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"It would be awesome if we came in here and it were apparent from your comments that you were a genius."
Depending on how you define "correct", yes both forms "was" and "were" are correct, being "were" "more correct".
The "correct" form is "were", it is used in written and formal English. However, as far as I know "was" is also accepted in AmE.
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North Korea has reasserted a warning that it is prepared to launch a preemptive strike on the United States if its forces mobilize against it, NBC News reported.
Such threats have been a staple of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un since he took power after his father's death in 2011. U.S. officials do not believe Pyongyang possesses weapons able to reach the continental United States.
"The U.S. has nuclear weapons off our coast, targeting our country, our capital and our Dear Leader, Kim Jong Un," a top North Korean official, Lee Yong Pil, said in an exclusive interview with NBC News.
Lee said his government's stance was being driven by "the increasingly aggressive" drills by the United States and the South.


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How to select sunglasses?
The surface of you skin will be dark because of the sun rise can burned and make your skin black strident but you can protect it by using sun block skincare products to prevent these matter unlike your eyes which you have to take care of your eyes which equally important like your skin.
For the think that can prevent your eyes from sun rise is sunglasses. In additional for sunglasses is not only prevent damage from sun rise but sunglasses also being a top fashion and also beneficial to your eyes health. sunglasses can help prevention of all things such as dust, sun rise, UV A, UV B, Wind, or even germs that can come with a changing environment.
Optical Glass
Optical Glass is more clear plastic lens and have withstand abrasion better but disadvantage point from optical glass is weight because it heave than plastic lenses. Polycarbonate Plastic Lenses is the most light weight and have withstand strong very well. It usually used to make riveting spectacles for sports or activities because it safety from eye damage like outdoor activities.
Advantage of select lens colours
The intensity of the colour of the lens and the benefits of full intensity lens is the staining intensity levels for both lenses which can help prevent the same amount of the light in any part of the lens which suitable for wearing in a sunny outdoor or outdoor activities such as driving and sport.
Density Gradient is a colour that have gradient of staining intensity from top to bottom which suitable to be wear in a areas where there is not too much sun. During Cloudy or Covered in order to reduce the reflection of light and UV Radiation such as driving at night or during rain, indoor sports.
Grey Lenses can help cut the glare light when you have outdoor activities. The advantage is not the colour of the object changes.
Brown lenses can help you look colour and natural light of natural more clearer and sharper vision. Especially while driving a care or motorbike.
Green Lens can help light up the eyes especially outdoor activities.
Yellow Lenses can add light to the vision in order to have clear vision in the cold night.
Why Wear Sunglasses?
Sunglasses are not useful in fashion only but Sunglasses also help your prevent from eye problem permanently. Sunglasses can help you prevent from deterioration of the eye pterygium, cataracts and retinal destroy.
Light can damage your eyes
All light are energy and able to reaction process in your eye tissue. These reactions can cause permanent damage to your eyes. The component of Solar Light consists of multiple types of damage to your eyes. Sunglasses have a ability to block UV-A and UV-B which these types of radiation can damage your eyes which can cause cataracts and glaucoma.
Types of Sunglasses Lenses
Sunglasses with lenses is made of different types of needs. Conventional Lens which is normal len that can cut the amount of light of all colors equally and it suitable for general outdoor use. Polalized Lens is possesses lens that can prevent light that reflected through the lens and prevent your eyes from blurred vision. These types of lens is good for outdoor activity and water sports, or working in the burning sun. Len Photochromic is a lens that can change their color according to the intensity of light and UV which will change into black shade when you have outdoor activity. These types of lens is good for both indoor and outdoor work.
Now you can help Protect your eyes by wearing Sunglasses or hat to shield the sun, especially in summer.
Ultraviolet radiation is not visible and often called UV radiation which have two types which are UVA and UVB.
UV-A is a paean liner lens which can cause cataracts. UV-B is a lining cornea and conjunctiva which can cause your eyes become pterygium and cataracts. The light that you can see is a light that your eye absorb the retina and if you see a very bright light or you stare directly at the sun it can cause permanent vision loss.
Many time that women have to denied their dress because their dress is not fit for her body and there are many time that you buy your dress and you can not wear it. If you do not want to waste your money first of all you muse explore your shapes before you desire to buy any dresses.
Small Shape
Try to focus on certain texture on your dress and do not wate your time to covering your shape because it will make you look smaller. You must focus on your little legs in order to make your leg look longer by using pants or skirts which short pants and skirts can make your leg look longer. For sometime you can put your belt or waist line to make your shape look better as well but your belt must big enough to make your shape look more perfect.
Hip Motion Shape
For women who have him motion which you should select your dress to fitted waist and flared out the little late. This will make your hips and thighs look smaller. Dark tone can also help Hip Motion Shape because dark tone can help cover your weak point.
Big Shape
For women who have big shape which you muse dress to fit your shapes and flared your bottom out. This can help your dress not nest on your hips and thighs. For a tip to help big shape is focuses on your neck which it can make you more interesting by wearing V neck or you can find accessories like necklace or jewelry to draw attention to your face instead of your hip.
Busty Shape
For women who have busty shape you must not wearing any tights dresses because it will make your body look disproportionate and it is not enhance your arc body that it supposed to be. You should focus on V neck shirts or shirt sleeve with high waist band in order to accentuate the upper part of your body and make your shape much more interesting.
How to Pick the Right Shoes for Yourself?
"Foot" is very important part of your body because this part of your body you have to use everyday. Many times that you may overlooked on your foot or be harmed by the improper selection of shoes that may cause foot pain or abnormal symptoms. Nowadays, there are a lot of good shoes for you to select in shoes industry that not harm your foots. Below you will see tips on how to select right shoes for yourself.
First. Purchase shoes that look like your feet or fit like foot wide. and you should not wear shoes that have narrow head because it may cause foot pain.
Second. The material of your shoes should made for soft material for inside and outside. Because these types of shoes will prevent cushioning and breathable. For shoes that made from leather usually have flexible more than faux leather.
Third. You should purchase shoes that can change size or can be scalable because it will make your foot fit with your shoe.
Fourth. Fork over the shoes is not good because it can cause friction grooves at the toe plus it not suitable for some foot type.
Fifth. Heel Shoes must be strong and must be flexible on non slip flooring.
Sixth. Before your make a purchase you should try in late afternoon because your foot is larger at these period of time (because of blood flow to the feet more at these time). It is ideal to choose shoes to prevent tight shoes but it's also depended on the activity and your daily life.
Seventh. Before your buy shoes you should try your shoes for both side because size of our foot is not always the same so your should select shoes to fit your feet and try to walk before make purchase.
Eighth. Before your purchase you should consider carefully. High Heels may cause ingrown toenails polished top tips or ligament injuries. American Medical Association recommends that you should wear high heels two inches or less and wearing flats can help distribute your weight better.
Nine. Do not follow trend. If the shoes does not fit your body you should put that shoes back to it place even thought it is beautiful or suitable for you. Otherwise it can be painful for your ankles.
