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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Doug Mapson's first job was working at a gas station in Carmel, Calif. If he hadn't been a Dodgers fan, the Giants might not have won two World Series.
Mapson's boss, a devoted Giants fan, fired Mapson after his employee laughed at him when Los Angeles beat San Francisco one day. It worked out well for both sides, though, as Mapson played a key role in two Giants championships in 2010 and '12.
Mapson went on to become the head coach at Palmdale (Calif.) High, which led to a position as a bird-dog scout with the Phillies in 1980. He got his first full-time scouting job with the Cubs in '82, and two years later he went to bat for a skinny 5-foot-10, 155-pound right-hander from Valley High in Las Vegas.
"I really believe that this boy would possibly be the No. 1 player taken in the country if only he looked a bit more physical," Mapson wrote in his scouting report. That boy, Greg Maddux, would go on to win 355 games in the big leagues and four Cy Young Awards.
Mapson was rewarded for that signing and his work on several others Wednesday night at the Winter Meetings. At the 30th annual Scout of the Year banquet, he was named West Coast Scout of the Year. Bill Bryk (Midwest) and Howard McCullough (East Coast) of the D-backs, and Bill Kearns (Directors Award) of the Mariners also were honored.
Mapson moved on to the Giants in 1993, spending a decade as a West Coast crosschecker before becoming a national crosschecker and then a senior advisor for scouting. He was involved in the signing of another Cy Young Award winner, Tim Lincecum, as well as Matt Cain, both of whom helped San Francisco win those World Series titles.
"Doug's fingers were all over our championship teams," Giants assistant general manager/scouting director John Barr said. "They're all over everything we do in our organization. Doug is a great representative of the Giants, of the scouting profession, and of himself."
"I don't think the gravity of this award could be any greater," Mapson said. "I'm proud to be a scout. I'm proud to be with the San Francisco Giants. I'm appreciative of all this."
Bryk, who currently serves the D-backs as a special assistant to general manager Kevin Towers and a Major League scout, signed with the Washington Senators as a 32nd-round Draft pick in 1969 and reached Class A as a right-handed pitcher before retiring in 1972. He became head coach at South Suburban (Ill.) Junior College and a manager in independent professional leagues before joining the Padres in 1979 as a scout and Minor League manager.
Bryk actually signed his first big leaguer before he worked for a big league organization. While managing the co-op Victoria Mussels in the Northwest League in '79, he inked Tom Candiotti out of a tryout camp. Bryk didn't land a Major Leaguer for the Padres before leaving for the Pirates in '82, but he did play a crucial role in the development of a Hall of Famer.
Tony Gwynn had also played basketball at San Diego State and didn't concentrate on baseball until the Padres drafted him in the third round in June 1981. He broke into pro ball at Walla Walla in the Northwest League, where Bryk was his manager.
"Right off the bat, I felt like he was a guy that I was going to learn a lot from," Gwynn said. "I felt very comfortable because he talked baseball all the time. I got so comfortable as a matter of fact -- and I was only there for a month and a half -- that when they moved me up, I really didn't want to go. I felt I was learning so much about the game and its tendencies and nuances. Bill was so great at giving me that stuff."
Bryk signed nine big leaguers for the Pirates, including Rob Mackowiak and Brian Shouse, before returning to the Padres in 1999 and joining the D-backs in 2010. Besides scouting and managing, he also has served as a farm director and field coordinator. He's known for his ability to offer a quick and blunt opinion, and he recalled when then-Pirates general manager Ted Simmons asked him for one while in trade talks with the Twins.
"Ted called me and I was at happy hour in Houston," Bryk said. "He wanted Denny Neagle and I was our only guy who had seen him in the big leagues. He asked me how many games he was going to win in the big leagues, and I was on my fifth beer, and I said 15-20. I hung up and said, 'My neck is in the noose now.' But it all worked out."
Like Bryk and Mapson, McCullough was a coach before he became a scout. He was the head coach at Webb High School in Oxford, N.C., and an assistant at the University of North Carolina before joining the Red Sox in 1986 and later the D-backs in 1995.
"We call him 'Coach,' " Towers said. "He is a Southern gentleman. When we go to tryout camps, players and coaches are drawn to him. That's the type of person he is. And he's a tremendous evaluator."
McCullough directly signed Mark Reynolds and Chad Tracy as an area scout. As a crosschecker, he was involved with Chris Capuano and Trot Nixon.
"I was told this a long time ago: You see with your eye, you think with your brain and you rely on your gut to tell you where to go," said McCullough, whose son Clayton manages in the Blue Jays system. "I've enjoyed scouting. It's a great pleasure for me to give young men the opportunity to play professional baseball. It's still a challenge to me and still quite an honor to be part of the scouting community."
Kearns is still an active Major League scout for the Mariners at age 92. He lied about his age to enlist in the Navy during World War II, then signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers as a shortstop in 1948.
Kearns completed his college degree at Tufts during the offseasons, became a Minor League manager and moved into scouting in 1957. He worked for the White Sox (1961-68) and Royals (1969-72) before running Kansas City's progressive Baseball Academy in 1972 and 1973.
Kearns joined the expansion Mariners in 1976 and never left. During his days as an area scout, he signed Billy Swift and Dave Valle, as well as Al Chambers, the No. 1 overall pick in the 1979 Draft, who played briefly in the Majors.
"I have no regrets when I think of all the time I've spent in this great game," Kearns said. "I'll cherish all the friends I've made, as well as this lovely award."


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As president and chief executive officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ) since 2003, Richard Boals is dedicated to ensuring that the health care needs of 1.3 million beneficiaries are met and exceeded.
He leads a team of managers and staff totaling 1,500 in Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff and Tempe. He joined BCBSAZ in 1971, and has served in a variety of capacities.
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Flores and his team developed CHIP in 2007, after observing that patients with chronic conditions — especially those with certain combinations — often received fragmented care, were more likely to be seen in the emergency room, and were often hospitalized. As a result of Flores' efforts, approximately 1,000 patients currently are enrolled in CHIP. Outcomes studies show that CHIP members have reduced their hospital admissions and bed days by about 55 percent. Flores has been working in his current position since 2001, and full time in the health care industry since 1999.
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Elizabeth was a member of the US Fencing Association's Coaches College staff as manager since 1991. Elizabeth assumed the position of Associate Director of the US Fencing's Coaching Development Program in 1999, a position she held until the program was dissolved in 2011. Elizabeth has a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies in Mathematics, Sociology and Women Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Elizabeth and Alex have one daughter, Heather, who is a Duke alum.


