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Ready, Set, Delegate!
This story appears in the July 1998 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
Prove that you want to grow your business. Go ahead, tell us not how much you did today, but how much you didn't do. Sound crazy? The key to growing your company as big and as fast as you want may be getting very good at not doing any work. Here's why: "It's impossible to grow a business without delegating. You can only increase your workload so much," says Ralph Rubio, co-founder and CEO of Rubio's Baja Grill, a $40 million restaurant chain based in San Diego that dominates the fish taco business on the West Coast.
"There's only so much time in a day," adds Don Dailey, partner-in-charge of Cooper & Lybrand's Entrepreneurial Advisory Services Group in the Michigan-Ohio region. "When you're encumbered with daily business issues, you're prevented from attending to the larger issues--business vision, customer relations, growth. That's a fatal error we see in many small businesses. Daily stuff has to be done--somebody has to sign the checks--but if you're doing that when you should be developing your next product or service, you're limiting your future growth."
Robert McGarvey writes on business, psychology and management topics for several national publications. To reach him online with your questions or ideas, e-mail email@example.com
Task At Hand
Steve Leveen, co-founder and CEO of Delray Beach, Florida-based Levenger, a $70 million catalog company specializing in upscale products for readers and writers, vividly recalls when he hired his first nonfamily employees. It was a year after start-up, and, says Leveen, "I felt great relief. The people we hired helped with packing orders. That was a great boost to my productivity because I could then focus on areas that would help us grow."
Ask yourself how much you're delegating. "Most entrepreneurs don't know how little they're delegating," says Dailey. "Ask them, and they'll say they delegate a lot, but few do. Entrepreneurs are self-reliant, and delegating doesn't come easily to them."
What's worse is that many bosses delegate halfheartedly, says Leveen. "They know they should do it," he says, "but they feel they're the best at doing all the jobs. That's a dangerous attitude. Real growth requires real delegation."
How can you decide what to delegate? Begin with an inventory of the tasks that consume your day, Dailey advises. "Then ask yourself what you would be doing if you could best utilize your time. Usually the answers are thinking about new customers, developing new products and services, and grooming staff to take on new responsibilities. Once you know what you're doing and what you should be doing, look for disparities. Then start delegating so you can put your time into the tasks that will be meaningful to the future of your company."
Delegation 101
It's easy to talk about delegation--but is it easy to do? "Delegation is very hard to do right," says Susan Leeds, managing director of The Ayers Group Inc., a New York City human resources consulting firm. "Smart delegation takes thought and planning." That means delegation isn't simply sweeping your desk clean and blindly handing off all the tasks on your to-do list. "You need to approach delegation with a plan in mind," says Leeds, who teaches a multistep delegation process to clients. The first step is careful thought about what to delegate.
That's a crucial question, mainly because some tasks should be handled personally. There are tasks that aren't suited to delegation, says Ron Riggio, a psychology professor at Claremont McKenna College's Kravis Leadership Institute in Claremont, California.
What can't you delegate? There's no rule of thumb; let your instincts guide you. You probably wouldn't delegate thinking about the products your company will offer next year, but you might delegate a survey of current customers regarding improvements they'd like to see in your products. Either way, a building block for effective delegation is knowing what tasks are yours and yours alone.
The next step in Leeds' plan is to determine the results you want to achieve. That means not telling employees to make some phone calls about past-due invoices. That's too vague. Instead, be specific. A more defined goal might be to get customers with past-due bills to agree to a payment schedule. Knowing the results you want is your job, not the job of employees to whom you delegate.
Step three is to decide which person is right for the task, says Leeds. A salesperson might not be the right person to make collection calls, but perhaps your bookkeeper is. Either way, match skills and personality to the task--that will maximize productivity.
The fourth step is to decide what controls and checkpoints you'll put on the person to whom you're delegating. How often will the person report back to you? What signal means it's time to shout for help? Get very specific about these steps because that will make delegation work smoothly, both for you and employees.
Fifth, motivate the person to whom you're delegating. If you're handing off important work, you want the subordinate to be fired up to get results. "Link the new job to what motivates that employee," says Leeds. If the employee is there to learn, present the task as a development opportunity. If visibility is important, present it that way. "Make sure what you delegate is appropriate [for the employee]," Leeds says. And sell what you delegate--don't just hand out tasks.
The last step is accountability. "Effective delegation means holding people accountable for the jobs that are assigned to them," Leeds says. A big mistake here is that bosses often expect the employee to fail--and readily take the task back to do themselves. Don't. That's a quick way to undermine employee effectiveness and, in the bargain, guarantee employees will never develop in the ways you need them to if your business is to reach the level you want.
Letting Go
Follow these steps and, odds are, your delegation skills will improve dramatically. There's one more huge hurdle to jump, however. That occurs when employees start doing the work you've delegated, but they're not doing it the way you would have done it. "This is a major issue for entrepreneurs," says Dailey. "It's painful for them to accept that there are other ways to get jobs done and that oftentimes, the way the employee did the task is good enough."
But what if it isn't good enough? That can happen, as Leveen knows. "When I look at a job somebody else did and think that's not how I would have done it, it's tough," he admits. "When it honestly isn't good enough, I give honest feedback. For instance, my forte is writing copy about our products. We have two copywriters on staff, and sometimes they'll write things I don't think are very good. I tell them why I think that, but I also tell them when I think what they write is great. And they're thick-skinned enough to hear all of what I'm saying."
Ready to plunge into delegation? "Start small," urges Dailey. "Begin with less critical jobs. Over time, your confidence in your people will grow, and so will their confidence in themselves. Keep at it, and you won't have to keep working 16-hour days seven days a week. You'll have more time to put into the more critical tasks. And your business will likely grow much faster. Delegation really is the way to succeed."
Besides, adds Leveen, "I truly believe there are people who can do every job we need done in this company better than I can. My real job as president is to find those people, develop them, and then let them do their jobs."
Next Step
Read Empowering Employees Through Delegation by Robert B. Nelson (Irwin Professional Publishing). It provides a concise look at the nuts and bolts of effective delegation and how it produces stronger employees and businesses that thrive.
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Following up on his report of this past Sunday evening, Joel Mowbray has kindly provided us this exclusive update regarding the Israel divestment vote today at the Presbyterian Church (USA) biennial convention:
In a stunning reversal of two years ago, the Presbyterian Church's 534 voting members this evening overwhelming disavowed their previous embrace of "phased, selective divestment" from Israel. This is a crushing defeat for proponents of the movement to brand the Jewish state the new apartheid South Africa, as this was the very same organization that kickstarted mainstream acceptance of divestment back in 2004.
Just before 6pm CST, Presbyterians from all over the country gathered in Birmingham, AL, embraced a new divestment-free policy toward the Middle East, 94-5 percent. It was a rout. A shocking one, in fact. The 2004 biennial conference decided "to initiate a process of phased, selective divestment in multinational corporations operating in Israel." That resolution passed with over 80% of the vote, according to a Presbyterian church spokesman.
But within a couple weeks of the last conference, Presbyterians everywhere were shocked to learn what their leadership had done. More, they were subject to intense criticism from Jews and other Christians for an action of which they weren't even aware. To the average Presbyterian, it stung. Local and national leadership alike got an earful, and today's vote owes more to Presbyterian outcry than anything else.
While many Jewish groups had sent representatives to Birmingham–and had worked to educate Presbyterians about the Middle East, many of whom had known surprisingly little two years ago–it cannot be stressed enough that this result was the product of Presbyterian dissatisfaction. A handful of Presbyterians made a key difference in swinging the pendulum, but ultimately, the conference as a whole did the right thing.
The fight within the Presbyterian church is far from over. "Corporate engagement" is the current catchphrase, and the new resolution is awfully ambivalent in calling for investment "in only peaceful pursuits." More troubling, ignorance of the Middle East is still sadly abundant among Presbyterian higher-ups, as demonstrated by repeated references to "the wall." Had they actually looked at the security barrier, they would've noticed that just 4% of it is a "wall"–ironically, the same as the percentage of Presbyterians unwilling to ditch divestment.
At Solomonia, Sol has also been following events today. A message from Larry Rued together with the language of the resolution appears in the extended entry below.
Larry Rued writes:
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA approved the committee motion by a vote of 483 to 28.
I wish to extend my appreciation to those who have helped us in the Presbyterian Church USA replace the Israel divestment resolution approved in 2004 with a much more even handed resolution regarding affairs in the Middle East.
Larry Rued
Presbyterian Church USA
Mr. Rued provides the wording of the approved motion as follows:
After careful consideration of the overtures brought before the Assembly Committee on Peacemaking and International Issues of the 217th General Assembly (2006), we offer the following recommendations.
1. We acknowledge that the actions of the 216th General Assembly (2004) caused hurt and misunderstanding among many members of the Jewish community and within our Presbyterian communion. We are grieved by the pain that this has caused, accept responsibility for the flaws in our process, and ask for a new season of mutual understanding and dialogue.
To these ends, we replace the instructions expressed in Item 12-01 (Minutes, 2004 Part I, pp. 64–66) Recommendation 7, which reads
"7. Refers to Mission Responsibility Through Investment Committee (MRTI) with instructions to initiate a process of phased selective divestment in multinational corporations operating in Israel, in accordance to General Assembly policy on social investing, and to make appropriate recommendations to the General Assembly Council for action."
with the following:
"7. To urge that financial investments of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), as they pertain to Israel, Gaza, East Jerusalem, and the West Bank, be invested in only peaceful pursuits, and affirm that the customary corporate engagement process of the Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investments of our denomination is the proper vehicle for achieving this goal."
2. Direct Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI) to ensure that its strategies for engaging corporations with regard to Israeli and Palestinian territories
a. Reflect the application of fundamental principles of justice and peace common to Christianity, Islam, and Judaism that are appropriate to the practical realities of Israeli and Palestinian societies.
b. Reflect commitment to positive outcomes.
c. Reflect awareness of potential impact upon the stability, future viability, and prosperity of both the Israeli and Palestinian economies.
d. Identify affirmative investment opportunities as they pertain to Israel, Gaza, East Jerusalem, and the West Bank.
3. We call upon the church:
a. To work through peaceful means with American and Israeli Jewish, American and Palestinian Muslim, and Palestinian Christian communities and their affiliated organizations for an end to all violence and terror against Palestinian and Israeli civilians.
b. To work through peaceful means with American and Israeli Jewish, American and Palestinian Muslim, and Palestinian Christian communities and their affiliated organizations to end the occupation.
c. To work through peaceful means with American and Israeli Jewish, American and Palestinian Muslim, and Palestinian Christian communities and their affiliated organizations towards the creation of a socially, economically, geographically, and politically viable and secure Palestinian state, alongside an equally viable and secure Israeli state, both of which have a right to exist.
d. To encourage and celebrate efforts by individual Presbyterians, congregations, and judicatories of our church to communicate directly and regularly with Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities, sponsor programs likely to improve relations among Christians, Jews, and Muslims, and engage in peacemaking in the Middle East.
4. The 217th General Assembly (2006) does not believe that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) should tell a sovereign nation whether it can protect its borders or handle matters of national defense. The problem with the security wall, in 2004 and presently, is its location. The 217th General Assembly (2006) supports fair criticism of the security wall insofar as it illegally encroaches into the Palestinian territory and fails to follow the legally recognized borders of Israel since 1967 demarcated by the Green Line. To the extent that the security barrier violates Palestinian land that was not part of Israel prior to the 1967 war, the barrier should be dismantled and relocated.
5. Recognizing that the situation on the ground in the Israel-Palestine area is rapidly changing, the General Assembly Council (GAC) is directed to carefully monitor ongoing developments of the situation in the Middle East and to examine the polices of the PC(USA) related to the Middle East, in order to make a comprehensive report to the 218th General Assembly (2008).
6. Instructs the Stated Clerk to communicate Recommendations 1. through 5. above to the United States' president, vice president, secretary of state, and members of Congress; to Israeli and Palestinian leaders in the Middle East; to the membership of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.); to leadership of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim faith bodies and denominations in the United States and the Middle East with whom we are in communication.
Comment: The Assembly received twenty-six overtures pertaining to the Middle East. The recommendation is the result of the General Assembly's honest and sincere effort to address the issues and concerns that appeared in the overtures in a comprehensive and concise document.


