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Please refer to Appendix A for a glossary of defined terms.
The Personal Health Information Act (PHIA) came into effect on December 11, 1997, and governs the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Health Information within Manitoba's health care system. The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), which came into effect in 2001 governs the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information within Manitoba's private sector.
In addition, Canada's anti-spam legislation (CASL) came into effect on July 1, 2014. Canada's anti-spam legislation regulates how businesses and individuals communicate electronically.
This Office collects Personal Information about our patients directly from the patient or from the person acting on their behalf. Occasionally, we collect Personal Information about a patient from other sources if we have obtained the patient's consent to do so or if the law permits.
Privacy of Personal Information is an important principle in the provision of quality care to our patients. We understand the importance of protecting your Personal Information. We are committed to collecting, using and disclosing your Personal Information responsibly and in accordance with the law. We also try to be as open and transparent as possible about the way we handle your Personal Information.
This Office has developed this Privacy and Anti-Spam Code (this "Code") to provide a general description of our information and communication practices, how to obtain access to your Personal Information, how to amend incorrect information, and how to make a complaint to our Office, the Ombudsmen or the Privacy Commissioner. As the rules governing the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information may change, our practices will evolve and adapt in response to such changes and this Code may be amended from time to time as a result thereof.
We ask that you contact our Privacy Officer in the event you have any questions or concerns regarding this Code or its implementation.
When we communicate with you, we may communicate via electronic means, such as e-mail. We strive to ensure that our Commercial Electronic Messages ("CEMs") are sent with consent, identifying information and unsubscribe mechanisms. We require all CEMs from our Office to be in compliance with Privacy Laws. If and when we communicate with you using CEMs, you can opt out of receiving such messages by following the "Unsubscribe" link included at the bottom of such messages or by contacting firstname.lastname@example.com. Any questions or concerns with respect to CEMs from our Office may be addressed to firstname.lastname@example.com. In the event that our Office inadvertently sends out a CEM without consent, we commit to investigating every such instance and assisting the employee(s) or manager(s) involved with renewing their understanding and awareness of our compliance responsibilities.
Accountability for this Office's compliance with Privacy Laws rests with the designated Privacy Officer even though others in the Office may be responsible for the day-to-day collection and processing of Personal Information.
Our staff persons and employees are briefed on the importance of privacy and receive training on the handling of your Personal Information
Our Office is comprised of many persons working together to ensure that our patients and clients receive proper care. Some of these persons are Trustees whereas some are not. We take this opportunity to describe the structure of our Office so that you understand who may be handling your Personal Information and in what manner.
At our Office, professional dental or orthodontic services are performed by Service Providers. All dentists performing professional services at the Office are Members of the College. All dentists performing services at the Office are considered Trustees. All institutional health care services performed in the Office are provided by our Affiliate. The individuals providing the institutional health care services for our Affiliate may be Trustees whereas our Affiliate may not be. We have appointed our Affiliate as our Privacy Officer pursuant to applicable Privacy Laws. To facilitate the ability of our Affiliate to carry out its responsibilities to us, your Personal Information may be disclosed to, used by, and collected by our Affiliate.
We have also appointed our Affiliate as our Information Manager pursuant to the PHIA. Our Office, as Trustee, has entered into a written agreement with our Affiliate as information manager which provides for the protection of the Personal Information against such risks as unauthorized access, use, disclosure, destruction or alteration.
Your Personal Information may also be disclosed to, used by or collected by the following independent third parties for the purposes as described below:
- our third party contractors (who may be located outside Canada) for purposes related to supporting our Office's business (e.g., call centre activities, technical solutions and support), in which case we will require such third parties to agree to treat your Personal Information in accordance with this Code;
- third parties in connection with a sale, assignment, merger, amalgamation, plan of arrangement or other transfer of the business of our Office or Affiliate, (including but not limited to all pre-sale, assignment, merger, amalgamation, plan of arrangement or transfer activities and all transaction negotiations and due diligence activities) to which the information relates, in which case we will require any such buyer, assignee, successor party, transferee or other party related to the transaction to agree to treat the information in accordance with this Code; and
- any governmental, administrative, judicial or regulatory authority for the purpose of co-operating in proceedings, inquiries and investigations requested by such authorities or to comply with any legal or regulatory requirements or to protect our rights, property or interests, including to enforce this Code.
In addition, aggregated and anonymized information, which does not allow you to be personally identified to third parties, may be disclosed to, used by or collected by third parties.
By providing your Personal Information to this Office or by using our services, you are consenting to its use by us, the third parties listed above, the Service Providers and our Affiliate, as set out in this Code. We have permitted our Affiliate to process, store or destroy our patients' Personal Information which we ourselves may collect, use, disclose, retain, or dispose of provided that its actions are not contrary to the limits imposed by Privacy Laws or such other applicable law. We have informed our Affiliate of its duties under Privacy Laws and other applicable law.
This Office is responsible for information in our possession or custody, including information that has been transferred to a third party for processing.
Our Office will implement policies and practices to give effect to the principles regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information, including:
- implementing policies to protect Personal Information;
- training staff about this Code and our practices;
- establishing procedures to receive and respond to complaints and inquiries regarding Personal Information; and
- developing information to explain this Code and privacy procedures.
Identifying Purposes for Collecting Information
The purposes for which Personal Information is collected in this Office will be identified before or at the time it is collected.
This Office collects Personal Information about an individual that is reasonably appropriate in the circumstances in order to fulfil lawful purposes disclosed by our Office and in connection with a function or activity of a Trustee and when collection of the information is necessary for that purpose, including:
- to provide health services;
- to determine or verify the eligibility of an individual to receive a health service;
- to conduct investigations, discipline proceedings, practice reviews or inspections relating to the members of a health profession or health discipline;
- to conduct research or perform data matching or other services to facilitate another person's research in certain instances outlined in applicable Privacy Laws;
- to contact you regarding surveys relating to our business and services;
- to provide for health services provider education;
- to carry out any purpose authorized by a law of Manitoba or Canada;
- to deliver safe and efficient patient care;
- to identify and to ensure continuous high quality service;
- to assess your health needs;
- to advise you of treatment options;
- to enable us to contact you;
- to establish and maintain communication with you, including to distribute health care information and to book and confirm appointments;
- to offer and provide treatment, care and services in relationship to the oral and maxillofacial complex and dental care generally;
- to communicate with other treating health care providers, including specialists and general dentists, who are the referring dentists and/or peripheral dentists;
- for teaching and demonstrating purposes on an anonymous basis;
- to allow us to efficiently follow-up for treatment, care and billing;
- to complete and submit dental and health services claims for third party adjudication and payment;
- to comply with legal and regulatory requirements;
- to comply with agreements/undertakings entered into voluntarily by this Office or a Service Provider with the College for regulatory and monitoring purposes;
- to permit potential purchasers, practice brokers or advisors to evaluate this Office, including an audit, on a confidential basis;
- to deliver your charts and records to insurance carriers to enable them to assess liability and quantify damages;
- to prepare materials for the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board as required;
- to manage patient and clients' accounts, including invoicing, processing credit card payments and collecting unpaid accounts;
- to communicate with insurance companies and to otherwise process requests by you;
- for internal management purposes, including planning, resource allocation, policy development, quality improvement, monitoring, audit, evaluation, reporting, obtaining or processing payment for health services and human resource management; and
- to comply generally with Privacy Laws and all other applicable regulatory requirements.
When this Office collects Personal Information, we will only collect Personal Information necessary for the purpose we identify to you before or at the time of collection.
When Personal Information has been collected and is to be used or disclosed for a purpose not previously identified, the new purpose will be identified prior to its use or disclosure. Your consent will be obtained before the Personal Information will be used or disclosed for any such new purpose.
Our Office will also inform you of how to contact our Privacy Officer.
When you sign the Patient Consent Form, you will be deemed to understand and accept this Office's collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information for the specified purposes, in each case subject to this Code and Privacy Laws.