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Hello my lovelies I hope you're all having a lovely week :) I know I am! just look at some of the yummies I've indulged in this week! Not to mention a tiny bit of baking (which i've just finished!) to leave behind as a thank you to Mr S's brother who is house and dog sitting for us this weekend :) Ooooh i do love playing with the retro camera app on my phone! Yesterday was me and the Mr's 6th anniversary and as a treat I booked us a weekend away at the Felbrigg Lodge courtesey of a voucher on livingsocial :) we get a 2 night stay with afternoon tea on arrival, a 4course meal each night, breakfast both days, a bottle of champagne and a chocolate hamper in the room, full use of hot tub and pool and a back neck and shoulder massage each :) (look at some of the lodges, they're gorgeous!) I've been looking forward to it for months and after weeks and weeks of stress and not seeing each other much due to work it's a much needed break for us to be together and enjoy ourselves :) Of course yesterday we had a good time as we just had a lazy day, feasting on takeaway and opening our prezzies :) Mr S brought me a super cute panda keyring, a pyro panda t-shirt (which is hilarious) a mini pink bucket of sweets and some undies :P I went for a bit of a theme for his presents as he has a bit of a thing about batman at the minute, so I brought him a batman t-shirt, a genuine adam west autographed picture of adam west's batman and had them delivered to him by bat dog :) Millie was hilarious in this costume, although we didn't keep it on her for long, mostly by her choice :P it was a total suprise for Mr S, especially as I left him in bed and had Millie dive on him as his wakeup call :) I shall have to take some pics of our gifts to each other after we get back from felbrigg :) I just wanted to show you all the lovely wall I have been working on for the past few months, collecting pretty frames and such :) a couple still need filling, and one already contains Mr S's batman gift from me :D Well that's about it from me for today :) I need to make sure we're all packed for tomorrow! Nananananananana batbye!! xxx Ness xxx
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Coalition would scale down protection for car manufacturers
THE Coalition has ruled out protection for car manufacturers if elected, prompting government claims it would wreck the industry and cost more than 200,000 jobs.
Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey said there should be no more blank cheques for the industry.
While there would be some assistance, he said a Coalition government would place much more stringent conditions in return for funding while boosting competitiveness by changing industrial relations and abolishing the carbon price.
''We're not saying no [to investment], let's get it right,'' Mr Hockey said. ''Protection is not the answer.''
In March, Holden received a $275 million subsidy package, which included $215 million from the federal government and the rest from the South Australian and Victorian governments.
The car maker threatened to leave the country without the ''co-investment''. As a result, it agreed to stay until 2022 and produce two new cars in Australia. In January, Ford received $103 million assistance from the state and federal governments and its US parent company.
The federal government contribution was $34 million and the Victorian government about $19 million.
When this was announced, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Ford had promised to create another 300 jobs.
The government has committed $5.4 billion to the industry between now and 2020. Of this, $1.5 billion is committed by 2015. The Coalition policy is to contribute $1 billion by 2015. It is yet to reveal what it would do after 2015.
Industry Minister Greg Combet said the government was not handing out money without conditions.
''The manufacturing industry is undergoing significant change, particularly as a result of the high value of the Australian dollar, but Labor is committed to working with the auto sector to ensure it has a strong future,'' he said.
He said the money given to Ford was to develop the next model Falcon ''and this is vital for jobs at Ford's operations''.
''By contrast the Coalition opposes the assistance for Ford, and wants to rip away $1.5 billion of support from the car industry,'' he said.
Phillip Coorey is the political editor based in Canberra. He is a two-time winner of the Paul Lyneham award for press gallery excellence.


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Ozzie said Manny might not make his debut until Wednesday, but the guess here is he debuts Tuesday night. Ramirez is scheduled to be on a red-eye flight from California tonight, with his plane landing at 6 a.m. Tuesday morning local time. If he gets enough sleep and feel up for playing tomorrow night, he'll be in the lineup.
Who knows if Ramirez can vault the White Sox back into the playoffs, but it sure might be fun watching, even without Ramirez's dreadlocks. He informed the White Sox that yes, he plans to get a haircut and abide by team rules.
Set to wear jersey No. 99, Ramirez will top Tony Phillips' previous franchise high of jersey No. 73 from 1997. He was slated to fly on a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Cleveland on Monday night, leaving manager Ozzie Guillen unsure if Ramirez will start Tuesday.
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This is Henrietta.
She was sooooooo easy & quick to crochet & I used my g hook & Lily Sugar 'n Cream yarn.
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Wednesday, 13 April 2011
YSL Dessin Du Regard Waterproof - Long Wear Eye Pencil & Pure Chromatic Palette Eye Looks
The smoky plum is rich in colour and has a slight shimmered/metallic finish.
The texture is very soft, I can use it as an all over base with absolutely no tugging whatsoever, the upshot of this softness is I have had the tip break off a few times when sharpening so I can see myself getting through this quite quickly.
The pigmentation is excellent and it wears all day, with no fading. The only thing I would say is that because of the softness I am unable to get a fine line with this.
I thought I'd show you another eye look using my Chromatic palette in shade #3. This is a lot more natural compared to the blue look I did, I used all colours dry apart from the liner.
Lastly, I used the two blues wet (I'm also wearing the #6 shimmery burgundy as a liner) to see what colour intensity I could get.
This look is too intense for me to wear out personally and I really needed to buff the edges more but I think it shows the versatility of this palette.
I bought all these from John Lewis.
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Beautiful looks - I really like the 1st one, the depth of colour is lovely. To get a more precise line I have tried using a fine eyeliner brush and taking some colour from the tip and it sort of does work although I don't get quite the same level of intensity I would from applying the pencil directly. Even though it's not the green you wanted this colour is also lovely.ReplyDelete
The aubergine looks lovely. I picked the green a few ago as it is so vivd, really beautiful. I'll try and post about it soon. Having seen this I think I might go back for another shade. I have quite a few MAC and Smashbox liners that look bright but don't translate when on the eye. I'm really impressed with YSL's latest eye products. How do you find the liners compared to RBR Kohl ones? xReplyDelete
I love the looks you did, I own nothing from YSL haha Looks great though. :)ReplyDelete
These are stunning looks! Why on earth did I ever pass on the plum eyeliner????? Both looks are really beautiful on you and I love how adventurous you are with different combinations, as I think a stronger eye really suits you.ReplyDelete
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Thank you! I'll have to try using a brush like you suggest. I do think I will have to go back for the green though ;)
Hi Lipstick Luvvie,
I'll look forward to your post :) I'm impressed with this launch as well, I was wondering about trying some of their single shadows as they are meant to be a lot better than their old style ones.
In terms of RBR, I'd say the YSL was softer, more pigmented but the RBR give a finer line and I think overall their colours are more striking x
Hi Vintage Makeup,
Thank you, I like that you can go from subtle to full on with this plaette :)
Hello Nina,
Thank you very much. My husband did give me a few funny looks when I was sporting the more intense blue eye :)
Did you see that new mini Chanel collection that is out, with the blue quad and two new singles?? x
No, actually I didn't. Boots did not seem to have it when I went in last week, but I intend to do a repeat visit (at Selfridge's this time), as I am far from finished... ;-)ReplyDelete
In other news, today I tried RBR Atlas Swallowtail topped with the taupe from Le Cirque Kaleidoscope (second from top) and Guerlain Oriental Metal khol powder, the whole thing topped with a wash of RBR Delicata blush (yes, I know, weird BUT it works beautifully as a shadow) and was delighted with the result. A bit of E Bess bronzer (the light one), a bit of Delicata and RBR Murmurings sheer lippie...love!
Nina x
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Well I went and got the two single shadows from that Chanel collection today, I've not tried them yet but will try and do a post soon.
That look sounds gorgeous, I really like the idea of using RBR Delicata as a shadow, I'd not thought of that but will try it out.
I'll look forward to hearing if you buy anymore lovelies ;) x
That pencil looks and sounds lovely, I think that first look is gorgeous too. The intensity of the blues wet is amazing. Have you tried any of the other colours wet?ReplyDelete
Nina, your look sounds really good. With the exception of the Atlas Swallowtail, I have all of those eye products so I will have to give it a try!
Jane x
Gorgeous, just really over the top beautiful! I love blues like that but sometimes have a harder time pulling them off as I get older!ReplyDelete
I love the look of that pencil too- such a unique shade. I'm thinking of getting the new Chanel Summer one that is along those lines but I think lighter in tone- perhaps a slight bit more icy metallic. Again lovely, lovely, lovely post thanks so much xx jeanie
Hi Jane,ReplyDelete
I have used them all wet, and you can get quite full on pigment. Its a fun quad to play around with really, although I still struggle with the pale blue so will ignore that now for a bit :)
It will be funny if we are both sporting the "Nina" eye look next week, although mine will have to be minus the Guerlain, I did have it but have not been able to find it for ages! x
Hello Jeanie,
Thank you, thats so kind. I have a very hard time with lighter blues, I think they can look too harsh on me really.
I have a feeling I will end up buying quite a lot of Chanel Summer when it comes out here, I did like the look of the liner from what I have seen online, but wonder if it would be too icy/frosty? x


