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A piece that marks moments and tells stories, Chupi designed this ring to symbolise a precious moment in your life. Set with four tiny sparkling diamonds in solid 14k white gold on a delicate ring, they represent the words Love, Luck, Life & Laughter.
This piece is also available with one diamond for Love, two diamonds for Love and Luck and three diamonds for Love, Luck, and Laughter.
A delicate piece with so much meaning, what exactly each diamond means to you will be a secret, from a present to yourself of Love to mark a big day, a gift of Love & Luck to your sister to mark her new job to Love, Luck & Laughter to mark a new baby we love to hear your stories of why these precious pieces mean so much.
Your ring is a bespoke piece and will be made especially for you, this takes 4-6 weeks from the day you place your order. We carry a small stock of rings in our store so if you have a special date in mind and need it sooner do get in touch and we will do our best to have your ring ready in time.
Individually handcrafted in our studio in Dublin, Ireland and hallmarked in Ireland's historic Dublin Castle.
Chupi casts in solid 14k gold using an ancient Egyptian method. Each piece is then polished, ready for you to wear and love.
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-Our Solid Gold rings are made bespoke. If your size is not listed, we can make your piece especially for you. This takes 4-6 weeks. Simply choose your bespoke size when you are checking out.
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How to Play
Detective Bullshit is a game of hot air and cold caess for 3-5 players you win by making shit up.
Think of Clue meets Cards Against Humanity, sort of. It's a competitive storytelling game centered around a fictional criminal case. Unlike Clue, there's no right answer, but like Cards Against Humanity, the fun is in getting your friends to pick your ridiculous story.
For each case, one player is Chief Bullshit and other players are detectives.
The Chief draws a victim card and decides the location of the crime. It's then up to the other detectives to play suspect cards from their hands and convince the Chief that their suspect is guilty. But things get complicated in the 3 rounds of each case as additional evidence, complications, and bribery keep even the best bullshitters on their toes.
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About the Game
Detective Bullshit was successfully funded June 3, 2016 on Kickstarter! With the help of over 400 backers, we raised over $24,000 to produce the first run of the Base Game and the Private Dick Expansion Deck.
The Base Game includes: 100 Person of Interest cards, 100 Evidence cards, 1 twelve sided Due Process Die, Bullshit Tokens, and game instructions.
The Private Dick Expansion Deck for the Detective Bullshit Base Game is a 90 card deck full of sexy characters, naughty evidence, and customizable cards. These cards are not safe for work... unless your job is Detective Bullshit.
#SQUADGOALS, the print-and-play game where you try to build the Ultimate Squad.
(Have you played Pit? This is basically Pit, but instead of sacks of barley, you have the Kardashians)
Of course, there are many types of squads in the world, from the elite Kardashians and Taylor Swift-adjacent, to the more abstract concept of the world's best literary heroines (who, to be honest, would rival Taylor's crew any day). Build the most squads, earn the most points, and rule the social world (for now). This print-and-play game comes with the following squads: Taylor Swift Squad, Kardashian Squad, Literati Squad, Science Squad, Ballers Squad, Young Money Squad, and YouTube Squad.
#SQUADGOALS features amazing illustrations by Amy Plouff.
Get your very own print-and-play copy of #SQUADGOALS for free! Just download, print, cut, and play.
#SQUADGOALS is a game for 3-7 people. The first person to collect all members of one squad wins.
- For every person that's playing, put one full squad into the deck. (e.g. 3 full squads for a 3 person game)
- Everyone gets a random hand of nine cards featuring members of different squads.
- After the game starts, you can trade cards with other people.
- You can trade one, two, three, or four cards at a time
- By saying "One" "Two" "Three" or "Four"
- You can only say "One" "Two" "Three" or "Four"
- You trade these cards BLIND
- The other person doesn't know what you're giving them,
- And you don't know what you'll get.
- There should always be 9 cards in each person's hand.
- Keep going until someone has a complete Squad in their hand and shouts "HASHTAG SQUAD GOALS"
- The winner gets the number of points in the corner of the card.
- Deal a new round and play until someone gets to 500 points.
Build the perfect squad, scream at your friends, and download #SQUADGOALS today!
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Tasty Penguin
Tasty Penguin began at a donut shop, where all great ideas start. Over some artisanal fried dough, Corey and Rae started talking about games they wished existed, and after outlining 3 separate concepts they paused and said to each other, "Wait, did we just start a game company?"
And lo and behold, they did.
The company is called Tasty Penguin because when Rae was a child she thought penguins were for eating. So much so that she put her stuffed penguin in her toy oven. She was (is) a strange one. You can read all about it here. It's now the name of their game company because why not name your game company after ill-conceived ideas about what animals are fit for human consumption?
Rae Votta-@raevotta
Rae is obsessed with obsession. She took a Masters degree in linguistics and used it to study how Harry Potter fans used LiveJournal to communicate, and she's kept that impeccable level of nerdiness up across her entire career. She's worked in social media for AOL, Huffington Post and VH1, and written for Rolling Stone, Billboard, and Vulture, among other outlets that impress her mom and dad. She covers digital entertainment culture and parody erotic e-books (when asked) for The Daily Dot. If you ask her to play an RPG she'll always make a character named Meryl Streep who may or may not be the actual Meryl Streep. Her favorite games currently include Viticulture, Escape: The Curse of the Temple, and One Night Ultimate Werewolf.
Corey Lubowich-@coreylubo
Corey is a storyteller who wears many hats including director, designer, producer, and dessert-enthusiast. His previous work includes writing/directing the new musical Spies Are Forever, designing an escape room experience for GeekyCon, directing Airport for Birds at Chicago's Second City, designing a national concert tour with Glee's Darren Criss, writing/producing the musical webseries World's Worst Musical, and collaborations on eight shows with StarKid Productions (including A Very Potter Sequel and Holy Musical, B@man!). You can regularly find him on YouTube as part of the comedy trio the Tin Can Brothers. His current favorite games include: Two Rooms and a Boom, Mr. Jack: Pocket, and Forbidden Desert

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Finally, President Obama has awakened to at least a part of Taxmageddon as it barrels down on American taxpayers next year and drags down job growth this year. Was he previously unaware of it? Did he just decide it matters, given the recent pattern of weak job growth?
So the debate is joined. House Republicans initiated the debate by announcing a vote to extend all the tax policies from 2001 and 2003. Now the President has spoken, which is new, and proposed to extend the tax policies for some and raise taxes on others, which is old hat.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D–NV) apparently heard the same alarm clock, as he quickly reacted by announcing a July vote in the Senate, as well—so much for the conventional wisdom that nothing happens until the lame duck session after the election.
Obama says this is no time to raise taxes on struggling middle-class families. Certainly can't disagree there. Middle-class families are struggling—struggling to find jobs, struggling with pitiful wage gains if they have a job, struggling to stay in their homes, struggling to rebuild their savings.
Also old hat is that, in the face of an economy struggling to create jobs, Obama wants to raise taxes on—you guessed it—job creators. This is a case in point demonstrating that the President has no concept whatsoever of how a private economy works.
