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Why is NIPSCO offering this program?
NIPSCO purchases your natural gas supply for you and delivers it to your home. As a regulated company, we simply pass along the price we pay for natural gas directly on to you with no markup. This program opens up the marketplace so that other natural gas suppliers can now compete for your business, offering natural gas at competitive prices. The NIPSCO Choice Program makes it easy for you to take full advantage of this competition and selectively shop for the offer that best meets your needs.
NIPSCO is currently the only utility in Indiana offering such alternative supplier options to all its natural gas customers.
Aren't you giving away customers?
Are there certain terms that I should be familiar with in order to better understand what the Choice Suppliers are offering?
Are savings guaranteed?
Do I have to make a choice?
How will I know if I'm eligible to participate?
Is there a fee to participate?
Is the quality of natural gas the same?
If I choose a new supplier, what services will NIPSCO provide me?
What standards must natural gas suppliers meet?
To qualify for the NIPSCO Choice Program, all suppliers must agree to a Code of Conduct, which requires them to:
How long will I have to stay with a new supplier, and can I change suppliers?
What if I want NIPSCO to continue as my supplier?
If I change suppliers, how will I be billed?
Can I still use NIPSCO's Budget Payment Plan?
This depends on how your supplier bills you. If your supplier will be billing you directly, you will be unable to remain on the NIPSCO Budget plan. However, if your supplier is one that continues to use NIPSCO to bill you, you may remain on the Budget. Please note that your Budget will be recalculated upon enrollment with a Supplier.
Can I still use the ZapCheck Automatic Payment Service?
This depends on how your supplier bills you. If NIPSCO issues the entire bill, you may remain on ZapCheck. If the supplier bills for the natural gas costs, NIPSCO will continue to offer ZapCheck for our charges.
Check with your supplier before you sign a contract to see if they offer an automatic payment service, too.
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What if I want to cancel, or fail to honor the agreement with the supplier?
How can I get more information?
The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC) welcomes calls about NIPSCO Choice at 1-888-441-2494. The OUCC is the state agency that represents the interests of Indiana consumers in matters related to the provisions of utility services.
You can also email NIPSCO at email@example.com.
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text: Patrick Geoffray <patrick at myri.com> writes: > Perry E. Metzger wrote: >>> You realize that most big HPC systems are using interconnects that >>> don't generate many or any interrupts, right? >> >> Of course. Usually one even uses interrupt pacing/mitigation even in >> gig ethernet on a modern machine -- otherwise you're not going to get >> reasonable performance. (For 10Gig, you have to do even uglier >> tricks.) > > What Greg is trying to say is that high-speed interconnects used in > HPC do not raises interrupts at all. Data is delivered directly in > user-space, and the app (or the communication library) busy polls on See the message I sent to Larry Stewart a few minutes ago -- no need for me to repeat myself... > However, it is only important for large machines with tightly coupled > codes. For the majority of the cases, it's just being anal. Even in large machines with very tight coupling, unless you've done very special things to the kernel, you have no random incoming interrupts (many devices on modern hardware will demand attention at intervals a lot more frequently than every few hours even if you aren't touching them), you've turned off SMM, you're doing no disk i/o, etc., you have to be a *little* tolerant of timing not being what you want, because things will get in the way. Not too often, but a lot more often than every few hours, so if a problem every few hours on one node in the cluster is an issue, you're going to have trouble on stock PC hardware. A Postfix daemon going off at 2am to send out a grep of the logs is down in the noise compared to that sort of thing. Not that I think this is the right way to manage a machine -- you want machines sending each other machine generated and parsed status information -- but I'm just pointing out an extra daemon doing nothing isn't your biggest worry. Perry -- Perry E. Metzger perry at piermont.com


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Acer Aspire 3000 (300x)
This page was created using knowledge collected while playing with Acer Aspire 3003 WLMi, but i will be probably compatible with other 300x Aspires. You can add your laptops to the compatibility list.
Compatibility list
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 760/M760 Host (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SG86C202 00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 25) 00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus Controller 00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] 00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller (rev a0) 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0) 00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f) 00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f) 00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91) 00:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02) 00:0b.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter
Before editing xorg.conf, you will need to install few drivers:
xf86-input-synaptics 0.99.3-1 synaptics driver for notebook touchpads xf86-video-sis 0.10.1-1 (xorg-video-drivers) X.org SiS video driver
You can use this xorg.conf to get your Synaptics touchpad, USB mouse (or optionally wacom tablet) and SiS graphical adapter with sisctrl support working.
FBDev (SiSFB FrameBuffer)
If you want have nicer screen resolutin in framebuffer (textmode), then you have to add this configuration in /boot/grub/menu.lst.
If you want to specify your own resolution using custom video driver, then you have to replace vga option with video option. For example if you want to user resolution 1280x800 with 32-bit color depth at 76Hz (which is recommended for Acer Aspire 3000) then you can use this option:
You can also play with memory consumption like this, but its not needed and it can cause some problems, if you do not know what are you doing:
Basically you can append this option to the kernel parameters. This should work on any VGA compliant graphical adapter if it will have enough resources. But it will look ugly on widescreens, LCDs and similar, if they do not match the exact VGA resolution and it is better to use video=... option.
If you do not like 791 mode, then you can use this:
And you will be informed about all modes compatible with your system configuration after reboot.
If you are using kernel option video=sisfb:... instead of vga=... then you should add following line to /etc/rc.local, to get better colours in terminal (for example to have nicer images in links -g)...
fbset -a -depth 32
32 bit mode should be set from video=... option in menu.lst, but it shouldn't work every time on every system. So it's better to check it from rc.local. Note this will cause one more "screen blink" during the boot and it will do nothing if sisfb (or any other video module) is not found or used.
You can also add sisfb module to mkinitcpio by adding it to the /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and regenerating mkinitcpio. This will allow sisfb get loaded before filesystems are mounted, so you will get nice screen resolution much earlier than without it.
MODULES="pata_acpi pata_sis ata_generic scsi_mod sisfb ..."


