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Kampagnestyring i Velfærdsstaten: En diskussion af trafikkampagners styringspotentialeSpeiermann, Sabrina (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8199
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Baron, Irene (Odense, 2011)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8534
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Florentsen, Bjarne; Møller, Michael; Nielsen, Niels Chr. (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7147
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The Choice of Educational TypeAlstadsæter, Annette; Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper examines the effect of taxes on the individuals' choices of educational direction, and thus on the economy.s skill composition. A proportional labour tax induces too many workers with high innate ability to choose an educational type associated with high consumption value and low effort. This increases the skill mismatch and aggregate unemployment in the economy. The government can correct for this distortion by use of differentiated tuition fees or tax rates. JEL codes: J64, J68, H21, H24 Keywords: Unemployment, matching, education, optimal taxation, tuition fees URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7562
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Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7525
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Barricelli, Barbara Rita; Clemmensen, Torkil; Campos, Pedro; Abdelnour-Nocera, Jose; Lopes, Arminda (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This position paper is aimed at presenting as discussion material at the CoPDA 2016 Workshop the preliminary results of a short review of the literature published by the HWID community in the last 10 years in four books. Specifi-cally, the attention is posed on understanding the importance of motivation, par-ticipation, and engagement in Interaction Design projects for smart and pervasive workplaces. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9390
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Understanding and Addressing Workplace Disgruntlement through the Application of Organisational JusticeWillison, Robert (, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Within the IS security field, employee computer crime has received increased attention. Indeed, a number of researchers have focused their attention on the behaviour of the 'insider', both prior to and during the perpetration. Despite this, there is currently an absence of academic insight into the problem of workplace disgruntlement and how this may motivate employee computer crime. To address this deficiency, this paper draws on a body of knowledge called 'organisational justice', which examines how perceptions of fairness are formed. Under this umbrella term are four constructs which relate to different organisational phenomena and influence employees' fairness perceptions. It is believed that these constructs, entitled distributive, procedural, interactional and informational justice, and the theories which underpin them, can not only assist in understanding, but also in mitigating disgruntlement. To illustrate this, a case of employee computer sabotage is analysed, highlighting which forms of organisational justice occurred, and how they could have been addressed. The discussion section notes how mitigating disgruntlement provides a new area for safeguard implementation, with the final part of the paper discussing the conclusions and potential for future research. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7759
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The Evolution of the Indian IT IndustrySudhanshu, Rai (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this article I discuss the Indian outsourcing phenomena and ask the question now what? Using data from the Euro-India project I demonstrate that a small but significant part of the Indian IT entities are moving beyond outsourcing, to co-creation where Innovation and the desire to create new markets is the key driver. This does not imply that outsourcing will disappear but it does mean that firms will engage in globalization using innovative mix of business models and technical platforms. We discuss the implication of this slow transformation to co-creation of innovation for the global outsourcing industry. The key thesis of this paper is to discuss co-creation as a form of innovation and how such a form of innovation is likely to bring Indian companies rich dividends. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8262
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Mezias, Stephen; Strandgaard Pedersen, Jesper; Svejenova, Silviya; Mazza, Carmelo (, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This study seeks to untangle the impact of film festivals on the conception and action of industry actors. This study puts forward the argument that film festivals, seen as instances of tournament rituals and field configuring events, play a role in bridging art and commerce. It examines three instances of a particular tournament ritual, that of the three leading European premier film festivals, namely the Cannes Film Festival, the Berlin Film Festival, and the Venice International Film Festival, to untangle their role as mediators between art and commerce and their impact on the artistic classification system of the cinema field. For the purpose, it uses admissions data from 36 European countries for the period of 1996 to 2005. It examines the impact of festival participation and awards on admissions, and further artistic recognition at award ceremonies in the US. Based on the results of our study we argue that, similarly to the classification of art forms, there is a status ordering of tournament rituals (i.e. film festivals) with regard to their ability to act as a nexus of dichotomous categories for a particular cultural form (i.e. art and commerce in the case of film). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7781
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A Multi-case Analysis of the Development of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP) Business PracticesAntero, Michelle Carol (Frederiksberg, 2015)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The potential of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to integrate the business functions of any organization has led to its proliferation since the 1990s. Arguably, ERP systems potentially enable an organization to become competitive, and their impact has since been extensively researched and debated. This thesis seeks to understand how ERP vendors have innovated and developed their business practices to ensure their own competitive advantage. The thesis consists of an overview wrapper and five articles. This work is based on a research methodology using case studies to understand the development of business practices in the ERP industry since the 1950s. As such, the thesis explores the journey of different ERP vendors that (1) were influenced by their environment, (2) participate in different structuring processes to develop their business practice; (3) adapt their business practices to produce product/service offerings potentially matching or exceeding the actions of their rivals; and (4) encounter challenges as they shift their business models. The thesis reveals that in order to continue to outlast the competition in a hypercompetitive environment, ERP vendors (1) refine their business practices, over time, through incremental and evolutionary changes impacting the ERP industry; (2) obtain a competitive advantage through the exploitation of core resources; (3) co-create with a partner network to maximize their resources and increase their ability to compete; and (4) realize the value proposition in terms of the business model. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9118
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Multidimensional Welfare Comparisons of EU Member States Before, During, and After the Financial CrisisA Dominance ApproachHussain, M. Azhar; Siersbæk, Nikolaj; Østerdal, Lars Peter (Frederiksberg, 2018)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: How did the financial crisis affect population welfare in EU member states in key dimensions such as income, health, and education? We seek to answer this question by way of welfare comparisons between countries and within countries over time, using EU-SILC data. Our study is novel in using a multidimensional first order dominance comparison approach on the basis of multi-level ordinal data. We find that the countries most often dominated are southern and eastern European member states, and the dominant countries are mostly northern and western European member states. However, for most country comparisons, there is no dominance relationship. Moreover, only a few member states have experienced a temporal dominance improvement in welfare, while no member states have experienced a temporal dominance deterioration during the financial crisis. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9657
