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Just to let everyone know that he's still alive and doing well.
cant belive thats the former wolfpack/nwo member. and why isnt he in the hall of fame yet out of all the legends hes not included 🙁
He burned Vince really really badly when he left in 1994. There is still a lot of bitterness there. WWE produced a Macho Man DVD in 2009 but there was no bio and it featured the announcing 'talents' of Matt Striker. Goes to show who you need to be nice to if you want your legacy in the business to remain intact.
If Vince can forgive Eric Bischoff and Stone Cold Steve Austin and Rock. He can forgive Macho man.
Oh it is definitely possible, the one thing I've learned watching wrestling is to never say never. We never thought we'd see Hulk Hogan in WCW, Eric Bischoff on RAW, Bret Hart back in the WWE after the screwjob, or Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels forgive each other. There have been no rumblings though by Savage about wanting to get into the hall or even having an interest in talking to Vince.
Essentially the fallout happened in 1994 when he left WWE without so much as saying goodbye and signed with WCW. McMahon was stunned, and said that he thought Savage was the Babe Ruth of their company and would never leave. Years later he was still forbidding people to mention the name Randy Savage in his presence. Savage basically feels his wrestling days are behind him and has felt this way since his short run in TNA in 2004-2005. So he may have no desire to be a part of the business.


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I have lived here as a new citizen of your city of about 5 years and I feel that Mayor Mattingly has his heart in making this a better city than when he started. I remember when he ran for this office ; he ran not as a polition for a future carrier, but to turn things around and I voted for him because it looked like we needed a change and \i think he has provided that. This site has helped me to learn a little bit more about this fine community and at 71 I am glad I settled here. I enjoy politics and I am a registered independent and vote for Who \i feel is the best for our communityand nation as well and am not beholdin to a politcal party. Thanks Shellie for making this site possible.
What is puzzling to me is the fact that this roadway had a concrete surface that lasted over 60 years across the "bad" soils without a repeated maintenance problem. It's hard to understand why a million dollars of cut and replacement is needed.
Mr. Rick:
Yes, Mr. Munky and I DO enjoy being opinionated, and somewhat self-absorbed. Besides, there IS no other show THAT IS BETTER than humans trying to explain their positions on opposite sides of the issue. Great mental exercise. Keeps the brain in tune, and less subject to "senior moments."
I would also thank you for the great posting about the "Good Ol' Boy" network. In short, it IS a matter that Saline County voters DO need to consider at election time. One item to measure by is the number of inquiries as to "setting up shop?." Too low approval percentage does reveal an aversion to new influences.
http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl.t2.1/search/web?fcoid=417&fco..., is a menu page that does feature FMS and upgrades. The more knowledge, the better to make discriminating choices on this subject, eh?
However, the main point is that the road way had a poor terrestrial support, the STATE did NOT require the LOCALS to supply CURRENT info on the soil composition; or is it DIS-position? The result is a boondoggle that the TAXPAYERS will have to cover, and SOMEBODY is making a buck that they are NOT entitled to by dint of positive contribution.
Thanks for the respite, though.
Per Munky:
" If you have ever observed the people who stop their cars in the road when they see a firetruck, instead of maintaining speed and easing over to the right, you would appreciate that a 4-lane road would be a big improvement over a 2-lane road for firetrucks that might need to pass other vehicles..."
Just as an aside, recently in NYS, a new law took effect that clearly requires a driver to pull off to the shoulder al let emergency vehicles pass. NO DISTINCTION between I-class roads, a/o country lane. Just, "GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!"
The plethora of drivers that were IGNORING a social "law" as to granting the "Right Of Way" to an emergency vehicle was becoming obstructionist as some would freeze in place on the road; the idea was to let the emergency responder go around THEM. Still, those that took the logical course were rear-ended by other drivers that simply felt they HAD an "emergency" to get to.
Now, all drivers are required to pull off and let fire, police, ambulance, the NG, tow trucks, and now SNOW PLOWS, to proceed unhindered. I have a bit of a problem with snow plows, though. It would seem that depending on position, the maxim of self-preservation rules the day.
On a city street, I'd opt to use a side street, and come in behind the plow. IF, I'm in front of the plow.
On an I-class road, either a turn-around, or the nearest exit, a/o rest area is my refuge. To pull over to the side is to invite damage, injury, even death by snow burial; especially with a wing plow in action.
Bottom line is that ALL states are pretty much agreed to granting the "Right Of Way" to an emergency vehicle ---- the USUAL concept includes police, fire, ambulance. That WOULD be for the driver to pull off onto the shoulder; or as far as possible(per conditions).
Your point as to granting the use of the PASSING LANE on an I-class road is not logical. There is ALWAYS SOMEBODY in that lane that complicates the manoeuver. Best to simply pull onto the shoulder, and let the responder(s?) get to their business. Your courtesy MIGHT save the life of someone you know, eh?
Mayor Mattingly sent a statement to Today's THV outlining the plan to fix the problem. He says the delays have pushed completion of the project back to June 2013.
Just in case it's unclear to anyone, the fire truck pic is a joke - not really a Benton fire truck! See actual truck here.
No answer to what statement? Shelly posted this, not the Mayor.
What is b.s.?
Here is some of the HOMEWORK I do, just to give credence to my statements:
http://soils.usda.gov/survey/online_surveys/arkansas/ ---- a very modern report, considering...
completed in 1979, ---- 42 years past.
http://www.geology.ar.gov/pdf/pamphlets/xenolith.pdf --- a 1987 report, pages 4 & 5 are very useful.
http://www.foundation-repair-guide.com/expansive-soil.html ---- begs the question as to BAUXITE, and ITS reactionary properties, over time.
http://www.geology.ar.gov/geology/geology_map_full.htm ---- good for general use, but lacks set-ins / special notes for localities.
Bottom line is that Benton is on the front line of two geological formations, and the question is whether there IS MOVEMENT below ground? "Quiet quakes?" Or some form of hydro activity be it course-altering, or, expansion-contraction? Either way, the problem is still waiting a solution.
Do I take it that the Fire Brigade wanted to "test the waters?"
The problem is due to an expansive clay soil which expands and contracts accordingly with wet or dry periods.
Apparently the core samples were not examined or the engineers did not correctly estimate the amount of stable material that would need to be used for the project.

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Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said that the world is going through a difficult economic situation and India cannot be insulated from it.
"World economy slowed down in 2012 and it is not sure if it will pick up in 2013. India's economy is also affected by this, but there is no room for gloom or despair," he told mediapersons at the office of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC).
Mr Chidambaram lauded the country on the economic front, saying that India is among the few countries registering a decent growth. "Our growth in the first half was around 5.5 per cent of the GDP, and we hope that in the second half of this fiscal year we'll see better results," he said.
