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Daniel Craig Focuses on James Bond
But 007's still tough -- Daniel Craig on being the international man of mystery.
Nov. 9, 2008 -- James Bond needs a day off.
In the latest 007 thriller, "Quantum of Solace," Daniel Craig continues to explore the depths of the iconic superspy, this time (his second) revealing a man consumed by his job.
It just so happens that his work is saving the world.
"It's no moral judgment," Craig says, sitting with his right arm in a sling, the result of 007 action work aggravating an old injury. "If there's ambiguity to the character, then you'll have a better time. It's as simple as that.
"There's no kind of self-conscious idea to make him a deep, meaningful human being. I just think, well, he's a spy and kills people for a living. There might be some consequences for him — and everybody around him."
By now it's well known that "Quantum" (opening Nov. 14 in the USA) picks up moments after the conclusion of 2005's "Casino Royale," which rebooted the franchise.
In the sequel, Bond nearly self-destructs in his quest to uncover the Quantum organization behind the money-laundering in the original story. The lines of justice and revenge become so blurred, his own MI6 handlers fear he is too wrapped up in the mission to pull it off.
Even this film's Bond girl, Camille (Ukrainian-born model Olga Kurylenko), is so devoted to her own quest for vengeance that together they are all business — no time or energy for any between-the-sheets action.
Craig, 40, jokingly compares his Bond's big flaw — total immersion in his duties — to the e-mail-checking, cellphone-addicted, always-on-call culture of the modern workplace.
"You're never away from the office. That's very true of people, isn't it?" he says. "We're driven to do that, and maybe that's wrong. Maybe we should all step back, put it down for an hour a day and be out of the office."
Craig adds: "That said, it is a Bond movie." His day job involves high-speed, cliff's-edge car chases, speedboat escapes and exploding desert hotels.
After six "Bonds" and 22 films, audiences still dig it. "Casino Royale" ultimately grossed $594 million worldwide, topping "Die Another Day's" $431 million record. "Quantum" already had a record-breaking debut in Europe, with about $40 million.
With this installment and future ones, Craig's challenge is to keep the fan base rejuvenated.
Thomas Huffner, who runs the fan website BondMovies.com, says he wants the franchise to continue Bond's anti-hero qualities. "He's human, and the more human you make him, the more believable the character and the more successful the movie," he says. "He's far from perfect, but that's what makes him interesting."
International man of mystery
For all the exposure 007 has given Craig, his own life remains a kind of secret identity.
He has been divorced since 1994 and has a teenage daughter from that marriage, but he doesn't like to discuss her. ("I've spent my whole career protecting her," he says. "As soon as I talk about it, that's out there.")
He has been in a relationship with film producer Satsuki Mitchell for several years, and was dogged during Quantum production by rumors of an engagement. His standard answer: He's not a member of the Royal Family, and therefore owes the public no confirmation or denial.
Craig does say this: He tends to see flaws in his "Bond" work, but Mitchell is still impressed. "I'm looking at myself and say, 'I got away with that … I didn't get away with that … I kinda got away with that.' My girlfriend is more than forgiving," he says with a laugh.
In contrast to his brooding Bond, Craig is animated and prone to jokes in person. He is hesitant to talk about his past, but gradually opens up when talking about how his early experiences help shape his most famous character.
He grew up in Wirral, along the northwestern English coast outside Liverpool, a working-class area that was hit with economic troubles during his youth in the '80s. "I had a fairly relatively normal background. My parents are divorced, but that's hardly unusual," he says. "I was brought up by my mother and got into acting very early on, inspired by the fact that there's a fantastic art scene in Liverpool, good directors and great writers. That had an indelible impact on me."
Craig had family friends who worked in theater and would let him watch stage shows from behind the scenes. "The truth of it is, I watched these plays, some of which were way beyond me as a kid. … I could sit backstage and watch all the mechanics and all these people. These big, larger-than-life people would get up on stage and shout and emote and do all these things … and then they'd go get drunk in the bar afterward — which was probably the biggest draw to me," he says with a laugh. " 'Ahh, you can do this and enjoy yourself as well!' "
School was more of a struggle. "I didn't have an academic persuasion at all," he says. "I was wandering slightly, as every teenager does, and my mother gave me a gentle nudge, and said, 'Go and do it, try and have a go.' " He left home at 16 to work in London theater.
Not interested — at first
Like Bond, his adult life has been consumed by his job. He was a low-profile working actor until "Bond" came along, a dependable performer in big-budget movies such as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and more serious fare such as Steven Spielberg's "Munich."
007 made him a household name, but initially even he resisted. His first meeting with Eon Productions' Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, whose family has overseen the Bond films since Sean Connery in the 1962 original "Dr. No," is one Craig describes as "a failure."
"I turned around and said 'Thank you very much, but no,' " he says. "They joke about it now, but I genuinely was like, 'This is not even on my radar.' I never even considered in my professional life that I should play James Bond. All the reasons people thought I shouldn't play it, I thought too. It's like, I'm blond. Why would you?"
They eventually won him over with "Casino Royale's" darker, more emotional take on the character, and he has since pushed to go even further: "Quantum" has an art-house-heavy roster of talent for a $230 million action film.
It was directed by Marc Forster, known for intimate dramas such as "Finding Neverland" and "Monster's Ball." Paul Haggis, Oscar-winning writer-director of "Crash," co-wrote both of Craig's "Bond" movies. And the villain this time, a faux-eco entrepreneur named Dominic Greene, is played by French star Mathieu Amalric, who played the paralyzed writer in last year's "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly."
It's a team with unusual integrity for a special-effects-heavy popcorn movie. "Cinematic integrity is not bad," he says, then cracks: "It's debatable where the moral line is there, though."
Craig's defining characteristic as Bond is his toughness, not just physically but also emotionally.
"Bond doesn't verbalize a lot of what's going on, so it's a challenging role," says Broccoli. "He is able to show the chinks in the armor, and that makes the character stronger. There's a tension within him, that the way Daniel plays him, you don't think he's going to snap, but you know he's going to bend."
Craig says he would have played the character differently when he was younger.
"The older I've gotten, the more I've understood what being hard is about, or being tough. It's less about fighting and physicality," he says. "The strongest people I know are women and not-huge men, let's put it that way. The strongest people have been the ones who genuinely have got it inside. If you don't have it inside, you're weak."
So how does Craig define toughness?