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This week I am hosting my first online journalism lecture/workshop/seminar for NCTJ news and magazine journalism students at Brighton City College.
George Hopkin – Johnston Press seo evangelist.
Mashable – Social media blog . The latest tricks, toys and gossip in the world of social media and a few handy guides, too.
Paul Bradshaw – Lecturer and social media consultant.
Online Journalism Blog – great tips from Paul Bradshaw and co
Joanna Geary – Times web development editor. Also follow her professional account and her bookmarks @timesjoanna and @joannaslinks
Alison Gow – Executive Editor, digital, for the Liverpool Daily Post & Liverpool Echo.
Jo Wadsworth – Brighton Argus web editor @brightonargusjo
Glenn Mottershead – Journalism lecturer.
Andy Dickinson – Online journalism lecturer. See his bookmarks @linkydickinson
Sarah Hartley – Guardian local launch editor.
Clay Shirky – Influential future media blogger.
Journalism news – Tips, news and a whole host of useful information.
Judith Townend – From Journalism News.
Media Guardian – Updated throughout the week. More than Monday's weekly supplement.
Shane Richmond – Telegraph Head of technology.
Kate Day – Telegraph communities editor.
Martin Belam – Guardian internet advisor: Currybet.
Charles Arthur – Tech Guardian editor.
Ilicco Elia – Head of mobile Reuters.
Channel4 newsroom blogger – follow the newsroom process before the bulletin.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy – Channel4 news.
Jemima Kiss – Guardian media/tech journalist and UK Twitter queen.
Patrick Smith – PaidContent UK .
Damian Thompson – Telegraph blogs editor.
Louise Bolotin – Journalist and blogger.
Richard Kendall – Web editor Peterborough Evening Telegraph.
Documentally – Mobile media maker.
Tech Crunch UK – Tech news and information.
Mike Butcher – Tech Crunch UK.
Neiman Journalism Lab – Harvard.
Richard MacManus – Read Write Web.
Daren Forsyth – Ex-BBC, now 140characters.co.uk
Josh Halliday – Journalism student and social media user.
Matt Cornish – Newspaper editor.
And to end part one, why not add me, too – Sarah Booker.


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Rapper Who Cut Off Penis Before He Jumped Off Roof Loses His Penis But Will Survive
Looks like rapper Andre Johnson (a.k.a. Christ Bearer), who cut off his penis and then proceeded to jump off of a second-story apartment balcony in North Hollywood yesterday, will live to see another day. Sadly, his detached d--- won't.
Sources claim that Johnson (appropriate last name, no?) tried to kill himself. Sources also claim that "The God" -- as he refers to himself in a recent music video -- was affiliated with the Wu-Tang Clan. The group, which includes almost every other rapper on the planet, says no way.
Either way, according to Los Angeles Police, Johnson was rushed to the local Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where doctors attempted to reattach his member, but with no success.
Apparently, Christ Bearer was a member of Northstar, a rap crew backed by Wu-Tang leader RZA. But it doesn't appear that RZA or Northstar have done much lately. But a day before the incident, Johnson released a new music video with Rugged Monk of Black Knights. You can watch it here:
Right now, details are scarce on what caused Johnson to cut off his penis and then hurl himself off a balcony. Others who were present at the scene claim that they weren't doing drugs and believe that Johnson may have some mental issues. No s---.


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Hey I work in the area close by Electronic Arts. I already have one friend who works in that area who I play with once in a while. But I want someone who can play regularly at least once a week for lunch would be super great! I have flexible lunch hour so let me know.
I prefer the 2 courts across the street from EA. =) or another one in Shorebird Park, RWC.
1) Dolphin Park (Across from EA campus)
2) Shorebird Park
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Hi Chris, I live in Redwood Shores and could hit at lunchtime, though I can't commit to hitting every week. Next week, Thurs 20th or Fri 21st look ok. I'm in the 3.5 -4.0 range.
Hi Winslow
I can hit tomorrow at NOON at close to EA courts.
Or Shorebird courts .
I can do for 1.5 hours if you can..:)
My email is: email@example.com: 408-821-9008
Hi Chris,
I can hit tomorrow at NOON at close to EA courts.
Or Shorebird courts .
I can do for 1.5 hours if you can..:)
My email is: email@example.com
cell: 408-821-9008
i like to try at least once, please send me an email of the time and addr if you need a partner, thanks!
I know this place very well. If you all are still meeting up. Let me know. =) Time for some power workouts! ;)
I live in Redwood Shores and can play after work, usually after 5pm.
Any more tennis players in the area? Still looking for more. =)
Had a bad experience before sigh....anyway let me know.
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It\'s summertime, and for many investors the disbelieving is easy.
But Paul Nolte, portfolio manager at Kingsview Asset Management, told clients in a research note published Monday that the sunny market climate isn\'t likely to change anytime soon.
The question he\'s then asking is what could make this market tumble?
The catalyst, Nolte says, will be something that plants doubt in investors\' minds about the economy\'s health, or an interest-rate hike.
An unscientific conclusion, to be sure. But sometimes the simple answer is the best.
\"The market has been ripe for a correction for quite some time,\" Nolte writes. But the market has been a lazy river, with little change since early May. \"Save for two weeks, all the seven major asset classes remain above their long-term averages, which hasn\'t been seen since 2010.\"
At that time, stocks rallied for another six months before declining at the end of 2011, Nolte observes.
For a clue to the market\'s tipping point, watch the energy sector, Nolte says. \"If all stays as it is into fall,\" he writes, \"the energy sector will have led the markets for 5-6 months, the historical length of the past two periods for energy before a market correction.\"
But for now, Nolte says to enjoy the summer before the market enters its \"scary\" season in the aptly named fall. He adds: \"There remains little within the markets that are showing much more than modest declines and a resumption to still higher prices in the weeks ahead.\"
— Jonathan Burton
More must-reads on MarketWatch:
If history repeats itself, get ready for six more bull months
One chart that explains the unexpected first-half Treasury rally
Yellen\'s neighbors whine over her security detail\'s \'doughnut bellies\'


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royalbrickcustoms wrote:Hey, I recently noticed that a "certain faction" made a special banner for those entering the GC. Would you guys like me to make one for Loreos too? Or are our signatures cluttered enough already?
Yes Mark. How about the "Warriors of Loreos" or "Soldiers of Loreos."
My GC 3 Phase 1 entry should be up tomorrow night, but will be posted absolutely no later than Friday.
Also check out my latest topic in the "Buy, Sell, Trade" Forum.
Cool, I like how "Warrior of Loreos" sounds. As soon as I get some good weather I'll get a picture of some knights and edit it up.
AK_Brickster wrote: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
Yeah, yeah. Shouldn't you be shoveling snow or something?
Sir Bragallot wrote:Kill the spy!
I've finished my entry, for Loreos!
Very cool entry Bragallot! Good to see another Loreesi entry.