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Technical controls are often the default security response for many organisations. When I refer to technical controls, there is obviously a people element to that, from a design and implementation perspective, but ultimately the control is focused on a piece of hardware or software. For example, cryptographic algorithms have continued to evolve over the last 40 years, to levels which allow them to be computational secure and can be used on a wide scale without major concern. PKI and other crypto infrastructures are often too focused on the algorithms; hardware security module usage and technical touch points, than for example, the people related process and awareness. It is all very well having an industry standard algorithm, but that becomes less useful if a user doesn't protect the un-encrypted payload when it's at rest, or allows it to be stored in temporary memory for example.
Casually thinking of the default security controls for many organisations and many are in fact software or hardware related: antivirus, firewall, intrusion detection systems, encryption, data loss prevention systems or security information and event monitoring solutions. The focus is on faster, stronger or cheaper software or hardware technology.
People as an attack vector
People play a critical role in the security landscape of an organisation. From a design and implementation perspective from those working under a chief information security office or security ops team, right through to non-IT related individuals, all can be seen as a potential attack vector and therefor, a threat to an organisations information assets.
System accounts are created for individuals. Staff, have physical security badges and proximity cards. Audit trails are linked in real people (or should be).
More than one way to skin a cat
The last 24 months has seen a significant rise in the number of external or cyber related attacks. These attacks have either been advanced persistent threats using advanced evasion techniques, or simple "hacktivist" style approaches, would undoubtedly have utilised, an internal account to gain unauthorised access. That account is likely to have already existed, have permissions (or enough to start a privilege escalation process) and might also be assigned to a real person, as opposed to a service or system account.
However, to gain access to an initial password, a hacker would always choose the simplest and most cost effective (from a time and money perspective) method of entry. If a user's complex password or passphrase is hashed using a salt, and algorithm that is computational secure – resulting in say 400 years of brute force protection, why bother attempting to crack it, if you can use more subtle methods?
Increase in social engineering
People are undoubtedly the biggest threat and biggest asset to an organisations security position. Social engineering can be seen as a more direct approach to exposing real security assets such as passwords, processes, keys and so on. Via subtle manipulation, carefully planned framing and scenario attacks, through to friending and spear phishing attacks, people are increasingly becoming the main target, as technologically is seen to becoming more secure and more expensive to crack.


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Not bad at all...I'm surprised that we will have gotten 2 unique Wedge headsculpts within a year (this and the comic pack version).
He really is the unsung hero of Star Wars in a lot of ways, and his figure releases show that too .
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Member retention is constantly on the minds of most club owners. I recently spoke with management at one club that takes member retention very seriously. The Manasquan, N.J.-based Atlantic Club has a cost-effective, member-centric focus that uses a "road map" to help them with member integration. The road map includes goal-setting sessions and personalized fitness assessments; initial exercise program development and equipment orientations; personal training; sports conditioning services; and group exercise programs.
While the club's road map has helped improve retention from 65 percent to 70 percent, the Atlantic Club is always looking for additional ways to reinforce its competitive advantage. The club hopes that its new program called KINESIS™, which it introduced at its two New Jersey locations in April, will increase its retention rate to 80 percent.
The program is being used to reinforce the Atlantic Club's member integration, customer relationship management (CRM) and member retention programs — and to add value to the club member experience. By incorporating the program into the club's road map, the club would like to stimulate a synergistic effect between all programming options at the club. The cross promotion and use of all club programming options will guarantee that members will never plateau but instead will reach their goals more quickly.
Members' needs are individual and always evolving. KINESIS™ addresses these evolving needs in the areas of balance, flexibility and strength. The program is a "high-touch" concept that requires proactive staff interaction, guidance and direction for each member. What better way to manage your club's retention program than by having your staff proactively interact with your members?
From a member perspective, the program is being positioned to provide additional programming support so that the Atlantic Club can help its members reduce their cholesterol, body fat percentage, blood pressure and girth measurements while improving their joint range of motion, joint stability and mobility, skeletal posture, muscular strength and endurance, and other health benefits. From an ROI perspective, KINESIS™ is projected to increase revenue per member, member revenue per square foot, nonmembership dues revenue (e.g. personal training revenue), membership referrals and group exercise studio utilization.
The Atlantic Club trained 27 personal trainers and Pilates instructors to teach the four KINESIS™ programs in either a one-on-one or small group training setting. The programs, which are all fee based, include:
The Foundations Program, which is an introduction to the KINESIS™ Training Method and consists of more than 250 exercises.
The Flow Program, which is a mind-body focused class that fuses yoga, Pilates and functional training to help improve balance and coordination.
The Intense Program, which is a core-focused class that offers a blend of circuit training and calisthenics to create a heart-pumping, calorie-burning experience.
The Transform Program, which incorporates a nutritional component that helps members redefine their mind and physical self.
The program includes the Life Enhancement Center and Junior Fitness Studio in Manasqsuan, NJ, and the Studio in Red Bank, NJ. The Life Enhancement Center's primary service option is an eight-session, small group training package (two sessions per week for four weeks) for groups of four. Each session is a 30-minute circuit program.
The Junior Fitness Studio is designed for children ages 6 to 9 years old and juniors ages 10 to 14 years old and features a training room that offers circuit training classes. The center will host nutrition classes to emphasize the importance of combining healthy eating with workouts and sports-conditioning training.
"Our goal is to create health solutions that will last a lifetime," says Patricia Laus, owner/founder of The Atlantic Club.
Because the KINESIS™ programs have a strong fusion of personal training and Pilates, the Studio at the Red Bank, NJ, club has ensured that the program is being provided by a qualified group of personal trainers and Pilates instructors.
The Atlantic Club's experience just goes to show that regardless of how successful your member retention efforts might be, it pays to keep your eyes open to new opportunities that can add to your bottom line while helping members attain results.
Bob Esquerre, MA, MES, NSCA-CPT is a fitness consultant and owner of the Esquerre Fitness Group. He is a Reebok Master Trainer with certifications as a medical exercise specialist from AAHP and personal training from NSCA.