"I wish I knew," he says. "I fight to find out. I spend my life trying to be strong. As a man, you have to look after your family. Having good people around you and looking after them, it's that strength you draw from as well.
"Barroom brawls?" He shrugs. "I've done maybe two or three, and I've never been particularly successful at them. They're always very quick, and then suddenly you're outside and you don't know quite how you got there."
When he was first considering the Bond role, he says: "I never considered myself particularly tough. I had played rugby as a kid and played lots of contact sports and done all that. I'm never afraid of throwing myself around," he says (the arm sling serving as testament). "But when I came to do this, I knew Bond was tough. But it's the other stuff that's more interesting, that's worth playing around with and having a look at. That was my approach, but I nicked it from Ian Fleming, who wrote it on the page. He wrote this guy who was tough, hard, but (messed) up."
He has a similar counterintuitive approach to the character's sex appeal, hewn from the fact that many actors agree that one bonus of the business is the ability to attract.
"You get into acting for the chase. It's dressing up and showing off. Let's be honest about it, at it's basic level," he says, laughing. "But it's when you start believing in all that, you're in deep trouble. People talk to me about 'How's it feel being sort of looked at as being sexy?' And I'm going, 'I have no idea what you're talking about.' That sounds like false humility, but it's not. Anybody who starts to think they're sexy immediately becomes unsexy."
It's far from over for this busy actor. His Holocaust resistance drama "Defiance" opens Dec. 31; he plays a Lithuanian Jew who leads rebels on a guerrilla war against the Nazis rather than go to a concentration camp.
It was another demanding, intense role; Craig isn't one to toss off a less intense part. That's something he picked up from a late actor who worked with him on 2002's "Road to Perdition."
"The best thing I can say about Paul Newman was he worried about his craft and worried about what he was doing. He talked it through, and when he got it right it pleased him and when he got it wrong it really (ticked) him off," Craig says. "I thought, 'You're in your 70s, this is the twilight of your career; other people would be sitting back and saying, "I'll show up, say the lines and take the check." '
"But no, it absolutely meant as much to him then as it had always meant. I thought, 'God, if you're still getting a thrill out of your job, still getting that much out of your profession at that age, that can't be a bad thing. You've probably got to work toward that, make yourself feel that."
An exit strategy
Craig is signed to at least two more 007 films, but if audience feelings change and his stripped-down version of Bond no longer appeals, he'll definitely bow out. "Adapting to that is not my job. I can only go with what I know. If attitudes change across the board, then I'll have to think of something else to do."
Many Bond-isms were deliberately withheld from "Quantum" so they can have impact when they emerge in future movies. And Craig says longtime side characters such as gadget-master Q and the lovelorn secretary Miss Moneypenny may also reappear.
"I'd love to bring them back in," he says. "But I don't think you can employ a really good actor and say, 'We want you to play Q and can you go do an impression of (the late) Desmond Llewelyn?' It would be offensive. I'd go, 'Look, this is Q, these are the premises, why don't you make something up, and we'll have a brand-new idea?' Suddenly it will be an enriched character again. Maybe we'll give it legs, maybe they'll make another 10."
Craig hesitates, nods at his arm sling and adds quickly: "Not with me they won't, but maybe they'll give it another 10 years."


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Edward Snowden is the source of leaks that allowed the American people to learn that their government had them under surveillance.
Not, mind you, that the government had suspected terrorists under a legitimate, court-ordered surveillance based on some sort of evidence that gave probable cause of wrong doing.
The government had and has all of us, or at least those of us who use email and cell phones, under surveillance. It is scooping up our private thoughts and dumping them in a database to be analyzed. Then, if the analyzers want to go forward, they go to a shadowy, non-public, hidden away, behind closed doors "court" to get permission to read your mail and listen to your conversations.
Or, at least, that's the way it's supposed to go. We have to assume that our government, which has lied to us about so much, is telling us the truth … this time. If they aren't, the truth may be much worse even than this sinister scenario.
Just to make a point, I want everyone to raise their hand if they know who is on this "court," or where it meets, or, what its rules are?
Now, here's the cherry on top this particular little scoop of ice cream. The prez says — and members of Congress have acceded to this claim — that he informed our "duly elected representatives" about what he was doing and that they signed off on it.
That means that the elected officials who are owned by the left were in on it. And the elected officials who are owned by the right — Republicans and Democrats both — were also in on it.
To make this even more bi-partisan, the Democratic president is only doing what the Republican president before him had done. The law which allows the most massive surveilance fishing expedition in the history of spying since the late, great Soviet Union was authored by Republican members of Congress.
In other words, everybody's wholly-owned puppet Congressperson was in on it.
Which mean that the press that toadies to the interests that own these Congresspeople, in other words, the press that serves the same master as our "duly elected officials," had to swing into damage control.
They aren't going to do anything about the most massive violation of civil liberties in the history of the Republic.
The press won't even go there.
Their plan is to kill the messenger.
It turns out that the person who told the American people what I think anyone with half a brain would agree we have a right to know is a man named Edward Snowden. He's the leaker who "violated" the agreement he made as a condition of his employment to not talk about the things he saw on his job.
I ask you: Which has pre-eminence; the "agreement" Mr Snowden signed, or the oath every single one of these elected officials took to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution?"
Every one of the elected officials who signed off on this travesty of putting the American people under surveillance violated their oath of office. Every. Single. One.
Another question is, do the American people have a right to know their government has them under surveillance? Or is the Orwellian press correct, and the whole problem is really about how Mr Snowden "compromised" what they like to call "national security?"
The same government that put us all under the gun of government surveillance has done its best — along with its puppet press — to make Mr Snowden into evil personified. They've gone after him with everything they've got.
In the meantime, they've done all they can to harass and punish the reporter who wrote the story.
Because, you see, a government that puts its people under surveillance is just naturally going to be a bit hostile to the First Amendment. Governments who do things like this need darkness, not the light of a free press, to do their spying.
All this puts certain sections of the press under enormous pressure. On the one hand, their "mission" is to bring down President Obama and replace him with someone who is owned by the same folks who own them. So, they see this scandal as raw, juicy meat. On the other hand, it turns out that "their" boys and girls in Congress are just about as responsible for using gestapo tactics on the American people as the guys on the other team. It's hard to do this right without goring their own precious ox.
