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NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Century Investments has hired Patrick Bannigan, an Ameriprise Financial (AMP.N) executive, as its new chief operating officer.
Bannigan was formerly president of RiverSource Funds, part of Ameriprise's Columbia Management division. He is replacing Barry Fink, who is retiring in mid February. Fink will help with the transition, an American Century spokesman said on Tuesday.
Bannigan started at American Century on Monday, the spokesman said. An Ameriprise spokesman declined to comment.
Bannigan has more than 20 years of experience working in asset management. Prior to joining RiverSource, he was managing director and global head of product for Morgan Stanley's (MS.N) investment management division.
Bannigan will report to Jonathan Thomas, president and CEO of American Century, who is also a veteran of Morgan Stanley's investment management division.
American Century had $124 billion in assets as of September 30.
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Big Brother Winner Ian Terry: Dan Would Not Have Taken Me
"I thought it would come down to Frank and Ashley," says the reality show victor
Ian Terry entered the Big Brother house a self-proclaimed nerd, but 75 days later he left feeling more mature – and $500,000 richer.
Terry, 21, beat out returning player – and former winner – Dan Gheesling to become the 14th winner of the CBS reality show Wednesday, with six of the seven jury members voting for him to take home the grand prize.
The morning after his victory, the Tulane University engineering student spoke to PEOPLE about his personal growth while in the house, what he plans to do with the money, and why he chose to stay loyal to Dan despite his history of betrayals.
Did you think you would beat Dan in a landslide?
No. I thought it would come down to Frank and Ashley. I didn't know if she would vote for me after I nominated her during the double eviction, so it was kind of a shock to her and I wasn't sure how she felt about it when it happened. I didn't think I was going to get Jenn's vote at all. That was definitely a huge shock to me, but it worked out.
How did you grow while in the house?
When I went in the house I was very young and immature. Now I would like to think I am young and slightly more mature. I really grew up a lot in that house. That kind of experience really does the trick – you grow up when you're in there, for sure.
Why did you not even entertain the idea of getting rid of Dan?
When we got to the Final Four, I assumed it was the couple versus the Renegades. Obviously, I thought wrong. But Dan kept me because he knew neither couple would take him to the finals. So, really, I just stuck with Dan. Luckily, I pulled off the win. I thought I had a better shot against Dan, but the real reason I took Dan was that I wanted to honor my word to him. I had to honor my commitment to Dan.
Any surprises from the season that have already been revealed to you?
I was shocked that Janelle and Boogie hit the reset button [to enter the game as players]. I knew that Dan did, and I had an inkling that Britney did, but that was a surprise. And finding out that I had to win that shark veto competition during the double eviction was a huge shock.
What about Dan and Danielle's final two deal?
I was completely shocked when I found out, because Dan had given me his grandfather's cross as collateral, and I had given him something as collateral, to ensure that we would keep each other around. I mean, your grandfather's cross that meant something.
Do you think he would have kept his word and taken you over Danielle?
No, no, no. I think I would have been gone. I really do.
Would you return to play again?
As long as I've got my degree done with, yes, I would probably return to the game. Right now I am taking off from class until January. Right now I am trying to just take a break and figure things out.
Any plans for the winnings?
I am going to pay off my student loans first and foremost and maybe a vacation or some kind of frivolous purchase like that, but I really just want to save the money up and be wise with it.


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The publishing journey of Brittany Geragotelis, the formerly unrepresented, self-published author who landed a three-book, six-figure deal with Simon & Schuster after a PW story about her self-published YA novel Life's a Witch, continues as S&S prepares to release a prequel to the book called What the Spell.
S&S is using a serialized e-book launch of the prequel to transition Geragotelis's fans—who discovered her on Wattpad where content is mostly free—into the for-pay conventional publishing world. What the Spell, a prequel to the events in Life's a Witch, focuses on the backstories of Asher, mysterious hot guy-witch, and Brooklyn Sparks, who discovers she's a witch and has her eye on Asher. The prequel will be released beginning October 9 (part 2 comes out October 23 and the final installment on November 6) as a series of three e-books selling for 99 cents each to begin to prepare her fans for higher hardcover price points down the road.
What the Spell will be released as hardcover on January 29, 2013 by S&S Books for Young Readers. A revised edition of Life's a Witch will be published in hardcover in May 2013; to be followed by a hardcover sequel to Life's a Witch called The Witch Is Back, coming in January 2014.
Geragotelis is a former managing editor of American Cheerleader, who worked and dreamed for years of being a published YA author. She eventually attracted more than 19 million readers on Wattpad, an online writing community, where she initially published Life's a Witch, the story of Hadley Bishop, a hip teenage witch descended from the Salem witches who is growing up and fighting ancient threats in the contemporary world. After a series of PW stories about her efforts to find an agent, her growing popularity on Wattpad and after eventually self-publishing Life's a Witch through Amazon/CreateSpace, Geragotelis not only got an agent, but a major book deal in a turn of events worthy of the plot from a popular novel.
These days, she told PW in a recent interview, she is living her dream, spending the last seven months working with her editor, BFYR senior editor Alexandra Cooper, to revise Life's a Witch, writing the prequel, and working closely with S&S to prepare the marketing and promotional campaign for both books—including producing and filming a new book trailer for What the Spell. "I just try to stay in the moment and take care of my end—the writing," she said, "doing my homework and working on social media."
An experienced and effective user of social media when she self-published—from her blog Brittany the Book Slayer to her own YouTube Channel, Twitter account and Pinterest and Facebook pages as well as self-produced video book trailers—Geragotelis said she's planning a variety of promotional and marketing events around What the Spell to be carried out by her own social media team in collaboration with S&S. In addition, Geragotelis continues to offer her fans—and she has millions of them on Wattpad—new works for free through the online community. She is currently writing The Abby Diaries, a new series based on Life's a Witch and told from the perspective of the younger sister of the mysterious Asher, which is being serialized on Wattpad. She also said that S&S plans to work with Wattpad to release a free excerpt from the prequel on the online community.