Speaking on the recent reforms that the government went about, the Finance Minister said: "Some decisions that we have taken are painful, but when there is difficulty, the pain must be shared by everybody." "But the poor must be protected, and rich must bear part of the burden," he added.
On whether the country can get back to 9 per cent growth, he said it would be a difficult claim to make. However, he said: "I am confident that in the next year the growth cycle will start again and within a year or two, we will get back to higher growth."
Cautioning the departments concerned, Mr Chidambaram said: "We must use our finances prudently so that we can tide over this difficult year.
Talking about what the government is doing about pepping up growth, he said that without investment there can be no growth, and that the government is promoting both foreign and domestic investment.
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Black network elects officers, gives awards
NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- The Black Southern Baptist Denominational Servants Network installed officers and gave awards to four individuals during its meeting prior to the SBC annual meeting in New Orleans.
The group discontinued the office of executive director, stating that the late Sid Smith, the network's founder, had established the group so well that there is no longer a need for the position.
"He was able to put us in a position where we don't need an executive director now," said Willie McLaurin, ending his term as network president. "There's not another Sid Smith. We honor him and appreciate him."
Elected as the network's new officers are president, Eugene McCormick, a strategist with the Florida Baptist Convention's African American church development team; vice president, McLaurin, a Tennessee Baptist Convention strategist for leadership development/seminary extension; secretary, Charles Grant, a LifeWay Christian Resources church consultant; and treasurer, Jeffrey Curtis, also a LifeWay church consultant.
Jay Wells, who retired this year as director of African American ministries in LifeWay's church resources division, was honored in his absence with the Sid Smith Denominational Leadership Award.
The network honored Ken Weathersby with the Kennedy Boyce Award for trailblazing service as the North American Mission Board presidential ambassador for ethnic church relations. He previously was NAMB's associate vice president for ethnic mobilization. The award is named for the pastors of the first two African American churches to join the SBC in 1953.
Robert Anderson, a Maryland pastor ending eight years as an SBC Executive Committee member, received a denominational appreciation award. Dexter Hardy, an African American church starter strategist with the Baptist State Convention of Michigan in Fenton, also was recognized with a denominational appreciation award, although in his absence.
McLaurin was invited to serve a second term as president but said his responsibilities coordinating the Tennessee convention's transition in selling its Brentwood, Tenn., property will occupy much of his time during the next 18 months.
In his presidential address, "Taking Care of the Father's Business," McLaurin encouraged the network in seeking the lost and bringing them to salvation, focusing on the Gospel of Luke's accounts of the nativity, deity, divinity and ministry of Christ.
"Jesus is inviting you and I to be about the father's business," McLaurin said, encouraging the network to anticipate tribulation while being assured of peace.
"Whenever you encounter the Gospel, it is a Gospel that invites storms," he said, "but it is also a Gospel that brings peace."
The network also heard updates from various SBC entities and network committees.
Jeffery Friend, pastor of Suburban Baptist Church in New Orleans and president of the Louisiana African American Fellowship, hosted the June 17 meeting.
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Wrong Gender prediction
At 18 weeks I was told i was having a baby girl, which was later confirmed at 24 weeks and at my 4D ultrasound at 27 weeks. Just last week at 31 weeks during a routine ultrasound to check on the position of my placenta, i was told that it seemed like i was having a boy, it was hard to see since the baby is already head-down, butt-cheeks up, but it seemed as they could see a penis and the scrotum. During my first 3 ultrasounds i was given a pic showing the 3 little lines resembling a vagina or so i was told. I now have a pic that seems odd when compared to other ultrasounds online of what it supposed to be a penis. I asked the ultrasound tech and my doc and they both said they cant be 100% until baby is born. It has been emotionally draining as i referred to my baby as my princess, was completely done with nursery and buying everything. I feel so lost, i feel like my baby girl is gone. Does anyone know how common this is, and at what stage is the ultrasound most accurate? comments???
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On me 20wks ultrasound shows 3 lines which the middle is longer than others, and have been told is girl, I don't want to have high hope, can that be wrong?posted 11/16/2014 by a BabyCenter Member
This happened to a friend of mine. They kept telling her oh it's a girl it's a girl, and at her US two weeks before birth they told her it is a boy. Luckily she still had all the tags on the baby girl clothing. However she didn't exchange anything until the baby was born. She just bought a few articles of baby boy clothing, and yep it was a boy. Now as far as when the best time to tell is... I would say further a long because you have a better shot at "The family jewels being bigger" If you take a look at the Babycenter video of how the genitals form you can get a better concept of how to tell, and how mistakes can easily happen. As far as how common i really don't think it is all that common but i could be wrong. Of course as technology gets better so do predictions, but honestly this is one reason why i'd rather have my baby be a surprise! I know you're probably bummed about spending a bunch of money on girl stuff and already decorating the nutsery, but mistakes happen....posted 09/18/2012 by Jocelyn0425
Cont.: If i were you i wouldn't change anything just yet though... In case what is thought to be a mistake (The baby girl prediction) Isn't really a mistake and the baby boy prediction is the mistake. If you can make sense out of that jumbled sentence congratulations! Anyways i hope i helped! :)posted 09/18/2012 by Jocelyn0425
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It was a wonderfully sunny day on this island so I named this bread Sunny Sourdough. Sunny sourdough is made with motherdough that has been aged at least 3 – 5 days. I had some 60% motherdough that was two weeks old and I wanted to use it so I made this bread.
You need to start ahead by making some 60% motherdough. Sunny Sourdough formula takes 245g (about 8 oz), but it is always good to have extra motherdough on hand. Click here to make the 60% motherdough.
After your motherdough has fermented in the refrigerator for at least three days you can make Sunny Sourdough:
Sunny Sourdough
Makes 1366 g at 67% hydration (two loaves)
- 245 g motherdough 60% hydration -aged (pull apart into chunks)
- 450 g water
- 15 g salt
- 30 g whole wheat flour
- 1/2 teaspoon diastatic malt (optional)
- 626 g bread flour
Mix together the motherdough, water, salt, whole wheat flour and diastatic malt.
Incorporate the bread flour.
Allow the dough to proof at 75F for 5 hours folding three times (or at room temperature for 6 hours).
Shape loaves.
Refrigerate your loaves overnight, covered in plastic.
Next day, stagger loaves, proof at 78F until done proofing (it took 5.5 hours for mine and they needed longer). I used my Brod and Taylor proofer (if you can afford one, just get one!).
Bake in a preheated oven at 480F for 15 minutes with steam then 10 – 15 more minutes without steam.
Long fermented motherdough will produce a loaf with a smell and taste so good you won't believe you made it. It also has a great oven spring, even when the dough looks somewhat slack.
That is because the C02 is being absorbed into the dough during the long cold ferment and when it is hit by hight heat, the gas bubbles quickly expand creating large holes. You have to make sure your oven is VERY hot. I preheat my oven for at least an hour at 500+ degrees and turn it down to 480 once the loaf is in the oven.