The press on the "other" side of the divide has long accused the politicians they try to bring down (you know, the ones in the opposite political party) of violating "civil rights." How to defend their guy in the White House and all his minions?
The answer my friends is obvious. Demonize the man who decided that the American people's right to know these things trumped his employment agreement.
This is not, as the press and government claim, about "national security."
Mr Snowden did not sell information to our "enemies." He gave it to the American people.
And we have a right to know.
The reason people in government are so apoplectic about all this has nothing — and I repeat, nothing — to do with "keeping the American people safe." They are enraged because they got their pants pulled down in public. Mr Snowden let everyone know that they — not him, but they — are the traitors here. They are the ones who have attacked the Constitution. They are the ones who have violated our liberties.
But that's not the worst of it. The worst of it is that the government watchdogs, the "free press" that is supposed to keep us safe from tyranny by letting us know these things, is in the bag for the government.
The corporate press is not a free press. It's a propaganda machine that protects the interests of its owners. It appears that in this case, the interests of its owners lie in supporting the government against the one thing that the American press has always staked its banner on — the American people's right to know.

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Praj Accelerates 2nd Generation Ethanol Technology Development by Launching a Commercial Demo Plant
06 Nov, 2012, 11:45 GMT
MUNICH, November 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Praj Industries, the integrated process engineering and solutions provider for bioethanol, brewery, water & wastewater and process equipment globally shared it's advancement in the development of Commercial Demo Plant for Lignocellulosic1 Ethanol.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121106/573460 )
This is a major game changer for Praj, which has been pursuing the 2nd Generation Program at Praj Matrix-the innovation center, its R & D facility. It is also a significant step forward in transport biofuels.
The decision to scale up this program follows a rigorous pilot plant trial for over 4 years wherein various feedstocks like bagasse, corn cob, etc. have been evaluated. Praj initiated the 'Lignocellulose to Ethanol' program to address the need to expand ethanol production from non-food, agri-residue.
Praj has developed extensive proprietary technology and gained significant experience and expertise in each of the unit operations required for the successful development of an integrated, commercial-scale bioethanol plant.
"The successful demonstration of various parameters at the demo-commercial plant will put Praj at the forefront of the biobased economy and in the race for commercial scale second generation biofuels. While this plant size is appropriate for emerging markets, with our past experience of quick scale up, it will be well within Praj's capability to scale the capacity even up to 10 times. I am pleased to say that Praj will be the first Company in the tropics to set up such an integrated facility." said Pramod Chaudhari, Executive Chairman, Praj delivering a welcome address at the recent F O Licht, World Ethanol Conference at Munich.
The Demo Commercial Plant
Praj will set up a 10 mln litres pa demo commercial plant in India. This plant will seek to demonstrate technical and commercial viability as well optimization of water and energy integration and its impact on the capex and opex of the commercial financial proposal. The plant will also develop the entire value chain including feed handling (post harvest) and feedsock characteristics and its impact on the operations.
The Engineering Package is ready and Praj has signed an MOU with a customer for the location. Praj is in discussions with other strategic investors/partners for participation.
The Company expects the project cost to be in the region of US$ 25 - 30 mln. Praj expects to break ground in early 2013.
Praj is currently pursuing feasibility on the Biorefinery model based on a sugar platform. There are active programs running on biofuels, biochemicals, health, wellness & nutrition at Praj
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The capex is already very competitive even for a smaller capacity plant. With further integration and scale up, Praj management is sure that its offering will be greatly differentiated, both in terms of capex and opex.
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or apples.
Apparently it hit me. Last week I was urging Summer to stay and for the cool days of Fall to be a distant reality. Then I started to see Gravensteins pop up along country roads in farm stands that are only attended by a black box with the words, "honor system" painted on the front.
Shortly after that there was pie. The best I've made. The warmth of the oven still offensive as the Summer heat lingers.
Then this morning I woke up to a comforting gray sky (as well as a cold which definitely marks the new season) and I finally admitted that I am ready and eager for the changing season.
It could have also been these caramel covered pears and apples that brought me into the Fall mood. The scent of sweet honey bubbling on the stove wafting through the kitchen carrying with it an exotic, floral smell as freshly ground cardamom was tossed in. The kids were eager to get involved in the dipping process and even more eager to help with the eating of our freshly dipped fruit. Such helpful little kidlets.
We did manage to save a few and if you are lucky enough to be in Seattle area you can get your hands on these caramel covered beauties by going to SAVOUR in Ballard. My dear friend, Julie, has started a great program where each week in September a local blogger features a homemade treat that can be purchased at the store. I adore this idea as it is so much fun to provide an opportunity for some of you to actually eat the food you are seeing and reading about.
For those of you who are not in Seattle, I apologize for being a tease. Hopefully, someday we will meet and I will happen to have one of these caramel pears in my purse. Until then I urge you to make these yourself, then open your arms widely and embrace the coming season.
You will also need a thermometer and popscicle or lollipop sticks.
Fill your sink or a large bowl with a couple inches of ice water. This will be used to quickly stop the caramel from cooking once it's reached the desired temperature.
In a large sauce pan (the caramel bubbles up so make sure the pot is much larger than the quantity of the ingredients) heat the cream and salt to a simmer. Once small bubbles appear stir in the honey and ground cardamom. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to a simmer. Stir occasionally to avoid scorching on the sides or bottoms of the pan.
Continue to cook until the temperature reaches 255-260*F. If not cooked enough the caramel will be too soft and run off the fruit. If cooked too long the caramel will be difficult to chew.
*Tips for Success*
After making these several times now I've learned a few things that I want to reiterate so you will have success.
– Boil caramel until it reaches 260*. This will produce a firmer caramel that will better adhere to the apples or pears.
– Use firm pears. If they are too ripe the stick will slide right out.
– Wait to dip the fruit until the caramel is nearly cool. It will be quite thick and sticky but it helps to prevent the caramel from sliding right off.
– Use fruit that is not waxed.
– Chill the fruit before dipping. This sets the caramel immediately. You could also dip then refrigerate.
– Let the excess caramel drip off for at least one minute before dipping into the nuts.
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September 22, 2012 | By Bruce Martin
One "Legend of the Brickyard" realizes his impact on this year's Chase for the Sprint Cup will be short if he doesn't make a dramatic move forward in the Sylvania 300 on Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
But Jeff Gordon has been tested by pressure all season just to make the Chase.
