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Hiring Strategies
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Building a successful business depends on your ability to manage growth. And growth often means adding to your work force. For new business owners, however, hiring can be a tricky task. To select qualified people, you have to ask some questions concerning their ability, experience, training and reliability. Ask the right questions, and you'll get the information you need to make good hiring decisions. Ask the wrong questions, and you may need an attorney.
The hiring process has become more complex. Changing regulations, well-publicized court rulings, watchdog groups and a more sophisticated work force all mean you must be very careful about the questions you ask in an employment interview.
At issue are the questions you ask. They must be consistent, legal and job-related. Each candidate must be asked the same questions. You must be ready to prove that you've given each candidate an equal opportunity to satisfy the requirements of the specific job for which they're being interviewed.
Keeping Things Consistent
"The insurance industry has a lot of prescribed qualification tests for agents, but it doesn't have a standard for interviewing potential hires," says Dave Sherman, president of Midland Insurance Group in Winsted, Minnesota. "As a result, it's easy to get off track. Trying to make sense out of rambling interview notes in order to prove every applicant got an equal opportunity becomes nearly impossible. The result is chaos. We've learned that following a script is an essential part of our selection process."
Before you schedule your next interview, script the job-related questions you will ask--then stick to the script. What you ask in this face-to-face meeting can make the difference between winning and losing a discrimination lawsuit. To follow a consistent interview process, make sure each applicant is asked exactly the same questions.
When you start asking your applicants interview questions, be sure you can defend why you need to know the answers. How will each question help you select someone who can perform the work better than another? Keep notes of every interview, including questions, answers and personal observations. Your records of the interview process may become evidence that can help or hurt you. Bear in mind that lack of documentation is no defense in an expensive lawsuit alleging discriminatory hiring practices.
Formulating Your Script
So, what are the kinds of questions you may include in your script? This will, of course, depend on the position for which you are hiring; you will need to tailor your script to meet the needs of the job. Here are five basic questions, adapted from Paul Falcone's 96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire (Amacom, $17.95, 800-262-9699), that serve as a great foundation for any job interview.
1. What's the greatest asset you'll bring to our company? The "greatest asset" question works well as an icebreaker because most people are fairly comfortable talking about what makes them special and what they like.
2. What's your greatest weakness? You would think that most job candidates have planned responses to these often-asked queries. That's not, however, always the case. There is still a surprising number of people out there who give very little advance thought to this common self-evaluation query. You could use that element of surprise to your advantage.
3. What was your favorite position? Much like the "greatest strength" question, this query invites the interviewee to reflect on positive and comfortable emotions.
4. What was your least favorite position? The ideal candidate's response avoids subjective, personal interpretations that force them to defend their past actions. Instead, look for a job candidate's ability to objectively evaluate a situation rather than subjectively react to it.
5. Where do you see yourself in five years? This question is a known showstopper because it triggers a candidate's "wishful response" mechanism. The proper candidate response will place emphasis on the assumption of broadened responsibilities at the current position.
What can't you ask? There are some topics that have little or no bearing on a candidate's ability to perform the job, or are the subject of specific federal and state laws. Don't ask about:
- Age, date of birth or employment history further back than the previous five years.
- Sex, race, creed, color, religion or national origin.
- Disabilities of any kind.
- Date and type of military discharge.
- Marital status.
Other questions to avoid:
- What's your maiden name? (For female applicants.)
- How many children do you have? How old are they? Who will care for them while you are at work?
- Who is the nearest relative we can contact in case of an emergency? (This information is not vital to performing a job. You can obtain the information after the person is hired.)
- Have you ever been treated by a psychiatrist or psychologist? If so, for what condition?
- Have you ever been treated for drug addiction or alcoholism?
- Have you ever been arrested?
While these may be things you'd like to know, and this information may be volunteered by the interviewee, they are not normally applicable to job qualifications or ability to perform the work. Therefore, they must be left out of your interview and selection process. Remember, if you're not sure if a question is invasive, refrain from asking it if it doesn't apply to the applicant's ability to perform the work involved in the job.
Selecting the best candidate from a batch of applicants is a tough process. Take time to ensure that your selection criteria are legally defensible. Prepare yourself for each interview just as thoroughly as if you were preparing to make a sales pitch to a big customer. The people you hire are a vital part of your business. Take time to ensure they are exactly what you need to be successful.
For More Information
* The Employer's Legal Handbook, by Fred Steingold (Nolo Press, $29.95, 800-992-6656). Steingold's book provides the affordable legal guidance employers need to run a fair and productive workplace.
- Interviewing and Selecting High Performers, by Richard H. Beatty (John Wiley & Sons, $17.95, 800-225-5945). Beatty provides more than 500 well-constructed, behaviorally based interview questions.
- Streetwise Hiring Top Performers, by Bob Adams and Peter Veruki (Adams Media Corp., $16.95, 800-872-5627). The authors provide more than 600 questions to choose from so you can select the best candidate for your current and future job openings.
Reference Checks
By Patricia G. Pollack
You've found the perfect candidate for the job. His resume is perfect. He interviewed well. You're ready to make him an offer.
Stop! According to the Society for Human Resource Management, almost 25 percent of all resumes include false information. Furthermore, resumes and interviews do not reveal certain facts about past behavior, such as an applicant's credit history or driving record, which can be critical when considering applicants for certain jobs.
If correctly conducted, background checks can alert you to past behaviors that will help gauge future performances. Although there's no way to guarantee that your new employee will be trouble-free, gathering the appropriate information will increase your chances of hiring a qualified and productive worker.
Here are some guidelines:
- The first step in conducting a background check is to obtain the applicant's signed authorization to allow former employers to release employment information. Such an authorization is typically included as part of the employment application; preprinted application forms containing the appropriate legal verbiage for authorization are available in most office supply stores.
- Contact the institutions listed on the resume--in writing--to verify education, former place of employment and prior job responsibilities. You can't ask the applicant questions regarding age, religion, race, marital status, parents, children or child-care arrangements, health status, psychological well-being, financial obligations, previous arrests or membership in social organizations.
- Use credit checks whenever personal financial conduct is relevant, as in the case of a retail-store manager who will have control over large cash receipts. The Consumer Credit Reform Act of 1996 requires employers to obtain prior written permission and to provide copies of the credit report to an employee or a prospective employee before taking any adverse action based on the reports.
- If there will ever be an occasion when your prospective employee will drive a company vehicle, check the applicant's driving records to ensure the license is valid and free of violations. These records are public information and are accessible through the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Just For You
Making Time.
By Sean M. Lyden
Many of us live in a state of perpetual anxiety--we have much to do but little time in which to do it. Even a vacation becomes a grueling experience as our minds churn over what needs to be done at the office.
How can small-business owners break free from the tyranny of anxiety to accomplish more without all the stress? The answer lies in effective time management.
"One of the biggest time wasters," says J. David Harper, Jr., a financial representative with The Principal Financial Group in Atlanta, "is to overestimate the amount of time that you do have." The result: a lot of bustling activity, but little to show for it. "A lot of people are in the office for long periods of time, but they are ineffective because they're not focused on their objectives. They're spending hours upon hours but not really getting anything done."