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Safe and generic printf/scanf with C-like format string
We implement printf that takes a C-like format string and the variable number of other arguments. Unlike C of Haskell's printf, ours is total: if the types or the number of the other arguments, the values to format, does not match the format string, a type error is reported at compile time. To the familiar format descriptors %s and %d we add %a to format any showable value. The latter is like the format descriptor ~a of Common Lisp. Likewise, we build scanf that takes a C-like format string and the consumer function with the variable number of arguments. The types and the number of the arguments must match the format string; a type error is reported otherwise.
Our approach is a variation of the safe printf and scanf described elsewhere on this page. We use Template Haskell to translate the format string to a phrase in the DSL of format descriptors. We use the final approach to embed that DSL into Haskell.
Unlike the safe printf explained in the Template Haskell documentation, in our implementation, format descriptors are first class. They can be built incrementally. The same descriptor can be used both for printing and for parsing. Our printf and scanf are user-extensible: library users can write functions to direct format output to any suitable data sink, or to read parsed data from any suitable data source such as string or a file. Finally, what is formatted can be parsed back using the same format descriptor.
Here are some of the tests from the test collection referenced below. The evaluation result is given in the comments below each binding. Example t31 shows that format descriptors are indeed first-class. The definition t32, when uncommented, raises the shown type error because the format descriptor does not match the type of the corresponding argument.