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Just two months ago, Research In Motion (RIMM) was trading ever so close to its net current asset value, which can be either hallowed ground for deep value investors or a place companies end up just before they begin the spiral toward going under.In RIMM's case, this was a momentary phenomenon for a company that has had its share of troubles in recent years. By my calculation, the company never actually traded below net current asset value, and investors reacted swiftly, rescuing it from net/net land by scooping up shares that appeared to be priced for an early demise. Since that
Certainly, all is not well with RIMM. Given increased competition, declining revenues and margins and some public relations fiascos related to user outages, the company has faced increasing headwinds. At one time, the BlackBerry was a phenomenon, but now seems to be yesterday's news. The company is pinning its hopes on reviving the business, however, with the release of the BlackBerry 10, which it hopes will compete with Apple's ( AAPL) iPhone and other smartphones. There are some in the analyst and investment community who believe BlackBerry 10 will be the shot in the arm the company needs. That optimism was was driving shares higher Friday in pre-market trading. Thursday, shares rose more than 17% on the Toronto Stock Exchange after a National Bank analyst increased the price target from $12 to $15. From a fundamental perspective, not much has changed since my last column on RIMM: The company is still extremely liquid, ending last quarter with $2.065 billion, or $3.93 per share, in cash and short-term investments, and no debt. As of Wednesday's closing price, shares were still trading at a relatively low multiple of net current assets, $1.65, and at just 0.87 times tangible book value per share. The reception of BlackBerry 10 will help determine whether this company is truly cheap, or in decline.


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Something special happened Sunday at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Apponaug. And it came in the form of your not-so-ordinary spaghetti supper.
Schweitzer Hall, the ageless parish's all-purpose room that's used for a multitude of things, was transformed into a huge Italian kitchen.
There were red and white-checkered table coverings, red, white and green balloons, streamers, paper chain links in the Italian colors, pictures of Tuscan villas and wineries you'd expect to find in a Cucina. The servers, who ranged in age from 7 to 18, wore white soda jerk caps and four adult men sported white aprons and never once stopped serving the well-cooked spaghetti they covered with a special sauce and meatballs.
In the middle of it all was Emily Seddon, a 23-yer-old Warwick resident who decided to help her church – in a time of need – by turning back the clock to her younger years.
Seddon is the director of Acolytes at St. Barnabas Church. And her mission was to hold a fundraiser to replace the outdated and perhaps dangerous torches that Acolytes carry during services and celebrations such as baptisms and holy days.
The current torches were falling apart. The glass coverings that catch candle drippings were chipped and cracked. The brass or gold plates on the wooden dowels weren't all that steady, either.
"Our torches were real flimsy," said Seddon, a one-time Acolyte who is now a Chalice Bearer and Vestry member at St. Barnabas. "We needed to get new liquid wax candles."
The torches Seddon hoped St. Barnabas could purchase were 54 inches high and featured an oak-walnut finish, brass Bobeche and a liquid wax candle that looked like the real thing. In all, the parish needed four torches at $300 each.
Trouble was, like many parishes today, St. Barnabas was struggling financially prior to the arrival of Rev. John J. Pallard two years ago.
The climate has changed since Father John's installation and induction back in July of 2010.
There's been an infusion of youth by way of many new adult parishioners. As Joseph A. Rodrigues, senior warden of the recently seated new Vestry, put it, "While some parishes are either closing or merging, St. Barnabas is flourishing. We've gone from 91 to 135 pledges in a short time."
St. Barnabas didn't even have a youth group at one point and as Rodrigues added, "Now we have one that's growing. And basically, we only had about three Acolytes and that's certainly not nearly enough."
And that's where Seddon comes in.
With the help of her mother, the former Vestry member and parish treasurer, Heidi Seddon and Father Pallard, Emily Seddon sparked interest as well as fun and education into the Acolytes corps at St. Barnabas.
So much so, in fact, St. Barnabas has gone from 3 to 16 Acolytes in a relatively short time.
And Sunday, "Seddon's Special Sixteen" Acolytes were at center stage during a spaghetti supper that people like Rodrigues and others called "a fantastic outpouring of support that also signifies the great direction our parish is heading."
"I was overwhelmed with the turnout," said Emily Seddon, a recent URI graduate who will receive her Master's Degree in May from Adelphi University in New York. "We raised enough money to purchase three torches."
The people who filled Schweitzer Hall to the max helped generate a gross amount of $1,553. Emily Seddon said after expenses, "we made a profit of $1,100. We now have enough money for the torches and we hope to be able to use them on Easter Sunday."
St. Barnabas will only need to purchase three torches because Emily Seddon's mother Heidi donated enough money for one torch.
"What a great turnout, a super and special show of support for our youth," said Rodrigues. "This was a great fellowship event that helps bring the church back together."
It was also an event during which "the children never dropped one dish," said Emily Seddon, after accepting a host of well wishes and congratulations.