Gordon finished 35th in the opening round of the Chase last Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway when the throttle stuck in his Chevrolet. He arrives at the 1.058-mile flat track in New England last in the 12-driver Chase. That left him a whopping 47 points behind Chase leader Brad Keselowski of Penske Racing and 21 points behind 11th-place Matt Kenseth, this year's Daytona 500 winner.
Gordon realizes time isn't on his side. He doesn't want to be as irrelevant as the wild-card team that loses the one-game playoff in Major League Baseball this season, so he must find his way to the front at New Hampshire.
Four-time Brickyard 400 winner and four-time Cup champion Gordon made a good start Friday. He won the pole with a fast lap of 134.911 mph in his Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports.
"This season we have had a lot of problems, but our cars were really fast," Gordon said. "It gave us the confidence to know you can rebound – you can win at the next track."
It was Gordon's sixth pole at New Hampshire to go along with his three wins, 15 top-five and 20 top-10 finishes in 35 starts. But the last time he drove to victory at NHMS was ancient history – back in 1998. He was fourth last September and sixth in July.
Gordon is starting at the front but realizes it means little if he doesn't win the 300-lap race.
"You can't make up what we lost last week in one race," Gordon said. "This is something we didn't expect. We expected to be strong in the race, but this was a big one and certainly good timing. Track position is big here. There are a couple of different factors I look at with this track. This track it is hard to get heat in the tires in the short run, so, you really slide around a lot and you can really lose positions on restarts if you are not careful. Maintaining that track position on those cold tires is hard to do. Obviously qualifying up front, we'll have the track position there early. We're going to fight hard to keep it. We have a great pit stall now, and that will certainly help as well. But, as you say, if you have long runs and you pit under green here, that number one pit stall really doesn't do you any good. It is all about pitting under caution, and you don't want to have to come in here, so you always stretch the fuel. We know it is tough to pass here, so track position is very, very important."
While it would be easy to look at Gordon's pole as a confidence-booster, former Indiana resident Gordon does not lack in that department after last week's Chicagoland disappointment.
"My confidence wasn't the issue, nor the team's," Gordon said. "We were running fourth when we wrecked last week. Your confidence gets broken when you are running 25th. That is the thing that has really gotten us through this season, is that we've had a lot of problems that have been frustrating, and we've had to battle through them. But our cars have been really, really fast. So, that keeps your confidence as a driver in knowing that you can rebound. That you can get to the next track. And, if you don't have these problems, you are going to have a solid finish, or a chance to win."
Non-Chase driver Kyle Busch starts on the outside of the front row in a Toyota while Tony Stewart gave Indiana two drivers in the top three when two-time Brickyard 400 winner and three-time Cup champion Stewart qualified third. It's the 18th time Stewart will start in the top 10 at New Hampshire.
"It was definitely a good lap for us," Stewart said. "We had a good practice this morning, and it was just really nice to be able to back it up for qualifying and it's definitely the perfect way to start the weekend off, for sure. It's a nice length race. It's not 500 laps here, which it doesn't need to be, and the hard thing it that it's hard to pass at times here. But it seems like after you get about 15 or 20 laps on the tires and everybody can pretty much get where they need to go. But we'll have a good pit spot, and hopefully we can keep that track position all day and not have to beat our car up trying to get up there."
Stewart enters the race third in the standings, eight points behind Keselowski and five points behind four-time Brickyard 400 winner and five-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson.
Stewart has three wins, 14 top-five and 16 top-10 finishes in 27 starts at New Hampshire. He won last year's race and finished 12th back in July.
He believes that with the prospect of long green-flag racing, track positions will be the key.
"Yeah, it's pretty important," Stewart said. "It just depends on what your car is doing. If you've got a good car, a long run can be an asset as much as it seems like some people think it could be a detriment. But having a long run, and if your car is good; every time you get to put tires on, you're kind of reset for 15 or 20 laps. So it's nice to get some long runs here and nice to be able to get things sorted out to where you can race guys one on one versus having to sit there and worry about two behind you and two guys in front of you. It makes the racing a little bit easier, really.
"We got this weekend and eight tough weeks after it."
Johnson is just three points out of first place and has three wins, seven top-five and 14 top-10 finishes in 21 starts. He was 18th last year and seventh on July 15.
Johnson qualified 20th Friday, so he need to fight his way through the field to score a top finish.
"It's so tough to pass and such a short race that you've really got to come off the truck your first laps on and just fine-tune," Johnson said. "You have to qualify well and then stay up front, clean air is so important here. I know it's odd with it being such a small track, but having clean air and the whole race track to run your line creates a really fast lap and you can kind of control the race at that point. The last thing that is a part of all that is when the cautions fall; this track can really be challenging from a fuel mileage stand point. We have seen plenty of that. First and foremost, you've got to have a great car. I think if you have a decent car you can play the fuel game and have a shot then, too."
Johnson is the only driver that has been further back than second after the first Chase race who has gone on to win the championship. But he believes that plenty of drivers can accomplish that this season.
"Absolutely, it is definitely possible," he said. "I think as tight as things were starting this Chase there wasn't a very big points spread from first to fourth or fifth, something like that. Definitely that stat can fall for that reason, and then it's racing. I was just talking about 2006, we had two DNF's (did not finish) and still came back to win the championship."
Points leader Keselowski will start 15th. Other Chasers not among the top-10 qualifiers include Clint Bowyer (12th), Greg Biffle (13th), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (14th), 2003 Brickyard winner Kevin Harvick (16th), Johnson (20th), Kenseth (25th) and Denny Hamlin, who will start 32nd despite being fastest in practice.
Hamlin is fourth in the Chase, 15 points out of the lead. Former USAC star and Indianapolis resident Kasey Kahne is fifth, also 15 points out after his third-place finish last Sunday.
"We felt good about Chicago we started the Chase off on a good note," Kahne said. "The team did a really nice job. We were close, we weren't as good as Brad (Keselowski) and Jimmie (Johnson), but we were pretty close. We have a lot to build on there. Coming back to Loudon, I like this place. We have run pretty well here at times. We were right in the mix the first race and ended up getting the win here. Hopefully Sunday we can put together another strong performance, qualify well this afternoon and put together a good performance on Sunday."
Kahne won at this track on July 15 after finishing 15th here last September. That is his lone victory, one of two top-five and seven top-10 finishes in 17 starts.