A Trustee, such as this Office, requires either express consent or implied consent from our patients before we may collect, use, or disclose Personal Information. When we collect, use, and disclose your Personal Information for health care purposes, Privacy Laws generally permit us to rely upon your implied consent. However we may be required to obtain your express Consent in some instances. The Privacy Laws also provide instances where we may collect, use, or disclose your Personal Information without Consent.
Implied Consent enables us to conclude from surrounding circumstances that a patient would reasonably agree to the collection, use, or disclosure of Personal Information. We may rely upon your implied consent if we are collecting your Personal Information to provide health care or assisting in providing health care.
Express consent is required when we are disclosing your Personal Information to someone other than a Trustee, or to another Trustee for a purpose other than providing or assisting in providing health care.
In order for the principles of Consent to be satisfied, our Office has undertaken reasonable efforts to ensure that you are advised of the purposes for which Personal Information is being used, and that you understand those purposes. Once consent is obtained, we do not need to seek your consent again unless the use, purpose or disclosure changes.
Our existing protocols for electronic submissions of dental claims require a signature on file. Specific consent may be required for additional requests from insurers. This consent shall be collected at the time, or in conjunction with, predeterminations for extensive services, provided that the scope of Personal Information released is disclosed. If there is any doubt, Personal Information shall be released directly to you for your review and submission.
Your consent for the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information may be given in a number of ways, such as:
- signed medical history form;
- e-mail;
- signed introductory questionnaire;
- taken verbally over the telephone and then charted; or
- written correspondence.
You may withdraw your consent upon reasonable notice to our Office.
For an individual who is a minor and does not have the capacity to make health care decisions, a parent or guardian may consent to the collection, use or disclosure of Personal Information.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics' 3rd-party audience data such as age, gender, and interests to better understanding the behaviour of our customers and work with companies that collect information about your online activities to provide advertising targeted to suit your interests and preferences. For example, you may see certain ads on this website or other websites because we contract with Google and other similar companies to target our ads based on information we or they have collected, including information that was collected through automated means (such as cookies and web beacons). These companies also use automated technologies to collect information when you click on our ads, which helps track and manage the effectiveness of our marketing efforts.
You may opt out of the automated collection of information by third-party ad networks for the purpose of delivering advertisements tailored to your interests, by visiting the consumer opt-out page for the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioural Advertising at http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ and edit or opt-out your Google Display Network ads' preferences at http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/.
We use Remarketing to advertise our practice across the Internet.
Remarketing will display ads to you based on what parts of our website you have viewed by placing a cookie on your web browser.
This cookie does not in any way identify you or give access to your computer or mobile device.
The cookie is used to indicate to other websites that "This person visited a particular page, so show them ads relating to that page."
Remarketing allows us to tailor our marketing to better suit your needs and only display ads that are relevant to you.
If you do not wish to see ads from us, you can opt out in several ways:
1. Opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting Google's Ads Settings.
2. Opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
3. Opt out information for Facebook ads visit: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217
Limiting Use, Disclosure and Retention
Personal Information shall not be used or disclosed for purposes other than those for which the information is collected, except with your express Consent, or as required or permitted by law.
Our Office may disclose certain Personal Information in accordance Privacy Laws.
This Office and our Affiliates may perform activities in other provinces and territories and outside of Canada through third party agents. You acknowledge and agree that as a result, your Personal Information may be transferred to, processed, used, stored or accessed in other provinces and territories, and in other countries, and may be subject to the laws of those jurisdictions. For example, Personal Information may be disclosed in response to valid demands or requests from government authorities, courts, or law enforcement in other countries.
We will use contractual and/or other means to provide a comparable level of protection over your Personal Information while it is being accessed and/or processed by any such third party. However, contractual or other measures we may use to protect your Personal Information are subject to the legal requirements of foreign jurisdictions where your Personal Information may be transferred, processed, used, stored or accessed.
Our Office keeps Personal Information only as long as necessary to satisfy the purposes for which it was collected, however, some Personal Information is kept for a number of years to comply with legal requirements. Our Office has protocols in place for the retention of Personal Information in accordance with applicable law and with the College's guidelines.
In destroying Personal Information, our Office has developed guidelines to ensure secure destruction in accordance with applicable law and with the College's guidelines.
As discussed in this Code, Personal Information may be transferred and stored outside of Canada. We encourage you to contact the Privacy Officer should you require further information.
Accuracy of Personal Information
This Office endeavours to ensure that your Personal Information is as accurate, complete, and as up-to-date as necessary for the purposes that it is to be used.
The extent to which your Personal Information is accurate, complete and up-to-date will depend upon the use of the Personal Information, while at all times taking into account the interest of our patients.
Your Personal Information needs to be sufficiently accurate, complete and up-to-date to minimize the possibility that inaccurate, incomplete or out-of-date Personal Information is used to make a decision about you as our patient.
If your Personal Information changes, or if you believe the Personal Information maintained by our Office is inaccurate, we ask that you contact our Office to have the information updated or corrected.
Safeguards for Personal Information
Our Office staff are aware of the importance of maintaining the security and confidentiality of your Personal Information and we have taken reasonable measures to safeguard your Personal Information.
These safeguards are in place to protect your Personal Information against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
We use reasonable measures to ensure your Personal Information is protected, whether recorded on paper or electronically, and care is used in its retention and destruction with the goal being to prevent unauthorized access while in our care and control.
Specific safeguards are in place to:
- limit the persons who may use Personal Health Information maintained by a Trustee to those specifically authorized by the Trustee to do so;
- ensure that Personal Health Information maintained by the Trustee cannot be used unless the identity of the person seeking to use the information is verified as the person authorized to use it and the proposed use is verified as being authorized under PHIA;
- prevent the interception of electronic information by unauthorized persons; and
- ensure that requests for disclosure of Personal Information contains sufficient detail to uniquely identify the individual the information is about.
Your information is protected, whether recorded on paper or electronically. Our Office has implemented all additional safeguards for electronic information as required by the Regulations under PHIA.
Openness about Privacy
Our Office will make readily available to you specific information about our Office policies and practices relating to the management of Personal Information.
This information includes:
- the individuals at this Office and the Privacy Officer to whom you can direct any questions or complaints regarding your Personal Information;
- a copy of our Patient Consent Form that explains how this Office collects, uses and discloses your Personal Information; and
- this Code.
Patient Access to Personal Information
You have a right of access to your Personal Information, subject to specific and limited exceptions, and a right of correction or accurate amendment of your Personal Information.
Upon written request and with reasonable notice, you shall be informed of the existence, use and disclosure of your Personal Information, and shall be given access to it, subject to certain legal exceptions.
Upon written request and with reasonable notice, our Office shall provide you with an accounting of how your Personal Information has been used, including third party disclosures. In providing this information, we will attempt to be as specific as possible.
As promptly as required in the circumstances, this Office will either:
- make the Personal Information available for examination, and provide a copy if requested;
- inform you in writing if the information does not exist or cannot be found; or
- inform you in writing that your request is refused for a specified reason listed in applicable law.
If your request is refused, our Office will advise you of the contact information of an Affiliate who can answer your questions about the refusal and your right to make a complaint about our refusal to the Ombudsman under Part 5 of PHIA or the Privacy Commissioner under section 11 of PIPEDA.
You are free to challenge the accuracy and completeness of your Personal Information and seek to have it altered, amended, or changed for accuracy and completeness.
When a challenge is not resolved to your satisfaction, we will record the substance of the unresolved challenge accordingly.
When appropriate, the existence of the unresolved challenge shall be transmitted to third parties having access to the Personal Information in question. This disclosure may be appropriate where a dentist has been challenged about a change to a service date or services rendered under consideration for insurance benefits
Challenging Compliance
You shall be able to challenge compliance with these principles with our Privacy Officer, who generally facilitates our Office's compliance with Privacy Laws, including PHIA and PIPEDA
Our Office has in place procedures to receive and respond to your complaints or inquiries. The procedures are easily accessible and simple to use.
