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Especially if they really don't need to be there.
About one in five Medicare patients who are hospitalized end up bouncing right back within 30 days, so reducing unnecessary hospital readmissions has become a bit of a holy grail.
The 2010 health reform law includes new penalties for hospitals that have particularly high rates of repeat Medicare patients — sometimes called "frequent fliers" — for three specific diseases. The law also creates incentives and programs through Medicare for hospitals to improve discharges and the transition from the hospital back to the community — where lots of things can go wrong and do go wrong, setting the stage for that patient to go home and ricochet right back in.
Now a major multicity Medicare quality initiative, highlighted this week in The Journal of the American Medical Association, has reduced readmissions by nearly 6 percent compared with similar communities over two years. The authors estimate that in an average community with 50,000 Medicare patients, spending $1 million on relatively simple steps to curb hospitalizations would save $4 million per year on hospital bills alone. That would add up fast if these programs were to spread nationwide.
And improving care in the community didn't just slow readmissions. It reduced all Medicare hospitalizations, not just those round trips.
"We didn't just bend the [cost] curve — we turned it down, enough to be convincing," study co-author Joanne Lynn, a leading geriatrician now at the Altarum Institute's Center for Elder Care and Advanced Illness in Washington, told POLITICO.
Lynn noted that most of the study period was before the health care law passed so the communities weren't responding to any new carrots or sticks in the legislation. Rather, she said, the health professionals and organizations that partnered with the Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations realized, "It feels good to work in a system that works and doesn't hurt people."
The JAMA researchers reported, too, that the improvements were quite consistent — in very poor and more affluent communities, in places that are big spenders on health care and those that are more sparing. That the readmission reductions were seen in the poorer communities helps push back against a school of thought that readmissions are an intractable problem, rooted more in poverty than in health care itself.
The solutions that these communities found included linking medical and social services — so that if Aunt Sally went from hospital to home, she'd be connected to various agencies that work with the poor or the elderly so she'd get meals, and a ride when she needs to see the doctor. They also made a point of teaching patients and families to do more self-care; in one pilot city, Tuscaloosa, Ala., faith leaders took that on as a mission, and local churches ran workshops on how people could better manage their own or their relatives' chronic diseases, said Jane Brock of the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, a co-author.

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In London tonight at the premiere...
This is exactly why I don't understand all red on a red carpet: it's indistinguishable. And it's really too bad for lovely Cobie who is also being disadvantaged by some terrible styling. I hate what they've done with her hair. You know why? At quick glance, she reminded me of Sean Young. In no world, whatsoever, is being reminded of Sean Young a compliment. Cobie Smulders deserves better. I interviewed her last week at the junket and she couldn't be sweeter and more humble about this opportunity and, sh-t, in person she is spectacularly beautiful.
But on this night, at least to me, it was Scarlett who owned the carpet. Are we fighting? We are probably fighting. It's not a dress that would be universally appealing, especially that apron peplum whatever it is that it's called. Yeah, I'd rather it be ripped off too because I do love those competing patterns. But even that isn't enough to overcome the crown braid - which I've always wanted to try - and the great job they did on the makeup, and how all of it goes together with her bare shoulders and a strapless cut that sits so nicely across her chest. It's Scarlett's best showing in a while. And just in time for a box office triumph too. I'll have more to say in my review next week but Scarjo's Black Widow actually doesn't suck. You can credit Joss Whedon for that.
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Atlanta-based sleaze rockers Nashville Pussy are led by the husband-and-wife duo of singer/guitarist Blaine Cartwright and guitarist Ruyter Suys; also featuring bassist Corey Parks (the sister of NBA star Cherokee Parks) and drummer Jeremy Thompson, the group (named in reference to a line from Ted Nugent's Double Live Gonzo! LP) debuted in 1998 with the album Let Them Eat Pussy, originally issued on Amphetamine Reptile. An underground favorite, the record was reissued on major label Mercury later that same year, and the song "Fried Chicken and Coffee" was nominated for a Grammy for Best Heavy Metal Performance. Parks left the group in early 2000 and was replaced by Tracy Almazan for High as Hell, which followed in the middle of the year. The album came out on TVT and helped maintain their cult following, but further progress was blocked by a lack of label support. A successful tour and several soundtrack and compilation appearances kept Nashville Pussy busy in the interim before they moved to Artemis for 2002's Say Something Nasty. The live DVD Keep on F*ckin' in Paris! appeared in 2003. The band returned two years later with the Get Some! LP, which marked the debut of bassist Karen Cuda. It was followed in 2009 by From Hell to Texas, the band's first album for SPV/Steamhammer Records. In 2014, Nashville Pussy returned with their sixth studio album, Up the Dosage, which introduced yet another new bassist, Bonnie Buitrago. ~ Jason Ankeny
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As we have mentioned in our note for Duhart Milon, there is more than a passing resemblance with these wines. Stylistically they are definitely from the same stable, although the Lafite takes this to a different level. Produced from 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, this is intensely Cabernet in character. Dark, minty, cool crème de cassis flavours mingle with hints of potpourri. At this stage it is brooding and difficult to see into, but there is so much raw potential. This is the epitome of classic, noble Pauillac - demure, graceful and unforced; this has such effortless power and length. It does require quite a bit of concentration; initially its form is rather slab-like, but with inspection comes the fine perfume and clear, delineated hedgerow fruit nuances. This is so assured with classical, athletic Lafite lines and a grand, commanding tannic structure. An absolute beauty.
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Chateau Lafite Rothschild, Première Cru Classé, is revered throughout the wine-drinking world: a modern-day phenomenon, a super-brand, one of the best investment vehicles over the past decade. And lest we forget, maker of some of the modern day era's most distinguished, impressive, classic wines, anywhere on the planet.
Lafite was well-loved in the British market throughout the 17th century and a favourite amongst many notable dignitaries including Robert Walpole. Through this time the estate belonged to the Ségur family, who also owned Calon Ségur, Phelan Ségur and for a short time Mouton. With such a wine-making dynasty at the helm it is no surprise that the reputation of the estate grew.
By the time of the revolution, the estate was in the hands of a Ségur descendant, Nicolas Pierre de Pichard; however, the guillotine cut short his reign and ended the family's involvement. A string of owners followed, and at the time of the 1855 Classification, Lafite was owned by a Dutch family and under the management an English bank. The Vanlerberghe descendants elected to sell their holding in 1866 to a rather more famous banking empire, the Rothschilds, and the rest, as they say, is history.
The estate today comprises 103 hectares of vines at the northern tip of the Pauillac commune and even a few vines in the commune of St Estèphe. Baron Eric de Rothschild also acquired neighbouring estate, Duhart Milon in 1962. This 4th growth had been in a state of decline for decades; the vineyards had been devastated by phylloxera and oidium, whilst war and depression had hindered any attempts to encourage much needed investment. Now under the Domaine Baron Rothschild banner, Duhart Milon enjoys an elevated position amongst the classified wines on the Medoc, both by association with Lafite and Carruades, but also by a new-found reputation as one of the top performers in Pauillac.