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Ørngreen, Rikke N. (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: SUMMARY The summary presents an overview of the dissertation and major findings of my research: · Research Area, Questions and Design · Frame of Reference - Domain Knowledge · Major Findings Research Area, Questions and Design This dissertation investigates development and use of multimedia teaching cases, as applied in business education. Teaching cases present companies, and the current problems or opportunities they are facing. (Barnes, Christensen and Hansen 1994, Maufette- Leenders, Erskine and Leenders 1997, Heath 1998, Manninen 1997.) The primary characteristic is that the case is based on real events. Very often the case description follows a decision-making situation. (Mauffette-Leenders, Erskine, and Leenders 1997, Hazard 2000.) The case is prepared by students and then discussed in class. The objective of the class discussion is to analyse the company's situation and come up with viable strategies for the future (Leenders and Erskine 1989, Heath 1998, Orngreen and Bielli 2001). Cases were introduced to business education already in 1910 at the Harvard Business School, and have since then gained widespread use throughout the world (Leenders and Erskine 1989). Traditionally teaching cases have been written descriptions, but the teaching cases in this dissertation are multimedia cases. The use of multimedia teaching cases is a relatively new phenomenon. Because of the novelty of the approach, research on how to apply these or developing them is extremely limited. Though I investigate both a use and a development perspective, the use dimension is investigated with the purpose to inform development. In particular the dissertation results in a set of roles and tools influencing the development process, which is also seen in my three research questions: 1. Which roles and tools characterise the development and use of multimedia teaching cases for business education? 2. How are these roles and tools applied to the multimedia development process, and how do they support or restrain the development. 3. How are the development roles and tools, and the use roles and tools interrelated, and how do they relate to a development model for multimedia teaching cases? URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7746
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the internationalization pattern of large companies from Denmark, Finland and NorwayBenito, Gabriel R.G.; Larimo, Jorma; Narula, Rajneesh; Pedersen, Torben (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Analyzing the internationalization of large companies from small countries requires understanding the process of internationalization by examining the interface between micro (firm strategies) and macro (the forces of centripetal and centrifugal) level factors. We examine the growth and international expansion of the ten largest companies in Denmark, Finland, and Norway over the period 1990 to 1999. Most companies in the sample became more international during the last decade across basically all the investigated dimensions of internationalization. This was particularly accentuated in the case of Norwegian firms, possibly due to their lower degree of internationalization at the beginning of the period. The study also shows that companies mainly have internationalized their operations activities, while such strategic activities as research and development activities and headquarters functions to a much larger extent are kept in the home country. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6586
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Capital Structure ContingenciesJuul Andersen, Torben (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Multinational enterprise provides access to a diverse resource base that may support options related business initiatives and operational flexibilities with a potential to improve performance and risk management capabilities. Hence, multinationality should be associated with strategic responsiveness as real option structures allow the corporation to exploit new initiatives and pursue alternative actions. This, in turn should improve economic performance and risk management capabilities as corporate activities are adapted and new initiatives introduced in response to changing global conditions. The analyses of a cross-sectional sample comprising 1357 multinational firms during 1996-2000 partially support the proposed performance and risk management effects but also raise issues for further study. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7457
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Juul Andersen, Torben (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Studies of multinational performance have moved from linear, to quadratic and to cubic relationships but despite this seeming increase in sophistication, the empirical evidence has remained contradictory. The hypothesized performance relationships of multinationality have typically been driven by assumed trade-offs between underlying cost/benefit functions. However, this paper argues that cost/benefit trade-offs associated with international expansion are shaped by industry specific conditions that systematically confound the performance outcomes of multinationality. Whereas prior studies often have been confined to a focus on manufacturing and smaller cross-sectional samples, this study analyses the multinational performance outcomes across a comprehensive industry-wide dataset during 1996-2000. The analyses show positive multinational performance relationships in manufacturing and knowledge-based service industries whereas capital-based service industries have negative performance relationships. These results support the proposed heterogeneity in multinational performance effects across industry contexts. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7467
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Institutionalizing Agents and Institutionalized AgencyKristensen, Peer Hull; Morgan, Glenn (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7342
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Kristensen, Peer Hull; Morgan, Glenn (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This article discusses how institutional competitiveness and multinationals are mutually enriching concepts. Seen from the perspective of Multinationals, institutional competitiveness becomes expressed at two levels. At the level of corporate HQs institutional competitiveness proves itself by forming firms capable of expanding internationally. At the level of subsidiaries as providing institutional back up for these firms' abilities to fight for survival and growth within the frame of rivalling subsidiaries of the MNC. The article discusses at these two levels the comparative institutional competitiveness of Liberal Market Economies and Coordinated Markets Economies under the current competitive regime. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7325
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a study of post-reform Indian industryPatibandla, Murali; Sanyal, Amal (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6592
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Yadav, Mohit; Clemmensen, Torkil (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this paper we discuss the emergence of a redefined human work interaction design environment due to Internet of Things. The change in paradigm challenges designers to re-think the category of the user/worker to include their trusted IT devices/cognitive objects while designing for work environment. We present a theoretical proposition to understand the new user (as body, brain + cognitive object), and suggest an approach to capture the UX of the smart workplace. We present and discuss a pilot experiment where we integrate multiple (physiological, behavioral, environmental and IT processes) data-streams of UX in a work setting. This may give a holistic view of UX in the smart workplace. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9021
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the introduction of a monitoring technology for asthma treatment in primary careLangstrup Nielsen, Henriette (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
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Yellen or Kohn? Tapering or Not? Wednesday's Results Are Key to Indices' Future
Some form of tapering will probably begin tomorrow and Yellen will likely be made Fed chief.
Will President Obama's disdain for the 1% outweigh his political needs?
Before I get into this week's analysis of the bond and currency markets, I wanted to think out loud (in writing) on a couple of Fed-related questions leading up to tomorrow's follies.
First, is Janet Yellen really the next choice as Ben Bernanke's replacement? The word on the street is that Obama would not be that enthusiastic about the Yellen nomination because he doesn't want to be seen as settling for his second choice. The other candidate mentioned by Obama recently is Donald Kohn, who was Bernanke's right-hand man during the financial crisis as well as Chairman Greenspan's second for many years. While Yellen is a noted dove, Kohn is certainly more of a cautious dove -- if not an outright hawk. Additionally, Kohn would likely be an easier nominee to get through the confirmation process as he was a George W. Bush appointee, whereas Yellen was appointed by Obama.
The second question is whether this news -- even if Yellen is the pick -- will alter the Fed's tapering plans. If tapering begins as expected in the days / weeks / months ahead with Helicopter Ben at the wheel, are we to expect that Yellen will pull tapering off the table? Probably not. However, it will mean that if things get dicey in the risk markets, there will likely be a "Yellen put" acting as a safety net supporting the market.
