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Placing children and adolescents in foster homes is a complex process that requires skilled family resource specialists and case workers along with experienced program managers and a pool of available, well trained foster parents who are willing to welcome a child into their homes, at times on an hour's notice. Whether a child is in a foster home for a day, a week, a month or a year, he must feel safe and cared for and understood regardless of the severity of his problem or situation.
KidsPeace offers foster care services in 10 states and the District of Columbia, all of which have different laws, rules and regulations regarding foster care. The staff must keep themselves and the foster parents with whom they place children up to date on all state and federal regulatory changes and information that is important to the care and safety of the kids, while providing the mandated hours of training each foster parent must attend. In addition to general training, foster parents are trained on specific conditions, treatments, therapeutic models and parenting skills to meet the needs of the children they accept.
According to Betsy Lunney, State Manager of the Foster Care and Community Programs for KidsPeace in Pennsylvania, there are several different types of foster care. "Respite care involves caring for a child for a day, a weekend or longer when his foster family needs a break for such reasons as an illness, a death in the family, a need to travel without children or time to regroup and figure out, along with the treatment team, how to improve the relationship with him. In fact, some families start out providing respite care to see if foster parenting is right for their household."
There is also emergency shelter care, where a child has been removed from her home and needs immediate placement for less than 30 days; short-term placement (3-6 months); long-term placement (longer than 6 months); and foster care until adoption can be arranged (fost-adopt), often by the foster parents. Kinship foster care places children with their relatives who are willing to go through the same foster parent screening process and training to accept responsibility for children to keep them within their extended families.
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Family Resource Specialists are the KidsPeace associates responsible for the licensing process for foster parent applicants. They conduct interviews with family members, process all application paperwork required by state regulation or the agency and offer required training. A rigorous background check is performed on family members in the household, as well as on extended family members and baby sitters who will supervise the foster children. In addition to processing background checks, general paperwork and providing training for the applicant parents, the family resource specialists spend time with them in their homes to determine with the family, the types of children most suitable for the home. Among other things, this is accomplished with consideration for the family's lifestyle, life experiences, size of the home, family interests and the amount of time the foster parent(s) will have to spend taking a foster child to various appointments and visits with their families. Foster parent applicants are encouraged to identify race and gender preferences, along with age range and any particular emotional and behavioral issues that children might present. The number of children the family can accommodate is identified, and those able to care for more than one child are asked to consider sibling groups to avoid their separation when possible.
"We don't limit ourselves to certain types of families," Lunney explained. "We have single parents, same sex couples, families with grown children and families with children living at home. What is important is that foster parents have no violent criminal backgrounds, are at least 21 years old, are in good health, have sufficient income to meet the family needs, have an insured car to transport the foster child, and have sufficient room in the home to allow the foster child to have his own space. Having some parenting experience and a willingness to care for children with unique needs are also important."
The approval process may initially feel intrusive to the potential foster family, but it is imperative that the agency learn as much about a foster family and its members as possible before placing a child. There are questions about parenting styles, current family interactions, birth children's behavior, socio-economic status and financial status, hobbies, ages of family members, health and the family's motivation to foster and their willingness to work in partnership with the agency.
The Job of Foster Parenting
Foster parenting is a very difficult job and could be seen as a community service, according to Lunney. It is the job of foster parents to teach the children new skills, help them negotiate the world and augment the therapy or treatment they are receiving from mental health care professionals to heal from abuse or neglect they may have suffered prior to entering their homes. The matching process goes deeper, depending on the issues of the child. Is a foster family willing to take a bed wetter or a child who has difficulty forming attachments or a child who needs to be taken to a tutor every day after school? Families that are overscheduled or in which parents work different shifts may be inappropriate for a child who needs hours of daily help with homework or becomes anxious when his schedule is disrupted in any way. KidsPeace encourages foster parents to get their foster children involved in community activities, sports, church groups and bands or scouting.
Lunney described the matching process as more of an art than a science. It is based on the family resource specialists' understanding of the needs of the child and the capabilities of the foster parents to meet those needs. "We gather available and significant background information on the children as well," Lunney explained. Many kids come into foster care to remove them from homes that have been deemed unsafe due to abuse or neglect, and an increasing number of children have severe issues and need assistance with daily living, behavioral and emotional disorders, a need to gain independent living skills and care that will keep them out of the juvenile justice system. Once placed, KidsPeace caseworkers visit often to make sure that the children are doing well and that their psychological, behavioral, educational and physical needs are being met.
More and more frequently, foster children's parental rights are terminated, and the children become available for adoption. The laws differ from state to state, but the Federal "Adoption and Safe Families Act" of 1997 made finding permanency for the nation's foster children a priority. If birth parents cannot show within a reasonable amount of time that they have improved the home environment from which their children were taken or that they have stopped abusing drugs or alcohol or received counseling to help them overcome their difficulties, their parental rights are terminated. Once that occurs, children become available for adoption by a loving home. Many foster parents become attached to the children they are fostering and apply to adopt them when they become available for permanent placement.
"The government wants to stop the problem of kids languishing in the foster care system until they are 18 and then being released into the community without support systems or the proper training to live independently," Lunney explained. Adoption gives these children families who will assist them through the transition to college or independent living and ensure that they have a home to which they are attached for the rest of their lives.
"Although it makes us very happy when one of our foster children finds a permanent home with one of our foster families, it often means that the family will have no room to take in additional foster children," Lunney said, so our foster parent recruitment process is ongoing." In Pennsylvania, KidsPeace is able to facilitate adoptions and also conducts adoptive family home studies for international and domestic adoptions of children not in the foster care system. Visit
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A fake Halo 4 letter from a PR company to a video game critic has stirred the internet up. Why has the hoax gained so much momentum?
By all accounts, Halo 4 is a very good game that doesn't do anything particularly new but does everything one would expect from a Halo title very well.
I wouldn't know, personally, as I haven't played it yet – but Paul Tassi's review is an excellent round-up of the good and bad points of the game.
Paul gives the game an 8/10, and he's felt the wrath of angry fans who've pointed to much higher scores elsewhere as The Truth.
But not everyone agrees.
Somebody has even concocted a fake PR letter to a fake video game journalist which attempts to paint the relationship between video game critics and PR in the worst possible light.
It's a hoax, and it's obviously a hoax, but there may be a kernel of truth in there somewhere.
Here's the fake letter:
TriplePoint PR has responded on their blog, noting that they not only don't represent Microsoft, they don't employ anyone named Terry Graves. This was either a very sloppy hoax, or one that was designed to be revealed quickly.
