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Shannon Hills city council to meet tonight
The regular meeting of the Shannon Hills city council will be held at 6:30 p.m. tonight (April 9) at city hall.
On the agenda are department head reports from various city departments. David Passmore will present information from Public Works. Chief Hale will report on the Police Department. Mel Aldridge will present information from the Fire Department.
Under old business, aldermen will hear an update on a grant for the city park as well as an update regarding drainage improvement projects.
In the new business portion of the meeting, the group will consider information regarding court clerk training, Beachwood property foreclosure, recognition of National Preservation Month/Arkansas Heritage Month and a review of the first quarter 2013 city budget.
After an open period for comments from residents who attend the meeting, the council will entertain a motion to adjourn.
All council meetings are open to the public. Shannon Hills City Hall is located at 10401 High Road East.


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Damn, beaten to it...
Seriously, why would any organisation upgrade to Windows Vista if it wasn't pretty sure all of its key software would work? It's amazing how many people seem to think there's some sort of obligation on people to upgrade. In fact, if you look at recent history, the big corporations are usually the last people to move on major upgrades like XP->Vista, often taking several years to do it. This is why.
The irony is that I'm not even sure why home users would move.
I've been following Vista developments for years, since back when there were going to be three big pillars underlying it. As far as I can see, from a technical perspective, the only remaining major functional improvement over XP is that Vista supports DirectX 10, and Microsoft are pretty much guaranteed to restrict that artificially to Vista-only.
Of course, going by the history, that won't even start to affect any games except Microsoft's own for at least a couple of years, since most games software isn't using everything DX9 offers yet. Similarly, DX10-supporting hardware won't be even close to mainstream for at least a year or two. Given that PC games now represent only a quarter or so of the market (the consoles are well and truly in charge today) and the majority of home users still aren't going to have Vista for a while, games companies may be hesitant to tread those waters even as they reach the point where the extra goodies in DX10 may be genuinely useful.
Apart from that, what possible reason is there for a home user to upgrade? There's been a lot of negative press for Vista, not just about DRM but also all the hardware and software compatibility problems. The UI is different, which for many users means "bad" by default, even if with time they might come to prefer it. If home users were really serious about security, the world wouldn't be full of botnets. And the list goes on...
I can understand businesses with professional IT people placing some value on improved security or networking features, so if and when the compatibility is sorted out and the trust issues with phoning home and being activated/disabled/whatever remotely are irrevocably fixed, businesses might move. But home users? Not for years, except for the people who just get it with new PCs. (And even the rate of buying those isn't what it used to be.)
If MS stops XP sales and forces a Vista change over then just waiting for other muppets to sort things is not a workable strategy.
These incompatabilities run deep. Even some Microsoft stuff does not work with Vista. eg. Platform Builder (used for Windows CE development) is XP only.
3) no real reason to upgrade. Right, well I found BitLocker to be a perfect reason. To each his own; I can see where you're coming from but there are people that disagree with you.
Wow, one of the three people on Earth who have a genuine reason to use BitLocker, and he's posting right here on slashdot! This is an exciting.
2) DRM crap? I bet you don't even have a bluray or HDDVD drive in the first place. Hell, I bet you torrent all of your movies, so you shouldn't be complaining. Vista doesn't DRM everything. You can still watch your torrented movies (it's the only way to get decent HD rips anyhow)
How did it prove itself to be as big a mistake as Windows ME? No one knew how bad ME was until a year after it when Microsoft was already almost done with XP. ME was an intermediate OS, which was why it sucked.
Vista has proven itself to be as big a mistake as Windows ME.
It's still early days for Vista - no need to jump to such conclusions yet. I remember looking at a computer running XP when it was first released and thinking "ugh, that's horrible". I eventually put it on a dual boot with Windows 2000 and slowly but surely XP improved (ignoring WGA for a minute) with better driver support, new software for XP and bugfixes. SP2 is stable and well supported now it's been around for a while. Something which is on the back of my mind though is that if MS do bring out Vienna
Even if it did, every time Outlook was started, it wanted to do its final install and first run configuration. Same with the other Office Apps as well.
Vista = Forced Obsolescence.
People are tricked every day into installing spyware and trojans. I'm glad about any additional protection that stops people installing that stuff, even if the side effect is a slight PITA when installing legit software.
Proper user permissions makes it both easy to install software and stop trojans. People complain because M$ has yet to implement the simple read write execute and user flags common and effective in Unix since the 1970s. Instead they use annoying warnings that cry wolf and make the user
The purist in me would love to take the Linux route and force anybody doing weird stuff to fix their software, but in the long run, Microsoft is a business and their customers want compatibility with shitty software.
The thing is, the changes required in Linux world to be compatible with new versions of key libraries are generally minor, well-documented, reasonable, and relatively quick to implement.
In Windows world, that isn't the case, because Windows development is a mess. That is mostly Microsoft's
"We don't care. We don't have to. We're the Phone Company."

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India has tightened restrictions on the amount of money companies and individuals can send out of the country, trying to curb a sharp decline in the rupee.
Since May, the Indian currency has declined about 16 per cent against the U.S. dollar, and the slide continued Wednesday, with the rupee at a record low of 64.54 rupees to the dollar. The rupee is testing new lows against the dollar on an almost daily basis.
On Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of India said that it will inject 80 billion rupees ($1.26 billion US) into the country's banking system by buying long-term government bonds.
The move is geared to make credit more readily available after the cost of borrowing on India's 10-year bonds rose to 9.48 per cent on Tuesday, the highest level since 2001...
...But of greater concern is the government's record high current account deficit at 4.8 per cent of GDP. India is especially vulnerable to funds moving away from emerging markets in anticipation of a winding back of the U.S. Federal Reserve's stimulus program.
Bhaskar Chakravorti, senior associate dean at the Fletcher School for international affairs in Medford, Mass., said India's high level of debt is in part due to energy subsidies put in place to keep consumers happy.
"In the energy sector over the past few years and this is part of the problem that the economy is facing, this was a heavily subsidized sector for the Indian consumer. And now a lot of those government subsidies are coming home to roost," he told CBC's Lang O'Leary Exchange.
"There is an election coming up next year and there is a lot of populist rhetoric in the air. Essentially until the elections are over, no one has a clear sense as to whether the tax regime and regulation regime will be lifted."
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Lauren Christison: Accounting Major
March 14, 2014
Lauren Christison, a sophomore from Petersburg, Illinois, is majoring in Accounting and minoring in Spanish at Evangel. A lover of adventure, Lauren enjoys road trips, traveling, and spending time with family and friends. Her mom graduated from Evangel, and after a visit here during her high school years, Lauren decided she'd like to attend and graduate from Evangel, too. Lauren loves being a part of the Business Department, and she is excited to be equipped during her time here for the future God has for her in her workplace.
Why did you choose to attend Evangel?
My mom graduated from Evangel so Evangel was always an option, but I didn't really think that I would actually end up going to school here. However, we came to visit the summer after my junior year of high school, and I immediately fell in love. I loved everything about the campus and knew right away that I would go to school here. I was encouraged to look at other schools but had no interest in going anywhere else because I truly felt Evangel is where I needed to be.
What is your major and minor?
I am majoring in Accounting and minoring in Spanish. Math was always my favorite subject in high school, and the career opportunities are endless with Accounting. As far as my Spanish minor, I had a fantastic Spanish teacher in high school who taught me so much and really instilled in me a huge interest for Spanish. Not only that, but having a Spanish minor will open even more doors for me in the business world.