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SAVEPOINT statement names and marks the current point in the processing of a transaction. With the
TO statement, savepoints let you undo parts of a transaction instead of the whole transaction. For more information, see "Overview of Transaction Processing in PL/SQL".
This is an undeclared identifier, which marks the current point in the processing of a transaction.
When you roll back to a savepoint, any savepoints marked after that savepoint are erased. However, the savepoint to which you roll back is not erased. A simple rollback or commit erases all savepoints. Savepoint names can be reused within a transaction. This moves the savepoint from its old position to the current point in the transaction.
If you mark a savepoint within a recursive subprogram, new instances of the
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An implicit savepoint is marked before executing an
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• The Cubs are said to be working on a deal that would send Matt Garza to Detroit in exchange for a package headlined by top prospect Jacob Turner. Baseball Prospectus's resident minor-league guru Kevin Goldstein approves.
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Grover Cleveland pardons bigamists, adulterers, polygamists and unlawful cohabitants
On September 25, 1894, President Grover Cleveland issues a presidential proclamation pardoning Mormons who had previously engaged in polygamous marriages or habitation arrangements considered unlawful by the U.S. government. At the time, and to this day, plural marriages between one man and multiple women; one woman and multiple men; or multiple men and women are illegal in the United States.
In October 1890, under increasing social and political pressure, the president of the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) had issued his own manifesto claiming that Mormons would no longer sanction the practice of polygamous marriage. In 1893, then-President Benjamin Harrison pardoned those Mormons who had been in polygamous marriages on the condition that they and their fellow church members stick to monogamy from then on.
In September 1894, Cleveland decided that convicted polygamists from the Church of LDS had since mended their ways. His proclamation ensured that their property and civil rights, which had been taken away during the government's efforts to weed out polygamy in the Utah territory, were restored. Still, the U.S. government continued to monitor the Mormon community closely for possible violations of polygamy laws.


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Protests mount against Indian nuclear plant
SAKHRI NATE, INDIA: In the busy Indian fishing village of Sakhri Nate, it's obvious what the locals think of the plan to build the world's biggest nuclear power plant just across the creek.
A worker wearing a protective suit points at a cracked concrete pit near its No. 2 reactor of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, April 2, 2011.
"Say No To Nuclear Power. We Don't Want To Get Sick," reads one slogan in Hindi on the side of a tarpaulin-covered shack selling sweet tea and sugary snacks.
Chalked on a wall around the corner is a message for the French company that has signed a $9.3-billion deal to supply the plant's first state-of-the-art pressurised water reactors.
"Areva Go Back," it says simply in English.
Opposition to the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project runs deep in this part of the Konkan region of western India, whose people have earned a living from fishing and farming for generations.
As with many in the hard-to-reach coastal area 400 kilometres from Mumbai, 45-year-old fisherman Abdul Majid Goalkar's argument is well-rehearsed.
At least 5,000 people work on about 600 boats, bringing in 50 tons of fresh fish, prawns and squid every day, he says. If the plant is built, he warns, all those jobs are under threat.
Others want to protect the village's most famous export – the creamy, Alphonso variety of mango – grown on rocky, clifftop land earmarked for the 2,318-acre plant.
Over the last four years, the grassroots campaign against Jaitapur has built up a steady momentum and become increasingly vocal.
But resistance has hardened since the Japanese earthquake and tsunami that crippled the Fukushima plant, forcing a rethink on nuclear safety around the world and calls in India for a halt to atomic expansion.
Pravin Gaonkar, a fisherman and mango farmer spearheading the anti-nuclear campaign, said the Japanese nuclear crisis was all the more relevant, as the Konkan coast is prone to regular seismic activity.
Another development is that the so-far largely peaceful anti-nuclear campaign has turned violent.
On Monday, the police opened fire on a crowd of protesters, killing one and injuring several others.
The victim, Tavrez Sejkar, was buried in the red earth of the steep hillside cemetery in mainly Muslim Sakhri Nate on Wednesday.
Comparisons have been drawn with Singur in West Bengal state, where Tata Motors abandoned its plans for a new factory to build its Nano car after violent protests from farmers backed by local political parties.
Fast-growing, energy-hungry India, which wants to increase the share of nuclear in its energy mix from three percent to 13 per cent by 2030, could pay a high price if Areva followed Tata's example.
At full capacity, the six-reactor Jaitapur plant would provide 9,900 megawatts of electricity – more than double the current energy deficit in all of Maharashtra, home to commercial capital Mumbai.
Supporters say it could provide power to a chunk of the 500 million homes across the country that are currently off the grid and is vital to India's economic progress.
India's environment minister Jairam Ramesh has angered opponents by insisting that the project will go ahead, even as he conceded that additional safety measures may be required because of Fukushima.
"India cannot afford to abandon the route of nuclear power," he said on April 18. "From a greenhouse gas point of view, nuclear power is the best option."
Professor Surendra Jondhale, head of political science at the University of Mumbai, doesn't think the project will be be abandoned, although a delay is likely while the government reviews safety.
"We are now seeing the real issue being very much politicised. It's overshadowed the real, genuine protests."
Back in Jaitapur, where a giant poster of Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray and local leaders has been put up on the main street, locals Mahesh Karankar and Chetan Narkar say the impact of the violence has already been felt.
Police have locked down the area, fearful of further unrest. As a result, three days' worth of fish is rotting in warehouses.
"Whether the Shiv Sena is with us or against us we don't care," said 23-year-old Narkar. "We don't need anyone to help us carry on our protest."
Another demonstration is planned for Sunday. Pravin Gaonkar says there will be no let up after that.
"If the government does nothing, at least 5,000 fishermen and farmers will go to Delhi and protest," he added.


