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Funeral services for a United States Army captain will be held this weekend in his hometown of Brunswick.
David C. Haas, 29, who had completed two tours of duty in Iraq, died July 28 after being hit by a city bus in Seoul, South Korea, where he had been deployed since 2011.
"It seems so senseless to us," Haas' father, Joe Haas of Brunswick, said of the manner in which his son was killed. "It is just very upsetting to know he went all that time in Iraq and not a scratch. It's beyond belief."
The community is invited to visiting hours, which will be held Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at Brunswick High School.
That will be followed by a Mass of Christian Burial Monday morning at 9:30 at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church on McKeen Street in Brunswick.
Haas will be buried later that day with full military honors at the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Augusta.
Col. Andrew C. Mutter, a spokesman for the Eighth Army Public Affairs Office in Korea, said Haas died July 28 as a result of injuries he sustained in a pedestrian-vehicle accident.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Capt. Haas during their time of loss," Mutter said in a statement issued Thursday night. "This tragic loss affects the entire Army family and we lost a great soldier."
According to an article in by Stars and Stripes, a newspaper that covers the military, Haas and a male friend visiting from the Japan were crossing a road around 11:45 p.m. in Gangham near Kyobo Tower when a bus travelling about 30 miles per hour hit Haas.
Seoul police told the newspaper that the bus driver is being investigated for "professional negligence."
Haas' father said his son attended Brunswick schools, graduating from Brunswick High School in 2001; he served as president of his senior class.
Haas won an ROTC scholarship that allowed him to attend the University of Richmond in Virginia. After graduating in 2005 with a degree in history, he embarked on a military career that would see him serve two tours of duty in Iraq.
Haas was deployed to Daegu, South Korea, in November 2011. He was assigned to the 403rd Army Field Support Battalion. Haas was due to return home in November.
In 2009, a Seoul city bus struck and killed Lt. Col. David F. Frankenhauser of Lake County, Ind. Frankenhauser, 54, was three weeks shy of retirement.
Mutter said the Army is investigating Haas' death.
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SIX, the company that owns and operates the Swiss stock exchange, on Friday announced plans to launch a fully regulated cryptocurrency exchange, showing continued institutional interest in the space despite declining prices.
The new SIX Digital Exchange will be overseen by the Swiss national bank and Swiss regulator FINMA, the company said. Switzerland has been one of the most crypto-friendly jurisdictions in Europe, with regulators offering clear guidance on how they expect crypto companies to operate.

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Last week I wrote about the salvation process—regenerative transformation that delivers us from evil, inner chaos, and slavery to sin's control.
Scripture instructs us to continue working out our salvation (Phl. 2:12) and, as disciples, it is we who carry our crosses with God's help (Luk. 14:7). To know that He gives each of us responsibility for our own part in His redemptive process is humbling, gratifying, and exhilarating at the same time.
I often mention practice, but it recently occurred to me, If you never knew what practice is or understood its importance before, what makes you think others do? God is speaking to me, so I plan to write several posts on this subject. It should help others and make good practice for me!
First: Why We Need It
A human being is divinely designed to function as an integrated whole. Individual components of personhood are like the engine in your car. There's the cooling system, fuel system, electrical system, and so on. When we want to analyze or discuss the components, we can isolate them, but we know they work as an integrated unit known as "the engine." If one or more component malfunctions, the engine doesn't run well or maybe not at all.
It's the same with "the person." We can isolate individual aspects of a human soul to analyze and talk about them, which Scripture does, but they're meant to work as an integrated unit. However, because we've been born into and trained by an un-Christ-like world, they don't. As we get further from God, people splinter and don't function well. Scripture variously calls this ruin, death, and lostness.
Far more than forgiveness for sin, Christ provides the way, as well as personal support and assistance, to re-integrate broken parts of personhood (heart/will/spirit, mind/thought/emotion, body, behavior/relationships) into a whole person like Christ. S/he is able to think and act in ways that are consistently good and right.
The biblical term for that is "perfect," which means complete or mature (not flawless). In this, we see the passage from death to life, the resurrection and renewal that eventually culminates in a global bodily resurrection when the current age ends.
This is why it's a mistake to reduce salvation (the common understanding) to an afterlife-only issue severed from biblical practices in ordinary Christian living.
Second: Surrender
Transformation to wholeness can only develop through discipleship, active pursuit, and practice. Surrender to God doesn't mean you do nothing; it means you learn to do things differently. And you don't do it alone; you do it with Jesus, for "I am with you to the very end of the age." (Mat. 28:20)
To know that is to experience the presence of God ("have eternal life") in ordinary life—in the land of the living. But we need to know what and how to practice. Therefore, while it may sound ridiculously unnecessary, the first thing you can and must practice is the presence of God. You practice knowing that He isn't somewhere in outer space or a 5th dimension.
Amazingly, many Christians don't believe that God is anywhere near or that He still interacts with people. Worse, many are told that His only method of communication today is through the Bible. Yet they talk about relationship and "walking with Jesus" while living with constant inner conflict and struggle, dead to God's kingdom of peace and joy.
So don't laugh it off; you can't surrender or put your faith in a big blank. Everyone needs the solid experiential knowledge of God's presence because it supports everything else in the reality of eternal life. You shouldn't (and needn't) rush this preliminary step. Just start from where you are.
Third: Preliminary Practice
There's no right or wrong way to practice the presence of God, but exploring the following ideas is a good start. Your goal is to discover whether you actually believe them, and if not, why not. For example, what do they mean to you? Have you been told something different? Have you made certain assumptions?
Do some soul-searching just between you and God. Ask Him to bless and interact with you as you seek His nearness. It may take several attempts if you're not used to hearing His voice or perceiving His touch. Hence the practice.
- You can repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near—literally at hand. It isn't far away or far future, leaving you cut off from God until you die. It's fully available while you live to guide, support, and provide what you need to live a new kind of life. (Mat. 3:2, 4:17, 10:7)
- Christ-like transformation and perfection (completion) are possible. You can be filled with the fullness of God and know the love of Christ that surpasses mere head-knowledge to become experience (Eph. 3:19). You not only receive it, you can learn to reproduce and give it. It becomes an all-pervasive presence.
- "This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence…" (1Jhn. 3:19)
- "And lo, I am with you to the end of the age."
The Psalms are wonderful reminders of the ever-present God among us. Here are two verses, but you can go to Biblestudytools.com (or any Scripture search engine) to find more. In fact, it's more responsible and effective to find out for yourself.
- "Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, O LORD." (Psa. 89:15)
- "Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?" (Psa. 139:7)


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On Saturday, I ran the Sprint into Spring 5k. This was my first time running this smaller 5k in Rowley but it probably won't be last.
Before 5ks, I don't like to eat too much. I opted for 1/2 of a cherry Larabar and felt like it was the perfect amount.
When I arrived at the race, I noticed parking was available close to the start (yay!) and that it wasn't crowded at all. Then I realized, it wasn't crowded, like AT ALL. Like there were very few people there. And finally, I realized, I was an hour early.
Whomp whomp.
This race was only 1.4 miles from my house so I went home, ate the rest of the Larabar and watched TV for 45 minutes.
Sprint into Spring 5k Race Recap
I know this course very well as it covered some of the roads I ran on during last year's half marathon training cycle. There are some rolling hills but the course is mostly flat.
Mile 1 – 8:43 min/mile
Mile 2 – 9:04 min/mile
Mile 3 – 9:03 min/mile
Last little bit – 8:29 min/mile
My official race results – 3.10 miles // 28:25 mins // 9.08 min/mile
My RunKeeper results – 3.21 miles // 28:37 mins // 8:55 min/mile
Race highlights
Packet pickup for the Sprint into Spring 5k was the day before, which make life so much easier. I hate getting to a race and having to wait in line to pick up my packet then walk all of the additional shit back to my car and fiddle with safety pins to get my bib on.