For my part, I've never seen a letter from a PR company demanding a specific review score. It's possible that this happens, but I sincerely doubt it. It's too scandalous and too insulting to be real. Mostly these letters are cordial, note contact information and embargo dates, and specify what you shouldn't mention early. For instance, you may have an embargo date of the day prior to the game's release, but you can write freely abut the first Act prior to that. Stuff like that.
Writing at Gameranx, Ian Miles Cheong points to a number of the other obvious flaws in the hoax letter, but sounds off with some words of warning.
"That this obvious forgery has managed to gain as much traction as it has points out the volatility of game journalism's reputation in the regards of gamers," Ian writes, "and why we need to start doing more to win back their trust, assuming we ever had it in the first place."
We've talked about this issue a great deal over the past few days, and I think it remains just as difficult to parse out and just as complicated as ever.
After all, it's not just gaming journalists at fault here – it's also the industry and the fans.
I mentioned the reaction to Paul's Halo 4 review – it's quite common to see backlash from fans for even a pretty good review that isn't perfect while on the other hand a good review gets smacked with the corruption label just as easily. This is a precarious position to find oneself in, and I think it can lead a lot of video game writers to just shrug off the problems. It's easy to get jaded.
This all ties back to perception and the fact that perception of a corrupt games media is enough to make this sort of hoax letter matter at all, whether or not actual corruption exists or is particularly widespread.
It reminds me a bit of writing in other areas of tech as well. If I wrote a post that said something nice about Apple I'd be accused immediately of being in Apple's pocket; if I wrote a post critical of Apple I would be accused of being in Microsoft's pocket – and so on and so forth.
The fact remains, I am in nobody's pocket, but if you say something nice or something critical about just about any company or game or whatever, you're sure to meet with that accusation.
Which is dumb. It buries the actual problems with gaming or tech journalism deep beneath a mountain of vitriol and paranoia.
Then again, how do you change the fans? More importantly, how do you change the fanboys?
The fact remains that the industry is out to make money, and fans are comprised of all types, ages, tastes – in the triumvirate of fans, publishers, and journalists, it's only the latter that seems to not quite know what its role ought to be.
For more musings on this topic, please read Daniel Nye Griffiths.
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The lane closure is accommodating work on the curb and driveway by Associated Bank. The roadway will be open to traffic in both directions. The east bound Main Street left-hand turn lane at the Silver Spring intersection will be closed to allow west bound traffic on Main Street to get around the construction work.
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Harvest for Your Heath fundraiser
NuGenesis will hold its 5th annual family-oriented, farm-to-table event, Harvest For Your Health on Sunday, August 23. Bring the whole family to enjoy area chefs, doctors, and farmers pairing up to serve a wide array of gourmet pizzas and nutrient-dense dishes, along with music, auctions, and children's activities galore.
Date: Sunday, August 23
Time: 4 - 7:30 p.m.
Location: NuGenesis
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Waukesha man, previously charged for child porn, now accused of groping child
downloading a substantial amount of child pornography is now facing molestation charges for reportedly groping a 6-year-old girl.City of Waukesha — A former Oconomowoc man previously accused of
Robert Stryker, 42, was charged on Monday, Aug. 3 in Waukesha County Circuit Court with first-degree sexual assault-sexual contact with a child under age 13. If convicted, Stryker could face up to 60 years in prison.
According to the criminal complaint, the victim, now 7, "spontaneously" told her family on July 30 about the assault, which allegedly occurred last June — when the girl was 6.
The girl told her mother and later a social worker that she had been watching a movie while sitting on Stryker's lap at his home in the city of Waukesha when Stryker "put his hands insider her pants" and groped her crotch, the complaint said.
Stryker would often have children over to his house in the summer, the complaint alleges, because he had a swing set and a pool and would allow neighborhood kids to use both.» Read Full Article
Village of Mukwonago trustee candidates to be interviewed at special meeting
Village of Mukwonago — The village board will interview two potential trustee candidates to fill a single vacancy during a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5.
The board voted to hold the special meeting during a recent board meeting due to a conflicting opinion of which candidate should have the open trustee spot.
Filling the position — previously held by Michael Sellenheim (he recently stepped down) — has been closer to an election than an appointment, said Village President Fred Winchowky at a July 21 meeting.
Winchowky named two candidates — John Meiners and Ken Werner — out of an original four he'd found. He said the other two had dropped out due to the time commitment.
Werner, who is Winchowky's recommendation, is already on the Plan Commission. Trustee Darlene Johnson said she thought that could be a lot to ask and he should possibly focus on that position.» Read Full Article
Anytime Fitness in Oconomowoc to open Aug. 18
City of Oconomowoc — Fitness enthusiasts rejoice: Anytime Fitness is opening its Oconomowoc location, 1288 Summit Ave., suite 114, on Aug. 18.
Manager Tyler Allen said the business will have a ribbon cutting ceremony that day and added that the owner, Andrew Gundlach, will be on hand to help introduce the business to the Oconomowoc community.
News about the business has primarily been spread via word-of-mouth, Allen said, and Anytime already has several people signed up for memberships to their fitness center.
Anytime Fitness is located on the east side of Summit Avenue in the Summit Center Marketplace, across the roadway from the Olympia Resort and behind Sonoma Cellars and Aurora Pharmacy.
Other Summit Avenue businesses located at the Marketplace include CQ Nails Spa, Rosati's Pizza, Primary EyeCare Associates and Moon Lite Grill.» Read Full Article
Wales Bryn Mawr festival coming up
Village of Wales — The Bryn Mawr family festival is coming to Wales on August 8 from 3-8 p.m. in Wales Community Park.
The festival will be held at the back pavilion directly behind the fire station. It'll feature live Beatle's music and free hamburgers, brats and corn.
At 3 p.m. a disc golf tournament will be held with $100 in prizes. From 4-6 p.m. live music will be played and free food served as well as children's activities. Hillside Worship and a message will be presented from 6-7 p.m. and then live music follows until 8 p.m.
The event is being sponsored by Brandybrook Christian Church — Wales.
Attendees are asked to bring a blanket or chair to the event.» Read Full Article
Final Oconomowoc City Beach concert of summer set for Aug. 21
City of Oconomowoc — Denyse Suttner wants to set the record straight about the summer concert series at City Beach, 220 W. Wisconsin Ave.
She also wants to give credit where credit is due. That's why she went out of her way to repeatedly thank all the sponsors for the concerts, which include Buddy's Beach Bungalow — where Suttner works — Cornerstone Sports Pub and Eatery (co-owned by Suttner's husband John), Ewald Kia and First Bank Financial Centre.
