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Last year began with reports of government bailouts, plunging stocks, a high unemployment rate, and the worst recession this country has seen in decades. It also began with a new administration promising change.
As 2010 begins, not much has changed. Last month, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced that the Obama administration extended the $700 billion financial bailout program until October to prevent further turmoil in the banking system. The national unemployment rate was at 10 percent, according to figures released last month, and 15.4 million people were out of a job.
Although some experts have said that the recession is coming to a close, some signs have indicated otherwise, and that is not good news for the club industry, which is dependent on employed people with resources for club memberships and services.
"With 15 million lost jobs now, I still think we are a ways away from saying we are close to turning the economy around," says Mark Mastrov, co-founder of New Evolution Fitness Co., Lafayette, CA, and the founder of 24 Hour Fitness. "I see 2010 as pretty much the same as 2009. Consumer confidence is growing, but slowly."
Two other club industry insiders say that the economy — and the fitness club industry — will not show signs of rebounding until the third or fourth quarter of this year, at the earliest. Rick Caro, president of Management Vision, New York, says high unemployment is one of the main factors affecting the industry.
"If I'm in Detroit, and it's [about] 30 percent unemployment, it's unlikely that it's going to get down to 15 percent unemployment just because 2010 arrives," Caro says. However, even if unemployment is still high but companies start hiring again, then that would be a specific signal that a turnaround is occurring.
"But I think it's going to take more than the first two quarters before this industry is really going to see any kind of positive benefit," Caro says.
Michael Scott Scudder of the fitness business education Web site CMETO.com says the current recession is reminiscent of the recession of the early 1990s. Just when everyone thought it was OK to declare that recession over, the industry had one of its worst years.
"Our industry got clobbered in the final year of that recession, even as the economy was in fact bottoming and slowly turning up," Scudder says. "I expect much the same in 2010."
Success in 2010 may depend mostly on keeping attrition levels low and attracting new members or bringing back former members. According to the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA), between April and June of 2009, there were 1 1/2 times as many former club members (19 percent) in the United States than current members (12 percent). The rest (69 percent), of course, have never been a member of a health club.
"Most clubs do not really understand why members leave," Caro says. "Attrition is not going to decrease until clubs make changes, changes in understanding what the members are really thinking, and changes in how they re-present the club if they want to bring former members back. A club offering just an amnesty opportunity — come back and we'll waive the initiation fee or enrollment fee — is not enough."
Even though club operators are well aware of the continued economic troubles they will face in 2010, a few of them expressed some optimism in terms of their operations going forward.
A comparison of the last two State of the Industry surveys conducted by Club Industry shows that club operators are less likely to expand this year than they were last year, are willing to spend more on equipment, expect membership levels to remain the same and expect a higher average revenue.
In Club Industry's 2010 State of the Industry report, 25 percent of club operators surveyed said they plan to expand their facilities in the next 12 months. Respondents with two or more clubs (43 percent) are twice as likely to expand as a single-club operator (20 percent). By comparison, in 2009, 33 percent said they would expand in the next 12 months.
Forty-five percent of those who plan to expand in 2010 will do so by expanding their existing building, 42 percent plan to open a new location, 16 percent said they would move to a larger building and 13 percent said they would acquire another club.
"The capital markets are still pretty much shut down, so I do not see a lot of growth in the high-end sector," Mastrov says about club expansion.
Fitness facility operators are willing to spend more on equipment this year than they were last year, according to the survey. Club operators plan to spend an average of $53,169 in the next 12 months, with operators of two or more facilities spending an average of $130,757 in that time frame. In 2009, club operators were willing to spend an average of $50,932 overall — $93,250 for those with two or more clubs.
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However, equipment spending plans for the next five years dropped this year compared to 2009. In the 2010 report, club operators said they plan to spend an average of $134,282 overall for the next five years, and $229,297 for two or more clubs. Those numbers are down from last year's report, when club operators said they planned to spend an average of $149,430 overall and $235,641 for multi-location clubs for the next five years.
Club operators are optimistic about membership increases in 2010. About 57 percent of those surveyed expect an increase in memberships in 2010 compared to 58 percent in 2009. The biggest difference is in the number of multi-club operators who expect an increase (67 percent in 2010 vs. 52 percent in 2009).
The good news is that fewer club operators expect a decrease in membership levels compared to a year ago. Only 6 percent of 2010 respondents predict a decrease compared to 12 percent in 2009. About 36 percent of 2010 respondents say levels will remain the same compared to 30 percent in 2009.
Revenue projections are somewhat encouraging from this year's survey respondents. About 54 percent say 2010 revenue will increase over 2009 revenue, 34 percent say it will stay the same and about 8 percent say it will decrease. The average 2009 expected revenue is $1.28 million for 2010 respondents ($2.59 million for multi-club operators). About 37 percent say their expected 2009 revenue is more than their 2008 revenue, 33 percent say it's the same and 27 percent say it's less.
In 2009, 53 percent of respondents expected their revenue would increase from the previous year, 29 percent said it would stay the same, and 18 percent anticipated a decrease. The projected 2008 revenue was an average of $949,395 overall ($1.78 million for multi-club operators). About 44 percent of respondents said their 2008 revenue was more than 2007, while 34 percent said it was the same and 18 percent said it was less.
"I do see revenues being slightly above 2009, but nowhere near the prior years," Mastrov says. "Attrition will remain the same as we saw in 2009, higher than the previous years."
The keys to surviving and thriving in the club industry this year, experts say, are pretty much the same as they were last year when the recession hit the industry. Club operators need to focus on attrition, cut back on expenses, initiate new programs and think outside the box. The smart operators, Scudder says, are the ones who have reduced expenses while at the same time increased general membership services.
Last month, the American Council on Exercise (ACE) released its top trends for 2010. Some of those trends include group training, exergaming, programs for Baby Boomers and functional training. (See sidebar on page 25.) Many of the trends are affected by members' tighter budgets and more hectic schedules, ACE reports.
Caro says club operators should not worry about national statistics and surveys. Instead, they should focus on their surrounding environs. They should do more research on their current and prospective members, take into account the area's unemployment rate and factor in the number of competitive clubs within about a 3-mile radius.
"The message has been for all clubs that they need to study, study, study and focus on their own numbers in their own backyard," Caro says. "Find out if the largest employer in town is laying off people. That may have an impact on them. They need to do more member research and find out what their members are really thinking and what their level of interest is in the club. That often involves regular surveys and other kinds of research."
Club operators need to examine how they attracted their members and focus on what marketing tools worked, Caro adds. They also need to have a sharper eye when it comes to cutting costs and focus on their bottom line every day rather than evaluating their operations month to month.
"What that will lead to is a lot timelier decision-making, being a little more proactive, reading the early signals and feeling like we're much more in control," Caro says.
The first quarter of 2010 will be a good gauge for the club industry, Scudder says. If the economy is still struggling over the next two to three months, many clubs will shut their doors, he says.
"If membership sales are not up versus 2009 first quarter, that will be three years in a row of down membership sales in the key first quarter and will be a determining factor in how our industry fares for the rest of the year," Scudder says. "I personally don't look for too much in 2010 in terms of rebound of our industry. I think it will come in 2011 and beyond."
Clubs with financial resources will survive in 2010. These clubs, especially independent and multipurpose clubs, could take advantage of real-estate opportunities that weren't present in a more stable economy, Caro says. Small, franchised clubs that do not cost as much to operate also have room to grow, he adds.
Struggling clubs in 2010 will have the same types of problems that struggling clubs had in 2009. They may be in an oversaturated market or may not be differentiated enough from their competitors. These clubs may be poorly capitalized, may have difficult landlords and may struggle to get financing from banks, Caro says.
Scudder adds that now is a good time for the industry to step back from the traditional way of doing business and bring in new ideas. The move to a "wellness" model will begin to emerge in the industry this year, Scudder predicts, and it will be a better fit for members.
"With an economy predicted not to rebound in any serious fashion until at least third quarter 2010, it could be a very rough time for the now-old-fashioned fitness business," Scudder says. "I also look for some outstanding new entrepreneurs to emerge with totally different ideas about pricing, delivery of services, and how to take care of customers. All are way overdue."