The Privacy Officer in our Office will investigate each and every complaint made to the Office in writing.
If a complaint is found to be justified, the Privacy Officer will take appropriate measures, including, if necessary, amending any office policies and practices.
You shall be able to make a complaint to the Ombudsman or Privacy Commissioner about any decision, act, or failure to act of our Office that relates to your request to examine or receive a copy of your Personal Information.
You shall be able to challenge our Office's compliance under the Privacy Laws by making a complaint to the Ombudsman or Privacy Commissioner alleging that our Office has collected, used or disclosed your Personal Information contrary to PHIA or PIPEDA respectively, or has failed to protect your Personal Information in a secure manner as required under PHIA or PIPEDA respectively.
Your complaint must be in writing and in a form acceptable to the Ombudsman or Privacy Commissioner.
Updating this Privacy and Anti-Spam Code
Any changes to our privacy standards and information handling practices will be reflected in this Code in a timely manner. Our Office reserves the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Code at any time.
Please check this page periodically for any modifications. To determine when this Code was last updated, please refer to the modification date at the bottom of this Code. By providing Personal Information to this Office and/or by using our services after changes to this Code have been made, you accept and consent to those changes.
How to Contact Us
Our Privacy Officer is our Affiliate.
For more information about our privacy protection practices, or to raise a concern you have with our practices, contact our Affiliate at:
181 Bay Street, Suite #2600
Toronto, Ontario
Attention: Julian Perez, Chief Privacy Officer
You have the right to complain to the Ombudsman or Privacy Commissioner if you think we have violated your rights.
The Manitoba Ombudsman can be reached at:
Manitoba Ombudsman
750-500 Portage Avenue (Colony Square)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada can be reached at:
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
30 Victoria Street
Gatineau, Quebec
Last revised: April 2019
Affiliate – means Dentalcorp Health Services ULC and/or an affiliate or agent thereof, which provides institutional health care services, including dental laboratory, radiological and other diagnostic services, and the operation of dental operatories and dental equipment.
Collection – The act of gathering, acquiring, receiving or obtaining personal information from any source, including third party sources, by any means.
College – Manitoba Dental Association.
Commercial Electronic Message or CEM – is a message sent directly to an electronic address (such as an email address, a phone number, an instant messaging account, or social media account) with the purpose, or one of its purposes, of encouraging participation in a commercial activity.
Privacy Commissioner – The Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
Consent – A voluntary agreement with what is being done or is being proposed to be done. Consent can either be express or implied. Express consent may be given explicitly, either orally or in writing.
Disclosure – Making Personal Information available to other health information custodians or other persons.
Health Information – Recorded information about an identifiable individual, if the information relates to the individual's health, or health care history, including genetic information about the individual, the provisions of health care to the individual, payment for health care provided to the individual, and include, the personal health identification number and any other identifying number, symbol or particular assigned to an individual, and any identifying information about the individual that is collected in the course of, and is incidental to, the provision of health care or payment for health care
Information Manager – Means a person or body that processes, stores or destroys Personal Information for a Trustee provides information management or information technologies services to a Trustee.
Member – A member of the College and includes a health professional corporation registered with the College to practice dentistry in Manitoba.
Office – The dental office operated by Mel McManus (Manitoba) Dental Corporation which provides professional dental services comprising of diagnosis, the interpretation of x-ray radiographs produced by the Affiliate, treatment planning and intra-oral professional services at [ADDRESS(ES) OF PRACTICE].
Ombudsman – The Manitoba Ombudsman.
Patient – An individual about whom our Office collects Personal Information in order to carry out prognosis, diagnosis, and treatment, including controlled acts.
Personal Health Information – Recorded information about an identifiable individual, if the information relates to the individual's health, or health care history, including genetic information about the individual, the provisions of health care to the individual, payment for health care provided to the individual, and include, the personal health identification number and any other identifying number, symbol or particular assigned to an individual, and any identifying information about the individual that is collected in the course of, and is incidental to, the provision of health care or payment for health care.
Personal Information – Identifying information about an individual, and includes Health Information. Personal Information excludes an individual's business contact information where the collection, use or disclosure of information is for the purpose of communicating or facilitating communication with the individual in relation to their employment, business or profession.
Privacy Laws – All applicable laws governing the collection, use, storage or disclosure of Personal Information, including The Dental Association Act, The Dental Health Workers Act, The Dental Health Services Act, The Dental Hygienists Act, The Regulated Health Professions Act, the By-laws of the College, the Personal Health Information Act (PHIA), the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), An Act to promote the efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian economy by regulating certain activities that discourage reliance on electronic means of carrying out commercial activities, and to amend the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act, the Competition Act, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Telecommunications Act (CASL), and regulations made under these Acts.
Privacy Officer – means the contact person designated in this Privacy and Anti-Spam Code as the agent of our Office authorized on our behalf to, among other things, facilitate our compliance with the Privacy Laws.
Service Providers – means dentists and dental professional corporations providing professional services at the Office in conjunction with Mel McManus (Manitoba) Dental Corporation and the Affiliate.
Trustees – Means health professionals, health care facilities, public bodies, or health services agencies that collect or maintain Health Information.


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(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) posted disappointing quarterly sales on Thursday as shoppers in key markets like the United States battled high gasoline prices and unemployment, while store traffic continued to decline in China.
Lower prices for some food and electronics reduced Walmart's U.S. sales, and growth at the company's Sam's Club unit also fell short of Wall Street expectations - rising at half the rate compared with a year ago.
Club members, who pay a fee to shop there, bought cheaper items and traffic from business customers slowed. The results were especially disconcerting to Wall Street since Sam's Club has regularly outperformed Wal-Mart's discount stores.
"When you see a slowdown in sales and then pressure in traffic, that causes investors to be cautious," Brian Yarbrough, analyst at Edward Jones, said of Sam's Club.
Traffic at Walmart's U.S. stores was essentially flat, as shoppers consolidated trips due to higher gasoline prices.
Adding to Wal-Mart's worries, the world's largest retailer also said it has opened internal inquiries or investigations into bribery allegations in Brazil, China and India - additions to its original probe in Mexico. A New York Times article in April disclosed alleged bribery at its Mexican unit.
"We fear this could spread further and be much bigger than just Mexico," Janney Capital Markets analyst David Strasser said.
Chief Financial Officer Charles Holley declined to comment further on the issue during a conference call with reporters.
So far the total cost of the probe has reached $98 million this year.
Wal-Mart shares were down 3.6 percent at $68.73 in Thursday afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange as investors absorbed the details of how the global economic slowdown is hitting the company.
"Whether you're in the UK or you're in Argentina, Mexico or China or the U.S. or Canada, I think that all consumers are starting to be under some kind of pressure," Holley said on the conference call.
Wal-Mart did say that U.S. sales so far this month were better than expected, a good sign heading into the holiday shopping season.
In the tough economy, Walmart is still well placed to cater to budget-conscious shoppers, said Natalie Berg, director of global research at Planet Retail.
"But at the end of the day, consumers are still very wary about parting with their hard-earned cash," she said.
Total sales rose 3.4 percent to $113.20 billion for the third quarter ended October 31. Analysts, on average, looked for $114.96 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Excluding the impact of currency fluctuations, sales would have been $114.9 billion, the company said.
Sales at Walmart U.S. stores open at least a year, or same-store sales, rose 1.5 percent. The company had forecast an increase of 1 percent to 3 percent, and analysts, on average, had looked for a 1.8 percent gain as management expressed optimism during a recent meeting with analysts.
In contrast, rival Target Corp (TGT.N) on Thursday reported a quarterly profit that beat analysts' expectations, luring shoppers with a wider variety of food products and 5 percent discounts for its cardholders.
While shoppers put millions of dollars of merchandise on layaway, those sales are not registered by Wal-Mart until the items are paid in full. That typically occurs in the fourth quarter, closer to the end of the holiday season.