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How do I start using feeds?
In general, the first thing you need is something called a news reader. This is a piece of software that checks the feeds and lets you read any new articles that have been added. There are many different versions-- some are accessed using a browser, while others are downloadable applications.
Browser-based news readers let you catch up with your RSS feed subscriptions from any computer, while downloadable applications let you store them on your main computer, in the same way that you either download your e-mail using Outlook, or keep it on a web-based service like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, or AOL.
Once you have chosen a news reader, all you have to do is to decide what content you want it to receive. Currently, GCPS just has one news feed.
If you click on the RSS button, you can subscribe to the feed in various ways, including by dragging the URL of the feed into your news reader or by copying and pasting the same URL into a new feed in your news reader. Most sites that offer feeds use a similar orange RSS button, but some may just have a normal web link.
Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Newz Crawler
Mac OS X
Microsoft Live
My Yahoo!
For Other News Readers, refer Google Directory for RSS
GCPS is not responsible for these software tools, how they work, or their performance in getting the feeds, or for the content of external internet sites.
How do I get a news reader?
There is a range of different news readers available and new versions are appearing all the time. Different news readers work on different operating systems, so you will need to choose one that will work with your computer.
Using GCPS News feeds on your site
If you run your own web site, you can display the latest headlines from other web sites on your own site using RSS. We encourage the use of GCPS News feeds, however, we do require that the proper format and attribution is used when GCPS News content appears. The attribution text should read "Gwinnett County Public Schools" or "www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us" as appropriate. We reserve the right to prevent the distribution of GCPS News content and the school district does not accept any liability for its feeds.
For Internet Explorer users
Microsoft Internet Explorer versions prior to 7 do not have built-in support for RSS feeds, and may show the RSS page as lines of XML code. You will need to find and install an external feed reader, or upgrade to Internet Explorer 7, in order to use RSS feeds, or click here for an alternate page to see the updates in your current browser.
For users with version 7 or higher, when you click on the "GCPS News" RSS Channel link at the top of this page, you will get a page similar to the one below, and you can click "Learn more about feeds" for more information.
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"Movement was not coming out of my body the way it once had," she recalls. "At that time, I was feeling the limitations of choreography, whereas film opened up a whole new set of possibilities." Rainer fully reinvented herself by 1975 as the avant-garde feminist filmmaker of "Lives of Performers" (1972) and "Film About a Woman Who . . ." (1974), spending the next 25 years creating cinematic works that embodied the "personal is political" ethos, exploring gender, identity and human relationships.
It has only been in the last decade, after a request from a stellar admirer, that Rainer returned to dance, and now, at age 74, she finds herself firmly in the throes of her first artistic love. "I've come back to the body as the main element of my work. Once a dancer, always a dancer, I suppose," says Rainer.
Since her return in 2000, Rainer has created four works that demonstrate her evolution as an artist yet reflect her past as the dance radical who pioneered the use of pedestrian and task-based movement and whose famous 1965 "No Manifesto" bluntly articulated her minimalist aesthetic.
Two of those recent dances, Rainer's 2007 "RoS Indexical" and last year's "Spiraling Down," will receive West Coast premieres this week in a co-presentation by REDCAT, the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute.
"Yvonne has both tied herself to her history and gone off in a new direction," says Andrew Perchuk, deputy director of the Getty Research Institute, which co-commissioned "Spiraling Down" with Yale University's World Performance Project. "I think that anyone who knows her old dance vocabulary can see she's come up with a new, exciting idiom."
Rainer could spend hours experimenting with movement using her own body in the 1960s, but today she mostly generates material from other sources. She also has formed something of a multi-generational dance company, working with the same quartet of female dancers ranging in age from their mid-30s to early 60s.
"Since my body has changed, I'll put on a video for my dancers and say, 'Learn that,' " says Rainer, speaking by phone from her New York City loft, where she lives when not teaching at UC Irvine. "Every now and then a phrase comes out of me, but it's mostly about organizing bits and pieces of material from things like video or photographs."
Rainer watched a variety of videotaped performances to create "RoS Indexical," for example, which reenvisions the infamous 1913 premiere of "Rite of Spring," the ballet composed by Igor Stravinsky and choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky that literally caused an audience riot. Set to the soundtrack of a BBC docudrama, "Riot at the Rite" (2006), the dance both riffs off Millicent Hodson's choreography for the program, performed by the Finnish National Ballet, and draws from such sources as performances by Groucho Marx, Sarah Bernhardt and Robin Williams.
"I was trying to invoke the sense of scandal that colored the premiere in Paris and also tried to create something new out of these disparate materials," says Rainer, who admits to having a slapstick side and thinks Robin Williams is a "kinetic genius."
Rainer's newest work, "Spiraling Down," meanders thematically, featuring subject matter about aging, technology and soccer. Rainer studied the moves of players such as Pelé to create "indeterminate sequences" of set movements that her dancers perform according to the timing of their choosing. There are also steps inspired by ballroom dancing and "a Luddite section," where the dancers object to technology such as Facebook and automated war.
With plans for a fifth dance that will involve sports photographs and an antiwar theme, Rainer observes that this latest chapter of her career feels exactly "like coming home. I have always loved working with dancers and as soon as I'm around dancers, the ideas start to flow. Actors, I always found a bit of a mystery," she says. No longer a young choreographer, Rainer today perceives "dance as mortality" and has deliberately chosen to collaborate with a group of older dancers who span four decades, possess varying movement abilities and are more than happy to tackle subject matter about aging.
The dancers -- Pat Catterson, Sally Silvers, Patricia Hoffbauer and Emily Coates -- are also established choreographers and teachers with their own distinct sensibilities.
"It's our differences that keep Yvonne interested in us and why we keep returning to work with her," says Coates, a former New York City Ballet dancer, who at 35 is the youngest member of the troupe.
Catterson, the group's oldest dancer at 63, first met Rainer in 1969 and "is still amazed at how it's all come full circle," she says. "For me, the experience of being a dancer in Yvonne's works has been incredibly liberating and connects me to when I was young and when Yvonne first had a huge impact on my life."
Catterson helped Rainer ransack old notebooks, photographs and memories after she found herself unable to say "no" to Mikhail Baryshnikov, who asked her to create a piece for his White Oak Dance Project. The result was "After Many a Summer Dies the Swan," which featured new arrangements of old work and propelled Rainer back into the dance world in 2000.
"It was a proposition I couldn't refuse," says Rainer, chuckling. "And it all went from there."
Rainer observes that although the world may have changed since "we were all young at Judson," she continues to feel connected "to the tradition of the avant-garde and to ruptures with tradition. But I don't think I try to shock so much these days, since that's pretty hard to do. In my salad days, I could come out onstage with my face painted black and that would shock people."
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Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz
"The key work in the Gombrowiczian oeuvre . . . one of the key novels of this century."
Cuentos de Bloomsbury by Ana María Navales
"She's bold enough to write in the first person, even when that first person is the voice of Virginia Woolf, and the result is first-rate and often unsettling."
Antipoems: How to Look Better & Feel Great by Nicanor Parra
"As far as I'm concerned, Parra has long been the best living poet in the Spanish language."
The Literary Conference by César Aira
"To begin with, it must be said that Aira has written one of the five best stories I can remember. It's called 'Cecil Taylor' and it's collected in an anthology of Argentine literature edited by Juan Forn. Aira is also the author of four memorable novels: How I Became A Nun, telling the story of his childhood; Ema, la cautiva [Emma the Captive], describing the luxury of the Indians of the pampa; El congreso de la literatura [The Literary Conference], recounting an attempt to clone Carlos Fuentes; and El llanto [The Weeping], retailing a kind of epiphany or insomnia."
Hannibal by Thomas Harris
"He's a craftsman, but every once in a while it's nice to read someone who can tackle something long without boring us to death before we get to page fifty."
The Good Cripple by Rodrigo Rey Rosa
"Miguel Ángel Asturias, Augusto Monterroso, and now Rodrigo Rey Rosa, three giant writers from a small, unhappy country."
The Missing Piece by Antoine Bello
"In the tradition of Georges Perec . . . Antoine Bello's novel is narrated from different points of view and through the lens of various genres, among them the epistolary novel, the detective novel, the satire, the adventure novel, the ethnographic novel, the populist novel, the symbolist novel, and the naturalist novel, not to exclude chapters in which the storytelling is based on mathematics, logic, or religion."
Enoch Soames by Max Beerbohm (and it's free for the Kindle!), (and collected in this NYRB Classic)
"Personally, if I had to choose the fifteen best stories I've read in my life, 'Enoch Soames' would be among them, and not in last place."
Jonathan Swift
"And then there are those classics whose main virtue, whose elegance and validity, is symbolized by the time bomb: a bomb that not only hurtles perilously through its age but is capable of flinging itself into the future. It's to this latter category that Jonathan Swift belongs."
Homage to the American Indians by Ernesto Cardenal
"Superior in many ways to Neruda's Canto General and a new, if flawed, response to Whitman.
El asco by Horacio Castellanos Moya
"So far I've read four of his books. The first was El asco, maybe the best of all, or at least the darkest."
Bartleby & Co by Enrique Vila-Matas
"The answer, the only answer that occurs to me just now, is that it's something else, something that might be a blend of all the preceding options, and we might have before us a 21st- century novel, by which I mean a hybrid novel, a gathering together of the best of fiction and journalism and history and memoir."
Soldiers of Salamis by Javier Cercas
"The third part centers on the unknown Republican soldier who saved Sánchez Mazas's life, and here there appears a new character, someone by the name of Bolaño, who is a writer and Chilean and lives in Blanes, but who isn't me, in the same way that the narrator Cercas isn't Cercas, although both characters are possible and even probable. . . . With this novel, published to critical acclaim and appearing in French and Italian translations a few days before it even landed in Spanish bookstores, Javier Cercas joins the small group at the leading edge of Spanish fiction."
Braque: Illustrated Notebooks
"Some of his aperçus, like Duchamp's or Satie's, are infinitely superior to those of many writers of his day, even some writers whose main occupation was to think and reflect: 'Every age limits its own aspirations. This is what gives rise, not without complicity, to the illusion of progress.'"
Ubik by Philip K. Dick
"Dick is the one who, in Ubik, comes closest to capturing the human consciousness or fragments of consciousness in the context of their setting; the correspondence between what he tells and the structure of what's told is more brilliant than similar experiments conducted by Pynchon or DeLillo."
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
"It could be said that the landscape of Blood Meridian is a landscape out of de Sade, a thirsty and indifferent landscape ruled by strange laws involving pain and anesthesia, laws by which time often manifests itself."
Alan Pauls
"You're one of the best living Latin American writers and there are very few of us who know it and can appreciate it."
The Cubs by Mario Vargas Llosa
"From these four novels (if their authors had written nothing else, which isn't the case, one could create a literature. Of the four, The Cubs is probably the most caustic, the most fiendishly paced, and the one in which the voices–the multiplicity of forms of speech–are most alive."
The Museum of Eterna's Novel by Macedonio Fernandez
"Everything says we should read him, but Macedonio doesn't sell, so forget him.
And one notable dis . . .
"Norberto Fuentes, the author of Condenados de Condado [The Condemned of Condado], in a number of ways a memorable book, has sold his soul to the devil."


