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Q. We have a new star at Wimbledon in Li Na who, like you, holds the hopes of an entire nation on her shoulders, albeit a larger nation. Do you have any words of advice for her?
ANDY MURRAY: Well, she's won a slam, so I should be the one asking her for the advice (smiling).
Caroline Wozniacki: I think it was 60 million people watching [the Roland Garros final] in China.
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI: Well, close (laughter).
Q. You're looking forward to coming back to Wimbledon twice in a year?
RAFAEL NADAL: For sure, yes. I hope so, if I qualify (smiling). If not, wild card (laughter).
Q. At 7:00 a.m.?
ANDY MURRAY: Well, that's the thing. You have to give one hour every day where they can come. And because the last that you're ever thinking about when you wake up in the morning is that someone is going to come and drug test you. You put it at 7:00 in the morning because I know I'm going to be in bed. It's just a bit annoying because it was my day off and I was looking for a lie in. And then 7:00, it's like...
Q. So were you asleep at the time?
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah. I was fast asleep. But the thing is, as soon as the bell like from the house went, I sort of like woke up. Took like 10 seconds. Looked at my clock and it was bang on 7:00. It was like, I knew it was them. He rung the bell like six times, as well. It was like... (Laughter.)
Q. It's a bit harsh, isn't it? Surely you can't be happy about that many tests, or is that quite normal?
ANDY MURRAY: Normally around this time of year it's pretty normal at most of the big tournaments. I get tested here when the tournament's done. I'm sure the French Open always tests. And then because I'm at home, they always come right before Wimbledon, and then probably at Davis Cup, as well. Normally at Davis Cup we'll get tested, too. So it's a lot of testing, but just part of our job, unfortunately.
Q. Did you make them a cup of tea when they arrived?
ANDY MURRAY: My Mum did, yeah, which we shouldn't make them cups of tea. You know, it's just very intrusive when you get someone sort of in your house in the morning. When you're going to the toilet and they're staring at you, it's a bit... you know, in your own home, it's just quite strange feeling. (Laughter.)
Q. Are you sure they're drug testers?
ANDY MURRAY: You hope so. I've actually spoken with a few of the players about that in the past that, you know, they could easily... because it's not like we ever check. I don't really check, you know, whatever they're saying.
Q. They don't have a card saying...
ANDY MURRAY: They do, yeah. They do have the card, but I don't know. I mean, you're not going to know if it's real or not, are you?
Q. For sports fans back home, how would you explain or describe the level of attention or scrutiny Andy Murray is under here these two weeks, and Tim Henman before him?
ANDY RODDICK: Sure. You know, I've been front and center as far as tennis in my own country for a long time. I don't think it compares to what those guys go through here. I don't feel like I can relate.
You know, he gets the full rundown of he practiced for 36 minutes, then he ate a Snickers bar and then continued for another 14 minutes, and then it's like and that's on page four. We already read the first three pages of the day. You know, it's a little tough (laughter).
Q. You've been here a long time now. At one point you were the bad guy upsetting Tim Henman.
ANDY RODDICK: Actually, I never played Tim Henman here. But I'm still the bad guy. Point taken, but... (Laughter.)
Q. You got good support today.
ANDY RODDICK: It felt great. They've always been great to me, even when I was fake beating Tim Henman (smiling).
Q. Is it kind of surprising that Roger Federer hasn't really had any kind of injury to take him out?
ANDY RODDICK: Not really. He doesn't even look like he's trying when he plays, so how you gonna get hurt (smiling)?
Q. Did you see or hear about Serena's tears on court and can you understand the emotion of a first big win after an illness?
ELENA BALTACHA: I actually saw it. I was sitting watching the match. And do you know what? It was so nice to see her not that it was nice to see her break down; I don't mean it like that. Because I really idolize Serena, to see everything that she's been through, for her to come back here and just let that emotion come out, uhm, you know, because I think a lot of people think we're like machines in a way. Just to see that side of her, because she's a very strong personality, very dominant. And to see her kind of break down, it just shows what it actually means to her to be on court again with everything she's been through.
And you've really got to admire that. You really have to admire that. I really felt for her. It actually brought a tear to my eye. I thought, You've got to snap out of it because you've got a match. But, no, it was lovely to see that.
Q. She seemed to run you back and forth a little bit.
NA LI: Yeah, I know. I hate that, you know. (Smiling.) I like it standing.
Q. The Wimbledon homepage did an online survey yesterday who was the best looking male player who played Wimbledon in history. Who would have gotten your vote?
VENUS WILLIAMS: Usually I've never liked any of my colleagues. I try to keep it professional, hence no tennis relationships. So it's probably for the best for me to stay out of this. I usually like winners, though (smiling). So anyone winning is pretty cute to me.
Q. If your injury hasn't happened before, are you now thinking, Why me? Of all the times for it to suddenly come about. Are you feeling a bit, Why me, at the moment?
HEATHER WATSON: It's exactly how I'm feeling. Could have been another tournament. Why this one?
Q. At the beginning we heard you say, Oh, don't worry, I'm going to take it off. I'm not going to play with it. Do you think there were people that were actually worried you would play with that jacket on?
BETHANIE MATTEK SANDS: Oh, I don't know. Pam, one of the WTA supervisors, has probably seen a lot of my crazy outfits, so she had a look of worry on her face.
Q. Would you be happy to see Scottish players in this British Olympic team, the football team, that's been talked about?
ANDY MURRAY: I don't want to get into any of that political stuff. I've been involved in the Olympics, played under Great Britain, and it was an unbelievable experience. I loved it. It's not for me to decide. It's up to the Federations, that they can decide.
Certainly not getting drawn into any political stuff around this time of year, because we know what happens with that (smiling).
Q. No real form coming in here, no coach. What on earth has happened to you?
LAURA ROBSON: You make it sound like I was playing really bad (laughter).
Q. Is that mostly in terms of is tennis dying, a country club sport?
ANDY RODDICK: Listen. Here is what we're going to do. If you want to talk about an, Is tennis dying article, let's go by participation numbers, retail numbers, prize money, up, up, up, up, up. I hear this, Tennis is dying. Maybe it's water cooler talk. But I'll put more stock in the business of tennis in our country growing as opposed to having fun conversations around a water cooler.
Q. Why do you think it is that people refuse to accept the stats? The Wall Street Journal printed some stats which said that tennis over the past nine years is the only sport to increase participation in America.
ANDY RODDICK: This kind of gets to my first point. You can just say something and people read it as fact, but it's not researched. If you look at racquet sales, USTA memberships, across the board, it's been up. Do we have four guys in the top five in the world? No, we don't. That's about the only difference. That doesn't mean that tennis is dying. It's an international sport. I feel like a lot of times people refuse to accept that back home, which is unfortunate. It's as international a sport as there is as far as popularity. I feel like it doesn't get its maybe fair shake.
Q. 720,000 people at the US Open.
ANDY RODDICK: Listen, I can sit here and I can have two pages full of pros, the water cooler conversation as a con. So I like to deal in facts, and the facts say the whole dying thing, it's not accurate.
Q. So what are you bench pressing?
ANA IVANOVIC: I haven't gone that far yet. I'm still with rubber bands (laughter).
(Source: Wimbledon Website)


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As part of FL CERT (Citizens Emergency Response Team), we are forced to reposition outside of the storm surge area. As a consequence during the logistical move I will be out of the loop for most of the afternoon and evening. We will respond to recovery efforts from positions East of SWFL.
Hopefully, I'll be able to check back in and give updates later tonight.