No thank you. I'd rather be in race day alignment.
The other BIG bonus was that the Sprint into Spring 5k starts just 1.4 miles from my house (as I mentioned earlier). I originally considered jogging or biking there but who was I kidding? It was cold and drizzly.
Thankfully, I didn't run down an hour early. That would have been awful.
This race was wonderfully organized and started on time. The only thing that drove me a little nuts was the number of kids running. Kids are great but I find that they are more of an obstacle at road races. Lesson learned.


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The first @iuc_eu International Urban Cooperation in China mission of Healthia Happysalutista has just ended; has signed an important agreement to find partnerships and collaborations with local governments on the issue of #health big data.
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Applying artificial intelligence as HappySalus does is taking two steps forward. Another advantage is the relationship of cooperation with the universities
The key point is data security, following all the European rules with the new GPDR paying the utmost attention to data storage.
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Note on the sidelines of the Big Data Conference on Healthcare, November 2018.
- Raffaele Barberio Presidente PRIVACYITALIA
- Marisa De Rosa CINECA Head of Health Care Department
- Rosario Gagliardi Founder e General Manager di Formedica Scientific Learning
Totally customizable, the HappySalus suite is currently composed of 9 vertical for the different needs of customer companies: The methodology patented by Healhtia is composed of 4 elements:
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Algorithmic. The algorithmic operation and management of big data, following the indications from our Scientific Committee made up of internationally renowned researchers, is in continuous development, and is aimed at:
a) To realize a synthesis of the state of health personalized suggesting the "next step" for the pre-vention.
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c) Formulate 'ad hoc' health plans.
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Designed to facilitate and deepen the relationship between people and the health care system.
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Providing on the one hand a virtuous system that helps people to feel better, and to intercept critical issues about their state of health, on the other hand providing their doctors with the right information analyzed by the complex medical algorithm. With HappyMarket you can customize the possibilities of purchasing, routing to the right health care facilities or to services and advanced products.
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Hi all, it's my turn on the Lilly pad today and I'd like to share with you this fun little project
It is a box you'll see the sides further down. Unfortunately the naughty technical gremlins ate the rest of my photos so I'm afraid for this post I don't have any step by steps but I know you clever crafters out there will work it out! All you will need is the retro space stamp set, some card, a star shaped box (I made my own from blue card) coloured markers, distress ink, silver pen, dark blue embossing powder, coloured ribbons and a permanent ink pad.
I created a star shaped box and before I assembled it I did some stamping on the top and around the sides while it was flat. I used some distress ink to add some depth of colour and stamped the different sized stars with the same ink to create a background pattern. I then created all the embellishments on scraps of card using the embossing powder for the planet and space ship outlines, coloured everything in and then cut them out.
I assembled the box, decorated the top and then stamped some ribbon with one of the sentiments using permanent ink to trim the sides.
And that's it a funky gift box that's out of this world! (see what I did there LOL) Go grab some BF stamps now, there's a crazy sale on, and get creating!
Thanks for hopping by and until soon, as ever, Happy Stamping
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Young Money godheads Nicki Minaj, Drake and Lil Wayne coming together on wax is always a capital-O Occasion—but the videos are where the real fun happens. Today it's "No Frauds," one of three singles Onika dropped all at once in March.
For the clip, the "Black Barbies" rapper dons at least three new couture ensembles—one in an cavernous, über-regal space—that we can add to her career-look-book. It's filmed in jolly olde London town, and it's your big chance to watch Nicki's face while she deliver those Remy Ma diss bars. ("Shether" 4ever though, guys.)
Drake shows up looking like old-school Drizzy had a baby with 2017 Aubrey, then delivers the best verse. Weezy joins his protégé in her pink throne room with his own seat of power despite being dramatically underdressed for the occasion.
Next, watch a vintage Fuse interview where Nicki Minaj tells us about baring her soul through music:


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SANFORD — When the Sanford High School field hockey team invaded Thornton Academy Saturday morning, their goal was not just to get a win, but to also snap a string of three consecutive shutouts by the Golden Trojans. But neither happened, although the Spartans turned in one of their best games of the young season, losing by a heartbreaking 1-0 score. The lone tally was scored by Morgan Dube with 21 minutes left in the game when she apparently tipped it in past Sanford goalie Teaghan McCormack.
The loss dropped Sanford's record to 3-3, while the hosts improved to 5-2.
Both teams had excellent opportunities to score in the first half, but on each occasion McCormack and Thornton goalie Gabrielle Capozzi came up with spectacular saves. McCormack was outstanding in goal the entire game, recording 15 saves, while her Thornton counterpart had an easier time of it, having to make just three saves. The only goal scored was a questionable one. Several observers weren't sure Thornton's goal had crossed the line, but the official's call stood.
Sanford will host Biddeford tonight, Thursday, Sept. 26, at 6 p.m. at Goodall Park on Robert Street. On Wednesday, the locals will travel to Bonny Eagle for a 4 p.m. game.


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He has been lost, deep within a forest.
Glimpses of sun give him hope,
But then they are gone –
Consumed by the density of life all around him.
He hears the soft squish of damp leaves beneath his feet.
The smell of wet earth and mold: an invigorating scent
That rises up into his senses –
A reminder that he exists in a world that does not want to know him.
I CANNOT SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES! he shouts.
I cannot see the life for the people, he whispers.
He cannot bring himself to walk into the light.
He will stay lost in that forest,
Sheltered by the very thing that frightens him:
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Can't Wait for the iPhone 5? Chew on This Edible Version [VIDEO]
The word on the digital street is that the iPhone 5 will be making its grand entrance in September. For those of you champing at the bit to get your hands on the device, take a bite out of this video instead.
This little vid, from Top Fruit produce, features a giant iPhone made out of fruits and veggies. Talk about foodspotting.


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How to Raise the Humidity of an Indoor Garden
Growing an indoor garden requires light, warmth and water. Most houseplants originated in the tropics or subtropics and tolerate a humidity level as low as 40 or 50 percent. However, with central heating and air conditioning, the average home's humidity level hovers around 10 to 20 percent. Maintaining a sufficient level of moisture in the air prevents leaf drop and brown tips on your plants. Raising the humidity level in your indoor garden is essential to maintain its lush foliage and encourage flowering plants to blossom.
Place a plastic or glass tray in the center of your indoor garden. Fill the tray with marbles or pebbles. Add water to the tray, filling it until the water level is just below the top of the marbles.
Place your potted plants on top of the marbles. Monitor the water level, refilling the tray as the water evaporates, increasing the humidity in the air.
Add more potted plants, grouping them around the tray. As water evaporates from the soil, it will also increase the humidity around the plants.
Place a humidifier near your indoor garden. A cool mist humidifier adds cool moisture to the air, appropriate for plants that prefer cooler temperatures, such as cymbidium orchids and Christmas cactus. If your indoor garden features tropical plants such as phalaenopsis orchids, palm trees or ferns, a warm mist humidifier adds warmth as well as moisture to the air.
Consider placing your indoor garden inside a small greenhouse-style enclosure or large aquarium. Similar to an over-sized terrarium, the garden maintains a consistent humidity inside the enclosed area.
Things Needed
- Plastic or glass tray
- Marbles or pebbles
- Cool or warm mist humidifier
- Small greenhouse or large aquarium
- Keep a warm mist humidifier out of reach of children; the heating element and hot water are a burn hazard.
- Check the humidity level regularly with a hygrometer. A hygrometer measures the amount of moisture in the air.
- Clean the tray and pebbles regularly to prevent mold or algae growth.
- Clean the humidifier according to the manufacturer's directions to prevent bacteria and mold growth.