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ACE's Top 10 Fitness Trends for 2010
Exercisers will keep time and money in mind when they arrange their fitness regimens in 2010, according to the American Council on Exercise's (ACE) list of fitness trends for the year. The list was based on the organization's annual survey of personal trainers, group fitness experts, advanced health and fitness specialists, and lifestyle and weight management consultants.
Tighter budgets and hectic schedules also will bear more unique and efficient workouts, ACE reports.
The following are ACE's Top 10 trends for 2010:
1. Cost-conscious workouts at fitness clubs and at home: The impact of the economy continues to affect the choices of fitness enthusiasts and health clubs alike. Gyms will alter programming and training to better serve the needs of the cost-conscious member, while in-home workouts utilizing small, portable fitness equipment will be popular among individuals watching their budgets.
2. Group training: Individuals will scale back on personal training sessions to take advantage of small-group training and group class participation as another way to save on expenses. Health clubs may alter some programs to better suit the needs of larger groups. Likewise, individuals may find that the group setting offers additional motivation and support of their fitness efforts.
3. Time-efficient workouts for the time-pressured American: Shorter yet higher-intensity workouts will be more appealing to those with busy schedules because they can reap significant fitness rewards with relatively minimal time investment. Boot-camp style workouts will continue to be one of the most popular of these trends in 2010. Circuit training will also be a time-efficient workout of choice due to its combined strength and endurance activities.
4. Exergaming: Exergames will continue to climb in popularity and be taken to the next level: fitness clubs. By integrating fitness-based video games into their programming, clubs will offer unique exercise sessions for game-lovers and those looking for variety within their workouts.
5. Boomer-specific programs: Special fitness programming for aging adults will remain a strong trend next year. Growing numbers of Boomers recognize the multitude of benefits that come along with regular exercise participation, from lowering blood pressure and cholesterol to maintaining one's functional independence and overall well-being.
6. Functional training workouts: Functional training workouts will increase in variety, including popular suspension training tools. The portability and time-efficiency of these workouts will appeal to people looking to stay fit at home, the office, the gym or while traveling.
7. Health and fitness awareness: The importance of health and fitness is gaining greater awareness among commercial and governmental organizations. There will be a strong movement towards collaboration between these groups and health and fitness organizations throughout the new year. These diverse groups will work together in the fight against physical inactivity and obesity.
8. Importance of proper professional credentials: Health and fitness clubs are recognizing the need for, and the importance of, hiring trainers who hold high-quality, reputable professional credentials.
9. Specialty exercise classes: Specialty classes such as ethnic dance, hooping, pole dancing and Zumba will remain popular due in part to the continued success of shows such as "Dancing with the Stars" and "So You Think You Can Dance." Fusion-type classes will be popular among fitness enthusiasts who want to switch up their typical workout programs.
10. Fitness training tools: Technology is continuing to infiltrate the fitness world. The use of tracking and online training and scheduling tools will increase in the coming year with more people looking to better gauge their progress by accessing and monitoring details of their fitness programs.
Source: American Council on Exercise
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Trends in University Fitness for 2010
The following are some of the broad trends that several university recreation center professionals are noticing in the areas of fitness programming, services, facilities and management:
Fitness Programming
Dance: Zumba is "replacing the kickboxing craze," says Tamra Garstka, director of campus recreation, Student Recreation Complex at Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe, AZ. "In fact, all of the various dance programs—salsa, ballroom, Latin—are really popular here at ASU."
Mind-body: These programs are "growing more and more every year," Garstka says. "This speaks, I think, to the stress that many of today's students are feeling."
Personal training: Personal training sometimes encompasses small groups, such as 10 students to one trainer during a session. "This enhances camaraderie, too, so we encourage that development," Garstka says.
Team sports: Doug Milder, director of campus recreation, Idaho State University (ISU), Pocatello, ID, says, "Our intramural sports numbers are still strong and growing, even with increased fees."
Social opportunities: ASU's recreation center now runs movies and other programs that foster social engagement opportunities for students, Garstka says.
Wellness programs: ISU has a renewed focus on wellness services. Some health services departments at the university will run programs out of ISU's new recreation facility, which will open this spring or summer, Milder says.
Massage and swim lessons: "I thought that those fee-based services would suffer in this economy, but they are actually increasing," Milder says.
Nutrition classes:Howard Taylor, director of the division of recreational sports, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, says nutrition classes are popular at Purdue's recreation center. "I believe they will continue to grow in popularity for students," Taylor says.
Employee-wellness initiatives: Maureen McGonagle, director of campus recreation, Ray Meyer Fitness and Recreation Center at DePaul University, Chicago, says employee wellness initiatives are becoming a higher priority for universities whether in programming options, incentive-based participation, and/or dedicated spaces for university employees."
Lounge areas: Joseph Lore, director of the department of recreation services, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, says students want more places to relax in the recreation center, such as coffee and juice bars and WiFi hotspots.
Green building:LEED-certified construction/green building and sustainable operating initiatives are important to today's students, many rec center managers say. As such, many of the new facilities currently under construction use environmentally sound materials and principles.
Increased use of technology: University recreation centers are using today's social networking technologies to assist in areas such as membership services, advertising and communication, McGonagle says. Other university rec center managers say that today's techno-generation of students generally love anything high-tech to keep them distracted while they exercise.
Efficiency: "There are fewer people running facilities these days," Milder says. "The design of several new facilities is reflecting that and will save the centers on operating costs." As one example, some new and renovated facilities are putting the equipment rental spaces behind the front desk instead of in a separate—and separately manned—area of the rec center.
Accountability and entrepreneurial practices: McGonagle says that university recreation departments are bearing a larger responsibility for financing their own operations, either through program fees, expanded membership bases, corporate sponsorship, and/or development programs.
Private-partnership financing: "This was a trend in [university] housing 10 to 15 years ago," McGonagle says, "and it is now being considered more for recreation because there is less flexibility with capital spending than in the past."
Community fitness: Milder says that more people in the surrounding community of a university are using rec centers. "This is especially so in areas of the country where the commercial clubs are under-serving the community," he says. –Donna Loyle, contributing writer


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When it comes to alternative assets, investors and their advisors need to proceed with caution. AdvisorOne's recent piece, "Top 10 Dangers of Alternative Investments," was a good reminder of what might go wrong.
The experience of 57,000 PENSCO clients and their financial advisors suggests that much can also go right. As a custodian of alternative investments in retirement accounts, PENSCO has seen a rapid growth in alternatives over the past few years as investors and advisors seek to enhance return, lower risk, realize tax benefits, broaden investment options and improve client satisfaction. In that spirit, here are our top five reasons to invest in alternative assets:
1. Better Risk Management
Alternative assets offer investments that are not correlated to the returns of traditional, liquid investments. That typically leads to better return with less volatility. When a traditional portfolio of stocks, bonds and cash includes alternative assets, investors can realize a higher blended rate of return with lower volatility. Thus, when U.S. large-cap or small-cap equities are headed south, direct investments in an Argentinian fish farm, a multifamily housing complex or a global hedge fund may offer the diversification needed to mitigate a shock to the portfolio.
2. Enhanced Investment Performance
Alternative investments in direct investments and pooled funds remain among the top performers in the investment universe. After a decade of lost stock market performance, that's critical. According to J.P. Morgan Asset Management, the expected annualized compound return over 10 to 15 years is 8.25% for U.S. private equity, 7% for (unlevered) direct real estate, 8% for global infrastructure funds and 7% for diversified hedge funds.
The projected return over the same period for such traditional assets as U.S. large-cap stocks is 7.75%, and 8.25% for both mid-cap and small-cap stocks. When both traditional and alternative investments are part of an allocation plan, a portfolio can perform in up and down markets with less risk, as measured in terms of volatility.
3. Tax Benefits
Although few individual investors realize it, alternative assets can be held in retirement accounts and thus benefit from being tax advantaged. Alternative investments can be held in a traditional IRA, Roth IRA, SEP-IRA, Solo (k), 401(k) for sole proprietors and other types of qualified plans. Many investors frequently roll over 401(k) distributions into a retirement account.
Increasingly, many retirement savers are opening a Roth IRA to invest in alternative investments to allow high growth potential investments to realize tax-free distributions. Given the historical performance of alternatives, that's a potentially significant benefit for investors. 4. Expanded Choice
In a well-diversified portfolio, alternatives give investors more ways to invest and find exceptional value or alpha. Direct investment alternatives provide an almost unlimited number of choices that can draw on the client's business expertise or field of knowledge.