Let's keep this simple:
- Raises taxes on energy, and you get less energy production. Obama seems to get this one—but only because it aligns with his environmental agenda.
- Compel people to buy health insurance by threatening higher taxes if they fail to comply. Obama gets this, too, but only because it fits with his agenda of government-based health care.
- Raise taxes on job creators and get—trick question: more or less?—job creation.
So Obama says he at least doesn't want to raise income taxes on middle-class families. Where's his call to prevent a second massive tax hike on the middle class? Where's his call to prevent a two-percentage-point increase in the payroll tax on January 1? For a family making $50,000, that's a $1,000 tax hike. It may not sound like much to the "wealthiest Americans, folks like myself" as Obama riffed, but $1,000 is a lot of money to a middle-class family.
In 2011 and in 2012, President Obama made a big deal demanding that congressional Republicans cooperate in preventing the same payroll tax jump then. What's changed? Certainly not the unemployment rate, and certainly not the state of family finances.
Was the payroll tax cut particularly good policy when Obama first proposed it? No. Did it help the economy? Not particularly. Then why extend it? Because that family needs that $1,000 in payroll tax relief.
This payroll tax hike is a big part of Taxmageddon. Obama and Congress both need to hear this alarm clock, wake up, and get busy avoiding a payroll tax hike insult to the middle class's injuries of stagnant wages and high unemployment.


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Alfio Consoli was born in Catania, and moved to Rome in 1958. In 1959, he commenced working for the comic agency Studio Barbato Mancini. Consoli finished the artwork of artists like Casabianca, Cedroni and Stizza on series like 'Il Grande Blek', 'Gli Angeli Dell'Inferno', 'Yaleb', 'Galax', 'Hondo' and other series for the French publishers Lug and Aventures et Voyages. In 1972, he created the character 'Demoniak' for Edizioni Ellepi with scriptwriter Baiocchi. Through the Giolitti studios, he worked for foreign publishers like IPC in Britain and Bastei in Germany.
With the artists Cambiotti and Valcarenghi, he created several albums with the character 'Jacula'. In the early 1980s he left Giolitti to work directly for the Italian publishers Edifumetto and Ediperiodici, making erotic comics. In the late 1980s he returned to Lug in France with scripts for 'Il Grande Blek'. In the 1990s, he worked for the foreign market with Giolitti again, and created 'I Fantastici Tre Superman' with Pedrazzi and Acciari for Star Comics, as well as about 20 albums with 'Balboa' for Play Press. He also returned to erotic comics, this time for Fenix and Bb Press.


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Maverick Elite Wrestling team will host Maverick Wrestling Takedown on Dec. 22.
The tournament is open to children between the ages of 5 to 15. Deadline to enter is at 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Admission is $2 for adults. Each adult will receive a ticket for a raffle. All proceeds benefit Maverick Boys and Girls Club.
Contact Nichole Mora at 806-683 or email email@example.com for more information.
Kids, Inc. is accepting registration for girls basketball and soft soccer at www.kidsinc.org. Early registration helps ensure children will be placed on a team from the school he or she attend.
Payment is not due upon sign-up, but must be made by Dec. 21.
Details for each sport are:
� Girls basketball: $65, first grade to sixth grade, Play begins Jan. 11 and ends Feb. 3.
� Soft soccer: $55, age 4 through first grade, Play begins Jan. 11 and ends Feb. 3.
For more information, visit the Kids, Inc. website or call 806-376-5936.
The Amarillo Hockey Association announces the 2012-13 youth ice hockey season through March 31.
The hockey program ranges from Learn-To-Play programs for up to age 18 and House-Recreational and Travel programs. First-time ice hockey players get their first three months exempt from House sign-up fees.
Registration and cost information is available at www.amarillohockey.com or by calling 806-679-7825.
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hogwilder necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 55 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
I'm a modern woman who has a lot different interests and does a lot of different things; one who embraces her femininity but doesn't use it as an excuse to not do "the heavy lifting" or get her hands dirty. I am entering a phase in my life where I am able to pursue my dreams, both professional and personal, all out! I am smart, articulate, accomplished, athletic, accessible, affable, adventurous, generous, curious, self-deprecating at times, creative, and very ambitious. In other words, I am just like so many other women. I love my children, I recycle like a rabid dog, I volunteer in my community-mostly with the homeless, I play drums, piano, paint, and pray. I meditate and procrastinate and I'd like my tummy to be just a little bit flatter than it is! The only difference between myself and (some) other women is that I simply figured out that you have to "CREATE the life you crave." My brand name comes from a combination of my last name, Wilder, and my love of the old Southern adage, "Root Hog or Die Poor." Meet me at http://www.AngelaWilder.com
2 principal target audiences:
People who are interested in creating the life they crave:those who have given up on their dreams for one reason or another. I want to instill in those that I meet the idea that life, in spite of all its challenges and seeming obstacles, can be a joyful experience.
The other audience is potential employers which include but is not limited to organizations seeking speakers, television and radio producers, casting directors, production companies, potential advertisers, and/or other people in the entertainment business to whom I am, or might in the future, pitching my television show ideas.
I will be using this logo on any and everything that represents me so it should be "timeless." Here's an example of a website and logo I really like:
Think Modern. Think Creative. Think Clean Lines. Provocative (if you can imagine that paired with the idea of a hog) is okay but not trashy. Since my target audience is adults I prefer to stay away from cartoons
(no Porky the Pig types of designs) and please don't use clip art or stock images. UNIQUE! UNIQUE!
My favorite color is purple but I'm open to the use of any color or combinations of colors.
I love pigs/hogs so feel free to work one into the design. However, a hog is not mandatory and I mean the animal kind of hog, not a motorcycle.
Lettering: I am open to upper or lower case letters and/or a combination of the two. The name is all one word. I like clean, distinct fonts not cursive or calligraphy types.
The files I will require:
print file format- .ai (CMYK)
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Entire basketball team banned after fight
The entire Indian Hills Community College basketball team has been banned from post season play after a fight.
Steve Palen was there the Saturday before last when an intense game ended in double-overtime at Southeastern Community College. Moments later, players were fighting and fans were joining in.
"When you see mass crowds rushing to one spot, it's usually a pretty good indication something good is not happening," said Palen.
The game that was supposed to help launch the No. 3 ranked Indian Hills Warriors in the post-season. It ended with five of their players and four southeastern players suspended.
Three fans were also banned from future games.
The West Burlington Police said they had a witness who saw one of the Indian Hills players hit a fan and they arrested him. Indian Hills Community College President Jim Lindenmeyer bailed the student out of jail.
Lindenmeyer didn't know it was against NJCAA rules. The Warriors were banned from post season play.
The Warrior's coach who would have hosted the league tournament said they made the right choice that night.
Palen, who was disappointed to see the season end so abruptly, said he would have made the same choice.
"If it was my child and they'd left my child in another town, I would have been livid with the college," said Palen.


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Varonis Systems Shares Double in Debut
Maker of Data-Mining Software Ends Day With $1 Billion Valuation
A business-technology startup with Israeli roots soared in its stock market debut, underscoring how unsexy software sold to corporations is one of the hottest pockets of the current tech boom.