To ensure continuance of communication, CTH has auto-scheduled posts set up throughout the next week which will run automatically without any need for human data entry. [ie. the website is secure and will function as normal – and site admins are disbursed throughout unaffected timezones] Other than my absence (hopefully sporadic), you should not see any disruption.
What can YOU DO?
Please pray for the people of Florida. This is an extremely stressful time for many people, including a significant number of elderly. Unfortunately, due to modern disconnection a considerable number of people do not have frequent contact with family.
If you know people in Florida, please just reach out to them via social media and let them know they are in your thoughts and prayers. You don't have to call them, your don't need to look for a response, but a short note -just touching base- via social media (facebook etc.), with kind words, can mean the world to people who might be feeling isolated.
Trust me, I've been seeing and reassuring those faces all day. It matters.
Just touch base. Positive messages. Don't talk about their emergency status or involve them in discussions of what's going on.
People are buried in that right now.
What I'm finding people need is just a kind word, a gentle ear, a warm heart and perhaps an appropriate dash of humor where possible.
Maybe you know someone, or one of your friends knows someone, anyone, who you might find via your social network. If so, just let them know two important details: #1) YOU CARE and are thinking of them. #2) THEY MATTER and are cherished by others.
If you can do this, trust me you will be providing a lifeline in multiple ways. The benefits are exponentially valuable to the recipient; and also to those of us who are hardened to the immediacy of crisis and need calm in order to focus on the urgent details in the week ahead.
A note from Sharon:
The knowns and the unknowns continue to sort out as bullseye hours approach.
Windows for effective action are fewer and time frames shorter.
Some people are frozen into inactivity in such times; others pick up the pace.
We humans are quite the creation, with both limitations and capacities that are very real, even though they vary greatly from person to person.
Those of us far out away from these immediate danger can't fix a thing, and many of those in the midst of have little capacity for fixing either. However, there is a primary thing that can be of great significant to every single person involved: our/your/my very presence can and does matter.
Some years after my sister-in-law died, and just after my husband died, my brother was sharing this with me: "… the people who were most meaningful to me during those days were the ones who had the ability and willingness to simply be with me. Didn't feel compelled to try to fix. Didn't forever try to explain how they felt. They were able to just Be. With. Me. Sometimes sitting with me in silence for a long, long time, because they accepted that There. Was. Nothing. They. Could. Do. to change the world I was caught in. The world I had to deal with for those moments, days, months…"
I have increasingly recognized since he told me that how very, very few people are capable of and willing to be PRESENT in helplessness with one who is suffering and having to risk it all. What grace is ours, if we will, just offer our presence.
And in saying that, those of you who express such feelings of helpnessness at "not being able to do something" – please recognize that your PRESENCE MATTERS.
Why is that so many have expressed in these threads, to those in Florida, "Please check in as soon as you can?" That's easy – their presence matters to all of us. We want to know that "they are back among us…."
Well, when they do come back and answer roll call, your presence matters to them.
Your presence matters. You are not helpless. You, being alive in this moment, standing and watching, bearing witness, loving them – oh, my. This matters.
They are not alone. They know they are not alone. They know you are waiting to hear from them. No matter how long that takes.
Your presence matters. You don't have to fix anything. Just keep loving. Your presence brings great value. Even when there are no words.
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Brooke Wagner, lead morning anchor, "Wednesday's Child" champion and consumer (bargain hunting) reporter at KCNC-Channel 4 for 10 years, had her last day at the end of the 2012 holiday week. Her contract was not renewed. General Manager Walt DeHaven did not elaborate.
Chalk it up to Channel 4's dismal ratings in the morning. CBS4 was fifth out of five full-hour newscasts, 6-7 a.m., for the November sweeps. Something had to give. Word is Wagner, a solid presence on the overall sleepy morning show, has possibilities elsewhere. The station is expected to take its time finding a replacement.
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It's that time again – time to name the hottest brands from the CHA Mega Show 2014 in Anaheim last month!
This time around, several themes seemed to emerge as I assembled the list, themes that were evident in the show in general. Most notable perhaps was the large influx of truly quality new exhibitors, a group of which the show hasn't seen like this in years. Another recurring theme, that was evident again and again on the show floor, was of companies who have remade themselves after challenges the past few years and are rising again creatively. Together, these two phenomena combined to lend an air of positivity and optimism to the show.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Microsoft will hire 1,000 staff in China over the coming year, adding to the 4,500 the company already employs in the country, a senior executive said on Thursday.
The move is aimed at strengthening the company's position in a market it sees as key to future growth, but where software piracy and regulation remain serious hurdles.
The new employees will be added in research and development, sales, marketing and services, said Ralph Haupter, CEO for Microsoft's Greater China operation, speaking to reporters in Beijing.
The expansion comes as part of a sales and marketing effort by Microsoft that aims to reach potential Chinese customers such as local governments and public institutions, said Haupter, who was appointed Microsoft's China chief in April.
The Seattle-based software giant has struggled to establish a foothold in China's IT market, where consumers can easily buy pirated copies of its software.
In January, it sued Gome Electrical Appliances Holding, China's biggest homegrown electronics retailer, for installing pirated versions of its software on PCs.
Microsoft plans to boost China research and development spending by 15 percent over the next year, said Ya-Qin Zhang, chairman of the company's Asia Pacific R&D group. The company currently spends $500 million annually on R&D in China.
The new jobs will bring the size of Microsoft's China workforce close to that of its Indian operations, where it employs 5,800 people across its business units.
The company is also building a large cloud computing center in Shanghai that will employ around 600 people, said Zhang.
Microsoft, facing a stagnant global PC market, reported its first quarterly loss as a public company in July, though revenues held up better than analysts expected.
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Here are the facts.
- Fifteen year old girl attends a party in one of the elite zip codes in this country.
- She drinks. Maybe she drinks too much. Maybe her drink was doctored.
- What is certain is that she was raped by boys she thought were her friends.
- The boys put graphic photos of the rape on the internet.
- The girl hanged herself.
I have had to deal twice with situations like this in my job as a representative. One was a girl who killed herself after a gang rape by five men who took photos and showed them around, including to the police. When the police told the girl there were photos, she went home, got in the bathtub and killed herself with a shotgun blast to the face.
The other girl tried to kill herself. After four days in critical care, she survived.
I'm going to post an excerpt of an article about the little girl who hung herself. I want to talk about the attitudes that show through this article. I have no grievance with the person who wrote it. They've just fallen into our societal trap of cleaning up what should be faced and excusing that for which there is no excuse.
The article begins by saying that 15-year-old Audrie got drunk at a party and when she woke up, concluded that she had been "sexually abused." Let's get our terminology straight. She concluded, probably due to some grisly physical evidence, that she'd been raped.
Remember that word: Rape. It's ugly and people don't like it. But the word isn't the real ugliness. The ugliness is living in a society where 15-year-old girls can be treated like this and then suffer the further indignity of having reporters try to clean the horror up for the perps with the use of "soft" expressions like "sexual abuse" to describe what happened.
These upstanding young men posted "graphic" photos of their rape of their friend on Facebook. After Audrie saw the photos on the internet, and endured the mockery of emails and texts circulating about what had been done to her, eight days after she was raped, she hung herself.
According to our reporter, "the case underscored the seeming callousness with which some young people use technology."
Is that what's this "case" is about? "Sexual abuse" and "callous" use of technology?
If we accept this kind of bland obfuscation of the brutal rape and murder by suicide of this young girl as a problem with technology and "cyber-bullying," we need to burn our Member of the Human Race Card and go sit in the corner with the trolls and monsters of our deepest darkness.
