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Dolores Hope
Celebrating 100 Years
Eisenhower Medical Center would not exist today without the generosity of Dolores Hope and her late husband Bob Hope," says Eisenhower Chairman Alvin Shoemaker. "Dolores has worked tirelessly to recruit donors and volunteers who, like her, are committed to maintaining a world-class medical institution in the Coachella Valley. I speak for everyone at Eisenhower in expressing my appreciation and good wishes to Dolores on the remarkable occasion of her 100th birthday [which occurred on May 27, 2009]."
Bob and Dolores Hope donated the 80 acres of land on which Eisenhower was originally built. But Dolores' involvement began even before then, in 1966, when she agreed to serve on the new hospital's board. Dolores has played an active role with Eisenhower ever since, including serving as Eisenhower's Founding President and Chairman of the Board, posts she took on in 1968.
When ground was broken for the hospital in 1969, Bob Hope served as the event's Master of Ceremonies. Dolores was working behind the scenes to raise funds and recruit a group of volunteers who would commit their time and resources to Eisenhower. The result was the Eisenhower Auxiliary, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.What started as an afternoon tea in Dolores' living room became a group of more than 1,500 members.
The Auxiliary has raised more than $20 million for Eisenhower, and its members have donated more than four million hours of service. This year, Dolores has agreed to help celebrate the Auxiliary's anniversary by serving as Honorary Chair of the annual Holiday Voices Gala."Dolores has worked tirelessly to recruit donors and volunteers who, like her, are committed to maintaining a world-class medical institution in the Coachella Valley."—Eisenhower Chairman Alvin Shoemaker
In 1971, Eisenhower Medical Center officially opened its doors. By the time of that opening, Dolores had already presided over two Auxiliary Annual Meetings and three major fundraising events. As President and Chairman of the Board, Dolores directed Eisenhower's continued growth and expansion. During the 1970s, she presented tributes to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Probst, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kiewit and Mrs. Harold (Hazel) Wright at the openings of medical buildings bearing their names, and she and Bob presided over the dedication of the new 47-bed Mamie Eisenhower Wing of Eisenhower Memorial Hospital.
During the 1980s, as the medical center branched into critical new areas, Dolores and Bob Hope continued to be part of every important medical center event, including the planning and openings of the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower, Betty Ford Center at Eisenhower, Barbara Sinatra Children's Center at Eisenhower, Dolores Hope Outpatient Care Center, and Uihlein Administration Building.
Today, Dolores Hope continues to serve on the Board of Directors of Eisenhower Medical Center and as Founding Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees. She has been awarded seven honorary doctorates, has a star dedicated to her on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and a street named after her in New York City. Her contributions to the Coachella Valley community are immeasurable.


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United States Department of Defense
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Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld
|Wednesday, October 8, 2003 5:30 p.m. EDT
Press Conference with Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and NATO Secretary -General Lord Robertson
SEC.-GEN. ROBERTSON: Thank you very much, and thank you for coming here to Colorado Springs to come to this defense -- informal meeting of ministers of defense. And I'm pleased to be here with you with Secretary Rumsfeld to brief you on what we've been doing.
We had a study seminar this morning called Dynamic Response -- (inaudible) -- seven. At the meeting of alliance defense ministers held in June earlier this year, Secretary Rumsfeld kindly invited his colleagues to come to Colorado to participate in a ground-breaking event in conjunction with the informal meeting that we have been having.
The theme of the seminar today was transformation, and the vehicle for addressing it was NATO's new Response Force. Defense ministers and senior officials, both civil and military, were presented with a complex scenario set in 2007, which drew out the implications of transformation and examined how the NATO Response Force might operate in a fictional crisis. The scenario involved a NATO stabilization operation in a fictitious partner country, and a parallel and linked terrorist threat involving chemical and biological weapons; not a likely eventuality, but by no means an impossible one, either.
As the scenario unfolded, ministers discussed freely the implications for them as decision-makers and for their national armed forces as well as for NATO. This was, I have to say, one of the best discussions that we've had among ministers in my four years as secretary-general, but because it was private and designed to inform and provoke, but not to reach decisions or conclusions, I can't go into details about what ministers said. But I can say that the seminar reached the following common understandings on what needs to be done.
First, future crises will require prompt decisionmaking in national capitals, advanced planning in NATO, and rules of engagement to deal with the unexpected. Second, crises which start small can finish big, and crises can happen concurrently. NATO, therefore, needs to be be more flexible and be able to support multiple and prolonged operations. Third, better intelligence gathering, analysis and sharing is needed at all stages in a crisis. Fourth, NATO needs good, practical working relations with the United Nations, the European Union, other organizations and countries in a crisis region, and we need to be able to explain what we're doing and why we're doing it, to our publics and parliaments. And finally, NATO countries must complete the Prague transformation agenda and make their armed forces much more genuinely usable for deployed operations.
In my view, the study seminar was a great success. It generated a range of insights into the continuing process of NATO's transformation. And I am hoping that we can have other such imaginative events organized along with future ministerial meetings.
I now ask Secretary Rumsfeld for his impressions before I come back and deal with the other elements of this ministerial meeting here in Colorado Springs.
SEC. RUMSFELD: Thank you.
Good afternoon. As the secretary-general indicated, we have really done something that's never been done before at NATO, and that is to conduct an exercise seminar involving all of the NATO ministers of defense, the chiefs of defense, and the NATO ambassadors. The seminar tested the potential capabilities of the new and evolving NATO response force and its ability to deal with the types of asymmetric threats that NATO is likely to face in the future.
It was hypothetical, but it was designed to deal with real world threats and capabilities. I think it was useful. I know I learned some things. And I hope others feel the same way.
It was last year that the United States recommended to NATO ministers that they fashion a NATO response force. So the progress has been swift. And the seminar underlined the importance of that decision last year and highlighted the need for that response force to have capabilities that are agile, swift and lethal so that this wonderful alliance of ours can respond quickly and effectively to rapidly unfolding crises. It also highlights the need for NATO to transform not only our forces and capabilities, but also to bring NATO's decision-making structures up to date so that NATO military commanders can take decisive action against fast-moving threats in the 21st century.
I should add that a point of an exercise like this is to challenge alliance leaders with hypothetical but, hopefully, realistic scenarios to test our strengths and our weaknesses so we can study and discuss what we might do to improve our ability to respond.
We had a good discussion following the seminar. Those discussions will continue this afternoon and tomorrow. The ministers will be meeting to plan the next steps forward for the alliance. The seminar, I should add, was designed by NATO and the staff of the Allied Transformation Command, not by the United States. All the ministers were participants, as was the secretary-general, the chiefs and the ambassadors.
I want to say how particularly grateful to Brigadier General Christiansen (sp) of Norway, and his team, and all those who contributed to the design and presentation of this seminar, for their insights and their hard work.
We also appreciate the hospitality of the folks at the National Integration Center at Shriever Air Force Base.
SEC.-GEN. ROBERTSON: Thank you.
Just let me sketch out what's going to happen the rest of today and tomorrow. NATO and the invited nations' ministers will meet this afternoon to discuss the alliance's overall transformation efforts. There will be a ministers-only dinner this evening, which will be an opportunity to continue our discussions in a more intimate setting. I expect that the key theme will be how we can increase the deployability and usability of NATO's forces.
This is one of the biggest challenges before the alliance. Out of 1.4 million non-U.S. soldiers under arms, the 18 non-American allies have around 55,000 deployed on multinational operations in the Balkans, Afghanistan and elsewhere, and yet they feel overstretched. One-point-four million in uniform, 55,000 in operations -- that equals overstretched. That is a situation that is unacceptable.
And if operations such as ISAF in Afghanistan are to succeed, then we have got to generate more usable soldiers and have the political will to deploy more of them on multinational operations. The blunt message from Colorado is going to be this. We need real, deployable soldiers, not paper armies.
And following on from that issue of usability, we'll tomorrow take up NATO's current operations, especially those in Afghanistan and in the Balkans. And at 12:00 tomorrow I will hold a concluding press conference.
Thereafter we will -- the ministers will be joined for a working lunch by the Russian defense minister, Sergey Ivanov, after which the NATO ministers will hold an informal meeting with him. Issues will include current operations and defense reform and the future agenda for the NATO-Russia Council.
MODERATOR: Thanks very much for those introductions. We now go to the questions. First of all, Jamie McIntyre, please.
Q Jamie McIntyre with CNN. Mr. Secretary, are you at all miffed with Condoleezza Rice over the handling of this NSC memorandum?
SEC. RUMSFELD: No.
Q And do you believe that the press has mischaracterized the memo and its implications?