Here are seven tips to help you take control of your schedule:
1. Diffuse. As you plan your week, forecast any problems that might arise. Then devise a plan of action to deal with those situations before they blow up into major, time-consuming crises.
2. Focus. Ask yourself what things you absolutely have to get done for the day. Focus your time on those objectives. You will feel empowered as you accomplish your essential tasks.
3. Clean up. Schedule time to take care of lesser priorities--perhaps on a Friday when you have significant amounts of downtime. Or choose to work late one evening each week. Also consider delegating activities to staff or family members.
4. Consolidate. Plan ahead to accomplish your errands in a single trip. Group related activities together.
5. Assert. Make time. Realize that you control when and how you accomplish your objectives. Don't let other people's expectations steer you off course.
6. Rescript. Worry and frustration waste time. Say "No!" to anxiety, and "rescript" your worries into proactive, positive, business- and life-enriching thoughts.
7. Rest. When you feel frustrated, irritable and worn down, take a break. You'll accomplish more when you're fresh and focused on your task.
For more information on products and books to help you take control of your time, contact Franklin Covey Co., founded by Hyrum W. Smith, author of The 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management (Warner Books, $12.99, 800-654-1776) by visiting its Web site at http://www.franklincovey.com
Contact Sources
Midland Insurance Group, 131 Sixth St. N., Winstead, MN 55395, (800) 786-7208
The Principal Financial Group, 1 Ravinia Dr., #1700, Atlanta, GA 30346, (770) 393-1555, ext. 120


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Tuesday October 27, 2020
Case of the Week
Lucky Lucy Pays Tax on "Northern Long Shot" Foundation Income
Case:Lucky Lucy Lindstrom finished college and headed west. She started as a financial analyst with a large company in Seattle. After just four years, she became a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) and began advising clients. Lucy also managed her own investments. With her keen insight into financial markets, Lucy soon began to move from traditional stocks and bonds into futures and commodities markets. Lucy was so successful in these markets that she now only manages her own large personal portfolio. Somewhat late in life, Lucy discovered the wonderful world of philanthropy. She volunteered at her favorite charity and learned that giving someone in need a helping hand is even more gratifying than making another million in the futures market.
Lucy had invested $1,000,000 in stock in a Canadian oil "wildcatter" with the name Northern Long Shot, Inc. This company has been drilling new exploratory wells in the far north. Recently, the stock rose from the $1 per share that she paid to over $5 per share. After this success, Northern Long Shot decided to "spin off" a smaller company with a portion of the successful wells. Lucy exchanged her $5 million in stock for 60% of the stock in Northern Long Shot II, Inc. After the exchange, Lucy decided to give the Northern Long Shot II stock to a private charitable foundation to help those in need.
Lucy's attorney had previously advised her that private foundations are subject to various rules on self-dealing, minimum distributions, excess business holdings and taxable distributions. Lucy asked her attorney whether her private foundation would be required to pay any tax. Her attorney responded that private foundation must pay an excise tax on income.
Question:Lucy exclaimed, "What! Pay tax? This is a charitable foundation! Why should a charitable foundation have to pay tax? And how much tax will be paid?"
Solution:Her attorney explained that while private foundations are generally exempt from income tax, the net investment income of a private foundation, including dividends, interest, royalties and net capital gains, is subject to a 2% tax that must be paid in quarterly installments. Under certain circumstances, a foundation may be eligible for a 1% reduction on the tax.
Sec. 4940(c) of the Internal Revenue Code provides the guidelines for calculating net investment income. Gross investment income plus net capital gains, minus ordinary and necessary expenses, equals net investment income. "Gross investment income" is defined as "the gross amount of income from interest, dividends, rents, payments with respect to securities loans, and royalties, but not including any such income to the extent in computing the tax imposed by Sec. 511 (UBTI)." Sec. 4940(c)(3).
Some private foundations will be eligible for a 1% excise tax reduction, under Sec. 4940(e), if they meet certain distribution requirements. Here, in order to be eligible, the private foundation must meet two requirements. First, the amount of the qualifying distributions made must meet or exceed the sum of an amount equal to the assets of the foundation for the particular taxable year, multiplied by the average percentage payout for the base period, plus 1% of the net investment income of the foundation. Second, the foundation must not be liable for tax imposed for failure to distribute income for any year in the base period.
Lucy was not happy with this private foundation tax. However, as she thought about her goals, she decided that this would just be "a cost of doing business." In addition, she did want full control and was willing to pay this excise tax to do so. As a result, she funded her private foundation. Now, she is able to make generous grants to charities that focus on helping the needy.
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Valentines Day is such a fun holiday! After the whirlwind hullabaloo of Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Years has passed it is the first thing we start to think about! Valentine's Day is full of adorable traditions for kids and romantic gestures between adults. If you like to get festive in your home, classroom or business we have some uber cute ideas for Valetines Day decor. We have also created a Pinterest Board with more DIY Valentines Day decor ideas.
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It has often been pointed out that a competition victory does not mean as much these days as it once did. Or more precisely, that a big win does not necessarily launch a solo career. Then again, when you pick up three wins in a single year, and have backers like the Russian dynamo Valery Gergiev, people start to notice.
That is the case with Daniil Trifonov, the young Russian pianist debuting this week with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Trifonov placed third at the Chopin Competition in Warsaw, first at the Rubinstein in Tel Aviv, and first in the famed Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Now he's a hot property, making the rounds to most of the major orchestras and releasing his first recordings.
On Thursday night he brought with him the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, a piece that suits him well. As is clear from just a few bars of his playing, Trifonov has a brilliant streamlined technique and the impulse to forge a distinctly personal interpretation. His immense granitic chords and the bold profile he gave to some of the work's most popular tunes seemed to nod to older, grandly muscular Russian styles of pianism. Yet the next moment, the playing could turn inward and ruminative, as Trifonov deployed a kind of weightless feline passagework. He also projected the adrenaline and verve of a natural performer. What I missed Thursday was a deeper sense of inner musical compass welding this reading's striking episodes into a unified poetic statement. One imagines it will come. After the Tchaikovsky, Trifonov quieted the cheering crowd by floating out a handsomely voiced account of the Schumann-Liszt "Widmung."
The Costa Rican conductor Giancarlo Guerrero was on the podium, opening the evening with Roberto Sierra's "Fandangos," a festive and approachable curtain-raiser that shows off the orchestra to great effect. Sierra proudly embraces the traditional Spanish dance form, which here is just lightly modernized, splashed with other Latin sounds, and on occasion playfully smeared with dissonance. Guerrero led a zesty and colorful reading.
After intermission came Prokofiev's wartime Fifth Symphony. The orchestra played strongly for Guerrero, whose visceral, full-body conducting style worked to greatest effect in the closing movement. There was, however, little that was comparable to the razor-sharp detailing and potency of sound that Vladimir Jurowski recently brought to roughly contemporaneous repertoire.