Bowyer is sixth in the Chase, the last of a trio of drivers 15 behind the leader.
Earnhardt is seventh, 17 points out of the lead. Although he hasn't achieved the status as a "Brickyard Legend" just yet. he remains one of the most popular driver that competes at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
At New Hampshire, Earnhardt has no wins, seven top-five and 11 top-10 finishes in 26 starts. He was 17th last September and fourth in July.
"New Hampshire kind of lends itself to the short-track mentality and that style of racing," Earnhardt said. "I enjoy racing at short tracks, have a great track record at all the short tracks we run at. I feel like that's a bit in my wheelhouse, and this place sort of fits toward that.
"I was a little bit disappointed with finishing eighth last week (at Chicagoland). We're going to need a little bit more than that to win the championship. This is a track that I feel like owes me one. We've been running here for a long time. We've had some good cars here, and we've had some cars capable of winning races. We just haven't been able to finish the job. So, I kind of feel like it's got to happen sooner or later, and I feel like that it needs to happen now. There's a bit of urgency. Not a whole lot, just enough to keep us motivated and real positive. I feel pretty positive. I mean, this is a good racetrack. When we came here (for the July 2012 race), I was without my main engineer (Kevin Meendering), who was having a child that weekend. We joke about it. Even though he was at home and trying to participate, it's just not the ideal situation. That was something totally unavoidable, and we were happy for his situation at the time. We have him here this weekend. I'm really to attack, and go work on the car in practice."
Martin Truex Jr. is ninth in points 21 behind the leader with 2003 Brickyard winner Harvick 10th, 24 points out of the lead.
Kenseth and Gordon bring up the rear in the Chase, but pole winner Gordon believes he can take a major step toward turning around last week's disappointment with a victory Sunday.
"We have to score a lot more points than the other guys," Gordon said. "How do you know what that is? The problem is that you have 11 guys that you have to do that with. We're at the pretty good chunk just back to 11th. It's going to have to be pretty extraordinary. Right next to miraculous. Miraculous things have happened, so that's what keeps us motivated and keeps us going forward is that anything can happen, and crazier things have happened before."


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CFO Moves this week include:
|Coach, Inc.
|Baker Hughes Incorporated
|Avon Products, Inc.
|hhgregg Inc.
|The Dow Chemical Company
|Hanger, Inc.
|Summit Hotel Properties
|Cardinal Health
|Saia Inc.
|First Advantage
|International Paper Company
|diaDexus, Inc.
|Bankwell Financial Group
|XZERES Corp.
|MemberSuite, Inc.
|QNB Bank
|HMS Holdings Corp.
|U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc.
|Wunderman New York
|SCAN Health Plan
|Creative Associates International
|Itron, Inc.
|NTN Buzztime, Inc.
|NBTY, Inc.
|MOCON, Inc.
|Acucela Inc.
|Glovista Investments LLC
|Cyprium Partners
|Riverbed Technology
|PRGX Global, Inc.
|KCG Holdings, Inc.
|Rocket Fuel Inc.
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Coach, Inc. (NYSE:COH) announced the appointment of Gebhard Rainer, as President and Chief Operating Officer, effective September 29, 2014. Mr. Rainer joins Coach from Hyatt Hotels Corporation, where he most recently held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Mr. Rainer served as Managing Director for Hyatt International Europe, Africa and Middle East (EAME) LLC from January 2007 to August 2012. Mr. Rainer is filling a position that has been vacant since September 2013.
Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) announced that Kimberly A. Ross, has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective October 22, 2014. Ross currently serves as Executive Vice President and CFO of Avon Products, Inc. She served as Executive Vice President and CFO of Royal Ahold N.V. from 2007 to 2011 and held various other finance positions at Royal Ahold from 2001 to 2007. Peter Ragauss will continue with the Company serving as Senior Vice President and CFO until Kimberly assumes those responsibilities on October 22, 2014.
Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP) announced that Kimberly Ross, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has resigned effective October 2, 2014. Ms. Ross joined Avon in 2011. Robert Loughran, Vice President and Corporate Controller, will be appointed Avon's acting Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Loughran has been with Avon for 10 years, serving as Vice President and Controller since 2012. He joined the company as Assistant Controller in 2004. Prior to Avon, Mr. Loughran spent 15 years in various financial reporting and accounting positions at public companies, and in public accounting roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Deloitte & Touche LLP.
hhgregg Inc. (NYSE: HGG) announced the hiring of Robert J. Riesbeck as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Riesbeck served as Operations Executive/Group CFO at Sun Capital Partners. Before joining Sun Capital, Mr. Riesbeck was CFO of Marsh Supermarkets, a Sun Capital portfolio company. Prior to this, Mr. Riesbeck was CFO of American Golf Corporation and also previously held business-unit CFO roles at Nike, Inc. Mr. Riesbeck began his career with Grant Thornton LLP.
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) announced that Chief Financial Officer William H. (Bill) Weideman has elected to retire from the Company, following 38 years of service with Dow. The Board of Directors has elected Howard I. Ungerleider to succeed him as chief financial officer, and his appointment will become effective October 1, 2014. Ungerleider joined Dow in 1990. In 2006, he was appointed North American commercial vice president for Dow's Basic Plastics business portfolio. From 2008 to 2011, Ungerleider served as vice president of Investor Relations. He was named president for Dow's Performance Plastics Division in 2011, and in 2012 was named executive vice president of Dow's Advanced Materials Division, and joined Dow's senior-most executive team.
Hanger, Inc. (NYSE: HGR) announced that Thomas Kiraly, former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer of Sheridan Healthcare, will join Hanger as Executive Vice President on Oct. 1 and will become Chief Financial Officer during the fourth quarter 2014. Mr. Kiraly will work closely with incumbent CFO George McHenry until Mr. Kiraly assumes the role of CFO later this year. As previously announced, Mr. McHenry will retire on Dec. 31, 2014. Prior to Hanger, Mr. Kiraly served as the EVP, CFO, and Treasurer of Sheridan Healthcare, Inc. From 1999 to 2011, as EVP, CFO, and Treasurer of Concentra, Inc. From 1988 to 1999, he was EVP and CFO of BRC Holdings, Inc.
