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Like a million layers of James Franco.
I suppose art has always been vain but James Franco, the Artist, seems to be stretching that vanity to new limits. This is Franco last night at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Francophrenia (Or: Don't Kill Me, I Know Where The Baby Is). And this is the official festival synopsis of the film:
Francophrenia is a brilliant, cutting-edge collaboration between famed actor and avant-garde artist James Franco and award-winning filmmaker and editor Ian Olds. When Franco signed up for an acting gig on the soap opera General Hospital, he brought along a crew to film behind-the-scenes action on set at Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art, creating a glimpse into the strange world of celebrity in both its public and private moments.
Working with this "found footage," director Ian Olds repurposes Franco's material into an experimental psychological thriller focusing on the actor's escalating paranoia. It is a mind-bending meditation on identity—of the individual human being whose name is James Franco, the performance artist Franco that he plays in the television soap opera, and the movie star James Franco. Added to these multiple personae, Olds and fellow screenwriter Paul Felten add a subjective interior monologue (spoken by Olds playing the voice of Franco, in fact) that underscores the conflicted relationship between these various facets of the same being. The fragile psychology of "Franco," teetering on the edge (both literally and figuratively), is enhanced by the introduction of experimental tropes throughout the film, including reverse action, abstraction, animation, and multiple-screen imagery, all set within the context of a dramatic suspense narrative.
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VESTAL, N.Y. – UMBC sophomore forward Alexa Quaranta's (Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall) goal in the 107th minute helped the Retrievers to a 1-0 win, their first America East victory since Sept. 26, 2010, in Thursday night's women's soccer game at Bearcats Sports Complex.
Quaranta's score was her third of the season, tying for a team best, and the first game-winner of her career.
UMBC earns its first win versus Binghamton in 12 tries and moves to 6-4-2 overall and 1-1-0 in America East play, while Binghamton falls to 5-4-2 on the season and 0-1-1 in league action.
UMBC saw the best opportunity of the opening half, as Quaranta sent a turnaround shot toward the far right side of the net in the 27th minute, but BU's goalkeeper Carrie Martin came up with one of three saves in the first period to keep the games scoreless at the break.
After a scoreless 90 minutes, Binghamton continued to the place the pressure on UMBC senior goalkeeper Lauren Kadet (Oakville, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas), tallying four of its 15 shots in the contest during the overtime periods. Kadet, the Retrievers all-time leader in saves, finished with five stops in the game.
Freshman forward Amanda Dailey (Howell, N.J./Freehold Township/Monmouth) started the second overtime with UMBC's first shot in the overtime periods with 106:30 on the clock. Quaranta's goal came 17 seconds later, one of three shots placed on goal by the sophomore in the contest, beating goalkeeper Gaby Gold from close range.
UMBC returns home for America East action on Sunday, Oct. 6 when it hosts Albany for Alumni Day. Game time is set for 1 p.m. at Retriever Soccer Park, with all UMBC women's soccer alumni receiving free admission.
Game Notes
-The Retrievers last conference victory came on Sept. 26, 2010 at Vermont, a 2-0 victory.
-UMBC's 13 goals is more than the Retrievers scored all of last season and the most goals scored since the 2010 season when it also scored 13 goals.

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The real deal with Sarbanes-Oxley: Perspectives for the security manager
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Act of 2002 (SOX). But many folks only know that SOX may have an implied security requirement, without really understanding the source of that requirement. In this discussion, we delve below the surface and examine how SOX applies to the work done by the security manager.
SOX was signed into law on July 30, 2002, in order to hold chief executives and chief financial officers of public companies accountable for certifications of the financial reports from their companies. Those individuals can face criminal penalties if those certifications are untrue. SOX also established the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The PCAOB, appointed and overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), can investigate audits of public companies, along with the auditors of those companies. As a result of their investigations, the PCAOB may impose sanctions on either firms or individuals for violations of securities laws and regulations.
Application to security managers
From the perspective of a security manager, SOX creates a potential need for additional information security and compliance planning. Specifically, Section 404 (Management Assessment of Internal Controls) calls for rules to be prescribed that require a company to provide an internal control report in its annual report. That internal control report must state the management responsibility for providing an adequate internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting. The internal control report must also contain an assessment of the effectiveness of the internal control structures and procedures.
- Learn more about SOX in the SearchSecurity article, Security and Sarbanes-Oxley.
- SearchSecurity expert Ben Wright offers more insight on Sarbanes-Oxley violations.
- SearchSecurity expert Kevin Beaver helps define "internal controls" under Sarbanes-Oxley.
While the nexus between information security and internal controls is fairly straightforward, the language of the law is somewhat ambiguous. Complicating the matter is the fact that the PCAOB has not yet issued standards for how the controls under Section 404 must be tested and according to what criteria. Notwithstanding the lack of guidance, some insight can be garnered from PCAOB Proposed Auditing Standard On Audit Documentation And Proposed Amendment To Interim Auditing Standards (PCAOB Release No. 2003-023) (the "Proposed Standard").
According to Section 4 of the Proposed Standard, audit documentation typically consists of any number of documents that may be in paper or electronic form. Furthermore, according to Section 5 of the Proposed Standard, the documentation must contain sufficient information to allow an auditor "to (a.) understand the nature, timing, extent, and results of the procedures performed, evidence obtained, and conclusions reached, and (b.) to determine who performed the work and the date such work was completed as well as the person who reviewed the work and the date of such review." Finally, Section 13 through Section 17 of the Proposed Standard address storage and subsequent changes to the documentation.
Since the Proposed Standard acknowledges that most business documentation is in electronic form, one adequate internal control to meet the requirements of Section 5 is information security. Without confidentiality, authentication, data integrity, availability, non-repudiation and other information security services, those requirements are difficult to meet.
SOX compliance
Since no specific guidance exists (yet) regarding information security under SOX, security managers must use their professional judgment in determining how to implement a compliant information security deployment. However, a number of organizations have produced documents or checklists that give guidance on SOX compliance. Not all of these documents are security-related, but many offer generic guidance that would be useful to a security manager. A few of these include COSO, Cobit, ISO-17799, along with publications from ISACA and the AICPA.
- COSO (Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission) -- In 2003, COSO released an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Framework for public comment, which provides information on enterprise risk management for all organizations. Most importantly, COSO recognizes that enterprise risk management is a process. It is "not one event or circumstance, but a series of actions that permeate an entity's activities." The Framework also identifies the inter-relationships between enterprise risk management and internal control. A draft of the Framework can be accessed at www.erm.coso.org.
- CobiT (Control Objectives for Information and related Technology) -- The IT Governance Institute and the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) jointly published a resource that would be useful to security managers seeking to comply with SOX. The guidelines, known as CobiT, provide a governance model for IT operations. Further information on CobiT can be found at www.isaca.org/cobit.htm.
- ISO-17799 -- A third source of good information on information security that would be useful for SOX compliance is the ISO-17799 standard. ISO-17799 provides a framework for implementing an information security program. The framework defines a variety of security controls and outlines a risk management approach, but it does not specify a particular means for implementation. A number of good resources exist detailing ISO-1799. The standard itself can be purchased from ISO at http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/prods-services/ISOstore/store.html.
- General SOX Guidance -- In addition to Cobit, ISACA provides a set of IT Control Objectives for SOX at http://www.isaca.org/. Similarly, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) provides a set of links for guidance and tools for SOX implementation at: http://www.aicpa.org/sarbanes/index.asp. Finally, the AICPA Store has a publication entitled: Internal Control Reporting -- Implementing Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404, available at http://www.cpa2biz.com.
Enforcement action
According to Section 3 of SOX, enforcement of SOX, or any rules or regulations promulgated under SOX, will be treated "in the same manner as a violation of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934." Consequently, an enforcement action related to information security would look much like any other SEC enforcement action. Specifically, the SEC would issue a complaint alleging a violation. This would then be adjudicated in federal court and a ruling would then be issued.