Direct investments can include private equity of every flavor, real estate, precious metals and notes, among others. All of those assets can also be placed in a tax-deferred account, except for an S corporation, arts, collectibles, life insurance and "prohibited transactions" that prevent investors from having direct control of the asset. Pooled or managed funds from investment sponsors provide an equally wide array of domestic and global choices. Whether inside or outside of a retirement account, both direct and managed alternatives provide a broader range of options for advisors and their clients.
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There's one other key reason for advisors to put client assets in alternatives: If they don't, clients may look for another advisor. Demand for alternative investments is accelerating because investors want capital appreciation after a long period of meager equity returns. Conversely, those who serve as a trusted advisor and help clients conduct proper due diligence on alternative investments can strengthen client relationships. Few business development programs are better than happy clients who make referrals.
Financial advisors can play a big part in an alternatives strategy, particularly with direct investments. A financial advisor can help an individual prevent errors of judgment and potentially root out fraudulent investments. If they bring their wisdom and experience to bear, advisors and their clients all stand to benefit.
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New team event for Olympic figure skating could be U.S. gold mine
BOSTON >> It was among the more riveting moments in Olympic history.
With her sprained left ankle wrapped in a heavy bandage, U.S. gymnast Kerri Strug had no choice but to land her second vault to clinch the coveted team gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games. So Strug clenched her jaw, ran full throttle down the runway, propelled herself over the apparatus, stuck the landing and immediately pulled her foot up because the pain was so searing.
Her jubilant coach carried her off in his arms, a pint-sized conquering heroine whose grit won Olympic gold and made household names of the 1996 U.S. gymnastics team, forever known as the Magnificent Seven.
Thats the kind of magic that figure-skating hopes to capture in adding a new discipline the team medal to the Olympic Games in Sochi.
I think the more skating, the better, said David Raith, executive director of U.S. Figure Skating, Thursday at Bostons TD Garden, where the 2014 U.S. Figure Skating Championships got underway in earnest.
This time last year, Raith boldly predicted that the United States would win gold in the inaugural team event. But given the strong showing by skaters from Canada and Japan on the international stage this past season, Raith has tempered that projection, saying that he felt U.S. skaters would finish atop the podium and should contend for gold.
Ten countries qualified to compete for the team medal in Sochi Britain, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Ukraine and the United States.
In the format, each team will designate one man, one woman, one pair and one dance couple to compete their short programs on Feb. 6, the day before the Opening Ceremonies, with points awarded for each performance. The five countries with the lowest combined totals will be eliminated.
The five top-scoring countries will then send out a skater or skating duo in each of the four disciplines to perform their long programs on Feb. 8 and 9. Countries will be allowed to make substitutions, choosing a different skater to compete the long program. The countries with the top combined points win gold, silver and bronze, accordingly.
Canadas strength is the mens and ice dance disciplines, with three-time and defending world champion Patrick Chan the favorite for the mens gold medal and Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir reigning Olympic champions in dance.
Japan is strong in singles, boasting 2010 Olympic silver medalist Mao Asada and a deep field of top-ranked men.
And the United States expects strong performances from its women, particularly Ashley Wagner, who is seeking her third consecutive U.S. championship here, and ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White, the 2010 Olympic silver medalists.
Not all skaters are happy about the decision to contest the Olympic team medal before the individual events theyve trained for most of their lives.
But Wagner, 22, is all in, brushing off suggestions that helping the United States win a team medal could tire her out, risk injury or otherwise compromise her goal of a womens medal, assuming shes named to the Sochi-bound team on Sunday, as expected.
I think this is only going to enhance my Olympic experience, Wagner said of the team event this week. Its an extra opportunity to get onto that Olympic ice and kind of get your feet wet. With the camaraderie that exists on the team, I think itll be so cool to go out and compete with your friends.
With less than one month to go before Sochi, the 2014 U.S. Figure Skating Championships serves two purposes: To crown national champions in womens, mens, pairs and ice dance and to settle the Sochi-bound Olympic team.
The 15-skater roster will be announced Sunday, consisting of three womens singles skaters, two men, three ice-dance couples and two pairs. The United States has won at least one Olympic figure-skating medal at every Olympics since 1948.
After Thursdays pairs short programs, Boston-area favorite Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir stood in first place (73.13 points), followed by Felicia Zhang and Nathan Bartholomay (66/50.)
Earlier Thursday, Maryland natives Lorraine McNamara and Quinn Carpenter won the silver medal in the junior ice dance competition. McNamara, 13, is from Germantown; Carpenter, 16, from Wheaton. And siblings Rachel and Michael Parsons of Rockville, Md., who are 16 and 18 respectively, claimed the bronze medal.


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The Brautigan phenomenon, California filtered through Brautigan, has been working itself out, in prose and verse, for several years now. How far has it got, and where is it going? Like the hitchhikers who stand beside Route 1 thumbing rides simultaneously in both directions, it is a distinctive phenomenon which is hard to assess. Still, Brautigan has now moved publishers—whether up, down, or sideways—from City Lights Press to Simon and Schuster, and the occasion is obviously ripe for inquiry.
We begin by distinguishing: on the one hand there is Brautigan's poetry, on the other Brautigan's prose. About the poetry, I can't pretend to offer a very assured judgment. There is a great deal of it, and I haven't seen it all. What I have seen is in a minor key: it comes on rather like the more playful poems of e. e. cummings. There are lots of lively small poems on small, occasional topics; considerable charm, a nicely understated wit—it is deft writing, and that, for a poet, is not much of a compliment.
One of the best things about this poetry is that it doesn't try very hard. Its metaphors drop neatly into place without any agony of thought or torment of feeling. The largest statements I have seen the poet undertake verge on sentimentality ("The Galilee Hitch-Hiker") or nostalgia ("1942"); a good deal of what he turns out is what used to be called jeux d'esprit, vers de circonstance, or some other French name implying more sauce than substance.
A nice, medium-sized Brautigan poem, by which the general tenor of his verse can be gauged, is "The Return of the Rivers":
All the rivers run into the sea;
yet the sea is not full;
unto the place from whence the rivers come,
thither they return again.
It is raining today
in the mountains.
It is a warm green rain
with love
in its pockets
for spring is here,
and does not dream
of death.
Birds happen music
like clocks ticking heavens
in a land
where children love spiders,
and let them sleep
in their hair.
A slow rain sizzles
on the river
like a pan
full of frying flowers,
and with each drop
of rain
the ocean
begins again.
It is elegantly balanced verse, on a theme that the author himself announces as commonplace, but that he redeems into (at most) charm by a set of carefully graduated metaphors, from the cheap use of "love" early on to the pointedly anti-poetical "pan full of frying flowers" at the end, dropped in to make sure we don't take the dreamy tone too seriously.
The prose pieces (one can't call them novels or even fictions—they may well go down in literary history as Brautigans) now number four, and to this reader's taste, they are much more impressive than the poetry. But they are not easy to…
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I have yet to talk to a cloud provider that doesn't emphasize the security of its services. So it should come as no surprise that when I talked to executives overseeing IBM's cloud efforts last week at the company's Partnership Leadership Conference in New Orleans, security was a critical part of the conversation.
IBM's cloud security framework brings together assets from its Tivoli security software business and Rational development tools unit, as well as its identity management and data security approaches embedded into its servers, storage and various software offerings ranging from development tools to middleware and its business analytics software.
But when it comes to SmartCloud Enterprise, the company's public cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), IBM's approach to security begins with a simple prerequisite: You must be a known customer before it will host your data, explained Rich Lechner, vice president of cloud for IBM's Global Technology Services business.
"An individual can't simply sign up with a credit card," Lechner said. "The reason being, in a multitenant environment like that, part of the security model says you have to know who else is in the building. "A lot of other cloud providers don't offer that level of security. They are not managing or ensuring the identity of the other tenants."
Lechner acknowledged that this extra process has a downside. "It slows the on-boarding process because you now have to validate the client, but we believe, and our clients believe, that the benefits in terms of security outweigh the negatives of the slower on-boarding process."
Lechner also said IBM is using cloud technologies to power its global Security Operations Center (SOC), which he said tracks 5 billion security events daily. Hundreds of researchers who collaborate via this cloud discover between 50 and 300 brand-new, never-before-seen threats worldwide, Lechner said. They assess, identify and resolve those threats and provide inoculations and distribute them to IBM's 2,000 managed services clients, usually within 24 hours. Known threats are inoculated typically within minutes, according to Lechner.