The author is working with her boyfriend, Matthew Gielen, a social media professional and filmmaker, for a What the Spell book trailer and she said she's been scouting locations and casting actors with plans to shoot an entire scene from the prequel. "We've already found the location for the shoot," she said. "We'll be shooting a high-quality book trailer—like a movie trailer. We'll have special effects as well a few surprises for the fans." She's also working on a promotional YouTube campaign in which she will collaborate with YouTube makeup personality Judy Gutierrez, and her JudyTime YouTube channel, to film a series of makeovers connected to characters in What the Spell. Geragotelis will get four "magical makeovers" on JudyTime, turning herself into four of her characters—including several "bonus" celebrity looks—and plans to cross-promote the transformations on her own YouTube Channel and on JudyTime.
In the meantime Geragotelis has been a frequent speaker at self-publishing conferences like UPublishU at BEA last June, telling her story and offering support to other aspiring writers. She'll be reading at Authors Unbound in New York City on October 9 and on October 22 she plans to speak at the Self-Publishing Book Expo in New York City.
"That's how I got started," she explained, pointing out the importance of self-publishing conferences and conventions to her own career. "I was just like my readers. The better self-published authors do, the more opportunities there are for everyone. The fact that I'm finally getting my books published is about more than just, 'give me your money'," she said. "I explain that this is my chance to help other self-publishers."


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DES MOINES, IOWA–- As the Des Moines River rose, the University of Virginia track and field team–- in town to compete in the NCAA Track and Field Championships– joined citizens in daily ventures downtown to witness Iowa's historic weather. Running downtown revealed overflowing sewer drains, restaurants desperately trying to stay in business while pumping water out of their basements and kitchens, and the ubiquitous sights of sandbags along streets, buildings, and bridges.
"Seeing the before and after effects of the flood was amazing," says UVA third-year and newly-minted All-American discus thrower Billie Jo Grant. "To see how the city was affected economically, in addition to all the flooding, showed the depth of the effects natural disasters can have."
The four-day athletic event was projected to bring in millions of dollars in revenue for local hotels and restaurants, and although the games would eventually go on, the evacuation of the some hotels, including the Embassy Suites along the Des Moines River meant that 12 schools (not UVA) had to find other accommodations.
Several teams, such as the University of Washington and the University of South Carolina, took time out of competition to volunteer with the sandbagging that continues to occur in the streets adjacent to the river.
"Four of our athletes and I went down on Saturday and sandbagged for a couple of hours," says University of Washington assistant coach Jimmy Bean. "When people met us, they asked, 'What are you doing here, why are you doing this?'– we did it because we want to help other people."
Early Friday morning, Des Moines city officials ordered voluntary evacuations from the 500-year floodplain. Businesses and residents in the affected areas were required to evacuate by 6pm as neighbors elsewhere in Iowa are facing some of the worst flooding seen in decades. In what news sources have dubbed the "floods of '08," major cities–- such as Cedar Rapids and Iowa City–- have more than 500 city blocks underwater, racking up millions of dollars in potential damage.
In Iowa's capital city, the Des Moines River has steadily risen over the past week, as heavy rainfall and an overflowing dam has made the river's level rise to heights surpassing even the catastrophic flooding of 1993. At its peak, the Des Moines River reached 35.23 feet June 12, according to the US Army Corps of Engineers, with the previous record high watermark at 34.29 feet in 1993.


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The driver, later identified as Monike Tone, pulled over into a parking lot at Broadway and Ocean Street.
Tone was determined to be driving without a license and there was an outstanding warrant for her arrest. The officer also found five baggies of methamphetamine and two baggies of heroin in her possession, police spokesman Zach Friend said.
A further search turned up about $1,500 in cash, a digital scale and packaging materials. An estimated 17.5 grams of meth and 10.7 grams of heroin were found, Friend said.
Tone was arrested on the warrant, as well as suspicion of possession of a controlled substance, transport/sales of a controlled substance and driving on a suspended license. She was booked into Santa Cruz County Jail.


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What makes Powershell Awesome?
1. It makes it really easy to add things to your process that you never could before. Let's take for example that you want to make a change to your DB but you want to backup the schema for an object or a set of objects first. This is so easy in PS it's not even funny. The code to script out objects is:
gci| %{$_.Script()}
That's it!!! And all you have to do is add a filter if you want to script only a certain schema, or a certain object. And the code doesn't change if you want to script tables, views, function, SPs, etc. All you have to do is change the node of the tree you're in... and for that you manage it like DOS. So to script out a table you would type this code:
cd sql:\sqlserver\servername\default\databases\MyDB\Tables
Then just run the script code above.
AND to script out the SPs, you just change the contest to StoredProcedures like this.
cd ..
cd StoredProcedures
That will put you in:
cd sql:\sqlserver\servername\default\databases\MyDB\StoredProcedures
Then just run the same script method from above.
So you can see that scripting objects is wicked easy. And now you can backup the schema of a table before you mess with it, or now you can automate the scripting of SPs before you deploy a new version so you can easily rollback.
2. Now since scripting things like we did above will just print the script out to the screen, you'll want to do something more permenant with them. Have you ever tried to write to a txt file from tsql? You know, you either have to mess with xp_cmdshell or go to one of the sp_OA procedures and make those external calls, right? Well PS solves that problem. So let's script out the objects from above and save them to a file.
gci| %{$_.Script()} | out-file c:\MyTables.txt
That's it!!! So now you can save those things to a file and you've got them to use again.
That's not all you can do with files. You can also get the stuff back out of the files pretty easily. Let's say that you have a list of servers you want to connect to and check that the services are running and you want to turn on the ones that aren't. I'm not going to show you the code for all of the operations here, but to use a txt file as a list of servers you have but to call the txt file and automatically cursor through the items. So here I'll just get the list of servers from a file and print them to the screen. Because what you do with them isn't nearly important here as being able to get them easily.
get-content c:\ServerList.txt | %{$_}
So really, I just listed the servers to the screen one at a time.
The % character is an alias for 'for-each'. So for each item in that txt, print it to the screen. Easy huh?
And just for completion, you can easily work with services by calling the get-service cmdlet or the wmi class for remote boxes.
3. Getting info for objects has never been easier. Let's say you want to get all of the sizes for all of the tables in the DB and do something based on the size. While we're not going to do the entire script, I'll show you how to get the size for all the tables.
First, switch to the tables node.
cd sql:\sqlserver\servername\default\databases\MyDB\Tables
Then run this code:
gci | %{$_.DataSpaceUsed}
That'll just print them out to the screen, or you could pipe them to a txt file like above, or you could continue working with them in the pipeline and manipulate certain tables based off of whatever you like.