Another way of looking at the choice of Yellen over Kohn, should it happen, is that the Tepper Trade (made famous by David Tepper of Appaloosa Management) will probably remain "on." That is where risk assets rally on bad news because the Fed is there as a backstop, and they rally on good news because things are getting better. Either way, risk assets rally.
It is definitely fair to say that if Donald Kohn's name is called instead of Yellen's, this euphoric rally in risk assets (stock futures, the euro, the Aussie dollar, and Canadian Dollar just to name a few) will reverse course rather quickly. But, with elections coming up next year, will Obama do anything to upset the rally in stocks? Deep down he probably hates the idea of stocks rallying while the US economy struggles to get out of first gear. But, he is a skilled politician and would likely hate even worse losing the edge in Congress due to the stock market tumbling because of choice of an appointee – so I'm leaning toward a Yellen pick by Obama (but I wouldn't necessarily be betting on it).
To taper or not to taper – that is the question (at least for Wednesday).
As I noted in last week's article, I feel the odds favor a token tapering announcement just to appease the hawks on the FOMC – a.k.a. "tapering in name only." If we analyze the three possible announcements the FOMC could make tomorrow regarding tapering, there appears to be three clear and distinct paths the risk markets could take:
- Full speed tapering -- which seems rather unlikely -- would almost certainly cause a good portion of the "risk-on" trade to be taken off the table.
- Partial tapering -- which seems to be what the markets are pricing in currently -- would likely cause minimal market reaction at this point.
- And finally, if a full delay of the tapering program is announced Wednesday, it would certainly be a surprise to most market participants and would most likely trigger a major short-covering rally.
Bond yields could really go either way here.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury Note is just above a possible "correction resistance" level which, if it holds, could serve as a springboard for another shot higher in yields to the 3.019% area. If support fails, though, the net stop on the downside for yields will be the 2.46% - 2.66% range. There's no real edge for either side here going into Wednesday, in my honest opinion.
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DXY hovering dangerously just above key support at 81.01.
The DXY has been under pressure ever since Sunday night and the breaking of the Larry Summers news. However, it has managed to hold up above possible "correction support" at 81.01 thus far. Again, under normal circumstances this might be a good low risk / high reward entry on the DXY. But, the probability of a large gap in either direction off of tomorrow's news makes this a poor reward / risk trade as well.
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Gold trades bearishly still – possibly giving the edge to "tapering."
The one chart that tells me that there's a better chance of at least some tapering starting tomorrow is that of gold futures. The chart is clearly bearish and at best points to a modest bounce prior to more downside. That almost certainly does not occur in a falling rates environment, so… draw your own conclusions there.
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Overall, I'm sticking with my call for some tapering to start tomorrow / this month. In terms of Bernanke's replacement, I – like many prognosticators – am leaning toward Yellen.
(See also: If the Fed Doesn't Taper, What Happens to Gold, Stocks, Real Estate, Treasuries? and 3 Things Investors Should Consider When Playing the Fed This Week.)
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You've probably come across quite a lot of "pop" art which uses the notion of glitching. Glitching is a trend in visual design and digital arts that treats visuals as if there is a digital error… or a glitch. It's not new, as I first saw it in the late 80's with the cyberpunk movement. But it seems to have a come back today.
We are seeing this everywhere at the moment. From music videos to conceptual art and it's even starting to creep into advertising. I like it! :)
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Amazon said to launch new touchscreen video Echo
Ever wished your Amazon Echo was more than just a smart speaker? Well, you may soon get that wish.
According to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, Amazon is preparing a new Amazon Echo, complete with a 7-inch touchscreen and video camera for video calling. The Journal says that an announcement could happen as early as Tuesday, with the new device going on sale as soon as next month.
Pricing for the new Echo is said to be "more than $200," an increase from the $149.99 the current Echo retails for.
Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
If true, Amazon's latest device comes amid growing competition in the smart speaker space. Google has been selling its rival Google Home device, which features the Google Assistant, since last year, while on Monday, Microsoft and speaker manufacturer Harman Kardon announced that they would be partnering for a speaker set for release this fall. That device will be powered by Cortana, Microsoft's digital assistant.
Apple, meanwhile, has long been said to be working on a Siri smart speaker, with an announcement rumored to come as early as next month at the company's annual WWDC developer conference.
Amazon hasn't been quiet, either. Last month the retail giant announced the Echo Look, a $199.99 smart camera that ties in with existing Echo's to allow for Alexa to help you pick outfits. It is unclear if the new Echo device will have that functionality included.
According to new data released by research firm eMarketer, Amazon currently has a commanding lead on the home speaker space with a 70% share of the market. But with the increased competition it will need new devices to stay ahead. Even though it only launched late last year Google's Home has already captured a 24% market share.
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Top 10 Failures Of Boating CourtesyBy Captain Ted Peck
Nothing puts the pin in a fishing party hog faster than being forced to contend with discourteous boaters. Natural Resource organizations in many states require young boaters to successfully complete a boating safety course before piloting a watercraft. I think all boaters should be required to show proficiency in boat operation. Further, course content should include information on boating courtesy beyond what is required by law. Some discourteous boaters are simply ignorant of unwritten rules out there on the water. Some are aware but operating on their own agenda. A few are intentionally obnoxious .
If you're a new boater and really want to do the right thing, please read on. If you are one of those folks who belongs to the other two groups, may your rude behavior come back at you from those of the same ilk every time you leave the ramp.
Following is a look at my "top 10 boating faux pas" list , ranging from the mildly annoying to what it would be like to lose salvation and end up in hell.
Most folks know that you should slow down when passing between a group of other boaters. This means leaving no wake as you pass. Slowing down just a little so that your boat "plows" thru the water is more disruptive to somebody who is trying to fish than flying past with your boat on plane and leaving less wake.
If the music of nature isn't good enough for you, fine. But please don't enlighten me with your musical tastes or sports updates. Voices carry over water. Radio and CD noise carries even further. If you MUST bring canned noise along , how 'bout playing "Here comes the Clowns" so everybody knows what's coming.
The first boat to arrive at a fishing area gets to dictate how others arriving later should fish. If the first boat starts trolling counterclockwise, you should too. If the first boat anchors up, back off a respectable distance and drop the hook. The only excuse for anchoring in the midst of trollers or trolling among boats anchored is if nine out of 10 voices in your head agree that its your world and all others are just living in it.
If anglers in another boat are obviously working a stretch of shoreline or reef , pass by behind their backs without leaving a wake . Navigating between somebody's boat and where they are casting is something an Illynesian would do.