"It's an interesting utilization of the cloud, in the sense that it leverages the processing, analytical and global reach."
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Cable and fiber optic (FTTH/B) are the leading technology platforms for fixed subscriptions to carry high-speed data traffic. FTTH/B is the fastest growing technology that enables digital high definition streams; subscriptions that use this technology are expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.0% during the forecast period.
Increased usage of mobile data services and M2M cards will drive mobile subscription growth
Growth in mobile subscriptions remains strong, despite a high mobile penetration rate of 130%. Mobile subscriptions increased at a CAGR of 6.1% from 330.7 million in 2012 to 419.6 million in 2016, and are expected to grow with a CAGR of 3.2% during the forecast period, to reach 490.5 million by 2021.
– Risk/Reward Index – enables you to assess the risks and potential rewards of investing in the US Telecommunications market in comparison with other North American countries.
– Industry Snapshot and Industry View – Key Telecommunications Industry Statistics including fixed/mobile revenue, subscriptions, churn, market share, and ARPS are analyzed to reveal the key issues and trends driving market performance in the US Telecommunications market.
– Industry SWOT Analysis – Discover the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats impacting market performance and investment in the US Telecommunications market.
– Industry Benchmarking – Benchmark how the US Telecommunications market is performing compared to regional and global markets in terms of fixed or mobile revenue, subscriptions, ARPS, penetration, and usage to gauge potential for growth or market entry.
– Competitive Landscape – Analyze and compare the performance of the leading players in the US Telecommunications market by business segment on metrics such as such as churn, ARPU, and subscriber and revenue growth.
Reasons to buy
– Have technological advances drastically changed the face of the Telecommunications industry?
– How is the market performing in terms of: Revenues, Subscribers, ARPU, and Customer Churn?
– How risky is it to invest in the US Telecommunications industry compared to other North American countries?
– What is driving the performance of key industry segments such as Voice, Data, Prepaid, Postpaid, Broadband, and IPTV?
– Who are the leading players in the US Telecommunications industry and how does their performance compare?
– What trends are being witnessed within the US Telecommunications industry?
– How will the breakdown for mobile connection technologies look by 2021?
– What are the US Telecommunications industry's Strengths and Weaknesses and what Opportunities and Threats does it face?
– How has the financial deals landscape changed in 2015 and 2016?
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Ken Lewis, the embattled CEO of Bank of America Corp., is leaving the company after a year of strife that followed his bank's acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co., but it's not like he's going to be hard up for cash.
The embroiled businessman will end up walking out with $53 million in pension benefits, according to Fortune. That means he'll get about $3.5 million a year for the rest of his life – not bad considering the people who bought stocks in his company have lost a ton.
The bank got rid of employment contracts and golden parachutes nearly 10 years ago, but Lewis' fine funds stem from a decades-old pension program that enabled execs to accumulate benefits they'd get in the form of annuity payments once they retired.
Lewis gets to sail into the sunset with the most dough from this program, but Vice Chairman James Hance, who retired in 2005, didn't do too poorly for himself either. He got an annual payment of $2.7 million, according to Fortune.
BofA, of course, elected to freeze the pension program when its stocks went in the toilet as part of an effort to better match executive compensation with shareholder returns. The bank's stock is worth less than half of what it was a year ago.
But the switch came too late to impact the fortune Lewis had amassed. He's managed to accrue more than $50 million in the executive pay plan over more than a decade.
Oh, and the bank also owes him some $10 million in deferred compensation, reports Fortune. And then there's the $8 million he's due in restricted stock and stock options.
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Spring is here, when a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of... old records!
Well, what did you expect? I'm not such a young man any more. Anyway, here's the May edition of Pilsner's Picks.
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You may have noticed that this year, April Fool's Day and Easter fall on the same day. I won't get into the the theological implications of this, but it's an excellent opportunity to resurrect some good old tunes, and I guarantee that none of them will lay an egg.
Yes, it's the April Pilsner's Picks!…
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As March marches in like a March hare (but without any marching band music), it's time to march to a different drummer (or several of them). Yes, it's the March edition of Pilsner's Picks!
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February has arrived; and with it, thoughts of love and romance bloom as Valentine's Day approaches. Do I hear the faint beating of Cupid's wings outside my window? No, it's probably just a pigeon, as usual.
In any case, as is our long-standing tradition, Pilsner's Picks presents a February bouquet of love songs. They range, as always, from the sublime to the ridiculous— and we leave it to the listener to decide…Continue
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With some hot music from Pilsner Panther! Happy New Year to all!
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As another year winds down, I wind up the old Victrola again— with the December edition of Pilsner's Picks!
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Well, gang, when we last saw Pilsner Panther, he was lost in the trackless wastes of the internet, blinded by the lack of a monitor due to a power supply blowout— gadzooks!
So there was no October playlist, and I hadn't missed a single month since the Panther Brewing Company was launched way back in 2001, as a feature page on someone else's vintage comedy film website. Eventually, I spun it off on its own, which is boring old story that I don't care to go…
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Last month at this time I said that I was "sweating it it out," but that was nothing! Right now where I live, it's a hundred and eight degrees, breaking all existing local temperature records.
Panthers, however, are used to tropical and jungle climates, so I've still managed to perspire through preparing a September playlist. Some of these tunes might make you feel like shaking your jelly roll, but I'm just going to sit very still and drink some chilled…
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Pilsner's Picks has both delirium and hallucinations this month— which might have something to do with the consistent 90-degree days we've been having in this neck of the woods. In any case, here's some hot music to go with the hot weather.
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We temporarily interrupt President The Donald's endless tweeting to present— the July Pilsner's Picks!
The ol' Panther hardly ever gets any requests, but recently there was one for Jimmy Durante, so the immortal Schnozzola is in the mix this month, along with the usual eclectic selections (or selectic eclections, if you prefer). "Hot cha cha cha cha!"
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It's been a long time coming, my explanation of what "Dieselpunk" is and why it's the most important genre of them all. And since I've been asked this question a lot, I have a lot of practice and because of the work I've done, I've become an accidental authority on what is, and what isn't dieselpunk. I've been a dieselpunk long before there ever was a word "dieselpunk," and I've seen many other names for it come and go along the way, too. But for now, since "Dieselpunk" is the name of…Continue
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We got good news, great news... And some bad news. And then The Best News.
The good news is, Not much is going change. What you see here is pretty much what you're going to get when this continues when I take this over in a mere custodial mode.
Dieselpunks.org isn't MY site. I don't own it... I am merely the custodian of it.
Hopefully, you'll be able to view "Dieselpunks" two ways - via this URL or as thefedorachronicles.com/dieselpunks... the choice is…Continue
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And now, the moment that at least half a dozen of you have been waiting for— presenting the June Pilsner's Picks! If you like slide whistles, snake charmers, stream line rhythm, and soft lights and sweet music, we've got 'em all. It's too tight!
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"We come to beginnings only at the end." - William Throsby Bridges, World War 1 Australian Army Officer.
Dieselpunks.org has gone through some endings and beginnings over the last few years. A year ago Dieselpunk Founding Father and creator of Dieselpunks.org Tome Wilson ended his ownership. Yet, Dieselpunks.org had a new beginning as I picked up ownership from Tome and continued to operate the site for the past year. Now we come to a new ending as I end my ownership due to…Continue
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Let's have a toast to the victors, who ended the bloody war in Europe 72 years ago.
Allied nations were united in struggle, and we prevailed together.
Happy Victory Day, diesel-comrades!
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending! - J. R. R. Tolkien
A year ago, I took ownership of Dieselpunks.org. It was this site, started by the Dieselpunk Founding Father Tome Wilson, that introduced me to Dieselpunk. Because of this I wanted to keep Dieselpunks.org going.
However, I've found that this site is expensive in both time and money. Therefore, I will not be renewing the web domain. As of May 21, 2017. Dieselpunks.org will be shutting…Continue
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Since you've got to be modernistic, why not be modernistic with the May edition of Pilsner's Picks? After all, this ancient music was all very modern, once upon a time.