There are so many more things you can do with it to make your DBA job so much easier that it would make your head spin. I don't know how we ever got along without it.
Ok, so before I go I'm gonna do just one more because I do this one a lot.
I'm not going to give the code right now, but I'll tell you about it.
Let's say you've got a new employee and you need to add his acct to a Windows group on 30 boxes, and you need to add him to SQL groups and give him access as well. So He's got to be able to TS into these 30 boxes and have certain rights in all DBs on these servers.
With PS I can create a list of servers and either keep them in a table, or put them in a txt file and iterate through them and add the user both to Windows groups, and to SQL groups in a single script. So when's the last time you were able to do that without logging into all the servers individually yourself? And it's really not that hard.
So PS is well worth your time getting to know. If you need help getting started with resources, then ping me and I'll be glad to hook you up.
I've got some really good stuff on PS on MidnightDBA so go out there and check them out.
Here's a overview vid I did back in 2008:
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A Timeless Lesson
You think I'd learn after all this time in DBs not to take the data for granted. Here I've been troubleshooting a complicated query because I had some anomalous results when it turns out that the data wasn't categorized correctly and I spent all that time on the query for nothing.
I'm telling you this not only to remind you to not take your data for granted, but to show you that no matter who you are (like I'm anyone special) you can make these types of mistakes. So don't be so hard on yourself if it happens to you because truth be told, I still do far worse on a regular basis.
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Some of you may remember an obscure little man who used to take a shot at writing now and then. His name was Ken Henderson. And he wrote (among others) small series of books called the Guru's Guide to SQL Server. He also wrote a little tome on SQL internals. Now, Ken isn't with us anymore, but his legacy lives on. I remember sitting in Ken's office at MS a few times talking about his vision for what he wanted his books to be. His goal was to teach at several levels. What he wanted was for the beginners and the experienced alike to get something out of his books. And he succeeded very well. I can still go back and read some of the Guru's books and understand things I didn't get before. I remember saying that to Ken once and he just smiled. Then he said, finally somebody gets it. I want people to be able to grow into my material.
So what brought all this on? Well, as I do sometimes, I was looking through one of my favorite blogs to kinda keep up on things. I typically go through the back posts to make sure there's nothing I missed the first time, or see if there's anything I've grown into since reading it the last time. And by looking at the writing style, and the intent behind it, I see that this author has the same principles that Ken held. He not only tells you the most intimate details of the inner workings of SQL, but he does it in a way that allows you to learn at different levels. I don't even think he does it on purpose because like Ken, he's just being himself; a true teacher.
And I'm not sucking up. The only reason I'm writing about this is because it really hit me tonight because I just finished going over an old chapter of Ken's before I went through the blog.
So since I read his material the same way I read Ken's, I'm naming Paul Tripp the new Ken Henderson. Paul, you make me proud to be your friend.
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The Annual Meeting of the Inter-Agency Committee for the UNDESD Highlighted Importance of Including Education for Sustainable Development into the Education and Sustainable Development Agenda
14 December 2012, Paris, France. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) organized the Annual Meeting of the Inter-Agency Committee for the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (IAC/DESD) on 13-14 December 2012 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France.
The two-day meeting provided an opportunity to consult with IAC members on the development of strategies on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) activities after 2014; exchange experiences on disaster risk reduction education; and discuss other issues relevant to the current and future work of the IAC.
In his opening remarks Mr. Alexander Leicht, Chief of the Section of Education for Sustainable Development, UNESCO, pointed out that sustainable development cannot be achieved by technological solutions, political regulation or financial instruments alone. Mr. Leicht stressed instead that "achieving sustainable development requires a fundamental change of mindsets. Education for Sustainable Development can help to promote this transformation".
During the Meeting IAC members and other organizations presented their experiences on Addressing Disaster Risk Reduction through Education for Sustainable Development (DRR/ESD) and ESD. Ms. Julia Heiss, Programme Specialist, UNESCO highlighted the importance of integrating Disaster Risk Reduction in national educational plans, school curricula and national strategies. She said "Education for Disaster Risk Reduction (EDRR) promotes critical thinking and problem-solving as well as social and emotional life skills. EDRR through its interdisciplinary and holistic approach to learning helps create resilient societies and contributes to increasing natural disaster preparedness culture".
Ms. Adriana Valenzuela, from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) stressed that UNITAR is glad to be a member of the IAC/ESD group since 2012. Ms. Valenzuela highlighted linkages between the work of the IAC/ESD group and UN CC:Learn, a One UN initiative on climate change learning for which UNITAR is providing the Secretariat, and she emphasized the possibility of creating additional linkages between the specialized work undertaken by the IAC/ESD members and UN CC:Learn activities, which include support of five country pilot projects and compilation of a One UN Package of learning resources. Finally Ms. Valenzuela highlighted that countries increasingly take a strategic approach to ESD through engagement of all sectors and national learning institutions, as within the framework of UN CC:Learn.
The IAC meeting facilitated participants' discussions on possible actions to include in the post-2014 framework on ESD. Main recommendations comprise inter alia:
- Integrating ESD into education and sustainable development policies at the international and national level;
- Integrating ESD across the whole education system;
- Integrating ESD into teacher education;
- Empowering individual learners;
- Strengthening partnership and networks;
- Promoting monitoring and evaluation of ESD activities;
- Promoting media and Information and Communication Technology (ICT);
- Promoting research.
Next activities to promote Education for Sustainable Development that were discussed at the meeting include the preparation of the Final Report of the UNDESD, the preparation of the post 2014 framework on ESD, and the organization of the World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development, Learning Today for a Sustainable Future, 10-12 November 2014, Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. These activities will carry out a stock-taking of the implementation of UNDESD, celebrate the Decade's achievements and define action post-2014.
In the closing remarks UNESCO thanked participants for their contributions during the meeting and encouraged IAC member to continue promoting ESD activities at international, national and local level.
Before closure of the meeting it was announced that United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) will provide the presidency and UNESCO will provide the secretariat of the IAC during the year 2013. Ms. Stephanie Hodge, Education Specialist, UNICEF said: "we will work together with UNESCO and the IAC members to continue promoting ESD inclusion into the education and sustainable development agenda; it is our commitment".
