the scratchy modem static. Even after Intuit added a "one step update" feature to Quicken, getting updates was a glacially slow process that seemed to fail about a third of the time, for no obvious reason.
This wasn't entirely Intuit's fault. Quicken had to be able to connect to many different data sources, and in the days before the ascendancy of Web-based standards like HTTP and SOAP and REST and SSL, it was much harder for everyone to stay on the same page. That said, however, Intuit and its partners in the financial world also had a nasty habit of changing things just enough from year to year that you if you didn't keep buying new versions of Quicken, you'd eventually be unable to accomplish much. I guess that's what happened to me.
Once I explored Mint and realized how easy it was to set up an account there and connect it to my bank and my other financial institutions, switching was a no-brainer. (I also tried Quicken Online and Geezeo, an online personal management system offered by a Tolland, CT, startup that we've covered here at Xconomy. But in November 2009, Intuit wisely announced that it planned to dump Quicken Online and shift all of its users over to Mint. And I felt that Geezeo's emphasis on twenty-something users with little or no experience managing their own money wasn't quite right for me.)
What makes personal finance feel so natural on Mint is that the Web is all about connections. When you log in, even before you tell Mint to do anything, it communicates with your bank and your investment firms behind the scenes and gets your latest balances. There's also a slick iPhone application that brings you the same account updates and—if you're into budget tracking—lets you edit the details of each bank or credit-card transaction.
There are a few important things Mint doesn't do, and that longtime Quicken users might miss. The biggest one is probably bill paying. For a fee of $9.95 per month, the PC version of Quicken lets users pay all their bills electronically, which is obviously a huge time saver. I pay most of my bills this way, but I have to do it through the Bank of America website, or through the websites of the individual payees, like my electric utility NSTAR.
I'd love it if Mint added some kind of bill paying system, since this would save me from having to go back and forth between different sites to manage my finances. That's something I'd probably be willing to pay for, which—since Mint hasn't earned a dime off me to date—would be good news for Intuit as well. (With the number of people willing to pay $60 or $70 for a new version of Quicken every year likely to keep dropping, the company certainly needs to figure out additional ways to monetize Mint, beyond the commissions Mint earns for recommending financial products.)
The bottom line: For anyone who doesn't have an enormously complicated financial situation and just wants to know how much money they have or owe, I think Mint is a perfectly suitable (and obviously much cheaper) alternative to Quicken. Intuit was smart to put Mint founder Aaron Patzer in charge of its personal finance group. Fortunately, as one blogger put it a couple of months ago, "It seems like Patzer is having more of an influence on the Quicken team at Intuit than Intuit is having on him."
Briefly noted: Amazon has been promising for months now to bring out a Mac equivalent of the Kindle e-book reader software that it released for Windows computers back in October. Yesterday, that happened. I've tested the app and it works great—I'm now able to read all of my Kindle editions on my Mac as well as my iPhone and, of course, my Kindle. This just might be fodder for a future column, so please feel free to send me a note at firstname.lastname@example.com if you've also given this program a test drive.
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Our Journey
Ever since our first year as undergraduate students at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, our lives haven't been the same. Both of us were transformed by the Gospel and grew in our faith as we were discipled through Harvest Mission Community Church.
As we learned how to walk with Christ, we served our church in various capacities and leadership roles. All the while, we also developed our passions and sense of specific calling. Between 2011-2012, we both pursued the calling to serve the church as staff members and began leading, teaching, and preaching God's Word. As we saw the Word of God lived out through our church, we were both utterly convinced that the Gospel had to go to all the nations.
In 2013, Pastor Joe first received the call to move to Singapore and serve the local church that was planted in 2010. He moved to Singapore at the end of 2014 while Diana finished her seminary studies in the US and closed out her time there. 11 days after our wedding, we both moved to Singapore, where we have been learning how to depend on God, be husband and wife, and lead a church together! We praise God for His timing and provisions - we're also happy to share that we found out that we are expecting our first child this year!
Prayer Requests
- Faith - Pray for our intimacy with God. Pray that we would continually and joyfully trust in God to lead us, lead the church, and to empower us to live out His calling faithfully.
- Family - Pray for our marriage – as a young couple, we're striving to grow in love and "one-ness" as husband and wife. Pray for the health of our first child we're expecting near the end of 2016, and that we'd depend on God as first-time parents.
- Funds - Pray that God will provide for our family's financial needs. As missionaries, we need to raise financial support to serve God's calling. Singapore is an expensive place - it has been listed as the most expensive city in the world 3 years in a row by the Economist Intelligence Unit. With the new addition to our family, our financial needs have increased as well.
- Focus - Pray that we'd be faithful to everything God is calling us to as we shepherd our church, reach the lost with the Gospel, train and raise up leaders, and grow as a family.
Support Information
Why are we raising funds?
Our current church salary is what our local church community can afford as our church members have been generously and regularly giving. However, while the salary we receive is enough to support two people, it falls short when considering raising a child and living in Singapore long-term.
There are additional expenses that go beyond our day-to-day needs we need to account for as we are settling into our new home. As our young church is still growing, we'll need more time to stabilize our church's financial situation before our local church can help meet all of our family needs.
Where will the financial resources from our support-raising go towards? The pie chart below shows the breakdown of expenses (how much for what major purpose) – that we will need in addition to the day-to-day expenses. The most significant portion of our needs comes with our first child we are expecting near the end of this year. In order to help stabilize and settle in long-term, we will need to raise an additional $32,800 this year.
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Send money with "HMCC of Singapore" as the recipient and using the email address: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Please indicate that you are giving to the "Yun Family" in the box labeled "Message". Here is a screenshot of what the payment page looks like.
All checks should be made out to "HMCC of Singapore". Please do not include tithes and offering for your local church on the same check.
Place cash or check in an envelope and write "HMCC of Singapore" on the outside of the envelope and place in the offering basket during Sunday Celebration.
All checks should be made out to "HMCC of Singapore". Please include "Yun Family" in the memo line to indicate who the support is for. You can also mail checks to:
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