The slackness of the dough makes it hard to estimate when the proofing is done. Just imagine that it will take a very long time and you will probably be right (5 – 8 hours is not uncommon).


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Among all iterations of "Teen Mom," a common thread between the cast members has, without fail, always existed: No matter how trying the relationships with their babies' fathers get, each of them still fantasizes of having the picture-perfect family. We saw Maci Bookout, Leah Calvert and other young women attempt time and again to make things work, only to have the relationships crumble, and now it seems that "Teen Mom 3" star Katie Yeager might be going down the same path.
On last night's "Teen Mom 3: A Closer Look," Katie told host SuChin Pak that she hoped to break the dysfunctional relationship mold that most other couples in her family have fallen victim to, but her efforts often proved futile. "[Joey and I] are both separately really good people, but when we get together it's like oil and vinegar," she says in the clip below. SuChin then asks Katie if she ever had any healthy relationships to emulate, and Katie admits she's never actually seen a "perfect family" in her own experience, which made it all the more difficult for her to break the pattern, despite trying with therapy. "I told myself my whole life, I'm not going to have a relationship like my mom and dad…and [Joey and me] kind of were the exact same thing."
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina's two Roman Catholic bishops say they're disappointed with President Obama's opposition to a constitutional amendment on the May ballot that makes clear gay marriage is unlawful in the state.
Bishop Michael Burbidge of the Raleigh diocese and Bishop Peter Jugis of Charlotte said in a prepared statement it was regrettable the president characterized the proposed amendment as a question of discrimination late last week.
The church leaders said Tuesday that Catholics support marriage as the union of a man and a woman, and that children have the right to a father and a mother in their lives as they grow. They pointed out the Catholic Church recognizes the personal dignity and equal worth of everyone.
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|Village contracts with business consultant in seeking to keep Heritage of Wauneta in operation
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By Tina Kitt
The Wauneta Breeze
"Guardedly optimistic" is the term used by community volunteers working to ensure Heritage of Wauneta's ongoing presence in Wauneta.
Several community members have taken the lead in exploring means to keep the nursing home in operation in the wake of an announcement earlier this year that as of next June 30, 2012, Vetter Health Services will no longer operate the facility.
Significant strides have been made in recent weeks, noted Page Johnston of Wauneta, who is among those working to ensure that Heritage remains open and operational in meeting the needs of Wauneta's senior citizens.
The Wauneta Village Board of Trustees, of which Johnston is a member, retained legal counsel to help them navigate the legalities involved with attaining ownership of Heritage.
The board also contracted with business consultants Rural Health Development of Cambridge to formulate a business plan as they move forward.
Developing a business plan is critical in determining if it is financially viable for the Village to own and operate Heritage, explained Johnston. He noted that a business plan will also be necessary if financing or grants are applied for.
Vetter Health Services has been receptive to overtures made by the community since VHS's July announcement and are open to consideration of the community acquiring the property to continue using as a nursing home, said Johnston.
"They have shown a willingness to work with us," he added.
A number of elements in the intricate equation of making a change in ownership feasible will still need to come into alignment, including funding options.
Johnston noted that significant research into available sources of funding has been done and the results are encouraging.
Heritage continues premier care
Heritage of Wauneta Administrator Lisa Kisinger stresses that Heritage has every intention of continuing to provide premier nursing home care and will continue with "business as usual" until June 30, 2012, as long as they have enough staff members and residents.
To date, notes Kisinger in a letter to the editor in this week's Breeze, Heritage has not had one resident or staff member depart due to the VHS announcement.
"The town people of Wauneta are busy behind the scenes working for a sloution so that hopefully the nursing home can remain open," says Kisinger. "Vetter Health Services will no longer be the owner/operator after June 30, 2012, but there is a lot going on to try to save Wauneta's nursing home. There remains a definite need for this vital service, and the town people are backing the efforts to stay open 110 percent."


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What if I can't believe everything
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Adam and Eve? Noah and ark? Jonah and big fish? Methuselah lived 969 years? Moses parted the Red Sea? Joshua stopped the sun?
We don't have to believe everything in the Bible to be a Christian. In fact, the early Christians didn't even have a Bible and probably knew little or nothing about the Jewish scriptures.
Most of the stories people have trouble believing – like the above examples – are from the Old Testament. The Christian message was given by Jesus and is now recorded in the New Testament. Information contained in the New Testament is the basis of Christian faith and is what we need to know and believe today.
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As explained in the video, this doesn't mean that we disbelieve some of the stories in the Old Testament. It just means that they are from an ancient world we don't understand, that they are interesting but essentially irrelevant to us today. Regardless of how we explain or interpret them, literally or figuratively, it's okay to leave them unresolved in our minds as we make today's decision about Christian faith.
There's nothing wrong or disingenusous about saying, 'I don't know. I don't understand.' Like thousands of other questions in life we can't answer about things that seem strange to us, we regard them as interesting but not essential, and we move on.
In Christian faith, rather than get hung up looking for non-essential answers pertaining to the past, we act on the essential answers we do have for today, in the New Testament.
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When Vail Resorts Inc. added an online application to its website last year, more than 20,000 people from all over the world applied with the Broomfield, Colorado-based luxury mountain resort management company. It became clear quite quickly that its hiring process would need to be revamped.
While the company was thrilled to have so many applicants to choose from—annually it hires more than 10,000 seasonal employees—there were far too many applications for its small human resources department to examine individually. Vail Resorts needed a tool to help its overwhelmed HR staff quickly and easily identify the best candidates for further review. The company opted to use personality assessments to narrow their search.
"We wanted something that would help us measure the competencies and values that are really important to our business," says Rebecca Borden, director of talent acquisition at Vail Resorts. "Customer service is a huge part of what we do, and we wanted a way to get clear information on that early in the process."
Since implementing personality assessments into their applicant screening process last year, Borden says guest satisfaction at the resort has improved and preliminary evaluations indicate that the hires brought on since the addition are performing at a much higher level.
Personality assessments have been gaining popularity in the past decade, with a May 2011 study by consulting firm Aberdeen Group finding that more than 80 percent of the companies it surveyed employ some type of assessment either during the hiring process or when making talent management decisions internally.
Mollie Lombardi, Aberdeen's research director of human capital management and author of a recent study on the subject, says that the increased availability of such tests online has widened their use while lower costs make them affordable.
But, according to Lombardi's report, Assessments 2011, the driving factor behind the increased popularity of personality assessments is the pressure for companies to carefully grow in a still-rugged economic climate.
Many companies can't afford to significantly increase their staff in order to grow, Lombardi says, which means every new hire counts like never before, and those employees must be able to deliver results quickly.
It is much harder teach someone how to fit into an organization that does not mesh with their personality, Lombardi says.