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Chain Bridge Forge: Preserving a 19th Century Blacksmith
It is situated on the east bank of the River Welland about one mile from the town centre, only four metres away from the river itself. The building dates back to the early 1800's and in 1826 it appeared in White's Directory and it shows that the Blacksmith was a Francis South. It then appears to have been sold to Edward Fisher who was general town Blacksmith and from his 1850–60 day books it showed his trade also included the servicing the boats that used the port of Spalding. In 1898 the Dodd Family took ownership of the Forge and were recorded as Spalding's last Harbour Master. Three generations of the Dodd family worked the forge. George Robert Dodd originally from Heckington in Lincolnshire had learnt his trade at Newmarket and presumably it had paid well enough for him to get married and purchase the forge for £280. The Forge had to adapt with the times and in the 1950's Geoffrey Dodd business almost ended but he turned his hand to making carnival floats for the Spalding Flower parade and this continued for another 30years. In 1989 the building was sold to the local Council and work was done to preserve it structure but sadly was not developed as a museum.
Today we hope to fulfil this vision and The Friends of Chain Bridge Forge has been formed to conserve the artefacts, tell the story of this historic building and build an educational programme which will involve schools and the community. The building is approximately 12.3m long and 6.3m wide. It is subdivided internally into three spaces, the largest of which contains the forge and main work space. The floor is mainly of hard packed earth, with large pieces of stone and slate covering some areas. The building has remained largely unaltered and retains its original contents and is a treasure trove of artefacts and documents which illustrates this wonderful building past and the Blacksmiths that have worked it.
The Forge has recently been awarded £50,000 of Heritage Lottery Funding and therefore the project has commenced. If you would like to follow our progress or would like to contribute then please view our website http://www.chainbridgeforge.co.uk


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Winter camping. Yurts. For any sane person, the latter is the only way to really do the former. But yurts aren't always—or even usually—located in places sane people deem convenient. Colorado has a wonderful yurt system and there are several yurts on the western slope of the Tetons. These are in the backcountry and require several hours of exertion using snowshoes or climbing skins to get to though. And you'll need to know how to safely travel in avalanche terrain and have specialized equipment.
Then there's the yurt tucked into the lodgepole forest between the Hobacks and Rock Springs canyon at [R191R, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort]. If you really want to, you can skin to it (it'll take about an hour and the climb is 1,500 vertical feet). I let the resort's tram carry me to the 10,450-foot summit of Rendezvous Mountain and then I skied down to it via the South Hoback. The Hobacks weren't in the best shape, being rather hard and bumpy, but it still beat skinning.
The Jackson Hole Mountain Resort Yurt is easily accessed via the resort's legendary tram. Photo by Jed Sims.
The yurt's easy accessibility isn't even its best attribute. That honor goes to its yurtmeister. And not just because I think "yurtmeister" might be the coolest title ever to be able to put on your resume.
The JHMR yurtmeister does all of the cooking and cleaning. So not only do you not have to work to get to this yurt, but you don't have to do any work once you're at the yurt either. A night at the yurt includes appetizers upon arrival, dinner, breakfast and coffee.
I was a fan of Yurtmeister Mike Ross well before my friends and I met him at the rear, staff-only entrance to the tram at 3 p.m. one February afternoon. He had been texting me about menus for a couple of days. Loading onto the tram, his pack is ginormous and stuffed with tortellini, smoked salmon, cheese, salami, bagels, tomatoes and coffee. Our packs are small, albeit not particularly light. The yurt is BYOB. I have a toothbrush, clothes to sleep in and three flasks, one of 12-year old Macallan, another with Bailey's Irish Crème, and the third of Drambuie.
On a ridge a snowball's throw outside the resort's boundary, the yurt's supporting structures include a wrap-around deck, a dual outhouse with toilet seats you can fit with WAG bags and two backyard igloos. Coming at it from above and perhaps slightly out of control due to the choppy conditions, I almost launch off an igloo. Almost. Thanks to previous guests, there's also a kicker in the front yard. I see that well in advance though and avoid it with a sharp turn right onto the wood deck. I'm three feet from the front door.
Enjoying Yurtmeister Mike Ross' sampling of cheese, fruit and meats at the JHMR Yurt. Photo by Jed Sims.
If ski-in/ski-out gets any better, I've yet to experience it.
As we're popping out of bindings and standing skis against the deck's railing, two additional yurtmeisters ski up. Not because Mike needs any backup—just because yurt people are friendly. They want to say "hi," and grab a beer.
It was reiterated to us multiple times during the reservation process that the yurt was BYOB. As the multitude of flasks in my pack demonstrate, we took the warning seriously. Still, as Mike hands his compatriots a beer, he offers each of us one—from his own stash—as well.
The yurt itself is of average yurt size—perhaps 20-feet in diameter—but feels palatially cozy with only Mike and our group of four. The last yurt I was at—deep in Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains—hosted 14 people. Not that it was meant to.
Prayer flags hang above the wood-burning stove, where Mike has already placed pails full of snow to melt into water. Below, he's working on getting a fire going. We're getting comfy on bunks and at the kitchen table. Ski pants come off and jeans and sneakers are put on. Scotch comes out.
It takes Mike 30 minutes to slice up more apples, cheese and salami than I think is possible for five people to eat. (A hardworking yurtmeister, Mike must eat too, of course.) It takes 20 minutes for the entire appetizer spread to disappear.
I guess it's the yurt itself rather than the effort required (or not required) to get there that inspires the appetite?
When the sun goes down many JHMR yurt visitors break out headlamps and their favorite book. Photo by Jed Sims.
On every other yurt trip I have ever done, the time between post-skiing snacks and dinner is spent doing chores. Mike had already done everything though. At a loss for something productive to do and the fire in the wood-burning stove finally raging, the group settles in and enjoys its food coma. One of us might wander outside looking for the women's pee tree—this is a classy yurt, there's a pee tree for each sex—and get waylaid by partially falling into a snowdrift. Because of her prone position (and the scotch she has been drinking), this yurter might then become enraptured by Wyoming's nighttime sky. On a clear night, if you stare at Wyoming's sky long enough, you're certain to spot a satellite moving among the stars.
Amazingly, this person eventually extricates herself from her daze and the snowdrift.
More amazingly, three hours later when Mike serves dinner—tortellini with a smoked salmon creamy tomato sauce—we devour that even faster than we had the appetizers.
And then we sit back and watch Mike do the dishes.
The yurt stays toasty—almost too toasty—all night long. It comes with minus-20-degree down sleeping bags.
I wake up to a much milder headache than expected and the smell of coffee and bagels toasting on top of the wood-burning stove. Enjoying Mike's strong French press coffee, we take our time packing and are back at the base by 9 a.m., no cleanup or schlepping of sleds or heavy packs necessary.
The yurt has enough bunks for eight people to each have their own. Some bunks can accommodate couples. The two igloos behind the yurt can accommodate several more people. And then there's the floor and table. The biggest group ever was 27 people. Families with kids are welcome. Kids have skied down to the yurt—it's an ungroomed black diamond run that gets you there. Very young kids have been carried up by devoted parents in backpacks. The yurt is also available in the summer, when it is reached by a moderately strenuous hour-long hike through pine forest and meadows of wildflowers. The yurt is $425 per night for eight people. This includes appetizers, dinner, breakfast and coffee. Additional people are $10 and are responsible for their own sleeping bags.