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Welcome at the four star City Partner Hotel "Bayerischer Hof" in Bayreuth, the city of Wagner, in Bavaria Germany
Our four star hotel is located in immediate proximity to the most important sights oft he renown opera- and university-city that is better known as "the city of Wagner". The historic downtown, with one of the most beautiful baroque theaters in Europe, as well as the "Villa Wahnfried" are due to our ideal location accessible within a few minutes foot walk. Our hotel does not only satisfy its visitors with its location but with its many extras and details. Every room at our house is decorated individually and therefore creates a private and cosy atmosphere. Our bistro "Gendamerie" mediates a French quality of life. The detailed fitting of the bistro with original furniture of long-gone decades creates a unique atmosphere that invites our guests to spend some relaxing hours. All senses are spoilt during your stay at our hotel. The festival site oft he renown Bayreuth Wagner Festival is located close by and we ensure you, that you will have a relaxing stay. Be mesmerized by the beauty of the city and experience high culture at its best. We are looking forward to comfort you during your stay.


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Fans Go Crazy for Dierks Bentley's '5-1-5-0′ During 'CMA Music Festival' Special
The crowd at LP Field was dedicated to Dierks Bentley, and they showed up with signs and billboards to support the '5-1-5-0' singer during his set at the CMA Music Festival in June. Bentley performed his hit for ABC cameras, and on Monday night, fans who couldn't get to Nashville got to see the results on the 'Country's Night to Rock' special.
Men and women of all ages threw their arms into the air with each note, while Bentley hopped around on the big stage with an acoustic guitar wrapped around his neck. A giant 'Tron'-like big screen shouted the lyrics behind the drum riser, while his band and lead guitarist took care of the solos.
It looks like Bentley used the TV opportunity to promote one of his favorite companies, although it's not clear how he's connected or under what arrangement he agreed to wear a CH2M Hill t-shirt. On their website, the Colorado business is described as a "global leader in consulting, design, design-build, operations, and program management." That hardly screams "country music," but it didn't slow the audience down.
Watch Dierks Bentley Perform '5-1-5-0' at the 2012 CMA Music Festival


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Bangladesh concludes IYA2009 with an astronomy workshop
23 January 2010
Report by Mamun Ahamed Sharif, Coordinator IYA2009 Bangladesh Node:
Professor Abdul Jabbar, former Head of the Department of Mathematics, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) was a legendary figure in popularisation of Astronomy in Bangladesh. He wrote about a dozen Books on astronomy which helped younger generations in Bangladesh to learn about this important subject. Professor Abdul Jabbar also was the 1st President of Bangladesh Astronomical Society which was formed in 1984.
In recognition of his extraordinary contributions in the field of astronomy, the National Committee for Celebration of IYA2009 in Bangladesh arranged three Astronomy Workshops throughout the year. The first was held from 26 April to 17 May, the second from 3 July to 4 July, and the third Workshop from 23 December to 31 December 2009. In every Workshop eminent astronomers, physicists and mathematicians in Bangladesh delivered lectures on a particular subject and interacted with students in question / answer sessions. Sky observation programmes also were held. Each student was be given a certificate and successful astronomy quiz contestants were given astronomy books as prizes.
The 3rd Abdul Jabbar Astronomy Workshop which was held from 23 December to 31 December is considered as the most important astronomical event as it was the concluding event of IYA2009 in Bangladesh. The Workshop began with a presentation on the "Celebration of IYA2009 in Bangladesh" by F. R. Sarker, General Secretary, Bangladesh Astronomical Society and the Single Point of Contact for IYA2009 in Bangladesh. Among the guest of speakers on different days were Mr. Ronald Cruz, the Secretary, Bangladesh Astro-Olympiad, who spoke on "Participation in Astro-Olympiad in Tehran in October", Dr. Rezaur Rahman, former Scientific Officer of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission who spoke on the "Life in the Universe", Professor Dr. Arshad Momen, Department of Physics, University of Dhaka, on the "Mathematical Cosmology", Munir Hasan, Secretary, Math Olympiad in Bangladesh and also Secretary, IYA2009 Celebration Committee, Bangladesh, on the" Life and Death of the Stars", Dr. Farseem M. Mohammedy, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) on the" Fate of the Universe" and Dr. A. R. Khan, President, Bangladesh Astronomical Society on the "Importance on the Research of Astronomy".
On 31 December, during the closing session of Abdul Jabbar Astronomy Workshop, among those who delivered their lectures were Dr. A. R. Khan, F. R. Sarker, Dr. Farseem and M. Mohammedy. At the end of the Workshop, Dr. A. R. Khan delivered his concluding lecture declaring goodbye to the International Year of Astronomy 2009.
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Barack Obama has forged a role as the pop culture president, logging an unprecedented number of entertainment show appearances for a sitting chief executive – including a controversial stint last month on comedian Zach Galifianakis' bawdy "Between Two Ferns" web show.
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius trumpeted the President's comedy turn as a serious success for his healthcare campaign – telling The Huffington Post enrollment experienced a "Galifianakis bump" after he traded jibes with the "Hangover" star.
But as President Obama feels the "Galifianakis bump," Sarah Palin bumps up the blurring of politician and celebrity in her own rogue fashion Thursday with the premiere of "Amazing America," her latest foray into Reality TV.
Palin, of course, is not president. It's unknown whether she ever will be or if she even wants the job anymore, nearly six years after her history-making bid as the first woman on a GOP national ticket.
But John McCain's former running mate keeps finding new ways of staying in the public eye, beyond her gig as a Fox News commentator. Her approach to media also stands in stark contrast to that of Obama, the first sitting president to visit "The Tonight Show" – or Funny or Die, which hosts Galifianakis' "Between Two Ferns" talk show parody.
While Obama sat with Galifianakis to encourage citizens to sign up for healthcare, Palin's new show celebrates rugged individualism. Her initial slate of the amazing includes a professional wrestler (Cowboy James Storm), a champion markswoman (Julie Golob) and a dog musher who participated in the Iditarod while battling breast cancer (DeeDee Jonrowe).
While Obama once famously "slow-jammed" the news, backed by Jimmy Fallon's houseband, The Roots, Palin's new show features a theme by Madison Rising, the self-described "America's most patriotic rock band" (sample lyric from the "Amazing America" theme: "Red, white and blue is our way of life/Never back down from a challenge or fight").
While many of Obama's TV entertainment appearances have come on major network programs, Palin's new show is featured on the decidedly lower profile Sportsman Channel (motto: "Red, wild + blue"), which crowns her the "first lady of the outdoors."
Part of Obama and Palin's varying approaches to media is a matter of clout. But the differences also stem from the audiences they're trying to reach – and the genres they're using.
The Palins are a Reality TV family. The former vice presidential candidate last starred in TLC's "Sarah Palin's Alaska," which showed off her beautiful state, her photogenic family and her shooting skills (viewers got to see a possible future world leader bag a caribou). Her daughter, Bristol, meanwhile, joined "Dancing with the Stars," had her own reality show and went on "Celebrity Wife Swap" with Joan Rivers, who once called her mother "stupid and a threat."