Shares of Varonis Systems Inc.—which helps companies cull and manage information from their employee emails, spreadsheets and video files, and flag abnormal use of the data—doubled in their first trading session Friday. The stock, which ended the day at $44, left Varonis with a market value of more than $1 billion....


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Bangor, ME - The Lady Golden Eagles were looking to wrap up the weekend on a win, but UMaine Machias had other plans as they outscored EMCC by double-digits in both halves. EMCC drops to 0-3 on the early season after a 76-49 loss to the Clippers.
UMM Held the lead the entire game to cruise to another conference win at EMCC (2-1). Vanessa Patterson, Emma LeGallais, and Kirsti Wright all contributed with a balance scoring attack all in double digits. Caroline Proctor had her third double-double in just as many games in this young exciting season. Randi DeWitt chipped in with 4 points, 4 assists, and 7 rebounds. Emma, Meagan Cope, Danielle Wormell, and Ashley Beam increased our intensity on defense the entire 40 minutes. Kirsti Wright and Danielle Wormell found their range from long distance combining for 6-10 from beyond the arc. Overall this was a step in the right direction as the Lady Clippers continue to improve as a unit on and off the court. See the Lady Clippers next as they go to Maine Maritime Academy (NCAA lll) November 19, 2013 for a non-conference matchup. GO CLIPPERS!


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Lynn Chadwick
English, 1914–2003
Polygon I, 1963
bronze, 1/4
33.2 x 29.5 x 18.8 cm
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Gift from the collection of Samuel B. Nitikman, by his family
Lynn Chadwick began his artistic career in the 1930s as a draftsperson working in different architectural studios in London. He enlisted as a pilot during World War II and, following the war, branched out into interior and architectural design, including doing work with textiles and furniture. In the 1950s he began to experiment with sculptural medium, particularly in metal, and went on to produce a series of mobiles that are reminiscent of Alexander Calder's work. The WAG bronze comes from the following decade when Chadwick had shifted to Minimalism and was concentrating on geometrical forms cast in bronze and sometimes given different patinas. He would later return to more organic modelling and figural themes, but during this brief period in the 1960s Chadwick remained focused on simple shapes, including the pyramidal form, which is evident in this bronze.
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Violin Paradise is designed for up to four people to enjoy (additional controllers sold separately). Players can choose to be a conductor, violinist, violist or cellist as they perform some of the most beautiful classical pieces in history. The game includes a micro-orchestra, which helps players feel the enjoyment of a group performance. The game environment changes dynamically and can be enriched with more objects if you play successfully.


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NRA is mum amid calls for change after Newtown shooting
As the first of the littlest victims from Sandy Hook Elementary School start to be buried, the nation starts a painful debate on gun control and mental health issues. (Dec. 17)
Days after the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., plunged the nation into grief and soul-searching, the most influential group on behalf of gun rights — the National Rife Association — remained silent.
In that vacuum, one of the gun lobby's famous board members went on Twitter Monday to defend the group, its philosophy and the fundamental American right to bear arms.
"That more than 100 million lawful gun owners would be punished & restricted due to the criminal abuse by .00001% is pure insanity no thankU" tweeted rocker and avid hunter Ted Nugent, who says he hunted before he began playing the guitar.
As fresh lines are drawn in the gun debate, a big unknown involves what one of the loudest voices on Second Amendment rights will do in the wake of Friday's slaughter at Sandy Hook Elementary School that left 20 young children and six adults dead. Nearly all suffered multiple wounds from a semiautomatic assault rifle wielded by 20-year-old Adam Lanza, who then killed himself.
The NRA's Facebook page, which had registered 1.7 million "likes," was taken down Friday morning. Repeated requests for interviews with NRA leaders went unanswered.
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The influence of the 4 million-member organization makes it a major player in any political and legal push for gun restrictions that have surfaced since the shooting.
Some of the NRA's prominent members are urging the organization to respond differently than with the all-out opposition it mobilized during past battles over assault weapons and other gun restrictions.
"I ask my friends at the NRA, and I am a proud NRA member and always have been, we need to sit down and move this dialogue to a sensible, reasonable approach," said Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va. "Everything has to be on the table."
In an appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Manchin — who was pictured using a hunting rifle to shoot a hole in an environmental law in a 2010 ad in his home state — said that the horror at Sandy Hook Elementary School had changed all Americans.
"Millions and millions of people are proud gun owners, and they do it responsibly and by the law," Manchin said. But "seeing the massacre of so many children ... it has changed America."
His comments are significant because he has an "A" rating from the NRA, and because he represents a state with a strong hunting culture.
Shootings lead to silence
NRA silence is typical in the immediate days after highly publicized shootings.
"When there is a large-scale mass shooting like this, the NRA plays duck and cover," says Robert Spitzer, a political scientist at the State University of New York-Cortland and author of The Politics of Gun Control.
The NRA, he says, stayed largely quiet in the aftermath of the shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., this summer that left 12 dead and dozens wounded.
"They are waiting for the storm to subside," Spitzer says. "They know that, historically, what happens is great public outrage (after mass shootings) until the political storm passes. And once that happens, then they resume standard procedures. They will work to defeat any proposed laws."
This time, Spitzer predicts, the pressures appear to be building to levels the country has not seen in more than 13 years, after two students at Columbine High School near Denver used assault rifles to kill 12 fellow students and a teacher before killing themselves.
He calls Manchin's statement "very significant" and predicts "more members of Congress starting to peal out and speak out, and that does represent a change in temper and tone that we have not seen since the Columbine shooting in 1999."
In an interview with USA TODAY a week before the Connecticut school shooting, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre said the American "culture has embraced the Second Amendment and the recreational aspect that comes with it."
LaPierre was commenting on annual firearms manufacturing reports maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which showed that gun production increased from 3.3 million in 2002 to a preliminary estimate of 6.2 million in 2011. Totals include both handguns and long guns. A USA TODAY poll taken earlier this month found that 45% of respondents said they had a gun in their household.
Rising gun sales, LaPierre said before Newtown, reflect "what is happening at the grass-roots level."
"People expect a siege on the Second Amendment, and the media is trying to sell it," LaPierre said, suggesting that rising gun sales were linked to a expectations that the Obama administration plans new gun-control legislation in its second term.
Obama has not pushed gun-control measures in his first term in office, but the NRA objected after he expressed support during a presidential debate in October for renewing the 1994 assault weapons ban. The ban expired in 2004.
Firearms issues were not a major part of the presidential campaign, despite two mass shootings over the summer. Since Friday's shooting in Newtown, however, the president has vowed to take action trying to prevent more carnage.
Positive view of the NRA
A national survey taken weeks after the July 20 shooting in Aurora showed that 56% of respondents had a favorable view of the NRA. The poll, done for the Public Religion Research Institute, showed that 32% viewed the organization unfavorably.
Spitzer, the political scientist, says the NRA "isn't quite the polarizing interest group that it was in the 1990s," when the debate over assault weapons also raged, and it has also benefited from political trends. Recent legislation, especially on the state level, and court action have favored gun rights.
"The NRA has worked in the last decade or so to soften its image, and that began when they made (the late actor) Charlton Heston president back in the 1990s," he said.