- Iowa State University Extension and Outreach: Yard and Garden: Houseplants
- Waukesha County, University of Wisconsin Extension: Tips -- Adjust Your Houseplant Care During Winter
- The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station: General Houseplant Care
- North Carolina State University: Indoor Plant Selection and Care
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Do you get the summer frizzies? Does your hair act like an untamed animal when the humidity kicks in? I live in an area of the country where the humidity is thick, even swampy at times. In addition, it has been one of the rainiest summers we've had in a while. I frequently wake up to condensation all over my windows because the air is so wet. So yeah, even my fine straight hair suffers in this humidity. What's a person to do when the weather conditions are conspiring against you, leaving you with flat and frizzy hair? Fight back with a few green products, of course!
First, there are a few things you can do to decrease the likely hood of frizz. It all starts as soon as you step out of the shower. If you have just washed your hair, ditch the traditional plush bath towel and wrap your wet hair in a thin microfiber towel or a cotton t-shirt. These absorb water better than a regular towel and they don't disrupt the hair follicles as much, so your hair is more likely to lay smooth. Second, be sure to comb through wet hair with a wide-tooth comb, never a brush, which can split and break wet hair easily, exacerbating fly-aways. If you often skip conditioner or if you have hair that tangles, try spritzing your hair with Acure Leave-In Conditioner before you comb. This is my go-to spray for detangling. It makes hair more manageable and strong, protects from heat styling, and decreases frizz. If you are showering but not washing your hair, be sure to wrap your dry hair in a towel or shower cap to avoid additional frizz from the humidity in the bathroom.
There are a few styling products that tame frizz really well. It all depends on your hair type and what you're trying to accomplish with your style. For example, if I'm wearing my hair in a bun or an up-do of any kind, a few spritzes of Yarok Feed Your Hold Hair Spray or Josh Rosebrook Hair Spray will keep fly-aways that would frizz up otherwise in control. These fine mist hair sprays are lovely because they don't give you helmet head. Hair looks natural but stays put. If you have curls, your biggest anti-frizz ally is the Yarok Feed Your Curls Defining Cream. My curly friends swear by this product. It's an aloe-based product so it doesn't weigh down curls, just defines and de-frizzes. If your hair is on the thicker, drier side you can use a styling cream like the Yarok Feed Your Do Styling Whip or the Josh Rosebrook Styling Cream to fight frizz. Just rub a small dab of one of these conditioning styling creams between your fingers and smooth over hair where it gets the most frizzy. A little goes a long way, and you can use these instead of hair spray for up-dos if you prefer. Finally, when my hair is feeling dry at the ends and frizzy at the roots, I love La Bella Figura Elysian Fields Hair and Body Hyro-Essence, especially on second-day hair or just blow-dried hair. It gives lightweight definition and shine without weighing my fine hair down, and helps prevent frizz.
If you live in a humid climate, try one of these goodies to keep your hair from going berserk. Also, look on the bright side—skin ages better in humid climates thanks to the moisture in the air. Gotta be thankful for that, right?


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Charlottesville, VA -- Rebel Records is proud to announce the release of They're Playing My Song, another stellar project by the International Bluegrass Music Association's newly-crowned Emerging Artist of the Year, Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers. The CD has been shipped to radio programmers and will hit streets today, Tuesday, October 16th.
There are almost as many ways to pay tribute to bluegrass tradition as there are bands to do it, but none honor it in more ways, with deeper knowledge of or with more passion for the legacy left by the music's pioneers than Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers. And with this new release of They're Playing My Song, the quintet serves up a set that shines a spotlight squarely on the many strengths that have made them one of the fastest rising and most widely acclaimed groups on the contemporary bluegrass scene.
An essential part of what makes the Radio Ramblers such powerful performers is the way that their appreciation for bluegrass history is filtered through their strong sense of home, and the rich legacy of the bluegrass community of their Ohio—Kentucky—Indiana area home base. You can hear it in their beautifully constructed—and even more beautifully rendered—tribute to Dayton's Osborne Brothers and the tasty covers of local mandolin legend Dorsey Harvey ("Cruisin' Timber") and Dave Evans ("When The Snow Falls On My Foggy Mountain Home"), but it resides, too, in their recap of Jim & Jesse's "She Left Me Standing On The Mountain", and in their resurrection of "Lily," a song from the Boys From The Indiana, a group which was essentially born in the radio studio of Joe's father, the late Paul "Moon" Mullins. And, of course, there's the closing live recording of "Katy Daley," written by Moon and permanently planted in the music's core repertoire by one of Joe's mentors, Ralph Stanley.
With strong new originals by three of the group's members—Mullins ("A Blue Million Tears"), guitarist Adam McIntosh ("Grandad, The Preacher") and mandolin player Mike Terry ("Our Old Kentucky Home")—They're Playing My Song offers convincing evidence that the quintet is intent on making its own contribution to the tradition. And while Mullins' stout tenor can surely sound as high and as lonesome as the most hidebound traditionalist could wish, the Radio Ramblers can also rely on McIntosh's warm baritone and Terry's vocal versatility for a multi-dimensional approach to singing that finds the perfect blend for each number—while on the instrumental side, there's more than enough virtuosity to go around, anchored by Tim Kidd's reliable bass and Evan McGregor's tasteful fiddling. They're Playing Our Song is a well-thought out listening experience, no matter the mood or the weather, for any and every listener.
Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers are extremely happy to announce they have recently signed with Don Light Talent for booking representation. Don Light Talent was formed in 1965 and was the first agency to book Southern Gospel groups including The Happy Goodman Family and the Oak Ridge Boys. During his 40+ years in the music business, Don Light co-founded the Gospel Music Association, has served as a past President of the Nashville chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, has managed artists such as Jimmy Buffett, Delbert McClinton, Keith Whitley, Steve Wariner and Mark Collie, and has managed bluegrass super-group Dailey & Vincent since the beginning of their career.
He currently serves on the board of the Country Music Hall of Fame as well as the International Bluegrass Music Association. "We have worked many events with Dailey and Vincent including the Ryman Auditorium's Bluegrass series," states Joe Mullins. "My friendship with their manager and agent, Don Light, goes back a few years. We are so thankful his office is prepared to assist us in reaching new audiences. We have been blessed with a couple of great years! Having the honor of receiving an IBMA award is such an encouragement and perfect timing with our new CD now releasing."
For more information on Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers including detailed information on They're Playing Our Song, upcoming appearances, and photos from the IBMA Awards where they were recently named Emerging Artist of the Year, please visit www.radioramblers.com
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DDB creative chief Amir Kassaei (left) is not one to pull his punches: he's already accused other holding companies (for which read WPP, the winner of the most-awarded holding company gong this year and last) of vote rigging and now he says DDB (and presumably owner Omnicon) might pull out of the festival if these nefarious activities continue.
Here he is talking to Australia's CampaignBrief.
The row blew up when WPP's Sir Martin Sorrell accused the media jury of funny business in awarding its Grand Prix to Omnicom-owned Manning Gottlieb OMD from the UK for Google, an old campaign (created by BBH) that failed to set the festival alight last year.
Kassaei promptly hit back by saying that others were conspiring against Omnicom, in particular creative networks DDB, BBDO and TBWA. He claims here that good work from the three wasn't even shortlisted (and the shortlists at Cannes are very long) in some categories.
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Free Talent All-Stars
Picking All-Stars-whether by fan ballot, journalistic conceit, or individual manager's favoritism-has always been somewhat hit or miss. The standards are invariably slippery, and the insane tokenism requirement that places a particularly ludicrous burden on picking a real ballclub generates some relatively loathesome All-Star roster contortions. Add in that fame inevitably plays a role perhaps equal to performance, and it's pretty hard for the relative unknowns to make it onto an All-Star Game roster.