What Suttner is interested in correcting is the date of the final concert of the season, which is Aug. 21. She said there are fliers circulating around town with the incorrect date of Aug. 22 on them and wanted to make sure city residents had the updated information.
The final show in the Concert in the Park series will begin at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 at the bandshell on City Beach. Up All Night, a Milwaukee area cover band, is performing.
Recognizing the sponsors» Read Full Article
Missing person with dementia found safe
An elderly patient with dementia wandered from a residence and was found safe thanks to the collaborative efforts of local agencies.
The Dousman Fire District responded at 7:15 p.m. to a report of an elderly patient with dementia missing from a residence in the Town of Ottawa on Aug. 3 for several hours.
The Dousman Fire District joined the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department, which had been contacted about an hour earlier to conduct a search, and all three of the Dousman Fire Districts responded.
Upon arrival at the last known location of the missing individual, a unified command post was established; due to the missing individual's medical history, length of time missing, and with nightfall quickly approaching, the decision was made to launch an aggressive search in a six- mile radius of the residence.
The very large search area was on the border of the Kettle Moraine State Forest with difficult terrain including fields, heavily wooded areas, and several ponds.» Read Full Article
Chenequa Country Club adding paddle tennis courts
Town of Merton — Pickleball courts were added earlier this year. Next up for Chenequa Country Club: paddle tennis.
If all goes according to plan, a pair of paddle tennis courts will be ready for club members this fall — just in time for the cold weather.
That's good, because plans call for the courts to be used primarily from September through May.
Paddle tennis, also called platform tennis, combines elements of both tennis and racquetball and is played on a raised platform on a surface about half the size of a tennis court. The court is surrounded by a chicken wire-type screen that the ball can be played off of.
It's billed by the American Platform Tennis Association as the only racquet sport that players can enjoy outdoors in cold weather.» Read Full Article
BluesFest prelude honors Les Paul and benefits Waukesha County Museum
Waukesha BluesFest is all about celebrating the history of American music.
So it's only natural the kickoff to BluesFest is honoring the man who had such an influence over the music industry.
The day before the two-day BluesFest in Naga-Waukee Park in Delafield, a music celebration honoring Waukesha native Les Paul will feature five bands and 25 musicians, as well as an interactive event for the public, at Naga-Waukee Park, 651 Highway 83, in Delafield.
Honoring Paul
The Les Paul musical extravaganza, which continues a months-long celebration to recognize Paul's 100th birthday (the music icon died in 2009), kicks off at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6. Gates open at 5 p.m.» Read Full Article
35 local principals sign letter to Gov. Walker, legislature over less funding, local control
Nearly three dozen southern Wisconsin high school principals have taken pen to paper to convey a message to Madison that they're not happy with decisions being made that are affecting public education, including reduced state funding of schools and a decrease in local control.
A total of 35 high school principals signed the July 13 letter to Gov. Scott Walker and the Wisconsin Legislature lamenting the "reduced power of local school boards" and a "competitive business model" they say results in the "haves and the have-nots" among the state's school districts.
"Since the onset of revenue limits in 1992, our school districts have been reducing and eliminating programs and resources," the letter states. "We are burdened by the cumulative effects of budget cuts resulting in increased class sizes, cut programs and deferred maintenance plans."
Jefferson High School principal Mark Rollefson, who spearheaded the letter-writing effort, said one reason for the principals to collaborate on a message was that most people in local communities know their principals and likely trust them.
"High school principals attend a lot of musicals, FFA events, community functions, athletic events, concerts, PT conferences, graduation and much more," Rollefson said. "As such, the community can relate to us. A letter to the Wisconsin governor and copied to legislators signed by 35 area principals may catch Madison's attention."» Read Full Article
Village logo and business park could get a new look, name in Mukwonago
Village of Mukwonago —The village of Mukwonago is looking at options to change its bear logo as well as changing the name of Gateway Business Park.
These two proposed changes were discussed at a board meeting July 21.
Village Administrator John Weidl said the village's current logo is "dated." The village, as a result, is looking to bring the logo more in line with its new online presence, Weidl said.
Karl James & Company helped design the village website — including the business development videos — and is looking at designing something that is in line with the more modern look of the website, but also pay tribute to the history.
"We're looking at the history and tradition of the logo, but it also needs to be in line with the web design," said Karl Robe, of Karl James and Company. "We want it also consistent with new business."» Read Full Article
Missing 13-year-old girl from Delafield returns home unharmed
City of Delafield - Tia Maney, 13, of the City of Delafield is safe and apparently unharmed in police custody, according to Police Chief Erik Kehl.
Kehl said police were notified by a family member on Monday morning that she had returned home after being missing since early Friday morning.
Kehl said police are questioning Maney about her disappearance and are awaiting her mother's arrival at the police station to take custody of the child.
Authorities have suspected that she might have been with an older boyfriend.
Closures planned, more coming along Highway 67 in Oconomowoc
City of Oconomowoc — More road and freeway closures are coming as construction work progresses along Highway 67/Summit Avenue in Oconomowoc.
According to a state department of transportation news release, Thackeray Trail, west of Highway 67, is scheduled to close from 2 to 6 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4. Motorists are encouraged to use Robruck Drive as a detour to circumvent the closure, the release said.
Next Wednesday, Aug. 12, I-94 East, I-94 West and the southbound Highway 67 entrance ramp to I-94 East are scheduled to close overnight from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., according to the release.
Additional closures tied to the reconstruction of the southbound Highway 67 bridge over Interstate 94 are planned and will be announced shortly, DOT staff said.
News of more closures comes on the heels of a spate of long-term closures on multiple streets adjacent to the project site. Those streets were closed to facilitate the installation of storm sewer crossings.» Read Full Article
Read Destination Oconomowoc special section on desktop
Oconomowoc is more than just a city; it's a destination.
That's why Lake Country Publications/Lake Country Now is proud to announce our annual Destination Oconomowoc special section.
Read about local attractions like The Kiltie and City Beach playground; arts activities like the Oconomowoc Festival of the Arts; dining attractions like Roots Coffeebar and Cafe, and Fiesta Cancun; shopping; and community events.
You can read the Destination Oconomowoc special section digital edition on desktop computers.
Crash on Highway P
Police located a Waukesha County Huber inmate on work release, and his passenger, after they fled the scene of an accident at Highway P and McNeil Road in the Town of Ashippun.
According to information from the Dodge County Sheriff's Department, authorities were called to the scene at 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 1.
A preliminary investigation found that Robert Wiedmeyer, 27, from Oconomowoc, was operating a 2001 Ford truck south on Highway P when the truck traveled onto the west shoulder and went into a counter-clockwise spin.