Bass tournament anglers are famous for sliding in to fish a shoreline just ahead of your boat, even though a deployed trolling motor and being clearly underway indicates your intentions. If you must work a given stretch of shoreline, go to the far end of your chosen course and come back towards the other boat, taking care not to be a "shoreline sneaker" when meeting and passing the other boater.
If somebody is already fishing a spot when you arrive, stay far enough away so they can continue to fish the way they were fishing before you arrived on the scene.
Boaters who excuse rude behavior with "I'm in a tournament " know better and are just being jerks. Unfortuantely, too many tourney anglers think being a jerk is part of being a tournament angler.
Too bad the DNR will never go along with my plan to treat jet skiers like upland game with a limit of three daily with no weapon larger than a BB gun, Dardevle spoon or slingshot.
Virtually everyone knows littering is wrong . Why are our waters and and shorelines still covered with litter?
A boat ramp is for launching a boat . Not rigging a boat for launch, loading gear or casual conversation. When boating alone your rig should occupy the ramp site for no more than three minutes. When boating with a buddy, no more than one minute. The same goes for taking the boat out of the water.


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PEABODY-BURNS: Strength and speed keys for football
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Peabody-Burns will capitalize on the strength and speed of its returning players for success on the gridiron this season.
"We have key returning starters and other athletes that have experience from previous seasons. Our team should be as competitive as we have been in the recent past," said 10-year head coach David Pickens. "We have players that should be ready to go. Hopefully, we can duplicate our successes of last season and push past to a new level of success."
Returning senior starters include quarterback Braxton Kyle, who has worked hard on his mechanics in the offseason. Kyle will also play defensive back.
Seniors Kevin Baatrup, Nick Preheim and Kaden Gibson also return for PBHS. Baatrup will play receiver and defensive back. Preheim has worked hard in the weight room this summer and will again be on the defensive line. Gibson will play line on both sides of the ball.
Senior Brooks Hodges returns to the team after a year off, and will challenge for running back and play on the defensive line.
Clayton Philpott, Dakota Reynolds, and Andrew Wedel are underclassmen who will see extensive playing time. Philpott will be in the running game and play defensive end. Reynolds will be in the defensive mix, and Wedel will challenge for a starting position on the line.
"This team is strong across the board, with good speed. That is a good mix for an 8-man football team," said Pickens. "We open at home against Goessel. They have a new coach, which means they will have new excitement to their game."
"Madison will be strong in our district, which is a tough one. All of the teams will have to be on their game every night to challenge for the top spot. Rural Vista, Solomon, and Little River will also challenge us."
Bob Kyle returns as an assistant coach, and Chris Young is a new assistant. Coach Brian Simmonds and Derek Benson will help with game night assistance.
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Financial reporter Nathaniel Popper made the front of the New York Times Sunday Business section using the language of Occupy Wall Street, in a populist crusade against high chief executive pay disguised as a news story: "C.E.O. Pay, Rising Despite the Din."
Popper talked in familiar terms of "revolution," "the 99 percent," and the "nation's have-a-lots" versus "the have-lesses," and the term "hyperwealth," delivered without quotes, which seems to be code for "earning more than the Times thinks you should be."
You call this a revolution?
Probably the most-heard complaint about big business these days, one seemingly tailored for the 99 percent, is how much money corporate C.E.O.'s routinely pull down. Many ordinary Americans probably cheered when stockholders -- that is, the people who actually own public companies -- finally began to say, "Enough."
Yeah, well.
Despite a lot of noise from shareholders and a few victories at big names like Citigroup and Hewlett-Packard, executive pay just keeps climbing.
Yes, some corporate boards seem to be listening to shareholders, particularly on contentious issues like the seven-figure cash bonuses that helped define hyperwealth during the boom. Since the bust, corporate America on the whole has moved to tie executive pay more closely to long-term performance by skewing executive paychecks more toward restricted stock, which can't be sold for years.
But rewards at the top are still rich -- and getting richer. Now that 2011 proxy statements have been filed, the extent of executive pay last year has finally become clear. Median pay of the nation's 200 top-paid C.E.O.'s was $14.5 million, according to a study conducted for The New York Times by Equilar, a compensation data firm based in Redwood City, Calif. The median pay raise among those C.E.O.'s was 5 percent. (The full list is available here.)
That 5 percent raise is smaller than last year's. But it comes at a time of stubbornly high unemployment and declining wealth for many ordinary Americans. Even corporate pay experts say that this is hardly the kind of change that will quell anger over the nation's have-a-lots by the have-lesses, particularly in an election year.
The paper also devoted two full pages to a chart compiled for the paper on the pay of chief executives in 2011.


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As Rochester-area students head back to school, they will not only re-enter the classroom but will step into the middle of a critically important debate. The outcome of that debate will determine if our state can compete in the global marketplace.
The center of the debate is the Common Core-a set of expectations for what our students should know and in what grade they should know it. The recently released scores from new, rigorous exams based on Common Core standards were markedly lower than those in previous years, which has fueled arguments about when and how the standards should be implemented.
Widely reported as a "drop" in grades, this year's tests are based on a much different standard-college and career preparation versus basic competency.
These scores show that schools are failing to teach students what they need to know to be prepared for college and careers.
New York Education Commissioner John King and the Board of Regents stressed that the most recent test results set a new baseline based on the Common Core, something the business community agrees with.
These results should serve as a wake-up call that students are moving down an educational path that will leave them ill-equipped for the world after high school. All categories of work are increasingly complex, with new technology and skills required in all sectors. Young people need schools to prepare them for college or post-secondary training. Employers today spend an excessive amount of time and money teaching workers skills they should have learned in school, meaning there are fewer resources to invest in other aspects of their business.
To close this skills gap, schools must produce graduates who are prepared to meet the demands of these jobs. Implementing vital reforms-such as the Common Core-to improve workforce readiness is essential if today's students are to become part of tomorrow's workforce.
Common Core State Standards are broadly supported by educators and meet the business community's expectations: They are college- and career-ready, grounded in evidence and internationally benchmarked. While some are claiming that the state implemented tests based on the Common Core too soon, backtracking on this vital reform now would be a grave mistake.
Without a fundamentally different approach like the Common Core, employers' needs and graduates' skills will continue on increasingly divergent paths.
The Business Council of New York State recently signed a letter supporting Common Core standards. The council encourages all New York businesses to sign the letter, available at www.nysucceeds.org.
Heather C. Briccetti is president and CEO of the Business Council of New York State Inc.