Obama's re-election this year was a big blow to the NRA. The group immediately began portraying him as a threat to try to further build membership and support.
"People aren't stupid," LaPierre said before the shooting. "Now that (Obama has) been re-elected, it's Katy bar the door. People believe that. People at their very core believe that safety and security are in their own hands. ... The American culture is deeply embedded in the right to bear firearms. The gun lobby is not the NRA. It's the American public.''
Others say there are significant fissures between the NRA and a majority of the public. Republican pollster Frank Luntz says polls on gun rights he took three years ago and again this year showed that large majorities of gun owners are not "absolutists" and believe that certain restrictions, such as those on assault weapons, are reasonable.
"The NRA is more extreme in its political stance than gun owners as a whole," Spitzer agrees. "Obviously, some people agree with the NRA and don't want to pay the $35-a-year fee, but I have talked to many sportspeople who are not politically charged, and they say, 'I am not a member of the NRA ... It is too political; it is too right wing; it is too rabid. And also it doesn't focus enough on the hunting and sporting stuff anymore.'"
One gun owner who has broken from the NRA is David Dalton, a sport shooter from Scranton, Pa., who says he clashed with the NRA because it wouldn't back him in a legislative battle last year for a "castle" law passed in Pennsylvania giving gun owners more power to defend themselves in their homes.
Dalton says the NRA "had started to resemble one of those super PACs. With them it was all about making money, bringing more money, sending out fear-mongering e-mails to drum up business."
Millions for campaigns
The NRA and its political arms spent more than $17.6 million to influence presidential and congressional elections in the 2012 cycle, according to data compiled by the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics.
The NRA pumped most of the money — $16.9 million — into so-called independent expenditures, which allow groups to spend unlimited amounts advertising for or against candidates.
Its top target was Obama: The organization spent nearly $9 million to oppose him. The NRA ran commercials in battleground states accusing Obama of chipping away at Americans' right to bear arms. "Defend freedom. Defeat Obama," they urged.
The NRA spent more than $400,000 in three general-election Senate contests to oppose Democrats, and all three — Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, Florida Sen. Bill Nelson and former Virginia governor Tim Kaine — prevailed on Election Day. It also spent heavily to defeat Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar in the state's Republican primary, but the NRA's favored candidate, primary winner Richard Mourdock, lost the general election.
Its biggest general-election payoff in the Senate: Republican Jeff Flake's victory Arizona. The group spent nearly $344,000 to back his candidacy.
By contrast, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence's PAC spent just $5,816.
Independence USA, a deep-pocketed group founded by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, put more than $8 million into races supporting candidates who favored gun control.
"For three decades, you could vote against good gun laws and pretty much be an NRA lackey, and never have to fear facing a monetary disadvantage" on gun issues, says Ladd Everitt, director of communications for a separate gun-control group, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. "That ended in November. That is incredibly important."
Dalton, the Pennsylvania gun owner, this year helped launch the website "NoNRA." He says that although it is run by gun owners who think the NRA no longer represents them, the site was flooded over the weekend by gun-control activists.
Although Dalton has split from the NRA, he still fundamentally agrees with the organization's past stance against more restrictions on assault weapons. Ban them now, he said, and next year, gun-control advocates might come after other types of guns.
Noting that most recent mass shooters have been young, disturbed males, Dalton says: "I can't speak for every gun owner in America, but I honest to God don't think (banning assault weapons) will do any good. If somebody is that disturbed, they are going to figure out a way to do it. (Oklahoma City bomber) Timothy McVeigh got some fertilizer and some fuel."
Dalton said he objects to broad criticism of all gun owners in the wake of Friday's shooting.
"I am a father; it rips the heart out of anybody. And for people to say that gun-loving people aren't affected by this is just wrong," he said. "We have a serious mental health issue in this country right now."
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A Poway student sent a threatening email over the weekend to a Twin Peaks Middle School administrator stating he planned to shoot a teacher and 23 fellow students at the school on Monday morning.
Detectives from the San Diego County Sheriff's Department investigated the alleged shooting threat Saturday and found numerous rifles and handguns in the 12-year-old student's home.
According to officials, the email threat -- which was sent to a school administrator Friday night -- made reference to 3,000 rounds of ammunition as well as numerous firearms in the planned shooting at the Poway middle school located at 14640 Tierra Bonita Rd.
NBC 7 spoke exclusively with the teacher referenced in the email. She wishes to remain anonymous to protect her safety.
"I kept asking myself, `Why me?' Literally wracking my brain trying to figure out who it is," she said.
Detectives worked with the Poway Unified School District and San Diego's Computer and Technology Crime High-Tech Response Team to identify the source of the email. CATCH is a taskforce of federal, state and local agencies that investigate technology related crimes.
After identifying this particular Twin Peaks Middle School student as the source of the email, detectives served a search warrant at the boy's house and confiscated numerous rifles and handguns, as well as several computers.
On Saturday at around 5:30 p.m., the 7th grade student was taken into custody and admitted to a local hospital for treatment and evaluation.
Detectives believe the boy planned to act alone and say there is no evidence to suggest anyone else was involved in making the threats.
In the wake of the December 14, 2012, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., where 20 children and six school staff members were fatally shot by suspect Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old son of a teacher, school and law officials are on high-alert.
"This could really happen anytime, anywhere," the Poway teacher threatened in the email told NBC 7.
NBC 7 reached out to Poway Unified School District superintendent John Collins for comment on this matter.
Collins released the following statement first to NBC 7 Sunday morning:
"Obviously, this situation is both saddening and disturbing. However, it is critical that all touched by this threat understand that the system worked," said superintendent Collins.
The superintendent also said school counselors and the district's Crisis Intervention Team would be available to speak to students and parents about this ordeal at the Twin Peaks Middle School campus on Monday.
On Sunday, law enforcement and school officials held a press conference to address the shooting threat against Twin Peaks Middle School.
At the press conference, Capt. Bill Donahue of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department assigned to the Poway station spoke of the incident, including details about the student's email threat and the weapons found in the boy's family home.
Capt. Donahue confirmed that a total of five rifles, three shotguns and three handguns were confiscated from the residence. He said the weapons were locked away when officials found them.
"The student did not have access to the weapons. They were in the care and custody of the father," explained Capt. Donahue.
As for the student's email threat to the school administrator, Capt. Donahue said the email specified how many students would be shot on campus and which types of weapon and ammunition would be used in the attack.
The email also stated the time of the shooting and listed some specific locations on campus where the shooting would occur.
Capt. Donahue said the email listed second period – which is around 9:30 a.m. – as the time of the shooting and said a total of 23 children would be shot.
The student also listed the specific name of the teacher in the email, but Donahue said the email did not specifically identify any of the 23 student targets by name.
Officials said they do not believe this incident is in any way related to recent bullying incidents reported at Twin Peaks.
As for the student's parents, Capt. Donahue said they were "shocked" and extremely upset over the situation. The student, Donahue said, was also "scared" when officials interviewed him.
The captain said he could not disclose any further details on the student's state of mind or what he told officials during that interview, as the investigation is pending.