So what is the appeal of these wines? In truth, we will probably never know. This is not meant as a snub, far from it, the wines are exceptional, but what makes Lafite the most sought after First Growth? Why does Carruades frequently trade for more than Haut Brion? Why have most vintages of Duhart Milon trebled in price in the last year? Well, the answer is demand. We can't explain why Lafite is so popular in China, it just is. This formidable trio have and continue to lead the way and there are no signs that their dominance will be threatened.
The Cabernet Sauvignon dominates the appellation, in fact some might justifiably call Pauillac the most classical expression there is of Cabernet based Claret. It is sandwiched between St-Julien to the south and St-Estèphe to the north, a stone's throw from the Gironde Estuary. The excellent drainage of the intensely gravely soils are the key to quality, producing some of the world's most long-lived wines. The First Growths of Latour, Lafite and Mouton-Rothschild are found here, while other great Châteaux include Pichon Baron, Pichon Lalande, Pontet Canet, Lynch-Bages and Grand-Puy-Lacoste.
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ATLANTA — U.S. airlines' on-time performance and baggage handling improved in September, though the carriers overall posted a higher rate of domestic cancellations compared to the same month a year ago, the Transportation Department said Friday.
Delta Air Lines Inc.'s regional subsidiary, Comair, had the worst on-time performance in September, while Hawaiian Airlines had the best.
The DOT's Bureau of Transportation Statistics said the 19 carriers reporting on-time performance recorded an overall on-time arrival rate of 84.9 percent in September, higher than the 81.7 percent recorded a year earlier and 78.4 percent recorded in August of this year.
The agency said the carriers in September canceled 1.8 percent of their scheduled domestic flights, a higher rate than both the 1.1 percent cancellation rate of September 2007 and the 1.6 percent rate posted in August of this year. Hurricanes Gustav and Ike made landfall in the U.S. in September of this year.
The airlines overall posted a mishandled baggage rate of 3.86 reports per 1,000 passengers in September, an improvement over both September 2007's rate of 5.36 reports per 1,000 passengers and the rate of 4.98 reports per 1,000 passengers recorded in August of this year.
Complaints also dropped. The DOT said it received 684 complaints about airline service from consumers in September, down 23.8 percent from the 898 complaints filed in September 2007 and 32 percent fewer than the 1,006 received in August of this year.
Second-to-last in August, Comair had the lowest on-time arrival rate in September, at 77.4 percent. A Comair flight from Cleveland to Atlanta was late 82.8 percent of the time in September. Atlanta-based Delta's on-time arrival rate ranked ninth in September, at 84.4 percent.
Regional carrier Mesa Airlines had the second-lowest on-time arrival rate in September, at 78.1 percent, while UAL Corp.'s United Airlines had the third-lowest on-time arrival rate in the month, at 79.8 percent.
Hawaiian topped the list with an on-time arrival rate in September of 95.1 percent. Regional carrier Frontier Airlines was No. 2 at 91.4 percent and regional carrier Pinnacle Airlines was No. 3 at 90.6 percent.
Slideshow: Awful airlines Among legacy carriers, Northwest Airlines had the best on-time arrival rate in September, at 89.5 percent, good for fourth-best overall. Delta completed its $2.8 billion acquisition of Northwest on Oct. 29.
Among discount carriers, Southwest Airlines had the best on-time arrival rate in September, at 89 percent, good for fifth best overall.
Year-to-date, AMR Corp.'s American Airlines was at the bottom among the 19 reporting airlines in on-time performance.
Airlines struggling with high fuel costs have been raising fees for handling luggage and in some cases adding new fees for a first bag. Many airlines have been raising fares, as well. The market price of a barrel of oil has fallen dramatically since its record level in July. Many of the baggage and other fees remain, though some fees have been reduced or eliminated at certain carriers.
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The Coalition for Diversity and Social Justice serves as an umbrella organization to the registered cultural and social identity organizations at Southwestern University.
The mission of the CDSJ is to foster an inclusive and supportive community of student organizations that promotes and celebrates diversity. The CDSJ is a united voice dedicated to empowering the SU community to challenge the oppression of any individual or group.
Our collective vision is to be an effective organized forum for students to discuss the issues surrounding justice and to act upon these issues in order to institute real change within our campus community.
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Educate the greater community on issues of social justice and diversity.
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- Students for Environmental Activism and Knowledge (SEAK)
Students from each of these eight organizations come together to show support for one another, and we seek to educate the campus about the ways each distinct organization intersects with the others. Many of our members are in multiple CDSJ groups, and all members are encouraged to attend events hosted by each of the seven organizations to show solidarity cross-culturally and across social justice issues.
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Turn off ESPN. Fold the newspaper. Ignore talk radio. Until LeBron signs somewhere, all of the experts are going to blather on that they "know" where LeBron is going. Save your time. Read this instead.
Free agency, NBA-style, is upon us. Even as you read this, wise men troop to Akron to offer gifts to the King of Kings; tribes and regions tremble as his supple, sinewy thumb, the thumb by now of Fate, readies to point.
At this point, everyone in the media makes like they know everything. They know who is friends with whom among the big-name free agents, where and when they spoke and what they spoke about, and who would settle for less than a max deal to team up with which good buddy.
And all of it is bullshit — every word of it — a fecal stew of clumsy spin, self-serving front-office leakage, and desperate fabrication. LeBron James isn't going anywhere.
Book it: James will receive his suitors, hear them out, and sign another three-year deal with the Cavaliers.
What do I know that all the other pundits don't?
1.) I know Gloria James, the Unholy Mother. I know her dire backstory. I know that her son is more mature than she is and how much support and protection her son — and the Cavaliers — provide for her. This is a prior existing condition, a de facto factor that can't be exploited by any other team in the course of their pitches to LeBron — he wouldn't stand for that subject to be addressed, nor would he raise it. And he knows that no other media market in the country would enable him to maintain a shield of silence around her.
2.) I know Dan Gilbert. Smart, hard as nails, and fearless. He isn't one more GM or coach blowing sunshine up the Global Icon's ass; Gilbert owns the Cavs. Never has he broken trust with James, nor has he ever refused to overspend when the buy brought Cleveland closer to a crown. That won't change — if there's any way to pry Chris Bosh, say, from Toronto in a sign-and-trade deal, Gilbert's going to do it. He'll say so to LeBron, and after seven years spent with Gilbert, James will know that it's true — and that no other owner in the league would be so good a partner.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- France's economy, Europe's second-biggest, will grow by less than previously thought in 2013, President Francois Hollande confirmed Tuesday.
While on a six-hour visit to Greece, Hollande said "everyone knows that for 2013, we will not reach our target, which was 0.8 percent."
He said a new growth target will be announced by the end of next month.
France is waiting for the European Commission, the European Union's executive arm, to release its economic forecasts for the 27-country EU on Friday.
Based on those figures and a review by a top French economic advisory panel, the government will be able to produce what Hollande termed "incontestable" estimates by the end of March.
France's economy stalled in 2012 as a slowdown in Europe dented activity at a time when the government is enacting deficit-reduction measures. France contracted by 0.3 percent in the final quarter of 2012 from the previous three-month period. If it contracts again in the first quarter of 2013, it will be back in recession -- officially defined as two straight quarters of negative growth.