About the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD)
The UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) 2005–2014 was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2002 with the overall goal to integrate the principles, values, and practices of sustainable development into all aspects of education and learning. IAC/DESD was established by UNESCO as a forum of UN agencies for open-ended collaboration towards the effective implementation of the Decade. It brings together 22 agencies: UNESCO (including relevant Institutes and Centres), FAO, ILO, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNEP, UNFPA, UN Global Compact, UN-HABITAT, UNHCR, UNICEF, UN-ISDR, UNITAR, UNU, WFP, WHO, World Bank, WTO, UNCCD, UNCBD, UNFCCC and UNDESA.
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UN CC:Learn is a partnership of 33 multilateral organizations which supports Member States in designing and implementing results-oriented and sustainable learning to address climate change. The Secretariat for UN CC:Learn is provided by UNITAR. An important aspect of UN CC:Learn is to support countries in developing a National Strategy to Strengthen Human Resources and Skills to Advance Green, Low Emission and Climate Resilient Development, through a multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder process. During the course of 2012-2013, Benin, the Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Malawi, and Uganda are participating as UN CC:Learn pilot countries. Core funding for the 2011-2013 implementation phase of UN CC:Learn is provided by the Swiss Government.
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These women help keep Sudburians warm
Members of the knitting club at Red Oak Villa like to knit and crochet a lot. Every Saturday, these ladies get together to sit and knit.
Their work helps them to pass the time and keep their hands and minds busy. But mostly, it's a great visit and chat every weekend. This sense of community stretches past their club and even their community at Red Oak Villa.
They donate their knitting to great causes in Greater Sudbury. In June, these ladies delivered 24 blankets to the Daffodil Lodge and the Northern Cancer Foundation, and in July, they finished and donated another 33 blankets. They also knit hats, scarves and mittens for the Coldest Night of the Year Walk.
As they are sitting and knitting, these ladies make more than warm knitwear and blankets: they are the sort of kind and inspirational souls who make our hearts warm and our community stronger.
Red Oak Villa, an Autumnwood Mature Lifestyle Community, is nestled in the core of downtown in a landmark building that was originally St. Joseph's Hospital. Red Oak Villa is now a residence for Sudbury's most deserving population — its seniors. Red Oak Villa is caring for the very people that it helped bring into the world, offering full service assisted living suites, which allow seniors to age in place.


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Ever been in a fight with someone and not been able to remember what started it?
This Chicago couple doesn't have that problem.
Claire Meyer and Alan Linic have been keeping a record of their fights for months, and they're doing it on social media.
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The two, who say their relationship is "going really well," started a twitter account titled "We Fought About," where they publish each and every argument they have. So far, there have been 83.
But the fights aren't exactly what many would expect.
The tweets focus more on what sparks an argument, like "Alan didn't take my 'hair journey' slide show seriously," or "Claire called our pet fish 'baby' in front of me."
The couple, who met in the city's comedy scene, told New York Magazine they started the feed because they thought their fights "were just so ridiculous and way too bizarre."
Those "bizarre" arguments have been sparked by anything from Dumbledore's death to armpits to bread to dominoes to Prince.
The two reportedly wait until a fight has been resolved before they tweet it out, usually finding what started their argument amusing, and say the social media exercise has acted as a form of couple's therapy.
"We know we'll be able to resolve it and put it up in a wording that will make us both kind of laugh about it," Linic told NY Magazine.
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In a testament to the power of social media I found out about Twenty Tees via photographer Ben Fink Shapiro who posted some shots from the brand's Spring 2013 lookbook shoot on Instagram. I immediately zoned in on the paneled pants pictured right and contacted the brand to learn more about its designer. David Helwani, I learned, is the man behind the label known for casual separates and dresses. From Montreal, Helwani joined his family textile business at an early age and dedicated himself to developing expertly crafted knits. He eventually took the helm of his family's mill, leading the operation to become one of the premiere North American producers for ready-to-wear designers looking for high-end and innovative knits. In 2009, because he felt there was "a lack of luxurious and sexy knitwear brands," he launched Twenty Tees.
Here, the designer talks about sourcing fabrics, quality control, line extensions, and more.
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The Fashion Spot: Where did the name Twenty Tees come from?
David Helwani: We wanted a tee-centric brand name at our launch and the answer was right in front of us. T is actually the twentieth letter in the alphabet. Thus Twenty was born.
tFS: How do you go about picking your fabrics?
DH: Coming from a steep family tradition in the textile and fashion business and owning the premiere knitting mill in North America, it seemed like a natural fit to create a brand that was based in luxury. Fabrics are selected either based on fashion and technical trends that develop through the year or through a specific feel we are trying to achieve for that season. One thing is constant, however, we always look to have the richest and softest feel possible.
tFS: What do you consider to be the basics that every woman should stock in her closet?
DH: A white rib tank, a boyfriend tee, a crisp white V-neck tee, and a great fitting pair of denim.
tFS: Given that you're focused on closet staples and luxury fabrics, do you pay attention to seasonal fashion trends?
DH: Of course. Seasonal fashion trends are key to our survival. We always keep a close eye on what's happening on the runways, but we also consider ourselves industry innovators, continuously developing and setting trends along the way.
tFS: You have offices in both California and New York – how would you say the coasts compare in terms of style?
DH: New York is very forward, very ready-to-wear driven and sets trends. California is famous for its laid back cool, infused with fashion but floating towards the bohemian side. The advantage of being located on both coasts is that we can marry both styles together and present a unique perspective, which is far from obvious and never dull.
tFS: What are some of your favorite pieces in your fall collection?
DH: We've had a great reaction to our Ponte leggings and our dresses are perfect for the sexy and confident woman. However, in terms of novelty, I love our marbled French terry jackets with leather accents.
tFS: What can we expect for Spring 2013?
DH: Spring 2013 encompasses a lot of texture. We've opened up our collection to having a larger color variety which has helped brighten things up for Spring. We have also carried over the leather trend and our incredible mesh and crochets to detail the collection. Our vision for the season was to structure Twenty Spring 2013 like a full collection with an array of choices from tops to bottoms and dresses, coupled with the invitingness, ease, and comfort only luxury knitwear can offer.
tFS: Is there something you know now that you wish you had known when you started Twenty Tees?
DH: The business has changed so much since we first started. The toughest part of running Twenty today is keeping up with the constantly evolving landscape of which the industry of fashion has become. The customer wants something fresh every month!
tFS: Day-to-day, what are some of the biggest challenges in running a fashion brand?
