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TCSD Conversation by Craig Zelent
I have wanted to do this interview for a long time. Life finally slowed down enough for me to sit down and talk triathlon with former TCSD President, Thomas Johnson. It was worth the wait. I hope you'll enjoy the story behind the man who very successfully steered our club's course over the past couple of years.
Craig: What was your athletic background before you got into triathlon?
Thomas: I grew up swimming in the pool, ocean and body surfing at the beach and couldn't wait for our weekend trips and summer vacations on Balboa Island in Newport Beach as a kid. My father loved sailing and was a huge fan of water sports. He made my brothers, sisters and I all swim out to the buoys in Newport Harbor each year to prove our waterman capabilities before we could be left alone to swim and play in the bay, use the sailboat (Sabot), and our 50lb homemade 1960's paddle board. The "swim test" was to swim from the shore out to the first set of anchored boats and touch or go around the buoy. No pulling up short! I was also really into "Action Sports" growing up: Skateboarding & BMX. I made the whole transition in skateboarding from steel wheels to clay to poly urethane. In my early corporate career I played a lot of golf and that was really my sport before triathlon.
Craig: How did you get your start as a triathlete?
Thomas: I got into triathlon by accident in the summer of 2001. The high tech start up I was working for in Boston collapsed and I suddenly found myself with a lot of free time. I had been swimming at the Cove for years and recently taken up masters swimming and the new craze of spin classes at the Sporting Club in UTC in 1996. Our masters swim & spin coach, Kevin Bree, suggested one afternoon while I was lounging at the pool that I should put my training to the test and do a Triathlon! I burst out laughing! He wondered what I thought was so funny. I told him I thought there was a huuuuge difference between doing a triathlon and taking a one hour spin class and swimming a few thousand yards in the pool a few times a week. I started talking about the ONLY triathlon I knew (Hawaii Ironman) and confirming the distances for each discipline. I hadn't run or ridden a bike since I had a horrific crash in 1980 (9 fractures including a skin puncturing compound fracture) in my left forearm or run in twenty years. He then started laughing just as hard as I had. He said you don't have to do an Ironman to do a triathlon and there are other distances in the sport. He mentioned that the Sprint Distance at the Mission Bay Triathlon was just a month away. It sounded like a great idea. I signed up the next day and proceeded to build a bike from scratch using a borrowed frame and a combination of new & used spare parts. That bike was a 61 cm frame. Later I was properly measured and fitted for the 56cm frame I currently ride. Next I acquired a pair of running shoes at Road Runner Sports. Then I spent the next 3 weeks "training" and finished the Mission Bay Tri in just under 1 hour 45 minutes. (2002MB Tri 1:13) I was nearly dead last in my age group but hooked on triathlon and endurance sports! I signed up and did Catalina Triathlon in November 2001 and then had to wait 6 months for the next Triathlon in San Diego. There really was an off season for TCSD and triathlon back then.
Craig: Please also tell us how you came to join the TCSD.
Thomas: I first met folks from TCSD swimming at the Cove in the late 90's. I thought they were crazy and ALL training for Ironman distance tri's. Jim McCann (TCSD President at the time) started up the last Friday of the month potlucks at the Cove which is now a hallowed summertime tradition for club members. Back then TCSD used one baby Weber grill for the entire group. Only one or two members could grill at a time. Jim offered me a few hamburgers over the summers which I loved. Food. The first ingredient of "TCSD's Secret Sauce". I was waiting for the club to start showing up again at the Cove in the spring of 2002. When they rolled in that May I ran up and asked "How do I join the club?" Jim handed me a newsletter and the last page was the membership application. I filled it out and paid right there. My next question to Jim was the fatal one and led to my long term volunteering in the club. "When is the first Pot Luck?" He put his hand on my shoulder and said "I have a job for you". I was the Pot Luck Captain in 2002 and 2003. Next I helped with the club's social activities for a couple of years until I was lucky enough to become the Open Water Swim Director in 2007. I led the La Jolla Shores Monday night swims and La Jolla Rough Water & Gatorman summer training sessions through 2012. I was elected President in September 2009 and served until August 2012. I am enjoying my retirement from the leadership role in the club. After a nice fall/winter break I'm stoked to be enjoying the club's first class workouts, meetings and special events. After 12 years it is still great to be a member of the club!
Craig: You really did a great job as TCSD President! What things got accomplished during your 3 years in the position?
Thomas: Thank you. One of the main motivators that inspired me to run for office was I wanted our great club to be easily recognized at events like the awesome club we were. At the time it was very difficult to identify a club member during a race in our kits and find the club booth at expos. We had about 15 white pop up tents in storage and most of them were broken and in pieces. I had a vision for what I wanted to achieve but after consulting with some design folks I realized we needed to update the club logo in order to design the branded materials to showcase our club. I reached out to Fuston Creative (Arch & Christy) for some logo design ideas and they delivered. Using our new logo (3rd version since the club was created) we updated and unified all the club marketing materials and invested in quality pop up tents, table covers, flags, car decals, uniforms & social media sites. Now it is super easy to see and recognize the club at events at home and away and see and cheer on your fellow club members while training and competing in our uniforms.
Secondly we made a complete redesign and added a ton of functionality to the club website. We automated our membership application and renewal features; online race registration; member profiles; our galleries; and so much more I can't remember all the enhancements. John Hill, our VP & CIO, personally led and implemented this major upgrade.
I can't say enough about how proud I am that we were able to lobby and assist USA Triathlon in convincing the ITU to bring one of their 8 major races back to the United States and choose San Diego to host it. The club showed up in major numbers in all areas: members racing; members volunteering; 25 members in leadership roles as ITU Captains managing the critical areas of putting on a world-class first time event for TCSD in San Diego. TCSD dominated the large club division and captured First Place in the Triathlon Club Challenge.
We made some significant changes to our Sponsorship Program for companies looking to promote their brands to our membership and added a brand new category for Race Directors to promote their races to the club. These changes resulted in a significant increase of killer merchandise, vouchers, and race entries to our monthly raffles and provided us the ability to reward volunteers who have made significant contributions to the club with a comp entry to a race and so much more.
Finally we tackled the seriously outdated club bylaws project. Rob Kornegay and John Hill spent a ton of hours bringing the bylaws up to code and current law and in alignment with how the club was and is run. It's a solid frame work for running the club and providing a biannual leadership change while retaining some continuity to ensure smooth transitions while continuing to offer opportunities for all members who wish to serve in a leadership position.
Craig: What accomplishment are you the most proud of as President?
Thomas: First the club is still stronger than ever, functioning very well and growing. i.e. I didn't screw it up and crash it into the ground. What really stands out for me is that while the club has grown so much, we continue to focus on our main mission of offering the training, information and camaraderie for first time athletes regardless of age, weight, ability.
Craig: Often times what people perceive to be reality is not really the case. What are some of the realities of TCSD President that people might not be aware of?