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The story of Trayvon Martin has produced the biggest racial divide in the United States since the O.J. Simpson trial and acquittal, according to a new Gallup poll.
The poll finds that America is sharply divided along racial lines with their opinions on the case. In late February, Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain who has not been charged with a crime.
Take a look at these numbers: first, 72 percent of blacks think George Zimmerman is either "definitely" or "probably" guilty of a crime. That compares with only 32 percent of every other race surveyed. Most non-blacks (61 percent) think there is not enough information available or have no opinion.
In the next question, 72 percent of blacks again think that racial bias was a "major factor" in the events leading up to the shooting. That compares to only 31 percent on non-blacks. And in a similar but more specific question, 73 percent of blacks said Zimmerman would have been arrested if the person he shot was white. Only 35 percent of non-blacks think so.
"This is similar to the type of racial divide we found with O.J. Simpson in 1995," Frank Newport, Gallup's editor in chief, said in a phone interview Friday. "Other polling since then have shown that black and white Americans have sharply different views on the American justice system."
In the case of O.J. Simpson, a Gallup poll following the trial found that 78 percent of blacks thought the jury made the right decision in finding him not guilty. Only 42 percent of whites agreed with that. Newport stressed that there is a bit of difference between the cases: Trayvon Martin is the victim here, while O.J. Simpson was the perpetrator.
Newport said that 2008 polling showed that 66 percent of blacks believed that the justice system is discriminatory, while only one-third of whites polled agreed.
Opinions on the Trayvon Martin case are somewhat affected by the fact that more blacks are closely paying attention to the fallout of the shooting. That allowed blacks to be much more certain of their determination that Zimmerman is "probably" or "definitely" guilty.
The case has brought massive amounts of media attention, including an inordinate amount of screwups, unfounded allegations and unfair assumptions. But Newport wouldn't speculate on how the intense media coverage has affected people's opinions.
"I don't have data that speak exactly to the issue of the impact of various media," Newport said. "What we do know back in 1995, which was a different era — as you know, there was not much internet at all — we still had these same sharp racial divides and views of the criminal justice system."


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The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) publishes the results of a weekly applications survey that covers roughly 50 percent of all residential mortgage originations and tracks the average interest rate for 30 year and 15 year fixed rate mortgages as well as the volume of both purchase and refinance applications.
The purchase application index has been highlighted as a particularly important data series as it very broadly captures the demand side of residential real estate for both new and existing home purchases.
The latest data is showing that the average rate for a 30 year fixed rate mortgage (from FHA and conforming GSE data) declined 4 basis points to 3.98% since last week while the purchase application volume declined 0.5% and the refinance application slumped 3.1% over the same period.
With rates jumping in recent weeks and housing activity remaining largely weak, it will be interesting to see if concern over housing leads the doves on the FOMC to further promote QE3 in an effort to keep long rates at historically low levels.
The following chart shows the average interest rate for 30 year and 15 year fixed rate mortgages since 2006 as well as the purchase, refinance and composite loan volumes (click for larger dynamic full-screen version).


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Occupy Strikes Sachs!
Occupiers descended on Goldman Sachs yesterday in solidarity with the West Coast Port blockades which managed to shut down three major ports: Oakland, Portland and Longview. The march in New York began across the street from Zuccotti Park at 7:30 am and ended at 200 West Street where a heavy police presence was waiting with barricades to prevent protesters from blocking the front of the building. Nearly 300 protesters formed picket lines in front of and behind the building chanting, "Everyone pays their tax — everyone but Goldman Sachs!"
Eventually a mock press conference broke out complete with the the "head" of Goldman Sachs — a woman wearing a giant squid hat. A faux Fox news reporter and several others from the crowd asked questions of Mr. Sachs. The press conference moderator explained to the crowd — who were sitting on the cold concrete — "Mr. Sachs only speaks squid, good thing we have a translator." The use of the squid is a reference to Matt Taibbi's Rolling Stone article in which he said, "The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is that it's everywhere. The world's most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money."
After the press conference, word spread that occupiers would be forming a flash mob in the winter garden atrium across the street from Goldman headquarters in the World Financial Center. Once gathered in the atrium, around 10 am, protesters began chanting, "Occupy Brookfield!" Brookfield is the private real estate company that owns the building as well as Zuccotti Park. Occupiers then danced, sang and linked hands to form a large circle in the middle of the atrium while a significant number of police officers began to surround the crowd. After several minutes, the police got on the megaphone but protesters drowned out their message. Protesters began dispersing in various directions around the building, some up to the top of the stairs and others up the escalator. Occupy Big Food was with a group that took some long corridors out of the building and then back around to behind the building. It was at that time we learned that 17 people were arrested inside the atrium.
Goldman Sachs is Big Food
When we think of large food companies Goldman Sachs doesn't come to mind — but in fact Goldman Sachs has broad reach into the global food supply. Here are a few examples:
- In relation to yesterday's port shutdown, two West Coast companies: port operator SSA Marine and grain exporter EGT were the center of the protests. Goldman Sachs owns a major stake in SSA Marine. Goldman Sachs is heavily involved in the commodity trading of food around the world. It stockpiles rice, wheat, corn, sugar, and livestock to raise commodity prices around the globe. This effectively creates profit for the company while many people are less and less able to afford basic staples.
- Goldman Sachs has major assets in Shineway Industrial Group, one of the largest meat processors in China.
- Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group joined forces with C.H. James & Company and together they acquired 37 Burger King restaurants in Chicago. Annual revenues exceed $50 million.
The squid is an apt metaphor for the type of global reach that Goldman Sachs exerts over a wide range of political and industrial systems. As journalist Chris Hedges has said, "There is no way within the corporate state to vote against the interests of Goldman Sachs." William Scott of the OWS library said yesterday after the protest, "This is why we have to occupy everywhere."
**Matt Taibbi had this to say about yesterday's OWS action in Rolling Stone, " I almost shed tears of pride this morning when I read this hilarious passage in the Daily News: Earlier Monday, about 300 protesters in squid costumes surged outside the offices of Goldman Sachs investment bank shouting, "We fry Calimari!" and "Everyone pays their tax – everyone but Goldman, Sachs!"


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On the Cam Newton saga:
"I just feel terrible for him because, quite frankly, I'm still trying to figure out, with the Buckley Amendment, which protects his rights at Florida, how any, quote, information, exactly how it did get out, and what's that got to do with his incredible, incredible performance this year? … He should win the Heisman Trophy from what I've seen thus far, and yet it seems to me they're trying to bring out every other thing that has nothing to do with this one situation that I think the NCAA and the Southeast Conference and obviously Auburn is dealing with. But that seems to be happening more and more. I think one of the Coaches of the Year should be Butch Davis because of what's happened to him at North Carolina."
On whether the current system needs to be changed:
"As far as the NCAA, I think the NCAA does work, to some degree, but I think it's just 356 schools all having too diverse ideas. My own personal opinion would be the fact that you're gonna see the top 125, 130 schools break away. Our goals and our mission, in many, many ways athletically and many times academically, is much different from the other schools. For example, there would only be about 110-20 schools that would vote for two more scholarships. The other 250 schools wouldn't vote that way because they can't afford it. That's not the situation at Connecticut, Duke, all the other schools, obviously. My point being simply is that you see it coming. The Big East is talking about it and it's eventually going to happen where you see possibly a separation there. … You're heading towards where I'd like to be heading toward, a simple set of mandates. I'm not backing out of anything or shirking responsibility. I am captain of the UConn ship, basketball-wise, and I accept full responsibility, but I can't be responsible when I rely upon my university, the NCAA and all of the Big East if things happen beyond my control. And quite frankly, the thing that happened with us, honestly, is a national epidemic. And that's quite frankly runners and agents. That's the thing that's inching its way into virtually every program."
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"A twister in the middle of Ridge Pike," said Walters, who was the Limerick Fire Chief at the time. "Dancing back and forth."
The twister caused major devastation to "the Hamlet," a housing development that was under construction at the time. The tornado destroyed 20 of the 27 occupied homes. It also killed a family of three while injuring 25 other people. A savings bond owned by one of the victims, a 10-month-old child, was found the next day in Bath, Pennsylvania, about 40 miles north, according to officials.
The tornado also tore through Limerick's business area, causing over $5 million in property damage.
"Once you got over the shock and surprise, you had a job to do," Walters said.
Today the devastating twister serves as a learning tool for the town. Fire officials say if a similar storm hit their town, they're now trained to be ready.
NBC10 aired a story on the Limerick twister last year. You can view it in the video embedded above.