Traffic at the U.S. stores rose only 0.1 percent as shoppers consolidated trips due to higher gasoline prices.
The Walmart U.S. unit forecast a 1 percent to 3 percent increase in same-store sales for the fourth quarter.
Sam's Club results also disappointed, with same-store sales rising 2.7 percent, excluding gasoline sales, compared with a 5.7 percent increase a year earlier.
Overall, the world's largest retailer earned $3.64 billion, or $1.08 per share, in the third quarter ended October 31, up from $3.34 billion, or 97 cents per share, a year earlier.
Analysts, on average, forecast $1.07 a share.
International sales rose 2.4 percent to $33.16 billion, and would have risen 7.6 percent without currency fluctuations, the company said. Operating profit rose 4.8 percent.
Traffic declined 7.6 percent at its stores in China, continuing a string of declines, and it is facing challenges in Japan due to the economy. Sales there fell 1.8 percent and traffic declined 1.7 percent.
Reporting by Brad Dorfman in Chicago; Additional reporting by Jessica Wohl in Cincinnati and Phil Wahba in Los Angeles; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn, Jeffrey Benkoe and Tim Dobbyn

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The level of dental carrier competition could be stronger at some of the new health insurance exchange programs than at others.
Consumers who use either the individual or the group exchange system in Florida, Georgia or Virginia could get to pick from a menu of nine carriers.
Consumers in four other states — Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware and Iowa — might only have three dental carrier choices.
Consumers in other states with federal-government-run exchanges could have four to eight dental choices.
Officials at the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO), an arm of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), have published information supporting those numbers in a new projected dental carrier participation table.
The table shows how many dental carriers have expressed an interest in selling voluntary, consumer-paid dental plans in the "federally facilitated exchanges" and "state partnership exchanges" that CCIIO will help CMS run.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) calls for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the parent of CMS, to work with state agencies to set up exchanges, or Web-based health insurance supermarkets, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
CCIIO (pronounced, "See-sigh-oh) will be helping CMS run "federally facilitated exchanges" or "state partnership exchanges" in 33 states.
The table does not include information about the dental markets at the state-run exchange programs in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Utah and the District of Columbia.
The PPACA "essential health benefits" (EHB) provision is supposed to require exchange health plans to offer a standardized package of services that includes some dental preventive services benefits for children. In a state with an exchange that offers access to at least one stand-alone dental plan, exchange health plans not provide pediatric dental benefits coverage, CCIIO officials said.
CCIIO is publishing information about the number of dental carriers that might compete in various states to help insurers decide whether they have to include the pediatric dental benefits in their benefits packages, officials said.
It seems likely that health plans in the states with federal exchanges will be able to leave out pediatric dental benefits, if they want to do so, officials said.
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Stamford police put robbery suspect up on Facebook
STAMFORD -- City police are displaying a surveillance tape on their Facebook page showing one of three men who robbed another on Garden Street late Wednesday, in hopes someone can identify the robber.
The robbery occurred at 10:40 p.m. April 9 and involved three black males, police said. One of the robbers pulled out a knife and another showed a gun.
The videotape shows the man who had the knife, who appears to be 20 to 25 years old, about 5 feet, 7 inches tall, and weighing about 150 pounds with a medium build, inside a nearby store shortly before the robbery, police said.
In one sequence on the tape, police were able to zoom in on the man's face as he walked through the front door of the shop.
Lt. Diedrich Hohn said the victim was not injured, with the three taking the man's wallet, which had less than $100 in cash.
The robber with the handgun was described as 20 to 25 years old, 5 feet, 11 inches tall with light skin and hair in braids, police said. The third is 30 to 35 years old, 5 feet, 11 inches with a stocky build, and wearing white Nike sneakers and a large gold herringbone chain. He was riding a bike.
Anyone with information is asked to call the detective bureau at 203-977-4420.


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So my last post has induced a lot of diverse responses and opinions...which is awesome. As a work in progress, it is great to be able to get feedback to help me clarify and/or reframe my argument.
As predicted, a conversation has emerged about 'ruin porn' which unfortunately has become synonymous with Detroit and will be present in any discussion surrounding the city's past/present/future. As a means to clarify my position and to try to move the discussion into more productive avenues, below is my working Thesis Statement/Manifesto.
The city of Detroit, like many cities that saw incredible growth and expansion during the decades surrounding the Industrial Revolution, has also seen incredible decline in its absence. While there are many factors that have contributed to the deterioration of the post-industrial city, issues discussed here will focus on haphazard building regulations, uncontrolled growth, lack of construction oversight, segregation and the rise of the renter state as the major causes of decline in the post-industrial city of Detroit. The subject of this focus will be on worker housing and through this lens, an investigation of material realities resulting from these social and economic conditions will commence. The goal of this investigation will be to reveal new architectural realities more germane to present conditions.
This investigation will look closely at how construction methods and material practices for worker housing in Detroit were shaped, and in most cases solely determined by, the factors mentioned above. A timeline will be drawn from the time of construction in the early 20th century to their present state of neglect. The purpose of documenting this lifecycle will be to interrogate their construction methods and subsequent decline while at the same time providing a framework for intervention. This interrogation will systematically uncover connections between the conditions that induced the artifact and allowed for its propagation, agents of abatement and finally the cultural and social paradigms which led to the artifacts current understanding as 'ruin.'
Drawing on the current material realities of the post-industrial neighborhood, the work will seek to conceive new construction and material processes by cultivating 'distress' as a working condition for architecture. Various methods including, but not limited not, [embedding], [encoding], [layering] and [active deconstruction] will be deployed as a way to reframe distress as additive or generative to architecture instead of subtractive. Once quantified, these [other]constructions will be deployed on an existing structure in the neighborhood surrounding the former Packard Automotive Plant. The work will reveal the current state of the post-industrial neighborhood not as one of decay or 'ruin' but as a moment of transition between one reality to another. While this transition is not one of hierarchical structure, favoring one state of being over the other, it is deeply rooted in the temporality of the community, both as a social structure and built landscape. Framed in such a way, this new reality allows us to be more than distant observers of a failed condition, but a participant in a new condition for our neighborhoods and cities alike. The nature of this participation is one not bound by past paradigms, but responsive to the post-industrial landscape.
With other[constructions] now active in the neighborhood through a physical, site specific construct the work will again look to the past as a way to project on the present. The timeline and lifecycle of Detroit's worker housing will be retroactively rewritten through the lens of these other[constructions]. History will diverge from its linear path and instead form an alternative trajectory through the replacement of construction methods, which were governed by haphazard building regulations and uncontrolled growth, with [other]constructions which project forward to allow for transitions between states of function, use and alternative realities belonging to the present condition.
The success of the project will hinge on its ability to reframe current states of decay or 'signs of distress' as productive actors within the post-industrial neighborhood. The goal being not to restore a past state of functionality or occupancy, but instead speculate on alternative forms of 'being' which are more adaptable to radically changing conditions. An important point here is that when conditions change in the neighborhood, they not only alter the physical landscape, but also the social and cultural requirements that necessitated the landscape. Conditions of program and function that were required during a previous condition might either no longer be relevant, or severely altered to conform to current conditions. In this sense propose[EXISTING], through its physical manifestations and revisionist history, will reveal a new architecture not born from the ruins of the post-industrial landscape, but revealed from it.
Hey - Check out Bryan Allen's blog, Post Industrial Latent Space - he traveled the world for a year documenting cities including Detroit in various states of decay/distress. Excited to see the thesis continue to develop, the renderings are looking great.
Thanks Michael, I will check him out right now.