SEC. RUMSFELD: Well, not at all. The task of the NSC is to coordinate among the departments, agencies. That's what its charter is.
I was asked if I had happened to have seen it, and the fact is, I hadn't seen it. It was apparently at a lower level. I get three or four memos from the NSC a day and send out three or four to other agencies. I think, with the Chicago Cubs in the play-offs and what's going on in California, one could find something more important than that.
Q You're not --
SEC. RUMSFELD: I'm Cub fan; it's true. (Laughter.)
MODERATOR: Okay. We'll go to the next question. Laurent Zecchini of Le Monde, please.
Q Laurent Zecchini from Le Monde. Secretary of Defense, you have asked NATO countries to provide more troops in Afghanistan and in Iraq. Till now their response has been very poor. What does that mean? Does that mean, for instance, as one U.S. official said recently, that NATO is in an excellent shape and that NATO has fully recovered from the Iraqi crisis?
SEC. RUMSFELD: Let me just take your question and try to correct it. And it may not be easy, but -- you began by saying the response has been very poor. You're wrong. The response has been excellent. The secretary of State and the head of the Central Command last year began the process of working with other countries, NATO as well as others, went out to something in excess of 100 countries, I believe. And at the present time we have 32 countries in Iraq. Of the NATO nations -- there are 19 NATO nations, excluding the United States, there's 18, and we have 11 of those countries currently in Iraq, and an additional one announced this week that they intended to offer troops. That would be 12 out of 18. That is not a poor response. Of the NATO invitees, six of seven are currently in Iraq. So all of this myth about poor response and going it alone is simply that: a myth.
Now, what else has happened? NATO has stepped forward and provided assistance to Spain and the forces of Poland and some others that are in that multinational division to help them and assist them in that process. So NATO has responded, I would say, very, very well.
I should add one thing. The first time the North Atlantic Treaty Organization did anything outside of Europe was right after September 11th, here in the United States, when they deployed AWACS. The first time NATO has done anything outside of the NATO treaty area was within the last recent weeks, when they took over the responsibility for the International Stabilization Assistance Force in Afghanistan. That is a huge commitment. That is a big thing, the first time in fifty-plus years that NATO has undertaken an assignment outside of the treaty area. And it's in Afghanistan. That is, to me, something that ought to be noted. And I would hope that people would note it as a significant departure in the past practice of the alliance.
SEC.-GEN. ROBERTSON: Okay. Next question here, please.
Q I'm Tom Squitieri with USA Today. Lord Robertson, last week the Russians announced that they were going to consider a new policy on nuclear weapons: that is, including them for the possible preemptive use for terrorist actions and others. About a year ago the Bush administration announced a similar policy in its nuclear posture review. Are you concerned that this would be a trend evolving, and will this issue be among the discussions tomorrow?
SEC.-GEN. ROBERTSON: Well, I have no doubt that when Minister Sergei Ivanov comes tomorrow he'll want to expand on the fairly sketchy details which came out of the meeting that President Putin had with his commanders last week. That is what these NATO-Russia meetings are all about. I spoke to Minister Sergei Ivanov at the end of last week about some of these reports, and he was at pains to tell me that he thought some of the reports bore no relation to what the reality was. So tomorrow will be an excellent opportunity for us to go over some of that and to hear more information and perhaps to exchange things as well. We've reached a remarkable level of trust in our relationship with Russia today, and I think that's good news for the world.
MODERATOR: Charlie, please.
Q Mr. Secretary, I wonder if we just might very briefly revisit Iraq, sir. You told reporters pointedly, it seems, yesterday that you were not involved in any discussions on this new White House -- and as the team with authority over Iraq. Do you not feel, sir, that perhaps the White House or others in the administration went behind your back to diminish your authority in Iraq?
SEC. RUMSFELD: Not at all, Charlie. The reality is that the National Security Council's responsibility is to do exactly what this one-page memo says they should do. It happened that it apparently was discussed at the undersecretary or the assistant secretary level, and not at my level. It need not have been. It is not a problem or an issue.
The idea that -- and think about Iraq and what's taking place. You've got political activity that's taking place that the Coalition Provisional Authority is working on. You have the economic activity that's taking place. I think that -- I think there are 17 countries participating in the Coalition Provisional Authority with Ambassador Bremer. And then, you have the security responsibilities.
The president made a decision to start it out with Jerry Bremer reporting to me. The implication in the press was that he was going to report to the White House or Condi Rice. As Condi has indicated, that was not the import of the memo, that's not what the memo said, that's not what was intended. We know that that activity, as it matures, will migrate over at the Department of States. I mean, that's how -- where ambassadors report. And eventually, it will arrive there at some point. And that would be a decision would make at some point as these -- as the task kind of moves less security towards more political and economic, one would think.
But I just am really quite surprised about all of this (foofa ?) about this memo. It's a little, short, one-page memo.
Q (Off mike.)
SEC. RUMSFELD: Not that I can see.
MODERATOR: Okay, let's move on please. Jonathan, please. Jonathan Marcus (ph), please.
Q Jonathan Marcus (ph), BBC. Question for you, Secretary Rumsfeld. Transformation is very much at the top of your agenda. It's now very high on NATO's agenda as well. We see the new rapid- reaction force they're developing as so on. Isn't one of the lessons though of the fighting in Iraq that however magnificently transformed a force may be, however capable it may be of winning light with all the new information technologies and so on, you still at the end of the day need significant numbers of soldiers on the ground? And isn't there a danger that one of the by-products of this whole transformational effort will be insufficient boots on the ground to actually carry out the peacekeeping and nation-building missions?
SEC. RUMSFELD: I guess time will tell. I think that there seem to be a certain category of people who believe more is better in terms of troops. It's not clear that that's the case, either with respect to warfighting or with respect to post-war stabilization activities.
For whatever reason, General Abizaid is consistently receiving information from all of his commanders in Iraq that they not only do not need more forces, they do not want more forces, that they feel more forces would be not helpful but unhelpful. More forces require more force protection. More forces require more logistics. More forces, U.S. and coalition forces, create the impression of an occupation. They put more of a non-Iraqi face on what's taking place.
The number foreign forces in Afghanistan are relatively modest, as I'm sure you're aware. The -- what's taking place in Iraq today is, I think, important to understand conceptually. There are three categories of forces: There are U.S. forces. There are coalition forces. And there are Iraqi forces. The Iraqi forces did not exist on May 1st. They started working with the plans that existed to develop an Iraqi police force, an Iraqi army, Iraqi site-protection forces, Iraqi civil defense forces, and Iraqi border forces. They have gone from zero to 56,000 Iraqis providing security in Iraq in about three and a half or four months. Another 14,000 have been recruited and are in training. They have projections to dramatically continue the growth in the Iraqis.
So what you have is a total number that's here. And portion U.S., portion coalition, and coming up under it is a very large number of Iraqi forces. In my view, that is what ought to be done.
The goal of the coalition is not to become the permanent provider of security for that country. Rather, it is to be there for a short period, whatever it takes, assist in getting the Iraqi forces up to speed and armed and equipped and trained so that they can, in fact, provide for Iraq's security, which is the job of Iraqis, not of Americans, not of coalition forces, except for a period, and then allow them to take that over, just as the same thing's true in the political area, where the transition will go from the Coalition Provisional Authority, a transfer of sovereignty over a period of time to the Iraqi government as it evolves.
So, the people who are saying that there should be more total forces, it seems to me -- foreign forces, it seems to me are probably not right. We'll find out over time. At least at the moment, it is the unanimous view of every commander that General Abizaid has talked to. I'm sure you can find somebody who doesn't agree with it somewhere; that won't be hard because no one ever looks for 100 percent. But at least at the moment, that is the best judgment of the coalition military authorities, and I accept that and believe it's correct.
SEC.-GEN. ROBERTSON: Could I just briefly add, in terms of general transformation, that it cannot be simply seen as sort of some buzz word that has to do with technology. Of course transformation has to do with using new technologies against new threats in the future. But we see it, and ministers today have agreed, we have to see it in terms of flexibility and agility against asymmetric and unconventional threats.
You know, one of what I consider to be a key achievement during my term of office as secretary-general was the creation of Supreme Allied Command Transformation. And I did it not alone, but with Secretary Rumsfeld, because it ties in with Joint Forces Command in the United States of America. But what it does is to say we need to get our armed forces fit and ready and able to meet the security challenges of the future in order to ensure that people will remain as safe as they feel now.