Capt. Donahue said the case will now be presented to the District Attorney's office. The DA's office will decide whether to pursue the suspect as a juvenile or adult.
Poway Unified School District superintendent John Collins also spoke at Sunday's press conference.
He praised and thanked all officials involved for their immediate, quick response on this threat.
"Following the protocols that the district and local law enforcement have established, each agency acted along with the district in full coordination to resolve the threat issue quickly, efficiently and without incident," said Collins. "We would also like acknowledge the parents of the child, thanking them for their cooperation in what must be an extremely difficult situation regarding their child."
Collins said the incident has been disturbing for the teacher named in the email. He said the female teacher – whose name is not being released to protect her safety – doesn't understand why this happened or why she was targeted by the student.
Collins said Twin Peaks Middle School will hold classes as usual on Monday, but there will be extra security on campus, including assistance from the sheriff's department.
Capt. Donahue also had this message for students who may be contemplating copycat threats:
"We take all threats very seriously as credible and valid threats. Don't ruin your life or throw away over doing something stupid like sending an email threat or any type of threat at school."
The captain said students can report any threats of school violence by calling the Students Speaking Out tip line at (888) 580-8477.


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Their success in the decade of the Sixties put both Davidson College and their head coach, Charles (Lefty) Driesell, on the American sports map. Within a couple of years, the Wildcats went from a winless SoCon season to national prominence.
In nine years at the helm of the Wildcats, Driesell's teams earned five regular-season SoCon titles and won 20 games or more six times. In both 1968 and 1969, Davidson advanced to an NCAA Tournament regional final. The 1964-65 team won 23 consecutive games before a two-point upset loss in the conference tournament.
A native of Norfolk, Virginia, Driesell was named Coach of the Year in the SoCon four times. Leaving Davidson in 1969, he moved to the University of Maryland, guiding the Terrapins to 11 postseason appearances and 10 seasons of 20 or more victories. He would go on to lead both James Madison and Georgia State to NCAA tournament appearances.
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NEW YORK, June 16 (UPI) -- Court papers filed in New York show Facebook is ready to blame Nasdaq for its clumsy start as a publicly traded company.
Facebook is attempting to consolidate a flurry of shareholder lawsuits filed against it -- more than 40 of them -- since it went public May 18, a day clouded with controversy.
The Financial Times reported Saturday that Facebook blames Nasdaq for technical problems that delayed the start of its initial public offering and then made it impossible for traders to confirm transactions.
"The commencement of trading in Facebook shares was delayed as a result of problems with Nasdaq's software systems, which impaired the orderly execution of trades and price levels," Facebook's court filing says.
The Financial Times said Facebook claims the technical delays made it appear as if there was a massive sell-off of its shares and that triggered an actual sell-off. Then, by offering to compensate shareholders for losses on Facebook's opening day, Nasdaq prompted another sell-off, Facebook says.
Facebook also says its underwriters "did not violate any rules."
Lawsuits against the social network company, however, claim Facebook overvalued its shares, which started at $38 for a total valuation of $104 billion, and have dropped 21 percent since the IPO, to $30.01 per share on Friday.
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I expected something entirely different when I recently called Tom Kocal, publisher of the Prairie Advocate, the weekly newspaper in Lanark in Carroll County.
Over the last few weeks, Kocal has been writing publisher notes questioning the validity of President Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate.
"The Obama birth certificate released by the White House, on [its] website, proved to be a doctored fake, and we can prove it, like thousands of other graphic artists, computer experts, grade school children, etc.," he wrote. "There is no opinion in this; it is fact."
When I called Kocal, I half-expected him to accuse Obama of being a Kenyan socialist – or at least harshly denounce the president's policies. He did neither. Instead, he spoke about what he saw as the technical problems with Obama's long-form certificate.
Asked whether he believed Obama was born in the United States, he said he didn't know. He called for an investigation.
The Republican Party – certainly no fan of the president – says Obama was born in the United States. Why would the party maintain this if it was fiction?
"I don't have the answer to that," Kocal said.
The media, even Fox News, also say the evidence is on the president's side.
"All of the networks have pretty much given up discussing it," Kocal said.
In my interview with Kocal, he never criticized Obama's policies. He sounded reasonable.
Of course, reason is lacking in arguments that Obama may have been born on foreign soil. Two Hawaii newspapers published his 1961 local birth announcement – one of which listed that the information came from the Health Bureau. Was there a massive conspiracy from the beginning when no one had any idea he would become president?
Like any president, Obama has his share of enemies. They would have presented evidence of his foreign birth long ago – if they could. But they can't. Why? Because the truth is hard to disprove.
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The Walt Disney Co. likes to say that its entertainment offerings, be they theme-park attractions, Disney-branded films or Broadway shows, are fun for the whole family.
That marketing-friendly slogan is debatable, of course, depending on the entertainment on offer. But with the latest Disney On Ice show, produced as usual by Feld Entertainment, that statement rings true. In fact (and don't tell your children) this newest ice show, "Dare to Dream," might be a hair more entertaining to adults.
That's because the show, which had a preview performance last night in Lakeland, focuses on three romances — one classic and two more modern in tone. Romance is best seen, not described, and each of the show's primary couples gets to skate a lovely pairs number: Tiana and Naveen to "Evangeline," Cinderella and Prince Charming to "This Is Love" and Rapunzel and Flynn to "I See the Light."
Watching "Cinderella" demonstrates that a simple story works best on the ice. Everyone knows the songs, the stepsisters provide comic relief (and lots of deliberate falls), and in a dashing solo turn Prince Charming shows more charisma than in the film.
That traditional story is bookended by Disney's latest animated features, "The Princess and the Frog" and "Tangled."
New Orleans-set "Princess and the Frog" has strong, horn-infused music that immediately energizes proceedings, and Tiana's spunky optimism comes through not only in her skating but in her posture and delightful facial expressions. The group numbers have an almost Broadway-like choreography with kick lines, fans and some serious sass. Fun stuff.
The "Tangled" sequences feature extended aerial work by Flynn and Rapunzel, using beautiful gold silks that evoke Rapunzel's famed hair as they slide along the arena roof and drop to the ground. Kids will think it looks cool; adults will appreciate the hard work of "flying" — all the more impressive when they drop back to the ice and continue skating.
The comic set piece of "Tangled," musical number "I've Got a Dream," set in a rundown pub full of ruffians, translates into a funny free-for-all on the ice. And the lighting technique for that segment's finale — when the beautiful lanterns are launched into the sky — is strikingly beautiful.
Kids may wish the modern films weren't quite as talky, and that Mickey and Minnie had longer appearances (they merely bookend the stories). Adults, note that the villains — while effectively creepy — have limited ice time, and the emphasis is clearly on fun. The scariest sight is a group of skeleton-masked skaters, seen briefly during the "Princess and Frog" villain scene.
The skating takes place in front of a nifty set piece that turns from an old Bourbon Street mansion to a beautiful palace to Rapunzel's tower.
The show only truly stumbles at its conclusion — but it's a mighty fall. Advance publicity billed the finale as "the ultimate princess event of a lifetime," and fair enough, it seems as though everyone from Snow White to the Little Mermaid fills the rink, along with their princes.