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My Model Search for July 28th in NYC!
I'm searching for someone to be my model for my makeup demonstration at the workshop on Sunday July 28th in NYC. If you're interested in being my model, please see the details below – (only three days left!!)
For a chance to win all you have to do is send me an email with the following info:
Subject line: Model Search
Your full name, age, city/state that you live in. (you must be able to get to the workshop on July 28th in NYC on your own)
Your height, weight, hair color, eye color.
In one sentence, please tell me why you would like to be my model for my workshop. (for example: "I would like to be your model for your workshop because………")
In the same email, please send two (2) non- professional images of your face. One image with no makeup and one image with makeup. ***These photos will be kept confidential and they will not be posted on my blog!*****
SEND EMAIL TO: firstname.lastname@example.com
GOOD LUCK ladies! I will choose the winner on July 27th, 2013.
REMEMBER — The winner of this contest is responsible for her transportation to and from the workshop on July 28th. The event will be held in NYC.
You can now register for my London workshop!
All New – My workshop video!
Hope you like the video recap from my last workshop in NYC! Thank you to Blake Martin for shooting and editing the video, The Metropolitan Pavillion for the beautiful space/location, World Stage for your A/V team, Adrienne Bailon for being the perfect model, Bryan Viper for all the photos/web help, My family – Mom and Vicky for cooking and feeding 100 people, Marina, Mickel, Diana for your help with everything, assistants Sally, Kiko, Christopher – id be lost without you, Daneen and of course all of my sponsors who sent product for the gift bags. Most importantly, thank you to every single one of you who came from near or far to spend the day with me. It means the world to me and I love you all! XoXo Mario
Pics from the NYC workshop ;)
Here are some pics from the NYC workshop 😉 The video is coming soon too and I'll post that later today. Thanks again to all who came out to see me (almost 1oo of you!) I'll always remember that day. Xo
So Excited to be a Part of The Makeup Show LA!
Exciting news! I'm so honored that I was asked to keynote The Makeup Show LA in March and am looking forward to being a part of such a great industry event. The Makeup Show LA continues to grow and deliver the largest PRO ONLY driven beauty event in Los Angeles, California.
Here is some additional info about the keynote forum and don't forget to visit The Makeup Show LA !
A Career in Makeup Mario Dedivanovic
Sunday, March 18, 2012 – 10:00am – 11:30am
Talented, sought-after makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic has secured a place among the world's best and most well-known makeup artists. He has collaborated on countless editorials and red carpet looks for celebrities and his work has graced the pages of top fashion magazines including Bazaar, Elle, Glamour, Vogue and Allure, among others. Renowned for his ability to create a flawless face, Mario specializes in subtle transformations, helping women draw out the best version of their natural complexion and features. Mario's emphasis on blending, sculpting and highlighting has established him as a perfectionist, capable of achieving picture-perfect looks. His work on celebrities including Michelle Williams, Amanda Bynes, Gina Gershon and Natasha Bedingfield is inspiring to both artists and women alike but Mario's consistently flawless work on his muse, Kim Kardashian has revolutionized the beauty world, helping turn Kim into a modern day beauty icon. Marios work as a makeup artist and the looks he creates have resulted in some of the most desired and replicated looks of all time, continuously inspiring people around the world. In this keynote seminar Mario gives insight into his own successful career, guides you through his detailed makeup application process, shares his coveted technique and generously offers advice to help bring your own career to the next level.
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New Work: Kim Kardashian's True Reflection campaign…
I just went on youtube and noticed all of the makeup tutorials on the look I created for Kim's new True Reflection fragrance ad campaign. Wow, you guys are so quick! LOL. Great job to all of you that made the videos. It was a great experience working on that shoot – I loved creating the old Hollywood-inspired look on Kim. If you haven't had a chance to see the images or the commercial, take a look at it here. Also, Kim's fourth fragrance, True Reflection is definitely my favorite scent of hers. Check it out when you get a chance and let me know what you think. Xo Mario
Announcing My first NYC workshop!
Im very excited to have my next workshop in NYC! For all the details and to sign up, please visit Atelier of Beauty. The registration page will open later today or tomorrow. Space will be limited! Xo Mario
Sky's The Limit!
I was going through images in my laptop and saw this shot of superstar DJ/model Sky Nellor. This was a advertising shoot I worked on for the Ricardo Rojas Salon in NYC, featured in Vogue. Ricardo and I have worked with Sky (his muse) many times over the years and together, they're so much fun to be around. Check out that bed head – I love it! A natural look for everyday, LOL. Xo Mario


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Despite mostly positive reviews for its new flagship phone from the big gadget gurus, BlackBerry stock has tanked over the past couple days.
Bloomberg talked to a bunch of analysts, and they say there are two big reasons why:
- BlackBerry hasn't said when the phone will go on sale in the US.
- The phone will cost $149 or $199, much more than lots of Android phones, which cost $99, $49, or nothing.


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The AA 4 Star Connaught Lodge is centrally located on the West Cliff, just 500m from the lively town centre, BIC, Pavilion, Pier and those golden sandy beaches and provides newly refurbished en-suite accommodation with FREE WIFi and FREE PARKING (subject to availability). Immediately next door is our sister hotel, the AA 4 star Best Western Connaught Hotel. Guests staying in the Lodge are able to enjoy all the facilities of this award-winning hotel including FREE membership of the Bluewater Spa, dining Connaught Brasserie, and relaxing in either the Gin Bar, Lounge or in the beautiful garden that separates the two hotels.
The magnificent Spa and Leisure Club boasts an 18m swimming pool and adjoining spa pool, a luxurious, fully tiled eucalyptus steam room, a superb sauna, gyms, four treatment rooms and a relaxation lounge. Please note the Connaught Lodge is accommodation only and all facilities offered are next door.
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WorldNetDaily Exclusive
Obama's half-sister raises birth-certificate doubts
Claims despite 'adoption' by Indonesian stepfather, it is U.S. 'law' that matters
A statement from Barack Obama's half-sister has at least cast a shadow of doubt on the legitimacy of the "Certificate of Live Birth" document that was released by the White House this week in an attempt to stifle questions about his eligibility, by referencing his apparent adoption by her father, Indonesian Lolo Soetoro.
Facebook page comments from Maya Soetoro-Ng
On a Facebook page, Maya Soetoro-Ng wrote to a woman who had met her in Hawaii after Madelyn Dunham, the mother of Stanley Ann Dunham Obama Soetoro and grandmother to both Maya and Barack, passed away in 2008.