We've actually got plenty of people in uniform. In the non-U.S. countries, it's 1.5 million regular and a million on top of that of reservists, with the vast majority of them being still configured for territorial defense when there is no extraterritorial en enemy. Now, so long as you have so many unusable soldiers, the taxpayers are being ripped off. It is a bad bargain for the taxpayers when they expect usable, deployable, survivable, well-equipped troops to be available to deal with each and every crisis that they are called upon to deal with, and yet we don't have them. So we are graduating our ambitions according to what we can deliver. And I think sometimes there's a danger that ambition severely outpaces the ability to deliver on it. But more and more of the defense ministers today and indeed last week at the EU meeting were saying we have to get more deployable soldiers and we are willing to make the changes that will allow for more of our forces to be deployable. That's transformation. That's what it's all about.
MODERATOR: Lady there, please. Go ahead.
Q Secretary Rumsfeld, as you know, there is a growing opposition to Turkish troops' deployment in Iraq, not only from the Kurds but also from the Iraqi Governing Council. How do you see this? Are they challenging your policy, the U.S. policy? And how you are going to handle this?
SEC. RUMSFELD: One would hope, skillfully. I'm not sure that you properly characterized the situation, with all respect. The Iraqi Governing Council I do not believe has had a vote opposing Turkish troops in Iraq. There have been one or maybe two members of the Iraqi Governing Council who have opined that they might prefer that that not be the case, but to my knowledge there's not been a full action of any type by the council, unless there's something I don't know.
You think there has been?
Q Yes, because according to all report, they decided unanimously, and also the Iraqi foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, said many times and only yesterday in London said very clearly that they oppose any -- the foreign minister.
SEC. RUMSFELD: I think I'm right. If I'm wrong, I apologize to everybody, but I believe I'm right that the council has not acted.
Does anyone here know that they have? Or haven't?
STAFF: (Off mike.)
SEC. RUMSFELD: The government's understanding is that I'm correct. I -- .
SEC.-GEN. ROBERTSON: We've got time for two --
SEC. RUMSFELD: Very wise. (Laughter.)
SEC.-GEN. ROBERTSON: We've got time for two final quick questions, so let's give --
SEC. RUMSFELD: Just a minute. Just a minute. Just a minute. Just a minute.
Second, your question said there's growing opposition. It's not clear to me that that's the case at all. Let me describe the circumstance.
The circumstance is the United States has roughly 130,000 troops there. We have 32 other countries that have varying numbers of troops. Those troops are going to have to rotate out at some point. They're not going to stay there in perpetuity. They're going to stay there for a period and then be replaced. And the total level will depend on how successful we are in increasing the number of Iraqis. During this period, the Coalition Provisional Authority has the responsibility for providing security in the country. We have to do that in the way that we believe is best. And what I'm sure Jerry Bremer is doing -- Ambassador Bremer and General Abizaid, is working with the Iraqis and working with the other coalition countries to find a way that the offer, as I understand it, by the Turkish government to provide some troops can be done in a way that's satisfactory to Turkey, satisfactory to General Abizaid and satisfactory to the key people in the Iraqi Governing Council. And I have a strong suspicion that in whatever period of time -- you know, some days, some weeks -- some period of time, we'll find it all works out.
MODERATOR: We've got to have the two very brief final questions.
First, to you.
Q (Name and affiliation inaudible.) Although the -- (word inaudible) -- scenario this morning was hypothetical, it was not so hypothetical. You put it up in the Mediterranean. That is something like a forecast; it's a message. And Greece, as a NATO state, has a special interest on that?
SEC. RUMSFELD: I'm sorry to have to keep doing this to these questioners. You're wrong. (Laughter.) It was hypothetical. It was not a forecast, and it was not a message. You have to put it someplace. Where would you have liked to have had it?
Q (Off mike.)
SEC. RUMSFELD: Well, fine. (Laughter.) Next time, we'll try that! (Laughter.)
MODERATOR: Okay, we go to the final question. Moscow, it's to you, and that's the last one.
Q (Name and affiliation inaudible.)
Secretary Rumsfeld, here.
SEC.-GEN. ROBERTSON: Down in front. Down in front.
Q I'm right here.
SEC. RUMSFELD: (Chuckling.) Oh, I'm sorry. I couldn't find you.
Q In less than two weeks, there will be the conference for the reconstruction in Iraq in Madrid. But the time passes and the U.N. resolution is not -- has not already approved. How serious do you think that the fact that the resolution has not been approved, how can affect to the results of the conference? And besides, do you think that the Europeans should make more effort in economical terms, in money, as you are providing now?
SEC. RUMSFELD: Well, I'm been out here for a couple of days, so I'm not as current as I might be as to what's taking place in New York and with respect to Secretary Powell and the discussions that are taking place on the resolution.
I don't know the answer to your question as to what effect it might or might not have. My guess is it might have somewhat more effect on troop proposals than it would on donors. But I don't know that for sure. It could have an effect on donors when you think about the international lending organizations, I would think, more than individual countries.
The donors' conference, as you suggest, is going to be held in, I believe, Madrid, Spain, later this month. And it -- we are -- have thus far, I'm told, very good response from countries. And we are certainly -- we believe that the basic task of rebuilding Iraq belongs to the Iraqis. And our task, our role, really, is to get them started. And we believe that it's -- we're happy as a country to -- and the Congress, I'm sure, will be passing some funds to assist Iraq. The Iraqis have funds of their own, which will be coming when they get their oil revenues up. And in addition, we believe that the international community has a big interest in seeing that Iraq is successful.
So, we believe that over time, we'll find that there will be international donors. There already have been some numbers of many hundreds of millions of dollars that have been donated in one way or another by various countries around the world, and I suspect we'll find that that number will grow over time as the Department of State and Department of Treasury work with other countries to increase it.
Before we close this off, I would like to say this is the secretary-general's last informal NATO meeting. He has another ministerial meeting or two in Brussels. But we are very pleased to have him here in the United States. He has done an absolutely first-rate job for this alliance, and we are grateful.
Thank you, sir.
SEC.-GEN. ROBERTSON: Thank you very much.
STAFF: Secretary Rumsfeld, Secretary-General, thank you very much indeed for that.
Ladies and gentlemen, before you go, just to remind you, as the secretary-general said, that Lord Robertson will be back here tomorrow at 12 noon for another press conference and will update you on the progress on the meeting. So please, see you back then. But in the meantime, have a pleasant afternoon and evening.
Goodbye. Thank you.
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There is a lot of chatter going on in the Mid Atlantic about PG Super 25, which is the region's new tournament program. All amateur baseball teams will have the opportunity to become the No. 1 team in their region and represent that region in the Perfect Game Super25 National Championship. The Perfect Game Super25 mission is simply to keep baseball a "Team Sport" for decades to come. By keeping teams together from the qualifying tournaments, through the regional tournaments and onto the championships, the Perfect Game Super25 emphasizes team commitment, integrity, chemistry and the reward of winning as a team. By bringing the region together we want new teams to see new faces and create new matchups that were not created before. With that said, the Mid Atlantic region is proud to announce the inaugural 11U pre-season rankings and honorable mentions.
Favorite: Akadema Warriors Black
The Warriors Black, win with team speed, great baseball awareness and relentless pressure in every inning. This team is comprised of kids that have played together for years. These factors are always in effect when it comes to this team from the Diamond State.
John McAdams' Projected Region Representative: SJ Titans
This hard-nosed program from South Jersey, knows exactly what it takes to get through the rigors of tournament baseball. I have personally seen this team play. They put relentless pressure on you and scratch for every run. I think they are primed for a long run, in this new tournament series.
Gary Wilson's Projected Region Representative: Spooky Nook Baseball
This is my sleeper pick. This fundamentally sound baseball team has the chance to beat anyone in their age group. It is going to be exciting to see what type of noise they can create in the Mid Atlantic region.
Impact Matchup: #1 Akadema Warriors BBA Black vs #2 Beaver Valley Red
What more could we possibly ask for. These two juggernauts very well could see each other, with the PG Super National Championship berth on the line, in Glassboro,NJ.
Other Teams That Received Top 25 Votes: Baseball U PA, Big Leagues Academy, Brooklyn Bonnies, CK's Cardinals, DB Razorbacks, Delaware Diamonds, Delco Bandits, EDGE Baseball, Flood City Elite, In The Zone Angels, Louisville Sluggers Elite, MSI Muckdawgs, NE Pride, NE Titans, NJ Explosion, NY Empire, PBI Eagles, Rawlings Diamond Hawks, Sandbox Skills Baseball, SJ Braves, SJ Sandsharks, SJ Warriors, South Surge, Stonersville Flames, Syracuse Sports Zone, TM Baseball Academy (Bronx)


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How Your Sister's Sexual Assault Can Lead to Fame and Fortune: The Antoine Dodson Story
There are many interesting ways to earn a living in our post-industrial economy. Like ranting on camera about your sister being nearly raped. That's what Antoine Dodson did—now he's got a Hot 100 Billboard single!