There's no danger of Rivers of turning up on "Amazing America," though it's unclear whether we'll someday see Sarah Palin on the late night comedy talk show circuit, if she ever runs for – or becomes – president. As Palin seeks a new TV bump, check out a clip below from "Amazing America with Sarah Palin":
Jere Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is also the author of "Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George and Ringo Helped us Come Together as a Family." Follow him on Twitter.


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Consider Your Demotivators
You may need to check if there's anything holding you back from getting on with the task in hand. Look at the following demotivators to see if they apply to you and if you need to change your situation.
You don't have enough time. Be realistic about how long your tasks are going to take.
You can't afford it. Spend time working out your budget beforehand.
You have too many other priorities. Decide on your priorities and stick to them.
You feel overwhelmed. Start with a few easy tasks so you aren't taking on too many tasks at once.
*The deadline is too tight. Allow for the unexpected and build in enough time for your task.
You can't see any benefit. Look for a benefit, however small!
Your task doesn't tie in with your vision. Review your overall vision. To keep you motivated your task needs to be linked to your vision of what you're trying to achieve.
The weather isn't right. Always an excuse; too hot, too cold. But the weather changes and so can you!


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|Courtesy Jack Cavanaugh - Kent, WA
His parents were Arthur Douglas Francis and Etta May (Travis) Murphy. According to Laurence's WWI draft record, he was born on August 12, 1892, in Sidney, Fremont County, Iowa. In the 1910 Federal Census, he is living in Pierce, Page, Iowa with his parents and little brother Maurice. On June 5, 1917, when he filled out his draft card, he was single and still living in Iowa. He was described as tall, medium build, blue eyes and light hair. He was working as a drug clerk for C.A. Hill in Ottumwa. Interestingly, it is noted that he had "2 years of university training".
In the 1920 Federal Census, there is a Reverend Laurence Murphy working as an assistant pastor at St. Anthony's Church in Davenport, Iowa. The age is correct, but both parents are listed as being born in Ireland and "my" Laurence's parents were born in Iowa. The only other one who looks possible is a Lawrence Murphy in Chicago. He was born in Iowa and so were both of his parents, but he is listed as 31 which would mean he was born in about 1889. Since I am not satisfied with either of these, I can't be sure where he was in 1920, which is probably about the time this photo was taken.
The sign behind Laurence reads, "Sargent's". There was a Sargent's Jewelry Store in Mt. Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa. According to the Daily Reporter from October 27, 1879, the proprieter was J(ames) F(ranklin) Sargent, Jeweler, Watch and Clock Repairer. He was also a "dealer in school books, stationery, blank books of every description and a thousand other items". The store was located on the "North side of the Park, Mt. Pleasant". After James' death in 1899, his family continued to run the store, so it may have still been there in the teens and twenties. I don't know if the storefront in this photo is the same one, but I think it is possible.
[Update- I did some more research on Laurence's employer C.A. Hill listed on his June 1917 WWI draft card. Finally some luck! It turns out that C.A. Hill bought out W.L. Sargent's drug business in Ottumwa in 1917! According to the Bulletin of Pharmacy (Volume 31, part 1, page 45), Mr. Sargent sold Mr. Hill his business and gave him a long term lease on the building located on the corner of Main and Market Streets in Ottumwa. The article also noted, "The business will be continued under the name of 'Sargent's.'" So, we now know exactly where this photo was taken! Based on this new info, I will place the date of the photo a bit earlier - c.1917. Like I always say, persistence does pay off!]
By June 11, 1924, when Laurence married Ruth Hulda Jones, he was in Burlington Junction, Nodaway, Missouri. In 1930 he was still there, farming with his wife and two children - Bill and Patricia. A couple of trees on Ancestry have his death listed as occuring on Feb 20, 1954 in Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, however I can't find anything in the Missouri death records to support this.
I spent a couple of hours researching Laurence and, unfortunately, didn't come up with much. Notably, I am missing his 1900 and 1920 Census records. I checked Ancestry, Family Search Beta, Iowa Old Press and Google without a lot of luck. Some people are just more difficult to research and I guess Laurence is one of them. Oh well, better luck next time!
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Banking by cell phone is growing in popularity, and the recession may be the reason behind it, experts say, as people "micromanage" their money more than ever before.
"The economic conditions and the way that we all pay a lot more attention to our money has caused a bit of an uptake in this service," says Charles Landry, VeriSign's general manager for products and innovation for the company's messaging and mobile media division.
"A lot of people certainly micromanage their money much more closely now than they did 24 months ago."
Avivah Litan, banking security expert for Gartner Research, said "almost every bank has a little R&D project going on with mobile banking. They're all experimenting with it." Some of those projects, she said, were "scaled back after the credit crisis hit, but now they're trying to pick them back up."
As those in the wireless industry meet this week in San Diego to talk about trends, mobile banking and finance will be among them. Apple's App Store, which has more than 85,000 programs available for its popular iPhone, lists several bank "apps" among its most popular finance programs, including those from Bank of America, Chase, Wells Fargo and Citibank.
"The cool thing about mobile banking that kind of trumps online (banking) is that it's tetherless," said Mark Beccue, ABI Research senior analyst. "You don't have to be in front a computer to check your balance. And with the year we've had, people are really kind of eyeballing their personal finances more closely. Mobile banking takes it to the next step."
"As economic concerns prompt consumers to manage their finances more closely, their desire for real-time access to and control of their aggregated financial information is increasing the urgency for banks to create a mobile banking channel," TowerGroup said in a report.
A recent American Bankers Association survey found that for the first time, U.S. bank customers said they would rather visit their bank's Web site than the bank itself, with almost 25 percent of those surveyed preferring online banking.
Mobile banking did not have such an impressive number in the association's survey of 1,000 people; it was "preferred by 1 percent of consumers, primarily among 18- to 34-year-olds," according to the bankers' association, and barely registered a blip on the radar of those 35 and older.
Still, banks are "going to have to develop these (mobile) applications to keep 'digital natives' — young adults, 18- to 25-year-olds who grew up with computers and do everything from their phones — as customers," said Litan.
Most mobile banking programs perform some of the basics — letting you check your balance, deposits, withdrawals and transfer money to pay regular monthly bills, as well as providing a list of ATMs and bank branch addresses.
Smartphones — those with generally bigger display screens, Web access and e-mail — make mobile banking more appealing, but are not necessary in order to perform rudimentary banking tasks. In fact, most mobile banking is not done using such devices right now, said Beccue.
However, between 35 and 40 percent of U.S. wireless subscribers now have phones that have mobile Internet access, he said.
And text messaging — which does not require a Web browser — "is almost ubiquitous," he said. "Nearly every person with a cell phone can receive a text message."
ABI Research recently issued a "report card" for more than two dozen U.S. banks that do mobile banking, giving high marks to those that are "consumer-friendly" and easy to use.
Among the top-ranked banks: BB&T, Eastern Bank, Northeast Bank, USAA and Wells Fargo. Also scoring well were Bank of America, Chase, Capital One and US Bank.
Accessibility and "discoverability" — meaning how easy it was to find information about mobile banking on a bank's Web site — totaled 70 percent of the score.