The truck traveled through the northbound traffic lane and into the east ditch where it vaulted and overturned, striking several trees. Law enforcement noted that contact with the trees was 9-feet high before falling to the ground.
Wiedmeyer, a Waukesha County Huber inmate on work release, was injured in the crash, but fled the scene on foot. A passenger in the vehicle, Ryan Uhrmann, 26, of Oconomowoc, sustained injuries and also fled the crash scene.» Read Full Article


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A replacement part to stop the truck from leaking was delivered to the scene from Myrtle Beach, according to scanner traffic. By 1:30 p.m. the spill had been cleaned up and the entrance was reopened to traffic.
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MUSIC-106, History of Jazz
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MUSIC-106, History of Jazz, surveys the influences, origin, and styles of this unique art form, identifying stylistic developments, performing artists, and ensembles. Students study the political and social impact of this musical style on specific ethnic groups as well as the part it played in certain world and national events. Prerequisite: ENG-097 and READ-099. Three hours lecture each week. Three credits. Three billable hours. GENERAL EDUCATION. Offered Spring and Fall terms.
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1. Define the elements of music and how they work together (GE 1, GE 2, PG 3)
2. Define the elements of jazz and trace their development/presence from origins of jazz to the present day. (GE 1, GE 2, GE 6)
3. Describe jazz and jazz-related music of various styles including Ragtime, Blues, Swing, Vocal Jazz, Bebop, Post-Bop, Third Stream, Free Fusion, and Postmodern (GE 1, GE 2, GE 6)
4. Identify by title selected excerpts from major works. (GE 2, GE 5, GE 6)
5. Identify major changes in musical styles, players lives and political and social forces that affected the development of the music (GE 2, GE 5, GE 6)
6. Apply the skills for musical analysis developed in this class to a piece of popular music. (GE 1, GE 3, GE 5, PG 3)
7. Analyze music through listening to live and recorded performances (GE 1, GE 2, GE 6, PG 2)


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Tull, a native of Knoxville, Tenn., was the 2012 Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year after leading the league with a school record 12.5 sacks as a defenisve end. He also set a UTC single-season record with a SoCon-leading 19.0 TFLs. He is one of only two sophomores to make the AFCA All-American team.
Tull finished fifth on the team with 56 tackles while forcing three fumbles. He was also named to the CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District team for his work in the classroom as a Health & Human Performance major. He is currently second on the Mocs' all-time list with 17.5 career sacks.
Tull is the third Moc to earn All-American recognition this season. Junior linebacker Wes Dothard and sophomore tight end Faysal Shafaat (Orlando, Fla.) both received third team honors from CollegeSportsMadness.com.
This is the second straight year UTC has had a sophomore earn first team All-American honors. Dothard was named to the Sports Network/Fathead.com first team last season. It is the first time since 2000 UTC has had three All-Americans in one year and the first time since 1990 a Moc has made the AFCA team.
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Samsung gets ready to counter-program the iPhone with the Galaxy S4
I'm in New York with our Windows Phone editor, Daniel Rubino and our videographer, Martin Reisch, to help Android Central's Phil Nickinson cover the ever-loving stuffing out of the Samsung Galaxy S4 event at Radio City Music Hall tonight. (Yeah, all of us can work cross-platform, go figure?)
What we're expecting is a bigger, badder-asser Galaxy S phone. So much has leaked already that there may not be too many surprises. The screen will likely be bigger (somewhere between the Galaxy S3 and the Note II?), processor will likely be more advanced (big.LITTLE dual quadcore), and Samsung will do what they do best -- throw a dizzying array of software features at us to see what sticks. Rumors range from eye-tracking to make sure we're paying attention to videos, to hover-mode for the touch sensor so you can gesture above, not just on the display, for even more options.
What's real and what's wishful blogging, we won't know until tonight. I'll be in Times Square with Martin if you're there and want to say hi, and get your picture in the Android Central feed. Otherwise we'll tweet what we can -- @reneritchie and @safesolvent -- but if you're at all interested in Apple's biggest competition to date, keep it locked on Android Central and the Samsung Galaxy S3
The iPhone 5 is almost 6 months old. The iPhone 5s is still months away. Samsung's picked the perfect time to counter-program Apple. It's their turn in the spotlight. While we wait on the next iPhone, let's see what Samsung can do.
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Samsung gets ready to counter-program the iPhone with the Galaxy S4
I wouldn't say that they "suck" but I did go from a S3 to an iPhone 5.
Samsung has a shotgun "Throw the kitchen sink at it" approach while Apple seems to be more refined.
We'll all see tonight what Sammy has to offer.
Samsung has good feature phones.. But they should work with more materials for their phone body and not just plastic. Give their phone that premium look and feel. Plastic looks so cheap.
They have said some things indicating they are aware of the complaints about cheap plasticky feel. We will see if they did anything about that with the S 4. Given the screen size I wonder if there is any need for the Note 2 which is only a little bigger. It does have a stylus but I bet few people use it.
By all accounts the Note is going to get a screen bump on the next gen too.
If the leaked photos are any indication then it looks like they're still sticking with the pretty much the same plastic. As far as Android phones go, HTC did a bang up job on the One. Very nice.
It's a sad display of frivolous consumerism when "premium look and feel" is a factor in a purchase, and not just what the thing can do, how well, how much it costs and how much it lasts.
I get aesthetics and ergonomics, but this "premium look and feel" indocrination that Apple marketing has managed to imprint on users baffles me. I much rather have a polycarbonate phone than a metal one, it is ligther, cheaper, and more resistant to shock and bending.
My dream phone is a Galaxy S3 running iOS, I wish I had that option somewhere.
+1, minus the iOS part.
seems slightly unrealistic. There are many things where style is a huge deal in contrast to simply what a product does. Most people pick a car based on looks in huge part not simply how well or fast it drives or how many features it has. Like a Hyundai may have more features for the money but if you want a Benz a Hyundai just doesn't cut it. For many many products something simply has to do certain things "good enough." But style and looks matter in this world. For some people it doesn't matter but for most it does.
A few friends have the SIII and it works well but the biggest problem I have with it (other than its not a iphone) is that it's made of cheap feeling, and looking, plastic. The prettiest android phone I've seen is the htc one, that is one good looking piece of hardware, if only it came in at a reasonable size.
I just think it's funny the world went crazy saying the iPhone 5 was a bore and looks too similar to the 4/4S and here is Samsung releasing a S3 but a tiny bit bigger with better specs with the same design and they will all say how fantastic it is and how it's not the same as what Apple did last year.