You of course remember Antoine Dodson: He's the Huntsville, Alabama guy whose flamboyant eloquence in a local news report about a stranger crawling into his sister's bed propelled him to Viral Video Stardom last month. And, as in a few other cases, Antoine's Viral Video Stardom isn't so much different than Real World Stardom, as detailed in the New York Times. He's got:
- A single that reached #3 on iTunes and is currently #89 on the Bill Board Hot 100 chart (courtesy of the autotuned Gregory Brothers remix)
- Numerous television appearances, an attorney, an official website, 80,000 Facebook fans.
- Catchphrases: "Hide Yo' Kids, Hide Yo' Wife," "We gon find you" (available on official merchandise!)
- The same uneasiness surrounding some famous black entertainers when they are funny in a certain kind of way. (Baratunde Thurston, the cofounder of the black politics Jack And Jill Politics, said of the video "People online seemed to be laughing at him and not with him (because he wasn't laughing), as Dodson fulfilled multiple stereotypes in one short news segment.")
Almost makes us think the worst part about the Jessi Slaughter saga was that she had bad management.
With the profits from the single (He's splitting 50-50 with the Gregory Brothers) and donations via Paypal, Antoine tells the Times he's got enough money to "move my family from the projects." Maybe he'll open up that salon he's been dreaming about. (Yes, Antoine is gay.) This is good, because that bed intruder is still at large. And now he's probably walking around wearing an official "Hide Yo' Kids, Hide Yo' Wife" shirt, just to fuck with us.


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Shocked Scurrah confident the Warriors are cleanSimon Plumb
Published: February 9 2013 - 7:24PM
Warriors CEO Wayne Scurrah is confident his side are clean from performance-enhancing drugs and doesn't want the club's 2011 NRL grand final loss to Manly - a club feeling the heat in Australia's drug scandal – to be investigated.
Former Sea Eagles star Matt Orford has revealed Manly players were subject to injecting calves blood during their NRL championship-winning season of 2008. At the time, Stephen Dank was the club's sports consultant – the same man at the centre of an AFL supplements scandal.
Dank left Manly in 2010 but Scurrah has no concerns that suspect practices could have continued at the Sea Eagles through to the 2011 season – when they beat the Warriors for the NRL title.
"I think what everyone is hearing is pure speculation and gossip-mongering. I think it would be totally unfair to make any allegation against any club or player until there was something concrete," Scurrah told the Sunday Star-Times.
"I don't even want to mention another club."
As for his own team, Scurrah says the events of the last week have come as a shock and the Warriors have reacted by double-checking internal procedures.
Scurrah says there is no cause for concern within the Warriors.
"I'm very confident about the conduct at the club," he said.
"We've made sure there was nothing of any concern. Nothing within this club to be alarmed of at all.
"We've been checking back with our drug testing people and with key people inside the club on whether there was anything they were aware of. We've always had a clean bill of health.
"It's come as a pretty big shock to us."
Scurrah said until billionaire Owen Glen's recent co-ownership of the club, the Warriors had not been able to afford a sophisticated sport science programme.
"We've never really delved into the areas of sport science significantly," he said.
"This year has seen the most significant investment with equipment and analysts, but it's more along traditional training methods."
Scurrah said as far as the Warriors were concerned the situation is in a "holding pattern" until specifics from the Australian Crime Commission's report are released.
This story was found at: http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/shocked-scurrah-confident-the-warriors-are-clean-20130209-2e59w.html


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NASA FCU Launches Gift Cards Through ATMs
The 84,000 members of the $1.3 billion NASA Federal Credit Union are now able to purchase Visa branded gift cards through at least some of their credit union's ATMs.
The new gift card enabled machines are located at several of the credit union's branches in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.
NASA FCU CEO Doug Allman said the new program is another important step forward. "Our focus has always been on providing value-driven, secure products and services that reflect the needs of the members we serve," Allman said. "Because we understand the demands of hectic schedules, offering ATM-dispensed Visa gift cards delivers leading-edge technology that provides one-stop convenience for our members' banking and gift giving needs."
The credit union partnered with Better ATM Services, a technology integration firm based in Mesa, Ariz., which has launched a similar gift card through ATM partnership with Banner FCU in Phoenix, only with Discover-branded cards.
The cards are not embossed and are made of a thinner material that has been rigorously tested for durability and meets Visa's strict requirements for reliable, secure acceptance, the credit union said.
The gift cards are dispensed directly from the cash tray and are accompanied by coupons that provide consumers with value-added incentives. The cards can be used wherever Visa gift cards are accepted.


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Blepharitis is swelling or inflammation of the eyelids, usually where the eyelash hair follicles are located.
Eyelid inflammation
In people with blepharitis, too much oil is produced by the glands near the eyelid. The exact reason for this problem is not known. Blepharitis is more likely to be seen with:
Blepharitis may be linked to repeated styes and chalazia.
The eyelids appear red and irritated, with scales that stick to the base of the eyelashes. The eyelids may be:
You may feel like you have sand or dust in your eye when you blink. Sometimes, the eyelashes may fall out and the eyelids may become scarred.
An examination of the eyelids during an eye examination is usually enough to diagnose blepharitis.
Careful daily cleansing of the eyelid edges helps remove the skin oils that cause bacteria to grow too much. Your health care provider might recommend using baby shampoo or special cleansers. Antibiotic ointments may also be helpful.
If you have blepharitis:
The likely outcome is good with treatment. You may need to keep the eyelid clean to prevent repeated problems. Continuing treatment will make the eyes less red and more comfortable.
Call for an appointment with your health care provider if symptoms worsen or do not improve after careful cleansing of the eyelids for several days.
Cleaning eyelids carefully will help prevent blepharitis. If a specific skin condition is present, it should be treated.
Ganatra JB, Goldstein MH. Blepharitis. In: Yanoff M, Duker JS, eds. Ophthalmology. 3rd ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby Elsevier; 2008:chap 4.4.
Yanoff M, Cameron D. Diseases of the visual system. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 431.
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The markets returned to trading on Halloween, and right out of the box, PVH (NYSE:PVH) announced it was acquiring Warnaco (NYSE:WRC) for $2.9 billion as part of its strategy to become the world's largest apparel business.
With PVH paying the equivalent of $68.43 per share, Warnaco shareholders would receive a 34% premium to its Oct. 26 closing price of $50.88. The news sent Warnaco's stock up almost 40% and PVH's by 20%.
The thing is, it's rare for both parties to experience such a jump. So what does this mean for investors?
A Global Powerhouse
The deal makes incredible sense for PVH. Argue all you want about the price, but it never seemed right for a company with almost $6 billion in revenue to license something as valuable as Calvin Klein jeans. Calvin Klein has approximately 60 licensing arrangements across its three brands — Calvin Klein Collection, ck Calvin Klein and Calvin Klein — with Warnaco easily its biggest licensee by revenue.
In addition to bringing the jeanswear back in-house, PVH will regain trademarks owned by Warnaco for underwear, sleepwear and loungewear. The combined PVH/WRC business will have $8 billion in revenue and two of the biggest global brands in Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger.
In other words, this is a real powerhouse.
Warnaco's strong presence in Asia and Latin America provides immediate growth outside the U.S. and Europe, where PVH's strength lies. Prior to the deal, 7% of PVH's estimated 2012 revenue was in Asia and Latin America; after acquiring Warnaco, that number doubles to 15%, and its North American revenue conversely falls 8 percentage points to 58% overall.
Even better, EBIT earnings in Asia and Latin America go from 13% of the overall pie to 21% –– within shouting distance of its European operations.
To be a global player in apparel, you have to operate in many parts of the world. The combination gives PVH a presence in more than 100 countries and a real opportunity to develop the emerging markets of China, India, Brazil and Mexico.
But Not Everyone Is Thrilled
As soon as news of the deal broke, lawyers were lining up to recruit investors unhappy with the price Warnaco's board ultimately agreed upon.
It doesn't matter that shareholders will receive $2.12 billion in cash and 10% ownership in the merged businesses, or that its stock has achieved an annualized total return of 19.6% since emerging from bankruptcy on Feb. 4, 2003 — considerably higher than 5.4% for the S&P 500 in that same time frame.
Nor does it seem to matter to the ambulance chasers that PVH is valuing Warnaco's enterprise value at 9 times its 2012 estimated EBITDA. TPG Capital and Leonard Green paid 8.6 times J. Crew's trailing 12-month EBITDA in March 2011 when the two private equity firms acquired the trendy retailer.