Hope all is well.
hsolie, I'd have plenty of questions. At best, I'll see this study as an investigation into discovering a way of creating a new aesthetic position through the poetry of decay made by a student of architecture who is still trying to discover design at an elemental level. PLEASE be careful of your theoretical language when you say things like "when conditions change in the neighborhood, they not only alter the physical landscape, but also the social and cultural requirements that necessitated the landscape" It sounds like your "design" implementation is to be an impetuous of some sort to these neighborhoods. The decay in Detroit comes from very specific, sometimes micro conditions that were about PEOPLE that made these neighborhoods. What is the definition of "worker house"? "Post-industrial neighborhoods"? Where's the human element in this study if it is to have any relationship to something "social and cultural"?
I'm curious about what the collages are about. They literally show juxtapositions of ruin photos with various objects/structures/materials. Like puzzello said, is this just an aesthetic exercise? Where is the human element? From your statement's last paragraph, I gather you're avoiding this substance by substituting a theoretically position that works outside of the human _reality_. Sure, program has changed because we don't need all the housing anymore. Sure, it's hard for a few houses to function on a city block without utilities. But I don't see these exercises creating a necessary future by the whimsical juxtaposition of new and old, decay and fresh. I feel like they are all isolated to the individual house, a micro-installation that is small and hidden. Why be so restrictive? There is opportunity to up the scale to the size of a block, or neighbourhood. If the worker house was a seed and Fordism planted 50,000 seeds - given our recent failed crop, why focus on the particular seed? Why not speculate about the crop? I don't believe Detroit and ruins are fundamentally synonymous, I believe journalism has done that. Needless to say, you are perpetuating it with your photoshops.
I would not try to scale up as the previous poster mentioned. You will lose the tightness and grittiness that these images portray. I wouldn't want to see this turn into an urban diagram session.
Probably worth working on a set implementable tactics if these ever want to be become inhabitable spaces. An operational manual of how to deal with the issues of decay. Juxtaposition shouldn't be the only way to look at this. Try to frame it as a thesis / argument. You need to be thinking about a counter point to help calify your position. It's too shifty right now.
Robert Smithson -Hotel Palenque - A hotel that is at one time is still active, in decay, and being added onto. Pretty sure Smithson was really high when he lectured about this in Utah but the concept stands.
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I received some corel draw files, and need to open them, preferably in illustrator. But anything from the Adobe suit will do.
I do not have corel draw and I have a mac, is there a way to convert them?
There are a few websites that convert files, but I have close to 200 hundred files and the website doesn't handle that quantity.


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by Brett Howell, 2011 PERC Enviropreneur Institute alum
I have just returned from a 10-day trip to the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico where I visited Cozumel, Playa del Carmen, and Cancun. When I planned the SCUBA trip, I expected it be a relaxing vacation. However, ever since starting to work on market-based solutions to invasive lionfish, I just could not help but turn a "vacation" into a hands-on research project.
Unfortunately, invasive lionfish have become a prevalent species in Cozumel. According to my divemaster, who works for the company Dive Paradise, local dive operators have bonded together informally to begin addressing the lionfish invasion. Divemasters carry simple spear systems with them on each dive. When a lionfish is spotted, it is killed. Of the 25-30 dives I completed, lionfish were seen on about 10 of the dives, only in the shallower reef areas (45-60 feet). After it is speared, a lionfish's spines are cut off and the fish is fed to eels or other fish. "Tourists" are not supposed to shoot the lionfish, for fear of someone being stung in the process, but our divemaster let one of the people on our boat, Eric, try his hand at the lionfish management process. According to Eric, the success of a shot really relies on the equipment being used. One spear he tried had a guidance mechanism to shoot the spear straight, whereas the other did not. Of the lionfish Eric went after, he successfully killed about half of them.
One afternoon our divemaster wanted the lionfish for dinner, so he kept approximately five of them for later feasting. While I was impressed with his interest in eating the fish, despite potential ciguatera concerns (a foodborne illness from eating certain reef fishes), I was very disappointed when he would not kill a lionfish that I found. His response was that he knew that the lionfish would be there the next time he went to the dive site, and he wanted the fish to get a little bigger so there was more meat for him to eat. This is part of the challenge with trying to get people to target lionfish; we do not want people to wait to harvest invasive lionfish in the hope that they will get bigger. The process of a lionfish growing means that it has eaten more of the critical reef species that we are trying to protect.
By far the most creative capture of a lionfish was a young lionfish that I found while on a night dive. Divemasters do not usually carry spears at night, so we ended up collecting the fish using one glove, a dive knife, and a plastic bag. The divemaster did the collecting. After killing the lionfish, he attempted to find an eel to feed it to, something he was unsuccessful in doing before we had to surface due to low air. [Read more…]


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mylifepassport necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 64 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
What is My3Goals?
It's a goal setting site that helps users reach their goals by connecting them with their friends and with Self Improvement Experts.
My3Goals also helps Experts build their businesses by bringing new clients to them and providing innovative tools to connect with current clients.
How does it work - for users?
You set 3 self-improvement goals...like
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Then you can invite your friends to help encourage you to meet your goals. You can also ask the Experts on the site for help. They offer professional services like Life Coaching and Counseling.
How does it work - for Experts?
My3Goals attracts users that are interested in goal-setting. This customer-driven approach is much more effective than advertising coaching services directly. We start by helping people identify self-improvement goals, and then connect them with tools and resources (Experts) to help them reach those goals.
What are Experts?
Experts are professionals that specialize in Self-Improvement. They typically have backgrounds and practices such as Life Coaches, Therapists, Business Coaches, Weight Loss specialists, Relationship gurus, and more.
Our motto is "Live Like You Mean It!"
Target audience is web users ages 21-45 in the self-improvement market.
Our users are interested in improving their lives. They are very comfortable with social media.
Self-Improvement Experts are our secondary audience. They are professionals that thrive on helping other people. Experts are professionals that specialize in Self-Improvement. They typically have backgrounds and practices such as Life Coaches, Therapists, Business Coaches, Weight Loss specialists, Relationship gurus, and more.
We're going through a name change....and with that we need a new logo.
We'll attach our old logo here as well (we were "MyLifePassport"). We like the "worldman" and the simple text, but we're also excited to see what you come up with.
The design should be fairly clean, simple, and elegant. No cartoons please. The site will represent the Experts, so should be professional as well.
We're not sure about capitalization of the words yet.
Is it "My3Goals"? (with caps)
Or "my3goals" (all lower case)
Our palette is blue. We'll attach a mockup of one of the pages so you can see how the logo will be used.
We're excited to work with you!
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Sometimes I want to save the history of current host on another host. This is to ensure that I can use copy/paste on other host to run the commands. To this, I found a simple solution –
history| ssh <user>@<host> 'cat - > /tmp/history'
And on the new host, you can find the history in file "/tmp/history", cool :). Now I can quick edit this file to create this as shell script as well if required. How cool is that.
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all via my iPhone on Instagram ♦ @mist9oh1
April 11, 2012
Photos don't always
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all via my iPhone on Instagram ♦ @mist9oh1
11 comments:
- Unknown said...
Love the birthday shots. And what is that soda? I don't think we have that brand in California. Also, sorry about your car - totally sucks!
Loved this post--very fun!
- April 11, 2012 8:16 AM
- Lindsey said...
Did you like the taco? I'm kinda scared to try those!
- April 11, 2012 8:32 AM
- Sunkissed and Southern said...
that taco looks amazing!!
- April 11, 2012 8:43 AM
- Mrs. M said...
I love your pics. How do you make two or three images into one picture/collage like that???
- April 11, 2012 9:26 AM
- Kelly @ turned UP to ELEVEN! said...
Lil Bit has SO much sass I love it. That maxi dress is beautiful - and I'm so dying to try that taco... I totally missed my chance when I got it last weekend and DIDN'T THINK to purchase one! bummer!
P.S. Hunger Games is finished and I Loved it!
- April 11, 2012 12:24 PM
- Dana said...
great pics! Looks like you had a great birthday!
- April 11, 2012 3:10 PM
- Olivia Carter said...
Looks like a great birthday- despite the sideswipe!
- April 11, 2012 6:50 PM
- Macey said...
I want a taco.
- April 12, 2012 2:18 PM
- Makaila said...