Earlier, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius also said his country would have to revise its growth forecast downwards for this year. "At the European level, things aren't going all that well now, we are going to have to revise downward," he said on RTL radio.
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You can fake a lot of things.
People can have thousands of Facebook friends and fake popularity. Men can wear a power tie and fake success. Women can fake orgasms.
It's just the way of the world.
But you can't fake sports. In fact, it might be the one true thing you can't fake. And if you want to know what "faking" sounds like while it's happening, tune in and listen to a Cast-off New York Cop and the Smartest Guy in an Empty Bathroom bumble through their idea of local sports talk every morning.
Last night, at Buffalo Wild Wings in Owings Mills, as part of the Baltimore Sports Media Superstar Competition, WNST proved why it's the only sports media outlet who has the right to call itself "real" Baltimore sports talk.
The quiz that Nestor and the crew drummed up was the type of stuff that would make even the most seasoned historians, like Bob in Parkville, shudder before going into one of his classic historic tirades. In fact, I'd be willing to bet that most of the sports media in this town wouldn't come near any sort of respectable score on the WNST quiz.
I've taken a lot of local sports quizzes from outlets like The Sun–and I've aced them all without so much as breaking a sweat. WNST's was the toughest I've ever seen and I loved every minute of it. It was exactly what you'd expect from real sports people. The ones who don't fake it.
In order to join in the festivities, I'm tossing out a quiz of my own quiz this evening. If you can pass this with an "A," you can call yourself a Baltimore Sports Fan. If you struggle, well, I suggest you rectify your sins by taking a deep-dive into the past works of Steadman, Rosenthal, Eisenberg, McMullen, Aparicio, and Vecsey. Ok–just kidding on the Vecsey thing; those of you who lived through and endured that horror will understand the sarcasm.
Here's the Wiz Quiz–straight off the top of my head…
#1 In what year did the St. Louis Browns move to Baltimore?
#2 What was Rex Barney's famous tag-line?
#3 What is the significance of Cubs GM Theo Epstein to Baltimore?
#4 Who was the first player to enter the Ravens' Ring of Honor?
#5 Baltimore had three minor league hockey teams, what were their names?
#6 Baltimore's USFL team's nickname was?
#7 Which player won a Grey Cup with the Stallions and a Super Bowl with the Ravens?
#8 Who was the starting quarterback for the Baltimore Stallions during their Grey Cup victory?
#9 Who owned the Baltimore Stallions?
#10 Former Maryland Terps Basketball Coach, Bob Wade, has what significance to Baltimore?
#11 Which former Orioles' pitching prospect had vanity license plates that read "24KTARM"?
#12 Which Orioles' third baseman won Sporting News' AL Rookie of the Year Honors in 1989?
#13 Cal Ripken Sr. wore which jersey number as a coach for the Orioles?
#14 Which two former Orioles make up two of only four members in MLB history to record more than 3,000 hits and 500 home runs?
#15 Which movie was filmed at Camden Yards?
#16 Which movie was filmed at Ravens Stadium?
#17 Which owner played a major role in Baltimore not being awarded an expansion team over Jacksonville and Carolina?
#18 Who was the owner of the fashion store Merry-Go-Round, who also played a key role in the "Give Baltimore the Ball" campaign?
#19 Which receiver holds the Ravens' single-season record of 14 touchdown receptions?
#20 Who was "Zeus"?
#21 Who was "Full Pack"?
#22 Which Orioles' favorite was known for eating Froot Loops before games?
#23 In the 1989 season, in the fateful series in Toronto to finish the season, what strange injury caused Pete Harnish to miss his scheduled start?
#24 Which former Oklahoma Sooners basketball star was once thought to be the heir apparent to Cal Ripken?
#25 Who was "Iron Hands"?
#26 Who returned the blocked Al Del Greco field goal for a touchdown in Tennessee, paving the way for the Ravens to move on to the AFC Championship in January 2001?
#27 Which Ravens' defensive back fueled much of the Steelers-Ravens rivalry by stepping on Plaxico Burress' head during a scuffle?
#28 What is significant about the Esskay sign in right field at Oriole Park at Camden Yards?
#29 Who is Len Burrier?
#30 Which long-time NFL punter went to Towson University?
#31 Which Dunbar standout played alongside of Joe Smith, Exree Hipp, Johnny Rhodes and Duane Simpkins?
#32 What number did Deion Sanders wear as a member of the Ravens, and why?
#33 What is it customary to hold up as visiting opponents' lineups are being announced at the University of Maryland basketball games?
#34 Which former O's pitcher lost 21 games in 1954, and went on to throw the only perfect game in World Series history two years later as a member of the New York Yankees?
#35 Why would a true Baltimore fan despise the number that precedes this question?
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About thublihnk
I have a blog about funny things. Though occasionally technical things, even dirty things find their way in.
Lloyd Kaufman on Techdirt? I couldn't be happier right now. Especially because he makes so many great points.
I'm so getting my cousin a Mike Masnick action figure for Christmas.
"MIKE MASNICK ACTION HERO TOY! With realistic sound effects--'Piracy can be combated by putting forth smart business practices, not through litigation!' And with realistic, hunched over, writing action! Comes with laptop and smartphone accessories! BUY YOURS TODAY."
Insiders say there's a third DMCA takedown notice from FOX for this article.
Also, I just got a takedown notice in my inbox for this comment.
The real question is-who gets my Farmville when I quit!? Do some real reporting, Mike! I need answers, I don't trust Best Buy to feed my cows after I'm gone.
And the Music Industry says Moby should die.
Yeah.. Sorry, that was a joke. :P
Classic move on the part of the movie studios. The authority figure starts taking part in the illicit act, the rebels and ne'er do wells no longer think it's cool and move on.
Unfortunately, the leaking of test footage from The Avengers will be replaced with Arson, but that's a small price to pay for continued profits of the movie industry.
Hey, Mike, this article and the one about the RedTube suit are stuck together. What's up?
I know sometimes when I'm alone in my apartment I like to turn the lights down low, maybe light some incense and just think about the proper way to treat intellectual property in relation to content creation and distribution in the interconnected age of today.
Oh definitely. If someone approached me with an iPhone project that I thought wasn't just some budget-dodging that should be shot on a higher quality DV cam, I would jump on it in a second. That's the first thing they teach you in film school. Don't shoot with the highest quality cam for the sake of shooting on the highest quality cam, choose a camera that will properly tell your story.
That would be great if resolution was the only thing that was needed to pass the 'stink test' as you say.
Oh, definitely, I've actually written a paper on how ridiculous it is that Cloverfield was shot in HD on a 4000 dollar camera. Even so, I think that would work better as an episodic, maybe web-only release. Watching a feature like that in a theater would be a waste of the theater space and the jarring effect of watching video like that shown on a huge screen where you usually watch crisp, well-taken images would be a lot more than you might think.
And yeah, that video was pretty cool, but those extremely heavy filters were covering up shoddy imagers, lack of exposure/focus control, the kinds of things you'd get with a DSLR. Cool gimmick, but god I hope it doesn't amount to a feature.
DSLRs are one thing--they're freaking awesome and once there's a couple major issues with them they will flat-out become the standard for high-quality video capture. But the idea of any major production shot on an iPhone or any other auto-everything device gives me the willies.