In the area of information security, such an allegation would likely result from an erroneous or fraudulent financial report, where the error or fraud occurred due to a lack of proper information security implementation. Such a situation could be characterized as a violation of Section 404's requirement that the internal control report contain "an assessment…of the effectiveness of the internal control structure and procedures of the issuer for financial reporting."
The bottom line
SOX may carry an implied information security requirement, which means security managers are at least partially responsible for helping their organizations come under compliance. The good news is, dates for SOX compliance have been recently extended -- to Nov. 15, 2004 for accelerated filers (originally June 15, 2004) and to July 15, 2005 for non-accelerated filers – and there are several resources at your disposal to assist in your compliance efforts.
About the author
Randy V. Sabett, J.D., CISSP, is an attorney in the Information Security and Cybercrime practice group at Cooley Godward LLP in Reston, VA and Co-Vice Chair of the ABA Information Security Committee. A frequent speaker and author, Randy teaches Information Policy at George Washington University. He is a patent attorney and also spent several years as a crypto engineer in the government and private industry.


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Man Who Tried to Kiss and Make Up with Girlfriend After Valentine's Day Argument Has Tongue Bitten Off
An ordinary Valentine's Day outing ended in bloodshed for one Illinois man after his girlfriend allegedly "bit off a large portion of his tongue" when he went in for a kiss.
According to prosecutors, 51-year-old Elaine Cook of Skokie and her 47-year-old boyfriend of 10 months got into a lover's spat after returning home from a date on Valentine's Day.
Cook eventually asked the unidentified man to leave, at which point Assistant State's Attorney Eve Reilly says he put on his shoes and headed for the door.
Before leaving he made one last attempt to patch things up.
"He told her they should stop fighting and went to kiss her," Reilly said, "and she bit off a large portion of his tongue."
The victim took off toward the sink with Cook just behind him. After she removed his tongue from her mouth, Cook tossed it on the counter and her boyfriend stuffed it into a bag with ice. He then phoned 911.
Unfortunately, doctors at Evanston Hospital were unable to reattach the tongue, but it seems the man is still capable of speech.
The Chicago Tribune reports that "most of the right side" of the man's tongue "is missing."
Cook, meanwhile, was arrested and charged with aggravated domestic battery. Her bail has been set at $100,000.


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Comedy star and television host Ellen DeGeneres will host the Academy Awards for a second time it was announced Friday.
"We are thrilled to have Ellen DeGeneres host the Oscars," said ceremony producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron in a statement. "There are few stars today who have Ellen's gift for comedy, with her great warmth and humanity."
"I agreed with Craig and Neil immediately that Ellen is the ideal host for this year's show," added Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Academy President. "We're looking forward to an entertaining, engaging and fun show."
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"I am so excited to be hosting the Oscars for the second time. You know what they say -- the third time's the charm," said DeGeneres in a statement. She first emceed the event in 2007.
DeGeneres is no stranger to hosting award shows. It was with grace and humility that she famously shepherded the 2001 Emmy Awards which took place in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. In August 2005 she returned to the Emmy hotseat and she also hosted the Grammy Awards in 1996 and 1997.
The star of the "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" also took to Twitter to announce the news in her typically tongue-in-cheek fashion:
It's official: I'm hosting the #Oscars! I'd like to thank @TheAcademy, my wife Portia and, oh dear, there goes the orchestra. — Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) August 2, 2013
Rumors have swirled for months over who would emcee the event in 2014. Seth MacFarlane hosted in February to mixed reviews and let it be known soon after that he would not be returning for back-to-back gigs.
When asked by a Twitter follower in the days following the Feb. 24 ceremony if he would host again should producers approach him, MacFarlane replied: "No way. Lotta fun to have done it, though."
Tina Fey also took herself out of the running for the job despite her highly praised turn co-hosting the Golden Globe Awards alongside Amy Poehler in 2012.
"I just feel like that gig is so hard," she told the Huffington Post in February. "Especially for, like, a woman -- the amount of months that would be spent trying on dresses alone...no way."
Luckily for DeGeneres she favors suits and ties over evening gowns when it comes to red carpet dressing.
The Academy Awards will be broadcast live on Sunday, March 2, 2014 on ABC.


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Most family organizations, historical societies, and genealogical societies publish magazines and newsletters. They typically focus on the records of a particular county, while a few may specialize in records of a particular ethnic group or religion.
Periodicals often include family genealogies and pedigrees, transcripts of local courthouse records, church records, family Bibles, and cemetery records.
They can also have articles on research methods; information about local records, archives, and services; and book advertisements and book reviews. You can place research advertisements or queries or requests for information about specific ancestors that can help you contact other interested researchers.
Periodical Names[edit | edit source]
Major Tennessee periodicals at the Family History Library include:
Ansearchin News. 1954–. Quarterly published by the Tennessee Genealogical Society, 9114 Davies Plantation Road, Brunswick, Tennessee 38014-1447. To view a list of these articles, visit their county index. To read digitized versions of the first 36 years of articles (Vols. 1-36), browse their archive or conduct a surname search. The Family History Library has a complete collection of the Ansearchin' News quarterly FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a. This contains abstracts of Bible, census, probate, court, and tax records from throughout the state.
East Tennessee Roots 1984–. Published quarterly. Rutledge, Tennessee: Thomas Edward Roach. This contains abstracts of Bible, cemetery, court, probate, tax, land, and vital records. (10 vols.). A subject index to these articles is available online. Surname indexes to Volumes 9 and 10 are also available online. The Family History Library has collected most issues of East Tennessee Roots FHL Book 976.8 D25e.
Family Findings. 1969–. Quarterly published by the Mid-West Tennessee Genealogical Society, 841 Sanford Street, Henderson, Tennessee 38340-2006. This contains abstracts of Bible, cemetery, marriage, census, military, and probate records, pedigree charts, and family group records. Most volumes have a surname index. (42+ vols.). The Family History Library has most issues of this quarterly FHL US/CAN 976.8 B2f.
Online at Internet Archive to 1979.
- Tables of contents for some volumes are available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb Project:
- Many articles from this publication have been reproduced on the TNGenWeb Project website, try this specialized Google search to retrieve them.
Holston Pastfinder
The Journal of East Tennessee History: A Publication of the East Tennessee Historical Society. 1929–. Published annually by the East Tennessee Historical Society, P.O. Box 1629, Knoxville, Tennessee 37901-1629. FHL Book 976.8 H25j.
Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History. 1995–. Quarterly published by the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society, P.O Box 190625, Nashville, Tennessee 37219-0625. (23+ Vols.). To view a list of these articles, visit their online Index to Articles (1988-2005). Surname indexes are also available online for Vols. 2-22. The website also offers back issues for sale in paper and on CD. The Family History Library has a complete collection of this quarterly FHL US/CAN Book 976.85 D25m. This includes Bible records, genealogies, county records, "how-to" articles, and book reviews.
The Pellissippian Genealogical articles with abstracts of Tennessee records were published in the The Pellissippian (25 vols., 1980-2004), the quarterly of the Pellissippi Genealogical and Historical Society. The society has posted tables of contents for all 25 volumes on their website. Back issues are available for purchase. The Family History Library has acquired the first 20 volumes FHL 976.8 D25p.
Tennessee Ancestors. 1985–. Published by the East Tennessee Historical Society, P.O. Box 1629, Knoxville, Tennessee 37901-1629. FHL Book 976.88 B2eta. This includes abstracts of church, cemetery, military, and census records; and how-to articles on research. It is indexed.
Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 1942–. Published by the Tennessee Historical Society, Ground Floor, War Memorial Building, Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0084. (Family History Library book 976.8 B2t; films [1].)] This contains articles on history with indexes and book reviews.
Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin Genealogical articles with abstracts of Tennessee records have been published in the Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin (39+ vols., 1972-present), the journal of the Watauga Association of Genealogists. The organization has posted tables of contents for most volumes on their website. Back issues are available for purchase.The Family History Library has a complete collection FHL Collection US/CAN Books 976.897 B2w], including Margaret W. Hougland and Betty Jane Hylton's Bulletin Subject Index: The First Thirty Years, 1972-2001 (Johnson City, Tenn.: Watauga Association of Genealogists, 2002) FHL Collection US/CAN Book 976.897 B2w index 1972-2001].
West Tennessee Historical Society Papers Family History Library has Volumes 1 - 16 and 30 FHL US/CAN Book 976.81 B5w.
The West Tennessee Historical Society Papers are indexed in PERiodical Source Index (PERSI)
To view Table of Contents and complete articles from 1947 - 2005 see Shelby County Register of Deeds
Periodical Indexes[edit | edit source]
Some of the periodicals listed above have annual indexes in the final issue for the year. For nationwide indexes to other family history periodicals, see:
- Periodical Source Index (PERSI). 31+ Volumes, Fort Wayne, Indiana: Allen County Public Library Foundation, 1986–.
- Family History Library book 973 D25per 1847–1985;
- Family History Library Fiche (1847–1985);
- Family History Library Book 973 D25per (1986–1997);
- Family History Library Fiche (1986–1990).
This indexes over 1.1 million articles in over 5,000 English-language and French Canadian family history periodicals. For further instructions, see the Periodical Source Index Resource Guide.
For easier-to-use, more complete, computer editions of the index, see:
Periodical Source Index CD-ROM. Orem, Utah: Ancestry and the Allen County Public Library Foundation, 1997. (Family History Library compact disc no. 61.) This disc does not circulate to Family History Centers. It merges all 31+ volumes into one index.
This database is available for a subscription fee at Ancestry ($).
For more family history periodicals, use the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:


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With a prevalence of 1 in every 10,000 to 50,000 people, hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a condition that few health care professionals will ever see in a patient. This autosomal dominant genetic disorder presents with recurrent, unpredictable, self-limiting attacks of edema.
Known triggers include hormonal changes, stress, and surgical procedures. But many patients experience attacks with no known stimuli, increasing the condition's overall complexity. The attacks usually last two to five days and can occur up to 100 times per year, although some patients experience them as infrequently as yearly.
The severity and location of edema during an HAE event can vary between attacks but generally the edema presents in three areas: beneath the skin, within the abdomen, and in the laryngeal region. Laryngeal edema can lead to obstruction of the upper airways and death in up to 50 percent of patients if undiagnosed and/or untreated. Even with current treatment, death can result.
The cause of the clinical symptoms of HAE is a defective or deficient C1 inhibitor (C1-INH), which is a modulator of coagulation pathways, complement activation, and bradykinin. In particular, C1-INH prevents C1 complement autoactivation, inactivates coagulation factors XIIa, XIIf, and XIa, and inhibits activated kallikrein. The main clinical effects of C1-INH deficiency ultimately involve accelerated release of bradykinin, which in turn enters the circulation and mediates rapid vascular permeability, leading to swelling, the hallmark of HAE.
HAE is unpredictable, and since it can be fatal, patients experience an increase in clinical depression as well as anxiety, absence from school and work, pain, and increased use of psychotropic and antidepressant medication.
There are both approved and off-label drugs used to treat patients with HAE. Current approved therapies include plasma-derived C1-INH replacements for long-term prophylaxis to prevent attacks, short-term prophylaxis before elective surgical procedures, and treatment of acute attacks.
Current approved therapies include marginally efficacious, intravenously administered, plasma-derived C1-INH replacements for long-term prophylaxis to prevent attacks, short-term prophylaxis before elective surgical procedures, and treatment of acute attacks. The only other approved drug is an inhibitor of kallikrein — ecallantide. It must be administered by a health care professional because of the risk of hypersensitivity and anaphylaxis.
Thus, until recently, there were no products that could be self-administered safely.
Antifibrinolytics such as tranexamic acid, E-aminocaproic acid and attenuated androgens such as danazol and stanozolol have been historically used off label for prevention and for treatment of acute attacks.
Despite the variety of drugs in use, there is still an unmet need in patients with HAE. In particular, early intervention has been linked with attenuation of attacks in that the severity is lessened and the likelihood of progressing to secondary anatomic sites is decreased. It is hoped that a new therapy, icatibant, marketed under the brand name Firazyr, will help these patients, as it may be self-administered by patients who have been trained to detect the signs and symptoms of HAE. In August of this year, the FDA approved this first-in-class drug for the treatment of acute attacks in people age 18 or older.
Icatibant is a synthetic decapeptide with a structure similar to bradykinin and a potent competitive bradykinin (B2) receptor antagonist. The B2 receptor is a protein receptor that is expressed in multiple tissues and once activated by bradykinin leads to the production of nitric oxide, prostacyclin, and cGMP, resulting in the characteristic clinical findings of HAE, namely vascular edema.
Although icatibant received orphan drug designation in November 2003, the FDA did not approve it until August 2011. Two phase III clinical trials (FAST-1 and FAST-2) were presented to the FDA in 2008, with the FDA making a determination that an additional phase III trial was needed to prove efficacy. A third trial, FAST-3, was completed and along with a self-administration study were subsequently submitted.
A total of 1,055 HAE attacks were treated with 30 mg of icatibant in clinical trials. This number included 115 laryngeal attacks.
All three clinical trials (FAST-1, -2, -3) were multicenter, randomized, double-blind, controlled parallel-group studies with open-label extensions. FAST-1 and -3 used isotonic sterile buffered solution as the placebo. FAST-2 used a common European treatment, tranexamic acid, as the comparator drug. For a number of patients, but not all, icatibant was used as an open-label drug for ethical reasons.
Consistent with other HAE drug studies, the endpoints for all icatibant clinical trials used a visual analog scale that measured self reported symptoms of primary importance to patients with HAE: skin and abdominal pain followed by skin swelling, voice change, and difficulty swallowing. There was a physician-assessed score of skin swelling, erythema, skin pain, abdominal pain, nausea, abdominal tenderness, vomiting, diarrhea, difficulty swallowing, voice change, breathing difficulty, stridor, and asphyxia.
Of great interest to patients and clinicians was the significant improvement in patients suffering from laryngeal attacks. Some of these patients received icatibant in an unblinded fashion because of the severity of the laryngeal edema.
There were no deaths in patients treated with icatibant during the clinical trials. There were also no discontinuations of icatibant because of adverse events for patients treated for up to five attacks. Most recorded adverse events were consistent with the disease process itself. Although a smattering of other adverse events was recorded, none appeared to be a result of the drug.
Local skin reactions are common, self limiting, not serious, and appeared to decrease over subsequent treatments with icatibant.They are thought to be due to the local histamine release caused by high local concentration of icatibant. Absorption from the subcutaneous site and time to peak plasma concentration are rapid.
There is a theoretical possibility that this drug may attenuate the antihypertensive effect of ACE inhibitors. Therefore patients using ACE inhibitors were excluded from the clinical trials. In addition, bradykinin has been characterized experimentally as cardioprotective in the presence of ischemia; caution must be exercised when considering icatibant in the presence of cardiac ischemia.
HAE is very rare. Icatibant has been clinically proven to be safe and effective. Icatibant is a first-in-class B2 bradykinin receptor antagonist. Managed care is going to take notice of a self-administered drug at $6,800 per dose. Given the variability of the clinical presentation for each attack, the prior authorization process is likely to be rather challenging to administer. Theracom is distributing the drug. The manufacturer is offering individual training and patient assistance programs.
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Business Analytics and Technologies
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Today's businesses operate on a glut of data. In the last 15 years, due to modern information technologies – the Internet, ubiquitous networking, digitized data collection technologies, web logs, wireless sensors, miniaturized devices – organizations collect, store and transport massive amounts of data about customers, inventories, business operations, product performance, prices, sales, advertising campaigns, employees, supply chain, and so on. How can organizations create business value from this glut of data? It requires managerial talent that combines business savvy, needed to identify business value opportunities or recognize problems, with a solid understanding of analytical methods needed to link the technical talent and functional managers who can implement business change.