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This month's featured historical book is Coomb's Popular Phrenology by Frederick Coombs published in Boston in 1841. This monograph contains charts and illustrations of the exact phrenological – or skull – measurements of over fifty people. Phrenologists believed that each personality trait and mental faculty is represented in a specific area of the brain and that the size of the skull over that area determines the capacity for that attribute. By feeling the contours, bumps, and fissures of the skull, they claimed to be able to determine a person's character and intellect.
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A sandstorm blows past an inflatable blimp inside Forward Operating Base Joyce in Afghanistan's Kunar Province in June.
Dozens of surveillance blimps now being used on the battlefield in Afghanistan and Iraq could be deployed on the border with Mexico under a new joint initiative by the American military and border patrol officials, the Wall Street Journal reported.
If tests overseen by the military over the next few weeks are successful, the Department of Homeland Security would deploy 72-foot-long, unmanned surveillance blimps to help trace drug traffickers and those trying to enter the United States illegally, the newspaper reported on Tuesday.
The helium-filled drones have drifted over military bases throughout Afghanistan and Iraq for years, the Wall Street Journal reported. Often floating some 2,000-feet above above ground, they are equipped with cameras, infrared sensors and other hardware to help keep an eye on militants, insurgents and troops in battle, according to the newspaper.
Border Patrol unveils first new strategy in 8 years
With bases in Afghanistan shutting down, the aircraft are part of an enormous trove of military equipment set to leave the country over the next two years, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Heavily armed boats from Texas are now patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border along the Rio Grande. NBC's Charles Hadlock reports.
Drug smuggling tunnels discovered between US and Mexico
If the tests go well, the military could give Homeland Security dozens of blimps and surplus equipment worth $27 million, the newspaper reported. Border officials are already using military hardware along the border with Mexico, such as unarmed Predator drones, the Wall Street Journal said.
The surveillance drones were being offered free of charge, Mark Borkowski, assistant commissioner at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Technology Innovation and Acquisition, told the paper.
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Whirlwind: Art in Motion
Kinetic art is a unique art form utilizing the environment to enhance the aesthetic experience for the viewer. Participating artist Lin Emery aptly described the artistry of kinetic sculpture when she said, "Elements are derived from nature, and I borrow natural elements — wind, water, magnets — to set them in motion. The rhythms are … Read MoreFind out more »
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Welcome to the fourth annual exhibit of Felted Forms – Wool in the Woods. Last year we took you on a colorful journey through the woodland sculpture garden. This year, we again use color and form to enhance the grey winter scenery along the same route. We hope you will take a stroll along the … Read MoreFind out more »


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IntroductionThis databook is a detailed information resource covering all the key data points on Dairy food in Norway. It includes comprehensive value volume segmentation and market share data. The databook supplies actual data to 2007 and full forecasts to 2012.ScopeContains information on 8 categories: Cheese, Chilled desserts, Cream, Fromage frais, Milk, Spreadable fats, Soy Products and YogurtProvides market value, volume, expenditure and consumption data by market, category and segmentIncludes company and brand share data by categoriesHighlightsThe market for Dairy food in Norway increased between 2002-2007, growing at an average annual rate of 1.5%.The leading company in the market in 2007 was Tine BA. The second-largest player was Kavli with Agra Industrier A/S in third place.Reasons to PurchaseDiscover the major quantitative trends affecting the Dairy food marketsUnderstand consumers' consumption and expenditure patternsUnderstand the future direction of the market with reliable historical data and full five year forecasting
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Corporate investment group Mariner has made a $19.7 million scrip takeover bid for struggling surfwear group Globe only two days after the surfwear group received a second strike against its remuneration report which spilt the board.
Mariner told the Australian Securities Exchange today that it had the offer to the Globe board, offering 47.5 cents per share for each Globe share, totalling $19.7 million for the company's 41.463 million shares.
However, the offer is not a cash bid. Mariner will offer 5 fully paid Mariner shares for every 4 fully paid Globe ordinary shares. Based on the closing prices of Mariner and Globe shares yesterday, Mariner said its offer represented a 21.8 per cent premium to the Globe closing price of 39 cents on November 15.
Globe shares were unchanged at 39 cents this morning.
Mariner said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange today it was making the offer because Globe had performed poorly for many years and it believed there was appetite among Globe shareholders for a change.
It said by converting their stock to Mariner shares Globe investors had the opportunity to become part of a growing and successful Australian investment company.
"Mariner's objective is to become a substantial shareholder of Globe, seek board representation and implement strategies to bridge the gap between Globe's NTA and Globe's current share price," the company said.
Globe's NTA was $26.5 million at June 30 against a market capitalisation of $16.6 million.
"Mariner has a proven track record," the company said in its statement.
"We create value for Mariner shareholders by driving change in the companies in which we invest. Investors who want to unlock value for their Globe shareholding should become Mariner shareholders."
Globe chief executive Matthew Hill and his brothers Peter and Stephen hold a 67.8 per cent stake in the company and will be the key to the takeover's success or failure. Globe has yet to release a statement on the scrip takeover offer from Mariner.
It has been a troubled time for Globe and its major shareholders, the Hill family.
On Wednesday retail billionaire Solomon Lew and fund manager Kidder Williams triggered a spill of the Globe board at its annual meeting after voting against its remuneration report for a second consecutive year. Mr Lew has a 5.9 per cent stake in the company and Kidder Williams holds 2.3 per cent.
Globe's net profit fell to only $62,000 last financial year, down 95 per cent from $1.09 million in the previous year. Revenue was down slightly to $83 million.
The original release of this article first appeared on the website of Shanghai Night Net.