Well there's this delightful bit of darkness that just hit the web. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6w0r-ScEG4&feature=youtu.be
We, the content creators, fighting on the front lines in the War on Terror. Can't wait 'till the Breitbarts of the world hear how much Hollywood is really destroying America.
Try googling anything with 'torrent' attached to the phrase. Google's leading to piracy! Google is a contributory infriger! GOOGLE MUST BE STOPPED.
It's interesting to think of what kind of values judgment Capital One is saying based on what browser I use. Am I less fiscally responsible on Firefox!?
It's good to know the 'rebels' of yesteryear really do become the boring hard-assed dads of today.


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Coast to Coast: Tea Time
Most minor league operations are wise enough not to mix baseball with politics, but the Brevard County Manatees made a big exception on the Fourth of July.
You might have heard in the news about the Tea Party movement, which began as anti-tax protests on April 15. I'll bite my tongue and not comment on their cause, other than to say as someone who's been active in local politics for decades that I don't begrudge anyone who gets off their duff and becomes sincerely active in politics. Government is supposed to be a reflection of the majority's will, and government tends to go awry when the people aren't vigilant in assuring their elected officials are exacting their will.
Anyway, in the eleven years I've been doing FutureAngels.com, I can't remember ever hearing of a minor league operation turning over its stadium on game day to a political movement.
Yet that's what the Manatees did on Independence Day.
Click Here to read the Florida Today article about the Tea Party rally.
The paper published on July 12 a profile of the individual who organized the Tea Party. Click Here to read the July 12 article.
Comments posted on the paper's web site and letters printed in the paper expressed a variety of opinions about the propriety of a baseball team turning over its operation to a political movement, with one person writing he'll never attend another Manatees game.
Maybe the Manatees figured it was free publicity and it got people in the gate who might not otherwise come to a game.
All I gotta say is it left me scratching my head wondering why the Manatees would risk offending so many people. I don't go to baseball for politics. I'd be offended even if it was my candidate or cause being promoted. Baseball is escapist entertainment. It just doesn't seem like the proper venue to inject politics.


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Almost anyone with an Internet connected computer has seen browser popups warning that your PC is infected with a virus and offering to scan and clean the system. Of course, most folks know by now that these are actually attempts to place malware on your system, followed by a demand for money in exchange for removing it.
But what many folks don't know is that there's a counterpart to this scam in the "real" world, in which con artists contact victims by phone to tell them their computers are infected. I hear several times a year from people who've fallen for this scam, and they often end up being tricked into giving up credit card numbers and losing large sums of cash as a result.
Now, the Windows Secrets newsletter has some notes from a tech-savvy reader who was called twice by such scammers. Veteran tech journalist Fred Langa details what happened, providing an insight into how these bad guys operate.
And the story has a Houston connection, though it's likely a random one.
Windows Secrets reader Scott Brande tells Langa that he received two calls from the scammers within as many weeks, and the second time he decided to play along and take notes:
"This morning I received a telephone call (the second such call in two weeks) about infected files on my computer; the caller then offered to fix the problem. Suspecting a scam, I decided to play along.
"I think it was the same caller both times. He had a strong accent, the kind I'm used to hearing on outsourced help lines. I asked the caller's name both times; the first time he replied, 'Mike Tyler,' and the second time he was 'Andrew.' He began the call by saying that he's with Microtek, an authorized supporter for Windows operating systems. (My spelling of the company's name was a guess; the caller never spelled it out.)
Brande pressed the caller on the company and was told it was out of Houston. Indeed, there's a Microtek here, but it's a Houston branch of an Illinois-based computer training company. It doesn't do tech support. Brande said he suspects the caller pulled the company's name at random off the Web. (There's also a small computer sales and service business in Houston called MicroTech, but it's also likely unrelated.)
Brande asked the caller how he knew Brande's PC was infected, and was told that "because I use Microsoft Windows, my computer sends notifications to Microtek servers."
"I then asked how he knew about my specific computer; he stated that his server gets updates from my PC. He then asked whether I ran Windows Update. When I said yes, he went on to say that Microtek servers got the information about infected files in my system via Windows Update.
"I countered, stating that Windows Update goes only to Microsoft servers — not Microtek servers. But he simply repeated that Microtek is an authorized Microsoft Partner.
The caller told Brande that his PC was infecting the computers of MicroTek's clients. Brande challenged him, and he then offered to show Brande the infected files on his computer. What happened next is especially galling:
"I asked how his clients' machines could possibly be affected by my home computer. He didn't answer this but went directly to the following: 'OK, I'll show you the infected files on your computer.' He instructed me to enter .inf into the Start menu search box, then declared that all these files were 'infected' (that .inf stands for 'infected' or 'infection').
Brande knew that wasn't true. The .inf extension actually stands for INFormation. It's a text file typically used for installing hardware drivers on Windows PCs. Of course, a search for this on a Windows system will turn up dozens of these files, likely scaring the bejesus out of someone who doesn't know better.
Brande's challenge to this ultimately caused the caller to hang up. But had Brande been less savvy, the caller probably would have wanted a credit card number to perform a cleanup, or may have placed malware on the system in the guise of an antivirus program.
As Langa points out, Microsoft and its partners never make this kind of call, and Windows Update doesn't collect personally identifying information that would enable such cold calls.
At the end, Langa provides a list of ways victims can report attempted – or, sadly, successful – scam attempts:
For more information about how to recognize the type of scam Scott ran into, see the MS Safety & Security Center page, "Avoid scams that use the Microsoft name fraudulently."
You'll find additional ways to generally scam-proof yourself on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) site, "Telemarketing Scams."
If you receive (or have already received) a scam-related phone call, the FTC requests you dial (toll-free) 1-877-FTC-HELP or visit the Complaint Assistant site.
If you're on the receiving end of an attempted scam via the Web (rather than by phone), file a complaint on the Internet Crime Complaint Center's free website.
As I said, I hear regularly from readers who've experience this type of scam, so it's pretty common. Have you gotten one of these calls? Tell us your story in the comments.


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If dogs could talk, they'd sing the praises of Ocean Beach, a laid-back San Diego neighborhood. Here, canines have top-dog status — they even have their own beach. There's much for humans to like as well in what's known as the People's Republic of Ocean Beach. O.B. retains its '60s vibe; it's funky, not plastic, and hippies still roam the streets. Newport Avenue, its main drag, is chockfull of dive bars, head shops and surf shops. Savor the mellow side of life during the day: Stroll on the pier or hop on a bike and ride along the beach. On weekend nights, a party atmosphere prevails as the bars and live-music venues fill up. The tab: My hubby and I spent $175 for one night in a poolside queen room at the Inn at Sunset Cliffs (suites start at $289) and about $90 on food and drink.
The bed
Stay at the recently remodeled Inn at Sunset Cliffs (1370 Sunset Cliffs Blvd.; [619] 222-7901), a long walk to Newport Avenue and miles removed in terms of ambience. The brightly colored two-story motel, perched right above the ocean, has an open courtyard filled with pretty flowers. It has a small pool and terraces that overlook the crashing surf. The 24 rooms are retro and homey, not luxurious, and many are suites with living rooms and kitchens. There's a small, swimmable beach nearby, and be sure to stroll a block south and walk along Sunset Cliffs for the panoramic ocean views.