Summit Hotel Properties (NYSE: INN) announced that Greg A. Dowell has been appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer effective October 1, 2014. Mr. Dowell will succeed Paul Ruiz, who has served as interim Chief Financial Officer since May of 2014. Mr. Ruiz will continue to serve in his present position as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. Most recently, Dowell held the position of Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at American Campus Communities (NYSE: ACC). Prior to joining ACC in 2001, Dowell spent ten years in progressive capacities with Century Development where he began as an accountant and ultimately served as Senior Vice President of Management Services over the student housing portfolio.
Recommind announced that it has appointed Bernard Huger to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Huger was previously Chief Financial Officer of MuleSoft. He previously served as Vice President of Investment Banking at J.P. Morgan. Prior to his tenure at J.P. Morgan, he served as a Vice President at Stifel Nicolaus.
Cardinal Health announced that Michael C. Kaufmann has been named chief financial officer of the company effective Nov. 11, 2014. This follows the previously announced planned retirement of current Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey W. Henderson. Kaufmann has served in the role of chief executive officer of Cardinal Health's Pharmaceutical segment since 2009. He joined Cardinal Health in 1990 and held a number of senior operational, sales and finance positions. Kaufmann is a member of the executive committee of the boards of the Healthcare Distribution Management Association and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, and a trustee at Ohio Northern University.
Saia Inc. (NASDAQ: SAIA) announced that Fritz Holzgrefe has been named the company's new chief financial officer (CFO). Holzgrefe most recently served as the vice president of business development for a Georgia subsidiary of one of the world's leading agricultural processors. Prior to that, he served as the same company's vice president and CFO. Jim Darby, Saia's CFO of 14 years, will remain with the company through Sept. 30 to facilitate the transition.
First Advantage, a Symphony Technology Group (STG) company, announced that Michael S. Duffey has joined as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Previously, Duffey spent 10 years as CFO at market information firm Symphony IRI, another STG business. Duffey has also held executive finance positions at a broad range companies, including Covansys Corporation, APW and M.A. Hanna Company.
International Paper Company (NYSE: IP) announced the election of Ray G. Young to its board of directors effective October 1, 2014. Mr. Young has been the senior vice president and chief financial officer of Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) since 2010. Prior to joining ADM, Young served as vice president of international operations in China at General Motors Company (GM), as well as executive vice president and chief financial officer of GM.
diaDexus, Inc. (OTC: DDXS) announced that Jean Viret, Ph.D., chief financial officer, will be leaving the company effective September 19, 2014 to pursue an opportunity outside of the company.
Bankwell Financial Group, the holding company for Bankwell Bank, announced that Michael Brandt joined the Company's Board. Mr. Brandt is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Prudential Retirement, a division of Prudential Financial. Mr. Brandt was previously Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer at GE Capital Commercial Finance and Region Head and Chief Operating Officer, Americas at Babcock & Brown.
XZERES Corp. (OTC: XPWR) has appointed R. Michael Williams as chief financial officer, succeeding Steven Shum who has been appointed chief operating officer and who will remain a company director. Williams previously served as CFO of Dr. Bott. Prior to Dr. Bott, he was vice president of finance at Sonetics Corporation. He has also served as CFO of Silver Eagle Manufacturing Co. Before Silver Eagle, Williams was vice president of finance at HemCon Medical Technologies. Earlier in his career, he held controller positions at FEI Company, TRM Corporation, Williams Controls Industries, Gerber Legendary Blades Division of Fiskars, and Del Monte Foods.
VigiLanz announced the appointment of Patrick Spangler as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining VigiLanz, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Healthland, Inc. Prior to his tenure at Healthland, he served as SVP and CFO for Epocrates, a public company purchased by athenahealth. He also served as SVP and CFO of ev3, Inc., a public company purchased by Covidien. Prior to ev3 he served in various capacities at Medtronic Inc. Mr. Spangler also serves on the Board of Directors of Urologix Inc. (NASDAQ: ULGX).
MemberSuite, Inc. announced it has brought on John Hutchinson as Chief Financial Officer. Previously he was CFO of CCH Small Firm Services.
QNB Bank has named Janice McCracken as Chief Financial Officer. McCracken previously served as CFO for Noah Bank and National Penn Bank.
HMS Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: HMSY) announced that Jeffrey S. Sherman will serve as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Jeff Sherman joins HMS from AccentCare, where he served as EVP/CFO. Sherman previously was EVP/CFO of publicly traded LifePoint Hospitals Inc. His healthcare experience also includes senior finance positions at Tenet Healthcare Corporation.
U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRTS) announced the resignation of David G. Robson as its Chief Financial Officer. Michael Yoshida, the Company's current Controller, will assume the responsibilities as Principal Accounting Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Yoshida has served as the Controller of the Company since 2009. From August 2005 until August 2009, Mr. Yoshida served as the Vice President Finance and Controller for Hot Topic, Inc. and as the Senior Director of Finance and Controller for Bristol Farms from December 1998 until August 2005. Mr. Yoshida served as Chief Financial Officer, Vice President Finance at Farmers Market from May 1995 to December 1998. From 1984 to 1995, Mr. Yoshida held various accounting and finance positions with Ralphs Grocery Company and Irvine Ranch Farmers Market.
Wunderman New York named Dan Wadleigh aboard as chief financial officer. Dan Wadleigh brings over 15 years of sound financial and operational strategies within the marketing services industry to Wunderman. Wadleigh joins Wunderman from Landor where he served as chief financial officer.
SCAN Health Plan announced the appointment of Vinod Mohan as the company's new chief financial officer. Most recently Mohan served as regional chief financial officer/Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans for UnitedHealth Group Inc./United Healthcare. Immediately prior, Mohan served as chief financial officer for Sutter Health Plus and before that chief financial officer/vice president, consumer business for WellPoint.
Creative Associates International announced that Oswaldo Holguin will join as Chief Financial Officer. Holguin served as Deputy Chief Financial Officer at Management Systems International and was Finance and Administration Director at Chemonics International, where he also held other key financial posts.
Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) announced that W. Mark Schmitz has been appointed executive vice president (EVP) and chief financial officer (CFO). Schmitz most recently served as the CFO of Alghanim Industries. He previously served as CFO at several other global corporations, including The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Tyco International Limited's Worldwide Fire and Security Segment and Plug Power Inc. In addition, he held a number of financial leadership roles at General Motors over 25 years. Schmitz succeeds Steven Helmbrechtas Itron's CFO. Helmbrecht will remain with Itron through December 31, 2014 to facilitate a smooth transition.