The Business Analytics and Technologies concentration aims to develop this managerial talent through a series of courses that cover methods for critical and analytical thinking, information technologies and tools for implementing these methods, and business applications that heavily employ these methods and technologies.
Departing from the old approach of being the "quant skills" component of MBA education, this area is designed around a critical balance between general analytical thinking, technology, and applications. The design of the concentration is guided by a Business Advisory Board, comprising leading industry executives who are substantially invested in business applications of analytical methods and technologies. The Board will also facilitate the educational component (e.g., by providing practical problems for class projects) and knowledge transfer through student internships and career placement.
Possible Career Paths
- Market or Strategic Research
- Data Management and Analysis
- Consulting
- Knowledge Management
Suggested Coursework
(Recommend 6 courses, including at least two from "Methods", one from "Technology" and a Practicum.)
- 206 – Decision Making and Management Science
- 203B – Forecasting and Managerial Research Methods
- 285 – Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
- Game Theory (ECN 122)
- Applied Linear Programming (ARE 252) or
- Optimization (MAT 168)
- 207 - Management Information Systems
- 269 – Business Intelligence Technologies – Data Mining
- 234 – Pricing
- 243 – Customer Relationship Management
- 282 – Supply Chain Management
- 498 – Consulting Practicum (Project)
Advisory Board
Advisory Board members will facilitate agenda development for the concentration and courses, student placement and internships, and provide a channel for class projects that apply the concepts taught in this area to real-world problems.
- Bassel Ojjeh, Yahoo! (Senior Vice-President, Strategic Data Solutions
- Sudeep Haldar, Kraft Foods (Global Analytics, Strategic Insights and Trends)
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Would you rather watch The Walking Dead on a treadmill or feel like you're part of it on a trail run? It's better for us to take that jog outdoors than to plod away inside, according to research. For most of us, spring is here or getting close. Here's how taking your sweat sesh into fresh air makes a difference:
Gain good vibes now
Doing a workout in nature boosts your mood, ups your energy, and increases feelings of joy more than doing the same activity indoors, according to a 2011 review of 11 studies in Environmental Science & Technology.
Repeat rewards
People are more likely to say they'll repeat an outdoor walk than an indoor stroll (Environmental Science & Technology, 2011).
Care about the community
College students who watched nature videos were more likely to behave in ways that support the environment and cooperation with others than were those who viewed videos of artificial environments, according to a 2015 study in Journal of Environmental Psychology.
See the bigger picture
Looking at images of nature led people to seek long-term benefits rather than instant gratification, says a 2013 study in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
Step away from stress together
Walking in nature with friends increases our mental well-being and reduces the effects of stressful events, according to a 2014 study in Ecopsychology. Our physical health benefits too: People who live in leafy urban neighborhoods feel healthier and are less prone to heart disease and diabetes than are those who live without trees, according to a 2015 study in Scientific Reports.
7 new ways to get fit outdoors
1 Frolfing or another game
Grab a frisbee for a round of "frolfing" (i.e., frisbee or disc golf). It's like regular golf without the club and the stuffy dress code. "I like golf but am not good enough. I'm better at frisbee, so a marriage of the two is enjoyable," says James T., an undergraduate at Clemson University, South Carolina. Other games students favor: frisbee, KanJam, croquet, and flag football.
How to frolf | Find a frolf course | Play KanJam
2 Themed runs
Escape a zombie attack—you won't even realize you're getting a killer workout. Or get splashed with colored powder in a 5K that feels like a party. Themed runs, from Tough Mudders to paint runs to undie runs, may get you moving after all. "My friends and I enjoy these—it's more fun than work," says Sarah K., an undergraduate at Defiance College, Ohio.
Get chased by zombies | Find a mud run
3 Inline skating or skateboarding
Don't overlook the whizzy stuff you may have skipped (or loved) as a kid. "Rollerblading is definitely making a comeback. I'm kind of a clumsy person, so I don't make a point of speed-skating down the sidewalks, but the motion is smooth and the breeze feels great," says Reilly G., an undergraduate, at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln. Skateboarding is another means of transport with similar thrill potential.
4 Paddleboarding or kayaking
Paddle your way to fit in a kayak or on a stand-up paddleboard (SUP). Work on your balance, challenge your core strength, and pretend it's as easy as everyone's Instagram suggests. Try SUP yoga—just leave crow pose to the pros. "It's very soothing to hear the rush of water moving to fill the air bubble where the paddle was," says John G., an undergraduate at Saint Mary's College of California.
Paddleboarding for beginners | Kayaking basics
5 Rock climbing or bouldering
You don't need to be superhuman to scale surfaces. "To overcome the little voice in your head that says 'don't do it' and stand out over that edge….. It's enlightening, a rush of adrenaline," says Satish*, a graduate student at Berea College, Kentucky (*name changed). Or try bouldering: climbing close to the ground on a low-lying rock.
Bouldering basics | Guide to rock climbing
6 Hammocking
"It's this generation's version of sitting in rocking chairs on a front porch," says Maryevalyn W., an undergraduate at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. "It's easy to set up a hammock in the woods or in a park between poles or trees and just chill out." Research on the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, or "forest bathing" (spending time in wooded areas), has shown physical and emotional health benefits. For more foresty action, take a hike or take photos.
More about shinrin-yoku | Guide to hammocking
7 Trail biking
Life is too short not to try biking off-road. Explore national and state parks, and incorporate a meditation-inducing destination. "It's the best way to rid myself of stress. You just take in the scenery, get a little adrenaline rush, and burn off energy. You feel mentally revitalized," says Santo B., a fifth-year student at the University of Windsor, Ontario.
Get started with off-road biking | Find a race or an event
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"Living in Wyoming gives a lot of options for outdoor activities. Rock climbing gives you a huge sense of accomplishment when you can complete a tough route you have been working on. It also forces you to build muscles you never really realize you have. I never thought about building my finger strength until I started rock climbing. It just brings a totally different form of being active to my life."
—Kirsten Jacobson, University of Wyoming
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Coon, J. T., Boddy, K., Stein, K., Whear, R., et al. (2011). Does participating in physical activity in outdoor natural environments have a greater effect on physical and mental well being than physical activity indoors? A systematic review. Environmental Science & Technology, 45(5), 1761–1772.
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Kardan, O., Gozdyra, P., Misic, B., Moola, F., et al. (2015). Neighborhood green space and health in a large urban center. Scientific Reports, 5, 11610.
Marselle, M. R., Irvine, K. N., & Warber, S. L. (2014). Examining group walks in nature and multiple aspects of well-being: A large-scale study. Ecopsychology, 6(3), 134–147.
Park, B. J., Tsunetsugu, Y., Kasetani, T., Kagawa, T., et al. (2010). The physiological effects of Shinrin-yoku (taking in the forest atmosphere or forest bathing): Evidence from field experiments in 24 forests across Japan. Environmental Health and Preventative Medicine, 15(1), 18–26. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19568835
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Zelenski, J. M., Dopko, R. L., & Capaldi, C. A. (2015). Cooperation is in our nature: Nature exposure may promote cooperative and environmentally sustainable behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 42(6), 24–31. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272494415000195


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House Republicans respond to Senate Democrats with own bill to protect women
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans determined to show women voters that they have their interests at heart on Wednesday announced plans to renew the Violence Against Women Act, the federal government's main domestic violence program.
The GOP proposal set up a possible showdown with a somewhat different version that Senate Democrats have advanced and has been pending for several weeks. The Senate began debate Wednesday on the Democratic version as talks continued.
VAWA, first enacted in 1994, has a history of being bipartisan and noncontroversial, but that's changed this election year. Democrats have accused Republicans of waging a war on women, and Republicans, led by presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney, have responded by emphasizing their sensitivity to women's issues.