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Recipe Source: bbcgoodfood.com , http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/cheddar-sage-scones
Self Raising flour- 225 grams+ extra for dusting
English Mustard powder- 1 1/2 tsp
A pinch salt
A pinch pepper
Clove powder- 1/3 tsp
Sun dried tomatoes chopped- 3 tbs
Butter- 50 grams chilled and cubed
Cheddar cheese- 75 grams grated
1 tbs dried Sage + ½ tbs
Heavy cream- 1/3cup
Milk- 1/4 cup
1 tbs oil, for greasing
Preheat oven to 220°C.Grease and flour the baking tin.
Mix flour, mustard powder,clove powder, salt, pepper in a bowl.With a pasty blender cut in the chilled butter and mix until the mixture resembles course crumble. Add grated cheese,sun dried tomatoes and dried sage mix well.
In a bowl beat eggs till it is light and fluffy. Mix in cream and water or milk.
Make a well in the center of the flour butter mixture and add the wet ingredients. Mix until all is combined, knead gently until it comes together as a ball. Pat on to a floured board. Shape into a 9 inch circle and cut into 8 wedges or flatten into square and using a cookie cutter cut into circles. Brush the top with milk and sprinkle the top with cheese and dried sage. Layer on baking sheet and bake for 12- 15 minutes till it is slightly golden brown. Serve warm with a cup of tea.
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Xmas is traditionally a time when people are encouraged to think and act in a compassionate way. It is an ideal time to start carrying this thinking and behaviour into your day-to-day life on an ongoing basis. This can cover a range of behaviours - from showing forgiveness to helping someone in need. Acts of compassion and forgiveness can take bravery, but perhaps there could be opportunities for you to do them in your life - even in situations you previously thought impossible?
Many people feel that Xmas has become over-commercialized and that we have lost sight of the things that make it special, such as spending time with friends, family and loved ones, celebrating, resting and showing compassion and generosity.
It may involve going out of your way to do an unselfish act for someone else, to admit a share of the blame for an argument (even when you feel you were right) or putting yourself in an awkward position for a moment in order to raise a sensitive issue. Challenge yourself to find the courage to do it where, in your heart of hearts, you think it is needed.Many of these steps to simplify and take control of our Xmases support another important point - the need to live sustainably. Xmas can be a time of enormous waste and environmental impact, and this is often driven by our thirst for more material goods and our supply systems importing food, gifts and other goods from around the world. By seeking a more meaningful and relaxed Xmas, we may find ourselves consuming less and living more sustainably - for example, by making presents, decorations and some Xmas food rather than buying imported products that have high Xmas miles.
Showing generosity is also important to us at Xmas - but you dont need to buy people lots of stuff to do this! For example, we could be generous in the amount of time, effort, attention, affection or many other things we could give them. This could involve visiting someone, making a phone call, helping out with the chores, making gifts or many other things.
In the midst of all the pressure and stress of Xmas it can be difficult for us to remember the things that really matter to us at Xmas and the steps we can take to build more of them into the festive period. We simply need to remember that we are in control of our lives and can create the Xmas we want - we do not have to endure the commercialized and rushed version of Xmas that seems to be the modern norm! Below are some brief ideas on how we can get the Xmas we really want.


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Kyambogo University, Makerere UniversityÔÇÖs School of Education, Ministry of Education and Sports department of Pre- and PrimaryEducation, Uganda, CASCA, Australia and Uwezo at Twaweza East Africa, are organizing this national conference.
Uganda has done well in expanding access to primary education. The next step is to make sure that children learn. Far too many do not. The conference will catalyse debate and actions around learning outcomes at national level.


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A lot of new medicines have come out, with a pile of new acronyms: GLP-1, DPP-4, BYOB…well, that last one is probably familiar, but a little background on the other two might not be out of place. You're going to be seeing a lot more of them in the future, and it'll help to be on speaking terms.
First of all, what is an incretin, anyway? An incretin is a hormone released from cells in the gut in response to eating food. Incretins were discovered when scientists noticed that people secreted more insulin after actually eating glucose than after being given a comparable amount of glucose intravenously. They knew there had to be a trigger for that extra insulin secretion, and the trigger was incretin.
Gulp-1, A Gutsy Incretin
The star incretin in diabetes treatment, and our hero in this little tale, is glucagon-like peptide-1, or GLP-1. After a meal, the gut secretes GLP-1 in response to the arrival of food from the stomach. GLP-1 then does several good things to lower blood sugar. It binds to receptors on the pancreatic beta cells and stimulates the release of insulin. It also reduces the secretion of glucagon by the pancreas. (Glucagon causes the liver to convert glycogen to glucose, thereby increasing blood sugar.). In addition, GLP-1 slows down stomach emptying and nutrient absorption. In people without diabetes, this cycle works smoothly. In people with diabetes? Not so much.
In diabetic people, our friendly incretin GLP-1 needs some help. Modern science has come up with two kinds of medicine that increase the action of GLP-1. The first are incretin enhancers, and the second are incretin mimetics.
Gulp Saved From Dip By the Gliptin Sisters
Without artificial help, our hero incretin GLP-1 is a bit of a weakling; it lasts only one or two minutes in the system. That's because an enzyme called DPP-4 (short for dipeptidyl peptidase 4) very efficiently breaks down GLP-1. In order to make GLP-1 last longer, a medicine is needed to slow down, or inhibit, the enzyme DPP-4. In plain language, we need something to stop Dip the Destroyer from crunching our hero Gulp.
Vildagliptin (Galvus by Novartis, not yet FDA approved) and sitagliptin (Januvia by Merck) are DPP-4 inhibitors. By slowing the action of DPP-4, they delay the breakdown of GLP-1 and thereby enhance its action. Now GLP-1 can stick around longer and carry out all the great blood glucose-lowering actions for which it is so justly famous. It's easy to remember these two medicines, our DPP-4 inhibitors, as the lovely sisters Vilda and Sita Gliptin, who whip the evil Dip.
Gulp Mime Lasts Longer
The second kind of incretin-increasing medicine is called an incretin mimetic. It's a medicine that outright copies, or mimics, the action of our hero incretin GLP-1, but is resistant to the evil enzyme DPP-4. As a result, it can carry out its useful job for much longer than poor vulnerable GLP-1, who can't stand up to DPP-4 for longer than a minute without breaking down. Byetta (exenatide) is an incretin mimetic. It is taken twice daily by injection.
So there you have the story, and now you'll have a much easier time keeping all the characters straight.