Thomas: Being President of the "Greatest Club on the Planet" is a 7/24/365 day commitment. I did not really understand or appreciate just how much time goes into running the club and keeping all of the different components moving forward. The reality is the entire board and leadership team of the club make a huge personal investment into making the club what it is. I would really like to encourage all members to look into volunteering one or two hours per month/quarter to help the club run smoothly and efficiently. If you don't see a volunteer position listed that calls out to you then create one and offer it up. We have so many hidden talents in the club we discover every day.
Craig: What were some of the funnier things that you experienced as President?
Thomas: This is a little embarrassing. More than a few times I would be at an event in town or out of town chatting it up and someone would mention I was the TCSD President and the individual I'm chatting it up with would say "You're the Tri Club San Diego President?" the oldest and largest Tri Club on the planet? I realized that people's expectations were that the President of the Tri Club must have the physique of the current Ironman World Champion. I'm still working on that.
Craig: What kinds of sacrifices did you make to be President? Was it worth it?
Thomas: Shortly after taking office in October 2009 my employer (Arrow ECS) decided to shut down its 3 California fields offices and offer relocation packages to Denver. I chose to stay in San Diego. The US economy was in a freefall and the job market tanked. I chose to start doing "Independent Contracting Projects" which allowed me the flexibility in my schedule and time to pour my heart and soul into the club living my endurance sports dream! Yes. I put my career on hold for a few years but they were 3 awesome years I will always cherish and feel great about! When you love what you're doing it doesn't feel like a sacrifice. I also got to meet the leaders, legends and innovators of Triathlon and Endurance Sports from around the world. Shhh…Many of them live right here in San Diego!
Craig: You had a great team of support help. Who were some of the people who made the TCSD look as good as it did during your watch?
Thomas: The club has and always has had an amazing team of people working in front of the camera and behind scenes creating the magic of TCSD.
First I would never have made it or achieved the results we did without John Hill. John is a pillar of reason and common sense. When things blew up, (and that can happen occasionally), John was there to provide guidance and help me work through the situation. Thank you John!
Thank you to the entire board: Mike Plumb, Wendy Harp, and Dave McMahon all gave more than I will ever be able to give back to them. Thank you Brian Wrona, our long serving Race Director, (Tri's, Du's, Aquathlons and Beginner Tri's), your commitment to a lack of sleep on the weekends is immeasurable. Thank you Bob Babbitt, the Chief Muddy Buddy of TCSD, for your undying commitment to our club and our sport – whom without we would not have all the killer monthly guests at our meetings. A shout out to the Volunteer Leadership team (Listed in the TCSD Newsletter and on the Contacts section of the club website) you are the core of our club who make all of the daily, weekly, monthly events happen.
Now I'm going to mention a few names – you know what they do and I will apologize in advance for anyone I leave off here: Dean Sprague, Brian Long, Bob Cunningham, Jim Markwell, Steve Tally, Bethany Sotak, Craig Zelent, Dean Rosenberg, Ian Kelly, Deborah Wittich, Karl Johnson, Tanja Carter, Jim Vance, Trevor King, Darrell Steele, Dawn Copenhaver, Erin Hunter, Rachel Wills, Chad Homchen, Judi Carbary, Steve Banister, Gordon Clark, Richard Reilly, Cami Stark, Ken Schultle, Brian Maiorano, Amanda Scott, Bryan Diaz, Rick Summers, Jim Johnson, Bob Rosen, Jamie VanderBroden, Deborah Jones, Thao Vu, Linda Rich, Grace Van Der Byl, Ken & Anita Flagg, John Davis, Liz Olsen, Chuck Pateros. And ALL the ITU Volunteer Captains 2012. THANK YOU! I hear the academy playing the music… I could keep going but they are escorting me off stage…
Craig: If you could waive a magic wand over the sport of triathlon, what would you like to see changed?
Thomas: As TCSD President I advocated hard for a race bib sale/transfer policy with all the race directors we interacted with, including and most importantly World Triathlon Corporation (Ironman). I am confident that WTC will be rolling out a sale/transfer policy in the next year as they finish updating their backend IT systems to automate this capability.
I've seen a trend recently with online registration tools charging multiple line item fee's for race registration. I have never been a huge fan of Ticketmaster's "multiple fees" for a concert ticket and I'm not loving this trend. I will be supporting races and race directors with my dollars that work to keep these fees reasonable and have bib transfer policies in place. Getting to the start line trained and healthy to race is 90% of the challenge.
Craig: How about in regards to the TCSD. What changes would you like to see for our club?
Thomas: Hmmmm… I would like to see the continued integration and embracement of social media and webtools to simplify and improve the communication to club members and sponsors of events, volunteer opportunities, training opportunities, clinics, nutritional information, and general sport related information. I would start with an upgrade/replacement of the yahoo email list. My dream addition: TCSD Mobile Application for Droids and iPhones.
Craig: You have been a long time member, what are your favorite memories as a TCSD member?
Thomas: My favorite memories are all at the finish line. There is nothing more rewarding than seeing someone who a few months earlier came to the club and had a dream of doing their first triathlon cross that line. I also cherish all of the people and friendships I developed through the club over the years. You've changed my life all for the better, I am so grateful for TCSD's existence; I have grown so much and become a better person as a result of being a member of TCSD.
Craig: What do you do for a living now?
Thomas: I recently hung up my "independent contractor hat" and have taken a full time position at Websense in Sorrento Valley. I'm in sales and manage a territory in the Eastern time zone working 6A-3P. I'm really stoked about the opportunity and it's perfect for all the training and racing I have planned.
Craig: Thomas, thank you for sharing your story. And my goodness – thank you so much for all you have done for our club and community. You absolutely succeeded in maintaining the friendly local feel our club has always offered, but also in giving the TCSD international visibility. The world is now watching us for the road map on how to do all things triathlon. You will always look like an Ironman World Champion in my eyes!
Craig Zelent is a USA Triathlon Level 1 Certified Coach. Craig can be reached at 760-214-0055 or email@example.com.


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- (verb) feel intense dislike or disgust for; "the staff at school loathed him"
Loathe (लोद) meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi Dictionary)
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Loathe Origin
- Old English lāthian, of Germanic origin; related to loath.
Loathe in a sentence (word usage in recent newspaper)
- Study shows most Kenyans loathe sex talk shows.
- Should we love or loathe John Wayne?
- Hate the piece, love it, loathe it, embrace it, but allow it to be seen, to be heard, to be read.
- Five reasons why I absolutely loathe the festival of Holi.
- Men, do you loathe the shopping trip with your better halves but tag along as you have to do so?
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PaintballMountain.com is an established ecommerce site specializing in the sale of paintball guns, gear, and accessories. I recently purchased the site and want to update the logo to reflect a younger, more hip , extreme sports attitude. I do like the idea of keeping the mountain(s) in the logo since that is part of the name, but I'm not opposed to looking at other ideas. Please read the full brief for more information about the requirements.
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The largest percentage of site visitors are males, age 13-30, and into extreme sports. I also have site visitors in the 30+ age group, however, so keep that in mind.
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In addition, the logo must be of the highest quality and very professional. I will be using this on everything from billboards to business cards so it must scale well.