But they are all dressed in white and gold, perhaps pleasing to an adult designer but not the colorful, well-known costumes children want to see. Worse, the couples are forced into out-of-character choreography to one of those bland, modern Disney pop songs that eviscerates the fairy-tale mood. Does anyone really want to see Cinderella try to get down and disco?
You might have to go home and pop in the DVD of "Tangled" to regain that loving feeling.
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This is quite nice; I had my bear photos published in today's (Monday January 16, 2012) Rogue Valley Mail Tribune!
The spread looks great and the photos printed very well. Neat!
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More than 8,000 New York City school bus drivers and aides went on strike over job protection Wednesday morning, leaving some 152,000 students, many disabled, trying to find other ways to get to school.
Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said the strike started at 6 a.m. Wednesday. About 200 bus drivers and busmatrons, who help kids on and off buses, were assembled on picket lines in Queens.
"The first days will be extremely chaotic," Walcott told 1010 WINS radio. "It hasn't happened in New York City in over 33 years."
Union head Michael Cordiello told a news conference that the drivers will strike until Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the city agree to put a job security clause back into their contract.
"I came to urge the mayor to resolve this strike," said Cordiello, president of Local 1181 of the Amalgamated Transit Union. "It is within his power to do so."
Parents used subways, carpools and other alternatives to get their children to school, hitting slippery roads as sleet turned to rain around the city and temperatures were at or above freezing.
Peter Curry's 7-year-old daughter, Maisy, is in a wheelchair and is usually picked up by a bus with a ramp. On Wednesday, he drove her from lower Manhattan to her school in the Chelsea neighborhood.
"It means transferring her to the car, breaking down the wheelchair, getting here, setting up the wheelchair, transferring her from the car, when normally she would just wheel right into the school bus," Curry said. "She's on oxygen. There's a lot of equipment that has to be moved and transferred also."
On Staten Island, Tangaline Whiten was more than 45 minutes late delivering her second-grade son to Staten Island Community Charter School, after first dropping off her daughter at Public School 60 about six miles away.
She said the distance and the extra traffic on the road made the prospect of a long strike upsetting, because it means her son would be consistently late. If the strike lasts, she said she'll consider carpooling.
"Most of the parents where I'm at are working parents, so they're finding it difficult to transport their kids, and especially to pick them up," Whiten said. "I'm just fortunate that I'm a stay-at-home mom."
Wednesday's walkout was by the largest bus drivers' union; some bus routes served by other unions were operating. The city Department of Education said approximately 3,000 bus routes out of 7,700 total were running.
Most of the city's roughly 1.1 million public school students take public transportation or walk to school.
Those who rely on the buses include 54,000 special education students and others who live far from schools or transportation. They also include students who attend specialized school programs outside of their neighborhoods.
The city has put its contracts with private bus companies up for bid, aiming to cut costs. Local 1181 says drivers could suddenly lose their jobs when contracts expire in June.
In an industrial part of Queens' Ridgewood neighborhood, several dozen union members showed up to stand in the cold rain in front of the Amboy Bus Company.
"Union! Power!" they chanted, pumping their fists into the air.
Driver Edwin Beniquez said Bloomberg "wants to put out these bids to pay less, below living wages, but he'll end up with less experienced drivers."
The city planned to distribute transit cards to students who can take buses and subways and to reimburse parents who would have to drive or take taxis.
The union announced Monday it would strike amid a complicated dispute.
The city doesn't directly hire the bus drivers and matrons, who work for private companies that have city contracts. The workers make an average of about $35,000 a year, with a driver starting at $14 an hour and potentially making as much as $29 an hour over time, according to Cordiello.
Bloomberg has said the city must seek competitive bids to save money.
The union sought job protections for current drivers in the new contracts. The city said that the state's highest court, the Court of Appeals, has barred it from including such provisions because of competitive bidding laws; the union said that's not so.
Asked if the city is prepared to go as long as the last school bus strike, which lasted 14 weeks in 1979, Walcott said on WINS Radio: "This will go however long it goes. We have systems in place to support our parents and students."
The contracts expire June 30.


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I call that heroism. Yes, greater than that of the wife dying with her husband. She saved herself and was willing to live and suffer for the sake of her child. How much easier it would have been to have died in his arms. She said, "I cannot think of life without him but if he could speak, I know he would be pleased to know I stayed with Margorie." I was proud to welcome such a heroine to my country. This bereaved woman would go about comforting others and often come back saying, "How much I have to be thankful for. I feel it when I see so many. worse of than I." In her great trouble, she still could think of others. Her attitude was Christ-like.
James Cameron told the New York Times that his team has never seen any human remains, but that the alignment of clothes does seem to suggest that there was a body there at one point.
Sunday is the centenary of the sinking, and — not coincidentally — Senator John Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat, has introduced a bill that would give the Commerce Department new supervisory powers to protect the Titanic wreck site from salvagers and intrusive research.
Photo of Titanic Iceberg Up for Sale
An auction house is selling a black and white photo of the iceberg that experts say the Titanic struck shortly before it sank on its maiden voyage.
The photo was taken April 12, 1912, two days before "the unsinkable ship" met her demise when she hit an iceberg shortly before midnight April 14, killing 1,502 people.
The photo shows a huge iceberg with a distinctive elliptical shape. The photograph was taken by the captain of the S.S. Etonian, according to RR Auction of Amherst, N.H. The caption reads, "Copyright. Blueberg taken by Captain W.F. Wood S.S. Etonian on 12/4/12 [April 12, 1912] in Lat 41° 50 N Long 49° 50 W. Titanic struck 14/4/12 [April 14, 2012] and sank in three hours."
There were no photos of the iceberg before this one emerged, but two Titanic crew members drew sketches of the iceberg that they saw April 14. Both sketches are similar to the elliptical shape of the iceberg in the photo, according to RR Auction.
The coordinates scribbled on the photograph are not far from where the wreckage of the ship lies on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Cameron: The day the 9/11 terrorists murdered 3,000 people in New York and Washington, I was just diving to the Titanic. Twelve hours later, I came back to our mothership. I was presumably the last man in the Western Hemisphere to learn about what had happened.
For a while, I thought: Why are we diving into history while new parts are made, while the very ground we are standing on is shaking? But, some days later, I realized that (the film) "Titanic" gave us help in interpreting the new disaster, in exploring the feelings of loss and anger. Why do people watch "Titanic"? It's partly because they can cry. Loss is a part of our life; it's about love and death and about death partly defining love. And these are things we all have to cope with.
One of the things I learned from Jim [Cameron], is the key is never do the same trick twice. Just when you think they are doing it with motion control and the background, then you change it… If you always mix the techniques up, you are bound for a much better success than relying on one technique for the entire film.
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I haven't been paying much attention Alan, again the cast is not that interesting to me yet. Maybe when they merge, next week (?) it will be more interesting.You can read Messhall http://www.survivorsucks.com/forums/66and survivorfever http://www.survivorfever.com/s17_challenge_speculation.html
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Rugby World Cup 2011
Hansen coy on future plans
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October 20, 2011
Steve Hansen would not be drawn on his future by the prying media © Getty Images
Steve Hansen has straight-batted speculation about his coaching future as New Zealand prepare for Sunday's World Cup final against France.