For example, John Kirby and his hot little combo were making Beethoven roll over, years before Chuck Berry did!…
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Arbitrator upholds Visnovsky trade to Isles
Uniondale, NY – Defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky will remain with the New York Islanders after an arbitrator on Wednesday upheld the trade with the Anaheim Ducks.
The Islanders sent a second-round pick in the 2013 draft to the Ducks in exchange for Visnovsky on June 22. A month later, Visnovsky filed a grievance with the NHLPA to void the deal based on a no-trade clause within his contract. He had waived the clause when the Ducks acquired him from Edmonton in 2010.
Visnovsky totaled six goals and 27 points in 68 games for the Ducks in 2011-12, his second full campaign with the franchise.
The 35-year-old native of Slovakia has compiled 117 goals and 450 points in 771 NHL games with Los Angeles, Edmonton and Anaheim since 2000. He is two seasons removed from career-best numbers of 18 goals, 50 assists and 68 points for the Ducks in 81 games.


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Forbes editor Dan Lyons, best known to most of you as Fake Steve Jobs, is leaving his employer after a 10-year run and jumping to Newsweek, where he'll take tech columnist Steve Levy's old slot. No word on whether Dan will continue to write FSJ once he starts his new gig: Newsweek says Dan will bring FSJ with him. Dan owns the rights to FSJ himself, so he should be able keep cranking them out if he wants to. But we also know he's itching to do some non-FSJ stuff, too.
So enjoy columns like this one, published yesterday: We can't guarantee how many more you'll get.
Memo from Forbes AME Bruce Upbin:
It pains me to say it but Dan Lyons is heading out the door after ten years at Forbes. Saying we wish him well is an understatement. Dan is a tremendous reporter and columnist, author of countless cover stories, bringer of buzz and an epically good satirist as Fake Steve. His 2005 cover story "Attack of the Blogs," about the scourge of anonymous bloggers (of all things), was vilified and referred to by thousands in the blogosphere but Dan has quieted the mob with his understanding of how the Web works as a news medium. We should all be so lucky to have built a site that generates a million page views a month and continues to do so even though its cover was blown. The next person we find to carry on our tech column we trust will also go on to worldwide fame and riches.
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Results of a new survey show most American workers don't have office places that support wellbeing.
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Not everyone has a boss as glamorous as Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada, but many of us know exactly what Anne Hathaway feels like as she struggles to be a superhuman employee. Workplace stress, whether it comes from a tyrannical superior, an overflowing inbox, or competition between coworkers, is a major problem in the U.S.
That's according to the results of a new survey from the American Psychological Association, which found that more than one third of American employees experience chronic work stress. But what's more shocking is the fact that most workers say they don't know how to cope when stress strikes. These findings serve as a reminder that organizations need to make mental health a priority in order to maintain happy, productive employees.
What's the Deal?
In January 2013, the APA surveyed 1,501 Americans over the age of 18 who were working full-time, part-time, or self-employed. The results, published in March, showed that a third of respondents reported being chronically stressed at work. Among the most common causes of work-related stress were low salaries, a lack of opportunity for advancement, and heavy workloads.
These results aren't especially surprising — in fact, I admit I expected the number of stressed workers to be higher. The more eyebrow-raising finding is that just 36 percent of employees said their organizations offer sufficient stress-management resources, and fewer than half said their organizations are equipped to meet their mental health needs. In terms of overall health, fewer than half of employees said their organizations promote a healthy lifestyle. The survey didn't specifically define "mental health needs" or "healthy lifestyle," but other researchers have proposed management programs that encompass everything from cognitive behavioral therapy to physical activity.
Why it Matters
This research backs up findings from other APA surveys that suggest Americans aren't getting the support they need when it comes to overall health and wellness. The Stress in America survey, published February 2013, found that more than half of Americans say their healthcare provider offers little or no support to help them manage their stress. So even if American employees are looking for help outside of the workplace, chances are, they aren't finding it.
But stress management at work doesn't just mean mandatory shrink appointments for all employees (although those can work, too). Other possibilities include yoga, mindfulness meditation training, and even bringing a furry friend to work.
Still, the onus isn't entirely on healthcare professionals or the leaders of business organizations to help people deal with their stress. Just 36 percent of employees surveyed said they participate regularly in any wellness programs their workplace offers. Presumably, if more workers took advantage of stress management resources already in place, the amount of frazzled employees would decrease accordingly. Other ways to combat stress on the individual level include making health and fitness a priority, taking real lunch breaks (instead of eating in front of the computer), and hitting the gym mid-day. That last one is especially important since workplace stress is associated with an increased risk of physical inactivity.
When it comes to pretty much any job, the question isn't whether we'll get stressed (we will) but whether we're equipped to handle our feelings. The latest APA surveys reveal that both individuals and the organizations they work for need to be better prepared with short- and long-term approaches for managing employee stress.
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TLC TV Channel Issues Casting Call for 'Extreme Cheapskates' [VIDEO]
If you can pinch the brass right off a penny, TLC may be looking for you — it's currently casting for its new reality show, 'Extreme Cheapskates.'
The same network that's brought us highbrow fare like 'Toddlers & Tiaras,' 'My Strange Addiction' and 'Hoarding: Buried Alive' also found success last year with 'Extreme Couponing,' a show in which an obsession with cost-saving at the grocery store has resulted in $1,000 grocery bills being brought down to almost nothing.
Possibly as an offshoot to that program, TLC ran one episode of 'Extreme Cheapskates' in late 2011. It featured people who do things like splitting inexpensive double-ply toilet paper in half to double how long it'll last and one woman who even makes her own toilet tissue from fabric that she washes after every use (we really, really hope that's true).
But since the American appetite for weird reality shows can apparently never be sated, just one episode of 'Extreme Cheapskates' wasn't enough — so TLC has been posting casting calls on sites like Craigslist to attract people willing to show off their freaky tendencies to a national audience.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas hay farmers once hopeful they could make three cuttings in 2013 are now worried that a developing drought will stunt growth in their fields and leave them facing a shortfall when fall and winter arrive.
The state has already produced more hay in 2013 than it did in all of 2012, but ideal conditions in the spring had farmers believing they could cut hay at Memorial Day, Independence Day and before Labor Day.
"We just don't have the growth," John Jennings, a forage specialist at the University of Arkansas' Cooperative Extension Service, said Thursday. "There is no forage that will grow without water."
Much of Arkansas' spring was wet and relatively cool, but Jennings said that, at Conway, farms went 38 days without rain before scattered showers Wednesday.
"We got all that rain in May and early June. That made for a spring cutting for most folks," said Jennings, a professor of animal science.
But weather patterns changed, leaving Arkansas dry. John Robinson, the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service at North Little Rock, said Arkansas should see above-average temperatures into September, with precipitation near normal - which isn't great for hay production. Last week, 13 percent of Arkansas was in some stage of drought but the number jumped to nearly 75 percent this week. Last year at this time, all of the state was in a drought.
Moisture from scattered showers Wednesday and Thursday will likely evaporate within a few days, and a cold front will bring in drier air.
"The main point here is that we are going to have to be getting some fronts down here and get some real rain," Robinson said. "People need help."
Tropical storms are an option, but Arkansas typically doesn't see rain from hurricane leftovers until late August and September, as happened last year when the remnants of Hurricane Isaac brought 3 inches of rain to much of the state.
"When the hurricane came through, we got rain and cool temperatures and fields that weren't abused in the summer rebounded pretty quick," Jennings said. Fields that had been overgrazed amid a hay shortage didn't produce as well.
Most Arkansas farmers grow hay for their own use, though some sell their excess for typically around $40 a bale. Hay had to be brought in from the Southeast last year, at around $85 a bale once shipping costs of $35-$40 per bale were added in.


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Why CA Is The Right High School For My 3rd And 5th Graders
I like to plan ahead.
I like to be organized.
At times, I even like to think I'm in control.
This illusion of being in control is a part of many areas of my life…but really, it rears its head most often with my girls. I have two little ladies, one in Grade 3 and one in Grade 5. Many things about being their mom have taught me that I am not as in control as I'd like to be.
I like to best invest my energy as a mom in relationships, opportunities, and experiences that help the girls grow in their faith. I want to offer them people and places that cultivate their faith and support their own personal walk with Jesus. I believe relationships, role models, and experiences will help them see Jesus as real and alive.