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LONGMONT -- Anise Fletcher, who made headlines as a 13-year-old leukemia survivor and then again as a dental patient operated on by a surgeon who lacked an active license, died in her sleep May 14 at the age of 21. Her funeral was Monday.
Fletcher, a Thornton woman who grew up in Longmont, was the subject of a 2005 Times-Call feature when she was nearing the end of her treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia -- while also serving as a Denver Broncos junior cheerleader, completing the 195-mile Courage Classic bicycle ride and winning The Children's Hospital annual holiday card fundraising project.
"I'm used to good things happening to me," she told the Times-Call.
Her preliminary cause of death has been reported as respiratory arrest.
In 2009, when she was 17, Fletcher had her wisdom teeth removed by an unlicensed resident and an oral surgeon who had been practicing for six years with an inactive license. Her mother, Kim Johnson of Longmont, said her daughter's trigeminal nerve had been cut during the procedure, leaving her in chronic pain. The incident was reported in 2010 by the Denver Post after her family said they planned to sue.
Johnson said Fletcher had found her passion working as a waitress, despite medical issues that included some short-term memory loss from chemotherapy.
"She loved to serve," Johnson said. "She got a $100 tip on a $30 bill once."
Most of her friends had never known how much pain Fletcher was in, Johnson said. At least two friends who came to the funeral said she kept them from committing suicide.
"It's not easy and it can be rough," Johnson said of her daughter's struggles. "But she did what she needed to do."
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Luis Suarez netted a stunning hat-trick as Liverpool warmed up for the FA Cup final with a comfortable 3-0 win at Norwich.
The Uruguayan struck twice in the space of four minutes midway through the first half to put the Reds in command.
After Norwich - who are all but secure of a place in the Barclays Premier League heading into their final two games - rallied briefly, Suarez completed his treble eight minutes from time with an audacious lob from just inside the Norwich half to give Kenny Dalglish's men the perfect tonic ahead of their Wembley date with Champions League finalists Chelsea next Saturday.
Reds captain Steven Gerrard had been restored to the starting XI after being rested for last weekend's disappointing home defeat by West Brom which was a seventh in 10 Premier League games.
The Carrow Road pitch had been drenched for several hours this afternoon, making for testing conditions during the opening exchanges.
Norwich winger Anthony Pilkington slipped as he looked to cut back inside after getting clear down the left, before keeper John Ruddy was also on the floor at the edge of the penalty area as the ball squirmed loose.
On eight minutes, Norwich left-back Adam Drury pulled up with a groin injury and was eventually replaced by Russell Martin.
Despite Liverpool having the better of possession, Norwich fashioned the first real opening when Pilkington got away down the left again, and his low centre was hacked clear by Jamie Carragher with Steve Morison waiting at the back post.
Craig Bellamy - who came through the Norfolk club's youth team before being sold to Coventry for £6.5million in August 2000 - moved down the Norwich left and floated a cross into the area, but Stewart Downing lost his footing and somehow could only hack the ball back out of the box.
The visitors went in front on 24 minutes.
Gerrard battled to win the ball out on the left from David Fox, and fed Suarez, who took one touch on into the Norwich area before lashing home into the top-right corner.
It was almost 2-0 soon after when Suarez stretched the hosts again down the right and crossed for Gerrard, whose goalbound effort hit Ryan Bennett and flew behind, as the Reds appealed for what would have been a harsh handball against the defender.
Liverpool, though, did double their lead on 28 minutes.
Again Suarez was proving too much for the Norwich defence to handle, as this time he robbed Elliott Ward following a short pass out on the right and darted into the box, before this time drilling a low strike across Ruddy and into the bottom corner.
Liverpool's quick double salvo had silenced the home crowd and the visitors were now in cruise control heading into half-time.
Norwich made a change for the start of the second period as former Everton striker James Vaughan, back from a series of niggling injuries, replaced Fox.
It was a lively return by the home side, who forced a couple of corners.
Elliott Bennett forced Jose Reina into a full-stretch save with a fierce 20-yard strike, while Bradley Johnson glanced his header wide from the resulting corner.
Liverpool almost put the game beyond Norwich on 51 minutes when was played in down the right and his cross caused panic in the Norwich six-yard box before Jonjo Shelvey headed against the crossbar.
The former Charlton midfielder then somehow failed to make contact with a low ball across the face of goal from Jose Enrique.
Ruddy made another good stop to deny Downing as the England man cut in from the right and flashed in a low shot.
As the hour mark passed, it was all Liverpool.
Suarez was played through on goal in the 65th minute.
However, the Uruguay forward tried a cheeky chip from 12 yards, which floated over the keeper and cleared the crossbar - much to the amusement of the Norwich faithful behind the goal.
With 15 minutes left, Norwich sent on captain Grant Holt, who had scored in the 1-1 draw at Anfield earlier this season, as he replaced Morison.
Bradley Johnson let fly from 25 yards, but was well off target, which just about summed up the afternoon's display by the home side.
Suarez completed his hat-trick on 82 minutes as this time his perfectly-weighted lob over Ruddy from just inside the Norwich half dropped into the net.


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The base is smothered with jam and raisins....
....topped with sweet sponge.....
....then iced:
I confess that what drew me to this recipe was its name. "Why?" I hear you ask - well because Loch Katrine was the subject of a William Topaz McGonagall poem. "Who?" I hear you ask - well he is widely acknowledged to be the world's worst ever poet – clumsy word order, limited vocabulary, poor rhymes, lack of sensitivity – it's all there! Definitely in the "so bad it's good" category his poetry recitals often ended with him being pelted with rotten fruit and eggs brought along by the crowd who took grim delight in "poet baiting". Most people would be deterred by this and start to doubt their talent but not McGonagall, oh no…spurred on by his talent he also decided he would be an actor. Somehow landing the role of Macbeth, he felt that the actor playing MacDuff was trying to upstage him so, in retaliation, he refused to die resulting in him being dragged off stage.
One of my favourite McGonagall stories is when he walked 60 miles during rain and storms to Balmoral to ask Queen Victoria to make him Poet Laureate. She wasn't in so he walked home. Sadly, he didn't try again meaning that Britain was deprived of the greatest potential Laureate.
But back to Loch Katrine. Many McGonagall poems were in praise of beautiful Scottish landmarks and scenery. Unfortunately he had a limited vocabulary so recycled couplets which can often give you a strange sense of deja vu when reading the poems – "trees and shrubberies green / most lovely to be seen" is a particularly common one.
While you are eating your Loch Katrine cake, you may like to ponder this interesting fact included in the poem, the word order in the second and last sentences being particularly representative of his work:
And as I gaze upon it [Loch Katrine], let me pause and think,
Nowadays, signed McGonagall works sell for more at auction than first edition Harry Potter books. I think such recognition would have pleased McGonagall greatly.
For the base:
125g self raising flour
60g unsalted butter
1 tablespoon caster sugar
Milk, to bind – I needed 4 tablespoons
For the topping:
4 tablespoons raspberry jam
A generous handful of raisins
60g unsalted butter
250g caster sugar
2 eggs
150g self raising flour
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Milk – if needed, I didn't.
For the icing:
270g icing sugar
2 teaspoons butter, melted
Vanilla extract or lemon juice as required (if you're using vanilla add 2-3 teaspoons and then water, if using lemon use the juice of 1 lemon)
How to make:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan oven 160°C/350°F/Gas mark 4.
- Grease a 25cm x 18cm baking dish – ideally about 3cm deep.
- Make the base by rubbing the butter into the flour until it resembles bread crumbs.
- Stir in the sugar and then add enough milk until the pastry comes together. Mine took 4 tablespoons but add it gradually so the pastry doesn't get too sticky.
- Roll out the pastry and use to line the greased dish.
- Spread the pastry with raspberry jam and then scatter the raisins on top. Ensure the raisins are well distributed so that every slice will get some!
- Now make the topping. Start by creaming together the butter and sugar. The mix will not go pale and light and fluffy as you might expect because of the ratios involved – there is hardly any butter to the sugar. Mix until the ingredients look well combined.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time and also beat in the vanilla extract, if using.
- Fold in the sifted flour and if the batter looks a bit dry add some milk. My mix didn't need any milk.
- Spoon over the base and spread over so all the jam and raisins are covered.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Mine took exactly 30 minutes. The cake has quite a thick crust on the top – don't worry about this as it tastes lovely and gives a nice surface for the icing to adhere to.
- Remove from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack. When cold cover with icing.
- To make the icing put the icing sugar and vanilla/lemon in a bowl and stir until all the lumps are removed and a thick paste is formed.
- Stir in the melted butter and spread over the cake. Work quickly as the icing sets rapidly.
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.