The Senate bill has 61 sponsors, including eight Republicans, but parts of it have met resistance from others in the GOP.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, joined by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, is preparing an alternative that would eliminate several Democratic provisions, including those to set aside visas for illegal immigrants who are victims of domestic abuse, specify that violence against gays, lesbians and transgenders are part of the act and expand the authority of Native American officials in cases of abuse of Indian women by nonIndians.
The base Senate bill would reauthorize VAWA for five years with funding of $659.3 million a year, down $136.5 million a year from the last VAWA act, which expired several months ago. The money goes to such programs as legal assistance for victims, enforcement of protection orders, transitional housing aid and youth prevention programs.
Sponsors of the House bill, which is still being drafted, said it would be close to the Grassley-Hutchison approach. It was introduced by 12 GOP women lawmakers and three members of the Republican leadership, including Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia.
"We are not going to be looking at the controversial issues that would actually detract from VAWA," said Rep. Sandy Adams, R-Fla., the chief sponsor.
Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., said that "unfortunately, in Congress there are some who'd like to make this a political play. They'd like to make a cheap shot and try to politicize it in an election year."
At an earlier news conference with a Native American woman who spoke of her experience with sexual abuse, Senate Democratic women also warned of the bill becoming a political football.
"Let us not put the country in jeopardy because the House wants to put forward a Republican-only bill," said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
"These women don't deserve political theater," said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. She said she hoped the House would act in a bipartisan way. "We want to make sure they don't move us backwards."
The Senate Democrats insisted that they had not sought to pick a political fight with provisions on illegal immigrants or Native Americans. Boxer said that no women had ever been excluded from assistance in past VAWA acts and their bill was simply making that clear.
Adams said the House bill also differed from the Senate version by increasing resources for sexual assault investigations, spending more to reduce the backlog in rape kits and assuring that more money goes to victim programs instead of to Washington offices. She said the House bill could reach the floor for a vote by mid-May.


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Cellphone penetration into the South African market and the advancement of mobile marketing means the cellphone will soon compete with traditional media head-on. The days of colourless cellphones screens with no graphics and tiny squeaky speakers are but a distant memory to most of us. We now carry devices with full multimedia functionality, stereo sound and high-speed connectivity to the Internet.
Furthermore, these devices have penetrated the market more effectively than any other medium. It's hard to say how many South African's carry a cellphone, but the three cellphone networks together total a combined base of over 36 million active SIM cards in 2007.
Comparing that to radio, TV and Internet stats, cellphones are now the dominant communications device in the market. The South African Advertising Research Foundation (SAARF) says in its AMPS (All Media and Products Survey) 2006 survey that there are around 28.5 million radio listeners and around 24.5 million TV adult viewers*. In addition, the ratio of cellphone users compared to Internet users and landlines is around 5:1.
Similar global trend
The trend globally is similar. Cellphones are in the majority with 2.5 billion active cellphones, compared to an estimated 900 million Internet users and a billion television sets.
And to add even more weight to these figures, most people's cellphones remain within two metres of them for the majority of the day, while TVs, radios and even the Internet are sampled sporadically.
Within this context, add the fact that we live instant lives. When I want to know something, I want to know it now. Not in five minutes time, now when I get to the office. Now.
Let's take a scenario or two: Bob is at his daughter's birthday party and there is no TV in sight, no radio to listen to and he certainly wasn't allowed to bring his laptop along. But the Springboks are playing their opening game against Samoa in the World Cup and he wants to know the score. If he could get the score off a .mobi site throughout the game, that would be great. Better yet, he'd like updates sent to him as the game progressed.
Jenny's sitting at a coffee shop with a friend, Liz, chatting about how she's going to surprise her husband for her anniversary. Liz remembers a great restaurant but can't remember where it is exactly or what the telephone number is. TV or radio won't help; neither will the newspaper at the front of the coffee shop. A cellphone will, particularly since this new restaurant has its own .mobi site with menu and contact details.
Harnessing the power of mobile
As a consumer you're already nervous when hearing words like "harnessing". What am I going to get next on my phone? Searching for information like Bob or Jenny is one thing, having it sent to you is quite another.
At the same time, the cellphone has the power to deliver really worthwhile information to you, the consumer. For example, a retail store sends you a MMS with its latest specials and an extra 15% off your total bill if you present the MMS at the cashier.
Now who's going to complain about that? Or you're about to be eligible to upgrade your cellphone contract and your service provider sends you an MMS with a barcode saying if you take it in and upgrade your contract, you'll get a free Bluetooth headset.
Therefore communicating to consumers via their cellphones in a way that benefits them not only builds trust between consumers and companies but provides a mutually beneficial interaction.
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And while the process of building a campaign to communicate with customers via the TV, radio or Internet can take weeks to months, a well-though- out mobile campaign can be put together in days.
But it's about being creative and capturing the consumers' attention and most importantly adding value.
*Importantly, these figures represent people who watched TV or listened to the radio once in the space of a week
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More developments on the eve of the eagerly-anticipated federal challenge to Proposition 8 that will begin Monday in San Francisco. The American Foundation for Equal Rights, which launched Perry v. Schwarzenegger and is funding the superstar legal team of Theodore Olson and David Boies to argue the case, has named an advisory board that includes civil rights icon Julian Bond, Lt. Dan Choi and other notables.
Says NAACP Board Chairman Julian Bond on the case: "The humanity of all Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others. This is not a special interest case, but one that should be of great importance to everyone who believes in the principles of equality on which this nation was founded."
Bond recently testified at the New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee's marriage equality hearings. He also spoke at the National Equality March in October.
In addition to Bond and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" activist Lt. Dan Choi, the list includes: Republican strategist Margaret Hoover; labor activist Dolores Huerta; Cleve Jones; Stuart Milk; David Mixner; the Huffington Post's Hilary Rosen; and Judy Shepard. Kudos to AFER Board President Chad Griffin for assembling such an all-star team.
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I slept in five different places in six nights. It's mostly pretty fun. Wake up in El Segundo, drink a kale/cocoa shake with raw Alec before running on the beach. Go to sleep in South Central, after being called a pig twice in one day. Slept six deep in the Heliotrope Village warehouse where the bike to room ratio is 20:1. I was going to head to the East Coast in mid-June, but got a temporary position I could not pass up. Am here till mid-July with no permanent home. Many of us have done it at some point in our lives, but this time it is complicated by not having a car and training for that pesky triathlon.
My stuff is in six different places. If it's Tuesday morning and I am going to work I need to have my goggles and swim cap if I have a swim planned for Wednesday night. So far only once I've had to borrow bike shorts for a road ride or buy a dress shirt on the way to work. You start to look at space/time differently when you have to think 36-48 hours in advance and know where what will be when. My bag is always full. I've left my commute bike in my office to take a train to my road bike (I was leaving my road bike some where else and needed the commute bike to be there the next work day).
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Investiture: Class of 2012
Thayer's graduating class was honored at Investiture, held June 9 at the Hopkins Center. Dean Joseph J. Helble presided over the presentation of hoods, caps, and awards to 143 recipients of B.E. and graduate degrees.
The annual Robert Fletcher Award, named for Thayer's first dean and recognizing distinguished achievement and service in the highest tradition of the School, was presented to Dr. Robert Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet and Professor of Innovation and Murchison Fellow of Free Enterprise in the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.
"I'm an engineer, and proud of it," Metcalfe told graduates. "We engineers make the world go round. By solving the world's problems through technological innovation, we engineers energize the virtuous circle of freedom and prosperity. And so I say to you today, with great enthusiasm: Hurray for us!"
Metcalfe, author for many years of a weekly InfoWorld column, "From the Ether," reviewed the National Academy of Engineering's 14 Grand Challenges. "It's going to be fun meeting these challenges over your next 50 years. It will also be fun adding to this list," he said. Then he added one of his own: "NASA knows about thousands of asteroids large and close enough to threaten life on Earth. I'm more worried about the million asteroids NASA does not know about," he said. "I think we should learn how better to detect and deflect asteroids, probably using space robots. Who wouldn't want to work on that?"