I believe my girls are on loan to me from God. They are gifts that I am entrusted with on this side of heaven, and I am blessed to parent them with my very best friend, my husband. Together, we decided long ago that Concordia Academy would eventually be our children's high school of choice. Remember, I'm the one with the plan.
A top reason we support and choose CA is that we see first-hand that Jesus is living and breathing at Concordia Academy. The Word of God is brought to life in so many ways: in staff interactions with students; as teachers share their love of learning; in the numerous specialized academic programs that are offered; through extracurricular activities, including athletic teams, theatre, and the chapel band, just to name a few. The whole school is thick with living out the Word of God. Jesus is present and I feel it and hear it and see it every time I am there.
And I'm there a lot. Although currently too young to formally attend, our girls have many opportunities to experience Concordia Academy. We often take our girls to sporting events. They attend plays with their classmates. We've listened to His People and gone to concerts. Over President's Day weekend, our oldest took a friend to the "Beacon Blast," just one of the many official events Concordia Academy sponsors for middle school youth.
Our girls also enjoy the summer camps offered at Concordia Academy. Last year, one of our girls tried worship camp and dance camp. This summer we have a repeat for worship camp, as well as volleyball and basketball camp already on the calendar. New camps like photography, CSI, and auto shop are tempting, too.
My girls know Concordia Academy will be their high school. They, too, like knowing what is coming next. They feel safe and confident and excited about whatever they are involved in and enjoying at CA. We feel God will guide them through these next years as their own relationship with Jesus evolves through their opportunities as students. We are grateful that God has connected us to Concordia Academy long before we officially enroll our girls as students.
I think a bit more prayer, less controlling, and more trusting in God's provision are in order with my parenting. I'm grateful for God's provision and promises as well as partnering with Concordia Academy to share Jesus's love and teachings with our girls.


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Baltimore police training instructor William Kern had an "unhealthy attachment" to his gun, prosecutors said in court Tuesday, alleging that the veteran officer twice pulled out the weapon by mistake during exercises — then refused to hand it over after the accidental shooting of a recruit.
The allegations came on the first day of Kern's trial in the Feb. 12 shooting that critically wounded University of Maryland police recruit Raymond Gray at the closed Rosewood Center in Owings Mills. He is charged with second-degree assault and reckless endangerment, both misdemeanors.
Opening statements are expected Wednesday, though the sides laid out many of their arguments in preliminary motions. The fact that Kern, 46, shot Gray is not in dispute, but the sides differ over whether the officer's mistake amounted to criminal behavior.
Kern's defense contends that he was expected to carry a weapon at the unsecured, off-site training exercise because he was one of only two instructors present — a notion the state disputes.
In Baltimore County Circuit Court on Tuesday, defense attorney Shaun F. Owens said his client had intended to fire a "simunition" training gun that shoots cartridges similar to paintballs, and which he had been carrying along with his service weapon.
Kern shot toward a group of recruits gathered in a hallway during training, Owens said, intending to demonstrate the danger of such areas.
The live bullet from Kern's gun struck Gray in the head, blinding the Baltimore resident in one eye and hospitalizing him for months.
John Cox, a Baltimore County prosecutor handling the case, said the state would call other officers who were there to testify about how Kern reacted following the shooting. He said Kern did not try to assist the victim and would not give up the gun to a fellow officer or to county investigators called to the scene. Kern had pulled out the service gun earlier in the day, Cox said.
But Owens said such evidence is irrelevant to Kern's intent at the time of the shooting, which jurors must evaluate as they determine whether Kern's conduct was reckless.
Owens also argued that the state should not be allowed to call Gray's family members as witnesses, because such testimony "goes directly to sympathy for the victim," rather than Kern's state of mind.
But Cox argued that Gray's long-term injuries were relevant. Judge Jan Marshall Alexander agreed but said he did not want to hear from a procession of witnesses discussing Gray's daily concerns about medical complications as a result of the shooting. The judge also allowed testimony about Kern's actions after the shooting.
Cox said Kern's response after the shooting was also relevant and speaks to the larger issue of whether Kern should have had his service weapon during the training.
"It's a contested issue whether he should have been armed in the first place," Cox said. He said city police rules do not permit live weapons during training.
Kern was carrying his live weapon in a holster on his waistband and the simunition training gun might have been tucked into a pocket or waistband, Owens said, when Kern unknowingly grabbed the wrong gun.
Owens said previously that the shooting was a "tragedy," and his client never meant to hurt anyone. "This does not require pointing the finger at someone," he said in March.
The shooting resulted in the police commissioner temporarily halting training exercises and the suspension of six academy officials.
In a separate civil lawsuit, Gray's family says the environment was unsafe and authorities should have known that at least some instructors were armed.
Baltimore police have acknowledged that commanders were not aware of the exercises at Rosewood, a former center for people with developmental disabilities, and that the city did not have permission to use the state-owned site.
However, during motions, Cox said the state's case will not address the issue over whether city police were authorized to use the facility.
The charge of second-degree assault carries a prison term of up to 10 years. The maximum sentence for reckless endangerment is five years.


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And the compliment of that #universallaw: the simpler the text-publishing service, the more interesting uses it's users will put it to, provided it paves their cow paths (e.g. Twitter with RTs, #hashtags and @-replies).
Give users constraints and simplicity, see what they do, then solidify that functionality — or, from an #indieweb point of view, give yourself constraints, then pave your solitary cowpaths.


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KABUL, Afghanistan -- A roadside bomb killed six civilians and wounded more than a dozen others in southern Afghanistan, authorities said Sunday, hours after a suicide bomber killed four in an attack on a military bus in the capital.
The attack in the south happened when an improvised explosive device hit a taxi Sunday evening, said Omar Zwak, a spokesman for the governor of Helmand province. He added that 13 people were wounded.
Bombs in vehicles, along roadsides and carried by suicide bombers are the Taliban's weapons of choice and the leading cause of civilian casualties in Afghanistan. The United Nations has blamed insurgents for the overwhelming majority of such attacks, and said they have increased as the Taliban try to regain territory as foreign troops withdraw.
Earlier Sunday, a suicide bomber attacked a military bus in Kabul, killing at least four people -- including two soldiers.
Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, spokesman for the Defense Ministry, said the bomber waited on foot in the east of the city for the bus to arrive before setting off his explosives. He said the dead included two soldiers and two civilians, one of whom was a woman. He says 22 others were wounded.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack in an email sent to media.


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Suzanne Nadine Vega (born July 11, 1959) is an American songwriter and singer known for her eclectic folk-inspired music.
Two of Vega's songs (both from her second album Solitude Standing, 1987) reached the top 10 of various international chart listings: "Luka" and "Tom's Diner". The latter was originally an a cappella version on Vega's album, which was then remade in 1990 as a dance track produced by the British dance production team DNA.


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Yesterday we got a good look at Chris Hemsworth and Jaimie Alexander going to battle on the Surrey set of Thor: The Dark World, and today some more images and video of said battle has surfaced online. We get a look at some of the other creatures from the action sequence, and we also get to see some fighting in motion courtesy of the set video. There are a few flashes of light as the action takes place, so we can safely assume that means Thor isn't too far away.
Hit the jump to check out the images and video. The film also stars Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, Ray Stevenson, Tadanobu Asano, Zachary Levi, Idris Elba, Alice Krige, Kat Dennings, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Anthony Hopkins, Jaime Alexander, Rene Russo, and Christopher Eccleston. Thor: The Dark World opens on November 8th, 2013.
Here's the video (forgive the annoying voiceover) via CBM, followed by the images courtesy of WH Photography (via CBM):


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For an 11th consecutive year, Hope College students are putting their time and talents into the campus-wide Dance Marathon fundraiser "for the kids."
Organized by Hope students, the 24-hour event is conducted on behalf of Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in downtown Grand Rapids, both to raise funds and to build awareness of the hospital's work. It will be held at the college's Dow Center beginning on Friday, March 12, at 7 p.m.
A variety of events have been scheduled to punctuate the marathon, including testimonies by families served by the hospital, various performances by student and local groups, and the popular annual lip-sync. The total raised will be announced during a celebration that will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 13, as the Dance Marathon's 7 p.m. conclusion approaches.
Members of the public are invited to observe at any point during the marathon.
Activities on behalf of the marathon began shortly after the beginning of the fall semester and have involved more than 30 student organizations. More than 500 Hope students will be participating in the March 12-13 Dance Marathon itself as dancers or morale boosters or in a variety of other roles.