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I've heard assertions of the sort:
- Let there be a Riemann metric (not very smooth, say of class $C^1$ or $C^2$ or maybe $C$?) in a neighbourhood of a point on a manifold. Then it is possible to choose coordinates so that the metric is $C^\infty$ or even analytic in them.
- In case of 3-dimensional manifolds it is possible to choose such coordinates globally, so the manifold becomes a smooth one. In the case of higher dimensions $n\ge4$ it is not true.
Are those assertions true? I've heard them some time ago and not sure I remember all the details. Is it a well-known thing? Are there some detailed references?


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Recently confirming the release date for their highly anticipated debut album 'Feel It Faster', Brighton rock four piece VERSES have now confirmed a headline tour in support of the release. The album will be released via A.O.K. Recordings on 26 May 2014, with the headline tour beginning on May 29th after spending April on tour with LostAlone and Hit The Deck Festival:
Album Release Headline Tour – Tickets available at http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk
May 29 The Vic Inn, Swindon
May 30 Unit, Southampton
May 31 Camden Rocks Festival, London (not headline)
June 1 Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
June 2 Asylum 2, Birmingham
June 3 Think Tank, Newcastle
June 4 Stereo, Glasgow
June 5 The Compass, Chester
June 6 Warehouse 23, Wakefield
June 7 Korova, Liverpool
*Support: Take The Seven
w/ LostAlone
Apr 3 The Horn, St Albans
Apr 4 O2 Academy 2, Oxford
Apr 5 Penny Theatre, Canterbury
Apr 6 Sin City, Swansea
Apr 7 Barfly, London
Apr 8 The Cavern, Exeter
Apr 10 Portland Arms, Cambridge
Apr 11 Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes
Apr 12 Kasbah, Coventry
Apr 13 Rock City Basement, Nottingham
Apr 14 Sound Control, Manchester
Apr 15 Fibbers, York
Apr 16 Opium, Edinburgh
Apr 17 Ironworks, Inverness
Apr 18 Beat Generator, Dundee
Confirmed Festivals
Apr 19 Hit The Deck, Bristol
Apr 20 Hit The Deck, Nottingham
July 12 2000 Trees, Cheltenham
Album pre-order bundles are now available at versesband.com . All pre-orders will instantly receive 'To The Rooftop', as well as two bonus tracks when the album is released (acoustic versions of Making Statues and Live In The Sky).
'Feel It Faster' Album Trailer video:
The first two singles taken from the forthcoming album, 'Making Statues' and 'Feel It Faster', have been supported by BBC Radio 1, XFM, Kerrang Radio, Kerrang TV, Scuzz, MTV Rocks, Kerrang Magazine, Rock Sound, Big Cheese and more. The band previously released a mini album 'Come To Life' in 2013.
2014 promises to be a busy and important year for VERSES – both Kerrang and Rock Sound have tipped the band for big things in 2014. The plan is to tour, tour, tour, so expect to see them at festivals throughout the year plus a number of tours. Since forming in 2010, the band have paid their dues and toured relentlessly to build up a solid fanbase and prove that they're in this for the long haul and not just a band looking for overnight success!
VERSES are
Jason Danzelman – Vocals/Guitar,
Joe Welsh – Guitar,
Dan Freese – Drums,
Joe 'Fish' Gale – Bass/vocals.


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CNN's Barbara Starr reports on an extraordinary allegation being leveled against the nation's top Marine, Gen. James Amos, stemming from that infamous video of Marines urinating on corpses in Afghanistan. The complaint against Amos was first reported by the Marine Corps Times.
Warning: the images contained in this piece may be disturbing.
I have several family members who have, and are presently serving. But I won't pretend to know what is going on in their minds when they win against a group of talibands. Honestly, I don't think I would feel much respect for them either-not knowing what these men did and that they would've killed me if I hadn't killed them. I really don't have the experience or knowledge to be able to say if what those marines did was right or wrong, but I won't forget what they've given and done for me. That being said, regardless of your opinion on the actions shown in the video, it should not have been video taped- especially not shared.
Talking about whats fair in war, have you all not realized the war is here too. It was just in Boston, so just keep thinking that our men should play fair . Your living in a dream world ! If you have never been in the military or married to a military member you HAVE NO CLUE !!!!!!!!!!!
The second you become as evil as they are you let them win. It's not about playing fair It's about not letting them destroy what our country is about. Freedom liberty and justice for all. Hate dosnt win wars,intelligence,technology and last but not least good solders do.
Marie, I concur.
I am sick and tired of those who criticize our troops. If it wasn't for us volunteering your a** would have been drafter. So STFU and you are welcome
Kill every last Arab and problems solved
Racist peace of sh it.
War on terror. War on drugs. Sounds like a Bugs Bunney cartoon. But this is real life. Seems like both could be won without firing a shot. Or wait, maybe, Bugs could bend Daffy' 's shotgun.
Why is this news now? I suspect it is not the story to be noted but the message, -a veiled threat- to any high ranking military member. Please, stop bickering amongst yourselves, and LISTEN to what the media is NOT telling you. Divided, we ALL fall.
Bush made those Marines do it !! Chuck Todd and Brian Williams said so .
Let's not blame this clown Amos for what those urinating Marines did. After all, they're just a mere product of the sick society that we all live in today. Evidently, people no longer instill morality in their children. That video is a national disgrace and shows that we need to restore morality in this country and stay out of other countries! So let's quit throwing stones!
MORALITY – Are you nuts – when has a lilling war become "moral" – ever talk to a WW2 vet? a Vietnam vet? if urinating on corpse disturbs you maybe you need some insight into battlefield etiqutte? Killor be killed and celebrate survival any way you can – it may be your last celebration any minute! I had a friend who survived the Bahtan death march – people urinated on living soldiers then – so I gues my friend should have turned his cheek and siad I have higher morals than you? RIGHT!ight?
If this clown knew what was going on with those jerks under his command, then he needs to be held accountable. That video of those clowns urinating on those dead Taliban shows just what low morals they have. The bottom line here is that we have absolutely no right to be in that country in the first place and now to have this ignominy on top of it! Enough is enough!
Well stated, Marine5484. I couldn't have put it better! Let's all just get out of Afghanistan once and for all.
Of course you agree with him since neither one of you served in the Marine Corps I wouldn't expect for either of you to understand such actions.
I know an atrocity whenever I see one. Peeing on the dead bodies of people who cut off other people's heads is not an atrocity. The American people must have overlooked the fact that we can't win a war against people if we spend more time kissing their ass than we do shooting them dead or blowing them to hell. This damn "war on terror" could have been over in 30 days if anyone in the US government had a pair … makes you wonder whose interests it really serve to drag a war on ad infinitum.
Your a idoit,you can not win a war without the support of the people. You can't just kill yourself to victory. Look at any war we held ground without the support of the people. If we kill everyone we create enemies everywhere. You no nothing of warfare.
We should though you in the middle of Mogadishu. Bit ch,I was insulting him not our soldiers. Oh I'm sorry I forgot if your not a right wing war mongering devil your not a real American. Get fuked
Keep it up Amos.