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Open a new image 500 x 500 flood fill white
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NEW YORK — Emerald is no longer green with envy. The rich, vibrant shade is Pantone LLC"s Color of the Year for 2013, beating out all the other shades of the rainbow.
The company, which creates and matches colors for the fashion, home and beauty industries, among others, picks its top hue based on both how it"s already being used and a prediction of sustained popularity. Green"s time had come, says Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of Pantone"s research arm known as the Pantone Color Institute.
"The entire green family has been so strong, upcoming through the "90s as we"re paying attention to nature, so the family isn"t new, but what we needed to look at and revisit was the psychological background: Emerald is such a balanced color, and balance is something to pick up on and listen to," she explains.
Eiseman adds, "It"s a color of growth, renewal, healing, unity and regeneration — words we"re all so in need of at this point of history."
On the runways, emerald green was spotted for 2013 at Michael Kors, Nanette Lepore and Vivienne Tam. Tracy Reese took her bow wearing green.
In the home category, green is almost like a neutral, complementing almost everything else, Eiseman says: Pair it with tan, black, blue or even yellow. She has seen it used for an espresso maker, kitchen stool and a mixer.
Sephora is "very happy with the recognition of this color," says Margarita Arriagada, the company"s senior vice president of merchandising. She envisions it as an instant hit as an eye shadow, liner, mascara and nail polish. "It"s a passionate color, and it gives our client a lot of wearability."
The orange shade called Tangerine Tango that Pantone made its top color for 2012 worked for makeup, even though one might not think it would, Arriagada says. "I can tell you, with conviction, that what happened with Tangerine Tango was transformative. It was like our customer had permission to venture out there with something new and experienced color in a new way."
A reddish-pink shade called Honeysuckle and turquoise blue are other recent Pantone picks.
Colors rise and fall in popularity just like other style-centric trends, says Eiseman, but she thinks green has staying power like few others. It has taken on meaning as a noun and a verb as well as an adjective.
"It might have been a trend, but it has become a social cause so it"s just part of our world. … Kermit said it"s not easy being green, but it became easier once it became a good thing to be green."


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Author Notes: This recipe is an adaptation from Local Flavors by Deborah Madison. Caramelizing the squash first by roasting and then by mashing and frying it in butter brings out its natural sugars. This sweetness is balanced by adding the savory flavors of sage and garlic. At the end, the squash is taken to new heights by adding mozzarella cheese slices and gremolata. Deborah Madison calls it a squash pancake. I have made little adjustments here and there. First, in an effort to maximize the caramelization, I peel and thinly slice the squash to roast it. I also added more garlic as well as a pinch of lemon zest. We served it with roasted chicken legs, steamed broccoli, and biscuits, but I think it would make a delicious vegetarian entree with a nice salad on the side. —Waverly
Serves: 4-6
butternut squash
salt and pepper
olive oil
tablespoons sweet cream butter
fresh sage leaves
ball fresh mozzarella, sliced thin
cloves garlic, divided and minced
tablespoons Italian flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
teaspoon lemon zest
- PREP AND ROAST THE SQUASH: Preheat oven to 400. Chop off ends of squash and then cut it in half lengthwise. Scrape out seeds. Cut into half moons about 1/4-inch thick. Spread evenly on a baking sheet. Drizzle with a little olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast in oven until tender and golden brown, about 30 minutes.
- REFRY: Place roasted squash in a mixing bowl and mash with a fork until smooth. Season with salt to taste. Melt butter in a large skillet over MEDIUM HIGH heat. When butter begins to brown, lower heat to MEDIUM LOW and add sage leaves and 1 clove minced garlic. Immediately add squash; smoothing the puree into an even layer in the pan. Let it cook until the underside is browned, about 12-15 minutes. Stir and then spread out the mixture evenly in the pan again and let it cook another 12-15 minutes. The goal is to brown it as much as possible. This releases the sugars. Stir it again and spread it out again evenly.
- TOP WITH CHEESE AND GREMOLATA: Place slices of mozzarella cheese on top of squash and cover skillet. Reduce heat to LOW and let it cook until cheese softens and begins to melt, about 3-5 minutes. Meanwhile, mix the parsley, remaining garlic, and lemon zest in a small prep bowl to make a gremolata. When cheese is melted, sprinkle the gremolata over the squash and serve straight from the pan.
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Philip A. Dailey, Jr.
Philip A. Dailey, Jr., 83, a lifelong resident of CrotononHudson, NY, passed away at Sky View Rehabilitation and Health Care.
Philip was born on September 27, 1927, to the late Philip and Helen Dailey of Croton. He attended Croton schools.
On June 28, 1952, he married Marilyn Ann Wood in Tarrytown. She predeceased him on August 6. 1988.
He is survived by his daughter Suzanne Shapiro and her husband Barry of Rhinebeck; his son, Philip F. Dailey and his wife Mary, of Tinton Falls, NJ; four grandchildren, Tiffany Shapiro of Wappingers Falls, Kelly Tasch and her husband Stephen of Poughkeepsie, and Brian and Elizabeth Dailey of Tinton Falls.
Philip is also great grandfather of Emma and Ryan Tasch. His younger sister, Shirley Engelbride and her husband Edward, reside in Cold Spring. He was predeceased by his older sister Helen Caterino of Escondido, CA. He also leaves behind many nieces and nephews.
Philip was a devout Catholic and a longtime parishioner of St. Christopher's Church in Buchanan, NY. He proudly served his country in the United States Navy during both World War II and the Korean War. Philip had a distinguished 47-year career with Penn Central, Conrail, and Metro-North Railroads. He was known as "Croton Phil" to conductors and engineers on the Hudson Division. He was well-respected by his peers as well as the people he served. He retired from Metro-North Railroad in 1993.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Tuesday, June 21, at St. Christopher's Church, Buchanan, with interment at Bethel Cemetery, Croton.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations in Philip's name to Dominican Sisters Family Health Service, 299 North Highland Ave., Ossining, NY 10562. 914-941- 1654, www.dsfhs.org.


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As Eli White points out on his blog today, his (and Jonathan Eisenhamer's) book "PHP 5 in Practice" has been reviewed on Slashdot.
The book was authored by Elliott White III and Jonathan D. Eisenhamer, and put out in July 2006 by Sams Publishing (an imprint of Pearson Education). Given today's standards of hefty technical books, this particular one is relatively light, weighing in at 456 pages, which are organized into an introduction, numerous chapters, and three appendices.
The review goes on to detail some of the contents of the book and some of the different perspectives it gives to using the language itself. The book does its best to cover a wide range of topics, but mainly broken up into two parts - PHP internals and applications. Be sure and check out the full review for an even more in depth look at the rest of the book and their thoughts on the validity and usefulness of the book.


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dougmm7261 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 93 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
We need a logo that's going to be incorporated into a website relating to "green" lifestyles, with an emphasis on the financial side of "green" living and investing.
Clean and Green Report
This is going to be used for a membership site and the tag line is going to be:
"Saving money while saving the world...
Making money while making a difference..."
This must appeal to the general public, as well as high net worth investors.
Also, go to http://www.cleanandgreenreport.com/reports/
This is the joomla template where the logo will be used. This will give you an idea of how to make sure the logo fits with the feel of this joomla template.
- Must be REALLY professional looking like a fortune 500 company
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- Want it to use green colors as a starting point, and go from there.
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Deb's Saturday report from Great 48
Ben and I were going through sailing withdrawal. Since the Midwinters in March (Sarasota) we hadn't been on the water. The Great 48 is hosted by Lake Norman Yacht Club in Mooresville, NC, just outside of Charlotte. That's a long drive for us (no duh, I can hear you saying!) but it's always worth it. This is just such a friendly and generous club that, no matter the sailing conditions, we have a good time. This year 33 boats registered and we sailed all in one fleet.
Yesterday (it's Sunday morning right now) things look dubious. We all got to the race course a bit before 1 pm and then bobbed around like corks for more than an hour. The race committee's patience paid off when the breeze filled in very nicely from the southwest. They ran three great races. This is such a tough fleet that, at the end of the day six boats are within three points of each other, with four boats (including us and Harry Carpenter) tied for fourth!
At the top are John Aras and John Wake with four points, Paul Abdullah and Alex Krumdieck with five points. Next is Steve Shaw with crew Mark Lally.
The social part of the regatta is all things Scottish! In addition to a bagpipe player that performed even as we were sailing into the harbor at the end of the day and then throughout the evening's festivities. We were all required to wear "kilts," which we made with a length of plaid cloth and a rough rope belt and there were competitions in the "boom toss" (hold a boom at the end and try to throw it as far as you can), bocce ball throw and barrel toss. I'll post pictures when we get home...forgot the darn camera cable! Winners in both the men's and women's division won, what else, a small bottle of Scotch! At dinner the tablecloths also were plaid and plaid bunting was hung around the room. I'm only relieved we didn't have to eat haggis!