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Yes. I actually visited campus not once but twice just to be completely sure of my decision. I would absolutely recommend a visit for prospective students because it is the best way to get a feel for the campus and the environment at Evangel. It was not until actually being on campus that realized how much I loved the school.
What makes the environment at Evangel special?
Evangel is truly such a unique, special place. I love that I am able to pursue my academic goals while being able to grow spiritually at the same time. Evangel has allowed me to grow not only academically but in all other aspects of my life as well, which is not necessarily common at other schools.
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Ten white Chattanooga police officers soon may share $725,000 if City Council members today approve settling a 7-year-old racial discrimination lawsuit.
The council is set to vote on a resolution to pay Chattanooga police Lt. Bobby Rodgers and nine other officers the settlement. The resolution aims to avoid a trial over claims that the police department in 2005 refused to promote white officers. The officers claimed that then-Police Chief Steve Parks imposed a promotion freeze but temporarily lifted the ban to elevate a black officer from lieutenant to captain.
According to the lawsuit, the promotion freeze came about after members of the council criticized the department for a perceived lack of ranking black officers.
Rodgers had been with the department for more than 20 years. In his lawsuit, he claimed he had "consistently received outstanding performance reviews and commendations" and met all requirements for promotion from sergeant to lieutenant. In March 2005, according to the suit, there was a lieutenant vacancy when Officer Tracy Arnold, who is black, was promoted to captain. But when Rodgers filed for promotion to fill the spot, he was denied by Parks because of the promotion freeze. The nine other officers, who later joined the lawsuit, had similar claims. At the time of the lawsuit, their experience in the police department ranged from nine to 26 years.
A motion hearing for the case was continued Monday in Hamilton County Circuit Court, "in anticipation of the case being approved [by the council]," according to Steven Dobson, the lawyer representing the 10 officers. If the council doesn't approve the settlement, a motion hearing will be held Aug. 5, according to court records.
Dobson said Monday most of his clients eventually were promoted, and some have retired, but that doesn't absolve the city of discrimination the officers endured previously.
Dobson declined to comment on how the $725,000 settlement would be split if approved, but the initial suit requested that each officer be awarded back pay they would have received had they been initially promoted.
Since the lawsuit, the police department changed its promotion procedure. The old way ranked promotion candidates according to evaluation scores, and the chief of police only promoted from a pool of the top six scorers. Council members had said that system prevented minority officers from being promoted, according to the lawsuit.
Now the chief of police may promote from an alphabetical list of the top 20 scores on a full evaluation.
Council Chairman Yusuf Hakeem was one of the council members pushing for changes that would lead to more black promotions at the time. But he said Monday the "top 20 system" is fair and equitable -- and the case has been "lingering for some time."
"When you look at tests, there are cultural differences and to some degree some biases. I think this levels the playing field," Hakeem said. "I was not the best test-taker, but I think my actions have showed that I am capable."
Hakeem said Monday he would support the settlement.
Dobson said Monday the settlement did not address the promotion procedure or any other request aside from monetary compensation.
"Our suit is really not to redress that; it's really about these plaintiffs," Dobson said. "[The money] would settle the claims of all those plaintiffs."
Lacie Stone, a spokeswoman for Mayor Andy Berke, did not comment specifically on the lawsuit, but she said the city was "in the process of looking at all functions of city government, including workforce development practices across the board." She added the practices Berke is working on are independent of the settlement.
City Attorney Wade Hinton, who has participated in mediation of the case, said Tuesday if the council approves the resolution the issue will be resolved.
Police Chief Bobby Dodd declined immediate comment on the suit and promotion practices at the department Monday, saying he wanted to read the filing completely first.
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Right, right? No way would they need anyone from overseas for any upcoming jobs, no sirree. Won't see any work of any kind going to other countries, nope!
As a foreign worker in the US, I have no idea where you got that $15 an hour from. I can assure you, I'm paid substantially more than that.
If you are not making $45 or more an hour you are being robbed. Programmers are massively underpaid compared to the skillset we need to do our jobs. Why the hell do we tolerate deflating the job down to the level of a factory worker?
Are programmers willing to work for $45/hr? Then that is what they are worth. Did you think the laws of supply and demand don't apply to you (you precious thing)?
Programmers are massively underpaid compared to the skillset we need to do our jobs.
A bachelors degree? We don't 'deserve' to get paid more than chemists, but we do. Like everything else, we get paid according to supply and demand. The skillset required to be an artist is tough to develop, but those guys don't get paid much.
As a foreign worker in the US, I have no idea where you got that $15 an hour from. I can assure you, I'm paid substantially more than that.
I once shared an office with two foreign workers from Eastern Europe. One was being paid $1000/mo., the other $500/mo. Don't know how the company got away with it, but they did.
"In order to ensure continued access to scarce skillsets that are key to our ability to innovate, we need to be able to draw flexibly from a global pool of professionals."
Wait a minute. Microsoft has the ability to innovate? Who knew!
They continually invent new and creative kinds of suck.
They continually invent new and creative kinds of suck.
No they don't. They just change the suck icons, names, and desktop locations with each new edition. Still the same old suck.
That's what IBM does: lays off thousands here in the USA and just hires overseas.
And they still charge an obscene amount for their products and services.
It's all about cost arbitrage now: really cheap technical labor overseas and charge like you have 100% American or Western European labor.
Our country and economy is being bled dry by the multinationals.
While we are distracted by cheaper big screen TV and other electronic toys, the things that really matter are becoming more expensive while our pay is declining - and it's not just inflation. I see jobs here in Metro Atl that are paying $60K+ that once paid $80K+ back in the late 90s. If you include inflation, that's a hell of a pay cut.
But in the meantime, fuel, medical, education, food, housing (rents are going back up) and essentials to living are going up.
We are in a spiral to the bottom because multinational companies are importing poverty from the Third World.
Solution? I stopped buying shit. It helps that retailers are becoming more and more obnoxious. No more rip-off cable or other services like that. Smart phone? Shove it.
Food? I cook and it's all unprocessed - no packaged shit with shit additives.
Car? 20 years old and counting. And I do the maintenance: clutch, head gasket, brakes, you names it. Sorry for the local mechanic, but that's the new reality of our country.
Nothing to do with IBM. The oligarchs have seized power over the last 20 years and now the screw is being turned. The more they turn, the more scared you become. All around the world, policy is dictated by the corporations and they're invariably directly working against the population.
As eloquently said by Truxton Spangler (portrayed by Michael Cristofer) at the end of the show Rubicon (which was pulled off the air after 1 season, IMHO, because it hit too close to home for the oligarchs):
"Do you think anyone will give a shit?"
That's the problem. It's the boiling frog problem. Most people will downplay this move as Microsoft exiting the mobile business. But it's much more than that. It's just one more step down the ladder into tyranny.
Most of these layoffs are around an acquisition. This is very common, and you're only hearing about it in advance from MS because they're laying off enough in the US to trigger the WARN act, or a similar law in Finland.
MS has a bunch of people who make phones that don't sell.. Nokia has a bunch of people who make phones that don't sell. I'm guessing all the overlap will be jettisoned, along with a significant reduction to adjust to poor sales.
So far what we've heard is constrained to the failing mobile bu
At least one of these stupid companies finally got around to outsourcing their CEO from India as well. It has gone full circle.
CEO-speak.. "building the right organization" "work towards synergies and strategic alignment" gobbledygoop
I'm all for cutting out bureaucracy where it isn't needed but come on man..