"A big plus was if mobile banking was prominent on the home page, so you could easily find it and see some sort of link," said Beccue. "And once you got there, how descriptive was the information about mobile banking, and how easy was it for the consumer to understand what they needed to do and to activate it?"
The other 30 percent of the score was based on security and the range of services offered through mobile banking.
Different operating systems
Security is understandably a concern, but Litan of Gartner said that mobile banking "is more secure right now than Web banking, mainly because phones are pretty closed systems" compared to the operating systems of computers.
"A lot of phones don't enable 'plug-ins' to their Web browsers, or background processes to go on," so at this point, there's not much in the way of hacking, worms or viruses that can be executed on cell phones, she said.
In fact, because there are more than a half-dozen phone operating systems out there — from Symbian to Research In Motion's BlackBerrys — that makes it more troublesome and less appealing for criminals to try to crack the systems than those of computers, Litan said.
Of course, "it's just a matter of time; the criminals will definitely figure out how to break the phones," she said.
"There are many kinds of what are now well baked-in guidelines to use to ensure that your transaction is safe and secure," said Landry of VeriSign, which provides digital security certificates for Web servers and also delivers text messages for hundreds of wireless carriers around the world.
Staying safe
PIN codes are required with mobile banking programs, and VeriSign also makes available "second factor authentication" to increase security.
"Say you ask to transfer money from checking to savings using your phone," Landry said. "You put in the amount, it then asks you for a separate PIN to put in, to verify that it's you, and that you want that action done.
"In the event you lose your phone, first of all, there's going to be log in and password information that will protect the consumer typically," he said. "And then, if someone did crack that and entered into the session, there's going to be multiple levels of security and second factor authentication that's going to come into play to prevent something nefarious, for lack of a better word, from happening."
Rob Sabella, vice president of product management at mFoundry, said "most mobile banking solutions can be disabled remotely by contacting the bank's call center or going online via your PC and disabling it yourself.
"If someone found your phone, they would need to know your password or PIN to use the service. If you already disabled the service with the bank, there is no way to use mobile banking, even with a valid password or PIN."
mFoundry's mobile finance technology is used in several iPhone banking apps, and is also employed in Starbucks' new iPhone app, which lets customers use their iPhones as a Starbucks card.
"Many banks offer their customers online security guarantees when using online banking," he said. "Those same guarantees should apply to mobile banking, since the service is as safe and secure."
Responding to text messages
Sabella recommends consumers be cautious when it comes to text messages, which are "useful for banking alerts, like your account balance is low, or for quickly requesting your balance, and getting a response text message."
However, he said, "your bank should never ask you for your password, PIN, account numbers or other sensitive information via text messages. Be careful when clicking on URL links in text messages.
"If you did not ask your bank to send you a text message to start using mobile banking, be suspicious of (Web) links in text messages, just as you would be in e-mails. Clicking on a link could send you to a 'phishing' mobile Web site asking for sensitive information. This is no different than using e-mail and clicking on links from your PC."
If you do have a Web browser on your phone, bookmark your bank's Web site, he suggests, as a way of being "more confident that you are going to their real Web site, vs. a phishing site."
Smartphone owners who can download applications to their devices should consider using them if they're available for their bank.
"The advantage is usually faster performance over mobile Web sites, and downloadable applications are more difficult for a fraudster to impersonate than mobile Web sites," Sabella said.
"Once you download and set up the application on your phone, you will usually see your bank's icon on your phone's main menu. The icon provides a fast, easy way to launch mobile banking."
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Because I am still indexing, some, I am aware of some of the new collections that are being added. But I haven't thought about making sure others are also aware of this. So what happened?
I was teaching a beginning genealogy class. I mentioned using familysearch.org for copies of original records. One of the younger ladies, who had worked on her family history about 15 years ago and then had life experiences interfering with her research, was in the class to see what was new. She said she NEVER used familysearch because it only had family trees that were mostly wrong. And she only used ancestry.com. Well, I felt the need to quickly inform her that things had changed a lot in the last 15 years. The next week she came back and said she was really sorry she hadn't been using it during the past year once she picked up her research again.
So, I want to encourage you to look again at some of the collections. From the first page, choose search. Then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on United States. On the next screen choose a state. Then make a choice. Yes, there are still many collections that are only indexes, but there are also more and more actual images online and indexed.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – For their first game of the 2014 season, the Gauchos topped Dayton 9-8 after nine innings of game action that featured two Shelby Wisdom homers, and a walk off double from Lauren Boser.
The Gauchos entered the bottom of the ninth down 8-6 and, per tournament extra inning rules, had Kathryn Pilpil on second base.
To start the rally, freshman Stacy Cavazos bunted her way to single and moved Pilpil to third. The following two Gaucho batters followed suit and bunted their way safely to base, running in Pilpil and loading the bases for MeShalon Moore.
The sophomore made a sacrifice fly to center field to send Cavazos across home plate, tying the game at eight.
One out later and both runners in scoring position, Boser completed the rally by blasting the walk off double into deep left center.
Dayton took the first lead of the game at 2-0 in the top of the third, but it would be short-lived as the Gauchos fired back with three runs in the bottom of the inning.
Arianna Palomares led off by roping a triple down the right field line. On the next at-bat, Moore then picked up her second RBI of the game when she sent Palomares home with a single to left field, giving UCSB its first run of the game.
Shelby Wisdom, who also started in the circle, continued the rally when she connected on her first hit of the season with a towering shot over the right field wall and put the Gauchos ahead 3-2.
The junior, though, was only getting started, as she delivered a lead-off homer during her next at-bat in the fifth inning.
Wisdom would finish the game 2-3 at the plate with three RBI, a pair of runs, and three walks.
Boser added to the lead with an RBI single hit down the right field line to move UCSB ahead 5-2 entering the seventh inning.
Up by three runs, UCSB witnessed Dayton record three consecutive doubles to tie the game at 5. The Flyers then added another run later in the inning to gain a lead for the first time since the third.
Entering the bottom of the seventh, the Gauchos needed just one run to stay alive in the game, and it was freshman Emily Brucelas who answered the call with a lead off homer to left field.
In the ninth, Dayton registered another run, which led to a change in the circle for Santa Barbara. Alex Pingree made her season debut needing to make two outs to move UCSB past the inning, and the sophomore delivered.
Game 2
In their second game of the day, the Gauchos (1-1) were not able to match their offensive output from the first game as they fell 9-1 to a tough Texas A&M (2-0) squad at Campus Diamond. Pitted against a talented offensive lineup, the Aggies jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, finishing the game in 5 innings due to the mercy rule.
Texas A&M junior pitcher Rachel Fox (1-0) notched a complete game to pick up her first win of the season. She recorded five strikeouts, while only allowing four hits and one earned run in the twenty batters she faced.
Gaucho's pitcher Andriana Collins got her first start of the season but was knocked out in the first inning when the Aggies got their offense going. The first three batters of the game recorded back-to-back-to-back singles all hit right back up the middle. Collins nearly made an outstanding defensive play on one, but it scooted off her glove and rolled to the shortstop. With the bases loaded, Texas A&M stroked two more singles and picked up a walk to take the lead 3-0.