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[de]-lusions of Grandeur is a cycle of performances by Liz Glynn focused on monumental artworks at LACMA. Last January, we kicked off the series with The Myth of Singularity (after Rodin), a weekend-long event for which Glynn made molds from the original sculptures on display at LACMA to later perform the casting and recombination to create a new group of figurative sculptures with a group of assistants. The second chapter of the cycle, taking place on Friday evening, focuses on the commissioning of a fountain/sculpture from Alexander Calder for the new LACMA campus in 1965.
For this new performance Liz conducted extensive research on the subject, interviewing curators and conservators and reading through the museum's archives, catalogue essays, and newspapers articles published around the time the sculpture was installed. The result is an hour-long performance that carefully balances, as if it were a mobile sculpture in itself, all the voices that took and still take part in the process of commissioning, installing, conserving, and maintaining such a work in the campus of LACMA.
Aptly called The Myth of Getting It Right the First Time, the performance draws upon the form of a ballet mécanique accompanied by a spoken chorus. On the stage, three dancers represent the three sculptural elements of Three Quintains (Hello Girls) while art handlers—doubling roles later as the water jets of the fountain—keep re-positioning the sculpture on the stage and discussing its technical challenges.
For the spoken chorus, we enlisted six LACMA docents to read excerpts from the correspondence of the Art Museum Council, which commissioned the work back in the day; David, a colleague from Graphic Design, reads a few letters written by William Osmun, the Senior Curator who oversaw the entire process. Rumor has it that even the Director of Security at LACMA has a cameo appearance at the beginning of the play. Bill, the director of LACMA's Sunday Live, reads many letters and notes from the always charming Alexander Calder, completing this sort of reenacted epistolary novel that tells many stories at once.
I want to share some photographs Liz and I took with our phones during rehearsals—there were many because we are, after all, busting that myth of getting things right at the first time.
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Carly Simon Sues Starbucks For Not Promoting Her Album Enough
from the hello-old-way-of-thinking... deptStarbucks got plenty of attention a few years back for trying to start its own music label. We had hoped that maybe the company would try to do something unique and different with it, but, instead, it basically just tried to set up a conventional music label that was going to rely on selling CDs via Starbucks. Doing things the conventional way at a time when an industry is in upheaval makes little sense, and it didn't take long for Starbucks to dump the label. However, one of the last CDs it put out was by well known singer Carly Simon -- and Simon is now suing Starbucks for $5 to $10 million, using famed power lawyer David Boies.
While it does seem pretty clear that Starbucks didn't do all that much to promote the album after deciding to get out of the music label business, it's hard to feel particularly sympathetic to Simon. The same thing could have happened with any record label -- and given how many are struggling these days, it certainly could have happened. Furthermore, nothing in the article above suggests that Simon did anything to help promote the album herself or work on any aspect of the business model. It sounds like she just sat back and expected Starbucks to do everything and just start sending her checks. On top of that, the deal still included a huge advance (while she says not all of it was paid, the official advance was $575,000 -- hardly a small sum). And, again, her complaints of losing some money in the stock market, and owing money on one house in fancy Martha's Vineyard while being unable to sell her apartment in Greenwich Village (not exactly the low rent district) doesn't make her the most sympathetic of characters.
On top of all this she still sold 124,000 copies of the album.
Considering that only about 100 albums last year were able to sell more than 250,000 CDs, it seems like Simon should be thankful she was able to sell as many as she did -- especially given the fact that she seems to think Starbucks had the total responsibility for selling the album. This whole lawsuit seems to be a very old school recording industry artist mindset -- where the artist isn't expected to get involved at all, but just expects to sit back and get handed millions of dollars. Sorry, the market doesn't work that way any more, even if Starbucks is involved.
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April 7, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode
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On this edition for Sunday, April 7, Rwanda is trying to build a new national identity 25 years after the country's genocide, a look at whether the electoral college can be changed, and how the oil and natural gas industry is creating what may be only a temporary youth employment boom in West Virginia. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York
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Walloon Lake is located in Northern Michigan near Charlevoix in Charlevoix and Emmet counties. It is now home to many vacation homes and cottages.
Walloon Lake was initailly named Talcott, who was a local butcher. Later named Walloon Lake, it is thought that a group of Walloons settled at the far north end of the lake.
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Perkins, Thomas James "Tom" - 2016 Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award
Thomas James
"Tom" Perkins
"If there is no risk, you have already missed the boat."
January 7, 1932 — June 7, 2016
Birthplace: Oak Park, Illinois
When he was in his twenties, armed with degrees from MIT and Harvard, the late Tom Perkins went to work for a couple Stanford graduates named Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard. Perkins met the famous duo in the 1950s, when Palo Alto, California, was just beginning to boom. "Silicon Valley" wasn't coined until 1971, but the game associated with that name – marathon startups in search of "the next big thing" – was in full play. And Tom Perkins was an all-star. He did a laser equipment startup in his spare time that was acquired for a pretty penny by Spectra Physics. That was just the beginning. Perkins' extraordinary success put him in the venture capitalist hall of fame.
"I got to know Tom through sailing when we were both 29," says Knud Wibroe, a consulting engineer. "We both lived in Sausalito. I raced an 8-Metre, Tom raced an International Canoe. I had the bigger boat in the beginning, but that certainly changed."
The yachting community knows Perkins by Maltese Falcon, one of the largest sailboats ever built (LOA 289'). That Perkins would build such a vessel didn't surprise Wibroe, or others who knew him. His new-business philosophy emphasized big on all counts: "Take big risks…carefully," he advocated. "[The new business] should make a contribution 10 times greater than what's out there…100 times greater would be better." His yachting philosophy followed suit.
Wibroe says that no one believed in the modern square rigger concept besides Tom Perkins and the designer. Perkins was in Turkey frequently during construction of Maltese Falcon. He had the yard build a full-scale prototype of a mast that was 200 feet tall, four feet in diameter. He immersed himself in the details, working out problems with the push-button, unstayed rig, one at a time.
"Tom was a fantastic sailor," Wibroe says. "I saw him back into a slip in St. Tropez with six inch clearance on either side. He had a professional skipper, but he always ran the boat when he was on board." He was amazingly generous. He championed Leukemia Cup Regattas by providing leadership gifts. Well-known advocates he recruited to speak at those events included Al Gore, Rupert Murdock, Ted Turner, Joe Lacob, and Sir Ben Ainsle.
"Maltese Falcon was a very big risk," Wibroe says, "but Perkins won with flying colors. He got that huge square rigger to point with 12-Metres, and once we hit 22.5 knots.