"The biggest reason organizations use a personality assessment is that success in hiring all comes down to fit," Lombardi says. "Skill is important but skill is something you can teach. I can test whether or not you can use the widget machine but I can also probably teach you to do it if you don't know how."
Vail's management found that U.K.-based talent management software firm SHL Group's personality assessment met its needs to make successful hires.
"We wanted something that would help us measure the competencies and values that are really important to our business," says Borden, who noted they use SHL's Dependability and Safety Instrument software. "Customer service is a huge part of what we do and we wanted a way to get clear information on that early on in the process."
Vendors like SHL and Menlo Park, California-based CPP Inc. offer multiple personality-assessment products. Some tests are designed for the pre-hire stage, while others are designed to be used for talent development later in an employee's career.
Ken Lahti, vice president of product development and innovation at SHL, says the company offers the menu of personality assessment products because some tests are better suited for entry-level hires vs. manager roles.
"Some tests provide a comprehensive view of all work-related competencies, while others are very brief and targeted at just a few key aspects of personality and yet others are modular personality assessment systems that can easily be combined with other test types within a typical recruiting process," he says.
The personality tests provide employers with information on candidates' soft skills to help improve hiring decisions, Lahti said. By using valid personality tests in the recruiting process, employers can get advance insight into candidates' likely performance in areas such as reliability, rule-following and safety orientation; customer service; drive, initiative, and ability to influence others; teamwork, collaboration and relationship-building; coaching and leadership; and even motivation and fit with company culture and values.
CPP's Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is more of a true personality test used for employee development purposes, while its California Psychological Inventory products are designed for use in the hiring process.
According to CPP research scientist Michael Anderson, the company's assessments measure multiple dimensions of a person, including their leadership ability and amicability, as well as broader workplace personality characteristics such as self-control, ability to maintain emotions and self-confidence.
St. Luke's Hospital & Health Network, based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has seen a staggering change since incorporating CPP's personality assessments into its recruitment and managerial strategy.
The organization, which has 7,200 employees, began using the CPP's CPI 434 personality assessments in 2004 when it discovered that it had a 41 percent annual managerial turnover rate. Two years after implementing the assessment, which St. Luke's uses to compare candidates after an exhaustive interview process, the turnover rate dropped to 10 percent. In 2010, the turnover rate was at 2 percent.
"It is well-documented that a managerial vacancy in any industry, not just in health care, can cost that company anywhere between 1.5 and four times that position's salary," says Bob Weigand, director of workforce development for St. Luke's. "After just two years, we were saving well over $600,000 a year on paper. And that is a conservative estimate. The return on investment we have seen is huge."
The cost of assessment tests vary, depending on the volume of testing and whether they are purchased individually. St. Luke's pays under $39 a test to administer roughly 120 assessments a year, Weigand says. Borden, of Vail Resorts, says that because her company has an agreement that allows for unlimited use of the tool, it pays just a few dollars per test.
Dallas-based American Airlines, Inc. on the other hand, which has 77,000 employees, administers "thousands or tens of thousands" of personality pre-employment assessments each year. William Mitchell, American's managing director of leadership planning and performance, says the company has a multiyear contract with Assess Systems in Dallas, though he wouldn't divulge what the airline pays for its assessments.
"If used correctly pre-employment assessment is incredibly valuable," says Mitchell, who delivered a presentation titled "Strategic Leadership Development Takes Flight: The American Airlines Story" at the annual Society for Human Resource Management conference in June in Las Vegas. "Where its value comes from is that it is an objective measure of the innate personality traits and competencies of the candidate. That is not to say that an interview is completely subjective but hiring managers are human. This is at least one objective measure that we have going into the process."
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If you're going to do all 7 continents, make it easy on yourself and pick up the following: ipad 3g, a local sim card (usually available at any destination airport), the kindle app + some ebooks, the World Clock app, and the Hipmunk app.
1. Antarctica: The variability of the weather at the bottom of the earth can easily put you off track, so if you have a short timeline, getting it out of the way first is a good idea. Protip: If you picked up that local sim card (i.e. Tigo/Claro in Chile), you'll have internet access in Antarctica.
2. South America: If you're going to fly into Antarctica, then you're probably going to hit Punta Arenas, Chile, which means you can check off South America and Antarctica on the same trip.
3. Africa: Right before I left for Antartica, Egypt kicked off a revolution. It's funny how the whole world can change in an instant. Well, Hipmunk to the rescue— it was super easy to rebook a trip to Morocco instead. The great part about Hipmunk is you're not clicking through pages and pages of text results for flights, which means you can just quickly pick something, book it, and get back to what you were doing.
4. Europe: If you're going to Africa, routing through Europe on the way there or the way back makes it easy to check this one off. Hipmunk's layout makes it easy to book multi-city flights with different carriers (and see the price right up front), instead of booking each leg individually or settling for an itinerary that's not exactly what you want.
5. Australia: Aside from the length of the flight, Australia's a corker. If there's one thing that consistently happens when I travel, it's randomly meeting some Australians and having a few fun nights out. So, having an entire country full of them is the greatest idea ever. The ability to go diving for great white sharks off the southern coast is just an added bonus.
6. Asia: I was originally supposed to go to Japan after Australia, but as with Egypt, the world can change while you were out. With inflight wifi, I was able to Hipmunk a trip to Hong Kong instead, and get back to my ebooks. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find the fried bees I was looking for in Hong Kong— it's really too bad there's no app for unusual foods.
Click here for a beautiful panoramic shot Pete took of the Hong Kong skyline! (Too wide for this blog)
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Our old black/white display kindle would go weeks on a charge. Those color Android things do not go a full day so we know that's a none starter.
I will be travelling abroad to Tanzania next semester: Internet will be almost non-existent, and I probably won't have frequent access to power-outlets. I need to write my Senior Seminar for my History major while I'm there.
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The latest attachment order was issued by the central probe agency against Ms PD Agroprocessors Pvt Ltd, one the defaulters at the bourse.
The agency had identified the assets and immovable properties of the firm after it searched few premises and went through the records of the Mumbai Economic Offences Wing (EOW) prepared in this regard, sources said.
PD Agro, the third largest borrower of NSEL which traded on the exchange on behalf of Dunar Foods Ltd, Dulisons Cereals and Dulisons Foods, has a payment obligation of Rs 637.49 crore.
The ED had registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) last year to probe laundering charges against the officials of the stock exchange and other individuals.
ED has earlier attached properties worth Rs 175 crore under the same laws against various borrower firms.
The NSEL, promoted by the Jignesh Shah-headed Financial Technologies India Ltd (FTIL), was engulfed in a crisis after trading on the platform was suspended on July 31 last year, raising concerns about possible default of Rs 5,600 crore.


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Aug 14 2008What's Google Maps Hiding From Us?