I'm sure there's a recent example where someone has paid more than nine times EBITDA for a decent-sized apparel company … I just haven't been able to find one.
Fiduciary duty includes more than getting the highest price. Given their relationship, to not discuss a deal could also be interpreted as a breach of this duty.
Warnaco shareholders also should remember that CEO Helen McCluskey only took charge last December and was just beginning to work on her new strategic plan. Talks between the two companies have been on and off since 2003; they heated up once again in June when PVH chief executive Manny Chirico offered $62 a share and McCluskey countered with $69 — almost exactly where the two parties settled.
I'm not sure how she could have done better considering Warnaco was in the middle of restructuring its European operations, which resulted in an $11.3 million operating loss for its sportswear (Calvin Klein) group in the second quarter. A larger offer seems highly unlikely because both VF Corp. (NYSE:VFC) and Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) aren't good fits, leaving very few realistic prospects that could manage this size of transaction.
When One Door Closes …
An interesting side note to this deal is True Religion Brand Jeans (NASDAQ:TRLG).
The Los Angeles maker of premium denim officially put itself up for sale Oct. 10, and its stock jumped 22% on the news. Warnaco was considered one of the strategic buyers interested in the brand; that's obviously not going to happen at this point. However, it does provide an interesting bet for speculative investors.
As I said previously, Warnaco's enterprise value is nine times EBITDA. True Religion's growth is similar to Calvin Klein's, and its EBITDA margin is 21% — 9.4 percentage points points higher than Warnaco itself. Yet True Religion currently has an enterprise value that is just 5.3 times EBITDA, and that's after the 22% spike.
With $6.22 a share in cash, short-term investments and no debt, an argument can be made in light of the Warnaco deal that True Religion ultimately will be sold for 7 to 9 times EBITDA, which translates to a share price of $32 at the low end and $39 on the high end. A deal appears imminent.
Bottom Line
Chirico says it will take PVH three years to digest Warnaco, while still integrating Tommy Hilfiger. Therefore, don't expect any more action out of PVH for at least 18 to 24 months.
While PVH's debt load is going to double with the Warnaco acquisition, its cash flow will easily be able to pay down a good chunk over the next three years. PVH stock looks attractive below $100 and fairly valued where it sits now. If you're a long-term investor, I'd have no concerns owning its stock.
For speculative investors, however, the play here is True Religion. Thanks to PVH putting a fire under apparel M&A, its value just went up.
As of this writing, Will Ashworth did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.


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I installed ZA free on 2 of my computers to try it out. Installation on notebook with vista is fine.
The problem is with the "community" computer. The one with the printer and the external back up drive.
XP with service pack 3 and as up to date as it gets.
Latest free version of ZA.
Firefox is the default browser, as on the vista install that works.
I've had 2 chat sessions with tech support and they had no idea and told me to join this forum for a better chance at an answer, so here I am.
In the zone alarm window under the right most tab the
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If I log on as any of the 6 users on this computer it's still the same. However if I "switch" users it works?!?!?!?
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Kazmir can seize moment in Game 2
Maddon confident in lefty's talent as consistency issues linger
By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com
There's no better time for Kazmir to live up to Maddon's expectations than now. On Friday, Kazmir will take the mound for Tampa Bay in a critical Game 2 of its American League Division Series, with a chance to give the Rays a 2-0 edge over the White Sox before the series moves to Chicago.
"He's just going to feel it. I know it's in the near future -- so I really have a lot of confidence in the start tomorrow."
Kazmir, who already owns a host of Tampa Bay's all-time pitching records at just 24 years old, could've easily received the honor of being the Rays' starter in the opener against Chicago. Instead, Maddon gave James Shields the nod for Game 1, considering he's emerged as Tampa Bay's most consistent hurler.
As hoped, Shields worked into the seventh inning during Tampa Bay's 6-4 win over Chicago in Game 1. The left-handed Kazmir used the game to scout the White Sox, specifically when fellow Rays lefty J.P. Howell spun a shutout inning of relief in the eighth. Kazmir's style falls more in line with Howell than with Shields.
"I was looking more at J.P. Howell's outing," Kazmir said. "Just lefty-on-lefty, trying to see how he went about it and everything. [Shields and I] are different pitchers and he throws a lot more offspeed. With J.P. having a fastball and a curveball, it works more into my game."
Kazmir has had his share of stuggles this season, but he's performed well against the White Sox. For his career, Kazmir is 3-1 with a 3.34 ERA in five outings against Chicago, and the southpaw has gone 1-0 with a 2.08 ERA in two starts against the club this year. On Friday, he'll be paired against White Sox lefty Mark Buehrle.
Game 2: Just the facts
Tropicana Field, 6:07 p.m. ET
|White Sox starter: LHP Mark Buehrle
|2008 on road: 4-9, 5.05 ERA
|2008 vs. Rays: 0-1, 4.58 ERA
|Career vs. Rays: 6-2, 4.24 ERA
|Career postseason: 2-0, 3.42 ERA, 1 save (two relief appearances)
|Rays starter: LHP Scott Kazmir
|2008 at home: 8-2, 2.90 ERA
|2008 vs. White Sox: 1-0, 2.08 ERA
|Career vs. White Sox: 3-1, 3.34 ERA
|Career postseason: First appearance
|Rays lead series, 1-0. The team that has won Game 1 of an ALDS is 12-14 in those series.
|Game 1: Rays 6, White Sox 4
|Did You Know? The White Sox are now 4-17 on artificial turf this year, including Thursday's loss. They've lost 12 of those games by two runs or fewer.
Maddon has been forced to use his bullpen more often on days Kazmir takes the hill. That helped convince Maddon that Game 2 was a more opportune time to start the lefty, especially with an off-day looming on Saturday to provide rest for the relievers. Keeping Kazmir's up-and-down campaign in mind, he could be on a short leash come Friday.
Maddon may be more inclined to let Kazmir work through any rough patches, though.
"That's always a moment by moment situation," Maddon said. "I'm not going in there thinking that we're going to have to do anything dramatic. I'm looking for him to pitch into the sixth or seventh inning.
"Guys that can grind it out -- we hear that phrase a lot in our game -- but when you play this many games this many days in a row, you have to be able to have that mindset. I believe Kaz is of that ilk, so you just have to stay with him."
Kazmir -- the youngest of Tampa Bay's starters -- has labored with longevity this season. In 27 starts this season, the hard-throwing southpaw pitched into the seventh inning on only six occasions. Five of those outings came between May 20-June 11, when Kazmir was in the midst of a strong early showing.After missing all of April with a left elbow injury, Kazmir cruised to a 6-1 record with a tidy 1.40 ERA in his first seven starts of the season. Over his final 20 turns, though, Kazmir stumbled to a 6-7 ledger with a 4.36 ERA during that span. On the season, the lefty averaged 18.1 pitches per inning -- the most among big league starters.
Kazmir is hoping those woes are behind him.
"Hopefully, we'll see a very good Scott Kazmir," he said. "We've been working hard the last couple of outings -- side work -- just trying to fix my mechanics and find really a comfort zone that I'm looking for. Everything's been good. Everything's felt like kind of like it felt in the past -- in May."
|"The moment's going to arise where he starts to feel more comfortable and feel it. And at that point, you're going to see him really step up."
|-- Rays manager Joe Maddon, on Scott Kazmir
So, Kazmir has flashed his talent at various points throughout the year. But for every strong outing, there seemed to be a setback.
On Sept. 25 in Detroit, Kazmir toed the rubber against the Tigers with a chance at clinching the AL East title for Tampa Bay. He allowed a career-high four home runs and exited after only five frames. In his previous appearance, Kazmir spun six shutout innings in a win over the Twins.
It's been a season filled with mechanical adjustments in search of consistency for Kazmir. Come Friday, Maddon hopes the young pitcher can push all the issues out of his mind and just seize the moment.
"For him, you want to continually tell him to go out there and pitch," Maddon said. "See the glove, throw to the glove, and just attack the zone and just let your natural abilities take over.
"The moment's going to arise where he starts to feel more comfortable and feel it. And at that point, you're going to see him really step up."
Jordan Bastain is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Press Archive 2012
More and more, retailers are looking to adapt to the growing consumer requirement for an individualized self-service checkout experience.
"Seamless Retailing" is the new solution strategy created by Wincor Nixdorf, one of the largest retail IT solution providers in the world, allowing companies to enhance and standardize the customer shopping experience across all sales points, including fast emerging mobile tablets.