In his address to graduates, Dean Helble reflected on comments students made about Thayer School at a recent end-of-year gathering. "In these comments, over and over again, from A.B., B.E., M.S., M.E.M., and Ph.D. students alike, the common denominator was the value they derived from being part of the Thayer community, part of a community of innovators," he said. "I am encouraged and optimistic about our future in your hands," Helble concluded. "I know that you will carry that spirit of innovation, that spirit of inquisitive problem solving, that sense of community, and that determination to use your education to push the boundaries of knowledge to make a difference in the world."
See videos and photos from 2012 Investiture.
Class of 2012 Graduates
- Doctor of Philosophy — 14
- Master of Science — 7
- Master of Engineering Management — 47
- Bachelor of Engineering — 75
- Bachelor of Arts, Engineering Sciences — 78
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'Top Chef Masters,' Ep. 5: Junk Food, a Big Dinner, a New Way of Looking at Panna Cotta
Guess who said it: "A good panna cotta, if it's set right, is meant to wobble like a woman's breasts."
The Contestants (above, from left)
Michael Chiarello: Bottega; playing for Clinic Ole
Rick Moonen: RM Seafood; Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association
Nils Norén: French Culinary Institute; Friends of FCI
Lachlan Patterson: Frasca Food & Wine; The Children's Hospital
Quickfire Challenge: Remake Junk Food
Ah, very Fancy Fast Food. How accidentally of the moment. As a Bravo tie-in, the cast and crew of Flipping Out—who often eat junk food on the show—will be judging. (You know, this doesn't really make me want to watch Flipping Out. Also: Really? We go from Doogie Howser to these clowns?)
Oh, wait. They're not using actual junk food to make something? They're just doing haute junk food? Eh. Not as challenging or as interesting. The whole high-brow low-end thing is nothing new.
Chiarello chooses to remake fish sticks; Moonen, corn dogs; Norén, fried shrimp; and Patterson, hot dogs.
And Chiarello wins with his fish sticks. Moonen fails to finish his dish.
Elimination Challenge: Three-Course Meal for 100
The chefs each have to cook a three-course meal for 100 of "Top Chef's biggest fans. Oh, wow, Sweet P from Season 4 of Project Runway and Jerell Scott from PR Season 5 are in attendance. Weird that Bravo is giving that show a nod now that it's moved to Lifetime. It also makes me wonder if they couldn't round up 100 people for this party without resorting to the Bravo network's Rolodex.
A couple of women mention how they talk about Top Chef first thing Thursday mornings. Didn't the Lost producers say the same thing? Are they giving these people talking points?
The judges really like Patterson's salad. What a reaction. I actually want to try it now. Guess you can make friends with salad.
Judge Gael Greene, funny: "I don't like lawn cuttings in my dessert." In reference to Chiarello's balsamic-marinated strawberries with basil gelato.
Judge Jay Rayner, slightly inappropriate? "A good panna cotta, if it's set right, is meant to wobble like a woman's breasts. I share this with you in the interest of general knowledge."
"Is that true?" Kelly Choi asks.
Judge James Oseland confirms.
Gael Greene simply gives a knowing look.
With his heavy brow, Van Dyke beard, and unruly curly hair, Rayner has always reminded me of a faun or a satyr, so I'm not at all suprised to hear this come out of his mouth. An amusing observation, to be sure, but one that Rayner has used before—and not necessarily of his own invention.
We Have a Winner
You know, I think this every time I watch the show, but at 40 minutes into the thing, they're judging. Does it really take 20 minutes to discuss and render a verdict? Despite the knowledgeable and personable judges, I'm finding the process and chatting a little boring in this ep—you? Though I do agree with @lundregan when she says, "I would LOVE, LOVE it if Jay Rayner was a judge on #topchef instead of Toby Young. Come on #bravo, Jay is soo much better than Toby IMHO."
Let's fast-forward, shall we? The winner is Michael Chiarello. He joins Hubert Keller, Suzanne Tracht, Rick Bayless, Anita Lo, and next week's winner for the final four episodes of the Champions' Round.
There's been some speculation that the love affair with TCM has gone south among TV-watching food-lovers. What do you think? Are you still watching? If so, what did you think of Episode 5? And would you like to see Rayner replace Toby Young on the original Top Chef?
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Taking out a mortgage is probably the biggest hassle facing prospective homeowners. The bank asks you all sorts of nosy questions about your income and savings, and after you've poured your heart out and shared all your money secrets, they might not even lend you as much as you need. The nerve!
Of course, they do have a point. Put yourself in the bank's shoes: If you were going to lend people money, what would you want to know about them? Of course you'd want to know whether:
- They make enough money to pay you back.
- They've been trustworthy in the past.
- They have something of value to trade, should they be unable to pay you back.
Congratulations: In financial parlance, you've just been introduced to the concepts of income, credit worthiness, and collateral -- the three main factors that go into the lending decision. Let's look at each one, and how they affect what you can afford.
Do you make enough to pay the lender back?
Your lender will want to know not only how much money you have, but also how much you will likely make over the next 30 years. Also, what are your other debts? Do you owe money for college loans or credit card charges? Do you have any other assets? Things like stocks and mutual funds, or personal property like a boat or a car, are also considered in figuring out how much a bank will lend you.
Ideally, you'll want to come up with at least 20% of the value of your new home as a down payment, to avoid things like mortgage insurance payments (also called private mortgage insurance, or PMI). But you probably qualify for plenty of financing arrangements that will get you into a new home for as little as 3% of the asking price.
The lender will also plug your income numbers into a couple of formulas: the front-end ratio (having to do with your mortgage payments) and the back-end ratio (having to do with your debt).
For instance, let's say your gross income is $4,000 a month, and you have $400 a month in debt payments. A common rule of thumb is that they'll allow you to pay around 30% of your gross income toward your mortgage payment every month. This is known as the front-end ratio. In this example, 30% of $4,000 is $1,200 a month -- so, they'll reason, you can afford put $1,200 toward your mortgage payment.
Your debt ratio, or back-end ratio, on the other hand, is $400/$4,000, or 10%. That's not bad. They don't want more than around 40% of your gross income going to total debt -- mortgage, credit card interest, and other payments -- and in this case, your payments add up to 39%. (These ratios can vary somewhat; the ones given here are just examples).
Have you been trustworthy in the past?
Potential mates aren't the only ones curious about your past. Your lender wants to know your history, too, before deciding whether or not to commit. Your credit report -- a nifty little compilation of your personal financial history -- will reveal whether you have a track record of paying your bills on time. Before you even start shopping around for a loan, pull your reports from the major credit reporting bureaus by going to the AnnualCreditReport.com website. If you see anything unsavory, clean it up to make yourself more attractive to lenders.
Do you have any collateral?
The house you buy will generally be considered collateral for your mortgage. As a result, in case you can't repay the loan, the bank can decide to do something really nasty: foreclose on the mortgage and repossess the house. You will find yourself out on the street -- with your dog, your La-Z-Boy, your collection of unpublished poetry, a couple of suitcases, and your toiletries kit. Your house now belongs to the bank, and it is unlikely that anyone will ever loan you money again. Hot tip: Avoid this scenario at all costs.
Now, let's discuss your needs
How much you make, your creditworthiness, and how much collateral you have are all questions from the bank's point of view, because the amount of house you can afford is largely a question of how big a loan you can afford. Now, let's look at a few things from your point of view.
Your timeline
To determine whether you should buy a new home, think about how long you're planning to stay in it. It generally doesn't make economic sense to buy if you're only planning to stay there for a couple of years. Since you'll be paying fees to buy and then sell your house, it would have to appreciate in value very quickly while you're living there to make the entire deal financially worthwhile.
Your comfort zone
Before you borrow $100,000, $200,000, or whatever you need for your mortgage, figure out whether you can really afford it. Just because the bank will loan it to you doesn't mean that you'll be able to pay it back -- at least, not without cutting into other goals that may be a priority for you. Are you planning to have a big family? Would you rather spend money on travel or spoiling the grandkids?