You should listen to a song on the latest Weird Al album: Mission Statement. Sung in the style of Crosby, Stills, and Nash, it's a perfect parody of those managers who love to speak in "corporate talk." Next time you go to a meeting with one of those managers, recite some of the lyrics (spoken, not sung, of course) and see whether they nod their heads in agreement.
"We'll set a brand trajectory
Using management philosophy
Advance our market share vis-à-vis
Our proven methodology
With strong commitment to quality
Effectively enhancing corporate synergy"
The synergy will get you.
Right, because getting ah H-1B is
No bureaucratic nonsense there!
And they are also a lot cheaper, because they can be lower than comparable US workers, right, right?
Can we skip this useless blabber?
You hire someone on H-1B because they possess quality you can't find in the country.
Hiring H-1B for cost-reduction is idiocy! (better just ship your production overseas)
[Posting AC because I'm talking about my own employer.]
Bullshit. H1-Bs save employers more than enough to pay for the bureaucratic overhead of hiring them. That's a one-time cost that's easily amortized over the three or six years of the visa, and if you hire lots of H1-Bs, the process can be pretty well streamlined. You can even outsource the paperwork.
The last time I had to hire two code monkeys, the company hired an agency in India to find H1-B candidates. We interviewed over 20 candidates, and made offers to ten. Two of them turned out to have misrepresented their work histories, we finally hired two, and the rest ran screaming the other way when they saw what we offered. It was infuriating, but the bean-counters wouldn't budge. Get people who will take what we offer or do without.
This is what companies do. Their employees aren't their greatest asset, they're their greatest cost center. In the long term, it's stupid, but the suits don't care. They only care about this quarter's (or this week's) results. Why buy socks at Nordstrom when you can buy them at Walmart?
And when you had to present evidence of how much a US citizen earned doing the same job, and why the salary you were paying these guys was at least as high, how did you prove that?
Bullshit, the forms you need to fill in when you submit your H1-B application require you to provide listings of similar jobs, and how much you pay them. I'm from the UK, but I live in the US, under an H1-B, hence knowing what you have to fill in on the forms
I am a foreign worker under H1B and currently in the process of applying for PERM. I don't know how other places are doing, but where I work (a US university) all these forms are posted on the boards of the building. They are right there for anybody to see AND complain if they think something is wrong or the position is unnecessary.
I know many H1B and they are not underpaid compared to the other people in the same company.
In this story, they are mostly firing assembly line workers from nokia it seems. Do yo
But they are Nokia employees, the majority of which are in Finland. They don't have H-1B visas in Finland.
Just another puppet inheriting the stink barge. Nothing will change at Microsoft. Cuts, layoffs, and generally contribution to economic stagnation is all these clowns are about. Pay no attention to what they ever say. Watch what they do... and it's always the same...
Just remember that companies like Valve were founded by ex-Microsoft software engineers.
Just remember that companies like Valve were founded by ex-Microsoft software engineers.
I'll bet you anything they were never any of the ones on the chopping block for a layoff...
Just remember that companies like Valve were founded by ex-Microsoft software engineers.
Many of the early employees of Microsoft became millionaires due to stock options, so they could afford to jump ship and do their own thing. I doubt that's true of the people being laid off.
The article mentions where 12,500 of the 18,000 jobs to be cut are coming from, but doesn't account for the other 5,500 jobs. There was another article on this a few days ago that mentioned people being cut from marketing teams and people cut from the Xbox division, but I wish the article would go into more detail.
Nothing can be as demoralizing as being managed by exec's so stupid that they have never read Dilbert.
The problem in real life, as it is in Dilbert, is the things we cringe at are the things the executives think "now there's a damned fine idea".
There's a huge disconnect between how management people respond to those things versus what the rest of us do.
Unfortunately, they're the ones calling the shots -- and what we see as parody and satire, they see as an instruction manual.
I don't believe I've ever worked at a company where the management team didn't (on a semi regular basis) take a page straight out of the Dilbert playbook and begin to implement it.
It's like we experience an entirely different reality.
It's like we experience an entirely different reality.
Well of course you do. Your reality is working on a project, shielded from higher-level concerns. Their reality is trying to shield you from higher-level concerns by managing them. You are no more equipped to understand their job than they are to understand yours. Dilbert does a great job lampooning the aspects that are visible to you, but a poor job of explaining the aspects that are not. You won't get this until you become a manager, I'm afraid.
Oh what utter rubbish! Management is mostly irrelevant - especially the over paid CEO types who can't seem to figure out what the company does - but they can sure "manage" it. Good, driven, visionary management can keep a company healthy and profitable for centuries, but most of these managers are about as useful as pot holes. What they are really good at is convincing themselves and their cronies on the board of directors that they deserve more pay, more bonuses, because well, they are paid millions so they must be worth millions more! In reality, the average manager is not any smarter than the guy running the project and certainly not better at predicting where the market it is headed, or what the economy is going to do, or what the sales for next quarter will be. AS for the higher level concerns . . . what higher level concerns? A business has all the same issues as a family - income, taxes, the crazy dude next door with the chainsaw and the lawyer...which church to go to for the tax breaks and legal loop holes. Please don't put any faith in management - they either understand the company because they've worked there (and can do an adequate job of keeping the place running) or they are just some rich dude in a suit with less clue about how to run a company than a chimpanzee has of running a zoo.
You are no more equipped to understand their job than they are to understand yours.
I once worked at a company which primarily grew by acquisition.
The running joke (albeit real) was that the VP of R&D from the last major acquisition was now the VP of R&D for the entire company.
And that VP would develop a huge sense of "Not Invented Here", and start to decide that any product which wasn't invented by his company wasn't worth pursuing.
In several instances they tried to fiddle with the core competencies, get rid of things which were absolutely central to the business model, and generally fsck things up. Because the particular brand of hammer they sold was all they understood, and anything else must therefore be unimportant.
I can't even count how many MBAs I've met who had precisely zero experience in the industry they were suddenly in, who started to make decisions which demonstrated that, other than the case studies they did in school, they didn't have a frigging clue. In fact, I've seen numerous examples where their understanding of the technology was so non-existent they couldn't understand what it did, and why their arbitrary choices were disconnected from the real world.
People get parachuted into management positions in companies they know nothing about and don't fully understand, and then apply their one size fits all solution -- even if that solution is a terrible idea.
This belief that someone who has studied management understand either the business or the process of management is a crock of shit. Because anybody who has worked in tech long enough knows damned well that most of them are doing things just to make themselves look important.
We once had a departmental manager insist on building ER diagrams for our product. The problem was, the software wasn't based on an RDB, the ER diagrams were meaningless and misleading, and had absolutely nothing to do with anything.
I've seen situations in which the guy who owned a piece of technology was responsible for deciding that it was the one we should go with, despite overwhelming evidence that the piece of software he was responsible for wasn't capable of doing what it was supposed to replace. This was purely ego, politics, and carving out their own little fiefdom.
You think Elon Musk went into Nokia with an understanding of what Nokia needed as a business? Or merely a view that whatever they were doing was wrong because it wasn't based on Microsoft stuff?
You won't get this until you become a manager, I'm afraid.
If I hadn't seen so many examples of gross incompetence in management, I might actually believe there is a kernel of truth here.
But since I have, I don't.
Management isn't some elite bunch of people with all of the answers. They're a bunch of people who were chosen by a bunch of people like them to carry out policies which have already been decided upon.
And it is as much about politics as it is reality.
You think Elon Musk went into Nokia with an understanding of what Nokia needed as a business? Or merely a view that whatever they were doing was wrong because it wasn't based on Microsoft stuff?