- Roger Vaughan
Links of Interest:
Tom Perkins (Businessman) Wikipedia Page
Maltese Falcon official website
Tom Perkins — Alumni Profile — MIT
"Tom Perkins Talks on a Lifetime of Sailing" — Sailblast
"Tom Perkins Sails Away from Silicon Valley" — Kevin Allison (Reuters Blog Post)
"Deep Flight of the Navigator (Super Subs)" — DeepFlight.com
Video (link) — "The Captain of Capitalism" — CBS 60 Minutes


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The ensemble cast of Zachary Quinto (Star Trek), Luke Wilson (Old School), Topher Grace (Take Me Home Tonight) and Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory) have accepted The Invitation from director Karyn Kusama (Jennifer's Body). The thriller, scripted by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi (both of Clash of the Titans and the upcoming R.I.P.D.), centers around Will (Wilson) who receives an invitation from his estranged ex-wife to attend a dinner party. However, things take a dark turn as Will becomes increasingly suspicious of his ex-wife's guests, a group who harbors an insidious agenda. The Invitation will begin principal photography in Los Angeles this summer. Hit the jump for more.
The Invitation will be produced through XYZ Films, a company which currently touts The Raid: Redemption in theaters via Sony Pictures Classics. Martha Griffin (Girlfight) will also produce alongside Hay and Manfredi. Check out the full synopsis below:
On a dark night, Will (Luke Wilson) is invited to his estranged ex-wife's dinner party. Over the course of the evening, he is gripped by mounting evidence that something insidious has taken hold of his ex-wife, and that she and her new friends have a mysterious and horrifying agenda. By the end of the night, the ramifications of what happens in this house will spread far beyond its doors.
Wilson can be seen in the TV series, Enlightened and alongside Samuel L. Jackson in Meeting Evil, but his biggest upcoming project is, of course, a possible return to Anchorman 2. Quinto had recently wrapped shooting for the Untitled Star Trek Sequel and can be seen this fall in the second season of FX's American Horror Story. Grace recently appeared in The Giant Mechanical Man and will be part of an awesome cast for The Wedding this October.


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For the thirteenth consecutive season, Estethica, founded by the British Fashion Council (BFC), will be promoting sustainable fashion at The Exhibition at London Fashion Week. Housed in the newly renovated West Wing of Somerset House it will showcase 15 designer's S/S 13 collections, from 14th – 18th September 2012.
New to the Estethica area this season are international brands Auria x Margot Bowman, Carla Fernandez, Honest By, Lorico, Max Jenny, Mich Dulce and White Tent. Ada Zanditon, Henrietta Ludgate, Junky Styling, Makepiece, Victim Fashion Street will also showcase their ready to wear lines alongside lingerie brand Chiarini, milliner Pachacuti and jewellery designer Joanna Cave.
This season's special guest is Bruno Pieters with his label Honest By. Honest By offers products with complete transparency in price and manufacturing, creating a new paradigm in fashion and retail.
Estethica designers have been chosen for their design excellence and commitment to working in a sustainable way. All designers adhere to at least one of the key Estethica principles of fair trade and ethical practice in the production process; the inclusion of organic fibres and the use of up-cycled and recycled fabrics and materials. Over the past six years Estethica has supported over 100 designers. In addition to showcasing during London Fashion Week they receive mentoring, marketing support and online presence through the Estethica e-boutique on Yooxygen at yoox.com.
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Eight East Coast states, the federal government and citizens groups from Indiana have reached an agreement with one of the country's largest electricity producers to stop burning coal at two Midwest power plans.
American Electric Power agreed late Friday in federal court in Columbus, Ohio, to retire or switch to natural gas two coal-burning units at power plants in Ohio and Indiana by the end of 2015.
As part of the settlement, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey will receive a total of $6 million. The Indiana groups will receive $2.5 million.
Cheap natural gas and environmental regulations are causing utilities to shut down coal-fired power plants. AEP had previously planned to stop coal at one unit.


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The annual tradition returns: Mouse over the text of Obama's speech for commentary and analysis.
Lo and behold, some of the smartest minds in the field find plenty to disagree on.
There's no clear path to a minimum-wage hike in today's Congress. So why did the president surprise members of his own party and bring it up in the State of the Union?
Or who might lose their job?
The president's message about helping the middle class resonated broadly with voters -- but they wonder if he can get it done.
A higher minimum wage and universal pre-K might sound like hackneyed liberal goals. But they're supported by broad economic research -- and common sense.
His smoothly delivered State of the Union response showed his major weakness as a speaker: the staleness of his rhetoric.
Human moments from the ridiculous to the heart-rending lept from the boilerplate at the State of the Union address and the GOP response to it.
The president heartened environmentalists with the strongest presidential statement on warming in history. All that's left to see is how he follows through.
After a first term marked by major policy pushes, the president's State of the Union suggests a pragmatic, small-ball approach going forward.
The following is the complete text of the president's address as prepared for delivery.
The Florida Republican's efforts to situate himself within his immigrant community make him sound both more regional and more grounded than the average U.S. Senator.
As the president delivers his fourth State of the Union address, here are up-to-the-minute updates and the best analysis from around the web.
Tidbits from the prepared for delivery version of Obama's speech.
Nobody loves workmanlike laundry lists, but four former presidential speechwriters say there's little hope for shorter speeches any time soon.
The only way to close the budget deficit is to close the jobs deficit
Can any of us imagine a time when we aren't stripping down to our socks for travel, or sending security agents into mosques? Welcome to the age of perpetual conflict.
The pariah state's latest nuclear test is an embarrassment for the administration's non-proliferation strategy.
Prisoner abuses, DNA testing, and changes to marijuana rules—a review of what tonight's State of the Union speech should call for, but probably won't
He's posed as a pirate and toiled on the funerals beat. Now he's taking over the task of writing the president's major addresses.
As America braces for an address that tends to be uneventful, here's what Washington's major constituencies would like Obama to talk about.


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Jessica Biel thrills with frills at Hitchcock premiere
Jessica Biel stole the show in a daring dress at the Hitchcock premiere in California last night.
The newly-married actress walked the red carpet in a stunning Gucci number at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Usually the 30-year-old would have to compete with her blonde co-star Scarlett Johansson for attention, but yesterday she went solo, with her colleague unable to attend.
Jessica's floor-length black gown was adorned with huge ruffles at the front of her chest, which snaked round to her back.
The halter-neck style of the dress allowed for a flash of skin at the sides.
This combined with a super low-cut back added sex appeal to the otherwise demure gown.
Due to the intricate detail at the front of the frock, Jessica opted to keep her hair and make-up simple.
The brunette beauty swept her locks into a cute up-do with a quiff, adding a playful dimension to the look.
Jessica needs little make-up to look gorgeous and kept eyeliner to a minimum, whilst emphasising her mouth with a slick of pink lipstick.
Ruffles can be a great way to spice up a plainer outfit, such as a little black dress.
If you're busty, steer clear from ruffles around the chest like Jessica's, as they could make you appear top-heavy.
If you're petite, try detail around the waist to give the illusion of a curvier shape.
Jessica's co-stars Toni Collette and Helen Mirren also joined her on the red carpet, with Toni looking gorgeous in a fitted red dress.
Helen opted for a lacy black and gold number, teamed with stunning chandelier earrings.


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BRACKNELL, UK - April 23, 2012
Webroot, a leader in delivering Internet security as a service, has signed a new partnership agreement with InsightCloud, a cloud solution service center operated by Insight Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSIT), a leading technology provider of hardware, software and service solutions. The agreement will enable Insight to deliver Webroot® SecureAnywhere™ Business – Endpoint Protection to its customers across the European market.