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On Tuesday, Oklahoma's House voted unanimously to make Swing Low, Sweet Chariot the official state gospel song. No other state has an official religious song.
When state Representative Jabar Shumate of Tulsa (left), the Oklahoma bill's House sponsor, was asked by a colleague to give a rendering of the song on the House floor on Monday, he declined, saying his pastor told him to always sing solo -- "so low nobody can hear." Even without a performance, no one voted against the song. "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" was written in 1862, when Oklahoma was still Indian Territory, by a Choctaw Freedman named Wallis Wallis. It's said the Red River made Wallis think of the Jordan River, and the song was loosely based on a Bible passage that describes the Prophet Elijah being taken to heaven in a chariot. "It should be a source of pride to all Oklahomans that this meaningful song was written in our state," Shumate said.Gov. Mary Fallin signed the bill into law last night.


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Children's National manages care of patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Mary Washington Hospital, a level III facility (AAP guidelines, 2012), servicing the Fredericksburg, VA area.
The Children's program consists of neonatologists, as well as hospitalists, in the nursery and in the delivery room providing 24-hour coverage, consultations, assessments, and care to newborns and pediatrics.
This program provides state-of-the-art care for the sick newborn, connects this location to pediatric subspecialty services at the Sheikh Zayed Campus for Advanced Children's Medicine, and provides collaborative research opportunities between Mary Washington and Children's clinical research teams.
For more information on this location and the specific services offered here, visit Mary Washington Hospital.


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By Tony Bellissimo
Two weeks after
Quarterback Nick Frenger's 16-yard touchdown pass to Nick Cupolo with seven seconds remaining snapped a tie at 41 and won it for No. 3 Plainedge, which prevailed 54-41 and advanced to the semifinals. The Red Devils (7-2), who scored on each of their first seven possessions, recovered a fumble in the end zone with no time left for the final margin. No. 6 Lynbrook (4-5) pulled even with 1:52 remaining on quarterback Danny Kelly's fourth touchdown, but with overtime looming a fumble recovery by Joe Bouse put Frenger & Co. back in business 27 yards away from paydirt with a half-minute to go.
"It was a great high school football game and our guys gave everything they had," Owls head coach Steve LoCicero said. "This is a special group of kids who worked so hard to get to this point. Plainedge was just one possession better today."
It was the passing game of the Red Devils, who missed a potential game-winning 33-yard field-goal attempt with 45 seconds left, against the ground attack of the Owls, and both offenses were nothing short of prolific.
By Steve Siniski
East Meadow overcame a 21-point first-half deficit and a pair of turnovers, but the Jets couldn't overcome the consistent big plays produced by Massapequa in their Nassau Conference I playoff matchup at Roslyn on Saturday. The fifth-seeded Chiefs (7-3 overall) had three different players score on plays of at least 29 yards, including a late 62-yard touchdown run to by Paul Dilena to knock off No. 4 East Meadow (7-3), 43-29.
"We try to get the ball in our athletes hands as much as possible," Chiefs head coach Kevin Shippos said.
Leading by seven with just over two minutes remaining and
The run by Dilena came one possession after
By Andrew McClure
A couple of weeks off did nothing to slow down the Seahawks.
Quarterback Ray Catapano was a perfect 7-for-7 for 206 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 4 Carey to a convincing 35-13 win over No. 5 Long Beach in a Conference II playoff game. The Seahawks advanced to the conference semifinals where they will meet No. 1 Garden City at Hofstra next Saturday.
As is often the case, special teams played a big factor. After going three-and-out on their first drive, the Marines attempted to punt, but an errant snap gave the Seahawks the ball deep in
Later in the quarter, Carey (7-2) was faced with fourth-and-three from its own 46. Sophomore Conor Colasurdo took a direct snap on a fake punt and went 54 yards for the score. Dylan DeMeo, who was 5-for-5 on extra points, made the score 14-0. A 70-yard touchdown pass from Catapano to Matt Robison gave the Seahawks a commanding 21-0 lead.
By Andrew McClure
Even a field suitable for mud wrestling couldn't slow
Senior Tayvon Hall rushed for 167 yards on 12 carries and scored twice to lead the Rams to a 41-7 rout of visiting Clarke in the opening round of the Conference IV playoffs. No. 2 West Hempstead's rushing attack amassed 479 yards as the Rams (8-1) advanced to the conference semifinals where they will meet No. 3 Roosevelt at Hofstra next Saturday night.
After a scoreless first quarter, junior Enrique McFarlane (150 yards on eight carries, and two touchdowns) took a handoff from quarterback Michael Petrizzo and went 33 yards to give the Rams a 6-0 lead. After Hall scored from 12 yards out to extend the lead, sophomore Bruce Gibbs (81 yards on five carries) electrified the crowd with 51-yard touchdown scamper. Petrizzo, who ran for 60 yards, added the two-point conversion to give the Rams a 20-0 lead. Third-quarter touchdown runs by Hall and McFarlane put the game out of reach. Clarke finished 4-5.