The meal
When in Rome … go beach casual. We stuffed ourselves with giant double bacon burgers at Hodad's (5010 Newport Ave.; [619] 224-4623); downed superior brews, wings and garlic "beer buddies" (bread) at Pizza Port (1956 Bacon St.; [619] 224-4700), arguably the best brew pub in a county filled with primo microbreweries; and had excellent fish tacos and Bloody Marys at South Beach Bar & Grille (5059 Newport Ave.; [619] 226-4577).
The find
Hemp granola, anyone? If that sounds good to you, the Ocean Beach People's Organic Food Market (4765 Voltaire St.; [619] 224-1387) is the place to go. This old-fashioned co-op owned by its members offers a great selection of fresh produce, bulk items, baked goods and more, with plenty of vegan and vegetarian options in the market and sit-down deli. Find No. 2, the Dog Version: After a day romping on Dog Beach, at the northern end of O.B., walk to Dog Beach Dog Wash (4933 Voltaire St.; [619] 523-1700), which for $13 provides tubs, shampoo and grooming tools for you to wash Fido.
Lesson learned
The Inn at Sunset Cliffs doesn't allow pets, so if you want your dog to join in the fun, stay at the Ocean Beach Hotel (5080 Newport Ave.; [619] 223-7191. Rooms from $169.) It's in the heart of the action, across the street from the lively, crowded beach and pier.


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2014-15: Played in 29 games, starting in 28...Named to Atlantic Sun All-Conference Second team and Academic All-Conference team...Won A-Sun Player of the Week for week of Jan. 19-25...In 29.6 minutes per game, she averaged 13.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists...Shot 43 percent from the field, 42 percent from three-point range and 83 percent from the free throw line...Finished in the top five in the A-Sun in three-point field goal percetage, free throw percentage and three-pointers made per game
2013-14 (Junior): Led the league in scoring (17.8 ppg) and second leading rebounder for the Lady Bisons... Tied for second in the league averaging 2.1 treys per game... She had three 30-plus-point games including the top two scoring outputs (34 against Mercer and 32 against Jacksonville) with 34 being her career high... Tied for third in the conference with seven 20-plus-point games... Ranked second in the A-Sun in free throws made and free throws attempted (134-178)... Named A-Sun Player of the Week after having back-to-back 30+ performances against Mercer and Jacksonville... Named to the A-Sun All-Academic Team with a 3.64 GPA in Interdisciplinary Teaching... Earned individual season record for most free throw attemps (180), free throws made (136), scoring average (17.8 ppg), and the third-best individual season record for most points (427).
2012-13 (Sophomore): Played in 12 games making one start before transferring over Christmas break… Averaged 14.1 minutes, 3.6 points and 2.3 rebounds per game… Scored 15 points, the team-high against Illinois State 11/24/12…
2011-12 (Freshman Season/Western Kentucky) - Ranked third in the Sun Belt in three-point percentage (.356) and seventh in three-pointers per game (1.4) during her rookie campaign ... Missed eight games due to injury, returning to action against Louisiana-Monroe on Dec. 29 .... Played 24 minutes off the bench in collegiate debut against Towson, scoring nine points on three three-pointers ... Went a perfect 3-for-3 from long distance against #8 Duke, scoring 11 points with season-high three assists ... Shot 12-for-23 from the three-point arc (52.2%) in the first four games prior to her injury ... Knocked down four threes - including three in the first half - to finish with 12 points against Wright State ... Dropped in eight points - her first points since returning from injury - in WKU's home win over Troy ... Knocked down four three en route to a season-high 15 points to lead all scorers in WKU's victory at Troy ... Pulled down career-high four rebounds and scored six points against ULM in Sun Belt Tournament ... Knocked down a career-best six threes against Middle Tennessee in the Sun Belt Tournament, finishing with 18 points in 34 minutes off the bench.
High School - Named to the 2011 Kentucky All-Star team after averaging 22.3 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.9 steals per game during her senior season at Southwestern High School ... Ranked 11th in the state in scoring as a senior, and was tied for seventh averaging 2.6 made three-pointers per game ... Holds Southwestern's career record for scoring (2,478 points) and made three-pointers (303) - records she broke during her junior season ... 2011 McDonald's All-America nominee ... Earned all-state honors twice (2010 and 2011), to go along with four all-district and three all-region selections ... Also earned all-state honors in soccer, and lettered in track.
Personal - Born April 19, 1993, Danay is the daughter of Mark and Jill Fothergill ... Father played basketball at Maryland ...


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IVS (Ideographic Variation Sequence) support in OSes
Finally. Yesterday, Friday, August 28th, 2009 is significant, at least for me, in that it represents the release date for Mac OS X Version 10.6 (aka, Snow Leopard). What is important about Snow Leopard is that it is the first OS that provides built-in support for IVSes (Ideographic Variation Sequences). Up until now, IVSes had been supported in specific Adobe products, such as Acrobat Version 9.0 and Adobe Reader Version 9.0 in the context of Forms, Flash Player Version 10, and InDesign CS4.
For those who are unaware of IVSes, they represent standardized Unicode behavior that allows otherwise unencoded variants of CJK Unified Ideographs to be represented using "plain text" that survives conditions that would cause rich text to fail. IVSes are registered via IVD (Ideographic Variation Database) Collections. The first IVD Collection to be registered at the end of 2007, was Adobe-Japan1, and is currently aligned with the Adobe-Japan1-6 character collection. See: http://www.unicode.org/ivd/
OpenType Japanese fonts can be IVS-enabled by building a Format 14 'cmap' subtable. The AFDKO tools (in particular, MakeOTF and spot) are IVS-savvy, as well as DTL OTMaster (and the Light version).


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Reward offered for information on Vidor robbery
UPDATE: The concerned citizens of Vidor are offering a $5000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the two men who robbed Cindy's Bridal Shop and assaulted Johnnie Andrus and her assistant Kari Milligan.
Original story:
Two women working at a bridal shop in Vidor were assaulted Wednesday evening, March 12, at about 5:49 p.m. when two men entered the business, attacked the women and stole jewelry before one of the women was able to escape and call for help.
According to Vidor Police Department Detective Chris Pearson, officers responded to Cindy's Bridal & Formal shop in the 900 block of Main Street within minutes of the call, but the two men had already fled the scene. Pearson said the victims reported a black male, approximately 5 foot 9 and weighing about 225 pounds, and a blonde white male, approximately 5 foot 11 and weighing about 180 pounds with tattoos on both arms and a tattoo that appeared to be writing, possibly a name, on his neck, entered the store shortly before closing time. Both women sustained minor injuries in the altercation, VPD reports, after one was struck by an assailant and the other was placed in a "choke hold." After a struggle, one of the female employees of the business was able to escape and call for help from a nearby store. The suspects stole an unknown amount of jewelry from the bridal shop before fleeing in a large light silver or white four-door passenger car.