DH: Keeping up with the most recent relevant trends, monitoring quality because ultimately it's our name and reputation on the line. Additionally, remaining aware that my personal aesthetic might not always be the answer. We have to make sure we are catering to our customer and not strictly to a vanity closet.
tFS: What's your personal style like? What are some of your favorite brands?
DH: My personal style is very clean and structured. In one word, sophisticated. That is the mantra of Twenty. Brands that excite me in womenswear are Marni, Elie Saab, Yigal Azrouel, Brunello Cucinelli, Isabel Marant, and Iro.
tFS: Any extension plans into menswear or otherwise?
DH: Yes, my vision is to make Twenty a lifestyle brand. Men are always forgotten when it comes to fashion. What guy wouldn't want to wear our fabrics!
tFS: What's your biggest fashion pet peeve?
DH: Over designing. It's such an easy trap to fall into. If a trend is popular and you jump on its coattails, make sure to curb your enthusiasm and not to overuse. The beauty of fashion sense is basic. No matter the era, the core message is to make the wearer look beautiful, sexy, and feel good.
tFS: Luxury item you're dying to splurge on?
DH: An Aston Martin.


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S. Afr. j. econ. manag. sci. vol.12 n.3 Pretoria Oct. 2009
Using the Competing Values Framework (CVF) to investigate organisational culture in a major private security company
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The proliferation of crime, especially in the South African context, has placed considerable emphasis on the private security industry. This has also increased fierce competition in the private security domain with both national and international private security companies infiltrating the South African market. Like public policing private security has an important role to play in combating crime and other transgressions, with the exception that private security owes its existence to paying customers. By using the Competing Values Framework (CVF) as conceptual guide, the researchers are able to provide the managers of the company under investigation with insight on how their cultural orientation affects their functioning and ultimately their competitive advantage.
Keywords: Organisational culture, Competing Values Framework (CVF), private security
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Sunday, December 22, 2013
What is a genealogical source?
Let me give an example of what I talking about. Let's suppose that we have an original will. I will call it the John Doe Will of 21 December 1713 (This is not the will shown above). Let's further suppose that there was a copy of that will made at the time of the probate transcribed into the Court record. Then the court record was transcribed in 2012 from a digital copy made of the court transcript. The original will was then digitized in 2013. Another transcript was made of the original will in 2013 that differs from the transcript in the court record in some significant details. Apparently, the court transcript was either incomplete or simply wrongly transcribed. Examination of the documents show that the 2012 transcript of the court record is correct and the 2013 transcript of the original will is also correct. So, there is a difference between the "original" will and the transcript of the court document purporting to be a transcribed copy of the will.
Now there is a very interesting question posed by this hypothetical. What is the legal effect of the changes made to the court's transcription of the original will? Legally, the will should have been probated exactly as it was written, but it is not impossible that provisions of the will could have been modified if the court heard convincing evidence that the document as originally written was defective. The absence of a reference in the court record to the accuracy of the copy or further an explanation of the changes would create a presumption that the changes were done with the knowledge of the court. Otherwise, the heirs would have detected the fact that the court copy, on which the disposition of the estate was based, was faulty. So which is the "original?" The only thing that can be concluded, assuming that a further search of the court record discloses no mention of a problem with the transcription, is that the original document was modified by the courts ruling. The court record is the "original." The original copy of the will should be ignored.
As a genealogist what would you think? I would guess that 9 times out of 10, the researcher would find the original will and consider that to be superior to any copy, even that of the court. What if the information in the so-called original will (the one presented to the court) mis-identified the heirs and that the evidence in the court correctly identified them and the court's copy was changed to conform to the facts as presented to the court under oath?
You can see from this hypothetical that the issue of an "original source" can be difficult to resolve. In the years I used as an example, copying a legal document, such as a will, into the court or town record was not unusual. Finding the original will document written by the deceased or under his or her direction would be very much less common although not impossible. If the researcher in the hypothetical were reversed, it is possible that the unreliable will could be found before the more reliable court transcript. But how many researchers would automatically accept the "original" will as correct over the copy. Especially since we all know how unreliable copies can be?
The answer to this question goes to the heart of issue over the definition of an original. Fast forwarding to today, it is no longer something we discuss in court. Copies of original documents are acceptable in court for all purposes and producing the original document is seldom necessary except in very limited circumstances such as when there is a dispute about the execution of the document itself rather than its contents. But of course, we are talking about photocopies today and back then, the copies would have all been transcriptions done by hand. But what I am positing here is a situation where the copy is unreliable, but the only evidence we have of its unreliability is the suspect transcript. Aren't we going to believe the original? I have already said that we are going to do exactly that.
Back to the hypothetical. In this case the second researcher is a stickler for accuracy. He examines the original will and notices the discrepancies. He then puts the entire document and the copies into a suspect category and does more research. His subsequent research validates the copy found in the court record and the researcher's distrust of the original will is also validated.
There are too many situations where something similar could have happened. No one source document should be accepted on its face unless other circumstances surrounding the creation of the document substantiate the contents. Don't believe all that you read and don't believe anything just because it is in print or reproduced digitally. Genealogists should always assume that the facts as supported by documentary evidence are entirely tentative. Every "fact" in our genealogical database is suspect awaiting further evidence.
Some researchers find living in an environment of doubt very disturbing. They cannot accept the fact that the names, dates, places and events in their files are subject to change. But change is inherent in the process of research. A researcher continually adjusts any theories to conform to newly discovered evidence. Unfortunately, a huge portion of the genealogical community blindly accept the first evidence they find and are confused and defensive when further evidence raises contradictions. This issue can be raised by something as simple as alternate spellings of a name in the U.S. Census records or as complicated as the example I gave above. As Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." I would also add adored by genealogists.
How do we then survive in an atmosphere permeated with doubt? It does make life difficult, I admit. The important thing is to view evidence objectively and not become married to your evidence. This attitude does not extend to basic beliefs about life. But as René Descartes is reported to have said, "If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things." Descartes also said, "When it is not in our power to determine what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable." One last Descartes quote, "Doubt is the origin of wisdom."
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My problem with injecting DNA into genealogy research comes from changing scientific "truths" over time. The Synaptic Scoop, 18 Jun 2013, discusses "neurogenesis". Significantly, [The more 14C that is in the atmosphere, the more it is integrated into our own body's DNA when new cells are created.] Researchers found that [Atmospheric detonation of atomic bombs from 1955-1963 shot worldwide 14C levels through the roof.] This can be compared with solar activity.ReplyDelete
[From a constant stream of particles in the form of solar wind to the unpredictable bombardment from solar flares and coronal mass ejections, Earth often feels the effects of its stellar companions.]