To paraphrase a line from the movie Grosse Point Blank, where are all the good people dead: In the heart, or in the head?
Let's get one thing clear: I don't talk about misunderstood mass murderers and rapists who are otherwise such good people on this blog. You won't see sweet-face lists of these young men's accomplishments and wonderment about "how could such fine boys do this?" You'll not read a word of sympathy and grief if they get sent to the prison where they belong, no matter how much they cry for themselves when they are sentenced.
They were without pity for Audrie. I don't care if they bawl their eyes out for themselves. I hope they spend the rest of their lives in jail. I don't think they should ever breathe another free breath again.
If you do something like this, then I put you in the monster column. The only way to get off that column is to manifest extreme remorse and humble grief for what you have done, coupled with a willingness to admit that you have in fact done it and that you are willing to do anything it takes to make up for it and to change. Even then, I want the proof of a changed life, and I mean a really changed life.
Nice people do not rape their friends. They do not — ever — treat other people like things. They do not take photos of their raping and then post them on the internet, along with sending emails and texts to taunt, degrade and destroy their "friend" socially. What these men did to this girl, the rape, was physical torture. What they did later was emotional torture. What this young girl faced was social death.People who treat other people like this are monsters. They will remain monsters so long as they continue to excuse, defend and deny the utter depravity and sub-human cruelty of what they have allowed themselves to become.
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SARATOGA, Calif. — Fifteen-year-old Audrie Pott passed out drunk at a friend's house, woke up and concluded she had been sexually abused.
In the days that followed, she was shocked to see an explicit photo of herself circulating among her classmates along with emails and text messages about the episode. And she was horrified to discover that her attackers were three of her friends, her family's lawyer says.
Eight days after the party, she hanged herself.
"She pieced together with emails and texts who had done this to her. They were her friends. Her friends!" said family attorney Robert Allard. "That was the worst"
On Thursday, sheriff's officials arrested three 16-year-old boys on suspicion of sexual battery against Audrie, who committed suicide in September.
The arrests and the details that came spilling out shocked many in this prosperous Silicon Valley suburb of 30,000. And together with two other episodes recently in the news — a suicide in Canada and a rape in Steubenville, Ohio — the case underscored the seeming callousness with which some young people use technology.
"The problem with digital technologies is they can expand the harm that people suffer greatly," said Nancy Willard, an Oregon-based cyberbullying expert and creator of a prevention program for schools.
Santa Clara County sheriff's officials would not give any details on the circumstances around Audrie's suicide. But Allard said Audrie had been drinking at a sleepover at a friend's house, passed out and "woke up to the worst nightmare imaginable." She knew she had been assaulted, he said.
She soon found an abundance of material online about that night, including a picture. (Read the rest here.)


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Bove moves to Rafferty as errant Apple trade rocks Rochdale
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Dick Bove, the bank analyst whose employer, Rochdale Securities, is struggling to survive after an unauthorized $1 billion Apple Inc. trade, will join Rafferty Capital Markets.
Bove, 71, will lead research in financial services companies, Garden City, N.Y.-based Rafferty said Wednesday in an emailed statement. Speculation about Bove's status swirled after regulators ordered Stamford-based Rochdale to halt operations because of losses on the Apple trade and five traders jumped to Rafferty.
"The firm is well-established and has a commitment to independent research, the type I've enjoyed producing for many years," Bove said in the statement.
Rochdale President Dan Crowley has struggled to hold onto his staff while seeking a deal to keep his 37-year-old brokerage afloat. Bove said previously that he wouldn't leave until Crowley "threw in the towel" on finding a rescuer. Crowley didn't respond to inquiries about the firm's fate.
Former Rochdale trader David Miller was charged this month with wire fraud in connection with the unauthorized trade, which caused a $5 million loss. He was released on $300,000 bail, prosecutors said. Kenneth "Casey" Murphy, Miller's lawyer at Simon & Partners, declined to comment on the charges at the time.
Rafferty Losses
Rafferty, which is closely held, grew out of a company co-founded by Larry Rafferty in 1987, according to its website. The brokerage lost $3.2 million from continuing operations last year on revenue of $8.9 million after selling its bond businesses, according to a February filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Rochdale traders who defected to Rafferty included Kristen Talgo and Hal Tunick, who led institutional equities trading and held ownership stakes in Rochdale of as much as 25 percent each, according to Financial Industry Regulatory Authority records.
Bove, who's worked in the securities industry since 1965, has moved markets with predictions about bank stocks. He cut ratings on Goldman Sachs Group, Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers Holdings to sell in May 2008, citing concern that earnings would falter.
Bove reversed his call on Lehman in August, three weeks before it filed for bankruptcy. Merrill Lynch sold itself to Bank of America and Goldman Sachs converted to a bank holding company from a securities firm.
Bove Bullish
Since the financial crisis, Bove has been largely bullish on the U.S banks. He said in an Oct. 18, 2010, Bloomberg Television interview that Citigroup Inc. shares might double in a "couple of years." The shares have dropped about 5 percent since to $39.45 in Wednesday trading as of 4:56 p.m.
On Sept. 22, 2009, he called Bank of America's stock "incredibly cheap." Shares have since fallen more than 35 percent to $11.19 in trading Wednesday as of 4:01 p.m.
Bove left his previous brokerage, Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc., in 2009 after a disagreement with the Miami-based firm over settling a defamation lawsuit. He had been sued by BankAtlantic Bancorp over a report he wrote in August 2008 that said it might fail. The lender sold most of its assets to BB&T, a Winston-Salem, N.C.-based bank, this year.


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This is a story about women's breasts and a slang — some would say risqué — word referring to them.
That word is "boobies."
Snicker if you like, but it's turning out to be a very serious word. School kids in districts across the United States have been suspended over it, and a small California charity is wrestling with the challenges — welcome as they may be — of handling millions more dollars in donations than it has ever had to deal with before.
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The charity is the Keep A Breast Foundation of Carlsbad, Calif. For most of its decade of existence, it has raised a few hundred thousand dollars a year for breast cancer prevention and education programs targeting young people through "underground" art and music projects and X-Games-style board sports.
One notable campaign sells artist-decorated plaster casts of famous women's torsos (among them those of singer Katy Perry and striptease diva Dita Von Teese). Other revenue comes from the sale of T-shirts, bumper stickers and cause bracelets bearing the slogan "i ♥ boobies" — an in-your-face declaration that "speaks to young people in their own voice about a subject that's very scary and taboo," according to Kimmy McAtee, the foundation's marketing manager.
About a year and a half ago, the Keep A Breast Foundation went big with the bracelets, selling them year-round in retail stores across the country, and that's when things took off.
"Currently, we're selling about a million and a half a month," McAtee said. Not surprisingly — and perhaps not unintentionally — they're running into resistance from teachers and administrators in schools from New York to California, confrontations that have been widely chronicled in news stories like this and this. And Monday, the tension ended up in court .
"The more it gets picked up in the media, the more schools we hear are banning them," said McAtee, who said administrators would be better off "taking it as a teaching moment."
Revenue skyrockets
Certainly, the success of the bracelets has been just that for Keep A Breast — a learning experience. At $2 to $4 a pop, the bracelets are now generating more than $3 million a month for the foundation. Just two years ago, it took in $495,969 — in total.
"We're still trying to figure out what we're going to do with all the money," said Executive Director Shaney Jo Darden, an artist and designer who co-founded the foundation.