These war crimes deserve to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The troops put the lives of countless military personnel at risk when they commit atrocities under the stars and stripes. From what it sounds like... Amos understood that. There is nothing to see here, prosecute those war criminals ASAP, and show the terrorists that we fight with dignity.
Where is the dignity in war? What is dignified about killing an inferior force with such superior firepower? How can collateral damage be dignified? Using drones may save U.S. troops but the risks to innocent lives increase. What is dignified about that? Outside of death and killing, how will Afghans see the dignity in a foreign force imposing their will on the Afghani people? We cannot impose our definition of dignity on an Afghan people who see no dignity in U.S.
We are a godless people to them. Even the most trivial of our habits are repulsive to them. We are hypocrites and weak in their eyes. Such a small Taliban force fought the most powerful nations on Earth and continue to do so. If we must war, it would be dignified to meet our enemy on the battlefield wielding no more than the weapons they possess...an even playing field, man to man. Here is true dignity:
"To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill." "To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." "The art of war is of vital importance to the State." – Sun Tzu "The Art of War"
The U.S. leads with brute force to enforce diplomacy. Bass-akwards. We have no dignity. There is NO art to our warfare. Any moral ground we had is slowly being eroded on the grounds of "equality" and "separation of church and state". The foundation of "dignity" is slowly disappearing. Our enemy knows that. "Know the enemy and know yourself" – the U.S. doesn't really know either.
You sound like you know what you are talking about,,,,,fact is YOUR CLUELESS!!! The ONLY goal in battle is to SURVIVE IT!!! To protect your friends, and to come home safe! Dignity in war???? What have you been smoking sir? Fact is,,,these terrorist would use what you call dignity to kill more americans,,,why don't you pick up a weapon and stand a post,,otherwise shut tfu and let the professionals do their job!
Hmm, it appears at least one Marine in this discussion doesn't understand the distinction between "strategy" and "tactics." By the time combat tactics are being employed, the superior strategy of defeating an enemy without fighting that was described by the real Sun Tzu over 2200 years ago(!) has already failed, by definition.
It's amazing to me that we still haven't gotten that memo yet, but then the proportion of contemplative thinkers to reactionary meatheads is probably still about the same as it was back in Sun Tzu's time, or maybe it's because war is still so much fun. Anyway, it's a safe bet that all U.S. Military top brass have read The Art of War but it's not a safe bet to assume all the grunts doing the actual fighting have done so. This is also why grunts aren't asked to help formulate strategy very often, if ever.
Rules of war heheheh. Sacrelisious those are pretty words. The moment you use those pretty words better hope the vest will work.
No he sounds like he doesn't have a freaking clue as to what he is talking about actually. I myself served as an F.O. for many years do you even know what that is? Well I'm the one on the ground who would be calling in fixed and rotary wing air support (directing planes or helicopters in to attack targets for you civilians not in the know) I called in Mortars when in range (My MOS was 0341 which in the Marine Corps is a Mortarman), I called in artillery, and I could call in Naval gun fire but that actually only happened in training but regardless I know for a fact that Drones don't cause more collateral damage than the weapon systems I just named because I have seen both in action. Have you ever seen a 30 round fire for effect coming from a gun line full of 155mm Howitzers? My guess is no which is why you think a hellfire missile from a Drone causes more collateral damage than our other assets.
@Sacrelicious Ok buddy first of all your f-ing clueless and since you never served as a grunt I don't expect you to know this but grunts are asked more often than not to come up with strategy in the Marine Corps. We get a mission and than we (The grunts) plan it out. F you and your 2k+ year old book. Its the want to be egg heads like yourself that are the ones who actually screw all these wars up with all your over thinking while we grunts are on the ground carrying out your stupid orders which we have to alter on the fly the second a shot is fired but yeah we are the meatheads thinking on our toes while our lives are in danger and your sitting back on some base totally safe reading books and making terrible plans.
It sure seems you haven't participated in war/combat, when you have come back and lets talk
There are things to say on both sides of the fence. But deep down I don't have a problem with it at all. Been there.
But... but...
Did they kill the terrorists with rounds dipped in pig's bold ???
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Those preserved animals you dissected in science class are now also artwork that prices up to $20,000 yen or $250. Iori Tomita, a 28 year old Japanese artist, transforms dead animal carcasses into colorful art through a long and tedious scientific process that can take him months, even a year.
Designboom reports that Tomita removes the skins of animals preserved in formaldehyde then soaks the creatures in a mixture of blue stain, ethyl alcohol, and glacial acetic acid. He then breaks down the protein and muscles through the enzyme trypsin to give them a ghostly transparent look. The bones are then soaked in potassium hydroxide and dye and preserved as stained masterpieces in glycerin.
Tomita first learned his trade as a fisherman and has cultivated a niche where science meets art and skeletons meet artistic immortalization.
"People may look at my specimens as an academic material, a piece of art, or even an entrance to philosophy," Tomita said on his website. "There is no limitation to how you interpret their meaning. I hope you will find my work as a 'lens' to project a new image, a new world that you've never seen before."
Tomita's art is apart of a long line of strange and unusual art including a cat that was transformed into a helicopter. Tomita's art is not sold outside of Japan yet but has caught on with 20 to 30 year old Japanese women. Tomita plans to branch out to "art centers like Paris, London, and New York," according to the Huffington Post.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The University of Missouri System today (June 11) announced the appointment of Henry C. "Hank" Foley as executive vice president for academic affairs for the UM System. Foley has served since 2009 as vice president for research and dean of the graduate school at Penn State.
Before his appointment as vice president at Penn State, Foley served as dean of Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology. In addition Foley is the president of the Penn State Research Foundation and the Penn State Research Park Management Corporation. In his tenure at Penn State, he has held the positions of named chair, department head, associate vice president for research and director of strategic initiatives, and dean.
"Hank Foley has been a great asset to Penn State for the past 13 years," said Penn State President Rodney Erickson. "He has filled a number of important leadership roles and has successfully overseen one of Penn State's largest and most significant areas — our research enterprise, which currently stands at $808 million. We are sorry to see him leave, but the University of Missouri System has made an excellent choice."
Foley will assume his new responsibilities at the UM System later this summer, the exact date yet to be worked out. Penn State will move in the next several weeks to identify interim leadership for research administration and the Graduate School.
"As a Penn State alumnus, working here over the last 13 years has been a joy. I have learned so much from everyone and will bring my experience and excitement to the University of Missouri System," Foley said. "Like Penn State, the University of Missouri is made up of humble, hard-working people who want the best for their state, the region and the nation. I believe in public research universities like Penn State and the schools making up the University of Missouri System. These are great institutions; it is a privilege for me to serve them."
In his new role as executive vice president for the UM System, Foley will lead strategic planning efforts, provide system-wide leadership in academic programs, promote economic development, advance research collaborations and enhance funding, as well as lead the institutional research, student access and success, academic program review and eLearning functions of the system. The appointment is subject to approval by the University of Missouri Board of Curators.