NTN Buzztime, Inc. (NYSE: NTN) announced that Kendra Berger has resigned as the Company's Chief Financial Officer, and will continue to provide transition and support services through December 31, 2014. Sandra Gurrola, the Company's current Controller, will be promoted to Vice President of Finance and serve as the principal accounting officer for financial reporting purposes. Ms. Gurrola joined the Company in November of 2009 as the Director of Accounting and has continued to escalate in her role and responsibilities since that time.
NBTY, Inc., and its parent company, Alphabet Holding Company, Inc., announced the appointment of Dipak Golechha as their Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Golechha comes to NBTY and Alphabet Holding from Chobani, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Mr. Golechha spent nearly two decades at Procter & Gamble, where he was Chief Financial Officer of Global Feminine Health & Hygiene and Chief Financial Officer of Global Snacks.
MOCON, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOCO) announced that Darrell Lee will retire as vice president, treasurer and CFO at the beginning of October 2014, after nearly ten years with the company. Elissa Lindsoe, former CFO of Galil Medical Ltd., has been appointed vice president, treasurer and CFO effective October 6, 2014. Prior to her tenure at Galil, she served as CFO for two publicly traded companies: Urologix, Inc. and Indentix Incorporated.
Acucela Inc. announced that its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), David Lowrance, will be leaving the Company for family reasons. Brian O'Callaghan, who currently sits on Acucela's Board of Directors, and has been appointed to become the company's new President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), will also assume the role of Interim CFO. Brian O'Callaghan has served on the Company's Board of Directors since September 2013. He was most recently Chairman and CEO of Sonrgy Inc. Previous to Sonrgy, Mr. O'Callaghan served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sangart Inc. and as a member of Sangart's Board of Directors. Mr. O'Callaghan has also held the position of Chief Commercial Officer at NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and as General Manager of two global divisions of Covance Inc.,
Glovista Investments LLC announced the appointments of Christy Espinal as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Glovista, Christy was the Controller and FINOP for MYD Market Inc. Prior to that, Christy was Assistant Controller for Proxima Alfa Investments (USA) LLC. Prior to Proxima, Christy was Senior Internal Auditor for Sony Corporation of America and previously part of the Assurance and Advisory practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
Cyprium Partners announced the hiring of Ted Laufik as its new Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer. Mr. Laufik will replace Dennis Wagner, who plans to retire on October 31st. Ted is a senior finance professional with more than 25 years of finance, strategy, investor relations and compliance experience, including with one of the country's leading private equity and venture capital firms.
Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD) announced the appointment of Steffan Tomlinson to its board of directors. Mr. Tomlinson currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of Palo Alto Networks. Mr. Tomlinson has held the chief financial officer position at a number of technology companies, including Aruba Networks from 2005 to 2011.
PRGX Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRGX) announced that Robert B. Lee, the Company's Chief Financial Officer, Controller and Treasurer, will retire from the Company on December 31, 2014. In connection with Mr. Lee's pending retirement, Peter Limeri has been named Senior Vice President – Finance, effective September 11, 2014. The Board of Directors of the Company intends to appoint Mr. Limeri as the Company's Chief Financial Officer later this year. Peter Limeri has over 25 years of financial experience, including his previous service with PRGX as Chief Financial Officer from February 2006 until May 2009. Mr. Limeri's previous experience also includes serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of LCG, LLC, and service as President and Chief Financial Officer of Physiotherapy Associates.
KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) announced the departure of Steve Bisgay, Chief Financial Officer. Sean Galvin, Chief Accounting Officer, will serve as KCG's Interim CFO. Mr. Galvin led the accounting team at Knight Capital before taking the lead accounting role at KCG.
Rocket Fuel Inc. (NASDAQ: FUEL) announced that J. Peter Bardwick, Chief Financial Officer, has given notice of his intention to resign as CFO to pursue other opportunities closer to his home and family. Mr. Bardwick will continue to serve as CFO until the end of the Company's third fiscal quarter of 2014 and will continue with Rocket Fuel in a consulting capacity thereafter. Beginning on October 1, 2014, Ms. Bela Pandya, the Company's Vice President of Finance, will serve as interim CFO.


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The biggest question surrounding the environment impact of zero emission cars is always the amount of energy and natural resources manufacturers use to build them. Nissan's answer to that is recycling.
Like it or not, the Nissan Leaf is the world's best selling electric car since its debut. That means high volumes and Nissan knows they can't call it a sustainable car without reducing its natural impact during production as well.
That why their Leading, Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family car is built in Japan using 25% recycled material. Plastics from washing machines and sound insulators from old uniforms. Watch those shredders at work:
That 25% will only go higher in the future.


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Coming to a Bloomberg terminal near you: a ranking of the most innovative U.S. companies on climate change. And some of the contenders may surprise you.
Produced by Maplecroft, a U.K.-based research house, the ranking tracks how 360 companies worth more than $1 billion are "mitigating climate change related risks," managing carbon emissions, and innovating "clean-tech solutions and new products". Maplecroft uses more than 100 criteria to reach its assessment, with the "innovation" piece making up 50% of the scores.
"We see the index as a sign of responsible business managing and mitigating their CO2 emissions and the impact that climate-related events are having on them," says Kevin Franklin, a Maplecroft director.
"But equally it's about proactive businesses that are looking to generate new opportunities for revenues. The idea is the rating evaluates that, and then the index sits on the Bloomberg terminal, and ultimately helps drive further investment in businesses that are part of the climate solution."
Franklin says the leading 100 companies have outperformed the Standard & Poor's 100 Index in the last three years, showing that investment in climate change pays.
But while some companies on the list are well-known climate-change adapters, others are more likely to surprise those who care about the issue.
GE, which spends $5 billion a year on its Ecomagination research program, tops the ranking for the third year running. Next up are Alcoa, Johnson Controls, Ford, and Intel. But following those are Hess Corporation (in 6th place), Exxon Mobil (22nd), and Duke Energy (27th)–all companies that have a lot to do with creating climate change.
Exxon, for example, has been accused of funding groups that deny, or obfuscate, climate science, and of failing to support efforts to introduce climate regulation and legislation. Duke produces a large portion of its electricity from coal-fired plants, the least acceptable form of generation for activists.
Talking about Hess, Franklin admits that "at first glance it might seem strange." But he says Hess gets its ranking because of "what they've done in adaptation, and in the management and mitigation of emissions."