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Darden said a little more than $100,000 has been directed to such programs this year, which works out to a similar percentage of the $10 million or more in revenue the foundation is likely to report thanks to the bracelets.
Commentary: How effective are sexy breast cancer awareness stunts, anyway?
TODAY Moms: 'I ♥ boobies' bracelets: Charity by subterfuge?
"It's kind of irritating that you wonder where the money goes," said Anita House of Dallas, who bought one of the bracelets for her 12-year-old son, Noah, a few weeks ago. "You assume it's going one place, and you don't know where it's going."
That irritation springs from a misunderstanding of the Keep A Breast Foundation's mission.
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Whatever donors may think and expect, charity watchdogs say there's nothing necessarily wrong with that strategy.
Jeremy Gregg, chief executive of Executives in Action, a nonprofit organization in Dallas that helps charities find experienced managers, reviewed Keep A Breast's records and acknowledged that "on the surface, that raises some eyebrows."
But digging deeper, he said, the group appears to be getting it right because "success" will always be difficult to measure when "the purpose of this is to be an advocacy organization." After all, how do you quantify the value of someone who's inspired to volunteer at her local cancer outreach or organize an independent fundraiser in his local school?
Coping with success
For small charities, sudden success is its own, special challenge, said Ken Berger, chief executive of Charity Navigator, which analyzes charities' financial practices as a guide for philanthropic groups and other donors. That's why it's not surprising that the Keep A Breast Foundation has struggled to "use the next dollar effectively and scale up an organization in rapid succession," he said.
Numerous charities faced a similar conundrum after the devastating earthquake in Haiti in January, he said. They, too, were flooded with donations equaling two to three times their annual budgets in just a few days — money that Berger said donors probably assumed was "going to go out the door quickly."
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But "to be done right, it can take years to do it thoughtfully and planfully," he said.
The charity has to find a way to track every dollar from beginning to end for tax purposes. It has to acquire facilities; hire managers, directors and oversight specialists; and draw up and enforce financial "best practices." And the groups to which the charity distributes donations have to be vetted thoroughly, because one bad decision can destroy its credibility, Berger said.
That takes time and costs money, Berger said, which poses a dilemma for rapidly growing charities.
The Keep A Breast Foundation has to reassure its donors that it's spending wisely, because "the trust of the people you have is the most important thing you have," he said. But "if they do this thing thoughtfully and slowly, people wonder where the money's going. If they do it fast, they could do it recklessly."
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"These smaller organizations are higher-risk," Berger said. "They're at an early stage with an untested idea, so they may not have a lot of data." But it might be worth taking that risk "because it's a creative, innovative idea" — like funny bracelets that help young people think about breast cancer in a new way.
The point is to "really get to know them," Berger said. Call the group. Can it detail its fundraising operations, expenses and distribution milestones? Does it have a reserve plan for rainy days? Can you get its tax records just by asking? If it can't reassure you on any of that, walk away.
The Keep A Breast Foundation has struggled at times to make such data easily accessible, and it still doesn't post all its financial records on its Web site, as Berger advises.
The group did volunteer to provide those records to anyone who asks, and it does post the recipients of all of its grants. But Gregg, of Executives in Action, said it could do a better job of spelling out what it's doing with donors' dollars.
McAtee said the Keep A Breast Foundation is working on that. But she acknowledged it's a big task for a small outfit like hers.
"Up until two years ago, (Darden) ran it out of her house," McAtee said. Now, with the success of the "i ♥ boobies" campaign, "we're reaching out to really amazing people" for help, she said.
The foundation has added advisers and paid staff, including health, media and financial officers, its records confirm.
"We're really excited for what the future holds," she said.
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"Up in the Air" star Anna Kendrick has signed on to star in "I'm With Cancer," an all too rare installment in the oncology dramedy genre.
Joining Kendrick on "Cancer" is Jonathon Levine, who made the very nearly very good "The Wackness," said the Hollywood Reporter. James McAvoy is set for the lead role and Seth Rogen is on board (does he just love stories about deathly ill people?) as producer and supporting actor.
Levine replaces Nicole Holofcener, whose "Please Give" debuts at Sundance before opening April 23. Holofcener bailed because the film's Vancouver location didn't work for her.
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The script from Will Reiser, who previously worked as a producer on "Da Ali G Show" in 2003, about his own battle with cancer.
Kendrick caught "Up in the Air" writer/director Jason Reitman's eye with her great performance in "Rocket Science," a boy-meets-girl, coming-of-age, spelling bee rom-com. And she made the most of her big break, with the most eye-opening performance in the film. Between that and her part in the "Twilight" saga, she should be busy for years to come.


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Did Duke's student section mock Tyler Lewis' grandma? You judge
It wouldn't be college basketball season without a debate over whether Duke's student section moved from garden-variety lame jokes into actually offending people.
The latest question: Did the Cameron Crazies chant "past your bedtime" or "how's your grandma" at N.C. State's Tyler Lewis on Thursday night? Lewis' grandmother died last week. The chants in question happened in the second half. Listen for yourself.
Part of the reason the "how's your grandma" theory took hold is because Hoopsworld's Alex Kennedy, who wasn't at the game, tweeted this:
Duke fans reportedly chanted, "How's your grandma?" at N.C. State's Tyler Lewis, whose grandmother recently passed away. That's messed up.— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) February 8, 2013
Reporters sitting near the student section, including SN's Ryan Fagan, heard differently.
@robdauster @luket34 For what it's worth, I didn't hear that from my seat. "Bilbo Baggins" was the worst I heard directed at Lewis.— ryan fagan (@ryan_fagan) February 8, 2013
The most likely scenario is that the vast majority of the student section went with "past your bedtime," with a few mixing in "how's your grandma?" In other words, a few jerks were mixed in with the nerds. That's essentially what Nolan Evans, a deputy sports editor with N.C. State's newspaper, said (via Deadspin).
I was sitting on press row toward the Duke entrance. No reason to demonize the student section, guys. Handful of dumb college kids.— Nolan Evans (@RealNolanEvans) February 8, 2013


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Are the motivations of a 5km runner defined by individual ability?
5.2 million US citizens participated in 5km races in 2011 and 12,500 5km events were held in the US during the same time period. New research in the Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events aims to find out what motivates 5km race participants and outline how race organisers can use the findings to their advantage when planning events.
Past research has identified the key stages experienced by a person leading up to them participating in a race to be, awareness, attraction, attachment and allegiance. However, there are also many potential reasons why participants progress to the crucial 'attachment' stage, ranging from social interactions, need to compete, escapism, and improvement of self-worth through charity. The article "Variation in motivations by running ability: using the theory of reasoned action to predict attitudes about running 5K races" by Nicolette Bell and Amber L. Stephenson segments the target market into participants' aims, age, skill, and ability, all of which help organisers achieve the maximum potential for their event and ensure future loyalty. This is then assessed in light of the variety of events available to both experienced and casual runners, ranging from charity fund-raisers right through to recreational challenges.
The authors conducted a study on 512 Pennsylvanian runners, who were divided into three ability levels and surveyed as to what motivates them most: competition, altruism, health or social affiliation. These influences were compared against other factors such as intention and level of participation. The results were interesting, with altruism shining through as the main motivating force throughout all ability levels of runners. Beyond that, those with greater ability were driven by the need to compete, while the less experienced runners were more concerned with improving health and making social connections. Medium ability runners were found to have a combination of all four motivators, all of which seems to indicate that motivations do indeed differ according to ability. Event organisers can use the findings about motivational segments to effectively tailor their event according to the needs of different participants. For example, the more competitive athletes may be enticed to compete by time recording chips and prizes, while focusing on health benefits may be more successful for more casual competitors.