Alex Pingree came in to pitch for UCSB to try to get them out of the first inning jam. In a tough spot with the bases loaded once more, the Aggies knocked in three more runs on two singles. Pingree was able to get a ground out to end the inning but not before the damage was done with Texas A&M taking a 6-0 lead.
In the top of the third, the Aggies brought home three more runs on three hits to take a 9-0 lead.
Pingree would finish with three strikeouts while allowing three earned runs in four and two-thirds innings pitched.
With one out in the bottom of the third, the Gaucho's bats came to life. Freshman leadoff hitter Kristen Clark laid down a beautiful bunt for a base hit. After Ariana Palomares advanced Clark to second on a groundout, MeShalon Moore singled to right field to score Clark and pick up the RBI to make it 9-1. Shelby Wisdom followed with a single of her own but a fly out by Lauren Boser would end the rally.
UCSB will have a chance for redemption when they face Texas A&M tomorrow at 1:00pm as the Gaucho Classic I continues.


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Ukraine tops U.S. in international friendly
LARNACA, Cyprus – One banner in the stands read "Ukraine is Undivided!" on the top and "One Country — One Team!" on the bottom. Ukrainian fans sang their nation's anthem in the final moments, and some broke into a chant of "No war in Ukraine!" after the final whistle.
A small contingent of Ukrainian fans had a couple hours to forget about their nation's troubles, wave their flags and unite amid a political crisis back home. Ukraine eased past the United States 2-0 on Wednesday in an exhibition soccer game shifted from Kharkiv to a Mediterranean island nation 600 miles to the south.
"Our country is facing difficult times now, we must support our team and our country," said Oleg Ivanovskyi a fan from Kiev currently residing in Larnaca. "Ukraine lives and will live. This friendly match is important for us to show the friendship between the U.S. and Ukraine. The friendship between the two countries is more important than the score."
Andriy Yarmolenko scored in the 12th minute and Marko Devic in the 68th as Ukraine exposed the shaky American central defense of Oguchi Onyewu and Anthony Brooks.
Ukraine's players linked arms on shoulders during their national anthem of their nation, which has been disrupted by political protests followed by Russia's military intervention. Players in both starting lineups bowed their heads as they stood on the field before the game for a moment of silence for the victims of violence in Ukraine.
The crowd of 1,573 at Papadopoulos Stadium, which has a capacity of about 10,000, was so small that players could be heard talking with each other during the game.
"Of course we do it for our supporters, for our country," Ukraine coach Mykhailo Fomenko said. "I asked to make our people happy. We had to show that we're all united."
U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said his team's thoughts were with the Ukrainian people.
"You feel for that country. You feel for that nation, and there's nothing more than wishing them well and to solve these issues peacefully," Klinsmann said.
At 18th, Ukraine is the highest-ranking nation that failed to qualify for the World Cup. The match marked the last chance for Klinsmann to evaluate his Europe-based players before he chooses his 23-man World Cup roster in mid-May. He will use a squad mostly from Major League Soccer for an April 2 exhibition against Mexico at Glendale, Ariz.
"We're disappointed with the result," U.S. captain Clint Dempsey said. "We just have to do a better job and learn from our mistakes."
Onyewu's only prior international appearances since June 2012 were last July 5 in exhibition against Guatemala and in a CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Cuba eight days later. He was paired in central defense with Brooks, a 21-year-old making just his third international appearance. Geoff Cameron played at right back and Edgar Castillo was on the left.
"It's understandable that collectively, it's not clicking. It would be half a miracle if we would click," Klinsmann said. "It was difficult for a lot of players to get into a rhythm."
Ukraine went ahead when the U.S. failed on an attempted offside trap. Yevhen Konoplyanka sent a looping pass from just before the midfield stripe to Denys Harmash, who split Onyewu and Brooks and trapped the ball at the top of the penalty area. Goalkeeper Tim Howard blocked his shot, but Harmash picked up the rebound and squared the ball to Yarmolenko, his Dynamo Kiev teammate. He slotted the ball past Brooks with a left-footed shot from 6 yards for his 15th international goal.
The U.S. showed more spark at the start of the second half, and Jozy Altidore put an open header over the crossbar following a cross from Cameron.
But Devic scored two minutes after entering when he outran Fabian Johnson onto Roman Bezus' headed pass from inside the midfield circle and cut the ball back to his left foot. Playing a day before his 35th birthday, Howard blocked the initial shot with a sprawling save, but Devic latched onto the rebound and slid the ball between Johnson and Brooks with a left-footed shot from 15 yards.
"When a guy comes clean through and you make the initial save, you just hope that you get enough of it that it ricochets away," Howard said. "Unfortunately, both times they got lucky enough to where the ball came back to them. On another night, you keep a clean sheet and the ball goes elsewhere."
Playing 99 days before the World Cup opens in Brazil, the U.S. wore its new Nike jerseys with collars that resemble polo shirts. The Americans changed all 11 starters from the 2-0 win over South Korea on Feb. 1 at Carson, Calif.
"Tonight wasn't great," Howard said, "but it's not the end of the world, either."
NOTES: The U.S. plans to announce details Thursday of its final home exhibitions before the World Cup. The Americans likely will play May 27 on the West Coast, then in Harrison on June 1 and at Jacksonville, Fla., on June 7.
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Susquehanna Financial Group's Christopher Caso was among analysts today revising estimates for Apple (AAPL) to keep up with data about the debut of the next iPhone model.
Caso, who maintains a "Positive" rating on Apple shares, also adjusted estimates today. He had been thinking there might be a new iPhone by as soon as this summer, but after holding meetings with supply chain types in Asia recently, he is coming around to the view that it will be a similar fall time frame as the iPhone 5S debut:
Based on our checks on supplier production schedules during our trip, we now believe that iPhone 6 will launch in September, similar to launch timing for the last two years. We think this timing is in-line with general Street expectations, but our estimates had reflected the potential for an earlier launch this year. We expect that a smaller screen version of iPhone 6 will commence production in July, with a larger version beginning production in August. While we think the phone launch timing will be similar to last year, based on initial production forecasts, we think there is likely to be more volume available at launch as compared to last year.
Caso also writes that he's got more confidence Apple is making a smart watch and a larger tablet computer than the standard iPad, with a keyboard:
In addition, as we noted in our alert from last week [Update From Asia - Analog Sounds Strong], we have finally noted two new products on the production schedule, including a watch as well as a 12" tablet that contains a keyboard. We are revising our estimates to reflect this launch schedule.
Caso trims his estimates and introduces 2015 estimates:
Note that our estimates had previously been more aggressive, and had assumed that AAPL would be able to ship some iPhone 6 volume in July. For 2Q, our revised estimates reflect sales of 30 mln iPhones, down from 32.6 mln previously, and slightly lower iPad units (18 mln vs. 20 mln previously). For 3Q, we expect 37 mln iPhone units, which anticipates a very strong launch with more volume available vs. last year. Our estimates reflect modest assumptions for phone and 12" iPad shipments in C4Q. We believe watch production is anticipated to be 3 mln units/month starting in September, although this may change as we get closer to launch. Our revised FY14 estimates of $184.9 bln/$42.54 are down from $195.5 bln/$46.51 and reflect the later launch of iPhone 6. We are also introducing our FY15 estimates of $198.5 bln/$46.80.