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Britt8427 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 45 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
Casting Crowns Productions
We produce the state MISS USA and MISS TEEN USA pageants in Arizona and Utah. We are licensees of the Miss Universe Organization, owned jointly by NBC and Donald Trump. We will also branch out into other entertainment ventures in 2011. We represent the premier pageant system in the country and must have a clean, professional, mature look. With that said, we can also have a little bit of bling and/or whimsy added in. We are NOT a glitz or little girl pageant - no "toddlers and tiaras."
We have been in business for 6 years and have utilized our crown logo for that period of time. We want to see what you can do with our brand!
our target demographic is single females aged 13-26 interested in pageantry, modeling, entertainment industry, etc. We also must appeal to parents, sponsors, businesses and communities. We utilize Facebook, Twitter, our website & email marketing for communications. Our pageants are 3-day events in the fall of each year that include a charity gala and two nights of competition (professionally produced in large venues and broadcast over the internet).
Currently, we utilize the official MISS USA state crown photographed against a black background. We're quite fond of this, and would be happy with something similar but professionally created. The font we prefer is Helvetica Neue LT light extended and bold extended (see our website and current logo).
*clarification* - while we love the current crown, it is a photo and isn't as portable into other applications as we need it to be. We also aren't "married" to the crown, but we'd like a corporate logo that can coordinate with what we use for each of our state pageants.
Colors we prefer: silver, white, black but if you're inspired to use other colors, we'll happily look at them!
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
We'd also like to use the graphics interchangeably with our individual pageants (example: Miss Arizona USA/Miss Arizona Teen USA and Miss Utah USA/Miss Utah Teen USA).
We want the logo to incorporate the crown and our name.
Attached are examples of our current materials. you can see that we incorporate the crown in everything. We just need a logo that's similar and professionally created to tie in with everything else.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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By Steve Aschburner, NBA.com
The residue of another season of expectations not met continued to build in Minnesota, where Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman announced his retirement Monday morning.
Adelman, 67, exits via an option on the fourth year of his contract. The Wolves had targeted a .500 finish and a postseason berth as their goals this season and fell short of both; they posted a 40-42 record and missed the playoffs for the 10th consecutive spring.
"It's time. It's time for me to step aside," Adelman said at a news conference, accompanied by Wolves president of basketball operations Flip Saunders. "I think when we came here, we really tried to see if we couldn't turn things around. I think we made some strides … not as much as we would like.
"It's time for someone else to come in."
Adelman's departure as coach — he will take on a consultant's role with the organization — had been the subject of speculation for weeks, after it became apparent the Wolves would miss what would have been their first playoff berth since 2004. His wife Mary Kay's health issues — she began fighting a series of seizures last season, causing him to miss 11 games in 2012-13 — are ongoing, though the veteran coach said they did not lead to this decision.
"If anything, my wife is the one who pushed me. She said, 'You need to continue doing this,' " Adelman said. "Certainly it had an impact but the whole organization has been so great."
In his three seasons with the Wolves, they went 97-133 and failed to reach .500 all three years. It was the least successful stretch of his 23-year NBA coaching career, during which his teams in Portland, Golden State, Sacramento, Houston and Minnesota compiled a record of 1,042-749 (.582) with 16 postseason appearances. He ranks eighth all-time in NBA coaching victories, and with two trips to The Finals with the Blazers in 1990 and 1992, likely will be enshrined soon in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
While Adelman heads off to his home in Portland without a championship ring, no one should think he didn't put the work and the urgency into chasing one in Minnesota. Saunders spoke of the coach's competitiveness.
"He comes across as very even-natured and you might not think he gets excited. But he's got a burning passion to win," Saunders said. "Being with him on a daily basis, you could see when we didn't perform well that it really ate at him."
Said Adelman: "It's not that far away [in Minnesota]. Sometimes you want it to happen in a year, sometimes in two years. Sometimes it takes longer than that.
"I wish I could have done more, but I really enjoyed my time. … There's some sadness but I also think, some relief."
Saunders said he and owner Glen Taylor have "no timeline" for naming Adelman's successor. Because this departure isn't a complete surprise, names of possible replacements have been floated; Iowa State (and former Wolves guard) Fred Hoiberg; Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, a Saunders friend; current Washington assistant coach Sam Cassell, another former Minnesota player; oft-coveted Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau, based on alleged friction with the Bulls front office; and Saunders himself.
Prior to his return this season to Minnesota, Saunders had been the winningest coach in Wolves history — 411-326 from 1995-2005 — and later coached in Detroit and Washington, bumping his career mark to 638-526 (.548), with 11 playoff appearances.
The next Wolves coach, whoever it is, will face a top priority of featuring — and courting — All-Star forward Kevin Love, the team's best player. Love, an MVP-caliber performer (25.9 points, 12.4 rebounds, 4.4 assists per game in 2013-14), can opt out of his contract after next season to become a free agent.


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Single, attractive, successful professional looking for everlasting love. Must adore animals, walks in the park. Please respond with a list of all debts and your credit report. No report, no reply.
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That's the type of singles ad we'd really place, if we were honest. According to a new CreditCards.com survey, attitudes regarding debt loom large over any relationship, and that's especially true for women.
With Valentine's Day approaching, the scientific survey of 1,005 adults found most Americans consider heavy debt a major turnoff in a relationship. In fact, finding out your partner kept big credit card debt a secret, or lied about being able to pay routine bills, is enough for most to end a relationship.
Most Americans also believe that sharing the same attitudes about managing money is the single most important factor in a relationship.
Credit counselors and family therapists are not surprised. They say their real-life experiences mesh with and confirm the survey's findings.
"Nothing breaks Cupid's bow like an argument over money," said Melinda Opperman, senior vice president of Springboard, a nonprofit, nationwide credit counseling and financial education organization. "Our counseling sessions reveal that money is a source of conflict for many couples ... Differences in values make for conflict."
Such conflict can be chronic and, ultimately, destructive to a relationship.
"Yes, even more than sex, money is often used by couples as a wedge, negotiating tool and weapon to manipulate and control a situation," said Barbara Udell, a family and individual therapist and counselor who holds degrees in social work and other disciplines. "It can be very powerful ammunition.
"If you don't get this right, it can be the death knell of a relationship," Udell said.
Key findings
Among the survey's findings:
- Expect women to be quicker to cut off a relationship over money and debt issues. About 70% of women would break it off if they found out their partner had lied about their ability to pay routine bills. That's the same percentage of women who would stop seeing someone with a criminal history. Two out of three women find secret credit card debt a relationship deal-killer, and 55% would cut it off if they found out a partner was heavily in debt.
- When asked the same questions, men are somewhat more tolerant of financial wrongdoing: Slight majorities would terminate a relationship over lying about bill paying or secret credit card debt, and just 37% say heavy debt is reason enough to call it off.
- By comparison, cheating is still the ultimate sin in relationships, with 84% listing it as a good reason for the big chill. At the other end of the spectrum, getting fired from a job would cause just 16% to bid a beau adieu.
- Nearly 53% of Americans believe "a partner with debt is a turnoff." More women (57%) feel this way than men, but nearly 48% of men also would look askance at a relationship with an indebted partner.
- Want me to love you? Show me your credit score: 57% of women agree strongly or somewhat strongly with that sentiment, along with more than 47% of men. The specific statement they were asked to evaluate: "If you were about to get seriously involved with someone, you would want to know your partner's credit score."
- Agreeing about money is fundamental to relationships. A solid 68% of all respondents agreed with this statement: "Sharing the same attitudes toward managing money is the most important factor in a relationship."
- But that monetary nirvana is hard to find: 73% of those surveyed believe that couples argue most often about money.
- About six in 10 Americans, including 62% of women and 53% of men, would have less trust in someone if they found out that the prospective partner was in serious debt. Three-quarters of all respondents wouldn't pool money with a financially irresponsible partner.
- But wait, we can fix you -- or at least we think we can. About seven in 10% of Americans (69%) say it is OK to insist that a partner change his or her spending habits. On this matter, men and women essentially agree, with 70% of men and 68% of women thinking they should try to influence a partner's money decisions.
The scientific poll was conducted for CreditCards.com between Jan. 11 and 13, 2013, by GfK Roper. Pollsters interviewed 1,005 women and men from various parts of the country through random-digit dialing. Typically, they were asked if they strongly agree, somewhat agree, strongly disagree or somewhat disagree with a wide range of statements regarding debt and money, and how that impacts their relationships.
Get your money act together
Regardless of who you are and where you live, this is the bottom line, experts agree: Get your financial affairs in order and be sure to tell the truth about them if you want your romantic relationship to develop, thrive and survive.
"Money matters and debt issues are the No. 1 reasons for divorce, child and spousal abuse, stress, addictions and low productivity on the job ... ," said David Jones, president of the Association of Independent Consumer Credit Counseling Agencies, which represents 32 nonprofit credit counseling companies.
"We find that today's consumer is more aware than ever that good credit and high bureau scores are essential for successful family life," he said. "I am not at all surprised that someone might consider credit issues when deciding whether to enter a relationship. That is in line with current consumer behaviors."
"With respect to 'fixing' a partner's spending habits and attitudes toward debt, it is critical that the subject be addressed openly and honestly," Jones said. "Habits are hard to change, but the future of a strong family relationship may depend on it. The more responsible partner should make every effort to resolve credit and debt issues that threaten the relationship."
Opperman agreed, saying it is more than worth a try.
"Actions speak louder than words, and when your loved one sees you living below your means, reducing debt and saving for a rainy day, he or she will know how much you care about your overall financial health as a couple," she said. "If your relationship is your first priority, you'll both have to be willing to negotiate."
Money woes? Let's talk
All the experts agree on one point: Openness is a key to successful relationships.
"Do whatever it takes to maintain financial openness and balance between you and your partner," Udell said, "and be sure to remove some of the emotions that are prevalent when it comes to money management."
"Most people assume, incorrectly, that the person they love thinks exactly the same way they do about money and has the same financial goals," said Opperman, the credit counselor. "It's important for couples to communicate early on in their relationship about their behaviors and attitudes toward money matters. Financing a lifestyle with heavy debt may be fine for one person. However, it creates financial worries and fears in the other person."
Poll methodology: The survey was conducted from Jan. 11-13, 2013, by GfK Roper, a division of GfK Custom Research North America, on behalf of CreditCards.com. Random digit dialing phone interviews were completed with 1,005 adults (440 men and 565 women). The raw data were then weighted by a custom designed computer program that automatically developed a weighting factor for each respondent, employing five variables: age, sex, education, race and geographic region. The margin of error was plus or minus 3 percentage points for the full sample.
See related: 6 ways romance ruins finances