This information is compounded by the discovery that runners who intended to run a race were almost one hundred times more likely to run that race than those who did not intend to participate. It seems that, ultimately, the way to get a runner to participate is to get them to preregister for the race. The authors observe that combining this with discounts, attractive prizes and other incentives can have a drastic impact on encouraging people to sign-up in the future. This article can be a valuable resource for a race organiser when trying to create a balanced and attractive event, as well as giving an insight into how people think when considering signing up to a 5km race.


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Hedi Slimane is one of my favorite photographers for a number of reasons. The pictures from the concerts and parties he goes to could easily be really cobrasnake-y but aren't. He'll compare one set of photos with another to highlight the similarities-or differences-of two things, like putting pictures of a rose throughout a set of Courtney Love photos. I don't know who most of the people he photographs are but I want to learn more about each one. He didn't even study photography in school (come to think of it, few of my favorite designers studied fashion. Rei, the Mulleavys, Vivienne Westwood...)
Anyway, these are the kinds of photos that can take my breath away and make me think at the same time. Nothing but love.
All from the Hedi Slimane Diary. I was gonna put some of these on the same photo to make this less lengthy but you can't really pair any of them together, they need to be seen on their own. Now go look at the other thousands of photos he's taken!


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Dispositions at the Rio+20 Intersessional . . .
The 2nd Intersessional for the Rio+20 summit was the first UN intergovernmental conference that I have ever attended. I attended the Intersessional as part of NRDC's team under the NGO – Major Groups sector. It was interesting to observe the different profiles of country representatives and their dispositions at the Intersessional. Sitting through both days, I observed that the general disposition in the room appeared to be ladened with weariness for rhetorics, there was no clear enthusiasm associated with change or the promise of change, rather there were mixed dispositions amongst country and civil society delegates. The general disposition of country delegates appeared to be a simple 'tick in the box of attendance' at the 2nd Intersessional for the Rio+20 summit. Even the brilliant comments, questions and commitments from countries or groups of countries…
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It has been the 20 years since the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) where historic declarations and conventions were agreed up such as Agenda 21 – the blueprint for sustainable development, the Forest Principles, the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). We had established the the UN Commission on Sustainable Development and we had agreed acted upon the "Our Common Future" that was produced five years before in 1987. Twenty five years in the making during the recent Rio+20 intersession in NYC we were making some progress in articulating our common future which is still development for all without comprising our environment for future generations.
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It was a great opportunity to work with NRDC through the course on 'International Organizations and Conferences'. It enabled me gain deeper insights into Rio +20. Green economy and Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development are the main themes of the conference. Rio +20, the second earth summit being held after 20 years of the first earth summit, will determine the future of environmental governance and thereby the future of "Our" course of action!
As a part of Yale delegation, I attended the 2nd Intersessional meeting of Rio+20 in New York during 15-16 December 2011. The objective of the meeting was to discuss the structure and format of the zero draft of the outcome document. All the member states and other organizations submitted their inputs on zero draft by Nov…
On Route to Rio+20, sitting in on the US delegation's briefing at the Second Intersessional Meeting for Rio+20 in NYC
Rio+20 is going to be held in 6 months; however, it is more likely that you've heard about Brazil's upcoming World Cup and Olympics. Rio +20 marks two decades since the landmark 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) conference in the same city that gathered 108 world leaders to discuss the green economy and sustainable development. Through Yale's FES 850a International Organizations and Conferences course and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) I had a chance to attend a planning meeting for Rio+20, the Second Intersessional Meeting for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) in New York City on December 15-16, 2011.
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Green Economy and Institutional Framework are supposed to be the two major topics for Rio next year, but last week in New York intersession, country delegates spent much more time on other topics than the two idealistic terms.
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UNITAR is hosting a series of workshops in the Rio+20 preparation forum. This time the workshop's objective is to reflect upon the role of environmentally sound technologies for sustainable development.
Feature speakers will concentrate in presenting diverse proposals regarding technologies and their role in the Rio+20 main themes. Special guests' participation will range from the contribution of technologies in sustainable development and a government summit for proposals on ICT technologies to advance sustainable development solutions. Selected partners' cutting edge solutions will address research, implementation, transfer and deployment of "green" technologies facing the challenges of sustainable development. Up to date discussions regarding economic development, poverty alleviation and…
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Will China's Panda Market be a Bear or a Bull for International Carbon Linking?
The Ring of Fire is ablaze with the new carbon trading schemes sweeping around the Pacific Rim. New Zealand is home to the first mandatory trading scheme outside of the EU, and the governments of both California and Australia have recently approved trading programs that will become operational in the coming years. Japan, which is pulling out of the Kyoto agreements in 2012, has been proposing the widespread adoption of bilateral carbon offset mechanisms for countries no longer part of those agreements, and at the municipal level, both Tokyo and Saitama are experimenting with urban carbon markets. Meanwhile, China and South Korea have plans to scale out national emissions trading schemes by 2015 as well.


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Preservation in Progress! Click on image to get a better look at the banner posted by one of Missouri's recent CLGs
The Missouri Certified Local Government (CLG) Program is administered in Missouri by the Department of Natural Resources' State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). The program came into existence as a result of 1980 Congressional amendments to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. The CLG program is designed to expand the historic preservation network of the federal and state governments by creating a mechanism for participation of local governments.
The requirements for participation in the Missouri CLG program -- enacting a historic preservation ordinance, appointing a preservation commission, conducting an ongoing survey and inventory of historic properties, and conducting public outreach and education -- are flexible so that a preservation program can be tailored to meet the needs of the special historic characteristics as well as the modern concerns of the applicant community.
Implementing a historic preservation program at the local level is the best protection that can be devised for the cultural resources of a community. The local program determines what is important to the community, independent of National Register of Historic Places eligibility; and determines the extent and stringency of the protection to be given by means of landmark and district ordinances and design review guidelines.
As partners in the national historic preservation network of the National Park Service, the state historic preservation offices, and local government, CLGs have two distinct advantages. First, the SHPO is required to provide technical training on a variety of preservation topics and issues to CLG commissions and will prioritize response to CLGs on technical assistance requests. Second, federal law requires that a minimum of 10 percent of the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) grants administered by the SHPO must be awarded to CLGs. A special set of funding priorities are determined each year and may include preparation of nominations for local districts and landmarks: design guidelines; professional staff assistance; long-range comprehensive preservation planning projects; and outreach and education projects. Applications for the next CLG grant round will be available in June. For more information, please contact our office at 573-751-7858 or by email.


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Fish and Game officials say they don't want birdfeeders to become "bear feeders"
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) � New Hampshire Fish and Game officials want backyard birdfeeders to be taken down by Monday as bears begin getting active.
Officials say last year set a record for the number of conflicts between bears and people, in large part because weather conditions led to a poor natural food supply.
They say they fielded more than 1,100 complaints statewide, nearly 10 percent of them involving bears and birdfeeders and another 40 percent prompted by bears rummaging through household trash.
Game bear biologist Andrew Timmins says if homeowners can reduce complaints by half if they would take in bird feeders until Dec. 1 and secure their trash.
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QR Codes: Passing Fad or Brilliant Marketing Tool?
Help members scan their way to your CU's bottom line.
Somehow, the best marketing tool of the online era is still flying under the radar of many small businesses. QR (Quick Response) codes are a two-dimensional type of barcode, originally designed by a Japanese automaker to revolutionize the manufacturing inventory process.