Happy Belated Birthday!
- April 13, 2012 10:28 AM
- Karen M. Peterson said...
I am SO happy Instagram is now on Android. It's super fun.
Those are some great pictures! I hope you had an awesome birthday!
- April 13, 2012 4:38 PM
- TLF said...
I still have not had one of those tacos. Also, I have that blue dress is coral. Fo tha freeeee.. love!
- April 16, 2012 4:05 PM


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should Boeing be talking to Tesla?
should Boeing be talking to Tesla?
Brian H | 23 January, 2013
Brian H | 26 January, 2013
New tweet: "Desire to help Boeing is real & am corresponding w 787 chief engineer."
He also refers to a Junod Esquire article, which may be this one: http://www.esquire.com/features/americans-2012/elon-musk-interview-1212-3
Very detailed, but too busy pushing "strong-willed Elon" POV.


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Spoiler! Fans hoping to see Edward and Bella break into song and dance in "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" are going to be disappointed.
"There won't be any musical numbers," newly named director Bill Condon, whose last film was the Beyonce and Jennifer Hudson-starring "Dreamgirls," said of the upcoming fourth "Twilight Saga" film in a note posted on Facebook.
Like previous directors Chris Weitz and David Slade, the director introduced himself to "Twilight" diehards with an online letter, reassuring them that he's "bringing myself up to speed" on the beloved vampire series.
"I've read BREAKING DAWN twice, rewatched Catherine's and Chris's movies 2-3 times each, have all four CDs playing in my car, and have Catherine's notebook, Mark Cotta Vaz's companion books, and even Volume 1 of the graphic novel here on my desk," he wrote. "A corner of my office is starting to look like Hot Topic."
The "Gods and Monsters" and "Candyman: Farewell To The Flesh" director added that he's "been yearning for a return to a story with Gothic overtones."
"Like many of you, I've always been slightly obsessed with vampires, dating back to the prime-time series DARK SHADOWS, which I followed avidly as a kid," he said, adding, however, that it took a special project to get him to return to the horror world.
"Rooted in a beautiful, real landscape with a great sense of place, Bella, Edward, Jacob, and the rest of the Forks/La Push menagerie, experience emotions that are primal, and universal: desire, despair, jealousy," he wrote. "And it all comes to fruition in BREAKING DAWN. This is a final chapter in the best sense; not just wide in scope and scale, but emotionally charged and intense throughout."
Condon concluded his letter by asking for questions in the comments section, which sparked over 2,000 responses. However, he did not comment on long-standing rumors that the plot-heavy "Breaking Dawn" will arrive as two films.
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Sunday, December 6, 2009
Andy Warhol in Bistro C...
We managed to see dolphins from the old lighthouse, and sea turtles and sea eagles.... all within the space of a few minutes. They only thing Tim couldn't manage were humpback whales. But it was a perfect summer day in Noosa, and I am sorry to leave at dawn tomorrow morning. But not before popping in at the Australian Zoo to say 'hello'' to the rhinos.
Louise played host at Bistro C by the sea, where the baramundi was done to perfection, and the calamari melted into the mouth at first bite. The crisp and perectly chilled sauvignon blanc helped. Even though Timothy had recommended a gin and tonic.
The Pacific ocean was warm and welcoming, but I passed. I was just struck by how proud and eco-conscious every person here is, and how solar panels and harvested rain water take care of basics. We have so much to learn - we have as much sun and rain in India. Possibly more. What do we do with it??? Very little. It would solve so many of our problems. But who's interested?
As I posed for a picture in front of the gigantic Andy Warhol poster at Bistro C, and read the line 'Pop Art is for everyone,' I found myself smiling....... nice way to end a looooong day. Until tomorrow, mates. I'm having a great time Down Under...
14 comments:
Do you have interest for photography?
- December 6, 2009 at 7:08 PM
- Alex Engwete said...
Bistro C, great title for a thriller flick...
- December 6, 2009 at 7:44 PM
- kakaka said...
you are blessed, i wish i had your life...its exciting. All you do is wrtie and visit a million places...you seem to have a constant suply of money...just like to those characters in hindi movies. FML
- December 6, 2009 at 10:38 PM
- NIM said...
good stuff...lucky u...
- December 6, 2009 at 10:54 PM
- Sid said...
would love to see that pic.......
- December 7, 2009 at 3:17 AM
- pissed with politics!! said...
http://dareindianpolitics.blogspot.com/ check it out
- December 7, 2009 at 9:36 AM
- चंद्रमौलेश्वर प्रसाद said...
` I was just struck by how proud and eco-conscious every person here is, and how solar panels and harvested rain water take care of basics. We have so much to learn - we have as much sun and rain in India.'
Then where will the multinationals go if we become eco-conscious :)
Informative travelogue
- December 7, 2009 at 10:21 AM
- Unknown said...
Yups i agree... you are indeed a very lucky person!! Only a few privileged ones get to enjoy life so much. But we don't know how much efforts you must have put for such a life....enjoy your trip and plzzzzz don't forget to share your pictures with your blog dosts.
One more thing it looks you too are fond of your blog dosts thats y u always try to post something for us, wherever you might be let it b either vacations or work.
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- December 7, 2009 at 12:01 PM
- Mukesh Bhatia said...
Nice to hear that maam! The way u elaborate the holidays, just create a picture & gets me a hands on feeling of being there. Keep updated & all the best wishes again.
- December 7, 2009 at 12:21 PM
- ReN said...
Hi Shobhaa,
I personally think that most of your books are an insult to your own considerable intelligence. I like your articles and I feel you have the finger on the spot more often that not (no pun intended).
I refer to your WIKI article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shobhaa_De in which it states: 'She is a firm supporter of local Mumbai leader Raj Thackeray'
I doubt if this is true as any sensible, rational person should really be kicking Raj's butt all the way to the moon, so just thought I would let you know.
- December 7, 2009 at 12:53 PM
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- December 7, 2009 at 1:44 PM
- RanveerChandpuri said...
Hi sobbha,
Really Tiger woods could not take care of his reputation.He was a kind of inspiration untill his scandels were not exposed.
I hope Gregarey pack a hollywoodstar was his versatile genius that he was dedicated to his wife.International tourist lady whenevr discuss about Gregary pack and the breath long and They pay him a respect.I also want to write a noval. You are a novalist and please advise me to be a best sailing noval writer
- December 16, 2009 at 7:33 PM
- RanveerChandpuri said...
Dear shobha,
Wish u happu new year 2010.
I have written 4 unfinished diaries. It is devine air and devine sentences.finally I wish you and all followers a very dynamic and cool happy new year 2010.
ranveer Chandpuri
- January 4, 2010 at 2:23 PM
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By Kim Ann Zimmermann, BusinessNewsDaily
There is grant money out there to start a business or give an existing business a shot in the arm, but it does take some work to get your hands on an infusion of cash that you don't have to pay back.
"There is money out there, but there are a number of ads on television and the Web that present a lot of misinformation as if it is a free-for-all out there, and that just isn't the case," said Ron Flavin, a grant writer and author of "Business Grants: Everything You Need to Know to Connect with Local, State and Federal Grants for Business" (Booklocker.com).
He said competition for the $500 billion in government grants available is still open, but only 5 percent of those grants are awarded to businesses. "The rest of the grant money is awarded for law enforcement, public safety, universities and other areas," he said.
Your business can improve its chance of being awarded a grant if the purpose is aligned with national priorities such as network security, renewable energy and job creation, Flavin said. "I worked with two attorneys to secure a Department of Energy grant for an innovative data server that only uses 10 percent of the electricity of a traditional data server," he said.
While the Small Business Administration's Small Business Administration's website is a rich resource, don't overlook state and local sources for grants, Flavin said. "I recommend the economic development office of the state, county and city your business operates in," he said. "These grants are often less restrictive than federal government grants and it is likely there is less competition."