Remember, your house payment is just one piece of your financial puzzle. Carefully consider what you might need to give up to make that house a reality, and ask yourself whether you're really willing to do it.
For more on buying and selling a home, read about:
- Spending 60 seconds to get the right mortgage.
- What a buyer's agent can do for you.
- When the right time is to sell.
- How to spruce up your home to sell.
- Picking the right listing agent.


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Walk It Off: Charity Walks
Walk for your health — and a worthy cause.
Walk It Off: Charity Walks
Looking for motivation to get you off the couch? We've got it: a charity walk. Whether you're in the mood to cover 2 miles or 22, you can get in shape for a cause. "You'll raise money and awareness while at the same time benefiting your own health," says Michelle Look, MD, medical director of the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk. And even before you cross the finish line, feeling full of accomplishment, you'll have dropped unwanted pounds. Our training walks will get you started.
You can do it! Check out our energizing programs, developed by Alissa Twisk, a personal trainer in London.
You can also map out a route (and see how far it is) here.
Get in Shape for a 5K
- Three days a week: Make an appointment to walk with a friend, your dog, or your iPod for at least 20 minutes. Each week add an extra 5 minutes onto each of those walks. (So week 2, take three 25-minute walks; week 3, take three 30-minute walks and so on.)
- One day a week: Head out for 20 minutes and go as fast as you can for three minutes, then take it slow for two minutes. Repeat 3 times.
- One day a week: Set aside time to walk the full 5K (3.1 miles) distance. Don't worry how long it takes you in the beginning. You'll get faster, and it will get easier each week. To map your route visit:
- On the weekend: Go in search of some varied terrain and walk up and down the hills for at least 20 minutes.
(Always check with your doctor before starting any new exercise plan.)
To Prepare for a Long-Distance Walk
(such as the 2- and 3-day charity walks)
- Make time for two long (at least 90 minutes) and three short (about 30 minutes) sessions each week. Begin training at least 16 weeks before the event.
- Integrate short workouts into your life: Walk quickly to work or to meet your kids after school. Move faster than you do on your long walks.
- Each week add an extra 10 to 20 minutes onto your long walks. Build up to a minimum of 3 hours.
- As the event nears, do the long walks two days in a row to get your body used to doing a lot one day and then doing it again the very next day.
The Big Day
- Get plenty of sleep the night before your big event.
- Bring along an ID, sunscreen, sunglasses, some cash, and a credit card.
- Don't wear new sneakers. Stick with what's tried and true or risk a blister.
- Stay hydrated. All organized walks have plenty of facilities for bathroom breaks.
- Don't eat or drink anything new. This isn't the day to try sport gel for the first time.
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Litner Declaration-1Comcast SportsNet Houston faces an "urgent financial and corporate government crisis" and cannot pay its bills because of "total gridlock" among its three partners – the Astros, Rockets and Comcast/NBC Universal, according to a federal bankruptcy court petition filed Saturday.
Three units of Comcast/NBC Universal and a fourth television-related company filed an involuntary Chapter 11 petition Friday against CSN Houston, the financially struggling regional sports network that telecasts Astros, Rockets and Dynamo games.
NBC Universal said in a statement that the action was "necessary to preserve CSN Houston's ability" to remain in business. The Astros replied in a statement that the Chapter 11 filing was improper but also acknowledged that CSN Houston has not paid broadcast rights fees to the Astros for the last three months.
Early Saturday, the network's creditors asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Isgur to appoint an interim trustee to oversee network operations while the bankruptcy petition winds its way through court.
Chapter 11 bankruptcy allows companies to continue operations while the court deals with creditors' claims, so network will remain on the air while the case is contested.
In fact, Comcast said in one document filed Saturday that if the bankruptcy court sees fit, it would be willing to buy the entire network and continue in business under the CSN Houston name. The Astros currently own about 46 percent of the network, the Rockets own about 31 percent and Comcast/NBC Universal owns 22 percent.
The sharp disputes between the Astros and Comcast/NBC Universal were made clear by their Friday statements. Saturday's filings provide more thorough detail into the ongoing disputes over critical issues, including the inability to reach affiliation agreements with such carriers as DirecTV, Dish Network and AT&T U-verse.
However, those documents are heavily edited or redacted to prevent public disclosure of what Comcast/NBC Universal describes as "commercial information" that it claims would damage CSN Houston if it is disclosed publicly.
Among the few comments that have not been shielded from public view is a reference to "the deadlock among the parties (that) has thwarted all efforts to engage in any constructive exercise to salvage the Network."
"The question before this court is by no means who is 'right' or 'wrong' in the various disagreements that have arisen among the parties," the petition continues. "This bankruptcy filing is not an effort to have this court adjudicate any such dispute … (but) to preserve the going concern value of the network."
Another section of the petition refers to disputes that have created "total gridlock" for the network. CSN Houston has a four-member board – one representative each from the Rockets and Astros and two from Comcast/NBC Universal – and all parties must agree for deals such as carriage agreements to be reached.
But the disagreements among the parties are so sharp, the petition said, that they "go beyond mere acrimony" and that the board "will continue to be working at 'cross-purposes'" unless a trustee is appointed by the bankruptcy court to oversee CSN Houston while the parties sort out their differences.
"It is clear that the network cannot operate its business or preserve itself as a going concern under its current corporate governance structure, which has resulted in an irreconcilable impasse," the petition said.
The primary creditor seeking to force bankruptcy is Houston SportsNet Finance, a unit of Comcast that provided a $100 million loan to ramp up the network's launch last Oct. 1 and to fund construction of the network's studios in downtown Houston.
Robert S. Pick, senior vice president of Houston SportsNet Finance, said the company remains confident in CSN Houston's value as a going concern. In fact, he said in a document filed with the bankruptcy court, "Comcast Lender … would be prepared to make a bid to acquire either the network (under a plan of reorganization) or substantially all of its assets.
Since it launched last October, CSN Houston has now gone through a complete Rockets season and into the final week of the Astros' 2013 season without being able to negotiate carriage agreements with major satellite and telco carriers.
Astros owner Jim Crane has been outspoken in his conviction that the future well-being of the Astros and Rockets depends on reaching agreements that he believes reflect fair market value for CSN Houston.
The network launched an "I Want My CSN Houston" advertising blitz last year, and Mayor Annise Parker arranged meetings with officials of DirecTV, Time Warner and Suddenlink in an attempt to assist in agreements but to no avail.
Fans, meanwhile, have reacted angrily to the limited distribution of Astros and Rockets games, which have been widely available since the 1980s on Fox Sports Southwest, the teams' former carrier.
Although the Astros' season ends this weekend, fan angst about missing another season of Rockets games on CSN Houston is expected to shift into a higher gear over the next few weeks with the approach of the team's first season with free-agent acquisition Dwight Howard in the lineup.
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By R. J. Archer '75, VBW Publishing, College Station, Texas, 2004.
What would you do if you won an $86 million lottery jackpot? In Archer's science fiction novel, his lead character, a Seattle aerospace engineer, chooses to explore the unexplained. He quits his job at Boeing to investigate the origin of a mysterious black sphere, which leads him from Seattle to Nevada to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. What he discovers is a possible link between the shamans of Mesoamerica and a race of alien explorers. Tractrix is the first in a series of novels that Archer, a computer consultant and freelance writer, plans to write.
The Quarries of Sicily: A Novel
By Thomas Doulis (emeritus English faculty), Xlibris Corporation, Philadelphia, 2003.
This page does not contain reviews, but synopses of books and CDs. However, as editor, I'd like to make an exception for this book, and let readers know that it is one of the best I've read for PSU Magazine. It's a novel of ideas surrounding the story of a Greek author, who has been ignored by the literary world, and now may have his book, The Quarries of Sicily, made into a movie. The details convinced me that the story's author, Stamos Patrinos, was real, and I could read his books and poetry. But he is just an incredible fictional character. Quarries was first published in 1969, and fortunately Doulis has brought it back with the help of a self publishing company.