Pearson said VPD is investigating the crime and searching for the suspects. They have already received several tips, and Pearson said, reports have been received that the two men had been "hanging around" in the area prior to the robbery.
Pearson, a veteran officer who spent years working in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, said Vidor rarely sees this type of crime.
"This isn't a crime that is usually associated with a small town," said the detective.
Anyone with information on the suspects or regarding the crime should call the Vidor Police Department at (409) 769-4561.


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Jonathan A. Eisen, professor of medical microbiology and immunology at UC Davis Health System, has been elected as a fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology, the honorific leadership group of the American Society for Microbiology, which is the world's oldest and largest life-science organization. Eisen is also professor of evolution and ecology in the College of Biological Sciences and a member of the UC Davis Genome Center
As a fellow, Eisen joins a group of eminent leaders in the field of microbiology recognized for their excellence, originality, creativity and exemplary careers in basic and applied research, teaching, clinical and public health, industry or government service. The academy relies on fellows for authoritative advice and information on critical issues in microbiology, from responding to congressional inquiries to organizing meetings and workshops.
Eisen is an expert in microbial genomics, diversity and evolution. He has led many microbial genome sequencing projects, including the "Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea" at the Department of Energy-Joint Genome Institute. In addition, he has helped pioneer the field of phylogenomics, which involves integrating genome analyses with evolutionary reconstructions.
From a research point of view, Eisen has focused on the origin of new functions and processes in microbes, including studies of uncharacterized branches on the tree of life and of symbioses involving microbes. He has studied many medically and economically important symbioses, including microbes in the human gut and nitrogen-fixing symbionts of plants and microbes that live in the guts of insect pests, such as the glassy winged sharpshooter, a vector for Pierce's disease in grapes.
"I am interested in understanding the mechanisms by which organisms acquire new functions, learning how communities of microbes and their genomes function in nature, and using genomics to explore less-studied branches in the tree of life," said Eisen, who has published more than 200 scientific papers and is a co-author of the textbook Evolution. In addition, he is an active and award-winning blogger, a strong advocate for open access to scientific literature and academic editor-in-chief of PLoS Biology.
Eisen will be recognized at the Academy Fellows Luncheon at the 112th American Society for Microbiology meeting in San Francisco on Tuesday, June 19.


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Winchester Model 101 Troubleshooting
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Any issues, concerns or problems you may have with your Winchester Model 101; this is a thread for troubleshooting.
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I just purchased a 101 Pigeon Grade Sporting I have not shot it yet. When I started to clean it I noticed that the Invector Plus Chokes don't fit the bottom barrel the as well as the top barrel. There is some interference drag when pushing the choke in before it gets to the threads. It is harder to screw the chokes in I made sure that it was not the choke and I am wondering if it will create any problems by changing the point of impact?
Welcome to the Winchester Owners Forum redcharger !!
I have a 70's vintage Win 101 12 Gauge. I am trying to sort out a problem I am having with the ejectors.
On first opening both ejectors are down against the barrel chamber. I shoot sporting clays and usually shoot the lower barrel (Mod) first. I can insert a shell OK, it fires normally and ejects correctly. However, with the breech still open I put in another shell. It slides in fine. However, often when I start to close the breech the ejector catches on the brass and bends it causing the breech not to close. When I open the gun back up to remove the shell, the ejector stays full out with spring tension.
My problem is the catching on the brass and bending it so the shell won't get into the chamber.
I can remedy the immediate problem by closing the breech with no shell inserted, open it again and now the ejector for the upper and lower barrels are down against the barrel.
Is the ejector supposed to stay full extended after the shell is ejected or is it supposed to eject and then retract so that it is seated on the barrel surface?
I have not had a problem with this gun for the last 2000 or so rounds but this just started happening. At first I thought it might be my reloads were not resizing correctly. However, that does not seem to be the problem as the reloaded shells I have measured are all correctly resized. The problem seems to be the fact that the ejector is catching on the brass for some reason and bending it.
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Hello bennywhite. Welcome to the forum.
Can't help with your concern though.
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I have answered part of my own question. Yes the ejector remains full out when you have fired a shell in that barrel. That is the way the auto-eject works on this gun. If you fire a barrel, only that shell is ejected.
I have several Brownings and another 101 and they all have the same or very similar ejector hammer and spring systems.
Therefore, I don't think it is a problem with the ejector or ejector hammer. I am going back to thinking maybe I have a sizing problem with my reloads. I will break out the calipers again and do some more measuring on the shells that have caught and bent the brass when the breech is closed. It does not look like the brass is being caught by the ejector but by the square edge of the barrel chamber itself. This only occurs when I put a new shell in the barrel with the fully extended ejector. If the ejector is down, i.e., that barrel has not been fired, then the shell and brass go into the chamber just fine. I think my reloader may be giving me resizing with the brass just a little bit over diameter.
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I suppose you have tried dummy shells or commercial shells for ejecting comparison?
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Welcome to the Winchester Owners Forum Benny.
Please introduce yourself to our community via the New Member Welcome Area...a mandatory step for membership here...
Enjoy the forum.
I figured out my problem. My MEC 9000 was not resizing the brass to the correct dimensions. I bought a micrometer and measured my reloads and new shells. The new 12 gauge REM Gun Clubs are .805 inches. Some of my reloads were up to .825 inches and some were a bit elliptical. I had the MEC 9000 refurbished so that everything works well but the collet was set a bit too big. I tightened it up a tiny bit and now the resizing gives me .805 brass.
The ejector problem I thought I had was not a problem at all. The ejectors were acting exactly like the Winchester 101 AutoEject ejectors were supposed to work. You fire a barrel, the ejectors push the spent hull out of the chamber and then stay extended until you close the breach and recock them. If you don't fire a barrel, the ejectors are not released and the good shell stays in the chamber.
The chambers on the Win 101 12 gauge are .810 inches for both barrels. When you close the breech on an extended ejector barrel the shell contacts the face of the receiver and that pushes it into the chamber. If you try to push a .825 inch diameter reload into a .810 barrel chamber you will bend the brass every time.
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The new e-Privacy Directive which came into force last May has spurred some exciting dialogue in the online marketing world. The Directive has been called many things (some not so polite) but one of the few certainties about it, is its confusing and unclear language.
The ICO, in an attempt to turn it into something people can work with, has produced a number of guidance documents to help online marketers. This has mostly (and unsurprisingly) been written with websites in mind, although it has become clear that the Directive could affect other types of online activity as well.
Email marketing is one of those "other types" and plays a key part in the marketing efforts of most online marketers and e-commerce businesses. The questions most online marketers are now asking; how will email be affected and how can we work towards complying with the regulations?
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Before I go any further, I must point out that the Directive covers more tracking than just cookies. In fact, it includes most types of tracking that track the individual at a personal level.
The regulations (and the need for them) show marketers that there is a perceived lack of transparency and trust surrounding tracking used on the internet and what data is used for. It is this lack of transparency that needs to be addressed, regardless of the technology used to track the individual.
Modern internet marketing can be a sophisticated beast, focused on delivering the most relevant content and best experience for the user. The problem is, the majority of the general public may not realise this, in fact some might view marketing tracking as some sort of dangerous spy software, poised to sell you something, when you are least expecting it.