These powerful little gizmos have an almost unlimited ability to assist any business in tracking and improving a variety of processes. But they really shine when used to help with marketing efforts.
So, how do they work? Well, let's start at the end and work our way back.
For marketing purposes, QR codes are read by your prospect or customer using a smartphone application. ScanLife, QuickMark, Optiscan, Barcode Scanner, and the Goggle QR code application are just a few of the many options available.
You can include a QR code in your marketing materials, on your business cards, or on promotional items, and when your prospect scans your code with her mobile device, she is directed to text, video, photos, music—or even a URL of your choosing.
The obvious advantages for customers include the instant access to your content and the convenience of not having to write down (or try to memorize) a phone number or web address for later use.
Many potential customers are lost every day to the lag between exposure to your brand and the time it takes to get to a computer or phone. QR codes let you take that lag out of the equation. They're extremely cost-effective, simple to use, and almost limitless in their potential.
You can generate your own QR codes easily, quickly, and cheaply (can you say, "free?") using a code generator such as Kimtag, iCandy, Kaywa, or a host of other code generators that are available for free or as part of a QR services suite.
StickyBits will even produce your QR codes on stickers or temporary tattoos, for even more fun options.
Codes no longer have to be homely little squares of squiggles either. QR codes can be crafted into your company logo and colors, or shaped to resemble almost anything, such as a dog or a house
Each code can store almost anything the creative marketer can imagine.
Although the sky's the limit for getting creative with QRs, let's talk about some specific examples where QR codes can help you market your company:
• Promotional materials. Many companies like to give away swag at trade shows, seminars, or sales presentations. Imprint a QR code on your swag, and potential customers will never lose the ability to connect with you.
Attach a limited special offer to the code that isn't available to the general public, and you'll create instant urgency and brand loyalty.
• E-cards. Imagine your business card supersized! On your business card, include a QR code that will allow the recipient to scan your information instantly into his smartphone contacts.
Or, have the QR code direct your potential customer to your website or Facebook page.
• Window or trade-show displays.
Right now, you may be asking, "What's the downside?" Well, actually there is one disadvantage of note.
Many people don't know what QR codes really are or how to use them. But this problem is simple to overcome.
Place a blurb in your marketing materials explaining what the QR code does and where to find a scanning app. You will give your curious customers all the help they need to start scanning their way into your bottom line!
This article was written by The Small Business Authority, which provides business lending, merchant processing, data storage, and website design, development, and hosting. The company is a CUNA Strategic Services strategic alliance provider.


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Once a club for favored developers, Google's Glass Explorer Program will open its doors to the general public on Tuesday, April 15, starting at 6 a.m. PDT.
Adults in the US are eligible to join, at a cost of $1,500 plus tax — apropos given that April 15th is the deadline to file tax returns in the US. That sum will buy the latest version of Google Glass, the company's somewhat coveted and surprisingly controversial computerized eyewear. This is not the general consumer release, which presumably is still planned for later this year.
"Our Explorers are moms, bakers, surgeons, rockers, and each new Explorer has brought a new perspective that is making Glass better," Google said via a Google+ post. "But every day we get requests from those of you who haven't found a way into the program yet, and we want your feedback too. So in typical Explorer Program fashion, we're trying something new."
Previously Google allowed developers at Google I/O to join its program and asked others seeking Glass to demonstrate their worthiness by tweeting some high-minded or laudable planned use for the device in conjunction with the #ifihadglass hashtag.
Now the barrier to entry will be lowered, but only temporarily: Google says the number of spots in its program is limited.
So too is interest in using Glass. A Forrester report last year said that only 12% of US online consumers would be interested in computerized eyeglasses like Glass. As a point of comparison, 28% said they'd be interested in wearing a computerized watch.
Google recently unveiled a version of Android suited for just such a watch. Its Android hardware partners are expected to release Android Wear watches later this year. Apple is also said to be working on a computerized watch.
Rather than trying to convincing consumers to embrace something few appear to want, Google has started promoting Glass as a tool for enterprise use. The company has launched an initiative called Glass At Work to woo developers working on projects that could bring Glass to the workplace.
Though Glass is still being offered only to individuals in the US, researchers in the UK obtained several Glass headsets and used them to test how Glass could be useful to Parkinson's patients. Other pilot programs at medical institutions, such as the one at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, suggest that Glass has a future in healthcare and other industries where professionals could benefit from technology that doesn't tax the hands.
To win over the general public, Google needs to find a way to convince people that its $1,500 eyewear isn't a symbol of elitist excess, of disregard for privacy, or of social cluelessness.
Our InformationWeek Elite 100 issue — our 26th ranking of technology innovators — shines a spotlight on businesses that are succeeding because of their digital strategies. We take a close at look at the top five companies in this year's ranking and the eight winners of our Business Innovation awards, and offer 20 great ideas that you can use in your company. We also provide a ranked list of our Elite 100 innovators. Read our InformationWeek Elite 100 issue today.
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Pierburg established, at the start of 2009, its own Commercial Diesel Systems business unit, whose products are specifically tailored to the needs of light-, medium-, and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, operating both on/off the highway.
The unit has set itself the goal of marketing as first-tier supplier an extensive range of engine components. Based on longstanding competence and a solid market position in emission-reduction technologies for cars, the Commercial Diesel Systems business unit will apply and market this know-how increasingly to match the stiffer demands and mileages associated with light-, medium-, and heavy-duty diesel engines, while reverting to the systems competence of all Pierburg product areas.
The comprehensive expertise in the area of air and exhaust gas management was combined with proven air supply products such as throttles, as well as pollutant reduction units like exhaust gas recirculation valves, exhaust gas coolers, exhaust gas valves, exhaust gas mass flow sensors and secondary air systems.
Additionally, in developing a number of new products, Commercial Diesel Systems has given added impetus to its first-tier systems approach as illustrated by a completely new family of turbochargers and a new kind of sensor for measuring exhaust gas mass flow. Currently at the market launch stage are new EGR valves including coolers as well as throttles, actuators, and exhaust-gas flaps specifically developed for the heavy-duty truck market.


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Celebrate the American Spirit with inspiring world-class performances at Dolly Parton's Stampede Dinner Attraction!
Tighten your bootstraps for a powerful performance featuring 32 magnificent horses and cast of top-notch trick riders in a 35,000 square foot arena. Thrill to a friendly North and South competition, horse riding stunts at top speeds, spectacular special effects, phenomenal musical productions all while you enjoy a mouth-watering four-course family feast! Also, Stampede's SKEETER & NUGGET™ comedy feature delivers a huge helping of family-friendly comedy at every show!
Family members of all ages and groups of all sizes agree that Dolly Parton's Stampede is the perfect combination of world-class entertainment and fantastic four-course dining. If that wasn't enough, in addition to our main event, every Stampede ticket also includes pre-show entertainment in our world famous Carriage Room featuring our Opening Act where the entire family can enjoy the fun and excitement.
Only Dolly Parton's Stampede brings you this diverse mix of talent in such a family-friendly atmosphere. You won't want to miss it!
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Children under the age of 3 are free only if they sit in a parent's lap and eat from their plate. If you wish for your child to receive a seat or a meal, a regular children's admission will apply.
The Carriage Room Opening Act begins 50 minutes prior to our exciting show. Plan ahead so you don't miss our fabulous opening act!
Each Stampede Show Ticket includes general admission, a fabulous four-course feast, and spectacular show.