Soetoro-Ng was objecting to having a conversation with a critic of her half-brother, and said she had been misquoted as saying her whole family was Muslim.
She wrote, "I did not say my brother was a Muslim. I did say that I was more philosophically Buddhist. I told you that you were upsetting me. You said that you were not trying to upset me but wanted to know the truth about (Raila) Odinga (a Muslim for whom Barack Obama campaigned in the 2007 presidential race in Kenya). I told you I didn't know who that was and had never met him. You mentioned the adoption laws of Indonesia that you saw as related to my brother's legitimacy (you were suggesting that because my father, his stepfather, had adopted him, that my brother was no longer American) and I said that I had no idea about Indonesian adoption law."
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While not a definitive statement, there also are other indications that Lolo Soetoro, Stanley Ann Dunham Obama Soetoro's second husband, an Indonesia, either adopted Barack Obama or considered him adopted, as documentation obtained by the Associated Press reveals that Obama-Soetoro was registered as a Muslim Indonesian at school when he lived in the Far East with his mother and Lolo Soetoro.
Indonesian school registration for "Barry Soetoro" (AP photo)
The adoption, if it happened, could affect the birth certificate in that in the United States, when an adoption takes place, a birth certificate that would have been generated at birth is replaced by a birth certificate created at an adoption that references the adoptive parents as the actual birth parents. The location of birth is not changed, nor the weight of the baby, or other details. But the mother and father can be changed on an original long-form birth certificate during the adoption process.
WND has confirmed such practices in several states, including Maine, Colorado and California, and it largely is standard practice across the country.
Whether such practices would prevail in international adoptions, especially during the 1960s, remains unclear. Officials with the U.S. State Department provided reams of information on processes for U.S. couples to adopt foreign children, but declined to respond to questions about American citizen children adopted by Indonesians. Officials with both the Hawaii Department of Health and the Hawaii attorney general's office, which monitors the legal proceedings for adoptions there, declined to respond to more than a dozen requests for comment from WND.
Officials with the Indonesian embassy in Washington declined to provide details to WND on any adoption procedures, referring WND to an court in Indonesia instead.
The U.S. State Department was able to confirm that adoptions by U.S. families of Indonesian children during 2010 totaled only three cases. There also were only three such cases in 2009 and only six in 2008.
Young Barack Obama with his mother
Tonya Franklin, the woman who had the exchange with Soetoro-Ng, said she had been researching a variety of subjects and had traveled to Hawaii. She went to the apartment of Madelyn Dunham, who passed away shortly before the election in 2008.
She had left a message at a school for Soetoro-Ng and then bumped into her in the parking lot.
"She believed he had been adopted," Franklin told WND of what she got out of the conversation. But she also said Soetoro-Ng was uncertain of the process that might or might not have taken place – the legalities and formalities. That conversation happened several years ago, but the Facebook exchange came just days ago.
During the 1960s Indonesia did not allow dual citizenship, so if the school record is correct, and Obama attended classes as an Indonesian citizen, the apparent requirement would have been for him to give up an American citizenship.
On his later return to the U.S., in regaining citizenship, he likely would have had to have been listed as a "naturalized" citizen, not a "natural-born Citizen," as demanded by the U.S. Constitution for the office of president.
That remains the focal point of challenges to his ascendancy to the Oval Office, because many interpret that phrase to mean the citizen offspring of two citizen parents. With Kenyan-born Barack Obama Sr. listed as his father, Obama Jr. would not have met those requirements under any circumstances.
Any adoption records that might exist have been kept from public review, however.
WND previously has reported that the dateline for Obama's move to Indonesia, and his later return to Hawaii, remains unclear.
Two newspaper articles from 1990 – apparently based on interviews with Barack Obama – reported that the future president left Hawaii for Indonesia when he was 2 years old, not 6 years old, as he relates in his autobiography.
On May 3, 1990, the Associated Press widely published a feature story on Obama highlighting him as the first African-American named as president of the Harvard Law review.
"Obama moved to Southeast Asia at age 2 when his parents divorced and his mother married an Indonesian," the Associated Press reported. "Until the fifth grade, Obama attended Indonesian schools, where most of his friends were the sons of servants, street peddlers and farmers."
Here is the screen capture of the AP report as published by the Chicago Daily Herald on May 3, 1990:
Here is a close-up of the key two paragraphs:
Assuming that Obama was 10 years old in the fifth grade, this 1990 AP
report would have placed Obama in Indonesia for eight years, from around
August 1963 until August 1971, when he was 2 years old until he was 10
years old.
Then, on Aug. 1, 1990, reporter Tammerlin Drummond wrote that Obama left for Indonesia at 2 years old, in an article entitled "Harvard Law Review Gets Its First Black President."
"Two years [after Obama was born], Obama's parents separated and he moved to a small village outside Jakarta, Indonesia, with his mother, an anthropologist," Drummond wrote. "There he spent his boyhood playing with the sons and daughters of rice farmers and rickshaw drivers, attending an Indonesian-speaking school, where he had little contact with Americans."
Drummond further reported that, "After six years in Indonesia, Obama was sent back to the United States to live with his maternal grandparents in Hawaii in preparation for college."
Six years in Indonesia? Or eight years, as the AP reported earlier? Regardless of which account may be true, they both contradict the "official" story.
According to the timeline Obama has represented, here are key dates:
- Barack Obama Jr. was born on Aug. 4, 1961;
- Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, divorced Barack Obama Sr. on March 20, 1964, when Obama was still 2 years old;
- Stanley Ann Dunham married Lolo Soetoro on March 24, 1965, when Obama was 3 years old;
- On July 20, 1966, Lolo Soetoro leaves Hawaii, where he had been attending the University of Hawaii, to return to Indonesia;
- On June 29, 1967, Stanley Ann Dunham applies to the U.S. Department of State to amend her U.S. passport No. F777788 to change her name from Stanley Ann Dunham to her married name, Stanley Ann Soetoro;
- According to her passport records, Ann Dunham Soetoro traveled from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Djakarta, Indonesia, via Japan Airlines in October 1967, using U.S. Passport No. 777788.
If Barack Obama Jr. traveled with his mother to go to Indonesia for the first time in October 1967, he would have been six years old.
The information in Obama's memoir, "Dreams from My Father," generally supports that Obama was in Indonesia for only four years, from the time he was 6 years old until 10 years old, from 1967-1971, although the references to Indonesia in the autobiography are typically vague regarding specific dates.