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I fell in love in Bicol.
During my visit there last year, my friend K and I fell madly in love with the region's culinary trifecta – Laing, Bicol Express, and Pinangat. All three dishes proudly bearing the two elements that Bicolano food is famous for – gata (coconut milk) and chili. Our kind hosts would valiantly try to make us eat other dishes, but we were having none of it. Really, it was unusual for us to have blinders on when it comes to food, but we could not see beyond those three dishes, devouring them with an almost angry passion. And K doesn't even care for food that is too spicy! How do you explain that?
To this day K and I keep our eyes and noses on red alert for fine Bicol fare. We text message each other fervently when we chance on something promising and do many taste tests. When K's nose and palate sense a good find you will hear her say softly and sweetly, "Hello friend!"
Bicolano food has me whipped good and proper. It has wound its coconut milk and chili tentacles around me and refuses to let go. And I'm not struggling.
I'm making my own.
Laing (pronounced lah-ing)
(adapted from Flavors of the Philippines by Glenda Rosales-Barretto)
- 100-150 grams "dried laing" (dried gabi/taro leaves)
- 250 grams pork belly, boiled for 5 minutes and diced
- 200 grams shrimp, shelled and deveined
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 1/2 tablespoons chopped ginger
- 125 grams bagoong alamang (shrimp paste)
- 50-60 grams long green chilis (sili pangsigang), depending on how spicy you want it, half cut in two, half left whole
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 liter coconut milk
- 400 ml coconut cream
– In a bowl, mix the pork, shrimp, onion, ginger, bagoong, the cut-up chilis, and the coconut milk. Pour this into the pot, over the leaves, and season with freshly ground black pepper.
– Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Don't stir…just press down on the leaves every once in a while so it soaks up the liquid.
– Add the whole chilis and the coconut cream and simmer for 5-10 minutes. Stir gently to make sure all is incorporated without mashing the leaves too much.
I based my recipe on the one found in Flavors of the Philippines by Glenda Rosales-Barretto…which incidentally (drum roll please) is my very first Filipino cookbook! I love cookbooks, but when it comes to Filipino food, relatives and friends seem to be much better sources of recipes than any book could. But it bothered me that I didn't own even one local cookbook, so with the recommendation of a friend, I chose this one. I like it because it has a little bit from each region – Bicol included (yay!). I'll be exploring more of this book soon 🙂
Glenda (first name basis already!) uses fresh gabi leaves and stalks, but I used dried (you can find this in the groceries labeled as "dried laing" or "dried gabi"). If you want to see fresh gabi leaves check here. I used the dried version because, aside from it being easier to find, fresh gabi leaves require special handling…or else they make your throat itch like the devil! I know this firsthand. Imagine thorns suddenly sprouting on the inside of your throat. You get the idea. Dried gabi leaves for me, thank you. I also used less chilis than in the original recipe and didn't add any sili labuyo (our oh-so-spicy bird's eye chili). This will make a fairly mild laing with just a touch of spice. Add more chilis, or use sili labuyo, to increase the heat.
Of course, K is the first person I text message when I see my brew starting to resemble the laing we know and love. I have a big batch, so I can give her a fair amount of takeaway. She comes over as soon as work is done with hot, steaming rice in tow and sits down to try my first ever laing.
Hello friend! 🙂
This is my entry to Lasang Pinoy 24: Loco over Coco hosted by Kai of Bucaio. I'm late! But I couldn't miss this round…I love coconuts! 🙂