Our facilities are fully accessible for individuals with special needs. Please advise us if members of your party have a wheelchair, hearing assistance or other special needs and we will gladly accommodate you.
The Stampede Dinner Attraction involves live animals, dramatic lighting, sound and pyrotechnics. If you or anyone in your party has allergies or medical conditions, please be advised to take the necessary precautions prior to entering the facility.
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When: Depart Aug. 17-19; 24-26, 31, Sept. 1, 2, 7-9, 14-16, 21-23, 28-30, Oct. 5-7, 12-14, 19-21, 25-28, Nov. 2-4, 9-11, 16-18, 23-25, 30, Dec. 1, 2, 7, 8, 2010.
Gateways: L.A.; add $85 for Denver; $175 for New York City, Sacramento; $200 for Dallas; $225 for Atlanta, Chicago; additional gateways available.
The fine print: Does not include airport taxes and fees of about $40 per person. Based on double occupancy; single supplement is $200. Based on Tuesday through Thursday departures. Kids under 17 stay free. Breakfast is not included. Read these guidelines before you book any Real Deal.
Book by: July 31, 2010.
Contact: Apple Vacations, 800/517-2000, applevacations.com.
Why it's a deal: According to a recent search on Kayak, the lowest round-trip fares between L.A. and Honolulu start from $396 with taxes for travel in late August (United). Add to that about $202 per person for six nights in a city-view room at the Maile Sky Court, including taxes, and your total for accommodations and airfare is $598 when booked independently. For $9 less, this Apple Vacations package includes the round-trip flight, six nights' accommodations with a free upgrade to an ocean-view room, round-trip airport-hotel transfers, and all taxes and fees.
More: Optional activities include a tour of the island ($57 per person) and surfing lessons ($75 per person). Additional nights at the Maile Sky Court start from $35 per person per night.
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"Pitch Perfect" star Anna Kendrick kicked off her "Saturday Night Live" hosting debut with an epic musical number.
The actress started her opening monologue talking about how seeing "Beauty and the Beast" on Broadway at 10 years old sparked her love for performing and on cue the song, "Belle," kicked in. With the help of the entire "SNL" cast and executive producer Lorne Michaels, Kendrick reenacted the Disney musical number with lyrics that described all the prep to be the show's host.
In another Disney spoof, Kendrick played a modern version of Ariel from "The Little Mermaid," who only sings songs like Ke$ha's "We Are Who We Are," and Britney Spears' "Womanizer." The movie's villain, Ursula (Adily Bryant) is shocked to hear Ariel's voice change.
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"Isn't it beautiful? It's how the humans are singing now," Ariel responded.
Kendrick, who snagged an Oscar nomination for "Up in the Air," also starred in two dance sketches, "Les Jeunes De Paris," which paid tribute to Kendrick's "Cups" song and music video entitled, "Dongs All Over the World."
The cold open spoofed new General Motors CEO Mary Barra's (Kate McKinnon) testimony before Congress about an ignition switch defect that has been linked to 13 deaths.
"I can't tell you why it took GM so long to address this safety issue, but I promise we are investigating the matter fully, because I represent the new GM, which is all about honesty and transparency," Barra said.
As Barra took questions promising honesty, she gave obscure and confusing answers. Representative Diana DeGette (Cecily Strong) asked Barra when she found out about the ignition problem.
"That's part of our investigation," Barra responded.
"So you don't know when you knew?" asked Degette.
"I am looking into knowing when I first knew about it, but I won't know the results of that knowing until I know for sure," Barra responded.
In a mock segment of "Fox and Friends," Steve Doocy (Taran Killam) Elisabeth Hasselbeck (Vannessa Bayer) and Brian Kilmeade (Bobby Moynihan) discussed Obamacare (the deadline to sign up was March 31) and climate change.
Bethany Ravenel (Anna Kendrick), was interviewed as a "victim of Obamacare" and claimed she suffers from several debilitating conditions such as tiredness, mood swings and having problems with certain foods.
"Like if I drink a lot of alcohol, I just black out," she said.
Hasselbeck also asked her to elaborate on how she lost her job thanks to Obamacare.
"That's right, this thing's a job killer," said Kendrick's character. "My boss down at the restaurant said that everybody had to have healthcare, but I'm no good with a computer so I had a few drinks and the next thing I know my boss has got himself stabbed with a fork and I'm out of a job!"
Fox's "Cosmo's" host Neil deGrasse Tyson (Kenan Thompson) showed up to explain the U.N.'s most recent study on climate change.
"It's an indisputable fact that the world is getting warmer," Tyson said.
"Warmer?" asked Doocy, "Tell that to the Polar Vortex."
The "Weekend Update" also focused on Obamacare as well as ongoing tensions with Russia over Ukraine's Crimea.
"President Obama announced this week that 7.1 million people have signed up for insurance through the Affordable Care Act, exceeding his original goal of just making it through the next two years," said Cecily Strong.
Colin Jost interviewed German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Kate McKinnon) who shed some light on her recent conversations with Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
"Working with Putin is like being cornered at a party by a guy who just started Cross-Fit," said Merkel.
"So he talks a lot?" said Jost.
"I'm using up all my mobile minutes, and in Germany minutes do not roll over they stand up and get right back to work," she said. "It's exhausting Colin, I mean I am the one on the phone with Putin all day long. All Obama does is ask me, 'So, how is he?'"
She also explained the difference between Obama and Putin: "Obama is the polite one, the one who shows up with a corsage before the prom and hugs your mother. Putin, is the bad boy, the one sitting on the hood of his Volkwagen in a leather jacket and then he takes you up to make-out point.
Pharrell Williams performed his Oscar nominated hit, "Happy," a well "Marylin Monroe" off his album "G I R L," with an accompanying orchestra conducted by Hans Zimmer.
Pharrell also starred in a sketch as himself, casting back-up singers for an upcoming performance. Kendrick and cast member Vanessa Bayer, played twins and auditioned together singing "Take Me or Leave Me" from the "Rent" soundtrack. Bayer was clearly the worse of the two, but Williams was only interested in her. Williams, sporting his now-famous hat, was sitting between two colleagues (Kenan Thompson and Taran Killam). Both wore hats similar to Williams' and claimed they began wearing the hat long before he debuted it at the Grammys.
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Francis Xavier Morgan
Father Francis Xavier Morgan (January 18, 1857 - June 11, 1935) was a Roman Catholic priest at the Birmingham Oratory in Birmingham. He was half Welsh and half Anglo-Spanish.
He took care of Mabel Tolkien during her illness, and took over custody of Ronald and Hilary Tolkien after her death. Father Francis was a pipe-smoker and Tolkien derived his own custom from this.
Father Francis Xavier Morgan, forbade Tolkien to see Edith Bratt until he was twenty-one because he saw her as a distraction from his studies. With one exception, Tolkien obeyed this instruction to the letter while Father Morgan's guardianship lasted.
Tolkien named his first son, John Francis Reuel after him.[1]
In 2013, José Manuel Ferrández Bru published La Conexion Española de J.R.R. Tolkien, a Spanish-language biography about Francis Xavier Morgan.[2]
[edit] See also
- Letter to Father Francis Morgan (letter)
[edit] External links
- Father Francis Xavier Morgan (1935) (by F. Philip Lynch; Birmingham Oratory; accessed 9.3.2016).
- Tolkien and the Oratory (Birmingham Oratory; accessed 9.3.2016).