This is a picture from Google Maps from somewhere in Holland that looks suspiciously clone-stamped (see the similar looking light colored treetops?). So, Google -- what're you trying to hide, and why? Is it giant "Yahoo Rules!" sign? A monster penis-and-balls somebody mowed into their pot farm? WHAT IS IT? Inquiring minds want to know. Go here to see the actual spot in Google Maps, then post your guess. Mine is 5' 8", 178 lbs. Step right up folks, I'm a carny!
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It's obviously clone-stamped..the color and lay out of the white tree tops in EXACTLY the same.
It's one of the Google Exec's houses. They don't want you to see how rich they really are.
Ok ok... it's a missile silo. God damn Holland and their evil world-domination aspirations!
hmm... mysterious. I'd better fetch my deerhunter...
Google must be working on there tunnel to the center of the earth again. Ahh Google, you think you can beat me !!!!!!! I'm already halfway there! Trying to fool me into thinking you haven't started on our little wager, who do you think I am!?!?!?!?!?! I shall win!!!!!!!
GOD...JEEEZ! leave us alone, nothing to see here in holland.. ok, since you're pressing, we're actually building our own version of the Large Hadron Collider...8ft long! in yer face Switzerland!
If you search Oxford, PA with Google Maps for some strange reason it can't zoom into Oxford but all the outlying areas are zoomable.
Here's a pic from a search on Live Search:
The big building on the top right has a sign that says "No Tresspassing" on the main road and like 12 parking spaces (nothing considering the size of the building) - not to mention a little house along the winding road (checkpoint, anyone?).
The building circled in the lower left is a wharehouse market - to give you an idea of scale.
Google is a tool of the Anti-Christ . . . . . or at least in bed with the US Government.
Same diff.
MSN is showing the same cluster of trees - though far less suspicious looking..maybe Google needs to brush up on their photoshop skills
If you'll notice, the grove of trees to the left is also clone stamped.
Who had enough time on their hands to actually notice this?
It's not necessarily Google that did it - the company that provided the maps could have done it, or the feds in Holland. Maybe that's where they stash all their gold members.
It could not be cloned, in the great depression a progam was started by the goverment to create jobs for people who didn't have a job, one of the big projects was creating forests and parks, that's why the forests look symatricall.
I guess someone living there in the near or something.
It is o far from my house, otherwise i whould have watched over there. But is is more then 200 km. for me =[
Little searching on the internet and i came to this one:
This is what is hidden into the forrest over there.
Check also the trees to the west, also cloned.
First of all, thats a Montauk monster and Bigfoot colony set up by the Netherlands' government. Secondly there are a TON of these clone stamped areas all over Google Earth. there are quite a few in the U.S. alone.
this appears to be a classic case of countryside. or just a series of key sitesthat are important in the de-bush-o-matic gun's construction. also, dick cheney has had his house pixellated.
It's clearly where Cheney goes to smoke weed when he's in his "undisclosed location."
thats where all the bigfoots have been hiding
is that right bigfoots or like bigfeet... bigfoot x 2
My God, it's full of pot.
someone should do a similar search of cloned-aletered-photoshoped areas within the US and like post it in a site and maybe people living nearby could go and take pics of whats actually there.
Good lord! You've got an entire world of trees at your disposal and you clone stamp the same little bit over and over again? I need to sell my Photoshop skills to the CIA or the KGB. I'll show them how to hide a f***in' nuke!
While we're on this subject, WTF is this? (helicopter landing pad on Plum Island?)
Calm down everybody, it's just my Romanesco broccoli plot.
It could be far less diabolical than think. Maybe they were just trying to conceal the seams as they stitched images together.
No, it were farmlands, that have been turned into a golfcourt by some greedy project developer.
But those fossile execs don't want to be bothered with the sight of farmers working, so only a small part of the roadside is visible for their slaves to see them playing, and bushes have been planted to the landsides, but google amateurly repatched this changes. (or maybe it's their weedstack, remember that this is Holland)
p.s. these were one of the surroundings of operation Market Garden in 1944
Yeah and how come Area 51 doesn't show anything but some outlines?
they're not all clone stamped, they're just similar trees. If you look really hard, you'll see that they aren't all exactly the same, there are differences. It looks like a landscaping job to me. nothing special just a bunch of nukes... I mean trees standing there on the side of a golf course. I mean, come on, it's a golf course, so menacing. If anything, they're probably trying to hide the layout of their super secret mini-golf course.
perhaps what they were hiding wasn't on the ground, but in the air .....
*shakes head at Vladeon* so innocent and naive. dont let the robo-rat-brains fool you so easily my friend!
Someone go to that address and find out fro us.
I'll give you $20.
Damn spelling mistakes. *** for
I just checked with Photoshop, I created an opaque layer mask and checked each white area to see if the pattern matches, sorry to say it is 100% Photoshoped, so is the area to the left of the white trees.
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Maybe if you blow the flute there, the pond will drain and let you down into level 7.
I would like to see you plant some trees that look THAT FREAKING SIMILAR. Identical, in fact.
#38. Cloned trees do exist, but only in labs.
#23. It would be a large heli-pad if it is one, It would be capable of landing something large there like a Sikorsky CH-53E (http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/helicopters/size/ch53e_01.jpg). The landing area looks to be about 3 car lengths(the blue car in front of the near-by house) by 3 car lengths.
This is interesting.... Some one should go look at the area, and if you get muled to death by some guard bears, its not my fault.
Lol @ conspiracy theorists.
Check out the spot on other maps like MSN, nothing there.
These maps are made from multiple arial photos, stitched together. It is common to have irregularities where the images must meet. You don't just fly out and take some new pictures. A bit of photoshopping is easier.
Probably full of pot plants, god bless the Dutch!
Bah I was hoping for something more interesting then just some photoshopping.
it's where the chupacabra and big foot live.. I went there once.
ah, speaking of Google Maps, can someone explain WTF is this PINK cloud over this place?!
Looks kinda like a weiner and balls to me at http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=52.089817~6.123097&style=h&lvl=17&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1 .
#37: Nice Zelda reference. That was some funny shit!
Its probably Hogwarts
lol thats where harry potters hidding! good one 46
Who has the time to find this stuff?
And the woods right next to it: Photoshoppe! (but less obvious)
go back from the screen a little and look for a lighter green shape that looks like
a dolphin jumping into the water (from upper right to lower left) or
a silhouette of a new-beetle
...I can see at least 5 of them.
oops wrong link.
Here it is:
Um.. I hate to be the one to ruin all the fantasy. See the "DigitalGlobe Inc" copyright on all the Google Earth stuff? Yeah... that's where I work, and have been working for over 6 years. Since this is "Geek" -ologie I'll give you the technical skinny. The planes we contract or satellites we use all shoot images in rows, like a film strip. When two strips don't quite line up because the geography doesn't exactly match the DEM (Digital Elevation Model) it creates holes in the maps. My job for six years was to fill those holes...with anything close to whats actually suppose to be there. Do that 8 hours a day everyday for six years and your creativity tends to go out the window.