And even if they don't see the way they are tracked as particularly intrusive, do they understand how tracking is benefiting them and helping to improve their experience on the web?
Information is the key. The clearer you are about how you plan to use data and the more accessible you make this information; the easier it will be to educate the internet user, and the more "informed consent" could be implied.
What about email?
For almost as long as email marketing has been around, marketers have been tracking the opens and clicks of the campaign recipients.
They have also more recently been using post click tracking to inform the success of the campaign, either using third party solutions such as Google Analytics or solutions served directly from the website domain. Because of this, some of the tracking used in email marketing may be affected by the directive.
That said, email is different from web visits, as the recipient has requested the email communication from the marketer. However, this "difference" does not exclude email tracking from the regulations, and give the marketer "carte blanche" to use the data for all forms of use.
It's fairly safe to say that most people, who sign up for marketing emails, will have some expectation that what they open or click will be tracked by the organisation sending them.
It would also be safe to say that they would expect you to be doing this to track campaign performance, as well as to ensure the campaign delivery. This can all be taken as a given, as long as the information required by the recipient, is readily accessible from the data collection point, and written in a clear manner.
It also follows that if the use to which the tracking and data is being put goes beyond that which the recipient is likely to expect or understand, a higher level of information and consent would be required.
This is not quite as onerous as it sounds. As email marketers we always obtain consent before we send marketing emails anyway. The initial sign up process is an ideal place to engage with the potential recipient and offer information on data use and tracking.
The DMA, in conjunction with the IAB, have recently issued guidance that sets out a number of opportunities to comply with the regulations.
Various studies recently indicated a clear link to the privacy policy and transparent disclosure actually makes people feel better about signing up for marketing emails. So, for the email marketer, the new regulations should be seen as another opportunity to build trust with customers, not a barrier to business.
For consumers there has always been a love/hate relationship with direct marketing. When we get it right, and deliver relevant and timely material, they love us; when we spam, they don't.
It's up to the marketers now to inform their customers about the efforts they go to deliver more of what the customer wants, and less of what they don't.


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Slower-than-expected uptake of its Provenge prostate cancer drug forced Seattle biotech company Dendreon to announce 500 job cuts this afternoon, following through on a restructuring plan announced a month ago. The company had employed more than 1,900 people as of the end of June, about 1,200 of them in its manufacturing operations.
Dendron also said its chief operating officer, Hans Bishop, has left the company.
For some time now, Dendreon has been considered one of the great hopes of Seattle's biotech industry. The approval of Provenge by the FDA last year was heralded as Seattle's biggest biotech breakthrough. The company has said the main problem is physician confidence about being reimbursed in a timely manner after prescribing the drug, which costs $93,000 per patient treatment.
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It's a frequent problem for women speakers. Why? Women have historically had fewer chances to speak in public, and when they have spoken, their speeches were not recorded or transcribed, many times. As one who tries to report on women and public speaking, believe me: Searching for quotes by women is not an easy task.
Perhaps that why a series of tweets caught my eye recently. I keep a search open on Twitter for The Eloquent Woman, and happened to see a mysterious tweet from Cate Huston, a software engineer at Google, and knew I needed to know more:
@lccarson @ghc I think I know exactly what you need, remember something on the eloquent woman. Will dig out!I went back to see Linda Carson's original tweet, shown above. @ghc is short for the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference, being held just then in Baltimore. Since I happened to be online, I butted in:
— Cate Huston (@catehstn) October 5, 2012
Allow me, ladies: Quotes by women at bit.ly/TaLfJ2 and bit.ly/TaLgNk and bit.ly/TaLt2X @catehstn @lccarson @ghcCarson shared that she had been "scrolling through my own file, just got to the Davids and lost heart." Then, when I asked whether they had any requests for quotes or quote resources, Carson replied, "Non-trivial quotations on design, creative process, failure, collaboration, please!"
— Denise Graveline (@dontgetcaught) October 5, 2012
This turns out to be a challenge on several levels. Because women have been forbidden to speak for so much of our history, there are fewer speeches from which to quote, and in my experience, women's speeches are less likely to be saved, transcribed, videotaped or otherwise recorded. In many professions--such as computing and technology--women are scarce as speakers.
I'm going to take this challenge in two directions, offering some women-specific quotation sources as well as some sources focused on the non-trivial topics requested: design, creative process, failure and collaboration. And let me put out this call: I'd love readers to use the comments to chime in, whether you have just one quote from a woman on these topics, or a well-loved source of women's quotations.
For quotes from women speakers:
- Where to find quotes by women: Since this isn't the first time I've tackled this challenge, take a look at A quotable challenge: Let's use more examples of women speakers, which collects all my posts on this topic, including those with book suggestions. The Quotable Woman: The First 5,000 Years is a favorite, most recently updated in 2010, making it relatively current, and in this post you'll also find links to recordings of historic women and other quote sources.
- Right here on the blog, The Eloquent Woman Index of Famous Women Speakers was created for just such a reason, to give you women speakers ready for quoting, with transcripts, video and audio where available. I add one speech a week to this collection.
- Amazing Women Rock blog likes to pull all the female speakers out for attention whenever there's a TED conference, as in this roundup of women speakers at TEDGlobal2011. The TED conferences--while still working on increasing the proportion of women speakers--offer good, contemporary options for quotes in technology, among many other fields. Many if not most of the TED talks come with transcripts and translations, too.
- On Pinterest, I've created the Great quotes by eloquent women board, pulling quotes from each of our Famous Speech Friday speeches and making them visual and shareable. It's updated at least weekly.
- Start with the above sources: One of my favorite failure quotes from the Eloquent Woman Index comes from former Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz: "I have a saying that I have used at my companies. Fail. Fast. Forward. Take risks. Fail. You're not going to get hurt by that. Try and figure it out as quickly as possible that it is not the right thing. That's the fast part. And move forward. Fail. Fast. Forward." Wherever possible, speeches in the Index include a link to a transcript, so you can choose the quotes that work best for you.
- Look for creative thinkers outside your field: You may work in programming or architecture, so look outside your box at dancers, artists, writers--all of whom write about creativity. Dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp's book The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life is a favorite with visual artists, for example--she writes of starting with an empty room, just as visual artists might begin with a blank canvas. Creativity's what you have in common, so look for creative women in all fields to fuel your quote folders. Likewise, consider looking at fashion designers for interesting quotes you can apply to programming design. Sounds frivolous, but may yield just what you're looking for. My most popular post on designing a slide presentation is built on a Coco Chanel quote.
- Look for the new breed of creative thinkers who collect quotes: I could send you to repositories like Bartleby.com, where you can find and search through Bartlett's Quotations, among other references, but they're over-populated with quotes from men. Instead try the new breed of quote-mongers. Maria Popova, the maestra behind Brain Pickings blog--a great source on creativity, among other topic--now has a quote machine called Literary Jukebox, a blog that daily quotes a favorite book and pairs it with a musical recording. Popova also blogs at Exp.lore, with threads on creativity and innovation, science and technology, and art and design, each one loaded with quotes, many from women. Also in this vein, check out Letters of Note, which collects and publishes unusual correspondence on its blog. The Improvised Life is fond of sharing quotes, creative mashups and beautiful inspirations that are not at all trivial.