Wincor Nixdorf's second sustainability report for fiscal year 2011/2012 (Oct. 1, 2011 through Sept. 30, 2012) has also been awarded the top rating of A+ from the Global Research Initiative (GRI).
Wincor Nixdorf and Brinks Deutschland have agreed to expand their cooperation in order to increase the efficiency of cash handling processes for banks and retail companies.
Leaders in the retail space know that success in today's new, competitive market systems often hinges on having first-rate Information Technology in place. Having a streamlined IT product is necessary to open new branches, launch in new markets, modernize current systems or even to close store locations.
Wincor Nixdorf is one of the five biggest European software vendors and service providers.
Norddeutsche Landesbank, or NORD/LB for short, one of Germany's leading banks, has commissioned Wincor Nixdorf to take over central operations management of its IT infrastructure effective July 1, 2013. The contract, with a seven-year term, has a total volume of more than 150 million euros.
Wincor Nixdorf AG ended fiscal 2011/2012 with a slight year-on-year increase in net sales but a significant downturn in its operating profit.
More than 7,000 visitors from 90 countries took advantage of the opportunity to visit Wincor World 2012, where over 500 exhibits and more than 70 expert presentations covered the latest IT solutions and services from Wincor Nixdorf and 46 renowned partner exhibitors.
Development Bank of Singapore (DBS), a leading Asian bank with 200 branches in 15 markets, is implementing Wincor Nixdorf's Cash Cycle Management Solutions concept in its newly designed flagship branch in the Marina Bay Financial Center Singapore (MBFC).
Innovative solutions for bank branches and retail stores are being showcased at this year's Wincor World in the A2 Forum. In more than 500 exhibits, Wincor Nixdorf and its 46 partner exhibitors show how processes, especially for cash management, can be optimized in a customer-friendly and efficient way. More and 70 expert presentations and workshops make Wincor World the industry event for retail IT professionals and managers from the banking and retailing sectors from more than 90 countries.
Having extended its product portfolio once again, Wincor Nixdorf is presenting the basis for customized self-service solutions at Wincor World 2012.
All-round security, not just at the ATM: The Fraud Correlation Engine from Wincor Nixdorf is a software solution that protects a bank's branches and systems by linking incidents intelligently and preventing fraudulent attacks.
From entry into new markets, opening, running and modernization of stores, to closure of locations: With "Store Lifecycle Management", Wincor Nixdorf offers retailers the possibility of managing stores over their entire lifecycle, thus ensuring high availability.
Consumers increasingly want to check out at stores in a way that is tailored to their individual needs.
With its "Seamless Retailing" concept, Wincor Nixdorf supports retail companies in their efforts to optimize and standardize shopping processes for their customers in all sales channels.
Wincor Nixdorf has restructured its entire service portfolio for banking and retailing.
Symantec, a leading provider of security, backup and availability solutions, and Wincor Nixdorf, a leading provider of IT solutions for bank branches and retail stores, have announced a new partnership, with the aim of making self-service banking solutions from different vendors all over the globe even more secure.
Wincor Nixdorf has been chosen to provide services to Tesco in seven European countries.
Wincor Nixdorf, the retail and banking solutions provider, today announced that The Co-operative, the national food retailer, has chosen to implement the CINEO self-checkout solution in its high street stores and local community locations across the UK.
Lotte PS Net, the largest retail company in South Korea, has ordered 1,000 CINEO cash recycling systems from Wincor Nixdorf. This is Wincor Nixdorf's first major CRS order in South Korea.
Initiating fast and secure transactions by smartphone
Banks are increasingly networking their offerings in the branch, Internet, mobile banking and self service delivery channels so that customers can continue transactions they have begun in one channel in a different channel.
At Wincor World 2012 (Rheda-Wiedenbrück, October 16 to 18, 2012), BANQIT AB, a provider of cash handling solutions, is presenting the company's first cash recycling system with integrated banknote storage technology from Wincor Nixdorf.
Wincor Nixdorf is currently assuming responsibility for the remote monitoring of over 11,800 self-service systems at a total of 108 Sparkasse banks throughout Germany.
Banco de Venezuela expands its ATM network with 500 Wincor Nixdorf systems
Banco de Venezuela is expanding its existing network of automated teller machines and bringing its installed systems up to date with state-of-the-art software applications as part of an order Wincor Nixdorf has now been awarded by the country's leading public bank.
At Post-Expo 2012, the leading international trade fair for the postal sector being held in Brussels from September 18 to 20, Wincor Nixdorf is presenting its updated Postal Solution Suite, extended by a range of different functions.
Wincor Nixdorf, one of the world's leading vendors of IT solutions for retail, and QUAD GmbH, one of Europe's leading distributors of POS systems, will be cooperating in future.
As part of its global expansion strategy, Wincor Nixdorf has opened a local office in Dubai to support its business development in the Middle East.
tegut… Gutberlet Stiftung & Co. KG, a regional German food retailer, is completely overhauling its POS infrastructure with cutting-edge BEETLE POS systems and the application solutions TP.net and TPAdmin from Wincor Nixdorf.
The goal of the branch initiative launched by BAWAG P.S.K. is to operate around 500 locations throughout Austria together with Österreichische Post AG by the end of 2012. Wincor Nixdorf is the IT solution partner to the Austrian bank.
Partnership will see market-leading cost efficient Wincor Nixdorf EPOS systems made available to resellers via ScanSource to supply to the retail, hospitality and kiosk marketplace.
Wincor Nixdorf AG recorded capped off the first nine months of the 2011/2012 fiscal year with a 2% fall in net sales and a 42% fall in operating profit (EBITA), compared with the same period in the previous year. The consolidated net sales of the IT company, which specializes in solutions designed for the branch and store operations of banks and retailers, fell in the reporting period to €1,704 million (previous year: €1,744 million). At €69 million, EBITA was down on last year's figure (€119 million), while net profit for the period declined by 45% to €42 million (€77 million).
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), the global design and innovation consultancy IDEO and technology partner Wincor Nixdorf unveiled today a new concept for customer interaction that has the potential to raise the bar for customer service across industries. The new solution concept is designed to help businesses redefine the customer experience by enhancing face-to-face interaction at POS.
An independent study commissioned by retail and banking solutions provider, Wincor Nixdorf, has highlighted a disconnect between consumer preferences and the service being offered by some high street banks.
Wincor Nixdorf will expand IT support services for Shell service stations to cover deployment and support of new site systems in those markets where Wincor Nixdorf already provides hardware and software solutions including Forecourt Controllers, Point-of-Sale, Payment and Back-Office solutions.
For 2011, Wincor Nixdorf once again ranks second worldwide measured in terms of shipments of electronic POS solutions to retail companies.
A new trade fair site, a proven concept and cutting-edge topics, including solutions for cash management, the redesign of branches and branch processes, end-to-end security in retail banking and innovative checkout processes at retail companies and global services – to name just a few of the highlights at Wincor World 2012.
Retail and banking solutions provider, Wincor Nixdorf, today announced the results of an independent study into consumer attitudes to high street and online shopping.
Automatia Pankkiautomaatit Oy, Finland's largest ATM network operator that provides cash-withdrawal service to nearly all Finnish bank customers, is broadening the scope of its automated self-service solutions to coin and banknote deposits by rolling out cash recycling systems with coin processing modules from Wincor Nixdorf. Following an in-depth evaluation of solutions available in the market, Automatia opted for Wincor Nixdorf's CINEO cash recycling systems and multivendor software. Wincor Nixdorf will also provide maintenance for the solution.
Wincor Nixdorf has compiled its first sustainability report and had it certified to the internationally recognized GRI standard (Global Research Initiative).
Wincor Nixdorf has acquired an important customer in the growing Saudi Arabian market in the shape of the grocery chain Othaim and will supply around 900 BEETLE POS systems along with peripherals to the retailer's more than 100 supermarkets and hypermarkets.
Wincor Nixdorf is supplying its latest ATM technology to banks in Bangladesh to support an increase in the populations access to financial services via the self-service channel.
Karl-Heinz Stiller, former President and CEO and current Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Wincor Nixdorf AG, celebrates his 70th birthday on April 28.
On completing the first two quarters of fiscal 2011/2012, Wincor Nixdorf AG has further specified its prospects for the financial year as a whole.
Bankomat AB, which operates the ATM networks of the five leading banks in the country, recently signed a three-year framework agreement with Wincor Nixdorf and has already placed an order for 800 ATMs and up to 80 cash recycling systems.
Wincor Nixdorf today announced Synovus Financial Corp. has selected Wincor Nixdorf as their strategic partner for the deployment of innovative self-service technology.