"InsightCloud is thrilled to begin offering Webroot SecureAnywhere Business - Endpoint Protection to our customers across EMEA," said Mark Green, EMEA e-commerce and cloud director at InsightCloud. "We've been looking for the right cloud-based endpoint protection to add to the solution set we extend to our small and midsized business customers, and we believe we've found a great fit with Webroot. The product's size and speed offer significant resource and productivity benefits to our customers, and its behavior-based detection performed in the cloud will keep threats from reaching their systems. We look forward to expanding our relationship with Webroot throughout 2012 and beyond."
Richard Daly, EMEA Channel Manager at Webroot, said, "Webroot is excited to join forces with Insight to help transform the way security is delivered to organizations. With this new partnership, we have extended our platform for delivering increased productivity and cost-savings to small-to-medium-sized enterprises across Europe."
Webroot SecureAnywhere – Endpoint Protection was launched as the flagship product in Webroot's business portfolio in early 2012. The solution leverages cloud-based antimalware technologies to identify new threats more effectively and with fewer resource requirements* than traditional endpoint protection offerings.
Key benefits include:
- More effective protection: Rather than relying on signatures that can consume network bandwidth and leave users exposed to new threats, Webroot leverages a cloud-based intelligence network to analyze every file that tries to run on a computer. When a new threat is identified, every Webroot customer is protected within seconds.
- Superior performance: Webroot SecureAnywhere – Endpoint Protection installs in less than 6 seconds – 42 times faster than the average competitor*. It uses 12MB of memory during its initial scan, which is less than 10% of the memory needed by the average traditional security tool. Its system scan, which searches the system for rootkits and complex threats, takes less than 2 minutes on average.*
- Easier manageability: IT managers no longer need to spend time and resources performing intrusive scans and continuous signature updating, patching, and reimaging. They can also manage every aspect of their endpoint protection through a single web-based console that is accessible from anywhere.
Webroot SecureAnywhere – Endpoint Protection is available through Insight's sales and technical service specialists at 0800 333 333 or online at www.insightcloud.com. To learn more about partnering with Webroot, visit www.webroot.com/partners.
About Insight
Insight Enterprises, Inc. is a leading technology provider of hardware, software and service solutions to business and government clients in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific. Insight is focused on helping organisations move technology goals forward in the areas of Cloud, Virtualisation, Data Center, Unified Communication & Collaboration, Networking & Security, Data Protection, Mobility & Point of Sale, and Office Productivity. For more information, please visit www.insight.com
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FLORENCE, S.C - Georgia Southwestern ended a frustrating outing Saturday afternoon dropping a pair of games to Francis Marion (17-7, 5-1 PBC). GSW (16-14, 1-5 PBC) lost late-game leads in both contests as the Patriots rallied past the Lady Hurricanes to sweep the doubleheader.
Game 1: FMU 2, GSW 1
In the opening contest a stellar effort by junior pitcher Allison Pastor was spoiled by late-game heroics by the Patriots.
GSW lit up the scoreboard first when a Haley Knight RBI single scored Rachel McElroy in the second inning to give the Lady Hurricanes a 1-0 advantage.
Southwestern held that advantage through four scoreless inngins until Francis Marion rallied in the bottom of the seventh inning when the Patriots notched two runs off a pair of GSW errors to take a 2-1 victory in heartbreaking fashion.
The FMU rally spoiled a tremendous pitching performance by Pastor (6-4) who was credited with the loss.
The junior threw for 6.2 innings giving up a pair of runs off just two hits while striking out seven for the Lady 'Canes.
The Blue and Gold had five hits on the contest paced by Knight who was credited with a pair of hits for GSW.
Game 2: FMU 5, GSW 3
Southwestern jumped out to the quick lead once again as GSW scored two runs over the first two innings to jump out to an early 2-0 advantage.
Francis Marion began their rally in the fifth inning scoring a run off a Lady 'Cane error.
The Patriots' bats came alive in the sixth inning as FMU scored four runs off four hits to take a 5-2 advantage.
An Avery Purser RBI single in the top of the seventh inning scored Haley Knight but Southwestern couldn't find enough offense to threaten the Patriots ultimately falling, 5-3.
Knight once again led GSW with three hits on the afternoon while Purser finished with a pair of RBIs for the Lady Hurricanes.
Knight finished the day with five hits and a RBI for Southwestern.
Starting GSW pitcher Ashley Cavender (5-4) was credited with the loss as the sophomore pitched 5.2 innings giving up five runs off ten hits.
GSW will be back in action Tuesday, March 12, as the Lady Hurricanes travel to West Georgia for a pair of games against the Wolves starting at 2 p.m. EST.


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Jose Mourinho describes Diego Costa as a 'naive, pure, simple, humble guy'
Jose Mourinho has admitted he was "blind" to spurn the chance to sign a teenage Diego Costa for Chelsea eight years ago.
The Blues boss revealed he ran the rule over the 18-year-old Costa when he emerged at Portuguese club Braga in 2006, during his first managerial stint in west London.
Mourinho hailed his £32million summer signing from Atletico as the "humble" striker from "behind the sunset" who can become this term's outstanding Barclays Premier League star.
The Stamford Bridge chief remains adamant missing out on the Premier League title would not represent automatic failure this season.
"To be fair when he was in Portugal I had a look at him, so everybody was blind, including myself," said Mourinho, of the Brazil-born Spain forward.
"He can be (the star of the Premier League), yes I know.
"He's still the guy that comes from a very small village behind the sunset.
"His village is behind the sunset - you want to arrive there, and it's difficult to arrive.
"He's still that guy.
"He's still that guy, the way he behaves, the way he acts, the way he interacts, he's still that naive, pure, simple, humble guy."
Mourinho claimed he will absorb the pressure - both internal and external - for silverware at Chelsea this season, refusing to alter his plans.
"It doesn't change my approach," said Mourinho.
"It doesn't change my vision, my feeling.
"We can do nothing more than say, we can do nothing more than feel: we feel we are title contenders, we can't add anything else to this.
"If the first team is better than us, if we are good, very good, but somebody is better than us, that's football, that's not a failure.
"But the only thing you can do is to be good.
"We have to be good, to be better than last season, in everything.
"We have to fight for titles, and after that if somebody is really better than us, it's because they were fantastic."
New boy Costa can only speak "10 words in English", but Mourinho said his low-key personality and warm body language have already endeared him to his team-mates.
"He's such a communicator, he's such a group guy: he's such a happy man that despite not speaking more than 10 words in English, he still speaks with everybody," said Mourinho.
"He can have a conversation and interact with everybody, and he doesn't understand one single word the person is saying.
"But just because of his gestures and body language, and happiness and so on, everybody likes the guy so much.
"And he comes from Atletico, he comes here, and adapts quickly, he's the happy guy in the group, he's not shy: it's fantastic.