In trying to determine the Obama timeline in Indonesia, the following passages in "Dreams from My Father" are relevant:
- Obama comments he had lived in Indonesia for "over three years by that time," discussing a visit with his mother to the U.S. embassy in Djakarta, at some unspecified time before he returned to the United States ("Dreams from My Father," p. 30).
- "In Indonesia, I had spent two years at a Muslim school, two years at the Catholic school" ("Dreams from My Father," p. 154).
- On a yet unspecified date, supposedly in 1971, Barack Obama returns from Indonesia to Hawaii alone, unaccompanied by his mother ("Dreams from My Father," p. 53).
Holiyah "Lia" Soetoro Sobah (Source: We the People of the United States)
It was when it was reported a previously unknown stepsister of Barack Obama died that other questions were raised.
Internet researchers made the link between the president and his previously undisclosed stepsister, Holiyah "Lia" Soetoro Sobah, after translating from obituaries published in Indonesia.
The obituaries identified Lia as having been adopted by Lolo Soetoro, Obama's stepfather, and Ann Dunham Obama Soetoro, the president's mother.
The surfacing of Lia as an adopted child of Lolo Soetoro and Dunham raised the question of whether Barack Obama himself might have been adopted officially as Lolo Soetoro's stepson while in Indonesia from 1967 to 1971.
Even though Obama makes no mention in "Dreams from My Father" of having had an Indonesian stepsister, the Indonesian obituaries make clear that Obama slept in the same room as his stepsister while the two of them grew up together in the Soetoro home in Jakarta.
While Obama has not acknowledged having had a stepsister in Indonesia, he discussed at length in his autobiography his half-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, who was born in Indonesia to Lolo Soetoro and Ann Dunham on Aug. 15, 1970.
WND has reported that in a passport amendment submitted Aug. 13, 1968, Obama's mother identified her son with an Indonesian surname as Barack Obama II Soebarkah, and asked the State Department to drop him from her U.S. passport.
The transaction could have been part of an effort by Dunham to obtain Indonesian citizenship for her son.
WND also reported it is undisputed that Obama took on the last name of his stepfather in school registration documents while in Indonesia. All Indonesian students were required to carry government identity cards, or Karty Tanda Pendudaks, which needed to bear the student's legal name, which should be matched in public school registration filings.
According to Indonesian legal experts, it was difficult to enroll non-Indonesian citizens in public schooling.
If Lolo Soetoro adopted Obama at age five or younger, then Obama would automatically have become an Indonesian citizen according to the country's laws in the 1960s, which stipulated any child aged five or younger adopted by an Indonesian father is immediately granted Indonesian citizenship upon completion of the adoption process.
Lolo Soetoro could have adopted Obama in Hawaii, although such an adoption would not have necessarily been recognized by Indonesia. Likewise, what happened in Indonesia may or may not have affected the status of Obama-Soetoro in the U.S.


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How Do You Say 'Twitter Joke Trial' In Chinese?
from the that's-not-funny dept
Techdirt wrote about how the UK's Twitter Joke conviction dragged its slow way through the various appeals before finally being resolved with the defendant's acquittal. As you will recall, the issue was somebody making an ill-advised joke about blowing up an airport if he couldn't fly out of it:
Robin Hood airport is closed. You've got a week and a bit to get your shit together, otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!!
It's great that Paul Chambers, the person concerned here, finally emerged victorious in his fight against this ridiculous conviction. But of course the danger that a thoughtless joke on Twitter might have serious consequences remains, as this report from The Epoch Times about a recent case in China highlights:
Four days before the [Chinese Communist] Party's 18th Congress, when a new set of Chinese leaders was sworn in to rule China, Zhai Xiaobing mocked the event by suggesting it was the latest installment in the Final Destination film franchise. The 2000 supernatural horror movie depicts a teenager whose plane explodes, killing all but a few survivors, who then begin mysteriously dying.
Here's a translation of what Zhai tweeted (Chinese tweets can contain more content than those written in Western languages because just a few characters can represent a whole word):
Final Destination 6 will be in cinemas on November 6. The Great Hall of the People suddenly collapses, and only seven of the over 2000 people holding a meeting inside survive -- but afterwards, they each die, one by one. Is it the game of God, or the fury of the Grim Reaper? How did the mysterious number 18 unlock the gate of hell? The earthshaking world premier opens on November 8!
Obviously, not exactly a rib-tickler, and rather unwise given the extreme sensitivity of the Chinese authorities about this crucial handover of power. But even against that background, the response seems to be unduly severe: arrested and "disappeared".
Zhai had been accused of "spreading false and terrorist information," and was taken away by security forces, according to netizen @iamhudi who called Zhai's wife. The fact that he has been disappeared was later corroborated by two other individuals who visited the family's house, according to Yaxue Cao, a writer and blogger who maintains contacts in China.
Worryingly, people have also lost contact with his wife, although it's not yet clear whether she has been arrested too. Zhai's friends, and supporters of a more liberal approach to Chinese state control of online activities, are doing what they can, which is pretty much limited to online petitions. The precedent for what might happen to him isn't good. As The Epoch Times story explains:
The first "Twitter criminal," as she was called, was Wang Yi, an activist who in 2010 mocked hypernationalist young people with the tweet "Angry youth, charge!"
Perhaps Zhai's best hope is that the new Chinese leadership might decide to be lenient in this matter so as to create a positive atmosphere among the Chinese people for the start of its ten-year rule over them. Equally, it might not want to sour relationships with the West through imposing a harsh punishment for such a trivial matter, although that is less likely to be a consideration given China's rising self-confidence. Whatever the reason, let's hope the outcome of this Chinese Twitter joke story is ultimately the same as that in the UK.
This was determined to be a case of "disturbing social order." The punishment? One year of re-education in the Henan Women's Labor Camp.
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Is the Bing Social sidebar finally coming to the UK?
It seems that the Bing UK team are beginning to (or are testing a potential) rollout of the design refresh we've seen in the US. Unfortunately, while we can clearly see a familiar login element, we are not receiving the actual sidebar itself. Once Bing UK was loaded, we could login via Windows Live and subsequently connect to Facebook.
After logging in was achieved, and Facebook accounts were connected, once loading search results we were presented with a new look, as well as our name (with drop down arrow for menu options) accompanied by a settings icon. Rewind back to the release of the Bing US design refresh and you'll see something similar (see below screencap) to what we currently have with Bing UK.