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As a little history, the Nature Trail was originally a working rabbitry devoted to Holland Lops. Laurie, who owned the rabbitry, achieved national recognition with her bunnies (many of which you can see in the Gallery of Champions). In late 2003, Laurie launched www.TheNatureTrail.com to show off her bunnies and eventually to help others obtain reliable rabbit information.
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Q-Thirty-three points-a career high-against Fresno Pacific last Saturday.
Your previous career high had been 21. What was happening out there that made an outburst like that possible?
McGRATH-We had a very disappointing loss the night before where we were up big most of the game and let it slip away down the stretch. I had a poor shooting night and I felt that my poor performance was main reason for the let down. Coach (Gerred) Link talked to me after the loss and really encouraged me and gave me confidence going into the game against Fresno Pacific. I really wanted to come out strong the next night and play well for my teammates and coaches.
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McGRATH-I expect to play well this season. I, personally, as well as the team have put the time in to be successful this season. We have a number of very talented offensive players that can really shoot the ball so it can really be any number of guys that can step up and have a big night when necessary.
Q-When things are going right like that, do you know instinctively how many points you're scoring or is it more like you look at the box score after the game and go "wow, where did those 33 points come from?"
McGRATH-Usually I never really know how many points I have. I don't keep track in my head personally. Most arenas keep point totals for individual players on the main scoreboard for everyone to see. But when it's your night the basket gets huge and it seems like anything and everything you throw up goes in. Honestly, I was more concerned about getting the win. It was a big bounce back game for our team and I wanted to do everything I could to make sure we got out of there with a victory.
Q-From a team perspective, how would you evaluate your first two games?
What do you like most about this year's UC San Diego team?
McGRATH-I've seen a lot of very positive things from our first two games.
We still have yet to put together a 40-minute effort but our coaching staff is working really hard in practice to get us there. We have changed a lot of what we do offensively to take advantage of our versatility. The thing I like most though is how hard the team is playing and how motivated we have been this year to make the most of this season.
Q-You're a player who shows a lot of emotion on the court. How does that work for you? Has it ever worked against you? Have you changed the way you've channeled it over the course of your career?
McGRATH-It's always been a part of my game and who I am as a player. I'm usually smaller then the guy I'm guarding so I have to want the ball even more then my opponent if I want to succeed. I just love the competition and like to play hard for my school and teammates. If anything my passion has increased over my time here and I hope I pass some of it on to the younger guys. College basketball is a grind. The average fan doesn't know how much work goes into the game before we even put the jerseys on. You have to enjoy the process not just the results.
Q-After not playing much as a freshman, you got 24 minutes a game as a sophomore reserve and then started all 27 games last season. Is there a big difference between starting and coming off the bench? What are the benefits of each?
McGRATH-I've always been ready to play. I made my first 9 shots as a freshman coming into the game in mainly garbage time. Being ready to play is more mental than it is physical. Staying involved in the game mentally even if your chances of playing are low is still very important.
You never know when it could be your turn and you want to be ready to show what you're capable of. I personally don't put much emphasis on starting or not starting. Being ready to play both physically and mentally is what matters.As long as you are working hard and progressing as a player that's all you can control and the rest will take care of itself.
Q-What part of your game has progressed the most since you arrived at UCSD?
McGRATH-Without a doubt my defense has improved the most. I've always had the ability to shoot and score the basketball but I needed a lot of work on the other side of the ball. Luckily I've been blessed with gifted coaches that have taught me the importance of defense and turned my weakness into one of my strongest points as a player.
Q-During the summer, what do you typically do to prepare for the next season? Was there a particular area you focused on this past summer and where do you hope to see the most improvement this season?
McGRATH-During the summer I like to play as much as I possibly can. Either in various men's leagues or rec gyms that have open run I just love to play and work on my game in competitive environments. This past summer I really focused on my ball handling because I wanted to be more comfortable with the ball and making plays inside the three-point line.
Q-What do you consider the greatest strength of Head Coach Chris Carlson?
McGRATH-Coach is a really positive person and he extends his personality into his coaching. He really cares for his players on and off the court and is a coach that players really want to work hard for. Once again, the college basketball season is a marathon not a sprint and coach has a unique ability to keep things fresh throughout the season.
Q-You led UCSD in three-pointers made last season. What makes a great outside shooter?
McGRATH-For me, it was my dad. My dad has a real eye for shooting and has coached me my entire life. Anybody can have a hot night but being able to consistently make shots goes back to the work you do in your preparation. Practicing the right way builds confidence and confidence is what separates the good shooters from the great ones.
Q-When you're in a shooting slump, what do you do to try to pull yourself out of it?
McGRATH-I try to get to the free throw line. Once I'm at the line I can take my time to fall back on my routine and my mechanics. Seeing the ball go through the net twice builds your confidence back up.
Q-Which one of your teammates has the single skill you most wish you had?
McGRATH-I want the James McCann spin move. He creates so much space with his spin dribble that it opens up so many options for our his game. He can stop and shoot, survey the floor and hit the open man, or get all the way to the rim. I've never seen anyone at any level use the spin dribble as effectively as he does.
Q-You went to high school at Oaks Christian, the same school as recently graduated All-American Chelsea Carlisle of the Triton Women's Basketball team. Ever go one-one-one with her? If so, what was the result? If not, what would the strategy be?
McGRATH-Yeah, Chelsea and I go way back. She is an amazing player and leader who everyone looks up to. I'm really excited that she decided to stay and coach at UC San Diego. She has a great basketball mind. I've stayed far away from any one-on-one games because I don't think I would like the result.
Q-You've said that the Los Angeles Lakers are your team in the NBA. What's going on there? Are you happy with the hiring of Coach Mike D'Antoni?
McGRATH-I think my Lakers are doing just fine. It takes time to develop chemistry and for players to figure out their roles. I was expecting this season to be a wash for the Lakers anyway so any success they have would be great. I like the D'Antoni hire and I think that if the players buy into his system they will be back on top again.
Q-Breakfast burritos are apparently the meal of choice. How long before a game would you have to eat one? What are some of your "go to" spots in San Diego?
McGRATH-I wouldn't go near a breakfast burrito before a game not a chance.
It would be tempting though. Living in San Diego has grown my love for burritos into a full out obsession. The best burrito has to be from Los Primos off Regents and Nobel.
Q-What's one thing that people would be surprised to learn about you?
McGRATH-I hate tomatoes more than anything in this world. Disgusting.
Q-You're in line to get a political science degree from UCSD. What kind of career plans do you have?
McGRATH-I want to take some time off after I graduate to find out what is important to me and what I really enjoy doing. I want to enjoy my job and I don't want to rush into anything because it was the best option at the time. So ask me that question in another year or so and hopefully I'll have a better answer.
Q-UCSD was picked by conference coaches to finish 11th in 2012-13. How accurate do you think that prediction will turn out? Why?