"I say to him every time, 'do you need me to explain something in Portuguese', and he shrugs and says, 'I understand everything'.
"I think football-wise yes (he understands), especially in football meetings and videos, and my comments and so on.
"I think he goes in the direction I want him to go: he's a clever guy."
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Game Review: Madden NFL- Still a Winner?
The WSJ's Adam Najberg first played Madden NFL a quarter-century ago and now reviews the silver anniversary edition. He finds out whether age agrees with one of the world's bestselling video game franchises.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Saffron from La Mancha
Saffron is a deeply rooted condiment, both economically and culturally, in Castile-La Mancha. It should not be considered just another agricultural product, rather part of the historic and cultural patrimony of the region that must be protected and preserved. It has enjoyed a Protected Denomination of Origin since 17 March 2001.
Originally from Central Asia, cultivation of this plant was introduced to the Peninsula by the Arabs, very knowledgeable about spices, who made it a condiment that was monopolised by the Al Andalus bourgeoisie. Cultivation has been maintained ever since its arrival to the region of La Mancha. It must be noted the special care required in its cultivation, harvesting (done by hand) and pruning of the flower to obtain this prized condiment. Saffron is obtained from the dried stigmas of the saffron crocus: Crocus sativus. It is used as a condiment, providing dishes with a characteristic orange colour and slightly bitter taste, as well as an exotic aroma. Saffron from La Mancha is different from others because of the red stigmas that extend outside of the flower and because their stems are short. Saffron from La Mancha under the Denomination of Origin must always be saffron from the current harvest, since it loses quality over the years, and must be sold in strands only, never ground. The strands are flexible and resistant, with bright red stigmas.
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Product information
- Type of product: Vegetables
- Season: Harvesting of the saffron crocus begins in the middle of October. The stigmas are dried and sold throughout the year. The package should remain closed, in a cool, dry place to maintain the qualities of this condiment.
- Origin: The areas protected under the Saffron from La Mancha Denomination of Origin include the towns in the provinces of Toledo, Cuenca, Ciudad Real and Albacete in Castile-La Mancha.
- Recipes: Paella
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- Energy: Low
- Cholesterol: 0


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Photo: Microsoft
Since we first told you about Microsoft's employee review system, and Vanity Fair published an expose on it, more details have leaked out.Network World's Andy Patrizio published a great post on it.
Microsoft's Stack Ranking review process predetermines the number of good, bad and mediocre reviews the company gives to its employees.
Microsoft uses a 1 to 5 scale, with 1 being the best and dictates that 20% of employees get a 1, 20% get a 2, 40% get a 3, 13% get a 4, and 7% get a 5. Those people probably get fired, explained anonymous Microsoft blogger Mini-Microsoft in one of his many blog posts about it.
This turns teammates into competitors. No matter how well a team does, most of them will get a mediocre review and a few will be scapegoats. It also means the best people at the company don't want to work together because only one person can be the top ranked employee in his or her group.
Patrizio's source, an unnamed Microsoft employee, also shared these details:
- Although Steve Ballmer is credited as the architect of the review process, when top HR manager, Lisa Brummel, took over in 2005, she promised to fix it. Instead she's instituted a series of tweaks that sometimes made it worse. This made Brummel "perhaps the most universally hated exec in the place," the employee said.
- Employees who are in the lower rankings (3,4, and 5) effectively can't transfer to other departments within the company, the employee said. This is unfair because they might be struggling in one group, but would be able to flourish in another group. (Heck, they might not even be struggling, but someone has to get a 3, 4, or 5.)
- Groups are also ranked against each other. Managers then have to fight amongst themselves to get resources for them.
- There are two review seasons, meaning this process — and the stress of it — goes on almost all year long. It also means people are working with very short term goals in mind.
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State officials mailed letters to 200 Vashon property owners last week seeking permission to sample their soils — another step in the state's ambitious effort to clean up yards and gardens tainted by Tacoma's copper smelter decades ago.
The letters went to property owners on Maury Island and the southern half of Vashon Island, areas officials believe could have been affected by the smelter's arsenic- and lead-laced plume. The first 50 property owners to respond will get their soil sampled.
The state's goal is to use residential sampling to provide more information about the extent and location of contamination, so as to refine and improve a map it created last year showing the general outlines of the plume.
All of Maury, the southern third of Vashon, Burton and the Burton Peninsula are currently within what the state considers the "high zone." But that high zone for contamination will likely look different, said Hannah Aoyagi, a project planner with the Department of Ecology's Tacoma Smelter Plume project, once the state creates a more detailed and refined map, taking into account topography, proximity to the smelter and the many soil tests the state hopes to conduct within the high zone.
"We're planning to use this (new) map to get a much better sense of where we might have to clean up," she said.
The current map, she added, "is a rough estimate." The new one, developed by a geo-statistician using various factors and considerably more data, "will show the highest probabilities for contamination," she said.
The state announced plans last fall to undertake a far-reaching sampling and remediation program in neighborhoods that scientists believe were most affected by Asarco, a Ruston-based copper smelter that produced a toxic plume some 1,000 square miles in size before it closed in 1986. Highest on the list are neighborhoods in Ruston, north Tacoma, University Place, Maury Island and southern Vashon Island.
State funding for the massive cleanup comes from a settlement Asarco made when it filed for bankruptcy in 2005. The state received $188 million in settlement funds and expects to spend about $64 million of that on its yard cleanup program, the centerpiece of its Tacoma Smelter Plume project.
The state is targeting only those properties where tests show that arsenic levels are 100 parts per million (ppm), or five times what the state considers a level in need of cleanup, and lead levels are 500 ppm. "We're not talking about insignificant amounts of contamination," Aoyagi said.
In June, the state completed its final action plan for the Tacoma Smelter Plume program, targeting residential cleanup within the plume's high zone as one of its key strategies, along with ongoing outreach and education and a soil safety program.
But some elements of the residential cleanup plan are still being determined. And once the new map is finalized and details of the residential cleanup program are in place, state officials will return to Vashon for another round of public comment.
"It's an iterative process," Aoyagi said.
On Vashon, meanwhile, some who received the state's letter last week, asking for permission to come onto their property to sample the soil, quickly filled out the forms and sent them back to the state.
"We don't have anything to hide, and we might have something to gain," said Sue Gardner, who lives with her husband Jim on southern Vashon Island, near Camp Sealth.
"I've always been curious to know the level of arsenic here," she said, adding, "It seemed like a fairly benign request."
Hilary Emmer, who lives on Maury, agreed. "I already sent in the form. I think we should know what is really in our soil."
But others said they don't want state officials to come onto their property and test their soils, even if it's only to refine a map.
Lou Engels, who lives just north of Portage and received a request from the state, said he won't give officials the green light. He's lived at his home on Highland Avenue for nearly 40 years, he said.
"It's not creating a problem," he said of any potential arsenic in the soil. "Why turn it into one? I just really think there's nothing to worry about."
Jean Bosch, a real estate agent, said some on Vashon are worried about what the state's cleanup program could mean for their homes' resale values, as well as their obligations for disclosure when they decide to sell.