Former Wales coach Hansen, current assistant to All Blacks supremo Graham Henry, is among the favourites to succeed his boss when he steps down after the tournament. But Hansen said: "It's not even something I am thinking about at the moment.
"Four years ago we got knocked out in the quarter-final of a World Cup, and three coaches (Henry, Hansen and Wayne Smith) made a decision to try and re-get the job, and we did that. We were lucky enough to get reappointed, and last weekend we earned the right to turn up on Sunday at nine o'clock to try and win the thing.
"That is the only thing I am thinking about. I don't really care what happens after Sunday. All I am focusing on is trying to get a team ready to turn up to win. We are really excited, and there is no room for anything else at the moment.
"It's just a total focus on trying to get the team together to play really, really well because we know we're going to have to. The French are going to turn up and play well. Not too many times in your life do you get the opportunity for something special to happen.
"You are now not only doing it for yourself, you're doing it for all the people who have made sacrifices and for our country, so you've just got to make sure you get it right."
New Zealand are red-hot favourites to be crowned world champions for the first time since 1987 when they beat France at Eden Park, the venue for Sunday's showpiece. They have also toppled Les Bleus in the tournament's pool stage, but Hansen is guarding against the remotest hint of complacency creeping in.
"They have done exactly what we've done - they've earned the right to arrive at Eden Park and play on Sunday at nine o'clock," he said. "It's a two-horse race, and both teams will be doing their utmost to win it.
"As the tournament has built, I think we've built our performance and there is just a genuine desire to get the job done.
"The guys are relaxed, which is great. The thing about this tournament is you can't be turned on the whole time, you've got to have moments where you can relax and we've managed to handle that pretty well. But I know there is a huge, huge desire. There is a huge excitement about having the opportunity to do something special."
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Average CMO Tenure: 45 Months (But That's an Improvement)
Chief marketing officers are surviving in their jobs longer than in the past, a new study being released this week shows. But the average CMO still lasts only about half as long as a chief executive.
The average tenure of a CMO is just 45 months, according to the study, being released Monday by executive recruiting firm Spencer Stuart. That's nearly double where the average tenure was as recently as 2006, when it was 23.2 months.
Spencer Stuart's data doesn't go back before 2004, so it's tough to know whether the two-year average of that era was an aberration or not. Ad executives say a growing complexity of marketing, as digital technology was first making big inroads, contributed to the lack of longevity for marketing chiefs.
The improvement in recent years is due in part to several factors, including the rise of a new breed of executives that are more sophisticated about technology, the recruiting firm said. The study was based on an analysis of the tenure of CMOs at the top 100 marketers by spending .
Still, marketing chief shouldn't break out the champagne just yet since their job tenure pales in comparison to CEOs, which last year had an average tenure of seven years, Spencer Stuart said.
Why so short? Corporations expect chief marketing officers to prove their work has a real impact on driving the business, said Greg Welch, global consumer goods and services practice at Spencer Stuart. "The CMO chair is a hot seat," he added.
And while the tenure has been lengthening, many marketing executives say the pressure has intensified. Companies now "have different expectations of what marketing can do," said John Hayes, chief marketing officer of American Express. "There is an expectation that it's more measureable, more targeted and therefore more effective. This has made everybody's expectations higher," he added.
Marketers are juggling an onslaught of new marketing channels from Facebook to Pinterest as well as dealing with the proliferation of new devise from tablets to smartphones. At the same time, the data side of the business has exploded, forcing many to learn new skills and find partners that can help them navigate the sector.
"Unless the CMO demonstrates the value that marketing is delivering and clearly shows the return on investment, the business owner, who is under pressure to deliver numbers, will pull funding," said Raja Rajamannar, MasterCard's chief marketing officer. "The CMO could find himself out of the job."
Spencer Stuart's Mr. Welch doesn't expect the tenure to improve anytime soon since the industry is still in the midst of unprecedented change, thanks to advances in technology and changes in consumer behavior.
These changes will continue to cause many corporations to seek out new types of executives that have the right skills to stay ahead of the change, ad executives said.
Tenure rates in the marketing suite are closely watched by Madison Avenue. Replacing marketing chiefs often cause major upheaval when they take over a new post. New CMOs often switch ad agencies after they arrive as well as overhauling marketing strategy. That can hamper a brand's performance if consumers don't like the new direction.


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How is it that some weeks my menu planning skills go completely out the window? OK, so I take that back. Maybe not completely out the window but rather altered considerably. I go from having 6 strong meals and a leftover night to a Sunday night that sounds a little like this:
T: "Well, I was going to make eggplant…"
K: "Eggplant?" (scrunched face)
T: "Yeah, remember those pitas we made a few weeks ago? But the eggplant takes a while to cook…"
K: "Oh. (pause) I could really go for a burger."
And so I totally sabotaged dinner that night and we ended up at the bar & grill down the street from the house; me with shrimp fajitas and him with a gigantic burger. At least I finished my [98%] meatless month out strong.
These black bean and corn enchilada nachos were born from a similar conversation. I had planned to make tortillas for our originally-slated-on-the-menu enchiladas but a nap during a snowy afternoon this week got the best of me. It felt gooood (minus the nightmare I had but that's another story for another day). So instead, I whipped out the bag of blue corn chips, made the filling from the enchilada recipe while the enchilada sauce simmered for a few minutes on the stove and we made enchilada nachos for dinner instead. Who seriously would have thought that vegetarian nachos could be such a filling meal? Together with the enchilada sauce I posted yesterday, these nachos can be borne from pantry staples in no time…and perhaps just in time for your anti-Super Bowl party or for the real thing Sunday night. Either way, you can't lose.
Black Bean and Corn Enchilada Nachos
source: heavily adapted from Vegetarian Times
For the black bean and corn topping:
- 1 tbsp canola oil
- 1 (15oz) can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 cup frozen corn, thawed and patted dry
- 1/4 cup sliced scallions (white and light green parts), plus extra for sprinkling
- 1 medium tomato, chopped
- 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped, plus extra for sprinkling
- 3/4 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
For topping the nachos:
- 1 bag of your favorite corn tortilla chips
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup enchilada sauce
- 4oz cheese (eg. sharp cheddar, Monterey jack, pepper jack), shredded (about 1 cup), divided
- Fresh or pickled jalapenos (optional)
- Guacamole (optional)
- Chopped cilantro (optional)
- Sliced scallions (optional)
- Sour cream (optional)
- Turn the oven broiler on. Position the top oven rack in the highest position.
- Heat oil in a large cast iron skillet over medium heat. Add the black beans, corn, scallions, tomato, cilantro, oregano, and cumin. Cook for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally to keep the food from sticking.
- Lay out a layer of corn chips on a large broiler-proof platter or on a large baking sheet. Sprinkle half of the shredded cheese over the chips. Broil until the cheese starts to melt, about 2 to 3 minutes – watch carefully so it doesn't burn – all ovens vary.