- Don't see enough quotes from women in other collections? Let the compilers know what you want to see. Pepper them with emails and tweets, just like you did here. Ask. If you belong to a professional society with a women's committee, or one made up of women, make that a project so that your profession's women are represented with their best quotes. (Historians in your field will be great partners in this project.) And if you have a great collection, consider putting it online to share with the rest of us--I'd love a heads-up about your best online collections of quotes by women.


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Study Finds Prizes Put People in Mood to Save
Can the lure of gambling be used to help people save? New research suggests that it can.
A recent economics working paper explores the concept of a prize-linked savings, or PLS, account, in which holders have the chance of winning cash or other kinds of prizes for saving money.
The authors of the paper—Emel Filiz-Ozbay, Jonathan Guryan, Kyle Hyndman, Melissa Schettini Kearney and Erkut Y. Ozbay—conducted a controlled experiment with 96 University of Maryland students to compare the success of a PLS account to that of a standard interest-bearing account. They found that participants were more likely to save when offered the possibility of winning a prize.
"To the best of our knowledge, this is the first evidence showing that PLS products are more effective at inducing savings as compared with a standard interest-bearing account offering the same expected return," wrote the authors.
Previous studies have found that lotteries are more popular among poor people than richer segments of society. A 2008 report by the Commission on Thrift found that households earning less than $13,000 spend about 9% of their income on lottery tickets.
"We knew from other sources that low-income people who don't save very much also spend a disproportionate amount of money on lottery tickets," said Mr. Guryan, a Northwestern University professor and one of the paper's co-authors. "So we thought, maybe if you combine the two and have a savings account with some of the features of a lottery, then they might be saving."
In 2009, eight credit unions in Michigan launched the first extensive PLS program in the U.S., but many states have bans on private lotteries. A few states have passed amendments in the past three years to allow credit unions and financial institutions to offer PLS options.
"Legal barriers to the offering of PLS products in the U.S. are becoming less binding, which hopefully will lead to fruitful opportunities to offer such products as part of a research demonstration," the authors write.
Americans have been saving less over time. The U.S. personal savings rate has been on a general decline from about 12% in the early 1980s to below 3% more recently. "If you're saving small amounts, then you're not getting the powerful effects of interest compounding," said Mr. Guryan. "That's maybe one of the reasons low-income people prefer the lottery."
The paper's authors present the prospect of using the PLS product as a substitute for state lotteries, citing South Africa as an example. In many other countries, PLS options coexist with public lotteries.
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Taggie Blanket (Tag Blankie) Tutorial
I know I could completely get away with not telling you all how long ago I talked about doing a taggie blanket tutorial here. But, I'm just not that kind of girl. I prefer to berate myself publicly, even though it doesn't seem to help me in any way... It was almost two years ago. eeeeeeeek. How on earth does time fly like that?? I finally am getting around to it now.
To be fair, I haven't made a blankie in that long and last week, I noticed Peanut mesmerized at the tag on a stuffed monkey. Since poor Midget never got one, I decided to rip a tag blankie out for Peanut to try to make up for his second child photo syndrome. Surprisingly, I remembered that I said I was going to do a photo tutorial on here. Funny, since I can't seem to remember to put on my undies some days...
First, gather your materials.
Two 14 x 14 inch squares of fabric: I prefer fleece and flannel because they are fairly easy to sew and nice and soft, but you can use whatever material floats your boat.
Sixteen 6 inch long lengths of ribbon: I like to use varying textures, colors and widths of ribbon. You can coordinate them with your fabric or just use whatever you have on hand.
Coordinating Thread: I didn't worry too much about this because my non-patterned flannel fabric was light colored, so I used white thread. If you use a darker colored solid panel, you'll want to coordinate your thread.
Empty cellophane candy bags (Optional): I sewed in some crinkly panels, but once I realized I wouldn't be able to bring Peanut's tag blankie to church, I was sad I'd done it. : (
Here's my two fabric squares.
First, I sewed in the crinkly panels. I just took two empty candy bags (by the way, I LOOOOOOOOVE Everlasting Gobstopper Heartbreakers and wish they made them all year long but it's probably a good thing they don't because I'd have broken teeth and lots of cavities and I'd never look good in that strapless bridesmaid dress I have to wear in November) and cut off the end pieces and opened them up and cut them a little bit bigger than where I wanted to sew them onto and zipped around them. If your fabric has a right and wrong side, you would want these on the wrong side of the fabric. Midget was insistent her hand be in this picture. Silly girl!
Here's a front view of the fleece with the two crinkly panels sewn in.
Now it's time to pin on your ribbons! You'll be putting four ribbons on each side. Fold each ribbon in half and match up the raw edges of the ribbon to the edge of your fabric. The loop should be in the middle. Take your ruler out and lay it next to your material (if your fabric has a right and wrong side, you'll want the right side up) with the 0 at the end of the fabric. Place the middle of each of your four ribbons at 3 1/2 inches, 6 inches, 8 1/2 inches, and 11 inches on each side. Here is my blankie all pinned up.
Here's a step that isn't 100% necessary, but after making several blankies, I realized it makes everything a billion times easier than just pinning the ribbons on and sewing the two fabric squares together with the ribbons pinned inside. You don't have to worry about your ribbons being crooked, or poking the crud out of yourself trying to remove your pins by sticking your hand in the little opening, and it triple reinforces the ribbons, so (hopefully) your little one will have a harder time ripping the ribbons out of the blanket! Take a nice long stitch (I had my stitch length at 3 because some of my ribbons were only 1/8 inch wide) and sew just along the ribbons at 1/4 inch. Lift up your presser foot after you sew through each ribbon and put it down before the next ribbon. You can see the extra thread on my picture below. Clip your threads and proceed to the next step.
Next, put your other piece of material directly on top of your ribbons, making a ribbon sandwich. If your fabrics have right and wrong sides, match up the right sides.
Now pin your sandwich together and sew a 1/2 inch seam allowance around the outside, leaving a 3 inch opening for turning. I used a stitch length of 3, but you may need to vary yours depending on the fabric you choose. Remember, the thinner the fabric, the lower the stitch length. If you use cotton and flannel, you'll probably want to do a stitch length of 2.
Clip your corners about 1/8 inch from the corner so you'll have nice sharp corners. Clip off your threads.
Turn the entire thing inside out and poke out your corners. I use a chopstick to make nice square corners.
Tuck your opening inside and pin it closed. Sew 1/8 inch seam around the entire blankie (I used a stitch length of 2). TA-DAAAAAAAAAA!! Tag Blankie!!
Peanut immediately fell in love with it. Not as much as I'm in love with his utter gorgeousness...
2 comments:
- Laura Emmons said...
Thank you for the inspiration. Made my own version and posted a link to here. http://lauraemmons.blogspot.com/2011/04/baby-tag-toy.html
- April 6, 2011 at 3:34 PM
- Laura Emmons said...
So sorry. I thought it was a compliment. pulled the post. Tried to email but couldn't find away.
- April 11, 2011 at 11:47 PM
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