"We're painting some people's property orange (high zone) and some green on these maps, and it's scary to people," she said.
Bosch, like others, said she doesn't know what high levels mean, nor has she seen any evidence that indicates high levels can harm someone, unless that person actually ingests a lot of dirt. If arsenic in the soil is truly a problem, "It seems sort of crass to be thinking about resale values," she added. "But is it harmful? I don't think we know."
But Aoyagi said longterm or repeated exposure to soil laced with arsenic and lead are considered health hazards; children are most at risk because of their propensity to put dirty hands or objects in their mouths.
"Statistically, we know there's a risk" from arsenic and lead exposure, she said. "Thousands of studies show that arsenic and lead are toxic to the human body, to animals and to the environment."
The state has set the bar for contamination high — at 100 ppm for arsenic — because "at 100 parts per million, we feel that there's a much more serious threat to human health," she said.
State officials, she added, know that some people won't want to get their soil tested this fall or participate in the cleanup program once the high zone is delineated because they don't see a problem at their homes.
And indeed, the program is voluntary, she added. "Individuals can opt out," she said.
But she hopes homeowners will consider the long-term implications of arsenic-laced soil, especially for future families who might live there.
"It's not a health emergency," she said. "But we are concerned about low-level exposure over time, especially for children."


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Don't hate me, but if I owned a company like GE and had 2 billion to invest and since I don't like paying taxes, I would move out of the country also. To stay competitive in a global market where you are selling against companies that have lower labor wages and pay less in taxes, you have have to move or die. I don't understand how they made 5.1 billion and got away without paying any taxes. Maybe loop holes or investments. But you have to do something to stay alive today.
Some may call it whining and complaining, where others call it communication and forming a consensus. Without it, we as a citizenry, cannot make the changes that need to be made.
In a so-called 'free country' whining and complaining (name calling) about 'any' administration and then blaming 'it' for all your 'perceived' troubles is about as far away from democracy as one can get IMO
In case some have forgotten, Obama only appointed Immelt to satisfy the demands from the right, or have some of you been misinformed?
Its hard to please everyone in a democracy and ours is a particularly messy one, but just compaining about it does little to correct anything and in fact helps those who wish to do us harm (see the cat, see the cradle).
Its 'your' country people, get busy if you got a gripe. Get involved with the process (sorry, but that doesn't include sitting on the sidelines complaining, wah-wah)
So what are you saying iddee? Do you think China is better for business than the US? Do you think we should emulate China's industrial policy? Or is it just a matter of cheap, well educated labor? The US under the Bush administration stopped investing in education and infrastructure. If we don't educate kids or repair bridges or build mass transit.... then of course China is going to win. They are doing now the things we did as a nation in the 1950s and 1960s. They are doing what we did to build our nation. Our top marginal tax rate in the 1950s was 85%. High marginal tax rates don't inhibit growth.... they fund growth.Obama is showing outstanding leadership. Republicans in Congress have a problem with followership. They are putting their party plans ahead of the interests of the country. Specifically, they are blocking legislation that they originally proposed themselves... just because Obama is suggesting it. Now Obama is suggesting that we maintain the cut in payroll taxes, but Republicans want a tax increase on the working class. And you criticize Obama?
Do you think China is better for business than the US?
Do you think we should emulate China's industrial policy?
Or is it just a matter of cheap, well educated labor?
High marginal tax rates don't inhibit growth.... they fund growth.
Quote from: FRAMEshift on November 28, 2011, 09:27:28 amDo you think we should emulate China's industrial policy?Unsustainable suiside
Quote from: FRAMEshift on November 28, 2011, 09:27:28 amOr is it just a matter of cheap, well educated labor?Cheap & well educated doesn't exist! The only thing any government wants is 'Cheap & compliant'. Hence the current education & labor policies; regardless of WHO made them. (*)The only thing any corporation wants is cheap and compliant.
the US under the bush admin did not stop investing in anything. in fact, there was a massive increase. there was a massive increase on almost all spending under Bush. this made us unhappy....but guess what? obama has so far outdone him that no one will remember the spending under bush :-)
define leadership please. and give some examples of the leadership that obama is showing?
Americans should be taking a clue from Egyptians and Syrians, along with our brown skinned brothers and sisters from South America. They're showing us what democracy 'by the people' really looks like, because they are willing to die for it (as are some of the 'occupy' folks IMO, never saw any Tea party members camping on the concret for months!).
Americans have mostly forgotten that it takes effort to keep a Country free from tyranny (and I don't mean sending our youth off to fight "rich men wars" I mean fighting against rich men who only want to get richer by sending our youth to war) whether from the outside or the inside.
If that's true, we have nothing to worry about.
The only thing any corporation wants is cheap and compliant.
You have to have a steering wheel.
Market mechanisms can't decide where society wants to go.
representative democracy
Under Bush the support for education and infrastructure was pathetic. Bush spent money on war. Just spending money does not constitute investment in the country
The American Jobs Act. Corporations are sitting on $2 trillion in cash, waiting for somebody else to kick-start the economy. That has to be government because private business is not going to do it. Waiting for business to take a risk in this environment is asking for a depression. Obama is trying to stimulate job creation by investments in education and infrastructure. That is leadership. And many of the ideas he is proposing were originally Republican ideas. The same Republicans who proposed these steps now vote against them just to make Obama look like he can't get anything done. The solution is to vote Republicans out of the Congress.
I think OWS was going to happen anyway but was triggered early by the Arab Spring. When people have no future, they don't have anything to lose. I am grateful that... so far.... OWS has managed to remain non-violent. I hope the Congress takes a look and decides they need to fix things before the OWS folks decide that emulating the Civil Rights movement of the 60's does not work.
So do we mutually agree to support Small Business & Small Government??
Market mechanisms can't decide where society wants to go.Yes WE do. We ARE the market.
have you read the jobs act? it is a second stimulus program after the 1st one worked oh so well!
i'm not sure why liberals have such a hard time understanding how the economy works. it's not that hard.


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Touche Ross/Directorship Survey of Chief Executives: What Makes a Successful Annual Meeting? See pages 8 and 9
Questions Shareholders Will Ask at 1983 Annual Meetings
A range of questions, including -
• What litigation is the company involved in?
• How has the recession affected operations?
• Are pension plans adequately funded?
• What are the sales and earnings growth targets?
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JOHNSON City, Tenn. – The Lipscomb track and field team capped off a successful Niswonger Invite hosted by ETSU with multiple first-place finishes on the second day of action in Johnson City, Tenn.
"This was a very successful meet for us," Lipscomb head coach Bill Taylor said. "It was a big step forward across the board.
"After a rough meet last week, everyone stepped it up these two days. The tone has been set for the season and we can feel extremely positive about where we are in our progress."
After qualifying with the top time overall, junior Tucker Peabody kept his position at the top of the 200m dash finishing with a time of 21.36 seconds. Peabody edged US Olympian Manteo Mitchell by the slimmest of margins, as Mitchell finished in a time of 21.37 seconds.