Don't you mean Stephen Elop? If Elon Musk had taken over Nokia, chances are Nokia would have ended up owning Samsung not being acquired by Microsoft.
Don't you mean Stephen Elop?
Apparently, yes
You think Elon Musk went into Nokia with an understanding of what Nokia needed as a business? Or merely a view that whatever they were doing was wrong because it wasn't based on Microsoft stuff?
You mean Stephen Elop, not Elon Musk. Quite a difference, but I can see myself making the same Elop flip-flop.
Most CEO's and Executive Level types are sociopaths.
Perhaps not "Most CEO's", but the position tends to attract them: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ke... [forbes.com]
I particularly like it how big companies use the same terms to get rid of a junk computer as they do to get rid of people. It is time to surplus or excess uneeded assets...
I particularly like it how big companies use the same terms to get rid of a junk computer as they do to get rid of people. It is time to surplus or excess uneeded assets...
And now you should understand why they call it the Human Resources department and not Human Relations.
The latest buzzword is Human Capital Management. Note the use of the word Capital, as in asset. You, as an employee, are nothing more than a piece of furniture in their eyes. In the old days they called it the Personnel department. At least that had some sort of human element to it.
The morals of the story?
1) Don't trust management. They will cast you aside at the blink of an eye to save their own ass.
2) Don't get fooled into thinking you have lifetime employment with anyone.
3) Even when you have a job, never stop looking for the next one.
I particularly like it how big companies use the same terms to get rid of a junk computer as they do to get rid of people. It is time to surplus or excess uneeded assets...
Just playing devils advocate here but what terms would you suggest? Take the emotion out of it for a moment. I agree that it is rather cold but its hard to argue that employees are not a type of asset to the company. The most valuable kind of asset in many ways. Not one the company owns of course but you do not have to own an asset for it to be beneficial to the company. If someone is hired by the company to do specific work and the work they perform is no longer needed, exactly how is that functionall
"Just playing devils advocate here but what terms would you suggest?"
Be honest and call it what it is...
Human resources will be renamed to "human trafficking and exploitation" so that it will be more accurate.
I guess Nokia's platform really was burning after all. It's just that it was arson.
Microsoft brought over 25,000 Nokia employees in the merger of which 12,500 are to be laid off in the next 6 months. Probably all that's left is the hardware engineers, with nearly all of software, marketing and management getting the boot.
I can't even type that without laughing.
Probably true. The H1Bs are easier to dispose of, so the ones they are letting go will be let go first.
It's sad that they got bought just at the moment when Microsoft's CEO was going to change. I fully expect the new CEO to soon admit that the mobile market has been lost forever, and discard Nokia. In the end, all the Nokia saga would have been for nothing.
Nokia can only blame itself for letting Elop become their CEO years ago.
Very true. How the board was misinformed to the point of doing a such clear suicide is still part of the hidden story. Even more strange is the constant support the board give to the CEO even after all the alarms was turning full red. The "No plan B" concept was the biggest mistake ever from a board.
Nokia was just for getting the patents which are worth a lot of money. Everyone has figured their angle a long time ago. The smartphones, as Microsoft usually does, will just be outsourced to someone in China.
Sign the petition, lets get Obama to address why we still have H1B's
Yeah, my company escorted me out the gate because I was a network jockey and they didn't want me to sabotage the system.
Two days later they're calling me with, "How do we
I offered to respond by email:
"The Firm has made the decision to "right-size" its IT department to better align with strategies going forward. In support of that decision, I know the Firm has retained the very best-of-breed systems analysts and I think we should rely on those superior personnel to figure out what knowledge I departed with. I know you will agree that Firm policy prohibits sensitive communication with non-employees and it is with a spirit of cooperation that I decline to ever speak to any of you ever again."
You should have offered to help.
For $200/hour + expenses.
It's amazing that this guy can run the company into the ground and still have a job. How badly do you have to screw up to get fired as a CEO?
It's amazing that this guy can run the company into the ground and still have a job. How badly do you have to screw up to get fired as a CEO?
looks a Ballmer
Pretty bad, apparently...
He ran Nokia into the ground so it could be acquired by Microsoft for peanuts. Now that he has done his job he gets the reward of a cushy job at Microsoft. I do not see anything strange here.
We have buzzword BINGO in the first paragraph. Holy cow.
We have buzzword BINGO in the first paragraph. Holy cow.
I have yet to hear a CEO speak without winning buzzword bingo in the first few sentences.
It's funny (and cringeworthy) because it's true.
I honestly can't decide if they know what they say sounds absurd, or if they really think they're saying intelligible things.
Years ago at another job, during the quarterly "Kool Aid/Rah Rah" speeches, if they were on a conference call
I think in this case, it's to avoid lawsuits. "Buzzword Bingo" speeches are made specifically to be as vague and neutral as possible so that there's zero chance of a discrimination lawsuit from someone who gets laid off as a result of these job cuts. A friend of mine just recently showed me a good example of why executives do this. His company went through a round of layoffs, and his was one of the jobs that was cut. Rather than simply use CEO-speak and lay him off, they fired him in an attempt to dodge paying him unemployment benefits - they claimed he was sleeping on the job, but none of the statements the managers there gave to the unemployment office matched up. He brought this up in an appeal to the unemployment office, and they awarded him benefits because they saw through the company's BS.
Outside of that, though? I think it's a Jungian thing. The CEOs think that successful CEOs speak in buzzwords all the time, so they form their own CEO persona and start acting like that because they want to be successful as well. What they probably don't realize is that the truly successful CEOs don't actually do that unless it's absolutely necessary and just assume they're doing the right thing by using buzzwords all the time. Whatever gets them promoted, I guess.
Ballmer: "Developers! Developers! Developers!"
Nadella: "Synergies! Synergies! Synergies!"
You can be pretty sure they're not going to lay off senior engineers, unless they're closing down certain offices and said engineers don't want to relocate, and its those they have issues finding. The junior mobile app devs and the HR people? Tough luck for them.
Actually: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/11/12/2046214/microsoft-kills-stack-ranking [slashdot.org]
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Thursday, July 12, 2007
Two-Minute Drill
* Another great Michigan preview from another Penn State site, this time Black Shoe Diaries.
* Michigan goes 1-1 in court of law
* CFN lists The 100 Greatest College Football Finishes. Before you shudder at the thought of reliving the most painful of Michigan memories, know that Michigan is listed 13 times, going 5-7-1.
As SiC said when he sent me the link, "funny how the memory works- when i first started to look thru this, all i could think of were the devastating losses- Colorado, Northwestern, etc. i had more or less forgotten about the wins."
Spoken like a true Michigan fan!
* Finally, with Michigan switching to adidas (do I really have to no cap the "a" each time I spell it?), MZone reader JK sent his version of some new helmet decals for THE O-High-O State University...
13 comments:
- Brad Coe said...
As many times as they have been busted for drugs, and DUI's and ect...., the new helmet should fit their characteristics perfectly.
- July 12, 2007 7:41 AM
- brianthomasbuckeye said...
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- July 12, 2007 3:18 PM
- brianthomasbuckeye said...
The only thing we smoked last year was UM 42-39. We even rolled up the Big Ten Championship Trophy and smoked that.
We did that the same day Arrington got all "Domestic" on his girlfriend and stole a car, drunk, at age 19.
- July 12, 2007 3:22 PM
- Peabody said...
You "smoked" us by 3 points?
Idiots. Diddy is gone. Things return to normal this year, and that means your annual "L" to us in November.
- July 12, 2007 6:11 PM
- WingRG said...