Tell your story
When applying for a business grant be prepared to tell the story of your business, said Anthony M. Figliola, vice president of Empire Government Strategies.
Figliola said it is important to have a clear message about how you will use the money.
"Will you be using the money to add employees, make capital investments, upgrade equipment or other things that will help your business grow?" he asked. "Also, especially when you apply for state and local grants, mention that you will be buying equipment locally, for example, if that is the case. That will be an added benefit if you are going to help another local business."
He stressed that keeping records of applications is important and can help when applying for multiple grants.
"Much of the paperwork is redundant, so it helps to have that information available when applying for multiple grants," Figliola said. "It also helps you remain consistent in your message about how you will use the money and other numbers that are required on the applications."
Look beyond the government
Experts said to keep in mind that not all business grants are bestowed by the government. For example, Brother International Corp., the printer company, recently launched a $25,000 grant program for small-business owners in conjunction with StartUpNation, a resource for small-business owners.
"Despite economic barriers to obtain start-up capital, small-business owners remain resolute and enthusiastic in their pursuit to doing more with less and living out their dream," said John Wandishin, vice president of marketing at Brother International. "This grant program signifies an opportunity to help entrepreneurs rise above financial challenges."
The entries will be judged by originality, vision and practicality, said Rich Sloan, co-founder of StartUpNation. "According to our research, the vast majority of businesses start with $5,000 or less. The application for this grant is brief and the money is available in quick order, which is not always the case with government grants."
Where can you find grants?
Grants.gov is a good place to start when looking for grants, said Bev Browning, vice president of grant professional services for eCivis, Inc., which provides a suite of Web-based software applications, along with grant-writing and grant-management services. Grants.gov is the federal government's e-portal for 26 grant-making agencies. The website is a central storehouse for information on more than 1,000 grant programs and provides access to approximately $500 billion in annual awards, said Browning, who is also founder and director of the Grant Writing Training Foundation and author of Grant Writing for Dummies, 4th Edition (John Wiley & Sons, 2011).
Browning offers other tips for finding business grants:
Talk to community and economic development agencies about your project and ask for help with funding your program development or research endeavors.
Contact your governor's office and ask about state agency grant funding and other monies that may be available for your business.
Consider your vendors to see where you're spending your money, so you can get some of it back.
Call your congressional team members to let them know more about your business and its need for grant funding. Ask if they can start to track any federal dollars that fit your needs.
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The bar gets higher: Catholic diocese withdraws funds from shelter because of director's views
Social service agencies may want to add a line to their application forms if they receive funding from a Catholic source: The Diocese of Sacramento will no longer fund Francis House, a shelter that provides services for up to 25,000 people in need of food, shelter, and social services because its new executive director, the Rev. Faith Whitmore, has publicly expressed support for same-sex marriage and abortion rights in other contexts.
Note that Francis House does not offer same-sex weddings or provide abortions. The problem is simply that Whitmore, a Methodist minister working for a non-Roman Catholic social services agency, has publicly expressed opinions not in line with Catholic teaching. Got that?
According to the Sacramento Bee: "I have never represented any of those positions on behalf of Francis House," said Whitmore. "I was speaking as an individual. So for me, this came out of the blue." The diocesan director of social services, however, said that Whitmore's views made it "impossible for the diocese to continue funding Francis House" through the annual Catholic Appeal, through which it had offered about $7,500 to $10,000 a year.
The diocese can, of course, decide which agencies to fund, but to me this stinks of Reform CCHD Now's guilt-by-association tactics, which are more concerned with some narrrow understanding of ideological purity than with service to the poor.
It is also a further blow to any kind of joint ecumenical partnerships, encouraged by no less than Gaudium et spes. With so many mainline and even evangelical Christians holding different opinions on disputed moral questions, such as abortion and same-sex marriage, how could any Catholic organization possibly partner in joint projects of Christian service? Will every member of the staff of every social service partner have to agree with Humanae vitae's position on birth control now to get a check from a diocese? Sacramento may have to fire half the staff of its own Catholic Charities.
The Diocese of Sacramento's decision is a poor one, pure and simple, reflecting the stingiest, most narrow approach to Catholic engagement with the wider world: It makes the church look petty, and it is a choice that places ideology over service to those most in need.


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The five finalists to replace Robert Anderson, who retires in March as the city of Venice's attorney, met privately and separately with each of the City Council members last week.
Mayor John Holic and a panel of local attorneys recommended the five finalists after reviewing 16 applications.
Tuesday afternoon they will appear before the entire City Council to answer questions before the elected panel chooses one of them to be its next legal adviser.
The meeting is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. in council chambers at City Hall, 401 W. Venice Ave.
The City Council will rank the five contenders on ballots to be counted by City Clerk Lori Stelzer. Holic says he will appoint the council's top choice and negotiate a contract before the new attorney takes office by March 1.
Here is an overview of the five finalists:
Mark P. Barnebey
Firm: Blalock Walters
Experience: Assistant attorney for Manatee County for 13 years. Since entering private practice in 1999, Barnebey has represented the city of Palmetto, Manatee County School Board and various taxing districts. He has been special counsel for Flagler County and the city of Gainesville.
Law school: Florida State University
Location: The Blalock firm's Bradenton office is 35 miles from Venice City Hall and its Sarasota office is 19 miles away. If selected, the firm would want to establish regular office hours at City Hall.
Other attorneys in the firm who may assist: Scott Rudacille, William R. Robinson Jr., Fred E. Moore, Matthew Westerman.
Possible conflict of interest: The firm says it would have no potential conflicts of interest.
Jeffery A. Boone
Firm: Boone, Boone, Boone, Koda & Frook
Experience: Boone has frequently represented clients on land use and other matters before the Venice City Council, Sarasota County Commission and North Port City Commission. The city of Venice and Sarasota County have employed the Boone firm as outside counsel.
Law school: University of Florida
Location: The Boone firm is 1.5 miles from City Hall.
Other attorneys in the firm who may assist: Stephen K. Boone, E. G. "Dan" Boone, John S. Koda, Peggy Frook, Caroline N. Boone, Jim Collins.
Possible conflict of interest: If one of its other clients has business with the city, the Boone firm says it would arrange for the city to be represented by independent counsel.
In 1992, the state Ethics Commission admonished but did not otherwise discipline Boone when he served on the city Planning Commission. Boone recused himself and did not vote when one of his clients, developer Mike Miller, appeared before the planning panel with an annexation request. Yet the ethics board said Boone should not have allowed another member of his firm — his father, Dan Boone — to represent Miller instead.
Wayne Hall and Matthew Rheingans
Firm: Hall & Anderson, the firm from which the current city attorney is retiring.
Experience: Robert Anderson, the city attorney since 1989, is retiring from this firm — which will be renamed Hall & Rheingans. If selected, Rheingans would serve as primary city attorney assisted by Hall and a new associate. Hall served as assistant city attorney for Venice from 1980 to 1984 and as city attorney from 1984 to 1989. Rheingans has represented the city on airport, utilities and other matters.
Law school: Emory University (Hall), University of Kentucky (Rheingans)
Location: Its office is three miles from City Hall.
Other attorneys who may assist: Anderson will be available as part-time special counsel, if needed.
Possible conflict of interest: The firm does not anticipate any conflicts of interest. Should a conflict arise, it says it would ask Rob Robinson, the attorney for North Port, to represent Venice.
David Persson
Firm: Hankin, Persson, McClenathen, Cohen & Darnell
Experience: Persson recently resigned as attorney for the town of Longboat Key, a position he had held since 1990. He has also served as special counsel for Sarasota County and the cities of Sarasota, Palmetto and Holmes Beach.
Law school: Tulane University, New Orleans
Location: Persson's firm is 18.5 miles away from Venice City Hall. If it is selected, it would consider creating a branch office in or near City Hall.
Other attorneys in the firm who may assist: Andrew Cohen, Kelly M. Fernandez.
Possible conflict of interest: Persson's firm represents the Venetian Community Development District. If the district has an issue with the city, the firm says it would arrange alternative counsel for both parties.