Now, my carping aside, there's no absolute value judgment to attach to that, but I do think it's interesting to sift through the players who have done well this season and nominate what I'd call the "Free Talent All-Stars"-the guys who have been acquired on the cheap and delivered exceptional performances. They provide an important reminder that there's still talent to be dug up from unlikely sources and people with the ability to find that talent in front offices all around the game. However much Casey Stengel "could'na dunnit without the players," there's something to be said for the people who find them. Considering the increasingly important financial considerations that every team utilizes in setting up their rosters, and the purported increased difficulty in finding these kinds of bargains in a post-Moneyball world, there's something to be said for the quality of the players who make my particular list.
I'm picking this roster using two simple criteria. First, the players can't be homegrown, and were instead available to everybody at some point, either through ticky-tack deals, outright purchase, waiver claims, or the low end of the free agency market. Second, they have to be making less than a million dollars. As arbitrary as that may be, it does help eliminate most of the guys who have become arbitration-eligible and who therefore command better salaries because their teams are willing to pay rather than non-tender them, which in turn means they aren't really "free." These are players anybody and everybody could have afforded, and who many teams chose not to.
Finally, I freely admit that I've cheated, picking 27 players for 25 presumed slots. Since this is a make-believe exercise, I hope you can indulge me, but if you can't, keep in mind that most clubs juggle their benches and the back end of their pens with enough regularity to make sure they're actually using more than 25 players on a regular basis.
Pitching Staff-Rotation Starter VORP SNLVAR Acquired S1 Jeremy Guthrie, Orioles 32.5 3.7 Waiver Claim S2 Chad Gaudin, Athletics 32.5 3.7 Minor Deal S3 Justin Germano, Padres 10.6 1.6 Waiver Claim S4 Chad Durbin, Tigers 13.6 1.5 NRI Contract S5 Brian Burres, Orioles 11.6 1.1 Waiver Claim
The Indians had put up with a lot of failure from Guthrie-he famously imploded in Triple-A in 2003, and it took four passes for him to finally master the International League. He also combusted in various brief big league trials, and generally drove them to distraction to the point that they were relatively unconcerned with the risk of taking him off of the 40-man roster this spring. Still, he had never broken down physically, and there was the perhaps-reasonable supposition that a lot of the problem was in getting him to settle down and settle in. That's exactly the sort of situation where a team that needs help can grant an opportunity, and getting claimed by the Orioles was probably a godsend. Entrusted with a rotation spot when Adam Loewen went down, he's rattled off twelve consecutive quality starts (one blown), a performance almost any ace would be hard-pressed to match.
Chad Gaudin has bobbed up and down on prospect lists, and went in and out of favor, first in Tampa Bay, and subsequently in Toronto. Rushed by the Rays, he struck J.P. Ricciardi's acquisitive sweet tooth in 2005, finally seemed to establish himself at Triple-A that year, only to get folded, spindled, and mutilated in a couple of brief trials. Too easily out of favor, he was just as readily discarded as acquired, and since he's a short right-hander, he's always going to have to struggle with low expectations. Typically, Billy Beane got him when his value was at its lowest, and while a first year's work in Weaver-style middle relief was more than a little bumpy in terms of his command, he was ready to step into the rotation this spring. He still needs to pick up something he can get over for strikes against lefties, but he's still only 24, and again, the price (Dustin Majewski) was about as low as you can get without being a waiver claim.
Germano's not on the same plane in terms of performance, but the strike-thrower's reaching that ceiling some might have expected for him as a solid enough back-rotation starter in the bigs. Again, in the same way that the Orioles could take advantage of a weak overall 40-man to make a claim on Guthrie, Pads GM Kevin Towers had the virtue of a relatively slender system to be able to snag Germano when the Phillies indefensibly placed him on waivers after dealing for him the previous summer. Unlike Gaudin and Guthrie, I'm not especially sanguine about his future-he's more a demonstration of the more pedestrian benefits to recognizing that fungibility from your fifth slot in a rotation is perfectly okay, and that you don't have to go wildly overcompensate Jaret Wright, import Kei Igawa, or consult the appropriate oracle to see which version of Jeff Weaver you just signed.
Just as Germano might struggle to keep his job (but was nontheless worth using), Durbin's already lost his after doing solid work for the Tigers. Six quality starts in 14 isn't bad for a well-traveled minor league vet, but again, he's a good example of the best-case scenario when you stock up on journeymen to fill up your camp, and suddenly find that you need the guy. Of the quintet, Burres is the one guy I'm not sure what to expect. Though not overpowering, he's delivering one of the Three True Outcomes to almost a third of the right-handed batters he's faced, which seems pretty unstable. I wouldn't be surprised if he winds up with a career something like those of Billy Traber or Brian Tallet-a lefty utility pitcher who you might not really want to stick in your rotation for 30 starts.
Bullpen Reliever VORP WXRL ARP Acquired R1 Rafael Betancourt, Indians 20.9 3.331 21.3 NRI Contract R2 Heath Bell, Padres 21.2 2.908 19.9 Minor Deal R3 Joakim Soria, Royals 14.1 2.471 11.9 Rule 5 R4 Kevin Gregg, Marlins 13.1 2.635 10.2 Minor Deal R5 Matt Guerrier, Twins 25.6 1.516 18.3 Waiver Claim LS Pedro Feliciano, Mets 8.0 1.568 8.5 NRI Contract
The pen is a bit more straightforward as a group-all of these guys are useful, and some of them are tributes to some fine scouting. Betancourt has been effective for the Indians for more than four and a half years, and sufficiently unrecognized to still qualify for this list. Joakim Soria didn't command the disbelieving headlines that Gil Meche did this winter, but grabbing the Mexican flamethrower in the Rule 5 draft represents another reason to credit Dayton Moore. Bell was another canny snag by Kevin Towers (one I underrated at the time). Gregg's a handy utility pitcher, perhaps the true inheritor of the title from Miguel Batista since he's a solid enough starter for the back of a rotation, as well as a stable pro whose work as a closer suggests that heavy breathing over "closer moxie" just fogs the glass without letting us see through it. Guerrier and Feliciano represent solid enough retreadings, handily filling long relief and lefty specialist roles; we don't see enough of the former, and perhaps too many guys not up to it tried out in the latter.
Pitching Honorable mentions: Carlos Villanueva, Brewers (17.7 VORP, 2.265 WXRL, 8.0 ARP); Kevin Cameron, Padres (17.3 VORP, 0.709 WXRL, 17.4 ARP)); Jesus Colome, Nationals (13.1 VORP, 2.157 WXRL, 9.1 ARP)
Lineup Player VORP EqA Acquired C Ramon Castro, Mets 7.4 .299 NRI Contract 1B Carlos Pena, Devil Rays 28.6 .329 NRI Contract 2B Dan Uggla, Marlins 17.8 .279 Rule 5 3B Edwin Encarnacion, Reds 6.3 .261 Minor Deal SS Brendan Harris, Devil Rays 22.7 .287 Minor Deal CF Josh Hamilton, Reds 18.5 .298 Rule 5 RF The Braves LF Platoon 29.8* .304 Minor Deals LF Jack Cust, Athletics 18.9 .313 Minor Deal DH Dmitri Young, Nationals 27.0** .313 NRI Contract *: VORP at LF **: VORP at 1B
The lineup's an interesting blend as far as its sourcing. Hamilton and Uggla are two of the biggest recent successes to come out of the Rule 5 Draft, and reflect that for as much talk as there is over the talent available being more limited than ever, it's still a potential free-talent jackpot for a team that does it's homework; credit both Larry Beinfest and Wayne Krivsky and their crews for doing exactly that. The Mets' snagging Castro could be considered something similar to Hamilton's availability, in that personal issues had a lot of teams turning up their noses over a player who could start for about half the teams in the majors. Young, Pena, and Harris are all formerly well-regarded prospects of varying vintages who fell out of favor for a variety of reasons, and while Brendan Harris may not be an especially good shortstop afield, he's obviously earning his keep well enough to secure a future as a regularly-used utilityman.