[When the twisted field lines cross and reconnect, energy explodes outward with a force exceeding that of millions of hydrogen bombs.]
From a historical standpoint, [On Sept. 1, 1859, the Carrington Event was [the largest geomagnetic storm ever recorded.] [Just before dawn the next day, skies all over planet Earth erupted in red, green, and purple auroras so brilliant that newspapers could be read as easily as in daylight. Indeed, stunning auroras pulsated even at near tropical latitudes over Cuba, the Bahamas, Jamaica, El Salvador, and Hawaii.]
Additionally, scientists do not understand the how and why of a tropic environment for the North Pole region. [Researchers are not sure what caused the sudden boost of carbon dioxide that set the greenhouse effect on broil. Possible culprits could be huge releases of methane from the ocean, gigantic continent-sized burning of trees, or lots of volcanic eruptions.]
Nevertheless, the fact remains (that due to the changes in solar radiation and intensity on different earth areas over time); using DNA as a biological constant over time that can be used to identify human ancestry, is technically and scientifically incorrect; forever outside the scope of being a primary source tool for competent genealogical or family history research, especially prior to written records.
[Accordingly, (14)C may prove to be a source of genetic alteration that is impossible to avoid due to the universal presence of radiocarbon in the environment.]
After reading the 2014 rootstech Session Viewer, I felt it expedient to add the following references to further justify my immediate concerns.ReplyDelete
[Analysis of two ancient trees found a surge in carbon-14 -- a carbon isotope that derives from cosmic radiation -- which occurred just in AD 774 and AD 775, the team report in the journal Nature on Sunday.] In Tree Rings, Japanese Scientists Find 8th-Century Mystery
[The story begins, in a sense, in classrooms around the world, where students are taught that the rate of decay of a specific radioactive material is a constant. This concept is relied upon, for example, when anthropologists use carbon-14 to date ancient artifacts . . . Their findings strengthened the argument that the strange swings in decay rates were caused by neutrinos from the sun. The swings seemed to be in synch with the Earth's elliptical orbit, with the decay rates oscillating as the Earth came closer to the sun (where it would be exposed to more neutrinos) and then moving away.] The Strange Case of Solar Flares and Radioactive Elements
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Posted by Mom to Will & Cate on Friday, April 25, 2008
Cate is sick again. She has an upper respiratory infection. She just got over one that started two weeks ago. This makes a total of ten since she was born. This is a little unusual since she doesn't go to daycare and isn't around other children much (other than church on Sundays). The reason I'm concerned is that (as some of you know) her newborn screen was positive for cystic fibrosis (CF). We didn't worry too much at first because we have no family history, and she was doing so well. Then, she started falling on the weight portion of her growth chart. So, we had a sweat test (supposedly the confirmatory test for CF) done, which was indeterminate. Her score was too high to be normal and too low to be positive. This lead the doctor to do an "expanded mutation panel." This tests for 97 of the mutations that cause CF. It was negative (yea!). But, when the doctor called to tell me the result, he said there are over 1500 mutations that cause CF, so this doesn't mean she doesn't have CF. I was like, great! I tried to forget about it again, but then she started having all of these colds and respiratory infections. She has even been hospitalized once with one of her infections. She has some other symptoms that are characteristic of CF that I won't go into, but needless to say, I'm worried that she has CF. CF is a chronic disease with no cure. It shortens the lifespan to about 30-35 years. People with more rare mutations can have a slightly better prognosis. In fact, there are some people on the CF forum in their fifties. We're going to talk to Cate's pediatrician Monday about going to see a pediatric pulmonologist who specializes in CF. Hopefully we can get some answers. I hope with all hope that Cate is fine and she doesn't have CF. However, if she does have it, it's important for us to find out as soon as possible so she can get the treatment that requires. Please pray for us as we go on this journey. I'll be posting more updates as they come.
Test Results and More
Posted by Mom to Will & Cate on Monday, April 21, 2008
We got the results on Will's UBE3A test back last week. They were negative. I know to most people this would be great news, but I was actually a little diappointed. I know in my heart Will has Angelman Syndrome (AS), and there is even a doctor who is a national specialist on AS who thinks Will has it too. Now, we'll have to wait on a clinical diagnosis. It doesn't change who Will is or how he would be treated (therapies, etc), but it would have made other things easier. Oh well, I know God knows what He's doing!
I also spoke with that doctor about Cate. I told him about her trouble gaining weight and all the colds and respiratory tract infections she gets. I told him that her newborn screen was positive for cystic fibrosis (CF), that her sweat test was equivocal (no help at all in diagnosing her with CF), and that her mutation panel was negative (makes it less likely that she has CF). I asked him if she should undergo futher testing to diagnose CF, and he said it sounds like she has a malabsorption syndrome and we should see a GI doctor. He said CF would be less likely. This is a good thing because the average life span for someone with CF is 30 years, and malabsorption syndromes are treatable. So, now we're in the process of getting Cate in to see a pediatric gastroenterologist. There is only one group here in Tulsa, and they actually recently had a partner leave, so it will probably take 2-3 months to get in. Pray she does well and continues to grow and that we'll get an answer, one way or another, as to what's going on with our teeny tiny princess!
Happy Birthday Cate!
Posted by Mom to Will & Cate on Friday, April 11, 2008
Yesterday was Cate's first birthday! She had her check-up, and the doctor said she looked great. She weighed in at a mean 18 lbs. 8 oz (10th percentile) and was 29 in. long (50th percentile). He is pleased with her growth and development.
In other news, we're still waiting for the UBE3A test results for Will. The doctor at Baylor said it would take 3-4 weeks, and it's been 2. Pray that I have the patience to wait another week or two without going nuts. More updates to come.
In other news, we're still waiting for the UBE3A test results for Will. The doctor at Baylor said it would take 3-4 weeks, and it's been 2. Pray that I have the patience to wait another week or two without going nuts. More updates to come.


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Ruben Tejada, meet Bernie Madoff.
Mets fans, meet your future until your swindled owner, Fred Wilpon, is replaced by someone who has the financial might Wilpon had when he and Nelson Doubleday bought the team from Doubleday Publishing in 1986.