McGRATH-I think we are really going to surprise the league this year. We lost so many close games last year which really motivated our group this entire off season. I'm excited for the success we are going to have this year.
Q-Before you graduate, what's one thing you would like to accomplish on the basketball court? One thing you would like to accomplish off the basketball court?McGRATH-I want to have a 10-rebound game this season. I've been close a couple of times but I really want to make my rebounding a point of emphasis this year to help out our big guys down low. Off the court I really want to enjoy my last year of college and the friendships I've made and make the most of the time I have left.
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Summer of Soccer 2019
With three major international tournaments going on right now, soccer fans and...
CONNECTICUT — Things weren't looking too good on the Banks Of The Old Raritan. UConn and Tennessee were bringing in the big recruits. Star recruiter Jolette Law had left the program to take over the head job at Illinois.
Former star Tasha Pointer had been brought in to recruit. She had been at Xavier but was young. There were questions. Was Rutgers too involved in off season stuff?
Had the Imus controversy hurt? Were other programs passing Rutgers? What would Rutgers do after Matee Ajavon and Essence Carson graduated? They needed a five player class. Studs. Players to keep up with other top programs.
Geno Auriemma had not been to the Final Four in a while. UConn was losing recruits. Then he brought in three straight National Players of the Year. Enough said.
Pat Summitt continued her steady recruiting. She still lost a number of players to UConn but was doing well. LSU was a player on the block.They had a new coach,a new vision and new ideas.
Gail Goestenkors was at Texas from Duke and was expected to make an immediate impact.
Well, head coach Vivian Stringer would have none of it. Neither would assistants Carlene Mitchell or Pointer. They worked endless hours. Pointer did not even know her address.
That is how involved she was at work.
Rutgers brought in that five player class. They chose Rutgers over schools like UConn, LSU, Texas, etc. They were from all over the country. Stringer even got kids from California.
Parade All-American Jasmine Dixon was a good example. The 6-foot-1 Dixon averaged 14.9 points, 9.5 rebounds and 4.7 steals. She was also selected to the Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team and was named its junior player of the year.
Rutgers has one of the best freshman class in the country. It could possibly be better than any class since UConn brought in Sue Bird, Keirsten Walters, Asjha Jones, Tamika Williams and Swin Cash which won a bunch of National Championships.
What was it? Maybe the opportunity to play against Tennessee and UConn. After all, UConn had dropped Tennessee. Rutgers would play them along with Duke and Stanford. Maybe the coaching of Stringer. She had just placed Cappie Pondexter in the WNBA and Pondexter will be one of the best of them all.
Who knows what these kids really think. We do know that they want to play with other kids who are going to win championships and Rutgers got them.
Only time will tell because these are really just high school kids and it will take time to mold them, especially into Stringer's system. But it is safe to say that Rutgers will be a highly ranked team for years to come.
That is what Stringer wants.


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I'm stuck with my assignment again which is to:
1. Read in all 20 lines of text from a file and store them.
2. Display all the 20 lines of text on the screen
3. Display every other line in upper case (so the first, then the third etc), you dont need to display the other line at all (i.e. no output of second, fourth etc.)
4. Display the number of characters in each line of text and display the average of the characters for all 20 lines of text.
5. Display the first 10 characters from each line of text
I'm now stuck with task 4 i've got as far as to display the number of letters in each line but can't quite figgure out how to display the average of the characters for all 20 lines
The code I have now is:
/** assignment one reading 20 lines from a file. */ import java.util.Scanner; import java.io.File; class alice{ public static void main (String args[]) throws Exception { File myFile = new File("alice.txt"); Scanner Scan = new Scanner(myFile); String []aliceline=new String[20]; String uppercase; for (int line=0;line<20; line++) {aliceline[line] = Scan.nextLine(); System.out.println(aliceline[line]); } System.out.println(""); for (int odd = 0; odd < 20; odd++){ System.out.println(aliceline[odd].toUpperCase()); odd = odd+1; } System.out.println(""); for (int b = 0; b < 20; b++) { System.out.println(aliceline[b].length()); System.out.println(); /** I need to work the average in this part of the code */ } Scan.close(); } }
Any help with this will be much appriciated


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Richmond, Va. – The VCU Baseball team took a little time out of its weekend to volunteer at a baseball camp at nearby Chesterfield Little League this past Saturday afternoon.
VCU Baseball players senior Brent Mikionis, juniors Joey Cujas, Ryan Morrison, sophomores Matt Lees, Heath Dwyer, and freshmen Dan Black, Walker Haymaker and James Bunn all attended the event to help teach the game they love.
The Rams spent time teaching over 90 kids the fundamentals of the game, as well as helping them with hitting and fielding drills.
"It was an honor to go and help out at Chesterfield Little League," Cujas said. "Anytime we get the chance to help out in the community, it is always worth it, and it was fun being able to teach the game of baseball to the kids."
On Saturday, Sept. 15 the Rams took their skills clinic to Lakeside Little League. Again, almost 50 kids were in attendance to learn from the Rams (the group pictured).
Baseball players that volunteered were seniors Jordan Weymouth, Taylor Buran, juniors Bill Cullen, Landon Prentiss, Jordan Storey, Nick Octavi, freshmen Michael Thomas, and Cody Acker.
The Rams are in the midst of their fall workouts, in preparation for the 2013 season.


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With CES behind us and Macworld 2008 upon us this week (14-18 January 2008), the biggest buzz would be Apple CEO Steve Jobs' unveiling on what is believed to be the world's thinnest notebook - the MacBook Air. Announced during his keynote speech on 15th January 2008 at the Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, the MacBook Air measures 0.16 inches at its thinnest tapered point and 0.76 inches at its highest rear portion. With a 13.3-inch LED backlit widescreen display, built-in iSight camera and the much talked about (at the showfloor) trackpad that uses the multi-touch gesture support similar to the iPhone and iPod Touch that allows users to pinch, rotate and swipe their fingers across the pad to expand, slide, zoom-in and rotate images. The notebook comes without an optical drive though, but it supports 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1.
While the MacBook Air doesn't come with any drives, it has built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1, as well as a pull-out slots for USB 2.0, audio port and a micro-DVI port. Users can use the micro-DVI port to connect to Apple's 20- or 23-inch Cinema Displays to extend their desktop displays. Users can also consider getting the MacBook Air SuperDrive, an external drive for US$99 that uses the USB port. The key message however is that if you want to watch movies or listen to music, there's the iTunes Store which users can rent from, utilize the new Time Capsule to wirelessly backup files and access optical drives on remote PCs or Macs with the 802.11n Wi-Fi access on the MacBook Air.
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Performance management is broken
Replace "rank and yank" with coaching and developmentMarch 4, 2014
Companies worldwide are questioning their forced-ranking, rigid rating systems and once-a-year appraisal processes. This is the year a new model of performance management will likely sweep through HR.
Traditional performance management —the annual process of rating employees' performance and ranking them against their colleagues—is widely considered to be broken.
These "forced curve" evaluations became popular under the influence of the GE model during Jack Welch's tenure, but they were originally conceived around the turn of that century—the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, that is. At that time, employees were viewed strictly as "workers" whose performance could be accurately measured by output: the number of railroad ties installed, hours worked, or other numeric measures.