One coveted Retail Technology Award Europe this year went to a project for which Wincor Nixdorf is the IT solution partner of the company that received the award.
Orange Cote d'Ivoire, long term partner of solutions provider Sicap, has extended its Orange Money offer with the deployment of sicap and Wincor Nixdorf Easy Cash ATMs solution, built on Wincor Nixdorf hardware and software products.
eServGlobal and Wincor Nixdorf, one of the leading global providers of IT solutions to the retail and banking industry, have agreed to cooperate on integrating eServGlobal's mobile money capabilities with Wincor Nixdorf's extensive ATM portfolio.
s.Oliver Bernd Freier GmbH & Co. KG was launched some 40 years ago with a 25 m² shop in Würzburg, Southern Germany.
At EuroCIS 2012, Wincor Nixdorf will be showcasing internationally available retailing solutions that help enhance customers' shopping experience, deploy staff more effectively and improve economic performance.
Wincor Nixdorf is to install 105 cash recycling systems from the new CINEO generation at the branches of Montepio Bank, one of Portugal's leading banks.
The outsourcing contract between Hamburger Sparkasse and Wincor Nixdorf Portavis, originally signed in 2005, has been extended retroactively as of October 1, 2011.
Wincor Nixdorf AG today announced that the company's Supervisory Board had reached a mutual agreement with Stefan Auerbach, member of the Board of Directors responsible for the global banking business, concerning the termination of his mandate effective from February 29, 2012.
Wincor Nixdorf is complementing its CINEO product family with two multifunctional talents for indoors.
Wincor Nixdorf's subsidiary Prosystems IT recently received an order for the operation of Sparkasse Leverkusen's user help desk.
Maximum security standards and efficient processes in POS reconciliation and storage of cash holdings in automated teller safes: That's the goal behind the decision by Bartels-Langness Handelsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG to introduce automated cash handling in the cash office.
The shareholders of Wincor Nixdorf AG approved all items on the agenda of today's Annual General Meeting in Paderborn with clear majorities.
– Outlook unchanged
Performing in line with expectations, Wincor Nixdorf AG completed the first quarter of its current fiscal year with a decline in net sales and operating profit (EBITA).
Wincor Nixdorf has given Volksbank Leipzig a persuasive answer to how cash processes can be optimized at its Consulting Center in Taucha.
Within the retail industry, the quest for a closed cash cycle is based on the idea that the cash cycle is a special kind of supply chain in which a product is made available at the right time in the right amount using a minimum of resources and then returned to the cash cycle in the same way.
Wincor Nixdorf Inc., has further developed the technology of its BEETLE POS portfolio for international retail companies and added new systems to the highly successful product portfolio.
Driven by the retail industry's growing demand for flexibility at the checkout, Wincor Nixdorf will introduce an entirely new level of customization for retail POS and self-checkout solutions at the National Retail Federation's 2012 Big Show in New York, January 16-17.
IKEA is the world's first retail customer to use Wincor Nixdorf's new CINEO solution to automate cash handling at its stores.
Wincor Nixdorf Inc. will underscore its role as innovation leader and IT specialist for the retail industry with its showcase appearance at the National Retail Federation's 2012 Big Show.
EDB ErgoGroup SYSteam has signed a contract with Wincor Nixdorf to supply ATM services.
Cash solution provider BANQIT AB will in the future use the CINEO banknote storage technology from Wincor Nixdorf in its Q-CashRouter.
By extending its service offering in the self-service sales channel and installing new ATMs, the Turkish postal service (PTT) wants to win new customers.


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After reportedly being close to a deal to return to the Mavericks, Jason Kidd has decided to leave Dallas and join the New York Knicks, ESPN.com's Marc Stein reports.
The Knicks lost out on Steve Nash, who was been dealt from the Phoenix Suns to the L.A. Lakers on Wednesday. Kidd, evidently, was the next point guard on their list. They also reportedly had Raymond Felton in their sights.
The Knicks also are expected to match the offer Jeremy Lin received from the Houston Rockets.
While the Mavericks thought they had a deal wrapped up with Kidd, the Knicks convinced the 18-year veteran to come to New York to help them get over the hump in the Eastern Conference while mentoring Lin, according to Stein.
Losing Kidd marks another blow to the Mavericks' difficult offseason. Their top free-agent target, Deron Williams, decided to re-sign with the Brooklyn Nets, and Jason Terry is on his way to the Boston Celtics.
The Mavericks have just seven veterans under contract and three rookies from last month's draft, the Dallas Morning News notes. Kidd may go to New York via a sign-and-trade, but it's unlikely that Dallas will get Steve Novak or Iman Shumpert in return.
But Dallas wants to maintain salary cap flexibility, even if that means waiting until next summer, when Dwight Howard and Chris Paul both are slated to become free agents, to make major moves. The Mavs, according to Stein, refused to get into a bidding war for a point guard, sitting by as the Rockets floated an offer to Lin, and the Suns agreed to a $34 million deal with Goran Dragic.


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Tasty Tacos With Chile Verde
Over the weekend the weather in San Francisco was exceptionally nice; it was the perfect time to enjoy a delicious homemade Mexican meal with icy cold beers and a few wonderful friends. I had a couple days to plan, so I opted to make a slow-cooked chile verde, which combines the complex flavors of melt-in-your-mouth pork, sauteed onions, tangy tomatillos, and a variety of roasted chiles. Prepping all of the ingredients takes a couple of hours, but the work and patience required to make this dish are worth it. I served the moist scrumptious chile verde on corn tortillas with cilantro, sour cream, and fresh lime. To get started on this distinctive Mexican dish,
Chile Verde Tacos
Original Recipe
- 5 poblano chiles
- 5 anaheim chiles
- 3-4 pounds pork butt
- 1/2 white onion, roughly chopped
- 1/2 yellow onion, roughly chopped
- 3 cloves of garlic, peeled and roughly chopped
- 12 tomatillos (roughly 5-6 pounds)
- 1 cup homemade chicken stock or store-bought chicken stock
- 1 jalapeno, roughly chopped (optional)
- 1 jar prepared salsa verde (optional)*
- 12-20 corn tortillas
- 8 ounces sour cream
- 1 bunch cilantro
- 2-3 limes, sliced in wedges (optional)
- Preheat the broiler. Place poblano and anaheim chiles on a cookie sheet. Roast the chiles on all sides. Be careful the chiles can burn quickly. If there are sides that are too hard to roast in the broiler, use metal tongs and the open flame of the stove to finish the roasting process.
- Let peppers cool slightly and use a knife or paper towel to slowly peel the skin off of all the peppers. Set aside.
- Season pork with salt and pepper. Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Brown all sides of the pork about 3-4 minutes per side. Place the pork in a Crock-Pot.
- Reduce heat to medium and saute the onions and garlic in the pork fat until golden brown, about 8-10 minutes. Add to the Crock-Pot.
- Remove the papery covering on the tomatillos. Place the tomatillos in a food processor. Add the skinned poblano chiles and anaheim chiles. Puree until smooth. Add to the Crock-Pot.
- Add chicken stock to the Crock-pot. Simmer in the Crock-Pot on low for 10 hours. Add jalapeno, if desired and cook for another 2-4 hours until the pork falls apart. You might need a fork to break apart the pork. Add the salsa verde, if you need more liquid. You can cook this for shorter amount of time but I think the longer it cooks the better it tastes.
- Heat tortillas in a pan or oven. Serve the tortillas warm with the pork and sour cream, chopped cilantro, and lime wedges.
Serves 6-8.
*I prefer Herdez, which can be found in your local grocery store in the Hispanic food section.
- Category
- Main Dishes, Pork
- Cuisine
- Mexican


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Though you can still debate whether it's still absolutely necessary, the upcoming drama Gangster Squad is reshooting its ending, which originally took place as a shootout inside a movie theater-- something pretty unpalatable in the wake of the shootings in Aurora, Colorado. Warner Bros. has set an August 20 start date for the reshoots, and have revealed that they'll now set the big final confrontation in L.A.'s Chinatown, with five days of night shoots scheduled for stars Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin, Anthony Mackie, Robert Patrick, Troy Garity and Michael Pena.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, which broke the news, though the original shootout scene began in Grauman's Chinese Theater-- with the indelible images of tommy gun-wielding gangsters shooting from the back of the screen-- the action eventually spilled out on to Hollywood Boulevard, so it's not a huge stretch to move the whole thing to the street. Though the film is based on real-life efforts by the Los Angeles Police Department to curb gangster violence in the 40s and 50s, the Chinese Theater sequence never actually happened-- it was just intended to be a gorgeous grand finale, and probably would have been if real-life tragedy hadn't gotten in the way.