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Baby Bruins v.2: Comparing UCLA's Situation Now to Top-Ranked Class of 2008Posted by EJacoby on April 25th, 2012
Evan Jacoby is a regular contributor for RTC. You can find him @evanjacoby on Twitter.
With the news on Monday that top unsigned big man Tony Parker is headed to UCLA next season, the Bruins now have a super-stacked recruiting class for next year that should give Ben Howland's squad a great chance to become elite right away. Recall that last week we discussed that bringing in an elite recruiting class doesn't necessarily result in program success, with one of the highlight examples being Ben Howland's #1 class of 2008 Bruins. That UCLA team brought in the top recruiting class and also had some returning veteran talent, but the team badly failed to meet expectations (some of the roots of UCLA's transgressions were recently highlighted in a popular Sports Illustrated article in late February). Fair or unfair, the 2012 class and next year's team is going to have to deal with comparisons to those 2008 Baby Bruins, at least until it starts to win. This time around, though, their coach's job is on the line too. Let's take a quick look at how the two classes and situations match up, and why UCLA fans should have no reason to expect a repeat performance this time around.
Back in 2008, UCLA was coming off of three straight Final Four appearances, one of the best runs of team success of the past decade for any program. Bringing in the top recruiting class that offseason was no surprise, and that group of freshmen was expected to continue the long tradition of winning in Westwood. Jrue Holiday, Malcolm Lee, and Drew Gordon were part of a group of five top-50 recruits who were quickly dubbed the Baby Bruins, players who "were famous before they played a game," as the SI report claims. The freshmen also got to play alongside some returning veterans, most notably senior All-American Darren Collison. But UCLA was unable to win with this group right away that season nor during the next four years. Instead of stacking up Ws and bringing home banners like the previous groups led by Jordan Farmar, Arron Afflalo and Kevin Love, the Baby Bruins never made the Sweet Sixteen in four years and failed to make the NCAA Tournament twice. The disastrous chemistry on the team throughout this period led to players fighting and transferring, and it all ended up in far more losses than anyone expected. UCLA entered this offseason really in need of a talent (and attitude) infusion.


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Well I'm on a RP server myself and when one of our raiders accidentally DE'd a wrong item, the GM came personally as well. Then he summoned El Pollo Grande in front of BT, naturally.
Then we have a chat, and he starts saying "Well, I have to be off now. Give Illidan my regards. I hate this place and will not enter it.
Me: "You're only saying that because ... you are not prepared!!!"
GM: "Oh, I am." (grows five times, turns red and starts breathing fire all over. Shrinks back to normal) "Are you?"
And a few more tnighs like that. GM's can be fun.
I do remember a mage saying that after a resolved issue his GM would end his goodbye sentence with "...and may your sheep always stay fluffy!"-


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first day with the GS
So this morning was my first day with the incredible Espressoparts La Marzocco GS.
After the epic with the electrician, Kyle from Ritual was kind enough to assist with an install last night -- which turned out to be a good thing given some complications in programming the controller.
So this morning I (finally) had a chance to make espresso with the machine. I will write up more complete thoughts next week after I live with the machine a bit more - and have some photos to share - but I thought I'd share initial impressions now.
First -- I truly do have the dream home setup. It's insane and unbelievable and I have to periodically shake my head. My luck... it's ridiculous. I'm undeserving. Truly.
Second -- I'm having to remember how to make espresso on a commercial machine. For all of this being a smaller one-group machine, it's still a true commercial piece of equipment.
Third -- I had one of the best shots of Stumptown Hairbender I've had in a very long time. Incredible coating and viscous mouthfeel, lovely cherry chocolate stonefruit flavours. Stunning finish and aftertaste.
Fourth -- there are some things that the Italians do very well - and this machine demonstrates that. Producing very high quality espresso is dramatically easier than it was with the Monster Mia (which was one of the easier machines to work on already).
Fifth -- there are some things that Italians are mystifyingly bad at. Why the hot water spout is out to the side of the machine (where it doesn't drain into the drip tray) is truly bizarre. And steaming milk with this wand is both challenging and exciting.
Sixth -- goddamn do Terry Z and his Espressoparts crew do a good job. While this GS is an "authentic" piece of gear, it's so cleverly updated and restored that it keeps all this was good and wonderful while modernizing what needs to be improved -- and does so in a manner that is cool, functional and gorgeous all at once.
I think I'm in love.
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"Divergent" actress Shailene Woodley is single--and happily so, thankyouverymuch.
"I just haven't met anyone where I was like, 'Wow I could definitely see myself spending a season of my life with you,'" the 22-year-old says in the April 2014 issue of Marie Claire. Woodley takes it a step further, adding, "I don't even know if humans are genetically made to be with one person forever."
Woodley's interest in the opposite sex didn't manifest until around 2007. "I was the latest bloomer there ever was," she explains. "I was still playing with Barbies at 14 and didn't have my first kiss until 15-and-a-half. He had big, beautiful lips, and I was like, 'I don't know what I'm going to do with those.'"
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The actress, who starred on ABC Family's "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" from 2008 to 2013, is glad those days are behind her. "My whole life I've been so self-conscious about being skinny. And just recently I don't care anymore. All insecurities are projected because of what you think others are saying about you, but they don't really matter at all," Woodley says. "My only real insecurities in high school were having such long legs and thick hair--things I'm so very grateful for now."
That being said, Woodley recognizes the value in being young and hopeful.
"I think there's this big rise right now in giving teenagers the worth they have. For so long they were-- and still are--depicted in movies and TV shows as codependent whiners or rich, beautiful, diamond-clad daughters or dumb cheerleader types," she says. "But teenagers are so smart. I was probably smarter as a 16-year-old than I am today. There is a zest for life that you have at that age that is so beautiful."
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Woodley might seem mature for her age, but she's not doing learning. "For the first time, I feel like I'm entering my womanhood," she explains. "I've decided to take a few months off, just to see who I am as that woman in the world, because I've never been able to experience it outside of this industry."
The actress' profile has been on the rise ever since she co-starred with George Clooney in 2011's "The Descendants," but Woodley hasn't let fame go to her head. "I don't pay any attention to the fan thing, because I think it's a very strange culture nowadays. People have always been fans of people, but I can't relate to any of these girls or boys who scream. It's idolizing someone you don't know," she tells Marie Claire. "None of these people know me."
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Unlike many of her famous peers, Woodley rarely tweets. "The whole social media thing is just a little too weird for me," she says of using various platforms to connect with fans. "We're all such narcissists, and that's what social media caters to. Our society conditions us to be our own planets, which is great. Independent thinking is so important. But we expect everyone around us to be our moons."