"The 200 was the most exciting race of the day," Taylor said. "He and Mateo have a friendly rivalry. Manteo made Tucker put everything he had out there today in the photo finish."
The mile run proved to be a solid event on both the men's and women's side for Lipscomb.
Junior Emily Longden finished second on the women's side in a time of 5:17.17. Sophomore Maggie Lawrence finished just behind Longden in fourth place in a time of 5:17.93. Sophomore Minna Fields clocked in with a time of 5:19.86 to finish seventh.
Placing six LU runners in the top-20 in the men's mile, senior Tim Muller won the event with a time of 4:24.81, almost two seconds in front of the second place Landon Milhorn of ETSU. Jared Wingerter, Grant Stromberg, Ben Wright, Ashton Fisher and Daniel Gardner all finished in the top-20 of the 54 man field.
"Tim had a terrific meet," Taylor said. "He had the fastest time in the mile for the open heats and led for most of the 3000m. This is probably the best opening meet for any Lipscomb guy since Ryan Chastain."
Muller finished fourth in the 3000 with a time of 8:47.41.
The women's distance medley relay squad took top honors after beating Middle Tennessee State by more than nine seconds. The combination of Tessa Hoefle, Brenna Thompson, Amanda Twigg and Dani Walker finished in 11:59.21.
Sophomore Gemikal Prude set a personal-record and fell just shy for the school record with a high jump of 2.03 meters to finish second while senior Adam Austin set a personal record with a jump of 1.98 meters.
"Gemikal and Adam put on a great show," Taylor said. "The high jump ended up looking like a preview of the A-Sun Championships in a month with the top-4 jumpers all from the league."
A day after finishing in second place in the 800m, junior Dani Walker claimed Gold in the 3000m run in a time of 10:12.23.
"Dani had an amazing weekend," Taylor said. "She took more than four seconds off the 800 school-record and today she ran a 4:55 split in the mile anchor leg of the DMR, a come from behind victory. And just a short while later she enters the 3000 and wins that too.
"All of our distance runners are competing off of just a week and a half of quality workouts for the season, and she is just at another level this year."
The 3000 also proved to be a strong team event for Lipscomb women as six student-athletes finished in the top-8. Following Walker after her victory, Madelin Talbert finished third while Longden, Hoefle and Lawrence finished sixth, seventh and eighth, respectively.
"Madi's third place finish was excellent," Taylor said. "She is so talented and brave, she is going to be a nationally elite distance runner."
Lipscomb takes next weekend off before returning to action at the TSU Invite in Nashville on Feb. 2.
JOHNSON City, Tenn. – The Lipscomb track and field team capped off a successful Niswonger Invite hosted by ETSU with multiple first-place finishes on the second day of action in Johnson City, Tenn.


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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will meet this week after more than a year of deadlock in peacemaking, officials said Sunday, but both sides played down prospects of any imminent resumption of talks.
Yitzhak Molcho of Israel and Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat will meet Tuesday in Jordan alongside representatives of the Quartet of Middle East mediators - the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations.
"This aims at reaching a common ground to resume direct talks between the two sides and to achieve a Palestinian-Israeli peace accord ... by the end of 2012," the official Jordanian news agency Petra quoted Mohammad al-Kayed, spokesman of the Foreign Ministry in Amman, as saying.
"It is essential that both sides take advantage of this opportunity," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement released in Washington.
Negotiations stalled in late 2010 after Israel refused to renew a partial freeze on Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank as demanded by the Palestinians.
The Palestinians say they cannot hold talks while Israel cements its hold on land where, along with the Gaza Strip, they intend to found a state. Israel says peacemaking should have no preconditions.
The Israelis and Palestinians will meet bilaterally as well as with the Quartet in Amman, according to Kayed and Clinton.
Israel said Molcho would "take part in the Quartet meeting" yet made no mention of Erekat in its statement, or of direct contacts with the Palestinians.
Wasl Abu Yossef, a senior figure in Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's umbrella PLO executive, described Tuesday's meeting as a forum for the sides to "offer their positions on security and borders" as requested by the Quartet in October.
"This is not a resumption of negotiations," Abu Yossef told Reuters in Ramallah, the seat of Abbas's administration.
Erekat said the meeting would be "part of ongoing Jordanian efforts to compel Israel to comply with its international legal obligations ... specifically its obligation to freeze all settlement construction."
Most countries deem the settlements illegal. Israel disputes this, and says it would keep settlement blocs under any peace deal in accordance with understandings reached in 2004 with then-U.S. president George W. Bush.
For its part, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government criticizes Abbas for seeking a reconciliation with the Islamists of Hamas, who control Gaza and reject permanent coexistence with Israel. Abbas has also balked at Israel's demand that he recognize it as a Jewish state.
But both sides have been rattled by upheavals that have bolstered Islamists in Jordan and Egypt. Fierce pro-Palestinian sentiment in both countries, among the few Arab countries to have relations with Israel, often backs Hamas rather than Abbas.
Established a decade ago, the Quartet has in recent months taken a leading role in attempts to broker new negotiations, stepping in after U.S. President Barack Obama's administration failed to revive diplomacy.
"As the president and I have said before, the need for a lasting peace is more urgent than ever. The status quo is not sustainable and the parties must act boldly to advance the cause of peace," Clinton said.
Additional reporting by Ali Sawafta in Ramallah; Writing by Dan Williams; Editing by Kevin Liffey


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Alexandra Kiefer (pictured) and Michael Woo posted perfect 9-0 records at the Fencing Beanpot Tuesday (Gil Talbot).
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- The No. 7 Harvard men's fencing team and the No. 8 Crimson women's fencing squad swept Brandeis, MIT and Boston College, as both squads won the Fencing Beanpot Tuesday evening.
Freshman Michael Woo went undefeated in the men's foil, going 9-0, while junior Alexandra Kiefer recorded a perfect 9-0 mark in the women's foil.
On the men's side, Harvard downed Boston College, 21-6, topped Brandeis, 21-6, and earned a 24-3 victory over MIT. The Crimson men now improve to 8-5 overall on the season.
The Crimson women, who moves its record to 8-6 on the year, also went 3-0 at the Beanpot, sweeping Brandeis, 19-8, MIT, 19-8, and Boston College by a 25-2 margin.
Men's Results
Harvard vs. MIT
Epee: 8-1 Harvard
Foil: 9-0 Harvard
Saber: 7-2 Harvard
Harvard vs. Brandeis
Epee: 7-2 Harvard
Foil: 9-0 Harvard
Saber: 5-4 Harvard
Harvard vs. Boston College
Epee: 6-3 Harvard
Foil: 7-2 Harvard
Saber: 8-1 Harvard
Women's Results
Harvard vs. MIT
Epee: 6-3 Harvard
Foil: 6-3 Harvard
Saber: 6-3 Harvard
Harvard vs. Brandeis
Epee: 6-3 Harvard
Foil: 5-4 Harvard
Saber: 8-1 Harvard
Harvard vs. Boston College
Epee: 8-1 Harvard
Foil: 8-1 Harvard
Saber: 9-0 Harvard