OSU's last weed arrest was over 2 years ago (Erik Haw). Didn't UM have a player kicked off the squad for smoking dope just this past spring? You guys need to stay current. Or this is just another case of selective memory.
- July 12, 2007 7:55 PM
- kin likewoman said...
Propicks Magazine
June 2007
With the start of college football weeks away, college football fans have begun biting their nails in anticipation of the 2007 season to see which teams hacks their ways to the national championship.
It won't be long before you start hearing about which college phenoms is the reincarnation of Bruce Smith or who will land a place next to Heisman history.
Here is our 2007 pre-season defensive All-American team. There of course are a bunch of names you've seen before but also a few you will want to know. Each player here shows an early indication of first round potential come April 2008.
DE - Bruce Davis, 6-3, 237, UCLA
He's coming off a superb year where he blew by Pac-10 offensive tackles literately left and right. With 12.5 sacks last season and 17.5 tackles for loses, his stats are only go to increase. Don't be surprised if he flirts with 15 sacks.
DE – Quentin Groves, 6-3, 254, Auburn
Groves will be the best end in the SEC next year hands down. He's a speed rusher with a lot of bang and a lot of athleticism. He should easily haul in 12 sacks next season and an interception or two. He's that good.
DT — Glenn Dorsey, 6-2, 299, LSU
Offensive linemen wake up with headaches just thinking about lining up against him. If it weren't for Dorsey last year, Brady Quinn might have went ahead of DeMarcus Russell. He should wreak havoc again in the SEC nearly doubling the 8.5 tackles for losses he had last year.
DT — Vernon Gholston, 6-4, 260, Ohio State
In a freakish sophomore year, Gholston owned the line of scrimmage. He put together several games where he was next to unstoppable, plus he could play any position on the line. He had 15 tackles for loses and 7.5 sack in 2006.
LB — Marvin Hicks, 6-4, 245, Grand Valley State
Hicks punished junior college running back the last two years while playing for Joliet Community College, Recruited by several Pac-10 teams last year, Hicks will undoubtedly be a defensive terrorist in 2007. He had 128 tackles, 5 interceptions, and 2 blocked punts his last year. Look for more of the same at GVS.
LB — Phillip Wheeler, 6-2, 230, Georgia Tech,
With the absence of Calvin Johnson, Wheeler will be the most exciting thing to watch at GT and maybe the entire ACC. He's got a linebacker's power with cornerback's speed. He had 74 tackles in 2006, but he should boost his tackling numbers, as the defense will revolve around him.
LB — James Laurinaitis, 6-3, 244, Ohio State
Laurinaits will be the frontrunner for the Butkus Award after being named a finalist in 2006, but expect heavy competition from Wheeler and Hicks. He's a seek-and-destroy-type linebacker with amazing instincts. He should be able to easily duplicate the 100-tackle season of last year.
CB — Antoine Cason, 6-0, 185, Arizona
It's the return of the shutdown corner. Cason is Dre Bly in college with raw talent, awareness and gambling habit. He will be one of the best corners coming out of college next year with at least six interceptions and a busload of pass deflections.
CB — Brandon Flowers, 5-10, 190, Virginia Tech
If Cason is Bly, Flowers is Charles Woodson. Like, Woodson, Flowers has killer instincts and seems to be a step ahead of receivers. He had 20 pass deflects last season, look for his confidence to explode as he takes more chances and hauls in a number or interceptions.
S — Kenny Phillips, 6-2, 202, Miami
The safety position was chalked full of talent in the April draft, and looks to be the same in 2008. Leading the way is Phillips, a superb athlete with extraordinary play making ability. He had
S — Jonathan Hefney, 5-9, 185, Tennessee
Hefney will probably the best pound-for-pound safety in the NCAA this fall. There might be those who might knock his height at 5-9, but his awareness and football knowledge makes him as good as any 6-2 safety. Look for this ball hound to lead the SEC in interceptions.
- July 12, 2007 9:52 PM
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- July 13, 2007 7:02 AM
- lane said...
peabody, by annual "L" you must mean another one for Llllloyd?
where have you been, under a rock?
just curious.
- July 13, 2007 7:03 AM
- god of the whoppers said...
last weed arrest may have been 2 years ago, but in tressel's first 3 years at tOSU, 13 players were arrested. check your facts
- July 13, 2007 7:14 AM
- WingRG said...
One could argue that Tressel's first several years at OSU he was dealing with a lot of Cooper's players (and Cooper, if you remember, was fired for player character issues and his inability to beat a certain team up north, as well as win the bowl game). In the last several years, Michigan football has had a lot more character issues than OSU. I know you guys want to be selective in remembering about this, but the "ganja" stickers are a lot more fitting of your program (at this point of time) than ours.
Than again, things can change quickly.
- July 13, 2007 9:49 AM
- san francisco values said...
Sadly, Jim Harbaugh will be awarding helmet stickers to his players at Stanfurd, apparently. Our only hope is that the Card play as well as last year, in which case they won't merit any stickers.
- July 13, 2007 1:28 PM
- zen wizard said...
How about, Hempy's Hemp Apparel as an OSU sponsor?
That would make for some itchy jerseys, but the Buckeye looks so much like a hemp flower, the tie-in would be worth it.
- July 14, 2007 12:16 PM
- god of the whoppers said...
the american sign language sign for buckeye is the same for weed. see, even deaf people are making fun of them
- July 15, 2007 9:50 PM


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In high school diving, every athlete is different.
Which makes Hersey's collective success on the boards that much more impressive.
Coached by Tom Schwab, the Huskies are closing in on a measure of excellence that demands acknowledgement: With just a couple of meets left on the boys' schedule this season, the Huskies divers are within reach of outscoring every opponent they're to face this school year in a dual meet setting.
That includes both boys and girls groups, who both face excellent competition from their Mid-Suburban League foes throughout the season.
But Hersey's emphasis on cooperation and togetherness has led to a mindset where team-first excellence is the norm.
"Both groups love to improve and achieve -- and hate to lose," said Schwab, described by several of his girls divers as super-competitive himself. "Their win-loss records are impressive, but their work ethic and positive mental attitudes are contagious, from one diver to another. That's the heart and soul of our program. That's overall teamwork, from the girls through the boys program."
This winter, senior Mat Obstoj and junior Jack Kintzle have been the top boys performers at the varsity level, with junior Joey McGovern and sophomores Danny Obyrlacz and Tucker Fenwick making big strides.
In the fall season, juniors Hannah Bovino, Megan Nocita and Annie Johnson made a habit of finishing 1-2-3 in duals, with senior Ally Neff, junior Rachael Duda and sophomore Kelly Haines providing depth on the team that won the Mid-Suburban East title for a sixth straight year.
Schwab's eyes light up when he fast-forwards to next fall, when the girls team may provide him with the deepest team he's ever had. That's saying a lot, with recent state meet qualifiers Katelyn Reszotko and Katie Dewar having come through the program.
Bovino finished second at the MSL meet, qualified for state and served as a team captain last fall, and Johnson, in her first season as a diver, won the JV conference meet.
With the current boys season starting to wind down, Obstoj (also a team captain) is hopeful that he can compete well at the conference and sectional meets, and ultimately earn a spot in the state meet.
Like all of Hersey's divers, though, Obstoj is most pleased with the group's overall winning effort, and he places the credit for that squarely with his coach.
"I think he's really great at finding out how to get the message across to every person," Obstoj said of Schwab. "Everyone of us on the team is really pretty different from everybody else, but he finds a way to get each person focused on improving."