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Hi Henci,
I am 11 weeks pregnant and this is my 2nd baby. 1st baby was delivered through emergency c-section, major fetal stress - cord was wrapped three ways, bp dropped for both of us, long induced labor at 41 weeks because of back labor pain, horrible. Anyway, my delivering OB at the time said that I had the narrowest pelvic inlet she'd ever seen in 20 years of delivering babies, and what I guess my question is, does that make me unable to deliver vaginally or no? I was freaking out so badly on the medicine and never did receive a particularly clear answer even at the follow up appointments. What kinds of questions / tests do I need to do with my current OB, my next appointment is around June 9th, to see if we can not do a c-section this time, I never want to do that again if possible. Any info would be so appreciated. Thank you so much for your time :) Barbra
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Hi Henci,
Henci Goer
If I had a nickel for every woman who was told she would never be able to birth a baby vaginally who went on to VBAC--many women to babies bigger than the first one--I wouldn't have to worry about retirement. Aside from some sort of pelvic deformity, the ability of any particular woman to birth any particular baby is not predictable ahead of time because 1) the ligaments connecting the joints of the pelvis soften under the hormones of pregnancy so that they can flex open, 2) the joints of the baby's skull and the openings allow the skull to mold to the shape of the pelvis and pass through, and 3) labor management practices have a powerful effect on the odds of vaginal birth. For example, pushing while lying on the back prevents the pelvis from flexing open and inducing labor in a first-time mother doubles the odds of cesarean. Lamaze has some great general information on VBAC here. I'm sure you will find it helpful.
You have another problem, though. Few obstetricians will agree to a VBAC under any circumstances, and a fair number who agree early in the pregnancy don't really mean it. As the pregnancy advances, they become more and more negative on the idea and set up more and more hoops for the woman to jump through to be "allowed" to labor. I call these "Cinderella VBACs," i.e. "You can go to the ball if you don't gain too much weight and if you go into labor by your due date and if . . ." If you don't want a repeat surgery, your task will be to find a care provider who encourages VBAC and believes that the woman will birth vaginally until proven otherwise. This is not likely to be your current ob, seeing as she has already told you she doesn't think you can birth a baby vaginally. Your best bet in finding someone is to see if there is a local International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) chapter and ask them. Failing that, you might see if there is a birth resources center in your community or talk to some of the local doulas.
~ Henci
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Dear Henci,
Thank you so much for your advice as it eased a lot of tension
in my mind, I will be thoroughly talking with my new doc at my
appointment tomorrow regarding this situation and what she found
with my previous birthing records. I am so thankful that
there are new procedures and new advances every day in medicine to
help make this natural part of life a little easier each
time. I will also definitely check out the resources you
gave. I very much appreciate your help :)
Henci Goer
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Theodore Roosevelt Tour of the Museum: TR and Endangered Species main content.
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The restored Theodore Roosevelt Memorial is now open, and a new self-guided tour—available as part of the Museum's Explorer app, or on our website—highlights exhibits around the Museum with a connection to TR, who was President from 1901 to 1909. In this post, the fourth in a series, we explore one of the tour's stops: the endangered species case in the Hall of Biodiversity.
As a private citizen and a public official, Theodore Roosevelt made substantial contributions to the preservation of species, from setting aside lands for the dwindling bison to creating the first national bird refuge to protect birds like the brown pelican and great blue heron.
In a letter to Museum ornithologist Frank Chapman in 1899, he wrote, "When I hear of the destruction of a species I feel just as if all the works of some great writer had perished."
Roosevelt's legacy continues to grow because of legislation passed during his administration. In 2008, then-President George W. Bush used the Act for the Preservation of Antiquities, first signed into law by Roosevelt on June 8, 1906, to declare three marine national monuments in the Pacific, covering an area the size of California. One of them encompasses the Palmyra Atoll where a consortium led by the Museum's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation is monitoring the health of the reef ecosystem and its wildlife, including the Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which can be seen in the Museum's case of endangered species.
Download the self-guided tour as part of the Museum's Explorer app, or on our website.


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Guilt by Association
Guilt by Association is a term which describes the act of attempting to discredit a person because of his connection to a certain group or organization or to discredit a position because people whom the speaker expects the audience to dislike agree with that position.[1] Guilt by association is sometimes referred to as collective guilt, the act of a member of an organization being held responsible for the actions of the group or other group members.
Guilt by association is a tactic often used by liberal and leftist activist groups to smear conservatives (often, in an attempt to imply some nebulous connection of mainstream conservatives to an imagined threat from the "radical right"). Examples of liberal groups making frequent use of this tactic include MoveOn.org, Daily Kos, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Center for Democratic Renewal, and Political Research Associates.
The form of the fallacy
Guilt by association is a fallacy of relevance because the mere fact that a disliked person accepts a position says nothing about the truth of that position. In other words, the argument is fallacious whether or not the disliked person accepts the position, although it is commonly used even when the disliked person demonstrably disagrees with the position attributed to him. A common expression used to refute the fallacy is "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day." The fallacy takes the following form:
- A certain disagreeable person agrees with P.
- Therefore, P is false.
An extreme example of guilt by association is the reductio ad Hitlerum.
Honor by association
The flip side of guilt by association is honor by association, which takes the following form:
- A certain agreeable person agrees with P.
- Therefore, P is true.
Guilt by association and honor by association are fallacious for the same reason. For example, the mere fact that someone good at sports is an atheist or a homosexual says nothing about whether God exists or whether homosexuality is moral. The term association fallacy covers both guilt by association and honor by association.
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By Jack Hough
Facebook's forthcoming stock offering and United States Treasury notes would seem to occupy opposite ends of the risk-reward spectrum of investments. But the two share similarities.
The 10-year Treasury recently yielded 1.7%, not far from its historic low yield of 1.67% reached in September. Bond yields move opposite prices, so as buyers become more eager, yields fall. Since 1962, 10-year Treasurys carried an average yield of 6.7%.
Facebook set its IPO price at $38 Thursday, suggesting starting market value of $104 billion (shares could easily open higher).The company earned $1 billion last year, a 65% increase from 2010. Assume another 65% increase this year (a bullish assumption, considering that first-quarter earnings declined from a year earlier) and the social networking giant will earn $1.65 billion.
Divide the earnings by the market value and the result is an "earnings yield" of 1.59%–a smidgen below that 10-year Treasury yield. The earnings yield for the S&P 500 index of large U.S companies is close to 8%.
The first similarity between Facebook and Treasurys, in other words, is that they both generate only a trickle of reward for the price.
The ultra-low payoff for T-notes is owed to two main factors. First, the Federal Reserve has kept its core Fed funds rate near zero since December 2008 (and expects to keep it "extraordinarily low" through 2014). Its goal is to spur the economy, and with it, job growth.
Second, investors, spooked by deep fiscal problems in the Euro zone (and a recent anti-austerity movement there) are scrambling for safe havens. The U.S. has fiscal challenges of its own, but Treasurys remain the top choice for stowing large sums of money away from trouble.
The tiny earnings yield for Facebook is owed to a variety of factors, too. The company has widespread recognition among even casual investors, and its initial stock sale is small enough to create a large surplus of demand, pushing prices higher.
But the offering also illustrates that investors are as desperate for growth as they are for safety. Ignore giant earnings increases for prosperous Apple (AAPL) and bailed-out insurer AIG (AIG), and S&P 500 companies produced only about 1% earnings growth during the first quarter.
Neither Facebook shares nor 10-year Treasurys are sure losers, but they are likely ones. Facebook's stock price could easily soar in the months to come; that's a function of investor behavior. But in a year or two, absent Apple-like growth, investors are likely to turn their focus to the disparity between the company's income and stock price.
Treasury investors will get their money back in 10 years and interest along the way, and it's even possible that yields could move lower and prices higher. (Look at Japan's 10-year government bond yield of 0.83%.) But the most likely outcome is that the interest fails to keep up with the rising cost of living.
This is plain to see in Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS–a version of Treasurys designed to keep up with the cost of goods and services. Ten-year ones yield -0.35%. In other words, investors who buy them sign up to lose money slowly to inflation. Buyers of regular 10-year Treasurys are signing up for a similar deal stated less explicitly.
Therein lays the second similarity between Facebook and Treasurys. Facebook is an obviously risky investment, but Treasurys, despite their reputation for safety, are risky, too, if they're all but guaranteed to reduce wealth in years to come.
The broad stock and bond markets still hold opportunity for careful shoppers, but those chasing either extreme of the risk-reward spectrum are unlikely to get their money's worth.