I honestly don't know what it's going to take for me to get impressed by any Samsung hardware or software. When it comes down to it, it's just things still tacked on Android and the compelte experiences with the apps are going to define how well a device and platform will be received.
I don't care about cheap feel, plastic, or any of that. The way a product is branded and how it's respected to all customers is what makes me feel loved and cared for. What I do care more about is that Samsung is a bully to all the other phone makers out there. This is a good thing or a bad thing for them. I only like Samsung for their TVs or home appliances.....but as far as phones go, I don't care for them only because of this copying-type-thing. It's not like they turned the web, ipod, and phone all in one...it's just a product that will be going up against the iPhone. But no phone will ever be an iPhone. Regardless of what comes out, the iPhone stands in its own arena, it's own class. Samsung is just another 'pc' out there that's affordable to most users so that is how they will benefit out of all of this. They are the closest competitor to the iPhone than LG, HTC, etc. I wouldn't call them a threat because both companies have their own Cliques. It's much more of inventing new things for the future as they release their products. So whatever they (Samsung) come out with, it will only be overshadowed by Apple's upcoming events/announcements. I mean, heck, I have always been on these boards reading up on the latest tech news, and I haven't even seen Galaxy 1 or 2 and not even that much of 3 being blown up as much as this 4 has. And how unique is it to say "Be ready 4 the next galaxy". I don't know about you, but the way Apple had come up with the shadow 5 for their iPhone 5 spectacle was much more thought-out than this no-brainer 4. I guess they wanted to choose the 14th as good measure as well? Brilliant. Anyway have fun there guys. Take lots of pictures!
You don't think Samsung behaves the same way in their appliance and TV divisions?
Most of your complaints are drivel. Really, the advertising phrase bothers you? I'm sorry, but that's just sad.
Not all of us want to choose between a 4" phone or a 7" (at smallest) tablet screen. I've found 4.3-4.5" to be a good sweet spot for a phone screen that I can put in my pocket and isn't too large. I like my iPhone 5, but honestly wish it had the screen size of my Galaxy S2.
The REALLY important thing is that we have a CHOICE in what we want, vs. being told that "this is the screen size you'll enjoy because we said so", which is (IMHO) the core of the Apple vs. Android debate.
I'm looking forward to this event. A lot of my friends have the S3 and they love it. Currently I have the iPhone 5. Although I really enjoy my iPhone, there are some things on the S3 that I'm envious of. Here's hoping that the S4 pushes the envelope for smart phones yet again. Who knows what the market will be like in 3 years when I'm ready to upgrade again. <- Yes... I'm a Canadian who has to suffer through 3 year contracts! Haha.
This is a new thing for me. I never liked any of the OEM skins that destroy the Android OS, especially Sense. Because of how Android OS operates, applications are constantly opening themselves because they are 'services.' The more 'intense' the OEM's spin on the Android OS is, the slower it becomes. This is what made me drop my Razr Maxx and go back to my old iPhone 4. I would have to open my task killer every 5 minutes because my phone would slow down because of all the apps opening; horribly flawed OS.
Now that I Jailbroke my iPhone this time, only thing I miss is my Battery and the iPhone not being friendly with Wireless Routers; seems like it doesn't always stay connected and push notifications don't go through.
I'm hoping this new Galaxy helps raise the bar because I like it when competition happens; consumers win. I don't feel the need for the eye-tracking, but the hover input ability seems cool; however, seems like it might be a battery drainer.
I'm not really sure how well this will go over. It may be good timing for them but is there really any good timing? These Samsung galaxy releases always seem to get a lot of hype initially but then it dies away quickly.. I'd say people are already getting hyped up about the iPhone 5S. Leaks have already been becoming popular and people are talking about it, and like this said its not even for months!
Aside from all the specs and design questions which could be endlessly discussed, I really can't see the benefit of this eye tracking thing, nor this finger hover magic. I mean, maybe it could help some disabled people like another accessibility feature, but adding another way to interact with the screen, what for ? You can already tap with one or two fingers, swipe, and pinch, thus reproducing the desktop equivalent of right clicking or any other kind of process commonly used. As far as I know, this was always enough, and even too much for apple who kept only one button for the mouse.
For me if you need more than that to interact with an app, it's just a design failure.
I can't wait to see the Galaxy S4. It might even change my birthday wish from an iPhone 5S( when it comes out) to the new Galaxy! The S4 will be one of the best phones ever!
I really hope that Apple realizes the treat this could be for them. They need to revolutionize the evolution of the iPhone if they want to stay on top.
I'd love to be blown away, but smartphones (and Android in particular) is all about big screens and fast processors these days. Making them ever-faster and higher-def is a feat of engineering, but it's not innovation.
HTC One's 4MB "Ultra Pixel" camera; Lumia 920's super-fluid screen and OIS; even Apple's insistence on keeping the iP5 screen size down at 4". These are features that set the products apart and make them interesting. Samsung will reveal a big, flat, rounded rectangle with faster guts and zero innovation. No doubt it'll be a great device, but it's more of the same so ... meh.
But they announced with with TAP DANCING!
Wow its nice to see imore talking about the S4 very level headed, in the article and in the comments too. AC right now is just full of fanboy rage.. :/
I really prefer iPhones than phones like the S3or the 4 because although I have an android phone, I just think they are so difficult to use and apple is way simpler since I have many apple products
Not really interested in Samsung. I love my iPhone 5.
after watching a hands on video I have to say I am not impressed with the G4. It looks just like the G3 only with slightly better improvements. If I was going to get android I would get an HTC one or wait for google X
But we don't know what Apple's release cycle is. We don't know when the next iPhone will come out. It could be June, could be September. No one was expecting a new iPad last October. You have to have some kind of schedule otherwise nobody buys thinking if they do something new will be right around the corner and what they have won't be the latest and greatest.


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Blizzard has just released a preview of the patch 4.2 epic quest line that awaits players involving Thrall, former warchief of the Horde. After the events of Hyjal and the successful thwarting of Ragnaros' invasion, things were quiet for a short while. A meeting between the many heroes of Hyjal, the Earthen Ring, and the dragon aspects took place at Nordrassil, where Thrall's fate was severely changed.
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THRALL DIES. Sort of. At the Nordrassil meeting, a Twilight's Hammer agent infiltrates and strikes down Thrall, shattering his elemental spirit into the four domains of the elements.
Is Thrall gone for good? Who was the Twilight's Hammer agent who successfully interrupted the meeting and took out Thrall? Will we be able to enter each of the elemental realms and save Thrall's spirit? We'll have to wait until patch 4.2, Rage of the Firelands, to find out!