We could well be on the verge of an identical design refresh with further social integration, which the US has enjoyed for some time. Have you noticed anything changing on Bing UK? Let us know in the comments.
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My maternal great grandfather, Frank Heller, was born on this day in 1878. He was the youngest son of Mathias and Frances (Swiderski) Heller, and was born in Princeton, Green Lake Co., WI. He worked on farms at Fox Lake and in the lumber camps at Ashland.
After several years, he came to Montello, WI and joined the Montello Granite Co. In the 1920 census, his job description is that of a "polisher".
Frank married my great grandmother, Catherine Jackowski, in 1905. He worked for Montello Granite for about 45 years until becoming ill in July of 1944.


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South Point�s baseball team went into Saturday�s game at nationally ranked T.C. Roberson eager to see how it measured up. The Red Raiders came away comparing quite favorably as they pulled out a 17-12 non-conference win to stay undefeated for the young season.
�It was a big game, and I think our players were excited for that opportunity,� South Point coach Jason Lineberger said. �It kind of validated the work that they�ve done getting ready for this season. I think it probably boosted our confidence a little.�
South Point cranked out 15 hits to T.C. Roberson�s 14 and led 17-6 in the fifth inning before holding on against a team with six Division I signees or commitments.
Chuck Lawing was among the biggest offensive standouts for South Point, going 3-for-4 with four RBIs. Aaron Biggerstaff slugged a 3-run home run and finished 2-for-3 with five RBIs. Derek Perry (home run, four RBIs), Mykel Davis (home run, one RBI) and Tanner Muse each added two hits.
South Point scored two runs in the first inning and a whopping eight in the second inning for a 10-3 lead. Two more runs in the fourth and five in the fifth put the Red Raiders ahead 17-6.
�The wind was blowing out 15 to 20 mph the whole game, so it turned out to be a launching pad,� Lineberger said. �It was one of those things where you scored three runs an inning and you hope it�s enough.�
The game reminded Lineberger of the 2011 state championship series against Northeast Guilford at N.C. State University. South Point claimed that series 2-1 with a 12-6 win in Game 1, 12-11 loss in Game 2 and 8-5 win in Game 3.
Biggerstaff, a senior right-hander, survived on the mound over five innings Saturday to pick up the win (2-0) even though he struck out only one batter. Garrett Davila pitched 1 1/3 innings and Andrew Locklear came in for the final two outs.
Roberson has been ranked nationally as high as No. 15 by MaxPreps.com, No. 5 by Perfect Game, No. 18 by USA Today and No. 7 by the Collegiate Baseball newspaper, according to the Asheville Citizen-Times. The Rams, though, suffered back-to-back losses last weekend and promptly fell seven spots to No. 12 in the latest Perfect Game national rankings while dropping out of the MaxPreps and USA Today polls. Saturday�s loss dropped Roberson�s record to 3-3.
Roberson�s college signees and commitments include Nathan Blaylock (Liberty), Tanner Bush (UNC Asheville), Dominick Cammarata (Georgia), Braxton Davidson (North Carolina), Katon Harwood (Clemson) and Parker Johnson (Wake Forest).
Blaylock homered three times in Saturday�s game while Cammarata went 3-for-4 at the plate and scored three runs.
South Point has five college signees of its own in Locklear (Charleston Southern), Dustin Wiles (Hampden-Sydney), Mitchell Painter (North Greenville), Chuck Lawing (North Greenville) and Justin Pace (Winthrop), although Pace underwent Tommy John surgery and is out for the season.
South Point knocked off a mountain power for the second time this season as the Red Raiders are the only team to have defeated North Buncombe this season. South Point won that game 5-0.
And now South Point (6-0) gets ready to resume Big South 3A Conference action Tuesday at Ashbrook with even more confidence than it already had.
�Every year is different,� Lineberger said. �We had a pretty good team last year and it helps to form an identity of this team. It�s a signature-type win early for this team.�
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MIDDLETOWN, CT-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth cross country team competed at the Wesleyan Invitational Saturday.
The men were seventh in an 11-team field with 212 points. Wesleyan finished first in the eight kilometer race. The Corsairs were fifth of 10 teams in the five kilometer women's race with 169 points. Bowdoin College won the women's race with 18 points.
For the men, junior Chris Jordan (Taunton, MA/Taunton HS) was 28th in 28:07, freshman Michael Vaz (Dartmouth, MA/Greater New Bedford Regional Vo Tech) was 40th in 28:42, sophomore Eric Karstunen (Pembroke, MA/Pembroke HS) was 44th in 28:51, sophomore Matt Ferro (Halifax, MA/Silver Lake HS) was 49th in 29:11, sophomore Scott Bernazzani (Abington, MA/Cardinal Spellman HS) was 52nd in 29:30, junior Zach Switaj (Tamworth, MA/Kennett Regional HS) was 53rd in 29:33, freshman Mike Bodden (Shrewsbury, MA/Shrewsbury HS) was 56th in 29:52, sophomore David Yumping (Brockton, MA/Brockton HS) was 59th in 30:00, Tene Paquin (Middleboro, MA/ Middleboro HS) was 67th in 30:38 and freshman Ryan Hayes (Kingston, MA/Silver Lake HS) was 72nd in 31:23.
For the women, sophomore Katie Sheehan (Scituate, MA/Scituate HS) was fifth in 19:29, freshman Katisha Bellegarde (Methuen, MA/Methuen HS) was 48th in 21:18, sophomore Renee Laurencelle (Tyngsboro, MA/Tyngsboro HS) was 49th in 22:00, sophomore Caitlin Dorr (Foxboro, MA/Foxboro HS) was 83rd in 22:31 and sophomore Samantha Roderigues (Somerset, MA/Somerset HS) was 88th in 22:41.
"It was a difficult course and the first time we had seen it," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Jon Hird. "If you were slower at the start and patient, results were good. Chris Jordan led us and ran well for the men. Mike Vaz moved up throughout the race to place second for us. Eric Karstunen is beginning to look very solid as our third runner. All in all a good race against top New England competition on a difficult and tiring course."
"Katie Sheehan executed the perfect race strategy in the women's race," said Hird. "She was 25th at the mile, 18th at two miles and 10th at two and a half. She raced up five more spots to finish fifth. Katisha Bellegarde ran very well as our second finisher and Caitlin Dorr, a 400 meter runner on the track team with no previous cross country experience delivered a quality performance on a very tough course."
The Corsairs will return to action when they visit Westfield State in two weeks.