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Would you buy insurance from a duck? Aflac counts on it! To soften the financial stresses during periods of disability or illness, Aflac sells supplemental health and life insurance policies, including coverage for accidents, intensive care, dental, vision, and disability, as well as for specific conditions, primarily cancer. It is a leading supplier – 続きを読む of supplemental insurance in the US and is an industry leader in Japan's cancer-insurance market (with 14 million policies in force). Aflac, which is marketed through -- and is an acronym for -- American Family Life Assurance Company, sells policies that pay cash benefits for hospital confinement, emergency treatment, and medical appliances.
Geographic Reach
Despite its US roots, Aflac makes 75% of its insurance sales in Japan, where its policies fill in gaps not covered by the national health insurance system.
Sales & Marketing
In Japan, Aflac primarily sells through an agency system in which a corporation forms a subsidiary to sell Aflac insurance to its employees. In the face of Japan's deregulated life insurance industry, the company has also had a marketing alliance with Dai-ichi Life Insurance, one of the country's largest life insurers, since 2000. Changes in regulations now allow the company to sell through banks and post offices, and it has also opened retail shops where consumers can purchase directly from sales associates.
In the US, Aflac sells mainly through the workplace, with employers deducting premiums from paychecks. Building on its strong brand recognition -- due, largely, to the company's popular TV ads featuring a valiant spokes-duck -- Aflac has invested in its US business by adding more sales associates and expanding its distribution to include insurance brokers.
Financial Analysis
Its reliance on Japan has a downside: The company is vulnerable to currency fluctuations between the dollar and yen. It also faces increased competition due to deregulation of Japan's insurance industry. However, as in the US, Japanese consumers are seeing more health care costs being shifted onto their shoulders, making Aflac's products more attractive.
Aflac has created new life insurance products for the Japanese market. In addition to standard life insurance, it has also introduced child endowment products that pay out part of the benefit when the child enters high school, and then functions like an annuity for four years during college.
Aflac paddled, seemingly unperturbed, through the economic recession in its major markets. It is also remaining unruffled by the potential changes in the US health care insurance industry. As it is already familiar with operating in a market with a national health care system, and as it does not pay for any actual health care, it does not expect to see major changes in its products. If anything, the company anticipates a potential increase in demand for its products should the US adopt a more comprehensive major medical health insurance plan.
Mergers & Acquisitions
To build up its US large-group business, in late 2009 Aflac paid $100 million to purchase Continental American Insurance Company. Rebranded as Aflac Group Insurance, the business offers payroll-deducted voluntary group insurance products for large employers.
Chairman and CEO Dan Amos holds 9% of the company his father and uncles founded. His son, Paul Amos, serves as the company's president. – 折りたたむ


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Enterprise Risk Management
This section includes an overview of ERM, a discussion as to why ERM is important and relevant to the higher education community, and information on the services provided by the help desk and how to contact the help desk for assistance.
Also included are an ERM Program Start-up Kit; guidance on how to establish your ERM group (panel/committee); worksheets, charter and workplan templates; and a list of factors you should consider when identifying people to participate on your ERM Committee.
What is ERM?And why does UC need it?
Key objectives of ERM and its relevance in the higher education environment.
ERM Service Desk
Information on the services provided by the service desk and how to contact the service desk for assistance.
Getting you started (or keeping you going) with your ERM program
Includes an ERM Program Start-up Kit, guidance on how to establish your ERM group, worksheets, and charter/workplan templates.


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It's been just more than 40 years since Billie Jean King turned the world of sport on its head, defeating Bobby Riggs in the nationally televised Battle of the Sexes. Of course, she defeated many more imposing opponents in her 30-year career than that late-50s chauvinist, winning 39 Grand Slam titles along the way.
But those victories are in the past, and King has transitioned into a new career as a public advocate. While she's done great work speaking out on behalf of women and the gay community, that's a hard transition for most athletes to make.
Yet when she speaks, King sounds more than happy that America's memories of her as a player are fading.
"That's the way I want it," she said in a recent interview. "I don't want to be known as a tennis player only. That was just a platform to further equality."
This February, she'll be stepping onto a huge platform when she heads to Sochi, Russia, as part of the United States delegation appointed to travel to the Winter Olympics in place of President Barack Obama. King is one of three openly gay American athletes traveling in place of the president, along with hockey player Caitlin Cahow and figure skater Brian Boitano.
The move by Obama and his State Department isn't particularly subtle — it's a direct response to Russia and president Vladimir Putin's anti-gay legislation, which states that gay couples can be arrested for even holding hands in public.
And it's a particularly poetic message given that Sochi is the sister city of King's native Long Beach.
But while she's embraced her life as a public advocate, King wants to make it clear she won't be hogging the spotlight come February.
"First and foremost, we are going there for the athletes," she said. "To cheer for them, to get behind them — the focus should be on them. For some of them, this is the one chance in their lifetime that they'll get to represent their country."
Representing her country is not new territory for King, having coached Olympic teams in 1996 and 2000, and coaching the Fed Cup team as well. This isn't even her first trip to Russia as a representative, having traveled there with three other players representing the United States Tennis Association in 1962.
"It was a huge eye-opener," she recalled of that trip. "I saw that you couldn't go to church, it was outlawed. A priest snuck into the athletes' hotel on Sunday to give Mass. It was the communist regime — and our rooms were bugged."
King also said that trip and others shaped her understanding of the difference between a regime and the citizens living in one.
"The people themselves were fantastic," King said. "Most people of the world are."
Even given her previous experience wearing red, white and blue, King said this trip will be special, particularly because she's being sent as a representative not just of gay athletes, but gay citizens of the world. While gay rights might be at a tipping point in America, with eight states legalizing same-sex marriage in 2013, King pointed out these are the world's games, and that gay rights is a global challenge.
Of the 204 countries in the Olympics, King said 70 would probably jail her and her partner, with an additional 10 where she said, "We would definitely be executed. That's a big challenge."
On Tuesday, for example, Nigeria arrested dozens of gay men as part of the country's newly passed Same Sex Marriage Prohibition.
King has been adamant with the media recently that while her attendance at the Olympics may be seen as an obvious affront to Russia, she's not planning on jumping in front of the spotlight. She has frequently mentioned that the Games are about the athletes, not the delegation, and said she considers it important to be respectful to the Russians.
But that doesn't mean she's unaware of the significance of the trip, or the impact it has the potential to make, with hundreds of millions tuning in across the world.
"The responsibility runs deep," she said of representing a group fighting for rights and opportunity. "I've never said it to myself quite like that before. … It's exciting, but it's also a responsibility."
One that King is used to shouldering, as she has for the past four decades.