Yet this auspicious event ended in tragedy. The details are still unclear, but word has spread that an incredibly powerful Twilight's Hammer agent, shrouded to hide his identity, interrupted the ceremony and struck down Thrall with dark magics... casting his spirit into the four domains of the Elemental Plane. If these terrible rumors hold true, the Earthen Ring -- indeed, all of Azeroth -- has potentially lost one of its greatest champions.
...Is this the end of the Son of Durotan?
In patch 4.2, level-85 characters will have the opportunity to answer this question and more.
While even the Aspects concede that Thrall may be lost to the elements forever, there is one who still believes that he can be saved from this bleak fate. Aggra, a powerful shaman in her own right, will call upon you to assist her as she travels to the ends of the earth and beyond -- to Skywall, the Abyssal Maw, Deepholm, and Firelands -- to rescue her beloved from an eternity of torment.
Thrall is no ordinary mortal, though, and this will be no ordinary quest. You will not only have to face the denizens of the elemental planes, but the very essence of Thrall himself and everything that has shaped him into the orc he is today. Before you can return his spirit to the natural world, you must overcome his doubts, his willfulness, his desires, and his rage -- for it is these aspects that bind him to his elemental cage.
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But if there are more than enough obstacles, there's also plenty of evidence that we crave a more spiritual sexuality. A survey that Ogden undertook in 1999, Integrating Sexuality and Spirituality, found that 67 percent of the 3,810 respondents (women and men) agreed that "a spiritual element is necessary for sexual satisfaction" and 78 percent said that "sex is much more than intercourse; it involves all of mebody, mind, heart, and soul." There's even measurable evidence that sex and spirit are linked, she notes: "Brain research shows that orgasmic response and even vaginal stimulation in women lights up the whole brain, including the parts associated with spiritual and religious ecstasy, not just the physical-sensation parts. We're hard-wired for multidimensional sex."
Fortunately, there's a venerable yogic tradition that teaches the connection of spirituality and sexuality. In Tantric yoga, for example, says Whitwell, the focus is on the merging of oppositesheaven and earth, male and female, inhale and exhale, yin and yang, above and below, front body and back bodyto help us overcome our ego-driven sense of separateness and achieve union with the Divine. "In the yoga tradition of the nondual schools from which asana arose, God was feminine, or shakti, energy. So, pleasing the feminine is the point of Tantric philosophy," he explains. "When men surrender to receive feminine energy, both men and women are strengthened." Put more plainly, when a man's goal isn't just ejaculation but a true focus on his partner's pleasure, both have a better time in bed. When that happens, Whitwell says, a balancing of male and female energy takes place. We're all made up of both the masculine and feminine (which is why Whitwell's philosophy applies equally to homosexual couples), so when strength and softness are part of our sex lives, we're likely to feel more completeand more completely accepted. And as anyone who's ever felt it knows, that is the essence of great sex. It's also the essence of spiritual experience.
First Love
So if spiritual sexuality is our birthright and even our responsibility to pursue as part of the "householders" path (as opposed to the path of monk or renunciate), most of us might ask: Where do I start? After all, we'd all be having better, more connected sex with our partner(s) if we knew how, right? "The best thing you can do for your intimacy is a nonobsessive asana practice designed appropriately for you," Whitwell asserts. Begin with a regular personal practice of poses and Pranayama (breathwork). As you become more sensitive in your body, cultivating the softness and receptivity that comes with asana practice, you are also readying yourself to offer that to someone else, he says. (Few of us Westerners need to cultivate more strength; it's the softness that makes the difference.)
Maril Crabtree, 63, an energy healer in Mission Kansas, Missouri, began a spiritually focused yoga practice in her 40s that become the catalyst, first, to a better self-image and then to better sex with her husband, Jim, to whom she's been married for 43 years. "I always tried to ignore my body, but yoga created an awareness of being present in my body that wasn't there before," she says. "My sex life got better all through my late 40s and into my 50s. Now the quality of my sexuality has changed, from whole-body orgasmic experiences to just feeling more present in my own body. There's an awareness of my connectionspiritually, physically, emotionallyto everything."
Connecting with ourselves isn't a step any of us can skip, Whitwell stresses. "Your first intimacy is with your own body and breath," he says. "If you try to improve a relationship without developing that receptivity, there is no chance you can receive or be sensitive to another. There is a direct correlation." Without relaxing into ourselves, in other words, how can we truly relax into the body (and soul) of another? If we are only strong (what Whitwell calls a "penetrating" force, rather than a "receiving" one), we haven't set ourselves up to truly accept someone else, and the usual relationship problems ensue. "But," he emphasizes, "if two people are sensitive to their own bodies and their own lives through a yoga practice, and they come together, a natural feeling follows between the twoa sense that their bodies know what to do and how to move."
Jordan Kirk agrees: "If I'm tired or stressed, I see a huge shift when I just do some yoga. I'll do a practice and the whole world looks different. Especially after my twice-weekly two-hour practice with Martin, it seems like it clears out the cloudiness and confusion about what's going on in our relationship and we can get back to where we're in alignment again. Also, I always say Martin looks cuter after yoga," she says with a laugh.
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A regular yoga practice adds spice to your sex life in a variety of ways, says Arthur Jeon, author of Sex, Love and Dharma: Finding Love Without Losing Your Way. For starters, it improves stamina, flexibility, and core and pelvic muscle strength, which have obvious physical benefits during lovemaking. Not so obvious is that yoga can enhance your connection to the muladhara (root) chakra at the perineum and the base of the spine, and the svadisthana chakra of the hips, sacrum, and genitals, a connection that makes you more receptive and stimulates your libido. What's more, Jeon says, "yoga gives you a sense of nothing but the present moment, and that translates into one's sexuality and the actual act of making love, not thinking about the future or focusing on the orgasm, but letting it unfold moment to moment, being as wakeful as possible. This allows you to be very in tune with your partner and with what's going on."
While a personal yoga practice comes first, practicing with your partner can add a new dimension to your relationship and to your sex life. "Doing poses together builds trust, strength, intimacyall the components that go into a relationship," says Patti Asad, 34, a head teacher at Jiva Yoga Studio in Pacific Palisades, California, with her husband William, 35,who is also a head teacher. The two teach couples yoga retreats in Los Angeles and Mexico and have just released a new yoga DVD, Journey to Birth. In practicing with your partner, Patti says, you start to synchronize your breath and move together, and that "creates a very intimate flow that enhances the sexual energy between you."
For the Asads, parents of an 11-month-old and a two-year-old, their practice, together and apart, is essential for fighting stress and that biggest of libido-killers: fatigue. "Sex changes as you deal with real life and you've been married for a while and you're working and having children. Those things really wear on you," Patti says. "If we practice together and we carve out a moment to dedicate to one another, to strip out the rest of the world, to be in our breath, that's something that translates into the bedroom. When partners harmonize their breath and bodies, an effortless sense of intimacy is established."