Think of a hillside. The DEM says in June of 2008, there was just a hill there. But say a contractor cut into that hill to build houses. Now the plane flies overhead and shoots pictures of houses, but when we try to match them up to the DEM everything goes crazy. the house look like they are melting down the side of the hill. Scan the orange county area of California long enough and you'll find lots of interesting things that aren't quite right.
And in case you're wondering; yes...we did intentionally hide things in maps, and over the years. =)
Don't listen to azmousejockey only because what he says makes totally sense...
He in fact is one of THEM.
So there must be a TRUE explanation instead, which is totally complex and involves aliens, a mega-conspiracy, and the words "world domination" as well as "wonderbra".
Ya know what's even scarier than the truth?? The average age of everyone working in the production dept (where the magic happens) is 25 years old. Imagine what you and 12 of your best friends would do knowing the stuff you're working on will be seen by millions. ;) All the good stuff is hidden in the major USA citys because those were ordered in high rez. If you look You can find spiderman climbing buildings, fake car crashes (my specialty), fake polices cars swarming in weird areas, the initials APU which stand for AirPhotoUSA (do your own reasearch, I don't feel like explaining it) and lots of other things that look real but are not. when it comes to digital imagery, believe nothing. =)
have you noticed that they improved their photoshopping this last round?? Im sure there is a logistical reason for why the photoshopping was so obviously bad, but then why go back and "fix it"?
^ Yeah I noticed that, too. It looks more realistic now. What bugs me is Holland and all these Scandinavian countries go overboard with their clone stamping and blurring. Oh, so whats so bad about being able to see the queens house? Why not just do what they did in the US and show it without any of the secret agents on top of it?
"Holland and all these Scandinavian countries" ??
Holland's not a Scandinavian country....
Does Holland have Native Americans? I was pondering this post on the pooper and remember that indians love their privacy...
its engelbergen golf course - western end
its just a stand of trees near a small stream. its called a 'rough' to golfers...
i don't know if an update on this has been commented through yet, but they've redone their patch job. looks more believable now, or it looks normal now and the above said photos were a glitch effect.
i think it is a palace where the queen (or the royal family lives)
The white spots on the trees (chuckle) have changed, whether shooped or not, who knows.
it looks like a glof corse to me
Well is that so ?I was passing by and came across your post.I haven't used it yet so i will keep looking for more information.
It appears to be different now ... it has been quite some time since this was posted.
creepy cover up with police vehicles!!! wtf?


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The American Heart Association is now recommending that all children taking stimulant medications should get an electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG). Children newly diagnosed with ADHD should have a cardiovascular screening before beginning stimulant medications. See more . . .
It has long been known that stimulants raise blood pressure; almost 20 years ago it was found that African-American children were more at risk than others and should be carefully monitored (Brown 1989). When the Feingold Association brought this to the attention of the American Heart Association in 2000, they said they had no knowledge of it. At that time, they had a prominent notice on their website, assuring parents that children on Ritalin did not need any cardiac monitoring. They did remove their notice from their home page at that time, but declined to suggest monitoring. We are pleased to see that they have caught up to some of the science.
What an EKG may not reveal, however, is something called "small vessel disease" which does not allow enough oxygen to reach the heart muscle, causing small lesions on the heart wall. One symptom is shortness of breath upon exercising. If you have a child on stimulants who experiences shortness of breath or rapid heartbeat after being active, take it seriously and see a pediatric cardiologist. If your child is involved in sports, you may want to look into non-stimulant medication or other options such as the Feingold diet. Animal studies have been unable to find a dose of stimulant medication that does not cause lesions in the heart muscle of rats and mice. (Henderson 1995). See more . . .
Kids' changing diets may be, in part, responsible for the worldwide increase in asthma. A study published in the September 2000 issue of Thorax looked at the demographics and skin test results of children with and without asthma. They found that the more vegetables, fiber, and nutrients such as vitamin E, calcium, and magnesium the kids ate, the lower their risk of developing asthma.
Unsurprisingly (to Feingolders), the more often the children ate at fast food restaurants, the more likely they were to wheeze. This study was done in Saudi Arabia, where many people still use their traditional (and additive-free) diets, and fast food restaurants are a recent development. The authors conclude that diet plays a role in asthma.
The entire study is available in PDF format here.
Having just become a grandma for the first time, I have been looking at baby products more than usual. And along came an article advising parents of newborns to buy phthalate-free baby products and "limit [phthalate] exposures to the lowest amount possible."
See the article here (or here if the first link doesn't work).
Apparently this barely-pronounceable chemical is capable of damaging the future reproductive function in male babies, and in 2004 a joint Swedish-Danish research team found a very strong link between allergies in children and certain phthalates.
Recently, a study published in Pediatrics has looked at actual exposure sources for babies, and found that a major source is baby lotion, shampoo, and powder. See the study.
John Bailey, chief scientist at the Personal Care Products Council, representing makers of baby care products, does not agree. He claims that the one phthalate used in baby products is safe, and that this is not good advice to give to mothers.
Meanwhile, what does a grandma do? I will be advising my grandson's parents to buy all-natural products, of course, and not to use powder or lotion more than absolutely necessary. Of course, powder (even from the health food store) should not be sprinkled on - the baby must not inhale it - but these chemicals can also be absorbed through the skin.
For those of you who have found some good solutions -- now would be a good time to tell me about it, and I will share some of your replies here next month.
Jennifer from Virginia sent us some interesting information following our January 2008 article about formaldehyde and ADHD.
She reminds us that formaldehyde is one of the ingredients in the DTaP, Td, Polio, and Hepatitis vaccines. Here is a link to a number of website references on formaldehyde and vaccines.
Also, an interesting thing she had learned after joining La Leche League, is that breastfeeding exclusively for the first 6 months will give children enough antibodies to protect them from many of the diseases addressed by vaccines. And the blood-brain barrier doesn't sufficiently form until a baby is at least 6 months old, sometime older. So what that means is that if your newborn is given a vaccine with heavy metals or toxic chemicals, they will enter into the brain. However, if you wait for at least 6 months to a year, those same chemicals will be blocked from entering into the brain.
Dr. Bob Sears has written a vaccine book called The Vaccine Book that discusses alternative or delayed vaccine schedules.
On his website, Dr. Sears also maintains a list of doctors willing to work with parents who want to delay, spread out, or decline vaccinations. Go to the link above and scroll down the page.
Pesticides, including mold and mildew cleaners, disinfectants, weed killers and pool chemicals, can be used safely - but only if consumers recognize them as toxic chemicals, according to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation. See sevem stories of pesticide blunders in California.