"In adaptation, they have really robust processes and systems in place to ensure their onshore and offshore operations are protected against freak weather events. And in the management, they've got really good policies, procedures, and systems. And they've got excellent carbon accounting," he says.
Some might question the idea of major heavy emitters of CO2, which put most of their resources into dirtier forms of energy, as "innovative" on climate change. But Franklin argues you can't expect such companies to "change overnight."
"Part of the reason for that is that wider environment in which they operate–for example, and to the extent to which the policy environment facilitates alternative technologies," he says.
"If we stopped fossil fuels overnight, we would have no way of getting around because there isn't really an infrastructure for electric or hydrogen cars. While that's the case, we're looking to see that companies that may have been traditionally dirty are doing as much as possible to become cleaner."
Maplecroft points to Hess's investment in fuel-cell technology. Exxon is commended for its work on algae-based biofuels, lithium-ion batteries, and plastics, as well as for having "clear systems in place to drive innovation within the company, including long-term commitments to invest in new technologies and systems to identify innovation opportunities and energy efficiency improvements."
It's questionable, though, whether major emitters should be featured as leading "innovators" on climate. The danger is that it sends a wrong message to investors, and the wider public.


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Pediatric Cancer Patients Face Future Fertility Hurdle
Children battling cancer increasingly must consider whether or not they want to have children one day. WSJ's Peter Loftus and Dr. Lisa Diller, chief medical officer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, explain on Lunch Break. Photo: AP.
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Casia Wiliam is the new Bardd Plant Cymru for 2017-2019
It was announced at the Ogwr, Taf ac Elái Urdd Eisteddfod that Casia Wiliam will take on the role of Bardd Plant Cymru for 2017-2019. The news was announced from the Festival's main stage by Alun Davies, AM, Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language. Casia will be the 15th Bardd Plant and will be officially starting her role in September when she will take over from Anni Llŷn who undertook the role in 2015.
Casia is 29 years old and is originally from Nefyn in the Llŷn Peninsula, but now lives in Cardiff. She has published two books for children, has adapted two Michael Morpurgo books into Welsh and is a member of the Talwrn y Beirdd bardic team, Y Ffoaduriaid.
"I'm looking forward immensely to wander through Wales and meet the children, whether they love to write reluctant writers!" Casia said. "It will be a great pleasure to hear their ideas, to spark their imagination, and to encourage everyone to try their hand at writing poetry."
"During my period as Bardd Plant Cymru I hope to show children that everyone can write a poem, that poetry is something that lives in our ears and not only on paper, and that writing and reading poetry is a wonderful tool to see and experience life through someone or something else's eyes."
With Anni's period as Bardd Plant Cymru coming to an end, she's confident that the scheme is being handed over to a capable successor. She said of Casia:
"She's a brilliant author and poet. She has a fantastic imagination and I'm sure she'll take the children of Wales on an adventure."
Over the past two years Anni has taken the scheme to new hights by visiting every county in Wales, 83 schools, 10 castles and working with 20 external partners in workshops and various activities. During her time as Bardd Plant Cymru she has entertained, inspired and engaged with over 6000 children. Activities have included: workshops; the Siarter Iaith tour; CBeebies show; performances during Cardiff Children Literature Festival; Roald Dahl 100 Wales celebrations; creating and performing a show for Gŵyl Hanes Cymru i Blant (Welsh History Festival for Children); Y Senedd birthday celebrations; and the Urdd Message of Goodwill project to name but a few.
Lleucu Siencyn, Chief Executive of Literature Wales said of the announcement:
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Aside for the Warcraft franchise, which has seen pretty regular releases since 2002, Blizzard's release schedule is a study in empty spaces. Even World of Warcraft's expansions are pretty staggered, especially considering the original plan was to release a new expansion pack every year after Burning Crusade.
Considering the company's track record of hits and misses, I'd say this timeline could serve as a blueprint for other developers; a prime example of how you don't need a new game every year to be a success.
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Supporters of the "Religious Funding Exemption Bill" say it does nothing except ask university administrators to give students more say over which groups receive funding.
Some Christian students objected to having their tuition dollars go to the campus's GLBT Resource Center, which provides counseling to gay students. The group receives about $100,000 a year–about $2 per student, according to KBTX.
In fact, the bill was initially called The GLBT Funding Opt-Out Bill, but the name was changed to deflect criticism that the student senate was discriminating against one particular group that religious students found objectionable.
"It is offensive and unacceptable to mask this discriminatory bill against [the GLBT] community as an issue of religion," said GLBTA student Kimberly Villa, in a statement. "It is unfair to make our resource an 'option.'"
The bill's author, Chris Woolsey, told the student newspaper that he merely thought students deserved more of a say in how their money was spent.
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"Rosenberger and Southworth establish the principle that a state university or college must distribute funds collected by mandatory student fees in a viewpoint-neutral manner," according to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education's guide to student fees. "State universities and colleges violate the right of free expression guaranteed by the First Amendment if they deny funding to a group because of the viewpoint it advocates, or if they require students to pay into a system whose official policies prohibit religious or political groups from receiving school funding."
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The program is called VIP for its emphasis on volatility, income generation and perspectives on the market. Those issues are not new, according to Joseph Kringdon, executive vice president and head of U.S. retail distribution and marketing for Pioneer, but the VIP program is an attempt to help advisors "organize those thoughts" and provide "context for those conversations."
"Our mantra around here is 'Clients come first,'" Kringdon (right) told AdvisorOne on Tuesday. "We listen to issues that are happening at the point of sale and provide intellectual context."
What they've heard for some time, Kringdon said, is that advisors and clients have a lot of concerns about the election, fiscal cliff, tax rate increases, confusion over issues in the eurozone and nervousness about the markets.
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"In today's marketplace you have traditional asset classes, but creeping into the mix is the big, wide category of alternatives. Alternatives have many meanings to many people, but to us alternatives mean a way to invest other than traditional asset classes."
For example, he said, using a laddered bond portfolio and utility stocks used to be a popular way to protect against volatility. Now, low rates on bonds mean a ladder doesn't provide you with as much income, and many people think utilities are overvalued. Pioneer uses a multi-asset strategy in some of its mutual funds that include MLPs and REITs as well as stocks. Using alternative investments, Kringdon said, provides "new ways to solve old-fashioned problems."