Youthful Yearnings
When we're young, and especially if we're in the treacherous waters of the dating pool, having a true spiritual connection in a sexual relationship can seem like asking for the moon. "In your teens, 20s, and even 30s, sexual desire can be wrapped around getting a partner, having a partner, moving in, building a life together," Ogden notes. In treating relationships as something to be accomplished or achievedmuch as we often approach our careers at this time in our livesand having specific expectations for what we want, we're likely blocking the way to a more authentic connection between spirit and sexuality.
"When I talk to people in their 20s, there's a powerful sense of the way things should be versus the way things are," says Jeon, 46. To counter that, Ogden suggests meditationwith your partner or on your ownwith "the intention that you will learn about your next step in connecting your sexuality with the larger meanings in your life. What is the next step that your body is leading you to?"
This means overcoming the mistrust of the body that most of us have been taught. "We are told over and over that we learn through our minds, not our bodies, so sometimes it takes a process before you can fully trust the body and learn to separate egotistical tendencies from life-enhancing ones," explains Jorge Ferrer, Ph.D., an associate professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. "If an experienceincluding sexual experiencesis egotistical, normally it gives you short-term satisfaction and later a sense of emptiness. If it's life-enhancing, there's a sense of satisfaction with the body."
True self-acceptance is a crucial part of combining yoga and sexuality in the service of a richer spiritual life. It's also something that Americans frequently stumble over, particularly during our youth, claiming that we don't feel any shame about our bodies or our desires. But, says Ogden, who's seen thousands of women who say they want more meaningful sex, "guilt often gets in the middle of the desire for spiritual meaning." Whitwell has observed that almost everyone feels self-conscious or "bodily inhibited" to some degree. Which means that it may be necessary to take a hard look at how you're defining what's "normal" when it comes to sex. "You want to begin to shift the focus on the body from its being either dirty or shameful, or as a tool to attract someone, to the body as sacrednot in an inviolate, virginal sense, but as something to treat responsibly," Ogden explains.
And, how, exactly, do you make such a shift to overcome inhibitions or discomfort with the full expression of your sexuality and spirituality? (After all, talking about God often feels more taboo than sharing every detail of our sex lives.) First, says Ogden, recognize that we're all bombarded with "cultural messages that sex and spirit are very separate. Those messages are everywhere, so if you've come
to believe them, it doesn't mean you're strange or sick." Women in particular may still hold ideas about what "good" girls should and shouldn't do, she adds.
In her therapy practice, Ogden's clients short-circuit the cultural hard-wiring by talking about what their parents, clergy, or teachers told them about sex. "I find out literally where in their body they're incorporating that," she says. "Often women will feel it in their pelvis. They'll tighten it right up or they'll hold their breath. I can see them breathing just from the chest up instead of taking full breaths." Thus, coming back to the very essence of yogathe full, deep inhalations and exhalations of pranayamais a simple way to counter ingrained ideas and feelings that sabotage body and spirit.
Better with Age
If there's an upside to aging, it may well be the greater self-acceptance that comes with the passing years. This softer, gentler approach to ourselves and others may be the reason so many people in midlife and beyond say that their sex lives are bettermore spiritual, more varied, more funthan ever before. "They begin to come from a very clear place of "This is what I want. That is what I don't want,'" Ogden says. "As people get older, they tend to connect spirituality and sexuality more. Sex does not tend to decline at midlife as the pharmaceutical companies would like us to believe." Older people are also likely to redefine what a satisfying sex life is, Whitwell notes. "There may well be a natural inclination to make love less, while the free flow of feeling between intimates remains as strong as ever. A touch of the fingertips may be sufficient, or lying in stillness together."
Like the Crabtrees, Martin and Jordan Kirk have seen sex get better and better over their seven-year marriage. "When we were first together, our sexuality was new and we had lots of sex and were experimenting," says Martin, 46, an Anusara Yoga teacher and the coauthor of Hatha Yoga Illustrated. "Both of us had been married before and had longer-term relationships before, so we knew the cycle that you have sex less often over time, but the depth of our sexuality has increased. It's much richer and more meaningful. I could relate that to our practice of yoganot just asanaand the deepening understanding of ourselves and each other." Jordan, also 46, agrees: "I feel like I know who I am so much better than 10 or 20 years ago, and with that comes a real comfort level and a confidence with myself and my body that definitely translates into sexuality as I get older."
For men, age loosens what Jeon calls "testosterone's stranglehold," a change that Maril Crabtree's husband has felt firsthand. "The reality of my sex life, versus my perception when I was 40 of what it would be like when I got older, is that it's much more exciting, fun, energizing, and fulfilling than I would have predicted," says Jim Crabtree, 64. "The things that caused me grief or concern in my sex life when I was younger have melted away as I have become more focused on the spiritual aspect. The outcome of that has been that I've just been free to play without performance concerns and I have more fun expressing how I really am, instead of being driven by a part of me that is only a part of me." Or, as Ogden says, "When you combine sexuality and spirituality, a whole new world opens up."
Lorie A. Parch is a freelance writer and yoga teacher in Scottsdale, Arizona.


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March 1, 1957 – May 18, 2010
Donald A. Johnson, age 56, passed away at his home in Lyons, on May 18, of heart failure. He was born March 1, 1957 in Hot Springs, South Dakota to Merle and Donna Johnson. Don grew up in Hot Springs, and graduated from Hot Springs High School in 1975; a year later he enlisted in the Air Force. After his service, he worked for a while in the electronics field for Hughes
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Former Lyons resident Gary Wayne Walker passed away in Hay Springs, Nebraska on April 25, after a three-month battle with cancer. He was sixty-one years old.
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Ronald D. "Ron" Morton, age 85, of Lyons, passed away in Ft. Collins on February 21. He was born March 13, 1927 in Loveland, to Clarence and Martha (Bell) Morton. Ron served in the U.S. Navy during WWII, he married Georgia Michel in 1948, and she preceded him in death in 1982. Ron married Joanne Ritter in 1984, and she preceded him in death in 2011.
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Put on your boots and jeans, saddle up your pony, and giddy on up to the historic Stanley Hotel! Giddyup Kitty is back in town with a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll. Celebrate spring and have fun on Sunday, April 7, at 2 p.m., with this award winning bluegrass band as they return to Estes for a high-energy performance of country-grass music.