- Remove the platter/baking sheet from the oven and lay out a second layer of chips over the cheese. Drizzle 1/4 cup enchilada sauce over the chips, adding more if you feel you need more. Distribute the bean and corn mixture over the enchilada sauce then top with the remaining cheese. Broil for an additional 2 to 3 minutes until the top layer of cheese melts – again, watch carefully so it doesn't burn. Remove the platter/baking sheet from the oven and top with your favorite nacho toppings (see my ideas above).
Serves: 4 to 6


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HTC has unveiled the first handset which will take advantage
of its recent partnership with Beats Audio, the updated and acoustically souped-up
HTC Sensation XE.
The HTC Sensation was launched back in May but the Taiwainese company is obviously
looking to capitalise on its new partnership with this latest launch.
While the baked-in Beats Audio technology and branded
in-ear headphones will grab the headlines, they are not the only additions to this updated handset. HTC has also
included a beefed-up 1.5GHz processor – up from the 1.2GHz chip seen in the
original Sensation – which it says will improve performance and battery life.
While the details of exactly how HTC and Beats are going to deliver "studio
quality" audio from the phone are unclear, this is what they are promising
through a combination of hardware and software. The new Sensation XE will also
feature a snazzy red stripe around the edge of the phone and a Beats logo on the back cover, so everyone who sees it will know which version of the Sensation you own.
"Audio is a crucial part of any consumer's mobile experience
and we are continually pushing the audio boundaries to encompass not only
improved voice but music, movies and games," said Jason Mackenzie, president of
global sales and marketing, HTC Corporation. "The HTC Sensation XE offers a
truly incredible experience that demonstrates our commitment to place consumers
at the center of their mobile worlds."
When you plug in the accompanying Beats by Dr. Dre
earphones, the handset automatically switches to the bespoke Beats by Dr. Dre
sound profile, delivering audio tracks tuned specifically for the headphones – which should save us having to tinker around to get the best sound.
The HTC Sensation XE will be available in Europe and Asia later this month and we'll let you know as soon as we hear back from networks regarding pricing and availability.


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When advisors think about growing their business and building scale, an inevitable underpinning of the strategy is either deploying a recruiting campaign to attract advisors with a book of business, or trying to develop a functional M&A plan to merge with or buy another independent advisor. There is something intriguing about this phenomenon: most independent advisors fail to realize that many of their peers want to do the exact same thing!
I have been to more practice management forums at various conferences over the years than is probably healthy, and there is a common occurrence at each. The question is posed by the speaker: "How many of you in this room are thinking about buying a firm or recruiting an advisor from another firm?" A forest of hands rises into the air. "Okay,' the speaker continues, "how many of you would consider selling your firm to another?" Perhaps one or two brave souls will raise their hands in defiance of what would seem to be the prevailing sentiment. The imbalance is always there.
Why is there such an imbalance? Is it a psychological effect? Better to be seen as a buyer than a seller? Strength lies with those who buy versus those who sell? Is selling perceived as a sign of weakness?
My hypothesis is as follows. Advisors are less willing to evaluate their strategic plan for an inorganic growth strategy from a systematic and quantitative perspective, but instead let their emotions, their perceptions, take over. Many advisors feel they can translate their success in growing their private wealth or institutional business organically to the realm of M&A.
The reality, however, is that recruiting and M&A are completely different animals that require constant care, nurturing and planning to achieve a successful outcome. And I have news for you: the probability of success is extremely low.
I have had the privilege of working with six of the best RIAs in the United States, via a group called The Alliance for RIAs (aRIA), for some time now. It is a study group that meets regularly to share best practices around inorganic growth. The vast majority of our time is spent reviewing real-life scenarios in a case-study format, where we address situations head on and seek to provide each other with ideas to help achieve greater levels of success. Similarly to how there are multiple ways to solve an abstract challenge, each member has found success with inorganic growth despite each firm's very different approaches to addressing the opportunities for such growth.
In the spirit of aRIA, I would like to offer a few 'guiding tenets' for developing an inorganic growth strategy to those independent advisors seeking to find material success. Any independent firm; whether it be a consolidator, RIA, super OSJ, or service bureau platform, must address these key issues.
The key for advisors is having your game plan in place before you deploy your strategy. It is not enough to figure it out on the fly, as the market has quite simply become too crowded.
This is validated from my perspective as recruiters and investment bankers in this space are being more selective on taking on 'buy side' clients. I have personally referred advisors to recruiting firms to only hear the sad feedback that the recruiter won't help. Instead, here are the strategies that multi-billion dollar RIAs deploy to their great benefit when pursuing such an approach.
Key Elements of an Inorganic Growth Strategy
Step 1: Have a Clear Value Proposition
This may be obvious, but if your firm does not have a compelling proposition, your inorganic play is DOA. If you can't answer the simple question, "Why would an advisor decide to join our firm versus all other alternatives in the market," you can't compete. Most independent firms have a unique lever that would attract advisors;you need one too.
Step 2: Identify Your Ideal Advisor
This sounds simple in concept, but having a specific strategy is harder than it seems. Do you want to attract an RIA, are you looking for a successor, do you want to recruit wirehouse advisors? The more specific you get may limit the addressable market, but it will also help you align your value proposition with what an advisor may be looking for.
Step 3: Define Your Advisory Support Platform
This defines how your firm will support the advisor and the client experience. Think office space, assistant, marketing budget, technology, research, etc.
Step 4: Think Through Your Compensation and Equity Plan
This is a key element. Before going out and speaking to prospective advisors, you should have your compensation plan and equity design carefully thought through and ready to implement. Advisors that transition are taking a risk, and they want to understand the personal economic upside of taking that risk. Without a plan, you will be figuring it out 'on the fly,' which is rarely a strong negotiating position. The best plans are 'win/win' plans under which the inorganic growth firm wins and the advisor being recruited may never lose work.
Step 5: Build a Human Capital Strategy and Culture
Successful advisors want to absorb the best practices of other successful advisors. A positive and growing culture can help. My company recently performed research with investment bankers and one of the top deal breakers was lack of cultural alignment. If you don't have a strong and positive culture, finding success in any facet of your growth plan will be difficult.
Step 6: Display a Strong Transition Capability
Having experience in transitioning and integrating advisors is a massive benefit. Advisors will want to understand how you can move them from point A to point B, and nobody wants to be the test case! Leveraging your support providers, such as custodians, can help.
Step 7: Integrate Your Sales and Marketing Efforts
In some ways, inorganic growth is a numbers game. The more advisors you talk to, the greater probability somebody will say yes. Be prepared to invest in marketing materials, sales resources, off-line and social media, PR, and people.
Step 8: Expend Resources
An inorganic growth strategy requires focus, time, and commitment. The most successful firms usually dedicate full-time staff to the effort.
Inorganic growth strategies may look great on paper, but in most cases they are far harder to execute. If you go down this path, think it through: is this your best available alternative for growth, or would you be better off by considering other options?
The best part of being an entrepreneur and owning an advisory business is that you have not one, but myriad choices. Think of inorganic growth just like a VC fund would look at an investment opportunity: if you judge that you can get a great risk-adjusted return, go for it. If you don't, cease and desist, and instead focus on organic growth to achieve the goals you've set out for your business, your family, and yourself.


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