The pattern for that success extends well beyond Schwab's current role with Hersey.
A standout at Waukegan High School, Schwab excelled at Northern Michigan in college and unofficially became the swimming and diving team's head coach as a graduate assistant.
That unique experience helped him eventually get his start with District 214 at Wheeling. There he developed standouts such as Lisa Goodman and Tim Mattson, who excelled in high school and went on to success on a national scale.
Schwab also had successful coaching stints at Prospect and Buffalo Grove and has played a key role along the way as an advocate for aquatics as the district grappled with where and when to build pools.
Mortensen said he believes Schwab's diverse background as an educator is one key. By his own estimation, Schwab says he's taught "about everything, at least once."
But his emphasis before retiring from teaching about seven years ago was teaching students with special needs, and the variety of that experience lends itself nicely to the diving well.
"I think one thing that really helps him is that he's had to solve a lot of different types of problems as an educator," said Hersey boys and girls swimming head coach Dick Mortensen. "I think he's able to look at things according to what's going to work for that person, and then adjust the teaching and the coaching as he needs to."
From a strategic standpoint, Hersey's strength on the boards is an enormous asset to Mortensen. Though diving only counts as 1 of the 12 events in a dual, Hersey's comparative strength in the event makes a big difference each time out.
"When I'm making out a lineup," said Mortensen, "I can pencil in 10 points for diving just about every time out. That's huge."
The fact that he's retired from teaching doesn't mean Schwab is planning to leave coaching behind anytime soon.
For one thing, he's got six grandchildren entering a phase where they're going to need him to coach their various teams.
And with birthday No. 65 approaching, he still gets a kick out of seeing his divers making individual gains that lead to cumulative success.
On Tuesday during practice at Olympic Pool, Schwab shared a story about how he'd helped a special needs student learn to make change for a dollar. For that individual, the key was the positive reinforcement that came with allowing the student to keep the change when he got it right.
Coaching the accomplished student-athlete divers at Hersey, of course, is different. But it turns out teaching these young men and women to perform acts of supreme difficulty in a very public setting has a similar arc.
"These divers set great goals," Schwab said. "They have desire, determination, enthusiasm and the love of the sport. They all have outstanding team spirit, the will to improve and win -- the will to excel under pressure with mental toughness.
"We believe that the goal-setting and work ethic that we have in our diving program will model future opportunities to a lifetime of achievement."


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Steelers Gay rises above criticism
Steelers cornerback William Gay breaks up a pass intended for Kashif Moore during practice Monday, Aug. 12, 2013, at St. Vincent in Latrobe.
By Mark Kaboly
Published: Monday, August 12, 2013
A quick Google search of William Gay Stinks' comes back with more than 102,000 results in 0.19 seconds.
There are Facebook pages dedicated to the topic, endless threads on message boards, Twitter posts galore and even one of the suggestions on Yahoo! Answers for why the Steelers lost Super Bowl XLV was because William Gay stinks.
Some fans may believe that, but the Steelers surely don't.
What he is, he is a scapegoat, cornerback Ike Taylor said. Trust me, you don't play seven years in this league if you are awful. He can play safety, he can play nickel, he can play dime, he can play corner. When you have a guy like that, Coach (Dick) LeBeau can open up the playbook.
The Steelers were thrilled in March to have an opportunity to bring Gay back after a one-year stop in Arizona. The Steelers signed the 28-year-old to a three-year, $4.5 million contract to add to an already talented back-half of their defense as sub-package cornerback.
It's a role that Gay thrived in the year before leaving for Arizona when he had two interceptions, a career-high 14 passes defensed and two fumble recoveries.
This is a good situation for me, Gay said. It is a good thing when your old team opens their arms and welcomes you back. It was the right decision, and I am happy with the decision.
While he was supposed to provide the Steelers with the flexibility to move Cortez Allen to the slot in the nickel defense, Gay has found himself with much more responsibility.
Injuries to Allen, Curtis Brown, DeMarcus Van Dyke and rookie Terry Hawthorne have left the secondary paper thin. Gay has proven to be invaluable by moving to starting left cornerback in the base defense and to the slot during sub-package football.
Yet another example of Gay's value is that since being drafted in 2007, he's played in 96 straight regular-season games, the longest active streak among NFL cornerbacks.
William is very intelligent, and that really is his greatest asset, defensive backs coach Carnell Lake said. He's open-minded and flexible enough to adjust on the run. If you tell him once, he got it and he does it.
But, for some reason, Gay has never been able to shed criticism.
It may stem back to Adrian Peterson bulldozing Gay in the open field, then stepping on his chest in a 2009 game against Minnesota, or the three touchdown passes he allowed to New England rookie tight end Rob Gronkowski a year later.
The latest criticism came during Saturday's preseason game against the Giants when Victor Cruz caught a 57-yard touchdown over what appeared to be a badly beaten Gay.
However, that wasn't the case, and it wasn't Gay's fault.
We know who is at fault and who messes up, Taylor said. And it wasn't his fault. It just so happened it looked like it was his fault.
Even more important, Lake knows it wasn't Gay's fault.
There are people counting on other players positioning and support, and if it is not there, you leave them hanging out to dry, Lake said That's what happened.
Gay hears the criticism and says it doesn't affect him.
Really, that doesn't faze me at all, Gay said. I am not going to lose sleep over something like that.
Taylor, who works out with Gay in Florida in the offseason, has his own take on why Gay is so heavily scrutinized.
If Robin does something good, Batman is always going to get the credit, Taylor said. Nobody ever talks about Robin, and that's why Robin crossed over to the dark side.
"What he is, he is a scapegoat," cornerback Ike Taylor said. "Trust me, you don't play seven years in this league if you are awful. "[/QUOTE]
A very good point by someone who has actually played in the NFL
Where do I apply to Swaggin U?
Why is it that fan's expectations don't always gel with the reality of the situation? There are not enough good players to go around. Teams around the league have their own version(s) of William Gay. If Gay wasn't on the team another CB would be this team's whipping boy, ie Victorian, Brown, or someone else. I suspect that Gay was a better player then both those players before camp began. We will see what happens going forward with some of the other young players. At least the Steelers brought in a player they know can be a solid contributor.
Everyone knows that Gay isn't the long term answer. Gay was good enough to help the team win games in the past. If Gay wins the 3rd CB job it will be up to the coaches and players around Gay to limit opportunities where Gay's play might cost the team. The same can be said for all the players on this team. Not one player that's played for the Steelers played mistake free. We'll see if the Steelers strengths can over come some of their weaknesses at various times during the season.
Ike has a good way with words, but more, he's much more intelligent than he gets credit for. I suspect he's going to be in a football org, maybe as a coach, once his playing days are done. I'd take his opinion over the laity, any day.
Ranked as one of the worst CBs in 2012. Does Ike know that? I mean seriously, what was he supposed to say. The same goes for Lake.
Most teams #3 WRs are still better than Gay.
People kept making excuses for Kemo for years when most unbiased Steelers fans knew he sucked. The same goes for Gay. You know why the Steelers don't have any money right now? Because they're hanging on to players like Keisel, Foote, Burress for way to long just like they did with Hampton.
Ike, Clark, Foote, Burress, Keisel should all be gone next year. Polamalu will probably be gone the following year. Ike is making WAY to much money. If he wants to play 1 more year, take half the money he's making right now. Otherwise, see ya.
Anybody want to bet that Ike and/or Allen don't stay heathly the entire year and Gay will be forced to matchup against a #1 or #2?