Gangster Squad, which was originally set for release in September, has been pushed back to a January 11 date, which gives director Ruben Fleischer plenty of time to incorporate the new sequence. You can still see some of the original shootout sequence in the film's original trailer, which in an example of spectacularly bad timing, was airing in front of screenings of The Dark Knight Rises until the Aurora shootings forced Warner Bros. to pull it. Who knows if we'll ever get to see the whole thing in full-- maybe when the events of Aurora have receded far enough into the past, we can at least see them as a Blu-Ray bonus feature.
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*I begin by relaxing and place my hand on the surface of the water and begin channeling my chakra into the water. As I do this, I imagine a kunai in my mind and stress on the sharp edge of the blade; I focus hard on the image, and the water begins to form into it as it flows easily and fluid. Once the kunai has formed, I begin channeling my wind chakra in the wind around me, and picture a stream in my mind, and as I do this, I throw the water kunai forward, and then spew out a stream of wind behind it, increasing the speed at which the kunai is travelling forward*
(Fūton: Kaze Ogawa no Jutsu) - Wind Release: Wind Stream Technique
Rank: D
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short
Chakra cost: 10
Damage points: N/A
Description: This technique allows the user to change direction in mid-air at high speeds by simply blowing wind out their mouth. The user can also use this technique by blowing it at the ground and causing a dust cloud to rise, concealing the users location and movement.


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Maggie Gyllenhaal and her husband Peter Sarsgaard have welcomed their second child together, another daughter! Maggie's rep confirms that she gave birth to her bundle of joy back on April 19th!
Maggie and Peter have named their new daughter Gloria Ray.
The celebrity couple also share a daughter, Ramona, 5.
Congrats to them!
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Kelly Clarkson delivered a solid, flawless performance of the national anthem before Super Bowl XLVI between the New York Giants and New England Patriots.
Blake Shelton and wife Miranda Lambert performed a country-heavy version of America the Beautiful. No surprise there. Video image of American servicemen at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, brought cheers from the crowd.
Clarkson also provided a country twang to her version of The Star-Spangled Banner. And her version came in as expect—93 seconds. Her backup singers were members of the Indianapolis Children's Choir.
Clarkson was the first winner of "American Idol" a decade ago and has since sold more than 20 million albums worldwide and had more than a half-dozen singles reach the top 10 in the Billboard Hot 100, according to The Associated Press.
Last year's performer, Christina Aguilera, made headlines for forgetting some of the words before the game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers.
According to CNBC's Darren Rovell, sports gambling websites were taking wagers on whether Clarkson would repeat that mistake at Lucas Oil Stadium. Bets were also being take on how long the anthem performance would take.
Line score: two hits, no errors.
Click here for Clarkson's version during the 2011 NBA finals.
Clarkson's anthem performance will be followed by a halftime show including Madonna, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A., Cee Lo and LMFAO.
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With the Jazz being sold on Kanter, and Cleveland on Valanciunas that means Knight could be available at 5. My personal opinion is that we still draft Kemba because he is the better player, safer, fits more of a need, and has similar potential.
With the Jazz being sold on Kanter, and Cleveland on Valanciunas that means Knight could be available at 5. My personal opinion is that we still draft Kemba because he is the better player, safer, fits more of a need, and has similar potential.
I was higher on knight for sometime but after thinking about it alot, talking to friend and listening to sports analysts i tihnk Kemba will be th better fit on this team. this is a very tough call and would not be dissapointed if we picked knight. Knight is a very smart kid, had excellent grades in highsdchool and also took extra credits to help him in university. he also took a full chourse load in his first year at kentucky. this kid is bright and i ithnk he could bring alot to the team. on the other hand... i tihnk KEmba brings what we are truely lacking on the raps. a star mentality and drive to win. I tihnk a player like walker would help draw alot of attentin to the team and help ticket sales . as much as ppl want to see a good team that wins, ppl pay to see popular players like kemba walker. players thaat have flair and personality aremuch more attractive to fans and media. this pick is worrying me... i have a feeling we pick knight but kemba turns into a superstar while knight becomes just a solid pro. all signs are pointing to taking walker after his great NCAA year.plus i wanna draft kemba so we can say "It's KEMBA TIME!!" lol
People underestimate Kemba's intelligence. Kemba graduated from a very tough school in 3 years. That means HE also carried a full load of classes. Played two distinctly different styles his time at UConn... Both are very smart, strong athletic candidates...
I love Kemba's game and what he represents as a competitor and a leader but it doesn't sound right now like he's going to be the guy.
I think the biggest knock on Kemba has been his size and ability to defend the bigger guards. Despite what JJ Barea did in the finals, many GMs aren't convinced that over the course of a full season (plus playoffs), a 6'0 guard can keep up with the Westbrooks or Rose's of the NBA.
If Kemba had the size of Knight, I believe he'd be ahead of Knight on the Raptors' draft board.
As time passes it seems less likely that we are going to draft Kemba.For me thats a mistake,take Kemba with the 5th pick.i would take him over Knight.Cant wait for the draft.
either is a good option and we should all thank our lucky stars it wont be vesely
I'd pick Kemba Walker over Kyrie Irving.
thats crazy
i really hope kemba doesn't fall too far and charlotte take him. i hate charlotte.
I'm happy with either guy but would take Knight over Kemba in a second. Knight is 2 years younger, bigger and is quicker in the open court the Walker. Both are scoring PG's who are learning the position. I think Kemba's run in the tournament has made is stock rise especially with fans. But Knight is ahead of him on every draft chart I've seen. Not saying that draft charts are most accurate but I think there is a little credibility to all media sources and scouts rating him ahead of Walker.
Statistically, Kemba is better. I rather look at what has actually happened, instead of what some people think might happen. Same reason I'd stay away from Enes Kanter, or Yi Jianlian from a few years back.
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I think Walker is a better pick too. But, I would be happy with Knight as well. The only reason I like Knight is because Utah likes him. However I'm not sure if Casey is capable in teaching Knight to become a better PG. That would mean we would need a mentor, and I don't see Calderon sticking around too long.
I'm just sayin it's not a one or another situation, every situation and every player is different. Comparing Kanter to Yi is like comparing Walker to Mateen Cleeves.
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I think Walker will have a bigger impact earlier than Knight, but I feel once all is said and done Knight will have the better career. I love the shooting Knight brings and his poise at such a young age, he may not be the highlight type player, but he gets it done.
Walker = TJ Ford/Jameer Nelson
Knight = Chauncey Billups/Mookie Blaylock
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Rules to Limit Marketing Unhealthy Food in Schools
Promotion of Sugary Drinks, Junk Food at Campuses Will Be Phased Out
Logos for sugary soda and unhealthy snack foods would no longer appear inside schools under proposed nutrition rules released Tuesday by the Obama administration.
The proposal, part of the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, is the latest piece of first lady Michelle Obama's campaign to reduce childhood obesity. Last summer, the administration restricted the amount of calories, fat, sodium and sugar allowed in school snack foods, and...


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Just off the Florida Panhandle coastline, within site of Perdido Key, an underwater mass of dead sea life that appears to be growing as microscopic algae and bacteria get trapped and die has been found by scientists.
Early samples indicate the glob is at least 3 feet thick and spans two-thirds of a mile parallel to the coast.
No one knows where it came from or where it will go.
It appears to be nearly 100% organic, but this does not rule out something initiated by the Gulf oil spill. Part of the confusion stems from the size of the blob–not that it was so huge it was a mystery, but rather because it was so big, the researchers did not have sufficient tools to sample from the bottom layer, which would likely be very instructive. They will return with the appropriate tools.
Cuttlecap tip to Glendon Mellow and Deep Sea News, via twitter.


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The previews for Toy Fair 2012 ( that officially kicks off on February 12th) , which is a preview of the toys that will be available for the coming year, have begun. Are you with me?
So far, we haven't been too blown away with what we've seen, but I have already found my toy crush…his name is Flying Super Grover 2.0.
We have only seen a prototype of Flying Super Grover (he'll be available from Hasbro in the fall). So this isn't an official review, but just look at him. The cap, the eyes peeking through, the splash of his yellow lightning bolt on his fury blue chest…and don't even get me started on his pink nose. He promises to make appropriate sound effects when he's flown. He will know when he's going up and down. He had me at "helloooo every bud-deeeeee!" In any case, he clearly is going to give Elmo a run for his money.


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I for one am tired of having racism identified with the right. I'm tired of hearing people tell me I should change parties because my party is right wing and so was Hitler, as if there were any similarities between the two.
I don't think "left" and "right" is adequate to describe the spectrum anymore.