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Roy E. Reinholds, age 83, of Longmont died of pneumonia on March 8, at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland. Mr. Reinholds was born in 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, to Carl and Arlene (Hallberg) Reinholds. After graduating from Lane Tech high school, Roy worked as a metallurgical lab technician for manufacturing companies in Chicago. He was drafted
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DeGray Lake Resort State Park is Arkansas's only resort state park. Set in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains and nestled along the north shore of 13,800-acre DeGray Lake, one of the region's five Diamond Lakes known for their crystal clear waters, DeGray offers all the outdoor adventure and quality of an Arkansas State Park combined with resort class amenities. DeGray is a fishing and water sports paradise, a golf resort, the ideal camping spot and the perfect location for family vacations, getaways, reunions, weddings, business meetings and retreats.
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Governments and policymakers must encourage financial literacy among small businesses, remove uncertainty in regulation and encourage the publication of more information to enable entrepreneurs to more easily gain access to new and different forms of funding, according to the Global Forum for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) – a discussion forum developed by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).
For its latest policy paper, Innovations in access to finance for SMEs, the Global Forum for SMEs reviewed a broad range of innovations aimed at directing more finance to SMEs – from Alipay in China and Peer to Peer lenders in the UK, to Kabbage in the US, M-Shwari in Kenya or Cadenas Productivas in Mexico. The Forum's aim was to find out more about what factors give rise to financing innovations, what measures could help them reach more businesses, and what obstacles are holding them back from their potential.
The research looked at the major trends driving innovation. It found that businesses and investors have lost faith in banks, while new capital and liquidity regulations are forcing banks away from traditional lending to small businesses. Meanwhile, ultra-low interest rates have sent investors in some parts of the world looking for better returns on their money, prompting them to explore new asset classes such as SME credit, trade credit and early stage equity.
In addition, there has been a rise in e-commerce platforms and payment systems which are creating their own financial information; an increase in the use of real-time information by alternative finance providers; and online financial intermediation is becoming increasingly acceptable to businesses and investors. International co-ordination, by the G20 leaders and the World Bank Group among others, has highlighted examples of financial innovation in many parts of the world, drawn attention to common barriers to SME finance and helped spread best practices.
The Forum also identified three types of obstacles to innovation in SME funding:
First, there is a lack of financial education among SME owners. ACCA has urged policymakers to reconsider their approach to financial literacy, focusing on a 'business plan first' strategy where qualified finance professionals deliver 'just-in-time' training and mentoring based on the business' needs.
Second, there is a lack of appropriate financial infrastructure from credit databases and payment systems to asset registries and credit default data, in much of the world. Making this information public has the potential to transform intermediation.
Third, there are substantial uncertainties in legislation, regulation and in accounting rules which need to be resolved. The most substantial issues highlighted by the Forum relate to the protection of minority shareholder rights; the classification of receivables under accounting rules in multi-lender platforms or supply chain finance (SCF) programmes; the status of factored receivables in bankruptcy; the regulatory risk weightings applied to Bank Payment Obligations, and the regulatory status of new alternative funding providers.
Rosanna Choi, Chair of ACCA's Global Forum for SMEs, said: 'Our research suggests a worrying lack of financial awareness among the world's entrepreneurs; as the SME sector's most trusted financial advisers, finance professionals have proven they can lead the drive for financial education, and we call on policymakers to engage the profession more fully in their efforts.'
She added: 'On the whole, the Forum does not view regulation as an enemy of financial innovation. Of course the banks' ability to finance businesses has been hit by regulation; in some cases, this has been vague or ill-thought-out. Other providers are certainly taking advantage of the banks' regulatory weaknesses. But it is clear to us that smart regulation can positively spur innovation by building much-needed financial infrastructure and offering greater certainty to finance providers and users.'
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Donnie Joe Talley was born on April 11, 1989 in Antlers to Don and Barbara (Watts) Talley. He passed from this life on May 8, 2011 in Perry at the age of 22. He graduated in 2007 from Perry High School and was attending Spartan College in Tulsa. Donnie was a ranch hand. He enjoyed horseback riding, rodeos, hunting and fishing. Donnie was preceded in death by his grandfather Hack Watts and friend Cole Buchanan. He is survived by his parents Don F. Talley and wife Barbara of Perry; siblings Heath Talley and wife Clarissa and their son Brenton "Clode" of Perry; Danielle Talley of Perry; Jason Talley of Perry; grandparents Donald Talley and wife Caroline of Antlers; grandmother Claudine Watts of Rattan; along with numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and other relatives and friends. Funeral services will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at the Perry Assembly of God with Brett Nation officiating. Music will be performed by Becky Turner. Pallbearers are: Bubba Smith, John Walker Jones III, Jared Miner, Wesley Brosen, Adam Schwandt and Gabe Fraire. Honorary pallbearers are: Heath Talley and Lance West. Interment will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 13, 2011 at Darwin Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family by email to email@example.com. Please reference the name of the deceased in your correspondence.
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The Department of Chemistry at The University of Texas at Dallas seeks well qualified lecturers for graduate and/or undergraduate courses for upcoming terms, including Spring, Summer and Fall 2015. An appropriate terminal degree or doctorate in a related field is required for teaching most graduate courses; a Master's degree may be acceptable for teaching undergraduate courses. Preference will be given to candidates presenting the doctoral degree. College teaching in an institution similar to UT Dallas is preferred.
The School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics engages faculty to teach primarily at the main campus, although some courses may be taught at other locations throughout the Metroplex. Courses are offered between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. and may include lecture, laboratory, seminar, and distance education formats, among others.
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Rockford Fosgate is pleased to announce it has reached an agreement with Directed Electronics Australia.
Rockford Fosgate (www.rockfordfosgate.com/mobile), the industry leader in high-performance car audio systems, is pleased to announce it has reached an agreement with Directed Electronics Australiato distribute its mobile audio product line in Australia, effective immediately.
"Directed Australia has been a leader in automotive and consumer electronics brands for more than two decades, and a partner with this kind of experience is exactly what we need in such a vital market as Australia," said Joe Gonzalez, Rockford Corp. international sales manager. "We look forward to building strong relationships with Australian Fanatics through Directed."
Directed Electronics Australia is a leading automotive and consumer electronics solutions supplier and developer whose head office is located in Keilor Park, Melbourne, Australia.
"We are extremely proud and excited to be appointed exclusive distributor for the Rockford Fosgate range of car audio products in Australia," said Steve Siolis, managing director of Directed Electronics Australia. "We have great plans for the brand and we are extremely confident that our nation-wide network of car audio retailers coupled with representation from our own national car audio specialist sales team will have a great impact on the performance of the brand in Australia."
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