Originally from Providence, R.I., Foley earned a master's degree in chemistry from Purdue University and a doctorate in physical and inorganic chemistry from Penn State. Foley served on the University of Delaware chemical engineering faculty for 14 years before returning to Penn State in 2000.


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The Take on Hake
Pacific whiting fleet shows others how to operate a viable, sustainable fishery
Any sense of dead reckoning indicates the Pacific Coast hake (whiting) fishery is alive and well, thanks to coordinated, collaborative efforts within the industry to avoid by-catch and enhance sustainability.
Those efforts netted the attention of government officials and fishermen in Mexico as they try to decide how best to manage an emerging hake fishery in the Gulf of California.
In 2012, fishermen from Puerto Penasco (Rocky Point) asked the folks from the San Francisco-based Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to work with them to improve management of their growing hake fishery. A series of meetings ensued, with fishery and EDF leaders deciding to take initial steps to establish a catch share system based on the successful system launched in 2011 by the US fishery. Toward that end, more than 20 government officials and fishermen from Mexico converged on Newport, Oregon at the end of July to get the take on hake during a two-day exchange of information and ideas with their US counterparts.
The exchange in Newport focused on the first-hand experiences of the fishermen, managers and others involved in the US hake catch shares system. Dorothy Lowman, vice chair of the PFMC and a fisheries consultant, said EDF considered the exchange "essential" to getting the word out about "the process, benefits and challenges of establishing rights-based management" – something EDF and others earnestly promote.
The exchange offered the visitors a broad understanding of the regulations in place for the US hake fishery; gear modifications and other innovations, including perspective on monitoring requirements and technology; and fishery oversight and the process involved (Pacific Marine Fishery Council, fishery associations, government relations, and collaborations with marine scientists) in managing the fishery.
Under development for the past decade, the US whiting fleet first immersed itself in the hake catch share program in January 2011.
Fishery managers say it replaced the traditional all-out derby rush to catch as many fish as possible before the fleet reached the quota the US government sets each year. A catch share system divvies up that annual fish quota among individual fishermen based on their landings from previous years. Highly controversial when first introduced, catch shares are gaining momentum and support, although the system still has its detractors, who say it has a few obvious flaws. Overall, however, it works.
Heather Mann is executive director of the Newport, Oregon-based Midwater Trawlers Cooperative, an organization representing vessel owners who fish for hake off the Pacific coast, as well as pollock and cod in the bering sea and Gulf of Alaska. Currently serving on the PFMC Groundfish Advisory Subpanel and Electronic Monitoring Workgroup, Mann has worked with the fishing industry in a number of ways, including as an independent commercial fisheries consultant.
She participated extensively in the development of the quota program for the groundfish fishery.
"Each person who receives a quota can fish when it makes the most sense," Mann noted. "You are guaranteed a certain amount unless you transfer it to someone else."
The U.S. catch share system, with all of its nuances and ramifications, captured the attention of the Mexican fishermen, who wanted to learn all they could to enhance their efforts.
A Nascent Fishery
Mateo Lopez Leon, president of the Federation of Shipowners, who owns a boat that catches shrimp, finfish and hake, said they haven't developed the potential of the hake fishery in the Gulf of California "the way we like it" and wanted "to see what fishermen in this region have done to better manage and sell" hake and "to see what fishermen in this region have done" to manage the fishery to their economic advantage with the least impact on the ecosystem.
Although the species is the same as whiting caught in the US Pacific region, researchers say it's a different stock restricted to the upper Gulf of California region. Mexico's National Fisheries Institute notes that scientists aren't sure where the fish migrate. A study scheduled to begin in January 2014 will focus on making that determination.
Currently, the Mexican hake fishery is primarily a part-time venture for shrimp trawlers.
"Our boats are not whiting boats, but adapted shrimp boats," said Leon. "The only thing we change is the net. We can fish whenever we want, and we don't have quotas. You just go out there and trawl and catch what you catch."
No specific regulations exist, and the only limiting factor is a required finfish permit, which about 65 shrimp trawlers currently have. Most boats (59) hail from Puerto Penasco, with four from San Felipe and 10 from Guaymas. Their boats are small industrial trawlers measuring between 62 and 92 feet. Fishing is done with modified shrimp or bottom fish trawl nets at depths of 90 to 200 fathoms. Catch volumes and effort have risen each year for the past four seasons. In 2011, 37 boats made 128 trips and hauled in more than 1,700 tons of hake. In 2012, more boats made more trips, bringing in more than 2,000 tons. This season, 57 boats made 251 trips and landed more than 4,800 tons. Average catch for a seven-day trip is 35,000 pounds.
About 70 percent of the catch goes to Eastern Europe, mostly Russia, 20 percent enters the domestic market, and 10 percent goes to the United States.
Marketing is a concern. "Our main fishery is shrimp, because we haven't found the right market for distribution of whiting," Leon said.
Without a good market to send to with diverse distribution, prices to the fishermen vary widely, anywhere from 40 cents to $1 per two pounds of gutted hake. With no shoreside processing plants available to them, the fishermen must offload their catches for transport to inland plants.
By-catch is another concern.
"Our initial research indicates that there is likely significant by-catch, but this has yet to be verified directly by onboard observers," EDF noted. Additional studies and observations are needed, which is a main reason why the Mexican fishery managers and fishermen sought assistance from EDF, and ultimately reached out to their US counterparts.
"We want to be better – not just better whiting fishermen, but a better whiting industry to avoid running out of this valuable resource," Leon said. "We want to preserve the biomass, and the only way is through a catch share program. We need to learn so we have a product that will be with us now and in the future."
The foundation for establishing a catch share program and managing the whiting fishery in an eco-friendly way, Mann told them, is the science and "how scientists work with the industry and how the industry and managers work together."
Putting "us" in US hake fishery
The hake fishery was once an every-fisherman-for himself derby-style race to harvest as many fish as possible before the overall quota was reached, usually within weeks. Much has changed during the past decade, especially since 2011, when the catch share system went into effect.
"It allows much more flexibility and adaptability for each sector to achieve its maximum catch level," said Mann, noting that the fishery features four sectors: catcher/processor, mothership, shoreside and tribal. Each sector receives an allocation of whiting each year.
"This is the most abundant commercial fish species on the West Coast, and one of the largest fisheries by volume," she added.
Landings have averaged almost 221,000 metric tons per season "for almost 50 years," with a low of 90,000 metric tons in 1980 and a record high of 367,000 in 2005. The catch reached 157,000 metric tons in 2012, and the US fleet's total allowable catch for 2013 is almost 265,000 metric tons, prior to the annual tribal set-aside allocation. If the tribes do not catch their allotted share, the remainder is reapportioned to the non-tribal fishery.
The fishery's beginnings trace to the 1962 joint venture operations with Russia (then the Soviet Union). By 1989, foreign fishing was no longer allowed in US waters, and joint venture operations ceased in 1991. Japan's development of surimi technology boosted the domestic hake fishery and it grew quickly in response to market demand. It also experienced the ups and downs engendered by market vagaries.
An altering ocean, changing political climate, and proliferating government regulations – especially in terms of limiting by-catch of non-targeted and sensitive species, required changes within the fishery itself.