To emphasize the children that the marathon exists to help, the Dance Marathon's student organizers coordinate a variety of activities during the course of the school year to connect with families and children served by Helen DeVos Children's Hospital. In addition, each of the families is paired with one of the participating student groups. Events this year included participation in a "Homecoming Hoedown" at Teusink's Pony Farm in Holland this past fall; a lunch attending a Hope men's basketball game at the college's DeVos Fieldhouse; a Christmas party on campus for the families and their student organizations with a pizza lunch and crafts; and a preview "mini-marathon" held at the hospital in Grand Rapids on February 23.
Students involved with Dance Marathon have raised funds for the effort in a variety of ways, from organizing a baby-sitting night, to selling mementos as Valentine's Day gifts, to writing letters to family and friends. Event-wide initiatives included an auction in November that featured items donated by several local businesses, organizations and individuals. Every Tuesday, Papa John's pizza donates to Dance Marathon a portion of the proceeds from sales to those who mention Dance Marathon when ordering.
Affiliated with the Children's Miracle Network, Dance Marathon at Hope is one of more than 100 such efforts at colleges and universities nationwide.
Dance Marathon first came to Hope in March of 2000. Though a school of the college's size was only expected to raise about $5,000 in its first year, the students raised more than $23,000. In the 10 years from 2000 through 2009, Dance Marathon raised a total of more than $780,000, including $60,715.25 last year.
In recognition of the program's efforts, Dance Marathon received the "Youth in Philanthropy Award" from the West Michigan Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals in the fall of 2003.
Helen DeVos Children's Hospital is West Michigan's largest children's hospital, serving children and families throughout a 37-county region. A teaching hospital, it includes more than 150 pediatric specialty physicians uniquely skilled in providing medical and surgical care to children in more than 40 pediatric specialties. The hospital cares for more than 7,600 inpatients and 190,000 outpatients annually.
In order to help support the vast number of ailing children that visit the hospital each year, all proceeds from the marathon will go directly towards the funding of special programs that are designed to make the young patients' visits to the hospital more bearable while also helping the families of the children to deal with their illnesses.
Children's Miracle Network is an international non-profit organization dedicated to helping children by raising funds and awareness for more than 170 children's hospitals throughout North America. Each year, these non-profit hospitals treat 17 million children with diseases, injuries and birth defects of every kind.
Additional information about Dance Marathon and the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital can be found on the Dance Marathon Web site, reachable through the college's Web site at: https://hope.edu/dancemarathon/
The Dow Center is located at 168 E. 13th St., on 13th Street at Columbia Avenue.


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Barbara Walters hospitalized after fall
Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY
Barbara Walters, 83, fell on a stair and cut her forehead Saturday night. Walters was visiting the British Ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C., at the time and was sent to the hospital.
"Out of an abundance of caution, she went to the hospital to have her cut tended to, have a full examination and remains there for observation," said senior vice president of ABC News Jeffrey W. Schneider. "Barbara is alert (and telling everyone what to do), which we all take as a very positive sign."


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text: It was just aboutthis time last year when I started planning my trip down the Blue Ridge Parkway from Western Massachusetts. I received all sorts of helpful advice, recommendations on places to eat, things to see. etc.. The trip was fantastic thanks, in part, to the information gathered here. This year I'm planning to take my GSA for a tour of some portion of the Atlantic Provinces between 15JUN13 and 23JUN13. I don't have much of an intinerary at this point, but I know I'd like to ride the Cabot Trail and I don't plan on camping. Any advice regarding noteworthy routes, motorcyclist friendly lodging, and, most importantly, good restaurants would be greatly appreciated. I'll likely spend the next several months poring over maps, reading trip reports all over the internet, and trying to figure out what the weather will be like in mid to late June. All inputs are appreciated.


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|Welcome to the world of Pokémon, Blugo34!
|Welcome to Pokémon Wiki, and thank you for your contributions! There's a lot to do around here, so I hope you'll stay with us and make many more improvements.
I'm really happy to have you here, and look forward to contributing with you!
|Your administration: Bermuda (talk) • Crimsonnavy (talk) • Hstar (talk) • Ciencia Al Poder (talk) • Jäzzi (talk) • Slayingthehalcyon (talk)
Re: Glee!
I love glee! It's awesome! And my favorite is Quinn, too! I'm just waiting for them to release the picture of Quinn for Season 4 so that I can change my picture!
Trinity-OfLove (talk) 12:38, September 22, 2012 (UTC)
- I think Marley is amazing, but her mum is my favorite, honestly, in Season 4 :P. My favorite character other than her is Marley, but I think that her Mum is just so sweet! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Trinity-OfLove (talk • contribs)
Hey you wanted a message? Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."20:00,9/28/2012 4,527
Hi I accidentally created a page on the wiki and was wondering if you could delete it for me. Jaakor (talk) 04:44, October 2, 2012 (UTC)
Requests for User Rights
You are not allowed to vote for yourself, your request is being removed. – Jazzi (talk) 18:35, October 8, 2012 (UTC)
First off, you do not undo my edit on the Request for User Rights page. Secondly, your request is down. You voted for yourself, meaning your request is down and you have to wait thirty days. If you don't like it, tough luck. You don't vote for yourself and that's as simple as that. Not to mention, you can't even have your request up. You have been here since September 19, 2012. What's rule number two for requirements for running for rollback? You should not be be less than a month old. You will be penalized and you cannot run a request through till December 9, 2012. Perhaps if you kept the page to the revision it was at when I removed your request, I wouldn't have caught the fact that you didn't follow the rules. – Jazzi (talk) 00:05, October 10, 2012 (UTC)
11 years ago
you forgot to put pokemon live! a musical stage show from 2001 to 2002 giovanni created a mechanical pokemon called: mechamew2 it has the ability to learn and copy all of pokemon moves and at the end it turn against giovanni learning about love caring and friendship and you forgotton a new badge called diamondbadge an inspiration for diamondshipping and giovanni used to dated delia since teenagers before she dumped him for ash's dad thats why i need to fix this for me...T^T (sobs)
User:JarodMighty 18:59, October 18, 2012 (UTC)
pokemon live! UK tour canceled
can you give me the reason why the musical show pokemon live for the united kingdom tour was canceled ten years ago?