While the Mets have been little more than a tease since the Bobby Valentine era — blame Yadier Molina for knocking them out of the 2006 World Series — they have stopped even building expectations. They're a New York team that no longer can play the free-agent game and hardly has a farm system that can compete with teams like the Braves, Nationals and Marlins in the National League East. That's a bad combination.
There's not likely to be any hope for the future until the 75-year-old Wilpon, long ago a teammate of Sandy Koufax's at Lafayette High School in Brooklyn, agrees to move aside. He has sought new minority partners but hasn't put the team on the market, although he may be forced to soon.
With Wilpon's empire in Madoff-related collapse, the Mets borrowed money from Major League Baseball in 2010, then needed a $40 million loan from the Bank of America last November. MLB is poised to step in and take control of the team — as it did the Dodgers under Frank McCourt — if Wilpon defaults on that loan.
As they say around the diamond, humm, baby.
The strongest man in the Mets organization at this moment, it would seem, is no-nonsense manager Terry Collins. This says a lot because he's a guy with a 521-519 career record, whose biggest accomplishment is five consecutive runner-up seasons with the Astros and Angels. General manager Sandy Alderson won with the A's, a million years or so ago, but aside from landing top prospect Zach Wheeler for Carlos Beltran he has not made much lemonade with his team at Citi Field.
Nothing will matter more at this point than the question of whether the 22-year-old Tejada is capable of replacing the ultra-popular Jose Reyes at shortstop; it also wouldn't hurt if Reyes turned into a $106 million flop in Miami.
Reyes never really wanted to go on the free-agent market. He would have been fine being a lifelong Met, and might have thought he was going to be one as recently as July 31. That's when Alderson declined efforts from teams such as the Giants, Tigers and Brewers to trade for him. But the Mets were hoping Reyes' injury history — he has averaged only 98 games over the last three years — would lessen the interest in him on the market.
Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria instead traveled to New York to start a whirlwind romance at 12:01 a.m. on Nov. 3, the start of the free-agent period. Tejada essentially became the Mets' shortstop at that moment. He's a solid fielder — better than Reyes, according to defensive metrics — but has shown only average hitting ability. Should Tejada slump, Collins will turn to former Cub and Pirate Ronny Cedeno, who signed for $1 million.
The Mets have had terrible timing with young players. They rushed pitcher Jenrry Mejia to New York and have seen him stall. They declined to trade center fielder Fernando Martinez for years before losing him on waivers in January.
If there's good news, it's that they have an exciting shortstop behind Tejada. Wilmer Flores, who will start in Double A, is a big hitter with dubious hands. But are they as bad as Wilpon's? He let the chance to build a legacy at a beautiful, new ballpark slip through his mitts.
And furthermore: • Wilpon seemed on top of the world as the Mets prepared to move from Shea Stadium into Citi Field in 2009. He funded a $150 million payroll. It could be less than $100 million this season without Reyes.
• Wilpon hardly has been the only Met hurting in recent years. Left-hander Johan Santana, a world-beater with baseball's best fastball-changeup combination for the Twins, has pitched just as well for the Mets (2.85 ERA, compared to 3.22 with the Twins) but hasn't thrown 200 innings since 2008 and missed 2011 after shoulder surgery. Jason Bay, signed to a four-year, $66 million contract, found no miracle cures, leaving him as injury prone as he was with the Pirates and Red Sox. David Wright and first baseman Ike Davis were sidelined much of last season.
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'Sister' wholly if not holy entertaining
Multiple movies satirized, plot twists keep coming in Diversionary Theatre production
Charles Busch's love affair with the movies has inspired a series of over-the-top comedies fueled equally by affection and spoofing.
At Diversionary Theatre, Busch's latest off-Broadway hit, "The Divine Sister," provides an evening of antic entertainment from actors eager to satisfy anyone's curiosity about what might be going on beneath those wimpled habits — at least back in the day when nuns still wore them.
Directed with alternately campy and sentimental brio by Glenn Paris, the divine sister of the title is played by Daren Scott in something of a career breakthrough. Scott has shown growing skill in an expanding range of roles over the last 10 years. At Diversionary, he towers over everyone else and still manages to conjure condescending celluloid nuns played by such stars as Rosalind Russell, Peggy Wood, Debbie Reynolds and Anne Bancroft in films as different as "The Singing Nun" and "Agnes of God."
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When: 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays (plus 8 p.m. June 10); 2 p.m. Sundays. Through June 30.
Where: Diversionary Theatre, 4545 Park Blvd., University Heights
Tickets: $25-51.
Phone: (619) 220-0097
Aside from the fun of identifying the many movies satirized, "The Divine Sister" has a well-made, if dizzy-making, suspenseful plot with so many twists and turns it seems impossible that the show unfolds in just 90 minutes.
Among the funniest developments in the cascade of Busch-crafted surprises is a flashback to Mother Superior's earlier career as crime reporter Susan; she was a career gal just like Hildy Johnson in "His Girl Friday." Scott's Susan (now in a crisply tailored 1930s suit and hat) trades rat-a-tat overlapping dialogue with fellow reporter and soon-to-be lover Jeremy (Dangerfield G. Moore) in a scene that almost exactly mimics the energy of the Howard Hawks film. The moment's truly divine.
Just as fabulous is Maggie Carney, in her Diversionary debut, as the wealthy atheist whose mansion Mother Superior covets for her convent, St. Veronica's. Carney's spot-lit monologues — renouncing God and then her own child — are ripely melodramatic in the best noir tradition. And attention must also be paid to Sister Walburga (the wonderful Jacque Wilke), the skulking German spy in the convent, whose meetings with an albino monk in the basement (also played by Moore) evoke the darkest guilty pleasures of "The DaVinci Code."
Also on hand are the athletic Sister Acacius (Yolanda Franklin), the school's wrestling coach with a lockerful of secrets all her own and the wacky postulant Agnes (Lauren King) whose stigmata turns out to be a pair of maraschino cherries. "The Divine Sister" is that kind of show.
Busch played Mother Superior in the work's off-Broadway premiere in 2010, his latest drag role in a celebrated New York career, where he is best known for "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom" and "Die Mommie Die!" He scored a hit in mainstream theater as well with his 2000 Broadway production of "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife," a show that had many subsequent stagings, including an oddly engrossing one here at 6th and Penn Theatre in 2005.