Today, more than 70 percent of all employees work in service or knowledge-related jobs. Their performance is driven by their skills, attitude, customer empathy—and by their ability to innovate and drive change by working through teams. These skills must be built over time, and successful performance management must be focused on constantly developing these capabilities rather than ranking them at a moment in time.
In addition, today's business climate and business priorities seldom follow the annual evaluation cycle. Goals shift, strategies evolve, and employees often switch between multiple projects under various team leaders. Given this dynamic, it is hardly surprising that our research shows that organizations where employees review their personal goals quarterly—or even more often—were nearly four times more likely to score at the top of Bersin by Deloitte's Total Performance Index.1
Many of today's employers understand that it is time to reassess their performance management systems. Fully 70 percent of our survey respondents stated that they are either "currently evaluating" or have recently "reviewed and updated" their performance management systems (figure 1).
In a world where employee retention and workforce capability are significant indicators of business success, the performance management process should focus on continuous coaching and development, rather than competitive evaluation. Managers who provide regular feedback and opportunities to improve are far more likely to field high-performing teams than those who retain once-a-year rankings.
Why grading on the curve consistently fails
Perhaps the fundamental aspect of traditional performance management is grading by the curve or forced ranking of employees. This process, widely known as "rank and yank," has been found in many companies to demoralize employees, create animosity, and spur good people to look elsewhere for work.
At Microsoft, which recently abandoned the practice, the ranking process resulted in "capricious rankings, power struggles among managers, and unhealthy competition among colleagues."2
The distribution of employee performance more often follows the "long tail" rather than the traditional "bell curve," especially at talent-intensive companies that thrive on expertise and innovation. In other words, some employees are hyperachievers, while many others work at the middle level of performance. In industries such as software, a top performer can often outperform a mid-level performer by as much as tenfold.
In these companies, the performance management system should treat high performers very well, while encouraging mid-level employees to improve through coaching and development. A forced bell curve diminishes the value of the top performers and pushes many mid-level performers into the bottom. In the process, it inadequately rewards top performers and fails to motivate middle-of-the-road employees.
Many corporate executives acknowledge that their current performance systems are not working (figure 2). More than half of executives surveyed believe their current performance process does not drive employee engagement and high performance (58 percent) and is not an effective use of anyone's time (58 percent). Just under half say their performance processes are "weak" in improving development (48 percent) and driving business value (48 percent).
A new role for managers
Shifting away from annual performance evaluations toward a process of continuous coaching and improvement requires a new role for managers.
The days when managers could lead from a position of command and control are over. In today's high-performing teams, employees must take ownership of their performance and act on their own to improve their capabilities. Managers become coaches, rather than evaluators.
Decoupling compensation from evaluations
A critical feature of the new "coaching and development" model of performance management is separating feedback provided to employees from compensation decisions.
Neuroscience research shows that conversations about compensation provoke an almost primordial "fight or flight" reaction among employees, which obviously inhibits the coaching process.3 Rather than directly linking ratings and salary increases or bonuses, compensation decisions should be based on the critical nature of an employee's skills, the cost of replacing them, their value to customers, and the external labor market.
While employees need to be held accountable for the results they produce, most people perform best when they are given tools to succeed and coaching to improve performance. Companies like Juniper Networks,4 New York Life,5 Motorola Solutions,6 Kelly Services,7 and others have all reengineered their process, eliminated ratings, and found substantial improvements in engagement and performance as a result. Companies in other countries like Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan are eager to follow their lead, and recognize that they are far from ready (figure 3).
Lessons from the front lines
A continual and collaborative approach to performance development
Prior to radically reforming its performance management system, managers at multinational software company Adobe spent over 80,000 hours per year on traditional performance evaluations—a process one manager described as "soul-crushing."8
Adobe, a company of 11,000 employees, 54 percent of whom work in North America, tried for five years to modify the traditional performance management system before abandoning it as inconsistent with Adobe's strong culture of teamwork and collaboration.
Today, Adobe has a far simpler, but far more effective, system.
Either an employee or a manager may request a "check-in" every three months. Before the actual meeting occurs, a group of employees provides feedback on the employee's performance.
The results form the basis of a conversation about performance improvement, rather than a zero-sum dispute about compensation or ranking. The goal is to make coaching and developing a continuous, collaborative process between managers and employees—a far more motivating outcome.
Importantly, Adobe's new system focuses on both ends of the performance curve—keeping high performers happy and offering practical advice for lower performers looking to improve. Group performance is also evaluated, leading to a more rational determination of group compensation.
The results have been profound: Since rolling out the new approach worldwide, Adobe experienced a 30 percent reduction in voluntary turnover in a highly competitive talent environment.
Where companies can start
A successful shift to leading-edge performance management—replacing annual ranking and yanking with continuous feedback, coaching, and development—begins with a frank determination of whether rigid performance evaluation systems are advancing a company's business priorities. If not, as many organizations increasingly recognize, it is time to take action. Potential starting points include:
- Get senior leaders involved—and keep them involved: Hold a senior executive-level conversation about the strategy and philosophy for employee performance in the company. What does the organization hope to achieve as a result of performance management activities? What system will best reinforce the organization's talent management strategy?
- Use performance management to build skills: Switch from rigid performance reviews to flexible performance conversations aimed at providing employees at all levels with practical steps they can take and the skills necessary to reach the next level of achievement within the organization.
- Teach managers to give better feedback: Boost the skills of managers to enable them to have productive yet less formal conversations about performance that will drive improvement rather than drive employees to look outside the organization.
- Simplify the process: Separate the performance coaching and evaluation process from determinations of compensation. Reduce the number of forms and make them very simple and easy to use. Ignore the advanced features in performance management software.
- De-link performance scores and compensation: Consider revising compensation structures to include broader considerations, such as how the outside talent market would compensate an employee or how difficult the employee would be to replace. Analyze the extent to which the organization can take a broader approach to total rewards by offering growth opportunities to employees who have outperformed their peers.
- Coach everyone: Search for opportunities for employees in the "broad middle" of the performance distribution to see themselves as valued contributors to organizational success, rather than merely looking up to the perceived superstars. Hold everyone accountable, but give everyone coaching, development planning, and training to improve.
Originally published at Deloitte Insights


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Tomorrow during Campus Welcome (between 2:45-3pm CST) we are going to display the tweets that are using the #UWGB2015 hashtag on the jumbotron.
It's an opportunity for you to welcome first-year students, give advice, promote your campus events, let them know what you do, etc.
If you are interested, PLEASE play along.
It will be displayed as a twitter fall… think around 3 tweets will be displayed, as new ones come in, the bottom one is bumped off the screen. The more tweets, the better.
If you have a twitter app installed on a smartphone and are attending Campus Welcome, you can tweet from the Kress and watch it hit the board in real-time. If you are off-site, you can monitor the chatter here: http://bit.ly/pm7Kgc — just need to use the #UWGB2015 hashtag in your tweets to make it work.
Over 600 tweets generated (includes RTs), here are few:


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