Derek Rooney
Firm: Fowler White Boggs
Experience: Rooney served as Charlotte County's land use counsel for six years and is currently counsel for the Charlotte County Industrial Development Authority. The firm has also represented Fort Myers, Fort Myers Beach and Bonita Springs.
Law school: American University, Washington, D.C.
Location: The firm is in Fort Myers, 53 miles from Venice City Hall. Rooney is a resident of Charlotte County.
Other attorneys in the firm who may assist: James T. Humphrey, Marilyn Miller.
Possible conflict of interest: The firm says it has no potential conflicts of interest.
Venice attorney finalists meet City Council
The five finalists to replace Robert Anderson, who retires in March as the city of Venice's attorney, met privately and separately with each of the City Council members last week.


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Researchers have developed a way to boost the naturally-occurring oils in tobacco, increasing its potential for use as a biofuel. Big tobacco plus big oil? What could possibly go wrong?
It seems that the seeds of the tobacco plant are naturally high in oils that would make them ideal for use as a biofuel — but an acre of the plant only produces around 600kg of seeds. Researchers from the Biotechnology Foundation Laboratories at Thomas Jefferson University have found a way to modify the plants to produce 20x as much oil in the leaves — by tweaking the diacyglycerol acytransferase (DGAT) and the LEAFY COTYLEDON 2 (LEC2) genes. This would significantly increase the amount of biofuel that could be generated.
Large areas of America are already set up for tobacco farming, so the switch to biofuel production may not be too difficult. We might even see large tobacco firms using this as a PR offensive, as a way to clean up their tarnished image. Who knows, maybe they'll even team up with big oil, for a megacorp lovefest.


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Portugal's prime minister appoints coalition partner as his deputy
LISBON, Portugal – Portugal's prime minister says he has appointed his coalition partner Paulo Portas as his deputy.
Pedro Passos Coelho says the appointment of Portas, who resigned as country's foreign minister last week, patches-up a political rift that had caused turmoil on financial markets.
The deal is still to be approved by President Anibal Cavaco Silva.
Portas' resignation precipitated a crisis that rocked European markets as the government teetered on the verge of collapse in a dispute over austerity measures.
Passos Coelho said late Saturday that Portas was given "responsibility to coordinate economic policies." Portugal received a 78 billion euro ($102 billion) sovereign bailout in 2011.


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Netflix's entry into the comedy talk show space continues with Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, which premieres Sunday, Oct. 28.
Patriot Act comes from former Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj, whose one-man show Homecoming King won a Peabody Award earlier this year and is one of TV Guide's 10 best stand-up specials on Netflix. The weekly show will explore the modern cultural and political landscape with Minhaj's signature depth and sincerity. Each week, Minhaj will investigate the trends shaping our messy world using his storytelling ability and distinct point of view. Minhaj is the first Indian-American host of a weekly comedy show. Netflix has ordered 32 initial episodes of the show.
Minhaj is the second former White House Correspondents Dinner host to have a weekly Netflix talk show; The Break with Michelle Wolf premiered earlier this year. The streaming service is also developing a talk show with comedian Norm Macdonald (who hosted the White House Correspondents Dinner in 1997), and has an acclaimed monthly talk show in the form My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman.
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Count on your celebrity wingman at PopcornBiz to do the advance scouting with your latest obsession, who kindly provided a field guide to dating the star of the new NBC series which debuted last night.
On the reason that men have given her for breaking up with her:
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"If I had to put this into an official interview, I'd probably say people have broken up with are like, 'Oh, you just want to have sex too much.' That's what I'd want to go on the record. 'Hey, Olivia, sometimes you're too awesome and you want sex too much. And you cook all the time.'"
On how much sex is too much sex:
"I think too much sex is when you can't walk anymore. That would be a good barometer. But I think that in every healthy relationship, there are ebbs and flows but really, when you have somebody that's your best friend and you also want to have sex with them, it's very important. When people don't have sex in relationships, that's not healthy. It's inevitable that the breakup is coming."
On why her more geeky admirers actually may have a shot with her:
"I did the hot, the athletic, the tall guys, the really suave kind of guy. And really at the end of the day all that stuff goes away and it's just two people in bed and it's about how you connect to that person. I just really want a really nice guy that's funny, who makes me laugh – but also that I'm attracted to. I hate when people say, 'Oh, sense of humor and nice.' I mean, you want to be attracted to them."
On what makes a good date:
Once we start talking if he just seems very real and he's not trying to pretend to be something else. "Just being very present. I'm very simple: I don't like ironic first dates. Like, I'm not going to go skydiving and things that are crazy. I just like to talk and hang out. I've always said there's no good pickup line. It's just physical attraction in the beginning, and then there's the chemistry. Because if it's there, it's there. If it's not, it's not."


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I realize I am a little late in raising this issue but I think we need to realize what we may have lost in throwing away all our card catalogs and going to online search engines. First, a little background. Early in my years at the University of Utah, I got a job as a bibliographer at the University Library. The bibliographer's job was to check book orders and requests from the various professors and departments around the University to make sure that the book requested was not already in the Library. Many of the books were in the library and day after day I spent searching through the huge card catalog for these books. If I was able to prove that the book was not in the Library, then we had to make sure that we had the correct name for the author, the correct title and other information so the book could be ordered. Of course, if we found that the book had a different author or title than that originally checked, they we had to go back to the card catalog and recheck the book.
The job was really tedious, but that is why they hired students to work in the Library. We prided ourselves in finding the correct information about almost any conceivable book. Proportionately, there were very, very few books we could not find. I had a permanent job, which meant any time I wanted to work I could, because I could verify the books in all the Western European languages and Hebrew.
Are we back to the question of what this all has to do with genealogy yet? Sure enough, it does. We are all like bibliographers, we are searching catalogs and on computers for the entries that may lead us to information about our families. The reason why I miss the old Card Catalog is very simple: it was organized by catalog entry. The biggest challenge in searching for information is knowing what it is called. Let me give you an example. I recently referred to the "Utah War" in a blog post. It is also known as the Utah Expedition, the Utah Campaign, Buchanan's Blunder, the Mormon War and the Mormon Rebellion. I am sure that there are many other references also. Now, here is the difference, if I were looking in a well maintained card catalog, all of those alternative names would have a catalog entry. If you didn't happen to know that all those names referred to the same event, you might spend a whole lot of time searching without success.
Oh, but you say, we have solved all that because we now can do an online search for any one of those terms and find the information we need. Do you really think so? If you do, try searching on the "Utah Campaign." Guess what you get? News about elections and fund raising in Utah, not a military expedition in the 1800s. Even if you are so fortunate to hit upon the right term to search for, online you will get only what you ask for. A card catalog entry for this subject might be found under the following headings:
Military History, Modern - 19th Century - Sources
Utah History, Utah Military Campaigns, Utah War (See also Utah Campaign, Buchanan's Blunder, Mormon War, Mormon Rebellion)
The advantage of the card catalog was that all of the pertinent source material was likely cataloged in the same manner and you would then be able to find additional material with subject headings you would never have thought about.
What did we lose when we went to Google searches online? We lost the advantage of the grouping of the resource materials into general categories. In my above example you are forced to guess which of the names of the event was the one most commonly used. As I indicated, I could find the entry for the "Utah War" almost instantly, but searches for some of the other names for the same conflict showed no relevant results without going through pages of results. Online searching forces you to be the cataloger and provide the proper search terms. Because of my experience from both working in libraries and searching online, I am usually able to guess accurate search terms. But if I did not have the vast amount of experience with both, I am sure finding things online would be much more difficult.
So, we may have thought we were progressing when we dumped our card catalogs, but in every technological change, somethings are lost and others are gained. I still miss the card catalogs.
So how can we proceed now that we are totally dependent on the electronic search engines? We can practice using different terms and try and guess how the items were put into the search engine's indexes.


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