Such farcical satire can be tough to control, but Paris and company — designers Matt Scott (set), Corey Johnston (costumes), Blair Robert Nelson (sound), and especially Luke Olson (lighting) — visualize and pace Busch's latest to deliver its nearly nonstop laughs, along with a few deeper pleasures.
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It's been a while, yes, but the Tarp Talk gang is back. A little late but the guys talk about possible winners of the closer spot (now Balfour, phew) , and what the rest of the roster should look like, and how small the plane seats are for Wishinsky.
We, actually I Spencer, apologize for this getting to you guys so late. I've had to deal with some family stuff, which as I hope you will understand, took some precedence over this. We have in no way abandoned this. We all love doing this very much. Stay tuned as the season gets under way, we have some very unique and fun things planned. As well as some kick ass guests for you guys. All designed to bring you the A's in a way that will not only entertain, but inform you. Again, my apologies, and I, and we, look forward to sharing this season with you. Go A's!
(Who's staying up all night for the game? Raise your hand! /raises both hands)
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- Who Should the Closer Be? Brian Fuentes or Grant Balfour?
- Who Should man Third Base? Josh Donaldson, Eric Sogard or Adam Rosales?
- Thoughts on Yoenis Cespedes
- Outfield Jam: Who's in? Who's out?
- Who Should man First Base? Brandon Allen, Daric Barton or Kila Ka'aihue?
- Final Bullpen Spots? Andrew Carignan? Jordan Norberto?
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It's pretty appalling -- sad, actually -- to read about a university that's eliminating the entrance exam to its journalism school because it's too hard. The thought being, fewer students would be admitted and it's too costly to run a state-funded program that way. So the university decided to shelve it and give up the chance at a higher accreditation.
And then there's Loyola Law School Los Angeles, which according to a recent article in the New York Times is inflating its grades so its students look more attractive in a competitive job market. Are you kidding me? It also cited Golden Gate University San Francisco, which "deliberately changed (its) grading systems to make (it) more lenient."
I think you get the idea. To me, it sounds crazy. "It's insanity," says professor Marilee Bresciani of San Diego State University, where she specializes in teaching leadership in higher education. And we will all suffer for it as these compromises are made. "We tend to look at higher education as a cost, not as an investment. The money is not being put out to fund innovative learning and creativity. The emphasis is on exams and scores in order to compete. But that's a different kind of learning -- i.e. memorization and regurgitation, not creative thinking or innovation or any kind of deep learning."
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So in other words, when we cut costs, we don't think about how it affects the "quality" of learning. We've just pared it down to just the basics, she says, and after a while you can only get so far with just the basics and memorization.
"Tests are not the best way to measure intelligence. It's a management tool. You should never use one form of data collection to come to a conclusion," adds Bresciani.
I can understand what she means -- that of course it makes sense that in these hard times we need the creative thinkers to come up with the ideas to deal with a different way of living and learning with less. It's a culture that Bresciani taught. I say that in the past tense because that course was eliminated due to budget cuts.
So now, Bresciani is working this summer to produce the course with what few resources she has, including her own time, to offer them on podcasts -- for free!
Now that's creative.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - After a 12-year hiatus, the United States reclaimed first place among top executives in a survey on foreign direct investment sentiment, displacing China as it makes progress toward sustainable and steady economic growth, a study showed on Wednesday.
The United States jumped from fourth place in 2012, according to the 2013 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index, a survey of more than 300 executives from 28 countries by global consulting firm A.T. Kearney.
The survey, conducted between October and November of last year, highlighted executives' views that U.S. workers are becoming more competitive and, until recently, the weakness in the U.S. dollar helped improve the country's exports profile.
Combined with a recovering housing market and the surge in production of unconventional oil and gas, the United States took back the top spot for the first time since 2001 despite still serious fiscal policy uncertainty and sizeable debt issues.
More than half the respondents believe the global economy will recover from the financial crisis and recessions in 2014 (26 percent) and 2015 (28 percent). That is a shift in sentiment from 2010 when 42 percent believed the recovery would occur in just one year.
"Investors are demonstrating more mature judgment about what the risks are and what the expected returns will be and how long it will take the global economy to recover," Paul Laudicina, chairman emeritus of A.T. Kearney, told Reuters in a telephone interview.
The FDI Confidence Index ranks countries on how political, economic and regulatory changes will affect foreign direct investment.
The United States is the top recipient of FDI inflows for a sixth consecutive year, according to the survey.
Respondents were most optimistic about the United States' prospects, with 63 percent expecting some economic growth, compared with 62 percent who believe Europe may have no growth or return to recession over the next three years.
The survey found that roughly 90 percent of investors report the euro zone crisis has or will impact their FDI decisions.
Rounding out the top five in the confidence index are Brazil, Canada and India.
Factors that impacted the outlook for FDI into China include a doubling of labor costs since 2007, rising transportation costs and the appreciation of its currency, the renminbi, which made it less competitive against other low-cost alternatives such as Mexico.
The push by China, the world's second-largest economy, for the last 30 years to be a manufacturing powerhouse has given way to trying to create a more consumer-driven economy, "sparking internal debates about companies' future plans," the survey said.
Investors might be more upbeat today about the world's prospects than years past. Yet they are holding back investments waiting for a clearer solution to current risks such as the economic slowdown in China and the euro zone debt crisis.
The euro zone is mired in a recession that started out of the U.S. financial crisis of 2008-2009.
"I expect when investors look at an individual investment play and opportunity, most cite macroeconomic uncertainty. In fact 71 percent say reasons my company's FDI flows have not recovered to pre-recession levels is because of macroeconomic instability or uncertainty," Laudicina said.
While investors are holding back investments due to worries about the global macroeconomic situation, companies are amassing record cash holdings.
U.S. firms in the S&P 500 Index held $900 billion in cash at the end of June 2012, according to the report, up 40 percent from 2008. Japanese cash rose 75 percent since 2007.
"This surplus could fuel more rapid global growth when the macroeconomic clouds finally dissipate," the report said.
Even while the world economy looks to the United States for economic leadership given its massive monetary policy stimulus program, perceptions of risk between emerging and developed markets are equalizing, the survey said, in nearly all areas save for politics.
"In area after area, from macroeconomic volatility and consumer demand to regulatory barriers and taxation, investors say that developing markets have roughly the same level of risk as developed markets," the survey said.
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