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See what was happening in Redwood Falls 50, 25, and 10 years ago this week.
1962—50 years ago • When two Redwood Falls umpires — Sheridan Young and Otto Siewert — were involved in an auto accident on their way to tournament games in St. James, the highway patrol let them officiate the games before filing the accident report. • To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first Redwood County Board meeting, the current board members received mimeographed copies of the very first county minutes. • St. Catherine's Catholic Church sponsored a ham and turkey buffet supper. Cost: 75 cents per person, with children under six eating free. • Twenty-one members of the RFHS Class of 1912 gathered at the golf club for their 50th reunion. • The fifth annual Minnesota Inventors Congress was a success despite all nature threw at it, including a tornado-force wind that blue a seven-ton trailer house off its cement block supports. 1987—25 years ago • The Lake Redwood Improvement Association learned it would take at least $2 million to dredge out the mud-choked lake. • Despite having the slowest qualifying score at the meet, the Redwood Falls-Morton girls 3,200 meter relay team — Tami Haas, Kin Schultz, Lori Lussenhop, and Toni Peterson — came in second at the state tournament. • Seven members of the Israeli wheat trade team stopped by the North Redwood Farmers Elevator and inspected a wheat sample as part of a trip to the United States to meet with grain growers. • Athletic revenues at all RF-MHS sporting events were $19,073 for the 1986-87 school year, up $2,471 from the year before. • Carol Baldwin, Dorothy Heaton, and Marilyn Wright of the Humane Society of Redwood County took bunnies and puppies to Wood Dale Nursing Home for residents to enjoy. 2002—10 years ago • The new Redwood Area Running Club brought in shoe experts from the Twin Cities to discuss such topics as pronation and stride, stability versus cushioning, and general use pattern needs. • RVHS junior Tom Ellingworth earned a Class 'A' state championship in the 300-meter hurtles. • Art Fry, inventor of the Post-it note, was elected to the Minnesota Inventors Hall of Fame. • Ninety six member of the RVHS class of 2002 graduated. A few days earlier, 116 members of the class of 2006 graduated from eighth grade. • The sheriff's department warned that counterfeit $100 dollar bills were being given to area businesses. The first clue the bills were counterfeit: all of them had the same serial number, AB606603055.


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Now that we are about three weeks into the summer, I decided to stop by school to catch up on mail, deliveries etc. It turned out to be a very interesting day. In my box of mail, there was a rather thick and rather well-taped box which bore a return address from West Virginia. When I said it was well-taped, I meant really secure. Of course I was suspicious, since 1. I never ordered anything from West Virginia, 2. I had no idea who the person was who send this package, 3. The news makes us concerned about strange packages. Once it was opened, I was surprised to see a library book which was stamped with our school's name, and a note which read:
Well thank you, Ed! You were honest enough to take the time to wrap up our book and send it back home. (We are Ridgefield Park, not Ridgeview Park) The book had last been renewed in 1969 and cost $5.95. Copyright: 1937. I was reminded of the Seinfeld episode in which Jerry has a book which is decades overdue, and the library sends a man name Bookman to collect the outstanding fee.
This event proved to me that there are still honest people out there. Oh, and by the way, Ed, when a late fee exceeds the price of the book, we don't charge the late fee; just the price it will cost us to replace the book. Thank you again for taking the time to send the book back to New Jersey!!