The outfield makes for a more difficult proposition overall, in part because we aren't talking about a group of everyday regulars. Cust is a part-time player and an even less-frequent outfielder (and for good reason), but Young deserves some recognition, although with his defensive shortcomings, relegating him to DH pushes Cust out to left. That in turn does something I'm a little uncomfortable with, in terms of bumping the Braves' outstanding little left field platoon into right, but Willie Harris and Matt Diaz (Mallie Harraz?) are exactly the sorts of pickups on the cheap who have fulfilled an important offensive role where little perhaps was expected of them. It's also a reminder that however old-school the Braves may be, putting together a good platoon is an old-school virtue anybody can like. Harris appears to be a particularly impressive reclamation project, a player who they radically improved by overhauling his swing, and who might actually wind up being the new Dion James after all. Between Bobby Cox's comfort with platooning, and John Schuerholz's staff finding him the components, it's a credit to the Braves for making something out of what seemed to be nothing.
The name that might surprise you here is Encarnacion's. Partially, it's the slim pickings at third base; as it goes among the free talents, it goes in the majors as a whole, as it seems as if teams are having trouble finding quality players for the hot corner. Still, Encarnacion's recovering from a slow start and an early punitive demotion, and putting him here provides this lineup with a prospect with the hitting talent to be an All-Star in any league. It also provides us with an opportunity to give Jim Bowden his due for nabbing Encarnacion as the "other" guy in a swap that also brought the Reds Ruben Mateo for Rob Bell. Yes, Bell, another fine product of that Braves' assembly line of failures, another starter that they sensibly elected not to keep (throwing him in on the Denny Neagle/Bret Boone exchange), and that Bowden just as sensibly decided not to get too hung up on. If ever there was an example of why it makes sense to keep track of the small fry on the back ends of these kinds of exchanges, it's Encarnacion.
Bench 1B Matt Stairs, Blue Jays (14.5 VORP, .291 EqA) 2B Brandon Phillips, Reds (17.0 VORP, .269 EqA) SS Jason Bartlett, Twins (5.1 VORP, .245 EqA) OF Marlon Byrd, Rangers (17.8 VORP, .320 EqA) OF Shane Victorino, Phillies (17.1 VORP, .277 EqA) C Jamie Burke, Mariners (6.4 VORP, .294 EqA)
Some of these guys are old standbys-Stairs was one of the original free talents of the late Nineties that Billy Beane made his name with, and the Wonder Hamster still hasn't lost much to age. Phillips was another excellent cheap pickup by Krivsky, and another bit of quality shed by the Indians in their roster crunch. Jason Bartlett may not really belong here, but he's a shortstop, and putting him on this team reflects the extent to which I'm uncomfortable with Brendan Harris as an everyday shortstop; he was flat-out stolen by Terry Ryan from the Padres back in 2002 for ill-starred platoon outfielder Brian Buchanan. Marlon Byrd's performance is worth a double-take, and he's earned everyday play in Texas; if he finally lived up to the billing he used to get as a center field prospect coming up the Phillies' chain, it might reflect more kindly on those of us who believed in him back then. Victorino's another Rule 5 victory, although he's Ed Wade's to brag about. Finally, Burke is sort of a goofy selection, but give the journeyman his props-he's thriving as the Mariners' backup, and if this is the sort of Junior Ortiz bit of one-year wonderdom that buys him significant service time, more power to him.
Position Player honorable mentions: OF-R Shannon Stewart, Athletics (16.1 VORP, .278 EqA); INF-L Mike Fontenot, Cubs (12.0 VORP, .311 EqA); INF-R Aaron Boone, Marlins (11.2 VORP, .296 EqA); 4C-L Greg Dobbs, Phillies (9.7 VORP, .281 EqA).
Now, most wouldn't put this team up agains either league's All-Stars, but I can't see why it wouldn't acquit itself pretty well against either team. It has power in the lineup, speed on the bench, some good defense (if a problematic left side of the infield), a solid rotation, and enough quality relief help to shut anybody down. As baseball games go, the All-Star Game is something of horsehide platypus-certainly baseball-flavored enough to call them baseball games, but as straight-up games go, something less than the real tabasco. However, put this team up against either league's best in seven-game sets played to win, and I think they'd win their share.
Christina Kahrl is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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Experimental design as used for immunoassay development in the in vitro diagnostics industry requires a thorough understanding of all aspects of a given product's composition and manufacturing. For immunoassays, a multiplicity of interactions between reagent components, sample composition, and process parameters make characterization of the process so complex and time consuming that the advantages of experimental design, or DOE, become immediately apparent. It is the strength of DOE to use statistics to define and/or optimize processes with fewer resources than standard experimental approaches. Here we present a specific case that illustrates the use of DOE in a manufacturing problem that includes optimization of that process. The coating of a microparticle solid phase with antibodies for a specific analyte failed to yield the performance necessary as assessed by three different metrics (responses). Simultaneous optimization with only two DOE experiments corrected the problems, characterized and optimized the manufacturing process, and allowed the product to go to market.


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The auto bailout could cost $100 billion
General Motors Corp. (GM) and Chrysler have received $17.4 billion in U.S. funds (so far), which they received only after much congressional teeth gnashing. Meanwhile, American International Group(AIG) snaps its fingers and over the weekend and some Treasury officials give it another $30 billion -- bringing its total to $180 billion. But thanks to the worst February in 27 years, the auto industry will likely catch up fast.
February's plunge in auto sales is a result of the realization by many Americans that they can keep their current cars running longer -- and even if their cars are broken, they can't get the financing to buy a new one and they certainly can't pay cash for a car. It's just too expensive. GM's sales fell 53%, Ford Motor Co.'s (F) sales declined 43% and Chrysler suffered a 44% drop. Incentives are not working -- the average incentive per vehicle sold is up 8% to $2,914. Only Hyundai, which lets buyers give back their car if they lose their jobs- bucked the trend; its sales fell only 2%.
When you consider that GM recently gave the U.S. a demand forecast of 11.23 million vehicles for the industry in 2009, you realize that it's worth analyzing whether that number is too optimistic. And if so -- last month GM's figure looked to be 17% higher than January's 43% plunge indicated, it's likely that the amount of money GM will request is much lower than it will actually need when the reality of an ongoing 50% or more plunge in demand continues to sink in.
Then GM's demand for $30 billion could double to $60 billion; Chrysler will ask for $12 billion more instead of $5 billion and Ford will finally be forced to put its hand out and beg for government aid.
These costly bailouts prove that the surest route to success in America is to fail massively. It's a lesson for the kids out there.
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Johnny Football? Nope, I'll Try My Luck With Someone Like Manning.