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The Pressure Is on HP to Stand and Deliver in 2013
Today marks the end of what has been without a doubt the worst year in Hewlett-Packard's corporate history. You could argue that 2011, marked by the brief period that Léo Apotheker was CEO, was worse in many ways, and that the difficulties the company struggled to correct in 2012 were created in the prior year. But by all the metrics that count, the year now ending was a whopper: Sales on an annual basis fell by more than 5 percent to $120.4 billion, and on a GAAP basis it swung from a $7 billion profit to a $12.6 billion loss.
Much of those losses can be attributed to a combined $17 billion in write-downs taken during the second half of the year. The biggest was the $8.8 billion write-down announced on Nov. 20, of which $5.7 billion was attributed to Autonomy, the British software firm HP acquired for north of $11 billion in 2011. Another $8 billion was the result of an impairment charge related to EDS, the IT services concern HP acquired in 2008 for $14 billion.
If 2012 was the year that HP sought to package up all the toxic accounting and financial disclosures it could find, then 2013 either will or won't be the year where it starts down the path toward recovery and turnaround. While HP is technically shut down now for the holidays, people I've talked to there in recent days tell me that the internal message being broadcast to employees at all levels is consistent: This year, everyone has to deliver.
Investors frustrated by the decline in value in HP's shares in 2012 — at $13.68, as of Friday's close, the shares are down nearly 49 percent this year — have largely come to terms with the notion that HP had to suffer through a horrible year in order to begin the arduous process of rebuilding its business and balance sheet, though the company and its CEO, Meg Whitman, have essentially exhausted their indulgences.
At a meeting of financial analysts in October, Whitman portrayed 2013 as a "fix and rebuild" year, and so the fixing and rebuilding will, a year from now, have to be apparent. The problem with that is that in the very same speech, Whitman projected profit declines in 2013.
The difficulty is clear in nearly every single line of HP's business. While each line of business remains profitable — take out the combined $20.3 billion in impairment and restructuring charges on HP's financial statements, and you see a $7.7 billion operating profit — sales in practically all of them declined by a range of 2 percent (services) to 10 percent (PCs). That's unlikely to change in the face of an uncertain global economy. HP makes about 65 percent of its sales outside the U.S., and has historically had the widest exposure to Europe of all the major tech companies.
So, if 2013 goes according to Whitman's recovery plan, what does it look like? For one thing, expect a boost in research-and-development spending. Whitman has made it clear that she thinks that R&D spending as a percentage of sales has been trimmed further in recent years than it should have been. In 2004, R&D spending at HP amounted 4.5 percent of sales. By fiscal 2010, it was 2.3 percent. In 2012, it was 2.8 percent. CFO Cathie Lesjak has said spending will be boosted in 2013, along with increased spending on internal IT infrastructure.
Also, expect more restructuring. The bulk of the 29,000 jobs cut at HP will take place during 2013, which will incur about $1.5 billion worth of restructuring charges.
All in all, it's going to make 2013 a tough year for HP, though if it has any good luck at all, it will be less difficult and drama-filled than 2012. Analysts expect HP's sales in its 2013 fiscal year (ending in October) to decline again to just north of $112 billion and, on average, they expect per-share profits on a non-GAAP basis to be $3.31.
By October it should be clear if the repair work undertaken is having any effect. Costs will be decreased. Most of the restructuring will be complete and, with luck, the global economic picture will have improved, if only slightly. If HP's official guidance for fiscal 2014 doesn't begin to look optimistic, that's when talk of an endgame — really only speculative now — will begin in earnest.
So far, Whitman's argument has been that HP is stronger as a combined unit than it could ever be if split into two or more pieces. If results and guidance aren't looking up by late 2013, shareholders will start looking for alternatives, and a breakup will be at the top of their list.
One person who might lead that discussion is director Ralph Whitworth. An activist investor with a history of pushing companies into breakup strategies, Whitworth's Relational Investors LLC owns about 34.5 million HP shares. That investment is about $318 million under water as of Friday's closing price. Late in 2013, a two-year agreement he has with HP not to seek a breakup or sale of any significant assets will expire. If his patience with HP's management and strategy wavers at all, expect the breakup conversation to get serious quickly, and to dominate media coverage about it into 2014.


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I spent a large part of my childhood in Arkansas, a state that is known primarily for two things – being the former home state of President Bill Clinton, and being the birthplace of the big-box behemoth, Walmart. Walmart started as one store in the northwest corner of Arkansas in 1962. When I was a child in the 1980s, it was still a regional business that had barely been heard of outside of the South. But in the 1990s, Walmart spread like wildfire throughout the country; there are now more than 4,200 Walmarts and Sam's Clubs in the US. (Click here for a fascinating animated graphic tracking the opening of every Walmart in the U.S. between 1962 and 2010.) The rise of Walmart also helped pave the way for the proliferation of other big box stores such as Target, Home Depot and Lowes.
These big box stores work on the straightforward business model of destroying their competition by doing everything they can to keep prices as low as possible. Characteristics like providing good customer service, selling quality products that last, and treating one's workers well are all sacrificed at these big box stores in the name of trying to drive prices down. And while the proliferation of this strategy may have helped increase access to basic products for people living in or near poverty, the impact of the spread of big box stores on wages, economic inequality, local economies, the environment, and society as a whole has been disastrous.
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance has compiled a lengthy list of studies documenting the deleterious impact that Walmart and other big box stores have in driving wages and benefits at existing stores in a community down, reducing overall employment, putting local stores out of business, and increasing poverty rates. One of the most shocking statistics from these studies is that wages and benefits are so low at Walmart that the company's 1.4 million U.S. employees collect nearly $2.66 billion in public assistance (primarily food stamps and Medicaid). This from a company that, in fiscal year 2011, had $447 billion in sales and $15.7 billion in profits, and is owned by a family – the Waltons – that had a net worth of $89.5 billion in 2010; ironically, the same amount of wealth held by the bottom 41.5% of all Americans combined. And one way they've managed to amass such wealth and corporate profit while keeping wages and benefits low is by aggressively, and allegedly illegally, working to keep employees from unionizing. As a result, not a single Walmart store in the U.S. is unionized. Most other big box stores in the US are similarly non-union.
The good news is that big box stores do not have to be this way. For example, a recently released study from the non-partisan public policy organization, Demos, found that big box retailers could raise their wage floor to $25,000 per employee without significantly raising prices or impacting profits. Such a wage standard would raise more than 700,000 people out of poverty, create at least 100,000 new jobs, and increase gross domestic product by at least $11.8 billion. Other studies have found similar results. And retailers such as Costco have shown that they can be more than competitive while providing higher wages and benefits. For example, in 2006, Costco paid approximately 72% more on average than Sam's Club did, while providing health insurance to 82% of its employees and retirement plans to 91%. But Costco remained competitive in part because, by treating its workers better, it had far lower employee turnover and higher worker productivity.
The Friday after Thanksgiving, known as "Black Friday" because it is the biggest retail day of the year, provides a great opportunity for all of us to help improves the wages, benefits, and lives of people who work in big box stores by supporting the strikes that Walmart employees have planned for that day. Labor unrest at Walmart has escalated significantly since this past September, when workers at Walmart warehouses in California and Illinois walked off the job to protest poor working conditions and low wages. These worker actions were then followed by a growing number of strikes by Walmart associates at stores in Miami, Dallas, San Francisco, Seattle, and numerous other cities throughout the country. To continue pushing for better wages, benefits, and working conditions, Walmart employees and their allies are planning as many as 1,000 actions in stores throughout the country and online on Black Friday.
Let's help make sure the message of fair wages, benefits, and working conditions for employees of Walmart and other big box stores gets through by taking action on Black Friday and staying involved thereafter. Here are some steps you can take to help:
* Join one of the many planned protests throughout the country by searching for one near you at this website.
* Help support a big box employee by donating to a fund to provide $50 grocery gift cards to people who are striking.
* Support the organization Making Change at Walmart or, if you are a Walmart employee, join OUR Walmart.
* Support local businesses or stores such as Costco that are known to treat their employees well.
* Spread the word by writing a letter to your local newspaper editor in favor of fairer wages, benefits, and working conditions at big box stores, and by sharing the video below of Walmart employees explaining why they are standing up for better treatment.
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