If you would like to read more of this blog "The Bug Stops Here" by Stephen Tvedten, an integrated pest management expert, click here.
You may also download for free any chapter (or all) of his very comprehensive book, The Best Control: Encyclopedia of Integrated Pest Management.
Most of us know that chocolate is toxic to dogs, but you may not know that onions, grapes, and raisins are also. While my dog never complained about the occasional grape the kids slipped her, I had no idea they were so dangerous. So when I received the email about it, I went straight to Snopes, where I was shocked to read it is all true. If your children are just beginning the Feingold Program, it may help them to understand that while they will shortly enjoy at least some Stage Two items, their pets must remain on Stage One always. More . . .
Charice de Vidal in Florida is interested in starting a Feingold Support Group in the combined North Florida / South Georgia area. She is located in Jacksonville, FL. You may reach Charice at email@example.com.
One of our Feingold members, Reggie Dockham, is the dad of a young man with autistic tendencies and sensory issues. His son John, now 26 years old, is non-verbal and is developmentally at about age 3. He has multiple food sensitivities, so the family follows a gluten-free, casein-free diet and uses various nutritional supplements. The Dockhams have acquired a lot of information as they have worked to help their son, and would like to swap ideas with other families who are dealing with similar challenges, including behavioral issues. You can reach Reggie at his home in Wyoming at (307) 856-8250.
Julie writes, "Our son is 4 and we have had trouble in all sorts of group daycare situations. We just started this diet 2 weeks ago and it is like night and day. I am so amazed."
Let us hear from you, too.
We would be interested in hearing from new members who joined as a result of seeing the recent Chicago and Philadelphia TV spots, and are having good results. I would love to let the producer know this. Who knows? They might want to do a follow up. You may write me by REPLY.
In the April Feingold Association's newsletter, Pure Facts, the lead article was a review of the interesting book, The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan, about corn and the factory-raised cattle that are fed corn, hormones, and drugs in today's giant agricultural farm businesses.
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AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Dell World 2012 -- Trend Micro Inc. (TYO: 4704;TSE: 4704), the global leader in cloud security and virtualization, will be exhibiting as a Bronze-level sponsor at Dell World 2012 from December 11-13. Under the theme, "Securing your Journey to the Cloud," Trend Micro will demonstrate how the company has been working closely with Dell to simplify security by providing Dell customers with a single platform that delivers complete security for physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructures.
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Carrey, Zemeckis capture 21st century Scrooge
LOS ANGELES Technology finally has caught up with Charles Dickens' imagination.
Jim Carrey and Robert Zemeckis' new take on "A Christmas Carol" brings to life the fantasy about miser Ebenezer Scrooge's holiday redemption in a way old Hollywood never could have dreamed.
Animated adaptations have captured some of Dickens' flights of fancy and fantastic imagery, while the best live-action versions have put touchingly human faces on Scrooge, cheery nephew Fred, maltreated clerk Bob Cratchit and hopeful cripple Tiny Tim.
Opening Friday, "Disney's A Christmas Carol" manages both. Zemeckis applies the performance-capture technology he used on "The Polar Express" and "Beowulf" to present Carrey and company in fine dramatic form, with computer animation richly recreating 1840s London and Scrooge's bewildering journey through his own past, present and future.
"When you read Dickens, it's an incredibly surreal story, and of course, the earlier adaptations were limited by what you could do with the tools of cinema at the time," Zemeckis said.
"The whole mission here was to truly re-envision the movie in a way no one had ever seen it before. That came about in that when I did `Beowulf,' I realized I am now working in a form where we can reintroduce audiences to these classics in a way that makes it very modern, yet they can be these very familiar and classic stories. So starting to think about that, the first thing that popped into my head was my favorite story of all time, `Christmas Carol.'"
Performance capture is a hybrid of live action and digital animation. Actors do their scenes on a bare sound stage, wearing skintight suits covered with sensors, reference points for digital cameras to record their body language and expressions in 360-degree detail.
Costumes, sets, props, visual effects and alterations to the actors' features are filled in later by computer animators.
While the technology sounds a bit soul-killing in terms of drama, actors say it's a surprisingly unfettered way to create a performance.
"It sounds paradoxical, because obviously, we're in a world or sophisticated technology, and there's a huge amount of preparation in order to make it possible," said Colin Firth, who plays Scrooge's nephew. "But there's no fourth wall to play to, like there is in theater. Even if you're playing theater in the round, you have to be careful not to mask your colleagues, and you've got to play to the people way up there. There's none of that here. ... It's more like playing in your bedroom as a kid."
Past live-action adaptations such as Alastair Sim's classic 1951 version were restricted to a few physical sets to stand in for old Britain, while the ghosts that conduct Scrooge through his nights of penance looked like garishly done-up mortals, rarely achieving the grotesque qualities of the nightmare Dickens crafted.
Zemeckis' "Carol" swoops through London, from birds-eye views of the city's sprawl to claustrophobic tours of the dingiest streets. Scrooge's trek back to his boyhood is a dizzy flight from the city to the countryside. Even the lighting is authentic to the era.
"The other thing that's very subtle that just excited me no end was being able to light the whole movie with candlelight," Zemeckis said. "How great is that? Because we know there were only two forms of light. There was overcast sunlight and candlelight, firelight. That's how the world looked in those days."
Carrey – who does Scrooge at every age, from boy to young man to old skinflint – also plays the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come, each spirit spectral and creepy in a way that past adaptations rarely managed.


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Oklahoma State DC Glenn Spencer still wants more quality depth
One of Oklahoma State defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer's primary goals in the final days before the Cowboys' season opener against Mississippi State in Houston? Continue to build quality depth at certain positions.
Which positions, exactly? Spencer wouldn't specify. Defensive end and cornerback seem like the obvious spots, though solidifying third-teamers at defensive tackle, middle linebacker and weakside linebacker would appear to be priorities, too.
Spencer, like others, have stressed the importance of keeping guys fresh when the defense is on the field for so many plays when facing the Big 12′s up-tempo offenses. He doesn't want to see his core players on the field for 1,000 snaps this season.
"I can tell right now where they're at," Spencer said of the spots that need more depth, "and I know I'm probably more worried about that than (anything). Everybody's probably saying, 'Why are you so hard on this backup?' Because I know what's coming down the road in Week 8, 9 and 10.
"That's why I'm so concerned about a backup and his development, because I know we're gonna have to count on him. Right now, he's probably sitting there going, 'I'm not going to play. They don't count on me that much.' And they are so wrong. They just have no idea what it's going to be like."


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The problem i'm having is that the data adapter is looking at only the first row in each column to determine the data type. In my case the first column "SKU" is numbers for the first 500 rows then I happen to have SKU's which are mixed numbers and letters. So what ends up happening is rows in the SKU column are left blank, but I still get the other information for each column row.