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Assault, nothing more to add from me. You said everything lol
is there a possibility that the game may not be released?
it has been several days since the game is still under development.
I don't like where this is going and it's taking a long time for the game to be finished.
has development on the game been halted?
hmm: I was waiting for the end of April: and for now there is nothing
Guys the game is totally finished and they're might be working on things regarding stibility I guess, so they come out with an as stable product as possible.
somehow the game has to be released.
either the developer is slow or he had to redub phrases for the tutorial.
if I go to there website all I get is the audio trailer for the game that was posted.
If you don't like it, don't buy it. If enough people buy it, other developers will see it as viable and continue with its style. If you're fed up with games that have sucky combat, stop buying them, and people will be less inclined to make them. If you keep buying them, they'll keep being made because they're just easier to make.
well I'll just make a break for it and buy the game.
how can I buy the game?
I've tried going to there website and I don't see a buy now option.
@Nick its not out yet.
Come on people, relax a bit. You are not in the development team and so don't know what is going on, they could still make some changes, change some mechanics or god knows what. Yes, they could have been a little bit more clear on what they are doing, but still, that's no reason to bitch about that end of April part the whole time.
What was keeping me wondering is that they said that the demo in the podcast apparently didn't show the games true sound design, shouldn't be that what a demo should actually do?
I would suggest keeping patient and see what the developer tells us in the future.
Greetings Moritz.
Hey guys,
To post 185, not necessarily.
I mean look at the demo that was released for AHC on youtube and stuff. If you listen to that, and them the actual game, the game sounds so much better.
They drastically overhauled the audio system, and made it a whole lot better.
Yeah, it is a bit disconcerting, to not get any updates, as far as the release goes.
We shall have to see.
To post 181, you assume, like a lot of people, that the combat is the be all and end all.
There are certain people, like myself, who intend to buy the game, is we are able, because we like the cut scenes, the character development, and the exploration.
So it does not hinge all on the combat.
I more than understand, from hearing the feedback, and I quite agree, that the combat is a bit of a let down. There is no debating that.
However, I do not agree, that it has to be all or nothing.
Just my thoughts.
hello everyone
I know what you mean about the combat, but maybe that's what they are fixing. It looks interesting and yeah it's a bit disconcerting not to have heard anything from the developers, but like mahahmad said they might be trying to make it stable or doing who knows what. I understand waiting for a while, but how long is too much? I hope this game comes out I would love to play it.
I'm not waiting that long.
I really want to buy the game and the developer says that he would stick around but apparently he doesn't.
if he gave us more specific information on how the game is coming along then I wouldn't be posting in this forum more often.
perhaps if he told us about the release date for the game or When the game is going to be finished.
I heard the audio demo podcast for the game just to get an idea on how the game is played.
if I go back to there website all I get is the same old trailer for the game.
Dude, just be patient. The game will come out when they have a finished product.
The game definitely sounds interesting. If/when it comes out I could see myself buying it. I have to agree with folks like Turtlepower, SilverMoon and Jeffb. As annoying as it is for developers to fall silent, particularly close to and after projected release dates, it's bitching and griping like this that's guaranteed to discourage people from wanting to develop for us. It is, if I'm to be completely honest, one reason why I haven't made any serious effort to buckle down and learn to design games. I'm willing to wait as long as necessary, particularly since we are dealing with a new developer who could potentially develop more great games. But that's not going to happen if we drive them away with constant bitching and moaning. I for one got the impression that the end of April was a projected, not a concrete release date.
Hello guys,
It's been almost a month since my last post here; it has been a challenging month, during wich we encountered some annoying bugs and we're currently still pouring all our efforts on them.
We were committed to release at the end of April but, as someone said, "sometimes life gets in the way".
As said before, there is no bug-free program, but we chose to not deliver the game until we fix every issue we find.
Since it's been a while from my last post, I'd like to tell you more about Cloverbit. We are a small team composed by four guys, two coders, one designer and me. Several other people worked on the project, expecially for soundtracks, sound effects, graphic and storytelling. We would need a community manager, but I do my best *smile.
The first time we talked about Echoes from Levia: Soulbound was at the end of 2014. Andrea, Dario, Eraldo and I founded Cloverbit a few months later and we began working on what we called Project Keep Quiet (temporary name for Echoes from Levia: Soulbound).
The first one to help us was Stefano Stradaioli, an incredible talented storyteller from Rome, and many others after him.
To finance the project we developed two games for other companies, that took a total of eight months to be completed.
So, the making of lasted two years and a half.
Most of the effort was spent on creating a solid framework to handle the exploration and to improve the spatialization of sounds. You already know that left-right isn't an issue with good headphones, but front back is totally another story.
We first implemented binaural audio to give better feedback, then we created BullRoarer, a middleware that applies dynamically effects like reverberations, echoes and early reflections, depending on how the environment is, where the player is placed inside the environment, what kind of walls are there, which is the layout of the room and , lastly, what kind of gas fills it. Yeah, that was a bit of an overkill, but Dario and Eraldo assured me that it was absolutely necessary. After all, clapping your hands in a soccer field and in a ancient church should give different feedbacks, am I right?
Developing BullRoarer kept us busy for 6 months, and finally we were satisfied about the results. Now fast forward the last 10 month, and we're here.
We've almost finished, a bit late (a lot for some parameters), but we're testing the final release. How could we release something bugged? Give us some more time, you won't regret it *smile.
To keep you updated a bit more, we re-balanced the combat system to be more challenging, re-balanced the sound levels during the exploration, especially the soundtrack were too loud, and done a ton of bug-fixing and polishing.
And as my personal opinion, I think that constructive criticism is a good source of inspiration!
We are in a crunch phase, and especially in this tough time we appreciated all the support we got from the most of you. Don't be afraid to scare us away, eheh.
Have a great day,
Thank you Marco for the update and you and your teams hard work!! Take your time can't wait to play this!!
Good news: I hope that the game is released as soon as possible: I can not wait
Thanks so much for the great news. Keep up the fantastic job. We are many people who look very much forward to play the game.
Hi Marco, keep up the fantastic work. No worries, we do appreciate any dollays knowing that you all are trying the best to come out with almost bug free product, offering the best experience.
Many thanks for your great effort, and we're here always to support you.
Thanks for the update. Hope you can squash as many of those bugs as possible.
it's about to be the end of may.
What's taking so long for the game to be released?
It'll be ready when it's ready. Just relax and be patient. You have plenty of games to tide you over until then, I promise.
well it is a little beyond schedule but games always are. look at AHC and when that was released it turned out the testers all payed to be on the team and wow was that a royal mess.
I should probably say aledgedly there but we all know people who payed for pre releases and the kick starter got preferential treatment.
I will be intrigued to see when this comes out and if it's any good but none of us have thrown money at it as far as I know so just go play another game for a while and chill.
and @190, I finally have to ask what your tag means. what word? it's really starting to mess with my brain.
Just com down. You can play another game wile you wait for this one.
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Thomas & Thomas Announces DNA Collection and "Name the Spey" Winners
Thomas & Thomas has announced the release of their new two handed rods, as well as the two winners in their "Name the Spey" contest: Wyatt Thaler and Matt Vetter, for their submission the "DNA series."
The DNA series comes in three different actions, and is crafted on the design belief that "two handed rod should be capable of handling all types of lines and casting styles. This view has not changed and every rod in the DNA collection will perform well with shooting heads or longer belly lines in floating, intermediate, sink tip or full sinking varieties."
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Thomas & Thomas Announce DNA Series of Two Handed Rods in Three Distinct Actions.
Greenfield, MA – September 24th, 2012. USA fly rod maker, Thomas & Thomas is pleased to announce the launch of its DNA series of two handed fly rods.
The DNA series is comprised of nine different rod models and offers rods in three distinct actions to allow anglers to select rods that are optimized for their preferred line designs, casting styles and terminal tackle.
Thomas & Thomas has always taken the view that a well designed, two handed rod should be capable of handling all types of lines and casting styles. This view has not changed and every rod in the DNA collection will perform well with shooting heads or longer belly lines in floating, intermediate, sink tip or full sinking varieties.
However, the rapid progression of fly line design in recent years offered the Thomas & Thomas design team the opportunity to 'optimize' actions and 'dial-in' a DNA series that raises the bar for two handed casting tools.
The DNA series will be available at fly shops and online at www.thomasandthomas.com from October 1, 2012.
The DNA Action:
Available in 1307-4, 1368-4, 1409-5, 1510-5 with prices starting at $980. This is a classic, progressive design, inspired by T&T's original DH series. The highly regarded DH1307-3 and DH1409-5 rods were used as the benchmark for the development of these new DNA blanks. By taking advantage of recent developments in materials, Tom Dorsey has achieved the same smooth actions in a significantly lighter, slimmer blank and multi-piece configurations that perform like three-piece rods.
Thomas & Thomas recommend the DNA action for anglers seeking two handed rods that will do it all – skagit, scandi, spey, and overhead – with ease. The DNA is the perfect 'all rounder' and the best choice for experienced casters fishing mid belly length lines and longer.
DNA rods feature a natural clear blank, black wraps with deep red edging, American Tackle titanium stripping guides, smoked Snake Brand guides and a newly designed, lightweight clear anodized reel seat with black spacer.
The DNA-XF Action:
Available in 1176/7-4, 1267-4, 1298-4, 1339-4 with prices starting at $960. This 'extra fast' design flexes more in the upper and less in to the butt sections. It produces a crisp, sharp feel that is perfect for throwing tight loops off the tip with a short casting stroke. T&T especially like this action for throwing floating and intermediate 'scandi' heads for salmon and steelhead and for overhead casting for stripers in the surf.
Thomas & Thomas recommend the DNA-XF action for anglers who predominantly fish near the surface and enjoy Scandinavian underhand 'touch and go' styles of casting. It is also the recommended action for long distance overhead casting.
DNA-XF rods feature a natural clear blank, black wraps with sky blue edging, American Tackle titanium stripping guides, smoked Snake Brand guides and a newly designed, light weight, all clear, anodized reel seat.
The DNA-XD Action:
Available initially as a 1208-4 priced at $980. The 'extra deep' action is designed to be stiffer in the tip and fuller flexing deep in to the handle of the rod. It's optimized for sweeping heavy terminal tackle from the water and launching short heavy heads with authority. This rod has been thoroughly tested with the popular skagit lines of the moment and the results have been more than solid. Expect to see T&T develop more rods in this action in the future.
Thomas & Thomas recommend the DNA-XD action for anglers who predominantly fish deep and utilize 'sustained anchor' styles of casting with Skagit heads.
DNA-XD rods feature a natural clear blank, black wraps with grey edging, American Tackle titanium stripping guides, smoked Snake Brand guides and a newly designed, light weight black anodized reel seat.
Commenting on the Thomas & Thomas DNA series Mark Richens said, "Thomas & Thomas has such a rich heritage in the field of two handed rods and its been enthralling to see what our team can do with the latest generation materials. The results, eighteen months in the making, are truly impressive – the DNA actions have been refined over and over again to achieve all the performance characteristics desired by modern speycasters.
Given the amount of work involved in developing this series we've gone 'all-in' on the finish and components – a beautiful anodized reel seat, titanium strippers, 'made in USA' snake brand guides and a great new cork grip design.
The DNA series is the fruition of a more collaborative approach from T&T – we have listened to invaluable input from Europe, the Pacific North West, the Great Lakes, Maritime Canada and the North East speycasting community. Tom's working relationship with our lead advisory staff member, Jonathan Huff, is playing out extremely well. Jon is, in my opinion, the most talented caster of his generation and he provides us with a unique insight in to how our designs compare with the competition. He pushes us – not just to match the performance of the 'best of the rest', but to exceed it. Thanks to the input of a multitude of talented anglers we've developed a new, two handed offering that will be the talk of serious salmon, steelhead and striper anglers in 2013."
About Thomas & Thomas:
Born in 1969, of an obsession to create the world's finest fly rods, Thomas & Thomas strives to set the standard for craftsmanship, performance and aesthetics in rodmaking. From a small shop in rural New England, Thomas & Thomas builds timeless classics from bamboo and fiberglass and modern masterpieces incorporating the latest graphite technologies.
For more information please visit www.thomasandthomas.com or contact Trevor Bross on +1 413 475 3840 or [email protected]
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