User:JarodMighty 18:30, October 19, 2012 (UTC)
Re:Marriland Wiki
The Marriland Wiki is a split-off from the Pokémon Wiki due to Wikia forcing several changes on the wiki, which we were uncomfortable with. As such, all of the Pokémon Wiki's content up to around August is just about identical to the Marriland Wiki. However, since then, both wikis have split off content-wise. chaosvoid 02:00, October 23, 2012 (UTC)
Hi there, responding to your question on Community Central Chat (I was away), you've made two tables. You can put both cells in the same table under different rows, here's the code:
{| border="2" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="border:1px solid black; background:null; border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;" | style="text-align: center; background: #B2944D;"|'''Roark''' | style="text-align: center; background: #57B24D;"|'''Gardenia''' |- | style="text-align: center; "|[[Image:RoarkB2W2Sprite.gif]] | style="text-align: center; "|[[Image:GardeniaB2W2.gif]] |}
Fang³ (talk) 08:50, October 24, 2012 (UTC)
Yeah, go ahead. Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."18:11,1/18/2013 4,527
Requesting user rights
You are no longer allowed to request user rights since it is clear that you asked for these people to vote for you. Perhaps this will be lifted in time. But for now, you are not allowed to request rights. – EnemyPeacemaker 13:54, January 27, 2013 (UTC)
- This is not a "another 30 days" thing. You are not allowed to request until further notice. – EnemyPeacemaker 14:00, January 27, 2013 (UTC)
- Until further notice, yes. Perhaps you shouldn't have had people from other places vote for you. – EnemyPeacemaker 14:30, January 27, 2013 (UTC)
- The button is most likely a JS error. – EnemyPeacemaker 14:32, January 27, 2013 (UTC)
- Until further notice, yes. Perhaps you shouldn't have had people from other places vote for you. – EnemyPeacemaker 14:30, January 27, 2013 (UTC)
Jazzi won't respond
If Jazzi doesn't respond, you had better damn well wait for her to. Don't come to me. I'm dissappointed with your behavior over the user rights. Don't attempt to request user rights for a long time, as any requests within a 6 month to a year long period will most like reprieved as soon as it is noticed. Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."19:45,1/27/2013 4,527
I'm thinking its going to be a long time before you get user rights, but in the meantime, prove your usefulness and make some edits, (probably the only way to attempt getting back on Jäzzi's good side...) Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."13:23,1/28/2013 4,527
Talk to Jäzzi about that one. Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."13:19,1/28/2013 4,527
No, I was given absolutely no reason as to why I should unprotect it other than "for the useful if statements". You're going to have to actually think this one over. – EnemyPeacemaker 17:33, January 28, 2013 (UTC)
Re: Polls
Yeah but I don't have anybody new to put on the January one. Well February now seeming as Jan has gone. Rainbow Shifter 17:58, January 28, 2013 (UTC)
Re:Unsigned posts
Sure, you where on the upper hand also. I knew why you where doing it if I am correct. If you have any trouble you also can ask me about it. Regards, KidProdigy (Local Userpage ⁝ Local Talk) 19:22, January 29, 2013 (UTC)
Please do not sign your name when you are placing an unsigned template. Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."22:02,1/29/2013 4,527
Blugo, I will not disuses this through undoing of edits. Stop what you are doing, undoing it because of fixing a link is pointless. Do you know what [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]] is called? It is called bypassing, it is pointless if there is already a redirect link placed and it is not in use, it takes only edits and if editors want to do something quickly then they do it like that. There is no fixing in redirects so stop undoing it because it turns out pointless. —Preceding unsigned comment added by KidProdigy (talk • contribs)
- Sorry forgotten. And please do not change the subject. Regards, KidProdigy (Local Userpage ⁝ Local Talk) 16:10, February 1, 2013 (UTC)
- Glad that you understand what I was trying to do. Regards, KidProdigy (Local Userpage ⁝ Local Talk) 16:12, February 1, 2013 (UTC)
Talk to Jazzi. >.> Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."17:17,2/1/2013 4,527
- Because I said so. Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."17:26,2/1/2013 4,527
Done! Rainbow Shifter 17:35, February 1, 2013 (UTC)
What the hell! Damnit Blugo, this is pushing it, I said go talk to Jazzi, Yet instead you went behind my back, and went to Rainbow, Knock it off, I'm pissed, and upon further delegation don't try to apply for user rights in a long time. Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."18:39,2/1/2013 4,527
We'll see whose got time for what, Upon your actions in the past month, I'm going to talk to Jäzzi, you need to quit with all the crap. It's pissed me off. Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."18:43,2/1/2013 4,527
You're pushing a block right now and I recommend you get your act together. – EnemyPeacemaker 18:44, February 1, 2013 (UTC)
Re:Stub template
Thanks, I am busy with revamping the navigation templates. Regards, KidProdigy (Local Userpage ⁝ Local Talk) 18:50, February 1, 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks :), Regards, KidProdigy (Local Userpage ⁝ Local Talk) 18:54, February 1, 2013 (UTC)
I will fix it for you. How do you want it actually. Regards, KidProdigy (Local Userpage ⁝ Local Talk) 12:42, February 2, 2013 (UTC)
- Fixed it. Regards, KidProdigy (Local Userpage ⁝ Local Talk) 12:53, February 2, 2013 (UTC)
Please keep it on the same line as the message. – EnemyPeacemaker 17:23, February 3, 2013 (UTC)
Also, Please keep your signature so that it is displayed once, I don't like the same words on my user page more than once. Your signature seems to get displayed twice. Every little byte adds up. Please message me when you've fixed your signature. ;) Oh and school, don't worry if your a little less active it will be fine, School comes before wikia, Always. Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."14:02,2/25/2013 4,527
who's your favourite pokemon?RTA fan (talk) 17:41, April 2, 2013 (UTC)
Gotta admit Castform's pretty good, its in my top 10 cos it can adapt to the weather, but i'd say Aron is my favourite. Or Skarmory, cos i one-upped Norman fron Gen 3 with a level 18 Skarmory. and Aron's final evoloutio can learn Surf
is Sceptile a good choice of Pokemon for going up against the Fortree gym leader, by the way? I'm thying to pass her. (P.S. sorry it says thying, i missed the r)RTA fan (talk) 18:24, April 2, 2013 (UTC)
most helpful pokemon: Skarmory. made Groudon faint with one
the Admins on the wiki think that I'm you, and I need proof that I'm not you, please help Assassinhedgehog (talk) 06:45, July 27, 2013 (UTC)
Adventure Time Wiki. I need proof that we aren't the same person —Preceding unsigned comment added by Assassinhedgehog (talk • contribs)
Hey either I know you or Blugo is a common name. . ƒelinoel_ 13:17, October 24, 2013 (UTC)
- lol so it is you, I saw you edited that Alakazam article and thought your name was familiar. . ƒelinoel_ 13:26, October 24, 2013 (UTC)
- I recently started editing more actively here and even designed made these to propose for use: Template:Evolution and Template:GenInav. The pokemon nav thing though was requested to be one generation per nav template but I am currently showing them how it would look with all gens on it lol.
- You should go here and opinionate. . ƒelinoel_ 13:31, October 24, 2013 (UTC)
Message from DragonSpore18
Oh, I'm sorry. I was only trying to help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DragonSpore18 (talk • contribs)
Hey, just in future, don't put sentences unlike this. It makes it hard to read in source mode. Energy X 05:11, April 8, 2014 (UTC)
Which one do you mean? Energy X 16:00, April 11, 2014 (UTC)
Well, try now, since all protection has been lowered. Energy X 16:49, April 11, 2014 (UTC)
Man, it's nice to see you again:
- Could I get an example of where each template is broken?
- Such as a link to a page that they're on. This will help me better locate the problem with the template.
- It's nice seeing you on the wiki again. c:
Eh, even if there are minor appearances, they shouldn't be listed, since Jigglypuff appeared in too many episodes to list them. Hm, it could be used to list the appearances of Pokémon characters, but there are quite many to list them. Hm, perhaps you can work on adding them (except pages like Jigglypuff etc.)? Energy X 15:51, May 2, 2014 (UTC)
- I mean the pages of minor character Pokémon that appeared only in one episode. Other Pokémon character pages (like Jigglypuff (anime)) shouldn't have that episode since they appeared in too many episodes. Energy X 12:14, May 4, 2014 (UTC)
The reason I did that is because it looks weird, since the bullet points are on the userboxes. Ellis99 17:58, May 14, 2014 (UTC)
It is probably because your version of the site isn't in MonoBook version. To get to this go to My Preferences, go to layout and select monobook, then save then got to your page and see your userpage without the "clear" in it. Ellis99 17:58, May 14, 2014 (UTC)
Well sorry for not telling you, plus its like an alternative of Bulbapedia.
There are a few features that aren't in this:
- Visual version on Pokémon Wiki isn't on this version of the site, so you will have to do everything by code. Ellis99 18:07, May 14, 2014 (UTC)
It has been unprotected. Energy X 08:53, May 16, 2014 (UTC)
Why did you create the XY028 page? By the images it looks ike XY027. Energy X 13:22, May 26, 2014 (UTC)
No, that's XY026. I see the confusion with the images, best to ignore them (due to Wikia glitch) and focus on the episode names. By that, it should be XY026. Energy X 13:27, May 26, 2014 (UTC)
- Eh, we are not Bulbapedia. It must be because of this episode they list it one number higher. Energy X 14:40, May 26, 2014 (UTC)
Would you like to become a member of PokéPower, where we can work as a team? Basically, it is an organization (which has not seen much use in some time), so we could always seek new members (Like you!). Your contributions have been recognized, so if you want to become one, just confirm on my talk page. Energy X 00:17, June 14, 2014 (UTC)
- Ah, but membership would still be applied, even if you are not active. I will nominate you (among many others) because you do spend more time and care. Energy X 00:22, June 14, 2014 (UTC)
The Redesign
Oh, well, for once it wasn't me! You have my friend and staff member Czech to thank for the awesome redesign! c: Avingnon (talk) 15:44,11/29/2014 0 edits
Could you
Possibly expand the Sevii Island pages. Ellis99 CODE XANA 18:14, November 29, 2014 (UTC)
It was in Special:Unusedtemplates list. I could bring it back, but at least use it (place it on the user page or something). Energy X 20:56, January 25, 2017 (UTC)