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Mussels found by diligent boater
PRATT — After a day on Milford Reservoir Nov. 16, a diligent boater was following the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) "clean, drain, dry" protocol for fighting the spread of zebra mussels when he discovered a few of the aquatic nuisance species (ANS) on his boat. He immediately called KDWP staff, who found two adult mussels in the water where the boater had pulled out.
"At first, we considered a localized rapid response treatment of that part of the lake," said Jason Goeckler, KDWP aquatic nuisance specialist. "We had sampled the lake in October and found no zebra mussels, so it initially seemed that a localized treatment might be helpful. However, we surveyed again and found another adult mussel in the middle of the lake, so at this point we have to consider this a lake-wide infestation.
"This is an unfortunate situation that happens all too frequently, but we are very grateful to the alert boater for following protocol and notifying the department," Goeckler added. "There are way fewer biologists than boaters, and we really rely on them to help monitor our lakes and keep them ANS-free. This boater serves as an example for all Kansas boaters, and we thank him. His discovery is the latest call to action for boaters and all lake users."
Zebra mussels did not infest Milford on their own. Other than downstream movement, they can only be spread by human movement. One irresponsible lake user can transport mussels from an infested lake to another water body. However, three simple steps — clean, drain, and dry — can help prevent the spread of mussels. Anglers and boaters must take these precautions to avoid transporting mussels from infested lakes to other waters:
- never move fish or water from one body of water to another;
- drain all water — empty bait buckets, livewells, and any lake water on dry land, not into lakes;
- inspect boats, trailers, skis, anchors, and all other equipment and remove any visible organisms and vegetation; and
- wash equipment and boat with hot (140-degree) water or dry for at least five days to remove or kill species that are not visible.
Zebra mussels are native to the Black and Caspian Sea in Europe and were introduced to the Great Lakes from the ballasts of ships in the1980s. They have now been confirmed in several Kansas waters, beginning with El Dorado Reservoir in 2003. Others include Cheney, Marion, Perry, Wilson reservoirs; Lake Afton; Winfield City Lake; and any rivers flowing out of these impoundments. Zebra mussels are a problem because of their negative economic and environmental impacts. Although they clear up water, clear water does NOT mean clean water and the clear water zebra mussels leave behind will often lead to algal blooms that are harmful to people. The clear water can also let UV rays damage fish eggs laid during the spawn. Larval fish and native mussels rely on this same plankton to survive. Zebra mussels also clog pipes by forming colonies inside of the pipes. Nationwide expenditures to control zebra mussels in electric generating plants are estimated at $145 million/year, expenses that eventually affect consumers. In addition, zebra mussels also have sharp shells that cut the unprotected skin of people and pets.
If an individual is caught transporting live zebra mussels in Kansas, they may face up to six months in jail and fines up to $5,000. More information on zebra mussels and strategies to contain their spread, including an instructive video, is available at the KDWP website, www.kdwp.state.ks.us. Click "Fishing/Aquatic Nuisance Species" and then click on the picture of the zebra mussel.


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Our highly concentrated formula Yac-o-Power cinnamon is made from Wild and Organic Yacon root found in remote places of Peru. This along with the natural cinnamon oil that is added make for a delicious flavor. A natural sweetener safe for diabetics because of its zero glycemic index, it is also a natural source of inulin and FOS. The inulin and FOS make the Yac-o-Power prebiotic as well. Add to your favorite beverage, foods, or smoothies.
The Yacón is a perennial plant found in the Andes, known for its crisp, sweet-tasting tuberous root. The texture and flavor have been described as a cross between a fresh apple and watermelon, which is why it is sometimes referred to as the apple of the earth. The Peruvian Yacón grows at altitudes of 9,300 feet in a climate that is warmer and more humid than that in which other tubers usually grow. Yacón grows organically on small farm orchards in mountain valleys away from chemicals and pesticides, since it has a natural protective mechanism against parasites.
There are a host of minerals and antioxidants contained within the Yacón root. For instance, the root contains a large amount of potassium (1-2% by dry weight), as well as significant amounts of calcium, magnesium, iron, and phosphorous. Also, the beneficial properties include the high antioxidant value of the root and the powerful inulin and fructo-oligosaccharides or FOS, which are classified as prebiotic since they promote the growth of beneficial intestinal bacteria, such as bifidobacteria and lactobacilli. Yacón syrup has very little influence on the curve of glucose tolerance and is dramatically less glycemic than honey, agave, or maple syrup.
While satisfyingly sweet and flavorful, Yacón remains low in calories. This is due to the fact that the sugar contains high levels of oligofructose (inulin), a form of sugar that is not metabolized readily by the human body. For this reason, Yacón shows much promise as a food for diabetics and as a base for a low-calorie sweetener. The fructose in the Yacón root consists of 35% free and 25% bonded fructose. Thus, carbohydrates can be supplied without elevating blood sugar levels. Yacón root is considered the world's richest natural source of FOS. Most other roots and tubers store carbohydrates as starch, a polymer chain of glucose, but Yacón stores carbohydrates as FOS, a polymer chain composed mainly of fructose. This FOS can be considered a subgroup of inulin, because it has a similar molecular structure but with shorter fructose chains.
Yac-o-Power is yet another ecologically conscious product from North American Herb & Spice. The purchase of Yac-o-Power helps support a sustainable agricultural industry in the Amazon Rainforest regions of Peru. This will help to provide an alternative to deforestation, thus addressing the growing issue of global warming.
How to use: Use as a natural sweetener in beverages, baked goods, or to drizzle on fruit desserts.
Our highly concentrated formula Yac-o-Power is made from Wild and Organic Yacon root found in remote places of Peru. A natural sweetener safe for diabetics because of its zero glycemic index, it is also a natural source of inulin and FOS. The inulin and FOS make the Yac-o-Power prebiotic as well. Add to your favorite beverage, foods, or smoothies. This liquid supplement is a complete whole food supplement with a zero glycemic index. Made of raw wild and organic yacon root concentrate, it provides the highest natural source of inulin. Yac-o-Power is a great sweet- tasting supplement that goes great with tea or smoothies, adding a natural source of antioxidants and fiber to your beverage.


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Adult Manufacturing Cluster
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If you're new to Linux and have bought the Linux Format Special 'Get Started with Mandriva Linux' the one with 4 CDs with Mandriva LE 2005 on. Has anyone managed to update via the 4th 'Update' disk?
Despite several attempts and help from Nelz, the updates don't appear to want to ...er, update.
Any info is very welcome.
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There are a few different ways you can share single notes from your Evernote account: you can post them to your social networks, email them, or copy a public link to a note that you can send any way you like.
When you share a note with your social network and via a public link, you'll notice that it's presented in a beautiful new Web format (thanks to a recent redesign).
- To share from the Web: Simply select the note you'd like to share, then hit the arrow in your formatting bar. From the dropdown, select if you'd like to share on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, via email, or by creating a public link.
- To share from your desktop: Follow the same instructions as above. Instead of clicking the 'Link' option, select to Copy Share URL to Clipboard. Then, simply paste the link into your browser, calendar invite, document, or IM client. On your Windows machine, you'll find the share button in your Toolbar.
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When viewing a Shared Note in your browser, notice that you can save it to your Evernote account and re-share it to your network. This is useful when someone else has shared a note with you that you'd like to remember.
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As one of the linchpins of perhaps the wealthiest club on the planet, you would have thought Paris-Saint Germain Director of Football Leonardo would have other things on his mind as he reflected on his club's Champions League upcoming tie against Barcelona after the draw in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday.