Posted on Nov. 18, 2013, 8:54 p.m. by 2
By Tim Leman, President & CEO at Gibson This blog was originally posted on Gibson Insurance's blog. Texas A&M's electric quarterback Johnny Manziel, will take the field tomorrow for another episode of "Johnny Football". He might be the most exciting player in all of college football. His football instincts and ability to make the big play on the biggest of stages has defined him and added to his legend. On the field, he takes his craft seriously. But his story is about more than just athletic accomplishments. It's about immaturity and attitude. It's about rules violations and unethical behavior. It's about tweeting that he can't wait to leave college (and I presume his teammates and team) behind. How would you like to have him as your leader? Would all of the winning make up for everything else? In a story on ESPN about Johnny Football that included a round of golf with Johnny and his father Paul, here is what Paul had to say about his son Johnny: "I don't enjoy playing golf with him because I don't want to see that temper," he'll say. "I honestly do not. I cringe when he wants to play golf. I don't want to do it, but I know I have to do it. Because he still needs love. He still needs guidance. He still needs to see he's wrong — and how to control his temper. And if I give up on him, who's gonna take over? The school sure… isn't gonna do it." A friend of mine from Cleveland, a lifelong Browns fan, is hoping they tank this season to position themselves to draft Johnny Football. He was strongly arguing that Johnny Football would go down as possibly the greatest quarterback ever ("smarter than Peyton Manning" he said). As an equally devoted Indianapolis Colts fan, it made me sit back and appreciate all the years we had with Peyton. Do I wish the Colts would have won more than one Super Bowl with Peyton at the helm? Yes, I sure do. There were lots of winning seasons that ended too early come playoff time. But I never had to answer questions from my 9 and 11 year old sons about Peyton's ethics like I do about Johnny Football. I never had to explain why the leader of a team would send a tweet saying he couldn't wait to leave. I never had to discuss rules violations. Nope, we just had to deal with the heartbreak from a tough loss in the playoffs and know that Peyton would dig deep, prepare even harder, and be back chasing his dream next year. The question is this. Why would someone with so much talent and ability not care more about being a better citizen and teammate? Why would they recklessly put so much future success at risk? As my friend pointed out the NFL will still come calling next year for Johnny Football. And with it some team – maybe the Browns – will spend millions of dollars hoping that his maturity will catch up with the undeniable talent. What's The Risk? At some point, character outweighs and overshadows talent. The risk is knowing when and how to take action. There are people with loads and loads of talent, but their behavior holds them back. Sometimes it's how they treat people internally. Other times it's what happens on the outside. I bet you see this same thing in your business. Should we hang in there like Johnny Football's Dad, wanting and believing that someday, things will change and they'll get it together? Or do we cut our losses knowing you can't help someone that doesn't want your help? These are tough questions to answer. I can tell you I've been on both sides of this argument in the past and understand the vantage point of each. However, the longer I've been in business, the more I've been around talent of all types, the more I appreciate how Peyton has carried himself all these years. I see the same thing from new Colts quarterback Andrew Luck. Sure the sample size is smaller than Peyton's but sometimes you just know, right? So while my friend from Cleveland is hoping for Johnny Football, I'm going to just appreciate Peyton's body of work and the good fortunate of getting Andrew Luck. I'll be sitting in the stands in Indy in a few weeks when Peyton, now a Denver Bronco, returns to face my Colts. It will be a little bittersweet. I hope Peyton has an awesome game and the Colts win. No matter what, I'll be thankful for the great run he gave Colts fan and just as importantly how he did it.
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5 Tips for Creating Effective Workplace Wellness Teams
Posted on Nov. 18, 2013, 7:57 p.m. by 2
Nicole Fallowfield, Director of Health Risk Management at Gibson Insurance This blog was originally posted on Gibson Insurance's blog. When constructing a wellness program within your organization, creating a solid wellness team is critical to your program's success. Teams lead the way for other employees to transform their lives and make positive, healthy choices. Consider the following suggestions for developing a wellness team and getting your wellness program off to a good start.
Formally Appoint Team Members And A LeaderUpper-level management should formally appoint several employees to the team and choose a strong individual who is also a positive health role model to lead the team. This shows everyone that the wellness program and the team's roles are important within the organization. Consider making wellness team responsibilities part of the team member's job description.
Promote The Wellness Team Within The OrganizationInternally promote the workplace wellness team and its initiatives. Creating high visibility for the program sends the message to employees that it is important.
Include Employees From All Levels And Areas Of The OrganizationTo demonstrate that the wellness initiative is constructed for the benefit of all employees and to gain "buy-in," include individuals in varying degrees of health from various areas and levels of the company. Within the team, executives and frontline employees should be equal.
Meet On A Regular Schedule With A Formal AgendaTeams should meet on a regular basis to make sure the program priorities don't get sidelined by other tasks. An agenda clarifies the focus of the team's initiatives and drives the meetings. Record minutes to keep track of activity and progress.
Communicating Often Is The KeyTo successfully educate and inform other employees, the team members should constantly communicate about their initiatives. An effective workplace wellness team can dramatically improve the health initiatives within your organization. Not only will these individuals work to rally others, their efforts can also lead to reduced health care costs while bettering the physical and emotional state of all your employees.
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How Employers Can Break Through Work Comp Claim Dysfunction
Posted on Nov. 7, 2013, 7:33 p.m. by 2
Originally published on Steal These Ideas, a blog published by Intersure member HNI Risk. Many employers will encounter a particularly challenging type of employee — the employee you suspect is "gaming the system" when it comes to a work comp claim. There are two causes that lead to this behavior. The first cause could be a personality flaw or characteristic that makes the employee feel entitled. There are all kinds of pre-employment personality tests that could help identify this type of person. Please note that personality tests are not foolproof, but you can look at them as another tool in your toolbox. Experiment and see what works best for your firm! The more common cause of this gaming-the-system of behavior is how the employer manages the employee during a period of healing.
How Employers Fail Injured EmployeesHow employers treat employees post-injury can have a major impact. In many situations, the employer disconnects, turns over the claim to the insurance carrier, and the employee is left feeling like she has been discarded. When an employee doesn't feel that the employer genuinely is concerned about her injury and recovery, she may become disgruntled. Add to this the fact that an injured employee may not be receiving good communication from the insurance carrier, which could lead to late pay and uncoordinated medical care. When employees feels helpless, they seek help from the closest "experienced" friend, family member — or an attorney. There are a few steps employers can take to do right by an injured employee (and to protect themselves from workers who might be abusing the system). This audit of the claims process has four elements:
1.) Make sure the employee is receiving his benefits on timeIf the carrier is relying on getting payroll information from the employer, this should be done immediately. Employers cannot take the attitude of "I'll get to it when I get to it." When an employee can't pay his bills or enjoy simple things in life because of an injury, he will become jaded fast!
2.) Call the employee periodically to see how he is feelingThis should be done by someone who knows the employee. A direct supervisor is the best candidate. Avoid having an HR manager — with whom they have no rapport — make the call. Don't underestimate the power of those human connections, and be prepared to exercise those listening skills!
3.) Give the employee a preview of post-injury job responsibilitiesLight and modified work programs should be communicated to employees during their initial training, and it should be clear that the employer is dedicated to return to work and why. This way, when employees are offered alternate work, they don't feel as though the tasks are punitive or retaliation.
4.) Get involved in conversations with the adjusterAs an employer, work with the adjuster to solve problems that the employee brings to you. Don't turn your back on the employee. Telling an employee that he needs to call the insurance company and that you can't help him is passing the buck. Get on a conference call with the adjuster and talk about the concerns. Workers' compensation claims do not need to be adversarial. If attitudes are negative from the beginning, then the claim is destined to have a bad outcome. Employers can protect themselves by performing a personality test during hiring and by having a sound claim management process. Using these steps will improve the claim experience for all parties.
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7 Reasons Why Insurance is Important
Posted on Nov. 7, 2013, 7:33 p.m. by 2
Originally published on Steal These Ideas, a blog published by Intersure member HNI Risk. Insurance is tricky. It's not like buying a chair or a shirt or groceries. When you buy insurance, you're buying a promise. It's a promise that if something catastrophic happens to your business, your carrier is going to assist you to make your business whole again. Sometimes, though, it's tempting to question the value of insurance because it is an intangible product. Let's back up and take a big-picture view of why insurance matters. Here are seven reasons why insurance is important. What more would you add?
1.) Insurance Keeps Commerce MovingIn the days after the 9/11 attacks, there were many worries about insurance coverage. Acts of war are not covered by insurance. Was terrorism an act of war? The big question was, How would the 9/11 attacks be classified? Fortunately, the insurance industry decided the attacks were not an act of war. However, after 9/11, some insurers began excluding terrorism. But the federal government stepped in and required coverage in the name of keeping commerce moving. In this case, insurance likely prevented many businesses from avoiding terrorist-targeted operations, such as refineries and chemical haulers.