By Michael Hollister (emeritus English faculty), AuthorHouse, Bloomington, Indiana, 2004.
Set in the 1940s, Hollister's novel tells the interwoven stories of two star-crossed people, whose morality and drive for success collide under the bright lights of Hollywood. Sarah is an innocent Oregon farm girl who follows the boy she loves to Los Angeles. Ryan is a self-made man. A former dance band singer from Ohio, he rises from gas station attendant to various studio positions and ultimately director at 20th Century Fox. Hollister, whose father worked in the movie industry, taught in the English department for 32 years. He now lives in Brookings.
Meus Ensis: A Bohemian's Tale
By Dennis Kucera '74, PublishAmerica, Baltimore, 2003.
Inspired by their faith, but confronted by challenges they could not have foreseen, many men set forth from Europe in the late 11th century to free the Holy Land from non-Christians. Kucera uses this historical setting to spin a story of a young Bohemian who is swept up into this first Crusade. He experiences the exhilaration of finding new lands and new friends along with the hardship and corruption of war. Kucera has also written In a Now Forgotten Sky, a history of the 31st Fighter Group in World War II, and The Heap, a horror story of a World War I German pilot. Kucera lives in Portland.
Questions and Answers for Physicians
Translated by Gary Leiser '69 and Noury Al-Khaledy (deceased, Semitic languages faculty), Koninklijke Brill, The Netherlands, 2004.
Middle East students of medicine studied from this guide—the epitome of medical knowledge—at the turn of the 13th century. They learned to deduce the name of a patient's lover from his or her pulse and how to treat a patient's complex head wound. Leiser came across a copy of the work in 1977. He called upon his former undergraduate professor of Arabic, Al-Khaledy, to help with the translation. They worked together on it sporadically until the professor passed away in 1995. Leiser, who is director of the Travis Air Force Museum on base in California, finished the translation on his own. He has also published extensively on the social history of the Medieval Middle East, including translations of the works of M.F. Koprulu.
Learning Online: A Guide to Success in the Virtual Classroom
By Maggie McVay Lynch (Education faculty), Routledge Falmer, London, 2004.
Lynch, an experienced teacher, has developed more than 40 online courses for colleges and universities. Writing from experience, she includes information ranging from tools such as WebCT and Blackboard, to overcoming personal barriers to success in distance learning—issues that students of any age, stage, or situation are likely to encounter. With the help of anecdotes, the book demystifies terms and concepts common to online learning; addresses issues of online ethics such as netiquette, plagiarism, and software piracy; and offers practical advice on interacting effectively online, submitting assignments, and doing research.
Reviews are of faculty and alumni books, recordings, and Web publications. To have a work considered for this page, please submit pertinent information to PSU Magazine via email to email@example.com, or fax to 503-725-4465, or mail to PSU Magazine, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751.


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A man in his 60s was killed when the light aircraft he was flying crashed in a field.
Police were called to reports of a plane in difficulty at about 7.40pm on Wednesday night.
The plane came down in a field off the the A413, at Hedges Farm, just north of Padbury.
The pilot, who was the only person on board, died at the scene. His next of kin have been informed.
Police officers were at the scene until 4pm yesterday, Thursday, and the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) sent a team to investigate.
The plane is believed to have taken off from Turweston Aerodrome.
Speaking on Wednesday night, Supt Gez Chiariello, LPA Commander for Aylesbury Vale, said: "Officers are currently in Buckingham following a light aircraft collision.Sadly the sole occupant of the plane died at the scene. No-one was hurt on the ground.
"Investigators from the Air Accident Investigation Branch are due to attend to investigate and establish the circumstances of what has happened."
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Fire crews from Buckingham and Winslow attended the scene, along with a specialist 4x4 Unimog unit from Great Holm, and a specialist Urban Search and Rescue team from Aylesbury were put on standby at Winslow Fire Station.
Incident commander crew manager Kieron Thomas, from Buckingham Fire Station, said firefighters were helped to locate the scene by the searchlights of the police helicopter and another aircraft in the air dipping its wings to indicate the location.
He said: "We spoke with the control room at Bournemouth Airport who assisted us with isolating the engine and familiarity with the aircraft to make the scene safe."
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Retired Justices as Subs for Recusals
David Ingram of the National Law Journal is reporting that Patrick Leahy may push for retired justices to sit for cases in which other justices recuse themselves.
According to the article, Justice Stevens made this recommendation to Leahy (D-VT), the Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
This seems to me a politically loaded suggestion. There has already been much talk about Kagan's potentially high recusal rate over the next few terms as the Court continues to hear cases that her office had briefed in the lower courts. On divisive issues, Kagan's absence would lead to 5-3 victories for conservatives or ideological deadlocks at 4-4.
I cannot imagine that the GOP members of the Judiciary Committee will agree to this plan. If Kagan does not recuse herself on a case in which a conservative may be obligated to do so, two of the substitutes–Souter and Stevens–would be a fifth vote on the left. It is not inconceivable that these two retired ringers could cut away at the Roberts Court's business-friendly precedents, as the Court sometimes goes shorthanded on cases concerning corporations in which justices may own stock.
O'Connor, too, exited the Court to the left of Anthony Kennedy on campaign finance, church-and-state, abortion, and affirmative action cases – all issues that have been cut back since Alito succeeded her. However, recusals on these cases are less likely. That is, unless some advocacy group somehow finds a not-too-distant relative of Justice Scalia who is an abortion doctor in Nebraska that is willing to be a named plaintiff in a federal case.


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In the Piedmont region of northern Italy, a small company crafts this rolling pin using wood harvested from local olive trees. Each piece has distinctive grain markings that make it unique. The scaled-down size makes for easy handling when you're rolling out dough.
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This post has been in my draft folder for at least two months now but while I was in the third trimester of my pregnancy I lacked any sort of energy to finish it. It's saying something that now, sleep deprived from caring from a newborn and recovering from major surgery, I have more energy I currently have more energy than I did back then.
Anthony and many of our friends engage in a sport we've always referred to as "piping" but is widely known as fighting with homemade swords called "boffers." Anthony used to be really involved in organizing a leading a local group of people who met in the park on Saturday mornings for the express purpose of hitting each other with lightly-padded PVC pipe until his injured shoulder forced him to stop. Our friend John (also known as Funky Jesus) has since become very active in the piping community down in Fresno and still fights regularly, so a few months ago he came by our house with another friend to work on making weapons with Anthony.
Isobel had spent the earlier part of the day with Ama and when my mom's car pulled up to the house Isobel burst out, ran up to Caleb and John and said, "I want a flower sword! I'll go get the materials for you." Fortunately John is a kind soul with a generous heart because he immediately took time off from making his own weapon to craft this amazing flower sword out of items from our yard. The blade of the sword is make from a long stick covered in iris leaves, the handle is made from a branch of our giant succulent plant, and it's adorned with a rose and some snapdragon blooms.
Almost the instant it was done Isobel further requested a "nature shield" and John, ever obliging her imagination, set to work. He constructed it out of the blue foam used to shape and reinforce the boffer swords and addeda sturdy handle in the back. It is adorned with leaves from our rosebushes and Mexican sage plants. The berries come from a flowering shrub in our front flower bed (no idea what they are) and at its center is a rosebud so perfect it looks like it was created in a bakery out of frosting.
Isobel immediately wanted to pose for pictures.
I don't think John has ever created weapons like this before, which makes it all the more amazing he whipped them up so fast out of virtually nothing. Even more amazing is that although the sword leaves aren't as vibrantly green anymore and the snapdragons and pink rose fell off, the sword is still firmly intact and usable, and so is the shield.
I don't know if it was intentional or not, as John is a big gaming nerd, but the shield looks like something straight out of Zelda, and the sword would be right at home in a Final Fantasy game.
Perfect weapons for our little Flower Guardian Princess Warrior.