I believe it is the connection string that controls that and with my current settings it should work, however it is not.
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conn.ConnectionString = @"Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\Pricing2.xlsx" + @";Extended Properties=""Excel 12.0 Xml;HDR=Yes;IMEX=1;ImportMixedTypes=Text;TypeGuessRows=0""";
Should be the important keywords, look at 0 rows and just use text as the value types for everything.
The "bandaid" I have put on this is to make the first row in the spreadsheet a mixture of letters and numbers and specifically leave that row out in my query.


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Pirente Sentenced to 168 Months in Federal Prison for Distribution of Child Pornography
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SALT LAKE CITY—Jeffrey David Pirente, age 44, of Saratoga Springs, will serve 168 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to distribution of child pornography. Pirente had more than 600 images of child pornography on his computer and admitted using an advanced peer-to-peer network to send the images to others.
U.S. District Judge David Nuffer, who imposed the sentence Monday in federal court, also ordered Pirente to serve 240 months of supervised release when he completes his federal prison sentence. Pirente also must pay $1,000 in restitution to an identified victim of the crime. Final restitution will be determined at a later hearing.
In a sentencing memorandum filed with the court, federal prosecutors urged the court to issue a sentence within the federal sentencing guideline range given the defendant's egregious conduct. Prosecutors argued for a sentence of 180 months, near the high end of the sentencing guideline range, and supervision for life. The sentence imposed by the court was within the sentencing guideline range.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Carol Dain wrote in the sentencing memorandum that "Pirente admitted to distributing child pornography, and, in many chats, he attempted to gain access to other individuals' folders by obtaining passwords. He organized his files, which included sadistic images of prepubescent children. He has sought out and traded sadistic, disturbing, and vile images of the rape and torture of children, using an advanced peer-to-peer network. He should be held accountable for all of his criminal conduct." Dain said Pirente used the advance file sharing program to share his collection with as many as 153 other individuals and exchanged chats with those individuals for months.
Pirente was indicted in August 2011 on distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography following an investigation that started with law enforcement authorities working in an undercover capacity online in Colorado and New York. The Saratoga Springs Police Department and the FBI in Salt Lake City continued the investigation. He pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography in February 2012.


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We've all heard the stories of the friend from business or law school that left their full time job to go independent and is now making twice the money they were in house in half the hours as a consultant. Every working mom yearning for more flexibility has thought about striking out on their own at least once. We talked to Robbie Baxter, the President and Founder of Peninsula Strategies, who runs a thriving online strategy consulting practice in 30 hours a week to hear her story. (Yes, one of those women we all envy.) She says that consulting may not be the right path for everyone, but if you have the skills and the confidence, it offers the panacea of the working mom, challenging work, scheduling flexibility and significant income potential. Here is Robbie's story and her advice for those of you thinking of striking it out on your own.
Robbie didn't dive into consulting. She took her time getting wet. Now, four years later, she confidently calling herself a consultant and leading a thriving practice—and it's a path she's happy to have taken.
Maybe it was lucky maybe unlucky, but while she was on maternity leave after the birth of her second child, MyCFO, the start-up where Robbie was Director of Brand Marketing laid off most of the marketing department, including Robbie. She was relieved. She had been working 60 hours a week, plus evenings for email, and couldn't imagine doing that with a 12 week old and a 3 year old at home. She was also panicked. She hadn't planned on leaving the workforce—"I always saw myself having a career" Robbie says. And she didn't know anyone who seemed to have a good part-time gig. Beyond that, even if she found something part time, working half-time (for half-pay) would force Robbie and her family to change their lifestyle, something they were reluctant to do.
Robbie had heard a rumor that a woman from her business school class had gone independent, was working two-thirds time and making more than she had been earning as a Director of Product Management at a good-sized company. Although she didn't know her really well, Robbie gathered her courage (she was desperate) and called the alum, laying out her situation in graphic detail. Robbie asked her every dumb, rude, obvious question she could think of:
• How do you charge for your work? • Who are your clients? • How did they find you? • What specifically do you do for them? • How do you pay taxes? • Do you need to be a corporation? • What are the legal/business issues? • What kind of computer do you have? • Do you need a laptop or desktop? Do you need a laser printer? • Do you have to have a work line or is a cell phone OK? • How did you make your website? Can you help me make mine?
The alum was nice enough to answer them all, patiently (and Robbie is generally happy to answer the same questions for new consultants). This consultant confirmed the rumors about her success, described every little detail of her business, and gave Robbie enough information that she felt comfortable enough to try consulting. Robbie gave herself 3 months to find a project, and gave herself a low bar: " If someone in the marketing department at a company would pay me over $X/hour, for something qualifying as marketing (I wouldn't walk their dog, for example—I have my pride) I would do it--and re-evaluate in 90 days."
The first 30 days went by and she got 2 small projects—the first was for options only at a pre-funding startup and lasted one week, so it really didn't count (no $) the second was a 6 week marketing communications project—not her strength, but hey—they paid her and seemed happy with the work. Late in her 3rd month a friend called and asked her to do a 2 week project at a large public company with him. That project turned into 2 years of work at the company, and over 12 discrete projects.
At that point, Robbie evaluated and decided to commit for another 3 years. She focused her message, invested in a website, and started actively networking. That was 4 years ago. She can't imagine doing anything else now.
Today, she has a thriving consulting practice. She has childcare from 8-4, M-Th with a goal of spending about 20 of those hours on work. The rest of the time is for errands, breakfast dishes and family business. There are bad days and good days, but definitely more good than bad. She earns more than she ever did in a corporate job, and she loves nearly everything about her business—especially:
• The hours • The flexibility • Variety of projects • Fact that every project is really needed (or they wouldn't come up with budget) • The luxury of being paid to tell the truth—no politics in sight • Being an entrepreneur
Will Robbie ever go back to corporate America? She doesn't think so. She has found a way to add value, make a living and challenge herself in a way that is inspiring and more fun than she ever imagined.
Robbie Kellman Baxter is the President and Founder of Peninsula Strategies [1], a Silicon Valley-based strategy consulting firm. Robbie helps companies evaluate growth opportunities by examining the competitive landscape, by analyzing the industry as a whole, and by talking with prospects and customers. Robbie honed her analytical skills as a consultant in Booz-Allen & Hamilton, and has had key roles at a number of Silicon Valley startups, including Edify (now S1), ePronet, and most recently at myCFO, an online wealth management firm serving the very affluent, where Robbie established and built the marketing function as an early member of the management team. Her clients, who range from startups to industry leaders, have included Netflix, Yahoo, PayCycle, Zoomerang, Sun Microsystems, and Oracle. Robbie graduated with honors from Harvard College and received her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.A longtime resident of the Peninsula, Robbie lives with her husband Bob and three children aged 8, 5, and 2.