2.) Lenders Require InsuranceThis reason is tied to No. 1. Lenders require that you have insurance. Think about it: Mortgage lenders want proof of insurance before you buy or build a new building. In short, to get the money your business needs to keep going, it's likely you enjoy the benefits of insurance. Without insurance, your winning business model can't get the funding it needs to take its first step, or your established business model can't get the funding to evolve and better compete.
3.) Insurance is Compulsory in Some StatesInsurance is important because sometimes it's the law! A great example of this is auto insurance. Auto insurance is compulsory in Wisconsin (home of HNI HQ). Auto insurance helps mitigate the risk of life on the road (of which there are many!). Workers' compensation is a form of compulsory insurance that's required in most states.
4.) Insurance Grants Peace of MindInsurance, an intangible, provides another intangible: peace of mind. Business owners can take on certain business ventures because they can shift the risk — thanks to insurance. This reason is the counterpart to No. 2 — lenders require insurance. Insurance is the required (by lenders) safety net that lets entrepreneurs explore opportunity.
5.) Insurance Ensures Family and Business StabilityInsurance is a safety net for when risks go wrong. Life insurance can support the life of a family, should a member be lost. It's similar for a business. Should a key member or piece of equipment go out of commission, the business can carry on, thanks to insurance. This reason why insurance is important dovetails nicely with peace of mind (No. 4). It all goes back to the idea that insurance, when activated, makes policyholders whole again.
6.) Insurance Protects the Small GuysWhen you look at your industry, you see the "big guys" and the "small guys." If a risk goes wrong, the big guys will be able to survive. They can take a hit. But the little guys can't take a hit. As a result, they are more risk averse, and in some cases, they sell out to the big guys. If enough little guys leave the industry (and one big guy swallows them up), you're left with a monopoly. With insurance, however, the little guys have support if they want to take a risk, which means they stick around longer. What it comes down to is that insurance helps prevent monopolies from forming.
7.) Insurance is the Right Thing to DoA sobering example of insurance in action is the West Fertilizer Co. explosion in Texas this spring. The explosion did $100 million in damage to the community, including schools and hospitals. The fertilizer company had only $1 million in general liability coverage. Now the city is suing West Fertilizer and likely will win all of the company's remaining property and assets that were not damaged by the disaster. This is because the fertilizer company did not have enough insurance. What's more is the city also is suing the suppliers to the fertilizer plant, claiming they knew they were supplying inherently dangerous materials. In the case of the West, Texas, plant explosion, insurance could have helped a community to recover after a crisis. Insurance is something many business owners don't want to think about. But whether they think about insurance, with hope it's there, allowing for transfer of risk and providing a safety net for new opportunities.
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Lloyd's of London Risk Index: What Are Your Emerging Risks?
Posted on Nov. 7, 2013, 7:28 p.m. by 2
Originally published on Steal These Ideas, a blog published by Intersure member HNI Risk. Lloyd's of London recently published its 2013 Risk Index. The Risk Index [click here to access the 48-page PDF] is done every two years and is a compilation of survey data from companies with less than $499 million in sales. Measurements include top risks on companies' radar and how prepared they feel to deal with risk. The majority of the survey takers (55%) were CEOs, presidents, and managing directors — in other words, leaders who set a company's course through a sea of business risks. Let's look at the top 13 small business risks for 2013: 1.) High Taxation 2.) Loss of Customers/Canceled Orders 3.) Cyber Risk 4.) Price of Material Inputs 5.) Excessively Strict Regulation [tie with Changing Legislation] 5.) Changing Legislation 7.) Inflation 8.) Cost and Availability of Credit 9.) Rapid Technology Change 10.) Currency Fluctuation 11.) Interest Rate Change [tie with Talent & Skills Shortage] 11.) Talent & Skills Shortage 13.) Reputational Risk Lloyd's report dug into the top five risks — high taxation, loss of customers, cyber risk, price of materials, and strict and changing regulations — to provide greater context for what's going on in the world. The risks of high taxation and changing regulations are tied to ethics and businesses' avoidance of uncertainty. For instance, many businesses have suffered brand damage because of perceptions of corporate tax avoidance. The risk of loss of customers reflects a global trend toward austerity. Cyber risk shows that the rest of the world is catching up in terms of technology, and the risk of the price of materials reflects scarcity and concentrated control of inputs to a particular region (oil is the classic example of this risk). Lloyd's found that with nine of the 13 risks, businesses feel less prepared to deal with risk than in 2011. What's more, to deal with the top 13 risks, insurance only can be a part of the solution. What does this mean for your business? How can you gain greater understanding of the risk you face in your unique markets? Here are some questions to get you risk manager brain cranking: How do the top 13 match with my business risk? What emerging risk will be on my 2015 list? Is my advisor helping me deal with risk — or is she just trying to sell me insurance? Businesses that fail to address the full picture of risk put themselves in danger of falling behind their competition. At HNI, we constantly are scanning the horizon for emerging risk, and we share our findings via HNI University, Steal These Ideas (the blog), and, of course, our most valuable asset: our people. How do you stay on top of risk? What's missing from Lloyd's top 13? What surprised you about the rest of the risks on Lloyd's index? Please sound off in comments!
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He signed his unwed-dad rights away by text message — then, when the girl was more than two years old, the baldly race-based Indian Child Welfare Act got them back for him. Today the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case of Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, otherwise known as the Baby Veronica case. [Washington Post, Michael Schearer, earlier here, here]
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If the the tribal elders didn't approve the adoption, this case is a loser – the dad will win.
I-am-not-a-lawyer, but…
Congress should not be able to sign away the mother of the child's access to 14th Amendment protections with a smiley-faced Apartheid act (aka ICWA).
"He signed his unwed-dad rights away by text message…."
I call BS on that. You can't give up your parental rights by text message.
Am I the only one who's tired of the formula "I call BS on that," which seems to convey little beyond, "I would challenge you to prove that," except with added rudeness? But strange as it may seem, mainstream accounts of the case (such as on SCOTUSBlog) do describe the father as having "renounced" his rights, and the father himself is not arguing that the electronic and informal manner of the renouncement rendered it void. Today at Supreme Court oral argument, the father's lawyer, Charles Rothfeld, said (p. 49) "Had ICWA not applied here at all, then the father would have had no right to object to the adoption." In other words, it is only the father's affiliation with the Cherokee tribe, and not some principle that text messaging is too flimsy a technological means of renouncing such an important legal right, that let him change his mind and get the child back. Transcript here; SCOTUSBlog here.
According to other accounts, the father also subsequently signed adoption papers immediately before he deployed. He claims he understood the papers were just to establish that the biological mother had sole custody, and he signed because he was going overseas.
Thanks, that's an important clarification. And I should also note that Rothfeld at a later point did speak as if South Carolina law provided independent grounds for the father to challenge the adoption aside from ICWA. At no point during the argument, so far as I can see, did anyone on either side argue that the father's relinquishment at the time was ambiguous or tainted.
In the S.C. Supreme Court, the court noted that there are very specific provisions for an Indian parent to relinquish rights. The relinquishment has to be in the presence of a judge, who must certify that the parent understands what he is doing.
The purported adoptive parents and the non-Indian mother did not follow many of the requirements. The relinquishment, noted above. Not properly notifying the tribe, by providing a different name and date of birth that that of the father. By not identifying the baby girl to Oklahoma authorities as an Indian child before removing her from the state. By serving the father with papers 8 days before he was to deploy to Iraq.
Further, the briefs argue that the relinquishment was invalid, and both the S.C. courts found that the proper procedures were not followed for the adoption of an Indian child. Finally, the S.C. trial court found that it was in the best interest of the child to be with her real father, and that the adoptive parents had created the problem. The court noted that "they elected to pursue adoption over his objection. Custody and parental rights cannot be gained by adverse possession."
This is not a question of race, it is a question of citizenship. We would be outraged if an American child was being adopted under the same circumstances in a foreign country without the U.S. father's consent. This is no different.