The Brazilian made an appearance on Italian television soon after the quarter-final draw, and was expected to wheel out the usual clichés that most involved in football tend to use.
Brilliantly, that wasn't quite the case. Instead Leonardo took the opportunity to propose to his girlfriend, Anna Billò, who was presenting Sky Italia's TV coverage of the draw.
When Billò asked her partner if he had any questions for the assembled panel of experts in the studio, the former AC Milan coach revealed he did have a question, but not one she was expecting.
"Anna, do you want to marry me?" he beamed as his would-be wife looked on, seemingly embarrassed.
"Do you want to marry me? You have to answer me now. I'm waiting for your answer. It's not that difficult," he pressed.
Sadly for all the romantics out there, the best she could muster was: "OK … We'll see."
As if that wasn't enough, Billò's microphone was left on as the adverts started rolling afterwards, and she could be heard saying. "He's gone mad!" while fanning herself with a piece of paper.
Five years ago, then France manager Raymond Domenech tried a similar tactic but perhaps didn't quite time it as well to garner the support of a nation; his side had just been eliminated by Italy from Euro 2008.
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Aluca vehicles
Aluca GmbH from Germany offers flexible and lightweight system solutions for vehicles and ready to use built-in modules. This van has a Victron system consisting of a BMV-700, MultiPlus inverter/charger, BatteryProtect and a 12,8V Lithium battery. With this system there is enough electricity on board to power many tools.


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Louise Underdahl has more than 30 years of career experience in health administration, with expertise in the Doctor of Health Administration program at University of Phoenix. She works in risk management for a prominent health system based in Los Angeles. She has received various accolades for developing and improving practices in health administration.
She holds a Doctor of Public Administration, a Master of Public Administration and a Master of Library Science from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Louise has spent over 30 years working in administration with a health system based in Los Angeles.
She Louise has received awards for her work with web-based informed consent resources and professional liability management practices. She was also awarded the FDA MedSun Project subcontract to improve medical device reporting compliance in 2005.


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In 1957, at Camp Crystal Lake, a young boy named Jason Voorhees drowned. In 1958, two camp...
Little Horror Fest: 35mm Double Feature!
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The Little Theatre presents FRIDAY THE 13TH at 8pm and FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2 at 10pm on October 25th!!
Tickets are $8 for each film or you can purchase tickets to both films for $12
There will be a Skype Q & A with lead actress AMY STEEL of FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2, and the 35mm print of FRIDAY THE 13TH is a special director's cut that has never before been shown in theatres!!
Don't miss Friday the 13th on Friday the 25th!
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The award-winning director of The White Eagle Folk Dance Academy, Richard Schmidt continues his life-long passion of Polish Folklore through his daily work with hundreds of youth in both Toronto and Montreal, as well as his appearances as guest instructor at Folk Camps across the continent.All about Richard
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San Manuel, AZ – The Comets competed at Cholla High School this past weekend against 10 southern Arizona High School teams.
AZWAY, the new folk style-wrestling league has attracted the top wrestlers in all divisions. Six Comet wrestlers came home with medals. AZWAY wrestling cards are $15 for a year's membership. All wrestlers (K-12) with a card are insured for one year. Tournaments are $10.
The Comets will be hosted the next AZWAY tournament this Saturday at the gymnasium at San Manuel High School. There's a Jr./Sr. High School qualifier in three weeks where if you make the finals, you qualify for the Arizona All Star Team which will travel and wrestle at the America's Cup in California.
"This league is taking off in the right direction," said coach Daniel Najera. "All of our wrestlers wrestled five matches. Supporting this league is beneficial to our Jr/Sr High school programs. Racking up off-season matches against quality opponents is our goal. It's only going to make our program a stronger unit. We hope to have a good turn out next weekend."
Results for the Cholla tourney are:
• Adrian Torres- first place
• Ruben Hernandez- first place
• Colten Smith- second place
• Joseph Lopez- second place
• Frankie Tamayo-third place
• Anthony Lopez- third place
If you have any questions and would like to the AZWAY league, please contact Daniel Najera at 520-603-9929.


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The big argument in our house tonight is what to name our future grandson if we have a grandson. No, there is no heir pending, but such a big decision can take years to decide.
Our daughter is getting married in May and her future husband's last name is Kuhl. Therefore, I think it's incumbent on them to name their son Joseph. Who wouldn't want the name Joe Kuhl? Even Charlie Brown's Snoopy would rather have been named Joe Cool.
Laura says that would subject her son to a lifetime of teasing. How could anyone make fun of someone named Joe Kuhl? When you're named Joe Kuhl, you are the ultimate in coolness. It's like being named Chuck Norris, James Bond or Arthur Fonzarelli.
They're leaning toward Benjamin. That's no good. Who wants to be Ben Kuhl? Might as well name him No longer Kuhl or Not Kuhl.
I suppose one could go with the contradiction and name him "Warm Kuhl." But "Warm" is not a usual name. Incidentally, I had an ancestor named Usual Osborn. He once got in a fight and threw the other guy into a fire. That guy's name was Chard. He was Chard in more ways than one.
I guess it doesn't matter what the kid is named, it will still be a Kuhl name. You just have to make sure the name doesn't make him uncool, like Ulysses Nathan. U.N. Kuhl is a name to be made fun of.
I've known a lot of people with poorly chosen names. Most of them can't be printed here because of the dicey connotations of their names. Perhaps the worst was a guy I knew whose first and last names were both "Ashley." It's bad enough for a guy to grow up with a girl's name, but Ashley Ashley? That's gotta be rough.
Names are important. A good, solid name can benefit a person. Hard consonants like K and R are good as in Kenneth and Robert. Of course, in this day and age, there tends to be less emphasis on masculine-sounding names for boys. To each his own, I reckon.
Then there's concern over nicknames. A lot of mothers insist on calling their children by their full first names, but that doesn't stop kids on the playground from shortening the names into something silly or embarrassing. Of course, a kid can have a perfectly fine name and the other kids will still come up with something.
I would be fine if they wanted to name the child David, but I've been told that's not happening. Apparently, thinking of me every time they gaze at their sweet bundle of joy would just kill the moment.
There's plenty of time for them to decide. Maybe years. But one thing is clear: I don't have a say in it, which doesn't keep me from trying.
©Copyright 2013 by David Porter who can be reached at email@example.com. All rights reserved. And if it's a girl? I think "Josephine" is in order.


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Kyl suggests Benghazi 'cover-up'
Sen. Jon Kyl, (R-Ariz.) suggests the Obama administration orchestrated a "cover-up" of the events that led to the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that left U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans dead.
"There are three questions that have to be answered," Kyl said in an interview aired Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," appearing on a panel with three other retiring senators. "Why weren't the warnings about the need for security heeded? Why weren't the requests for help during the ted attack answered and why did the administration think it had to cover up all the things that occurred before by putting out to the American people a narrative that I think will turn out to be absolutely false?"
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison(R-Texas), agreed, saying that more than 10 days after the deadly attack, "top level people" were disseminating incorrect information.
"I am very concerned about the fact that on Sept. 11 this happened, and on Sept. 20, the Senate was given a classified briefing and they were still, the top level people were still telling us the same thing. They were telling us things that we knew, that we even saw in the press were not correct information," she said. "Now, Benghazi was a consulate. it wasn't a full embassy. I think if we have learned one thing, it is that maybe we should close consulates and give the full protection to our ambassadors who were willing to risk this kind of upheaval, so i do think we need to go into this in depth. I think this if there were military people trying to get in and they were being told no, no, no repeatedly we need to fix that."
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