Mann said NOAA and state enforcement of by-catch limits led to peer pressure among fishermen to reduce by-catch, and ultimately to adopt the catch share system incorporated with gear modifications and other efforts to avoid by-catch and keep the fishery viable. Net and other gear modifications and technological gadgetry alleviated some of the by-catch worries. But more was needed to turn the tide and make the fishery more viable. A proposal to introduce catch shares met with major opposition, but after innumerable public meetings, tweaks and turmoil, the system was adopted and went into effect two years ago.
By eliminating the need to make a mad dash for fish, catch shares opened the hatch to more cooperation and collaboration among fishermen, in what some say put more of the "us" into the US. hake fishery.
"Fishermen used to spend more time avoiding salmon and groundfish than catching whiting, because if you exceed by-catch levels, they shut down the fishery and you lose the chance at whiting," Mann noted. "Fishermen now work together and share information, identifying hot spots to minimize and avoid by-catch." They highlight closed area and advisory areas, which can shift around throughout the season.
Another component of the catch share system designed to cut down on by-catch is the requirement for monitoring.
Keeping Watch
"Every vessel must have an observer at all times," stated Mann, noting that catcher/processors must have two observers on each vessel. "It ensures 100 percent accountability. Fishermen have to prove what's caught and released."
One drawback to observers, she added, is cost in both money and time. At $450 per day, it's a spendy proposition. Initially funded completely by the federal government, the industry is obligated to take on more of the expense, and in 2014, government funding is likely to dwindle to a small stipend. Fishery participants must find a way to pay those costs.
Another problem with needing a human observer on board is the inability at times to find one when needed. A vessel cannot go out without the observer aboard, and dawdling at the dock waiting for one wastes time and costs the fisherman even more in lost catch.
"They are exploring electronic monitoring to replace human observers," said Mann.
Dayna Matthews, NOAA's west coast enforcement coordinator, said the hake fishery uses two types of observers: one for biological sampling, the other for by-catch oversight.
"Hake boats had science observers prior to the quota program, with about five to 20 percent of trips monitored," said Matthews, who has 34 years of natural resource law enforcement experience, with expertise in west coast federal fisheries, Endangered Species Act enforcement, and catch shares and electronic monitoring and compliance. "With catch shares, they must have 100 percent observer coverage, both at sea and shoreside. They take samples and monitor discards at sea that are deducted from individual or co-op catch shares."
Concerns remain over the value of data, and the costs ($300 to $600 per day, Matthews noted) and availability of observers, especially at isolated ports.
"Vessels have lost trips and market due to lack of observers," he stated. "We need a mechanism to train and certify more observers."
Monitoring via video cameras is the wave of the future. It, too, comes with a price tag, but Matthews said it could reduce observer costs and eliminate the issues of accessibility and lost trips. Initial cost can be high for the cameras (as many as 10), computer and software, sensors and battery backup. Electronic monitoring has several variables that can enhance or impede it, among them equipment reliability, data quality and timeliness, enforceability, and fleet behavior.
"Cameras will not work unless the fleet wants them to," Matthews concluded. "Success depends on fleet cooperation."
All of this, along with improved on-board and onshore technology and techniques for maintaining hake quality, indicate a bright future for the fishery – one the U.S. fishermen's counterparts from Mexico hope to emulate.
Is the catch share system working?
Despite concerns and complaints, landings seem to indicate it is. As of press time, Pettinger said the Pacific fleet had hauled in 95 million pounds of hake – more than twice last season's catch – and is on course to possibly reach 150 million pounds. Enough said for now.


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America's most endangered historic places
By Caitlin Schmidt, Special to CNN • Updated 23rd June 2014
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Solomon Northup's jail, Hawaii's first Christian church and a nightclub that was vital to the development of African-American music have all found their way onto the
National Trust for Historic Preservation
's 2014 list of 11 endangered historic places.
Selected on the criteria of historical and cultural significance, urgency and potential solutions, this is the trust's 27th annual list of the 11 historic places most threatened by natural wear and tear or human destruction.
"This has proven to be a powerful tool for raising awareness and mobilizing people," said trust President Stephanie Meeks.
Anyone can nominate a place, and they're all vetted by staff members who visit the sites. The final list is decided based on the trust's
criteria. They they take into account which places can benefit the most from media exposure.
For the second time, the trust has included a special "Watch Status" listing for the Federal Historic Tax Credit, threatened by congressional proposals for economic reform.
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Although all of the locations are important, Meeks said, particularly significant this year is Richmond, Virginia's Shockoe Bottom, home of Solomon Northup's jail, made famous in his book, "Twelve years a slave," and the 2014 Oscar-winning movie of the same name.
"This was an epicenter of the Virginia slave trade and an urban archeological site," she said. "Studies need to be done to figure out the best way to commemorate it."
Shockoe Bottom has the potential to be designated as an
International Site of Conscience
, which recognizes significant locations to immigration and civil rights, Meeks said.
"This year's list reflects the diversity of America's historic places and the variety of threats they face," she said. "We hope it inspires people to take action."
For a full list of 2014's endangered places, please visit the gallery above.
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Frost & Sullivan: Online search advertising outperforms all - surpassing online general, directories and classifieds advertising
12 Nov, 2012, 07:47 GMT
- Online search grew 29% in 2012 and a CAGR of 18% is expected till 2017
SYDNEY, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Online search advertising remains the strongest performing main segment of the online advertising industry, growing 29% in 2012 and outperforming online general advertising (online banner, sponsorships, integrated site content, advertorials, EDM / e-newsletters), online directories and online classifieds advertising.
Proven reliability and cost effectiveness of search appeals to advertisers and agencies, especially in recent challenging economic times in many developed global economies.
According to Frost & Sullivan's new report, Australian Online Search and Directories Market 2012, a significant proportion of Australian consumers are using smartphones to search the internet and access local information. Directions businesses, restaurants or retail stores are common queries on mobile devices.
Phil Harpur, Senior Research Manager, Australia & New Zealand ICT Practice, Frost & Sullivan says Google and Bing are investing significant resources in improving mobile search functionality as search query volumes though handheld devices increases rapidly.
Yahoo! Search Marketing's alliance with ninemsn's Bing saw strong revenue growth during FY2012. "By leveraging the strength of both players – Yahoo! Search Marketing's strength in media and sales relationships and Bing's strength based on Microsoft's technology expertise, Yahoo! Search Marketing is positioning itself in the market as an alternate provider with strong performance, efficiency and good value for money" says Harpur.
He adds, "AdLux, an Australian owned and run independent search network, has now successfully established itself as a real alternative to Google and Yahoo! Search Marketing/Bing".
Google continues to dominate the Australian search advertising market with an 86% revenue market share in 2011-12. Search advertising will continue to dominate Google's revenues for the at least the next five years. Although Google's biggest opportunities are coming from new segments of its business, none yet account for a significant proportion of Google's revenue stream. The largest threat to Google's core search business is the expanding social network footprint, especially from Facebook, which offers a substitute to search for consumers, as well as for advertisers, as it is closed off to Google's core search business.