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Our newest CALI Award winner is Rochelle Stewart-Allen. Rochelle founded Daya Trust in May 2009 which has a focus on educating girls living in poverty in India. Daya Trust currently runs a Girls Education Centre in the Mulund-slum area of Mumbai, India, in partnership with local charity, SAKHI for Girls Education and its founder Aarti Naik.
Q: Tell us about Daya Trust.
Rochelle: Daya Trust educates girls living in poverty in India. That's the simple version! We passionately believe to educate a girl is to empower her to become her own changemaker. At Daya Trust we believe in opening doors for our girls, helping them access a wider vision for their lives, and encouraging them to achieve what they hope and dream for.
We strongly believe in local people delivering local solutions. These people know exactly what's required on the ground, and we want to help them achieve that. Working with our charity partners in India, we support them to become self-funded and legally registered charities. Our goal is to help these awesome people develop their own support networks and make ourselves redundant!
And finally at Daya Trust we use our voice to contribute to the on-going public discussions around empowering girls and the importance of girls' education.
Q: What made you decide to start Daya Trust?
Rochelle: I guess from an early age I always wanted to save the world! Then I started a charity and got a bit more realistic. In all seriousness, I wanted to create something that was bigger than me. I knew that just earning and spending money was never going to be enough to satisfy me.
I had always thought I would do something charitable "when I …. ", whether it was "when I have enough experience", "when I've learnt enough", "when I can afford it". After my first visit to India in 2008, I came home realising the situation was more "when I make myself available".
What we do in India most people could do. There's nothing particularly special about how we help. What's special is that we actually do something, we take action. Sometimes we succeed, sometimes we fail, but either way we keep moving forward and contributing.
Q: What are you aiming to achieve?
Rochelle: Daya Trust is part of the global movement of organisations and individuals highlighting girls' education as a human right. No one individual person can achieve this goal, but collectively we can each play our part.
For us, it's not a numbers game. For every girl who attends our after-school girls learning centre in a Mumbai slum, she influences her parents, her siblings, her friends, her teachers, and her community. And most importantly, she will have the greatest influence on her future children and their education.
We know for a fact that an extra year of primary school boosts a girl's eventual income by 10-20%. An extra year in secondary school, and that girl will increase her wage by 15-25%. When this girl completes seven years of education, she will marry four years later and have 2.2 fewer children. These clearly make solid economic sense for both this girl, her community, and her country.
Q: Please share something that you are particularly proud of.
Rochelle: At Daya Trust we're particularly proud of our charity partner, Aarti Naik. Aarti has been running her Mumbai charity SAKHI for Girls Education since 2008.
We partnered up with Aarti after a chance meeting in Mumbai between myself and someone who knew Aarti. Just a quick 5 minute conversation in an autorickshaw, led to signing a formal agreement with Aarti to support her work at the Girls Learning Centre.
Aarti had done great things before she met us and virtually worked on her own, building the capacity of the centre. But together we are helping Aarti achieve her bigger vision of increasing the size of the centre to reach more girls.
We're working with Aarti to help her define her programme and evaluate its success. We've helped Aarti register her charity, something which, in the local environment, was impossible for her to do on her own. These things will help Aarti access new funding sources. We also have access to new networks and expertise which we then hand onto Aarti.
Q: What have you learned from the people of Mumbai?
Rochelle: Probably the most defining thing I've learnt from people working in charities in Mumbai is that no-one needs our help. Sure they appreciate our help, and can benefit from it, but even if we weren't around these people would still be making it happen.
They are self-motivated, ready to change the world, and in it for the long-haul. They know change is slow and it can take a generation to even see small increments but they're commited to seeing this happen. We're just hopping on their band wagon, rather than the other way around. Truly inspiring!
Q: What drives you?
Rochelle: People ask me a lot about my motivation to run Daya Trust, and it's even hard for me to understand why I'm so driven to do this work. It's kind of like India got under my skin and it's there to stay. I pretty much live and breathe India. I even dream about it!
I know I have led a very blessed life, purely through the family and the country I was born into. Birth is a lottery. I could have just has easily been born to a woman living in the slum and my life would have been markedly different, not necessarily worse but different.
I believe humanity has a responsibility to each other. It's not good enough to sit around musing how terrible things are in the world without actually trying to make things better. Every life counts.
Q: Do you feel there is reward in your efforts?
Rochelle: There are definite rewards, the main one being every time I see photos of our girls in Mumbai and their sparkling eyes and their lives so full of potential. I want to at least play a part in keeping that sparkle alive.
Running a charity is incredibly challenging. There have been at least a couple of times when I have had to seriously question whether I should continue. Then something amazing and inspiring happens and I'm back into the swing of things.
I'm learning not to hold onto things too tightly and just trust in the process. For sure I've proven that things come in their own time, and there's no point in trying to force them into my timeframe.
Q: If you had your way, everyone would spend 5 minutes a day…
Rochelle: If I had my way everyone would stop for 5 minutes a day and count their blessings. If we focused more on how much we have, rather than what we're missing, I'm sure our lives would be that much richer. We would feel more inspired to contribute to the lives of others. Plus of course we would stop staring at our navels for at least 5 minutes!
As the Maori saying goes "He aha te mea nui? He tangata. He tangata. He tangata." (What is the most important thing? It is people. It is people. It is people.)
Rochelle combines a love for travel, with her experiences working for community organisations, and an interest in addressing issues of poverty. Her passion is to see marginalised girls educated.
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I had plenty of meals with chicken wings recently that it was almost impossible to not think of you whenever I was left with the chicken wing tip. It's your favourite part of the chicken. I remember leaving you the tips whenever we have fried chicken. Because that's how I show my love even if I hardly say it.
Now the chicken wing tips are everywhere, no doubt waiting for me to devour them with no mercy. Yet, I find myself unable to do so. Instead, I would leave them aside. I want the days when we would sit side by side again eating fried chicken, me devouring the wings and you taking care of their tips.
You micro-blogged yesterday night that you were inspired by a conversation with a very contented 60-year old and that's what you want your life to be when you're his age. I want you to be content too.
The universe will know when I am ready, and when I am, all these good things like true love, friendship, abundance of wealth will happen, unexpectedly. Hey Universe, I'm ready. Give me a definite sign, let me know if there is anything I can do to, you know, help move things along.
Thank you.


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ELISA photographed by Myra
Elisa, 38, is from France.
What do you do in life?
I'm a traveler and blogger of https://www.elisalesbonstuyaux.fr/
Your favorite occupation?
Share moments with people I love
Your idea of happiness?
To take time for myself
Your idea of misery?
Being depressed because of the loss of somebody
Your favorite color and flower?
Blue and peonie
What is your present state of mind?
Living asap in the US
What are you wearing?
Hat: C&A
Coat: KENZO rented by Panoply
Dress: NEW LOOK
Tights: GAMBETTES BOX
Shoes: PRIMARK
Bag: GUCCI
_Interview by Sara Ghazi-Tabatabai


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Joe Maddon has never shied away from saying something clever. Sometimes it is insightful. Sometimes it makes us chuckle. And sometimes we just roll our eyes. But he might have outdone himself last night, when asked about David Price plunking Kevin Youkilis after Youkilis spiked Casey Kotchman two days earlier (via TampaBay.com)…
"It's not uncommon when a pitcher pitches inside that a hitter can get hit on occasion…It's tantamount to a runner running to first base, and on occasion he may step on a guy's leg."
Of course, this is in response to Youkilis' comments following Monday's game when he said "It just happens…It doesn't happen all the time, but sometimes you get nipped a little bit."
Youkilis had also stated that he "asked (Kotchman) if he was okay." But according to the Rays, Youkilis only said "My bad" as we walked past Kotchman and according to John Romano "did not appear even a little concerned about taking out the leg of a former teammate."