- "J.R.R. Tolkien' Spanish Connection" by José Manuel Ferrández Bru
- ↑ Humphrey Carpenter, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
- ↑ "juanito panchacoco", "A biography of Fr. Francis is published (#24179)" dated 25 March 2013, Mythsoc mailing list (accessed 25 March 2013)


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Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) with a Design Thinking Focus, Melbourne - November
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Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 9:30 AM - Friday, November 30, 2018 at 5:00 PM (AEDT)
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Learn from a highly experienced Scrum Trainer and Practitioner, and the only Certified Scrum Trainer in Australia who has worked as a Scrum Product Owner! The workshop will be small and hands-on
About the Course
Dates: Thursday 29th - Friday 30th November for this training workshop with certification
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This workshop is run as a small group with some hands on practical exercises and simulations, discussion and lecture with real world examples.
Learn the skills of great Product Ownership. Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Training is specifically intended for those individuals who will become, work with, or select Product Owners from an experienced Product Owner & Trainer. The CSPO course only covers Scrum from the point of view of the Product Owner Role, and then goes into more detail on this role as well as spending time on "skills training" such as Roles Workshops, Project Chartering and User Stories.
This course is most suitable for Product Owners, Business Owners, Producers, business-focused Project Managers and staff assisting with requirements and their priority (e.g. Business Analysts and Subject Matter Experts), solution architecture (e.g. Solution Architects and Tech Leads), planning and coaching (e.g. ScrumMasters and Agile Coaches). Whilst there is some overlap in material between the CSM and the CSPO, many students, especially those going into the ScrumMaster role have found it valuable to attend both classes as the perspective the material is approached from differs.
This course is taught by the highly experienced Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer Simon Bennett. Simon has over 20 years real-world experience in software and hardware development, and Chair of the Product Owner Panel at the Munich Scrum Gathering. From 2008 through 2010 Simon was also the Product Owner for the Scrum for Team System TFS process template.
Simon has considerable experience in organisational agile adoption, large scale Scrum and using Scrum in an offshore environment, as well as successfully blending Scrum with other methods including UCD. Over the last 12 years have been focused on using Agile frameworks and methods including Scrum, XP, Crystal & Kanban. His wealth of experience and passion for Product Ownership brings a unique depth and flavour to the course, as students will learn from real world case studies rather than only theory and simulations.
Simon is a renowned speaker at Agile Conferences (Agile 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014) and Global Scrum Gatherings (2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2017) and User Groups, Agile Australia, LKNA13, ALM Summit3, Agile2013, Agile2012, the London Scrum Gathering, South Africa Scrum Gatherings (including the opening & closing keynotes), GOTO Berlin & Agile Vietnam. Most recentlly speaking & delivering the Keynote at Agile Israel and in Sweden at From Business to Buttons for UX, Service Design & Sustainability and in NYC at LeanUX the definitive conference for Design Thinking, Lean Thinking, Complexity & Dev Ops, and spoke about Product Ownership at Scrum Australia in Melbourne last September
Course Outline
At the end of the two day CSPO workshop, each participant should at a minimum know:
- What Agile is and how it differs from Waterfall
- How empirical process control differs from predictive process control and what this means for measuring project success.
- What the Scrum Framework is and how it promotes Agility
- The Responsibilities & Authority of each of the roles inside the Scrum Framework with a focus on the responsibilities of the Product Owner role
- A working knowledge of Agile estimation principles
- Product Owner Relevant Artefacts
- The Definition of Done
- The Lag to Live
- A detailed understanding of the Product Backlog and Product Backlog Items
- A detailed understanding of the enhanced Release Burndown Chart
- Scrum Meetings relevant to the Product Owner
- Project Chartering
- Release Planning
- Sprint Planning
- Sprint Review
- In Sprint Activities relevant to the Product Owner
- Product Backlog Grooming
- Release Management
- Relevant Agile Skills
- User Roles
- User Stories
- Story Splitting Strategies
Please register online with credit or debit card. Please contact Saffron Bennett if you would like to book by invoice or have any questions.
Discounts for charities and groups available, please contact us.
Included in the booking:
- Certification (on meeting participation requirements)
- 2 years membership with the Scrum Alliance
- 2 full days training with a Certified Scrum Trainer & highly experienced Product Owner
- Letter of course completion for your employer and/or a professional body (PMI/ACS) for PDUs upon request
- Hearty lunch, pastries & fruit during the course
- Coffee & tea on demand
- Workbook
- Electronic course materials
About the Venue
Conveniently located in central Melbourne. Lunch and morning & afternoon tea is provided to suit most diets but please let us know if you have any allergies or special needs
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Cliftons Melbourne
440 Collins Street
Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 9:30 AM - Friday, November 30, 2018 at 5:00 PM (AEDT)
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After having welcomed in the new year with a night of firecrackers and fireworks, everyone has had to return to the hardships and cruelties of their daily lives.
Some have had to face harsher realities than others, because of the government's recent high-handed and imperious land seizures: Many people have, in effect, become refugees in their own country.
On Thursday, a group of people who were forcefully removed from their homes summoned the courage to gather outside the Ministry of the Interior in Taipei to protest against the government's actions.
During the demonstration, they accused the unreasonable and domineering government of violating the Constitution and committing other human rights violations by depriving the protesters of their homes, and leaving them in a state of constant anxiety and concern.
The demonstrators were residents of Leshan Village (樂善村) in Guishan Township (龜山鄉), Taoyuan County. Their calm and peaceful lives were disrupted when the government proposed its plan to build the A7 station of the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport MRT.
The initiative drained the color from their lives, leaving them in an empty black-and-white void because of the government's intentions to sweep them brusquely aside and expropriate their land.
Prior to the expropriation proceedings, the government is to hold a "pre-auction," to auction the land to developers. It is appalling to think that the government will forcefully sell off the land while those who own it are sitting in their homes on that same land.
A very small portion of this land has been set aside for the development of affordable housing, but a much larger area has been designated for industry and construction.
The government is clearly driving up land prices in order to bring in capital and improve its fiscal situation.
Villagers approached the Control Yuan for help and information about the government's actions. In an investigative report conducted by the Control Yuan, the reason given by the interior ministry for the pre-auction was that without one, the deadline for completion of the MRT station's construction would likely not be met.
The ministry also said that such a procedure would not harm the rights or interests of those who own the land in the area.
This is nothing but a barefaced lie and the Control Yuan directed harsh criticism at the Cabinet, saying that in the absence of any legislation to support such a move, the unscrupulous pre-auctioning of land that is still the property of private citizens shows a lack of respect for private property rights and also violates fundamental rights guaranteed in the Constitution.
In its criticism, the Control Yuan also said that this would lead to public fear and unease, resulting in public complaints, and this should not be the kind of policy making up the foundations of a government.
In his new year's address, President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) asked that Taiwanese show tolerance and forgiveness toward each other.
The irony is that what is happening is the stronger parties are bullying the weaker ones, chasing them from their own land, and the main culprit behind this exploitation of the public is the government –– the very one that is led by Ma.
Hsu Shih-jung is a professor in the Department of Land Economics at National Chengchi University.


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Kev came across this gem in his internet travel ....
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness,you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
If you have never experienced the anger of the battle, the loneliness of imprisonment,the agony of torture or the pangs of starvation,you are ahead of 500 milllion people in the world.
If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harrassment, arrest, torture or death... you are more blessed than 3 billion people.
If you have food in the refrigerator , clothes on your back, a roof overhead ,and a place to sleep... you are richer than 75% of this world.
If you have money in the bank,in your wallet and spare change in a dish someplace.... you are the top 8% of the world's wealthy.