Online Directories
Structural changes to the online directories market in Australia have accelerated over the past year, in a market that Sensis still dominates locally. The free online directories model is threatened and the directories market transition from a print to online environment has opened up competition on various fronts.
"As boundaries between online search and online directories blur, pressure is intensified by the search market as well as the social media market. The local economic downturn exacerbated structural changes to the online and print market, and accelerated the shift from print to the cheaper and more affordable online market. However, the online directories market is still a viable business model as it is still the most effective way to maintain an up-to-date and comprehensive listing of companies, though the market size is predicted to shrink over time" Harpur explains.
In a contracted market, only two or three will remain, and smaller players with less comprehensive listings will be forced out. Players have already exited the market in the last 12 to 24 months and smaller and nimble players with sufficient resources to provide comprehensive up-to-date listings are more likely to be successful. Online directories with higher operating cost structures will find it increasingly difficult to maintain profitability without significant re-alignment of business models.
Social media models are increasingly used in online directories. Social media functionality gained more importance after Google's move to modify the indexing of its search results to give higher weighting to online directories that have a search ratings review section.
Handheld devices such as smartphones and mobile tablet devices offer tremendous opportunity for the search and online directories market as it is much more convenient, more convenient and has the benefit of mobility.
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Frost & Sullivan's report forecasts that the online search market will continue to outpace the online directories market over the next five years growing at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 18% between 2012 and 2017, whilst the online directories market is expected to shrink with a CAGR of -2%. The proportion of the total online search and directories market accounted for by search is predicted to increase from 81% in 2012 to 92% in 2017.
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Now that the game has been out for a few weeks and people have had a chance to play I figured it would be a good idea to start a thread for rules questions that come up. This way, if somebody missed something or there is a rule you're not quite sure how it is supposed to work, we can get it answered.
So, what constitutes an obstacle? For example, the Terror Dogs cannot move through obstacles, and push Ghostbusters. If the Ecto-1 is in the way do they pouch it back, or would they move around it? If they push it, what happens when there is a ghostbuster behind it? What happens if it hits the edge of the board or an orange/red line? If they move around could the Ecto-1 be used to block the Terror Dogs from meeting?
Second question (non-rules related) Does anybody have an idea why I cannot post in Chrome?


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With an aim to evolve as a comprehensive online store for CBD products, this new portal has started its journey with education. At present, the site aims to educate the visitors who are looking for CBD products by offering them a buying guide. This guide is a bit different, as it does not reveal the factors for choosing the right CBD product but instead focuses on wholesalers versus retailers and tips to save money while buying.
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America's Historical Newspapers (1690-2000) features a timeline-based interface, divided into key eras in U.S. history—from Colonial times to Globalization and the Information Age. Each era features coverage pertaining to Government, Military and Political Events; Social and Cultural Issues; and Discoveries, Inventions and Firsts with hundreds of timeline topics available. Each topic addressed includes an overview, links to related articles and suggested search terms to continue research. Articles are labeled (pro/con piece, speech, first-hand account, battle report, etc.) to help students quickly identify content that will prove useful for course assignments and individual research.
The trial ends on Friday, May 18, 2012. Access is from on- and off-campus so try out this database today!
Your feedback is greatly appreciated in assessing trial databases. Please contact Prof. Allie Verbovetskaya at firstname.lastname@example.com with your comments, questions, or concerns about America's Historical Newspapers.
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The Wally iPhone wallet arrives on Kickstarter, a new way to carry your bank cards
Wally has arrived on Kickstarter and it claims to be a wallet for the iPhone but redesigned. We have all seen loads of cases that also include a wallet but what if you don't want a case and just want something simple to hold your bank card? Well this is where the Wally looks to help you out. It is designed to cling to the back of your iPhone and can contain up to three bank type cards securely.
Wally isn't yet another wallet case, but rather a handcrafted leather pocket that grabs onto the back of your iPhone to secretly and securely hold what you need to have close at hand. He's the handsome grab-and-go solution.
Instead of a bulky case or a wallet with a pocket for your iPhone, Wally clings to the back of your iPhone and slick, gloss-finish cases. Utilizing micro-suction instead of glue or magnets, Wally has a grip like a gentleman: strong and secure, without leaving behind any tackiness.
The cards, once inserted in the wallet will not just fall out either, in order to get them out again you will have to pull them out using the included pull-tab system. The Wally is currently a Kickstarter project however it has already blasted through its funding target which was set at just $12,000. It still has 18 days left to run and currently sits at over $43,000; it appears that the Wally could be quite a popular product.
The Wally will be available in Ninja Black and Cowboy Brown and will be suitable for the iPhone 4, 4S and iPhone 5. If you fancy getting your hands on one of these as early as possible, you can still make a pledge starting from $40.
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Ilyce Glink and Samuel Tamkin
Real Estate Matters
'Q: My mom and dad have refinanced their home with a 40-year mortgage. They are both 71 years old. Have you heard of this type mortgage? What am I in for when the day comes, assuming they do not live to the payoff of the loan term at age 111?
A: It sounds as though you're a little surprised that a mortgage lender would offer a 40-year loan term to borrowers who are in their 70s. That's an example of age-blind lending, which is exactly what anti-discrimination laws in this country require.
By the same principle, a lender cannot deny a loan to an otherwise qualified borrower who is pregnant or home on maternity or paternity leave.
If the lender had denied a loan to your parents simply because of how old they are, they would have grounds for an age discrimination lawsuit.
Now let's turn to the mortgage itself. Lenders now offer a variety of loan terms, from 10 to 40 years in length. If you compare a typical 30-year mortgage to a loan with a shorter term — say, a 10-year mortgage — the latter requires much higher monthly payments (with far less interest paid), but the loan is paid off in 10 years. With a 40-year loan, you pay very little principal each month so your monthly mortgage payment is lower than with a 30-year loan; however, the amount of interest paid over the life of the loan is far higher.
With their 40-year loan term, it will take your parents a long time to start significantly paying down the balance of the loan, because mortgage amortization schedules require borrowers to pay most of the interest in the early years of the loan.
If your parents took out a 40-year mortgage on their home on Jan. 1, for $200,000 at 4 percent, it will be about 27 years before the loan balance is cut in half. With a 30-year amortization loan, it would take only 19 years to achieve the same result.
As you can see, you will likely inherit the property with a sizeable mortgage balance on it. If your parents live to be 90, and they started out with a loan balance of $200,000, the loan balance in 19 years will be around $178,000.
What are your options? Hopefully, the property will be worth far more in 20 years than it is today, so there will be a comfortable amount of equity in the property. You could sell the property and pay off the loan, or the lender will allow you to continue to make the payments and will put the mortgage in your name, as the individual who inherits the property.
It's likely that in 20 years, whatever interest rate your parents get on this loan will seem cheap compared to whatever is being offered at the time. You may decide to rent out the property and continue paying the mortgage, or you may decide to live there. Either way, be sure your parents continue to make their property tax and insurance payments as well, so their ownership is protected.
If you have questions, you can call Ilyce Glink's radio show toll-free 800-972-8255 any Sunday, from 10 a.m.-noon, or contact her or Samuel Tamkin through her website, www.thinkglink.com.


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